#Also check out and support both/whichever list you can!

[desultory-novice]

...Kirbytober Coincidence!

While trying to decide which of the two Kirbytober lists going around (Supreme's or Panic's) to try and comparing the prompts, I realized some of them actually go well together?! (Or are at least really interesting to think about when you combine them!)

Check it out!

Together Again / Friendship

Starlight / Sub-game

Bubbly / Food

Pink / Robot

Favorite Enemy / Animal Friend

Garden / Royalty

Sunshine / Headcanon

Crystal / Enemy

Soaring / Anime

Favorite Copy Ability / Magic

Delicious / Another Dimension

Helper / Gijinka

Drizzle / Ancient

Nightmare / 3DS

Favorite Remake / Arts and Crafts

Dimension / Spinoff

Festival / Knight

Knight / Kirby 64

Teardrops / Mirror

Favorite Episode / Castle

Fresh / Fav. Character

Mechanical / Rainbbow

Glitter / Copy Ability

Classic / AU

Favorite Song / Possession

Snowfall / Ship

Darkness / RtDL (DX)

Butterfly / KatFL

Crossover / Last Battle Ability

Wish / Dark

Freebie / Final Boss

I'm thinking I might try out this "Power Combo" list (to borrow from Kirby 64) myself this year!

[hard-core-super-star]

Can I please request reader taking Hailee's strap for the first time or Hailee taking reader's strap for the first time, whichever you prefer! I really really enjoy all of your fics 😁

sinking deeper into you [H.Steinfeld]

pairing: top!hailee steinfeld x bottom!reader

summary: your girlfriend is the sweetest person you've ever met and yet you can't help but try to get her out of her shell for a night.

warnings: smut -> minors look away [porn with two inches of plot and by plot i mean fluff; sweet, needy, dorky hailee turns into borderline daddy hailee very quickly so keep that in mind; strap-on sex {R receiving}; like 2 seconds of strapwarming; so many pet names; praise kink go brrr; is loving degradation a thing?]

wordcount: 2.2k

a/n: not gonna lie, this is exactly what i think about every time i listen to the coast bridge so...yeah. you can't tell me it's not intentional. i sincerely was going to write this the other way around but i got too carried away and committed to this instead. thank you, lovely anon, for being my first smut request [and for the lovely comment], hope you enjoy <3

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There are a lot of things to love about dating Hailee. There's the long list of ridiculously cheesy pet names she loves calling you, the constant hand-holding, the soft reassurances whenever you're having a particularly rough day, and, of course, the way she's always so considerate about your feelings.

Sometimes, you don't even need to tell her you're uncomfortable with something for her to know she should step in. She'll just quietly change the conversation or lead you away from whatever was causing your discomfort. 

Your girlfriend is lovely and supportive and you would have absolutely no complaints about it if she weren't so blinded by her need to make sure you're always comfortable. It's a strange thing to complain about, you're very aware of that, but sometimes you wanted more than the brunette was willing to give you. 

Especially in the bedroom.

You’ve heard every possible excuse under the sun about why she’s so hesitant to take certain steps with you but you’re pretty sure she’s just trying to keep her dominant side in check when it comes to you. It’s truly sweet but also attractive in a way that only makes you want her even more. 

Which leaves you stuck in the best yet worst cycle of your life. One that’s filled with soft pleads that fall on ears that are too busy relishing in your moans of ecstasy to actually listen to your words.

Tonight was going to be different though.

At least that’s what you told yourself. You had rehearsed the words you were going to say to your girlfriend over and over all day but unfortunately for you, they flew away the second she walked into your shared home.

She’d been gone all day, bouncing from one boring business meeting to another and while she loved her job, she loved being with you even more. So, the second she found you lounging on the couch wearing one of her old shirts, she practically pounced on you.

“Hello to you too,” you say through a laugh. “I take it you missed me?”

“You already know the answer to that, baby.” Her voice is softer than usual, traces of her earlier annoyance still noticeable in her tone. You don’t have to ask to know she’s had a rough day and you both already know you’ll do everything in your power to help her feel better.

You merely hum in response, content to just lie there with your overly affectionate girlfriend situated on top of you. Hailee seems just fine with having her face buried into the side of your neck but it takes no less than two minutes for her true intentions to come out.

She shifts a little seemingly trying to wrap her arms around you so she can feel you close to her but you know her well enough to know she’s not merely trying to cuddle with you. You’re proven correct when her hands start to mess with the hem of your shirt. “Have I ever told you how much I love it when you wear my clothes?”

“Once or twice,” you reply with a grin.

You feel her chuckle against your neck, her warm breath dancing against your skin but now quite touching you yet.

It’s been five seconds and you already want more.

Hailee, never one to leave you hanging, gives in to both of your desires and begins to press feather-light kisses onto the side of your neck. You instantly tilt your head back for her and pretend not to notice the smug smirk plastered on her face. She’s slowly winding you up like you’re her favorite toy and you can’t find it in yourself to complain.

Especially once her hands begin to move.

“Is this okay, love?” She whispers between soft kisses.

The tips of her fingers are just barely grazing against your stomach and it takes all your strength not to arch into her touch. “Mhmm…”

“I need words, baby. Tell me what you want.”

That’s all she has to say to get you to turn into putty in her hands.

“Keep going…please.”

“Good girl.” Your reward comes in the form of her helping you slide out of your shirt. She leans back and kneels between your spread legs to admire your body, her smirk growing once she realizes you’re not wearing a bra. “Always so good for me. So beautiful under me.”

“Is that why you’re taking forever?” You ask, unable to keep your inner brat in check.

She rolls her eyes at your question but you don't miss the way her hands wrap around your hips in a tight grip. It's a subtle warning but it's a warning nonetheless.

You can't help but wonder what would happen if you pushed her, though. If you truly pressed all her buttons until she had no choice but to strip away that sweet facade and put you in your place.

But that's a plan for another day.

For now, you bite your tongue and let her have her way.

She watches your face closely, her lack of words only adding to the intensity of the moment. She’s barely even touched you and you’ve already made a mess in your underwear.

A mess that only grows once her hands finally move again. They glide up from your hips, her nails lightly scratching your stomach, until she finally reaches her destination.

It takes all your self-restraint and then some to stop yourself from bucking your hips as her fingers tease your sensitive nipples. A barely audible whine slips past your parted lips the second she starts pinching and pulling at your flesh, though.

The sound makes her stop which only serves to draw out another needy sound from your throat. “What was that? Do you need something, love?”

All you can do is nod but, of course, Hailee’s not letting you get off that easy. It’s part of her charm, even though it’s also ridiculously frustrating in moments like these.

“Go on, baby. Tell me what you need.”

Here it is. The moment you’ve been searching for for far longer than you’ll ever admit out loud. You ignore the flush on your cheeks and the throbbing in your cunt long enough to ask for what you truly want.

“Your strap,” you reply, your voice barely above a whisper yet full of that subtle desperation your girlfriend loves bringing out of you.

She doesn’t say anything for a few moments but the glimmer in her eyes stops you from overthinking your words. “Are you sure? I don't want to rush you, love.”

“I know but I really need to feel you inside of me.”

Her eyes widen for a few seconds before her whole face changes. You practically watch her slip into that dominant persona she plays so well when she wants to. And it seems like she desperately wants to tonight.

“Is that so? My fingers aren't enough for you anymore, baby? You need more?”

You force the confirmation she's looking for out of your mouth before you get too flustered to respond. “Yes, please.”

That's all she needs to hear and she wastes no time jumping to her feet, the action so endearing you almost forget about your drenched underwear. You hold in a giggle as she extends her hand out to you and helps you stand only to pick you up and carry you toward the bedroom.

You’ll never understand her fascination with carrying you around but you’re also not about to complain. Mainly because her radiant joy is contagious…and because the view you get of her biceps is more than enough to distract you.

“Stay right here, okay?” She mumbles as she sets you down on the bed. “I’ll be right back to give you everything you want.”

There’s no doubt in your mind that she’ll be true to her word.

The next few minutes pass by far too slowly for your liking but your suffering finally ends when Hailee comes out of the bathroom, looking far too proud of herself and the dark purple dildo strapped to her hips. “What do you think?”

You’re speechless and more turned on than you’ve ever been in your life. You didn’t think the brunette could get any more attractive and yet here she is leaving you dizzy and desperate just from standing in front of you. The smirk, the abs, the pure confidence she oozes, it’s all too much in the best of ways.

“Come here…please.”

All she does is chuckle before finally joining you in bed. She helps you discard the rest of your clothes without pointing out how absolutely drenched you are for her. One hand lands on your hip while she uses the other one to hold herself up above you, staring down at you like you’re the best thing she’s ever seen.

The sentiment is mutual except you’re sure your eyes carry far stronger traces of neediness than Hailee’s. Which is exactly what she likes, if you're both being honest.

For a second you’re sure she’s going to make you beg before moving an inch but thankfully, it seems she wants you just as much as you want her.

She shifts her hips closer to you and you immediately wrap your arms around her as she oh so slowly slides the tip of the strap into your aching cunt. You let out a gasp, the intrusion feeling slightly uncomfortable but not unwelcome.

“I know, I know,” she whispers. “Just relax. I’ve got you.”

“Fuck.” You groan, loving and hating the torturously slow pace she’s set.

“Is that good or bad?”

“Good. Really good.”

Her slow movements allow you to feel the way she stretches your walls with every inch she pushes inside. It takes no time at all for the sound of heavy breathing and quiet moans to fill the room.

Her hand slides down between your legs and her thumb messily circles your swollen clit to help you get used to the feeling of her strap buried inside you. “Was this what you wanted, baby? To have your pretty pussy filled up by me?”

You’re glad she can’t actually feel the way you clench around the dildo at her slightly degrading words. She’s not an idiot though and she’d have to be blind not to notice the way your hips buck toward her.

“Come on, darling. I’m not a mind reader.”

You open your mouth to say something, anything really, but Hailee decides it’d be the perfect time to start moving again. You can’t form a single word or thought once she starts thrusting in and out of you.

