#a rare male sim spotting

[shellseaisms]

hale haven.

once again my current household sims have outgrown the house I have them in, so it was time to build a new one. this house is actually kind of a “house conversion” from the sims 4; I came across a build named ‘american suburban’ on the gallery, fell in love with it and wanted to recreate it in the sims 3. unfortunately I didn’t actually save the lot to my library and forgot they don’t automatically save there upon placing, and there are too many lots named ‘american suburban’ on the gallery so I was unable to track the lot down again to see who created the original - if you recognise this house and know who built it, please let me know so I can credit them properly!

the house has 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and is decorated for a female teen and two young adult males, but you can change this to suit your own sims if you wish. the backyard is also fully decorated (very rare for me) and includes a spa pool & gardening spot for dylan’s special plants :) idk I’m very chuffed with this house and I hope you like it too!

§165,150 furnished, §76,364 unfurnished

3 bedrooms, 4 bathroom

40 x 30 lot size

custom content included with package file

built in queenstown

download・cc list

choose either the sims3pack or the package version, but please make sure you download the library file regardless of which you choose to avoid having any issues with this not showing up in your game. the file marked [LIBRARY] goes in your library folder, and if downloading via package, the file marked [MODS] goes in your mods folder.

[chaoscheebs]

So I've gotten into visual novels a bit more recently, do you have any recommendations? I've been a gamer all my life but vns are kind of a blind spot for me. Maybe some of the more popular ones on the DS and a handful of PC ones are about all I know.

Most of the ones I've played are adult ones (i.e. have sex scenes in them), but I can give some recs if that's not an issue.

All Ages:

-Jack Jeanne for the Switch is a really solid one and for something that includes hiding the protag's gender (she's in an all-boys school for theater), it doesn't fall into weird/horny tropes about it? Like no "oh no someone walked into me changing oh me oh my" nonsense, for example. Plus there's some characters that read very trans/gender non-conforming and I am living for it.

It's very slice-of-life, very pretty, and if you like/can work with stat-building dating sims and the rhythm game sections, I'd recommend it!

Guys Who Like Ladies (not all-ages):

--Princess Waltz is like my favorite VN of all time, it's so fucking good. It's about this (seemingly) normal dude who ends up entangled in this other magical world's tournament to pick a bride for the prince of a country in said other world, and boy howdy for something that is aimed at straight male audiences it is REALLY GAY (affectionate/positive).

The main "girl"? The prince. Who reallyreally comes off as a trans dude. It is awesome.

There's all sorts of cool fights, girls in cool/cute outfits, the "token loli" acts her actual age and is probably one of the most mature of the lot (god i love Suzushiro), it has Lun-Lun, the second best proper girl, yaoi fangirls, and a cute lil' dragon man.

I will provide a quick warning tho': it contains (accidental, they had NO IDEA beforehand) incest, potential adoptive sibling banging, and depending on how you see Chris, potentially misgendering. :c

If you can get past that, tho', it's fantastic and has a bangin' soundtrack.

--9-nine is a urban fantasy-ish multiverse-spanning mystery series in 5 parts: 4 for each girl and one extra epilogue game that wraps up the loose ends nicely. It also contains cool action scenes, has a great cast of characters, and even makes a Wild Arms 2 reference, which cements it in my heart forever.

Each game is a route, and while you could skip one and still get the story (and you might want to, one of the games focuses on the protag's main full-blooded sister who, uh, yeah, they eventually bang), but each part connects to the next and gives you more information to piece together, and it all comes together wonderfully. ;A;

Also, the male lead has a face, is voiced, and has a personality, which is a rare triple-crown in the VN world when it comes to het-focus stuff.

9-nine also has an "all-ages" cut, which can be found on Steam, if that makes a difference.

QUEER SHIT FUCK YEAH:

--Ne no Kami is a yuri VN which is in two parts (with a loosely-connected "prequel" that is plot-light called Sacrament of the Zodiac and has a successor plot-heavy series that has one part out called Watamari, all of which are yuri stores) and IT. IS. SO. FUCKING. GOOD. It and Princess Waltz battle for my heart for the number 1 spot.

The protag is a "normal" girl named Len, who gets drawn into this secret war against the ayakashi thanks to a mix of her childhood friend coming back into her life and her parents up and disappearing on her, and it gets... the actual images are never graphic in the violence sense, but it gets a bit brutal in the fight scenes. Which fucking rule.

It's a good balance of slice of life and battles (and girls kissing other girls of course) and the music fucking rules.

There is also an "all-ages" cut on Steam.

--No,Thank You!! is a BL VN, and it is also really good, but really fucking heavy and I have to give several caveats before recommending it. There is references to (and at least one on-screen instance of) rape, references to in-universe snuff films, non-consensual body modification to the point of body horror, drugs, and child trafficking, tho' everything mentioned past the rape is never shown on-screen.

If your can get past all that, you're in for a wild fucking ride. Haru is the (openly bi!!!!!) protagonist, who seemingly got amnesia in an accident saving this middle-aged man, and so the middle aged man, who is the protag of his own story that's interwoven in the background as he searches for his missing son and dips his toes into some Serious Shit(tm) as a result, sees to it that Haru has shelter and a job until he recovers.

Also, yakuza and a secret underground society that does Seriously Fucked-Up Shit(tm) are all interwoven into the plot, especially the latter.

Also Hiroyuki is best boy I make the rules.

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Anyway, that should be a pretty good starter kit. I'd also throw in Yume Miru Kusuri, which is a more grounded in realism story, but also it's really meta and not a good starter VN (... although it was MY starter VN, please give me a route for the canon gay dude in a fan disc I am begging you). It also. Um. Deals with heavy subjects (bullying, drug use...). So maybe see how you feel about these before that.

[justsomeoneintoomanyfandoms]

Hii can I ask for a romantic matchup if they’re still open?

Fandom(s): Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail

Age: 19 y.o. college student

Pronouns: He/they

Sexuality: Asexual homoromantic (so matched with male characters plz)

Zodiac/MBTI: Libra, INTJ / INFJ 

Appearance: 5’5”, very dark brown, messy hair, and hazel eyes. My clothing style flip flops between baggy to preppy. I have a nose stud and small ear gauges. I also wear clear glasses.

Personality: I am very studious and love learning. I always have questions but often keep them to myself because of fear of being viewed as stupid. I have anxiety problems I've slowly gotten better at coping with. I tend to be a leader in groups because of how easy it is for me to get along with others. I’m funny, I find humor to be very important in my relationships. I’m quiet most of the time, but once I’m comfortable I’m pretty talkative. I try to return favors because people helping me means a lot to me. I’m very creative, like to see things in multiple different perspectives and make new ones. I'm dyslexic and am very insecure about it ;;w;;

Likes: Learning, teaching (I’m majoring in education!), my pet birds, fantasy, history, art, sleeping

Dislikes: Excessive noise, blood (i’m very squeamish), aggressiveness, not understanding things, being judged by I can't control

Hobbies: Reading, making art (digital mainly), playing the sims 4, 

Thank you in advance! ^ ^

Hi Anon! Thank you for your request! Sorry it took a while. I hope you like your matchups!

In Genshin Impact, I match you with...

Alhaitham is a good person to go to when you have questions. He knows a lot of things and, contrary to what many think, won’t tease you for now knowing things. There’s a lot of information in the world and since he doesn’t know it all, he doesn’t expect you to either.

He’s glad you have a fondness for history. That’s one of his fields of experience so he’s happy to talk to you about whatever you want regarding history.

Helps you out with your dyslexia. He knows quite a few books in the library that have been specifically designed for people with dyslexia.

And if there’s something you’d like to read but are struggling with, he’ll read it out to you. He’s got a really nice reading voice but very few people have heard it so make the most of that rare experience.

Alhaitham’s not a huge fan of excessive noise either since he’s always reading or thinking over a problem. He’s happy to take you to his favourite quiet spots to spend time together in comfortable silence.

In Honkai Star Rail, I match you with...

This was a close call between Caelus and Dan Heng. But I think you get along a bit better with Caelus.

Enjoys reading with you. Whether he’s listening to you read or reading to you, he just likes the atmosphere it creates. Those moments are some of his favourites.

Caelus loves listening to you talk about anything and everything. He’s not super talkative himself so he’s content to just listen and occasionally make a comment. He especially likes listening to you talk about history since that’s something he finds interesting as well.

He doesn’t remember anything before Kafka so he enjoys filling in the gaps by listening to you talk about history. Part of him hopes learning about history will help him figure out his own past.

Please make a phone wallpaper for him using your digital art skills. He’ll smile every time he looks at it since it reminds him of you.

[otomethesims]

ASHFORD BLAKE | HE/HIM for The Black Widow Challenge by @livingdeadgal128​ 🖤

ISTJ-A | Scorpio

traits hotheaded, materialistic, erratic, snob, ambitious

bonus traits  insensitive, responsible, shameless, unstoppable fame

skills fitness, acting, charisma, piano 

Ashford Blake was born with a bad heart-uh, excuse us, we mean he was born with a heart condition *sweats* too much stress is not ideal for him. In fact, let’s just not stress him out at all.

He was also born with a silver spoon in his mouth that he somehow turned into a diamond one. His acting career started off rocky until a few years ago when he landed the hit role of Ethan King on As The Sims Turn. Ethan is your cliched, evil soap opera villain with lots of money and little remorse. Ashford’s success suddenly skyrocketed in the role almost as if the character of Ethan was made specifically for him. Or as if Ethan King wasn’t a character at all.

Offscreen, Ashford is a serious actor who “generously” gives back and only enjoys the finest things life has to offer. Mainly beautiful women, who he is happy to spoil. As long as they stay in line and don’t believe the rumors that he is the alleged mob boss of the San Myshuno Sixes. He was never convicted of any criminal activities. If anyone knows otherwise they’ve already been... motivated to continue minding their own business. He knows exactly how to handle the few problems money can’t solve...

Fun Fact: He once fired his agent for suggesting he would be perfect for a role where he’d be playing a cold-blooded vampire. He claimed that they didn’t understand him at all.

Fun Fact: It’s best not to address the scar on his face...if you want to keep having fun. That’s fact.

Fun Fact: He sometimes answers and refers to himself as Ethan offset too. No, it’s not weird.

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[heavensims]

Nicola ‘Nic’ Yeung was raised in the heart of Roaring Heights by two successful parents. She “didn’t apply herself” in school, instead choosing to spend her time immersed in fantasies of her own making, scraping by with only passable grades. While working as a barista after graduating high school, Nic began posting her stories online, eventually teaching herself basic programming skills to develop text-based adventure games and branching out into modding best-selling games to add new quests.

