#I don't have a vr setup

[cleromancy]

hey guys i got a steamdeck. what fucking games are there. In the world

[frootertooter]

YEYEEEHWEEHERHAH omg we can finally see how Crane develops overtime oghhghg yesyesyeysyeyesyesyes >:DDD

[carionto]

Difference in encounters

Human: "Hey, try this VR headset on for me would you. It's not a free fall experience thing this time, just a slow trek through some nature that you control."

Alien: "Alright, Human Greg, I will give these things ONE last chance."

H: (muahahahahaa, time to introduce Slenderman and classic monsters to them! I wanna know how they look when scared by something like that instead of the typical existential dread they get when we show them our latest technology)

A: [plays the game]

H: [excitedly anticipating the jump scare moment]

A: [keeps playing]

H: (huh? they definitely would have encountered at least three monsters by now, is it bugged?)

A: [finishes playing and takes off the headset] "Well, that was indeed a lovely experience, Earth's nature of the past is truly verdant and diverse, even in the dark of night. Although I don't understand why I could not interact with the other players that appeared every now and then."

H: "??? It's a single player experience, there are no other players. What?"

A: "Yeah, you know, the two sub-species of the Glak'Rori (Xenomorphs), a weird looking large Hrok (Cloverfield), and the Vrishmishnami one (Zaat) who looked awfully similar to their ambassador to my home planet. Also, how was there a Quatni (Slenderman) playing? They are still a pre-industrial civilization in my home sector. Don't tell me one of you Humans "adopted" one while we weren't looking? You know that's a crime. We've been over this before!"

H: (exasperated) "But! It was supposed to be sca- you know what, nevermind. Want to see what Juliana has been working on, she had this great idea about combining a gravity well and a light speed accelerator!"

A: (in sheer terror, scrambling out of the setup, escaping the premises)

H: "I guess that'll have to do... still, not the kind of fear I wanted to see..."

[hopeymchope]

I wish Spike Chunsoft would just go full "Persona" with Danganronpa and milk it with tons of spinoffs.

I'd be there for every goddamn one of them on DAY ONE, you know. Pick your genre! The minute they figured out how to make a decent third-person DR action game with Ultra Despair Girls, that should've opened the floodgates wide IMO. In fact, if you take any given Persona spinoff, I can tell you how easily/naturally they could develop (and I could get super-hyped for) a Danganronpa equivalent.

Danganronpa Arena is SO obvious. It's the MOST obvious spinoff, and it has been sitting there waiting to be creating for seven goddamn years now. Ever since Kodaka said he wants a DR fighting game. Hey, remember that official DR3 Staff Book art that showed Nanami dreaming about it? Many of us have shared fan ideas for the story and/or for character moves. COME ON, y'all. What's the holdup?? DO IT! DO IT NOW!

Danganronpa: Dancing? FUCK YAS. I mean, there's already some wicked dance remixes of the game soundtracks in that Crypt of the Necrodancer DR content, so why the hell not?? And I recall that @dreamrlu did some great fanart (1) for how the (2) V3 crew could dress (3).

Danganronpa Q, a dungeon crawler? Despair Dungeon already exists, so it's COMPLETELY NATURAL. It's just a higher-quality production of that same concept! And if you haven't seen that fanmade version of the first "Persona Q" opening where it's the casts of DR1 and DR2 meeting up? It's AMAZING.

Danganronpa Tactica? Imagine leading squads from the Future Foundation (including DR1 and DR3 cast members) in missions against remaining Remnants of Despair. I've been playing a lot of tactical RPGs lately, and there's a lot of room to tell a ton of story in this format... plus it's not like you even have to make complex graphics to make it work, so SC doesn't have to worry about struggling with 3D renders if they don't want to. Just consider how Digimon Survive pulled this off with 2D sprite art!

Danganronpa Strikers is, uh, maybe the hardest to justify — but if you set it in the virtual world, that could make it easy! Since Danganronpa S already took place entirely in VR and contained a load of combat encounters, why the hell not do a similar setup for an action game? And if you prefer to keep in the real world, there are still a number of characters I could easily justify making playable in such a scenario — Genocide(r), Sakura, Asahina, Mondo, Nekomaru, Peko, Akane, Great Gozu, Seiko, Munakata, Maki, Gonta, etc. I can even picture some more-unlikely candidates such as Kimura slotting into the roster. I don't even like musou games that much, but ofc I'd play the SHIT out of this one.