The brunette can’t even pretend to be disappointed by your lack of words, too lost in the way your body responds to her movements and the feeling of the base of the dildo rubbing against her clit with every thrust. “Fuck, you feel so good, babe. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you like this. So wet and needy for me.”

Your nails dig into her shoulder blades as you pull her closer. “Hailee-” Whatever else you were going to say is swallowed up by another moan.

“I’m right here, y/n.” The way she so easily slips back and forth between the two opposing sides of her desire drives you to the brink of pleasure-filled insanity. “Just focus on me.”

She leans down to nip at your jawline while her hips move faster and faster against you. The only thing you can do is arch your back into her touch and beg for more.

A request your girlfriend wastes no time in fulfilling.

Her soft caresses to your clit pick up speed. Her thumb, hips, and lips all work in unison to bring you the release your body craves. “You’re perfect like this. All fucked-out and mine to please.”

You love and hate the way she knows your mind and its hidden desires so well. “Lee, please, babe.”

“Please what?” She asks, clearly loving the way you’re so willing to play this game with her. “Use your words, baby, you know the rules.”

“Please, can I cum?”

A few agonizing seconds pass by before she gives you the answer you’re waiting for. “Go ahead, sweetheart. Show me how much you love the way I feel inside you.”

If her actions weren’t enough to push you to the edge, her words are.

The world outside of her embrace disappears and you give in to the overwhelming pleasure. All you can feel is her strap pushing and pulling in and out of you as you let yourself go, making a mess on both the toy and the sheets below you.

Hailee falls over the edge with you, mumbled words of praise and breathless moans filling the space between your faces.

It takes a few moments for your brain to come back down from such a breath-taking high and once you do, you realize the way your girlfriend has collapsed on top of you. The sight is just as heart-warming as it is arousing but you’re far too tired right now for another round.

“You okay?” You whisper, tilting your head a little so you can truly appreciate the way your girlfriend looks with her face buried into your neck.

“Yeah.” She presses a quick kiss to your sweaty skin to emphasize her point. “That was incredible. How are you doing? Was that too rough?”

“I’m not made of glass, Lee,” you assure her. “And I’m not the one covered in scratches.”

She shivers as you trace a finger up and down her spine. “Feels nice…Do you mind if I stay like this for a little while?”

The way you hold her close is enough of an answer for her. You’re both desperately in need of a shower and some food, but all you want right now is each other and the peace being locked together like this brings.

[vendetta-if]

Hellooo, I discovered your WIP recently and AAAAAAAAAAH I’ve been obsessing over it for the past week now, it’s so good! You put so much effort into the flavour text and making the player’s choice come back into play, the MC feels so alive and I love it!

Anyways I’m sorry if this has been asked already, but what are Uncle’s and Дедушка’s opinions on the different ROs(including the poly)? Are they supportive whichever choice MC makes? Or do they have reservations over some of them?

I’ve been trying to catch up with all the asks you already answered but there’s so much content! So again I apologise if you answered this already.

Have a beautiful day<3

Thank you so much for your kind words! 💖 And no need to apologize! ☺️

For the poly for Grandpa and Luka, you can check here. 🤭 I’ll also include Viktor’s, Cara’s, and Grandma’s thoughts about the ROs because I’ve seen a few other asks asking for that as well.

Answers below the cut because they are long.

Ash

Luka: Automatic approval. He has figured out Ash’s crush on MC for a long time and if MC also has feelings for Ash, he’s this close to just tell them to kiss 😂 He knows that Ash prioritizes MC over themself in almost everything and Ash is one of the few people he trusts the most. No shovel talk is needed.

Pavel: Automatic approval. Ash is a really loyal member of the family just like their parents before them, and with their utmost dedication to MC, Grandpa knows that he’ll do whatever is necessary to keep MC safe.

Viktor: Yes! Yes! Yes! After spending a lot of time seeing the two hang out and babysitting them, he can’t help but notice Ash’s crush on MC. And he has witnessed firsthand how many times Ash has defended MC against anyone. He knows his baby will be safe in Ash’s hands and they’ll never experience heartbreak. Honestly, Viktor might be the captain of the ship 💀

Cara: She would be squealing in delight. She has noticed how hard it is for Ash to make friend and she is already happy enough that both Ash and MC can forge such a strong friendship. But them getting together… She’ll be relieved and overjoyed that her baby will finally be able to spend the rest of their life with someone who understand and love them. Ash and MC would be perfect for each other.

Alina: Not many people can impress her, but Ash’s loyalty and dedication to MC does make Ash one of the few people in that short list, and also, in an even shorter list of people she thinks would be deserving of her precious grandchild. It never fails to warm her cold heart inside every time she sees little Ash and MC play together. It is an instant approval from her.

Rin

Luka: Approval. Well, a wedding with Rin is just beneficial for both family all around and as long as MC doesn’t do it out of duty, but out of love, he’ll be more than happy. Plus, it will also make his best friend overjoyed. The only downside he can think of is that he’ll be brother-in-law with Takashi now 😂 Not that he actually minds, of course. He’ll often playfully complains about it, but he’s actually happy (don’t expect him to say it out loud though).

Pavel: Automatic approval. It’s just a very strategic wedding, tying the two families even closer through blood other than simply friendship. Pavel would be very satisfied of the union, although, he also doesn’t want MC to feel pressured to do it. He really cares about his grandchild and doesn’t want to push them too hard like he did Viktor.

Viktor: He would approve but not as readily as Grandpa or Luka. Takashi is a good guy—at least in Viktor’s standard—and he’s sure Rin is a good kid too. However, MC getting together with Rin would mean that it’s very likely they’ll get dragged into the family business. But as long as MC is happy and ready, he’ll support them.

Cara: Even she can’t deny that a marriage between a Morozov and an Aikawa is really beneficial. Personally, she’d like it more if MC can get with Ash because she knows about Ash’s feelings for MC. But as long as MC and Rin actually loves each other, she won’t have problems with it. Although, she’ll be a bit sad too in behalf for Ash.

Alina: Sure, the benefits of MC marrying Rin are good, but she cares more about what MC feels about it. After all, her own marriage to Pavel started out as an arranged one that thankfully ends far better than she expected, even if the road to there has not always been a smooth one. She wants to make sure MC actually loves Rin, and that Rin genuinely loves MC too. If so, then she’ll be more than happy for them.

Santana

Luka: Who? Oh, he thinks they at least know Santana’s father, although he has never interacted with him. Are you sure, MC? Santana is basically a nobody, not to mention, an underpaid detective and black sheep of the whole ECPD department. But seeing how in love MC and Santana are, he’d approve but not before giving a shovel-talk to the poor detective.

Pavel and Alina: Both agree that their precious grandchild deserves someone with far better prospects than a nobody detective. After making sure that Santana is not merely a high-maintenance gold-digger seeking to use MC to climb the ladder, they’ll be more receptive of them—especially since Santana is a polite and well-mannered person. But that won’t save them from a serious shovel-talk.

Viktor: He’ll be more open-minded and receptive of Santana compared to the rest of his family. He honestly doesn’t really mind Santana working a mundane job and he would be pretty impressed by their morals and how they try to stay as a clean cop, even to their own detriment. To him, Santana seems like a good, hardworking, honest, and well-mannered kid.

Cara: Just like Viktor, she doesn’t really mind Santana’s more humble background. And if MC loves them and they love MC back, and won’t try to fuck over the Morozov Family, she won’t have much problem with Santana. But to be safe, she’ll still give Santana a shovel-talk.

Skylar

Luka: Oh, hell no. MC, what the hell are you thinking? Have you not learnt from your dad’s and mom’s disastrous relationship? Luka is pretty sure that Skylar would prioritize their career over MC like Yvette, especially after learning that Yvette is Skylar’s mentor. He’ll relent if MC really insists, but he’ll keep an eye on Skylar and give them a stern shovel-talk.

Pavel: Being the child of Mayor Moore is certainly good. Moreover, their family is one of the richest in the city. But still, it’s barely enough to make Grandpa ignore the fact that Skylar is a superhero, and Yvette’s protégé too. He will certainly use his power to interrogate Skylar until they have nothing left to hide, and by then, if he judged that Skylar won’t hurt, betray, or break MC’s heart, and will always prioritize MC over their career, then he’ll reluctantly approve.

Viktor: Oh, this is complicated. What are the chances that his ex’s protégé getting together with his child? He’ll certainly be wary, even if he’s all charm and smile on the outside, constantly asking Skylar prodding questions in a disarming way. Might get charmed a bit back by Skylar, especially once they talk about both of their interest in photography. But once he saw that Skylar is actually different from Yvette, he’ll approve and be genuinely friendlier to Skylar, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get a shovel-talk from him.

Cara: MC, get behind her! Is this some kind of trick from Yvette? Was Yvette the one who introduced Skylar and MC to each other and tried to get them together? That cruel witch! Is she trying to make MC experience the same heartbreak she dealt to Viktor? Even after it has been proven that Skylar is different from Yvette, she’ll still be a bit suspicious, holding her breath for something that might not happen.

Alina: No, no! Skylar could be the child of the President for all she cares, but she won’t risk her beloved grandchild experiencing the same heartbreak that her son felt at the hands of Yvette, who also happens to be Skylar’s mentor?! After MC talks to her about how much they love Skylar and how Skylar also love them back, she’ll reluctantly approve because she wants MC to be happy. But she’ll always be on a lookout. Skylar won’t be able to charm her.

Ash/Rin Poly

Luka’s and Grandpa’s reactions are linked above 😁

Viktor: It is a pretty unconventional arrangement, that’s for sure. But if MC, Ash, and Rin are all okay and happy with it, then he’ll be happy as well. After all, his precious kid deserves to have two people who would love them fully and look out for them for the rest of their life.

Cara: Well, holy shit. This is such a perfect arrangement. Everyone’s happy, including her. Her child can still be with the person they love the most and who understand them, and that’s enough for her. Although, it still feels surreal that she’ll technically be sister-in-law with Takashi now. Well, she’ll prove she’ll be the cooler and more fun grandma to MC’s kids later on 😎

Alina: After making sure MC is happy with the arrangement, she will feel relieved. Everyone’s happy and get what they want at the end, and most importantly, she knows her beloved grandchild will be in good hands. Now, she hopes she can live long enough to meet her great grandchildren. A big, happy family is all she ever wanted.

