#NEW ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO SOON Y'ALL!!

[guttersnarls]

awesome_and_modest: We had the honor of making the animated music video for @/thebandghost ‘s Mary on a Cross. It is a part of their new live movie, RITE HERE RITE NOW, which is currently playing in movie theaters around the world. Thanks to the directors Tobias Forge and @/alexrossperry for bringing us in for this one. Now we need to get back to cranking away on our second Ghost music video which will be out soon.

[directdogman]

have you ever considered:

making another game? Something completely new. Just, throwing ideas around and seeing what sticks? I’d love more content from you in general

I'm working on something new right now! It's Dialtown related, it's playable and it's going to release later this year (the exact month depends on how fast the rest of development goes, of course.) I can promise y'all that it's not Dialtown 2, though I won't confirm or deny any other possibilities just yet.

I made speculations about when I figured Dialtown could release mid-development and those estimates were rarely even close to correct, so I won't make an exact release prediction this early for fear of disappointing you guys. But, I can confirm that the next piece of Dialtown media IS in active development right now!

I'm also not gonna tease what it is just yet, or show what's done this early because if I did, you guys would just go nuts and then it'd be actual torture waiting for me to finish the rest of it!

Video games (and meaty updates to video games) of literally any type unfortunately take quite a while to complete. Some disciplines are like this, like animation for instance. It might look like I'm not up to much, but I can confirm that there's quite a bit of activity behind the scenes and not just from me, but also from collaborators! (3 new music tracks have been completed, some new backgrounds, and over 10k words in the script so far!)

I'll have more to say about it soon, but right now I just don't want to rouse you guys and get everyone too hyped until I know I'm a lil closer to the next big release. (The Karen plush, I'll remind everyone, is also making good strides behind the scenes as a separate cool DT related thing!)

2023 is gonna be an active year for Dialtown! :)

[murfeelee]

CQL/MDZS INSP Kemonomimi AU: Rise and Shine! (V2)

CAPTIONS AS TEXT

- One morning in Pagoda Isles…. - As usual, Lan WangJi rises promptly before dawn, to start his daily routine. - Ah, refreshing yoga and meditation! - LWJ's oldest son, Lan SiZhui, is a dutiful child; who wakes early and is dressed and ready for another day at school. LWJ tells LSZ that his breakfast is warm and waiting for him. And his baba packed his school lunch last night. - LWJ's husband, Wei WuXian, is not a morning person by any means, and eventually claws his way out of bed, looking for kisses from his Cultivation Partner and their children. "Where are my little radishes~?" - After LSZ finishes his breakfast, he goes upstairs to wait for the school bus. - LWJ looks around his sons' bedroom--especially LSZ's unmade bed--and sighs. He knows he should make the boy clean up his own mess, but he's weak and proud of it! - WWX and LSZ bond over a few rounds of video games, before the school bus horn finally sounds downstairs. - LSZ kisses his parents and baby brother goodbye, and rushes to the bus to begin a new adventure for the day. "Bye Baba! Bye Papa!" Baba WWX calls out, "Have a good day at school, Radish!" Papa LWJ says "Mn. Be good for your teachers, Baobei." - WWX needs to get to work soon, so LWJ takes their baby boy A-Yuan downstairs with him to his music room. - The sound of AY giggling as he bashes away at his xylophone is music to LWJ's ears. - Meanwhile, WWX enters his studio. He'd warmed up with his son, but now he was ready to CRUSH it. His title as a professional competitive gamer and streamer depended on it! - "Welcome to my channel, this is the Yiling Laozu! Get Good, or die trying!" - Over-reactor streamer! Work hard, and play harder!

MY THOUGHTS & CC CREDITS

MY THOUGHTS

I've been veeeeery slowly working on this gameplay alongside my regular Untamed/MDZS gameplay. There's a billion WangXian fanfics/fanarts with dragon!LWJ, huli-jing!WWX, or bunny!LSZ/AY, so I kinda blended those AUs together--don't ask how a dragon and a fox create rabbit children--when you've Cultivated to immortality, anything's possible! 😅

I also wanted A-Yuan & Lan Sizhui to be 2 separate kids, so I could play with different ages. I've teased LSZ in my other MDZS posts/preview pics, but this is the first time I've shown him and A-Yuan.

In my Kemonomimi/Modern AU, WangXian left Shang Simla to live in Pagoda Isles with their kids. LWJ is a world famous concert pianist & qin player; and WWX's a full-time videogame streamer.

CC CREDITS

Pagoda Isle world (X); I gutted the interior of one of the lots.

I used SO many mods by @twinsimming and @thesweetsimmer111--thank y'all for all the amazing improvements to TS3!

I have like every TSS mod installed; I'm not even sure what does what anymore, LOL.

LWJ was using Twin's Yoga mod, and WWX was using their Livestreaming & Videogame mod, with @martassimsbookcc's Get Famous conversion set.

Also, shoutout to this adorable Anime Clouds mod at MTS!

[ut-versotale]

Some Updates!

Heyo! Welcome back. I come bearing some update news!

FANGAME PTRORGRESS! (I'm not retyping that)

The textboxes type more accurately to Deltarune in particular - now automatically shuffling to the next line for me rather than requiring a special "instruction character." There's a LOT of improvements to the textbox now, which was an absolute headache and a half to code, but since it IS the most fundamental required feature for all of an Undertale project to work, I think my time bashing my head in over making it function well was necessary.

The party member pathing code is ALMOST done. It's actually surprisingly not as challenging as I thought it'd be. I put it off for so long because I thought trying to code it would deal actual psychic damage to myself, but it doesn't seem to be that bad. (And I know now I'm gonna find some massive bug with my code that's gonna give me a headache trying to fix for 6 hours straight, but oh well, 'tis what I signed up for, was it not?)

Battle coding is... about the same as it was when I last talked about it however-many-months ago. I'm still not entirely sure where to place the first one that'd work best from a game design perspective - if it should be before or after a party member is added.

Some spoiler stuff I can't talk about, of course. But, like, not even in a cheeky little spoiler section, either. I want y'all to experience this for yourself for sure

The Next Showcase Video

I still do plan on the next showcase video being published before the end of January. I'm setting this more for myself so I get my ass in gear and finish it. It's not in any danger of NOT being released by then, but still, I work best with deadlines.

HOWEVER, I would like to point out that what you see in the video will still be in a very unpolished state. For example, the background graphics for the Surface cutscene are still very much not complete, there's no new music in yet, some animations are janky, Asriel is still (currently, might change soon) hijacking Ralsei's voice blip and Hercine's blip still (Also currently, might change soon) needs to be redone...

Etc., etc., you get the idea by now. Maybe I'm hammering it home too much, but I don't want expectations for this to be TOO high. It's still incomplete. And as time goes on, this beginning section is probably what I'll continuously make showcase videos for.

