#I don't have the game so I'd be checking things on minecraft and then finding clips of the game to double check

[monty-glasses-roxy]

You ever think about how hugely inaccessible the Pizzaplex is? Or is it just me?

I'm actually tempted to go through a check a bunch of things to get the full picture here too. I'm not accessibility expert, but I'm aware enough to know when something is very obviously inaccessible like the Plex

[irradiatedsnakes]

I've ran out of current vods from my favourite streamer, do you have any recommendations for fun rtvs vods to watch? I've really been meaning to check some out

oh yes absolutely!!

i don't watch every rtvs member stream, so if anybody wants to chime in with vods from other folks, please feel free! i pretty much just watch wayne, holly, and scorpy's streams, so:

from wayneradiotv:

looking through wayne's catalogue i'm running into the problem that most of my favorites (like the among us, jackbox, & 420 streams) are best enjoyed when you're already pretty familiar with the crew, so maybe save those for later if you end up enjoying rtvs' stuff. all of the proximity chat among us videos are fantastic (and i like watching the same one from multiple peoples perspectives, holly's in particular are great). RTVS congress, a stream by baaulp, is also great and worth watching once familiar with the crew

i think my best wayne (well, on wayne's channel, all of these feature multiple members of the crew) recommendation though is gonna be I.M. MEEN, which is a completely normal playthrough of a regular copy of 90's kids' edutainment game i.m. meen, which has nothing wrong with it. for some of the other "rtvs brand of weirdness" sort of streams, check out waynekenstein's lab (fun with ai generated faces) and chex quest hd (just.. watch this one)

wayne does a lot of "grand tour" streams (technically the im meen one is one of these but), where he goes through older/weirder/obscurer games. fin fin on teo the magic planet is a FANTASTIC one (fin fin needs no introduction, but in case he does, odd 90's virtual pet with a great theme song), plus the echs bachs catalogue (a bizarre collection of pretty awful games made by one dude called Echs Bachs), and club penguin rewritten (it's club penguin, bro).

if you like seeing a game played over many hours and multiple streams, i'd check out chulip, lisa: the painful, minecraft 24 hour charity stream, and moon rpg: remix. lisa and moon remain unfortunately unfinished, but the streams are still absolutely worth checking out.

from hollowtones:

most of my favorite holly vods are biiiig long streams of a playthrough of a whole game. her stuff tends to be pretty chill and i find them nice and relaxing. sometimes there's friends joining her, sometimes it's just her. of these, i really like bugsnax (adore these ones. idk how to succinctly explain bugsnaz. is bugs, is snax, are you a jokester?), hypnospace outlaw (PLEASE watch these ones especially if you havent played/watched hypnospace before), and moonglow bay (really sweet fishing game).

holly also does a number of wikipedia streams, where she (and friends) read and discuss wikipedia articles about food for upwards of 6 hours a piece. it's really good. it's really good. i like the soup one.

another favorite holly stream is GO-FISH DELUXE FOR SUPER PLAYERS, where holly and a friend play a custom game of go fish for 7 and a half hours. i love this one.

and i would be remiss to leave out, of course, the pigmas in july peppa pig stream. which is where holly, joined by her sister if i remember correctly it's been a minute since i watched, plays the peppa pig video game for nintendo switch. this one is very worth watching to the very end.

from socpens:

my #1 recommendation from scorpy's catalogue is going to be every single one of the VHS VIEWINGZ streams. scorpy obtains and plays a bunch of vhs tapes on stream with friends, it's always always always a good time. my favorite of all of them is probably this one, which among other things, includes a tape about learning to be a clown. make sure to watch to the end for a t-bone tickler! this one, featuring Escalator Safety and VOLTON THE ELECTRITY DEMON is also great. i'm having a hard time choosing just a few, they're all really good, so i'm just gonna link the eye palming one and be done with it.

for gameplay with scorpy, i really like a way out with wayne (unintentionally hilarious 2 player narrative game about escaping from jail), any of the david cage game vods but here's detroit become human, and not for broadcast (a FMV game about running a tv station- censoring stuff, monitoring broadcasts, that sort of thing. has a very interesting narrative)

and a couple other things

ok so these aren't like, the typical stream vods, while they are technically livestreamed stuff they're not quite in the same category. but they're all really fucking good.

of course, half life VR but the ai is self aware. there's full stream vods available for these, but if you haven't watched before i highly recommend watching the edited versions on wayne's main channel linked above. in case you haven't heard of hlvrai before, basic concept is that it's an in-character playthrough (wayne roleplaying as gordon freeman) of half life 1 in VR with a cast of self-aware ai NPCs (played by other members of the rtvs crew) accompanying him through the game. no prior knowledge of half life necessary. just fantastic.

next up, GAMECLAM. a yearly e3-style gaming conference about the best video games console that doesn't exist. here's the first one, there's currently 3 in total. there's also a commentary video on scorpy's vod channel. PLEASE experience the gameclam. PLEASE experience the gameclam

lastly, half life: alyx but the gnome is TOO AWARE. wayne does a gnome run challenge of HL:A with a mod that gives the gnome a biiiit more personality. (due to some references, best watched after hlvrai, but they're not part of the same series/continuity). not all the way finished at the moment- the finale's been streamed (and you can find a 3rd party upload of the finale stream on youtube (thank you youtube user sawsily for everything you do)) but the edited version of the finale should be coming out pretty soon.

[gurokichi]

I could never become bored of you, not that easily, at least! You are my Bon, you can't get rid of me that easily <3

Yeah, I got 2 kitties! Both of them are boys, and their names are Pickle and Bean! Maybe one day you'll get to see pictures of them! I also have a dog, snails, isopod, beetles, chickens, and hermit crabs! Got a bit of a zoo around here!

I'll definitely watch some of your suggestions, and I will be sure to tell you my thoughts! Just another excuse to talk to you!

I will hopefully be posting on my blog again soon, and I am so excited to now that I know you will be watching my blog (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)

I mainly read fiction, distopian, and horror/gore. But also, like when books have lgbt+ characters, and have read a few Manga! I just borrowed a book from a friend called "The Corpse Queen" by Heather M. Herrman, I strongly suggest it, I've also just started reading a GL Manga series called "Whisper Me a Love Song" and so far have been really enjoying it!!! I like plants in many ways, I learn about plants, I grow both indoor and outdoor plants, and I have a fascination with all living or once living things,,, and they happen to fit in that category too!!! I don't think I could pick just one flower as my favorite, but I do enjoy Asters a lot! Bleeding hearts? awe, it makes sense that a sweetie like you would love a poisonous flower!

What video games do you like to play? I'd love to hear all about your current favorite game! What part of history do you like so much? Oh and you collect things too! I would love to hear all about your little hoards 💕

-Dolly

I’M YOUR BON?? ASJHFSHBHKHGSGHFHJKSHLJS (＞＜)

Okay. Anyways. Sorry, got a lil excited there... I’m your Bon, and you’re my Doll!! All mine!!! I’m glad to hear that you wouldn’t get bored and leave. I’d do anything to make sure my precious doll stays with me!

AWH, they sound so darling. You have so many… how do you keep up with all of them??That’s really cool, though! You definitely have some uncommon pets.

I’m excited to hear your thoughts (๑>◡<๑)

I will definitely be watching my doll’s blog! How could I not? Anyone would find it hard to take their eyes off you. Besides, I’d love to see more of your posts when you decide to go back to it.

Ah, those are all good genres! Thank you for the recommendation, and I’ll check out the manga you mentioned later. Asters are gorgeous; my doll has great taste in flowers!!

