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mckiwi · 11 days ago

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Christmas is Better Spent Together

Chapter Four: 1843

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Rating: General Audiences

Categories: Gen, M/M

Fandom: Good Omens

Relationships: Aziraphale & Crowley, Aziraphale/Crowley

Characters: Aziraphale, Crowley

Words: 1087

7 times Aziraphale and Crowley spent Christmas together (and 1 time they didn't)

London, England- 1843

“Brings back memories, doesn’t it?” Crowley asked, glancing over at the Angel.

The two of them sat side by side to watch the first-ever showing of A Christmas Carol. Aziraphale was an avid fan of Charles Dickens, so of course he took up the opportunity to see it performed live on stage. If Crowley just so happened to go to the same theatre and sit in the same row as Aziraphale, then that was pure coincidence. The fact they had gotten a late lunch together before the showing was completely unrelated, obviously.

Aziraphale turned away from the closed curtains, “What was that?”

“I said this brings back memories, doesn’t it?” Crowley asked again, a little louder.

“With Hamlet, you mean? Well, yes. It does. A much livelier audience this time, thankfully.”

Crowley had to strain to hear Aziraphale’s words over the chatter of the other patrons. “You could say that.”

“And much more comfortable,” Aziraphale added. “Have you gotten the chance to read the book yet?”

“It just came out a few weeks ago, angel. No. Though I’d bet you’ve read it four times by now.”

“Not at all, actually. I haven’t even gotten the chance to buy the book,” Aziraphale answered so sadly that Crowley had to suppress his smile. He self-consciously patted his jacket pocket. “I go shopping for books at the beginning of every month, except I was in Yorkshire so I couldn’t go this time.”

“Oh, your poor thing,” Crowley teased. His comment was lost on the Angel, however, as the curtains opened and Aziraphale squirmed happily in his seat.

Cheers rang out as the theatre’s manager crossed to centre stage. “Merry Christmas! And welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to A Christmas Carol!” More cheers echoed through the room. “We are so glad you decided to join us on this thrilling show of Ebenezer Scrooge and his haunting encounters with the ghosts of Christmas! Keeping in line with the Christmas spirit, I have an exciting announcement to make. We have a very special guest here with us tonight.” Everyone waited with baited breath. “Make sure to stick around after the show to see who it is.”

Disappointment and frustration surged from the audience so forcibly Crowley couldn’t help but laugh. The Demon may take credit for some of humanity’s cruelty at times, but he let Dickens take it all when it came to the invention of the cliffhanger.

For the most part, the play continued like any other they’d seen together. Aziraphale oohed and awed at the appropriate times while Crowley considered the Hellish logistics of Marley’s chains. Eventually, the curtains closed. The actors bowed. The audience clapped. And the manager came back out a short while later with the much-awaited news.

“Please welcome Mr Charles Dickens!”

Aziraphale’s hand latched onto Crowley’s arm. Crowley looked over in alarm, fearing something might be wrong, but only found Aziraphale completely and utterly captivated by the stage. His eyes were wide and his mouth slightly open in a silent gasp even as the crowd roared around them.

Possibly the most famous author of their time crossed the stage to stand beside the manager. They shook hands before Dickens began, “Hello, everyone! It is an honor to stand before you all and I’m so glad you enjoyed the play! I am looking forward to meeting some of you!”

Before anyone could question what that meant, the manager spoke up, “Those of you who donated to the theatre were also enrolled in a raffle. Five of you will be randomly selected to meet Mr Dickens and get an autograph! You will find a number on your ticket. If your number is called out, please make your way to the stage.”

Aziraphale perked up considerably and scrambled to find his ticket.

“First we have Ticket 157!”

A woman yelped with joy somewhere behind them.

“Ticket 023!”

A man held up his ticket with pride.

“144!”

Another man stood from his seat.

“079!”

Aziraphale looked at his ticket with growing dread as a woman cheered.

“And finally Ticket 191!”

The audience began to gather their things as Aziraphale remained still, staring longingly at the stage. Crowley stood to smooth out his jacket when his ticket fell out of his pocket. He picked it up and went to stick it back in his jacket when he noticed.

191.

“Hey, angel! Look!” Crowley immediately shoved the ticket into Aziraphale’s hands.

Aziraphale’s face did brighten just a smidge upon seeing the winning numbers, but his smile didn’t quite beam like it ought to. He handed the ticket back to the Demon. “Oh, that’s great, Crowley! Tell him hello for me.”

Crowley shook his head, “What? No. Here. Take it.” He extended the ticket out again.

“That’s really kind of you, but I shouldn’t.”

“Why not? You love his stuff. Here. Take it.”

“You can’t just give away your ticket.”

“You’re one to talk! I’m not giving away my ticket, I’m giving it to you.”

“But then you won’t have a ticket.”

“I’ll trade with yours if it makes you feel any better.”

“But they mi–”

“Aziraphale.” The Angel stopped arguing and looked up at his companion. “Take it.” Crowley pressed the ticket into Aziraphale’s hand and didn’t pull back until he felt the other’s fingers tighten around the paper. “I’ll meet you at the exit once you’re done.”

“I don’t even have anything for him to sign,” Aziraphale tried weakly.

Crowley chuckled softly, “Yeah, about that. You remember 40 years ago when you gave me a gift? I thought I should return the favour.” He pulled a book out from his coat’s inner pocket and gave it to Aziraphale. “I was going to give it to you later tonight, but it looks like you’ll be needing it now. Sorry, I didn’t have time to wrap it.”

Aziraphale gasped at seeing A Christmas Carol written in gold across the cover. “There was no need for that, my dear. There was no favour to be returned.”

“People exchange gifts, angel. You were due one. Now go get your autograph before they close things down.” Crowley nudged Aziraphale towards the stage.

Filled with renewed vigour, Aziraphale nodded enthusiastically, “Okay, I will. I’ll meet you in a few. Thank you so much!”

The two parted ways. Aziraphale made his way down to the stage while Crowley shuffled along to the exit. Even with Charles Dickens in front of him, Aziraphale frequently turned and scanned the masses looking for Crowley. Crowley only knew this because he, too, was looking.

#good omens #good omens fic #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #innefable husbands #charles dickens #a christmas carol #christmas #christmas fic #fluff #gift giving #mckiwiwrites

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scalproie · 9 months ago

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Im in writing mood but i dont think i could work that into a story so.

In the tekken hades au, Hell Embodied IS Kazumi but not really or more accurately, not anymore:

Quick lore/mechanic recap: during a run, Jin has a chance to go meet Azazel via ominous purple crystals randomly spawning and get the optional boss fight Devil Jin, which during the first encounter unlock the devil fighting style, and the next encounters allow Jin to get or level up devil style moves. Other than that, Azazel has a story sidequest involving "Kazumi" (basically the Chaos and Nyx equivalent).

Basically during that story sidequest, we get Hell Embodied/"Kazumi" backstory and lore. It was originally a place that came to be because of Azazel's influence but it was slightly closer to the surface than where Azazel, a primordial entity older than most gods, resides (Alex is also from where Azazel is from and that's why theyre both reptilian looking but that's another story).

Eventually it developped a curiosity for what was above and assumed a corporeal form to wander up there (and that's when it added she/her to its pronouns)

She attracted the attention of the new God King Heihachi that just finished usurping his father's throne and he eventually asked to wed her. Initially she intended to use him to gain power and control over this surface world but down the line she developped real feelings for him. And they had a son :)

Eventually Heihachi found out the truth about her nature and, feeling betrayed and wholly believing she did not in fact, love him, he stripped her of her corporeal form and status of goddess and drove her back to her "real" place, aka the middle ground between the primordial dark and the surface world, aka Hell, where she would be utterly incapable of leaving, not even getting the chance to stay a few moments up there like its son and grandson (And Heihachi could do that since his status of God King gave him the authority to do so.)

So that was one way to permanently "kill" a god: by forcefully making everyone forget about them, they are no longer a person. So as far as Heihachi and everyone else was concerned, Kazumi was officially dead.

(Another way is to keep a god in a constant state of dying, so to speak, because leaving a god for dead will only insure they return eventually. Not having the authority of the God King, thats what Lars, Lee and Kazuya did to Heihachi: after Kaz defeated him, they put him at the center of the earth, letting the deadly magma of the place do the job, and bind him there so he could not escape. Lars feels bad about it but it needed to be done for the good of everyone, Lee was like "Oh No! Anyway..." at that, and Kazuya would've thrown a party if it was smth he did. And was all too happy to let the memory of his father be buried forever and to never talk about him again.)

(Young gods can die permanently bc they didnt get enough time to cement themselves into the world. Smth smth if a chick cannot break its egg's shell it will die without being born. Wink wink)

Heihachi kept their child around initially for the same reason Kazuya will keep Jin eons later: he reminded him of his mother. And for the same reason Kazuya will treat Jin, Heihachi came to resent Kazuya: he installed a legacy of parricide by "killing" Jinpachi the Sky God, reducing him to a concept, so to secure his throne (but lying to himself as him making sure his son is a worthy heir), Heihachi did the whole heaven cliff tossing to Kazuya.

"Kazumi" found the body of its/her son and yknow the rest.

As for the reason Kazuya doesnt recognize her, well, for starters, the corporeal form of Kazumi was her human design, but Hell Embodied (who it/she just is now) looks more like a ethereal ghostly version of devil Kazumi. Another reason is that Kaz is a stubborn man who adamently refuses to aknowledge his past pain, be it losing his mother or his father in general.