Final Thoughts

Anyway, that's about it from me! I hope to see you again sometime before the end of January! Thank you all for continuing to follow this small little love letter to Toby Fox's works, especially those of you who have stuck around with me for a whopping seven years through all this AU's ups and downs!

[7ndipity]

Shipping game! Hope I’m not too late. :D

Hello! Congratulations on 2k and Happy New Year! I read your stuff over and over again, and it honestly got me through the final difficult (for me) stretch of 2023. I suspect you and your work will be helping me through 2024 as well. :)

I’m a plus-sized curvy girl, but no matter how big I get, I’m still hourglass-shaped, and losing weight doesn’t affect my chest size as much.

I love anime, (Korean, Chinese, or Japanese) dramas, role-playing video games, reading, music, languages, sneakers, and shopping.

I have two boxes in my room that are just full of merch, and I never go out without at least one BT21 bag charm on each bag I’m using.

I studied ballet for a little over 12 years, but I think I sing better than I dance. I stopped doing both when I went to med school, but now that I’m working in my clinic, I’ve been able to get back to these loves a bit. :)

I’m a Leo, but living in a perpetual state of feeling not quite good enough.

I’m the youngest in my family, so being submissive is my default, but can go all dominant if I want something badly enough. ;)

I love being looked after, and looking after someone else as well.

Thank you so much!

Omg, as soon as I started reading your description, my brain just went 'JiminJiminJimin!'😂, so I'll say Jimin, and to a lesser extent Tae!

You and Jimin have a lot of similar interests, and kinda like what I said abt Hobi in a earlier request, having a partner that has a similar love for dance(and music), especially a style that matches or blends with his so well, would be extremely appealing to him! I feel like the two of you would just mesh really well. He's also a very caring person and likes taking care of his loved ones, so y'all match well on looking out for each other(Also Libras and Leos are really great matches for each other!)

For Tae, again there are several similar interests and traits, but I just feel like he would be kinda smitten with you! Like he would find you so sweet and soft and cuddly, and he would be so fascinated by your mix of skills and knowledge!

Hope this was alright!💜

[transman-badass]

I can't sleep so let's talk about DJ Sunshine. Follow me under the cut for dead dove galore!

So Sunshine's main fic is called Amoricide. I've written others with her but this is the primary one. Amoricide is a word I made up - a fictional term for the fictional act of murdering your soulmate. Amoricide (the fic) is a dark soulmate mark au. As the introduction says:

Every culture, dead or alive, had a myth or two about the marks. It was more universal than floods, or world trees, or trickster animals. They said every human had a mark that matched another’s. The matching marks identified them as carved from the same rock, born from the same spirit, whatever metaphor for the soul you wanted to use. They belonged together and would always find each other.

A cute myth. But just a myth. In the safety of modern reality, billions of humans went their whole lives never meeting their soulmate. They married, had children, died, without it. And the ones who did meet their matching mark would soon find there really was no love at first sight. Pushed into marriage by society, unable to divorce because of the old beliefs about destiny, these people who came to hate each other would find only one solution left…

For those unfamiliar with Dead by Daylight, it's a slasher horror inspired video game. The premise of the game is that the Survivors and Killers are both trapped by an eldritch creature called the Entity, and forced to play a deadly game over and over, the pain of the Survivors feeding the Entity. The fandom expanded on the lore a lot, in true fandom ways, which is what I built the fic on.

In Amoricide, Jill Cortez, a Survivor, finds herself targeted by a particular Killer, a fallen kpop idol, the Trickster aka Hak Ji-Woon, who seems to hate her for no apparent reason. This constant, brutal murder she's put through isolates her from the other Survivors, and she can't understand why he's doing it. In truth, her constantly bleeding soulmate mark is a match to his own, and he isn't happy about it.

What nobody knows about Jill is that she has a double life. She's set up a radio station in the Fog Realm (using the knowledge she gained back on Earth to do so) and moonlights on air as DJ Sunshine. Trickster, a bit music starved since arriving in this place, finds a kindred spirit with her, and to his annoyance, realizes he wants a woman he's never met.

It can only end badly when the two find out the truth.

Yeah, this idea is awesome, right?

The problem is, there's not much of a readership for stories like this in the dbd fandom. 90% of dbd fics are reader pov. It's like that for most newer fandoms nowadays. So while I have a few friends that would love to read more, and I probably will finish it, I'm wanting to take what I've got and make it into something original.

The problem is I've got no idea how to take away the DBD elements. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ They're pretty critical to the plot. Which means I either need to translate the elements into original ones (without getting sued for copyright infringement in the process) or just come up with a whole new plot.

I normally wouldn't bother but I really do feel there's an audience for this. I'm not sure where that audience is (probably TikTok xP) but it's out there. And I just. I love Sunshine. I'd write a whole series of books about her if I could. She makes my heart happy.

So, that's what that is. Tagging the people who interacted with that one post so y'all can see this

EDIT: If anyone is curious about the fic still, here is the link to chapter 1 on ao2

@acertainmoshke @your-local-tall-asshole @k-v-briarwood @theimperiumchronicles @slenders1ckn3ss

[mav-the-artist]

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!! (IMPORTANT PLEASE READ)

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting art for a bit.

Last Monday (Jan 30th) I finally purchased A GAMING DESKTOP!!!

Now I can draw better, ACTUALLY animate with an animation program (once I find a good one to use), get back into pc gaming, and STREAM (eventually)

ALL this time I was drawing and animating with this hunk of crap:

This is a TOSHIBA Satellite 17 inch Windows 7 Laptop.

Windows 7.

That I've been using since 2012.

As a whole, this computer is an absolute piece of shit.

It's on life support (plugged in charger when running at all times). It cannot multitask. You can't even play music in the background while drawing. AND I couldn't even use discord. Any program idling in the background would slow it down and heat it up. Video card would crash when watching youtube. Flash games would load 1 frame every 3 seconds. That is not an exaggeration. I'm lucky that my Wacom tablet worked on it, but that probably was gonna go next. There's a lot more wrong with this laptop, but you get the gist.

NOW:

I've been doing really REALLY well lately in my life (you can read this post for context). And I've been eagerly wanting to upgrade. So my tax refund came in a couple weeks ago and I had found a desktop that was within my budget.

This...is my new rig:

(these are just still photos; the tower, mouse and keyboard are actually cycling through all colors of the rainbow)

This is an iBUYPOWER Trace MR258i . Now don't be fooled like I was with the company's Aliexpress-sounding name, lol; this is a reputable gaming pc company. I picked it up for $1080, including tax (it includes the mouse and keyboard, not the monitor). Originally it retails at $1500 before taxes, but it was on sale for $1000. Now this is definitely not a high-end rig, but it is a fucking amazing computer nonetheless.