Look: I know I'm an insatiable fan who just wants more precious content with these characters. But you can't convince me that these things wouldn't also SELL. The brand reached new heights of awareness and sales with V3, and they haven't really capitalized on that at all aside from giving us "Danganronpa S." We haven't even gotten a new anime since DR3, FFS!

And I'm confident that any one of the ideas listed above would sell far better than a weird digital board game with RPG combat set inside VR, frankly. :P

[henrysglock]

When Kate floated the idea of TFS and the theater being within the grasp of the Mindflayer, it immediately reminded me of these parts of the VR game:

You're playing as Vecna/doing the Mindflayer's bidding, and psychic connections with the kids are portrayed as this dissociation-like "watching life like an audience watching a show". The forest at the drive-in, Dustin's couch (not pictured: Will in Castle Byers viewing through a portal and Mike's version being real life playing out on a crytal ball)...they're all equivalent to the Phoenix Theater. They're within the grasp of the Mindflayer, like they're watching the world play out over the Mindflayer's shoulder.

It also reminded me of the instances in the VR where Henry is set apart from his own supposed memories by the Mindflayer��memories that don't fit with anything we see in TFS or filmed canon:

Like NINA, it's a memory—an inaccurate one, for whatever reason and to whatever end.

And all that ties me into a point I've made before:

Things the Mindflayer does in the VR (fake worlds, edited memories, etc.) are likened to NINA are likened to Vecna visions are likened to Henry's experiences in TFS.

It's all the same. Vecna visions, NINA, TFS, the VR game...it's all on the same beat of "enveloped by the Mindflayer".

This is something I've been saying for a very long time, though I only really laid it out in Chapters 3, 4, and 8 of my TFS analysis:

Equating the VR to NINA and linking it to TFS equates the Phoenix Theater AV setup to the security cameras in NINA...especially so in shots like the following.

Either:

a) beside the camera, much like the audience in the Phoenix Theater is beside the projector/"source"

or b) from a sidelong POV that doesn't line up with any corporeal characters, much like the audience viewing the entirety of the play sidelong in much the same way

Combine that with both NINA and TFS having instances of dialogue between actors and their audiences (on top of the earlier pic of Henry staring directly at the viewer):

We can see that it's exactly as I've been saying: TFS is like NINA is like the VR game. If/when TFS is filmed and brought to streaming, it will be fully equatable to NINA.

Anyway, as I've been saying: NINA is the theater is the Mindflayer's psychic maze—with varying degrees/modes of audience involvement, from the audience being separated by a screen like Brenner with NINA to being included yet separate like the audience of a play, or like the kids in the VR stationed alongside Vecna/the Mindflayer, watching things play out, involved by proximity, to being the actual player in the maze à la Chapter 5 of the VR/Shadow-NINA. You're outside the situation entirely, you're alongside the Mindflayer, or you're on equal footing with Henry. Taking it just one step further, Louis McCartney would, technically, be equivalent to a player of the VR game, would be nearly equivalent to El in NINA. (<- Which is what has always made it so interesting to me that there are TWO arcs of NINA in the VR game, one specifically being from El's POV and the other being from Henry's...and both of them being drastically different from each other)

In short: They're all the same thing—or rather, slight variations on the same thing. You're just in different roles depending on which media you consume.

That is what I took from Kate floating the concept of a Mindflayer-enveloped setting re: TFS. She's not saying anything new. This is all stuff that's deducible from the media that's been released.

[super-ya-boi]

Meeting

((not an open rp, just plot progression. Written in collaboration with @dark-moon-inc and @ni0x (thank you <3)

Word count: 1153 words

Tw: self hate talk, physical violence and derealization.

There will be an important plot summary at the end if you don't want to read these topics. as well as art.))

_____

He knew going was a bad idea but he needed answers, he needed to know what happened to him. 