[nevros-fr]

Big question: Who or when was the first use of the term UMA?

Cross posted to FR's forums but I thought fr tumblr meta readers would like this too! Introduction What is a UMA? It stands for User Made Accents, where the companion term is User Made Skins, but UMAs caught on as the catch-all term instead of UMS. I was in the Arcane discord server where foxaquinn made a joke about UMAs and wondered who was the first to use it. If you are on GASP (general accent and skin pinglist), UMAs pop up regularly where I got pinged 60+ times for threads with UMA in the title. I research by day and play pet sims by night so here I am, combining research and pet sims to unravel how language changed throughout the years in the skins and accents community! I included in text citations for my sources because I like those and I don’t like making works cited lists. :) First, what language does the staff use for skins? Maybe UMAs came from them? The Kickstarter uses the word “customs” in regards to the skins (Kickstarter, 2013) The first skin submission competition for the festival, Undel used the word “customs” to refer to the skins users made (Undel, 2013). Note that the current competitions and even the tooltip for blueprints use the word “customs” as well. The blueprint page even uses “user-created” and not “user-made” so "user made" must have stemmed from the community as a more casual way to say user-created.

Results Let’s rule out some approaches that may give an easy answer. I tried to use the FR search tool to see if I could find the first use of UMA, however it only indexes up to one year of results or 100 pages, whichever you hit first when you sort by age so I wasn’t able to glean anything from that. Note that I tried to stick with UMA as the search term because use of UMS just overlaps too largely with the sound “um” when I use the search bar, which also means that plurals are captured by FR’s search. I can also tell you that FR’s search lets you type in user-made or user made and it will pull up the same results.

Then I tried google where I used the key terms site:https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ "UMA" with a time range from 2013 to 2014. It looked promising at first because it looked like there was an instance as early as 2013. When I actually checked it though, it pulled up the most recent use of UMA in the forums in the first two hits as seen by the timestamps of May 2023 next to it. Google indexed when the forum board was established instead of the individual threads for this search. I dropped the time range and just checked what results it would pull up.

There was an individual thread called the FR Abbreviations Guide that got pulled up. It was made in 2014 and includes both UMA and UMS in the definition list. However, UMA was added to the page in 2020 (FR Abbreviations, 2020).

I decided to just look back at some of the early Skins and Accents posts to see what language they use. It was pretty interesting, where many people just used skins and accents. There is no distinction yet, likely because there weren’t any festival or coliseum skins that users could submit yet! There were still categories though, since blueprints were so expensive, some artists offered “premades” which were skins people could buy for a certain cost on top of providing a blueprint. There were also options for “ghost artists” where the artist could design a custom skin but pass the psd files to the patron for them to distribute instead of the artist selling them instead. “Customs” was also another common term, where it works the same as it does today. People commission an artist to design a unique skin for them. The majority of skins on the market right now would be considered premades back then, which makes sense as it lets the artist have their creative liberties and will allow like minded users to support them.

I was clearly a fool to think UMAs were old because with the skins and accent threads research, I decided to comb through my forum posts to see what I ended up using. I first used UM accents in 2016 since that is when I first started collecting them, then the last time I used it was in early 2018 because I started using UMA by early 2019. I have no posts between 2018 and 2019, but clearly there was a language shift for me that preceded the FR abbreviations update just a year later  (FR Abbreviations, 2020). I’m usually slow in the uptake so I decided to try and track down other forum boards besides the skin specific threads to see what terms were used.

As I was thumbing through the pages, I think I may have overestimated the age of UMA use popularity because I thought it started back in 2013-2014 since that is when the site first got started and I felt like UMA was such an old acronym. The General Skins and Accents Pinglist (GASP) started in 2016. I raked the first version for mentions of “UMA” and there was nothing ! The use of “UM skins” and “UM accents” was the norm (GASP, 2016; GASP V2.0, 2016; GASP v2.0, 2018). One of the first instances of UMAs being used in this thread was in 2018 (GASP, 2018). Can I do any better than 2018? It surely is an older term!

The accent trading hub was established in 2014, so chances are, there are some time points there! The results for “user made” predates “UM accents” by one year, and “UMA” by two years which were 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively (Accents Trading Thread, 2023a; Accents Trading Thread 2023b; Accents Trading Thread 2023c). There were 14 pages of results for “user made”, 64 pages for “UM accents”, and 96 pages for “UMAs” from the accent trading hub thread. “UMA” was used by two people in 2016, then 5 pages worth of posts in 2017, then another 6 pages worth of posts in 2018, and it took off with 25 pages worth of posts in 2019. Clearly the language was developing around 2016 but exploded in popularity in 2018. This trend was similar in the UMA mentions in the skins and accents forum board. I used ctrl + f with UMA to see when it started regularly showing up in titles, and that was in 2018.

Discussion

According to the UMA searches in the discussion boards, do you know what cultural icon got a revival in the minds of mainstream media? Uma Thurman specifically because of Fall Out Boys who released a song with her name. And you know what Uma is like? UMA, User Made Accents. I’m not saying that Fall Out Boys planted the idea in our heads, but it’s quite the coincidence the song came out in 2015 and UMA as an acronym use started in 2016. In fact, when I searched the FR threads for UMA across the site, the early ones were Uma as a name and Uma referring to the song. The earliest mention of UMA that was actually relevant and broke containment from the skins and accents board was in 2017 in the tiny little questions thread asking what does UMA stand for. (tiny little questions, 2017).

I would like to say that while this user wasn’t the first to use it, they repeatedly popped up when I tried to see who used UMA the earliest. And that user is chocomonster, they showed up and consistently used UMAs in the forums since 2016. I’m saying they showed up in the bug reports, suggestions, dragon trading posts using “UMA”. They are definitely an early trendsetter for UMAs and repped it across the forums.

Popularity of UMA rose in 2018, you know what else got popular in 2018? Reselling UMAs to the secondary market. Typing in UMA in a title means you have more characters for other things. You know which artist got really popular in 2018? Ravenhearst. She has since changed her username but I will keep Ravenhearst for the search results legacy.

I know correlation doesn’t equal causation, but her skins were massively popular when she was regularly releasing skins for the highly rendered wings and sky scenes where there were skins sold in the 100s range. I looked at the game database for Ravenhearst’s earliest skin which was #24078 and compared it to my hoard of festival skins as a year benchmark. The Flameforger’s event in 2017 has a skin with #23992 while the Crystalline Gala in 2018 had a skin #25608. She started her night sky niche around skin #25001 so it lines up with the 2017 - 2018 timeline.

A stronger communal identity was also created with groups like accent addicts anonymous in 2017 or aaa for short, which is a group of collectors and artists who came together to make collaborative skins. An early "big hit" for them were the wildclaw male line where the participating artists made flower/halo/wings skins that were super popular at the time but also being hated on by the vocal minority. If you weren't around for the bustle, one example that came out would be Invidious by fenmori or Bewitched by Churyu. Some examples of the aaa's recent work would be like aaa. Amanita Ambrosia where three artists take turns, one sketches the concept, one lines the skin and one renders it .The increase of more people interested in buying skins and artists flexing their creativity allowed for a great burst of interest that has carried on to this day.

Conclusions Can I pinpoint who first used user made accents, UM accents, UMAs? No, but, I can guess that it was sometime between 2015-2016. It is clear that language has evolved in small ways right under our noses and that human memories are terrible as I thought we were using UMAs since the very beginning. The customization and uniqueness of the UMA system on FR is such a joy and I can't wait to see how the community changes in the future!

If someone wants to try to tackle who first said UMA, be my guest and let me know! My earliest mention of UMA was October 2016 in the Accent Trading Hub  Accents Trading Thread 2023c.

In conclusion, I love umas and will probably look at their sales and trends more.

[bonefall]

Could Rainstorm be related to Bluestar somehow? He is described as blue-gray and I’m surprised he isn’t listed as part of that lineage.

Same goes with Stonestream. It feels too convenient that a cat with that prefix appears in dawn and not related to that lineage. Especially when he’s later named Stormstream. I might be looking to deep with these two but oh well.

Could Beechfur be Sedgecreek’s kit? Sedgewhisker being named after her grandmother makes me laugh.

Greenflower seems unrelated to anyone. Could her kits live?

Maybe Mosspelt and Emberdawn could be Dawnbright or Mallowtail’s kits.

Rainstorm

Yes, I'm going to follow up on the Swallowtail x Rainwhisker implication. It's come up a lot and works out very well.

Rainstorm is BLUE blue, there's no way he isn't related to Bluestar. He'll inherit the blue gene from his great-grandmother Snowfur. Rainwhisker is going to be dying in the WindClan Rebellion, so his son is going to be named after him posthumously.

It works out well too, because this pregnancy lines up with Leopardstar's planned backslide in Bonefall TNP. Swallowtail being so close to Rainstorm and claiming Queen's Rights is suspicious to the Thistle Law supporters. This will be an incident contributing to Mistyfoot's realization that she needs to do something.

This litter is also going to include Rippletail, because something feels right about these two being brothers.

Lastly, this means they are going to be part of the Po3 Apprentice Generation! Rainpaw and Ripplepaw are going to be The Three's buddies in RiverClan.

Stonestream

That name can't be a coincidence. He would have been born shortly after Stonefur's murder. Someone who loved Stonefur a lot gave their son that name.

I'm going to commit to my thought that Frogleap was the adopted brother of Stonefur and Mistyfoot. TigerClan passed over him for his pure RiverClan blood, and for them, it was a mistake. He was one of the secret TigerClan rebels. I don't think him being Sunfish's brother is going to be missed; especially since I'll be making sure to preserve Sunfish's bloodline through Grasswhisker too.

So, Stonekit was the first birth in the family following Stonefur's death. He's either from the last litter between Frogleap and Mosspelt, or he's the firstborn of Dawnflower. Either way it was a challenge; "Stonefur will always be part of this family."