Under the hood:

Mobo: ASRock B550M-c microATX form factor Video card: Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB Drive: 1TB Western Digital NvMe M.2 SSD (Solid State Drive) RAM: 16GB (2x8GB sticks) DDR4 3000 Power supply: 650 watt CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 3700Mhz

Operating System: Windows 11 Home

One side of the case is made with a tempered glass panel, so I can see all the cool compy parts with RGB; it's lookin like a rave in there :D

When playing GTAV at High settings I get around 160fps.

I'm not terribly picky, plus I'm still learning about pc parts 'n stuff, but this computer is definitely beyond my expectations and can handle everything I throw at it. It's perfect for what I need to use it for.

WHAT THIS MEANS NOW:

I can draw much easier, on larger canvases, and they can get done somewhat faster now that I have a properly working pc. I can also draw better art with backgrounds and all that.

I PLAN ON ANIMATING WITH A LEGITIMATE ANIMATION PROGRAM. MAYBE EVEN AN ACTUAL MADCOM FAN EPISODE.

STREAMING (SOON)

GAMING (of course)

I've never seen my art program run so smooth. My drawing tablet works with the new PC, and lines are really fucking smooth and there's zero lag nor jittering.

The past week since I've gotten it, I've had to transfer all my stuff from my old laptop to this new one, setting the new pc up, downloading games, etc etc. AKA I've been busy af the past week, not including my retail job that's been kicking my ass.

I just wanted to make this post so you all can be updated on what the hiatus was all about.

ANYWAY I'M SO FUCKING HYPED Y'ALL LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO-

[fff777]

reaction to rainbow dream stay ep 2

recreation time

mark flustered jisung by touching his ears uwu. is it just me or is jisung starting to be one of mark's babies? jisung was always everyone's baby but i feel like there are other hyungs who normally have more cute aggression to jisung (renjun, jaemin) than mark does

mark was asked to sing rainbow and he sang the lyrics wrong 😅

they have to pass ten hoops through the chain of them holding hands

???

that was a practice round lol

haechan rushed through his part so he could help the others but they ended up being too fast so jaemin was like let's just sit down and chat so they have enough footage to edit

renjun's hair is all messy lol

next is a kind of charades but they have to perform it (in song but rap counts)

whatever jaemin's performance was lol

jisung was getting really into his song and haechan guessed too fast

mark just froze when he got to fine dining and passed

omg....jeno is the king because he's 帝努

their friendship rings are called yo! deuring 😆 (like yo dream)

jaemin was an answer TWICE now lol

what muscle is this even??? i had to google it and it's like the back part of the lats i think?

they failed because mark passed on fine dining 😅

mark: ...why didn't you tell us about that rule

now musical chairs

LOL jaemin had a 1 second delay to sitting down but there was no one to fight with him

they're trying to gain points by being nice to each other and offering their seats lol

LOL for the second time jaemin had a second delay to sitting down while someone elsewhere was fighting for seats

and then comes the flurry of offering seats and dinu is like NOOO I DON'T NEED THEM 😤

they keep losing points for getting mad over refusing a seat lol

jaemin for the THIRD time could leisurely sit down except he dragged his seat over to the losers' section and renjun won 😅 honestly though i wonder if it's just bc he doesn't want to play lol. we know he's not big on games.

it's funny how they sing the song out of order lol, they just sing whichever section they're feeling

renjun pulling a jaemin and moving his seat to the losers' section when jisung lost so now it's wangmoriz battle lel

i saw this funny post about renjun being small but for real shoulder gangster renjun why are you so smol 😭

chenle singing the bridge for the third time 🤣🤣🤣🤣

when will chenle ever be this nice to jisung 🤣🤣 chenle is YANKING on his arm

jeno: chenle you can't lose you have to keep singing the bridge

chenle bridge finale 🤣🤣

their friendship went up to 880% :o i guess they were trying too hard to offer their seats lol

healing time next

awww is it cuddle time

aww marksung got voted to tell a bedtime story to the others

oh what they're just reading lyrics

jisung's putting the head massager in mark's head as he reads. is that his new favourite thing?

now they're taking turns reading but also the reader is taking turns with who they're going to massage/bother with the head massager

what are you doing to donghyuck 😭 flash back to zitao on exo showtime (if you know you know)

ticklish chenle getting nervous

jaemin totally not involved and lighting a candle by himself lol...he really is the lone wolf

i seeeeee

never mind

chenle likes the head massaging but the stomach massage is still too much lol

??? watch the video but when you see donghyuck rubbing renjun's stomach you're gonna be like....why is he making noises like that

lol rag doll mode

when mark told jisung to lie down he was hesitant and mark was told him to hurry up.......low key mark using his big brother voice??? i'm into it

literally afraid of everything

bro jisung is literally a scared animal he has his defenses way high up

jisung is really ticklish too i guess

haechan and tummies eh

he is actually calm enough to get a massage lol

donghyuck washing clothes on......washboard abs 😅

jisung keeps commenting on how jeno is all muscles 😅 y'all are getting distracted

jeno is a little ticklish

AS SOON AS HE SITS DOWN

LMAO jaemin giving birth again 🤣🤣

OMG friendship level dropped to 430% lol. guess they need to do more activities to bring it back up to 825%!!!!!! lol

so it appears several dream members are ticklish or just uncomfortable with being touched

so they have some rolling paper for next episode. i don't think it's going to be serious, i think it's going to be lighter :3

[hauntnowpod]

It's our hauntingly happy duty to introduce you to another batch of season three cast members!

D Sumner joins our happy haunting as E. Drawing Ghost 2. YESSSSS that E stands for something important, but it's a spoiler friends. You'll have to listen to find out!

D Sumner is a trans, hispanic voice actress with experience in games, audio drama & animation. Most recent projects include The Bonneville Game & Praise Kal'Gesh and she has upcoming appearance in The Spire Podcast & The Hayseed Knight

Danny Spiller returns as Aaron, who needs to find some unfinished business so he doesn't fade...

Danny Spiller (he/him) is a queer trans voice actor and professional introvert. Having been voice acting since early 2020, he has gained an extreme passion for voicing characters in video games, animation, audio dramas, and more. Outside of voice acting he enjoys video games and doting over his cat, Timon. Find Danny online at dannyspiller.com and on Twitter @dannyspillerva

David A Meyers joins this season as Cas's Advisor!

David is a voice actor and singer from Milwaukee, and is excited to join The Way We Haunt Now! Demos and recent exploits can be found on his website.

Deniss Carvajal joins us this season as Cecilia -- a toddler who is just trying to play, y'all. I was SO BLOWN AWAY by Deniss's audition and I can't wait for you to hear what she's done this season!!!

Deniss is a business professional and bilingual voice actress from Colombia.

We're so thrilled David S. Dear is returning as Henry, who might introduce The Apartment to some new TV shows... and who will definitely be around to help Aaron figure out his unfinished business.

