#Happy birthday from the class and the mod!

[i-cant-believe-its-not-gay]

Headcanon time!

We all saw the Rescue Bots in their protoform… forms before scanning their vehicles, yes? Well, from my understanding, protoforms are basically underdeveloped Cybertronians. My headcanons for them come from that.

- All the bots have stunted heights because of that. As in, shorter than Arcee. It makes it easier to save the humans.

- Their voice boxes aren’t as clear as normal human noises due to being underdeveloped, they all kinda sound like UTAUs but in different resamplers

- Before they went to the academy, they get hurt easily since protoforms have thinner armour. But they eventually made modifications to their bodies to make them more durable

Miscellaneous headcanons below the cut!

- They initially fought a lot when they first got teamed together in the academy, but eventually got closer

- Heatwave was basically the heartthrob of the academy

- The reason why Boulder doesn’t have the regular visor is because one time in the academy, he was just passing by (wearing his visor) the quadrangle when a cube (the one they use for the cube sport) suddenly crashed into the side of his visor like a meteor, sending it flying. He couldn’t find it after that incident so he just opted for the ones that stuck close to his optics.

- When they were in the academy, the mods they had installed to their body made them stronger, faster, and durable, but also made them very bulky (and they still are after scanning their Earth modes)

- The flashlight optic things are actually a modification from the academy

- The desks they had in the academy were like the armchairs in the Philippines, (iykyk) but they kept sitting on each other’s desks to the point it’s still a habit they do even after training

- O.A, they’re all O.A but they mostly keep it under wraps (except for Blades)

- The four all had land based vehicle modes back on Cybertron, and they love to race with each other after classes

- They LOVE gossiping, they hate to be involved but love hearing it (afterschool gossiping 😍)

- They rarely go to clubs and bars because they’re always busy in Cybertron (and partly because they’re lightweights)

- Boulder picks up the nearest bot next to him when hearing good news (like how he did in Chase’s run for mayor)

- Chase can’t cook to save his life, even if it’s Cybertronian cuisine, Boulder knows how to chop things but doesn’t really know much about how to actually cook, Heatwave can cook a decent bit, but keeps burning things (how ironic), and Blades is the only one who knows how to cook and bake since he was a servant when he was young

- The moment Blades got his first paycheck as a Rescue Bot, he bought all the sweets he wanted alongside some for his team (and made the cashier laugh with the amount of candy he got)

- Boulder, Chase, and Blades got a little bit more violent after being teamed up with Heatwave

- The rescue crew all have outlier abilities

- They all have masks (like Optimus’s) but they rarely use it on Earth since the incidents aren’t as dire

- Blades is very, very familiar with tropa time

- Heatwave gets embarrassed when showing affection to his team when it isn’t small gestures like a hand to the shoulder or nudges but tries to get out of his comfort zone from time to time

- Boulder had the most ankle injuries out of them all when they first landed on Earth (like how do you even walk on those shovels???)

- The team occasionally sings happy birthday (or the Cybertronian equivalent) when trying to wake up a member because it’s funny

- Chase got teased a lot because of his shiny, smooth helm

- A few members of Team Prime visit Griffin Rock for reports under Optimus’s command (and that’s how Smokescreen met Blades). They all understand what Optimus is trying to do for them and respects his decision to not throw them into war

- And the Rescue Crew loves it, they keep asking for stories of war (mostly Heatwave though)

- Optic colour headcanons: Heatwave has red-orange, Boulder has yellow, Chase has bluish-gray, and Blades has green

Got to the end? Congrats! Thank you for listening to me yap :DDD

[aziraphales-library]

Hi! I was wondering if you knew a fic where Muriel and Crowley are just like,, hanging out? Or if the soho gang (nina and maggie) comfort crowley or something? I really liked their dynamic in season two so I was wondering if there were any fics like that. thanks so much!!

Hello! We have a #crowley & muriel tag with a couple of posts. Here are some fics to add where Crowley spends time with Muriel, Nina, and Maggie...

The recovery of a bog body by Joseph_Amadeus (G)

On the third day of sitting in his car at the bottom of the Border Mires Crowley receives a prophetic vision — Dorothy Zbornak of The Golden Girls appears next to him, all gray curls and no-shit-taking attitude, and reminds him, as kindly as she can, that one shouldn't turn mourning into a way of life

Muriel And The Art Of Bookshop Maintenance by cosmic_day (G)

Muriel has taken over the bookshop, and is doing their best to run it, with helpful advice from Maggie and Nina, and occasional visits from the depressed demon who seems to come in a package deal with the bookshop. And for the first time in their life, they’re reading a book, a book called The Crow Road. All of it is new, and exciting, and wonderful, but it is quite a lot for one 37th class scrivener to handle.

Angels Like These by slapsticks (T)

They shifted back as Crowley stood up, smiling, "You know what? Forget about–all of this, Constable, I think I'll be going now." He declared, shoving the teacup into the startled officer's hands. "You know me, I've got errands, that terrible demon-y stuff," The cup and saucer clanked together as Muriel struggled to hold them. "But – you just arrived," They protested, almost sadly. "I'm..." The words died on their tongue. "Mhm, yeah-huh," Replied Crowley, hardly listening, or at least trying not to, sauntering towards the doors. "Nice seeing you – now, goodbye, for the forseeable future." "The forseeable future?" "For the forseeable future, Inspector!" in which crowley begins to form an unlikely bond with nina, maggie, and muriel ! birthday gift for my good buddy pal bro frank who basically wrote the last couple interactions with me and inspired the whole fic . i might be too dedicated. I Dont Care. happy birthday bro

In Nothing Else So Happy by Ducks Have Ears (NR)

"I count myself in nothing else so happy, as in a soul remembering my good friends." Richard II, Act 2, Scene 3 - Shakespeare Crowley had only ever had one friend and he was beginning to realise that maybe one friend simply wasn't enough. (Part two of the Crowley & Friends series)

That's What Friends Do by Barbarian_MP (NR)

Nina had found him, coming around the corner on her bicycle and at first not being at all surprised to see the car parked in front of her shop. The car seemed to be in that very spot on the daily. Little early for it to be there, sure, but maybe it had been there all night. She wasn’t all that worried about it until she noticed the car’s owner was inside, unmoving.

The F-Word by haleinedelail (T)

Post Series 2, how the living f**k is Crowley ever going to find solace or comfort? Whiskey? Coffee? Cursing? Antisocial behavior? Yes, all of the above. But HOPE is a puzzle that we all must put back together multiple times throughout our lives, and demons are no different. He will find it again, but it might take a village to get all the pieces together.

- Mod D

[nevassan]

happy anniversary and munday, toa! credits to neffi for the munday form - thank you for all your hard work and love!

Name: harrow

Pronouns: he/she/it

Birthday (no year): 8/25

Where are you from? What is your time zone? US | CST

How long is your roleplay experience? 10+ years

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? roleplaying warriors on fanfic.net as any good soldier of the time did. i did it on my 3ds because i didn't have a laptop yet.

