#MK2 SAVE ME

[swordblade]

The toxic yaoi of mk2, trust 🤞

[khaosrealms]

two days? my dear, your writing is worthy! it's so good, and i can easily describe it as magnificent 🥹 & and i say with affection that you have become one of my favorite writers!

LEE.

STOPPPP 😭 thank you so so much! you’re about to have me sticking here for the new two years at this point!

[mrstsung]

Shang tsung's and why i love them:

1995 shang tsung: Cary Hiroyuki Mofo Tagawa. Nuff said! That movie is a Klassic and you can't hold a candle to it. Cary still got it after many years in my opinion. And still can do shang's voice or even old man shang now that he's now a fine older gentleman. Either way. I love classic 95 shang.

Mk: shaolin monks: my childhood,ok look he's special to me. Mk2 shang is still badass,and difficult af to fight but also fun to fight as. Still love him. Bearded shang ftw.

Mk:legends: look old man shang tsung can get it any day but i love the legends animated movies. He has just enough swag,charm,and charisma like always but subtle. Unfortunately,it's so fast paced and i wish he had more fight scenes and was written with a little more grace.

Mk:11: oh boy tagawa ages like a fine wine. But his voice got better. More intimidating. More charm. Unf. Good shit right there. Besides,tagawa IS shang tsung,you can't top that. But mk11 wasn't bad,not the best. But not bad. Tagawa saved it imho.

Mk12/mk1: now i don't like everything. And despite my gripes with the poor execution of the story and pacing and all the unnecessary changes and crap. I can't lie. Shang tsung there is sexy af. But i just wish people weren't so weird about him. And i wish they'd stop comparing him to other characters that honestly,have nothing in common with him other than magic and cunning. When no offense,shang runs circles around them. Plus he's his own character and should be treated with respect. I'm sick of him being treated like someones designer dog instead of an interesting,and important character. Like damn. But anyways. Mk12/mk1 shang, alan Lee's shang tsung suffers the same problem that art butler's shang tsung did. Poor writing,fast paced,sloppy script,and little to no payoff. Nothing of significance changed. Shang's still treated like shit and if not worse. An accessory to buy instead of an integral part of lore like he's supposed to be. (Im sorry shang you gotta be treated like this) so god damn much potential.

Honorable mentions Mk9 and mk:conquest: ok still got me after many years. I'd be a piss liar if i didn't say i miss this shang tsung. I do miss sleazy,cheesy,and bearded shang tsung. However i still say he needs more grace,respect,and love just as much. And i don't mind the more cartoony aspects. Hell anyone whos been around long enough with mk knows that's where it started. But yeah. I miss him dearly. I mean that's what i grew up on.

So yeah shang is shang to me. But not all shang's are equal. Some i love more than others.

[cyberfox123]

Cyberfox In MK 2-7

This is my story before mk9.

Mk2

Not much is known about cyberfox in mk2. She was sent to keep an eye on kuai. He took the name sub-zero. And entered the mk tournament to find who killed his brother. She was in the background but was not in the. Tournament she was a Ninja sent to kill him.

Mk3

It is discovered that Cyberfox. Is a member of Scorpions clan a Ryu member. She was sent to kill him. But she sees the Lin Kuei have turned on him. She helps him to get away from the Lin Kuei and there plans. To turn them into Lin Kuei cyborgs. She helps smoke as well but he is turned. She finds out Scorpion is going to be. At the tournament. She is happy to see him but also scared. Of what he has become. She saved kuai from being taken by the Lin Kuei. He said he owed her one. But she said you don't owe me anything. She joined Raiden and the other's with kuai Liang. She fights for earthrealm. Along side the other Heroes.

Mk4

Cyberfox and sub-zero had a son together. Called Shuriken Liang she met the one called Quan chi. He was ah horrible person as she put it. Shuriken was only a kid at the time but they saw. Great power in him. kuai was glad when Cyberfox said. She was pregnant for the future of the Lin Kuei. Sub-zero and cyberfox were asked by Raiden to help stop. Shinnok for being brought back. She found out Quan chi killed her clan and Scorpions family. Quan chi blamed kuai Liang for it. This in raged Scorpion making him go after kuai Liang and cyberfox. Calling her a traitor to the clan. Scorpion would fight sub-zero. Scorpion won the fight and asked sub-zero why he did it. Sub-zero said I had no part in it. Quan chi then told him he was the one who killed Hanzo family. Cyberfox and Scorpion became in raged. He was the one who ruined there lives took everything they had and killed sub-zeros brother Bi-han. And the one who made Scorpion the way he was. Quan chi tried to teleport Scorpion away. Cyberfox was going to stop him but Scorpion. Broken free and took Quan chi to the Neatherrealm. To torcher him forever and make him suffer. Cyberfox and sub-zero would go back to help Raiden in his fight. Sub-zero would tell cyberfox he is sorry for what she had to go through. She was glad she got answers. And that she is glad he is with her.

