#I have been/will be posting more sketchy work for a bit because I am Very Distracted
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Impulse concept work for my Hermits are Space Orcs AU! Out of Boatem, he’s the closest to human (for Worldbuilding Reasons :]), but that means more room for me to fuck around with shapes and proportions! While he might look big and tough, he’s just as fragile as most denizens of space (excluding, of course, humans). An involuntary stint trapped on a death world left him with damaged lungs, so he wears a filtering mask to protect himself.
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foggyfanfic · 6 months ago
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Did you guys hear Disneyland Cast Members voted to strike?
It was nearly unanimous too, 99% of the unionized cast members voted in favor of the strike. This doesn't necessarily mean they will strike, more that when the union rep shows up to the negotiation table on Monday they'll have that extra bit of leverage. Hopefully that'll be enough to win them living wages and such. I don't have anything intelligent to say, I just feel a kind of way about this subject, I'm going to put my opinions under the cut.
Ok, look, I love Disneyland. Love it with a passion. You know what reminded me this was happening and prompted me to look up the story? I was thinking of updating this card I made for one of the many games I've come up with to play in Disneyland because I have a weird variety of hyper-fixation when it comes to that park specifically.
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So I am not speaking an ounce of hyperbole when I say Disneyland is my favorite place in the world.
But! Whoever the hell is making the big decisions around there needs to get their head out of their ass. I don't know if I should be blaming Bob Iger or Josh D'Amaro for the way the parks have been since the pandemic, but I'm going to blame both. I can deal with them experimenting with Genie Plus (I hate it but I'm used to capitalism), and I can sort of deal with the prices (I can't afford them easily but I'm saving up), but Disneyland has very clearly been trying to cut labor costs for a while now and it's incredibly baffling to watch. It feels like the parks are being run by somebody with a business degree from a sketchy "college" and zero experience with the real world.
They're cutting back on shows, overworking their existing staff, and skipping regular maintenance so they can operate the park with a smaller maintenance team. Overall it results in a worse experience for the customer, making it less likely that they'll convert new guests into returning fans like myself. While Disney World is a major tourist attraction that most people consider a once in a life time experience, Disneyland has always had a steady revenue from local Californians that return again and again. If you frequent forums about the parks you hear all about folks who live in SoCal that buy their annual pass (I know that's not what it's currently called, but that's what it is) and use it to get into the parks just to have dinner or rove around and maybe grab a churro. They might not be paying for Iger's next yacht, but those folks are providing a reliable revenue stream, and they go back again and again because for decades Disneyland has maintained a "magical" atmosphere.
And I feel like it's fairly obvious that the front line workers are the ones that make Disneyland what it is. Right? Like I'm not crazy, we all agree Disneyland would be nothing without the hard work of these cast members, right?
Why are they-? You need front line workers, why wouldn't you-? Do they not have years of research and experience backing up how beneficial a well paid staff is? I love the Incredicoaster but if all I wanted was thrill rides, Six Flags is an hour closer and a whole lot cheaper. I'm going for the complicated rides that require their own pit crew like Mickey's Runaway Railroad. Why are we even still having this conversation? I get that people like Bob Iger are a bit insulated from the rest of us, but the relationship between a happy staff and profit is well documented. Why wouldn't they just...? In the Disneyland subreddit a retired cast member post the Benefits Binder he got back when he worked for Disneyland and this thing was thick, it included health, retirement, and stock options. Somebody somewhere must have known that whittling down benefits while stagnating pay was not sustainable. Right?!
Like I said, I don't have anything intelligent to add to this conversation, but to be honest, I think everything intelligent to add has already been added. I'm just annoyed for my own sake and downright pissed for the sake of the cast members. I hope they get everything they ask for on Monday, and if they don't, I hope the strike knocks some sense into everybody it needs to.
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peculiar-potato · 1 year ago
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raaaaaaaagh teaser image for the among us animated tv series dropped and I just have to scream about it and analyze it a little bit
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My ramblings under the cut:
I like the art style! It’s a bit different, I was expecting something closer to the game style/style of images they post on social media and stuff where it’s very clean with sharp lines, but I think this works really well for what it seems like they’re trying to do here. I like the lineart and the kind of texture everything has? It adds a lot to some of the other stuff I’m going to talk about here.
First of all, the atmosphere. Again, really kinda different from what I was expecting, but in a nice way! I was expecting kinda like a clean, cool-toned, space-age look, but this gives me a lot more like run-down office vibes and I am HERE FOR IT.
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The warped ceiling tiles? The dirt and grime? The bent blinds over the window? The burnt out light by the window and different colored fluorescent lights like one of the bulbs was replaced? It feels like I’m in some old corporate building that hasn’t been properly maintained in years, which is so different and so fun from what you normally see in a spaceship and totally matches the vibes of (at least what I headcanon to be) a sketchy space corporation.
I also love all the little details here.
The little food window and vending machine so the cafeteria is actually a cafeteria, the pizza with who knows what kind of toppings on it (why is it green?? I’m so curious), and the fact that everything is held up with duct tape- even the fire extinguisher? It’s so fun I love all of it.
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This is also actually a really faithful adaption of the map. Like, I know, of course it is, but I know things have to get changed a lot for animation sometimes and they did a good job of keeping it very similar.
I am going to be that guy and point out a few differences but just because I think they’re neat and interesting!! Not at all bad!
(At least between this and the classic game, I’ve never played Among Us VR)
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First of all, the trash task and wires task actually swapped sides, on the map, the wires are on the left and the trash is on the right, but here it’s flipped. I also can’t find the download data task, unless it’s supposed to be the tv? Probably all just aesthetic choices but kinda interesting!
There’s also the big food window and the door, but if you look at the orientation of the walls of the room, it actually checks out! The door and window would be against the left wall, where you wouldn’t actually see it looking from the angle in game.
The vending machine isn’t there in the game, at least on the Skeld map, but that’s ok the beans deserve their snacks! I did notice there’s kinda a panel behind it so I’m counting that as the panel that’s on the right wall next to the download task being there (even though it’s definitely too small to be that). That and the wires are actually on the slanted wall, but again, I don’t care, this is just me pointing out every difference like an I-spy challenge.
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Also the cafeteria tables have stools now instead of benches, and I kinda like that! I also like the stripe of kinda a maroon-ish color added to the tables and stools, really kinda ties together well with the walls and such. And the floor, thank goodness they did something about that floor for the animators’ sake. I like the original floor design but I know firsthand just how hard that floor is to draw, especially at an angle.
I don’t know how to really speculate on the party stuff other than I’m intrigued haha. Maybe it’s like they’re celebrating taking off and surviving or being the only crew with no impostor attacks or something (of course that’s implying a lot about the non-existent lore) and then everything goes wrong? Maybe the red is pizza sauce or ketchup and we’re being misled for the funnies?
I’m kinda hopeful about the humor here, with the “we’re not dead” banner and stuff, I’m really hoping this will be something I’ll enjoy too as an adult and the vibes I’m getting from this are encouraging. Like maybe a kinda workplace dark comedy?
I’m also sososososo curious about what we’ll get in terms of characters (I WANNA SEE THE BEANS SHOW ME THE BEANS) and worldbuilding and lore here, eeeeeeeeeeeeee
Ok, I’ll stop for now, but you know I’ll be following this very closely lol.
tldr: not entirely what I was expecting but I like it and the direction it’s going a lot :))))))
Edit 2/3/24- just noticed there’s no emergency meeting button??? Is it under the pizza?? Has it not been installed yet?? WHERE IS IT 👁️👄👁️
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honeyjars-sims · 1 year ago
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2.2 Cool Girl
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Johnny: What’s going on? You seem a little stressed.
Chantal: I’m itching. It’s that stupid lube.
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Johnny: Uh, ok, that’s a little more information than I needed.
Chantal: I didn’t put it there. I had to write some reviews for some of SNOOT’s sexual health products, so I tested one of the lubes on my wrist to see if it seemed ok. But now my skin is all inflamed.
Johnny: Gross, are you allergic to it or something?
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Chantal: I don’t know. I don’t usually have sensitive skin, and this seems different somehow. It’s almost like a burn.
