#The encounter group

[lordsovorn]

dunmeshi inner voices but it's all actual strengths of the characters

Senshi: maintain a balanced diet, listen to your body and be mindful of where your food is coming from. Don't take more than you need from the ecosystem, but remember that to live means to take.

Chilchuck: get paid upfront, get a contract, always have ways to protect your interests in a job, unionize.

Marcille: maintain good hygiene, and take care of your hair and clothes - it's nice and it's worth it. Things in the handbook are there for a reason, but tools aren't moral.

Laios: know your weaknesses and your strengths, and those of your friends. Rely on them and make sure they can always rely on you.

Falin: it's always worth to try kindness first, and to keep a heavy blunt object on hand if that doesn't work out.

Izutsumi: search for your own goals. Be open to change.

Kabru: make your own judgments, and then update them, rather than fit everything you see to your expectations. Act on your beliefs and judgements.

Shuro: always keep the cops in mind, never trust the cops. Know how to balance pressure and politeness in diplomacy.

Namari: maintain a balance between your personal and group interests. Act on your strengths.

Hien: you're staggeringly pretty as is

P. S. Banger post. Here are verified collections of links where you can donate to: Ukraine Syria Palestine

Chilchuck says: Do what you can from where you are. Every action matters, every dollar counts.

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts - Neoshadow

[laddertek]

desperation at the postal service

[zoobus]

Anyone else feel like they missed a significant youth socialization thing that would make sense of the visceral hate for polys? Why does it incite actual anger? This is obviously more than meeting an annoying ex-theater kid poly dom once

[stars-obsession-pit]

(Another) Ghost in the Machine

DP x Hellblazer (the original John Constantine comic)

Ritchie Simpson continued to search frantically for the connection out of the computer and back to his body as he begged John to explain what he meant by saying “Goodbye.”

Had John disconnected him? He knew John’s sense of humor wasn’t the lightest, especially after Newcastle drove them all a bit insane, but that felt too far even for him. Nah, he’d probably just gotten himself a bit lost in the wave of energy he’d experienced in the Tongues of Fire network and was accidentally looking for his body in the wrong spot.

He pulled himself back and let his mental connection to the digital world expand outward, probing the rest of the machine for the connection. He knew he was in the right system, so as long as he looked thoroughly he’d definitely fi—

Everything flashed a surge of blinding white and then was replaced by pure darkness. He thought he screamed, but he couldn’t hear his own voice. Couldn’t even feel his own thoughts. Trapped in one single instant that stretched for indeterminable eons. Then, eventually (or was it immediately?), awareness began to trickle back.

He was still in the computer, though it felt… different, somehow. His thoughts still weren’t entirely in order. The first possible hints towards his location he found were the sound voices trickling through from the outside world. Voices he didn’t recognize. Young voices.

“I’m happy to help, Tuck, but I’m not really sure what you expect me to do here. You’re way better than me at this computer stuff than me.”

“By all means, feel free to keep complimenting me, but this has been frying my brain, man. I got this thing secondhand, and the system should be quite powerful, but there’s something using up a ton of its processing and I can’t figure out what. I was hoping you could do your ‘enter into the computer’ thing and see if you see anything.”

[secriden]

You know what makes me soooo excited for the next phase of Fadel and Style's relationship? It's that they will finally slot into the CORRECT relationship dynamics because this whole time, it's been flipped.

From the beginning, something felt off, and I think it's because Style's true desire is to be pursued. We are shown this pretty much in Style's introduction when he blatantly puts his body on display with the Crop Top Stretch. Style wants to be approached, wants to be propositioned, wants to be desired. Also, remember how he initially flirts with Fadel when his only motivation was his own attraction? He pinned the Heart Burger badge onto his chest to create an opportunity for Fadel to put his hands on Style's body.

Of course Fadel wasn't pursuing Style; was in fact, actively trying to get away (for reasons OTHER than a lack of physical attraction to Style), so it is the plot that has to drive our lovebirds together using Kant's request and partly Style's own desire to get some revenge.

But throughout their interactions, we constantly see glimpses of Style's desire to be pursued: every single time Fadel even shows a HINT of wanting Style, he immediately falls pliant, like he can't wait to let Fadel take the reins. And nothing shows this more clearly than the absolutely blissed out look on Style's face in Ep 4 when he thinks Fadel has finally admitted that he wants Style.

(Fucking hell, just look at how dazed and almost euphoric Style looks here? It's like Style has been starving for the barest hint that Fadel truly wants him.)

