#aka the first chronological super powered cat in the series

[shummthechumm]

yellowfang genuinely believing that because brokenstar was "cursed" and that her (being manipulated into) giving him up...her loosing her daughters at birth...and that this meant she was incapable of birthing and raising a cat like firestar....ooooo...

then later projecting herself onto leafpool having the three...which, as old as their prophecy is, i would imagine causing some unrest in starclan....her children having a "pre-determined" destiny, being born against the same rules that brokenstar was...

both leaf and yellow and their similar powers...its all too much really

[despazito]

What's the best way to get into the Trauma Center series?

ALRIGHT SO trauma center is absolutely wild. The games are about surgeons but they are also absolutely silly and ridiculous like operating on a time bomb, ninjas, the power to stop time during an operation and to hear dead people, pathogens that look like little aliens, and a surgeon who side hustles as an honest to god superhero in full spandex.

There's 5 titles in the series, 3 for Wii and 2 on DS. Chronological order of the series is:

Under the Knife / Second Opinion > Trauma Team > Under the Knife 2 > New Blood

UTK was the first game released in 2005 and it follows the series protagonist Derek Stiles. it's a bit rough around the edges, crusty controls, has no difficulty settings, and the art style looks a bit dated (although many fans find it charming). Several years later Atlus decided to bring the series to Wii and remade the game with a major facelift and most importantly they added a new side storyline introducing Naomi Kimishima aka everyone's favourite character. Not my bias there was a poll. That was released as Trauma Center: Second Opinion and under the fucking incredible name of "Caduceus Z: Two Super Surgical Operations" in Japan, so you can just play SO and skip UTK.

One disclaimer about the game is that pretty early on there's a teen girl admitted who's suicidal and instead of being reassuring and acting like a health professional Angie is a fucking ghoul and yells at her that maybe she should just die then??! It's in both UTK and SO and so out of nowhere, Angie is an unpleasant little gremlin at the beginning of the game but she mellows out. I'd say the rest of the series is pretty good about grief and stuff like that, it's just this one scene that sucks dick

Trauma Team happens two years later in-universe and you could technically play with no previous titles because it follows a completely new set of characters but with the exception of Naomi and her manservant, so I highly recommend playing SO beforehand so you know what her bioterrorism deal is. TT was the last game released and most ambitious tc title even having cutscenes, but they are not animated because Atlus won't spend more than 10$ to make a trauma center <\3

TT is my favourite. You have six playable doctors in surgery, first response, endoscopy, orthopedics, diagnostics, and forensics. The first four modes are similar to the classic TC gameplay, the last two are long form. If you like Phoenix Wright or the Edgeworth games I think you will enjoy forensics, it's literally solving murder mysteries. Diagnostics is basically playing House MD which sounds really fun but flicking between two identical CAT scans looking for a minuscule abnormality can get frustrating and I don't blame anyone just going to the gameFAQ walkthrough for help on that lmao.

The cast is also half men half women doctors with a pretty diverse background. You've got Maria who's latina, Hank is indigenous (although not divulged in the game itself so half points), Tomoe and Naomi are japanese, Gabe and CR-S01 are the cracker rep. It's definitely not flawless representation, like having the latina woman be the fiery aggressive one of the group and Hank be the hippy in touch with nature is a biiit questionable but still I commend the japanese studio for at least trying and both their characters are much more than that. This game was developed around 2009 before diversity in bideo bames became a nuclear topic on the internet. Btw it takes places in 2020 and a massive pandemic hits the United States and it all takes place in MAINE. Fucking wild.

UTK2 happens one year afterwards in-universe and is a direct sequel to UTK back to following Derek, it was outsourced to another studio and frankly it shows. Not a bad game at all and it’s the most important trauma center contribution to mainstream society bc the track gentle breeze that became a viral meme. If you really liked Derek & co and GUILT operations you'll enjoy it. I do not have much to say, only played through it once.

Lastly there's New Blood, another new cast of characters several years time skip, this time it's a duo of surgeons dunked in sepia tone. Again you can jump into New Blood without playing any other title although they do mention events in previous games. You can totally play NB single player but you can tell by level design it's tailored for two and imo the most difficult game in the series. It's also the only game besides TT to have full voice acting starring nyquil'd Troy Baker as Markus. NB was ambitious, you can tell they had a lot they wanted to say. Themes like wealth inequality, access to medical care, corporations mining in the global south, a common fan passtime is screaming about what NB could have been if they could neatly wrap all those topics up into a solid story. It's absolutely not a bad game at all and I totally recommend it, but it could have been More.