Johnny: Weird! What’s in that stuff anyway?
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Chantal: Here’s the bottle. I should’ve known Ambrose would be putting weird shit in her products.
Johnny: [reading on his phone] Uh oh. Looks like you’re not the only one having this problem. Listen to this review: “They should call this Satan’s Lube because my cooch is burning like hellfire.”
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Chantal: Are you serious? Let me see! Oh, God. [reading] “This stuff gave me a bad chemical burn. My sex life is ruined!” What the hell? This is terrible! I can’t put my name on a positive review of something like this. I’ve gotta call my boss.
Johnny: Did they post your review already? 
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Chantal: No, I sent it in for approval a little bit ago. Hopefully he sees where I’m coming from.
Johnny: Writing reviews for the company you work for seems sketchy anyhow. Have you asked your boss about doing something different?
Chantal: Not yet. He’s been pretty receptive to my ideas so far, but I don’t want to be too pushy.
Johnny: You don’t want to be pushy? You spent our entire childhood telling all of our teachers that their classroom management skills sucked and explaining how to run their classrooms for maximum efficiency.
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Chantal: Well, this is different. If I play my cards right, I could be at this company for a long time. I want to make an impression, but I also have to know my place.
Johnny: Wait, your boss isn’t the guy that you have a thing with, right?
Chantal: I don't have a thing with him. We’re keeping it professional. Why does that matter anyway?
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Johnny: I don’t know. I just hope you’re not doing the “cool girl” thing where you’re being overly agreeable so a guy will like you. That’s some dumb shit that Mom would tell you to do.
Chantal: That’s not what I’m doing. I just want to be a good employee. Besides, I don’t think being agreeable is a bad thing. A lot of guys get intimidated when they see how driven I am. Maybe I need a softer approach.
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Johnny: That’s because those guys think they’re “alphas” and can’t stand the idea of a woman being independent and successful. You don't want that type of guy anyway.
Chantal: Oh, I didn’t realize I was talking to the World’s Best Male Feminist. You’re reading way too much into this. All I’m saying is it’s good to have a little balance. Why don't you go hang out with your girlfriend or something?
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Johnny: Ok, I’ll go see my girlfriend that I respect as my equal. I hope playing it cool with your very professional boss works out for you.
Chantal: Oh, don’t worry, it will. Jackass!
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Johnny: Love you, sis!
Chantal: Love you more, bubs!
[Chantal calls Nico]
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Chantal: Hi Nico, I’m sorry to bother you, but I need to talk about my latest review.
Nico: Sure, Chantal. I just got it approved for publishing. What’s up?
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Chantal: Well, I and a lot of other people experienced some unpleasant skin issues after using the Come Together couples lube set. I just figured Ambrose would want to look into the issue before any positive reviews are published. It wouldn’t be a good look for the company if something turns out to be wrong with the product, you know?
Nico: You’re right about that! Thanks for letting me know, Chantal. I’ll reach out to Ambrose so she can find out what’s going on and I’ll make sure the review doesn’t get published. Good looking out!
Chantal: Anytime!
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fancyfeathers · 7 months ago
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I read about herder's darling in a post of yours. Could you please elaborate on that? Like she and von herder met in college right? After they graduate did they meet again? If so how? Also your writing is so incredible! Keep up the good work! I hope you don't find me annoying for writing so much😅
P. S. I've been playing this game by genius Inc that I think you might be interested in. It's about Sherlock Holmes.
Yours sincerely,
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Oh no you are perfectly fine, I don’t think anything could annoy me lol
also that game it on my list of games to play, my girlfriend is also begging me to play it cause she has lol
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Von Herder’s darling went to college with Louis’ darling, while Louis’ darling is in literature Von Herder’s is in medicine. This would have been quite an achievement because the first women to go to college in the UK was in 1869, so they are very intelligent to put it lightly. So these two stayed friends after graduation and it was not uncommon for either to ask the other for a favor.
So one day Louis’ darling asks her if she could hired to do an autopsy on two nobles that are suspected to be murdered, so she does this but only hours after she hands the information over to her friend she disappears. The chain of suspicion carries over to the doctor and she starts burying her nose into places it perhaps shouldn’t be. She starts following her missing friend’s footsteps and what she didn’t expect to find an injured man in a back alley one day, a bullet has lodged in his shoulder. She manages to help the man to her clinic where she can remove the bullet and clean the wound before it gets infected. While he is recovering she learns his name, Sebastian Moran. He asks her since she put him on bed rest to deliver a case to a colleague of his, she is hesitant at first but she needs to run out to get a few more medical supplies so she decides to run it over while she is out.
The location is a bit sketchy but it’s nothing she cannot handle. She slips inside and immediately she wonders what world she has just fallen into, all around her are mechanical wonders that are nothing less than the work of a genius. She walks deeper into the building until she sees a man sitting at a table, working on some sort of project.
“Excuse me, I was asked to drop this off by a Mr. Moran.”
“He sent one of his lady friends to-“
“Oh not at all sir, he’s in my clinic on bed rest at the moment, bullet in the shoulder. I am a doctor, so I do what I can to help my patients.”
He is stunned and impressed in the best way possible, this woman must be something special, the amount of training and education it would take to do what she does is difficult already but near impossible for a woman in this day and age. He may not be able to see her but one can hear the intelligence in her voice, the way she speaks and holds herself shows him how confident she is in her achievements. It is truly wonderful and fascinating-
“Ah, I still have to run a few errands and then get back to change the dressings on Sebastian’s wounds, I am afraid we have to cut this conversation short, it was a pleasure to meet you, Mr…”
“Von Herder.”
“Mr. Von Herder, I suppose we will have to finish this conversation another time, I would like to, especially when looking around this place, truly wonderful work.”
He can hear her footsteps walk off back out the door of his workshop, truly something else…
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lucky-stone-me · 22 days ago
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It's time to summarize this year!
This post is more for me personally than for the blog, to track my progress, analyze and consider my mistakes. To realize what I was able to achieve in the past year and what I can achieve in the future. I am grateful to everyone who has supported me all this time! Every single person who signed up. Or just the ones, who visited my page, viewed my work, liked, reposted or left comments. It was all very valuable to me! Thank you for being with me this year and I hope to see you next year! Happy Holidays!
Next up, I'll be summarizing my blog for 2024:
Total we have: 4 artworks 3 animations 1 meme 1 post
I just started trying to actively blog this year. I tried to have some sort of regular schedule in my head and post at least once a month some art/meme or some other post to keep the blog active. The priority, of course, was artwork. Unfortunately, as you may have noticed I failed. the drawings were very few and with big gaps in between. The reasons for these gaps were many factors, from trivial laziness and personal matters to lack of time and other problems. There are also logical reasons for the lack of content - it's that I decided this year to learn how to make animations.
It was a bit of a spontaneous, though expected, decision. I just didn't think the time for it would come right then. I had some idea how to do animation. I always wanted to learn how to do it. I had drafts of animations I started that I abandoned because I didn't understand how to do them. I didn't have the strength or experience to complete them. So I abandoned it for many years.
But still... Somewhere around the end of 2023, something clicked in me. I wanted to do something more than a drawing. That now I had more experience and I had the energy and time. That I was ready to make my first completed animatic. Simple, crooked, with lots of mistakes. But it was my little full-fledged project that was finished.
I did all three animatics in three different programs. Sometimes using one with another, when I changed programs and persistently trying to understand how the new program works right in the process of creating an animatic. Until I finally chose one that I'm happy with for now.
“Love me Again” was the first animatic that was made in exclusively one program, which you can tell by how fast it came out compared to other animatics. Although it's also not as detailed or colorized in comparison to others. But it goes longer than the others combined, it has more frames and still looks neat even with that sketchy drawing. That's a measure of progress in my opinion.
What would I like to do next year?
- Set up an art schedule. I won't push myself too hard, but don't expect anything supernatural from me either. I'm going to try not to bog down the blog as much as I have this year. In fact when I saw the gaps I was horrified ahhh. I'm going to set myself a goal of not dropping the blog for more than two months. Meaning, something every two months I will definitely post.