It was in one of her online forums that she met Max, another avid modder who endorsed her quest mods and offered his help programming and animating future ideas she might have. The two hit it off and began creating bigger and more complex mods for their favorite games until they finally decided to meet IRL. Nic and Max dated for the next 3 years, during which they formed their own small indie company, Shadoware Studios. Their debut title, Parallax, won Best Debut Indie Game. Nic was only 25 at the time. The much anticipated sequel, Parallax II: Call of Thoggus is set to release next year.

Though she hates crowds and being the center of attention, Nic is easily in her element when advocating for her game and characters. She’s truly passionate about what she does (she’s loathe to call it “work”) and will fight tooth and nail for her studio. Nic longs to find someone who understands and accepts her passion, but someone who can also be a balancing force in her life. Max cares just as deeply for Shadoware and, ultimately, the two never made time for each other outside of work. When it became clear it was either their relationship or Shadoware, both equally and unequivocally made the choice to pick their true love over each other. Nic needs someone who can understand this and not be threatened by her devotion to Shadoware (and her close relationship with an ex), but who also encourages and entices her to live outside her fantasy realm. 

Nic rarely makes time for her personal life outside of work and has thus decided to become the next bachelorette in the hopes that the producers can help her meet her match.

Rules:

12 spots available!

Male and female sims.

Vanilla only. I'm too boring for berry.

No supernatural/occult sims.

CC is acceptable but I do ask that you use it discerningly, rather than just for the sake of using CC.

If you do use CC, it must be linked and/or included.

I'll be using my default eye and skin replacements, found in my FAQ, so if your sim uses something different, please use non-default.

.sim files only. I don't install anything through the launcher.

I have all EPs and every SP except Movie Stuff.

The sooner I can get this going, the better! That said, I’d like to put a hard deadline of February 4th on receiving all sims.

Each sim should have a small, accompanying bio please! I'll need a good feel for each contestant as the challenge will be told in a narrative style. I will also be sending questionnaires for confessionals, like with Jesse’s BC. Participation is optional.

Your sim may have 5 total skillpoints. You may include which skillpoints you’d like in either the bio or a private .txt in the download and I will make sure to assign them with master controller at the start of the save.

Please message me if you'd like a spot. When ready, tag your submissions hsbc2; I'll be tagging and tracking that for this challenge. 

[simstomaggie]

On the Eighth Day of Christmas, SimsToMaggie gave to me... the Kiss Me and Smile for Me Posepack

The Alexandria Dress

The Conversation Pose Pack

The Lydia Dress

The Marie Antoinette Canopy Recolor

Winter Walking Deco Sims

The Noelle Dress

and 3 Fur Accessories

So kiss me and smile for me... tell me that you’ll wait for me... hold me like you’ll never let me goooooo

Thank you to @theroyalthornoliachronicles​ for testing this for me, and to @mizoreyukii​ and @threethousandplumbobs​ for their advice and help!

14 poses, 7 male and 7 female

place teleporter in the same spot

Custom Thumbnails

Can be found under: “Kiss Me and Smile For Me”

Required: Andrew’s Poseplayer and Teleport Any Sims

Download: Patreon|SFS

(my content is always free!!)

tou:

Please do NOT claim as yours.

Do NOT put behind paywalls.

Do NOT reupload.

DO use them in your stories/screenshots and tag me if you like!

PLEASE give proper credit

HAVE a good time

cc: @maxismatchccworld​ & @ts4-poses​ ♥

p.s.: i’ve rarely published poses before, so let me know if you run into any problems! :)

[katsurinssims]

I’ve been absolutely awful MH wise for about a week but I have been working on this for you. Some rare object CC for me! I present, Katsu’s kimono shop pack! It’s perfect for stocking your kimono or yukata shops and rental establishments.

in this set:

3 mannequins: HHS kimono, BV male yukata and BV female yukata. the male yukata only comes in the original BV textures but the female one also has the @illenlan​ simple yukata textures I like to use for onsen- preview- the HHS one has the original HHS textures, my formal kimono textures, and @illenlan​ houmongi textures- preview. These meshes wouldn’t be possible without @deedee-sims​ making this amazing mannequin tutorial, uploading their mannequin stuff and allowing cloning of their mannequins! Thank you so much! I use deedee’s yofuku mannequins constantly so it’s nice to finally have wafuku ones ♥ categorised deco/sculptures.

HHS hanging kimono on betterbesim’s mesh. Only the hhs textures in this case because for casual ones I rrally love @riekus13​‘s shibori recolours and I’m lazy ahaha

folded kimono stacks for your shelves on meshes by DOT, folded obi stacks on mesh by Suza. They have textures from BV, HHS and some of my favourite kimono themed patterns.

Deco kinchaku bag on mesh by retail sims, uchiwa fans on mesh by simbiyori, zori (on mesh by dour) and matching bag (on mesh by Dscombobulate, converted by @mrsreval​) sets in some of my favourite kimono patterns.

GIGO lanterns, Simple life Japanese lattice set and Simpeople and me Kyoudai mirror all in maxis woods colours. Don’t know if you can spot them all in the pics but they’re pretty much constantly used in my game aha ^^

16 recolours of the grilled cheese poster with kimono shop signs. they come in 3 kinds, one has model pictures on a garden background, one has model pictures with info, and one is a more hand drawn/written style- preview. I used grilled cheese because it’s pretty versatile and I use slaved objects such as this outdoor sign you can see in the exterior shot (again by deedee) and these posters.

All meshes included! There’s quite a lot so lmk if there’s problems aha

Download!

[beholdme]

All the Many Shades of Gerry - Chapter 2

Chapters: 2/19

Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist

Characters: Martin Blackwood, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Sasha James, Gertrude Robinson, Elias Bouchard

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Library AU, Librarian Jon, Artist Gerry, Trans Male Character, Trans Martin Blackwood, Canon Asexual Character, Asexual Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Ace Subtype - Sex Positive, Polyamory, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Romantic Fluff, Falling In Love, Boys in Skirts, Kissing, Demisexual Gerard Keay, Minor Character Death, Past Character Death, Canon-Typical Child Neglect, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Flirting, Minor Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist/Tim Stoker, Adventures in Hair Dying, Happy Ending, Banter, Gerry has a lot of sass, Gerard Keay is Morticia Adams, Jon is a very grumpy Librarian, Martin adores them anyway.

Summary: In which Gerry is a kaleidoscope and Jon and Martin can't help falling in love with him.

He happens to love them back.

Find it on Ao3

[1]

Gerry doesn't even regret showing up to a first date with dye-stained hands. After all, stained by hair dye, stained by paint. Much of a muchness.

He sincerely hopes between his height and new shock of bright green hair, Jon will be able to spot him through the modest Wednesday crowd.

(Jon had pleaded that they were too old to brave the London weekend crowd that starts on Thursdays, Gerry had simply grinned and said he knew a great place to go).

And he certainly can. By the time Gerry spots Jon sitting in a corner booth, Jon is already watching him intently. Jon doesn’t yet have a drink, so Gerry throws him a grin and tilts his head towards the bar.

"I pegged you for more of a whiskey, neat man," Jon tells Gerry when he arrives at the table, frowning dubiously at his selection of a strawberry daiquiri, two shots of vodka, and a jug of margaritas.

Gerry takes the opportunity afforded by his distraction and picks up Jon's hand to press a kiss to the center of his palm. "I'm a man of diverse tastes Mr. Sims. You should never try to predict what I might be tempted to put into my mouth."

Between the kiss and the ribbing, Jon is broken out of his consternation, and he stands to greet Gerry with a familiar hug. "Maybe so, Mr. Delano, but just how drunk are you planning to get on a work night?"

"That is still to be determined, but considering my workday normally starts at about 3 A.M., this is just breakfast."

***

By the time all the drinks are gone, Jon having happily participated in all of them, despite his initial grousing ("But why did they have to be pink, Gerard?"), they're both warm, and open, and things are easy with them in a way even Gerry couldn't have predicted.

After all, two closeted teen boys from strict homes don't really make for the smoothest of teen relationships. Nevermind the pair of them trying to navigate barely understood sexualities. Asexual was the word Gerry had offered Jon, laying together in Jon's cramped teen bed. Biromantic was one he had arrived at all on his own in the years since. Gerry simply uses the word queer now, and people rarely bother him about it.

"Quite a lot of people recognize you here." Jon finally notices as the fourth person in an hour greets Gerry in the easy way of affectionate drunks.

"Never fear, old chap," Gerry intones, briefly stealing Jon's Oxbridge accent, "I'm not a raging alcoholic artist, only a bartender."

"You work here?"

"Yup," Gerry confirms, cheerfully popping the 'p'. "Thursday through Sunday graveyard shifts."

"And you felt an all-encompassing desire to attend on your day off?" Jon asks, one eyebrow quirked.

Gerry shrugs, smiling and leaning over the table meaningfully, "Starving artist, employee discount, close to both our flats. Seems perfectly logical to me. Besides, a man should be able to rely on the quality of first date alcohol."

"It's hardly a first date, Gerry! We've seen one another naked." Jon sounds rather scandalised, as if he suspects Gerry has forgotten. Which he certainly has not.

"I rather think the quality of our nudity has improved enough over the years that it merits rediscovery." Gerry shoots back, and Jon blushes hard enough to melt the remains of their ice.

"Well, regardless. How's the food? You should probably eat something solid if this is actually your breakfast." Gerry has to chuckle that it's taken so much alcohol for Jon's natural mothering instincts to finally emerge. Regardless, he flags down a waitress and she gets Jon a menu.

Hiding partially behind it, Jon frowns. "I do think I should mention that I've been seeing someone for a few weeks now. We're not exclusive at this point, though."

Gerry, somewhat delighted by this new development, having imagined that Jon was something of a spinster, chuckles and asks, "Oh yeah, do tell?"

He's donned his most winning smile and gently nudges the menu so he can see Jon's face better.

"You want to hear about the other man I'm dating on our first date in almost a decade?"

"Obviously," Gerry scoffs, adopting a long-suffering attitude. "I might decide I prefer him."

"Of course you might." There's a bit of lovely bite in his voice, and Gerry begins to truly enjoy himself.

"He used to work with Sasha and me at the library." Gerry hums in acknowledgment. "He was one of the assistants when I was promoted to Head Librarian. We didn't get along very well in the beginning."