I usually prefer games with long stories. I like RPGs and visual novels the most! I find pixel art really nice to look at, so a lot of my favorite games feature that. I’ve been playing through a farming sim called Fields of Mistria lately; it’s been really enjoyable so far! The best way I could describe it is as a mix of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. As for my current favorite games, they’re probably… Minecraft, Danganronpa, Persona 5 Royal, and Identity V. I’m not finished playing through P5R, but I like it so far. I’m currently replaying and trying to get all achievements in every Danganronpa game! I’ve finished Trigger Happy Havoc, and I’m now working on Goodbye Despair. Having a bit of trouble though, because I have a friend I’m sharing my Steam library with who is ALSO playing through the Danganronpa games. I can’t play the games until they get off, bleh. AH, I also started a playthrough of Red Dead Redemption 2. I suck ass at it. I ended up punching my horse when trying to get on it. I also drew my gun on it multiple times. So sorry to my horse, it did not deserve that. It took me like 10 minutes and frantic googling to figure out how to get back on my horse after I accidentally got off (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

Do you play any videogames? If you do, I’d love to hear about what you like to play.

Ah, I just like history in general. I love to learn about things. Some things that caught my interest for awhile in the past though are torture/execution methods, the Chernobyl disaster, the Carrington event, WW2, old medical treatments, and Greek mythology. I haven’t been into history as much lately.. so I probably couldn’t explain anything here well.

I do collect stuff! I have a collection of various plushies, figurines, keychains, and knickknacks stored in my room. I think my favorite things that I own are probably my jar of uranium glass and this stunning piece of bismuth I got just a couple weeks ago. I’d like to start a full on collection of uranium glass, but that’s expensive, and I have no idea where I’d put it. Uranium glass is absolutely gorgeous, though! I hope to at least get a couple more pieces in the future.

[trenchcoatsbi]

Yippee time to do my favorite thing in thr world: Infodump /silly

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Share your kin memories!

Honestly the amount of memories I've shared on this blog already are quite a lot lol

But I guess I'll share a small one for each of my main kintypes

Etho: I had a habit of literally curling myself around Skizz when I wanted to hug time. Like my wings and tail were fully wrapped around him. I also did this while sleeping apparently

Shadow Bonnie: the souls liked to play games in the secret backroom during the day! This lead to many silly moments :3

Sparrow: I actually didn't like water very much. Poor Spot and Racer had to force me to drink enough every day

Is there any foods from your kins that you can’t have anymore/miss? (Big Q asks for your favourite ice cream flavors)

Etho: You all do not understand how good watered down potions & campfire cooked meat tastes. Like sweet potions and good savory meat and you're chilling with your family. 100/10

Shadow Bonnie: I couldn't exactly eat, but Chi's cupcakes and Chica's pizza smelled good enough to count :3

Sparrow: I don't miss the food persay, but the experience of eating with the newsies!! Any food was the best food with those dumbasses /affectionate

... I can't really eat ice cream (milk doesn't like me :( ), but vanilla custard with warm caramel is always a first pick for me!!!

What was/is your favorite thing about Minecraft?

Etho: how fucking easy it was to build things. I think I would've screamed if I actually had to build a bunch of things from my mems ;-;

Who do you miss the most?

Etho: My husband. Phil has read through more then enough of me missing him lol. (Skizz come back where are you-). But I'd honestly have to say pretty much everybody that I was close to. I miss them for all different reasons!

Bo: Mari & Springy. Lefty and Molten are also up there! I think it's more so the memory of our deaths :/

Sparrow: Racer. The only person in any of my timelines that I had romantic feelings for and he's not beside me :(

What’s the best thing about being kin for you?

The people I've met along the way. And in my memories.

Sure, the bad memories hurt. They hurt a lot, but there's always the good ones to balance it out.

If I remember anything about the death games, I can just hold on to when I married Skizz, or hanging out with the Helsmits, or raising my kids.

If I can't get Henry's speech out of my head, I can instead think back to Mari needing to have his needles taken so he wouldn't stab Afton, or Springy getting crowned the 'King of Capitalist Checkers'

Or when I can't get Racer's cold body out of my vision, I think back to the secret kisses with him, or times in the lodging house when everybody was happy.

So I guess I can say the friends I've made, and the happy memories I would've otherwise never known about.

If you could swap your kins/kintypes, would you?

Nah. They're me, for better or worse.

I will say there's a character from a cartoon I've seen bits and pieces of that feels like she should be a kintype, but she isn't. It's kinda funny actually

What’s your favorite music? Additionally, do any songs help you get into shift?

I really like upbeat and fast paced songs :D My music tastes are a weird venn diagram of Pop, indie stuff, Rock, Musicals, & Vocoloid/simular stuff :3

Music 100% helps me shift. sometimes unintentally. some examples are:

Etho - Will I Find My Home, King of the World, Paper Rings, & Brother

Shadow Bonnie - The Kids Aren't Alright (Mari used it to pratisc guitar), Make This Puppet Proud, The Puppet Song, & the music box from fnaf 2

Sparrow - Almost anything from the Newsies soundtrack, Abandon Ship, Ribs, & Lost Boy

(hey btw, if you like vocoloid stuff check out the album Diary of Underage Observation! It's got some darker topics but the songs slap (shout out to another friend and me getting one song stuck in our heads for three days stright lol))

—Or use this ask game as an opportunity to share anything else you want!

send help I can't tell if I'm just hyperfixationing and projecting on certain characters or if they're me ;-; (my reaction to stress is apparently very simluar to depersonalization/derealization disorder which is. annoying. because I can not longer tell if my body feels wrong because gender, or kinshift, or that.)

If any of those that I'm questioning end up actually being kins, I'll do this again with them because I love excuses to infodump are my lives :3 Voidling Not!Anon

LETS GOOOO I LOVE INFODUMPS

the thing about memories is really super wholesome :)

[cloudwhisper23]

I saw this 20 questions for fic writers thing on my dash, so I'm doing it now that I'm back to my computer! Also expect writing to return soon, lol

1. How many works do you have on A03?

I currently have 9 works on Ao3! That number would be way higher if I posted all the fics I wrote on Tumblr to Ao3 though.

2. What's your total A03 word count?

Total.... hang on, I need a calculator for this one.

271,112 words! I thought it would be higher, tbh. But again, I don't post everything to Ao3, so that's just a fraction of my writing.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I write for Five Nights at Freddy's (the games) and Hollow Knight. I do also write for other stuff, but I don't post it, so that's not important.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Misguided Protection

There Are Others

Finding a Home

Deal with the Devil

Becoming a Family

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try my best to respond to comments. Typically it'll be an emoji response, mainly to acknowledge my readers when they get all excited. But sometimes people have suggestions or questions, and I feel that if I wrote something confusing, it's my job to explain what's going on (only for fanfiction though. Since I don't revise it before I post)

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmmm.... Probably There Are Others, since I at least tried to give most of them happy endings. But this fic is the reason my friends keep a kill count.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Misguided Protection

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really? It's more that people challenge my view and how I chose to write the story, but I've never gotten outright hate before.

9. Do you write smut?

I don't post it, but yeah.

10. Do you write crossovers?

Within the same fandom. I write crossovers of different AUs within the same fandom, but I do not write crossovers between fandoms. Not currently, at least.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, but it never saw the light of day (it was a minecraft fic I co-wrote with someone in elementary school)

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

All-time? Uhhhh, I've determined that gay ships are absolutely my favorite thing ever. So my favorite is probably one of those. But it changes depending on fandom fixations honestly. Buuuuut, outside of fandom logistics, I'd still say Jeremike. Even though it's a silly one. I just love how people write that ship.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have a giant incomplete folder of fnaf fics that I've started writing, but they haven't seen the light of day. Which means I've forgotten a bunch of stuff within that. But truth be told, I do want to continue writing Becoming a Family, even though I don't think I'll ever touch it again. My flow just never seems to be in the right place when I try to work on it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm good at silly banter and dialogue in general.