- Start maintaining at least one more social media account.
- Organize my tumblr page (update my avatar, write bios, and so on)
- Start drawing holiday themed art for holidays (at least some of them)
- Start drawing artwork for other fandoms Yes, Ena has been my main fandom, but I'd like to step outside of comfort and try my hand at some other fandom.
- To continue to improve in animation and drawing I liked the end result of the year and how I've progressed and want to continue to do so from here on out.
There are many more small goals, but these are the main ones for now, so hopefully in a year from now when I read this I'll be pleased with myself. Hi Lucky from the future!) Even if all of these can't be achieved, it's no big deal. We do it at our own pleasure and at our own pace. If not this year, it will happen next year.
If anyone is reading this, thank you for sticking around until now. I hope you're having a good day! Thanks for listening! See ya!
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suffer-for-supper · 5 months ago
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Hi! I'm still having high blood pressure and fever. Being diabetic is awful .Help me get what I need so when I leave I can stay healed and get better today. #Type1Diabetes 😭. I'm a disabled mom so can't work after I had an accident. I've a spinal cord problem ..my blood sugar is high and I'm last to my pen, i need insulin to save my life and medical care for the past 2 months.
This is a life-threatening situation.share widely & donate 🙏
While I will always appreciate the plight of a diabetic, there is no evidence to suggest that this is not fake. The account that posted this has a word-for-word match to this ask as their pinned post. Further, the account has seemingly no other text post contributions. Maybe a few tags here and there, but none other than #hashtag type things, where you would do so to boost your post. They are relevant hashtags, most of them. But none of them are within the Tumblr culture of further explaining. There are a few accounts that reblog this poster's things, but a noticeable number of them have the same trend of activity. That is, adding virtually nothing to the post when they reblog it, and doing so extremely rapidly. Several posts each minute, for about 30 minutes on isolated days. I'm not going to say that this is harmful, because I cannot prove that it is. But I have quite a bit of skepticism because it's simply that sketchy. More and more I have been seeing scams taking advantage of the current activism effort. This blog is one of many, many sketchy blogs. I do not report them because I don't know anything about them and honestly, I am not convinced that reporting such behavior would be effective. It is plausible that the account is run by someone who only has 30 minutes worth of internet access per day. However, it is far more likely that this is bot behavior. It looks like they got a spider to catalog relevant tags and just slap them on. They got an algorithm to reblog everything they come across for 30 minutes a day on random days. This one has been active for a lot longer than some of the others, but has added virtually nothing to any discussion. So yeah, if you're diabetic, I will gladly ask people to donate to you. But I would like my mutuals and followers and those who reblog them to wait to do so until there is any sort of confirmation. Because it is very likely that this is a scam. And it seems that it is becoming increasingly likely that any given charity post you come across is a scam. And that is disheartening, but not entirely surprising.
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namingofcatszine · 2 years ago
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Not sure how to say this, but this whole thing seems really sketchy. No one knows who you are or anything and now you're appointing yourself as some kind of leader? Think there are tons of contributors and older blogs that could be involved but you probably scared them away already. Yikes. Then to be pick and choosy? For what? Seems like a slap into the face to those that are not seen as important enough to you and the 'mods'.
Hi! Thanks for your concern!
To give a proper introduction to who I am and what I do, please refer to my instagram , my twitter, and my upcoming small business account . Here is my Tumblr, too. I made a recent post about my current fear of somehow "scaring people away". My name is Peach. I am 20 years old. I have been a fan of CATS since 2021, but I haven't exactly expressed my love for this musical to any social media due to personal embarrassment and fear. Ever since I saw it live for the first time in the Oasis of the Seas production last summer, I've grown back into this phase and this time, it's bigger than ever! I'm going to see the US Tour production in March of this year and I'm super excited!
The reason why I wanted to make this zine is because I haven't really seen a CATS zine being made! (I know there was one, but that was years ago). There's so many wonderful artists and fic writers that I have seen and I wanted to create a special zine dedicated to this musical that I have grown to love! I have experience in sourcing products, manufacturing my own stickers, I have even run a successful Kickstarter Campaign that raised over $25k to fund plushies that I have designed for another fandom I'm in! I am and have been the owner of several Discord servers in the past, moderating them and running them. I have also been in several Zine projects for different fandoms so far as well. (Matsuhana Calendar 2023, To Have You As a Partner Iwaoi Wedding Zine, and currently the Haikyuu Tarot Project Zine).
I have prepped all Mod forms, Contributor forms, schedule, Zine page layout, Zine Discord server, pitch sheets, and more ever since I came up with this idea literally three days ago.
I know I'm not known in this fandom, but if nobody else was going to do the hard work, who is? I'm not establishing myself as a leader, I'm just very experienced in organizing events and I know where to source my products. I, myself, am an artist, a merch designer, and a little bit of a fic writer. I'm a go-getter. Sorry if this seems leader-ish, but organizing projects such as these requires a leader and I'm stepping up to do so.
If you're concerned about me "scaring away" older accounts, I never had any intention of doing so. When the Interest Check forms were released, I had comments and concerns regarding "proshippers" which is why I addressed it in the first place. I don't like to leave people in the dark about topics but I regret addressing the problem because it led to so many other problems. I am also currently addressing the problem of having other creators "fear" this project because of what people spoke up about first.
If older blogs would love to be involved, then you're free to do so! I'm not stopping anybody. The Zine is for all artists and writers in the CATS fandom! I never said that anyone wasn't allowed in. I, Peach, am a very accepting person. I'm approachable too.
I have been a victim of being wrongly accused in past fandoms because I speak up against meaningless harassment and hate towards creators who have been wrongly accused of something they're not. I love to see fanart and I love to read fics. I would never want to exclude anybody who don't think they can join because of useless fandom discourse. This is a musical about singing and dancing cats haha.
By me being "picky and choosy", I'm not. This zine has room for 25 artists, 5 writers, 7 merch artists, 3 print artists, and 5 guest contributors (who have been recommended by the audience who have answered the form) because it is what I deem fitting for a fandom of this size, cost-wise, and also location-wise. This is the usual amount of contributors that most Zines have.
If there are anymore comments or concerns about me, Peach, then please DM me! Please don't forget to check my other socials too!
Also, if you'd like to read my Mod page on the Zine carrd, then please do so!
Lovely to meet you! And whoever wants to join the zine can join! It's not up to me, it's up to you!
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bmpmp3 · 7 months ago
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I MISSED my cover song posting last week because. i was le tired. BUT I am here once more, a quick one this time of the song Absolute Zero (絶対零度) by Natori (なとり)!
Flashing warning for the video! Particularly around the last third.
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Another anime opening! Which I know nothing about as usual of the anison fan who doesn't watch anime <3 It's called Windbreaker so I'm assuming it's about. jackets. (it is probably not about jackets).
THIS SONG this song just rules, it's pretty popular with utaite right now especially. Natori's other songs like Overdose has also been quite popular with utaite. His voice is a really nice medium tone that has a sort of like, "bored" edge? If that makes sense, not in a bad way, I mean in a sort of cool, disaffected way - which sounds really fun when he does amp up other expressions like the vocalizations around the 1 minute mark and the grit on the choruses and around the 2 minute mark. AND of course I'm absolute addicted to the horns syncing with "NAH NAH NAH"s around the break at 2:35, holy shit nothing gets me more hyped.
Looking at the credits, we have another non-vocal synth that ended up with some vocal synth ties LOL looking at a lot of big hits in anison right now, it seems like every other song has at least one 1-2 degree separation connections to some producer <3 Jin worked on the arrangement and guitar which explains why its a song that makes me wanna run really fast LKSJFRHKDSJHFds you know what I mean???? And the drummer from HITORIE is involved too! But also I do want to highlight the mix engineer, MEG. I've never heard of them before, but the mix of this song is unreal, I don't know how to describe it. It sounds good on my budget headphones, on my cheap shitty earbuds, on my computer speakers - and it stays full no matter what, especially on the vocals.