Jon's stormy expression tips Gerry off to the fact that this is a gross oversimplification.

"With you, that could mean anything from a small tiff over the proper use of the Dewy Decimal system to attempted murder."

"Hrmph. If you must know, it means that I treated him very poorly for several months because of my own glaring insecurities." Jon's words are guilty, and he stares intently at an empty glass while he speaks, as if Gerry is less likely to judge him if eye contact is avoided. "Eventually I realized what a twat I had been and apologized, but it wasn't too much later that he quit."

"Because of you?" Gerry huffs, although he does know Jon can have a razor-sharp tongue, and it doesn't take all that much to inspire it.

"Oh! No, he says not. He had put together a great business plan and even managed to get a partial investment, on top of a loan. He's opened a bookstore with a little tearoom inside of it. Even took one of the other assistants with him." Past the painful part of his small tale, Jon's expression has lightened and he seemed quite delighted by the end. "When I went in to offer some support, Martin was actually happy to see me. He asked me out for dinner practically before I could finish taking my coat off."

Gerry was hardly ever possessive, and generously tactile with almost everyone, and seeing the open affection in Jon's typically closed-off expression warms his gothic little heart. He decides he can appreciate anyone who takes the time and (sometimes monumental) effort it requires to make Jonathan Sims happy, instantly opening a special place in his heart for one Martin Blackwood.

***

They end the evening with gloriously good fried food and laughing themselves giddy over tales from their teen years. Including the time Jon's Gran caught them smoking weed on the roof (Gerry shirtless, obviously) and had almost taken one of Jon's eyes out with the book she threw at his head.

By the time Jon realizes that he hasn't been allowed to pay for a single thing, he's been bundled into a cab and is on the way home. He knows he should feel indignant at being so smartly handled, but all he can muster is the warm, satisfied sleepiness of someone shown a very good time, and halfway to being back in love already.

[guigz1-coldwar]

'Back on it' : New chapter for "Redemption in a Spirit in a Cold War" is out !

"Back on it"

"Sometimes, I'm feeling so free, forgetting about the big problems I have in my life because you're there for me and I just want to enjoy those rare moments with you."

Chapter Summary : After paying her respects to Lazar, Yirina is finally going to Laos with Park to join Woods team to work against Naga.....

To read it on AO3, click here !

Words : +3500

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I didn't know of what Park was planning but she did right today, she managed to give me an moment to finally pay my respects to Lazar himself at Tel Aviv, his homeplace. Even if I still feel that guilty in me of that particular day for what happened, I still remember the positivity of Lazar's behavior that he was showing to me, he was really my brother....it's been 3 years since he's gone but he is never forgetten by me & Park. I wished things to be differents but it happened sadly. I hope that he found better peace at where is he now....He can't be forgotten !

It was hard for me to leave the cemetery and it was the same thing for Park too but we finally managed to get out, still having tears on our faces as we were going back into the plane that was awaiting for us, ready to fly away from the city to get to our destination : Vientane in Laos. Since we left Tel Aviv at nearly 10 AM, we should arrive in the Laotian capital after midnight. I didn't sleep too much on the flight, mostly checking up my diary and everything I did write for almost 2 months and also writing down that memory about meeting up with Naga.

Like I thought, we arrived at Vientane after midnight at 1 AM and to say, we were an bit tired of the flight as we didn't take an nap for the large part of it, hoping that we could get to the place Woods is awaiting for us. Me & Park were surprised to discover that Garrett was awaiting for us at the airport, asking if we did have an good flight and how I was feeling after what I did. We did answer his questions before we could leave the airport, our equipment with us to the direction of Woods's team safehouse.

"Wait, where's the safehouse ?" I was asking that question to Garrett who was driving, Park on the front passenger seat and me on the backseats as I could see that we were getting out of the city limits, 5 minutes after we left the airport.

"Yes, where it is ?" Park added as she didn't know like me.

"Okay, you're ready to hear this ?" Garrett started, his eyes quickly looking at us before getting them back on the road in front of him. "Let's just that the CIA managed to reuse an old Laotian Air Force base for them." He replied, making my eyes go wide...how did they succeed ?

"Are you kidding ?" Park raised an eyebrow to him.

"Not at all !" Garrett scoffed, removing his right hand from the steering wheel for an few seconds to strectch his fingers.

"But the governement is communist !" I exclaimed, having some history knowledge about the country in my head. "They will found out that the CIA is here."

"Maybe, the CIA is bribing the governement to keep their eyes shut." Garrett said, his right hand passing through his lips before putting it back on the wheel. "Since Naga is hiding in the jungle, having an old base at our disposal is helping us." He then looked through the mirror to me. "I heard that Woods briefed you an little on that."

"He didn't tell much about it." Park told him, looking outside in the darkness of the night as we were leaving the Laotian countryside to enter its jungle "He said that he will make an full briefing for us tomorrow."

"He's right since everyone is exhausted after today." He stated to us. "We had an mission today and it was very long." He looked at an roadsign outside before he take an turn to the right on an dirt path. "We shouldn't too far from the base now." He added before he start to make some signal with the car lights, shutting it down and lighting them up in an quick succession.

"What's that for ?" I demanded, pretty curious.

"Signal code to say that we're friendly." He responded as from afar we could see the entrance of the base that was looking pretty old and its gates opened. "It's the best way to make sure that we aren't greeted by bullets."

"Because they're shooting at sight ?" Park asked to him, an bit confused.

"Why they wouldn't be ? They want to keep their presence an secret and no one want to have problems here with the local authorities." Garrett expressed, nervous about thinking about it, that could be heard in his voice and his face. "And also because it's the CIA." He continued as he was parking the car in an parking space, filled with military trucks. This base was guarded like an normal one with military personal on watchtowers and guards patrolling around.

"Yeah...because it's the CIA !" I thought to myself, saying it in an very low voice, knowing well of the CIA's bad business...well, everyone in his car know about it. "This place is looking well to not be old." I proclaimed, looking outside to see the base that was in an good shape.

"Of course, they renovated the place down." Garrett breathed before he got out of the car with us too. "They even decide to use some Huey helicopters." He pointed to us in an direction, discovering some helicopters that were checked up by crews.

"Looks like some people here wanted to relive the Vietnam War." I spoke up, seeing those helicopters, having flied in some of them...in my fake memories of course and I'm sure that we will have to use them in the future. I was thinking of it as we were unloading our own bags from the car trunk.

"Some of them are from the US reserves and two of them are belonging to the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force." Garrett told us, helping us to get our bags out of the car. "We can thanks the CIA's bribes to the governement." He sighed in relief before he closed the trunk. "Okay, let's go join the team." He started to move away from the car as me & Park follow him inside the main building of the whole place that was looking like an big hangar.

"Here you are, you two !" An strong male voice said as we were entering the hangar with our bags in hands, it was Woods himself dressed in civilians clothes coming towards us. "Welcome to Laos." He offered his hand to me & Park and we shook hands with him separetely, getting our bags on the ground.

"You did miss us, it seems." I scoffed in an funny voice and Woods rolled his eyes around.

"Both of you ? Well...yes." He admitted, sounding not sure. "Before we start...."

"Yes, we know the warning, Woods." Park stopped him as she knew of what he was going to talk along with me...don't be too public, girls !....."It's good to see you too."

"Fine, since you know that....It's still for you too, Garrett." Woods continued to his statement, pointing at Garrett.

"I know but Song is been away with Sims, Mason and an small part of your guys in the jungle." Garrett expressed to him and me & Park were pretty curious and he could see it on our faces. "Woods send them for recon, should be back in the afternoon today." He added, giving us details about it...until I saw from afar, Hudson himself, arms crossed and leaned against an wall, looking at us, me especially, he wasn't willing to get to us to say something...he's kinda creepy....must not look at him, now...

"They should come back here with intels about where this little drug warlord is hiding inside the jungles." Woods stated, crossing his arms to look to, what I suppose to be his desk as he walk to it. "But there's something you two should see." He sniffed as he was taking in his hands two playing cards before getting back to us. "You need to watch your back." He told us, handing the first card to Park

"What the fuck ?" Park started, looking at the playing car that she was given : an picture of her on it, she was the Queen of Hearts. "Helen Park : To be captured alive !" She repeated, seeing the inscription on the photo.

"You're not the only exception, this is your playing card, Yirina." Woods gave me the other cards and I could see that I was also the Queen of Hearts alongside Park.

"Yirina / Bell : To be captured alive !" I whispered with the same inscription Park had on her cards. Now the whole Perseus Collective know that I'm alive and well. "Where did you find them ?" I demanded to Woods.

"From the Perseus agent that allowed us to know about Naga." He replied, leaning against his desk behind him. "The same thing like Adler, you became Perseus targets." He added.

"Yes but you know well that we ain't going to hide." I spoke up, giving my thoughts to Woods about it. "And besides, they think that I'm 'Bell'." I continued, seeing this name alongside my real name even if it was troubling me to be honest. "Damnit." I sighed, pulling the card in my jacket.

"Seems that someone needs some Bourbon !" Another voice came in and when I look around, I could discover an old face I didn't see for an month..

"Wolf ?" I breathed, amazed to see him here.

"I heard that you worked with Wolf an month ago in the New Orleans and Sims asked for him to come so I agreed." Woods explained as we were shaking hands with Wolf, he didn't change in an month to say.

"It's good to see the two of you here." Wolf said with an smile to me & Park before he look at Woods. "Any news from the recon team ?"

"No, we should have informations about them in the morning." Woods responded before he removed himself from his desk. "Anyway, you might want to take an look around." He suggested to us as we just arrived and we nodded.

Once we nodded, Woods took us for an little tour around the place and also outside, presenting the base like if he did live there, he did also gave an workplace near Garrett's desk and we learned that we were going to sleep in an dorm with everyone....great ! All of that while been watched by Hudson himself, still at his same spot, looking at us with his eyes hidden by his usual sunglasses, he's looking like Adler in my first days in that safehouse 3 years ago.

When the whole presentation 'à la Woods' was finished, we got our gear out of our bags and put at our personal workplace with Park until it was time for everyone to go take an nap but not for me as I wanted to do something before actually going to sleep. So, as Park & the other were going to sleep, having an little kiss from her before she left for the dorm, I decided to go see Garrett that was the only one with me to not go directly to sleep.

"Garrett ?" I started in an low voice, walking towards his desk with joined hands. "Is there any secured lines here, I would like to make an call." I explained to him.