How were you introduced to TOA? i messaged leo in december and went "i missed tellius" and leo went "hey i rp tellius on tumblr" and the rest is, as they say, history.

Do you have any pets? four cats - hubert von vestra (black), odessa silverberg (calico), anakin (gray), and kaoru hakaze (tabby).

What is your favorite time of year and why? i love autumn so much i'm about to be thriving

What is your IRL occupation? math tutor & pizza delivery driver!

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? i like competitive games, drawing, old english literature, and really obscure jrpgs.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? obscure ass jrpgs - fragile dreams, eternal sonata, magical vacation, etc. i also play a lot of fighting games. catch me in guilty gear strive 10x streak.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: favorite pokemon type is fairy or normal, but my favorite pokemon is dhelmise!

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! one time when i was 6 a playdate i was having ended so me and the person i was hanging out with (i barely knew her and did not consider her a friend) decided our only course of action was to run away from home and i think it's really funny. we did get decently far.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? my ex in 2016 went "hey dude you should play this tellius stuff" and the rest is history

What Fire Emblem games have you played? every one except gaiden. I'm sorry n

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: first - awakening, favorite - radiant dawn

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! HUBERT VON VESTRA!!!!!!!!!!, Micaiah, Arthur (FE4), Olwen, Takumi

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! probably Sephiran. iyky

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 hubert von vestra i am free. i am free whenever. Please

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: i don't...remember? if i got the gay awakening mod now i'd probably do henry. - Fates: niles / still niles - Three Houses: i don't think i s supported anyone on my first playthrough, as weird as that is. nowadays i pick girleth so i can kiss hubie and seteth - Engage: i didn't ever beat the game on my own (thanks youtube) but i would like to marry pandreo or nel.

Favorite Fire Emblem class? i love mages. i love mage emblem. i like trickster a lot too.

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? i would be a green unit and if you don't rescue me i die. like regardless of if the enemy units kill me i get executed in a cutscene after the chapter or something. i'm just a villager.

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? black eagles forever baby!!!

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? boons - faith & dark; banes - axes & heavy armor; budding - authority.

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? firene realistically but i want to go to elusw

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔TO-AH

Current TOA muses: Diarmuid, Sothe

Past TOA muses? Hortensia, F!Morgan, Shez, Lukas

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Sothe, soooo...

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? I need you to not look at my muselist and look at this answer. I love silly girls. I love whimsical little girly girls so much.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? I want to be able to write really villainous characters/ Smart characters, but I'm not good at writing manipulative stuff and im too embarrassed to dm another mun like hey can you pretend i gaslit gatekept girlbossed your muse

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? i like battle and high-emotion scenes. stuff i can use prose for.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? i want diarmuid to break :thumbsup: make this guy cry

Favorite TOA-related memories? i've honestly just been really happy the whole time i've been here. even when my muse wanes i enjoy being in toa so much it overcomes the feeling of writer's block because i just want to be here with this group i've come to love.

Present or past tense? present

Normal size text, small text, no preference? no preference

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉 monica and hortensia are playing tug of war w my last braincell that needs to be doing homework

[azalea-romanoff]

HAPPY AUTISM AWARENESS DAY!

First: happy autism awareness day to all my mun/mods with autism or who have characters with autism. (in my case, it's both!)

So in honour of Autism Awareness Day and month, I'd like to tell you all about my levels of autism <3

Tics and Fidgets: I'm on the spectrum such that I have a lot of tics and fidgets. Usually it's the repititions which feel nice, and it can often annoy others. I have a tendency to: click my tongue, snap my fingers, flap my hands, rock back and forth, and i make popping sounds. the more subtle tics are pulling my hair, picking my fingernails.

Poor Eye contact: Poor eye contact with me is only with people i don't know or during stressful situations. like if i'm in a meeting with Nick Fury, i'll be fine. but if i'm greeting new agents? hell no. (//ooc: i can talk to my class teacher just fine, but with maybe the delivery man, a cashier, i can't look them in the eyes.).

Abnormal Posture: ...as an agent, this is a huge no-no. the only reason i got the job is because my abnormal posture is literally me just keeping my fists clenched at all times, and keeping my left foot a bit more in front of the other. a tense fighting stance if you will. Convenient!

Anxiety: Shockingly, it's low! I only get anxious in places which are too loud or too far from home. loud places make me really anxious because it means i have too many thoughts in my head and too many things to process at a time. and being deaf, too, with hearing aids, it makes it 100x tougher. Sorry, but Azalea Romanoff-Maximoff isn't the girl you take to a party or a club.

Social Difficulty: I have moderately high social difficulty. as in, i have trouble communicating my thoughts when in big groups, and making friends is a bit...daunting as a task. And sometimes i miss on non-verbal cues like sarcasm, subtle joking, even a few metaphors here and there. So iF YOU NEED A SPECIFIC BIRTHDAY GIFT, TELL ME TO MY FACE. DON'T HINT IT-? I WILL LITERALLY NOT GET YOUR POINT.

Noise Sensitivity: ...have you met me? i am VERY sensitive to noise. Vacuum cleaners, power drills, gunshot sounds (//ooc: movies, especially), someone typing loudly on their laptop, so many of these day-to-day sounds drive me to a meltdown sometimes because it's just so annoying.

Abnormal/Flat Speech: Nope. Most people can tell how i'm feeling by my voice, except in situations where i'm confused on how to react. like if someone says they're pregnant, i'll just say 'oh, nice.' like, are you happy or sad or like-? eH???

Fixations: I have plenty. But my biggest ones? Top Three: Animals, History, Space. iF i get bored, i will literally talk about this for hours, and dare you show even an iota of interest in the same, my friend you're gonna be there a WHILE.

Depression: only on sensory overload days, or on days where i randomly get sad. a result of the anxiety, honestly. i think wayyyyy too many 'what if' scenarios.

Aggression: And finally, I'm not a very aggressive person. Only if i'm very overstimulated, if i'm not being heard, or if i'm just having a bad day in general, i might break a pencil or two. maybe throw a few books down a shelf.

BONUS: soooo i hate the colour yellow or anything that is yellow. like, i haven't ever touched a banana. my favourite colour is red, and my favourite animal is the panda. i hate the feeling of shag carpets and i don't like the feeling of nylon on skin. i don't like the scratchiness of yarn and i don't like the sound of chalk on a chalkboard. i do like the hum of an air conditioner though, and looking outside a window helps calm me down.

SO that's all about my autism! I hope i made you all aware! Reach out to any fellow autistic people you may know, and do find out about their fixations, if they're non-verbal or verbal. accept them for who they are, don't try and fix them.

autism isn't a disease. our minds are just wired differently. if you can figure out how a complex video game works within 24 hours, how hard can a person be?