Either Stonestream or Pebblefoot will become the mate of Graymist, and ergo the father of Sneezecloud and Mallownose. Whichever one ends up being closer in age to Graymist, who still currently has no parents.

Greenflower, Sedgecreek, Beechfur

Greenflower seemed to have been replaced by Mosspelt via retconning; so let's reverse uno card some of these retcons.

The kits she lost in TPB were Woodkit and Robinkit; taken from Frogleap x Mosspelt, and there's one survivor in this litter; Beechfur. The timeline checks out for Beech to be a young warrior in TNP.

And her mate can be Sedgecreek. I am planning for Greenflower to end up supporting Thistle Law, so she can make a point of revealing that their honor sire was Sedgecreek's brother Loudbelly. This causes a rift between them, as Sedgecreek was uncomfortable with her family being turned into 'political examples' by revealing such personal information.

As a side note; Loudbelly and Sedgecreek MIGHT be moved out of the Timberfur x Ottersplash litter. Reason; Reedtail's lineage might end up very prolific once I hook up his and Skyheart's kits past the TNP Missing Generation Fog.

IF that happens; Reedtail's sibling will be the doomed Silverpaw from TPB. The timeline pans out, and also I arbitrarily feel like they look very similar.

Mosspelt, Emberdusk, and their mother

(Emberdawn's name is being changed to Emberdusk to avoid conflict with Silverhawk's wife.)

Seems like an easy fix, yeah. I'll make them the children of Mallowtail because she looks more like them both. They are probably the result of an honor-siring, because you know how big Mosspelt's family tree is going to get.

[the-sleepy-archivist]

Favorite iOS Safari Extensions

On iOS (iPhones and iPads), Safari is the undisputed leader of the browsers, primarily because Apple puts very tight restrictions on other browser apps that makes it very difficult for them to offer the same features that Safari does.

Thankfully, you can install extensions to tweak Safari's behavior and customize websites, as long as your device is running iOS 15 or higher. Here are the Safari Extensions I use on a daily basis. Most are free (or at least have a free version), and all work on both iPhones and iPads.

For desktop computers and Android phones, you can also check out my recommendations for Firefox addons)

Last updated June 2024 (fixed broken Bypass Paywalls Clean userscript link, added recommended adblock and ublacklist filter lists)

Index:

AdGuard

Noir

uBlacklist

Userscripts

Sink It for Reddit

UnTrap

Vinegar

AdGuard

This addon is free if you just want to use the built in adblocking lists. For a small yearly fee, you can pay for "Pro" features, which allows you to add any custom adblocking list to the app, as well as providing DNS-based system-level adblocking that can block ads and trackers inside any app on your phone. Note that it gives you two options for the system-level blocking, local VPN and native DNS; using the VPN option can drain your battery faster than normal in my experience, so I recommend using the native DNS instead. Between AdGuard and the two YouTube-customizing extensions below, I haven’t seen an ad on YouTube in Safari in months.

Recommended custom filter lists (in addition to the built-in default lists):

Bypass Paywalls Clean

Huge AI Blocklist

Fuck FuckAdblock

Noir

Adds a dark mode to any website. It's using heuristics (fancy guessing) to figure out which website colors need to be changed so that it's properly darking, so sometimes it can make mistakes. In that case, it has a built in way to send a bug report to the developer, who is pretty responsive in my experience. You can also turn it off for specific sites right from inside Safari.

uBlacklist

This addon hides search engine results with specific domains. Example: you can hide images results from AI generator sites, OR if you search for tech support advice and one of those stupid auto-generated sites filled with SEO garbage but no actual information keeps popping up, you can use this addon to hide everything from that website, right from the Google/DuckDuckGo/other search results.

Recommended filter subscriptions:

Huge AI Blocklist

Userscripts

Allows you to install userscripts and stylesheets that customize website behavior or appearance. The addon can check for updates of your userscripts and uses iCloud to synchronize them across devices too, which is really nice. The userscripts I use are:

Bypass Paywalls Clean (removes news website paywalls)

Amazon Sponsored Products Removal (self-explanatory)

Redirect Fandom to BreezeWiki (bypasses ad-filled fandom.com domains for indie wikis or an ad-free proxy site. The link documents 2 userscripts with slightly different behavior; use whichever you prefer).

Sink It for Reddit

I switched to using Reddit in the browser only after the whole API/third party apps fiasco. AdGuard blocks the ads in the web interface, but there were still a lot of annoyances because Reddit constantly bombarded you with prompts/popups trying to get you to switch to their app so they could track you and sell you ads. Sink It for Reddit removes all of those popups and lets you customize the behavior of the Reddit website too (tapping a post can open it in a new tab, back to top buttons for long posts, and video downloads, among other things). Constantly being updated too, which is nice to see.

UnTrap (USD $1.99)

This extension cleans up the YouTube interface in the browser. You can hide Shorts, Explore, Trending, and multiple flavors of Suggestions (videos, playlists, etc.). It also has a content filter you can use to ensure you never see certain channels or even specific videos by ID, username, or keyword/regex. There are over 50 options you can tweak for the video playback page alone, so if you’re looking to remove an annoyance from YouTube in Safari on iOS, this is the addon for you. Note however that this is the first extension I’ve recommended that does NOT have a free version.

Vinegar (USD $1.99)

This extension replaces YouTube’s custom video player with a standard HTML5 one. This means that YT videos will play back using the standard iOS video player interface, including all of the accompanying benefits: better interface, Picture in Picture/popout videos work, videos continue playing in the background even if you leave Safari, etc.. I was even able to start a YouTube video in Safari, lock my phone, and then continue playing the video and hear the audio over my car’s speakers via CarPlay. These are all normally locked features reserved for YouTube Premium subscribers. You can also set a default quality that it will use so YouTube won’t use “auto” and set you to 360p just because you’re using a phone.

[celestiabyss]

It's been a while 🌠

I've been so inactive here and I haven't archived a lot of the Genshin lore threads and tweets that I want to back up, so let me bring you up to speed on what lore shenanigans I've been doing ever since January 2023 🌠

So yeah...I stream now as a PNGtuber 😆

I still couldn't believe it myself tbh HAHAH 😆 I started streaming on Twitch last January 31, 2023. And ever since then, I've been doing Genshin streams almost every week (mostly weekend streams). I stream as a PNGtuber, a kind of Vtuber that uses a PNG model. I also upload all of my Twitch VODs on my Youtube channel so you can still watch/listen to them anytime 🌠

I mostly focus on anything that's lore-related: archon quests, story quests, main stories of limited-time events, world quests, in-game lore texts, character profiles, analyses on trailers/cutscenes/livestreams, and making powerpoints about any lore topic I find interesting! Also yes, I just concluded my first ever lore powerpoint stream series, the Hexenzirkel Powerpoint Series, last April 🌠

Now with the recent release of Honkai: Star Rail, I've been streaming Star Rail too. I've never been in any of the closed betas so experiencing the game for the first time has been so amazing! I'm still in the very early parts of the main story (I just set foot on Jarilo-VI) so it might take a while for me to do deeper lore dives. But oh my god, I really love the lore behind aeons, paths, and factions 🌠

I still have yet to decide what I'm gonna do with my Tumblr going forward, but I'll most likely do the following for both Genshin and Star Rail when I have more time + when I feel like it:

Continue archiving as many lore tweets (lore theory threads/lore thoughts) as I can (if they don't reach the tumblr pic limit, that is 😭)

Making lists of any lore references that I use for my streams (e.g. Genshin wiki entries, official Genshin videos, lore tweets made by other lore theorists)

When do I stream?

I stream on Saturdays or Sundays at 10 PM GMT+8, but I add extra streams whenever I have more free time.

However, I only have 2 streams remaining this May, and I'll be taking a stream break in June to focus more on my university's finals season.

START OF STREAM BREAK: May 29

I still have yet to figure out whether or not I'll be free to do multiple streams in a week (instead of just streaming on weekends). It's all gonna depend on the fate of my finals season 😆

STREAMS RESUME ON: July 1

But until then, feel free to stop by on my remaining streams this May when you can and I'll see you in July again after the break! You may also check out my Twitch VODs on Youtube + see me screaming about lore and characters in Twitter 😆 Thank you so much for everyone's support, whichever platform you may be in 🌠

Platforms

Twitch

Youtube

Twitter

https://twitter.com/celestiabyss

[bbiwon]

heyy all ♥ name's lola, here presenting the misunderstood character prompt, moon jaewon; who looks like a badboy, walks like a badboy but is a soft-hearted individual in reality. under the cut i've provided information about him in a bullet point list. if you'd like to interact, i'm available through both IMs and discord, latter which i strongly prefer, but i don't mind either platforms at the end of the day. thank you for your time! ♥

9th february 1999, born and raised in seoul

father teacher at an elementary school, mother working at a supermarket only fair to say that jaewon has lived an average life, sitting on the lower scale of the middle class. has a sister younger than him by few years. always was the type who was drawing; there's so many childhood drawings back at their home done by him alone that one could probably make a whole new house out of it. however, he played football mostly, since kindergarten all throughout the start of high-school, due to his parents' wish. decided to quit at the start of high-school, under the excuse that he wants to focus on studies.

in reality, he's spent his free time returning to his true passion... which quickly spirals into him drawing all the time, filling one too many sketchbooks all too fast; studies of value, anatomy, charcoal, graphite, cheap (dry) pastels. he develops a liking for a flowy touch of charcoal, alike breathy strokes of ink, quickly gaining a personal style. it's all done through naver and whichever book he can dig up from the local library, though, because his parents aren't really supportive of him following the path of an artist. after all, they are all struggling to put bread on the table and they don't want their son to be like that too.

semi-decently liked in high school, hits puberty early and has that boy crush vibes to him; with him being generally nice to everyone there are a few dates here and there but nothing serious ever happens. he had a lot of acquaintances and a few good friends though.