"Oh, an call ?" He whispered, getting up from his chair. "Yeah, sure, follow me." He gestured as I follow him behind and then, we arrived in a another room where there were some phones on an table. "Who do you want to call ?"

"Zasha !" I replied, getting myself near an phone.

"Good...well, I will leave you to it then, Yirina." Garrett smiled at me and it was reciprocal until he left the room, not closing the door behind him as I start to dial Zasha's number from their office in Century House. It's one of the numerous things I have noted in my diary, not wanting to forget about it....one ring.....

"Zasha Smirnov !" I could hear their voice in an rapid moment, having heard only one ring, meaning that they were near the phone at their office.

"How's my best friend at work ?" I said in an good mood, trying to think positively. Because of timezones, it was only the beginning of the evening in London.

"Oh, Yirina !" They exclaimed, sounding happy that I called. "I'm so happy that you're calling, you arrived in Laos ?" They demanded.

"Yes, it's almost 2 AM in here, what about you ?" I responded, checking if no one was coming in in case.

"Almost 8 PM, I was going to join Portnova at her place of work." They replied, making me smile, knowing that today was the first day of job as an maths teacher in the University of London. "Hopefully, your call was well made because I was ready to leave." They stated.

"Well, guess that I'm lucky !" I said before I make an little laugh and they did the same too. "How's work, Zed ?"

"Honestly, it's perfect, very nice." They answered, hearing them having an breath and sounding very good. "The people I'm working for are very nice." They added, sure of their words.

"That's the main thing, I knew that you will like the MI6." I stated to them.

"Hey, today, they brought me to play an little game during an break." They told me, getting my attention on it and removing my eyes from the door.

"Really ? Explain." I said, very curious.

"They called it 'Bullshit'." They started, narrowing my eyes as I thought that they were insulting me before realizing that was the name of the game. "It's hard to explain but I will try : we're playing with an deck of 52 and we had to get rid of the cards that we were given" They breathed as I heard it before they continue. "You have to play cards in an order but if you don't have it, you have to lie but if you get caught lying, you're taking the pile and if you're thought that someone was lying didn't cheat, you take the pile."

"That's sounds an great game to say." I exclaimed, sounding happy that Zasha was able to have an good animosity with their new friends at the MI6.

"At first, I thought I was so bad at it but then, it worked and I won by an lot." They admitted to me, laughing about it. "The others were either focused on calling out the others instead of me."

"Now, you got very lucky !" I scoffed, making them laugh through the phone.

"I have an lot of fun to be real, it's wonderful." They told me. "It's sure that me & you are going to make an game."

"Count on me & Park !" I affirmed to them, raising my index finger.

"By the way, me & Portnova are....well, we're organizing an little private wedding party to celebrate our union and you & Park are invited." They revealed to me, making my eyes goes wide.

"Really ? I....Zasha, it's amazing." I was in an loss of words, feeling the happiness in me about hearing that idea from them. "When it will be ?"

"Since you're in Laos for undetermined time, it will be the 4th of June." They responded and I nodded to myself before I look around....to see Hudson standing at the door and looking at me.

"Okay, Zed, I will be there, don't worry." I smiled before Hudson creepiness remove that smile, making me look away from him. "Listen, I have to go...say hello for me & Park to Portnova." I demanded.

"Don't worry, I will, give my regards to Park too." They asked.

"Good, I will call you later, bye Zed !" I told them.

"Bye, Yirina." They said before I hang up the phone, finding myself alone in that room with Hudson who, when I turned around, was still there near that door.

"Are you going to stand there and still looking at me as an creep or you're going to talk ?" I asked to him, serious in my voice and clenching my fists

"No." He answered briefly before he took an pack of cigarettes in his hand. "Follow me, we need to talk." He ordered in an harsh tone, gesturing at me before he walk away.

I could have tell him to fuck off and going to bed for good but then, I found myself obliged to follow him and wanting to know what does he want with me. I thought that he was going to talk with me near his desk or mine but instead, it was outside that our talk was going to take place, near the big door of that hangar. He stopped himself once stepped outside, to light up his cigarette but he wasn't talking at all.

"What do you want ?" I directly ask to him after an few seconds of weird silence.

"Need to talk things about you." He responded, blowing some smoke out of his mouth, his eyes focused on looking in the horizon.

"Really ? You're suddenly interested in knowing me better ?" I said, offusqued as I was crossing my arms, looking away from him. I wasn't pleased to be with that guy.

"Listen, there's things I'm sorry with."

"Oh yeah ? Like you're sorry that you worked with Adler to brainwash me ?" I asked him rhetorically.

"Do you think that I was pleased with that ?" He got his eyes back on me as I was doing the same by hearing his words, getting my attention. "It's not because I'm Adler supervisor means that I did agree on that." He added to his statement as I was keeping an straight face. "Believe me, I wasn't happy about that at all."

"But still, you still treated me like if I was only an terrorist." I exclaimed, remembering the few little talks I had with him in the past and they weren't good. "You're the one who ordered Adler to terminate me...why aren't you finishing the job since Adler wasn't doing it ?" I questioned him, sure of my words.

"I have my reasons, Grigoriev." He responded, taking an deep breath.

"Wow, I'm not 'Bell' for you, anymore ?" I breathed, faking to be amazed towards him as inside of me, I was wondering what make him change his mind to call me by my real name. "Are you going soft or it's maybe one of your usual lies ?" I continued, wanting to know even if I could prevent in advance that he wasn't going to respond. "It's sure that you don't believe someone that isn't an american."

"Yes." He simply whispered.

"For you, you need to know that I'm an british-russian woman but I guess that it doesn't change an thing for you, still staying the good american patriot, right ?" I stated clearly in front of him, remembering some words that Park used to describe him.

"What I wanted to say is that it's good that you're here." He affirmed to me, making me narrow my eyes. "I know that Adler did brainwash you, left you for dead and an lot of things but you know well of the dangers of letting Adler in Perseus's hands." He continued, trying to convince me of 'Adler's good side'

"It doesn't please me but since 'I have no choices'." I quoted the numerous times I think about that possibility. "Isn't strange to see the brainwashed woman trying to rescue the man who has broke up her brain ?" I demanded, not wanting any answers from him and I even gestured that he didn't need to respond, it was strange to be sure.

"Do you have memories back ?" He chuckled, changing the subject as he crush his cigarette with his feet.

"Yes." I replied in an low voice. "Why do you want to know ?" I added.

"I just wanted to know about this, wondering what was your past." He answered, scratching the back of his bald head.

"Sometimes good, sometimes bad." I sighed, thinking of all of the memories I did relived, it was an lot of them. "Things that I can't talk about and if I do, it's only to my closest friends." I admitted, making him sure that he's not part of that category.

"I understand." He breathed before I decided it was time to get back inside and to go to sleep. "Grigoriev !" Hudson stopped me before I could have one feet inside the hangar. "How do you feel right now ?"

"Right now ?" I repeated, an bit confused of that ordinary question from him, my hands right on the door handle. "I don't know, been to an place that I thought to have set an foot in my 'old times', it's making me nervous." I said, mentioning that fake memories I had in my head. 'Bell' knows Vietnam...not me. I then put my right feet inside before I stopped to look at him witn an serious glare....

"I'm just trying to redeem myself and make the good, Hudson, keep that in mind !"

[silenceofthecookies]

Bleach matchup for @stooch-betch​

Match up for either One Piece or Bleach~! I’m Biromantic Demisexual; although I tend to lean more towards guys. Age: 20 General appearance - most striking features, your fashion style, etc. Answer: I’m 5’2.5ft with a petite hourglass build, I have long, thick dark brown hair that reaches a little past my butt. My fashion sense is a mixture between Goth and Punk with a smidge of Grunge; mainly anything black with hints of fishnets, skinny jeans, chains, boots, and corsets. I tend to wear shirts that compliment my bigger than average chest due to trying to bring up my already low-self esteem but in a classy manner. I tend to hold a very hard RBF expression that people tend to believe I’m glaring at them when really I’m lost in thought. I tend to wear mainly winged eyeliner with mascara whenever I plan to go out, but on special occasions, I’ll do a full face of makeup with a cosplay-y flare. I have a couple of tattoos on my arms and scars scattered around my body from being a bit of a tomboy growing up.

MBTI, western zodiac chart, etc. Answer: INTP (The Logician), Scorpio, Year of the Dragon. My MBTI is pretty spot-on for the most part followed by being a Scorpio. My sister is an astrology nut and tells me that I’m a true Scorpio by numerous descriptions.

Personality, how you perceive yourself, and how people around you perceive you.* Answer: How I perceive myself is pretty much kind of all over the place. I’m really stubborn when I want to be and tend to be pretty aloof. I’m naturally apathetic but very understanding of emotions due to having a knick for Psychology. I tend to observe more than be the first to approach someone. Although I have low self-esteem, I try to build up my confidence by performing self-care days whenever I get a chance. It takes me a while to warm up to new people but once I can get a feel of a person, I slowly start to open up, which shocks most people. I’m very animated and pretty chatty once you get me going, I’m pretty sarcastic and tend to make a crap ton of references (while subconsciously expecting people to get what I’m talking about lmao). I think pretty fast on my feet, which sometimes gets me into some trouble due to accidentally hurting peoples’ feelings in which I don’t try to hurt anyone. I have so many walls built up due to past trauma that when people get to really know me, they say I have a soft interior that I try so hard to protect myself. Due to the walls I have built, I’m quick to anger and a bit of a hot-head. So whenever it comes to social interactions, I tend to overthink and silently bottle everything up. When it comes to friends, I have the bad habit of hiding my issues from them and putting them before myself. I’m told I give really good advice and an excellent listener, but I give almost too blunt of responses. I hate sugarcoating things and I’ll tend to say what is on my mind, that too gets me into problems. I am incredibly loyal to the people I’m close to, but I tend to show my love to them in a tough-love type of way. I have extremely dark humor with a dash of memes into the mix; which is one of the reasons why I tend to have a tight-knit friend group.

