#Video Review: Fireflies

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Video: JOVM Mainstays The Black Angels Share a Scorching Ripper

New Video: JOVM Mainstays The Black Angels Share a Scorching Ripper @theblackangels @partisanrecords @brykitch

Austin-based JOVM mainstays  The Black Angels —  currently Alex Maas (vocals, bass), Christian Bland (guitar), Stephanie Bailey (drums), Jake Garcia (guitar) and multi-instrumentalist Ramiro Verdooren — released their sixth album Wilderness of Mirrors last fall through through Partisan Records. Co-produced by the band and Brett Orrison with engineering by John Agnello, Wilderness of Mirrors finds…

[directionerplusgleek]

2024 Writing Year in Review

Thank you so much for tagging me @fili-is-gone ! But oh boy, this is gonna be long...

The start of the year was fairly normal, but then I participated in things like AU-Gust, Flufftober, and Fluffcember... There are numbers there.

February

Not My Type - Thomally, modern AU. My first posted Maze Runner oneshot.

March

Hips - Thomally, modern AU

Be Our Guest - Luca/Reader, The Bear (First chapter posted Dec 2023)

April

Thomally Week

Guarded (He)art - Thomally, modern AU, artist Thomas and bodyguard Gally (Ongoing)

Pixie Dust - Thomally, modern fantasy AU, pixie Thomas. Part of an ongoing series of fics that I'm absolutely in love with

The Lies of a Mirror - Thomally, modern AU

To Hunt and Fall Prey - Thomally, supernatural, incubus Thomas and hunters Gally, Minho, and Alby (Two more chapters to be added soon-ish)

Safety in the Dark - Thomally, post-canon

No Matter the Distance - Thomally, high school/college AU

Like a Cat - Thomally, modern AU

In the Shadows - Thomally, post-canon, vampire Gally (First chapter posted Jan 2024)

May

Rarepair Bingo

For Once in My Life - Vinge, post-canon

Meet Me - Alby/Harriet, 50's Greasers AU. The first of a few fics in which Gally, Thomas, Newt, Minho, and Teresa all work at Alby's mechanic's workshop

Be Mine - Brendinho, 50's Greasers AU

What You Want - Garis, post-canon. The beginning of an obsession

A Chance to Try - Brenderesa, canon compliant and post-canon

You Took My Breath Away - Minally, canon compliant

Show You My Love - Gally/Minho/Newt, modern AU

I Died and Yet I Live - Brenda & Newt, post-canon, Newt lives

Never Alone - Naris, 50's Greasers AU

Why Can't We Be Like That? - Thomally, modern AU, hidden relationship (Ongoing. First chapter posted April 2024)

June

Pride Month Bingo

Something to Tell You - Lucus, The Bear. Another obsession began here

In Your Head - Minally, post-canon. Inspired by @scorchedmazes and @winged-bat

Boys, Interrupted - Thomally, 50's Greasers AU, 5+1 things

July

After Forever, Forever After - Lucus, The Bear, post-S03E10

August

AU-Gust; a month of posting a fic every day

Don't Look at Him (Look at Me) - Unrequited Gallesa, post-canon, everybody lives

Blue - Minally, post-canon, soulmate AU

A Safe Haven - Naris, dark academia AU

Take the Long Way - Minewt, zombie apocalypse

A Game of Strategy - Ava and Janson play chess

The Rose - Newthomally, The Bachelor AU

Almost Perfect - Minewt, farm AU

It's a Trainwreck, and I'm the Train - Thomas reflects on his mistakes, modern AU

Babysitting - Thomally, modern AU

The Enemy of My Enemy - Newthomally, future war AU

Cold Feet - Thomally, retail AU

Missing You - Nally, modern AU. The beginning of an obsession with a pairing most people seem not to engage with, but I love them too much to care.

Sparks - Minally, modern AU. Animagus Minho

Her Brother - Nally, royalty AU (Ongoing)

Secrets - Minally & Newtmas, modern AU

Out of this World - Thomally, modern AU. Brothers Gally and Chuck, my precious

Say it with Flowers - Minewt & Thomally, modern AU

A Ghost - Vinge, space AU

I Spy - Minewt & Thomally, modern AU

Seeking Serenity - Minalby & Thomally & Vinge, Firefly AU

Protect You - Garis, fantasy AU

Movie Night - Minewt, modern AU, orphan Newt

Music to My Heart - Thomally & Minewt & Brenderesa, musician AU

Fantasy - Thomally, modern AU

Stress Test - Aris/Gally/Thomas, scientist AU

Meet Your Hero - Minewt & minor Thomally, time-travel AU

Beating Wings and Hearts - Thomally & Minewt, wingfic. (Ongoing, more to be added)

Nurse Please - Minewt, post-canon, Newt lives

You Come Here Often? - Thomally, modern AU

Petal and Patch - Nally, post-canon, everybody lives

September

Deserve It - Nally, modern AU, based on the Tanner and Joseph text chain video

Soultember

Questions - Garis, post-canon, soulmate AU

Beaten and Bruised - Thomally & Brendinho, soulmate AU

October

Flufftober; a month of posting fluff fics

Feo - Brenderesa, modern AU

Corn Maze - Thominally, modern AU

Cardamom - Lucus, The Bear

Maker's Market - Nally, modern AU

Tokens of Love - Thomally, post-canon

Prisoner of Love - Newthomally, modern AU. The first in a few fics surrounding the beginning of their relationship as a three.

Hoodies - Lucus, The Bear

Chocolate Kisses - Vinge, modern AU

Let You Help - Minewt, post-canon. Sequel to Nurse Please

Competition - Thominally, post-canon

Fairy Dust - Thomally, modern fantasy AU, sequel to Pixie Dust

Coffee for Three - Newthomally, modern AU, part of the series

My Attic - Vinge, modern AU

Get in My Way - Minally, DnD/fantasy AU

Laundry Day - Newthomally, modern AU, part of the series

Maybe - Garis, modern AU

Sleep Through - Thominally, post-canon

Bewitched - Brenderesa, modern fantasy AU, further Pixie Dust fic

Self-Care - Vinge, modern AU

The Paw of Friendship - Newtmas, modern AU

Fires Everywhere - Nalby & Thominally & Vinge, canon compliant and post-canon

To Remind You - Jorge and Minho father/son, modern AU

Signs of Life - Thominally, post-canon

Shakshouka - Lucus, The Bear

Take a Bite - Minewt & Thomally, modern AU, vampire Newt

Tell Me a Lie - Nally, modern AU, soulmate AU

Infant Simulator - Minally, modern AU

Organ Donors - Minally, modern AU, biker Minho

When We're Twenty Five - Garis, modern AU

Minimal(ly) - Minally, modern AU. Based on a typo from the Discord

Wishful - Thomally, post-canon

November

Anything for You - Vinge, modern AU. Written for @nxwtonsxngster

Please bear with me while I reblog my own post to add December because I've hit a limit I didn't know existed; no more than 100 links per post...

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

What tf is “gamergate,” I keep seeing people bring it up and I didn’t read up on it because I was afraid it would be stupid

Hoo boy you don't ask the easy questions, do you?

Shortest possible answer, it was a movement that happened in 2014 exposing the incestuous relationship between gamedevs and the supposed impartial games journalists who covered them and reviewed their games. It was also the first time real proof was found showing that games journos from "competing" promotions would all get together to discuss how they would cover stories and what messages and narratives they were going to push, as well as the first real backlash against progressive left wing politics being shoved into video games. Unsurprisingly, games journos didn't like being exposed so they promptly labeled anyone who publicly spoke against them as a racist, misogynist, etc, etc. There were dozens of article published from games journos attacking gamers as a whole and the whole controversy was called GamerGate (a term coined by Adam Baldwin of Firefly and Full Metal Jacket fame on twitter, believe it or not), partially to make fun of the post Watergate trend of sticking a "gate" suffix onto the end of any controversy. To this day, salty, biased games journos will not stop reeing about being exposed as partisan hacks, which is why every once and a while one of them will bring up the GamerGate "harassment campaign" to deflect criticism of their own reporting or biases. And to be fair, there was harassment on both sides (far more from the "anti-GamerGate" establishment side, and all of it condoned up and down by mainstream games journalism and regular media), but at its core GamerGate was always about exposing dishonest, biased media, fighting back against political agendas being put into games, and defending gaming as a hobby.

For a longer summary that goes in depth, you can read through these

[boybff]

wait hiiiii hi hello bestie i didn’t know u like video essays!! i’ve been trying to find more to watch recently, do u have any other recs? about any topic 👀

HIIIIII bestie Robin, are you ready?? After harvesting my Youtube subscription and liked video lists here is what I have compiled. I'm gonna put my current top 5 video recommendations and then the rest of the list, under the cut, is organized by creator.

Why Are There So Many Confederate Vampires

The art of religious interpretation (midnight mass vs god’s not dead)

Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.

Hogwarts Legacy, JK Rowling, and Trans Advocacy

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1 - Water 

CHANNELS

biz barclay - hilarious, brilliant, my best friend who drinks wine and weaves me long insightful stories while sitting on the dresser or in the bathtub. The vast amount of knowledge, historical 

understanding snapewives: religion, fandom, sociology, & erotica

Goncharov (1973) video essay

The art of religious interpretation (midnight mass vs god’s not dead)

Xiran Jay Zhao - Author of one of my FAVE YA novels, “Iron Widow” (which is a MUST read). I always want more avatar content that focuses on cultural inspirations from trusted sources. Xiran taught me so much about the avatar universe I already loved as well as valuable critiques. They also do retellings of historical events such as- Bisexual Han Dynasty Emperors and Forgotten Warrior Queen - Fu Hao.

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1 - Water 

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2 - Earth 

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 3 - Fire 

Fundie Fridays - Jen, a leftist queer feminist, and her husband James examine different aspects of Christian fundamentalism, American conservative politics and pop culture. She has remade a lot of her older videos so make sure to watch the updated versions! She was also featured in the Amazon docuseries “Shiny Happy People” which I would HIGHLY recommend. 

Vacation Bible School of Rock (3 part video series History of Contemporary Christian Music)

Ken Ham’s Creation Museum & Ark Encounter

Ask a Mortician - Caitlin Doughty!!! The adult Wednesday Addams we should have got. So compassionate, informed, and moving!! I love her work and she has taught me so much about what it means to have a relationship with death and grief. Her work deals with heavy topics and you can tell she does this work from a deeply respectful, informed place. 

The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead

Let’s Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls

Why are Black and White Funeral Homes STILL Separate? With Dr. Kami Fletcher

Iconic Corpse Series

Princess Weekes -  Nuanced video essays on pop culture, race, feminism, and other social issues. Takes time to break down complex concepts, their origins and material consequences. The essay on confederate vampires and the connection later made to sci-fi media like Firefly were so paradigm shifting to me!