🤟 love you all!

bellow is my autism spectrum evaluation results (mod's) for people who are close to me, like @moongirlwidow @wandabug @supermilkshakebanana @nevaeh-daughterofvalcarol @capt-carter-mostly-official @esmerxyaugusta and @pietro-maximoff-official <3

[theofficersacademy]

Happy August! TOA is now officially five years old. None of the mods had this milestone in mind five years ago, but now that we're here, how about another five years?

Housekeeping

Current Month in TOA: Lone Moon

This month is event month, so there will be no new mission board! But like last year, the June & July Mission Board will be extended to run through the end of August. The Unaffiliated requirement remains in effect for the Unaffiliated & Faculty-specific tasks.

The event will run from August 1st to August 31st. Signups are now closed - stay tuned for more information tomorrow at noon EST!

Our monthly submission limit on the site that hosts our event signups has been reset so everyone is free to take the quiz for fun now.

We will be announcing a second 5th-Year Anniversary activity on August 4th and another on August 8th. This will not require IC participation. Stay tuned for the details.

Please don’t forget to leave feedback on our feedback poll for this month! We do check the responses regularly, so if you have concerns during the event, the feedback poll is an appropriate place to pop in. Alternatively, the mods’ DMs are always open. We're wiping the Wanted List this month so our character wish list will be fresh for the new year.

Speaking of the event, stay tuned for noon EST for more information!

Important Updates

The requirements to master a lord class acquired for participation in an event have been updated. You cannot master the class with the same event that you acquired it, but any official event afterwards (Arena, Ethereal ball, etc.) can count for its mastery

We are changing our event schedule for all subsequent years: there will now only be ONE Arena event per year, not two, and it will be held in November. Originally, the biannual Arena design was implemented to rigorously test the combat manual, which was brand new at the time. Now that the manual is more or less stable, we've decided that two Arena events is no longer necessary. Because we already had an Arena event this year in June though, the next Arena won't take place until November 2025.

TOA runs a lot of events, and it makes it difficult for our members (and the mods) to have a life outside of TOA or reply to regular threads in a timely manner. Many of our members also have great ideas of their own and have expressed interest in running their own mini events during the year, but there just hasn't been a good time for them when TOA has a big event every other month. We hope that removing the second Arena will give everyone some breathing room.

Other

BIRTHDAYS

August Mun Birthdays: Axl (1st), Arden (9th), Penny (19th), Ren (20th), Harrow (25th), Maxie (28th), Kuno (29th)

August Muse Birthdays: Ephraim (1st), Eirika (1st), Natasha (6th), Laslow (7th), Alfred (8th), Patty (10th), Yuri (12th), Ares (14th), Dheginsea (14th), Edward (15th), Kliff (19th), Shiro (22nd)

MUN ANNIVERSARIES

1st year: none

2nd year: Kano (3rd), Havoc (30th)

3rd year: Birdie (4th), Vio (5th), Vivi (6th)

4th year: Soji (7th), Maxie (8th)

5th year: Ree (3rd)

MUSE ANNIVERSARIES

1st year: Naesala (4th), Henry (6th)

2nd year: Linhardt (3rd), Seliph (10th), Camilla (23rd), Lloyd (30th)

3rd year: none

4th year: Marth (7th), Farina (8th)

Muses who have been in the group for a solid year will also be granted an Academy Brooch to put in their inventory. It doesn’t do anything. It just lets others know your character has been around the block. These characters are also granted a new opportunity to change houses if they wish to do so.

- The House Leaders

[izicodes]

Saturday 25th March 2023

Today is me and my dad’s joint birthday party! 🍰🎉 I know I haven’t posted for a couple days because I’ve been so busy with work and personal projects that I kind of forgotten to give a mini update!

Finally gotten my certificate from my night coding class! Been a whole month since I finished it! It’s nicely put up on my LinkedIn profile (remind me to build a portfolio website to showcase my certificates more beautifully)!!

Work reviewed my salary and job title since I am no longer an apprentice. My new pay is what I guessed it would be and my new job title is “Junior Web Developer” since I will be working under Mike who’s official title is “Lead Web Developer” (didn’t know that till a couple days ago)! Got paid this morning and saw a great increase in pay, super happy! Can now save a lot to move to Canada 🇨🇦

As a present to myself for completing the apprenticeship AND the bootcamp, I bought myself a new laptop! I used ChatGPT to help me understand the specs of the laptop to help me buy the right one. I bought the ‘Lenovo IdeaPad 5 16in’! I can play The Sims 4 with my beautiful mods and code my projects on Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code ����👍🏾

Still working on my attempt at a fullstack web development project “Her Story” - I am still continuing the list of potential authors. To make things easier for me, I decided to initially choose the top 50 women authors of each nationality. I have completed British, American, Canadian, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese and German! So around 400 women authors completed!

Trying to continue learning Lua since I find it fun. Making mini projects to test new concepts I learn!

Still continuing my C# Console Applications Collection - I completed the temperature converter app and now working on the Interest Calculator. Had to go on GCSE kid websites to learn the formula of simple interest to create the calculator, I felt young again for a moment.

And that’s it I think! I seen someone on Tumblr create a mini tutorial on making a Python Discord bot I think, said I wanted to tried it because I’m an experimenter at heart so I wanted to give it a go! Also want to go back to my “Make a CSS framework” project and review how I can start that on the future!! So many things I want to do ugh!

[forbidding-souda]

Hey hey mod Souda! How are you today? I hope you have a good day!

I always thought about doing this request, oh the day finally has come!

Also, may I say that I took a long fucking time to get used to my gender... And now people are constantly asking my pronouns-- I'm not used to it--- 😭 where am I, I'm scared mom come pick me up😭😭

Anyways! For the request! Could you do Teruteru × Genderfluid reader? 😳

Also also... Happy valentines!

Bye bye!

— 🐭🌙

Teruteru Hanamura with a genderfluid S/O

Why the hell did this take me so long to do hello. Hello my love this one goes out to you. I miss you dearly. Mwah mwah

currently listening: love like blood by killing joke

-Mod Souda

❤ Ever since the two of you first met, you found yourself wondering his opinion on things. Not in the sense of apples vs. oranges, but more in relation to open-mindedness. He doesn't seem too bigoted. Maybe that sexualness he portrudes has no weight on his idea of sexuality and gender.

❤ Which, your theory was only proven the more you stuck around him in class. He was obviously very queer and god did it satisfy you.

❤ You liked him a lot, and the thought of being with somebody who would only label themselves attracted to one side of you is not a preferable situation. So, he seems like your match.

❤ It would be hypocritical if he was anti-gender-fluidity since he partook in multiple 'feminine' things (hair care, eyeliner, basic skincare whenever his sister is around for his birthday with those expensive little passive-aggresive gifts).

❤ He was attracted to you no matter what clothes you wore.

❤ He has always thought you were HELLA attractive.

❤ Other than bluntly flirting with you, he also tried to make you notice that you were different from his interactions with everyone else by trying to loosen his perverted nature towards other people whenever you were around. He didn't want you to think that you don't have his attention.