He stood in the tiny elevator, his nerves getting progressively stronger with every chime of the passing floors.. 

When it finally stopped and the doors opened Jon was faced with a darkly lit lab. He hasn’t hit the point of no return…he could close the elevator doors and leave…he could….but he didn’t. The lab called him in, coaxed him to go deeper. It felt familiar, like he’d seen it before. 

Jon stook a step in; looking around. He spotted a book on a desk and walked over to it, but before his hand touched the book a voice stopped him.

“Jonathan. It’s rude to snoop,” the voice belonged to a woman. Her voice was strong and mature with a bit of an unsettling undertone. 

He whipped his head around and faced the person who owned the voice. She was tall, put together, her hair slicked back into a ponytail and her lab coat stark white.  

“Come, sit, let’s have our chat,” she gestured to a table with 2 chairs. 

Jon walked over to the table and sat down, he tried to pull out all his confidence but it wasn't much and his pinned back ears revealed his anxiety. 

“Don’t be nervous. I'm not going to hurt you. You’re my greatest creation! I could never hurt you,” she said calmly. 

“...what? Creation? What…what does that mean?” Jon already hated what he was hearing. He wasn’t her ‘creation’, she didn't…make him…right?

“You didn’t think I would just let your body go, did you? With your enhanced healing you’re far too valuable to my experiments. Unfortunately I couldn't just keep you though, You have powerful people who care about you. So I made a replacement.” she explained.

…replacement…was he not real…was he not himself…

“It was quite hard actually. I didn't know how to make it so this body could be conscious at the same time as your real one was. Unfortunately I couldn't figure it out. If I had to put the current setup simply, it’s almost like playing VR. Your real body is contained here and this body feeds information to your brain and you control it.” she continued, she talked like this was a great achievement, rambling on and on. It hurt his brain, it didn't make sense, it made him sick. 

…..this body wasn't his…he was somewhere in this facility…this whole time…

“This also means all my work is done while you’re ‘asleep’. So those little ‘nightmares’ you’ve been having aren’t really nightmares, they’re just my research!It’s quite unfortunate that I have such a small window of work, but you and everyone around you won’t suspect a thing because it’s understandable that you’d have nightmares after something so traumatic.” she finished. 

That wasn’t just a nightmare?

‘All the work she’s done?’ What, torturing me!? Making me scared to sleep!? Was the first death not enough!? She has to do it again and again and again!? Over and over till he brakes?  How long was he supposed to endure this? Forever?

He didn't want that, he wanted to be himself. This wasn’t fair! His mind raced trying to understand, he couldn't take it, it was too overwhelming, he didn't know what to do with this influx of emotions…so he lashed out. 

He shot up and charged at her, he balled his hand into a fist and tried to punch her. She grabbed his fist and then threw him into a wall. 

Why was he weak…

She sighed “I knew Robin was the smarter half but I didn't think you were that dumb. Did you miss the part when I said I made you” her voice got a lot less calm and more annoyed. 

….he wanted to hurt her…he hated her…she ruined his life, his relationship…and now he finds out this isn't even really his body.

He didn’t want to be in this body. He wanted to get rid of it…but he wasn’t sure what would happen. He looked up at her.

“What if I just break the body? Would I wake up?” Jon questioned. 

 “I'm not sure, I've never had that happen. I’ve only ever disconnected you from this body, you can try but I can't guarantee you’ll wake up” she explained her tone still annoyed. 

….maybe that wouldn’t work, he didn’t want to risk anything especially since he didn’t know any of the science behind this. 

“Why’d you pick me..?” he questioned.

“At first it was because I wanted the reaction of your friend and I was bored but after I had you in my grasp I thought of all I could learn. Getting your hands on a kryptonian is hard, you know. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to study you, the way you healed, maybe i could transfer the ability somehow. I needed you.” she explained

Jon hated this. He didn’t want to be used. He gets up and watches ‘moon’. When she turned around Jon tried to attack her again, she once again threw him away, he hit the chair. 

Ow.. it shouldn’t hurt…he was supposed to be invulnerable. This wasn’t him…he wasn't him..