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance

Cyberfox and sub-zero go back to the Lin Kuei tempul. Only to find out Sektor over took the old lin kuei Grandmaster. Sektor then tryed to get the. Dragon medallion he was stopped by sub-zero as they had a long battle. Cyberfox wanted to help but he had to be the one too do it. Cyberfox and Shuriken would keep the other cyborgs off of sub-zero so it was a fair fight. Sub-zero won against Sektor. Making Sub-zero the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei. He would get the Dragon medallion to increase his ice powers to new levels.​ He never thought were possible. Kuai then told cyberfox they should move the Lin Kuei to the Antarctic. Cyberfox agreed with him as she new he did not like the memory's​. Of that place and as long as she was with him she did not care. They moved to Antarctic to reform the Lin Kuei. And get new members to fight for good and not just be. Brainwashed killers. They then had a tournament to get new members. To join the Lin Kuei. It is here were they meet Frost with the same powers as sub-zero and fox. Sub-zero took her under his wing as he did with Shuriken. Cyberfox and sub-zero would try to help her but she did not see it how they did. So sub-zero and cyberfox would often class with her. Raiden asked sub-zero and cyberfox to help in the fight. Agent Quan chi and Shang Tsung . They were shocked by the news of the deadly Alliance. But they wanted to show the Lin Kuei was the best clan around. They would be separated from the rest of the fighters. Frost took the chance to betray sub-zero and try to take the dragon medallion from him. Frost got it from sub-zero Cyberfox cried out telling her she could not handle the power of the medallion. But it was too late she froze herself as the power was to much for her. Sub-zero took the blame on himself for what happened. Cyberfox also felt like it was her fault. But sub-zero said he will take all the blame.

Mortal Kombat Deception

Sub-zero and cyberfox were looking for a resting place for frost. They come across outwourld were they find. A lost race of People who had powers of ice. Like sub-zero and Cyberfox they lured they were descendants of the lost race. Sub-zero would then lay Front to rest and forgave her for her betraying them along with Cyberfox. At this time Shuriken was a man and was in control of the Lin Kuei in the absence of his father and mother. Sub-zero found strange armor it increases his power even more. And cyberfox took a likeing to the new look. He told her the look is staying then. They then travel to outwourld and kill a group of invading Tarkatans. They would find kenshi and sub-zero saved his life. He then told them that Raiden and the other's feel to the hands of the deadly Alliance. Sub-zero and cyberfox took kenshi to earthrealm but we're attacked​ by Hotaru. But however as a thanks for saving his life kenshi killed him and saved sub-zero. At this time cyberfox was attached by Frost cyberfox defeated her. She tried to get through to her but she had lost her way and disappeared​. Cyberfox went back to sub-zero to find they were attached by Hotaru. Cyberfox thanks kenshi for saving her husband's​ life. They soon meet Sareena who told them she meet Bi-han and was helped by him a long time ago. As a thank you sub-zero offered her to join the Lin Kuei. Her and cyberfox talked for a while and she lured a side of Bi-han she never. Saw she told Sareena about what has happened. She congratulates​ them on there being married. They then soon. Go to leave and are confronted by Noob and smoke. Sub-zero shocked and in raged would go after them. But he was beaten and knocked out. Cyberfox trying to stop them but was knocked out as well. Noob then woke cyberfox up as he wanted her to see him kill kuai Liang. She cried as he was about to Sareena jumped in. And pushed them away sub-zero woke up in fear and attached Sareena. Makeing her flee. Cyberfox was able to calm him down and come to his senses. They then returned to the Lin Kuei to find Frost killing Lin Kuei members​. She was looking for sub-zero she had lost her mind. Cyberfox was about too go for her but sub-zero said this was his fight. Sub-zero would win against Frost. Cyberfox cried out for her son she found him in a pool of blood. But it was not his but other members. Cyberfox along with her son went around trying to save. The ones they could but lots were killed by the insane Frost. Cyberfox could not believe what happened. She felt a pain in her heart to see her students in Peace's. Sub-zero froze Frost once more in a block of ice. He saw what she had done he had no forgiveness in his heart. Not this time, he locked her away in the temple so when she wakes up. She will answer for her crimes.

