#Personal Blog Information

[primallbeast]

Ex-tags if you only wanna' see the gifs or videos I make:

some are my coms- not all = some of my commissions are in an artists posted portfolio.

my coms = art i've gotten of my ocs.

others art = reblogged art from other people.

art = unspecified art.

This blog is not intended to be for personal ocs other than helping to boost artists i've commissioned with them; Thank you!

[fumifooms]

Omg guys he just genuinely likes bugs and mollusks and critters 😭💘💔 Forced to noble when he just wanna crouch and watch things skitter in the dirt…

[honeytonedhottie]

financial literacy⋆.ೃ࿔*:･✍🏽🎀

so i released a poll if you guys would like a post on financial literacy and the results are here. so im gonna share some things that i learned while taking a financial literacy course…💬🎀

WHAT IS FINANCIAL LITERACY ;

financial literacy is handling ur money wisely. the google definition of financial literacy is the ability to understand and apply different financial skills effectively, including personal financial management, budgeting, and saving.

ALL ABOUT BUDGETING ;

when u hear the word "budget" its rly easy to think "omg limiting belief" or think of it in a negative light but a budget is just a plan on how u manage ur money. its not always constrictive and negative like u may or may not think of it to be.

budgeting : keeping track of how much $ ur bringing in and how much ur spending…💬🎀

planning a budget is ez pz. you can use some paper and sparkly pink gel pens to create an adorable budget, or u can download different sheets online and just have your budget digitally. theres a plethora of resources out there so just choose whichever is easier for u.

something else that i learned about during this course was the 50:30:20 rule. its called the 50:30:20 rule because 50% of ur money goes towards ur needs, 30% goes towards wants and 20% goes towards ur savings. and this isnt concrete, its just a good framework and u can adjust to ur own specific needs and goals.

for example if u manifested $4000. ur 50% would be $2000, ur 30% would be $1200 and ur 20% would be $800…💬🎀

HOW DO U KNOW WHAT UR NEEDS/WANTS ARE ;

things like ur rent and groceries are ur needs and things like vacations and going out with ur girls are wants. and to apply the 50:30:20 rule you first have to...

♡ calculate ur needs, wants and savings budget

♡ compare ur expenses to ur budget

the way u do this is to subtract your expenses from your budget. this is your budget balance. if your budget balance is zero or positive, that means you are living within your means and have some extra money. if your budget balance is negative, that means you are spending more than you should and may have a budgeting problem.

let me know if u guys want more content about this cuz i had a lot of fun writing this…💬🎀

[stellaluna33]

Man, I miss the internet when you could just freely browse all sorts of niche blogs and fan sites without having to have an account anywhere... There was so much to explore! Now you need to have an account with Instagram and Tiktok before they'll let you see anything, or it's locked behind a paywall on someone's Patreon.

We used to "browse," like we were wandering free in a big pasture, and now it's a "feed," where someone keeps shoveling stuff into a trough in front of your face and you have to keep choking it down.

I miss "Free Range" internet is what I'm saying, I guess. Not this Content Factory Farming crap.

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

Lmaoo they make it sound like I’m out here doxxing, harassing or threatening people when the extent of what I do is literally just ‘look at this bad take that is the product of gender ideology’

[daily-kinitopet]

Day 14

That way, I can learn everything about you, and become the perfect friend!

[rhinoyo]

🎂🧡 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACE @kellystar321 I HOPE YOU HAVE A LOVELY DAY TODAY <3

[lucabyte]

this time on purrgatorio: ali and markus learn why i havent made normal pride art in years

Bonus: Ascending to Godhood lets you look at the spreadsheets

[impossiblefeat]

Espio had his pants rights revoked when they remade his Sonic Rivals 2 "Racesuit" alternate costume for Sonic Speed Simulator.

[theodysseyofhomer]

i don't think penelope is faithful to odysseus because she's the ideal wife, because i don't believe penelope is the ideal wife. i mean, FOR ODYSSEUS, yes. FOR ME, sure. but is like the common denominator ideal wife a liar and a swindler and a crybaby?? which are the first things we learn about penelope & not incidentally the first things we learn about odysseus?? is the average joe in want of a wife hoping and praying for a practiced con artist

[ranchstoryblog]

Beyond the Farm: A Dramatic Martial Arts Detective Life Sim?

Long, long ago; in the year 1999, the term "life sim" wasn't used as often or understood as well as it is today. Boku no Natsuyasumi wouldn't release for another year, Animal Crossing was two years away, and reviewers were struggling to determine what a game like Harvest Moon 64 was. Often, instead of putting it alongside simulation games, choosing to place it among RPGs instead.

At this time, one of the biggest game developers in the industry had everything to prove for their next generation console. One of their most legendary creators was putting together something that could influence the entire gaming landscape, building systems modern games would take for granted from scratch. A game that sought to simulate real life as closely as possible.