If Jin confront "Kazumi" after Azazel spilled the beans, it will make Jin promise to not reveal anything to Kazuya, for a multitudes of reasons.

Jin relunctantly agrees but he does call Hell Embodied "grandma" when he's on his own, and he does feel closer to her now.

#okay now back to my *shaking crying screaming* three other projects #tagging later #tekdes au #i wasnt sure how i would handle kazumi in this au tho i had a bit of a idea but val's essay about how she might not had wanted kazuya dead-#opened my eyes💖

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tadpolesonalgae · 8 months ago

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omg i was bored and started re-reading CBMTHY from the start and i just realized - now knowing that reader was ill? or expecting to die from sickness before the Cauldron thing happened - Azriel's comment of "you are proving to be a burden" and why that was such a fatal blow to reader is getting a new meaning akdjskakajsj

ur whole family is suffering in poverty with ur youngest sister going to the woods every day risking her life to keep ur family afloat, and ur sick and possibly dying (idek if it was mentioned whether or not the rest of the Archerons knew?? i wouldn't put it past reader to just not tell them bc of her insecurities, not to mention the whole complicated psychology that must happen with the fact that Mama Archeron also died from illness and the trauma everyone has from that 😬😬) and u get randomly turned into fae and seemingly cured of that illness.... like the amount of guilt that reader must have had about the whole situation.. she already felt like she owed smth to Feyre and the rest bc she's in the belief that she would've died if she stayed human (both from hunger and her illness) and then Azriel goes ahead and tells her she's a burden like 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Az what the FUCK no wonder girlie is depressed 😭😭 (im not like Really really livid at him bc ik that he obviously didn't know her backstory but .. bro's gotta GROVEL)

anyways im living for this added weight of the angst and hurt ✨️

(I might have gone on some tangents here, and I’m not entirely sure I articulated it correctly, so I’m sorry if this doesn’t make total sense!! 🧡💛)

Okay, so, this is something I think I struggle with frequently—being unsure how much people in the acotar universe know about medicine?

I’ve kind of got it into my head that fae magic is just a general healing thing? So it wouldn’t require the same level of knowledge and study as a modern day doctor would have to go through since I don’t think we really get to see how healing magic works? The only comparison I can think of is what we see in Tower of Dawn, but even that wasn’t particularly clear?

Anyway, in a story like cbmthy where reader obviously has some mental instabilities, it’s quite difficult knowing how to describe it since I’m unsure they have the understanding of modern day medicine/psychology? And then there are the physical symptoms that her magic has been causing her, and I’m operating under the assumption that they won’t understand what’s happening to reader or how to cure it given the type of ‘sick’(?) she is from her power? I also don’t want to give anything away, but in short I’m hoping to touch more on what kind of ‘illness’(?) reader was dealing with pre-cauldron?

‘Az what the FUCK no wonder girlie is depressed’

I’m glad that this side is clear at least 😭 I was kind of worried, since I don’t think I’ve explicitly said she’s clinically depressed, that it might not be apparent? Again, I don’t think they have a term for depression in the acotar universe? Like I can’t see it being a name for a mental illness? I can see it being used as a descriptor, and people being able to understand the concept quite clearly, but I don’t imagine there being defining qualities yet if that makes sense? 😬😭

‘anyways im living for this added weight of the angst and hurt ✨️’

Well, while chapter 16 is mostly happy, there is a little interaction with Mor at the end that might be a bit intense if you enjoy general angst/hurt things? It’s only brief but I felt it would be too strange to have a genuinely okay chapter, even if reader just experienced one of the lowest moments of her life 😁🧡💛

#anons <3 #cbmthy #cbmthy chapter 16

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atlantablack · 2 months ago

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Okay, I've had this wild ass Stranger Things/Marvel crossover in my brain for ages (early 2023) & I'm never going to actually like write it write it but let me try to make it somewhat comprehensible so someone other than me can hopefully lose their minds over it

so, basically, season 4 stranger things canon compliant - Eddie "dies" - season 5 they somehow defeat Vecna blah blah you know there's some added trauma everything is wrapped up in a neat bow life moves on all of that (and no one else dies cause fuck you)

So - Nancy goes off to Emerson & Robin goes to Berkley (or wherever you want her to go) and Jonathan goes to community college & keeps focusing on his photography & Steve waits until the kids graduate high school and then just goes and roadtrips his way through America his parents never cut him off despite their disappointment and so he decides he's going to make use of it until they do (spoiler: they never do)

For the last two years of Uni Nancy falls out of touch with everyone else and by that I mean she stops picking up her phone, stops coming back to Hawkins for the holidays, doesn't come back during the summer, and the only reason they know she's okay is because Ms. Wheeler swears she's still in contact with Nancy. Steve fully expects her to completely disappear after she graduates but she randomly shows back up in Hawkins after she graduates and reconnects with everyone.

I know technically Robin would be a year behind Nancy but I think due to upside down bullshit they end up starting college at the same time, so they graduate at the same time as well.

Robin, Steve, and Nancy move to New York City and share an apartment because rent expensive. Jonathan and Argyle move to San Francisco together. The kids are scattered for college and Erica is probably still finishing up high school. (pairings and romance are irrelevant in this universe)

Robin gets a job at a museum doing something linguistic related (idk what kind of jobs there are okay just roll with it), Nancy is desperately trying to break into journalism but she is the way she is and never wants to write what they want her to write so she's struggling there, and Steve breaks up one too many fights outside of various gay bars because he's never met a fight he'll fucking back down from and ends up getting hired on as a bouncer at some bar in Brooklyn (because I think I'm funny).

Nancy is her general self and at some point over the course of the 90's, she keeps sticking her nose in places she really shouldn't be sticking her nose, because she literally cannot leave well enough alone and we already know she has a grudge the size of Texas against the government and she, because out of all of them of course it's her, catches the eye of SHIELD.

so Nancy Wheeler gets hired on at Shield as an operative and unfortunately (for SHIELD) when Fury looks at her goes "this is classified sign these NDA's" what Nancy hears is "this is classified from everyone except for Robin and Steve and jonathan and joyce and mike and el and etc" because that group has never heard of a secret big enough to keep from each other, not after everything they went through

it takes Fury two years to realize that "oh yeah, this is my roommate Robin Buckley and her best friend, my ex, our other roommate, Steve Harrington" because he "ran into them" on the street (aka he had a weird feeling about the latest recruit and was sussing them out) actually just know classified shield secrets and he's so mad it took him that long to realize it and long story short they also get recruited because "recruitment is the nice option here, Agent Wheeler"

Fury still doesn't honestly realize how many people in their extended family/friend group know about the most random shit and god fucking bless the day he realizes El exists

Now Nancy and Steve are both field agents. Nancy does a lot of investigative and research stuff. Robin probably doesn't do field work because well you know but I'm sure there's something linguistic you could do in SHIELD for spy stuff. Idk. This kind of stuff is exactly why i'm not actually writing this fic.

Robin and Steve mostly keep to themselves but Nancy does branch out some, more in the name of having connections than because she cares about making friends, but still. Steve and Robin are still only 50% sure if Nancy is like really invested in her job or like lowkey trying to figure out if there's anything to expose, either way they know Nancy doesn't actually trust shield

In 2001 Natasha joins SHIELD. Which of course means that presumably Clint and Coulson were already there. I do not know when Clint joined SHIELD and I refuse to put in the effort to figure it out good god.

Nancy, Robin, and Steve do not, for the most part, interact with Nat, Clint, or Coulson. They obviously know of each other but contact is limited. Also something something about Steve and Robin being exceptionally wary of Natasha and going out of their way to conspicuously avoid her because Robin speaks Russian -> Natasha speaks Russian -> season 3 trauma -> reformed red room Russian assassin

Nancy, meanwhile, has absolutely without a doubt been trying to figure out if SHIELD had at any point had a hand in the whole upside down mess and if we really think about it doesn't that just sound like something Hydra would have been involved in. I mean. Come on.

Anyway, in May of 2004 Nancy Wheeler goes out on a seemingly normal field mission and never comes back. She's reported missing in action, presumed dead. The rest of her team also goes missing with the exception of one body that's found.

Now, let's go back a ways and consider Eddie. Consider Hydra. Consider all of our lovely Eddie survived theories. Consider the winter soldier and cryofreeze and how Hydra has never passed up an opportunity to create/gain a new weapon. Consider how I'm sure an undead creature of whatever kind likely goes on ice pretty damn easy.

Back to Nancy Wheeler who is a little too good at investigating, because in a fight of stubbornness she is absolutely going to be the winner, and there are a lot of secrets hiding at SHIELD. And she's managed to get a handful of secrets under her belt and is getting close enough to some others that Hydra decides preventative measures are needed before she has a chance to get closer.

Nancy's mission handler is the one who is found dead after the mission where she goes missing. Gunshot clean through the throat and Nancy is presumed dead because they also find a good amount of her blood smeared around. SHIELD thinks she's dead but Hydra knows that she got away. So Nancy Wheeler is officially on the run.

Nancy's got just enough secrets to fuck Hydra's plans up if Shield proper finds out about them, even if she's not 100% aware of the full scope of it and so she gets away and they send the winter soldier after her. But Nancy ran straight to El's and El took her to Kali (because we're bringing her back goddammit).

coincidentally, in June of 2004, Jane Hopper drops off of the map without a word to anyone and the rest of the party ends up congregated in the basement of the bar Steve used to work for. Two Party Members Missing, one of which is presumed dead by all official authorities, and Steve and Robin know just enough about what Nancy was looking into that they're not super confident that whoever won't be after them next.

by the time 2008 rolls around and Tony becomes iron man all the party can say for sure is that Nancy and El are alive and together.