Mortal Kombat Armageddon

Soon Taven would go to the Lin Kuei tempul. They came across man called Taven. Who they thought was attacking the Lin Kuei tempul sub-zero told cyberfox to stay back and the two would have a short fight. Sub-zero recognized the mark on his face and took him to a door. It had armor for Taven. They have a talk with each other and they get attached by Shadow Warriors. they were lin kuei members turned by smoke and Noob​. They fight against smoke and Noob they win against them. As a thank you sub-zero tells Taven that the ones attacking him are the red dragon's. And cyberfox tells him were he may be able to find them. Sub-zero found out Noob was his brother he wanted to save him.

Soon the fight of Armageddon was coming close cyberfox went to Onaga hoping. To get him to spare earthrealm​ sub-zero and Shuriken find out. They new there is know way he will say yes. When cyberfoxe​s back was turned he stabed her in the back. This in raged Shuriken he went to kill Onaga. But sub-zero stopped him Shuriken said "How can you just sit here? And hide wall mom is dieing?!" He looked down and sees his father has a tear go down his cheek. He said "We can't do anything right now." Onaga soon left and sub-zero​ ran to her side he got her back to the tempul saving her life. She soon was back to her old self the battle of Armageddon was coming he. Told her he wants her to remember he loves her know matter what happens. Cyberfox being her happy and loving self told him. "Not to worry they are in this together till the end. Till death do us part." sub-zero said "I never liked that part. Even in death I will be with you. " They kiss, soon they are on the side of good. In the fight of Armageddon they are side by side in the fight sub-zero tells her he will find her one way or another. Sub-zero fights against Scorpion in the fight of Armageddon. Scorpion was angry with the gods as they berated him. They promised him his family back but they tricked him. And made them come back like Scorpion. He wanted to get the gods back. So he was on the side of evil. Cyberfox would fight against Mileena and rain. Sub-zero and Scorpion kill each other cyberfox. Is stabbed by Quan chi. She lays dieing sub-zero as he promised drags himself to her. Calling out to one another. He and her hold hands a line of blood behind sub-zero. They look at each other they smile Cyberfox says "I am sorry it had to end this way. I love you good night my love." Her not wanting to say goodbye. Sub-zero says "All see you on the other side." With a smile under his mask they close there eyes for the last time. In each other arms.

This is my story mk2- 7 I hope you like it, it took me. A while to get the info. I had fun making it through .

[greatstudentjurit]

I started ironically, but I think I believe in robodizzy

#132 Now we are 3 members. I'll use this to talk a little about me and the ship (Warning: A lot of text)

I don't know when it started but I remember that it was because of his story mode, it was funny to me that the Robot wanted to marry every female he saw in his path, I always said "Yes, he is definitely me" cuz I really love characters that are Failures or morally incorrect or perverted (Yes, I like everything that is wrong)

Pairing them up only came because I wondered what the hell happened to the trio when they escaped from the laboratory. Actually! I had that question when I was doing my first drawing of RK with the magazine!

This will seem like any other animu romcom (Remember that they are in nature outdoors) the trio is always together for safety. Robo-Ky would often bother Dizzy because she is his "wife" but as time goes by, there are occasions when she laughs at his silly actions and the robot can't handle that cute laugh!!!! He can't believe he just made a girl laugh That softens everything he turns red, making Dizzy very curious to see him in a "vulnerable" state and wanting to see him like that more often (Cuz it's not normal to see him like that...) Therefore Robo-Ky softens his attitudes a bit towards Dizzy, beginning to be gentler and beginning to form a friendly relationship.