I'm pretty good at adapting to sudden challenges in my writing (aka, plotholes that I've already posted) to still justify things happening as well. But not nearly as good as I am at dialogue.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I'm terrible at writing descriptions. I'll never forget the day I realized my friends genuinely thought my OC Mikayla was tall, despite how much I tried to write her as short. I usually don't write with physical characteristics in mind, so that used to be my justification, but since i had a clear picture in mind and it did not come across properly, I have to say descriptions are my weakness.

I'd also say romance, but my friends tell me I'm better than I think I am.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I stress out about that sort of thing. I wrote in Spanish for an art trade once (dialogue only, of course), and I made my friends fact-check every sentence to ensure it sounded natural. I could do it, but it's not really something I enjoy.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

MCYT. It was a different group of people back then, but that notebook is still sitting in my house, and I still get embarassed just thinking about it.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

My favorite? Honestly, it's one I'm writing right now. It's a fnaf fic, but I haven't posted much about it yet. It's called Runaway Mike, and I'm super excited about how it's turning out so far. Probably not one I'll post for a while yet.

[the-acid-pear]

Woke up from a very very strange dream so I really want to share it.

It started odd. Well not entirely odd. But it started on his different map of SDV I often see, and I was a woman, and went to these new secret mines where I had just lost and been kicked out. I went back in bc i did catch a glimpse of a merchant, so I went to check him out. He looked like a glowing eye darkness robbed little guy. And he sold, phone cases? And some pillars or something?? And I didn't know what they did so I looked up on YouTube and all I'd find was Minecraft videos (one I'd seen in a different dream, no less) so after a lot of trying went back to the game and bought them and it instantly turned psychosexual. I cannot remember details for better or for worse.

But after that somehow I ended up in my mother's house. It was just her and me, and soon my older brother. Neither my little brother or my step father were there. But there was a fishtank. Just like my step father previously had. Except it was lodged to the wall of the kitchen on the last house I lived in with them. It was also like, insanely dirty? It was implied nobody had been around for a while.

At first the fish I noticed were normal. Long little grey one stood up bc it was the last fish I got to see there, though that guy was smaller than a finger now he was worth give or take two! And there were other fishes too. But most important I saw a golden fish, just like my stepfather had owned for so long (I saw that fish eat everyone else and Die.). Except it was smaller, younger! His gold fish was he size of a hand by the end and fat, now it was as big as the previously mentioned. But just as violent. He kept trying to bite the fishes, which lead to his end.

Eventually I realized a fucking OCTOPUS was in the tank too, and he grabbed the golden fish (wasn't his name Golden? Or was it just Dorado? I don't remember) and like a gator did a death roll. It kept passing it under itself and stuff, too. I freaked out a little bc man he's gonna kill him!! But I was like nooobody touch him or you'll DIE.

It was then that I realized my mom had a prosthetic arm. From below the elbow on her left hand. It wasn't a normal one, it had skin grafts, tightly pulled across it, failing to conceal the plastic blue metal or the metal fingers like hooks. I asked her what happened and she told me nonchalantly she just tripped in a hole/puddle (I imagined this was in a supermarket, Carrefour or Coto) and passed out and when she woke up her hand was already amputated. Told her it was a relief it wasn't her dominant hand but she just said it isn't for NOW.

I pictured to myself a bit of her reaction. Waking up w a hand missing. Screaming and depression. She was ok by now. She did tell me it was bc she'd been carrying heavy books all day so the bone was cartilage by then and they removed it all (sure...)

I did realize a while after I woke up, my mother had a scarred hand she called "the bionic hand". I didn't remember this detail previous to this dream...

Anyway I think my brother was thru this all with us. I think we spoke. We caught up a little? I don't know why I cannot remember him now. What I do remember is talking w someone mentioning my grandma passing and them saying my brother should know too bc he probably cared and I was like damn maybe you're right. But I got distracted.

I was back in my villa crespo room, I have been remembering that room and that wardrobe a lot, and now I was looking inside. And it was huge, and I saw a dog plushie. It was implied to have been made by my grandma. I picked it up and hugged it and I took it as a sign to go in here and see what else was there for me. The dog was white, long ears, big ash brown spots and small black ones (most notably its eyes).

The wardrobe was full of toys and houses. And I was stuffing little things into bigger things. I wish I'd give you a better description. Little Barbies. I had a lot of knock off Barbies. I stacked them and stuck them elsewhere in piles. Unsure of the purpose.

But I couldn't really relax bc meanwhile my mom and my dad started talking and she was accusing him of having touched me inappropriately and his defense was like yeah I did but it was for a reason I was trying to protect her and I was just doing my darnest to pretend they didn't exist until I got awoken by a stupid can breaking in.

So yeah a lot went there.

[itsbansheebitch]

I appreciate the research you did for this. You went over it so respectfully as well :). My sister has OCD and I have OCD tendencies (some of the symptoms of OCD, but not enough for a diagnosis/not enough of a problem in daily life to qualify as a diagnosis.)

I'd like to add some more examples if that would be alright?

Danny:

Danny could certainly experience some OCD symptoms if he felt unsafe in his own home. Some examples of how this could effect him include (but are not limited to):

Cleaning OCD symptoms. There are many types of OCD & many ways that OCD can manifest in daily life. Cleaning OCD is probably the most well known type, including compulsions (the C is OCD) such as vigorous and/or repetitive hand washing (which can be extremely dangerous if you have diabetes), cleaning his room/the house past the point of exhaustion. When you are dealing with a cleaning compulsion, EVERYTHING looks like it needs to be cleaned. He would find a way to dust every corner, wash every dish by hand, and vacuum every carpet until he felt safer. It's not really about cleaning (unless he has worries about chemical spills) and more about feeling safe in your home/environment.

Checking locks. He could get compulsions to check locks, especially if he had time to process how dangerous the GIW could be.

Checking expiration dates on food, feeling anxious about food/eating. This could definitely be a problem stemming from food coming alive. This would probably take more of an Anxiety form instead of OCD, but it's not impossible by any means.

Having trouble during video games. This might sound weird, but personally I've had trouble not having an organized inventory in games. For example, when I play Minecraft, I NEED to have my first inventory bar in order of Sword, Pickaxe, Ax, Shovel, Hoe, Food, and Torches. If I don't have things placed in a certain way when I'm playing games, we have an issue. I have genuinely had to talk myself down from panic attacks before when my inventory is a mess. Again, it's about your perception of a situation, not the ACTUAL situation. For another example of OCD manifesting in gaming, I NEED my chests organized, no matter what game I'm playing. When I saw in sdv you could color code your chests, I lost my mind lmao. I've heard some MC youtubers have issues with making their torches symmetrical. I think there are some clips of that on YT if you'd like to see it in action.

Checking grades online CONSTANTLY. When I was in high school and covid hit, we checked our grades online. I was having a rough time (like Danny might form the ya know, ghost fighting, and getting chased thing) so I was CONSTANTLY checking my grades, Even when I had checked them less than an hour ago and I KNEW it wasn't great, I checked again anyway.

Being clean (body). If he has trouble processing the cloning situation, he might experience some issues with Cleaning OCD. This can take forms of washing hands or even taking several showers per day. This would be more based on feeling, not how clean his body ACTUALLY is. This can have MANY negative effects including, but not limited to, rashes, dry hands (skin falling off if you have diabetes), a scalp stripped of it's natural oils, and sometimes dandruff.

Jazz:

As an older sister, she probably took on a lot of "parental roles" and had to be depended on by Danny, especially if time got away from their parents while they were in the lab. Some examples of how this could effect her in terms of OCD could include:

Meal planning & Making A LOT of lists (Even if they were in a secure situation later and Danny is old enough to take care of himself, she still might fall back on old habits since they bring comfort and certainty.)

Checking locks (If she had any sort of paranoia about the GIW or their parents if this is reveal gone wrong situation, she might get into loops of checking locks, even if she already did so five minutes ago.) This could be triggered if Danny ever got hurt or someone gave him a weird look at the store.