Steve and Robin still work at Shield but they got louder after Nancy left, they made sure their names were really well known by everyone and that making them disappear quietly wasn't really an option

tony becomes iron man, which really impact very little about this other than Steve and Robin have this moment of "huh.....flying robot suits, neat, Dustin's gonna love that"

Dustin is in fact elated about this

blah blah life continues on, the party is trying but for the life of them none of them really know what exactly was the last straw that had someone, presumably in shield, try to have nancy taken out and Nancy and El still haven't resurfaced so presumably that person is still after them

So, what was the final straw? Why did Hydra decide she had to go? Well. She finds the name Eddie Munson in a report full of redacted paragraphs and that name wouldn't ring a bell with 99% of shield but Nancy immediately narrows in on it because why the fuck does any report in shield have any business having eddie's name in it and this is where she made a mistake because Nancy doesn't keep secrets from the party but she also had been living with Steve and Robin for a decade+ and she'd watched Steve go a little too quiet every time Dustin brought Eddie up for years and she knows Robin can't keep a secret from steve to save her life and she felt that it was cruel to get their hopes up based on nothing but a blacked out piece of paper and no other clues

so she never says anything, just keeps digging and its not necessarily that she understands the information she has or has any idea of the big picture, i think she just has a fistful of clues that she doesn't realize connect, or she can't tell how they connect but all it would take is one or two more pieces and she'd have enough of a picture for it to be a Major Problem and hydra decides to nip it in the bud early instead of waiting for her to put the picture together

now from 2003-2012 while the party are desperately trying to figure stuff out without setting off alarm bells and getting themselves murdered by the government Nancy goes to El because she knows El can protect herself the best if anyone manages to follow her and then she goes to Kali because that's where El sends her - El goes with her because it's easiest for her to find Kali and she isn't sure Nancy will manage on her own but she never intends to stay - unfortunately, before El can leave them, The Winter Soldier shows up

Fortunately for the girls: he's alone because Hydra has too much faith in their soldier and underestimate the fuck out of Nancy Wheeler

Unfortunately for Hydra: It's pretty hard for the Winter Soldier to fight when he can only see what Kali is allowing him to see

Anyway, the winter soldier is subdued with minimal injuries all around but ofc when he doesn't report back the rest of the Hydra team come looking for him and El ends up being seen so she's also on the run now. But the girls take Bucky with him and somehow they end up breaking through to him. No, I don't know how. Just go with it. We have two super-powered girls and Nancy Wheeler. I'm sure they managed it. I'm sure there's a lot of fighting and yelling and screaming and backsliding but the important thing is they do get through to him. Enough that he's now on the run with them willingly.

so then it's the four of them on the run trying to figure out how to bring Hydra down and not doing a super hot job of it because hydra won't get off their tails long enough for them to properly plan. the only reason they manage to get a note to any of the party at all is because Bucky manages to slip inside the hospital Erica works at and slip a note in her desk. the hospital is big enough to provide a cover for who they were trying to contact and hydra assumes they were going after medical supplies. which they were but that was a secondary mission.

And then it's 2012 and the battle of new york commences in grand fashion. Steve and Robin are on the ground in New York City when the wormhole opens in the sky because it was supposed to be their day off and so they're not ya know part of the avengers but well they're certainly not civilians and to their great disgust they end up fighting aliens too

also side note: backtracking to when Loki originally shows up in the avengers movie, Fury happens to overhear Robin and Steve offhandedly talking about loki and theorizing over how far his powers extend (they spend too much time around the kids) and he does that dramatic thing he does where he steps out of the shadows and goes "That is an alien calling himself a God. Neither of you seem surprised by either of these facts." and Robin and Steve just kind of look at each other and shrug

Steve: I'm more surprised by how well he matched the dress code for that event than the fact that he thinks he's a god

Robin: they always think they're a god don't they?

Fury:

Steve brightly: At least he looks human! It would suck if he looked like a walking muscle suit or something equally gross!

Robin: Yeah! No tentacles! Human shaped! Normal looking skin! At least it's easy to tell where to shoot!

Fury has had a weird feeling about these two since the day he's met them and the weird feeling just keeps getting weirder but fuck if he knows why and he doesn't really have time at the moment to worry about it.

so the battle is happening and steve and robin are on the ground fighting and out of the corner of his eye at one point Steve sees a flash of dark hair coming towards him and turns around so fast he slips on alien blood and eats shit, now, inconveniently for Hydra, they were planning on taking advantage of the general chaos to conveniently dispose of their other two problems (steve and robin) and well they're down one soldier but eddie's never given them any problems before, they point at where to kill and he goes, they're pretty sure he's just a mindless creature honestly

the point though is that Steve sees Eddie and Eddie sees Steve and then vanishes, goes completely rogue. Because see the thing is, Eddie only goes where he's pointed when taken out of cryo because he's too hungry to think. But, the problem with being feral and not quite human is that animals you know think in terms of packs and family and Eddie's brain stubbornly managed to carry that over when he got turned. So, in his brain the party is just "pack, family, safe". But he's also been in out of cryo for like 26 years or so and so it's not like he's doing well. And seeing Steve basically just sends him on the fucking fritz.

One day far far far into the future Bucky and Eddie will get a fucking hoot out of teasing the two Steve's about how similar they are. And also I just think the cinematic parallels are funny.

And yeah. I didn't have a lot of ideas of where the fuck to go over that because I kind of destroyed the MCU framework. CAtWS is kind of fucked because like one of the main characters of the central plot is no longer present. Is project insight still happening? idk. how is it fixed if it is? Idk.

One thing to note that I think is fun, is just take a moment to let it sink in that Nancy "cuts the barrel off of a rifle" Wheeler is on the run with the winter soldier. and their other two companions are both super-powered girls with questionable morals. I'm pretty sure El's main moral is "don't hurt my friends". and well look at that, a large portion of the government is trying to kill at minimum one of them. Also, the the El & Kali & Bucky being kept in a government facility against their will and experimented on trauma bonding.

I do imagine a lot of this would come to a a head in 2014 when the CAtWS movie would be taking place. It seems like the point it would all come to a head timeline wise. Because somehow I just know Steve Rogers is going to get wind of Bucky being alive. And where Bucky is Steve follows, which means Nat and Sam get pulled in I'm sure. And it probably all just spirals from there.

Other funny side thoughts I had about this:

Please imagine Mike Wheeler interacting with Tony Stark. It is the funniest possible thought to me. Tony would absolutely push his buttons and even if Mike does think he's kind of cool he's gonna double down on pretending otherwise out of pure principle.

Steve Harrington meets Steve Rogers and it turns out there is something worse than One Stubborn Righteous Little Shit and it's two of them who have teamed up

Nancy and Natasha hit it off really well eventually and yes, it's terrifying

Surprisingly Tony and Robin hit it off, because Robin likes to theorize impossible ideas for fun but Tony Stark has never heard of an impossible idea in his life and so it just ends in chaos

Dustin ends up working at Stark industries. This is only tangentially related to the rest of this. He ends up getting a job there after Uni and I'm sure it ends up playing a part in the plot later on down the line but at the time it's just Dustin being super smart.

And that's all I got for now folks.

#atlanta rambles #atlanta's writing #stranger things #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #nancy wheeler #steve harrington #robin buckley #please come ask me questions about this #i might have answers

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noraqrosa · 11 months ago

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TL;DR: in this post, i wax on about the abandoned concept album/multimedia project Lifehouse by Pete Townshend/The Who in the context of algorithms and artworks

people on Twitter aren't understanding that this is an ad for a scifi novel. it sounds interesting, to a degree.

the first sentence reminds me of [The Who's] Pete Townshend's Lifehouse, still one of the most fascinating musical experiments i've ever read about.

i wish i knew about all that back when the Lifehouse Method website was a thing. for those unaware, it was a site created by Pete in conjunction with composer Lawrence Ball and software developer Dave Snowdon in which someone could input their personal data and generate "authentic musical 'portraits,'" pieces of music customized via algorithms that work based on whatever data you input. if you know anything about The Who, you'll probably recognize this as a facet of what would eventually become the album Who's Next, Lifehouse, a huge multimedia project involving a rock opera album, live performances with audience participation and complex tech on stage, a movie, who knows what else.

https://archive.is/8tYoM

i've always wished i could do one of these "musical portraits." i remember when I first heard about algorithmic (i refuse to call it AI because it isn't true AI) music generators, this was the first thing i thought of. back when they were in a rudimentary state, i played around with one for my own amusement (not for my own music, all that comes from my own head unfortunately for you), and while it was fascinating, it didn't go far enough in the direction i hoped. thinking of OpenAI's MuseNet, it takes a few notes worth of MIDI data & a style suggestion and then kinda randomly guesses what would be a good fit after those notes.

and y'know, it makes for some fun meme videos:

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but you can also see it only goes so far, and still requires musical input. it isn't quite on the level of being usable for much. and it really isn't quite the same. it's using inputted data, but not, say, biometric or biographical data. it's musical parameters that are being input as the data.