AND I do want to also highlight the video, I've probably mentioned before I'm not a huuuuge video guy. I like music videos but most of the time when i listen to music i get too distracted by it to pay attention to visuals LOL BUT there are some exceptions, and this one is a fun as hell one. I really adore the sketchy, sort of gestural line work, and I love that it just starts with a quick speedpaint. And then there's more speedpaints throughout the rest of the video. More music videos should have speedpaints in them.
ANYWAY on to some covers! These ones will all be utaite as alas I have not found many vocal synth or other covers..........yet.
First up, Hahe(はへー)'s cover!
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A growly-er, grittier cover! I'm a sucker for some good vocal grit <3 I also think his vocalizations at the end of the first chorus are really nice, and the bit of autotune-y effect before the extra gritty bridge is so fun.
Neko Yanagi (ねこやなぎ)'s cover up next!
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One reason this song and other Natori joints might be so popular with utaite specifically might be because it just sounds like a really fun song to sing and flex your vocals on, so I might start sounding like a broken record just saying "the vocals are really nice :) " LOL BUT the vocals are just really nice!! I like her deep tone and the edges of fullness and grit she slips into, and I especially love her falsetto-like tone at her high notes.
Y'know, a long time ago I read that falsetto is not the correct term for this, apparently it's only falsetto if ur a man or something? Despite my not-so-secret dream of being a music blogger I am very untrained in music terms and music theory so I will still call it a falsetto <3 BUT YEAH really fun cover!!
Next up is Souma (そうま):
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I've called singers "singerly" before and I'm still not totally sure if anyone has a clue what I'm talking about hksdhkjfsjgkfsd I MEAN like perfect placements of JUST the right amount of vibrato and smooth ending breaths and a clear but full and pleasant tone, plus a lot of sort of smooth, yodel-like upward lilts when going into high notes and frequent use of a deeper chest voice in low notes. Singerly singers do often like to adlib Mariah Carey-esque vocalizations as well but not all the time.
Anyway I do consider Souma's work to be quite singerly, really smooth tone! But this cover is fun because of the extra edge here and there, the "GO!" adlib at the beginning is hype as hell and I have a softspot for the sort of punchy start at the beginning of the second chorus with the "zenbu..." bringing a really fun break in the smoothness!
AND LAST but not least, Liura's cover!
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A slightly higher, more nasal toned singer that I think is very fun! I also like his breathiness on the edges of the "zettai reido"'s throughout the choruses, really nice.
AND THAT IS ALL for now, thank you and goodnight (is speedpainted in reverse so I am erased and never seen again)
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lezasims · 10 months ago
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If I Sent You an Ask !
hello! I'm making this post because there is such a limited word count on asks and I wanted to give more info. No tags bc this is just for anyone who may be looking at my account after I sent them an ask, and I'll be deleting it later. I know it may seem sketchy as hell and I'm really sorry for that, I tried my best to find a way to respectfully contact cc creators but I know it may have seemed like a weird ask which was due to the small word count. I am happy to answer any questions on public posts like this if you aren't comfortable DMing me without knowing more (also sorry if I get these terms wrong I haven't been on Tumblr in a good while).
Basically, this is an Ethnography paper for my college writing class and the goal is to analyze a specific discourse community. I chose the Sims 4 Custom Content community to analyze and a required part of it is to conduct an interview with a member of that community, which is why I am reaching out to Sims 4 CC creators here on Tumblr.
if you are interested, I would dm you a link to a google doc of questions you can freely edit to answer, you don't have to answer all the questions since there are quite a bit, but any answers are appreciated! Please just answer as honest as you can and openly to your own opinions and experiences, don't worry about being eloquent/professional. The questions are about the community such as the purpose/goal of the community, as well as how members tend to communicate, what genres are prevalent in the community, and what community specific language is used. There is more info on the google doc on all of these things (it may be a bit hard to understand, or maybe that's just me bc I've struggled a bit with the class and its concepts). If you have any questions at all, you can DM me, or you can post them here if you aren't yet comfortable sending me a DM.
If you have seen and read both my ask and this post, even if you do not participate, thank you so much for reading! I specifically chose content creators I follow and have enjoyed the cc works of and I highly appreciate your artwork and for taking the time to read this! Thank you very much !
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snzysimper · 1 year ago
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The Seamster: Five in One
Howdy. I found this story I wrote for a speech project in 10th grade. Just thought I'd post it here just so I could have it somewhere else. People then seemed to really like it, but that was 10th grade and they could have been very much lying to me. Regardless, I hope someone enjoys this. This is not snz related whatsoever. I wrote this for a school assignment.
If ya'll end up liking this and want more of Kellen, who knows? Maybe you'll see him again in the theme of this blog. If not, I don't care.
Some of you CreepyPasta fans might be thinking, "Wait, this is similar to the BloodyPainter story." Yes. This is a cheap ripoff of that story. While most of the stuff is different, there are definitely some clear similarities.
Regardless, enjoy. Or don't. I don't give a crap.
|I am allowed to write what I want and would appreciate you keeping whatever rude comments you may have to yourself|
Viewer discretion is advised:
To protect the families affected by the events of this story, all names have been altered except for the murderer. 
I don’t know how long I have, so I am writing this all as quickly as possible. I don’t feel safe in my own house anymore. I work for a police station in town. I didn't do anything too exciting. Just parking and speeding tickets. At least, that’s how it used to be. Before the murder case, that is. 
I went to a tailor because I was given a new uniform which was a bit too big. The police station wasn’t far from the tailor, so I was able to walk back. When I entered the store, I noticed something about the man behind the counter. He seemed strangely familiar. I had a feeling that I had seen him before or even knew him at one point. “Kellen?” The man looked up at me, his cold, tired eyes making contact with mine. “Do you need something?” 
“It’s me, David. From high school? We had U.S History together.” His expression remained neutral. He paused for a moment. “Yes. I remember you.” He hadn’t changed much since 12th grade when I last saw him. He still had dark circles and bags under his eyes, his hair pulled back in a messy bun, his pale complexion. He still dressed in the same dark clothing: a simple black t-shirt and jeans. I smiled as I went up to the counter. He smelt of cigarette smoke, as he almost always had. “How are you? It’s been a while.” His expression remained neutral. “I’m fine.” We stared at each other awkwardly for a moment. Clearing my throat, I put the clothes on the counter. “I just need the bottom shortened a bit.” He nodded, and asked me to go change. I came back out and he measured the length of the pants. I could feel his cold, ice-like hands on my legs. “It’ll be ready next week,” he said in his usual monotone voice. “You can pay for it when you pick it up.” I thanked him and left the shop.
During the time I knew him in highschool, Kellen was one of the more reserved kids. He always wore dark clothing, usually a black jacket with a hood. Never did anything sketchy. He always did his work and showed up to class. He never did any extra curricular activities. From what I know, he had very few friends, if he had any at all. Other than that, I don’t know much about him. I had him for a group project. He didn’t discuss his part of the work with the rest of the group, so we were skeptical that he wouldn’t have done it. When it came time to present, his research made the rest of ours look shameful. 
I was on break at the time, so I hadn’t missed anything too important. When I got back I was told that the sheriff wanted to talk with me and one of the other officers. I walked in, a bit nervous. Certainly, I couldn’t have done something bad. All I did was hand out tickets, which is pretty hard to mess up. The sheriff thanked us for meeting with him. He said the department had recently gotten several missing persons reports. Five in total: A 16 year old girl, a man in his late 20’s, a pair of twin boys, and a college age student. He was putting me and the other officer in charge of the search party. Finally, an opportunity for me to be of some actual help. No more handing out stupid tickets. At least, not for now. He proceeded to give us folders with information on the missing people. It wasn’t enough for us to start searching, so we had to get more information from the families. When it came time to ask the families about the victims, many of them were emotional. This one specific lady was so shaken up by the situation, we had to leave and come back later once she had calmed down. The questions were pretty basic; where were they last, what were they wearing, who were they with. We learned that the 16 year old, 20 year old and college student were all near a strip mall. From what we could tell, none of the three were associated with each other. They had all been chosen at random. As for the twin boys, they were at an ice cream shop not far from the same strip mall. We drove to the strip mall, which was a good 30 minutes away from the college campus where we had questioned the last people. I wasn’t the one driving, so I wasn’t paying much attention to where we were going. We pulled up behind the strip mall and found an alleyway behind it. After scanning the area, we didn’t find anything that could have helped us. Just some soda cans and cigarette butts. Seeing as we didn’t find anything useful, we walked to the front of the mall to question the nearby shop owners and employees. When we got to the front side of the mall, I noticed that it was where I was getting the pants tailored. Since it was the shop closest to us, we went in there first. Once again, Kellen was behind the counter. He was preoccupied with some sort of costume looking thing. I greeted him, asking him what he was sewing. “It’s just for fun.” He put down the fabric and looked at the officer with me. “Is there something that I can help you with?” 