Why Are There So Many Confederate Vampires

The Magical Negroes of Stephen King

Ro Ramdin - Poetic, biting, and introspective essays on pop culture. 

Do Celebrities Hate Their Fans? (Doja Cat, Frank Ocean)

Hogwarts Legacy, JK Rowling, and Trans Advocacy

DefunctLand- History of extinct theme parks and themed entertainment experiences. 

Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.

Disney Channel’s Theme: A History Mystery

Mina Le - Fashion, movies and pop culture

WHY IS EVERYTHING SO UGLY: The Curse of Modernism

FAIRYTALE COSTUMES: it’s giving renfaire but why?

Quinton Reviews - Extensive videos covering niche topics, most popular for Nickelodeon deep dive retrospectives.

How Documentaries Lie to You

The ICarly/Victorious Saga Playlist

TheEpicNate315 - yea i fucking love endless hours of useless skyrim lore because the conspiracies are so deep and I have to do 0 of the research to get all of the information years of scouts worked to piece together! 

The Skyrim Mysteries Iceberg (Part 1 of 4)

The Fallout Mysteries Iceberg (Part 1 of 2, incomplete series)

Mike’s Mic - Silly, goofy, and thorough breakdowns of nostalgic TV shows

Any of his unhinged recaps - LOST, Pretty Little Liars, Glee

Tiffanyferg - Media criticism and commentary

Internet Analysis Series 

Zoë Ligon - sex educator, artist, and writer, who also owns SpectrumBoutique.com, a health and education oriented sex toy store. Such a special place in my heart for her!! Her bondage mini-documentary with Midori was so touching. 

Sex Stuff | Japanese Rope Bondage with Midori

Channels Newer to Me

Broey Deschanel - a mixture of film analyses, retrospectives, politics and just absolutely overthinking anything to do with pop culture

Elvis (2022) and the Utter Mediocrity of Biopics 

Meeptop - rambling about movies and stuff

Who is Dahmer Even Made For?

LadyJenevia - discussing entertainment media content including films, television series, etc. Expect to find reviews of recent cinematic releases, video essays on older releases, and interviews with talent from the film/television industry

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Art of Hiding in Plain Sight (Netflix Review/Video Essay)

As a disclaimer, I am not endorsing any creator fully and if you see someone you think I should not promote please reach out to me so I can edit this list. As a general rule of thumb the more I had to write about someone, the more informed the recommendation.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, October 18th

XANDER: Arrr! Careful, me mateys! These be fireflies spat from a volcano off the coast of Katmandu. Arr! LITTLE BOY: You're not a real pirate! Real pirates live on boats and don't look stupid!

~~All the Way~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Unraveling by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, R)

[Chaptered Fiction]

In the Company of Witches and Slayers: Chapter 165 by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer) (Willow/Tara, E)

Book Stew! Chapter 13 by MGAllan (Michael [from Gingerbread]/Lance [from The Pack], G)

Kinktober 2024, Chapter 18 by HuonParticlesAreHarmless (Buffy/Giles, E)

Kinktober 2024, Chapter 15 by DancingAngel0013 (Buffy/Giles, E)

Painting Flowers, Chapter 2 by crowncitydreams (Buffy/Angel, T)

Birds of a Feather, Chapter 6 (complete!) by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Oh My Goddess, Chapter 8 by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, R)

Me and the Devil Blues, Chapter 3 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

In Your Dreams, Chapter 4 by Geliot99 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Giles meme cross stitch pattern by VioletWanes (worksafe)

Wallpaper: Beauty and the Beasts by revello-drive-1630 (Buffy/Angel, worksafe)

Fanvid: Buffy and Spike | Treacherous by iCraveEdits (0)

Fanvid: Buffy and Spike | Guilty as Sin [Buffy The Vampire Slayer] by iCraveEdits (0)

Fanvid: Buffy Summers || Nobody's home by Captain Swann (0)

Fanvid: Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Anyway You Want It by juliaroxs241 (0)

Fanvid: spike & buffy - exile by Giulia Wonderwall (0)

Fanvid: Buffy+Dawn+Joyce | Phantom [BTVS] by leticia (0)

Fanvid: Buffy The Vampire Slayer | Smalltown Boy by Delenadiarixs S (Buffy movie)

Fanvid: Tara MaClay- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)- Machine Learning by Multifandom_Fanatic (0)

Vidlet: Buffy Summers | Teen Idle (short) by ImagineDragonlords (0)

Vidlet: Buffy, Willow Xander Edit for @fire.is.catching's edit comp! by swiftie.reputation13 (0)

Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6x06 voiceover | Buffy "Costumes that take over your personality” by A Pixie's Whisper (0)

Audio: Meeting Buffy At Your New School (F4A) (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) (New Student Listener X Buffy) by Violet's Audios (0)

Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Spike you're the one Monologue) by Aria Eleutheria Aurora (0)

Music: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Theme --- Fingerstyle Guitar Cover + Free Tabs by Jacob Neufeld - The Little Strummer Boy (0)

AI Music: The Gentlemen are coming by. - reimagined by NeXuS JWF (0)

Video resource: Buffy and Oz scenepack by Scenepacks (0)

Video resource: Buffy and dawn scenepack by Scenepacks (0)

Demon design: From the Archives: Black Death Demon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7 by Christopher Burdett (worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

Weekly Watch-Along [October 10th-October 18th] by BPD-and-Lipstick

Video: DWR 426 Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1992 by The Dream Warrior Review Podcast

Video: Is the Buffy Movie 'Good Actually'? by Better With Bob?

Video: Thoughts On Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show by ramboraph4life

Video: Summary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 1) by Romi Pegaro (in Spanish)

Video: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE Slayer, beyond myth, icon of strength and courage! by SerieTvRetro (in Italian)

Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4: Episode 9 - Something Blue by The Cheshire Kiwi

Video: The Killer in Me-Slayer Sunday by Jane Talks Buffy

Video: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Library Edition Season 8 Vol.4 Review/ Overview by Comic Swag

Video: RTFC #06 - Buffy The Vampire Slayer 7 (2007) DEEP DIVE [Features an exclusive interview with Georges Jeanty!] by Read the Freaking Comics!

Video: S4E09: Something Blue by One Girl in All the World

Podcast: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Sarah Michelle Gellar, High school drama, and slaying by TV Pilot's License

Podcast: Episode 033 - Becoming (pt. 1) by Boys Watching Buffy (several other episodes were uploaded as well)

[Rec Search]

Does anyone have any good femslash BtVS fic recs? by acaseofthewiggins

[Fandom Discussions]

Spike sleeping on a stone slab in his coat, boots, and lil blankie by Aphony Cree

For people who think Xander deserves some sort of punishment for him going after Buffy in the Pack by confusedguytoo

The thing about vampires is they are immortal so of course they will outlive all their mortal friends by stellernorth

Does anyone else find it so weird how Dawn is treated like a little kid when she is 15, 16 years old? by suiriswhite

I can’t BELIEVE I never noticed that Spike only started calling Buffy “Buffy” to her face AFTER he realized he was in love with her by thequeenofsastiel

I was counting the names Spike called Buffy and the amount of times he used them in s6 because I was curious, and I noticed something interesting by thequeenofsastiel

The cars Angel keeps giving Spike by thequeenofsastiel

Angel is such a weird show to watch by jimbodyson

after buffy season 3, contrary to popular belief, angel becomes more morally grey and fucked up by after buffy season 3, contrary to popular belief, angel becomes more morally grey and fucked up

Basically i want the way Buffy is sweet to Spike in season 7 to transfer to season 4 starved and tortured Spike by skyegraves21

Scoobtober: Best Weapon in the Buffyverse? by Plasma

The impact of loss and trauma on Angel's outlook continued by Lostsoul666 and Stoney

Double Entendres by Technical_Juice_6959

The Shanshu prophecy by moses616

Best Acting Performance in Angel by Troyaferd

How was the dagger of the beast made? by Nikstar112

Do they ruin willow’s arc? by Ijustliketodraww

Angel Season 5 Poster by authenticriver

I love Anya by ClutchPencilQuadRule

Did Giles just become sexier post-Season 3? by Personal_Reward_60

Was there a moment in the show where you thought to yourself ‘I did not expect this?’ by DarkCryptt

If you had the money or the power by Vixen22213

Rewatching Hells Bells… by erulisseh

Help with this Angel art by midwest_manic

Missed opportunities by CoasterTrax

Prom by moses616

Someone finally does what we were all thinking 😆 (S3 E1) by ghostrider1938

Real time Buffy/Spike Reactions by Adventurous_Grand878

What are some interesting motifs, references, or metaphors you've found in the show that not a lot of fans catch? by Deep_Ad_2691

Buffy is BRUTAL with killing people off it makes it more realistic in a sense by hatchbackkk

this was PAINFUL [Buffy cutting her hair in Gone] by hatchbackkk

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[joewintergreen]

I just released a video game! It's a fancy-graphics remake of my 2013 marble-rolling puzzle game InFlux, and you can buy it on Steam or Epic right now, and I'd love it if you did, particularly if you left a positive review to reduce the likelihood of Steam never surfacing it to anybody and it not making any money.

Some years back I started making a remaster of InFlux on UE4 in my spare time. I just thought it would be a nice straightforward thing to do to keep InFlux playable and supportable into the future by moving it to a better engine, and I wasn't wrong, but I didn't consider how long it would take me to do it while also working. Now it's on UE5, and it's done, and you can play it. It's the same game, but with way better graphics and way less jank, having been remade basically from scratch in a new engine, sharing zero code with the original.

Initially, I had planned to do a relatively straightforward remaster, where the game would look, feel and perform a lot better just by being in UE4, but the art itself would be the same. Since I was only ever working on Redux in snatches of spare time and had to rewrite and redo everything, this took a couple years.

I had that version of the game ready to ship, with a trailer and everything, but got distracted, and coming back a year later, thought "this isn't remastered enough". I spent another couple years remastering it better, with nicer shaders, a more detailed world, etc, and had that ready to go, but got distracted again. Coming back a year later, I thought "this isn't remastered enough" and reworked most of the assets with higher polycounts, re-lit everything, added new photogrammetry-based assets, and had something really nice looking, and got distracted. By the time I came back to it again, UE5 was solid, so I reworked things again to take advantage of Nanite, Nanite tessellation, Lumen, virtual shadowmaps, and other new tech. So it's a remaster of a remaster of a remaster at this point.