i really want to one day see a true realization of Lifehouse. one of my wildest goals is to be the one to do that. admittedly, i feel like in the current artistic climate the art world might no longer be ready for it; people would see it, instantly think "AI ART EW," and back away. but in this case, i don't feel like that's a fair assessment of what the concept is. the idea was to find each person's unique signature melody via these musical portraits. it isn't meant for anything really beyond personal identification, when it comes down to it. it fascinates me from a musical standpoint, and as a person who holds a psychology degree. imagine what someone can learn about oneself via this process! would your musical portrait be different at different points in your life? what could you tell about your personality from a single melody, or about your life history, or your beliefs and values? how would all of that reflect in your music? what genre is your soul? could a musical portrait truly capture any of that? with sufficiently advanced tech, sure, but idk if we're there yet.

heck imagine the therapeutic implications! imagine this tech being used in an art/music therapy setting, in which you work with a therapist to input your data, get a melody, and then use that melody with whatever form of musical expression you prefer (e.g. if you prefer to play the piano, guitar, a DAW, etc). what would you and your therapist be able to learn about you?

i truly do believe that, when it comes down to it, everyone has their own musical identification, "a song in their heart" if you will. i wish to expose people's hearts to get that music out, so that people may hopefully understand themselves better.

we might actually be at the level of tech necessary to truly realize a project like Lifehouse, but the tech isn't being used in this way. our current tech relies on predictive algorithms that kinda mostly draw on established musical forms, tradition, and there are only so many notes in the musical alphabet and only so many combinations and permutations thereof. a true realization of this tech would work, say, maybe in a similar way to how Pokémon speedrunners essentially break the game and essentially reprogram it to do what they want via a series of unexpected inputs. arbitrary code execution is what that's called, and i bet a similar function might help greatly in creating a uniquely generated musical portrait. because, when it comes down to it, are we not all Glitch Pokémon who cannot be contained by the boundaries of our programming?

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anyway that was a long ramble. feel free to gimme feedback like you're a guitar held up to an amp or feedback like an echo chamber, whichever you prefer. this post idk if it'll make both pro & anti AI people mad or not, but that's what happens when your position on a thing is more complicated than a simple binary.

currently homeless still, so please help me if you can:

My partner's donate links are here: https://linktr.ee/IzukuLeeYoung. that's the best place you can send us money to keep us in our current hotel room and off the street.

https://odiohi.me/pages/product-categories - if you wanna help me by buying my wares (including my music)

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#artistic musings #essay #“AI art” really isn't true AI. when we finally realize that true AI actually lives and exists among us...#...you know we're gonna see them take offense to how we currently talk about AI and algorithms and be very upset #people don't care because they don't see AI as people but as new slaves.#they don't want artificial intelligence. they want custom-made servants.#we aren't at a point where we see true AI making art #we only currently see uncreatives abusing algorithms and then going “look i did this” when all they did was type out a few words.#at least Lifehouse was for a purpose and not for techbros to use and abuse!#it actually has a fascinating concept that i fear has been corrupted in this day and age. we need to fix that.#homeless plural trans queer artist in need of dire mutual aid #Youtube

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thedoctornumber11 · 2 years ago

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Rules and other things

This page is for my rules and policies. Rules are mostly what I expect out of you. Policies are things I do personally when it comes to roleplaying and running this tumblr account. I know it’s a bit long and intimidating, but I promise it’s not as bad as it looks and I’m not like super strict about these or anything! Most of these are just the same rules most roleplayers follow.

If you are not a Roleplay Blog, you should read this link by clicking here!

I do not expect anyone to remember these rules 100 percent forever. There are a lot of them here, and I know when you RP with a lot of people it can be difficult to remember everyone’s rules. I do appreciate you taking the time to read them and I do hope for some understanding of them upon initial contact.

Rules:

1. If you want to RP with me, just send me a message! I’d appreciate it if you told me a bit about your muse (This can include sending a link to your about page), a bit about yourself and make sure to mention you are interested in roleplaying! I’ll make sure to read your rules before responding.

2. I’m selective, but not mutual exclusive. I know side blogs exist and all that, plus I don’t always see new followers.

3. Please do not force ships to happen. I prefer for them to happen naturally.

4. No godmodding without talking to me first. I know sometimes this kind of thing just sort of has to happen, but I would prefer we talk about it first.

5. I don’t mind a little bit of spelling and grammar misuse, but please try your best to use proper spelling and grammar

6. I generally prefer to stick to the Doctor’s cannon past. Not a big fan of long lost wife/husband plots or things like that.

7. Please remind me about threads if I don’t get to them within 1 week. This one is important because I do sometimes miss notifications from Tumblr regarding threads and although I do have a thread tracker, I only actually double check to make sure I’ve replied to everything once every two weeks or so. The main except for this would be of course if I’m on a temporary hiatus, which I track here.

8. I’m perfectly fine dropping threads as needed or as desired, but please message me to let me know so that I can remove it from my thread tracker!

9. There are occasionally mature themes on this blog. I only RP with people who are 18+. I will check your profile for this and ask if it’s not there.

10. I prefer ask box for IC communication and fanmail/chat for OOC communication. When we first start interacting, let me know if you check for your chat messages or not, since I’ve noticed some people don’t use them.

11. I prefer roleplaying through threads and not asks. What this means, is if you send me an ask, and we decide to turn it into an RP, I would prefer you reblogged my reply instead of sending a second ask. I’m perfectly okay as well if you decide to make a text post with an ask instead, although please do not expect me to do such a thing since I’m a bit lazy and just reblogging the ask is so much easier. I don’t notice much of a difference anyway.

12. Multi-muse accounts, I prefer to RP with one muse and stick to that muse through all roleplays. Please don’t start changing muses on me because that gets confusing. This also applies to blogs with different verses. I do prefer to stick with the same verse most of the time to keep things from getting too confusing for me. It also helps develop the relationship between muses more and I value that a lot. I just feel like this leads to better stories.

13. I typically try to only follow people who are interested in RPing with me AND/OR Doctor Who related blogs.

14. If you respond to a closed RP thread I have with someone else, I will probably block you. There are no warnings.

15. If you spam up my inbox in an inappropriate matter (including but not limited to ads, anon hate, etc.) I can and will block you.

16. Feel free to message me anytime about anything. If we are already RPing but for some reason your muse randomly feels like talking to mine or interacting, feel free to tag me in a starter or send something through ask. Not feeling much muse, but you, the mun, are a bit bored and just want someone to talk to? Feel free to send me a chat message. I’m here to interact and I’d love to hear from you both IC and OOC.

17. Communication is key with me. If I’m doing something that bothers you, let me know. If you want to drop a thread or stop interaction, let me know. If you want to start something new or different, let me know. If you aren’t going to be on for a bit or want to respond to a certain start or post, let me know. I am not a mind reader. If you need something from me, please let me know.

18. I generally avoid pregnancy threads. I��ve got nothing against them except for the fact that they are way overdone and have become generally boring to me because of that. It also just doesn’t seem like a situation Eleven would find himself in generally, especially given my headcannons for him.

19. When responding to my starter calls, please make sure I’m aware what muse and what blog the starter is for! Goes especially for multimuse blogs and side blogs.

20. Please do not like my starter calls and/or send memes or send or do anything RP related with me if you are not a RP blog. If you are a personal blog you are welcome to follow and read my RPs, and like those and reblog my other content but having personal blogs like my starter calls really just fills up my notifications and it’s a bit annoying. If you want to RP and you are a personal blog, make sure you follow all my other rules and just send me a message. If you are a personal blog and you have an RP side blog, that’s fine, just specify. This rule isn’t intended at you. I’ve had a lot of actual personal blogs like my starter calls lately with no intention of RP and I’m not going to have it. This is a blockable offense.

21. I do RP with multiples of the same muse and do not do exclusives. If you want to make me your exclusive Eleventh Doctor, that’s fine, I don’t really mind (although I also would not encourage that because there’s a ton of other great Eleventh Doctors out there!) however I enjoy doing different threads and different relationships with muses that might be similar so I won’t be doing any exclusivity at all.

My Policies, about roleplaying with me and about how I run this tumblr:

1. I do tag triggers and I do tag nsfw content. It’s all hidden under the tag “nsfw” (This does include blood, core, etc.). I am not always the best about tagging other replies however. I do not use a read more.

2. I track #TheDoctorNumber11, however if you tag me in something, I do prefer you also send me a link in a message in case it doesn’t show up.

3. I do regular reminder messages to let people know that they owe if they haven’t replied in a week or longer. This usually happens on Saturdays, although can be as late as Sundays, once every two weeks and I try to only send two messages before I stop mentioning it in case the first message is missed. Tumblr sometimes messes up notifications and all that. If you do not want me to message you about threads, let me know!

4. I’m generally willing to RP with you at any point during the Doctor’s time line, but I usually prefer later in his time line.

5. This is not strictly a RP blog. While it is an RP blog, I will reblog things that aren’t related to RP or Doctor Who occasionally and I do occasionally make ooc posts. Some people are bothered by this. I suggest not following if you don’t wish to see any ooc content. I do try and tag it with “#notdoctorwho”.

6. I will sometimes reblog my own stuff at different hours of the day to make sure it’s seen. This is usually stuff related to the blog and I try to make sure I tag it “#reblogging for emphasis” so you can filter it out as desired.

7. I do like to get to know people ooc while roleplaying and I try to communicate regularly. I believe that communication between roleplay partners is vital, and you should expect chat messages from me occasionally just to say hello.