Positing itself as an epic kung fu saga, most of Shenmue's promotional material focuses on action and adventure that happened to have an impressive world to explore. Upon release, players would quickly find it was almost the exact opposite. A world to live in, one day at a time, with a kung fu adventure somewhere in the backdrop. So, 25 years later, let's look at it through the lens of a life sim.

Living in Shenmue

Though the game opens with a dramatic set-up, your father murdered before your eyes by a mysterious man belonging to a foreign crime organization for reasons unknown, the first gameplay element introduced to you isn't how to throw a punch or a kick. Instead, upon exiting your home for the first time, you encounter a little girl taking care of an orphan kitten, and being pretty ill-prepared for it.

If the player chooses to visit this kitten every single day, using their small 500 yen daily allowance on cat food instead of toys, video games, or candy, they can watch the kitten recover over the next few weeks. Starting from barely being able to stand or eat, shivering in a cardboard box, to eventually exploring freely and climbing to the top of the nearby shrine, triumphant over its adversity.

This entirely optional side-quest is more or less an introduction to one of the main ways to play the game. While following your trail of clues to find your father's killer is one thing, establishing a daily routine that helps work towards tangible goals or experience new things is just as important. Some of these activities improve the protagonist's skills, like practicing martial arts in an empty lot to level-up and evolve moves, while others will challenge the player's skill, like getting good at motorcycle racing game "Hang On" so that a later challenge where you're driving a real motorcycle is a bit easier.

Contemporary games in the simulation genre tended to saddle you with a routine-focused task from the outset, such as a business to run or a field to plow, so it was certainly novel to simply be a jobless teenager trying to find a way to fill your days as seemingly every new step in your main goal required you to wait for someone else before moving forward.

Shenmue's Inhabitants

Of course, it's not just the player involving themselves with a daily routine. Hundreds of NPCs populate the world, each one with distinct personalities, backstories, and full voice-over. If you want, you can follow someone leaving their home in the morning, watch them open their store, walk in, examine every little thing on their shelves, and then pester them all day with questions about if any local gangsters with tattoos have stopped by their antique china shop lately.

On the rare occasions where you don't have any leads to follow, you can actually get to hear more about what they're thinking about. Some of them are familiar with the protagonist and ask how he's doing, or even visit him at home if they're worried, and others will just let you in on their personal life, like relationship troubles. Maybe try to teach you some Italian. If you forget to say hi while exploring town, maybe pick up the phone and call them in the evening.

Unfortunately, it's somewhat rare to get much insight in-game. Perhaps due to the technological hurdles of having everyone voiced and simply not having enough room for that many unique sound files, but the initial release of the game did also come with an online enabled companion disc called "Shenmue Passport." In it, every character in the game, including the dogs and cats, has a bio that includes a paragraph or two about their lives and various stats like birth dates and blood type. Though the feature has gone offline since then, fans have recreated it with a mobile app called "Suka Pass."

The Nature of Shenmue

While most of Shenmue's gameplay occurs in urban environments, plenty of attention was given to the nature the player experiences as well. When it rains, mud and puddles form; when it snows, you can hear it crunching beneath your feet, and tire tracks line the streets. Though you can easily complete the game before the end of December, ignoring the story until as far as April lets you experience the world turning greener, cherry blossoms blooming, and dandelions sprouting up. For some extra verisimilitude, you can even use the real life weather data from 1986/1987 Yokosuka to have the in-game weather match. Pretty impressive stuff for 1999.

However, one of the most memorable moments in the series comes from the end of Shenmue 2. On the fourth disc of the game, where one might normally expect there to be grand spectacle, action, or conquest, there's something else entirely: A chance encounter where you meet someone who's going the same way you're going, followed by a two-day walk and talk where you get to know one another. There are no wolves chasing you, dangerous decisions to make, or villains with chainsaws. There are, however, some colza blossoms that just bloomed. You have to take a detour to see them, but doesn't it sound nice? Why not, since we're here.

More than any action scene, sprawling city street, or technological advancement for the medium, this is the moment that defines what Shenmue is. A mundane world that exists all around you, and feels like it could go on forever if you suspend your disbelief for just a moment. If there's one thing I think any life sim should try to replicate from Shenmue, it's this. The grandeur of this slow walk through the woods where you get to ask a stranger dozens of questions, and answer dozens in return. The more common "two minute event where you can pick the good choice or the bad choice" can't compare.

Only 3.6% of you asked for more posts about life sims that aren't Story of Seasons, but I didn't want to leave those of you who wanted it out to dry. I might still do another one at some point, something more "typical" like Fields of Mistria, but I hope this was interesting for you. While it wasn't one of the more popular requests, and it requires a lot more work than a meme, or just more of the same, it's worth doing so long as someone enjoys it.