Checking stove tops. If she was ever anxious about the experiments in the lab or Danny's safety when it comes to the lab (like if she was worried they were going to burn the house down one of these days) she might check stove tops. Although it is obviously a different scale, it's, again, more about feeling safe rather than the actual situation. If this was a problem she might also

Extra:

It can be frustrating when people have certain reactions to your OCD (or OCD tendencies). Classic reactions include:

"It's not that big of a deal." / "Why are you throwing a fit over this?"

This reaction if something OCD and Anxiety have in common. Often times, if someone hasn't seen/been exposed to/knows about OCD (or anxiety), they might be tempted to understand why [insert situation and reaction here] is such a big deal. I wrote the question in a more harsh way, but there ARE kind ways that you can ask this, such as:

"What part of [situation] is bothering you? Is there any way I can help?"

This opens up the conversation to ACTUALLY understanding what set someone off. I usually don't have severe reactions unless I'm having a bad day, but my sister ALWAYS makes lists. If it's clear that someone wants to understand and help you, it doesn't really matter what their word choice is. Just knowing that they INTEND to at least understand, is incredible.

A lot of parents have OCD and their kids learn from them. Not like it's contagious, but more of a "mom checks the locks, so I should too." Recent studies have shown that if you treat an anxious parent's anxiety, the kids anxiety (symptoms) will ALSO decrease as if they were the one taking medication/getting therapy.

This could mean that if Jack and Maddie were struggling with anxiety (maybe from ghost attacks or Danny's grades?) they could be accidentally effecting Jazz and Danny. If there was a reveal gone wrong situation and they were adopted by another family (The Waynes, The Kents, The Allens, etc) then they might see those symptoms decrease, however, they might still experience a similar level of anxiety if they were anxious about their new home or they had new parents/siblings who struggled with anxiety. This of course, wouldn't be their fault, but it is best to treat this sort of thing as soon as possible.

One of the main differences between OCD and OCD tendencies, is that when you have OCD, you struggle more with saying "no" when you get a compulsion. Since I just have the tendencies, I have more minor symptoms and can get out of compulsions easier (although if I'm having a bad day, I have a harder time doing so). This is probably the main line in the sand between diagnosed OCD and just having tendencies.

You can write either as long as you pick one a stick with it. Keep in mind that everyone's OCD is different and there are many types and reactions you can find online. Not to mention, people can go through different types of therapy to get a better hold on their symtoms and get better at handling Obsessions and Compulsions.

I'd also like to note that there are 2 main types of reactions to a trigger. A trigger for Jazz or Danny could include:

Seeing the GIW on the news

A nightmare

Getting food/drink spilled on them (by themselves or others)

Feeling insecure in their place in the house (might want to "earn their keep" at a new house)

There are many kinds of triggers so don't feel limited by this list. Sometimes they don't really look like they have anything to do with past trauma.

The main 2 types of reactions to a trigger include

Obsessive reaction

Compulsive reaction

Obsessive Reactions include:

"I HAVE to meal plan" [because I still feel like a parent figure to Danny]

Intrusive thoughts

Repetitive behaviors/urges

Compulsive Reactions include:

"I HAVE to organize my inventory in game" [because the house/my life is a mess and I have to have SOMETHING under control/organized]

Behaviors done in response to an obsession. They are done to soothe anxiety/distress. They might also be done if you're scared of something bad happening.

Although these are the main 2 reactions, there are many individual reactions (like checking stove tops, turning light switches on and off, checking locks) that fit into these two reactions. Keep in mind that some reactions can count as BOTH since Compulsions are a reaction from Obsessions.

Another point I'd like to hit is Moral OCD, also known as Religious OCD. Often times, people with OCD can have reactions that have themes centering around sin, religion, morals, and their ability to adhere to them. I think the "technical term" for it is Scrupulosity OCD.

Scrupulosity OCD can be incredibly debilitating. They may have fears around living to their god's rules, being genuinely terrified of sinning, or hurting others. Some people with Scrupulosity OCD have reoccurring ideas, which center around them thinking they are a bad person, or if they aren't supervised, they'll hurt someone. Keep in mind that the compulsion here isn't to hurt people, but instead a reoccurring fear that they MIGHT hurt someone. People who struggle with Scrupulosity OCD might have compulsions where they do everything in their power to NOT harm people. Some people with Scrupulosity OCD have fears centered around hurting children, so they will refuse to go to family/holiday dinners, refuse to have children, refuse to drive/walk a route that requires them to pass by a school, etc.

People with Scrupulosity OCD are NOT dangerous (and if they are, it's NOT because of OCD). If anything, they will fight tooth and nail so that they are NOT a danger to others (especially children, if that's where their fears go). Having Scrupulosity OCD is especially terrifying since if you don't know it's a thing, you just have extreme fears that you could hurt someone or that you're dangerous. Some people have extreme fears that they could be a pedo even if they have never had those kinds of thoughts in their LIFE. They just have a irrational fear of being one.

Someone might experience this kind of fear if they have had a traumatic experience with it. If they were attacked as a child, they might be afraid that they will continue that cycle. If someone was abused, they might have a fear of becoming a child abuser.

The main problem with Scrupulosity OCD is that people that have it might fear that if they talk to a therapist/mental health professional/friend/family they'll be arrested/locked up/etc because these fears are SO insidious that talking about them can feel like confessing a crime, even if you LITERALLY haven't done ANYTHING????

With Scrupulosity OCD, the main fear is confirming that you ARE a bad person or that you HAVE hurt people. For some people, going to talk to a professional about it acts as that confirmation, especially if you get a dumbass therapist who visibly freaks out. This also makes it the (as far as I know) most stigmatized type of OCD.

One example relating to your prompt could be Bruce Wayne. He might have fears related to another kid dying (especially after Jason), himself dying and leaving the kids (from his own parents' death), etc. You can see from the example that Bruce having OCD wouldn't make him dangerous (being Batman would) and that his fears come from trauma, even if in different circumstances they might be considered irrational fears.

A different example could be Jack and/or Maddie. I've seen some AUs where Jack takes the reveal better than Maddie. Because of this, Jack might have fears related to hurting Danny. This could cause him to isolate himself. If they both took it well, they might both have fears around hurting Danny (and maybe Jazz as well) and isolate themselves or even think about giving them to someone else/sending them to a relative's house/getting them to move out early so they won't get hurt. Even if they are determined to support their kids, OCD could cause them to isolate themselves anyway.

Another thing to consider is that if Jazz, Danny, or any of the bats had mental health issues (like OCD) they would be able to afford treatment. If being an ectobiologist doesn't pay well, Jazz and Danny might have been low-income and had to deal with mental health issues on their own (especially if their parents were absent). If they were to all of a sudden have access to regular treatment, they would:

Be able to manage their symptoms better

Have an overall high quality of life

Gain coping mechanisms to work through anxiety

Help with stress management

Not nearly as much bottling up emotions. (although they would probably still struggle with finding the right words and being emotionally vulnerable. Especially Danny, who has had this massive secret AND would be socially conditioned to not be emotional/vulnerable since he's a boy.)

Keep in mind that I'm not an expert by any means and most of this is based of person experience, observation, and the most basic resarch possible. Hope this all helps! Great prompt btw!

(And no, it wasn't stereotypical or offensive. Although Cleaning OCD is the most well known type and you portrayed the symptoms and how they manifest in daily life REALLY well. It was pretty impressive ngl. Better than most representation online, tbh. There's not really any decent mainstream rep of OCD, so it's really nice to see that people like you that want to rep it in fics are really looking into this stuff. I really appreciate it.)

Ok so I've read that OCD, can be a by product of trauma.

So what if Danny doesn't relize he is deeply traumatized by the events that happened in his early childhood. By that I mean with all the weapons and chemicals spills around his house and of course his untimely death.