8. Slightly related to the above post, I’ll sometimes tag partners in pictures, gifs, images or video of their muses if I happen to see such things while browsing tumblr. Just kind of my way of showing I care I suppose? Anyway, if this annoys you, let me know and I’ll stop.

9. I do have a job, so my work schedule sometimes makes replies difficult. I generally try to get at least one reply to every thread every week (Usually two or three times a week), using the queue.

10. Just because my tumblr is posting things doesn’t mean I’m online. I schedule posts and use my queue a LOT and you should expect that I may not be online a lot.

11. Please, never worry about length when RPing with me. I promise I won’t judge you for it. Right off the bat, I know my replies won’t always meet your’s in length. Sometimes mine might be longer. Sometimes it might be shorter. It all depends on my mood and what makes sense with what’s going on in the thread. Sometimes you’ll get a really long reply from me, but then your next reply from me will be really short. Sometimes it’s the other way around. I don’t expect you to match me, and you probably shouldn’t expect me to try and match you. Length is irrelevant, it’s the quality of the reply that matters, and sometimes a short reply can get more across than a longer one might. So I will not expect a specific length of reply out of you at any given point, and you probably shouldn’t expect a certain length of reply from me.

12. I know this might seem a bit odd to place here, but I’m just letting everyone know, that sometimes the Doctor does find things a bit hard to believe. Whenever he runs into something magical or fantasy, or something he doesn’t think should exist, he generally tends to think it’s caused by an alien. This is because he’s so used to alien encounters. So if your muse is a vampire or a ghost or something, and he accuses them of being an alien, please don’t be offended. It doesn’t mean that I as the mun think your muse is an alien. I’m totally accepting of all muses and all creatures and all things in RP, but the Doctor isn’t always as accepting of magic and stuff like that, and will usually think it’s some kind of alien technology.

13. I mentioned this in my rules and I want to mention it again here, I do RP with people who play the same muses. I won’t drop you if you decide to RP with other Elevens. I’ve seen a few people mentioning this type of thing in their rules lately, and I’m really not picky. This includes stuff outside the Doctor Who fandom as well. For example, I may decide to RP with multiple people who play Little Mac from Nintendo. If this is a problem, and you want your partners to be exclusive to your version of a muse, most likely it would be best we don’t interact. Likewise, I don’t expect you to be exclusive to my Eleven and am perfectly fine (and encourage you) to RP with other Elevens besides just myself. He’s a pretty cool character, and if I didn’t portray him, I certainly wouldn’t want to limit myself to just interacting with one Eleven.

14. I don’t expect reblog karma and in fact I kind of like when people reblog memes from me so I can see that they did and then send them the meme myself. I also know it can be difficult to reblog from the source on mobile. Likewise, I’m not always great about reblogging from the source when I’m on mobile myself.

15. I have a thread tracker here.

16. I do roleplay with multifandom OCs, Doctor Who OCs, crossovers with fandoms that I know or interest me and other Doctor Who muses including other people who play the Doctor. In general I’m not very selective about what types of muses I interact with. I do ask that I know a little bit about your muse before hand and if you do not have an about page, please do message me a bit about your muse when introducing yourself.

I think that’s everything. I hope I didn’t intimidate anyone. I hope to hear from you soon about roleplaying. Thank you for reading.

#Rules #finally a mobile friendly version #Do not reblog

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saiibeo · 2 years ago

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FEEL / @uncxntrxllable 'damn.' questions for muses status: accepting ! !

how does your character react to a persons touch? a random stranger’s? a loved one’s? a friend’s?

ooooo okay so I really love this one a whole lot. i was babbling about this to a friend not long ago, but corvus has a big thing about touch in their language. they don't like being touched by strangers. that's a whole set of trust issues that has so much i couldn't unpack here. with strangers they can range from being playful, friendly, and seemingly upbeat to being cold, merciless, and downright being a bitch. but regardless of that, either way, they never let anyone they don't know touch them. it's something only people they grow to genuinely trust can do.

i'm gonna take this as not only reacting because there isn't much to say on that note, but i'm also adding in the way they are about touching other people.

now i will say there are instances of acquaintances being allowed to touch them, especially being on the same 'team' as someone so to speak. a good example of that being in a recent thread tomoyasu(skepticxsm) in their villain verse. being merely poked in the forehead, they had no negative reaction. when a stranger does touch them though they can become incredibly hostile if not having already dodged the touch out of sheer reflex. they do tend to go easier on those who touch out of habit because they understand it's not always done with any intention and sometimes people do it mindlessly. that hostility is a hell of a lot worse if they don't like someone though and they absolutely will make sure it's known.

now, when corvus trusts someone they do an entire 180. in their attitude and in the way that their touch differs and how it's incorporated in the way they communicate. if someone is a friend to them, they will go from not even letting their shoulder brush theirs to actually doing it on purpose either playfully or a 'hey i'm here'. they will often put their hand on the others shoulder while trying to get by them, poke at them randomly in passing, or even quickly give a gently squeeze to their bicep as an act of affection. it's a lot of things they don't even notice doing. they feel rather elated when someone they trust proceeds to do the same as they also see it as a worldless 'i trust you'.

for loved ones it depends on the type. familial, if we take their twin brother crane for example(in verse where they actually can interact with him of course), they're always doing things like throwing their arm around him, ruffling his hair, swift kisses to the cheek after annoying him. in general they're much more comfortable and even when he's agitated with them they have so much trust put into the fact that he would never hurt them that they aren't afraid to even give affection when he's in that state (minus if he tells them not to, in which case of course they respect that). their affection tends to be more than what friends get for those they feel familial connections to. i'd say basil(prismpowa) is a good example of this because he's one of their best friends. they feel that type of familial connection to basil and very easily they give him affection like random platonic kisses, hugs, and in terms even cuddling this poor guy like they're a koala.

for lovers it can actually look a lot different once they're used to it. i think at first romantic affection would make them feel strange because I can confidentially say that corvus has never had a serious romantic relationship in any of their verses for a variety of reasons, so it takes time for them to get used to the steadiness of being with someone and that includes being touched more differently than what they're used to. however, once they are used to it they revel in any chance they get to have affection from the other and proceed to do the same mindless touching they do with everyone else they trust. basically once that trust is gained they'll always say 'i'm here' or 'i love you' without even realizing it. and i think that's odd, but it's one of my favorite things about them. someone who seems like they'd break a hand before allowing someone to even poke them having one of their love languages be physical.

#cw long post #just in case #i promise i'm doing the other you gave me this just got waaaay longer than i was anticipating it to be #☠⟼❛ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ꜰᴀɪʟᴜʀᴇ. ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ʀᴇʙᴏᴏᴛ.❜ / asks #☠⟼❛ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ꜱᴏᴜʟ.❜ / headcanons #uncxntrxllable

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linuxgamenews · 6 months ago

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Everglyph Trials: A Strategy-Focused Combat Roguelite Deckbuilder Game

Everglyph Trials combat roguelite deckbuilder game is coming to Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. Thanks to the creative talents of developer Tabi Entertainment. Due to make its way onto Steam. I’m eager to tell you about Everglyph Trials, the first combat game from Tabi Entertainment, an indie studio from the US. This roguelite deckbuilder is all about strategy and great combos with dual cards. As you play, you'll build a deck that can take on tougher challenges, doing so in a beautifully hand-drawn fantasy world on Linux. In this title, you’ll test your brainpower and strategic skills. It’s a roguelite deck builder where every choice matters and the challenges keep increasing. Check out the reveal trailer.

Everglyph Trials - Official Combat Reveal Trailer

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Here’s what makes it stand out: Build Your Deck: You get to choose from a range of unique cards, each with different effects. Create killer combos and adapt your tactics to take down powerful floor bosses.

Key Features:

Strategic Deckbuilding: Make important card choices throughout your journey. Experiment with different combos and tweak your strategy as you go. The Everglyph Trials battlefield is always changing, so you need to stay sharp in combat.

Dual Card Effects: Every card has two unique options: a play effect and also a reveal effect. Since you’ll need to analyze enemies and their plans to pick the best strategy. Will you go all out for damage now or set up a big move for later?

Synergy and Buffs: Play cards from the same elemental faction to get bonus effects like multicasting and stacking buffs. Due to unlock your hero’s true potential with smart cardplay.

Ever-Changing Depths: No two runs are the same. Explore Everglyph Trials with randomly generated levels, face a variety of deadly enemies, and find powerful glyphs that can also change your fate in combat.

A World of Magic and Beauty: Dive into a stunning hand-drawn fantasy world. Explore amazing landscapes, battle fantastic foes, and uncover hidden secrets.

The Roguelite Challenge: Each run is a fresh challenge. Learn from your mistakes, unlock permanent upgrades, and keep pushing toward victory.

Hardcore Mode: For those looking for extra challenge, increase the difficulty by diving deeper into the trials or adding restrictions for bigger rewards.

Everglyph Trials roguelite deckbuilder is due to bring the combat to Steam soon. So get ready to test your skills and have a blast in this magical adventure. Whether you're a hardcore gamer or just looking for some fun, this has something for everyone. Be sure to Wishlist it on Steam for Linux, Mac, and Windows PC.

#everglyph trials #roguelite deckbuilder #linux #gaming news #tabi entertainment #ubuntu #mac #windows #pc #Youtube

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getinstagram · 7 months ago

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Common Instagram Marketing Mistakes You Should Avoid

Everybody should learn from others so that you won't repeat the same mistake. Your mistakes can be upsetting for you and others can also get hurt. In this article, you will find the most common but serious mistakes that lots of Instagram marketers should avoid.