Also Dizzy is always next to Robo-Ky because she doesn't trust Crow, the crazy old man even without his laboratory, still wants her for her power, making her always uncomfortable and Robo-Ky has to tell his Hakase to stop. (Many times Dizzy goes at full speed to hide in Robo-Ky)

A romance begins to be forged while RK begins to be more affectionate because he wants to see her happy (Seeing her like this gives him a good feeling) and Dizzy because she likes the Robot to behave in that way

I remember that I was making my FanComic of everything I told you and more but since I lost my phone I gave up and later decided to make a OneShot of Robo-ky fantasizing about a married life with Dizzy

Outside of RoboDizzy, I like to imagine Robo-Ky liking any attractive female but I save the romantic feeling for Dizzy and (maybe) Robo-May (And MK2 with Mecha Hisui)

[ryukang1995]

My latest edit of Yoshi Sudarso as the Kuai Liang Scorpion.

I actually like the idea of Yoshi as Kuai for a future Mortal Kombat movie, whether he'd be Scorpion or Sub-Zero. It definitely pisses me off that the character is not in the upcoming MK2 movie, as far as we know, but if he ever makes it into MK3, should it occur, then I feel they already have a good candidate for the role.

But honestly, who knows if they will even do a MK3? Despite the filmmakers promising a much better movie than MK 2021, there are indeed some signs that MK2 could be a misfire. I could explain all of them, but I'm gonna save that for a separate post.

Anyways, enjoy.

[nightmarerodent]

If you were to write Frost's role and character arc in MK2, how would you go about it?

Oooooh that’s a tough one. Her past iterations have always been that of arrogance and a desperate desire for power due to her past trauma and I would like to see that again, just with a happier ending. Unfortunately I think they are going to be going the villain route again due to her being Bi-Han’s appearance and his desire to rule Earthrealm and his hunt for Kuai Liang.

If it were up to me she’d start out as an antagonist, going after the “next gen” of champions (Cassie, Jin, Takeda, Fujin more than likely, and Jacqui, possibly even Cyrax) only for something bigger to force them to work together. A sort of enemies to friend thing. When the day is finally saved she’ll leave with some excuse of her sparing their lives for saving hers, her unwilling to admit that she actually cares for them now. Anyway, first steps for Lin Kuei redemption.

That’s how I’d have it go down.

[things-about-cars-in-posts]

Have you learned any new fun facts about cars recently?

Of course!!!

Just today:

I learned that the Golf Country (wicked factory off road version of the Mk2 Golf) was lifted over 4 inches for a total of around 7 inches of ground clearance!

I learned the absolutely mental Cobalt SS was essentially a parts bin special -they had a powerful 4 cylinder from the Saturn Ion Red Line and figured they'd put it in the less weird Cobalt and people would care, which they did- and that its epoch-making 260hp powertrain was only a later upgrade -again, borrowed from another car, the Pontiac Solstice GXP- once the original engine no longer met emission requirements. And that it had a sedan version!!!

And, while writing this post, I looked for details on how this lapped the King-Daddy, longest and most gruelling monster of all circuits that is the Nürburgring faster than the all-wheel-drive six-figure Japanese demigod that is the Skyline GT-R, and found out about the popular misconception that this refers to the R34 Nissan Skyline (right), to date the most coveted and sought after, whereas it actually refers to the R32 (left), a prior version -though not much less groundbreaking in its own time- and that the nonetheless staggering feat may largely be attributable to tire formulations having vastly improved between 1990 and 2008.

I learned of the Ford Transit Sportvan, a confusingly diesel sporty? version of the Ford Transit!

Hell, I learned about a small 20s brand I didn't even know existed!

I find out new things about cars every week, and that's not every day just because most days I run out of time to read and listen and browse all the car-related content I would want to (hence me writing this at 2:30AM, cough cough). Every model has an intricate story usually originating years before its birth, thousands of parts, usually dozens of variations year over year, mountains of media created around it and thousands of examples that have gone around to be featured in movies, owned by celebrities, and participate in history in other thousands of minuscule little ways. Multiply this for thousands of models worldwide and then multiply that for a century and a half. However narrow your area of interest, if you think you know as much as most of the car trivia within it you are absolutely a fool.

Oh wait you were probably asking for an actually fun fact.

Oops.