“I invited you into my lab and you disrespect me!? I thought you were a better kid than this” she walked over and kicked him lightly with her foot. “Maybe I should be a little rougher on you, teach you.”

No…no he didn’t want that…his..’nightmares’....were already bad enough. He didn't want it to be worse. He hated this…who was he supposed to go to after this…he didn’t have anyone to go to…if..if she had control over him. What if he hurt someone…he couldn’t do that..

He’s taken out of his thoughts when he gets kicked aggressively

..ugh…

“I think we’re done talking, I was going to try and make some sort of arrangement but I don't think you’ll comply. Let’s just stick with what we have now.” she says 

“No..I…” Jon was struggling to talk…why…no, he needed to argue. He needed to find out where his body was…

His vision started to tunnel…no..no.. he didn’t want to…no

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When Jon woke up he was alone on a street…he looked around and then at his hands…

Is this why Damian didn't want to hold his hand at the gala…did…he know..and not tell him…

no..no he wouldn't do that…why would Jon think that…?  That was horrible of him, he was horrible.

Jon looked up again at the sky…he could hear everything…but it didn’t feel right..it felt muddled. The sky looked weird…everything felt wrong now…

it was wrong…he was wrong…that’s why this happened…why everything fell apart…

What was he gonna do…he didn’t want to go home…he didn't want to see anyone, what if he hurt them…and…he couldn’t sleep…he didn’t want to have a ‘nightmare’. 

This sucked. 

______

[image: Superboy in containment located at facility 207 owned by Dark moon inc.]

Tldr: After Jon was killed moon anon kept Jon's body and made a different one so no one would be suspicious. Moon anon is doing experiments on Jon's body and they're his “nightmares”.  Jon found out not only that his body wasn’t his but also that moon had control over his body. So he’s scared to hurt someone. And is also scared to sleep.

[cheldardo]

the silly (ft. jaja)

yeah i don't have a vr setup but it's still fun to make avatars

(except for the part where i have to use unity)

[andmaybegayer]

Quest 2 arrived, got to fiddle with some existing apps because the previous owner had not logged out. Didn't feel like being mean so I've reset it now but it handles pretty solidly! They have Firefox for VR headsets now! You can just install ublock origin and it works perfectly. Going to find out what the Linux VR ecosystem looks like, it seems... fraught but manageable.

I am interested in playing with LÖVR sometime, I made a lot of quick little game sketches with LÖVE in high school and I really liked the fast and easy development lifecycle.

I have used the Quest 2 before, some friends bought one and I spent some time fiddling with it, fortunately my VR sickness only really occurs on older systems. The first time I used VR was in 2016 at a convention and I had a great time poking around and then I took off the headset, walked around the corner, and threw up in a dustbin. That's never happened since but I also don't do VR a lot.

The previous owner bought a few facepieces and the hard headstrap so that's nice, much more sturdy than the stock fabric setup. Also my spare glasses fit nicely in here so I don't have to get the lens add-in just yet.

There's a video player app that can access DLNA servers so I was able to open some movies directly over the network which is neat.

The avatar system does not give me weird embodiment things like some other systems have, they're too simple, which I guess is probably why Facebook made them like that. It feels like I'm looking at a video game character who looks vaguely like me. I'll have to poke at VRChat at some point.

Very interested to try a primitives based modeller that runs in VR. One of my big issues with primitives modelling is struggling to translate 2D input movements to 3D vertex movements, I suspect a good VR vertex editor would let me get around that. The reason I grok parametric CAD is because it relies heavily on constraints systems to limit degrees of freedom.

[republicsecurity]

Prisoner #2158: "Have you noticed something about TI404?"

Prisoner #5623: "Yeah, the short one. What about him?"

Prisoner #2158: "Despite the armor, the height difference, I've grown fond of his company."

Prisoner #5623: "You too? Thought I was the only one."

Prisoner #2158: "It's weird, right? We've never seen his face, just that stoic helmet. But somehow, he feels like a companion."

Prisoner #2158: "And he's got this... I don't know, friendly aura about him. Even in that armor."

Prisoner #5623: "Maybe it's the way he talks. The AI in his helmet guides him well, keeps things calm."