during this time, alongside a somewhat unlimited access to the internet and its wonders while his parents work, he finds a liking to tattoos in a way that's more complex than saying oh that looks pretty on their skin. he starts copying work done on skin of western celebrities at first, then starts coming up with his own design. gets stick and poke material from a friend of a friend of a friend and starts doing stuff on his legs mostly, thankfully most of which is now covered up

in a way, his parents have been right. his hyper-focus on it, mixed with the rebellious "i'll do what i want to do with my life" phase leads jaewon into not really studying when he's meant to be studying, so throughout high-school, his grades tank a lot. unfortunately, it's not enough to be hardworking re: drawing and talented to enter university and in spite of the evident talent, jaewon fails to enroll.

his parents aren't happy with it obviously soo he almost goes for his mandatory service right away instead, but in that same rebellious manner he says no (for now) and spends next two years... working night shifts at one of those 24-hour convenience shops while also doing an apprenticeship, attending conventions, pestering and listening to whoever wants to speak to him of the work. safe to assume he did in fact look like a zombie 18-20 and he's been barely-contact with his parents during that time

dedication, time, skill, tears, suffering have him landing a job in seoul straight out of apprenticeship, at a rather smaller place where he spends a little over a year, still looking up to his seniors; though he doesn't stay there long.

a friend of a friend (plot!?) recommends him barracuda, even if it's a city away. it's better in every way, with it being at a mall rather than some side alleyway on outskirts of seoul's city centre, and apparently the pay is better. he travels to daegu to check it out, carrying his portfolio, and it's like both ends have hit a jackpot at that moment. it's also a change of environment that he thinks would suit him well mentally so...

he becomes a full time artist @ the place. really enjoys his work and the shop, earning himself a respected name in the span of next two years (and ongoing) that he's there. (if my timeline is wrong ignore that)

gone complete no-contact with his parents due to all of this (distance also helps) but his sister thinks he's cool and that's all that matters to him in the end. tends to sleep over inside barracuda often after staying in late, which doesn't bother him much in the end because he lives in a really small studio apt anyway

his work can be seen on ig (@bbiwon) as it stands as a online-portfolio (sketches, flashes, healed tats; persona is anonymous). without going into detail describing his style, i will simply say that his work is similar to work of moku (a forewarning that he tattoos butterflies in case anyone is icked by them); with that flowy, almost freehand looking strokes. i envision his "signature tattoo" being variations on koi fishes, done in that same 'brushy' stroke/airy style. one day when i'm not lazy i'll draw an example of this

personality wise, jaewon is very soft spoken and thoughtful of others, the type that is comforting even if he doesn't say anything. calm, scarcely angry (but really spiteful and grudge holding if you manage to piss him off), the type who starts conversation about anything and everything without being embarrassed about it. carefree to an extent, holding the belief that everything will work out well in the end; though often prone to making spur of the moment decisions in his personal life. compassionate, casual & easy-going, sociable, very much caring even in moments when he should be putting himself first. the type to notice if someone isn't talking in a group of people and try to involve them. tries and isnt opposed to small talk during sessions but also reads people easily and their comfort levels

some other tidbits: — plays league of legends, maintaining a masters rank for past several seasons — the type to have "loves long walks on the beach/by the river/lake and watching sunset" on tinder but still can't make it past the second date (he actually doesn't know what he wants out of a relationship) — likes to drink, friends know how physically affectionate he actually gets when drunk — vapes... strawberry flavour... i'm sorry — dresses baggy, streetwear, comfortable — his first personal instagram kind of blew up which made him uncomfortable, so he deleted that one and made a new one. now, it is actually private and really small selection of people — trying really hard to learn how to play the guitar but also not really successful at it. will play it however to everyone's misfortune — drives a motorcycle, skateboards — lover of alt music, fan of cigarettes after sex and collects their vinyl releases despite not owning a turntable — his hair is crying but he keeps bleaching it — carries his ipad with him 24/7, always sketching something in free time — aquarius sun scorpio moon scorpio rising but you see idk what any of it means — mitski - i bet on losing dogs.mp3

if i ever think of anything more re: him (and i'm always thinking about him i love my #NotEmo boy) 'll be adding it!

i prefer brainstorming for plotting, or taking up other people's wanted plots as my brain is pea sized, but some ideas i have are: a failed tinder date who happens to actually work at the same mall , store right next to barracuda and it's kinda awkward seeing you every day or alternatively lets try again; someone who's a fan of his work; someone who he helped with a hangover after one of those forbidden parties at the mall; somehow every saturday you bump into one another when he's skating next to the geumho river and omg again? third time you're paying for a drink; mysterious person he's in a high-score war with at xpixel; coworkers; someone who thinks he's bad influence bc of his work & appearance... etcetera

[princessmia-tarot]

Hello Mia!!! I was wondering if you were still doing free readings? If so, could you ask the cards if i should go through with my move across the country or stay where i am now? (I am a cancer sun, sag moon, & scorpio rising) thank you so much for your time and energy!!! 💝

Hello!

I'm here to provide guidance, and I'd be happy to help you with your decision regarding your move. Let's consult the 9 of Swords reversed:

Should You Go Through with the Move Across the Country or Stay Where You Are?:

The 9 of Swords reversed suggests a shift in perspective and a release of anxieties. Here's some guidance:

Reevaluating Fears: The reversed 9 of Swords indicates that you've been carrying some anxieties or worries about this move. It's essential to take a step back and assess whether these fears are based on realistic concerns or if they are products of stress and uncertainty.

Emotional Release: This card also suggests that you have the capacity to let go of these anxieties and find relief from the mental burden you've been carrying. Take time for self-care and relaxation to soothe your mind.

Consider Your Goals: Reflect on your long-term goals and aspirations. What are you hoping to achieve with this move? How does it align with your future plans? Consider whether staying where you are or moving aligns better with these goals.

Support System: Evaluate your support system in both your current location and the place you're considering moving to. The people around you can play a significant role in your well-being and happiness.

Pros and Cons: Create a list of the pros and cons of both options. This can help you see the practical aspects of your decision more clearly and objectively.

Intuition and Inner Wisdom: As a Cancer sun, you have a strong intuition. Take some quiet time to connect with your inner wisdom and instincts. What does your gut feeling tell you about this move?

Timing: Consider the timing of the move. Is now the right time, or would it be more beneficial to postpone it until certain conditions are met or uncertainties are resolved?

Seek Advice: Talk to trusted friends or family members about your decision. They may offer valuable perspectives and insights.

Ultimately, the 9 of Swords reversed encourages you to address and release any anxieties or fears surrounding this move. Once you've cleared your mind and found emotional relief, you can make a more informed decision based on your goals and intuition.

Remember that whichever choice you make, it's a step in your life's journey, and you have the capacity to adapt and thrive in either location. Trust yourself and your ability to make the right decision for your well-being and future. 💖🌟🌎

xx

Mia ♥

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[stickytickets]

We're Greasing the Wheels: A Collection of Sticky Tickets' New Features 

Over the past few months, we have worked tirelessly to improve our platform's performance. We believe you will find the new features we added riveting and enjoy your experience with Sticky Tickets even more.  

Each one of them is well-thought-out and thoroughly tested to ensure that you get uninterrupted use of our services. So, let's take a quick peek at the latest 11 developments. 

Custom Page Enhancements > Video 

We have really upped our game in relation to custom event page design. Not only have we enhanced the existing features but we have also introduced the ability to add video headers and/or video backgrounds to your public pages. More details. 

Distribute or Withhold Tickets at a Ticket Type Level 

Great for multi-show passes. You can choose which ticket types (or sub-ticket types) selected that you would like to distribute actual tickets for, and those you would prefer not to. So, in the case of a multi show pass with several sub-ticket selections you can choose to either distribute just the primary ticket (multi show pass) or individual sub-tickets to each show without the primary ‘multishow pass’ ticket, or both. More details. 

Reserved Seating V2 including Seat Blocking 

We have overhauled our Reserved Seating / interactive floor plan feature with further enhancements to come. We have also included the ability to automatically block a nominated number of seats to both sides of each booking. A great social distancing tool. More details. 

Custom Reports 

We have created the ability to build your own reports with only the data you want to see, as well as a filtering function allowing you to specify which ticket types you want listed in the report. More Details. 

Report Scheduling 

You can also set scheduling to receive your reports on a daily or weekly basis at whichever time of day suits and to multiple email addresses to keep stakeholders and interested parties informed. More details. 

Scheduled Event Launch 

You may now set up your event ahead of time and set a nominated time for the event page to go live. Perfect for popular events with scheduled timing for ticket sales and also great if you want to go live at a time where you will not be available to flick the switch. More Details 

Shopping Cart feature 

Pre-Sales Feature (Display Ticket Details Prior to Availability) 

A great promotional tool to create some hype around ticket sales launch dates. Set your tickets up with a future ‘start selling’ date but allow page visitors to see ticket type details such as ticket prices and inclusions before the actual ticket sales launch date. 

Members – List Upload and Discount Scheduling 

If you are a membership-based organisation you can use this feature to set up discounts for your various member tiers without the requirement for a full integration into your membership management software. Simply upload a CSV file with your member details and set discount parameters on your relevant Sticky Tickets events. More Details. 

Ticket Type Descriptions 

Outline inclusions, restrictions, conditions etc for each ticket type you offer. 

Check-In App Upgrade 

We are in the process of rebuilding our Check-In App to improve and streamline functionality, make both scanned and manual check-ins easier and more efficient and to vastly improve capabilities regarding door sales. 

All about Check-in App : Customer Support Centre 

Moreover, we have also implemented hundreds of minor enhancements and bug fixes that have vastly improved the stability and user experience of the Sticky Tickets platform.  

We welcome any suggestions or feedback you are willing to provide, as our organisers guide our service developments too.  

If you have any questions or need to contact us, hit reply in this email, or contact us through the website - Contact Us - Sticky Tickets 

[annakie]

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Modding Post

*edit* - It’s been awhile since I made this post and there’s been a ton of great mods released, or ones that I just didn’t use that were out when I made the list.  I have slightly updated with a few additions in late 2022, but as I haven’t played LE1 in awhile, I’m probably missing out on some cool newer things.