Which is also why we've gotten so many fake outs. Because although Fadel IS attracted to Style (Ep 2 made that...abundantly clear), he isn’t remotely ready to pursue anyone. Not only is Fadel nursing a broken heart, barely beating, he also has very justified suspicions about Style’s connection to Kant and Style's unnatural persistence.

So it's Style that has to pursue - he dodges Fadel's footsteps, and bullies his way into Fadel's life; but in between the frustration and annoyance, Fadel's walls begin to crack. And I think it's SO COOL that the first significant evidence we have of Fadel's walls crumbling is because Style puts his body on display for Fadel. Because Fadel responded to something that was naturally part of the way Style operates before he even met Fadel. And there are other, more compelling reasons why I think Fadel begins to fall for Style, but that's not really the point I'm trying to make here.

When Fadel said "If I like you, I'll do the pursuing", it wasn't just to get Style to back off. Because now that Fadel has finally chosen to explore something real with Style, we are seeing Fadel's words in action. I know some people have said Fadel's switch to flirting so blatantly with Style in Ep 4's gym scene came out of left field, but I think it may well be confirmation that this was always the dynamic they were meant to be in. Fadel likes pursuing and Style likes being pursued. They fit, they match, they're perfectly compatible.

(Fadel looks almost faintly amused by how "flustered" Style is. Because he doesn't know that Style is actually afraid of him - why would he, when Style has evidenced zero fear so far? So this comes across like Style is getting shy in response to Fadel's unexpected and more overt approach. And possibly this is Fadel starting to remember how much he enjoys the chasing.)

Unfortunately, Kant's revelation is going to screw allll of this up. But, we are finally going to see glimpses of how they work when they're aligned correctly in their dynamics! And while it will take a journey (and oh, it will be gloriously painful, won't it?), our boys are finally on the road to something lasting and I am sooo glad we get to come along for the ride. <3

[not-so-superheroine]

[danwhobrowses]

You know, as much as I would've loved a massive catharsis-led triumph over Athion Zathuda in battle, possibly left at the mercy of the vibrant flames of Fearne's Titan form reiterating herself with aplomb as Fearne Calloway, I actually kinda love how the narrative chose to defeat him. In many ways it is just hilarious, but also ironically in-character. Man talked all about wanting to prove himself, had a grandiose title of 'Sorrowlord' and was looking to be both a physical and mental adversary after threatening to torment Fearne into becoming Exaltant by targeting her loved ones. But then when he is pit against Bells Hells he barely does a thing; he tries to talk his way into turning Fearne again, gets jumpscared by Ira, the 'farm girl' he mocked to Fearne commandeers his dragon, he loses a leg and is thrown off his dragon, and the Hells even opt to keep him alive for some reason in 107 before kinda accidentally offing him in 108.

He thought he was the shit, but enemies of true threat like Ludinus, Otohan and Liliana (a threat before she was turned) looked down on him, and thus his attempts to prove them wrong - while also falling into the same trap as Ashton's father in seeking out a personal destiny and being willing to see their child as a tool to do it - bore no fruit at all, he was practically an afterthought through and through, his dragon really being his entire threat level. In the end, he got killed running (well, hobbling) away, and while Gloamglut's keening was a little sad in a way that a pet cannot fathom the moral complexity of having to kill their owner he still had it coming, plus following his eternal torture in the Tiki Bar of Ligament Manor, the last sorrow he wrought was his own; he achieved nothing, everything he hints he did to get to his position was for naught, and for all the fear and danger he tried to make himself possess he truly had no power over anyone, especially not Fearne - who can only pity him and, as further proof of being better than he ever was, hope that he takes the time to reflect on his sorrows.

[fisheito]

found a baby yaku amidst the Sketchbook-glitch-corruption wreckage..... wondering if he flipped skin tones between black and red and everything in between until he saw his to-be-grandparents (and started mimicking THEIR skin tone....... )

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage - Forest of Thorns

[the-bitter-ocean]

TIMELOOP SUPPORT GROUP AU MASTERPOST

SYNOPSIS: Timeloop Support Group is a post game au story about ISAT Siffrin being transported to multidimensional therapy and joining a support group for people who got trapped in timeloops. Pix made an awesome fic for it which you can read here. (THIS AU CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FULL GAME, INCLUDING A6SE/“2HATS” + SASASAP SPOILERS).

This au was created by @pixxyofice ! That being said there are others involved in the au’s creation and are consulted during the process to make sure characterization is written accurately etc. The other main collaborators are @startagainaprologue (Pastell) @tealgoat (Teal) @basilpaste (Basil) and myself! I made the au In Cycles & Cessation (ICAC) which is a Mirabelle looping au, Teal made In Tales Of Time (ITOT) which is a Odile looping au, Basil made Of Stitches In Sequence (OSIS) which is a Isabeau looping Au and Pastell made In Recipes & Repetition (IRAR) which is a Bonnie looping au.