“There have been some missing persons cases. The families and other witnesses have told us that they were last seen in this general area.” I showed him the pictures that we had been given of the victims. “We are here to ask if you know anything about these people.” He picked up the photographs and examined them. After a moment of silence, he looked back up at us. “No. I do not recall seeing these people. They didn’t come into the shop. Not that I am aware of.” We apologized for the inconvenience and thanked him for his time. Knowing what I do now, I wish I had asked more questions. I suppose I trusted that he would tell the truth. I had known him for several years. Not to say we were close friends or anything. Still, it was stupid of me to be so trusting. After questioning the rest of the employees in the other shops, a few of them had seen the victims, but didn’t know where they had gone once they left the shop.
Several days after we had questioned the shop employees, we got several calls reporting a rotten smell coming from the back alley of the same strip mall. Excited that we could possibly get some more information, we rushed to investigate. Several other officers came with us, just in case something goes wrong. Even from inside the car, we could pick up the horrible scent. I can’t even put into words how awful and repulsive it was. Getting out of the car, we braced ourselves. To the best of our abilities, we searched the area as quickly and as carefully as possible. There was a trail of blood, which was a clear sign that something or someone had dragged a corpse on the ground. One of the officers with us opened the dumpster, which seemed to be the source of the smell. What was inside, I will never forget. You can’t just forget seeing something so grotesque and disturbing. Inside were severed limbs from various people, such as two halves of different torsos, several arms, hands, legs and feet. There were four heads, one of which had the side of the face ripped off. We were able to identify the four heads as the 16 year old girl, one of the twin boys, the college student, and the 20 year old, who had the skin on the left side of his face ripped off. I nearly threw up. Who in their right mind would do such a thing. Everyone has the same question in mind, “Where was the other head, and the other limbs?” From the pieces we found, none of them made up the entirety of a single individual. It was quite obvious that the person who did this was okay with the evidence being found. If they truly wanted to get away with it, they would have done a better job disposing of the bodies. With that being said, that doesn’t mean that they made it easy for us to figure out who it was. All that was found was more cigarette butts. Half of the officers collected the body parts and went back to the station. I was one of those who stayed behind, but I really wish I hadn’t. I could have spared myself the trauma. 
We had everyone in the area evacuate and questioned the employees again. None of them seemed to know anything about the bodies. When we went into the tailor, we noticed that Kellen wasn’t there. The door was unlocked, and there was that horrid smell again. The smell was the strongest towards the back of the shop, which was covered by a curtain. When we pulled back the curtain, we turned on the light and it revealed blood, entrails, and other various parts were scattered around. Drawn in blood on the wall was a smiley face. One of the eyes was scribbles, the other was an ‘X’. The mouth was drawn with sharp teeth and the right side formed a smile while the left side formed a frown.
We were examining the various organs, when someone let out a blood curdling scream. He had found the rest of the bodies that were in a room off to the side that had been boarded up. When he busted through the wooden boards, the foul smell hit harder than ever. He screamed louder than I had ever thought anyone was capable of. I entered the room to take a look for myself. If I could go back, I would tell my past self not to look and just take the others’ word for it. 
Upon entering the room, I was blasted with a wave of heat and the suffocating stench of rotting human flesh. We shined a flashlight around the room. I don’t think any sort of training or experience could have prepared me for what I saw. Hanging from the ceiling, two halves of different torsos and limbs form different people all sewn together to make one body. The limbs were of all different sizes, not matching up. The head, presumed to be the missing one from earlier, was too small for the body it was sewn to. The face had been mutilated beyond recognition. The mouth was sewn shut, the left eye replaced with a brass button and the right had stitches in the shape of an ‘X’.  The left side of the face had skin of a different person sewn on top of it. The heat from the vents made the rotting, bloody body smell even worse. Kellen was the only one who was in the shop. The shop had been closed for the past few days and none of the other shop keepers had seen him. I couldn’t take it anymore. The smell, the mutilated bodies; it was too much. I ran out through the back door and threw up in the alley way. Kneeling on the ground, bile spilling from my mouth, violently shaking, surely it wasn’t him. Someone framed him. Kellen would never do such a thing, right? Such a horrid, horrid thing. But who else could it have been? That was the deciding factor. I needed to take time off.
Someone is banging on the door. He’s here. I’m writing as fast as I can. I don’t have much time. Last night, I heard a noise coming from outside of my house. I had been pretty paranoid since the whole murder case, so I did my best to convince myself that it was just a cat and go back to sleep. For what felt like hours, the sound continued. After mustering the courage to investigate, I slowly got out of bed and walked over to the window. I prayed that I was being dramatic and that it was nothing to worry about. When I got to the window, I saw him. A black cloaked figure with a mask. The cloak dragged on the floor, covering the whole body, not having any arm holes. There were various patches messily sewn on. Beneath the hood was a mask with the same face that had been drawn on the wall in the back of the alterations shop. The right side was white and dripped onto the left side which was black. I grabbed my phone to call for other officers but when I got back it was gone. Maybe I was losing it. When I woke up the next morning, someone had spray painted a message on the wall. “Why sew scared?”
I just heard the door unlock. He’s broken into my house.
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This letter was found in the drawer of Officer David's house. While investigating his house, his corpse was found lying on the bed. He had been sewn to the mattress with a makeshift needle and thick rope which were found on the ground. In addition, his eyes and mouth were stitched and stapled shut. The cause of death is most likely blood loss. No arrests have been made, but there is a suspect, who hasn’t been seen for days. If anyone knows any other information, please call the authorities. Remember to lock your doors at night.
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sarahsfixations · 2 years ago
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Music Update post
I also like listening to lots of music and I am generally into electronic and metal but I've been trying lots of new stuff recently so I'm going to talk about some of that.
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First is Symbolic by Death. This isn't a new album for me but I want to contextualize where I'm broadly starting from. I still include this here though as generally speaking this was a bit of a new development was my fixation on this band in particular. I decided to do a relisten to their whole discog to re-establish a baseline. Symbolic has their most iconic guitar work and melodies, I like the way the sound blends together if I suppose its on the softer, rounder sound of death metal. Momentum filled but not heavy. The drums are extremely tight. I've always felt some of the song structure changes throughout were weird but I think they've grown on me. You can kind of envision the state of mind throughout the structure of the song (which I give comparison to me personally on Children of Bodom)
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Second is Hot Pink by Doja Cat. There is no rhyme or reason to me picking this other than I felt in the mood for some like hot pink sexually enpowered tunes. There's a lot of genre and stylistic blending though with great production, signing, rapping and very much a vibe. The good kind of catchy for me. It has to be said that of course as soon as I decide to try to listen to this type of stuff, Doja Cat gets into some drama about disrespecting fans which while I kind of get her points, some of her past is a bit sketchy so yeah thats off putting.
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Third up was Baby by Petrol Girls. I like angry music with dissonant guitars and all and so I was interested in this but I didn't expect it to be so direct and sharp in its feminist message which is something great to scream and shout too when you see more misogynistic bullshit. It's also great like stylistically for me the female vibes together and the vocals that honestly give me some RWBY vibes. It's fairly short and the briefness of its lyrics fit, and I really like the instrumentation.