David is a voice actor and writer (actually more of a storyteller) who produces and performs in numerous audiobooks and is the creator of the audio drama A Ninth World Journal, co-producer of the audio drama-comedy Deconstructive Criticism podcast regular cast member of the audio comedy OZ-9 and has made appearances in many other audio drama podcasts.

Eleanor Grey will be back as Frankie: the afterlife of the party, the ghostest with the mostest, the best reciter of morbid Victorian poetry in the entire void.

Eleanor Grey is a multidisciplinary artist with a particular interest in queer speculative fiction. Eleanor can usually be found on a footpath somewhere in the British countryside, listening to audio dramas and dreaming of the stars.

Ella Gans joins the haunting this season as Nurse!

Ella has been doing online voicework for around 9 years now, and is always eager to participate in a new project. She hopes that one day she can do voiceover as a full time job!

Emma Skinner joins us this season as TV Announcer, TV Voices, and... uh, that's not a good sign.... 9-1-1 Operator.

Emma is an actor, writer, and composer from the East Coast. You can hear her as Rosa (and soon, as Cugine!) in seasons 3 and 4 of Breathing Space. She also plays Mel and composes music on Twigs and Hearts.

Gabriel Perez joins the haunting this season as Granddad (whose???? you'll have to listen to find out) and one of the voices of Poltergeist 0!

Gabriel Perez is the composer & audio engineer for the Quid Pro Roll podcast, lead writer and sound designer for the Heartlands VR-RPG, and lover of all things strange.

Georgia is not only returning as Josie, they also cowrote this season, creating a delightfully poignant closing character arc for our favorite ghost seamstress!

Georgia Mckenzie is a writer, director, voice actor. They are creator, writer, director & voice of Clarity on the Fast Track to 40 podcast, Monica in Ostium podcast and various other characters in podcasts such as Victoria's Lift, Copperheart & more. When they're not doing that, they're a science & government communications specialist so they can do more audiodramas. They also play the know-it-all sustainability and weird vehicle fan cohost on What Drives Us and all things geeky special guest on The Vertical Panel podcast.

James Molloy joins us this season as TV Voices!

Working with James was a delight. In their own words:

Hi! I'm James, I'm a VA and have been part of the industry for 5+ years. As well as voice acting, I also do composing and have had my work featured in a few indie games. I also enjoy writing, digital art and general media creation :)

We're so delighted Jeff Goldman is returning as one of the voices of The Apartment, and you should be, too!

Jeff is a father of two beautiful girls and husband to a patient and understanding woman. He acts, sings and dances with Pied Piper Players of San Mateo, California, is a budding pizzaiolo and enjoys photography. In his spare time, he is an executive compensation attorney with a large law firm in Palo Alto, California. This is his first podcast.

Jenna Rose joins the haunting this season as Minerva and FF House.

Jenna Rose (she/they) is an experienced queer/nonbinary voice actor who has performed in animation pilots, visual novels, video games, and podcasts. She has participated in professional VA training since 2020 and enjoys contributing to content that explores queer experiences, mental health issues, and the occasional eldritch horror. In their spare time Jenna is a yoga teacher, an amateur baker, a pet parent, and a dabbling cosplayer who once sang on stage as a queer female war general. You can find her demos and current resume on her website www.jrosereads.com.

Help us welcome these amazing VAs, and if you can, pitch in or spread the word about our crowdfunding campaign:

[clouds-of-wings]

#I hope this is ok to reblog lemme know if not#but thank you got bringing all this up#I know AI generated album covers are a thing and I'm extremely critical of them#AI music videos though??? FFS!!!!#I remember when I tried torrenting WT's Resist album that was about... fighting against... something? 'The System?'#and it was the only times we received mail about pirating from our internet provider#motherfuckers do y'all not see the irony???#tone deaf as fuck all this#anyway#music stuff

(tags by @in-ravenlight)

Loooool okay I know I said I wouldn't talk about this topic anymore, but a WT mention was just about the only thing that had the ability to make me break that promise. Because that is really the icing on the shit cake that WT has been recently. To be fair though, that album is released by the big-ass pop label Universal, so they are probably the ones monitoring torrents and trying to get people in trouble. I really doubt that that's a decision the band made. But, if you sign to Universal, you might as well sign to Disney tbh, so that says something too. It's the very corporate option.

But anyway, their newer singles are all about Justice(TM) and Good(TM), for example they suddenly started caring about Iran when it was trendy for a few months, and they also made a video about sexual assault. Because, you see, they care. Except when it saves them money not to, as Sharon pointed out pretty explicitly in an interview. I quote at length:

Asked if she and her bandmates were concerned about the variety of dangers AI poses, ranging from the small to, potentially, the existential, before embracing it for the creation of their videos, Sharon said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, yes, very much, because I understand the concerns and I hope there will be a law soon to guide everyone to what's allowed and what's not allowed because sometimes it's not very obvious what the dangers are and that will help people to make the right decision, I guess. For us, it is a tool that we love, especially because of the fact that it gives so much opportunity and a lot of times, it would not be… It's very expensive to do what we did actually now normally, and it still was a very expensive video, though it may not look like one… We were very happy how it turned out because it became a very new type of video for us, something that we would not able be to be to afford because it takes so much time. And also money-wise, it's very expensive to make something like that similar, an animation like that. We always wanted it, and this is the first time that, with a tool like this, it's still even possible. And we wanted to have like a painting coming to life, and that's what we tried to do. And it worked out like that. But like I said, the lip sync is something that needs to be worked on in the future; that's something that AI is not very good at. So on that point, that's a little bit less beautiful. But on the other hand, we did everything in the same way that we normally do. We use the same group of people, worked with the same people, I mean. And so we had the director, we wrote the storyline together. There were actors who were filmed, the band was filmed, everybody was filmed like we normally do, but the only thing is we added someone to it, to the team; that's the AI specialist. And, of course, there's a lot of things to still figure out what to do with AI in the future. But I think there's a lot of upside, not just in the art way, but also in hospitals, like finding certain cures for certain things — not cures, but maybe problems, like scans and everything; it goes easier with AI, for instance, than it normally would with a lot of people, which is more expensive."

So to sum up: The situation is soooo confusing but also, you have to understand, the band really fucking likes money, and if they gave that money to an animation team they'd have less of it. So what's a tiny band with a mere 2 million monthly Spotify listeners, some impoverished recent labelmates of Taylor Swift, to do? Plus, AI also gets used for good things in hospitals, so that's exactly the same thing and no one would criticize it, right?

But yeah, they still really, really care about justice. At least when it makes them money.

I guess I can post this now... this is the video to the new Therion single, out 2 days ago. As you can see even from looking at the preview picture, it's AI generated, by Stable Diffusion to be precise.

