#I'm just sorta adding to it

[ink-going-insane]

ok cool so horikoshi Wants me to sob violently

[chairteeth]

@coldwind-shiningstars

Okay I don't know if you're alright with me replying to this (let me know if you want me to delete it) but I will EXPLODE if I don't add to it- have a readmore so I don't accidentally eat half the page on the tag while screaming about this.

You're talking about Ui's swimsuit costume story! Which is really sweet and I fully recommend watching it. However! That gets followed up on! I'll include the Uwasa Aquarium event as just a bonus mention, since the thing that happens there is that Touka's brilliant solution to Nemu not being able to move underwater very well is to grab her by the hand and drag her around. But I actually really like that Touka listened to what Nemu said in Ui's swimsuit costume story to the point we saw the results in Sakurako's summer MGS!

To clarify what happened. In that MGS, the hospital trio + Sakurako go to the beach and Sakurako carries Nemu because electric wheelchairs and sand don't mix well, right? Well, Nemu sends Sakurako to go swimming with Ui and Touka, and Sakurako is initially worried because that means Nemu will be left alone. Nemu's counter is that she enjoys reading in the sea breeze, plus Ui borrowed a camera from Yachiyo so that she could take pictures of them kind of like in her swimsuit costume story, and TOUKA.

Touka did this, for no reason other than making sure Nemu had company and someone to tend to her (because she didn't bring servants any of the other times, she doesn't make a habit of bringing them anywhere she goes). ON TOP OF THAT, after a while of swimming with Ui and Sakurako, Touka does this other thing.

They build sandcastles. And you know what that ties into? Magius Nemu's swimsuit quotes! Where she's sad that she cannot make a sandcastle properly because they all crumble for some reason. So Touka has apparently not only listened to and thought about Nemu the entire time, but remembered that ever since and prepared for it. I'm. Help they're adorable.

HoW IS THIS SUPPOSED TO NOT DRIVE ME INSANE F4 YOU ARE ENTIRELY TO BLAME FOR MY AO3- *is shot*

Ahem. Yes. That is my very articulate response. I am so normal about them. I will now stop wailing.

“Nemu Hiiragi: The Shadow”

The promised Magius Nemu essay arrives. I have given up on proper essay formatting and will simply leave my analyses in semi-rant form because my brain is too chaotic and goes on too many tangents. It cannot be tamed. Informal essay under the cut!

So. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has heard others refer to Nemu as a shadow, Touka 2.0, or some other frankly reductive term. Most of the time, unless her creations come up, she’s not discussed at all, and even then… barely. That’s not exactly surprising. Given Nemu’s normally calm demeanor, and the fact that she and Touka are joined at the hip, it’s only natural that Touka would be the one to get the most attention, the one who stands out. Where Touka is the boisterous sun, Nemu is the humble moon. Today, we turn our eyes to the moon.

There is so much to talk about when it comes to Magius Nemu and pretty much all of it is going to make you really sad. Much like Touka and all other magical girls, she led a double life the entire time, but in her case, when she “traded one terminal illness for another” she got the short end of the stick. Imagine being a writer and discovering that your magic allows you to give physical form to your stories, to breathe life into your creations—literally. Now picture finding out later down the line that each time you use it, it consumes so much magic that it shaves off pieces of your very life force. That’s one slap in the face. But, it gets worse.

Let me lay out everything we know about how Magius Nemu’s sacrifices affected her physically, and how each of the people around her responded to her worsening condition. First, we know it causes pain severe enough to temporarily affect her vision and speech, and severe enough to make her fall to the ground, though she doesn’t always faint from it. We know it inflicts exhaustion and that even something like releasing an uwasa for the first time can make her pass out on the spot, so presumably it’s a lengthy process that takes a toll on her at every stage (well not sure about conceptualization, but creation and release definitely do). A voiced example of one of these episodes is in Arc 1 Chapter 8, 4:02:36 - 4:03:43 if you're watching the video.