The content is mostly the same, but there are some new things: some streamlined level designs and additional traversal puzzles in the overworld, some added interactions to give you more to do there than roll around, and a number of tweaks to existing puzzles. There's also an entire extra puzzle room that wasn't in InFlux that I think I must have just forgotten to put in, and a lot of minor quality of life improvements to smooth away a lot of the original's jank. Also, there are now hidden fireflies to find that unlock concept you can view in a gallery.

What kept me committed to doing this at the many times when I did not want to was the fans, who are not many, but are lovely and earnest, and also the realisation that a lot of folks played this when they were kids and would be excited to see it again. It's surreal to have an adult tell you that they loved your game when they were 9, but it's a big motivator too. Kids enjoy games on a better, less critical level than adults can; I really like knowing InFlux was that special thing for somebody. Thanks for the support, folks, and I hope you enjoy this thing.

[late-to-the-party-81]

One for the money, two for the show

AN: So this was a request from @gayhopefullove

Ok maybe only fans star Natasha Romanoff x oy fans star Steve Rogers . Maybe Steve contacts Natasha for a collaboration and when ever they meet they decide to make a video with Dom bottom Natasha and sub top Steve. I'm not good with plots. But can you include her squirting in him multiple times and he has a mommy kink. I'm thinking she also ties him up or something.

Sorry it took me so long, but I hope you enjoy this PWP!

Beta’d by @lunarbuck

Dividers by @firefly-graphics and moodboard/banner by me

Master list

Relationship: Subby! Camboy Steve Rogers x Soft! Mommy! Domme! Camgirl Natasha Romanova

Word Count: 3.5k

CW: Lots of smut. Exhibitionism (cos it’s an Only Fans style ‘verse), Grinding, Squirting, Oral (F receiving), Face sitting, Multiple Orgasms (for F) Hand job with sex toy, Edging (for M) Protected P in V sex, massive Mommy Kink.

When his subscribers had first brought up the idea of a collaboration, Steve wouldn’t say he’d been against it. He was more sceptical that someone as successful (and hot) as Natasha Romanova would even entertain the idea. Which meant it was a bit of a surprise when he was shuffling through his DM’s, and there, in between the outrageous propositions and hate mail, was a message from the woman herself.

It turned out she agreed with both his and her subscribers and, having reviewed his content, thought they could come up with a scene that would be mutually beneficial. Steve’s schtick was the wholesome, golden boy next door/boyfriend experience. He’d make his subscribers feel like the most important person on the earth as he talked them through their orgasms while touching himself.

“You’re making me feel so good, baby. Look at what you do to me. I hope you love it as much as I do. Wanna make you feel good too. Fuck!”

Natasha, on the other hand, had a different persona. The diminutive redhead was domineering, egging on her followers with degradation and commands, ruling over them like a queen to be worshipped.

“You’re such a good little slut for me, aren’t you? Getting all messy, just for me. But don’t forget, you can’t cum before I do. You want mommy to feel good first, don’t you?”

Steve was very obliging, and Natasha liked to be obliged. There was no reason why it shouldn’t work. So Steve agreed to a meeting with her, attempting to tell himself that it was just professional curiosity that was getting him excited…

He was a bag of nerves, even though he shouldn’t be. He kept telling himself that it was just work, and while at least part of his brain knew that, the other part, along with his dick, was just taken with how hotter Nat was in person. They’d met the first time to check for chemistry and then a second time to work through ideas for the scene. It hadn’t taken Nat, as she preferred to be called out of character, long to identify that Steve had a praise kink a mile wide.

“It’s cute, Stevie.” She patted the back of his hand and tried to suppress a mischievous smile as his cheeks flamed pink. “Never be ashamed of your kinks. And it’s good to know it’s not put on. Means we can get real reactions and make it really good for the viewers.” She walked her fingers further up his forearm and leaned forward so that her lips almost brushed his cheek. “And you wanna be a good boy and do your best, don’t you, Steve?” She sat back with a giggle as Steve choked on a mouthful of saliva.

They’d discussed other kinks, soft and hard limits, and set a date, and now the time had come. 

Steve had arrived at Nat’s loft twenty minutes early and had wasted some time walking around the block. As she liked to use more toys for her videos, they’d agreed it would be easier for him to come to her. He had his ‘business’ backpack slung over one of his shoulders which contained his stash of condoms, lube, a change of briefs, a towel, a water bottle, snacks, and his favourite textured stroker. The last had been at the request of Nat; she wanted him to use something of his own that he was comfortable with.

With only a few minutes before their allotted meeting time, Steve jogged up the steps of Nat’s building and rang the buzzer. Nat’s sunny voice came through the speaker, loud and clear.

“Come on up, Steve!” She pressed the release button, and the front door opened. Shrugging his backpack up higher, Steve walked through and made his way up the stairs, his long legs taking them two at a time. When he got to the top, he was only slightly out of breath, thanks to his regular workout routine. 

Nat was waiting for him at her door, a long red silk robe wrapped around her petite frame. Steve tried not to think too hard about what she might have on underneath it; he’d find out soon enough.

“You ready, big boy? Let me show you the setup.” 

She turned, her robe floating out and allowing him a look at her strong legs, and strode across her apartment as Steve hurriedly entered, closed the door behind him, and toed off his sneakers.

The whole place was open plan, the large bed up on a short dias and beautifully made up with plain white linens.

“So, I’ve got one camera here, sideways pointing to the bed.” She gestured to the small camera on its stand. “And I’ve got another one here, just by the headboard.” Steve nodded, lower lip caught between his teeth. In their discussions, he’d told Nat that this was his first collab. He hadn’t been in the erotic video scene that long - he’d only entered into it after some comments by his friends and a couple of exes had made him think that there might be some money in it. It turned out that Nat had done a few collaborations, but she was exceedingly picky. That knowledge had made Steve’s chest puff up.

“Umm, looks good. Where’s the bathroom? I just wanna freshen up. And I’m gonna start like this, aren’t I? He waved his hand at his skin-tight jeans and white t-shirt.”

“Yes, I think so. Very “All American Good Boy”, don’t you think? Just lose the socks.” Her scarlet-painted lips twitched up and the corners, making him smile as well.

“Absolutely. Back in a moment.”

Steve was true to his word, just taking the few minutes he was in the bathroom to compose himself as well as prepare himself. He did wonder if he should touch himself briefly, get his cock halfway there for the cameras, but just imagining what exactly Nat had in store for him - she’d said she liked to keep an element of mystery, but it would all be inside the bounds they’d discussed - was enough to start him chubbing up.

He walked back out, trying to inject a bit of swagger in his step.

“Where do you want me, Nat?”

“Just sit there on the bed and look cute. I’m going to turn on the cameras, and then from that point on, remember that I’m Mistress or Mommy. Whichever you prefer. Okay, Champ?”

Steve nodded, feeling a little light-headed about the fact that this beautiful woman was about to domme him. He couldn’t wait! He made his way up the small step and settled himself on the bed, facing towards the main camera, which Nat was switching on and focusing. He stashed his condoms, lube, and stroker under the pillows for easy retrieval and then the red ‘record’ light came on, and Steve made sure that now his eyes were firmly fixed on her lithe form.

Nat moved from behind the camera, making her way closer and closer to Steve with feline-like grace. As she did so, she undid the knot on the belt of her robe and let the red silk fall from her shoulders like water off a cliff. Steve’s reaction was all real, his eyes going wide and his face flushing as he took in the black leather bra and panties that looked painted onto her body. The contrast between her bright red hair and lips, milky white skin, and lingerie was striking, and it took all of Steve’s willpower to keep his hands on the bed. He knew he wasn’t to touch her until invited.

“Hey, Stevie.” Nat’s voice was a purr, and Steve gulped, his cock twitching inside his jeans. “Are you going to be a good boy for me?”

“Yes.”

One of her finely arched eyebrows rose as she looked down at him.

“Yes, what, baby?”

Steve’s eyelids fluttered at her tone, excitement rising within him.

“Yes. I’m going to be a good boy for you, Mommy.”

Nat smiled, dark and predatory, and cupped his cheek with her small hand. Steve found himself nuzzling into it instinctively.

“Take your shirt off then. Show me what you have hidden under there.”

Steve forced himself to take it slowly for the camera when all his body wanted to do was strip naked as quickly as possible for the goddess in front of him. The soft fabric dropped to the ground, and Nat stepped closer, wedging her body between Steve’s denim-covered thighs. Her hands ghosted over his chest, covered with a light sprinkling of golden hair, her palms oh-so-lightly brushing his small pink nipples, and Steve let out a pleasured sigh.

“You sensitive, Stevie? So responsive.”

Nat bent over and pressed her lips to Steve’s, one perfectly manicured hand sliding up to tangle in the hair at the nape of his neck. She gave a slow tug, making Steve tip his head back, and she deepened the kiss, her lips pushing his apart and her tongue darting in to claim him. When he let out a whimper, Nat abruptly broke the kiss, pushing his head away.

“Take off your jeans, sweet boy, and then lie down on the bed. Mommy wants to take a ride.”

Steve did as she asked, letting his pants pool by the side of the bed, and then scooted backwards so he could lie down on his back. He watched Nat climb up onto the bed, body full of grace as she moved over him on all fours until her thighs straddled his hips. She lowered herself so that she was sitting right over his cock, and it was at that moment that Steve realised that her panties were split crotch. The only thing now separating them was the thin layer of his boxers.

“Oh, fuck!” The exclamation left his throat involuntarily, and his hands fisted into the sheets.

Nat smiled and placed one of her hands back on Steve’s chest. Then she started to rock against him.

“Just stay still for me, baby. Let me use you to get myself off. Mmmm, feels good.”

Steve watched as Nat palmed at her breast over her bra with her free hand, the fingers of the one resting on him curling, nails digging slightly into his flesh. His cock was so hard under her, and he could feel his underwear getting damp from her arousal.

“Please, can I touch you? You’re so pretty.”

Nat gasped as a particularly forceful rock nudged her clit over the tip of his cock.

“Yes, Stevie. Take off my bra and play with my tits. I want you to worship them.”

Steve sat up, hands going behind Nat’s back, and easily finding the clasp. He pulled the leather from her body to reveal her breasts, rosy nipples puckering as the cool air hit them. With a groan, Steve latched onto one with his mouth and the other with his hand. Nat gave a sharp inhale, and her hands went to Steve’s head, holding him in place as his tongue laved over one breast and then the other. She continued to rock, getting faster and grinding down harder as her orgasm approached.

“Such a good boy for me, gonna make me cum. You’re gonna make Mommy cum, baby. Oh God! Yes!”