So, the latest one in the sad parade* of "bands I like that have no problem with screwing over visual artists to save a few bucks and have their heads in the sand about how it might impact them to legitimize this way of making content"? Thankfully no. Christofer wrote a very long text about his opinions on AI yesterday, which are generally very critical of how the technology is used. The video above was apparently made without his input, he hadn't specified that he wanted AI and was in fact a little shocked when he got the video and didn't want to use it. But it was also too late to order another video, so he figured he'd take it to avoid not having a video at all, and also use it to start a discussion. There had apparently been some AI stuff in the "Twilight of the Gods" video too at first, but he had made them take it out.

Being made with Stable Diffusion, the video of course uses stolen art. The bot is also doing its best as a "bias automation machine", as the meme goes, by accompanying a song about Turkish mythology with imagery of Arabs, Arabic stuff, and deserts, an inaccuracy that was apparently lost on the production team behind the video, but very much not lost on Turks on YT.

Anyway, Christofer would, based on his text, like it if people thought about the future of the arts for 0.05 seconds before jumping head first into AI, and also thinks we need to "strengthen the cult around real art" to keep human-made creations alive. And complain a lot, of course. Under videos like the one above.

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\* Those are by no means the only bands that come to mind, but they are the biggest ones that I am in some way interested in and that I have seen use AI openly. A couple of smaller bands I like did the same, but I don't wanna hate on them on my blog since they're basically just some random people with a hobby, not public figures. I did try to be more understanding towards them, but I don't know if I really succeeded at that.

[timmymyluv]

cinnamon girl.

FAKE INSTA AU.

FC: rosé of blackpink

kpop idol fem!reader x timothée chalamet

hi lovies! i hope u guys are having a wonderful day I missed y'all and had a great time on vacay. had a bit of a writers block with soc med aus and felt they were getting repetitive esp with how often id upload sometimes so I hope you guys like this. pls cont messaging me and saying hi requests or not. I always love hearing from u all. 💗

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dog mama

user12 ok jump scare thought that was a real baby

fan9 NO SAME I was horrified I was like when did she have time to be pregnant

lalalalisa_m kisses to hank pls 😘

yourusername 🥰 hank loves u back

tchalamet hank my best buddy

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tchalamet and I miss my son and his mama

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we spotted timothee chalamet and y/n l/n in downtown la filming some super secret project. guesses on what it's about? both have been hush hush on what this is about and everyone on set is super tight lipped.

user7 it's clearly from a closed shoot so what are you doing there hello

timo5ever he looks so cute love u timo

ynclan yn has the best legs that go on foreverrr

user11 I heard they've been working with scott or abel I wonder which one now

user09 tru yn featured on a kid cudi song just recently so wouldn't be surprised if they kept collaborating

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literally could have not had the perfect casting for this dream project of mine. even more so to have two of my dearest friends feature on the music video for moth to a flame 🔥

music video out NOW

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stephanebak killed it always guys!

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kidcudi geniuses in the lab 🔥

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exploring NYC.

user18 reminds me of doyoungs billie cover in the same subway stop

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nctfans DOIE GOT NOTICED BY BILLIE?

user89 oh she's becoming a new yorker now cute

yourusername wouldn't want to wander around with anyone else even if you get us lost didn't you live here from birth? 🙄

tchalamet we took the scenic route so you can see more places only locals know

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[hyenasheep]

Some random specific headcanons for Ghouls

Beacuse I'm trying brainstorming ☕

When Aether hugs you he's doing that little thing when he will squeeze you super hard for a few seconds and than let you go while patting your head

Swiss LOVES cheesy romcoms such as Friends, To All The Boys I've Ever Loved, Midnight In Paris, Mamma Mia or La La La Land (even better if it's a musical) and one of his most favorite romantic movies ever is Dirty Dancing. He and Copia had seen the film already thousand times, it's their comfort movie and they remember all lines and especially dance moves by heart

-I already mentioned this one in my latest post but- Aether is that type of person who will listen to you regardless of the situation or topic, you can talk about tea spoons, weather or DND session while joining a bishop's sermon and he will be genuinely interested and focused

Swiss nonironically loves Just Dance, he has a collection of all games and probably is a proud member of the JD fandom. He's probably even of the admins

Cirrus and Cumulus are besties with Mist (ghoulette from third era), they often hanging out and has private chat on Discord where they share cute animal tiktoks, diy's or anything music related "Hey Ghesties look at this Slipknot meme ⚫👄⚫" "Omgg did you guys hear that new Abba album? This song kinda slaps" "Y'all Gorrilaz just dropped their tour list"

Rain and Mountain loves asmr relaxing videos and playlists with a specific aesthetic povs. For example:

Pov: you're studying in a haunted school, it's hot outside and you're trying to ignore demon bully who's sitting next to you.

Pov: it's a cold spring morning, you're walking through a deserted forest in the mountains, but you're not alone.

Pov: it's 3 am, you're supposed to clean up the church after midnight mass but instead you start listening to music that comes from a altar (slowed + reverb)

Dew's weakness are scented candles, if you're trying to settle with him after an argument, buy him a qualitative scented candles which lasts a long time and have a strong and intense scent. Unfortunately most of the ghouls/siblings tries to usually look for a different options cuz' there's a 90% chance he will 'accidentally' set the room and the rest of the building on fire

Cirrus quickly befriended Stratus/Sunshine (the new ghoulette) aka extrovert adopted a introvert, Cirrus also wants her to join their ghoulettes dm group but S. Can be extremely shy when it comes to meeting new ghouls especially through social medias

Rain loves Marvel movies, he's not that much into comics but he likes superhero stuff. He saw all movies and series, bought some merch such as Thanos's glove/Deadpools robotic talking head/Vision Teddy bear/Captain America's shield as pizza cutter etc., he even few times joined a Comiccon and has a signed poster by Tom Hiddleston. He doesn't want to admit it but he has a crush on Captain America and Silver Surfer.

Mountain practices yoga, he tried it few times before he was summoned, than stopped cuz of drums and than started again cuz his back began to ache from daily drumming. He's actually really good at it. Occasionally Cumulus joins him during one of his daily routines.

Although it doesn't seem so at first glance, Cumulus loves horror movies. Whenever any new horror movie or series comes out she plans a movie night, as soon as she watches it she will go sharply rate it on IMDB. One of her favorite movies are Hereditary and The Ring. Of course she's also a huge fan of true crime podcasts.

Stratus/Sunshine has special playlists for literally any mood or any kind of situation. Crying at 3 am over that one person you met at 2007, and then you've never seen them again? Boom, here's a playlist. You're having a picnic with your ghoul friends in the park, but a storm came out of nowhere so you ran to hide but you realized, it was quite fun to be outside and so you started dancing in the summer rain? Woohoo, another playlist. Have you experienced a moment, that seemed like a scene from a movie but no one believes you it ever happened? You see me where im going- Bang, playlist, you welcome.