Well, still today, I learned that our dear Saturn Vue, remember our dear Saturn Vue? Well, not @makenoplans's, the second generation, it turns out that 1. at fucking least it drove well and 2. it died along with Saturn itself when GM went bankrupt and a clause stipulated for the government bailout was to kill three of its brands - Saturn being one of their least successful at the time I WONDER FUCKING WHY I WONDER IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ONE COULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE IT LIKE NOT EVISCERATING ALL LIFE OUT OF IT AND TURN ITS CORPSE INTO AN AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR FOR A MEDIOCRE GERMAN CAR BRAND i am calm i am calm i am digressing. Well they'd relatively speaking just started making the second gen Vue in Mexico and they were like aw cmon do we really have to stop selling it so soon? And so they just fucking. Used the "Chevrolet Captiva Sport" branding it was sold with in South America to sell it to rental companies. It's basically like a fake ID but it's no faker than the one you started off with.

Oh! And a bit less recently I found out that bafflingly you could get the first generation Honda Civic with three different trunk doors - seen here in increasing order of price and sense.

[arttrampbelle]

You want shang tsung?

Don't fucking like him only because he looks like he's in his 20s. Like that's disturbing. Im sorry. Shang tsung is supposed to look in his 30s or 40s at Youngest.

Making him look like he could be some 21 yr old is disturbing to me. (Like why are people so obsessed with looking young or youth. Like people have face lines,wrinkles,they age! Wtaf is wrong with people?! Plus shang tsung is supposed to be 500yrs old with a curse that fucking ages his ass! ACTUALLY BOTHER TO DO RESEARCH PEOPLE!!!!! MK1 2023 IS A FUCKING RETCON AND A BULLSHIT GAME!!!! Fucking hell. He's not supposed to look like some anime uke uwu fucking twink. He's a sexy,sinister,classy,bastard who takes souls to live. He's legitimately a Dracula archtype. Wtaf. How is that hard to fucking understand?!!!! )

Shang tsung looks like this

Period.

(Also i love tagawa's shang rejuvenated look in mk11. Buuuuut....im a sucker for his old man shang look. Fr. Also his bearded look in mk conquest and mk9. But thats cuz i grew up with mk2 and mk shaolin monks. And that was how he looked. However shang tsung lools best in mk11 and in the mk95 movie and holy crap how did we fall so far?! *sigh* how could nrs fumble that so hard?! )

Like that is a handsome man. Y'all are shallow,blind,and i don't understand how you could NOT think this man is cute af?!

Like just because he doesn't look like some uwu pretty boi fuck boi Instagram model to fit your tumblr brand needs don't mean he's not attractive. In fact he's way more attractive in mk11. Period.

Like come on. I'm sorry not everyone needs to look like a k pop star or Instagram model/kim k or megan fox to look attractive. Or legitimately some uncanny valley shit. Like they don't look that great in mk1 and I'm not understanding the appeal. They have no personality. They just copyed the mcu thats it. They watered him down. Tried to imitate tagawa. And slapped a wish brand fake ass tumblr brand dot com loki on him. And pussyfoot around the fact they can't write to save their asses. And fans eat it up because they dont fucking care. Or even bother to know why its shit. But its no use in me saying this because half the people here dont care or bother to listen.

Social media has warped some of y'all's views on beauty,aesthetic,and attractiveness.

Fr.

Maybe it's just me but y'all have that gross mcu/marvel/superhero movie brain rot and y'all need help. Srsly.

Bottom line is and the point is.

Y'all shallow. Tagawa's shang tsung is way hotter. Mk11's character models are way hotter and have character personalities. And dont have same face syndrome. Are way more believable too.

[lunastars21]

Wait, MQ is Nack's mom? Am I reading that right?

Oh yeah in this au! Let me explain:

So his mom is an assassin who had magical powers, but she retired eventually and settled down with her husband (which I still need to draw eventually). They then had the two biscuits, Nack and Nic. She gave Nack a jerboa plush she made herself one day, that had a part of her soul in it. (How she do that? Idfk women magic) that way, he can sleep at night and not have nightmares, and if the jerboa plush ever gets ripped apart, that means he's in danger, so the soul will fuse with ANYTHING near by to then protect him.

So sadly, she still has a high bounty despite being retired, and some bounty hunters find them and kill her and her husband (this will be better shown in my fanfic!), nic and nack get separated and you fast forward years later when fang already formed team hooligan, in the chapter of my fic: Robotic Interruptions, Fang gets attacked by his own. Mech, who now serves eggman, Fang mk2. The giant robot destroys the queen in the process of getting to him. The queen had a secret compartment that stored some personal belongings, including his jerboa plush, which is now ruined, Once Fang MK2 is about to finish him off, the soul in the plushie fuses with the ruined marvelous queen and fixes her up to have a human form, she then attacks Fang MK2 and saves Fang from possible death.