❤ You have his full attention and all of the time.

❤ Gives you cute little pet-names (some of which have the capability of annoying you) while pinching your cheeks.

❤ No one second guesses him being with somebody genderfluid because, in general, he can appear to be a fluid person as well.

❤ All of his friends will automatically be your friends so you don't have to worry about being unaccepted. His friends are generally very welcoming.

❤ If you do makeup, he will always request you do some on him.

❤ ^ He'll go on basking about it.

❤ He likes keeping multi-colored things in the house. He'll use a pink bathrobe else wear a cute pink apron (kiss the cook?) now that he fully understands that he is with somebody who can welcome the idea.

❤ He has always wanted his nails painted.

❤ And heart pancakes every morning ofc. Unless you don't like pancakes then wowww how dare you.

❤ Genderfluidity is something that he can adapt to easily. If you are still figuring things out then that's perfectly fine, it won't bother him or do anything negative in that sense at all.

❤ And ofc he'll refer to you as whatever you want to be called.

❤ Likes calling you sugar either way.

❤ When the two of you cuddle he loves moving around in his sleep and just claiming certain snuggle positions.

❤ ^ Snuggle is such an embarrassing word I am so sorry.

❤ If you kiss his forehead while he's sleeping he'll let out a cute little half-awake whine.

❤ I'll just say that you can not even explain the concept of genderfluidity to him and he'd just get it.

❤ ^ Like someone would ask him your gender and he'd be like "you know what... I never asked".

❤ Hey man if you're the type of person who likes buying their S/O clothing just know that he'll wear literally whatever you buy him.

❤ Omg cute couple matching onesies or something.

❤ OR CUTE MATCHING NECKLACES IF YOU WEAR NECKLACES.

❤ I think he'd absolutely love matching jewelery.

❤ I'm 100% his immediate family would like you too. His mama will love you no matter WHAT and I am so sure his siblings would at the very least respect you and comprehend your identity.

❤ If he ever is in the situation where he has to describe your identity to people he will do so in the most I-am-in-love-with-them-oh-my-god-why-are-they-so-perfect voice and the most dramatical facial expressions and a blush over his cheeks at the mere thought of you.

❤ "Omg I get to talk about them omg omg" ^

[catthattalks]

Imoen: This is a good place to celebrate! Eri: Celebrate? What's the occasion? Imoen: Your birthday, of course! Happy birthday, Eri! Eri: Heh, I guess today is as good as any. Imoen: You bet! Imoen: The nice thing about not knowing your birthday is that you can celebrate it whenever you want! Let other people have their boring old same-day-every-year birthdays. My way is more fun! Imoen: Here! Take this. It's yer birthday present! Um... I know, we have lots of money and stuff, but I didn't want to spend *our* gold on *your* present. Soooo... I made it myself! Whatcha think? Eri: It's beautiful, Imoen! What is it? Imoen: It's a necklace, goofy! Or amulet, if ya like. Here. I'll put it on ya. Imoen: It's perfect for you. Really brings out the color of your eyes. Goes well with any outfit, too! Hehe! Imoen: And this part, here. These pieces? They were... it was Gorion's. I found it on his... that night, ya know? I woulda given it to ya earlier, but it was all broken. So sad, like that... Imoen: So! I made a necklace out of it! It's got some pretty rocks, and some beads, and some nice silk string I've been saving... oh, lots of stuff! I hope you like it. Wear it, won't ya? I'll protect ya... Gorion's spirit and such. Eri: It's lovely. I will wear it always, Imoen. Thank you very much. Imoen: Sure thing! Heck. 'twas nuthin'. Imoen: This calls for a round of drinks! And some cake! Oooh... and candles too!

You got to love old class BG mods, simply because people were really writing full-blown scenes for companions. Like this scene right here is a from BG1 NPC PROJECT. And simply put? I love it! Someone looked at Imoen and Charname and decided that they needed to have a sweet bonding moment!!

Gorion's Amulet (Imoen gave this amulet to Eri as a birthday present. The centerpiece is a golden pendant, or pin, which Imoen assures you belonged to Gorion, your father. He must have hidden it well, as you've never seen it before. The rest of it is made of bits of colorful and smooth pebbles, pretty gemstones, metallic trinkets and other odds and ends, all held together by a thin, but strong, cord of silk. The largest piece of Gorion's pin, on the back and written in Imoen's distinctive script, is this inscription: Happy birthday Eri! with love, Imoen. Surely Imoen will never make a mastery jewelry smith, but the necklace is very cleverly pieced together and it obviously took a great deal of time and care to make. Regardless, it is a very sweet gift.

Just... someone writing a scene where imoen give Charname a necklace to have Gorion's spirit protect them,,, Ingredibly heartwarming!! Really glad I decided to check out this mod!

[victorluvsalice]

Another Game To Add To The List

So -- you guys all know that I like video games. I mean, I post on a pretty regular basis about the antics my Sims in my latest Sims 4 save file are getting up to. And you all know that I love to put my favorite characters in my favorite video games if I'm able to -- or even if I'm not. My current Sim family is my Valicer OT3; my Fallout 4 protagonist is Victor Van Dort (or as close as I can get with FO4's character creator and artstyle), and my Vampire: The Masquerade -- Bloodlines Malkavian Fledgling is Alice Liddell (I may not be able to actually reflect that with her appearance in the game, but I can sure as hell write about her adventures doing all the quests!) I have a vested interest in this sort of thing.

So -- when my friend @gaydragonwizards got me into Baldur's Gate 3, leading me to purchase the game for my birthday using the Steam gift cards my parents had gotten me, I immediately thought, "Okay, so -- Alice has VTMB, and Victor has FO4...but a certain newbie roller coaster OC does not have a game yet. And this one DOES allow you to do a custom character..." Which led to me deciding that Smiler was going to be my "Tav" in BG3! I haven't gotten very far in the game yet (I had to do an early restart to add in a mod patch that the creator was VERY SURE shouldn't be put in an existing playthrough because it fucks with XP and leveling a bit, and then recent hotfixes possibly breaking quest items made me too nervous to play for a bit), but I have gotten my Smiler set up, made it past the Nautiloid segment, and have started exploring the wilderness around the ravaged beach! Here's some shots of Smiler in the game:

Smiler's look from the character creation/level up screen! They're a half-elf with Body #2 and Head #5 because that was the combo that actually looked the most like my Smiler Sim -- have a comparison shot:

It's not a PERFECT match, but nothing was going to be -- it's pretty close, though! The hairstyle is of particular note because that is in fact one of the very first mods I picked up for this game: Alt Lae’zel Hair For Tav! None of the in-game hairstyles had the right sort of "bangs" that my Sim!Smiler sports, so I was REALLY happy to spot this on Nexus Mods to give my Tav!Smiler the right look, at least from the front. :) (And, hilariously, the mod was in fact uploaded ON MY BIRTHDAY, so I'm counting it as an inadvertent birthday present.)