He noticed that his home has no order whatsoever and that's what made it dangerous to live in. He only found comfort in his own room because it was the only space the could truly control, and make sure it was safe.

He started associating organization and cleanliness with safety and security. He has underling fear of coming into contact with contaminants, and that it will bring his whole world to collapse if he does indeed come into contact with one.

So lets say that a revel gone wrong, and Dannys put into foster care and then handed into the Wayne family.

At this point the Bats know that Danny used to be phantom, because lets be real they would immediately figure it out. Yet Danny has no clue they are the bats. He just believes they are a really big family with too much money to know what to do with it.

So Danny someone who has no clue he has OCD but presents most if not all the characteristics.

For instance:

Danny subbing the same spot on the rug for hours trying to get rid of it. Because in his mind if that spot stays bad things will happen.

On another instance he is seen organizing and reorganizing his shelf on a very specified order and continuously going back until he is satisfied.

When he goes to eat he always asks if the food was washed and cleaned properly multiple times.

He always counts if all his cleaning supplies he keeps are there in the morning.

He has a very strict schedule in which he doesn't break and refuses to break, especially his cleaning schedule.

Now the Bats are completely aware of this, and instead of making feel bad about it they help him and reassure him every time.

Examples:

Danny found that in the living room the rug was too dirty, because of the constant influx of people bringing in dirt with them. Of course Alfred always cleans it, but Danny needs to make sure himself. So one of the siblings would help him clean the rug his way, as Danny does it in a very specific way.

Another example is when Danny started cleaning during a movie night because of all the popcorn that was dropped on the floor. The rest just stopped the movie and helped him clean the area, and then resumed the movie careful not to spill more popcorn.

At one point the family was concerned because Danny was moving into a more dangerous zone of the compulsions, such as scrubbing his hands raw because he accidentally touch something 'dirty' without his special gloves.

So they made Bruce ask him if he wanted to go to a therapist and possibly a psychiatrist for his OCD. And Danny just said he didn't have OCD he just wanted things to be clean and organized like everyone else.

in the end he was convinced to go to a therapist so he could learn to manage living with OCD, but he was endlessly happy that he had people to fall back to that didn't judge him, and instead helped him out.

note:

(I just want to say that I don't have OCD myself but a lot of my family members do have it, and ive seen how it affects their daily lives. And I wanted to bring to light that people can't control their obsessions/compulsions but they can learn to manage it so they can live calmer with less anxiety. So I hope I made it as realistic as possible and didn't sound stereotypical or offensive)

[dzpenumbra]

12/9/22

Today kinda sucked.

I don't know if it was a depression day or a zero-dopamine day, if there's even a difference, but I just got nearly no gratification from doing anything.

I got like 6 hours of sleep, which is not nearly enough for me. My eyelid is still twitching, I think it's from stress and sleep deprivation. Vivid dreams again. I was awake for the vet's call, it was fucking weird. I told them I just moved upstate and they asked what pharmacy to call my cats prescription into. I was just like... "I just moved, I don't know the area, I think there's a Walgreens a few blocks up." She just like... waited silently on the other end. I was like... "um... I mean, I can get you the number?" She just sat there silently waiting for me to google the only Walgreens in my area. I was just like... really? Like... you're a receptionist, this is like... most of your job. Coordinating phone calls and shit. It was awkward. But whatever, I'm gonna check tomorrow to make sure the prescription is there, Max's appointment is on Sunday.

I decided that the best way for me to get started unpacking would be to sort stuff into categories. I made a makeshift sketch of the main room and what the layout is going to look like, then I started moving my piles of things into more organized piles of things. It looks a bit less like a series of bombs went off in here, but not that much different. Again, I was expecting this to be gratifying and bring me a sense of accomplishment, but it didn't. And playing games was not gratifying either. Not Noita, not Minecraft. I tried to do a Tarot reading and I just got frustrated not really being able to understand one of the cards' reversed meanings and just gave up.

That was like... the whole day. I finished my song arrangement, and it was just like... okay, well that's done, I guess. No fanfare, nothing.

I made dinner, it was dinner. The only thing I actually enjoyed was sanding a piece of Tiger's Eye. Oh, and organizing this coffee table I have that has a glass top and a velvet-lined display case built into it, so I got to organize my mineral collection. That pulled me in for like 2 hours. So today wasn't a complete wash, there were those two. But the rest has sorta been like... just slogging through it.

I was tempted to smoke all day long, I wanted to but I was afraid that I would smoke and then I wouldn't find anything to do to like... sink into and hold my attention. And then I'd get lost in my head and probably freak out. I'm sure most people who smoke weed think that way, seems like a very common, very normal thing to think. So fucking hilarious that my former therapist treated me like a fucking addict, what a colossal level of incompetence and ignorance.

So yeah, I guess it was the therapy appointment last night that did it. And little sleep just put it over the edge. I probably should message him to tell him. But I don't know how to phrase it. And I feel like I'm just going to write another 2 page message and overwhelm him, because apparently I just do that.

I don't want to stress out about this shit. Like seriously, how counter-productive is it to stress out about your relationship with your therapist or social worker. Fucking completely defeats the point. I'm just in super-stress mode and I need to chill. So I'm gonna find something to play for a bit before bed.

[sparxwrites]

i'm slowly circling around hermitcraft (i keep telling myself i'm not going to get into another minecraft smp thing, i did my days in the yogscast mines) and it's so compelling. i won't lie. what would you, personally, suggest as a starting point for someone who hasn't watched any of these people before? even without knowing these characters, your hermitcraft fic is so good that i want to learn more about them

yeah see, i told myself that too and then dsmp and 3rd life and hermitcraft happened and. here i am. back in the pits again!! having the time of my life about it ngl.

so, okay, my first caveat would be: fandom does a lot of heavy lifting re: it having a plot. like... i'd say they're less plotty than the yogs were, with season 8 being an honourable exception. so don't go in expecting that my fic has uhhhhh. really any relation to canon lmao. (though to be fair, it didn't really in yogs either, so...)

first option: watch an episode of Hermitcraft Recap (a channel that does a weekly "what happened on hermitcraft this week" highlights video), see if any of the things mentioned take your fancy, and then check out the channel of the hermit that did it. this is good if you're hunting for someone doing a specific Thing in minecraft, rather than streamer personality.

second option: see the rec list below, and check out one of those people's season 8. season 8 is now over, but it was very short compared to regular seasons - so a lot of the excitement gets compressed and amped up, and it's a good way to really get an idea of what people are about. it will give you an unrealistic idea of how plotty hermitcraft gets, especially the end, because they went absolutely off the shits with that one, but it's a great season.

third option: see the rec list below, and jump straight into season 9 - either at the beginning of someone's series, or at the current point, or skip around through various people's things. we're like 20-ish eps in, depending on the person, but honestly it's pretty easy to dip in and out; we just had a big Plot Development with rendog getting crowned king of the server, so it's a good time to start! rec list (biased to the people i watch, obvs! the others are great too, but these are my faves), to help you decide who to pick:

Literally unhinged impossible redstone, constantly on his villain arc, (and tomato plants?): DocM77

Very good redstone, also extremely funny: TangoTek (also makes excellent noises), MumboJumbo (on break atm. i miss him :( ), Zedaph (he's doing. weird shit this season, but i support him in his quest to be a lunatic)

Incredible building, but also chaos-gremlin energy: BdoubleO100 (excellent noises pt.2), Grian (main character energy, tumblr's fave), PearlescentMoon (i am kissing her s9 base directly on the mouth)

Incredible building, really nice voice: GoodTimesWithScar (tumblr's other fave)

Building but also like. weirdly chill-but-horny vibes: Keralis (deliberately), Rendog (on accident)

Literally no idea but you should watch him: Joe Hills (very odd, currently hyperfixated on pinball machines, i find him very soothing for reasons that escape me, writes haikus for his episodes????)

fourth option: some of what you've seen from me will be from 3rd / last / double life, a bunch of semi-hardcore "death games" series run by grian and involving a bunch of hermits (plus some other friends, including inthelittlewood from the yogscast!). these are great, and i watched these before hermitcraft, and then based who i was watching in hc on what i'd seen there. double life is happening rn and we're only 3 eps in, so it'd be easy to catch up! it's basically a soulmate au but in minecraft, because grian is insane; i'm really enjoying BdoubleO100, PearlescentMoon, Tango, Rendog, and Grian (Scar is on a weird zookeeping arc, godbless, so he's in my bad books until he starts killing again. otherwise, the go-to rec is Grian or Scar's pov of 3rd Life, which sent me fucking insane.