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Fourth up was A Farewell to Kings by Rush. As I try to move a bit outside my electronic and metal territory, I've come across a myriad of rock bands but Rush is the only one that is really outside my 'Muse' territory. This was nice, go lucky, yet interesting to listen to. Rush's style just felt, naturally pleasant while not like a repetitive road trip rock. Also, the vocals are honestly relatable to me (high pitch and all)
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Fifth up was The Money Store by Death Grips. A classic. And also this album cover goes hard, as does the whole album generally. It's pretty much the definition of going hard but more than that is the production quality among experimental modern music that I generally miss out on, especially in the hip hop sphere (if this even counts as that?)
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In this search for new music, I was planning on checking out a Thank You Scientist album. I chose them because they have a sound that is different for me but still fairly accessible. And of course I chose the album The Perils of Time Travel as this is a Twin Paradox reference. It's once again that nice experimental but natural blend of sounds that just works. I don't have to work for it, it just works a bit analogous to the Rush case. It has a bit of that 'calling reaching out' vibe of some kind of rock, some jazzier parts, some parts a bit metal some parts a bit pop punk. I just like how the melodies go in this eclectic kind of technologic ig sound that the best reminder I have is Scar Symmetry (a melodeath band)
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liopleurodean · 2 years ago
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The Road So Far: Season Three
Well, another season completed, another recap post! Season 3 was full of angst and adventure, and I'm excited to share my thoughts.
One thing I have to say is that I feel like a lot of the conversations between the two brothers were kind of repetitive. At least once every three episodes, they argued about Dean going to Hell, using the same points every time. I'm not entirely sure that they were actually listening to each other.
On that note, I do think we got to see more of how close the two brothers really are. It's easy to be blinded by their arguments and wildly different tastes, but this season threw into light just how much they care about each other despite (and because of) their differences. We also got to see a lot more bonding between them, although it may have been slightly forced because of Dean's time limit. Nonetheless, seeing Dean teach Sam how to care for Baby and watching Sam take more of an initiative on hunts was fun, even if Sam's integrity might be compromised.
I think with Dean going to Hell, the writers really wanted to focus on him more this season (and I am TOTALLY okay with that). My favorite episode was 3x02 The Kids Are Alright, although 5 (Bedtime Stories), 8 (A Very Supernatural Christmas), 11 (Mystery Spot), and 13 (Ghostfacers) were all top contenders. 3x12 (Jus In Bello) gets an honorable mention for the death of Henriksen, a recurring character who really added to the show.
For being the shortest season, 3 really brought a lot to the table. Mystery Spot highlighted just how Dean's impending doom was affecting Sam, but it still managed to be absolutely hilarious. A Very Supernatural Christmas is an iconic episode, and it definitely made me cry (Dean Winchester deserves a hug). In The Kids Are Alright, we got to see more of Dean's softer side. I know Ben isn't his, but I still think they need to redo that DNA test (that kid is doing his level best to imitate Dean, even if he doesn't know it). Unfortunately, I don't think Dean would ever be able to settle down permanently with Lisa (although goodness knows he tries), but his relationship with Ben is heartwarming and it's evident that he would love to be able to have a family, despite his line of work. It's something new to see, given that most of his previous relationships have been one-night stands (barring Cassie).
I've talked a lot about Dean, so let's look at Sam! He's been acting really off this season, although a lot of it is excusable given the circumstances. He's been a bit more... feral, when it comes to hunting, and his moral compass has started to align more with Dean's (that is to say, in the right place, but by dubious methods). Incidentally, Dean seems to have become more righteous, as if the two brothers are swapping places. (I could write so much more about this, but I won't for your sake.) Sam's relationship with other people has also seemed to become more strained. Bobby is becoming more of a mediator between him and Dean, and Sam is now less likely to listen to Bobby's advice (even though by all rights he should be). He also trusts Ruby far too quickly (and I suspect I know why, although I'm not entirely sure of my answer). Overall, Sam has been pretty sketchy, and Dean seems to have taken up the slack of "responsible person."
As far as ranking the seasons, it's hard to choose. I'd put this solidly ahead of season 2, and I think I'd choose it over season 1. Although my favorite episode overall still remains as 1x12, season 3 has more quality content (despite its shorter size).
Next episode we get to meet Castiel for the first time, and I'm excited! Team Free Will is coming together, and the story keeps on chugging. Carry on!
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chacusha · 8 months ago
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I probably should give an update on the fic I'm working on, and might as well do it by reblogging this post. Basically, when I started giving my full focus to this particular fic in April, it had a bit over 6k words in it: the first two chapters, more or less complete, and then quite a few snippets from later in the fic already written up.
I'm writing this for an event (Unconventional Courtship) that has a vague June deadline (I have until 14 June to sign up for a posting date 1-30 June, and there's also amnesty posting on 1-7 July for people who signed up but missed their posting date).
I made a sketchy outline in order to estimate how many chapters this fic would require in total and came up with 12 chapters total at a bare minimum, assuming my chapter plan panned out.
I then counted how many weeks there were from the beginning of April to the end of May, the main work period before we started getting into scary Posting Territory, and I counted... 9 weeks. So even at a very ambitious (for me) "1 chapter per week" pace, I would still not be finished drafting by the beginning of June -- and I needed to budget quite a bit of time for editing too.
In any case, I decided to just go for that "1 chapter per week" goal and see how it went. Each of the chapters pretty consistently came out to about 2k words. So I could kind of make a secondary goal which was to write at least 2k words per week in case my chapter plans/lengths changed (which (spoiler alert) they did...) and tracking by chapter started to become messy.
The good news is that I... have largely kept to this schedule? I currently have 12 chapters finished, and 24k words written, which is slightly ahead of schedule in terms of chapters (+10 chapters in 9 weeks) and BANG on schedule in terms of words (+18k words in 9 weeks). This discrepancy is because some of those chapter are shorter (~1k) chapters that did not exist when I was making my outline. T_T
So yeah, the BAD news is that my chapter outline is currently sitting at an estimated 15.5 chapters (chapter 16 being a short coda) instead of 12 chapters. In terms of where I am in the story using my original chapter outline, I have just finished what used to be "chapter 8" was in my original outline. So still 3.5 (possibly more) more chapters to go and we are already in posting period land. <:D
But the good news is that those 3.5 chapters are exactly the ones I estimated would be the easiest for me to write (they are relationship drama, my favorite thing to write for Quodo, and a significant amount has already been written in the form of snippets). I was actually secretly hoping to hit the end of the (old) "chapter 8" by the end of May, because chapters 3-8 were the tricky ones where my idea of what would happen in them was "???" but I already know exactly what happens in the remaining chapters (old chapters 9-12; now chapters 13-16) and knew it would be a coast from this point. BUT BUT they DO still need to be written AND ALSO I still need to do editing! Serious editing!!
Also, during May, I actually fell behind significantly due to travel and getting sick, and so the last three weeks of May have featured me writing at a pace fast enough to hit my weekly goal and then a little more to make up the deficit. And as of this weekend, I am fully caught up, so yeah, that's been great.
So yeah, this writing experience has been really weird for me. It's hard for me to describe my progress because I am simultaneously slightly behind schedule, ahead of schedule, and also right on schedule. In order to achieve all this, I've basically been doing daily sprints all throughout April and May, which has been both hectic and extremely effective.
I did not have high hopes of finishing this project on time, but it was always a *possibility*, and after all the work I've done, I'm basically at the same place: it IS possible I can throw this together in time for a late June or early July posting date, but the jury is still out on that one. I don't have a clear "you have to throw the towel in" OR "yep, this is in the bag" signal, so I guess it's still an uncertain forward charge for me.
Anyway, since I have to make a final decision by 14 June, I think I am going to make one last writing push this week and if I have easily finished drafting by 14 June and am ready to start edits, then I will sign up.
Whew, that was really long, sorry!
Quo-do the Thing! - Check-in #1 (June 1-7)
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Here it is -- our first check-in! This check-in is optional, for people who need external accountability in order to get things done. If you fit this category, then it is required. ;) For everyone else, though, you can skip it without issue.
📋 Check-in form 📋
The check-in form is open from now until the end of June 7th (whenever that is for you). Also, sign-ups are still open if you would like to join the event! The AO3 collection is also open for posting, if you have already finished a work that fits this event.