Consider this a starting point, and go find other things you like on Nexus Mods.  This list mostly contains what I installed and used in the last quarter or so of 2021.  

It is, by the way, super annoying that all Legendary Edition mods for all three games are at one space on the Nexus.  Searching for “LE1″ will take you to most of the mods for this game, but not all.  It’s annoying to have to trawl through everything each time you want to play one of the games, but that’s the decision the Nexus admins made.

This list will start with the bigger ones which are most highly rec’d, and end with the ones that are more about personal taste.  Except for the bullet pointed sections near the end, the headline/title of the mod’s section on this post has the link.

General Advice: When installing mods, always check for compatibility patches you may need for other mods you have installed or are going to install. And be sure to check for incompatibilities -- they are usually listed on the mod’s description page.   It may be a good idea to jot down a list of the mods you intend to use FIRST, and then you can check for compatibility as you download and install.

Mod Manager

First of all, you just need ME3Tweaks Mod Manager to install the mods.  It’s pretty easy to set up, and to use.  When running mod manager for the first time, it will ask if you want to make a backup.  YOU DO WANT TO MAKE THE BACKUP.

After that, you can start installing mods.  If you have a paid account to NexusMods, you can even download mods directly from the website to the mod manager. 

Otherwise, download the mod then drag and drop the .zip file onto the mod manager.

Be sure you import the mod after downloading it, and then on the main menu Apply Mod to install it, and choose options, if available.  You need to both Import and Apply for any mod you want to use.

Also, launching the game from the Mod Manager launches you right into whichever game you’re on in the MM at the time, bypassing splash screens and the game selection screen.  Much faster.

BTW I’ve had a few people reach out for tech support for the mod manager because of this post.  This is the most tech support I’m providing.  There is an excellent Discord where they can be of actual tech help.

LE1 Community Patch

If you don’t install any other mod, at least install this one, and install it FIRST.  Tons of bug fixes, lore fixes, etc.  Hundreds of little things and many big things and glitches are fixed.  Install, and enjoy a much more lore friendly and less buggy game.  There is nothing more important modding-wise than installig the Community Patch first and foremost.

A Lot Of Videos (ALOV) for LE1

(Including optional Relay Jump Remaster)  Psst... Bioware did not, in fact, upscale all the cutscene videos for LE.  (I actually helped a little at the beginning of the ALOV project but had some stuff come up so I couldn’t finish helping, but I definitely saw how they were all still mostly in like 1440 or 1080.)  So the ALOV team painstakingly did all that work which Bioware should have done in the first place.  Truly upscaled 4k cutscenes, for all 3 games.  Thanks modders. 

Saren Stages

This is so good.  It’s so, so good.  One of the things that over and over again we’ve all said is how it should have been done in the first place is now... done.  Saren starts the game looking just a little different than a “normal” Turian, but not obviously a guy with tubes and mechanics sticking out of him.  When he meets with the council, he’s wearing a robe over body so what little reaperized bits he has are covered.  He looks a little different on Virmire, before looking fully changed finally on the Citadel, where his appearance actually feels shocking.  Really well done, actually lore-friendly, makes Nihilus and the Council not look like complete morons for not asking why someone they’ve known for many years is now half machine.

Pinnacle Station DLC

Where, once again, Bioware failed, the modders succeeded.  Made a post about this recently with screenshots.  But yes, the full DLC, some of it ported in, some of it completely remade, is now seamlessly integrated into the game.  Sure, it’s a couple of hours of inconsequential fighting with a few rewards, but if you miss it, it’s amazing that it exists at all in the LE now.

Same-Gender Romances for LE1

You probably already know what this does.  Do you want to play MShep and romance Kaidan from LE1?  Or Femshep/Ashley?  Here ya go, fully doable with virtually no difference from the het ship.

But even if you are romancing Liara, or doing Femshep/Kaidan or MShep/Ashley, or doing no ME1 romance at all, I still highly rec this mod. 

Because of the way Bioware designed the dialog wheel, it’s really hard to know what lines exactly trigger the romances, thus accusations of being “ninjamanced” (or starting a romance with a character you didn’t want to just by being nice to a companion) were born.  This mod really helps avoid that.  Read the description and you can easily tell exactly what lines to avoid using to stop the romance from triggering.  You’ll want to make sure you do this for all of the 3 companions you don’t plan on romancing.

There was also a bug in Liara’s dialog in the base game that DIDN’T stop the romance from triggering even if you selected the right dialog.  The LE1 Community Patch fixed this, but even if you don’t install it, this mod also fixes it.

Galaxy Map Trackers

Marks UNC missions you’ve unlocked on the Galaxy Map.  Definitely does get a bit cluttered until you start knocking out those missions, but really worth it.

Charted Worlds

Reveals ALL of the mineral and misc. locations on all the planetary maps from the start.  No more driving around planets hoping you find everything, if you feel like you need to clear everything on every planet.  I don’t have a screenshot of a planetary map, and you know what it looks like, so take this pretty Mako screenshot instead.

Mission Timings

“This mod delays the Council's message about Virmire until all three initial missions (Therum, Feros, and Noveria) are completed, rather than delivering the message after only two of the three are completed. It also delays Kahoku's message about Cerberus until Feros and Noveria are completed, since UNC: Cerberus features enemies introduced in both missions.“

The timeline feels more natural, and forces the Cerberus questline make more sense, imho.  Enjoy the screenshot of one of the Cerberus bunkers since it’s hard to actually have a screenshot for this mod.

No Sexual Harassment

A few choices here to remove some of the sexism directed towards Femshep in various areas of the game, and another to remove the Consort stroking your face.  I’ve always hated the face stroking, my Shep would have definitely taken a polite step back there.  So to be able to have a calm interaction with the Consort, who I otherwise like, without the touching was great. 

I didn’t remove Harkin the sexist dialog, I personally feel like it’s part of Harkin’s personality and just more fuel to dislike him, and I like Femshep standing up for herself.   But I love that it’s an option for those who choose to install it.

LE1 Diversification Project

Brand new on N7 Day 2022 - huge overhaul of the Citadel, and significant changes to other hubs, to diversify the races and genders in the galaxy.  Moves some favorite NPCs to better locations, does some lighting fixing, lots of new outfits and hair for NPCs!  Requires Halcyon Hairpack and Advanced Weapon Models for LE1.

This is a HUGE mod and is going to make a huge impact on your game, visually.  Can’t wait for further releases of the project!

Travel & Convenience:

N7 Mako and Unlimited Sprint and Boost - The Mako is better in LE1.  These mods make planet travel much better. And also very long sprint (as long as your weapon is out) is really nice, if immersion breaking, to make it around the hubs faster.

Normandy Rapid Transit - Adds a Normandy option to Citadel Fast Travel to land you at the docking bay if you want to avoid the elevator.  I didn’t use it much, since I like the elevator in LE1 now, but it was nice to have the option.

Skip Minigames - I saw the spinny blocks minigame exactly once the whole game (on Noveria while breaking into the office near Lorik Qui’in’s office.)   Aside from that, every minigame cost 0 Omnigel to skip.  It was so, so nice.  

Equipment & Appearance:

Iconic Fashion Party - All companions stay in their Iconic armor look (N7 Onyx for Shepard, Phoenix for Ashley, Non-N7 Onyx for Kaidan, Agent for Garrus, etc.) no matter what armor you are actually wearing.  Removes options of having your entire team in Phoenix armor if that’s your thing.  But everyone has a consistent look throughout the game and nobody will ever have to sport banana colored armor just to survive.  Will still change the look from Light --> Medium --> Heavy armor when you/companions can equip heavier armor though.

Morlan’s Famous Iconic Armor Shop - Adds another store to Morlan that only sells iconic armor (see above).  Not really necessary if you just want to keep them in the look if you have Iconic Fashion Party installed, but it IS another shop where you can find better armor, especially for like, Tali, who can be really hard to find armor for if the RNG isn’t nice.  So why not install it?

Black Market License - Adds additional armors and weapons into the game which, TBH, are probably overpowered, or at least equal to Spectre gear.  The armor will override Iconic Fashion Party but the stats are great, and it’s a unique look that isn’t in the basegame naturally.  Adds a license to the Normandy Quartermaster so that he sells these items, as well.

Elements of Comparative Weaponry - Makes weapon stats more accurate and make more sense. 

There are many Hair Mods you can install and, following the instructions the mod has, using the Trilogy Save Editor, apply to your Shepard.  You’ll want to do a search for “LE1 Hair” on the Nexus to see them.  These are not texture mods, so you can install and swap them out at any time.

Companion Overhauls

Kaidan Alenko Overhaul - Gives Kaidan better textures, especially for his hair, which no longer looks like an overly-gelled mess.  I love this one, a lot.

Subtle Face for Tali - There are a few Tali face/outfit overhauls on the Nexus, showing various amounts of her face.  This is the most subtle.  You can see a face behind her visor, but it’s not super clear.  Check out the others and pick your favorite.  They’re all animated and look good, it’s definitely a preference thing.

Casual Hubs for LE1

Lets you and your companions wear your Normandy outfit on the Citadel.  The only thing is that you still have your guns on your back if you’re at a part of the game where you still might fight on the Citadel, so it’s a bit immersion breaking there.  Will have you in casuals in Port Hanshan once fighting there is done (so like if you go back after completing Peak 15.)

Also puts Garrus and Wrex in casual outfits on the Normandy, as well as the hubs.

Dr. Heart Experiments

Just a small non-texture mod that uses a different model on Dr. Heart’s ships for the failed experiments.  Does not un-vanilla the game.  Sorry for the dark screenshot, THEY’RE ALL DARK.  I took my photomode screenshots for color, not clarity. :)

ME3 Alliance Armor for LE1

Puts the generic marines (and a few named ones) throughout the game in more lore-friendly armor.  A few good customization options in this one. I had my on-duty soldiers guarding the Normandy in Alliance armor instead of their casual blues as well.

Other Stuff

There is ALOT for all of the LE games, adding in even better textures where they could be better.  As always, you cannot install other mods after installing textures without going through a restore process, so decide do do texture mods carefully and only when you’re done with other modding and have tested to make sure your game is stable.