Smiler's arrival on the Ravaged Beach, having just woken up from their little fall out of the Nautiloid! As you can probably guess by the outfit, I started them out as a Bard. That was the class that seemed to make the most sense for them, both from a "the roller coaster in Alton Towers is often associated with upbeat music and dancing, especially after the original Festival of Thrills and The Smiler Takeover, and bards DO get access to a good number of mind control spells" and from a "my personal take on Smiler is that they are super charismatic and want to make as many people happy as possible, and the Bard's high Charisma start combined with the Entertainer background suits that perfectly." XD However, they're not JUST a Bard these days -- thanks to the further power of mods, upon their first level-up, they became a Bard/Artificer! :D I picked that class because it has a whole sub-class dedicated to Alchemy, and one of my headcanons for my Smiler is that chemistry/alchemy (depending on the universe) is their thing. Plus it just looks like a super-cool class and mod. (And yes, I do have 5e Spells and Unlock Level Curve to enhance things further, with the appropriate patches (including ULC's patch to smooth out the weird XP valley while leveling up -- learning about THAT was what prompted me to restart so I could install it). Oh, and the exclamation mark is from Camp Event Notifications -- it's telling me that Smiler should Long Rest soon to get one of the special camp events.)

Smiler hanging out in the Wilderness camp! I came here for the first time after picking up Shadowheart, Astarion, and Gale, and was amazed at just how PRETTY the camp is. I mean, look at that waterfall over by the ruin that houses the Magic Mirror! :D Seriously, this game is gorgeous -- I've spent a decent amount of time just wandering around with the camera, admiring the scenery. XD Anyway, as you can see, Smiler picked up some new clothes -- the main outfit is some basic leather armor, dyed with the dye available in the Traveler's chest (I first dyed their starting jerkin, but hated the resultant color scheme -- I'm not wild about the red arms on this set, but at least the yellow pants and black chestpiece feel right!), while the cape and their new lute are from the Digital Deluxe content -- the "Cape Of The Red Prince" and the "Lute of the Merryweather Bard." (Hey, I got this for my birthday, I wasn't not going to get the Digital Deluxe content!) I had them give the lute a little try in-camp -- the upbeat Bard song DEFINITELY suits them. XD

And finally, Smiler with their current companions, ready to head to the nearby chapel on the beach -- Shadowheart (in some new, slightly better Sturdy Armor), Gale (in his robe and wizard hat), and Astarion (sporting more DD content, the "Bicorne of the Sea Beast" and the "Needle of the Outlaw Rogue" (the dagger on his hip)). They are indeed a motley group. XD Hopefully Smiler's 17 Charisma will allow them to talk their way out of most binds!

Now, you may be thinking at this point, "Well, this is going to spark another AU, isn't it?" And you would be -- partially correct. Allow me to explain by excerpting part of my and Squid's conversation while they were recommending mods to me and I was telling them about my plans to do Tav!Smiler:

Squid: ((though -- there is one thing that has popped into my head. with playing Smiler, obviously you can't have any of your Valicer stuff going on in BG3 by default. and do you really want to give yourself ANOTHER AU by playing as them again :P )) Me: ((Oh, that's not really a worry -- the Valicer in the Dark crew already fucking claimed the game as a potential AU ))

YUP. Much like how my brain insisted that the Alice in my Fallout of Darkness stuff be a variant of my Malkavian!Alice from Londerland Bloodlines, thanks to me getting into BG3 at the same time as my obsession with Valicer In The Dark ramped up, the AU in my head is now the VITD trio going through the game. And while it's only a partially-formed pile of shitposts as of yet, that idea PROBABLY deserves its own post...

[sakuramidnight15]

-HSA MC Information-

[Gacha Club Mod Ver. Below]

Character Bio

Name: Ember Frostine

(Japanese: エンバー・フロスティン)

Romaji: Enbā Furosutin

Qoute: "... don't try to get in the way."

V/A: Rina Satō (Japanese)

Kayli Mills (English)

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Birthday: October 25

Star Sign: Scorpio

Eye Color: Tart Red

Hair Color: Light Blush Red (Previous Before Infected)

Chantilly Lace White (Current After Infected)

Height: 189 cm

Race: Human (Formerly)

Humanoid Bunny???

Homeland: [REDACTED]

Family: Ian Clarkson (Father)-(Deceased)

Miami Frostine (Mother)-(Deceased)

Chione Frostine (Younger Sister)

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School Status and Fun Facts

Dorm: Tetravania (@hourglassstationacademy)

School Year: Third

Class: 3-E

Student no. 15

Occupation: Student

Prefect

Former Test Subject (Only in her world)

Laboratory Survivor (Only in her world)

A Wanted Target (Only in her world)

Club: Fighting Club

Best Subject: Combat Simulation, Target Class, and Mathematics

Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous

Favorite Color: Light Red, Grey, Black, and White

Favorite Food: Spicy Noodles, Hard-boiled Eggs, Cinnamon Rolls (Drizzled with Honey), Spicy Beef Stew, Carrot Juice,

Least Favorite Food: Anything Tasteless, and Rock-cooked Food, Desserts, Jaw-breakers, Stale Food, Too Bitter,

Likes: Her younger sister, Peace, Eating Good Food, Sleep, Resting/Relaxing from fighting a lot, Baking (She can yes), Guessing Math Questions, Practicing Martial Arts, Doing Taekwondo, Collecting not-used Knives or Swords, Sharpening her blades, Horror Novels,

Dislikes: Her younger sister in danger, Daniel and his team (Somewhat of it), Not getting any sleep, Being the center of attention, Slight Provoking, The Prison/Laboratory, The Prototype Cells/Virus Experiment, Seeing the Infected (Mostly in her world), The mass death of her Parents and People in the neighborhood, The head current boss of the lab (Purely to the death of her core),

Hobbies: Cooking/Baking, Napping/Sleeping, Multitasking, Doing Taekwondo, Reading Horror Novels, Collecting not-used Knives or Blades, Practicing Martial Arts, Forest Walking,

Talents: Being an Infected being, Immunity (Cannot feel any pain at whatever situation), High IQ, Fast Agility, Brute Self-defense (either physical or weapon), Martial Arts, Brutal Blade Skills, Making a Bloodbath/Massacre (Only at the infected alone), Virus/Cell Body Regeneration,

Nicknames: Emmy or Emi (From her family and friends)

Ember-senpai or Frostine-senpai (From the freshmen students)

Big Sis or Nee-san (From her younger sister)

Prudent Bitch (From Daniel)

Young One (From Master Ko)

Daniel's Bitch (From Kassie)

Little Bunny (From Raelyn and Kuno)

Ember Bloody or Red Moon (From Malina @achy-boo)

Other Nicknames:

Subject no. 299 (During her imprisonment in the lab)

'Bloody Bunny' (As a wanted target)

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Appearance and Personality

Appearance: Ember is known for her slender female body build but it rather of a normal female body build. Before the abduction for the experiment, she originally had light blush red colored hair and it was short to her neckline as a human being. But after the experiment and her escape her looks changed, her hair then turned into chantilly lace white colored hair and in addition of gaining rabbit ears after infected. Before as a human, she has tart red colored eyes but still has it after turning infected but her pupils were the only difference. Ember is known for her silent behavior but she looks rather serious for her mood.