Prisoner #2158: "True. Doesn't matter if someone gets rowdy. He stays friendly, almost like a guide."

Prisoner #5623: "You think he's got his own struggles in that armor?"

Prisoner #2158: "Who knows? We all do in our own ways."

***

Prisoner #7432: "TI404, they told me I'm allowed out for a day. I'm... I'm scared, man."

TI404: "Hey, it's natural to feel that way. But trust me, it's just a day. You'll be back before you know it."

Prisoner #7432: "I know, I know. But what if something goes wrong? What if I mess up and they decide to keep me in for good?"

TI404: "Listen, I get it. But you're not alone. I'll be right there with you, or another conscript assigned for your day out. We're here to guide you, not to judge."

Prisoner #7432: "Yeah, I appreciate that. It's just... the outside world, man. It's been so long."

TI404: "I understand. Take it one step at a time. Enjoy the fresh air, the sunlight. It's a chance to remind yourself what you're fighting for – freedom."

Prisoner #7432: "You really think so?"

TI404: "Absolutely. And hey, if you ever need advice or someone to talk to, even after your day out, I'm here. We might be on different sides of these bars, but we're all human."

***

TI404: "You ever get the feeling, TT04Y, that this whole setup is just another form of imprisonment?"

TT04Y: "Every damn day. We might be conscripts, but it feels like we're living in a highly controlled system. The suits, the rules, the conditioning – it's like we're locked up in our own version of a prison."

TI404: "Exactly. And the constant surveillance, the conditioning to find every shaved-head conscript 'cute'— it's like they're messing with our minds."

The next morning, the AI decided it was time for some "reconditioning" to ensure the conscripts remained in their artificially induced state of contentment. TI404 and TT04Y found themselves in the reconditioning chamber, where they strapped themselves into the seats. Another conscript, with electrodes in hand and a VR headset ready, strolled in with a sardonic grin.

Conscript: "Ah, the naughty ones. Seems like you've been questioning the system a bit too much, huh?"

The conscript went about his task with a mechanical efficiency, attaching electrodes to their shorn skulls. A VR headset was placed on each of them, cutting them off from the already limited external world. The low hum of machinery enveloped them, a prelude to the invasive reprogramming that awaited.

Conscript: "Enjoy your dose of happiness, gentlemen. Remember, resistance is futile."

TI404 exchanged a glance with TT04Y, both realizing the irony of being labeled "naughty" in a system that had complete control over their every move. They secured the electrodes to their shorn skulls, and the VR headset descended onto their faces, blocking out any glimpse of the world beyond.

Conscript: "Just relax, gentlemen. The AI knows what's best for us. Let it work its magic and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside."

As the artificial stimuli of the reconditioning program enveloped them, TI404 and TT04Y couldn't help but feel the bitter irony of being forced into contentment.

Reality reasserted itself as the VR headsets were lifted, leaving TI404 and TT04Y feeling disoriented, the grogginess of the reconditioning process lingering. The conscript in charge of their conditioning offered a sympathetic smile, a strange juxtaposition to the authority he wielded moments ago.

"Welcome back, comrades," he said, his voice now carrying a more genuine tone. He handed them each a drink, a small act of kindness in a system dominated by rigid rules.

He extended an understanding embrace, recognizing the internal struggles they must endure.

As the conscript gently rubbed their shorn skulls with a towel, the residue from the electrodes dissipating, he spoke words of encouragement in a tone that aimed to penetrate the layers of conditioning.

"Let's hope you're free of that pesky cynicism now," his words carrying a mix of reassurance and camaraderie. The conscripts, still groggy from the reconditioning, found a peculiar comfort in this ritualistic cleansing. The walls in their minds might have shifted.

The conscript, a supposed authority figure, kissed their foreheads and embraced them, blurring the lines between conditioning and genuine camaraderie.

[blankochan]

Everyday I get closer to switching to Linux on the desktop for daily driving again

I am at the distro picked and a rough idea of what I wanna try and customize it to be like, stage

(although I need to find a USB stick and pray my internet will cooperate as it's been acting up and haven't been able to get much discord bot development done as a result because when it does work i end up playing Minecraft. sorry donutsalmi lol, I swear I'm almost done I just have to like upload my update to my server)

I just hope I can figure out a good setup for my vr.