Now, as for the people around Nemu, starting from more distant to closest. Her family? Oblivious, responsible for her state of emotional deprivation and for several other issues. Alina? Ehh she seems to either not care or care very little, which is properly Alina-esque of her. Mifuyu? Oh let me talk about MIFUYU for a second. Disclaimer, despite her many sins committed against my favorite characters, I do love the sheep, she’s too much of a failure, I cannot hate her. But Mifuyu “I want to be a nurse” Azusa is insensitive beyond belief, and I was honestly surprised when they appointed her to be some sort of… ethics teacher for Touka? Bruh. You see, an MGS is supposed to put us in the shoes of whatever character it’s about. That’s what it does. However my brain is broken and perceives the world from a TouNemu perspective by default. Which means I had a completely different reading of Mifuyu’s MGS. I am going to illustrate my point with screenshots this time because I happen to have them on hand.

Mifuyu says this about Touka and Nemu getting worked up over Alina wanting to prioritize witches above rumors. But. Here’s the thing. The thing that Mifuyu seems to be missing completely. Rumors are created by Nemu, through a sacrifice of her own life force that worsens her pain and makes her suffer more with each subsequent use. Evidently, the girls reply that no, they don’t think they were getting too emotional.

YOU THINK? Have you given any thought to why that could possibly be the case, Mifuyu? But, okay, fine, we can look past this. Alright. Next scene, it’s Touka and Nemu being upset that Yachiyo just destroyed the Divorce Stairs (I call them that, but for clarification, it’s the Friendship-Ending Staircase). I’m going to bring something up that I don’t believe is exactly contradicted by canon, though not confirmed either, but I’d be willing to believe by the fact that Nemu knows of Iroha (by name and I assume appearance) that there’s a psychic link of some kind between the uwasa and their creator. That would make sense, considering they are made of her magic and have pieces of her life force. If this is true, then that massacre Iroha and Yachiyo go on during Arc 1 Chapter 7 is far, far worse.

But alright, back to the scene. Touka is standing up for Nemu here, and Mifuyu proceeds to go and dismiss their feelings because, as she says in her thoughts, “they’re just children”. Okay, Mifuyu, hear me out. They’re 11-12. They’re not toddlers. Just because they’re children doesn’t make their emotions invalid, unimportant, or not worth considering. Particularly in this case, where they have a good reason to be upset. Nemu even mentions the life force she’s using up and Mifuyu’s first and only thought is “Yacchan…” (this is a repeating pattern).

The next relevant scene is one where Mifuyu does something Alina has also done and Touka hasn't: ask Nemu to make a rumor for her.

Nemu reminds her that it comes at a cost, and that she’s using up her life for this. Nemu gives in, of course. I will talk about this imminently. First though, the final scene of Mifuyu’s MGS. Where Mifuyu repeats the previous pattern but worse. How exactly is it worse? I’ll let the screenshots speak for themselves here. Nemu and Mifuyu meet at the shrine where the uwasa is going to be released, Nemu does the deed, and faints, then Mifuyu reacts like this:

These screenshots are less than a second apart. It is the immediate follow-up. Absolutely zero concern for one of the people she’s supposed to be responsible for who just did her a pretty big favor (as if you needed someone’s blood to open a door, they stabbed themselves to get you the blood, and then you left them on the ground in pain). So yes Mifuyu is insensitive and she is not helping Nemu’s view of adults. Relatedly, before I move to talking about Touka, since I’d like to actually end this on a non-depressing note, I’m going to circle back a little to Nemu’s family.

I am infamous for not liking Nemu’s family. Her parents, mainly. Her brother, for as much of a snotty brat as he is to her, is presumably still very tiny and has had scarce interactions with his sister, therefore leading to the way Nemu describes their relationship (“strangers”). As a slight aside, Nemu does try very hard to have a relationship with her brother, not only in her MGS, but in her solo Christmas quotes where she’s lost on what to get as a gift for a kid that likes soccer and asks Homescreen-chan for advice. And you see, Nemu has this thing where once you get past a certain point with her, she becomes a people pleaser. Unlike when Ui’s parents have visited before (seen in TouNemu’s Christmas MGS), Nemu was shocked to hear that her mother and brother had come to see her. This leads me to believe the visits are an extremely rare occurrence and that there is no other contact besides them. Ui’s parents at least video call her, from what the quotes say.