[inspektahekta]

//i like how inspekta is given these swords for both the one that made it into the game and the one that didn't, yet he never uses a weapon beyond his own hands. there is no evidence that he is or was ever a swashbuckler or fighter in any capacity, but these statues infer that he's at least projecting that he is into his propaganda

[hoboblaidd]

I've seen people on twitter complain that Solas' outrage towards the Grey Wardens’ plans in Inquisition is contradicted by the archdemon reveals we got in Veilguard. Basically, they say 'why wouldn't Solas want the Wardens to kill all the archdemons, because that indirectly kills the gods.’ That take is missing a key component - the blight.

The Veil is held together by duct tape and god's blood. Without the gods, the Veil comes down. Solas wants the Veil to come down, yes, but it has to be controlled or it'll be total catastrophe because the raw Blight is also in there. Remember, the prison is there to contain both the gods and the blight. If it comes down uncontrolled, both god and/or blight get out.

The prison is the key: in his final regret, Solas says that the prison is weakening and he needs to build a new one. That's what he was doing that decade between Inquisition and Veilguard, building a new prison he can move the gods and the blight to. The prison is breaking as of Inquisition. The Breach certainly didn't help, but I lay most of the blame at the archdemons' deaths which made the connected Evanuris mortal (tangent on that below the cut).

Now let's say Erimond's Wardens managed to kill Razikale or Lusacan. That leaves one god holding the Veil together. Forget the duct tape, it's hanging on by a fraying thread. Now let’s say Erimond's Wardens kill Razikale. That leaves Elgar'nan, the undisputedly most powerful, in a prison that is already falling apart. Yes, the Evanuris are weak from their slumber. But this is Elgar'nan. If anyone can break the thread, it's him (and arguably Ghilan'nain, because while she may not have Elgar'nan's power, she's incredibly inventive, especially with the blight). Now let’s say the Wardens kill both. Veil comes down, blight gets out. Solas loses in every above scenario.

So no. Solas' antagonism towards the Grey Wardens is not contradicted by Veilguard. It's explained by Veilguard.

Quick little tangent into the "mortal" Evanuris: We can safely assume that the Evanuris whose archdemons were slain are dead. They're made mortal by the process - their connecting power (the "old god souls") die within the Warden who struck the killing blow. Our evidence is light, but it's there: in Solas' conversation with Elgar'nan, he explicitly says that June is dead, and in the same breath, notes that Elgar'nan can no longer rely on the people who built his empire - Sylaise and Dirthamen.  Ghilan'nain's letter responds to Elgar'nan's "concern" that she is still mourning Andruil, and says it is misplaced because Andruil's memory lives on and they'll build a monument to her. 

This is logical - they were made mortal by their archdemons dying, and they're stuck in the Black City surrounded by raw blight. If they didn't die to the Blight, Solas' Veilguard ritual killed them - remember how Neve said the power was increasing every time one of the statues lit up? This very well could have been the killing blow. Either way, whatever happened, it's a very safe bet that Dirthamen, Falon'din, Sylaise, Andruil, and June are dead.

But Karen, what about Urthemiel and Morrigan's ritual and Kieran? Good question with no concrete answer, since the dark ritual was ignored. Thanks game.

[honeytonedhottie]

financial literacy continued⋆.ೃ࿔*:･👛💵

so i released a poll if you guys would like a post on financial literacy and the results are here. so im gonna share some things that i learned while taking a financial literacy course…💬🎀

HOW TO SAVE MONEY ;

automatically deposit a certain percentage of ur income into ur savings account so that u dont even have to think about it

to do something more FUN tho, (at least in my opinion) is to make a challenge where u have to save every $10 dollar bill, or $20 dollar bill or whatever. just something to make saving money seem like a game if u wanna have some fun with it.

EMERGANCY FUND ;

most experts will tell u that ur emergency fund should be 3-6 months of ur needed expenses. so calculate ur needed expenses and multiply that by 6 to figure out how much you'd need to have in ur emergency fund.

PAYING YOURSELF FIRST ;

you should always put urself first in every single situation including financially. so to pay urself first simply means to put ur future and needs before anything else. FOR EXAMPLE... let's say u wanna buy an ipad by the end of the year, an ipad is $345.

lets also say that u get paid weekly, so you'd divide $345 by the number of weeks in a year (52) you'd get 6.6. so you'd have to save roughly $6-$6.50 a week which isnt a lot at all. and you'd be getting what u want.