Despite having a piece of her soul, The Marvelous Queen is not Fang's mom entirely. She's her own person who is a robot, not a jerboa in any way, but she acts like another motherly figure because of the soul that has given her life to protect him and his friends, and even has some of her memories so she knows Fang's lullaby and a few other things.

Did that make sense? XD I hope so but it'll but understandable if it's a bit confusing.

Here's My fanfic by the way if ya wana look more into my au! :>

[robo-ky888]

(Part 1 if you missed it)

Now they’re both living on the streets and Venom being an ex-assassin, essentially has to stay with Robo Ky in order to not be found out by either the town or the old bureau. You’ve also probably noticed Robo Ky is just a head now which…yeah that’ll take a lot of cash to fix which neither of them have. After a bit of banter Robo Ky mouths off that venom is less human then even he is which honestly, is pretty true as remember, venom essentially lived for zato 1 and a good part of him died inside when zato died, even going so far as to resent Robo Ky a little for saving his life as he had hoped to die during the fight with bedman. This is when 3 men from the assassins guild show up, essentially to chew out venom and check in on him. Now Robo Ky actually does not do much in this scene as one of the men puts a bag over his head, rendering him useless as the man essentially puts him in a body bag. After this however, the bag is removed and they both find that the men were actually there to drop off a deed to a bakery from none other than Zato- 1 and both move into it, running the shop by themselves. It’s even confirmed in the STRIVE epilogue that they still run the shop together and no one found out Venom’s identity. Personally I like to think Robo Ky is either a delivery drone or even a cash register because i just think that's really cute but yeah thats where Robo Ky’s story currently resides. Could we see his story continue if he somehow gets into season 3 of STRIVE? Maybe but honestly I quite like how this wrapped up, they have a nice life together and hopefully when Guilty Gear 6 comes out, he’ll have a new body. To me, robo- ky’s story is beautiful as it shows a robot made only for killing transition into someone more human and more caring for said humans than most of the cast. It shows off how dreams make up a person and drive them forward and how without future aspirations like how we saw with venom, one just becomes lost and aimless, something Robo Ky avoids as he found his purpose and while he didn’t get the tangerine field, i think that dream lives on through the bakery as he helps the people in the town with his bakery, finally becoming one with society as he always wanted to do as he told bedman during the fight. Could I have shortened this? Yeah, absolutely but i wanted to explain all this and all this story because i think a lot of people just gloss over it and think of Robo Ky as nothing more than the funny robot guy, which he is but to me at least, he shows off his dreams and humanity and that's what i admire most about Robo Ky. Not to get too personal but even before I was introduced to guilty gear, I valued dreams and aspirations a lot and I think that's why Robo Ky’s story struck a chord with me so much. No matter how horribly he’s treated, no matter what happens to him and even when he is nothing but a head, he stays true to his dream and still pursues it and even achieves it. That to me is so powerful and I love every bit of it.

(Part 6)

[swordblade]

✨ Sonya and Kenshi interactions in mk2 can save me ✨

[tempvsfrangit]

MCU.