And now we have reached the point where it’s unavoidable and I have to talk about Nemu’s emotional trauma. Her family does not seem to know about her writing, which was a good call because it shielded her from much of the gifted kid trauma. However, that doesn’t mean her parents’ actions (or lack thereof) were without consequence. A lot of these might be subconscious, so bear with me a second. At this point in the timeline, Nemu struggles to believe that others will meet her needs or care for her. She seeks affirmation, acceptance, approval, and fortunately seems to get it in the form of her website and Touka during this era.

Let me give you some examples of Nemu’s people-pleasing tendencies, as any kid would learn that catering to the needs and desires of others can sometimes lead to a sense of belonging or validation—she explicitly wants that, she is aware that she wants to feel loved. This is immensely obvious with her family’s visits, where her first reaction isn’t good but then she plays along and puts up a happier face (which drops literally as soon as her mother and brother are out of the room), even apologizing for the slightest inconvenience regardless of whether or not the reaction to that inconvenience was bad (the book that was hard to find, the general Presence™ of her family in the room, apologizes again for talking about her feelings, etc). So that she doesn’t have to burden them with her feelings. So that her mother can feel like she’s fulfilled her duty by walking into the room, giving Nemu a rundown of what the family has been up to, and leaving without really actually spending any real quality time with her or bothering to really ask about her. Touka gets (righteously) angry in Nemu’s stead once her mother and brother have left precisely because of this. Nemu proceeds to, like many children in her position, defend her parents completely and then chastise herself for “looking down on them”. Touka and Ui both understand at least the heart of the issues at play here, and express as much. My point here isn’t exactly “Nemu’s parents are equivalent to Sana’s” or anything, it’s more that they’re extremely oblivious and their actions (and lack thereof) have hurt Nemu deeply.

That habit Nemu’s parents have of never truly showing interest in their daughter’s life seems to remain after the hospital, and then they’re focused on her brother’s comfort. Not Nemu’s. Never Nemu’s. Then, later on, in the Wings of the Magius, every time someone asks her to make a rumor (read: sacrifice a piece of her life force and make herself feel physically worse presumably forever), she agrees. Mifuyu asks her to, yeah sure. Alina wants a rumor? Of course. I won’t count when everyone asked her for stuff to add to Fendt Hope solely because I’m not sure Fendt Hope works like normal rumors do. Something, something, difficulty setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, struggling to distinguish her own needs from the needs of others…

A child who learned that her voice and desires were not prioritized in such critical stages of her life naturally struggles to articulate her own needs and wants. Prime example, Fendt Hope’s creation. She listens to the others give their ideas for it, never suggesting anything herself after reminding them of her usefulness. Until. Touka asks. When she does, Nemu seems almost taken aback. She apologizes. Nothing comes to mind. That very same day, she gets home, tries again to have some sort of positive interaction or time with her brother, gets rejected. As soon as an alternative form of service (doing the dishes for her exhausted mother so that she may help her brother with homework) presents itself, she practically jumps at the opportunity. The scene after that one, with the way she views Touka, Alina, and Mifuyu, vs the way she views her mother and brother, only makes this more obvious. How is Nemu supposed to feel any sense of value at home? At least as a magical girl, she’s useful. At least as a Magius, she has people who know her. The feelings of low self-worth aren’t as obvious on Nemu as they are on many of the other girls who have them, though.

The next time there’s a Magius meeting, this time to decide on a name for their base, Touka is again the one who asks Nemu for her opinion. It’s important to note that Touka is never once hostile, aggressive, or even annoyed when she does this. She considers Nemu’s thoughts and feelings more than anyone. Heck, Nemu would have no way to doubt Touka’s care for her considering their history and the way she acts.

Now I get to talk about the relationship between Magius Nemu and Magius Touka. If I start gushing incoherently, I apologize in advance. I covered a bit of Magius Touka’s attitude towards Nemu in the essay dedicated to her, and slightly in this one, but now I want to draw attention to how incredibly sweet Touka can be when it comes to Nemu. Nemu desperately needs that reliability and that love Touka provides, the hope she brings. And Touka is the one person who openly shows her care, attention. Over and over again.