Personality: Before her current state of being, Ember used to be normal, as a human being, not a humanoid rabbit actually. Within her town that she was born into alongside with her younger sister, there rather yet a simple happiness in it for her and nothing more... Ember used to be calm yet busy for her age as an older sister.

That is... Till she had reached age 14, when a large group of abductors came in as many within the two were taken one after another for one night, turning the peaceful town into a destroyed ghost town, this resulted the town folks including herself and her family imprisoned within a very large laboratory that is considered to be a jail center location that is... Far from the town she used to be in.

Those peaceful days were turned into hellish memories, many were experimented but couldn't survive the virus infection... Many screams, cries of agony and pleads, worst of seeing many laid before her on the floor bleeding and couldn't move, she seen it all in her cell cage as she witness them taking her two only parents to the operation table. Ember was losing it all... As months passed, her sister was next... This time, she heard news that the experiment on hee was a success. Something snapped in the older sister, something that should have been done for in the first place ever since day one of her imprisonment.

Within those moments were... Escaping her cell, Finding her younger sister, and attempting to escape the lab with her... The finale? Failed and got captured as the last one.

But... Then survived but became an infected as well but... Her deepest rage that she kept in had lashed out as she alongside with her sister escape. Meeting her master was somewhat of a fate after a few days, though it may turn her into a wanted though but it didn't matter to her... Because avenging her many losses is the only thing to do now that she and her sister were now alive.

The current Ember we are nowing seeing in the present went from calm and quiet to become quite serious and a little bit stern to her surroundings after becoming an infected and a survivor with her younger sister. Despite the traumatic events that Ember went through to survive after becoming a wanted target, be surprise that she is still sane after the whole issue, seeing her meaning that there still bits of humanity in her.

Despite her appearance has changed (additional of having bunny ears), Ember is a little social to others but not very much at leastwise with anyone she sees. Though she can be rather blunt and just straight out having a blank expression at the bit least of it, but can give a response normally. According to her younger sister, Ember is mostly quiet and doesn't give much too much reactions from herself.

This bunny may look like a bunny however thanks to what she been through may get to think twice till what's coming next. After becoming a wanted target and also an escape lab subject, Ember had became feared and intimidating at anyone to the full core of her veins, thanks to her master's teachings of rather a tough kung-fu, she can defend herself but with brutality if you dare to consider her as a enemy but once a fight starts, anyone's who is a threat to her and her sister are long dead gone.

Revenge for her mass losses is her current option for now, but she still needs to enjoy life as vengeance will come soon at her stead.

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Trivia

-The name 'Ember' is a British name that means Spark; Burning low. Fan the flames of baby's future with this striking name. While her surname 'Frostine' is girl's name of French origin meaning "freezing".

-She's based on 'Bloody Bunny' from the game 'Bloody Bunny, First Blood' and Series 'Don't be my enemy'.

-Ember seems to know how to cook food for herself and for her sister during their days of survival, but she's more on baking than cooking. Her sister Chione often helps her with it.

-Is really good with math, especially her solutions.

-Is in fact intrigued with horror novels, and still is.

-Before becoming an infected, she was previously in a taekwondo then went to karate classes for self-defense, it was recommended by her father. But her skills increased thanks to her master.

-She can collect some not-used knives and blades and keeps it for herself, tends to sharpen the blade of it.

-Still knows how to be a student after entering HSA with Chione. (Well, you have blame the people who are in the lab who made her into this)

-She's a little attentive to Chione but not too much though. Does care for her and worry for her a little bit, especially about the virus cells and her monster transformation she had witnessed.

-As stated, Ember had used to be human till a strange lab company abducted her and her neighbors and put them in hostage as lab subjects. She and her younger sister were the only two survivors after getting infected and then escaped. Ember then declared and promised to avenge her parents and her people who died in the lab.

-According to the creator, she has the most virus cells than her younger sister in her body and veins.

-During her days as a wanted target, she and Chione then met Daniel and his group. Although both sisters and his group weren't in good terms which caused a great misunderstanding at one another. But then, both sides became neutral in the aftermath, well less likely for Ember and Daniel though.

-It's slightly possible that Ember and Daniel can be together as a ship, but it isn't so sure.

-Is used to being called as a 'Bitch' often from anyone, but gets annoyed if she get called as 'Daniel's Bitch' from Kassie herself.

-Is not fazed much if someone tries to flirt with her. Though Chione wouldn't allow that.

-Knows how to do knife tricks, and also does it without harming someone.

-As an infected, Ember cannot feel any slight stand of pain of either getting stab by a weapon or more. She can still be okay and her body can regenerate due to the virus in her, but can lose a lot of energy though.

-Her bunny ears can twitch a little.

-Holds her pink pendent dearly that her parents gave to her after they had died in the lab.

-Can make a bloody mess if necessary to any of her enemies, of course she is a wanted target after all.

-Does know how to make crows like her out of surprise.

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YOUNGER SISTER IS NEXT-

[fatexbound]

@webbedphantom said:

[Happy birthday Ann!!]

Ann was typically the easiest to shop for gifts. As long as you got her something sweet, she'd probably be happy with that. But that wasn't how he did things.

He'd made it a tradition this year to make weapons for his teammates, custom ones meant to fit their style and compliment their abilities. He didn't see a reason to break the trend now.

Still, he did want to add something a bit more… personal to this one. Ann’s been with them nearly from the beginning, and he felt that meant he should go a little bit further than just the weapon. Add a more personal touch.

It took a bit of digging, but eventually he found the perfect addition!

So that afternoon, after making sure everything was in order, they met up in the school courtyard, with Aaron carrying what appeared to be a shoebox under his arm, as well as a box of chocolate truffles (because of course he wasn’t going to leave her without sweets).

“Happy birthday, Ann! Sorry I’m a little late. Had to run by the underground mall to get you these-”

He handed her the chocolates, figuring she’d want to start on them while he explained the shoebox.

“It was kinda last minute, because I spent a lot of time on this-” He continued, giving the box a pat before opening it up to reveal a custom whip made to match her costume. A dark crimson taking up most of it, with bright pink accents running down the sides to match her gloves. Additionally, there seemed to be an odd, lightweight mechanism at the tip and a charm attached to the handle of an anime character, a woman in a black bodysuit that he was hoping she’d recognize.

“The whip itself wasn’t the hard part, I’ve modded enough of these things at Iwai’s to know how to put them together. Even has that burning effect you like.”

He then took hold of the device at the end, a simple looking black metal piece with a metal square stuck on the side that seemed to be vibrating.