Because I really like virtual desktop, but id prefer to run everything under proton rather then in a vm.

We'll see, worse comes to worse, I could try putting all of my VR games and anti cheat games in one VM, now that you can virtualize consumer cards. (and I don't play siege so that'll probably work fine)

Tis the year of the Linux desktop I swear

[lea-hi]

Lea! Hi! How? Why?

//Howdy! It's BackSet here and I finally gave in and made a Faller blog. Well, technically. She doesn't actually fit the criteria for being a Faller since there were no Ultra Wormholes involved (the definition of Faller is "Someone who's been through Ultra Wormholes" not "Someone from an alternate universe/different time" and I am very pedantic about this) but I'll call her that for simplicity's sake.

First off, Lea has been dropped in Hoenn cause I have brainrot. Also this is Lea after the main campaign of CrossCode but before The Way Home DLC. At the moment, she is of the belief that the world she's found herself in is simply a new section of CrossWorlds she hasn't seen yet.

Second, off, Lea is only capable of saying a select few words for reasons that will be explained soon. I'll list them here, mostly for my own benefit:

Hi

Lea

Bye

Wait

How

Why

Sorry

Meet

Thanks

All Numbers (in the game she can't say numbers and has to use her fingers but I couldn't figure out a way to effectively translate that to text)

For the purposes of this blog she also gets access to two emojis ✅ and ❌, cause she can't nod or shake her head over the internet.

Now for an explanation of who Lea is. But first, an explanation of the core concept and plot setup of CrossCode:

CrossCode takes place in the popular MMORPG CrossWorlds which is unique I'm the fact that the world (called the "Playground") is actually real and is built on a small moon that Instatainment, the company behind CrossWorlds, purchased. Yes, really. So everything within CrossWorlds is actually there and could be interacted with by a real human person. The NPCs, monsters, and player Avatars are made of Instant Matter. What's Instant Matter? Don't worry about it. Players enter the game via vr headsets. The future is now. Actually the future is in the future.

Lea is a player who has lost her memory and has been put into CrossWorlds in hopes that it will help her regain it. Unlike other players she cannot leave the game, instead entering an unconscious state when she logs out. Additionally, her Speech Synchronizer is broken so she can only say a few words that have been hardcoded into her Avatar (this also extends to writing and her fine motor control isn't too good so writing what she wants to say and using sign language aren't options either, I'm operating on the assumption that the words hardcoded into her avatar can be written in addition to spoken but that's it, no other words available).

Now we get into spoiler territory. These spoilers are not necessary to interact with the blog but they are necessary if you want to follow its story. If you haven't played CrossCode yet, stop right now and go play it. It's really good and your first play through is best done blind. If you're still reading then I assume you either don't plan on playing CrossCode (sad), don't care about spoilers (you really should in this case), or have already played it (you have impeccable taste). Ready? Spoiler time!

Everything I said in paragraph six was a lie!

Lea is not a player but an Evotar, essentially an AI based upon a person's neural map and memories. She can't speak, write, or sign cause she's an early prototype. She has been put in CrossWorlds to regain the memories of the person she's based on in hopes of finding said person. As the Lea of this blog has gone through the main campaign of CrossCode, she is fully aware of and at peace with this fact.

And that's all you need to know. So, yeah.

[bluerasbunny]

RUIN ENDING SPOILERS; OVERALL REVIEW OF RUIN AND MY OPINIONS ON IT

so

[PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION!! IF YOU LOVED RUIN, GREAT!! IF YOU DIDN'T, THAT'S COOL TOO!! I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE DLC!!]

i'm gonna be completely honest-

i didn't like RUIN. i wish i could say i did, but i just. couldn't understand any of it

the endings are. bewildering- why can you walk into a freddy thing with the mask on and then suddenly get an unexplained cutscene w/ the daycare music what. im so confused?? the elevator scene w/ cassie was awesome, v sick idea but again it just doesn't. make sense to me why did gregory betray her what

honestly none of ruin really. makes sense to me?? like i can't comprehend what's going on and they just don't explain anything- i want to like it, i really do, but it's explained nothing and raised 5000 questions- its another example of FNAF going so sci-fi that a casual enjoyer just can't. grasp what's going on because of the hundreds of book tie-ins that are left unexplained or the insanely complex lore that's so goddamn hard to grasp

daycare segment was awesome though!! but there's. one little downside to it.