Touka considers Nemu an equal. During the main story, as I said in my Magius Touka essay, she shows concern for Nemu’s health and wellbeing when no one else does. This goes beyond her magic-given affliction! I only wish we had more bits and pieces from that era, but as for what we do have… Well, I have to point at Nemu’s swimsuit costume story for the easiest and shortest point of reference. I’d use screenshots, but if I did, I would just end up showing you every single piece of dialogue and expression.

In that costume story, Touka and Nemu are at Fendt Hope, talking about their future trip to the beach (which they made plans for together in Touka’s swimsuit costume story). Nemu has her insecurities, and she’s shy about putting on the swimsuit, but then Touka proceeds to be incredibly supportive by first making her feel comfortable—for some reason she also had her own swimsuit lying around and offered to wear it too because Nemu mentioned it’d be embarrassing if she was the only one wearing a swimsuit and Touka was wearing clothes—then as soon as Nemu expresses self-doubt, she doubles down via genuine compliments (these two compliment each other way more than you think, even in main story Touka praises Nemu for her ideas). This is also a rare occasion where we’re shown that Nemu’s parents, or her mom at least, who seems more present than her dad, mean no harm, since it was Nemu’s mother who helped pick out every element of her swimsuit. After that, Touka goes off to change back into her school uniform, and Nemu is “uncharacteristically giddy” (as she states) looking at herself in the mirror. Touka gets back, and Nemu is startled to have been caught in a vulnerable state, but, critically, Touka is happy to see her happy and doesn’t tease her, although Nemu (jokingly, blushing) laments that letting Touka read her heart is the greatest failure of her life. Nemu asks Touka to listen. And Touka complies. Nemu trusts Touka with her heart, with her honest feelings, and knows Touka will never hurt her. That’s why she’s able to be so sincere with her. This is shown in Nemu’s Tap 8 quote, where she also refers to Touka as trustworthy (Touka has a matching Tap 8 quote, and hers is about how reliable Nemu is for her). This relationship, no matter what it is, is deeply important to both participants.

Finally, to end this glorified rant… I know I used the sun and moon metaphor earlier, but. I would like to borrow the words of Nemu in one of my fics: “It’s silent at night. Touka stays up with her telescope, I stay up reading nearby. We are stardust brought to life. A quiet place, just for us. The gentlest fire in us, like binary stars.” (I’m sorry but the binary stars comparison is too good not to mention). Their connection was there before the Magius, and after everything they went through, their lives became irreversibly bound, intertwined beyond the understanding of quite literally anyone else. They practically always speak in plural, the time they spend together has been on the rise, and at the time of writing? To avoid spoiling Arc 2 Chapter 12, I won’t go into specifics, but the relationship has reached a beautiful point that I will froth at the mouth about eventually.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the Nemu essay, I went slightly more feral this time so apologies for that. I’ll see how soon the hospital era essay can be thrown into the wild. Nishi out!

[bixels]

What did/do you like about Pharah?

Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.

Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).

But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.

There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.

Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.

[alongtidesoflight]

i swear my stepdad is so illogical AND stubborn it hurts

[crowfanity]

Just realized I never posted my Defiant Dragons/Ace Attorney pride phone case

[starrfallj]

Oc doodles and stuff, plus gavarnel

[misty-wisp]

happy birthday to the bestie @sirenspells!!!! here's a redraw of an old piece of hers :3c sunako my beloved

siren tysm for being my friend and sticking by me <3 ily /p

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

AFTERMARE WEEK: day 1- blackout/illumination

Your presence alone lit up my entire world, but then your absence nearly blinded me. how am i to survive without that light now that you're gone?

aftermare week is hosted by @bluepallilworld

[ai-higurashi]

Okay but. Consider.

Snek 🐍

[figs-oliomedley]

You know I always wondered what would happen if Creation broke the balance for once. We know what happens when there’s too much Destruction, but how does one have “too much” Creation? Anyways, I think the Merge might be exactly what I was looking for.