“THIS is the real kicker. It's a bit of tech I improvised from one of my enemies. You hit the button on the handle, annnnd-”

He took it out of the box, swung the whip to his side like he'd said, and then suddenly there was WHOOSH, as the two pieces of metal clacked together to send a small shockwave towards the ground.

“Pretty cool, right?? The size of it depends on how you swing it, and while it doesn't have much force behind it, it should throw an enemy off their game for a bit. Plus, if you manage to set them on fire, BAM! Guaranteed knock down!!”

Finally, he held up the charm on the handle.

“I remember you saying you were inspired by a villain in an anime you watched when you were a kid. Took me a while to figure out which one you were talking about, but I think this is her? Fujiko Mine? From Lupin III?”

On closer inspection, the woman's bodysuit bore some similarities to Panther’s outfit, at least in terms of style. All it was missing were the zippers.

… He's not going to dwell on it too long, but it's an interesting comparison.

“I don't know if it'll have any benefits for combat or not, though I can't say for sure due to how the Metaverse… is. But I hope you like it. And if not… at least I remembered the chocolates!”

Ann's birthday | Still accepting

Ann had gotten so many other gifts from the others of their group and some of her other classmates had wished her a happy birthday when they saw her passing through the hallways on her way to the courtyard. Aaron said that he had a surprise for her and what a surprise it was. First was the box of chocolates that she immediately took in her hands after greeting him.

"Thanks, Aaron-kun! Aw, you know me so well!" She grinned, and wasted no time scarfing them down one by one while he explained the rest. She could use some sugar to lift her mood after so many boring classes, and this was just what she needed.

What really got her attention was the whip he had made all by himself and with a design that matched her outfit and overall aesthetic. A startled yelp left her when he cracked it in the air, which sent a small shockwave. "Whoa... yeah, you're right! This is so awesome! Seriously, how do you come up with these ideas?!" She laughed. "Thank you so much! I love it! I'll use it well for sure!" Her foes won't see it coming.

[kismetharborapps]

FC Change with new information

name: Amy

preferred pronouns: she/her

age: 33

timezone: MST (Mountain Standard Time)

activity level: Every day. I am a teacher so some days I am drained after work. But, I will make time to log in and roleplay. It is how I de-stress myself.

triggers: Not asking for consent or even God modding. I will happily give you any information about my character. Don’t assume.

anything else?: Not at the moment

  name: Ryder Shadow Thornton

faceclaim: Oliver Stark

gender & pronouns: Cis Male, He/Him

age: 33

birthday: September 12, 1991

place of birth: Brisbane Australia

occupation:  Firefighter at Kismet Harbor Firestation

neighborhood: astra heights apartments in downtown

time since arriving in Kismet Harbor: since September of 2000

filling a wanted connection?: None

biography: 

Ryder was born and raised in Brisbane Australia. He is an only child. His dad’s name is Christian and his mom’s name is Emily. He always asked why he never had any other siblings. His mom said they just wanted one perfect child and that’s what they got. Or so they thought. Ryder gave mostly his dad a hard time. His mom is the one who babies him. She would let him get away with everything and anything.

  Ryder was a rebellious child. He was always pushing the boundaries and seeing what he could get away with. He was an only child after all. He got away with some things with his mom because he was, is, and always will be a mommy’s boy. His father on the other hand caught on very early to what Ryder was doing. His father was the more powerful and strict authority figure of the both of them. When he laid down the law, his word was final. Ryder hated that. He wanted to do what he wanted. So, he went against everything he said. It backfired a few times and his father would get angry with him, other times he didn’t even notice because he was so busy working.

  His rebellious attitude and phase spilled over into his school years. Especially in high school. He skipped class, hung out with the wrong crowd, and wasn’t going to graduate high school at one point. Ryder's dad Christian had accepted a new job in Kismet Harbor working at the local hospital. They packed up and left Brisbane and arrived at their new Kismet Harbor home.  Ryder wasn’t thrilled about leaving his friends and the life he built for himself and was accustomed to. He constantly thought each day “How dare they move someplace that he didn’t know and hadn’t even heard of before.” 

  Ryder sparked an idea in his head that if he turned his life around and started buckling down and working hard, graduating high school and college maybe his family would move back to Brisbane. Wishful thinking that was. Ryder's dad told him this was permanent. They weren’t moving again. This was their home now and he would grow to like it whether he liked it or not.  Ryder decided to make the most of it and try for his parents. They seemed to love their new home and didn’t want to stand in their way of happiness.

  To everyone’s surprise under the rebellious, don’t care, don’t want to be here, not going to put in the work attitude, Ryder is smart, resourceful, passionate, kind, adventurous, hard-working, and generous. He graduated high school with honors and went on to study fire science. He graduated from the local university with the highest distinction summa cum laude. After college, Ryder attended the academy to become a firefighter. It’s where he found his calling to help those around him and be there for those who need it.  He has come to love living in Kismet Harbor and has become active in the community when he’s not working crazy long hours.

other: Buck Matthews Parker (tumblr.com)

pets: Pin page (pinterest.com) (Dog named Lucy who is just a baby at 2)

town activities: Compassionate Friends, elevated escapades, lgbtqia+, trivia nights

draw of luck: Yes

Character Blog URL: Family First (tumblr.com)

Will change up his blog when approved with new FC. Thank you so much for allowing me to change his FC. I appreciate that. :) 

[odetolove]

That sounds so fun !! :D Omg im glad you got to just rest and do whatever you wanted eee happy to hear it was a fun and successful day !!

I’ve been good, just busy with summer classes but I’ve been able to hang out with friends like we went to get sushi today to celebrate a friend’s birthday!!

oh and I meant to ask, is there anything you’d want from me for your birthday? :D I know it’s passed but it doesn’t hurt to ask heh

- Samu mod

thank you!!! i’m easy to please so like as long as i’m allowed to sleep as much as i want im a happy camper 😸

and ahh!!!! how fun!!! we’re almost birthday twins if you went out today!!! i love sushi, it’s one of my favorite foods, i always end up getting more than i can eat when i order, but that’s ok and!!

ahh,, i dunno ;^; i’m horrible at deciding,,, what were you thinking 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 i swear im not picky, if i get choices it helps me decide ;;

[despair-to-future-arcs]

Might as well ask hey mod, what inspired you to create Nagi? Did her creation have any inspirations?

//Well I think this was before DR3 came out, mostly that it's based on SDR2 where Nagito ask Monokuma if the traitor (Chiaki) is a Hope's Peak Academy Student since they were from Future Foundation.