INTEREST AND CREDIT ;

interest is like a reward that the bank gives you for trusting them to look after your money. the more money you have in your account, and the longer you keep it there, the more interest you can earn…💬🎀

so the bank calculates interest as a percentage of the total amount in a bank account. so if the bank pays a 1% interest you'll earn $1 for every $100 in ur bank account over the course of a year. so if u have $500 in ur account you'll get $5. its not a lot, but interest builds on itself.

credit is the ability of the consumer to acquire goods or services prior to payment with the faith that the payment will be made in the future…💬🎀

for example missing payment deadlines can negatively affect ur credit score. why is this important? if u wanna go to college and wanna use student loans, u might not be able to if ur credit history is bad. as ur credit history grows you'll get a credit score. the higher ur score, the better ur credit is.

BUILDING CREDIT ;

get a secured card. a secured credit card is a special type of credit card with a down payment. when you open the card, you will give the credit card company a deposit to hold. it can be as little as $100. the company holds the money for you and gives you a credit card with a line of credit equal to your deposit

sign up for victoria's secret direct paper mailers. you'll get a coupon each month for 1 free panty for every purchase. when u go to the mall, get urself a panty and a sweet treat 🧁 (DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON THE CARD THAT U CANT IMMEDIATELY PAY OFF)

and then go home and pay ur credit card bill off, and then dont use it again until the next month.

[birdbrain-npts]

The Beholding / Eye [TMA] ID Pack

Pt: The Beholding / Eye [TMA] ID Pack /end pt

Name: Alexandria, Arc, Archive, Argos, Argus, Basira, Behold, Beholder, Blackwood, Caecilius, Caecus, Cecille, Elias, Emma, Harvey, Iris, John, Jon, Jonah, Jonathan, Magnus, Martin, Oculus, Opsesthai, Panoptes, Prometheus, Thoth, Watcher

Pronouns: archive/archives, archivist/archivist, behold/beholder, behold/beholds, beholder/beholders, cease/ceases, eye/eyes, insti/institute, institute/institutes, judge/judges, know/knowledge, know/knows, knowledge/knowledges, mirr/mirror, mirror/mirrors, secret/secrets, si/sight, sight/sights, watch/watcher, watch/watchs, watcher/watchers, 👁️/👁️s, 🍺/🍺s, 🍻/🍻s, 📹/📹s, 🎥/🎥s, 🪞/🪞s, 📚/📚s, 🗃️/🗃️s, 🏷️/🏷️s, 🗂️/🗂️s, 📝/📝s

Titles: [the] avatar of the eye / beholding, prn who creates / records statements, prn who holds the mirror / rock eye / manual, prn who knows [secrets], prn who was cursed / blessed by the eye / beholding, prn who works in The Magnus Institute, the archivist / archival assistant, the beholder, the ceaseless watcher, the secret keeper, the watched, the watcher

Genders: Sillyeye, Omnisdoth, TMA0181206sweetartsgender, Ashsweeteyegender, Belieye, Requeye, Coineye, Archieye, Archivoccuterm, Dystgazegender, Eyebait, Archeyeic, Pyreyetin, Tmaeyehunter, Knociment, Spectoculic, Wikipediagender, Eyeangel, Eyefreak, Eyeloser, Eyeweirdo, Occunous

Other ids: Dissoeyeava, Avatar of the Eye Occuden, Eyepsese, Avatar of The Eye, The Eye Aligned, Archivist Occuden, Internet Archivist Occuden, MOGAI Archivist Occuden, Memorykeeper, Archive Emsoul, Dissconnoarchivist, Archivelexstelic, Archivistlexstelic

Text in bold is: Name, Pronouns, Titles, Genders, and Other ids respectively

All term names are links. More terms can be found here and here

Requested by Anon

Tagging @id-pack-archive and @radiomogai

[anghraine]

Today thus far:

Con—my former advisors send me relevant job postings in academia that are better than my current job, which is very thoughtful and kind, but I did end up having a conversation with one of them about how "cost of living" for me has to account for a) medical expenses, b) homophobia, and c) bipolar considerations (not unrelated to A & B). I usually don't talk about my queerness in a professional context at all despite the incredibly supportive atmosphere here, so even though my advisor knows more about me and my various obstacles than most people alive, I still felt weird and uncomfortable about having to explain that I'm willing to torpedo any chance at an academia career if it means staying on the West Coast.

(Yes, I know other blue states exist, but my resources are very grounded in life here.)

Pro—I worked up my nerve to schedule an appointment with my new doctor. I've been reliant on student health services through my various universities for a really long time, so I was super nervous about navigating the US healthcare system "for real," even with everything done by Inslee et al. to make the healthcare system of Washington workable and preserve our protections. Also, navigating unfamiliar social scripts is incredibly stressful and I didn't know what I'd need beyond my Apple Health info, but I managed to get through it and will have a telehealth appointment this week to 1) establish care and 2) figure out what to do about my asthma never recovering from COVID in August.