Hobbies, interests, life goals, etc.* Answer: I absolutely love creative writing! I tend to draw while dealing with writer’s block to make up the creative outlet. I adore doing cosplay makeup, I cosplay but I still have troubles styling wigs, sewing, and keeping on budget. When I’m really stuck on either drawing or writing, I watch anime, eating, and even napping. On the rarest occasions, I’ll play video games such as Pirate Warriors 4, Jump Force, and Sims 4 (Boy oh boy, I lowkey miss doing all-nighters on Sims 4). I'm heavily into Psychology and Criminal Psychology, both are just so fascinating to me that I love to know how the human brain works. I tend to ramble a lot when it comes to Psychology and makes jokes referring to it, although rarely anyone understands what the hell I’m talking about. I have a burning passion for the Paranormal, Cryptids, Urban Legends, and some Conspiracy Theories! I’ll never mess around with an Oujia Board, I’m more than happy to go into a haunted house for the thrills! But because of my love for horror, horror movies don’t really have an effect on me anymore- I tend to laugh at them which makes me a horrible scary movie buddy. I strive to become a Criminal Psychologist or even a therapist that specializes in Personality Disorders. But as a realistic goal, to become a voice actor while being an author on the side, but my vocal range is too low for most female characters but too high for male characters.

Favorites, likes, dislikes, pet peeves, fears.* Answer: I love food~! Mostly Asian and Mexican for the most part due to what I grew up within my family. But my favorite has to be the meats, any kind at all! From cow tongue to prime rib (Unironically Prime Rib is my all-time favorite food as long it’s cooked rare.). I’m very open to trying out new foods as long I don’t have a clue what’s in it or the smell is divine! My dad is the cook of my house, thus while I’m cooking, he tends to take the wheel because it gives him anxiety. But I can cook a mean steak. I love listening to music of any kind; mostly alternative, rock, dubstep, and whatever Ashnikko has going on. I will go crazy if I don’t listen to music throughout my daily life. I like hiking and going on adventurous walks, taking in the scenery while it helps me relax my mind. As much as I am a heavy introvert, I enjoy shopping and a bit of a shopaholic. I also have a fascination with death! Not in a necrophiliac manner, but the whole entire concept of it! I also love animals, I have a big soft spot for them but I really like it when they know I’m the alpha- In other words, when it comes to domestic pets, I love the well-behaved ones. I yearn to have a pet ball python and/or ferret of my own! I hate rude arrogant people who think they’re holier than thou. Especially when it comes to the workplace and they expect you to do everything for them, then continue to talk to you as if you’re below them. I really dislike impoliteness and people with no manners whatsoever. One of my major pet peeves is uncleanliness anywhere, I’m a bit of a germaphobe and cannot stand messy people. With this pandemic going on, it made my germophobia skyrocket even more. I have this irrational fear of being alone, having the thought that everyone around me just tolerates me and doesn’t actually like me flows through my mind a lot. I tend to overthink this a lot to the point it puts me in depressive states, but with some reassurance, I can bounce back. Another thing I fear to death is cockroaches and giant moths; of any kind to be entirely honest. I’m not scared of spiders (I adore them), beetles, ants, etc. but when it comes to these two, I’m either screaming and dipping out or trying to fistfight a moth.

Any additional info you would like to share, fun facts, etc. Answer: I pretty much summed what I had in a nutshell up above. But I got a few more things I can mention for some trivia: I used to be an alto back in my school’s choir, I still sing on occasion but only when I think I’m alone. My friends and sister like to compare me to other characters such as Loki from Marvel, Diva from Blood+, April Ludgate from Parks & Rec, Edward Elric or Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, etc.; They’re not entirely wrong. I cannot dance for the life of me, so anyone who offers to dance with them, they’re going to be dancing with the 90s Barbie doll. I’m an insomniac that gets the midnight munchies, I’ll never in bed but expect to find me rummaging through the kitchen for a snack. There are some things about a relationship that can be a make it or break it for me. I have massive trust issues due to past experiences as well as a fear of commitment. I struggle with anxiety and depression that is overshadowed by my anger, so someone who is patient enough to take the chance to understand me. Reassurance is another big thing I hold because there are going to be days where I start to believe I’m no longer desirable. Loyalty and consent are another two big things with me, I cannot stand toxicity in a relationship. It’s either you’re all in for it or just dip out. I also value someone who can make me laugh and understand I’m not a very affectionate person. I’m kinda like a cat, I like having space. Cheaters, Narcissists, and pathological liars are what keep me away from relationships. I already have enough self-esteem issues and trust issues that my standards in relationships are nearly unrealistic. Little white lies can slide because of surprises or pranks, but when it comes to lying compulsively will really piss me off. Man up to your shit, that is all I’m asking. My Love Language is quality time and words of affirmation, although I don’t mind some cuddles and physical touch. I’m honestly so touch-starved that I internally freak out when someone I like hugs or touches me, but I’m not opposed to it. Honestly, just spending time with that person whether be sitting in the same room doing two completely different things or just watching a shitty YouTube video. I want someone who isn’t afraid to admit I’m their lover, they’re proud to say I’m theirs and to go in public with me. Dates, coffee dates, going out running errands, late-night adventures, going to cons with me, and sharing hobbies! I’m all down for that!! I want a best friend as well as a lover in the relationship.

I match you with... 

Sado Yasutora

Chad may be a scary-looking person to those who don’t know him, but his still waters run deep. He is a very loving and passionate person and most of all, he’s perceptive of the people around him. Once he’s taken an interest in you, he’ll patiently wait for you to open up to him, getting to know you by just being around you. He is in no rush since rushing a relationship is rarely a good thing and he wants to do it right or not at all.

Because of his thick skin and his understanding of people, there’s very little you can do that will scare or hurt him. He will take your blunt responses as a sign of honesty and you speaking your mind, two things he greatly values. Even your dark humour won’t faze him.

Chad may be a silent person in general, but that changes when it comes to the people he cares about. He becomes a bit more vocal and always speaks his mind, but it may come across a little weird because he is not too used to expressing his emotions. His does however make his words of love all that more impactful, and he’ll make sure to chase away any doubts you may have that he loves you. His calm and understanding personality is a great help when you’re feeling down.

Chad’s main love language is quality time. As long as you are around, he doesn’t mind what you are doing. No matter how much he likes his friends, there are times when he just wants to spend time with you alone. He greatly enjoys hiking and adventurous talks, much like you, so that’s a common date plan. He’s also a pretty good cook, with his specialty being Mexican food, as he grew up there. Cooking and eating together is his idea of a perfect night in.

When it comes to you, he’ll never be ashamed to admit you’re his. It doesn’t matter if his friends try to tease him about having a girlfriend, he doesn’t see any reason to be embarrassed about it. If anything, he’s a little happy to say it out loud. Being secretive about being a relationship would just make him insecure about it being real or a joke, so he prefers to be open about it.

Chad’s main focus in the relationship it you, what you’re comfortable with and what you want. He is a highly loyal friend, and just as loyal as a boyfriend. Despite him being friends with all different kinds of people, you will never have to worry about him cheating on you. Consent is also a very big thing for him. If you leave it up to him, new steps in the relationship will come very slowly and are spoken about beforehand, just so he’s sure you are comfortable with it.

Chad, much like you, doesn’t get too hung up on physical displays of affection. He enjoys a hug every now and again, but he’s not the clingy type. When you are in the mood for a hug though, Chad gives the absolute best ones.

[atendersun-archived]

👌👌 y'know 1 for hisao and 1 for idris

Hisao:

Even though he has no idea why he feels the need to do it, Mason has still found himself on multiple occasions telling Hisao out of the blew that he values his company very much, and that even if they feel as they were not there for him at times, that thought has never personally crossed his mind. He really does not wish for the younger to beat himself up in any way, or to take on any responsibility for the sadness he has described during the very rare times he’s opened up about himself in conversations.

What he will not tell the other male though is that he doesn’t really get the appeal of dating sims that were intended on being dirty. He happens to think all of the girls in the Hunie Pop games are scary looking. Even so, he still makes a very conscious effort to be receptive when Hisao is talking about the games he plays at times, because he knows he has no room for someone who plays dress up games on the computer when the other is sleeping.

Mason has no problem being the one to get rid of the spiders. He will not kill them though, and instead chooses to release them outside where they belong no matter how many times he’s told they will just come back in anyways. He’s very much so the type of person to believe that spotting a spider is the universe’s way of communicating a message. It just so happens that sometimes to be aware of that message you have to be completely naked while taking a shower. The world was full of mysteries like that.

Idris:

As much as he might like to imagine the bratty prince someday summoning a demon lion by mistake, and getting eaten by it, he would actually be very hurt to be made aware of such tragic news. Being friends with someone who pinched him, switched their opinion of him at the drop of a hat, and threatened to sell him to a deity from the underworld on a regular basis may not have been the ideal situation for most, Mason viewed it as life putting him into a situation where he needed to learn how to grow thicker skin. Plus, when it did eventually reach a point where Idris went ahead with what he claimed to, he knew he wanted to be person there to protect the other just in case things didn’t work out as planned.

He also makes no effort to offer any explanation behind the fears he holds for demonic entities. Instead, he chooses to allow the other to come up with his own conclusions. Even then he will not actively make an effort to agree or disagree to the ones told to him, because it was admittedly a little satisfying knowing that the prince couldn’t jot it down in the notebook he kept details about him in.

All he really feels the need to offer to the other male is that even though he might be a twenty five year old man who still colored in coloring books, and who often carried small objects in his pants pockets to support him through the day, he had lived through enough serious things in his life that he knew he had a lot more resiliency in the face of danger than he let on. Secretly, he hoped Idris went ahead with bringing something out eventually, just so he could beat it up.

[chicagocityofclans]

Jin Asato → Daniel Henney  → Hyena

→ Basic Information

Age: 221

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Straight

Born or Made: Born

Birthday: January 8th

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Religion: Atheist

→ His Personality Jin is a restless soul. He is always looking for some kind of new adventure, whether that is found in new relationships, new military tours, or doing things he's never done before. His childhood in a wild and aggressive hyena clan formed his focused, and detailed personality from a young age. He enjoys the control he has over his hyena and relies more on hyperactivity and exercise to stave off the frenzy. Jin has always been confident in who he is and what he wants; and what he generally wants is to wander.

He has never been comfortable settling in one place for long. Jin often takes vacations, going for weeks or months at a time to some beautiful natural location where he can expel excess energy and meet new people. Jin rarely knows where he’ll go and relies on the words of locals and fellow travelers to dictate his path. Though he is proactive and a natural leader, Jin has never stepped up to take any major position. He knows his borderline nomadic lifestyle isn’t the best for the clan and never wants to see someone suffer because of his choices.