If you've got either of those consoles it's pretty affordable to buy the games used at some vintage games shop, especially the Wii titles. TT got a WiiU release in 2015 but I don't think the shop is up anymore? Nobody is serious about collecting TC, atlus didn't even make merch for the series and basically ignores its existance, nobody's bidding up prices for a copy Second Opinion. The Wii games can be emulated on Dolphin and DS games on Desmume, there's a dedicated discord server that's happy to help out and answer questions. Or you could just do passive and watch a yt playthrough.

After 12 years since the last release the fandom is incredibly small but very passionate and we get really excited about new people joining and discovering the series. There's no "wrong" way to play the games, nobody will give you shit for playing out of order we're just happy people play trauma center period!! It really is a hidden gem, there's no other series like it, and it was arguably one of the best implementations of motion controls for the Wii in the console's whole run. If you liked Shoji Meguro's compositions for persona or SMT soundtrack then you'll definitely find some new bops in TC.

The series sold better overseas than in Japan, but even then Trauma Team was a flop in terms of sales and never released in Europe. It's such a shame, I wish it could pick up some kind of cult following. I really really want a new game but at this point I'd settle for remaster of the old ones or even a cheap little trauma center keychain from the atlus store, but even that is wishful thinking 😔😔

So if you do play it and you enjoy them make some noise towards atlus and remind them they do in fact own IPs besides fucking persona.

[nickelkeep]

I wrote a lot of Destiel this year! LOL! These are the 26 Fics that I’ve written live on the @profoundnet Discord Server! (18+ Server, no hate, you can join here.) Listed in chronological order, like the other master list, they’ll be labeled with AU or Canon, ratings, and any necessary warnings. Because there’s so many, I’ll list the prompt that I used for it, and the person who suggested it (if someone did and they’re on Tumblr!)

Personal Quality Assurance - AU - 8,516 words - Explicit The OG prompt. Cas makes Dildos. Dean purchases one. Sexy meet-cute.

More Than a Feeling - AU - 5,284 words - Explicit For PB’s Favorite Fairy, Aleeliah: Dean and Cas like to travel. They fill up the Impala, grab their things... And get discounts by pretending to be a couple.

Like the Angel - AU - 9,605 words - Explicit TW: Homophobic Language For Umbrie: Imagine Teacher!Cas with a student who has a crush on him. The crush’s rival? Mr. Winchester, a classmate’s dad.

Bring Me Healing - AU - 5,978 words - Explicit For @darmysasagiri: The succubus and incubus root words are not gender-based but succubus=bottom incubus=top. So the idea is drunk wizard/mage Cas or Dean summons a succubus and gets power-bottom-succubus!

Some Pacific Wind - AU - 10,858 words - Explicit TW: Heavy Dom/Sub, Subdrop For @hartlessfiction: picture prompt from Tumblr that read:"There's a gay bar in my city and they're trying to get a new roof. So their slogan for the donations is 'Like all good bottoms, we've worn out our top' and I just felt that I needed to share that."

Edge of Paradise - Canonverse - 3,184 words - Explicit For Aleeliah, again!: Combination of a PB botstat (Dean is watching Dr. Sexy, Cas has his fingers in Dean’s Mouth, Sam has just walked in on Cas and Dean Boning) and their own personal request of Cas in panties.

Faithfully - AU - 7,043 words - Explicit TW: Alcohol Use, mentions of recreational drug use. For @drawlight:  Fact: Dean is desperately, horribly, absolutely in love with Cas. Also Fact: He should never have agreed to play Never Have I Ever while drinking. Especially not when the questions turn to sex and love and the questions start to hit a little too close to home.

Nothing You Confess - Canonverse - 5,204 words - Explicit For @mishalocked24: (Based on their twitter post) *No-lines episode for Cas. Dean is focused on a book, looking for a spell to lift the curse* "I love you." Cas says for the first time, staring at his profile. "I always have. I always will." Dean turns a page. "I love you, Dean." Cas closes his eyes; Dean can't hear him.

Paradise by the Dashboard Light - 6,768 words - Explicit For arielaquarial: Based on their own misadventure of trying to pull a dent out of their car and not having a plunger for the hot water/plunger trick, but using a dildo instead.