Nat shuddered against him and he felt the gush of her release soaking his briefs and, dear lord, he almost came then and there. She continued to rub against him, her movements becoming jerky as she worked herself through the aftershocks. When she finally came back to earth, she looked down at Steve with a grin, easing his head away from her chest. Steve knew he must have the most dopey look on his face.

“Mmmm, I’m gonna have fun with you. Do you think you can give me more orgasms? I bet you’ve got a talented tongue. Do you wanna make me cum with it, Stevie?”

Steve couldn’t lie flat fast enough, his hands flying to Nat’s hip and trying to drag her up his body. He wanted to bury his face in her wet heat, feel her cum all over him. He let out another needy whine. She chuckled at his enthusiasm and allowed him to manhandle her, settling her over his face.

“Sit on me, please. Need to feel you, Mommy.”

“Music to my ears, baby.” She let her weight drop, and Steve was in heaven. His fingers gripped her thighs as he was enveloped by her musky scent. He thrust his tongue out, slotting it through her folds to find her clit. He started to tease it as she rocked on his face. Steve glanced up to find her gripping the headboard, head thrown back in pleasure.

“Oh, that’s it, baby. That’s it. Fuck!” A small shift of her hips and Steve had moved Nat so that he could slide his tongue deep into her pussy and nudge his nose across her throbbing bundle of nerves. He delved into her, using his tongue to taste every part of her he could reach, getting pleasure from Nat receiving hers. Her moans filled his ears like the sweetest song, and her juices filled his mouth like the sweetest ambrosia. If he died now, he’d be a happy man.

Nat came again with a cry, flooding Steve’s face and mouth with her cum. He lapped up as much as he could, swallowing it down, his hands urging her hips to move more, wanting to wring every ounce of ecstasy from her body.

“Yes, Steve! Yes! Yes!”

A second wave hit her, Steve could feel her tremble and tasted another gush of cum, and he moved to suckle on her sensitive clit again, looking up at her from between her thighs. She looked both wrecked and goddess-like, and there was a swell of pride in his chest from making her feel this way.

Nat’s movements slowed, and Steve took that as a sign that he should stop and allow her to recover her equilibrium. Holding her with his strong hands, he rolled, gently depositing her on the bed next to him, closest to the camera.

“Kiss me, baby. Let me taste what you did to me.” Her voice was breathy as she tried to regain control of her lungs. Steve cupped the back of her head reverentially and pressed his lips to hers, letting her control the depth and intensity of the kiss. His cock, still clad in his sodden briefs, rubbed up against her thigh, reminding him how hard he was. Nat’s hands skimmed his body and started to push the fabric away.

“I’m gonna help you feel good now, sweet boy.”

Steve kicked his underwear off as Nat reached under the pillow, retrieving the bottle of lube and then the stroker. She squirted a healthy dollop inside the textured silicone tube and then took hold of Steve’s rock-hard dick. She gave it a few strokes, a twinkle in her eye as Steve let out a moan at the touch of her soft fingers.

“All of this for me? My, my, what a lucky girl I am. Now, listen carefully. I’m going to touch you, gonna give you what your want, but if you want a shot at fucking Mommy’s pussy, you won’t cum. Understand?”

When she squeezed her hand around him, Steve squeezed his eyes shut. He was already on a hair trigger, but he knew he could do it. He had too, and not just because of how good it would be for the video. He wanted to please Nat, and he wanted that ultimate reward. He opened his eyes again and looked right at her.

“I understand, Mommy. I can do it. I can do it for you.”

With a smile, Nat slid the stroker down Steve’s cock, then giggled at his sudden indrawn breath.

“Ohh, you do like that, don’t you?”  She drew her lower lip between her teeth as she ran the stroker up and down him while he rested on his shaky knees next to her. His hands were palm down on his thighs, and he looked down at her through hooded eyelids as she worked him. Darts of sensation shot through him, and he couldn’t hold back the sounds that had been trying to escape him, which only seemed to spur Nat on more.

“That’s it, baby. Let me hear those noises. Let me know how good I’m making you feel.”

“It’s so good, Mommy. So good.”

“Yeah?” Nat stopped moving her hand, and Steve whimpered. “Fuck yourself into my hand. But remember, don’t cum. And don’t stop until I tell you.”

“Mmm-hmm.” He nodded vigorously and snapped his hips, the tip of his cock sliding out of the end of the stroker. Nat lent forwards and let a string of saliva fall onto it. “Mommy!” Steve thought he was going to implode. His hips moved faster, the pleasure building. He was imagining rutting into her warm pussy, imagining how good it would feel. He needed to hold back, he needed to not cum, because he so wanted that chance, but it felt so good, and Nat hadn’t told him to stop…

“Nat! Mommy! I’m so close. Please! Can I stop? I don’t wanna cum yet. Don’t wanna cum like this.”

“You wanna fuck Mommy, baby? Wanna fill me up with this big cock of yours? Suck on my tits and cum inside me?”

Steve was light-headed from her words and the images in his head. “Yes! Yes! I want that, please! Please, can I stop?”

Nat didn’t respond with words but instead pulled the stroker off of Steve’s weeping dick without warning. His hips stuttered at the loss of sensation, and he gasped. Nat threw the toy to the side and settled back down on the bed, arms and legs wide, inviting him between them.

“You’ve earned it, baby. Fuck me til I cum again, and then you can cum. You can do that, can’t you?” Nat stroked her hand down Steve’s cheek as he settled on his knees, leaning over her. He kissed her then, with fierce passion, and she wound her arms around his neck. Steve snagged a condom from under the pillow and rolled it on with practised ease before letting himself sink into her. 

His eyes almost rolled back in his head as he felt himself be enveloped by her, by her warm softness. His hips came down to rest in the cradle of her pelvis as he started to move. Nat lifted her legs to wrap around his narrow waist, locking her ankles together and pulling him even further into her, even as she broke the kiss.

“Play with my tits, baby. Wanna feel you suck on them.”

Steve didn’t need to be asked twice, trailing his mouth down her throat and back to the wondrous peaks he’d worshipped earlier, his arms wrapped around her body as he thrust into her like a man possessed. He’d almost forgotten he had to get Nat to cum first, but luckily his angle and the associated friction, along with her sensitivity, helped him out.

“That’s it, Stevie. Just like that. Keep going. I’m gonna cum. I’m gonna cum!”

When she started to spasm around him, Steve thought he’d died and gone to heaven, wishing he’d been able to do this without the condom between them. He wanted to feel her warm cum soaking his cock, actually feel her without the thin but necessary barrier.

“Can I cum? Please, can I cum?” He knew he was whining, knew he sounded utterly pathetic, but he needed it now. Needed to find ecstasy within the clutch of her body. Nat pulled his face back up to hers and kissed his lips and jaw and neck, fingernails digging into his shoulders as bolts of pleasure continued to wrack her body.

“Yes. Cum for me, baby. Give Mommy your cum. It’s all for me, isn’t it?”

Steve knew she wanted an answer, but he was incapable of speech as he finally let go of the tenuous hold he’d had on his body’s control.

He came hard.

Harder than he had in any of his solo vids.

Harder than he had when playing alone in the privacy of his own room. 

He was cumming, and cumming, and for a moment, was worried he’d completely flood the condom. His hips bucked, and his head was buried in the crook of Nat’s neck, the feeling of pleasure almost completely overwhelming him.

It took a few moments to realise that he’d stilled, Nat petting his hair and talking sweetly into his ear.

“Shh, baby. That’s it. That’s it. You’ve been such a good boy for me today. It’s alright.”

But all Steve could think about was how he’d really like to do this again, but next time, without the cameras.

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About Me: Favorite Video Games

So you may not know this, but I’m a gamer. Shocking, right? Who’d ever have guessed it? But to be totally fair here, I rarely talk about video games on Tumblr. I talk about movies, and there have been a handful of times where I reviewed video games, but I focused more on the story, characters, and all that then I did on whether or not the gameplay was good. In my earliest days, before I found my niche, I talked about games a fair deal, but that fell by the wayside so I could focus on films (my true passion).

So hey, look at this! You’re all going to get to see what my favorite video games are now! Remember, everything here is just my personal opinions; I'm not trying to give actual reviews of each of these games in a couple of sentences or trying to sell you on them, I'm talking about the stuff in them that makes me love them. All of this is my subjective opinion, and I'm not asking you to agree with me here, I'm just trying to talk about stuff that I love.

Oh, and here are some honorable mentions: Super Mario Bros. 3, Banjo-Kazooie (I still haven’t finished it and I don’t want to include games I haven’t played through), Kid Icarus: Uprising, Bayonetta 2, Injustice 2, BioShock, Doom Eternal, Super Metroid, Dragon Age II, God of War II, Castlevania: Aria/Dawn of Sorrow, The Wolf Among Us, The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando/Up Your Arsenal, and Heritage for the Future. Also a shout out to Tell Me Why and Life is Strange, games I watched my wife play and loved the story of but that I didn’t actually play myself; the former in particular has all sorts of elements I love in my stories.

Now, without further ado, here’s my top 50! Oh, and only the top 30 have pictures because there's image limits on posts! What a load of BS!

50. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Ok, maybe this game is lacking in a few areas at the expense of its massive customization system… but boy howdy what a system it is! I cannot tell you how much time I’ve sunk into decorating my island, reorganizing my villagers, and just making all sorts of weird themed areas. It’s a lot of fun, and I get to do all this work while hanging with a bunch of weird, cute animals.

49. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R

The original game was a lot of fun, but even I’ll admit it felt like it was missing something. That something was probably Foo Fighter, but guess what? She’s in the updated rerelease, along with aslew of other new characters like my favorite minor antagonist Mariah and the bane of Heritage for the Future players, Pet Shop! Add onto that a much better campaign mode with some fun little AU shenanigan matches and you have the most loving fighting game tribute to JJBA imaginable! Now if only they’d give Part 8 a little more love...

48. Batman: Arkham Origins

This is the redheaded stepchild of the Arkham series, and on some level I get why. It is very much aping City, right down to the map despite their being some expansions here and there, and the combat is much more of the same with little in the way of evolution, and don’t get me started on the fucking Joker showing up again. But this game also features some of the best bosses in the series such as Firefly and especially Deathstroke, a Bane who isn’t just a mindless mass of muscles like in the other games, and some interesting sidequests that make this early look at Batman’s superheroics a worthwhile entry in my eyes.

47. Miitopia

This is one of the easiest games out there, what with the autopilot combat and minimal difficulty (though there is a big spike late in the game). But the sheer vastness of the facial customization means that literally anyone from all of art or history can take part in a wacky, cliché RPG adventure. Hank Hill can fight the evil overlord Seth MacFarlane with a crew consisting of Chowder, Thor, and Japanese comedian/director/actor Beat Takeshi. If that’s not worth the price of admission, I don’t know what is.

46. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

The DS is where Castlevania truly shined, and my favorite of all the handheld entries is this portrait-hopping journey to defeat a mad artist and his evil vampire children. The locations are pretty great, there’s tons of sidequests and alternate game modes (my favorite is the one where you play as the Old Axe Armor), and there’s an awesome brutal bonus dungeon where you get to fight the bosses from Dawn of Sorrow without the stupid drawing bullshit!

45. Maximo vs. Army of Zin

The original game was a fun, yet very flawed action platformer. This game veers more into the hack-and-slash genre to great effect; it’s not the deepest combat ever, but it’s a lot of fun, with much better platform, bosses, and story than the first game. There’s just something cool about a world that mixes Gothic horror, steampunk, and other fantasy elements together all in one place.

44. God Hand

This is one of the most deceptive games you’ll ever come across. On the surface, it might seem like an ugly beat-em-up, but it’s so much more than that. The bosses are brutal yet fantastic, the music is fucking incredible, and the humor is just the right level of absurd to be incredibly charming. It’s ball-bustingly difficult, but let me tell you, when you finally overcome a fight or a boss battle that’s been giving you trouble? It is literally the best feeling in the world.

43. South Park: The Stick of Truth

‘Member when South Park was funny? I ‘member. And The Stick of Truth really brings back all those memories because this is a hilarious and loving tribute to the series made with the help of Trey Parker and Matt Stone to deliver the playable South Park experience of your dreams. It’s gross, immature, raunchy, and funny, and best of all it doesn’t get too preachy or up its own ass with messages—no, it gets up Mr. Slave’s ass to defuse a bomb. Peak South Park right here, though the gameplay is kind of basic. It’s all carried by that stellar writing.

42. Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity

This game mainly scores a spot on my list for being fucking hilarious. This is the funniest Crash Bandicoot ever got, with all sorts of wacky gags and clever dialogue. Cortex really is the MVP here, with the constant slapstick that befalls him combined with his snarky dialogue making him a standout. It’s a bummer so much was cut from the game, and it does feel a bit incomplete in some areas, but for what it is it’s a damn fun time.

41. Pokemon White/White 2

It was genuinely hard to pick a single game from the series to go on here considering how much I loved Gens III – V. Emerald perfected the generation I first got into the series, LeafGreen is the definitive Kanto experience to me, Platinum polished up Gen IV’s uneven debut and made it incredible, and SoulSilver is a fantastic remake of the first Pokemon game I ever played (Crystal). But I think I have to go with the Gen V games I played as my favorites. They’re fun and challenging, and while the first game has a ridiculously restrictive regional dex and the second has an overreliance on defunct wi-fi features, the fantastic story and fun new Pokemon make up for it. Can’t be too mad at the games that let me make trashy cult classic B-movies with my boy Garbodor, can I?

40. Batman: Arkham Knight

I put off playing this for years, because I wasn’t happy with some of the things I heard about it, such as a lack of traditional boss battles and an overreliance on the Batmobile. These are still problems, but not near as bad as I feared (obviously, since it’s on this list); everything about the gameplay is the series at its peak. The main story is a bit lacking and ends up being a tad too predictable for me to love it as much as the other entries in the series, but the fact it has Professor Pyg and Man-Bat really helps make up for its shortcomings.

39. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

This game is just as silly and clunky as I imagined an older Bethesda game would be, but to my surprise I think it holds up incredibly well even compared to Skyrim. It’s a bit more complex in a lot of areas, but it’s not too daunting. What really strikes me is how this game actually has a really good story; it’s nothing groundbreaking, but when you look at how bad the Civil War plot in Skyrim was it feels like Shakespeare in comparison. Throw in a ton of unique sidequests with interesting plotlines, a gruesome Dark Brotherhood plot, an interesting villain, and Patrick Stewart for all of about five minutes, and I’d almost say I like this more than Skyrim. Almost.

38. Wolfenstein: The New Order

Sure, it doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel when it comes to FPS games, but does it need to? All I want from a Wolfenstein game is a horde of Nazi motherfuckers to mow down, and guess what this game gives me? What really surprised me was how genuinely cool and likable BJ was. He might be one of my favorite heroes ever after this game. It’s a shame they couldn’t keep this level of polish up in the sequel.

37. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

In a lot of ways, this game is objectively worse than its predecessor. Like the story is ass for sure; I could not give less of a fuck about the Stormcloaks and the Imperials and their stupid civil war if I tried. But the vast world filled with things to do is so much fun to explore, and there’s all sorts of sidequests and shenanigans to get into. This game is pure, stupid fun, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve restarted it just to play as a different race or class. Maybe someday I’ll make it to the final boss. Maybe.

36. Psychonauts

The original Psychonauts is one of the last great platformers, and among them it’s a lot more unique than many of its peers as you’re platforming through the minds of all sorts of wacky characters to help them overcome their issues. Bouncing through the conspiracy theory-addled brain of a disturbed milkman or decimating a city kaiju style inside the mind of a hyper-intelligent mutant lungfish are the kind of off-the-wall ideas this game throws at you, and in my opinion the only thing that could hold it back is if it had a really janky final level that combines meat, circuses, escort missions, and an underwhelming final boss… Oops. Still a great game in my eyes, one that’s 95% perfect.

35. Final Fantasy VI

For a lot of people, this is the best Final Fantasy game, and I definitely see why. It has a truly massive playable roster of unique characters with their own special gimmicks (of which only a handful are actually useful, mind you) and one of the greatest video game villains ever conceived in the mad clown Kefka, plus it is so focused and tightly plotted for the first half of the game. I think that after Kefka takes over the story becomes a lot more aimless and unfocused, but that’s also where the game becomes a lot more fun and challenging too. It’s a bit uneven, but after how hard the opera house scene goes I think it’s allowed to trip a little bit.

34. Dragon Age: Origins

A lot more praise is thrown at this series’ sci-fi sibling Mass Effect, probably because that series is a lot more consistent with how good it is across the board (Andromeda notwithstanding), but I’m much more fond of fantasy settings myself and this game delivers a fantastic one in ways its sequels couldn’t quite manage. This is the only game in the series where I genuinely loved every single party member (especially Leliana) and actively tried to get them the happiest endings possible—yes, even the douchebag anti-villain who joins you if you play your cards right), and the plot is just the right level of epic fantasy cheese seasoned with some delicious side quests. If the dwarf plotline wasn’t such a slog and if Varric was in the game, this would be a lot higher on the list, but this game still holds a special place in my heart.

33. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Our first trip into the Asylum really did kill the notion that licensed games had to be the most obnoxious shovelware schlock imaginable by making a Batman game that actually makes you feel like Batman. Sure, the detective part is a bit minimal here compared to the sequels, but the combat is so fun and refreshing that I’m not too bothered by the lack of crime scene investigations. There’s a clear love for the entire mythos here, and best of all a clear love for the animated series—Hamill and Conroy reprise their roles as Joker and Batman respectively, and Arleen Sorkin gives Harley one last ride before her retirement. It’s a real love letter to the Dark Knight, and it spawned one of the most consistently good video game series around, so I’ll forgive it for having the lamest final boss I’ve ever fought just this once.

32. Kingdom Hearts

What I like about the original game is how it struck such a nice balance in its absurd premise, with it never feeling like the Final Fantasy or Disney elements are really overpowering each other. We have the grandiose, convoluted plots of the former and the magic, whimsy, and awesome villains of the latter combining together into one impressive package. Yeah, a lot of the level designs are dogshit (looking at you, Deep Jungle and Monstro), and some of the stunt casting is really bizarre (Lance Bass as Sephiroth?!) but overall this is a game way better than you’d think by hearing that it’s a game where Mickey Mouse and Cloud Strife exist side by side.

31. Super Mario 64

Mamma mia! It is genuinely impossible for me to not feel nostalgic for this game. So many 3D platformers that came out in its wake took what it did and polished it to absurd degrees, but there’s still something so special about diving back into one of the portraits in Peach’s castle and going through those levels again and again. The music and atmosphere of the game add onto it; every time I play it, I feel like a kid again. It’s just such a charming game.

30. MediEvil

If Tim Burton made a Gothic horror fantasy movie, I imagine it would be something like this game. It really uses the limitations of the PS1’s graphics to the fullest extent, with the jagged polygonal looks of the characters enhancing the experience, and it has such a crazy variety of levels and enemies, from a phantom pirate ship to a crystal cave with a dragon to a village of posessed villagers to an ant hill. Sir Daniel Fortesque is one of my favorite video game protagonists around because of his posthumous journey to live up to the legend fabricated around him.

29. God of War III

Every single one of these games just escalates from the previous one. Oh, you fight the hydra in the opening of the first game? How about you fight through Rhodes and then battle the animated colossus that once stood in its port in the second? And how do you top that for the third game? Beat the ever-loving shit out of Poseidon and gouge his eyes out from his POV. And this game only gets more brutal from there! Titans and gods all fall to Kratos in epic and gory boss battles, but honestly even without that I’d put the game on this list for the simple reason that you get to fucking murder Kevin Sorbo as Hercules.

28. EarthBound

Nintendo’s quirkiest RPG makes the cut, mostly on the basis of how weird and charming it is. At this point I’ve essentially memorized everything you need to do in this game, which is good because if it’s your first time you desperately need a guide or you’ll be fucked. There are points where things get a little too grindy (mostly for Poo’s weapons) but it’s genuinely a game whose charms outweigh any negatives there are. Plus, that final boss battle is something else entirely.

27. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Rebirth and all of its DLC updates took everything great about the original game and polished it into absolute perfection, with so many different item combos you could potentially get and so many bosses and endgames you could encounter. No two runs ever really feel the same, and it’s so satisfying to become so overpowered you nuke the screen every time you attack. The fact there’s a thriving modding community to continually generate new and crazier content also adds to why I have a ridiculous number of hours dumped into this game.

26. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard

This is the first Resident Evil game I ever played and, wow, I sure was missing out all those years! This is one of the most tense survival horror experiences I’ve played through, with a creepy family of hillbilly horrors to avoid as I creep through their ramshackle domicile. It’s fun, creepy, and even a little campy, and it has raised my interest in the rest of the series. Hopefully the game with the giant vampire mommy will live up to how good this one is when I finally get around to playing it.

25. Portal 2

Yes, the puzzles are great, but this game really soars due to its writing. The first game was fun and all, but it was mostly just GLaDOS insulting you the whole time with Chell being an entirely silent protagonist. In this game, we get the lovable idiot Wheatley and the greatest mad scientist ever conceived Cave Johnson to listen to as well, and the way GLaDOS bounces off the former and reacts to the latter help make this game a fun and engaging puzzle-solving adventure.