Never post random Media files

Whether you are associated with some big company or you are just the one man company, who runs his own business. When you are trying to grab the audience on Instagram for your business promotion, you have to be very mindful of some important things. You may like to share randomly selected photos and videos, which can be a photo of your cat, or maybe a new food made by you.

When you make your account for your business then you should stick around your business only. Don't wander here and there for promotion; just be clear about the purpose of your Instagram business profile. It is good to be social but this is not the right way to get in touch with everyone.

You should post things that are relevant to your business, which can be your product details, photos, and videos. But never post random photos on your business account. It didn't seem like a professional profile when you do this blunder. Try to make balance in your random posts and the brand posts.

Never Set Privacy on Business Account

You always want to make your profile safe and for this purpose, you put privacy on your account. But when you are using Instagram for business purpose and also have made a business profile, you should never set your account to private. Because when you enable privacy settings your posts and your profile will not be shown to anyone. You might have made this mistake by chance and this is one of the common but major mistakes.

It is obvious that you have made the account for personal use when you set your photos and videos to private. This can never happen for a company or business profile because you require lots of followers to spread your business and successful sales. Put your profile on public mode and all the photos and videos on the general public preview.

You may find any company or individual who has the same interests and same niche in what you have been offering. You will be limited in your profile once you have set it to private. Set your profile to the public and increase the chances of growth in your business.

https://syndicatedsearch.goog/afs/ads/i/iframe.html Use High-Quality Photos

If you really want to land among top business profiles, you should be professional in terms of every aspect. Just try to be as professional as you can. People evaluate your product quality according to the photos and videos you have posted on the Instagram. When you post low-quality photos or videos which are presenting your product, it will really hit you badly. Your product might be awesome but people have never seen your product, so your low-quality photos leave a bad impact.

Always use high resolution and HD photos, and you will be directly connected with the label of high quality and professionalism. Make sure your photos are double than the recommended size so that your photo will turn out to be a high-quality image. When you post high-quality photos on Instagram, make sure to instagram upload on your business website. Also send those photos to your entire social media accounts and friends circle.

Hashtags are Similar to Breathing z

Hashtags for Instagram posts are as important as you require breathing to stay live. You are using hashtags with your posts but you might be using them in a wrong way. Your hashtag should be searchable, which is the main purpose of adding hashtags. The correct usage of hashtag also includes short, precise and clear-cut wording. Make sure you are following all the possible familiar hashtags which are related to your niche.

Hashtags are being avoided by many people which is a major slip-up and lots of Instagram marketers do it consciously. Hashtags provide the route to your profile or product and people can easily access you by searching for your brand keywords.

Always beware of the most common and big Instagram marketing mistakes fake Instagram likes and ger followers Fake etc, and stay away from them at any cost! Because sometimes even the smallest mistake leads to failure!

#social marketing

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glowyjellyfish · 2 years ago

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I keep getting frustrated with running the 50/50 method on the Megakingdom, switching to playing with a different downloads folder, and then getting lured back a week or two later. I do still really think my dumb problem of storing “recolors” in the EA Games folder was the root of many issues and helped me turn a corner on it, but I still have ~something~ going on in my Build folder, and still have about 2500 files left to verify. I am tempted to try the DDO once again, but every time I do that it doesn’t solve ALL the problems and I’m back to square one and restarting the 50/50 method. Something in there is just plain bad.

Part of what lures me back is I just keep having random interesting ideas, including:

-the Summerdreams are going to be fairies using midgethetree’s supernatural lifestate

-with the Wild Hunt multi-PT mod, and a recommendation to terminate and redo Pascal’s alien pregnancy to eliminate potential problems, I have been inspired to rebrand all premade aliens as fae. Specifically, as Unseelie. Both Unseelie and Fairies are from the land of Faery, but Fairies are of the civilized Seelie court, and sent ambassadors to the human world long ago to preempt potential conflict. The Unseelie do not recognize the Seelie court, and generally consider humans to be toys to play with or destroy as they see fit.

-the Curious brothers live in an old quarry refining building, on top of an abandoned quarry. They will try to mine for magic stones in their basement on top of working at a regular quarry owned by a local lord.

-Plantsims are Dryads

-in addition to using a calculator to determine secondary aspirations and traits, I’m planning to roll for gender preference across the whole hood, and will also have to adjust the ages of all premade adults that have children. Probably using memories to take note of the timing of things. The proportionate aging mod I use makes everyone’s ages much more precise, and I’ll probably make sure all mothers gave birth no earlier than age 22.75 (three days into adulthood), and then edit the father’s age to be the same number of days difference he had to begin with. Technically, I have the inTeenimator and it’s a medieval hood, teen pregnancies wouldn’t be unheard of, but I figure this is probably a better way to start. Stagger the ages a bit, plus not every parent of a teen would have had the kid as a teen.

-the king will have to hold court once a round, by inviting or summoning in all the dukes and their heirs. Probably wives and oldest unmarried daughters, too. If only as a way to make sure the royalty and nobility all know one another. The dukes have the option of holding court locally, but a. Are not required to and b. They won’t have much of a court to begin with, usually only one local gentry family. They could probably invite one friendly Duke and a particularly wealthy merchant, but it’ll be a while before local court is really viable.

-I often default to using the matchmaker crystal ball in other hoods, but I think I will need to forbid it here. Sims can meet sims on community lots, be introduced by friends or parents, or hire the gypsy matchmaker to find a partner. The upper classes can randomly invite another upper class sim they are interested in meeting over, but for the most part sims will have to meet each other manually.

-I have plans to make ROS events for a. adding supernatural sims, b. Both war and crusades, with slightly different effects, and c. a Narnia scenario wherein new CAS sims are prophesied to be the next monarchs. I also have ideas for ships and caravans, and am still figuring out a usurpation scenario.

-also, keep having random ideas for ways to remodel houses and buildings, which I will surely forget before I get up to it.

…I just would very much like to be done with the 50/50 method and be able to set up all my plans and maybe play, please.

#the sims 2 #sims 2 #simblr #the megakingdom of simland

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aggimaginary · 2 years ago

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The Bad Guys (my version) - Gala of Goodness (chapter 9)

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Hey guys, so this is the new chapter, but I wanna give you guys a warning that this chapter contained angst and drinking moments.

This also reveals a new OC for The Bad Guys.

Have fun!

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Inside the car, on their way to the gala, all 6 Bad Guys were in the middle of their big heist discussion as Wolf addressed how the plan was gonna go, "All right, guys, this is the big one!"

While explaining, the scene changed to play out the entire gala arena, including how the heist was gonna go, as he mentioned, "The Golden Dolphin is inside a titanium case controlled by a randomly generated five-digit code, a code kept safe and secure inside a briefcase handcuffed to the chief of police."

It showed the party in full swing as the chief had a silver briefcase handcuffed to her wrist, as she marched to the table, watching the party going on very suspiciously, keeping a close look out for the Bad Guys.

"She's not messing around," commented Piranha off-screen.

Wolf continued, "The code is only accessible with her authorized fingerprints."

It then showed Snake, sneaking easily behind the chief and getting into the briefcase and pulling out a piece of paper that had the code on it.

"Leave that to me," replied snake off-screen.

Wolf then added, "While Snake gets the code, Shark will secure the fake Dolphin."

It then showed a table where a fake Golden Dolphin was, with Shark easily swiping it while leaning against the table, pretending to look cool

"I like the sound of that," answered Shark off-screen.

Wolf continued to explain the plan, "Meanwhile, the rest of us plant circuit jammers."

"Allowing me to hack into the power grid," added Tarantula off screen.

It then showed Piranha, Snake, Shark, and Hornet secretly planting electronic jammers onto the power grids before the scene changed to Tarantula, who was standing on the beat player of a DJ turntable set, and was using a small computer with her hard drive plugged in, hacking into the power grid of the light system.

"Same as always, Hornet have to keep an eye on things to make sure everything will go according to plan," Wolf added on his plan

"Piece of cake. My eyes are sharper than an eagle," Hornet chuckled confidently off-screen.

Wolf then added, "At the end of the night, we toast the professor, 'Blah-blah-blah, yada yada,' and when I say 'Marmalade,' lights go out, and we'll have exactly four seconds to make our move."

The scene then changed to all 6 Bad Guys on stage, with Wolf saying a "thank you" speech in honor of Marmalade, while behind his back, he held a stick remote, and used his thumb to press the big red button on it that made the lights go out. In the darkness, the team made their move, with Snake inputting the code, making the glass case lower, and then using his tail to grab the real Golden dolphin while Shark placed the fake one on the pedestal just in time for the glass walls to raise back up and cover it while Snake swallowed the real golden dolphin trophy.

"The old switcheroo," commented Snake off-screen.

Wolf mentioned, "Chief hands Marmalade the fake Dolphin, we get our pardon, applause, applause, exit stage right, and by the time they realize what happened…"

The scene then showed the lights coming back on, as if nothing had ever happened. Then, it showed the chief giving Marmalade the fake trophy, with Marmalade smiling and holding it up high, while the Bad Guys were smiling and given their pardon before they saluted the crowd and left, making everyone think that things were going well…..until on the giant screen behind them, a video of Wolf dropping electronic sunglasses over his eyes while his audio voice said, "So long, suckers," and those exact same words were seen right below the image of his face him. This made Diane, the chief, Marmalade, and the whole audience shocked

Wolf added to finish discussing the plan, "…we'll be driving off into the sunset, legacy cemented."