[frogcraftingg]

Hello I have an account on tumbler but I can’t log in lol so for now I’m just asking anonymously but I’m a very big Minecrafter I love Minecraft and the endless adventures that you can do in game I also just started watching your channel and your honestly pretty amazing your let’s plays are super cozy and I was wondering if you can give me some tips on starting out in survival Ive played it but I have never really played survival through without getting bored so can you please give me some tips

Hi!

A few questions to ask yourself before you start a new world: Why do you want to make this world? What are you hoping to accomplish? Are there any challenges you want to take on (hardcore, progress in 100 days, all the achievements, etc.,)?

Then decide if you want to do a random seed or search for a seed. I've done both in the past and I'll be honest, when I search for a seed that has a spawn/biomes nearby that I really like, I feel way way way more passionate about my projects directly from the get-go. I don't mind a grind at all for resources or traveling for other blocks, but having a cool area nearby spawn to build in just really has made me happy!

Some good resources: Minecraft Seeds Subreddit, Seed Map Website (where you can generate random seeds quickly!), Minecraft & Chill on YouTube - lots of really incredible seed videos if you're a really visual person (and all of the seeds are in the description so you can copy and paste!)

I feel like I also really struggled with this when I first started getting into survival gameplay so here are some things that I did at the beginning that really helped me out: 1) Taking inspiration from other Let's Plays : Now I don't mean copying the build style or anything, but actually seeing how they progressed and what they prioritized, because I'll be honest, before I started making Minecraft content I'd only ever defeated the Ender Dragon once and I was carried by my boyfriend, lol. Before that, all I really did was try and build cool houses (most notably for some reason lots of sand castles or underwater glass bases). But building up farms, learning how to do trading with villagers, trying out different building styles and covering up my farms with builds all really inspired me and kept me focused!

2) Keep a 'to-do' list : This one can be really personal and you can do it in game (in a book, signs on a project board, etc.,) or you can keep one out of the game in google docs, notion, on paper, however you really want to do it! This can help you keep track of everything you want to do: goals, farms, builds, and give you a sense of satisfaction towards 'checking things off your to-do list'!

3) Try and work on one thing at a time : In the early game, don't overstress by looking at the entire to do list after you make it. Focus on one thing at a time, even if it means you'll be moving a cow farm or something later, get yourself set up with the resources you need and focus on them one at a time. Usually some early game projects for me are: getting a bed!, water bucket/shield, all wood types, diamond gear, renewable food source, finding a village, getting a house set up, making a farm, enchanting, etc., and those can be your projects if you like them to be as well, but work on them one at a time! Unless you're doing a 100 days challenge for yourself you're in absolutely no rush to get anything done that you don't want to do!

4) Later, when you get stuck : Work on something else or play something else for a while. This will help you *so much* in the long run as you won't be burning out on projects that are giving you problems or taking longer than anticipated to complete. I play Minecraft for content and for fun, but I also always make sure when I'm not recording or with friends I play some other games too to keep Minecraft not getting stale for me. And if and when I get stuck, I will simply move on to another project and leave a project partially finished. I've done this on my hardcore streams on Twitch, I'm rebuilding a village for my villagers and I'm a slow builder while I'm chatting up with everyone. In between houses, I work on building up farms for resources, go on silly adventures to find allays or all of the cat varieties, or simply shift my focus to another project in the village like pathways, streetlights, ponds, gardens, etc., to keep myself from burning out on building.

I know those last two points are a bit contradictory but I guess it sort of feels to me like writing, painting, or anything else. Don't force yourself if you're feeling burnt out. Minecraft for most of us is a way to have fun, so remember to keep it fun for yourself and not like work.

Remember it's a sandbox game-you can add mods, texture packs, play on any difficulty (including peaceful), and just really experience the game how you want to. Once I started to worry about what I enjoyed more in my world, and how I wanted to play, what I wanted to do, etc., I felt so much more inspired to start and stick with a world!

Hope that helps!

[askuemki]

The books (or well manga) wasn't bad at all, I just don't exactly like reading all that much One of the series my buddy gave me to read was called "Run Away With Me, Girl" and it was such a lovely story Basically there's this engaged woman who runs away w/ her former girlfriend, 10/10 recommend I never really had a twilight phase, but I did (still do) enjoy the concept of werewolves and vampires Nothing wrong w/ liking the book/movies!! I can see the appeal There was this one other book I read some time ago by Stephany Meyers (same author as Twilight), the Host I remember not getting the story, but I ended up enjoying it Wondering why you would want to watch a movie in English over Spanish? Is it something about the language or performance you'd wanna experience? Or does it seem less bothersome to process things Yeah, Alexa is like Siri... My mother just uses it when everyone is out of the house and has something playing, just so there could be an allusion that someone is there or as a timer Think my dad uses it to try and find answers to questions, but most of the time it fucks up and tells him smth else Personally I don't have an urge to talk out loud, Id perfer just picking up my phone to check the time/weather, but when I do try and ask Alexa things it just doesn't answer and I have to yell at it (even though it was advertised as being able to hear you if you talk normally..) Lokey bad logo design, mann honestly disappointed Games on PC is really nice, can't deny that My personal problem is that I can't keep up with games, or i can't access or buy them There was this one game called Facade (with the c having a squiggle under it) where it's basically a couple bickering and stuff, while you, the guest just stand there awkwardly or trying to intervene Seen a few gameplays and it's really funny at times Me too!! Axolotls are adorable <3 In minecraft you don't really have any objecives Personally I had (or well have, but it's been awhile since ive opened it up) really fun spawning in animals and making a whole empire of cats or dogs Or just building stuff, thinking i can get a big project done when im just sitting there instead, having fun flying through the building(s) You kinda just build stuff, survive, or even go on servers/download mods for uniquer minigames and experiences (I do recomend trying to play w/ friends or other people, it can kinda get boring being alone from time to time) Besides basic controls, there isn't much that's needed to be learned? (that's important anyways) Unless you wanna specifically improve in something like building Really? I don't remember lol I have a close pal of mine obsessed w/ jellyfish (maybe just drawing them or both in general too) The whole performance of the song was really pretty!! Think ive seen that instrument somewhere before, but I can't remember where I'd love to see it paired up w/ other instruments but the others might drown out its sound :(

@vivgst new thread <3 (I have the cut so it won't be a pain to scroll lol)