→ His Personal Facts

Occupation: Part Time Firefighter/Part Time Park Ranger

Scars: Many

Tattoos: None

Two Likes: Being Outdoors and Exploring

Two Dislikes: Stillness and Air Fresheners

Two Fears: Drowning and Untidiness

Two Hobbies: Mountain Climbing and Backpacking

Three Positive Traits: Confident, Proactive, Focused

Three Negative Traits: Restless, Spontaneous, Peripatetic

→ His Connections Parent Names:

Ine Asato (Mother): Ine was the head of Jin’s original clan. She was the quintessential hyena, full of chaos and frenzy. His clan was actively encouraged to attack others. Jin never found himself fitting in well, and joined the military to get away from his family.

Teru Asato (Father): Jin’s father was a complete follower. He respected Ine as the head and rarely acted for himself or his own wishes. Jin never wanted to be like him and made a choice from a young age to be thoughtful and purposeful with his actions.

Sibling Names:

None

Children Names:

None

Romantic Connections:

Venus Barton (Ex-Girlfriend): Jin and Venus could not have had opposite personalities, but they had a consistent habit of falling into bed with one another. She encouraged him to let loose a little, and he kept her on the straight and narrow. Jin is still devastated at her death, and has blocked out nearly all his pack mates and friends.

Sanna Salgado (Ex-Girlfriend): Jin met Sanna, a local hyena, while on a trip hiking across the Andes Mountains. They had five passionate days together on the trail, which continued when she returned with him to Chicago. Soon they both tired of each other, though she stayed in the city. She has recently reached out to him in the wake of Venus’s death but they have yet to rekindle their relationship.

Esme Galindo (Interest): Esme is a human 2nd grade teacher who lives in the unit above Jin’s. He ignored her for most of the first year she lived above him, but found himself drawn to her the more conversations he had with her. She’s sweet, nice, and meek; none of which have ever been his type before. There’s a quiet strength to her and it has intrigued him.

Christina O'Moore (Ex-Girlfriend): Jin met Christina while backpacking in Europe. She was human but reminded him so much of the hyenas back home. They had a few interesting nights together and decided to keep in contact. They dated off and on for a few years before Jin decided he wouldn’t mind her taking the bite. He planned on explaining himself and the supernatural world while they were ice climbing but a freak accident took her away before he could confess.

Beth Jessem (Ex-Girlfriend): Beth is a sweet spotted hyena that Nada and Raja tried to get him to settle down with. They dated for a few months before Jin called it quits. He couldn’t see her as anything more than a friend. Jin tried to hold it together for her but they were too different and couldn’t see himself spending the rest of his life with her. They are still friends and Jin has recently met her new boyfriend. He doesn’t know why he’s burning with jealousy seeing them together.

Calinda Hall (Ex-Girlfriend): Calinda and Jin have recently broken up. She has it in her mind that she would make the best leader for their clan. When Jin found a freshly turned hyena in Calinda apartment, he freaked out and informed Nada. He would have felt guilty if Calinda wasn’t sleeping with all of the males she turned.

Platonic Connections:

Ethan Cleirigh (Good Friend): Ethan, Asa, and Jin go to the same Veterans support group. Ethan and Jin met around a year ago and became close friends in that time. Jin has been trying to get Ethan out and about more, suggesting they go climbing or exploring.

Asa Fields (New Friend): Asa has only recently begun going to Jin and Ethan’s support group, but they’ve become fast friends. Jin’s heard rumors surrounding the Fields family and is interested to see how true they are.

Benjamin ‘Ben’ Nile (Friendly): Jin knows Ben from being around Venus’s house so often as he was growing up. He tried to reach out to Ben, but believes it was too late to be any kind of parental figure. He seems a little lost and doesn’t seem to care that he is.

Juliette Willott (Friends): Juliette and Jin, while not very close, share many similarities. They were both born into large hyena clans and they’re both incredibly active and prefer to be outside. When on duty together, they often talk about the different places they’ve explored.

Gretchen Sims (Friend): Gretchen and Jin became friends quickly when she joined the clan. While they seemingly have very different personalities, Jin appreciates the softer and more intuitive side of Gretchen. It’s not often seen in Hyenas and he thinks it will make her a good leader. That is if she is willing to tone down some of her wilder ways.

Kylo ‘Nada’ Rajui (Good Friend): Nada is the person Jin is closest to in the Clan. Nada has his own past in the service and the two often were the balancing forces to Venus. He regularly receives an invite to Nada’s barbecues, though

Raja Lankala (Good Friend): Raja and Jin got along from the moment they met. He was initially interested in her, but happily stepped aside once Nada and Raja made it clear they were after each other. They remained close friends, and when going to the barbecue Jin usually hangs out with her and Juliette.

Peter Knox (Friendly): Jin loves the brews that Duke and Peter mix up. They recently have begun talking and he’s hoping they’ll consider recreating a foreign beer from his days in the Navy.

Deucalion Thornton (Friendly): Jin loves the brews that Duke and Peter mix up. They recently have begun talking and he’s hoping they’ll consider recreating a foreign beer from his days in the Navy.

Talia Cleirigh (Acquaintance): Jin has met Talia a few times, having gotten dinner with her and Ethan. They’re kind of an odd pair in Jin’s eyes, but they seem to be happy. Jin has considered briefly going to Talia’s practice to help with his own nightmares, but doesn’t know how well he’d react to dream manipulation.

Hostile Connections:

West Freemen (Dislike): He knows the younger hyenas can be a handful themselves, but when West parties with them he takes it to a whole new level. They’ve never make as stupid of decision as they do in West’s company and Gretchen especially can’t be making those bad choices anymore.

Russel Jordan (Dislike): Jin has a low tolerance for Russel. He exploits weaknesses in the clan and uses them for his own good. His motivations are almost always selfish and Jin thinks the clan has suffered for it. If Jin was more involved with the pack, he would have challenged Russel for third already.

Pets:

Gravy (3 Legged Kitten): Gravy was found outside near Gretchen, Luke and Ben’s apartment a month or so ago. They didn’t want him, so Jin took him in. He was already considering a therapy dog, and thought Gravy could work instead.

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[jeebie-sims]

emmrokplayssims said: 

headcanon meme: vidcund curious 👀 

cracks knuckles

Sexuality: There’s only ever one woman on Vidcund’s mind— Circe Salamis. Every time he closes his eyes he can see how the cold lights of her home lab reflects off of her expansive collection of scalpels and knives. She’s always there, looming in the edges of his mind with embers and fire in her eyes. Circe is cruel and cold, calculating and conniving, and he adores that about her. Vidcund knows exactly how much Circe’s wedding ring actually means to her, and how much she values the control she has over both Loki and her test subject. The thing is, Vidcund doesn’t realize how little of his pining for Circe is of his own volition and how much of it is simply Circe playing her little games. 

Gender: Male

Random Ship: Vidcund pines and yearns for Circe, but still, he prefers to work alone. Living at the edge of discovery, in the grey area of legality and in the shadows of moral alignment is exhausting and leaves very little time for romantic endeavors, and Vidcund wouldn’t have it any other way. 

BROTP: Vidcund and Loki Beaker. Both men are a lot more similar than either would care to believe. Both are ill-tempered, stubborn, and had their own moments of cruelty. More importantly both Vidcund and Loki are enamored by Circe. Whether she reciprocates feelings for either man (or if she is even capable of such emotions) is a mystery. Vidcund and Loki are enemies, same as they are in the EAxis universe— they’ve just got a sort of interesting relationship with eachother. Scientists who are in and out of prison can really only confide in one another. What little Vidcund does tell Loki about the experiments and projects he’s doing isn’t told to the Daily Nova nor is it reported to the police, and vice versa. There’s no friendship or companionship between these two sims, just a flimsy alliance borne out of necessity. 

NOTP: Vidcund and his siblings. After what happened to Tycho, the trust that his siblings once had in Vidcund has since gone. Pascal, Lola, and Chloe are no contact with him. Pascal took it the worst, which was almost expected. He was already quite a paranoid and cautious sim to begin with, and this was only heightened by the kidnapping of his son. Pascal never lets Tycho out of his sight now, much less leave the house unless it’s completely necessary. He’s just too afraid of anyone coming in to take Tycho again. 

Jenny and Lazlo talk to Vidcund, but very rarely. Both feel extremely conflicted about doing so— on one hand, both sims value family, and science, but on the other hand, the fact that Vidcund went out and kidnapped and later sold his own alien nephew just to fund an project was almost too much for them to bear. 

Random Headcanon: Vidcund’s vices, much like many scientists and geniuses of his caliber,  are his narcissistic traits and his vanity. He wants to go down in history, and even if he is a little too far gone to be regarded as a scientific hero rather than a cautionary tale, that doesn’t stop him from publishing his (heavily redacted) findings or continuing to patent his inventions. He does think about Tycho, often, in fact. As he tends to the hydroponic garden, he finds himself deep in his mind thinking about what would’ve been done to him, but also about all the findings he could’ve published and all the breakthroughs his project would’ve gotten at his expense. He knew full and well that what he did was cold and callous, but one life in exchange for an entire lifetime’s worth of research and discovery was a small price to pay. 

General Opinion: I love my version of Vidcund and the EAxis Vidcund equally. I like the lighthearted dorkiness of the EAxis one, but at the same time I’ve always had a soft spot for darker characters too.  I didn’t join the simblr community as a Vidcund stan, but I can sort of feel myself becoming one. I created this version as a joke at first, but he’s growing on me. 

[jaigny]

Titus Silvers

Successful Lineage / Genius / Hot Headed / Family Oriented / YA/ 26y

The Youngest son of Cassandra Goth and Sterling Silvers (My AU) for @everfallsims Double Shot at Lurve!

Personal info

- Loves action/thriller/horror movies his fave movie that’s to him a clasic is the Alien Franchise but has a soft spot for Doctor Sim (Doctor Who knockoff LOL) due to growing up as a child with his family cause secretly down deep their a bunch of adorable nerds

- His hot headed temper although rare does explode in tense business meetings sometimes or stressful days where the world is just being a big ol’ sucker ball punch to his lower regions

- Loves cats, had both 2 cats and 3 dogs during his childhood but sadly its been a long time and unfortunately as sad as it is they passed but they still like to every few months visit the Goth Manor in their cemetery where their other family members are buried.

- Used to be chubby as a kid but due to discipline himself in Tae Knwon Doe and Yoga is happy with how he is although he has a normal diet, where else is he supposed to stuff his face with yummy treats during movie marathons!

- Although his family and close friends know, Titus was born as intersex but at the age of 18 he decided to go under surgery and is now classified as a male, because of this he was bullied alot also when pre-teen started developing breasts and a more curvy full butt as well as female hormones were more produced etc. But he’s very thankful for his supporting family and friends that got him through the difficult unnecessary bullying and finding himself and who he is .