What About Us? - AU - 9,417 words - Mature TW: Infidelity (not Dean/Cas) For @elizasugarcane: Based on the Twitter Exchange where two ladies found out they were dating the same guy, dumped his ass, then ended up together. Destiel-fied.

Stay With Me - AU - 7,080 words - Explicit TW: Implied Homophobia Self-service Fic! Based on the news that “There Was Only One Bed!” happened in real life and added in the news about people trying backtrack and become Revisionist HIstorians with the Lovers of Modena.

Something So Magic - AU - 5,176 words - Teen TW: Brief Animal Attack/Animal Fight scene For @cryptomoon: I asked for a random prompt, and Crypto asked for Dean getting adopted by a cat. So how about some Familiar!Cas?

‘Cause My Monsters Are Real - AU - 7,091 words - Teen For @jemariel: photo prompt, but it's one people are familiar with: 'our humans are sleeping in bunk beds and we have to share the space under' aka: 'there's only one under-the-bed.'

And These Monsters Can Fight - AU - 6,325 words - Explicit Also for @jemariel, the continuation of ‘Cause My Monsters Are Real.

Carry Me Home - AU - 7,083 words - Explicit For Lily on PB: Cas watches a youtube vid on how to fix something around the house. Then because it was such an easy fix that he thought would be really hard and the youtube vid was so good AND the guy in the youtube vid is super hot, he binges the channel before going to the hardware store to get the supplies to fix the problem.......guess who owns the store? 

Like a Burning Flame - AU - 8,259 words - Explicit TW: Dom/Sub, Bad BDSM Etiquette For @unforth: a simple and sexy prompt, Uniform Kink and Panty Kink. 

To Confess - Canonverse - 8,491 words - Explicit For @idaaeri and @darmysasagiri: Darmys asked for Fake Relationship/Getting back together. Ida gave me the idea of Case Fic. (Funny story, I flipped this trope before I wrote the actual trope.)

Talk to Me Now - AU - 9,031 words - Explicit For @notfunnydean​: A Craig’s List “They Were Roommates” image prompt, and Dean asked for it to be an Enemies to Friends to Lovers fic.

Stuck in the Middle With You - Canonverse - 5,749 words - Explicit For @canadduh: They shared a video of two guys stuck in a finger trap, and asked for it to be Destiel-fied.

What I Thought I Knew - AU - 7,549 words - Mature TW: Dub-Con Kiss For Destielr, on PB: Based on the gif from Looking where Kevin pushes Patrick, who is working, against the wall and kisses him.

Slice of Your Pie - AU - 6,955 words - Mature TW: Severe Homophobia, Gender Issues, Straight up Sexism. Many people on PB requested another fic based on the “Alone on Thanksgiving” Craig’s List Post.

Shiver  - AU - 5,714 words - Explicit TW: Car Accident A part of @notfunnydean​‘s 2019 SPN Advent Calendar. Prompt was Blizzard. Of course, they get snowed in.

Chandeliers of Hope - AU - 6,921 words - Mature TW: Drinking, Recreational Drug Use A part of @notfunnydean​​‘s 2019 SPN Advent Calendar. Prompt was Mistletoe Kiss! I wanted a Christmas themed D&D Game. Shenanigans ensue.

A Cold, Dark Winter’s Night - AU - 7,813 words - Explicit A part of @notfunnydean​​‘s 2019 SPN Advent Calendar. Prompt was Secret Santa.

You Make it Feel Like Christmas - Canonverse - 7,473 words - Explicit A part of @notfunnydean​​‘s 2019 SPN Advent Calendar. Prompt was Last Minute Christmas shopping.

Auld Lang Syne - AU - 7,071 words - Teen Self-indulgent Fic, with a side of New Year’s Eve. (I asked my readers if they wanted a New Year’s Fic.) Based on the Thai Cornetto Ad. Holy Crap. Twenty-six fics. The series is continuing into 2020, so I hope you’ll join in!