I've never watched Death Note, but I guess Ill just say L is my favorite since we share a name (technically) Honestly? my answer is simple w/ what animal Id be Almost ANY cat (not the flatfaced or folded ear ones though they can have some bad health issues :( ) Like if you're a domestic cat, you have the stuff to survive both in the wild, or in someone's house. You have super scenes of smell, night vision, claws, sharp teeth, AND probably enough smarts to not get eaten by dogs or smth. On the other hand with humans, at least 70% of the population would adore you, and maybe even take you in to pamper you. It would be very easy to get them to do your bidding since you'd be just some animal, and perhaps put above your caretaker's needs. Pets? Affection? Just act all adorable and stuff and they'll give it to you, cling on to them and they'll say they're your human now. On the other hand (or paw) there's the wild cats!! Still very cute. Still very cool. Now your defenses are upped by a ton, and people still find you cute. Though with how shitty environmental conditions are, and with the bigger cats slowly going to extinction :( , I may or may not just stick to domestic cats But hypothetically.. It would be neat to be either a snow leopard, tiger, or a jaguar. I love snow leopards for their big fluffy tails, and it would be cool to be able to roam through snow and stuff, but that seems to get a little boring from time to time. Love tigers for their stripes, I don't think they can roar..?? But that doesn't change anything. Think Tigers and Jaguars are both pretty efficient in survival, but I'd pick Jaguar just for their athletics and HUGE bite force (least from my 1st search). Or maybe, maybe not because there's an outfit/skin or two of Valeria's that are based on jaguars.. (or leopards, but ill go w/ jaguars) im obsessed w/ this woman man hdwhadwjadawnk OH ALSO ON THE TOPIC OF BIRDS??? AS FUN AS IT WOULD BE TO BE A MALE BIRD AND SHAKE YOUR COLORFUL BUM AROUND, THERE WAS A WHOLE ASS WAR W/ EMUS AND AUSTRALIA Honestly who wouldn't wanna be a relative of a dinosaur, but smaller and just as fucking scary Also for vacation.... I don't like going on vacation. I just like being in my sad little room, on the internet or drawing my ass off But, Id love to visit Japan and see their Ghibli Studio museum, it's so cool... Or even just go to a few hotels or smth here and there, I love their stellar technology, I love how everything is so cute or neat there, oh and I especially LOVE the social rules there, I'm a goody-two-shoes at heart and perfectly agree with being "nice"... Like yeah sure I may not like you or the opposite, but at least we can co-exist without biting our heads off (unlike the fucking us) and japan seems open to their culture being explored by others, so I'd totally love to (respectfully) participate in some traditions here and there OR I could visit Europe. Like not even a specific country? Just Europe. Cuz the US is like really fucking big, and a country like France is apparently as big as Texas. And it would be cool to take a week trip just exploring cultures and stuff (well everything except food, I'm a terrible picky eater ugh) Vacation in the US scares me tho, I'm fine where I'm at rn Maybe id be a little open to going to canada.. but bc of how they're treating the Palestine genoside rn maybe like later in life if they redeem themselves, but like the us? Fuck them too I think crocodiles r cute, but I wouldn't wanna go near one :3 Most of my relatives are either in the Philippines or Maryland, I barely know abt them now Never thought I'd be the one to be the gay cousin, ngl

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

hey, so the whole time I've been following you you have had impeccable taste in stuff to be obsessed with (taz, the witcher, the amazing devil, etc etc), which has me warily considering investigating hermitcraft. But there is SO MUCH of it, I don't have tons of time and I haven't a clue where to start or how this kind of media even works. Pick particular people to follow? then how do you get a sense of the overall story? or is there, like, a greatest hits playlist or something? Any advice? Thank you so much :D

Okay SO. The sort of "story" you get from hermitcraft isn't really a normal narrative bc it's just.... A bunch of Minecrafters building a lot of really cool things over the course of a year per season, give or take. Yes you'll get like... Bits sometimes, or a war, or A BIT of narrative that usually only includes themselves or maybe a couple others, but the story is more just the day to day, week to week cool things they make and shenanigans they get in to between that.

That said, yeah you kinda do just pick a person and a season and go, and you by no means need to start with the current ongoing season (which is season 9). I highly recommend starting with season 8, even tho it was a bit of an oddball with both being only about 6mo long and by having some lore-type stuff happening across the whole server by the end (moon big. You'll get it when you get it.). It's long enough to give you an idea what most seasons are like, and give you glimpses of the various personalities at play.

My suggestion is to start with anyone from Boatem, which would be Grian, ImpulseSV, GoodTimesWithScar, MumboJumbo, and Pearlescentmoon. Of the bunch I'd say Pearl or Grian are my top picks, Pearl was new in S8 which is always a good jumping on point, and Grian is just really accessible, and both of them interact with a lot of other people so you can find other Hermits you might be interested in watching. Just go to their YouTube channels - they have playlists for S8 to make it real easy.

However if you're short on time and really want to get a crash course in some of these personalities, I would actually suggest starting with 3rd Life. It was a short-term game they ran where everyone had only 3 lives (green, yellow, and red) and once you were red you essentially went aggro and were meant to try to kill the other players. Last player standing won. Grian put it together, and the players were a group of Hermits plus a few other mcyters that there friends with, and it was MADNESS. I highly suggest watching Grian's playlist first, but they basically recorded/played all at the same time for a couple of his one night a week for 8 weeks, so there's only 7-8 episodes to watch depending on the player you're watching.

And if you enjoy it, there are also two follow up seasons, Last Life and Second Life, that also run about the same with their own additional gimmicks. Plus if you like a player who isn't a hermit you can check out stuff THEY do, I guarantee they'll be cool.

Lmk if this helps! Good luck.

[grox-empire]

! INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM THE GROX EMPIRE !

Hello, Welcome to my blog! My name is Calypso, But I also go by Espoir, Grox, Or whatever nickname you'd like to call me! This is a place where I post whatever the hell I want. Lore tidbits, Art, Shower thoughts, You name it!

I go by They/Xe pronouns, Sometimes It/Its if I feel like it. People I know well can use She/Her for me!

I'm a bit shy so I may be a bit slow to respond to asks, But feel free to send me them, I don't bite!

I'm currently working on a webcomic called daybreak, A hard sci-fi spin on the game Spore!

I'm autistic!! Please talk with me about my interests they make me so happy

SPEAKING OF, HERE'S MY INTERESTS! Bold = Current special interest / Hyperfixiaton

I AM CRITICAL OF ALL MY INTERESTS AND THEIR CREATORS! If something I like is irredeemable PLEASE for the love of god LET ME KNOW and DESCRIBE IN DETAIL WHY IT'S BAD!

Spore (Specifically the grox! I will reblog all grox art)

Daybreak (My webcomic/Headworld!)

Speculative Biology

Aliens

Space

Bugsnax

No Man's Sky

Edmund Mcmillen games (Mostly The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh)

ENA

All Tomorrows

A-Life games (Mostly the creatures franchise)

Dinosaurs

Animals in general

Minecraft

Terraria

The Owl House

Rain World

Computer Malware

Art

Internet History

ARGs / Analog Horror

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Please talk to me about Charlotte)

Undertale/Deltarune

Warrior cats

Object Shows

I don't have a very strict DNI, But other than that DNI if:

You fit general DNI criteria. If I catch you doing homophobic/racist/transphobic/ableist shit I will block you.

You consume media uncritically

You're a Pedophile/MAP, Zoophile, Proshipper, Or otherwise support any of those things. Get away from me, You're gross. If I find out that you support any of these things you are getting blocked.

You are an NSFW account or a kink account. If you keep that on a private account it's fine, Just don't interact with me on NSFW accounts. I am under 18 and generally uncomfortable with those topics.

Genshin and DSMP fans are on thin ice.

Ace-exclusionists, I'm asexual and do not want you interacting with me.

Other than that, I tend to just block anyone who makes me uncomfortable.

The #daybreakposting tag is for my spore-based worldbuilding project, Daybreak! It's about a young Grox named Celeste who wishes to escape the empire, And eventually starts a rebellion to earn her freedom! There isn't a single cishet character and basically, the entire main cast is autistic so I'd appreciate it if you'd check it out! PLEASE talk to me about it or its characters it makes me so happy when people ask me about it (Also the protagonist is autistic)

@cosmikazie drew the lovely art you can see at the top of the post!

Here's my sona's ref if you wanna draw her, She's a grox btw!!