Backstory

Titus comes from the old blood of the Goths and is the grandson of Bella and Mortimer Goth. Since he is indeed a Goth but the 2nd youngest sibling of 4 (he has 3 older brothers and one year older then his younger sister) they certainly have known wealth but were always taught to use it responsibly and not be willy nilly with their fortune. Most of their own earned money was from some jobs both around Del Sol Valley and San Myshuno as well as family businesses.His mother Cassandra bloomed into adult age and was certainly a beauty where she certainly got quite a few admirers that she felt only wanted her for her looks and money until she met Sterling Silvers who at their first meeting of sorts bumped into him during a late coffee run in Strangerville’s Military and Science building pouring hot ass coffee all over them both and after that certainly had a very annoyed view of each other until they slowly after a few years started admiring the others goals and smarts that soon turned from good friends to love interests that more years later after the strange plants inhabiting Strangerville were finally dispersed and put to rest. married at beautiful cliff garden spot where they used to meet on their breaks that overlooked the lush vibrant desert wild flowers and other fauna to the red golden sands and the blue river of the goruge at sunset. Sterling Silvers was of course a higher clearance rank then Cassandra but worked the same department area as the supervisor.

After settling down in to a relatively happy marriage as most have some ups and downs decided to move to Del Sol Valley for a small period of time (3-8 years) where they lived on a large well looked after manor that used to be resided by Judy(that celeb chick with the big butt bun on her head) and renovated it up into a more modern version whilst still keeping some of the vintage flair. After all his siblings had grown and moved away some even moving to places over seas decided he’d rather be close to his graying parents after the death of their grandparents and unknown to him his sister following him along to San Myshuno where they rented a penthouse with beautiful fantastic views and converted it not only to a home but also offices for their businesses. his sisters florist business and Titus’s being the CEO of the Goth’s Business situated in the city.

He does however tire sometimes of the city, wanting to live in woodland places like Windernberg or Glimmerbrook, maybe when he finds the right lady and settles down to the constant parental nagging of his parents who would love some grandbabies that aren’t in their snooty pre teen/teenage years.So he  packed his bags for hopefully a long but well worth it adventure into love. What is he hoping to get from the challenge? In form of goals nothing more then the possibility of a quiet working from home life, with the woman he loves engaged or married that has a fiery passionate part of herself in their possible offspring and to be happy in the future of his children lineage.

[vermiliondrug]

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This is great! Ive been on the fence about Seasons so this is good to know it actually varies up gameplay. I was worried it would make it more tedious. Do you have any favourite mods? The only one I really know is Wicked Whims (which I mostly just use for polyamory and turn everything else off for)

Aaa I am glad that it was helpful! <3

Seasons is definitely worth the money. Only issue I have is if you aren’t careful when there is extreme heat or its cold AF, then your sims can die in the most dumbest ways. I’ve had sims dying from overheating because the thermostat was put to warmer during the summer and I totally forgot about it... And a few days ago a random sim died outside my sims’ house because he was talking to someone and literally froze to death and turned into a block of ice. :P

*cracks knuckles* Ho boy, here we got with the mods!

MC Command Center - There ain’t no TS4 without MCCC. Seriously, get it. It allows you to tweak your game way more than the game allows, i.e. you can change how long each of your sims stage is, allow homeless sims to move into empty houses, allow townies to actually breed, change how many male/female sims that will be generated in the world (same with aliens, vampires etc.). There is a lot of options you can tweak and I honestly recommend it. It even adds an auto-save function for you if you want.

WickedWhims is definitely a must if you want better options for poly and make it easier to make some FWB stuff. (and if you want to ...... spice up your gameplay ahem) I believe it also removes the Mosaic/sensor stuff?

Basemental Drugs - Now uh, I am not really fan of the whole drug thing, but the creators have made it possible to have both the drugs and alcohol part or just one part of them. The alcohol part is probably the one I use the most, as it turns all alcoholic drinks to have their actual names and it also makes it possible to make your sims get drunk/addicted to alcohol (just like the Drugs part allows your sims to smoke weed and/or take a bunch of drugs and become addicted to it as well). I mostly use the alcohol system to give more depth to my sims going out/having a party and can get drunk (and do dumb stuff, i.e. drunk texting or have drunk woohoo).

Slice of Life - Had I known of this mod ages ago, I wouldn’t have installed WW in the first place, as this one adds A LOT of functions that I feel like is very good for the game and adds a lot more depth to it. You can pick and choose the functions you want to install, such as menstrual cycle (if you have WW installed then you should turn either the menstrual system off in WW or SOL otherwise your sims will have double periods... at the same time. :P), skincare/acne (i.e. if your sim have low hygiene they will get skin issues), more options on the phone to be social i.e. writing messages to other sims and social media, fleshed out sickness system where sick sims can make other sims sick etc. It also adds the option to let your sims hook up with each other, more interactions with teens etc.

ATICAS - Unlocks all possible sim traits, also includes some new ones and some that adjusts base game traits. Personally, I don’t like many of them as they are basically the final rewards of i.e. completing aspirations or if a sim had enough points in certain behaviors during the childhood, but I believe you can delete the ones you don’t want in your game and just keep the ones you’d like to use.

Coming Out - A small mod that allows your sim to come out to another sim. The options I’ve seen so far is to either come out gay, bi or transgender. Depending on who you come out to it’ll give them a really positive moodlet.

Additional Holidays - Adds more holidays that comes with Seasons. So far I have spotted easter, halloween and grilling with family/friends.

Family Reunion - A thing i miss from the old games... Being able to invite the WHOLE family! Basically just a social event without any goals. (I have yet to test it out myself since I rarely have proper sim families that goes beyond a first or second generation)

LittleMsSam (they’re on Tumblr) has a lot of minor mods that I can recommend. Here are some of their mods that I recently installed that I really like:

Automatic Thermostat - addresses the “problem” that I mentioned earlier. You pay like 999 simoleon and the thermostat will automatically adjust the temperature without worrying if they will overheat in their own home... :P

First Love - Cute lil mod that lets your sims admit a crush on another sim. I believe they can do this from they’re children.

Unlock Door for Chosen Sim - One of my BIGGEST issue with Discover University is how you can rest a part of a sims house to a roomate and then they bring their 10 gfs/bfs and their friends to the lot and these people just straight out walks right into your house and do whatever ... This makes it MUCH easier to just lock them out of your home, but you still have to specificially choose them and add them to the “lock door for sim” list. It just makes it less of a nightmare and also adds more options to choose from i.e. if you want a certain room to only be accessible by female/male sims.

I think this was all? I probably missed something since my mods folder is a mess. Most of the mods I’ve downloaded from TheSimsResource, the creator’s own blog or from their website.  Hopefully this helped as well! ^_^

[kirinda-ondo]

So I have some thoughts and feelings about Vishnal Rune Factory

I am aware that approximately two other people besides me care about this, but literally when has it ever stopped me from rambling at length

So basically, I love Vishnal from Rune Factory 4. Like, a lot. I never commit to anyone in farm sims but boy howdy, he managed to hit literally all the criteria I have to be considered a Favorite Character™. He did it so well, in fact, he’s earned a spot alongside characters like Cobalt or Lydia. But like those characters, while there are people who like him, I feel as though he doesn’t get enough credit. The complaints I’ve seen tend to be that he’s boring and that he has the worst proposal event. Hell, one of the first few results from googling him is a thread asking if he’s supposed to be a joke character. While I can see where this sentiment might come from, I’d like to explain the appeal in a lot of the things people find fault in him for (at least for me), and maybe offer a bit of a different perspective, I guess.

If I had to guess where a lot of these problems that people have with him come from, it’s probably the fact that he doesn’t have a lot of lore behind him. To be honest, Vishnal doesn’t really have a whole lot of plot significance. He doesn’t have any direct connection to the capitol of Norad like Arthur or Kiel (via his sister Forte), he’s got nothing to do with the Sechs empire like Doug, and he’s not a guardian like Dylas and Leon. Vishnal, despite working in a castle and serving Ventuswill (who we shall henceforth refer to as Venti), a literal dragon god, is an everyman by comparison. He’s just a guy trying to do his job the best he can.

Similarly, he also doesn’t have a whole lot of mystery or drama behind him either. With pretty much every other bachelor, there’s usually some kind of dark secret from their past that comes up and has to be dealt with, either through the main plot or through their proposal events. To just give you an idea of the kind of things we’re dealing with here, let’s do a rundown.

Doug’s entire tribe was killed by Sechs soldiers, but the empire fed him propaganda to make him believe that Venti was responsible so that he would work undercover for them in order to kill her and take the Rune Spheres.

Arthur was an illegitimate child of Norad’s king and believes that his mother hated him so much she had to take off her glasses so that she didn’t have to look at him, causing him to have severe trust issues (as well as a glasses fetish? Have fun with that, Freud).

Kiel (and by extension, his sister) is trapped in a well-meaning, but incredibly fucked up family dynamic that forced him to be incredibly sheltered while Forte took on the duties of a knight in a heavily male dominated society to protect him. However, since both of their parents are dead, they have no idea that they’re allowed to free themselves and become their own people.

Dylas sacrificed himself to become a guardian, fusing with a monster in order to act as a living life support to help keep Venti alive, but when he’s finally free, he’s hundreds of years into the future, where everything he knows is gone. It’s also implied that before he became a guardian, he was suicidal.

Leon, like Dylas, also sacrificed himself to become a guardian and was flung far into the future. However, he also has the added guilt of believing he left his childhood friend to live the rest of her life emotionally stunted because when he was younger, he made a promise to marry her if she stopped crying so much, but didn’t take it seriously as she did, and couldn’t have kept it even if he did.

Meanwhile, Vishnal has had an utterly average life. In order to help people, he wanted to become a doctor like his father, but felt he wasn’t smart enough, so when he met a butler named Sebastian, he was so impressed he decided to become a butler himself. Though he was worried his father wouldn’t approve of this way of helping people, he was ultimately supportive, helping him train and, through a friend’s connections, getting him to Selphia to work under Volkanon.