24. Doom

The legendary FPS series got revitalized after years on the edge of relevancy, and its return is one of the most metal games imaginable. Slaughtering your way through the forces of Hell while heavy metal blares in the background? It really doesn’t get much better than this. While I do think Eternal improved the formula and gameplay in a lot of ways (particularly with the addition of an awesome hub level), I find the original to be way more fun and balanced in terms of difficulty. The lack of Marauders is really what gives it the slightest of edges.

23. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Nobody got left behind for this one. Everyone across the series came back, and then they went and added even more to give us the most ambitious crossover of all time. Ridley, Simon Belmont, Sora, Sephiroth, Kazuya, and more all get to duke it out on the best stages of the series as well as some fresh new ones, and every character plays even better and more balanced than they ever have before. While the single player campaign isn’t quite as exciting as Subspace Emissary from Brawl, it still manages to be a pretty epic quest with fun boss battles. This is just the definitive Smash experience in my opinion.

22. Red Dead Redemption

My daughter has affectionately labeled this game “Horse Movie,” and she’s not wrong. This is a true cowboy experience right here, with lots of gunfights and horse wrangling, and it’s all a blast. The story in particular is really well done, and there’s plenty of fun side quests too. Maybe the gunfights get a bit samey after a while, but it’s an enjoyable open world to explore and is filled with oddities and mysteries galore.

21. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

The first Metal Gear game to make the list, and easily the most underrated of the bunch. It gets a lot of flak for the missing final episode that would have had Venom fight the young Liquid Snake, and while it does suck that that moment isn’t in the game, the story still feels plenty complete and well-done without it. Venom might be one of the most fascinating characters in the series, and the game has some of the most brutal gutpunches and tearjerking moments in the franchise. Maybe it’s just because I’m predisposed to love Metal Gear, but I loved this game even though I was well aware of what it didn’t have.

20. Final Fantasy VII

Not to be a basic bitch, but this is my favorite Final Fantasy. I mean, the cast is all so cool and fun, the story is great, Sephiroth is an amazing villain, and there’s plenty of obscure and obtuse ways of finding secrets that make a strategy guide practically mandatory if you want the most out of the game. What’s not to love? I think I was mostly surprised by how good the game actually was; it’s always high on lists of the best games ever, and it definitely earns that. The fact that Aerith’s death still made me tear up despite being common knowledge is a testament to just how amazing this Fantasy is.

19. Mother 3

EarthBound coasts by on its fun, lighthearted quirkiness… but what if you took that and applied heaping helpings of darkness and a more solid story? That’s Mother 3, a beautiful tale filled with the same out there humor as its predecessor as well as a lot of more mature and deeper themes than even the original tackled (mind you, Earthbound wasn’t devoid of deeper themes to begin with, so this is saying something). The ending is one of the few times I have openly sobbed while playing a video game. They need to officially release this in the West, because I will buy it day one. Fuck, I’ll pre-order it!

18. Yoshi’s Island

If this game was only one of the most charmingly animated games ever made, that would be enough to earn it at least some respect. But it’s also one of the best platformers in a series that invented the genre, centered around a truly inspired baby-carrying gimmick and featuring all manner of creative boss battles and one of the most earwormy soundtracks ever made. That’s enough to get it a spot on this list, but the fact it solidified Shy Guys as a Mario mainstay and not just a one-shot enemy? That gets it into my top 20.

17. Spyro Reignited Trilogy

It’s kind of cheating since it’s all three games in one package, but it’s my list, I make the rules. I view this as the definitive way to play Spyro; the redesigns are all fantastic (especially Elora) and the fact Tom Kenny is now the lovable purple scamp across all three games is wonderful. They even made the first game more enjoyable and even visually interesting, even though it’s still the weakest link in the series! And as much of a Crash Bandicoot stan as I am, the fact this game allows you to switch between the newly composed arrangements of the songs and the original Copeland tracks is a big W over the Bandicoot remakes only having the new versions of the songs.

16. Metal Gear Rising

This is perhaps the most badass game ever made. The first level has Raiden battling through a war zone and then fighting a RAY singlehandedly, leaping across missiles and slicing it in half while the most fucking awesome metal music blares in the background. The game just decides to get even more insane from there. People have argued against it being canon for years, but these people are stupid. This game is just as insane and politically-charged as the rest of the series, so in my book, it’s fucking canon.

15. Undertale

This game’s time in the spotlight has faded a bit, but that only makes it easier for me to look back on it and say, “Damn, that’s one of the finest games ever made.” It has all the quirkiness of the Mother series with unique combat and a stellar story, a cast of likable characters, and some of the best boss fights I’ve ever been through. Best of all, it’s a game that practically encourages and even rewards you for being nice! I still love it, even after all the discourse and skyrocketing popularity, and nothing will make me budge on that love.

14. Hades

I’m a big fan of Greek mythology, so this is yet another game that would have had to try really hard to make me hate it. Thankfully, all its efforts were put into areas that made me love it instead. While the roguelike gameplay is well done, the writing and story are really the stars here, with fantastic character interactions between desperate god Zagreus, the gods of Olympus, and the various denizens of the underworld really making this game something truly special.

13. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

Sometimes this game feels like the designers saw all those articles and reviews comparing the first game to Dark Souls and took it to heart, because some of the levels in this game are absolutely brutal—especially if you’re going for 100% completion. But that same difficulty makes playing through the levels a lot of fun as well; it’s probably the most challenging Crash outing to date. It really polishes and updates the Crash formula for the modern age, and hopefully they expand on this in a future game. If nothing else, it finally lets you play as Dingodile, which is a dream come true.

12. Grand Theft Auto V

It’s wacky. It’s cartoonish. It has a surprisingly good story about three criminals from different walks of life becoming fire-forged friends as they violently work out their emotional issues. There’s just so much to do and so much to see, all sorts of collectibles and side missions, and more black comedy than you can shake a stick at, and all of it is made all the more enjoyable because the main villain protagonists are a likable bunch of nutjobs. Hell, sometimes I just like to hop into a car, put on some tunes, and cruise around until I can cause some mayhem, and the fact that’s just as valid as doing a bunch of story missions really makes me love the game.

11. Silent Hill 2

While the first and third games are good in their own rights, I vastly prefer the psychological horror and the monsters manifesting as living allegories for trauma with heavy and dark symbolism as opposed to the evil cult narrative. Plus, you know, this one has Pyramid Head in it, and his presence makes sense instead of simply being there cuz he’s cool.

10. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials & Tribulations

The Ace Attorney series is one of my favorites, and I love just about all the games in it and even the ones I don’t love always have one or two solid cases that keep me coming back. But pound for pound my favorite game in the series is the third one, the one that lets you play as Mia Fey, introduces the callous murderer Dahlia Hawthorne, and has you match wits with the coffee-guzzling prosecutor Godot. Even the filler cases are entertaining, with the one where Phoenix has to get to the bottom of a murder involving his evil doppleganger being wildly amusing (which is more than can be said for that circus case in the second game or cases two through three in the fourth).

9. Live A Live

Few games can boast the sheer variety this game has on display, with levels changing up their style to give everything from standard RPG fair to a prolonged timed puzzle to a fighting game pastiche to an incredibly tense survival horror experience. We also have the precursor to Undertale here in a ninja-themed level where you can spare everyone you come across or otherwise brutally murder them. And while the stories remain relatively simple in every time period you visit, it doesn’t stop them from hitting hard when they need to, like with the fantasy RPG deconstruction that is Oersted’s chapter. This game would easily have switched places with the next game if the final level played a bit more to the game’s strengths, but hey, it’s still good enough to be in the top 10.

8. Chrono Trigger

Square’s other time travel story is definitely the superior one even if it’s a traditional JRPG through and through. Of course, that is because it completely and fully takes advantage of its premise, with actions you take in one time period affecting others in turn, not to mention the vast amount of bonus bosses and sidequests there are to keep the multiple playthroughs to acquire all the endings fresh and fun. I’ve sunk so much time into getting all the endings on the DS version, and I’ve never once been bored even after visiting the Middle Ages or the ruined future world a dozen times.

7. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

There are few games that I love revisiting more than this one. This is Metroidvania at its peak, a perfect blend of action, platforming, and RPG elements into one glorious Gothic horror monster mash package. What’s truly fun with this one is the myriad ways there are to bust the game right open. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve grinded for hours so that I could dual-wield Crissaegrims and trivialize the Dracula and Galamoth battles.

6. Psychonauts 2

The original Psychonauts is fun and quirky, and is only really held back by a pretty sloppy final level. This game, though? This game is damn near perfect. Nearly every level here is fun and memorable, and the ways Raz has to help each person deal with their mental trauma is a lot more nuanced and tasteful than the original game’s fair-for-its-time takes on dealing with mental illness. The minds of Ford’s old crew as well as Ford himself provide some of the best Psychonauts content to date, and really, who can hate a level that ends with Jack Black as a gay psychic rock star viking performing a musical number to obliterate his own insecurities?

5. Kingdom Hearts II

This is where the Kingdom Hearts franchise peaked, and it’s a high note they’ve yet to reach again. Sure, the tutorial prologue level drags on for quite a long while, but once you get to play as Sora again, ooh boy is this basically the perfect meeting of the worlds of Disney and Square. The Disney worlds are a lot more fleshed out and have twice the plot due to midgame return visits, the combat is more exciting with fun little reaction commands to let you pull off crazy maneuvers, and you get to hang out with Tron and the most based of all Disney heroes, Chicken Little. Best of all, the story manages to strike the perfect balance between being complex and silly without disappearing all the way up its own ass like later entries would.

4. Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

In my house, there was a legend that I had beaten this game to completion one hundred times. I’m not entirely sure how accurate that is, but considering how often I replayed this growing up it can’t be too far off. This is one of the most gorgeous platformers around, and Naughty Dog’s final shot at a genre they’d perfected with their Crash Bandicoot games. Even all these years later the visuals are breathtaking; I still am in awe at how you can see the entire world from atop Snowy Mountain. Every day I cry because they decided to turn the series into GTA clones instead of continuing to explore the gorgeous fantasy world they created in this game.

3. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

The original Crash Bandicoot was the first game I ever played, and the rest of the series were cornerstones of my childhood. Imagine how elated I was when they not only remade the games, but they created the single definitive way to play them! Sure, the soundtrack being redone can be a little hit or miss, but they completely unfucked the brutal difficulty of the first game (and this is even with adding back the ball-bustingly hard “Stormy Ascent” level) and for the most part left the latter two games entirely untouched save a graphical boost and the ability to play as my girl Coco. Playable Coco alone makes this a dream come true.