Dew has a personality of orange cat with one brain cell. "Never let them know your next move." Said after he ate soap before one of the bands meetings and called it Soap Opera. That's also one of the reasons why he doesn't have anymore any free space for his mouth under his new ghoul helmet. He's still mad at Copia for that 'design' decision.

[mellowknightcolorfarm]

𝐈𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐜

• he was extremely nervous when the day finally arrived because what if you back out? What if YOU OR HIM gets whisked away by a ghost! What if you found someone better and left him anime style?!

• Ortho had to reassure him that no nii-san they are not going to leave you. Idia calms down because he trusts you and your love for him.

• he couldn't believe that you've stayed by his side since nrc and even wanted to marry him! He is so happy and couldn't wait to see you walking down the aisle.

• the wedding itself was quite big since he still was from a noble family, you and him had worked and talked about the venue, the flower arrangements, the menu. The result of course was stunning. [ You can imagine what you'd like since everyone's taste is different:) ]

• he was at his position and he finally heard the wedding music that you two and some of your family had comprised to, the melody of the paino sweeps the people attending it was soft, perfect for the occasion. The doors open.

• when you were walking down the aisle, he looks at you and immediately his face turned red, his hair glowing with a pink color as his cheeks rise in temperature.

• when you finally reach where he was, his thoughts we're running 1000 miles per second. You we're absolutely stunning, he was so lucky to marry you, to have met you, to love you, to have you in his life, to be your husband, he felt like he reached the good end of an otome game! He felt like he just got all of his favorite characters cards! You make him so extremely happy. :)

• you look at him and smile, you were marrying the love of your life! You were so happy. The times you spent in nrc were fun, when you asked him to be your boyfriend that one day where you and him were playing games in his room, his face you'd never forget. You loved him as much as he loved you.

• you and him exchange rings, the rings were an heirloom from the Shroud for generations. The blue jewel that adorned your ring resembled your soon to be husband's hair, it must run in the family.

• he looked at you and smiled, the blush on his face calmer. He was nervous, what if he messed up his vows! He worked on it for weeks yet when he saw your eyes so full of love that was only for him, with a new found determination, he says his vows. ( Sorry if ooc since its just me yearning :') )

𝐈𝐝𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬:

Y/n, its been years since we've been together and we're finally getting married. Though i may not say it as often but i love you. I mean you've put up with me since we were in college. You we're there to tell me when to stop or to pick my ass up, you we're there when i got to nervous at gatherings. You have been by my side even when you have seen all of my good and bad sides, you're my player 2 as cheesy that sounds but i am grateful when you confessed to me all those years ago because there is no way i would have the courage to do that first. Though there where times where we argued we always made up at the end, or the times where we both would be exhausted aftrr playing video games till sunrise, you've always been here for me. Thank you for loving all of me. I love you.

• you're heart felt warm, you felt your cheeks reddened. It was rare to see Idia so sentimental like this. You gaze up at him and you're tempted to just kiss him on spot. So you said your vows ( i wont be writing it cause everyone has diff views )

• the moment for the I do's have finally come. The priest looks at Idia.

• “ these rings are a symbol of your union, do you vow to love and to hold, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, may death do you part. ” Idia breathes out a breath he didn't know he was holding “ I do. ”

• “ these rings are a symbol of your union, do you vow to love and to hold, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, may death do you part. ” you take a hold of his hand “ I do. ”

• “ By the power vested in me, you are now married and y'all can kiss ” pfft-

• Idia blushes and cups your face, leaning in kissing you softly.

• The people clap, you throw the bouquet. Someone you don't know catches it but you don't care you just got married to the love of your life! Ortho is proud of his nii-san! And y'all live happily ever after. The end.

[justanothercloudinthesky]

Hi! are matchups still open? If they are, can I request an MHA matchup?

Here's my info:

Gender preference: Male

My love language: acts of service

My age: 18

Dislikes: unsolicited advice, sudden loud noises, being interrupted

Likes: art, plushies, books, nature, music, animals

Few of my hobbies: writing, reading, listening to music, playing video games

Why I like my hobbies:

• All of them are relaxing and fun to do.

• Another reason I like writing is that I can express myself freely; also, inspire others.

• Listening to music and reading gives me story ideas also, inspiration.

My appearance:

I have long, straight black hair also brown eyes. My height is 4'9" and, I have tan skin. I have a small face and thick hair.

Clothing style:

It depends on the occasion but, I usually dress casually. The colors I mostly wear are dark. Also, I sometimes wear both light and dark colors.

Personality:

I'm an ISTJ and a hopeless romantic. Strangers think I'm shy or aloof. Friends describe me as trustworthy, smart, kind.

I describe myself as patient, funny, sensitive (at times I cry when yelled at), reserved.

Sometimes I feel insecure.

I overthink too but, it happens rarely.

Few random facts about me:

• Plushies are a comfort object to me.

• I have two pets (one cat, one dog).

Hi, Thank you so much for Checking The Weather, Your forecast is...

Mezo Shoji!

I realize he isn't the most popular of characters, but please hear me out, as I think that this would be an amazing couple. Shoji is intimidating on the outside but frankly a sweetheart within. I think maybe at first he was a bit intimidated by you but was drawn in by your resourcefulness and wit during a mission. You truly inspire him, especially if your quirk is unique/hard to control (which, with your description, I think is highly likely, you go!)

I absolutely think that you and Shoji would be friends first, he'd start by asking you questions regarding the mission, and soon just love your company altogether. I also don't think that his demeanor would be a problem and he really enjoys listening to what you truly have to say. One thing I think helped turn it from a friendship to a more romantic one would be his helping to ground you after a particularly tough day.

Shoji would protect you with his life, and honestly, he thinks you being shorter is cute, but he'd never mention it unless you asked as he's so scared of offending you. piggy back rides are an absolute yes if you'd like them! I honestly think that Shoji is also a romantic at heart. I just get that vibe

I can't quite tell what his love language is, (I'm guessing quality time), but he'd be attuned to your appreciation for acts of service. Given the information on his wiki page, I'm not quite sure if he would get your plushie or music appreciation. I do however think that this wouldn't be so much of a dealbreaker as it is a place for you to teach each other new things.

Second: Tokoyami, It was super duper close, He would be your best friend I believe. Y'all would bond over music and stuff, but you might find your similarities and his lack of romantic aptitude puts a strain on a romantic relationship. I also believe that he is a deep overthinker and in the rare cases, you both got insecure/overthinking it could be difficult to pull each other out. An absolutely fantastic friendship tho!

Third: Kirishima, He was my immediate thought, and I still think he'd have a huge fricken crush on you, but I genuinely don't think that he could get far past the friendship stage as he constantly interrupts you/is yelling. It could potentially work, but not without some struggles and long, late-night talks. He would really like you as a teammate no matter what tho!

[takerfoxx]

Arcane, Season 1, Episode 7, "The Boy Savior," First Impressions!

All hail the king.