The last scene in the heist plan showed all 6 Bad Guys in the car, wearing sweet sunglasses over their eyes, with Wolf driving, and the real golden Dolphin on the car's dashboard, as they drove off into the sunset of a sandy desert.

Everyone in the car, present day, laughed at how genius the plan sounded, with Piranha commenting, "Nice."

Snake then commented to Wolf, "Got to hand it to you, buddy, you're a real artist."

Wolf beamed proudly, leaning back in relaxation, knowing that things were surely gonna go smoothly tonight. While the other Bad Guys praised Wolf's plan, Hornet turned away from their friends' sight, and frowned worryingly. He was nervous about tonight. He was scared that things might turn out bad tonight… or worse… change as he feared. He hoped nothing bad would happen in this heist.

Soon, the car stopped, as they had arrived at the gala. The door opened, revealing Marmalade outside and dressed in a wonderful red suit, greeting the Bad Guys and said, "Well, Good Guys, this is it. Good luck out there. Remember, all eyes will be on you tonight, not me."

After the "pep talk," all 6 Bad guys came out of the car while Marmalade faced the huge crowd of guests and announced loud enough for all to hear, "Friends, meet the Good Guys!"

Everyone turned their heads and looked at the "former" Bad Guys in silence… before breaking out into loud cheers and applause.

To the Bad Guys, this was entirely new to them. Never before had they seen anyone so… happy to see them, as Snake, in confusion, commented to the team, "Uh, this is different."

Piranha, unsure of how to feel, asked, "Is this a prank?"

Shark, feeling a bit hesitant, added while listening to all the cheering, "What's that sound? Like screaming but not terrified."

Wolf calmed everyone down, "All right, guys, let's, uh… let's mingle."

As the team made their way into the party crowd, Tarantula, on Shark's shoulder, cracked her knuckles and commented, "It's crime time, baby."

Inside, the gala had just begun, with all the guests mingling together with one another at the table's drinking champagne, and listening to the singer up on stage, who was singing a jazz song in a beautiful voice.

A little boy was going around with a box, collecting money from some of the guests to help with Marmalade's charity benefit. One man gave him a dollar bill and patted him on the head as the boy made his way to the next person.

Within the crowd, the Bad guys split to get their plan underway. Shark was looking around for the fake golden dolphin, and whispered to himself, "Okay, fake Dolphin, fake Dolphin, fake Dolphin." He soon spotted it standing on a table not too far away from him, making him smile, "Bingo!"

However, before he could even get close to it, he got bombarded by people coming up to him excitedly, "Mr. Shark, Mr. Shark!"

A man who was within the small group of people, asked, "Ooh! Is it true sharks can smell blood a mile away?"

Shark, feeling weirded out by the question, replied, "What? No. That's freaky!"

While Hornet was flying around, trying not to get much attention, the attention just came to him as few people approached him excitedly, "Mr. Hornet!"

"Oh, hi," Hornet greeted nervously.

"What was it like to have thousands of brothers and sisters flying around the nest?" a man asked.

Hornet tried to answer that question calmly, "Well, it's…"

"What was life like working with the queen?" a woman questioned.

The queen! That's the topic Hornet didn't want to talk about, "It was…"

"Do you and your kind kill thousands of small insects within an hour?" Another man inquired.

Hornet was disgusted by that question, "What?"

"How powerful is your venom?"

"It's just…"

"Do hornets move to another nest before or after hibernation?"

After all that question, Hornet's memories flash before his eyes as he saw all of his fellow hornets clinging on the walls of his nest, hornets flying around without anyone seeing or greeting him, and a new generation of hornets flew away until they were out of sight into the forest.

When Hornet returned to reality, the guests then wondered why he was frozen all of a sudden until... "Aaaaaahhhhh!" Hornet screamed as he flew away, crying. The guests got confused why the little bug just flew away after asking all those questions.

Snake was slithering on the ground, trying to find where the chief was, and the minute he saw her standing by a table near the bar, with the briefcase handcuffed to her wrist laying on the table, he chuckled and slithered up to her in secret, set to get that code.

Wolf was passing a table and picking up a small cube of cheese when he too saw people come up to him excitedly, "Oh, Mr. Wolf! Mr. Wolf!"

Wolf was a bit taken aback by the many people coming up to him, but also relieved too, as a female in a dark blue dress commented, "It is a pleasure to meet you."

Wolf, being courteous, replied while doing a small bow, "Pleasure is all mine."

Another female with brown skin and a green dress commented, "I loved your video! Can I get a picture for my kids?"

Before Wolf could even say anything he noticed Diane, who was wearing a sleeveless blue dress, turning around and smiling while giving Wolf a friendly wave. Wolf, feeling nervous that Diane might catch him before he and his team could pull off their heist, replied to the little crowd in front of him, "Uh, hey, just a minute, guys. Let me… let me, uh…I got… I'll be right back," he nervously walked away.

Diane, seeing this, was a little surprised/suspicious at the same time, while Wolf walked away, hoping to avoid Diane's gaze.

The chief of police was watching Wolf walking away through her binoculars, saying to herself, "Okay, Wolf, what are you up to?"

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Meanwhile, all alone on the table, Hornet never felt so paranoid before. All of those questions the people asked him reminded him of his old colony of hornets just like him… that kind of memory was something he didn't want to remember, but it happened again, all thanks to those questions. Hornet was desperate! His dark past came back to him again after 3 years he tried to forget about it. Now he just had to face them again… in a wrong time where his worst nightmare is about to happen! He even forgot about the heist now that he was thinking about dealing with his PTSD. He needed something to keep his mind off of these things.

A caterer surprised him with a tray of glasses of champagne beside him, "Champagne, Mr. Hornet?"

"Thank you," Hornet didn't hesitate to take two glasses before the caterer walked off to serve other guests. Hornet took a sip on the glass, and, because he's too small, he couldn't finish just one glass in one sip.

While he stared his surroundings blankly, all of the memories from his past came back to him, and heard whispers inside his head. He could hear whispers that he's too different, too weak, too naive, and too good to fit in any group of his life, either his own colony of hornets or the Bad Guys.

Hornet held his head, and whimpered in tears, "Stop it… Stop it…!" He slapped himself out of his bad thoughts, and tried to get back to reality.

"Hello there," Suddenly, a black-haired and brown-skinned female human in a teal dress, and red glasses approached him as Hornet quickly wiped his tears away before he would notice them, "I saw you were alone, and I think you need some company."

Like if Hornet had a choice. He couldn't just shoo someone away who wanted to accompany him, "Go ahead."

The woman found a chair, and sat on the same table with Hornet, "You must be Mr. Hornet, right? One of the Bad Guys," Hornet looked up to her, and nodded in quietly, "I'm Mira… Mira Rose," the woman introduced herself as Hornet got a little confused for a second before forcing a smile and a slight wave at her, "Hey, what are you doing here all by yourself? Why aren't you with your friends? I heard you became the Good Guys. You should have fun with your friends for this event. Why are you sad?"

"I'm… I'm in a mood for this party right now," Hornet lowered his head down with his chin touching his folded arms, "I'm… I'm scared."

"Scared of what?" Mira asked, lowering herself and getting her face a little closer to him.

Hornet sighed, "You already know who we are. We are the Bad Guys, like committing crimes, robbing banks, stealing things, making heists to steal things. It was so much fun! It was like our bond as a family… but I was afraid all of it would be gone real soon. I was afraid that if we become good and abandon crime-life behind, what if our friendship will change and things will never be the same again? Like… what if we'll break-up to pursue our dreams to be anything more than criminals?"

Mira lifted her head, and understood why Hornet wasn't in a good mood, "Oh, is that what this is all about? Ha! I hardly doubt that you guys ever break up if you change your lives."

Hornet rolled his eyes, and scoffed, "How would you know about that? Did you watch us on TV every day?"

"Better. I'm actually a journalist. I've been writing all about you Bad Guys, not just your crimes, but also your friendship and teamwork." Mira chuckled with enthusiasm, "So inspiring, so amazing, so cool. No wonder you guys never failed a robbery or a heist or ever got captured. Your teamwork was so unstoppable. You guys are unstoppable when you work together… Well, except at the museum. You guys failed."

Hornet was surprised there was someone who adored him and his friends for their teamwork and criminal skills. Most of the world was afraid of them, but someone admiring them as bad? That was new too, "I never thought you were interested on us."

"Sure, you guys are criminals, but what I see in you guys is a group of best friends who were looking out for each other," the journalist winked, "Listen, you guys splitting up will never ever happen. You guys were friends for years, and have been working together for a while. I believe your friendship is more important than life-changing. Nothing would trade your friendship. You just have to be patient with your friends, Mr. Hornet. And even if you and friends do split up, they will come around sooner than you think," Mira didn't hesitate to use a finger under Hornet's chin to lift him up to make him look at her with teary eyes, "Your friends will come back for you. Just give them time."

Hornet then sniffed, "Really?"

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Piranha: Look… at me!

The entire crowd of guests, the Bad Guys, Hornet, Mira, and even the chief was surprised to see Piranha, on stage, standing on his tiny tippy toes, and singing into the microphone. Piranha was praying that this would make the perfect distraction to get the chief to let go of Snake before something really bad happened.