I really didn’t feel like adding in textures for this run, though, so I could easily add more mods as they came out.  Maybe next time I play, once the modding scene has slowed.

There are many non-ALOT choice texture mods, like one that gives Benezia a full outfit, complexion textures for Shepard and companions, new outfits, etc.  Can’t wait to use them, later!

And again, there’s just like, a bunch of other mods on the Nexus that I didn’t use but others will probably like!  Just because I chose not to use something doesn’t mean it isn’t awesome.

Anyway, once again, thanks to the modders for making incredible contributions to fix the bugs, tweak the game to taste, and restore entire cut content.  If you’re on PC, I highly suggest giving modifying your game via mods a try.  The mods are mostly built around using ME3Tweaks / Mass Effect Modder, which were written from the ground up to be as stable and friendly as possible, so it’s pretty easy to keep a stable game if you follow directions.

[spnpridemonth]

hey there friends!! we’d like to introduce you to spnprideweek! this is a fan-led event to celebrate queer stories and characters in supernatural! it will run from june 13 to june 19. here are our prompts for each day with some ideas to get you started:

day 1: coming out / flags — coming out is pretty self explanatory, and can be as taken as literal as you’d like! what’s their story? how did the people around them react? are they coming out in terms of sexuality or gender or both? etc etc. flags is also up to interpretation, you can use the flag colors from different pride flags, explore red flags, play flag football—entirely up to you! [sunday, june 13]

day 2: mlm / pride — men loving men refers to any relationships that are between men or any characters that are mlm. pride is another open-ended prompt: what does ‘pride’ mean to you? what does it mean to these characters/how do they show pride? or, if you desire, this prompt can broadly refer to being proud or taking pride in something! [monday, june 14]

day 3: trans / acceptance — trans is a prompt specific to work about non-binary, genderfluid, and trans characters and/or their relationships. acceptance might refer to self-acceptance journeys or even coming out stories. again, quite open ended! [tuesday, june 15]

day 4: wlw / supporting characters — women loving women can showcase the awesome queer women on supernatural and their growth as characters, their relationships with others, or anything else you’d like to showcase. you can also show some love to the supporting characters not explored fully by the show. one episode wonders? one season stars? flesh them out or highlight their scenes! remember that you are of course welcome to use these characters for any other prompts as well! [wednesday, june 16]

day 5: found family / fun — found family: who are the important people that surround your character(s)? how do they support each other? how did they become family? you can easily tie this prompt into fun, or just run with ‘fun’ on its own and explore what your character(s) might do to let loose ! [thursday, june 17]

day 6: aroace / queer poc — day six allows creators to make content surrounding aromantic or asexual characters! you can combine this with queer poc if you so desire (e.g max banes, kaia nieves, whoever else you headcanon), but the second prompt is geared specifically towards queer poc characters and/or their relationships! [friday, june 18]

this day runs adjacent to @spnpocweek 's creator weekend (18th-20th) which will be boosting content from poc and about poc characters or relationships! be sure to check it out!

day 7: free space / free space [saturday, june 19]

* the ideas listed above are just to get you brainstorming! feel free to be as creative and interpretive of the prompts as you would like!

rules/info:

two prompts are provided for each day for flexibility's sake. feel free to combine them or choose whichever ones suit your fancy!!

you do not have to participate in every day of this event.

headcanons and canon are both welcome!

in addition to the prompts listed above, this entire week our blog will be open for you tell us your queer or gender-related stories! these can range from personal anecdotes to how the show and/or its characters helped with your coming out or understanding yourself, or anything else that you feel comfortable sharing. we’ll be posting these all week, so feel free to send us an ask (either on anon or off), submission, or tag us in your posts!

remember to use our tag #spnprideweek and/or tag us @/spnprideweek to make sure we see it and can reblog!

NO wincest or incest of any kind will be accepted. NO rpf ships or nsfw works will be reblogged on the spnprideweek blog, since this event is open to minors.

Thanks for your understanding, and if you have any questions, be sure to send us an ask!

& finally — check out @transnaturalweek from the 22nd-28th of this month!! in collaboration with those at transnaturalweek, you are able to resubmit any content made from spnprideweek to transnaturalweek by tagging them in your work on the appropriate/corresponding days of their event!

[morvantmortuary]

Who do you order the plushies from?! I’d love to get a chibi Laszlo for moral support.

Okay!! Thank you for your patience nonny, I had a draft of this the night you sent it in but then tumblr ate it, and I've been running around getting ready to travel for a bit, BUT! I'm somewhere where I'm stationary for a while, so I have plenty of time.

Welcome to Rae's Guide to Having a Plushie Problem ✨

Before we get started, a disclaimer on my part of Yes, I Know; I don't know why plushies are my main vice, I've been like this since I was little and I'm sure it has something to do with my attachment style/being kinda lonely as a Weird KidTM or something etc. etc. I only just got into commissioned plushes during the pandemic, and I tend to save up and order them around my birthday or holidays, bc they definitely tend to be my big splurge purchase for special occasions. :'D

This just means I have a decent amount of experience, though, and can hopefully help you make your choice!

So, primarily I tend to seek out plush artists on Etsy, so most of my links will be through there. You're welcome to search "plush commissions" or some variation of that phrase there to see what you can turn up, but I'm more than happy to walk you through the listings I've used before. For each of them, you'll definitely want to take a look at their initial price range and then contact them directly about what you have in mind for Las - have a couple reference photos for him in the outfit you have in mind to send to whichever one you choose, so that way if the price will go up depending on time needed/materials they can let you know. But also, know that depending on the size of the doll, outfit details might get simplified to some degree, so be ready to decide what traits you definitely want to keep/which ones you'd be willing to minimize.

(I'm so sorry if you already know how this process works, I just tend to overexplain things, both from a teacher and an ADHD standpoint :'D)

Tiny!Maxi and Tiny!Hex are from an artist in the UK called NoizFoxy - she's a sweetheart to work with, and asks lots of great questions about details. For Maxi, I sent her the reference art by my friend Toni that I've shown y'all before, and for Hex I just sent her a photo of Diego from my favorite photoshoot. She has multiple sizes of plush available in her listing at varying price points, so feel free to take a look for yourself; I like having the boys at 8cm bc I appreciate being able to sneak them into a purse or my work bag or whatever when I'm having an anxious day (and it makes it easier to take photos ngl). I maybe carry them around a little more than she'd recommend (Maxi's got a little bit of hair on the side of his head that's starting to come unglued), but he held up through me rotating him in my hand all through my exams and on all sorts of adventures so far, so I just consider it a sign of him being loved Velveteen Rabbit-style. <3

(Here they are close up for detail purposes, from when we first got Hex.)

If you’re looking for something a little bigger, I would recommend flightydollies, who’s based out of Texas! Their plush are made of fleece and felt, and tend to stand just a little taller than chibi!Maxi and Zemo (who I write about down below). They make characters from a dizzying array of fandoms, so definitely check their page to see if there’s anyone else you’d like! I know for a fact though that they’d be a great choice to make Laszlo or Zemo - because I asked them to make both for me a couple birthdays ago:

As you can see, they both came out beautifully, and they hold court on my dresser with my bat collection. <3 I don't tend to take them with me when I travel, bc I don't want to upset any of the details she attached in layers, but she stitches them very sturdily specifically to be loved on, they make wonderful little cheerleaders when I'm working!

If you want to consider less conventional plush types, like the tsum/stackable style plush, bbearpops is a lovely young artist based in Florida who makes those with all sorts of personalization options. They're most active on Insta if you want to look at their work beforehand, and they make tsums in multiple sizes as listed on their etsy (from 3 inches to 12, though IIRC I think you can ask for up to 17" if that's a workable price range for you). She used to work mostly in fleece, but I think for a slight upcharge she's recently started offering to make her plush in minky fabric as well. She's made a huge array of characters, so I think a Las in her style could potentially be really cute! Definitely check out her past creations, she manages to make them really detailed despite the sleeker anatomy!

Their insta can be found here, if you’d like to do some browsing!

If you want something more hugging-sized (11-15 inches), there's also APairAPlushies! She was also a sweetheart to work with, adding in lot of details I wasn't expecting to my commissioned Maxi, and her plushies tend to heftier in size/bulk - they'd go better in an overnight bag/suitcase, maybe not so much in a daily backpack. But if you need something to squish or hug really hard (or bury your face in and scream), this is the model for you! :D

(My photo of this version of Maxi is absolutely refusing to upload for some reason, but if you look at her etsy page, you’ll get a good idea. She surprised me with included bloodstains hidden under his waistcoat and a bloody knife crafted from eva foam, which was super sweet of her!)

If you want something a bit more detailed and articulated, then I would suggest StitchyButton - they have a blog here on tumblr and a twitter where they regularly post their work, and they make a variety of plush types! The version I recommend myself is the Cuddle variety, which is the largest on this list. It tends to have more exaggerated features, and is the perfect size to sit in your lap/on your bed. Their arms are bent at the elbows, which feels a bit like being hugged back at times if that's something you're in the market for :'D And because their legs are somewhat bent at the knees, they sit very well on shelves/ledges/boxes/etc! But Stitchy also makes dolls that are narrower in design that are more for decoration/admiring from afar, and they also-also make smaller bunny/kitten plushies that they'll dress up and add details to so they look like your character of choice (you can even buy them in pairs for your favorite ship, if you have one!). They're a fabulous artist, and while this entry is definitely on the expensive side of this list, they're absolutely worth it for their artistry. Their attention to detail is stunning, and every little touch is expertly made! If you're looking for a Las in a really specific outfit (like his dinner jacket from Delmonico's, or his big fluffy coat), this would be the one I recommend for sure. Please definitely browse their socials, even if you decide you want a different type of plush: their work is so pretty, I legitimately love going through and looking at other dolls they've made just for fun sometimes.

Featured for example purposes: Maxi, whom you've seen before! The light isn’t the best for all the little details, but he has tiny buttons on his waistcoat and little pocket flaps, and his hair is floppy and moveable with the way it’s attached. I didn’t even think she’d take the time to attach his watch, but it’s beautiful!