Vishnal is basically Clark from Connecticut in terms of how average he is by comparison. However, I wouldn’t say this is a bad thing. Even dealing with one of these traumatic backstories is a lot, let alone trying to harem them all (and don’t even get me started on the main plot’s drama). A lot of the resolutions to these character arcs are followed up by a proposal, and maybe it’s just my age and personal experiences (or the fact that I’m aroace), but when that happens, I don’t get the feeling of “YES, TAKE ME NOW!” I just think “…You literally just found out the thing that’s been screwing you up your entire life was a giant misunderstanding. I get that you’re happy but like, maybe take some time to sort yourself out? See a therapist maybe???”

But Vishnal, for all of his faults (of which there are many and I will get to that later), generally has his shit together. I respect that and find it a breath of fresh air compared to the cavalcade of angst in everyone else’s lives. Not to say that he doesn’t have any problems at all, because then that would be boring, but they tend to be more focused in the present, and are a bit more grounded in reality and less… spectacular. But like I said, we’ll get to that.

What he lacks in terms of dramatic backstory, he makes up for in personality. He’s very… intense, to put it mildly. While not completely hyper, he’s very high energy and it doesn’t take much to get him psyched up. He’s the type of person to put at least 110% effort in everything he does, and nearly everything he does goes towards his goal of becoming the world’s best butler. Unfortunately, as a result, he’s considered one-note. Now, I’m not going to sit here and say he doesn’t talk about butler things all the time, because he absolutely does, but for me, as someone who also tends to get super into things and talk about them endlessly (hence this entire ramble), I find him pretty endearing, if not a tad relatable in that regard. However, for all his single-mindedness, he is still a decently multifaceted character.

Probably the most important thing to note here is that he is a very good person, like “too good for this sinful earth” kind of good. He has a natural drive to help others and doesn’t have a mean word to say about anyone (though even he engages in the ultimate Selphian pastime of Teasing Doug™ on occasion). He’s also honest to a fault. It’s incredibly easy to tell if he’s trying to cover something up because he’s usually pretty much an open book and wears his heart on his sleeve. He seems to expect others to be the same way, as he has a bad habit of taking what people say at face value even if they’ve repeatedly shown not to be trustworthy. This often leads him to be the butt of many a joke or the victim of scams. Other times, lighthearted teasing falls flat as he takes it seriously and winds up getting his feelings hurt. But ever the optimist, he doesn’t let setbacks get him down for long.

He very much believes in the power of hard work overcoming any obstacle, and it seems in his mind, literally anything is possible if you train hard enough, and he’s constantly trying to prepare himself to master every possible scenario, from protecting important secrets by staying silent to becoming invincible to the common cold by constantly being soaked with water. It generally winds up doing him more harm than good, and even Doug worries about him a little bit because Vishnal will do pretty much anything if you tell him it’s special training (though this does not even remotely stop Doug from having a field day with it). Were this not a very “anime” kind of game, it would honestly be amazing if he hadn’t died from any of his training attempts.

Though it may come across as though he has no idea what is actually possible for a human to achieve, he actually seems to have quite a few hangups about his own limitations. He has a massive perfectionist complex and is incredibly hard on himself. He tends to beat himself up quite a bit when he makes mistakes (I mean the man looks utterly devastated every time he screws up lunch) and outright warns the player (who we shall henceforth refer to as Frey) that he may cause her trouble. However, he’s not quite as terrible as he might imply. While he is gullible and very much a klutz, he’s got a wide variety of skills and knowledge he rarely gives himself credit for. For instance, he’s not exactly street smart by any stretch of the imagination, but he’s well-read to a degree that he can actually read things from Arthur’s library (which says a lot because Arthur is a colossal nerd), and he’s knowledgeable on a number of subjects from farming to geography. On the lake date (when it’s not summer), you have the option to ask him more about the kind of training he would do, and he rattles off a list of insane skills (I.e. making tea so good as to become its own singularity…singularitea, if you will) like it’s no big deal. Mind you, given what someone like Volkanon is capable of, that may just be par for the course as far as butlers go in this universe, but for your average person, that’s honestly impressive, if not a bit terrifying.

His confidence (or lack thereof), however, tends to reflect in the quality of his work. In a small example, every so often, he offers Frey his attempt at curry rice. It’s hot garbage, but if she tells him it’s good, he admits he wasn’t very confident in it. However, we see in his prerequisite event (which is a much more overt example) that when he’s more confident in himself, he’s not only able to make actual food, but is downright hypercompetent in his job. For context, he is conned into buying an overpriced statue that, according to blacksmith and Professional Vishnal Scammer™ Bado, will allegedly make him an expert overnight. Wholly believing in this thing, he’s suddenly amazing… until he accidentally knocks it over and breaks it. Utterly devastated and unconvinced that his improved performance came from within, he’s suddenly infinitely worse than he was when he started. Things of course balance themselves out, but we come away realizing that if he had as much self-confidence as he did pure determination, he could easily reach a point where he’d be absolutely unstoppable.

We also see this lack of confidence manifest itself in regards to Frey. If she pursues a relationship, we get quite a bit of evidence that he doesn’t think he’s good enough for her. Before he formally asks her out, he lists all the things he does wrong; all the ways he’s a novice, essentially warning her of what she may have to deal with. However, if Frey’s conquered the RNG and made it this far, then it’s safe to say that she’s prepared to take the risk. On the airship date, he outright says once he becomes an expert, he’ll finally be the perfect man for her. Even during his own damn proposal event, he tells her he’s unreliable. This is incredibly far from the case, as even if he doesn’t really know what he’s doing, he’s doing everything he can to make this work. He works himself even harder to maximize his time with her, he buys (phony) charms from Bado to keep them together, he asks other bachelors for advice (as poor is it may be at times), he literally asks the entire town for date spot reviews, as well as just straight up reading up on how to be the best possible boyfriend.

Eventually, should the RNG gods be smiling, this brings us to the proposal event. Now, one might imagine that this event might follow the thread we’ve been building up here into him learning maybe not to beat himself up so much or becoming a little more self-confident, but no. While this sort of thing happens for a number of other bachelors/bachelorettes, where their prerequisite events foreshadow what’s to come in their proposal events, that isn’t quite the case here. While that development does occur to a degree, it’s a bit more subtle and is not really the focus of this event.

His proposal event instead mainly forces him to consider his priorities. So for some context, a butler judge has come, and if Vishnal does well, he may finally earn his first star and be one step closer to being the ultimate butler. In fact, his abilities are already recognized as worthy of the title, but there’s just once teensy little problem. You see, in butlerdom, your master and your partner being one in the same is a bit of a taboo. Dating your boss creates a whole host of problems, after all; not just for you, but your reputation. And so this is where the conundrum comes in. We already know he’s incredibly dedicated to this career choice to the point that if he doesn’t succeed, he will literally die trying, but he’s now just as dedicated to Frey. Being that this is a proposal event though, you pretty much already know how this is going to end, but just hear me out.

This is currently the biggest decision he’s ever made in his life, and is essentially the emotional equivalent of having to choose between losing your right hand or your left. He obviously doesn’t want to throw away years of hard work, but he’s also not the type to just leave someone behind in pursuit of his own interests. Frey ultimately saves him from waffling back and forth about it forever by breaking things off so he can pursue his dreams, but literally no one is happy with this. Even the judge feels bad and he’s the one who started it. But with this little problem out of the way, Vishnal is free to accept his new rank. Except he doesn’t. After a dramatic, heartfelt speech pointing out that this actually puts him in a better position to serve Frey, and how reputations shouldn’t matter more than protecting the person you’re entrusted to, he whisks her away and proposes. Before she can properly answer though, he’s called back to the castle. In the end, the judge is moved by his dedication, and so Vishnal can now have his cake and eat it too. Short, sweet, and to the point.

It’s probably about half the length of the other bachelors’ events, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad. It’s actually a pretty nice contrast between the other proposals. Leon, Arthur, and Kiel have the common thread of having to sort out baggage from their past before they decide to marry. Doug and Dylas, while their events are more lighthearted, are a bit more focused on a lack of communication and resulting misunderstandings that come from trying to surprise Frey with a ring. However, because Vishnal’s life isn’t a veritable conga line of angst and trauma, his obstacle to marriage is entirely in the present, and because he’s so open about his feelings, he and Frey actually have a chance to sit down and discuss where to go from here, so there’s no communication issues. Plus, his situation, while a bit dramatically handled because anime, is actually kind of relatable. Having to choose between a career and a relationship is a situation that happens to a pretty good number of people, and it’s rarely an easy decision. It’s a logical conflict for such a work focused character.

While it doesn’t really overtly follow up on the initial thread that seemed to have been laid out of him learning to be more confident in himself, the transition is definitely there, at least in regards to Frey. It’s just not quite as spelled out in events. Even in his proposal, he’s still self-deprecating, but it’s a far cry from the absolute list of faults he gave initially asking her out. Not to mention, it absolutely takes a whole lot of courage to one, choose love over your life’s dream, and two, to do it in the incredibly dramatic and utterly obliterating manner that he did. The relationship also changes some post-marriage. Post-marriage Vishnal is a much different beast than pre-marriage Vishnal. As we’ve discussed, in the dating phase, he’s a lot less sure of how boyfriend things work, and resorts to asking others for advice and outright studying. Now that he’s married, he’s less reliant on others and is much more forward. He actually tends to be the one to initiate romantic gestures, from goodnight kisses to using his own sappy lines as opposed to borrowing them from Leon, among other things. Truly a far cry from the days where he would agonize over whether or not to even hold Frey’s hand. Sadly, while date dialogue doesn’t really change (with the exception of the room date, where he literally states he’s past being shy and awkward), there’s definitely a more visible shift in the focus of his other dialogue from being even good enough for Frey to being more protective. Jury’s still out on how much this development has affected his work performance, as there’s no real new mentions of it after the fact (though after marriage he is finally capable of making edible curry rice…sometimes!), but at least some degree of his self-esteem is improving.

So basically, to summarize, Vishnal isn’t a bad character. He’s just handled differently than the other bachelors. He’s a bit more grounded in reality as far as his backstory and conflicts are concerned. His development also tends to happen outside of his events rather than being the feature, making it a bit more subtle, and thus a bit harder to spot from a glance, but it’s there. For as much fun as he is as a character, I admit he’s definitely very tame compared to the other bachelor options, even despite the localizers’ attempts to make him spicier, so he’s not for everyone. I can see why others might prefer someone a little more exciting or mysterious, like Leon (who seems to be like, god tier as far as RF4 bachelors go), but I hope I’ve at least adequately explained why Vishnal might be appealing to some and has more merit than just a joke character. After all, vanilla is a flavor too, and plenty of people like that.

Anyhoo, thanks for coming to my TED talk.