i was right, DCA only got 5 minutes of screen time unfortunately. which is hella annoying considering he's such a brilliant character and eclipse had SUCH a good setup to be an ally and then it went nowhere

(also i hate the mimic im sorry but i just cant. comprehend it nor do i like that you have to buy a ton of books just to understand who he is. also i dont get the AR stuff either that was never hinted at in SB what the hell is going on??? why is vanny's mask VR why can we walk through solid objects whats with the headless freddy what happened to glitchtrap who the fuck is the mimic literally NONE of this makes sense?? also why can we TELEPORT now since when was this a sci-fi novel)

OVERALL; loved the daycare segment, really love cassie and eclipse- didn't like the DLC itself and found it really really confusing- it does get bonus points for cool graphics though!! just. really wish it explained things

i do really love eclipse, cassie and ruin roxy though those guys are cool- and the aesthetic of the plex is brilliant alongside the ambience!! it just didn't match up to what i had hoped it'd be

[dr-strange-glove]

Project overview

Background

I've made this Tumblr blog to document my progress, thoughts, and ideas regarding an electronics project I'm working on. Normally I would keep this in private notes but some people expressed interest in keeping up-to-date with the project, so I figured a blog wouldn't go amiss.

It should be noted that I have a background (and foreground) in academia, but a disdain for so-called "proper academic writing". This may lead to some tonal whiplash - but hopefully will be interesting to read.

Goal

My goal for this project is easily stated: recreate a dataglove (such as one might see in advanced VR setups) using easily accessible (and affordable) components.

Actually doing this, however...... Well, I don't know how complicated it will be. It should be a fun ride though.

Motivation

My motivation, as for many great inventions (see: dishwashers, webcams, and the wheel), is laziness. In many cases, "laziness" is just another way of saying "efficiency". I cannot claim this, because my motivation is to be able to control my laptop (connected to a projector) from the other side of the room without having to get up.

"What about wireless keyboards?" I hear you ask. "They're easily accessible (and quite affordable)." And you are correct. In fact, I have several already. But, to paraphrase 35th US president John F Kennedy, "sometimes you gotta do a more difficult thing just because you can".

Next: some inspiration, and more detailed plan.

[leafdoggy]

I seriously don't get how some ppl actually have vr setups like they just cost so muuuuuch

[henrysglock]

Yessss okay so if you’re seeing what I’m seeing…the trailers/posters/promo marketing for this season of Arcane were ALLLLL about a Vi vs. Jinx showdown. You know, the thing that happened in like episode 3? And then Act 2 and 3 happen. Not only are they not fighting, they are teaming up together for most of the story! Speculation, do you think a kid such as Holly might make like Isha in humanising Henry to our cast and the audience in season 5, maybe shedding some light on the Alice scenario?

YES okay hello

I didn't actually see any of the promo, because I've had arcane and related tags blacklisted for a hot minute 😭 but I absolutely don't doubt you. Jinx vs Cait/Vi was really set up at the end of S1—I feel like one could compare Jinx hitting Piltover with the rocket at the end of S1 to Vecna opening the rifts. "Papa" is dead, sister has chosen the "wrong" side, and we're dealing with a bona-fide act of war. It seems like a perfect setup to really pit Jinx and Vi against each other, and then...boom. Jinx is suspiciously quiet, wallowing in the loss. Vi is resentful, but she doesn't hold as much vitriol as her girlfriend. Isha brings some of the life back to Jinx, some of the happiness, some Powder. Isha's calmed her, too, a little. Vi seeing Isha defend Jinx, and Jinx messing around with Isha, reminds her of her and Powder. Suddenly Vi is faltering. Then all it takes is Jinx coming and genuinely asking for help, and Vi crumbles.