//Monokuma had stated he put a profile just mess around; now while Monokuma is an evil bastard, he doesn't lie like his creator (Hell I even say that when Junko does lie, it often ends up with her getting screw over) which means there was no Ultimate Gamer when Class 77-B first enroll and likely Chiaki was simply taking the place of Girl E/Sato since well she's dead, meaning at the time; there was no Ultimate Gamer so likely they replace Sato after her death. Which DR3 retcon this conversation or Monokuma was lying about the Ultimate Gamer being a Hope's Peak Academy Student, which makes DR3 even more of a mess. ^^;

//Also with Chiaki and Usami, they spoke about their 'father and big brother' which we know is Chihiro and Alter Ego when Chiaki didn't blame Nagito, being a very kindhearted person/AI;

//Even her FTEs spoke about her father as if she never met him, like as if she doesn't have any memory of him, being really good at programs and AI and other small things like not knowing what children's day was or where milk came from and even shares the same birthday as him which is likely the day of her creation;

//Pretty much, Chiaki isn't a real person and I did like the idea that Chiaki is an amalgamation of people Chihiro knew in life plus I think it would add more at stake if Chiaki wasn't real because if their memories of the program are gone then that means they would forget Chiaki who doesn't exist, but DR3 just retcon this whole plot point by making Chiaki into a real person. ^^;

//So I think Nagi was the result of where Chihiro got the voice for Chiaki and well, maybe he met someone at Hope's Peak Academy who offer their voice during the parade and help with Chiaki's creation and this person is also helping with the NWP.

//So Nagi was just a result of me not being happy with how DR3 turn out and being annoyed with retcons the anime had made.

[clockworkslick]

oh. its 10/16. so short summary before i talk about nothing for a bit too long: a year ago i came up with the idea to actually go through with taking one of my silly ideas and turning it into something that other people could read, so i started drafting the concept of providence, a webcomic i make and thats updating everyday. more talking under the whatever.

so ive always made little stories that i would run through in my head for like two or three months when i had mental downtime, and then move on to some other goofy idea. this is either a totally normal thing or im a freak, honestly i have no frame of reference for how other people act. anyways i was home from college last year and i had this idea for an rpg fantasy story, initially an idea for playing modded minecraft with some friends (god i wish that was a joke), but i started writing shit down in a google doc. i wrote out a handful generic slots for various fantasy classes: witch, dryad, ranger, knight, vampire(not a class but i dont give a fuck), blacksmith, etc. and then i named some of them. i finished naming and writing out plot nonsense in november and changed the name of the comic from "Drive-By" to "Liberty" to "Providence."

honestly i think that was the easy part because its totally non-commital. unfortunately after that i had to actually start making the pages. the original plan was to finish act one before may, which was an optimistic goal to say the least, but also maybe if i didnt have to do anything else it would have been totally possible. or if i was just faster in general. anyways i started drawing everything at the end of december and then didnt stop for 6 months. actually thats a lie, i started drawing pages and havent stopped since then, but what i meant is that i started uploading the comic in may. i had a backlog of about 75 pages and the art change just in that time was nuts. comparing act 2 art to act 1 is more nuts but im not about to redraw the 170 pages of a1 just so that its APPEALING and PALLETEABLE. i learned way more about web design from doing this comic than from my actual web design class. like insanely more. you have no idea how little that class helped me with anything aside from making friends through mutual hatred of being poorly taught.

sixo de mayo (may 6th) came and i started doing this thing for real, and its been so surreal having people actually talk to me about these guys that have been in my head for months. my sister recently asked if deacon was my self-insert, which is sort of true but only in the sense that we both have social issues and like to be dumb on sort-of-purpose, and then she told me that her favorite character was reagan. theres not really any deep meaning behind her telling me or that reagan is my favorite too, but its just so surreal to me that people can have a favorite, or any opinion, on these characters i obsess over.

alright i think im done for now, i just wanted to talk about the comic on its sort of birthday, and also the day that the gang got pulled into the story. i mentioned that vaguely in the story once already, but im cool with being more direct about it. ill probably go on another rant again about this sometime, maybe on sixo de mayo, but probably sooner because im obsessive and like to type. happy birthday comic, heres to a million more. or however many years it takes to make a 5 act story at a rate of like 200 pages in 10 months. hopefully that number will go up.

[vampireantihero]

How are we midway through March?

Good morning everyone, and happy Monday! I hope you all are doing well today. I woke up super tired on Sunday, not realizing that it had been Daylight Savings Time. Why do we still do this to ourselves? Asking several politicians for a friend. 

Before we get too far into today’s news and updates, here’s this week’s schedule:

The Mood and Composition Class

I’m still working hard on the mood and composition class that I’m putting together. Last week, I finished the color keys that I was working on, and now I’m onto doing the final sketch pass for the large illustrations, which will all be available at high resolution for Ko-Fi members for free. (They’ll also be available for sale in my shop). Here are the color keys:

As you can see, I didn’t add hair or features to some of these, and the thumbnails are mostly flat blocks of color. I did this mainly to makes sure I was getting the mood I wanted from the piece, and these were just quick studies to make sure that this is moving in the right direction. I’ll talk more about this in the mood and composition video when I get to how I handle my drafts. A lot of what goes into this isn’t figuring out the colors so much as figuring out the values, and choosing colors based on that. Here’s the same sheet, laid out in values:

As you can see, the values make a lot of sense in this regard. The snow one is one I’ll have to tweak these night scenes for, but I’m largely happy with the value range I have in these. Color keys like this save so much time when you’re trying to make a decision on a color palette, because you can color and flat the entire thing in a fraction of the time that it takes to make an entire piece. Now, I can go into the bigger pieces with more confidence and have an idea of what I want these pieces to do.  

The script is mostly typed up, so the largest hold up with this class is finishing the art and recording the video. I’ll do my best to get this out by Friday, but if it’s not ready, I’m not going to rush the artwork, either. If it’s not ready, I’ll be putting up a speedpaint of one of the pieces.  I know it’s been quite a while since I’ve announced this class, and I’m sorry for how long it’s taken me to put together! It’s a lot of information and a lot of demo to record. 

Ko-Fi/Sub Rewards — Wallpapers

As a gift for missing the last month’s wallpapers, I’ll be rendering all 16 of these and putting the high resolution wallpaper files up for you all to download for free. They’ll also be going into the store as singular downloads, or as a pack of all of them to download. I may also augment some of these a bit in order to turn into merch, and put them up on Redbubble/in my shop. Again, I’m hoping to have them done by this Friday, but if not, they’ll be done by the end of next week for sure. Keep an eye out if you’re interested in these!

St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s day is my husband’s birthday! As always, I like to keep my weekends open in case I want to play games with stream or if I have a special event coming up, but I think this weekend I might largely be away from the PC and unavailable in order to properly celebrate with him. It’s been a really hard start to the year for both of us, so I’m hoping to give him a good weekend and make him feel like it’s a good time. If anyone wants to reach out on the Discord, let him know you’re thinking of him! He’ll appreciate it. Speaking of, if you’d like to join the discord, you can do so here — just let us know how you found us. (He’s LegendarySapling in there, one of the mods with his mascot as his icon.)

I think that’s everything for this week! As always, I hope you all take care of yourselves. Drink your water, and do what you can. Love y’all. (Also, a friendly reminder: If you'd like this newsletter directly to your mailbox, you can sign up here.)