Helpful links: Sign-up form | AO3 collection | Event info
Below the cut is a reminder of what you said you'd like to have done by June, for those who have signed up. If you marked that you are using Tumblr to follow this event, I have @'ed you -- I hope it's okay.
chacusha:
Quodo UCII: Goal: The whole thing, basically. Can I do 2-3 chapters in April, and 3+ chapters in May? Is that feasible??
colorcoded:
Smutty Quodo art: Goal: Rough digital sketch
@mossmx:
QuodoCook: Goal: figuring out the storytelling, finished gathering references in a PureRef file (characters+proportions, DS9 room, DS9 cooking accessories, DS9/Ferengi food), decided which "props" to have in the scene and finalizeing the poses.
@rulesofacquisition:
Doctor Odo and the No Good Very Bad Physical: Goal: 1200 words
Weaver:
Earring: Goal: Maybe 1 chapter
@yvanka:
Anniversary date: (No June check-in goals written.)
Quark bi bi bi vid: Goal: Adding all the footage to the file
Feel free to check in using the form or by replying to/reblogging this post or just wherever works for you. If you haven't gotten started or you're not quite where you wanted to be, feel free to get a little work in before checking in!
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hockey-prose · 3 years ago
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smh game night
my brain wouldn’t leave me alone until i put these thoughts down in a post but it’s 4 am and will probably be incoherent. anyway. (woke up this morning to finish this up, tired as hell but i’ll be thinking of this at work today, i just know it.) also i’m tagging @absolutepie because i feel like you’d think of more funny scenarios and as mutuals, i have to respect your craft lmao
so the smh gang are all spread out on the east coast. none of them are very far from one another, but sometimes on the weeks where bitty’s had a lot of trouble with the cook book and the publishing company and ugh!! and jack has been having a rough week with the falcs (not his teammates but sometimes his self doubt gets the better of him. his therapist says healing isn’t a straight line and he feels marginally better) shitty has law school by the throat but when the weekend comes, maybe he just wants to relax on the couch with lardo and her big ass electric sketch machine (he should really learn the name of it so he can buy her a new compatible pen for christmas)
LONG STORY SHORT: they try to have game nights every weekend either at jack and bitty’s or at haus 2.0 with the frogs, the taddies, and even the waffles get an invitation, though they’re still a little occupied with school. ollie and wicks (love them) can rarely make it but always dominate the night. but sometimes work and personal life gets in the way and not everyone wants to put in the effort to travel a couple hours for a game night. it’s reasonable!
so, the smh gang proposes online game nights. they start on skype, which is a disaster.
(“jesus fuckin christ jack, i thought you had the fastest internet known to man and yet bitty is still a minute behind on everything.”
“it’s not my fault, shits. i’m not god of the wifi router.”
“well, you should be.”)
then they migrate to discord for a little bit, but it’s not user friendly for everyone. nobody talks about the summer of 2019 when jack cursed up a storm trying to get the microphone out of push-to-talk mode when it wasn’t even in push-to-talk.
and so it’s not long before everyone is locked inside and forced to use zoom for everything anyway. but it’s better than skype for connection reasons, and easier than discord for technology reasons, so it’s good.
so the game changes every week. sometimes it’s a huge game of uno online that doesn’t make much sense. other times it’s a tense battle of go fish on one of those sketchy websites where you don’t really trust it but when there’s nothing else!
honestly they could just get a couple games for the gaming consoles they have, but then everyone would have to shill out the money for said consoles if they don’t have them and it’s not worth the time. everyone has a computer or at the very least, a laptop that can run both zoom and go fish at the same time.
but one week, it’s bitty’s turn to pick the game they play. and he has a good idea. so good, he doesn’t even reveal what it is until the night of when everyone is eagerly waiting. when bitty shares his screen and starts playing the ‘shark tank’ music, everyone gets hyped. (tv show where small businesses and/or potential businesses pitch their product in front of a panel of judges to see if they want to invest in the product.)
bitty distributes a starter of $10,000 to four people in the call and tells them that they’re the investors (the sharks). shitty, jack, nursey, and holster are the sharks. people lose their shit when bitty asks for certain members of the crew to give their pitches. lardo, chowder, whiskey, and ransom are the people giving pitches.
lardo obviously wins the first round, and then a second one starts up, with a sweeping victory from whiskey. everyone is clambering for a chance to be both a shark and a pitcher, but by then, it’s the end of the set hours for game night and everyone has to sign off. but bitty says that the next time his week to choose the game, he’ll do this again with different people as the sharks and pitchers.
soon there’s a tally in the haus 4.0 group chat about who has the most wins. lardo is first, with dex behind her, ford in third place, then ransom and holster tied for fourth. if ollie and wicks showed up more, they’d be higher on the list. jack is near the bottom, while bitty is directly in the middle.
the people who win the week before get to be the sharks. they decide the winner on who has the most approval from the sharks. there are four sharks, so it’s majority. if only two sharks invest, it depends on what other people have been given. the money that’s decided on is given to the people immediately as a rolling fund so that they can participate next game night.
lardo has been a shark almost the entire time, but she greatly enjoys critiquing nursery’s work in particular because he has such fantastical ideas with no way to execute them. dex always goes to simple. chowder is a good player and he’s been a shark a couple times, but he really, honestly, enjoys pitching a lot. bitty likes being a shark, but he invests in everyone so his money is always so low. jack invests in no one besides bitty and sometimes shitty. ransom and holster invest in each other’s things. shitty has been a shark maybe twice because his products are batshit crazy. (love you shitty)
shitty likes to think he’s a good persuader outside of being a lawyer but it never works out in his favor. dex, chowder, ransom, and lardo are the best pitchers for their products. bitty is a close one, but sometimes his products are more just what he dreams up that he needs to assist him in the kitchen. nursey, holster, and shitty go for the humor route.
because they’re all friends, they can rag on each other’s products and ideas so much without getting any feelings hurt. i’m thinking the smh gang works much like the jenna julien podcast when they play this game where if it’s shitty pitching to lardo, she’ll automatically say she’s out before he can even finish because his product is either a pun or just bad. the zoom is overrun with yelling and arguing, but at the end of the night, everyone says they had a lot of fun.
i have no conclusion to this. but i think i got all my thoughts out. if i have more, i’ll reblog this and add on but for now, thank you for your time lmao.
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hi i was curious what fic you were refering to in your minato/akechi art :>??
It's a fic i've been writing on and off for a year now but i havent posted it anywhere yet haha.... unless?
In summary: It's about Akechi finding new work at a company called R.E.I (reliable, experienced, innovative) where Minato is the CEO (and widower) with a child Akechi comes to know as Rei (yep Minato named the company after his daughter). The fic focuses on all 3 influencing each other and helping each other cope/grow from their traumas but is also my biggest excuse to write cute scenes where Akechi gets to have an adopted daughter and be the dad he never got to be (he's terrible at it). If you're wondering "why would Minato hire Akechi" then don't worry. He has a very good reason. Minato hired Akechi because Akechi gave him shitty customer service and Minato took one look at him and said "I can adjust his attitude." now Akechi works for Minato bc he's an idiot. Most the fic is also me writing them comedically stupid and sad and very stupid. Oh, and I guess they kiss maybe. But really it's about broken people building a family w/o knowing. I made the fic as a joke and that's why it can't be named anything other than "Is it wrong to hit on my boss?" I've made a ton of art for it (some which I guess i've already posted alluding to the fic). I did make a cover sketch for it tho! There's a bunch of foreshadowing in the items on display (but it's too sketchy to make out I'm sure).
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The 100k part of this fic is already up on patreon but I'm writing/editing the other 100K. So like, uh... 200+ pages of text and 29 chapters so far. In theory, the fic is already finished/has an ending, but I just need to fill in the gaps and tie plot points together.
If you're interested, I'll add the prelude/first chapter below the cut lmfao. It pretty much sets up the premise as tightly as possible in under 2K words. It has not been edited at all so take this abhorrently constructed first draft with no shame. You can judge my noodle words all you want but remember if you say a mean thing I will die.