Side note, but how many more people do y’think died in the merge?? Ninjago barely got clipped off the top, but what about the other realms? Surely they all weren’t just singular continents floating on a ball of water. Are there just *chunks* of the other realms missing? Are they just on different sides of the globe? Or did they also get... overwritten?

[evilfloralfoolery]

Okay, so I've spent some time "listening" to Adrian talk about himself, and this is what I have so far for his character nonsense. SHIT GOT REALLY WEIRD REALLY QUICK lol.

It's under the cut because it's hella long, as per the usual. Kinda surprised he was the one that spoke up first, but hey....

Adrian is part of Grimm and Indigo's universe and is one of Grimm's men. We're talking tactical, not tactile, you perverts lol.

Name: Adrian Vaughn

Age: 29

Star Sign: Leo

Partner: Tahoma "Eddie" Shonto

Appearance: 6'1" (185-ish cm). Medium athletic build. Long layered hair that is about shoulder length and a mix of brown, black, red, copper, blond, and any other "natural" hair color. Olive skin. Dark red eyes. Slightly pointed canines on top and bottom teeth (he's not a cryptid. Keep reading for more on that). Various tattoos, including two mourning bands on his left upper bicep. Various piercings, including labret, tongue, nipples, and elsewhere. Big "come fuck me" energy.

Weapon of Choice: Bare hands, knives, voice.

Other Weapons: Demon-assisted antics.

Likes: Goth rap, fast cars, red meat, sashimi, tight jeans, video games, darts, lifting weights, running, rock climbing, hot weather, spicy food, artifacts, fixing shit, Eddie's cooking.

Dislikes: Extreme formality, people with no sense of humor, raw tomatoes, country music, pastel or white colors, people who walk too slow, public transit, liars, religious crap, cold weather, button down shirts.

Allergic to: Dust and probably other shit we haven't discovered yet.

Sensitive to: Any manmade scent, camphor, cleaning products, the pepper gas that he creates in the kitchen when he tries to cook.

Other Snzfucker Info: (Read his history first to understand this better.) Adrian is weird one because while he has the fetish, it's not just for hearing others. He's HELLA turned on by hearing himself, but he wasn't like this until he became the housing unit for a powerful demon. It's a constant source of annoyance for him because he'd rather not be, but there's nothing he can do about it. I don't make the rules, y'all. This is some wtfery.

History: Adrian was a real "problem child" growing up. He liked to play "fuck around and find out" with dangerous (and often illegal) shit. Until the people he loved got hurt by it. That was a real eye-opener for him. (I'm still learning about Adrian, so I don't have a complete picture yet.) At some point, he was scouted by Grimm's organization (F.I.R.E.) and that's where he met Eddie. That escalated quickly into something more than friends.

The Exchange: Eddie was shot in the line of duty and basically died in Adrian's arms. Adrian sacrificed himself to save Eddie’s life, but technically, Eddie was already dead.  So, he had to offer the death gods something in exchange to bring his partner back.  He offered himself. The death gods accepted, but instead of taking Adrian’s life, they made a different sort of arrangement.  Adrian isn’t alone in his body anymore.  There’s a powerful demon in there with him.  It basically shares his soul now.  As long as Adrian is alive, the demon is confined.  (I have a much longer explanation about this that I will put somewhere else.) It changed Adrian's appearance. His hair is a multitude of colors (black, blond, red, copper, etc.) His hazel eyes turned dark red. He was somewhat slight of frame before, but came back as something stronger, bigger, and faster.

Fun facts:

*Adrian actually has pretty great singing voice, but he plays it off as being obnoxious and rarely uses it in that way. He CAN, however, use it in a more nefarious way, thanks to his demonic side. The power of suggestion is strong.

*He's twice as strong as a regular human and extremely fast. All of senses are much, MUCH keener since "The Exchange." He's become F.I.R.E.'s best tracker because of this.

*He likes to eat Carolina Reaper peppers for snacks. His tolerance for spicy food is unreal.

*"Cards Against Humanity" is his favorite game.

*He seriously cannot cook for shit. Pretty sure he could burn water.