[hammondcast]

Recording my Jazz Combo on Nakamichi 550 Cassette Field Recorder with Sennheiser Microphones Analog Audio for Video

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Recording my Jazz Combo on Nakamichi 550 Cassette Field Recorder with Sennheiser Microphones Analog Audio for Video Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/ForMyFriendsInTheNakamichiAudiophileGroup Jon Hammond at his 1959 Hammond B3 organ + Custom super Leslie speaker built for Jon by Bill Beer Keyboard Products with all JBL speaker and horn components. Audio recorder: Nakamichi 550 dual-tracer cassette field recorder, 2 channels + Blend Channel. 3 Sennheiser microphones. Session recorded in The Ellington Room New York City. Jon uses his Nakamichi HD 25-1 Headphones also in photo:     Story of this music and the musicians:

by

Jon Hammond 

For my friends in the Nakamichi Audiophile Group: I used good old Maxell Type II cassette tapes for this live recording date I personally recorded on my Nakamichi 550, which I am the original owner purchaser of - I plunked down $550  cash for my Nak at Harvey Electronics on W. 45th Street NYC in 1976 - I  made this recording with 3 Sennheiser microphones placed around the bandstand in the Ellington Room - the  tune "No X-Cess Baggage Blues" I wrote for my friends at PIA Pakistan International Airlines - they very kindly let me take excess baggage on numerous flights I made with them out of John F. Kennedy International Airport - when you play Hammond Organ, it's impossible to travel light. I go way back with all of these fine musicians - that's Chuggy Carter on the percussion - Ray Grappone drums - Joe Berger aka Joe Berger2 in the string section on his custom built JJ Guitars - tenor saxophonist Todd Anderson, Todd was my teacher for arranging and composition back in 1973 at the Berklee College of Musicin Beantown MA - Todd is also on my very first album 'Late Rent' one ofNew York's finest - all these cats are veteran players and studio musicians, and I have been around the block a few times myself - yours' truly Jon Hammond at my 1959 Hammond B3 organ and covering the bass as well - through my custom built Bill Beer super high-power Leslie speaker with all JBLspeaker and horn components - enjoy! *Note: When I'm talking, the audiois back to the vid tape - I just plugged an SM-58 in to a little Fender Amp Can battery powered amp - back to basics and analog, big thanks to Willy Hermann Services William Hermann Jr. got my intermittent left channel working! - Jon Hammond Band- the "Blend Mic" '3rd channel' Nakamichi system gives a unique 3 dimensional sound to live audio recordings - that's why even today the old Grateful Dead heads crave these machines - can't beat it - and you get real good at flipping cassettes! - JH

Times Square, New York City. 

Here I am with one of my all-time heroes, the honorable Terence Hallinan

Nakamichi 550 Versatile Cassette System The first to make high fidelity on location cassette recording a reality, the 550 is now in use around the world by musicians Enjoy this AUDIO program folks - even better with Sennheiser headphones on! I use Sennheiser HD 25 every day & night - Jon Hammond: https://archive.org/details/HammondCast_8 HammondCast 8  #RadioBroadcast #Podcast #HammondCast #KYOU #KYCY #FunkBand 

Back in to a super real film camera, compact Ricoh GR1s - I had put it away for 10 years. Shooting up some Kodak film now, pictures will be forthcoming when I get back to see my friends at B&H Photo Video Pro Audio NYC - Jon Hammond #RicohGR1s #GR1s Thanks Cha Levias for hooking me up with a fresh photo cell batt at the excellent Looking Glass Photo shop, the flash is amazingly poppin' now! Gotta' put on my sunglasses!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_GR_film_cameras "The Ricoh GR was a series of point-and-shoot, or compact, 35 mm film cameras made by Ricoh. The chronological list of these cameras are the GR1, GR10, GR1s, GR1v and GR21. The GR name was also used for Ricoh's GR series of digital cameras.

The cameras has a very high quality[1] 1:2.8 28 mm lens. Exposure control could be program automatic or aperture priority semi-automatic. They had a built-in flash and date imprinting versions were also available. GR1s Audience: professional Year of release: 1997 Lens: 28 mm f/2.8 Weight: 175g "

Jon Hammond "The FINGERS...are The SINGERS!"™ wearing his Turquoise ring by Navajo Anna Spencer - special thanks Isabella Zizi - Gathering Tribes - Experience the Beauty of Native Amerca Native American silversmith Anna Spencer created Jon's ring Nakamichi, Grateful Dead Heads, Tapers, Jon Hammond Band, NAMM Show, Nakamichi Audiophile, Cassettes, Type II, Funky Jazz, Blues, Hammond organ, B3, Leslie Speaker, JBL Speakers