Still dunno what to do here. Likely been said elsewhere, but saw another article type thing about The Avengers "time heist" and how could Cap put the stones back where they came from. The thing is... he didn't have to put any of the stones "back" (putting Reality Stone {Aether} back into Jane, meeting Red Skull again). He knew exactly where and when all the other Avengers teams would be, so all he had to do was show up at the proper time and relative dimension in space and hand the ready-made stone he had *to them* which would leave the already existing stone untampered-with; no re-violating Jane, no dying of Nat, no meeting of Agent Smith mk2. Angel Gabriel gets to keep their Time Stone and Camp Lehigh doesn't get broken into because future Cap hands Team NY all three stones, no need to figure out how to get the Space Stone back into the Tesseract cube-form. That Cap likely did go back to 1945-ish, but did *not* hook-up with Peggy of that time. He took a cue from Fury and stayed behind the scenes with the knowledge he has. He left clues for the SSR to find the proper Steve of that time so Agent Carter could have the Captain Rogers she had known. He Left clues so they could also find and rescue Bucky before he was too far Winterized. He led a peaceful delegation to Wakanda and may have still kept their secrets so they themselves could control how much info was released. He helped advance scientific findings for the SSR and eventually SHIELD and set-up better protocol and vetting so Hydra didn't insinuate. Steve was twelve years older (First Avenger to Endgame) and had far too many miles to try and go back to his "old life"; he left that Peggy and Steve alone, though may have still sent holiday cards from "Uncle Tony" and may have even been godfather to Howard Stark's son. With his help advancing science and still having his old time heist wristwatch, they developed a side-slip so he could pay a visit to his older old life as "old Cap", gifting a new shield to Sam which may have been identical to the shield he'd made for the Sam he knew from his "Ideal World". TVA likely left him alone because... well, it's kind of cool if this may have happened in one of their multiverses. People saw Old Steve "OMG WHY DIDN'T HE [do all this stuff and stop bad things and save friends and and and]!!!" In my headcanon, he did all that and saved many lives and prevented lots of badness, hence referring to the branch timeline as "Ideal World". Saved young Steve so he could be with young Peggy, saved Bucky from Hydra, stopped Zola before he started, helped Howard (both Stark and the Duck) be not so distant from his family, likely vacationed in Sokovia, helped Wakanda find a balance of being selective about what info is released so N'Jobu didn't die for his beliefs. "Hey Nat, hey Clint; here's the stone you need. Don't go up that mountain; trust me" as well as "Thor, Rocket. The Aether is already in this stone-shape and here's a spare hammer since this time's Thor will really need his very soon." None of this helps Loki, since he killed his own father in the first movie (Laufey-son, Laufey was about to kill Odin in his sleep) and was responsible for his adoptive mother's death ("to the left"). Huh... Thanos didn't conquer the Nine Realms; maybe Odin was the worse-r villain. That's a different topic, though. This was more to get alt-Cap and Ideal World out of my head.

[ladyrawthorm]

I’m back!

Hi guys! How’s it going? I owe you a bit of an explanation. I’ve been AWOL for a couple of weeks for a few reasons, some I will explain and some I can’t explain.

As you all know, I’ve been in a funk for a while now. I’ve been dealing with it somewhat successfully. Trying to figure out what it is and how to overcome it. I think I have it figured out, it’s not something I can talk about sadly but, I can talk about how I am dealing with it. Once I figured out what was going on, everything sort of fell like dominoes. The solution at the time was really difficult and not something that can happen quickly. So because I wasn’t really making any progress with my solution I started to feel bad about everything and mean literally everything.

Some of you may know, some of you may not, I usually get up at 5am to go to the gym just for a bit of exercise and to get out of the house (I’m told it’s a good thing to touch grass but I’m not 100% convinced XD). When I couldn’t find a solution to the funk I started feeling really about everything I was doing. What is the point in going to the gym? I’m tired all the time, I have to go to bed at 2030, I never seem to loose any weight. I hate the way I look in the mirror. Am I a good wife to Rawthorm? Is he happy? And it all goes downhill from there. I just didn’t feel like streaming and I was wallowing. I am coming out the other side though. Surprisingly Horizon Forbidden West did help a little. Horizon Zero Dawn is one of my all time favourite games and I had so much fun sharing that playthrough with you that I couldn’t wait to play Horizon Forbidden West and playing it 2 days in a row did just enough to start me off in the right direction. I’ll get there, It’s hard to explain when I can only tell you half a story.

Maybe one day I will be able to tell all but for now, just know, that I am getting better and I don’t think there are going to be any more missing streams without me at least telling you guys beforehand. Speaking of streams, I’ve got some good updates coming.

Lets start with my computer. As you guys know, I’ve slowly been updating my computer for a little while now. All I have left is to update my graphics card and graphics card cooling solution. So here are my new specs and a photo update!