Other places you can find me!

https://twitter.com/CalypsoGrox https://artfight.net/~Grox

https://toyhou.se/Groxx

http://www.spore.com/view/myspore/EspiGrox

[provider-of-pronoun-checks]

hi hi hi kind of a tall order here so take all the time you need :] !!

the names john, val, clem, clementine, valentine, and gem with the pronouns she/her and he/him BUT i'd rather they not be used together in the same sentence. like no "he did this by herself." and i'd very much like if each name got a sentence trying both pronoun !! ty !!

in another bit i'd like the names john, knight, and clem with the pronouns star/stars, charm/charms, chime/chimes, card/cards, ring/rings, 🧃/🧃s , 🎂/🎂s, ★/★s and lyte/lytes !!

and i'd prefer that the name clem gets its own paragraph with most of the pronouns listed , u don't have to do all of them :> ty ty !!

and finally !! last one !! the name johnathan with it/its pronouns.

to help u find words to say here are my interests : minecraft (hermitcraft), mollusca (snails), medieval fantasy, card games, cats, collecting, blueberries, bugs, beetles, space, sweets, and snow globes !!

I GOT LIKE ALL OF THIS DONE THEN TUMBLR GLITCHED AND DELETED THE WHOLE THING.

*Deep sigh*

Your pronoun check is under the cut!

This is John! She's really cool! I love all of his names, he has such good taste in them! I hope that this check is ok with her, and that she doesn't mind long it took!

He also goes by Val! That's a very cool name! I wonder how he found it? I'll have to ask her later! Im sure she'd tell me where it came from!

He goes by Valentine as well! That is such an amazing and stunning name, I wonder when she first started going by the name? I'll ask him later!

She goes by Gem too! I wonder where he got that name? I'll ask her later, maybe she decided on it because of like the rock gems? I'll see if that's why if I talk to him later!

I realize now that I skipped over the fact that she goes by Clementine! I think that Clementine is a very cool name, I wonder where he got it from? Ooh, I wonder how Clementine feels about moths!

Clem goes by Clem too! I think that may be a shortened version of her name Clementine, but maybe that's not where she got it from! I'll ask him later.

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This is John! Star seems really cool, and I absolutely love stars pronouns! I didn't think that it was possible for one being to have so many cool pronouns, but charm seems to defy the impossible! I wonder if chime defies the laws of physics too?

Card also goes by Knight! I think that is a very nice name for ring, I wonder where ring got it from? Anyway, 🧃likes hermitcraft! I wonder if 🎂 could recommend me a pov to start from? Ooh, maybe star could catch me up on the lore!

Lyte also goes by Clem! ★ likes snails! I think that's very cool of star, I wonder if star has a favorite type of snail? I'm going to ask chime later! Maybe card has some cool facts to share!

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This is Clem! Star likes medivial fantasy! I don't know very much about that, but I think that charm knows quote a bit! Maybe chime could tell me about it sometime? Card likes card games! I wonder if ring has a favorite card game? Ooh, maybe 🧃could teach me how to play, although I think 🧃 would probably beat me! 🎂 Likes cats!! I wonder if ★ had a favorite type of cat, or if ★ just likes them overall?

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This is Johnathon! It likes collecting, I wonder what it collects? Maybe it will show me it's collection some time? It likes blueberries! I wonder what it's favorite part of them is? Does it like the taste or the texture more? Maybe I'll buy it some later! It likes bugs too! I wonder what it's favorite kind of bug is? I'll ask Johnathon later! Maybe it has some cool bugs to show me. It also likes space! I think that quite a few of my anons do! I think that's rather fun! It also likes sweets and snow globes! I wonder if it likes cookies? I'll ask it! I wonder if it has a favorite snow globe?

Anyway, I hope that it has a great day and that it takes care of itself!!

[drabblecat]

hihihi~ I'd like to request a MHA matchup please.

Bisexual He/They

I'm a Taurus, INFP and in general a home body. I've always been described as a kind hearted person by my friends and have been told I've got a big heart aswell. my humor is pretty dry and situational, but when a joke lands the laughter goes on for a while!

course not to say I don't have a dark side, everyone does. I'm moody, I don't like being told what to do and when to do it, I can get nasty with people but I've yet to blow up on someone in the moment. when I'm in a bad mood I'm extremely passive agressive.

my hobbies are varied and are prone to changing rapidly, though ones I'm always fixated on are video games (pokemon, smash bros, Stardew and Minecraft) , art (traditional, glass painting, and digital), music, crochet, and collecting little knickknacks. I enjoy cooking, I like to experiment with spices and how to cook things, ive been told I have a knack for it. I'm also entirely enthralled with space and how it works!

most importantly though, I try to be there for someone when I'm in a relationship, I try to remember every little thing that makes them happy so I can learn more and maybe find things they enjoy in my life that we can share.

thanks for reading and I hope I gave you enough to work with! have a lovely day! 💕

I match you with Tomura Shigaraki!

Let's start off with the obvious, the two of you would connect over your love of video games. But he would also secretly appreciate your cooking. After all he obviously doesn't take the best care of himself, so cooking him a flavourful meal would make him happy. He won't flat out tell you this of course, but it's pretty easy to see. Shigaraki also connects to a partner who isn't a push over. It makes the relationship interesting, and if you're going to be hanging out with the league you'll need to be able to stand your ground. This guy also just needs someone to care for him without any obligation to do so. People respect him because he's the boss, and Kurogiri has to watch out for him because he was told to do so. Having a partner there for him, without any reason besides loving him, that means the world. He sees all the details in the actions you take, whether it's remembering his favorite snack, or checking in on him, he notices. Shigaraki is used to people either avoiding or trying to appease him, so to have someone that truely cares would lead to a long lasting relationship.

[kahndagaming]

So I don't know if this post will make any sense, but I wanted to record this piece of the journey I've made with youtube/content creation so far. I'll probably look back at this later and compare how I'm feeling in the future? This'll probably be all over the place, but oh well.

First off, I've dreamt of being a content creator since I was...nine? I started out wanting to do some cinematic videos using my stuffed animals (I was nine, it's what I enjoyed), then it moved into gaming for a long time when I discovered minecraft. I wanted to make gameplay videos, but I didn't have any clue how, so I didn't. I found the booktube community shortly after and came so close to uploading videos (I had recorded a few). It just never quite worked. I always got distracted and started pursuing something else, but this dream of creating something was always there in the back of my mind.

Side note. I've struggled with this thing since I was in high school: impostor syndrome. I always feel like one of these days, someone will finally understand that I don't know what I'm doing no matter how much success I have. I could theoretically be the best at what I'm doing, but I'd still feel like I'm just faking it and everyone will find out some day. It makes me feel like I don't deserve the good things I've gotten in life. This'll be necessary to know for later, promise.

So this past December/January, I decided to do it. I'd just been through the toughest time of my life but I made it through partially because of content creators. I wanted to give back to the community and also finally go after that dream. And this time I did it. I've posted ten videos as of now, and I'm proud of them all in different ways. I've only managed to get 8 subscribers, and at least 6 of them are my loved ones, but my work is out in the world now, and people are enjoying it.

Today, I had this moment where I was watching a video from 100Thieves, and I realized I have a place in the gaming community, however small it may be, and I actually felt deserving of that place. I don't know how it happened, but the impostor syndrome was gone for a moment, and I believed I really had something to contribute to it all.

I had goals going into this thing. I wanted to get comfortable with talking because I'm quite socially anxious and needed more experience with that sort of thing. I still want to make friends within the community, because it would be sooo fun to nerd out over stuff. But I never imagined I'd learn how to lose the impostor syndrome, if only for a moment.

If you've read this far, thank you for listening to my ramble. I'm nowhere near done on this journey, and I still have big plans for it all. I guess I should link my YouTube and Twitch channels in case anyone wants to check them out. It may be a minute before I get to put out videos, but I'll be streaming in the meantime.

Have a good day or night or week, and take care of yourselves. <3 Kahnda