[sskk-manifesto]

Ep 4 :)

[youphoriaot7]

okay 4x06 was really funny and i giggled through it BUT. the actual concept of the episode is NOT FUNNY AT ALL. especially because it infects dean.

gonna ramble with spoilers below the cut (and yeah i know i know i'm the new guy here but yk just in case)

no because the idea of dying of fear is already terrifying. i have very high anxiety levels; i've had panic attacks in the past. the idea that one of those things could just...kill me one day? horrifying.

but by giving it to dean, especially post 4x01, it's so much worse. dean already has years and years of trauma—both just from dealing with monsters and demons (whether he admits it or not), as well as from his family and similar situations. he was practically a feeding ground for this thing.

take it like this: you start your day normally. you have to see a dead body and help with the autopsy, but that isn't the first time it's happened. shortly after, it's like your nerves are on fire. there's so much input and not enough places for it to go. your sensory system is overloading, and your nervous system can't handle the heat; it's freaking out a little. you've been jittery before, so you shove it down. it'll be fine.

flash forward about a day and something is wrong, and you know it. so do the people around you; you're figuring it out. however, with the inflamed nervous system, you're barely any help. you've just clawed your way back from death—a massively traumatic one, i might add—and now you're right back on the chopping block. there doesn't seem to be a way to stop it. you're losing hope.

this is really the kicker for this episode: no matter what he does, dean can't help. he and sam, for all their arguing, almost always deal with cases together. when they go off on their own, bad things happen. (i truly think it's one of the reasons they've made it through things other hunters couldn't, but that's a whole other rant for another time.) and in this one, he just...can't.

oh, he tries. he still travels with sam to help get the witness statements. they go out together to look at the wood plant. and what does he get out of it but a near nervous breakdown? so he gets ditched; left at the motel to stew—which, as someone with anxiety i can tell you, is an AWFUL idea. doesn't really matter though, considering he only has a handful of hours left.

then, when the episode ends, there isn't much wrap-up (not that there ever is on supernatural but i digress). instead, all we get is dean (unsurprisingly) lying and avoiding talking about his hallucinations. a lot of which, as you find out earlier, came from hell and his time there. (if this man heard one more dog i was going to sob)

one last thing to touch on: sam's reaction. look, i don't know if it's because that oldest-sibling-with-a-younger-brother instinct is just too strong and i'm connecting unhealthily with dean winchester (/hj) or what but sam's reaction to, well, everything this episode felt very...understated to me.

like, listen, the episode was funny to me because seeing this guy who always plays this big burly tough guy completely shrink and go absolutely haywire was funny. it was, i'm not gonna deny it.

but on a personal level, watching the only grounding rock in your life you've ever known, the person who has stood by your side through a lot more than you'd care to mention, that has saved you, saved himself, and saved a whole lot of other people—watching that man be reduced to nothing but a terrified, trembling mess? that's horrifying.

(and if i were sam, i would not have been reacting normally. and i definitely wouldn't have been annoyed. dean did his best to get around it for as long as he could. yeah, it resulted in a lot of screw-ups. but he tried, from the start. because he could've just curled up in the backseat of the impala, locked the doors, and hid from the world until the heart attack. and he didn't.)

[gremnda]

i think it's so funny that tr!pili enthusiasts want the absolute worst for him. we want to see that wet cat absolutely go through hell and back

[lavender-sunhaven]

man how do people like... regularly restart games like this? how do you easily start over? I have one main file (with Lavender) that I am EXTREMELY attached to. even if I'd kind of like to try marrying different people and seeing their rooms and achievements and stuff (or to just see Jun's wedding- which I was already married to him when the weddings were made special, so I haven't seen :( ), the thought of starting over from the beginning, especially on farm infrastructure and stuff sounds soul crushing and tedious. Is it like... Do you just like the build up part and not being successful at the end? Is it like... podcast zoning? How do you cope?

[the-punforgiven]

@ European mutuals I've gotta know, is saying "good girl" or "good boy" like, a normal casual thing to say to people you met like an hour ago over there? Like just a normal thing commonly said platonically? Or was I just lied to earlier today