While every episode does advance every plot, there is always that one character that seems to be the star of the week, usually the one that gets the flashback lead-in before the intro. Last week was Viktor's.

And this week was unquestionably Ekko's.

And my dude gets a whole-ass music video!

Out of all the canon characters, Ekko has been one of the most absent, with only singed making fewer appearances. But that doesn't mean that he's been idle. As predicted, he's the Firelight leader, and has basically picked up Vander's mantle in fighting to protect the innocents of Zaun, though with Silco moving into the Lanes that's been more difficult, forcing him to create a hidden community for former Shimmer addicts and other victims.

And, uh, it fucking rocks. Seriously. That little subterranean tree community was visually gorgeous.

But while he's overjoyed to see Vi again, he's not so trusting of Cait, and with good reason. And Cait is forcibly getting a lesson in class disparity, though the two do thankfully come to an understanding.

I like Ekko as a leader. He's clearly seen some major shit, and had to grow hard to survive. He takes no shit, does not cower, but is also responsible and willing to listen to reason. He has his reasons for being distrustful and antagonistic, but will also work with those he despises if it'll help his people.

On the topside, Jayce the golden boy is starting to feel the pressure. He hates what he did to Heimerdinger, he doesn't like what his new position is doing to him, and during his confrontation with Viktor on the bridge, we see that he's not so pure after all, for as well-meaning as he is, he still harbors some prejudice toward those from the Undercity, which Viktor calls him out on. The dude's trying, but he is ultimately out of his depth, and now Heimerdinger is up to something.

As for Viktor, dude made a dark choice. He's been driven by desperation, and now he's turning to the darker side of fantasy science to save himself, using Shimmer to try to withstand whatever the hexcore will do to him. I don't know if he's corrupting it with whatever impurities are swimming around in him or it's corrupting him by just being naturally bad, but either way, he's had his Anakin Skywalker moment. Now, will he be fully corrupted, or will it take some time, and he'll seem fine for a bit before the darkness really takes hold?

Okay, so let's get to the bridge, the same where Violet and Powder lost their parents, and now Jinx loses everything else.

Well, for one, there's Marcus. Oh, Marcus. I really thought that your conscience would get the better of you eventually, and you'd do the right thing for once in your life, but I guess not everyone gets redemption.

I still think his kid might turn out to be one of the child champions.

Next, we get Jinx letting her delusions convince her that Vi has chosen Cait over her. Which, to be fair, is...kinda sorta true, but not in the way she's thinking, as Vi still wants to save her. But that's not something that's going to get through that rattled brain of hers anytime soon.

And finally...

Okay. I know y'all been waiting for me to talk about it, and now I've finally seen it. Let's talk about Ekko vs. Jinx.

Now, I try to avoid spoilers, but I had still heard a lot of hype over this fight, and I was curious to see if it would live up to that hype.

It did.

Ooooh boy, did it ever.

First, let's just take a moment to shout out the animation. Arcane's animation direction is pretty stellar most of the time anyway, but this was on a whole other level. Like, it was like something out of Into the Spider-Verse!

Second, there's Jinx's little line upon seeing Ekko. "Look who it is! The boy savior!" There is so much packed into that line, as it shows that Jinx knew that Ekko was the Firelight leader all along, that the two of them have been feuding for a long time, that they were probably pretty intense rivals.

But you know what? Despite thinking that she's a lost cause, despite no doubt resenting her for all of his friends that she's killed, Ekko still, in his own way, cares for her. I mean, they were pretty close friends as kids, and no doubt he pities her for what happened to her. After all, you do see Powder's face on the mural of the fallen. He still mourns the loss of his friend.

But he's not above weaponizing that history between them.

Look at her reaction when he starts swinging the pocketwatch, the same signal to begin the game they played as kids. Look at their demeanor. They're playful with each other, almost flirtatious. He's asking her to play one last time.

And Jinx being Jinx, she accepts.

And that is her undoing.

See, Ekko is a very smart guy, and he knows her fighting style inside and out. And he uses his memory of what she did during that childhood game coupled with his knowledge of her shooting habits to basically maneuver her into recreating that game, and in an absolutely brilliant call-forward to the rewind powers he will one day possess, he then outsmarts her and takes her down in a matter of seconds.

But that proves to be his undoing as well, as he stops right before ending her. Because while he was fully prepared to kill Jinx, he was not prepared to kill Powder.

I don't really think Jinx setting off that bomb was a malicious, "If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me!" moment. I think she recognized that he couldn't finish it, and I think that she was hoping that he would. So she decided to do it herself, just to make the hurting stop.

So are they dead? No, dummy, of course not. They're game characters. But it will be interesting to see how they survived. Did Ekko choose to save her at the last moment, or did something else intervene? Guess I'll find out soon.

[miraculous-trinity-leo]

Tᕼᗴ ᑕᕼᗩOTIᑕ ᗩᑎᘜᗴᒪ

(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6)

Chapter 3: Au Revoir Gotham My True Home

•—–—–·†·–—–—•

Marinette explained what happened and that she didn't mean to cause trouble, she didn't know why the bats were looking for her (author to audience... it's because she looks like one of his bat kids gone rouge.) When she asked how they knew the Bat was looking for her, she found out that Selina was actually dating the Bat... So Marinette was very surprised at that, her family talked about it and a few days after her birthday she'll be going to Paris, France with Selina to be with a family friend of hers. Marinette was now really thinking she was cursed, but she made sure to take it in stride and spend as much time with her friends and family as possible.

"Doan wawhry suguh, we'll make sure tuh visit as much as possible, yuh can even visit us durin' summuh and wintuh break." - Harley held back the tears as she hugged Marinette, Bud, Lou, Ivy, Selina, Ed and even Frank joined in on it.

……… ………

Marinette was out with her friends still not sure how to tell them, she started with the obvious.

"Sooo... tomorrow I turn 10... the double digits." - Marinette

"Soon you'll be one of us!" - Garfield gave Marinette a side hug with a big smile, god he made it harder to tell them

"So what do you want to do? We can celebrate, tomorrow and the day after that, and the day after that, heck we can celebrate for the whole week while we're at it!" - Garfield

Rachel noticed the sad smile Marinette had as Garfield continued talking.

"Is there something you need to tell us?" - Rachel's words stoped Garfield in his tracks, he then looked at a slightly teary Marinette, and he felt a slight tinge of pain in his chest.

"I- um, I'm moving this Saturday... I'm sorry I really don't want to, but- *hic* I-" - Marinette was cut off by Garfield giving her a hug, he rubbed small circles on her back as she let out a few sobs. Rachel patting her shoulder to try and comfort her.

After they were like that for a few minutes, they decided to get ice cream

……… ……… ………

"I'm sorry." - Marinette eating her chocolate chip ice cream

"It's not your fault Mari, besides, we can officially say we have a pen pal in Paris." - Garfield with his chocolate mint ice cream trying to lighten the mood, managed to get a chuckle out of Marinette.