Case :NZXT H9 flow

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Mobo: NZXT N7 Z790

Ram: Corsair Domintor DDR5 64GB (4x16GB)

Hard Drives:-

-Samsung MZ1L23T8HBLA 3.5TB

-Samsung SSD 950 EVO 500GB

-Samsung SSD 950 EVO 250GB

Monitors:-

-BENQ G2420HDBL x2

-LG UltraGear 27GN88A

CPU Cooler: Kraken elite 360 RGB

Mouse: Logitech G502 X (White)

Keyboard: Logitech G213 Prodigy

Webcams:-

-Elgato Facecam Pro

-Microsoft LifeCam

Headphones/Mic: Astro A40 with mix amp

Elgato Stream Deck Mk2. (White)

Elgato Stream Deck + (White & Pink)

I’m excited. Hopefully it wont take long to save up. Once I have a new GPU then I will be top spec for a few months. On another note, my H510i PC case is now for sale so that gets me a little money towards a GPU 😊

We had a Thursday stream last week with the release of Horizon Forbidden West and so far it has not disappointed. I’m still getting to grips with a few of the new mechanics but it’s going well. As you can see from my Sunday selfie I was so excited for the game I put on battle paint just for the occasion. As much as I would love to it’s not going to happen for every stream but I felt the occasion warranted a little something extra.

Todays stream of Rainbow Six Siege was awesome. Thanks to everyone who dropped by and played some games with me. It was fantastic. I was carried in every single game and I did not deserve any of the wins I got.

My Horizon Zero Dawn playthrough is still going up on YouTube every Wednesday and I have started streaming on YouTube as well! So every Friday I will be live on YouTube playing Horizon Forbidden West so I wont have to edit any the videos for them to go up there! Win Win :D

I am off from my day job all week next week, so if you guys want to play any games or you see my playing anything on discord, come and hang out with me, lets play some games!

Have a wonderful week next week, Make good choices and I will see you next week!

Lady Rawthorm

xxx

[j-a-smiths-blog]

2231 5Feb24: Chapter 36.1

So yes, I wrote some earlier because I wasn't sure if I would write some now.

I'm trying to figure out time lines, and honestly, April looks like the first month I could actually film a portion of my stop motion. But this is also pending our household stuff gets here. So, I most likely would only be able to do one of the scripts anyway because the prep time to establish the shots and of course to go through and capture all the shots. It's gotta be one of those things where once I start... I really can't stop until I am done with that sequence of shots.

I did think of one potentially saving grace... I could set up two cameras and maybe potentially a third camera if I get one more phone tripod. This would help tremendously with ensuring I cover the same work but two or three different angles which would ultimately save me precious time. You see... I could set up my phone to get the entire course of "Elizabeth" walking down the trail dead on. But then at a 45 I could have my Canon 60d with the 50mm macro lens on for the 45 profile tight shot on her upper body and face while she transits the woods and then I could have my Canon 5d mk2 set up for a 90 profile shot and I could put the 28-105mm zoom lens on or the 24mm lens which gives me variables I need to figure out... zoom I could zoom to different focal lengths and grab the sequence... but I'd have to be especially careful not to bump the zoom to much at once... or I could just shoot the entire thing wide on the 24mm and zoom in if needed.

It's good to have these little production meetings with me so I can hash out these ideas and be ready.

Also, shooting these two or three different angles would allow me to really splice when and where I want in post.... and I could also use just 1 camera angle as a trailer... thinking the dead on shot from the phone looking down the trail as Elizabeth walks towards the camera...

I think after I shower I will pop on a pirate film and drift to sleep!

[things-about-cars-in-posts]

Thoughts on 2nd gen Honda Prelude?

Mh, meh. I must say, least favorite Prelude generation, on a purely aesthetic level. However, that really is not saying much.

I love the first generation, it's a classic!

And the third gen?

How can a design so aced still fuck. Also, I am partial to it since the guy below let me sit in the one he saved from the scrapper, making it the first car I ever pop the headlights up and down on. (Also, notice the rear wheel steering! It reduces the cornering radius making the car feel even more nimble than it already is)

The fourth gen... you know what, find it in the wrong color and rims and I will probably change my vote for least favorite gen, but I will concede it can work with the right ones.

The fifth gen I also think didn't knock it out of the park. Because there's a difference between knocking it out of the park and sending it into the exosphere.

All the while, the Mk2?

It just kind of looks a bit like a Mk3 that didn't commit as hard.

But that's pretty much the only negative thing I can say about it, because it's an 80s Honda, these things are good both to drive and to live with almost by definition (and I speak from experience. Well, someone else's, but still) and it's a smart little coupe with pop-up headlights that takes little to look gooood.

Okay, actually, there is another criticism I remembered.

I know, I know, I am as big a fan of 80s madness as the next guy and likely bigger, but can we admit this I-Was-Making-A-Citroën-Style-Wheel-And-Cowarded-Halfway-Through special is at least out of place in something trying to be a sportscar?