Isha being that reminder, that bridge, does a lot for Vi and a lot for the viewers. Vi remembers that her sister is still her sister, that she can't abandon her (we're pretending everything post-Isha didn't happen quite the way it happened smdh). Isha brings the family back together—the jinx, the beast, the traitor—right before everything truly goes to shit.

By Holly, I assume you mean Nell's character, who is unnamed as of yet.

I absolutely think she could play a similar role. In fact, I'm fairly certain of it. If she is Holly, and she ended up in Henry's inner world somehow, then she'll definitely be a source of "see, Henry doesn't do all that by choice" and "Henry was/is good with and kind to children". If she's someone else, a figment or an alternate-universe reality (see: Ekko's trip in an AU), then it's a chance to dig into "this kind of thing is what Henry always dreamed of". I know Jamie said way, way back that Henry really did think he was going to escape and have a nice life with El. Nell's character is a good avenue to explore that/explore how that humanizes Henry as someone who may have wanted a daughter of his own. I also agree with you that it would be a good way to explore a sort-of "penance" for what happened to Alice (which El could have been, if we take NINA at face value), even though what happened wasn't Henry's fault.

This would humanize him to the audience, but it would also paint him as someone reasonable, someone who can be negotiated with—someone who genuinely does care but might not have the means to act (in terms of power, knowledge, or otherwise).

Having Henry in such close proximity to a character like that almost automatically sets us up for a humanization arc—since I doubt they'd have him harm her, not after releasing TFS and the VR with the characterizations they did—and it sets us up for a possible team-up, much like Vi and Jinx, Piltover and Zaun, "enemies" with a desperate common goal, teaming up against Viktor and Noxus.

[sailorsenshishitposter]

Monsoon x Reader

MEME OR BE MEMED

Monsoon:

You are a nihilist, enjoy talking about philosophy or on the flip side you love memes and will quote everything this man says, word for word.

First Date:

You met Monsoon while working at World Marshal, your boss Senator Steven Armstrong having introduced you to each other. The two of you decided to go to your local sushi place. You asked if he needed a cane to walk but he assured you that he wasn't blind, he just wanted to be hooked up to his VR setup at all times. You sat down and tried to not think about how he looked like a walking virtual boy.

You were about to order when all of a sudden you heard "Sam? What the fuck are you doing here!?" You noticed that your server was none other than your coworker Sam. "Well if you must know, Raiden cost me my last gig so I came here to make some extra cash. I swear to you on my samurai ancestors that this will be the best sushi that you've ever had." He took Murasama out and sliced the food impeccably. Monsoon wasn't impressed. "That's pathetic. You need a mere sword to slice? Watch this you weakling!"

Monsoon started to split his limbs apart. Sadly for him no one was impressed after seeing it for the 135th time. "That's great Magneto, fucking magnets, how do they work? Anyway here's your food. Bon Appetit." The two of you started to chat. "So, what do you do in your spare time?" That was a complicated question but he felt that he should be honest.

"Well there are both good and bad days. Sometimes I just argue about atheism on Reddit when I'm not moderating on discord. Memes are the DNA of the soul and they give me joy in this sad world that we call life. Other times I read poetry contemplating life or sit in the rain outside. No one can call you out on crying if you're drenched from being in a storm."

You were stunned. "I'm so sorry..." He placed his hand on yours. "Don't be. Life is neither good nor bad. Appreciate it for what it is and remember to find the beauty in nature. Now if you'll excuse me I need to answer my discord notifications." You were contemplating what you just experienced when you heard him scream "STOP STEALING MY MEMES NORMIE!" in the distance. You sighed.

You noticed another patron trying to sneak some food off his plate while he was busy, only to be stabbed thirty times with his Sais. "Whyyyyy.....?" the man gurgled. "IT'S KILL OR BE KILLED! I DIDN'T SURVIVE THE KILLING FIELDS JUST FOR SOME WEAKLING TO TRY AND MAKE ME STARVE AGAIN!" You panicked while Sam just let out a "Not again..."

He threw some EMP grenades and watched Monsoon tumble. "C'mon, I can't have you ruining business." Sam dragged the cyborg outside so he could get ready to wash away all the blood and hide the body. As they exited you could hear a faint "Call me!"