"We can still video call, or text you. And your parents said you can visit on summer and winter break." - Rachel just starting her strawberry ice cream

"But what if I need a friend to talk to when I can't sleep? Or if I need a movie buddy? Or gaming buddy?" - Marinette

"There are online multiplayer games we can play you know." - Rachel

"Yeah, and I'm sure you'll make friends over there really quickly, I mean you already know a few other languages, including French, so there isn't any communication problems." - Garfield

"I wish you guys could come with me..." - Marinette almost done with her ice cream

"... Didn't you say you always wanted a hamster, maybe one that's unique, like a the rare Green Gotham Hamster?" - Garfield with a mischievous grin

"Selina's family friends own a bakery, so no pets allowed. Sorry Rare Green Gotham Hamster, I'm afraid you're staying native to Gotham." - Marinette said patting his shoulder.

"Wait they own a bakery?! As in you can be on a sugar high 24/7?! Take me with you!!" - Garfield

……… ……… ………

Soon it was time for them to go home, when Marinette got home, she continued packing what she would need, making sure that her Siren plushies where safely secure, and then went to eat dinner.

The next day she made sure to get up early, Garfield and Rachel knew where she lived, and wanted to make sure everything was ready for them, setting up the games they would play into the night, and the movies they would watch after that.

She then went to the Gardens to greet her Mom and the plants, doing the usual routine of checking all the plants, complimenting and watering them. During which a sleepy Harley walked over giving Ivy and Marinette a morning kiss before going to make her coffee.

At breakfast she didn't see her Aunt yet, she assumed she was robbing someone rich again.

……… Over to Catwoman ………

"Come ta mama." - Catwoman mumbled as she used her claws to cut the glass surrounding an old elegant purple sapphire that belonged to one of Gotham's founding fathers' wives.

……… Back to Marinette ………

About an hour after breakfast Garfield and Rachel came over, holding Marinettes' rapped presents, they started the day off with trivia games, which they called the MIQ (which can mean either Marinette Isley-Quinzel or in this case Memory Intelligence Quiz) which Marinette and Rachel came to a tie followed by Ivy, then Harley, and Garfield. They then moved on to board games, Marinette decided to play The Game of Life rather than Monopoly (because lets be honest, who has ever finished that game in the time of a signle day? An extreme speedrunner... maybe.) while the adults got the cake ready. Surprisingly Garfield won, he got the acting career, a sports car, a nice old fashioned mid modern house, a wife, and 3 kids... Marinette got the fashion designer career, got a motorcycle, and a small, but nice victorian house, a husband, and one kid... and Rachel got the scientist career (because science is just simplified mortal magic), a delorean car (and even said "Since science is magic I can make it fly, so technically, I don't need roads where I'm going."), a modern cabin in the woods, single (she didn't want a significant other to interrupt her magic science) and got a pet bird.

Once Selina and Ed came over, they began the party, playing games like DDR, Ultimate Mecha Strike 2, and Racing games.

When it came time for Marinette to blow out her candles, she wished that everything would be okay, and that she will be able to come back to Gotham permanently, and blew them out.

She then got to open her presents, she started with Harley's, and got a custom baseball bat that was a dark steel blue, with a light grey handle grip, and it had the words "Quinn For Da Win" on it, putting a smile on her face, when she opened Ivy's gift she got seeds of her favorite flowers to plant over in Paris. She then opened her Uncle Ed's gift, which was a small watch that had special A.I., it had a cover over the inside screen that would flip open to reveal another screen. The cover was silver with a blue question mark, and when it opened, it showed the time, and the location you where in, it could also act as a GPS, and a phone (it could even play music AND had an incredible battery life span). She then moved on to her Aunt Selina's gift, finding a small purple sapphire in the shape of a cat paw, surrounded in silver. She then opened Rachel's gift, it was a travel mug that said "Coffee lives in my veins." (Marinette started drinking coffee recently) which made Marinette laugh, and then she got to Garfield's gift. When she opened it, she found a handmade charm bracelet, it had animals that she really liked around it, and there was one that was a small tiger, with it's eyes and nose having a light green peridot stone, to represent the first day they met. She put the bracelet on her right rist and thanked Garfield for it, and gave everyone a big hug.

She spent the rest of the day playing with her friends, having a wonderful time, and getting a massive sugar rush from all the cake they had. When it came time for dinner they were running low on energy, but were back to normal after Harley snuck some coffee into their food... The only thoughts that went through Garfield and Rachel's minds where "That's why Mari drinks this stuff..."

After dinner they played all kinds of video games, and ended it by watching Back To The Future. They fell asleep some time after 2am.

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The next morning they all had breakfast and then spent the day playing parkour tag over roofs and playing I spy games. And at the end of the day Marinette gave her friends a big hug, before heading back home. She spent her time with her moms, Uncle, and Frank, playing more boardgames and discussing what she should do to make friends...

"Just be yawhself, we love yuh fawh who yuh are, and I'm sure everyone in Paris will love yuh too... if dey doan, den dey most likely have a massive defective reject of a brain." - Was Harley's opinion

"Riddle the f-ck out of their brain, if they can solve all of them, and like you for you, then they are worthy." - Which was Ed's opinion

"Use a chemical based compound from the magnolia flower, combined with three tulip petals, one rose petal, and pollen from a lilac to create a befriending potion." - Ivy's words made everyone silent before Ed spoke up

"... Harley if you're being mind controlled blink." - Ed deadpaned, which had Marinette cackling

"I'm not bein' mind controlled, also yuh nawhmally say ‘blink once or twice’ not just ‘blink’ I could blink at any random interval and yuh woun't know what tuh tink, and here I thoughtcha were a genius." - Harley with her head on Ivy's lap as Marinette starts wheezing.

"I think y'all broke her." - Frank just pointed to Marinette as she was still cackling and wheezing while in the fetal position.

That's when Selina walked in...

"What the hell did you guys do to Kitten?!" - Selina dropping the bags she got from some high end shop, and after they made sure Marinette was still alive they continued their game... and Marinette may have actually written the list of ingredients for that position, but only as a last resort. When it was time for them to sleep Marinette spent the night with her moms, like she use to when she was 4.

She got up early to make sure everything was ready, she had her sketch book in her backpack, as well as some pencils, ear buds, snacks and a picture of her with her family and friends. She decided to wear her new watch and charm bracelet as she finished checking her bag, she then went into the garden to say goodbye to all the plants, and to give Bud, Lou and Frank one last goodbye. She had about 3 hours before her and her Aunt were to head to the airport, and she spent that time with her moms, almost never leaving their side.

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As the plane took off she looked out the airplane window, saying goodbye to Gotham, until her next visit home....

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Chapter 3 complete, also just in case I didn't describe her B-day gifts good enough, here's what they look like (꒪꒳꒪)

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