The most expensive item on this list would be the cotton/Kpop style dolls I've had made for both Maxi and Zemo - they can be made in multiple sizes, but are most usually found in 15 cm and 20 cm. In my experience, they also take a good amount longer than all the other plush on this list (bc you're usually ordering them exclusively from an artist overseas who's either embroidering the face/body details themselves, or has a connection with a factory that can do so). But they're the only ones that have removable clothes, and you can buy premade clothes/outfits/accessories for them on sites like am*z*n and aliexpress, if that's a selling point for you at all. (Though for a character like Las, I don't know that it would have a lot of appeal - most of the clothes that are ready-made tend to be ultra modern and brightly colored, in my experience. So unless you really want to see him in a pink hoodie or a bunny onesie, you probably won't have a lot of alternate options for him). However, this is a kind that's really popular in other countries, so you can find all sorts of interesting things for them if you know where to look. I actually have invested in a couple sort-of cheaper doll ita bags to customize/carry them around in, if I ever wanted to (which I've been meaning to make a separate post about for ages but just haven't got around to it, that being a hobby my adhd brain picked up over this last semester :'D).

Maxi was one I commissioned directly from a company over Twitter, and that was by far my most expensive purchase experience, so I'm not going to rec that info to you unless you ask me specifically bc I don't want to wish that on anybody lmao. (There were a couple moments I thought something was included in what I'd already paid that I then ended up having to pay for separately, I'll put it that way. Everyone was perfectly nice, it was just more than I was expecting based on my initial quote, which happens.) 

But for Zemo, I worked with Meizai on Etsy. She's a lovely person, and though her process has definitely started taking longer due to her growing popularity/COVID restrictions coming and going, she's definitely worth the wait and someone I'd order from again. She includes designing your doll from a reference photo in her base price for the doll itself (which is something other artists can charge for separately, depending on where you go), and the doll itself is usually always the same price (though depending on the level of embroidery/face and body detail involved, that could vary). The part where it can get about the same range as Stichy above is the outfit - she counts custom clothes as a separate order (as many places with similar dolls do), and that range can vary also depending on how detailed you'd want the outfit. A minimalist version of Zemo's clothes (which you can see in the photo below) ran me about the basic amount she usually has for clothes, but depending on what you'd want for Las/which outfit you have in mind, it might go up. Bc her process takes more time, you can sometimes go a while without hearing updates, but she tends to respond pretty quickly whenever I sent her a hello/progress inquiry. I think she's got new orders closed rn bc she's trying to keep up with her current batch, but if this is the style of doll you're inclined towards, I'd definitely keep an eye on her for when she opens them again!

(Behold! A smug chibi!Baron, with a funko pop for size/detail comparison.)

Okay, nonny, this is where my expertise runs out. Thanks for letting me babble at you about these artists; they're all a delight to work with and consummate pros in my experience, so no matter which one you pick, you’ll be in good hands! I also just really love plush as an artform as well as my main bad habit lmao. If you have any more questions, I'll be happy to answer them! Just let me know what's up, and thanks for your patience in the meantime <3 I'd love to see photos of your Laszlo, however he turns out (or even just when you get a concept sketch), and I hope he's everything you need in terms of moral support! Sending you lots of love from our neck of the woods! <3

[mattoyaki]

Keqing Build Guide

CatCHing, Kaching$$$, KaQueen….however you choose pronounce her name, Keqing is a fan favorite due to her cute “cat ears” and purple aesthetic. She’s also one of the non-banner five star characters so if you’ve been playing for a while you most likely have her. Today’s guide I’ll be focusing on the Cat Queen herself!

There’s actually a super big community around Keqing, Keqing Mains, and most of the information in this guide will come from here. If you want more in depth analysis of Keqing check them out or visit their subreddit r/keqingmains. Below is the url for their website, I had trouble hyperlinking it:

https://keqingmains.com/keqing/

Role

Keqing is a DPS character through and through. Everything about her kit is designed to help her deal more damage, and she’s not supportive at all (maybe for electro aura??) Whats great about Keqing though is she has flexibility in how you can play her, since her electro infusion is optional. Because of this, this guide will focus on two builds: Electro and Physical DPS.

Note: Physical Keqing does not infuse her auto attacks with her E, this means that rather then teleporting with her Stiletto, she uses a charged attack to detonate it instead. Electro Keqing will tap E twice to teleport to her stiletto, which infuses her auto attacks with electro element for a short time. This is very important to remember since whichever play style you prefer will dictate how you should build her.

Talents

Focus on Keqing’s auto attacks for maximum returns on DPS. After autos, you can level her burst and save her E skill for last.

Normal Attacks > Burst > Skill

Her talents ascend with Books of Prosperity, Energy Nectar, and Ring of Boreas.

Weapons

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Mistsplitter Reforfed; Primordial Jade Cutter; Aquila Favonia; Summit Shaper;

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Black Sword; Prototype Rancour; Lion’s Roar; Flute; Blackcliff Longsword

Currently the Jade Cutter and Mistsplitter are BiS for Electro builds, while Aquila Favonia is BiS for physical. Jade Cutter Vs Mistsplitter ultimately comes down to whether you need more crit rate or Crit Dmg.

Any 5⭐️ sword is great, with the exception of Skyward Blade since Keqing has no issue with Energy regen.

Black Sword is the preferred 4⭐️ for Keqing due to its crit rate sub stat. It’s passive also provides healing which is good utility. Any of the listed 4 star swords are very viable though, if you don’t happen to have any of the swords listed, Harbinger of Dawn is a 3⭐️ sword and is actually pretty decent due to its CV. You can use that until you acquire one for the weapons listed above.

Artifacts

Physical DPS

4pc Pale Flame; 2pc Pale Flame, 2pc Bloodstained Chivalry, 2pc Gladiator

Pale Flame is without a doubt the best option here since Keqing can abuse its passive with her short skill CD. Remember to detonate the stiletto with a charged attack instead of tapping E again!

Electro DPS

2pc Thundering Fury, 2pc Gladiator; 4pc Thundersoother

4pc TF sounds tempting but the set bonus isn’t that good since she already has a short skill CD. The atk% increase from Gladiator is more consistent.

4pc Retracing Bolide is viable for either build if the sub stats are better and she’s paired with a good shielder like Zhongli. It’s not really worth farming imo but if you happen to have the prices laying around, it can definitely work!

Main Stats

Main Stats will be the same for each build, with the exception of the goblet which is self explanatory

Timepiece - Atk%

Goblet - Electro Dmg Bonus or Physical Dmg Bonus

Circlet - Crit Rate or Crit Dmg

Sub Stats are also the same for both builds. Prioritize in the following order:

Crit Rate = Crit Dmg > Atk% > Flat Atk > Energy Recharge

Note: Electro Keqing can benefit from Elemental Mastery as well, prioritize it after Atk%

Team Comps

Keqing can fit into a variety of comps due to the dual nature of her DPS. For physical builds she pairs well with Cryo characters to proc superconduct (halves physical resistance) and for electro she pairs best with Hydro characters, specifically Xingqiu.

Comp Ideas

F2P - Physical

Keqing + Kaeya + Noelle + Geo MC

Keqing + Kaeya + Barbara + Xiangling

F2P - Electro

Keqing + Anemo MC + Barbara + Lisa

Physical

Keqing + Diona + Kaeya/Rosaria + Xingqiu / Zhongli

Electro

Keqing + Xingqiu + Fischl + Jean

Overview

Keqing is a great DPS option for both physical and electro builds, depending which play style you prefer. Her talents ascend with Books of Prosperity, Energy Nectar, and Ring of Boreas. She can use Pale Flame as a physical carry and a hybrid of Thundering Fury and Gladiator as electro carry. Bolide also works if you happen to have pieces laying around and she’s paired with a good shielder. She can fit into a variety of team comps depending which play style you decide to go with.

As always I hope this guide was helpful for some people! I’ll try to do more guides soon! :)

[wlwcarries]

500 Followers Celeb (!!!)

five hundred followers???? that is absolutely WILD to me, thank you all so, so much. i can’t believe it’s been nearly three months since i decided to create a blog for my favorite show and well....here we are!! i’m so thankful to all of you guys, my followers, the amazing friends i’ve met on here who i can’t believe i’ve had the incredible luck to get to know. i am giving everyone a gigantic hug (or a fist bump, whichever you prefer!!!)

anyways, i’ve decided to do a little celeb to say thank you! <333

leave an emoji with ____ and i’ll make you a gifset!

🎤 a song lyric

🧶 a quote

✏️ a line from your fic

💌 a line from a fic you love (i’ll check in with authors beforehand)

🎥 a scene from the show

(you can send a character/relationship/ship along with it if you want but you don’t have to! if you have any other requests or specifications feel free to include them)

👻 send me a prompt and i’ll write a drabble/fic!

a prompt could be a headcanon, a ship and a trope, a sentence starter, or just any normal prompt!

this can be single character focused, platonic relationships, or romantic ships

au and canonverse are both fine

the ships i’m most comfortable writing for are juke, willex, and flarrie! i’ll write for some others too but it depends, so feel free to send me a message/ask if you’re unsure

also i don’t write rpf, x reader, or smut

some smaller ones:

(these ideas are pretty much all stolen lol thank you @sylphrenas @sk8rwillie and @queenmolina ily guys)

📚 send me a fic specification (ex. a ship, a type of verse, tropes, length, etc) and i'll give you some fic recs if i can!

🥰 send me a word or preferably your name for a shitty acrostic poem

🤠 give me three jatp characters and a number from this list

💜 ask me a question from this ask game (specify that it's the 'random jatp ask game' because some of the emojis are the same)

🤡 i will answer with a meme or a cursed image or....something. maybe you'll get space facts or an out of context quote from discord. who knows, kind of a wild card here tbh.

again, thank you guys so much!!! you're all such kind, supportive and wonderful people and i'm so incredibly grateful that i get to be a part of the amazing community we've created here.

ani 💕

(also, mutuals sb?)