2. Batman: Arkham City

The Arkham series is one of the most consistently great series, and this is its greatest entry. The titular city is massive, with so many things to do, and the combat and puzzles are polished to perfection. Add in some actual detective work, some truly epic boss battles against iconic Batman villains like Clayface and Mr. Freeze (and also Solomon Grundy, because why the fuck not?), the ability to play as Catwoman, and one of the most shocking and tragic tales the Dark Knight has ever been in, and I’m more than happy to call it my second favorite game ever.

1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Of course, there was no hope Arkham City had at overcoming this game. This is Kojima’s magnum opus, not least because the entire rest of the Metal Gear series revolves around the events that transpire in this story. After the mindfuck that was the second game, it’s nice to return to a more coherent story, one detailing how Big Boss came to be the man that Snake fought in Zanzibar Land. Everything in the series sprang forth because of the actions the characters take here, and each subsequent game just makes this one better and better. Every single boss battle is unique and engaging, and the final battle is one of the most heartbreaking moments in all of gaming. I still cry every single time I get to the ending. It's such an amazing game, with a relatively simple yet still strong and convoluted story populated with a Russian madman with inexplicable lightning powers, a spirit medium's ghost, and a man who controls bees. God bless Hideo Kojima, that absolute madman.

[lianailia]

Okay, after a week of listening every day, this is my review for Lindsey's Duality. This truly is an amazing record. Well done Lindsey. I really can't wait until I see her live in August! If you get a chance to, you will not be sorry! I've seen her 4 times already. Anyways, my review:

Evil Twin: Interesting that it's the start of the album! It took a couple of listens to like. And the very beg I still don't really. It's not a listen to every day song.

Eye of the Untold Her: still amazing. I can't wait to see this live in Aug. And the rest of the album! But the music video was so powerful.

Surrender: yes! Lindsey! Omg. I'm dying. This is so beautiful. I can't believe I'm listening to this. This song is truly amazing. I'm still not sick of it, a week later. It's my fav.

Serenity found: also really pretty. Making me cry. Imagery I'm getting is a pan over a large waterfall. Then the water is coming down. Ugh, so simple yet so pretty.

Untamed: I like it. Kind of like soldiers marching into battle. And her vocalizing. I love the plucking.

Purpose: the slow build. She has lines! I'll have to see what she's singing. Towards the end! Wow.

The Scarlet Queen: I like the beat. Might have to grow on me.

Inner Gold: This song has really grown on me. I love it and her voice. The beat makes me want to dance and it gets stuck in my head. So not a bad thing.

Survive: I like the tune. Not sure on her voice. I'm sure live will be amazing.

Kintsugi: more lines. So pretty.

Firefly alley: I like it. My 3rd fav but it changes daily really. But I love the start and then the drums come in. It's a good driving and cleaning song.

La Fees: wasn't sure at first, but then it became like something out of a movie. Like an Ocean's type film. I really like it. I think she's having fun with this song at the end after being so serious in the beginning.

Ranks

1. Surrender

2. Eye of the Untold Her

3. Firefly Alley

4. Serenity Found

5. Purpose

6. Kintsugi

7. La Fees

8. Evil Twin

9. Inner Gold

10. Untamed

11. Scarlet Queen

12. Survive

[katscatnip]

Listening to one song on repeat

My experience with listening to a certain sound or song on repeat for long periods of time.

Shown below all this text is my most recent streams on Spotify. as you can see,, there is just one song listed, and that's because It's all I've listened to for the past 2 days or so.

I have done this kinda thing sing as long as I recall having personal access and control over what I listen to. my earliest memories of it being the time my mom let me chose the song we play on the sound system (the song in question was Rock the Nation by Michael Franti) and i would constantly ask her to "play it again!" until she couldn't handle it anymore. Next it was when we bought the Curious George movie on CD and in the bonus features, there was a music video for the song played earlier in the movie Upsidedown by Jack Johnson (again was eventually asked to stop playing it over and over lmao.

Next was when i was old enough to stay for the "after school program" it essentially let the kids get into fun toys and boardgames and such and what I would do every single time is find one of the three sony CD walkmen in the electronics box, put in the Shrek soundtrack cd and set SmashMouth's allstar to loop, then proceed to walk up and down the gym's left wall gliding my fingers against the textured grout for the next hour and a half to three hours depending if it was an extended day.

Next was another walkman, my older sibling's bf at the time would bring one over with him when he visited along with his latest playlist burned to a cd and would let me borrow it. this is when I heard the oh-so-familiar and desired FireFlies by Owlcity (my current fav song at the time that I could only hear on the car radio when going into town) where I would proceed to lie on my upper bunk bed in complete darkness and imagine I was in space.

Another time was when a different friend would bring over their iPod and I would loop a couple greenday and Metallica songs over and over (I don't remember the song names now lmao)

Fast forward to my teen years im actively annoying my siblings after playing a song 7 times too many. yada yada ya-

I am aware of that now,,

my friends have been pointing out traits that were worth looking into for a while and I finally did and ya. when I went in they said it was not hard to notice and identify it from the moment I walked in the door.

Anyway, this post isnt about that its actually about how self-aware and insecure I've become from having others perceive this part of me. I've never really had any bad experiences aside from the occasional family member shout at me to "stop playing the same song" which is whatever.

The real issue for me is things like Spotify Wrapped and the idea that what I listen to as an auditory stim is perceived as my "taste" in music and such. i guess its rooted in maintaining a kind of character in the social aspect, and feeling like I have to make what I listen to look palatable to peers and that means having a high listen count and knowledge of artists whose music has meaning and depth while also not being caught listening to the opposite (breakcore, hyperpop, noise, goofy nonsensical hip-hopy stuff, etc)(?)

Which I'm finding to be stackingly exhausting and I think I've trying this year and lastyear to give myself the grace of being me and not conforming to the shape I feel pressured to fit into.

I hear and read a lot of peer's takes or reviews on music and such (which I think is important to have ofc) but it kinda feels to cliquey for me to feel fully comfortable being in those circle's conversations.

sometimes i just like the noises and vibration pattern coming from a specific artist's stuff and don't take in or care about the meaning or depth of a song's lyrics,, anyways yeah. here's some of the semi-recent past loops: (noise warning on some!🔊) 757, Hollywood baby, Improved mashcore, kickback, 3 o'clock things, Being so normal, Uncanny long arms, Leg room, Stuck Inside

below is my current song backslide by 21 Pilots. the tapeworm synth and silly bass drops itch the itch good :+)

[fairybluedreams]

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G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Review (PlayStation 4)

For this G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Review we welcome G.I. Joe and Cobra back! G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is a team-based third-person shooter where you play as your favorite characters from Team G.I. Joe and Team Cobra. Experience the action from both sides as you help G.I. Joe restore order and lead Cobra to world domination.

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Review Pros:

- Decent cel-shaded graphics. - 12.12 GB download size. - Platinum trophy. - Game settings-auto aim, subtitles, and tutorials. - Invert axis and sensitivity sliders. - Solo and Co-op campaign support. (local) - Four difficulties-action figure, government issue, man of action, and real American hero. - Solo gives you an AI partner. - Multiple controller layouts including custom rebind. - 3rd person shooter gameplay. - 12 characters from the series Eyes, Duke, Lady Jaye, Sci-fi, Scarlett, Roadblock, Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow, Firefly, Baroness, Destroy, and Zartan. - Reload-fast reloads by timing your reload. (think Gears Of War active reload) - Ammo and health pickups. - a short starting tutorial section to go over the controls. - Ultimate unique attack for each character that builds over time and when you kill enemies. - Cartoon-looking stills are used for cutscenes. - Unlock new weapons and character skins. - Team battle-four player local MP with six maps, three modes (team arena, assault, and CTF), and settings for kills to win or match time. - Collectibles-comic covers and earn videos. - Bio section for all the characters. - Can replay levels. - Each level shows how many Collectibles you have found, the side objectives completed, and the best time and score. - Can skip the cutscenes. - The story goes between Gi Joe and Cobra. - Stop start animation cutscenes. - End of level breakdown for your score. - Each mission/level lets you pick from the two available characters. - Modifiers-13 of them and they can make the game harder or easier. - On-screen icons for objectives. - Each character has unique attributes. - Decent loading times. - Interactive points and most of the time will trigger a mini-mission like an event. - Can change settings in the pause menu. - Pick up new guns in the level. - Horde mode-style events. - 29 comics to collect showing off classic comics. - Many boss fights with the main characters. - Combo counter for kills to build your score. - Vehicle missions.

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Review Cons: - No field of view slider and the view is quite close. - Hard to pick out enemies. - Auto-aim is not good as it loses lock on with any movement from you or the enemy. - No real replay value. - Characters don't move their mouth when talking. - Shooting in general is just not good. - Heavily scripted fights that break the immersion. - Small text. - They took good mechanics from popular games and mashed them all together. - Pain-in-the-ass trophies are like a load of multiplayer ones. - A lot of the levels are just go here fight a wave, go to next shoot some guys the end. - No online multiplayer or co-op. - Bad Ai pathfinding. - Your AI partner is completely useless. - Comic Collectibles are just the front cover and you can move it around. - Can't skip the ultimate animation. - Can't use modifiers on your first playthrough. - A lot of pop-ins and textures fill in as it loads. - It doesn't use the main 1980s TV show theme tune! Related Post: YO JOE! G.I. JOE Makes Its Way to World of Tanks

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout: Official website. Developer: GameMill Publisher: GameMill Store Links - PlayStation Read the full article

[raposarealm]

English Translation - Decomposition of the Universe/宇宙分解

Song/Lyrics/Video: Harumaki Gohan Vocal: Hatsune Miku Youtube auto-generated upload here:

あなたのこと僕は何も知っちゃいないから 全部全部知ろうとして 宇宙を覗き込んでしまった Since I don’t get a thing about you, I’ve decided I’ll learn about it all, And so I peered into space.

一昨日買った望遠鏡| 十年に一度のブルームーン 手が届きそうな気がした 机の横に飾りたくて The telescope I bought the day before yesterday, A once-per-decade blue moon, They seemed like they were within my reach. I wanted to adorn my desk with them.

あなたの好きな藍色だよ 本当は一緒に見たいけど 忙しそうにしてるからさ 興味もないと思うからさ You favorite indigo color. I wanted to go to see it together with you, but But you looked so busy, I thought you didn’t care about it.

灯りも無い僕の旗を 蛍が飛んでいた The fireflies were flying around My flag that was no longer lit.