Title: Is it wrong to hit on my boss?
Pair: Minake
Ch 1: That's not how this was supposed to go.
10 AM on the dot, to no one's surprise, he was flawlessly punctual as usual. Today was too important for missteps, and Akechi had carefully calculated each and every word he was going to use to land this job opportunity with one of Japan's biggest corporations in web development and online advertisement. Having worked at a low paying job for the most part (one with a boss that relentlessly attacked him and tried to convince him that he would amount to nothing, no less) didn’t prepare him for the call he received from R.E.I's founder about a new job opportunity. 
Cocky with confidence, he quit his job before the interview. 
After all, if this founder somehow went out of his way to request him, he must have done so with good reason.
With his hair tied back neatly into a ponytail and his shirt tucked beneath a more-than-a-little expensive looking business suit, he walked into the lobby, checked in, and got told to take the elevator up to the 3rd floor. He cocked his head curiously at the attendant before turning his gaze towards the elevator. Next to the elevator was a fire extinguisher for emergencies, and a metal plate outlining over 100 floors for the building. Naturally, there had to be some mistake. Floor 1 was considered the lobby, floor 2 was a storage for supplies and spare parts, and floor 3 was where their call center started. Their web developers were a fair bit higher up in the company, which made his directions only more confusing. What was a web developer supposed to do at a call center? While the thought of not having to fake a smile over the phone was comforting, the very image of having to do customer support 7 hours a day for the rest of his life put the fear of God in him.
"Pardon my rudeness, but there m-" Must be some mistake. The old lady at the counter was one step ahead of him and delivered her message with a sharp tone that left Akechi speechless.
"The founder's office is on the third floor," she interrupted her sentence with a huff, "-treat yourself to the coffee upstairs, you're gonna need it." and punctuated it with a dismissive wave of her hand. If more people hadn't entered the building and tried to take care of their own business, Akechi would have asked her to elaborate. But since he now for sure knew he was going to meet the founder, he decided not to make a scene.
"I… see. Thank you for the offer, but I must decline. I'm sure everything will go smoothly." But if they put him in a call center to provide customer support around the clock he was prepared to personally wire that black coffee maker into a homemade bomb and take down the whole building with him. While that thought crossed his mind, he smiled politely at the woman and took the elevator ride up.
Never in his life had he been so confused by a layout. He was aware of the building's size, but this was beyond ridiculous. The hallways almost looked like a maze, with paintings scribbled from wall to wall. Upon closer inspection, they looked like kids drawings. Either this was part of some PR stunt, or the founder was really into bright neon colors. If Akechi didn't hear the man on the other line himself and came here looking for a job, he'd expect to find a kindergarten at the other side of the many doors down the hall. His confidence was dwindling more and more with each step.
Once he reached the door he assumed would take him into the workplace where the founder was seated, he grasped at the handle only to find it locked. He blinked, and twisted the doorknob again, hoping it would open the door. When it didn't, he pulled a little harder until he heard a click from the other side, and noticed that the plate beneath the handle had the word "push" written in caps. Without thinking, he put far too much swing into his movement, and ended up smacking the poor sap on the other side that kindly unlocked the door for him, and the man's coffee poured right onto his suit and onto the floor in a loud mess.
"Ah, sorry!" He would have stayed and apologized properly if he wasn't at risk of running late. "If you give me a minute, I'll be right back and help you clean up!" and he was gone. He could have stayed and helped but chose to prioritize the meeting. In the end, that guy was out one cup of coffee and still had a stable income, whereas missing out on this interview might cost Akechi not only his career, but his livelihood. If this went south, he could wind up homeless. Unless he begged for his old job back.
No, the chill of winter would be less humiliating than going back on his hands and knees to the boss that not only demeaned him, but continuously plagiarized his work for his own benefit.
"Hewoo," In the midst of his early mid-twenties crisis, a soft voice spoke to him, but the only people he spotted were already head-deep in work. Another faint cry, this one, a bit more shy.
"Heo…" he turned his head down, and spotted a tiny girl hiding beneath a desk with her fist against her lips and her knees up to her chest. She looked about four years old, short curly hair with a clip-on to keep her bangs out of her eyes. Really, if she hadn't called out to him, he never would have spotted her in those shadows. He stared at her stupidly before turning his head up and asking if anyone brought their daughter to work. The girl shushed him, and got his attention once again.
"M, hidin…" 
"Ah," It was too early for a break, but he supposed someone might have taken some time off to call a responsible adult to come pick up their child from work. Still, he couldn't help but smile and crouch next to her, putting one finger over his lips with a whisper. "It's ok, I won't tell anyone." The little girl smiled so wide she was practically squinting. 
"Who r u…" He cocked his head slightly. Did she know most of the people on this floor? She spoke as if she knew he was a stranger. He shrugged it off. That can't be right. Must have been childish curiosity. 
"I'm Akechi Goro, and you?"
"Ake...ak...e...Aket…" She struggled and fumbled over her words, before she furrowed her brows with confidence and looked upset she couldn't yet pronounce his name.
"Gowo." He couldn't hold back a smile, and the little girl, now forgetting she's supposed to be hiding, shouts at him.
"Don't laff! That's mean!"
"Sorry!" His words said sorry, but his smile told her differently. At least, until his phone began beeping. It was now exactly 10 am.
"Sh-!" Too much in a hurry, he rushed to stand up quickly, and banged the back of his head against the table. He fell to his knees again, pushed down by the tabletop, and grabbed the back of his neck. The little girl, to no fault of her own, laughed at him without a shred of sympathy. Before he could get up on his feet, an arm patted him on the back.
"Hey, you ok?" He couldn't tell with his eyes closed, but the little girl mimicked the man's movements and reached her tiny hand out to pat Akechi's knee as if to comfort him. Before he could respond, he heard the man say "There you are!" followed by a tiny high pitched scream that honest to God was only giving Akechi a headache.
Still better than his old job, despite the abuse and trauma he's had to endure thus far.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the man that he accidentally slammed into squishing the little girl's cheeks, possibly as punishment.
"What did I tell you? You can't win."
"Mmmrmmmrrrr"
"Do you give up?" The child stubbornly stared him in the eye and only repeated her mumbling louder. The man sighed, but with the hint of a smile.
"Alright, go hide again." The joy in that little girl's eyes could part the skies on a cloudy day. She beamed and quickly ran off to hide elsewhere while the man covered his eyes and began counting. As soon as she was gone and he no longer heard the tip tap of feet, he got up and extended his hand towards Akechi.
"You look lost. Do you need any help?" This was humiliating. A kid laughing at him, he could handle, but a future coworker extending him his aid this early in their partnership was shameful. Especially since this was the same guy he left high and dry just moments ago.
"No, no, I'll be alr-" His voice was now much less sympathetic.
"Just take my hand." So much for debate. He didn't appreciate how everyone in this company cut him off mid-sentence, but took the other man's hand to get back up on his feet. As soon as he did, he got looked over rather thoroughly, a little too intensely to his liking.
"Doesn't look like you're bleeding, but if you're feeling dizzy, there's a nurse just two doors down to the left. She can examine you in case you've suffered any severe damage." His concern was flattering but unnecessary and sadly a waste of time.
"Haha, no worries. Actually... I need to get to the founder's office. Do you know where that is?" 
"Yes, but I wouldn't worry about t- Rei, don't climb the bookshelf! Junpei, will you-" 
"Aye, aye, boss! Come here you trouble bunny! How about you hop hop into bed and take a long looong nap? Man, uncle Junpei could use one too. I'll show you how it's done, like a pro!"
"Iori, sleep on the job and you're fired."
"Come on Philei, your dad is scary when he's talking to people that are not you!"
So much happened in the span of just a couple of seconds.
"...Rei?" He felt his blood run cold. "Her name is… Rei?" The man, somewhat confused that he was still standing there with a dumb look on his face, spoke as if this was basic knowledge Akechi should have known before stepping into the building.
"Of course, that's my daughter," he holds out his hand again, this time, expecting Akechi to shake it. "-and I'm the founder, Minato Arisato. And you are?"
Absolutely screwed.
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