Decided to make more of these little masterposts for the sake of organization and also so that way people who are new to the au can figure out where to find all the posts about it. Like all the other master posts I’ve made before, these will be updated periodically as myself, or others who make stuff about the au. Art, writing and questions answered about how the Au works will be listed under the cut:

(ASKS)

How did the idea for this Au form?

Are there therapy sessions with different groups of timeloopers?

How does touch therapy go for Siffrin and Isabeau postgame?

How did OSIS! Au Isabeau get the mouth scar? How does he feel about having it?

(ART)

(ACT 3/6 SPOILERS) You Lost An Eye Too? ( art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 4/6 SPOILERS) Change God Jumpscare (art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 5/6 SPOILERS) Wishcraft Makes You Big? (art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Looperz (art by @/wonder-of-the-stars)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Timeloop Support Group Shitposts (memes by @/tealgoat)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) The Smilers (art by @/tealgoat)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Early Arrival (art by @/tealgoat)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) ITOT! Au Odile meets ICAC! Mirabelle (art by @/tealgoat)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Alternate Looping Methods (art by @/tealgoat)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Family Time (art by @/startagainaprologue)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) What Is He Doing Here? (art by @/startagainaprologue)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Timeloop Support Group Memes (memes by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Siffrin’s Arrival (art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Mutual Multidimensional Pining (art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Scars (art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Timeloop Support Group Doodles ( art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Shoulder Touch ( art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 + A6SE SPOILERS) I Would Love You In Every Universe (art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 + A6SE SPOILERS) Timeloop Support Group Hug ( art by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 6 + A6SE SPOILERS) Who is Loop? ( art by @/pixxyofice)

(WRITING)

(FULL GAME + A6SE SPOILERS) The Love Persists Through It All (writing by @/pixxyofice )*

* ITS THE OFFICIAL FIC FOR THE AU!!!!! GO READ IT!!!!

What If We All Loved Each Other (writing by @/pixxyofice)

(ACT 5/6 SPOILERS) Isabeau’s Feelings On Everyone Else’s Looping Methods

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Odile First Arriving To The Timeloop Support Group

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Mirabelle First Arriving To The Timeloop Support Group

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) Isabeau First Arriving To The Timeloop Support Group (writing by @/basilpaste)

(ACT 6 SPOILERS) OSIS! Au Isabeau Meets ICAC! Au Mirabelle (writing by @/basilpaste)

[ihatebrainstorm]

what if i reversed Rogues Gallery AU.. what if Batman and rogues as Cybertronians....

[rigginsstreet]

for one dollar i challenge the stranger things fandom to sit and watch the show and talk about the canonical characters that are in said show and not the lala goofypants version youve created in your heads

[daily-hanamura]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎊

As good luck take this short of yosuke and yu turning specifically to wish each other happy new year because even though they're in a group the idea of saying it to anyone else first is just ludicrous -

[kestalsblog]

I wish writing communities didn't often give me a sense of utter alienation and pessimism toward writing. It's not that I think I'm a better writer than anyone else; I love reading other people's work so much. It's brought me incomparable joy, and I pride myself on my ability to be a true cheerleader for others without a trace of writer's envy.

But whenever I've attempted to join an actual group to meet other writers, whether online or in person, I felt such artificiality that I couldn't continue. It's almost like it's staged - we're all waiting for our turns to speak, like we're in some kind of class trying to use the right buzzwords and say the do's and don'ts of "good writing," like there's always something competitive lurking in the room, some need for perfect approval. It makes me look at my own writing advice posts on here and hate them because what initially start as attempts at genuine communications over my love for writing turns into the same damn soulless traps I feel everywhere else. I've fortunately had much better luck with genuine expressions of love for writing with a few people at a time rather than groups, but it still makes me sad.

I'll never forget this one group I tried to join that met at nights in this weird old building. I don't think the people there were bad at all, but I couldn't connect to them. They wouldn't stop debating what was "believable" in people's stories every single meeting. Picking apart sentences to determine if it was realistic enough or not. One freezing night, I was walking there and suddenly realized I couldn't stand it anymore, so I just ran off into the woods nearby to climb the trees instead. I was most likely the problem.

EDIT: This is absolutely not directed at the lovely people I talk to on here. I'm talking about actual groups geared toward writing I've joined 😮‍💨

[swagging-back-to]

worst trope is found family separating as soon as the antagonist is dealt with.