あなたの宇宙を分解だ 蛍火が消える前に 僕はそっと僕はそっと　望遠鏡を向けた あなたの宇宙の終点は 誰の声も届かないよ 僕はずっと僕はずっと　目を開け続けた 僕に教えて Your universe decomposes. Before the light of the fireflies disappears, I quietly, quietly, aimed my telescope. Nobody’s voice can reach The terminus of your universe anymore. I always, always, kept my eyes open, So tell me.

誰かが笑う帰り道 一人で歩く海岸沿い あなたが過ごした景色が 僕にも少し見えてきて Someone’s laughing along my way home, Walking by myself along the coast. The landscape where you passed your time, I also came to see it for a bit.

忘れないように　忘れないように ペンと紙に書き留めたら あなたの宇宙のレプリカ 僕の大切な隠し事 So I won’t forget it, so I won’t forget it, I put pen to paper and wrote it all down, A replica of your universe, My precious secret.

机の前僕の声が 宇宙に溶けていく In front of your desk, my voice Melts into the universe.

あなたの宇宙を分解だ 僕だけが見つけたんだ 僕はそっと僕はそっと　望遠鏡を向けた 僕の宇宙の終点で いつまでも笑い合って そしてずっとそしてずっと　目を閉じ続ける Your universe decomposes. I’m the only one who discovered it. I quietly, quietly, aimed my telescope. At the terminus of my universe, We can laugh together for as long as we want, And so all this time, all this time, I keep closing my eyes.

夢を見ていました　遠い国でした 肩を寄せていました I was dreaming of a distant country. I was approaching your shoulder.

あなたが隠した彗星が 僕だけを呼んでいたんだ だからずっとだからずっと　探しているのさ あなたの宇宙を分解だ 蛍火が消える前に 僕の目が見えているうちに Only I was calling to The comet you had hidden. So I’m forever, forever, searching for it. Your universe decomposes. Before the light of the fireflies disappears, It can be seen within my eyes.

Please note that this translation has not been reviewed by anybody else, so there may still be some errors. If you spot anything, please let me know.

All rights are to Harumaki Gohan, I own nothing but this translation. You are free to use this translation, but I ask that you credit this source.

[alittlestrangesparkle]

Welcome to the mysterious mind of a whimsical forest nymph ♡

➳ Hello strange traveler ♥ Welcome to my little corner of the Internet! I hope that you enjoy your stay ...

About Me: I'm Chloe, a teen author and aesthetic creator who lives to spread the word of God and to write fanfiction! You can also feel free to call me Kylie or even Sparkle if you prefer; my pronouns are she/her! I'm USA-based, and I write OC + reader fanfic for Kaz Brekker, Bucky Barnes, Matt Murdock, and Billy Russo. If you sense a trend, shhhhhhhhhh ....

12+ & - 25 please

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝙼𝚢 𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝

10 things about me -

My aesthetics are probably mainly cottage/fairycore and anything pink or pastel, but I love cowgirl and dark academia aesthetics as well! I love making moodboards and banners for things, if you're a mutual ask me to make you one!

I'm Christian, but I won't ever push my values or beliefs on you as long as you are respectful towards me. Please, no hate asks or speeches about how "You can't PROVE God" in my askbox :)

I'm in the middle of five kids: my eldest brother is engaged to an amazing girl, my older sister is in college studying graphic design, and me and the two younger ones live with my parents!

My first fanfiction ever was written when I was 11, and it featured a very convoluted plot (as well as terrible writing) that was supposedly centered around Wings of Fire, although it was kind of hard to tell.

I'm homeschooled, and I live in a pretty small town that luckily now has more than one store.

I'm a die-hard Swiftie and Lana Del Ray fan, but I also love Melanie Martinez, Sabrina Carpenter, and all country music!

As for video games, I play BOTW and TOTK, as well as Pokemon Violet even though my two best friends have Scarlet. (My starter was Sprigatito)

Fave movies and shows are; Shadow and Bone, The Last of Us, The Mandolorian, Daredevil, Luke Cage, The Punisher, The Ring, Stargate, Firefly Lane, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Black Phone, Lost, and Harry Potter.

I'm an aspiring photographer who also loves to paint! I have my own photo gallery with snapshots of the wild Southern ranches that are my home, and I would love to share them with you all!

I love fashion and tend to sew my own clothes, which I have been doing since I was old enough to use the sewing machine.

Requests: open, but tentatively! I DON'T WRITE SMUT (i'm a minor don't send me inappropriate content) but I will write fluff and angst as much as you want! I can also totally write romance/implied sex, I just don't like writing explicit sex. If an ask makes me uncomfortable or I feel I can't do it, I won't write it. So feel free to send in whatever you want!

Talk to me: i love chatting, say whatever! Spam my askbox with stupid questions - just no real spam. Again, please keep it SFW, but whatever's on your mind I'd love to hear!

Fic reviews: if you wanna drop a review for my fics I would love that! If you like something or dislike something (but if you dislike it be nice, I can't write full time), drop a review in the comments or in an ask, and I'll be so grateful!

Read for reads: i don't have time to full-on read and review someone else's fic right now, but I will consider this for mutuals! Mainly cause if we're friends you're reading my fics already mwahahahaha

Anything else: generally, as long as it's not porn or bullying, I invite all interactions! Just please DNI if you are below 12 or above 25, since interacting with older adults makes me uncomfortable. Please leave reviews of my fics, praise, constructive criticism, and drop in sometime to say hi!

Love you all,

Chloe

[johnnybeane]

Just dropped a killer new video! 🚨 Watch as I transform my Firefly Van Halen-inspired guitar into an absolute shred machine! 💥 I swapped the neck for an authentic EVH Stripe Series neck and upgraded the bridge with a Floyd Rose Special—now it plays and feels like a dream. 🎸🔥

I’m also rocking it through the Boss Katana amp, dialing in some epic tones you don’t want to miss. 🎶

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, April 11

Buffy: (shrugs) I'll be fine. Spike: Buffy. You're not happy here. Buffy: Please don't make this harder. Spike: You don't belong here. You're something... You're better than this.

~~Doublemeat Palace~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Elope (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84

Followup Tests (Angel/Maggie Walsh, E) by MadeInGold

A Strange Sort of Afterlife (Multiple Crossings, T) by Ditsyjo and Wolfcubx2

Daisies (Buffy/Spike, T) by desicat

I Know I Should Figure This Out on my Own (but if you come back, could you take me home?) (Cordelia, Wesley, T) by purple_mechanicalpencils

Cooking Together (Crossover with Dawson's Creek, G) by Julikobold

Rock Concert Tickets (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

Spilling (Crossover with The Golden Girls, G) by Julikobold

A Year of Judgement (Ethan Rayne, T) by NAOA

Say Yes to Heaven (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

[Chaptered Fiction]

Object of Affection, Chapter 1 (Xander/Spike, E) by felixsfishnets

Scooby Family Therapy, Chapter 1 (Joyce/Everyone, E) by Anne_Hathagay

Highlands and Tropical Islands, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Faith, M) by QuillBard

Ripped Stockings, Chapter 1 (Giles/Jenny, E) by TheClowniestLivInExistence

Written in the Stars, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by RavenLove12

Celebrating You, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by DeamonQueen

Army Wife, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by though_you_try

Keep You Ghosted, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, R) by hydranjenna

The Boyfriend Swap, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Maxine Eden

The Stars to Hold Our Destiny, Chapter 10 (Crossover with Star Trek, FR15) by Hermionetobe

Blood and dust, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, 18+) by Blackoberst

It's Easy Time, Until It's Not, Chapter 24 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by hulettwyo

Coming Through, Chapter 55 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by hulettwyo

Service Unit, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by hulettwyo

Hope is the thing with feathers, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by will_

What The Drabble? Vol. 2, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84

In Your Dreams, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Geliot99

We're Going to be Friends, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, R) by scratchmeout

Build a Bridge, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Niamh

Love Lives Here, Chapter 47 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Passion4Spike

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Dark Willow Fan Art by erin_m_creates

Artwork:🌸🌸🌸 by novivi

Comic:favorite scene by fox-toothed

Gifset:Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.07 & 5.18 by whatisyourchildhoodtrauma

Gifset:S01:E09 - The Puppet Show (Part 1) by thecrazyknight

Gifset:The Zeppo by dailybuffysummers

Gifset:Anne by detectivedawnsummers

Video: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Portrait Painting | Time Lapse - Fan Art Series by TIM NARDELLI

[Reviews & Recaps]

Joan the Vampire Slayer (and Randy) | 6x8 "Tabula Rasa" | The Normies Group Reaction! by The Normies

"The I in Team" (4x13) | *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* Reaction by cass reacts

Older and Far Away: Buffy 6x14 Reaction by Dakara

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - SEASON 6 EP 22 GRAVE (2002) REACTION VIDEO AND REVIEW FIRST TIME WATCHING by Reel Reviews With Jen!

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992) - Film Review by VIDEO ZONE

The Re-Watcher's Council | "Reptile Boy" Buffy the Vampire Slayer S02E05 Spoiler Review by LGRN - Entertainment

Podcast: Angel S4E1: Deep Down by Booze & Buffy

Publication: The 10 best Angel episodes, ranked via digitaltrends

[Recs & In Search Of]

spuffy fanfics where drusilla plays a major role in the story recced by mcgnagallsarmy

[Community Announcements]

New "Good Vibes" Flair Announcement by r/buffy

Fandom5K 2024 Schedule by fandom5k

[Fandom Discussions]

[on Buffy being 'kicked out'] by moistvonlipwig

[Riley's ending] by breezybeej

[Xander in the S2 finale] by nicnacsnonsense

[S6 as a Willow fan] by aingeal98

[Ask: Lies My Parents Told Me meta] by momsforroadhead and explosionshark

[Meme: why is the library closed?] by sunnydale-high-school-rumors

Conflicted feelings on the show so far... by multiple authors

Which Firefly transplant to Angel did you enjoy most? by multiple authors

Questions about souls by multiple authors

Do you think Dawn existed within the Wishverse? by multiple authors

What are some pieces of dialogue that you hated? by multiple authors

What are some of the most mind-blowing Buffyverse moments? by multiple authors

Most interesting Wishverse character? by multiple authors

Season 7: did anyone ever say whether the lighting and wardrobe were intentionally meant to be so gloomy/dark? by multiple authors

Buffy's reaction by multiple authors

Giles' reaction to Joyce blaming him for Buffy leaving Sunnydale by multiple authors

Faith, Hope, and Trick by multiple authors

What are the best moments of each season? by multiple authors

Ryles comeback was poorly done by multiple authors

Just started reading the comics and I have questions about Buffy's relationship with Angel and Spike by multiple authors

Does becoming a vampire mean the body is possessed? by multiple authors

Which one time/small recurring character you wish became a main cast member? by multiple authors

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