The chief didn't seem deterred, and was about to try and take a sip again, but Piranha sang again to stop her, lowering the microphone stand so he could hold it easily.

Piranha: Tell me what… you see!

Shark was seen sitting by the drums, using a drumstick to tap a cowbell, nervously smiling and pretended to just be simply…playing an instrument for fun. A keyboardist seemed to be impressed and joined in to add music to the song, while the other musicians started to become impressed.

Piranha: Am I good… or bad?

Wolf chuckled nervously, but smiled, thinking that this could just work, and ushered Piranha to continue, while Tarantula joined the two boys up at the stage, using her legs to gently scratch a record on a turntable set with a small computer set up on it.

Piranha: Don't you judge… so fast!

The crowd was now cheering as Piranha smiled, and ushered Shark and Tarantula to simply play along with the instruments.

Piranha: Hey, hey, hey!

Shark soon happily started to play the drums, joining the other musicians, who soon joined in with their own instruments as well.

Piranha: I know you think you know me: you've made your own conclusion. You think that I look scary.

While the crowd seemed to be impressed by Piranha's sudden song, the chief was not, as she grumpily placed down her "glass" and crossed her arms, unaware that she had actually let go of Snake, who ducked down from behind the table, as she resumed to watching the stage very carefully.

Piranha: Well, that's your own delusion.

Snake used the distraction to breathe onto his neck, where the chief had left a fingerprint on, and used it to secretly unlock the briefcase again, free his tail, and get the code.

Piranha: Listen when I tell you; there's more than meets the eye.

Snake read the paper, which showed that the code was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, which bored him since the code was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO simple.

Piranha: So take a closer look to find a real good guy!

He snuck the paper back into the briefcase, closed it, and used his tail to signal Wolf with a thumbs up. Wolf received the signal and gave Piranha a secret thumbs up and wink to let him know that things were back on track, to which Piranha, while singing, with Web's turntable scratching accompanying him, replied back with his own secret wink.

Piranha: We're not the Bad Guys…

Mira giggled as she lowered his head on the table to get to the miserable Hornet's level, "Oh look, Mr. Hornet, your friend, Mr. Piranha, is on-stage, singing! I never knew he could sing."

"Oh he could sing alright…" Hornet agreed with her, feeling miserable as his worst expectation is starting so fast. He was watching Piranha singing while noticing Shark and Tarantula joining him. Hornet wanted to be happy for Piranha, especially now that he realized he had feelings for his best friend, but his own misery got the best of him to pay attention the positive side of things and even the heist that he was supposed to be assigned to look-out for the team, "With his… beautiful… angelic… cute… idiotic voice!" He growled, causing Mira to yank herself a little bit from Hornet, "He's gonna be a famous singer one… when he leaves and focus on his new career, and forget all about us!"

But Mira shook her head as she placed a finger on Hornet's head, "No, no, no, no. Piranha's not gonna leave you and the team to pursue a music career. Music is his passion, his uniqueness, his talent, other than being a criminal, and that is good. I'm sure you have your own in the team that doesn't involve crime-making."

"I don't know," But Hornet wasn't in a mood to describe his own uniqueness from the team as he was more focused on thinking about his and the team's future if they will become good for real. After drinking the whole glass of champagne, Hornet then offered the second glass to Mira, "More champagne?"

But Mira declined by holding up her hand, and Hornet decided to drink the second glass of champagne.

Piranha: Get up on the floor!

Wolf adjusted the cuffs on his sleeves and spun around, as his "offer" to Diane for the dance, as she replied with an exaggerated/fancy leg step, as the two started to dance together out on the dance floor, with the entire crowd joining in on the dancing too, having a lot of fun.

Piranha: We're gonna be good tonight! Wanna get you feeling right! We're gonna be good tonight! We're the Good, Good Guys!

The chief of police was the only person not dancing, as she remained standing still, with crossed arms, and a suspicious glare on the Bad guys, while Wolf and Diane were swinging it together, impressing the crowd with their dancing.

Piranha: We're gonna be good tonight! Wanna get you feeling right! We're gonna be good tonight! We're the Good, Good Guys!

Snake soon joined Shark and Tarantula up on stage, using his tail and body to play an electric bass guitar along with the music.

Piranha: Come on! Ooh… !

During the party, Hornet watched everyone having fun. He watched Wolf dancing with Diane, Snake joined the other three bad guys on stage, Piranha was having fun singing, and Shark and Tarantula were also having fun playing their instruments. In Hornet's eyes, they were having fun… so much fun, it was like they forgot all about the heist, or crime-life… or even Hornet himself. He could see how happy his friends are right now… even without him. He could see no one even bothered to look for him while they were having the time of their lives.

Feeling drunk, Hornet started chanting dizzily at the journalist, "Oh, look, Mira. Look at that… my friends… all have fun… without… me."

But Mira felt pity for Hornet. She knew he was already drunk, but the way he explained his fear and misery to her made the journalist understand what he was thinking, "No, that's not true. Why don't you join your friends? Have fun with them for a bit?"

"And change my life into a non-criminal, and tomorrow, we'll split up to find our own good lives ourselves? No way!" Hornet shouted as he took another sip on his second glass.

Piranha: If you're feeling good in here… I said, if you're feeling good in here… Oh, yeah!

On stage, Piranha kept singing as he, snake, and then Shark, who borrowed someone's trumpet to play, continued the jam session in the crowd, getting the guests to really swing it and dance along with them.

Piranha: We're all here to have a good, good time!

Let the rhythm move you and open up your mind! It's time you see me in your neighborhood! Don't you be thinking that I'm up to no good!

While the whole crowd was swept up in the fun, Snake, who was dancing with the crowd while playing the guitar, Piranha, who was singing in front of a girl in the audience, and Shark, who was dancing while walking backwards, secretly planted the jammers into place on the electronic boxes, allowing Tarantula, at the turntables, to secretly plug in her hard drive and start hacking into the gala's power grid. But Hornet, completely drunk, had watched Snake, Shark, and Piranha join the crowd, and after drinking the last drop of his champagne, he angrily threw the glass down, startling Mira, and flew over to the bar to get more drinks with Mira worryingly following him.

As Tarantula was in the middle of her work, she noticed there were only three jammers appearing in her computer where there were supposed to be four. This is gonna be a problem. She then contacted the rest of the Bad Guys through her comm, "Guys, guys, we're missing one! Where's Hornet?!"

Alerted that one of their members didn't stick to the plan, while jamming with the crowd, Snake, Shark, and Piranha kept their eyes peeled on their tiny bug friend. In the crowd, Wolf, who was trying to spot Hornet, and Diane were still dancing up a storm, and their moves were getting everyone to join in, even the chief, who was surprised to feel her hips sway to the beat of the song.

Piranha: I just want you to give me a chance! I know your body really wants to dance! So leave your judgments…

By the kid from earlier, he was getting overwhelmed by a man who was donating so much money, and when he ran out of money, he started to donate gold bars into the box!

Tiffany Fluffit was covering the gala as she announced into the camera, "Break out the umbrellas, because it's raining money! All because of… I can't even believe I'm saying this…all because of the Bad Guys!"

Behind her, there was a conga line that Shark and Snake were leading while playing their instruments, with a whole line of people conga lining behind them as Piranha continued to sing.

Piranha: Wanna get you feeling right!

The dancing continued, as now, with even the chief of police joining in on the party, everyone at the gala was now jamming along, as Wolf and Diane stole the show with their stellar dance moves.

But the only person who wasn't having fun that night was Mr. Hornet as he kept drinking more champagne at the bar with Mira helplessly trying to calm him down from drinking. She even tried to snatch a bottle from him, but Hornet managed to steal another one. He might be a smaller bug but he got the strength to carry a bottle while drinking what was in it.

"Mr. Hornet, please, I'm begging you. If you don't want to think your friend had fun without you, just join them," pleaded Mira.

But Hornet put the bottle down while shedding tears, "No! It's clear that they are having fun without me! They like being good without me! They can live without me… just like they did."

"Who 'they'?" asked Mira curiously

Hornet realized what he just said that almost revealed his deepest darkest secret as he snapped, "None of your business!" he looked down while grasping the bottle, "I'd rather stay here and drink. My friends would be fine without me!"

Hornet continued to drink as Piranha's song ended. He couldn't believe this happened so fast and so soon. He could hear cheers from the audience, and he was sure his own friend would change their minds of pretending to be good, and become good for real… and now, he felt so alone… in the dark… in an empty space. The alcohol of the champagne affected him so hard as he passed out and fell asleep.

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Suddenly, the lights went out, and it got dark, just like how the plan was supposed to happen originally… except this time, the Bad Guys weren't behind it!

Soon, the lights quickly returned on, returning everything to normal… or so it seemed, as Wolf commented, "That was weird."

Suddenly, someone in the audience saw that the meteorite, which was on display on top of the screen, was now gone, as he shouted, "The meteorite is gone! Somebody stole it!"

Before the audience could go into full panic mode, they all instantly looked up at the Bad Guys, and glared suspiciously, immediately thinking that THEY were the ones that stole it.

The chief was already one close twig snap away from immediately arresting them, as she approached who cautious warned to let him explain before things got out of hand, "Chief,"

The Chief did not seem like she was ready to listen, as she growled in anger, "Wolf," She was just about set to pull out her handcuffs on them.

Wolf quickly defended, "Come on, you can't possibly think that we did this!"

Now, this was true as they weren't the ones who stole it… but before he could do or say anything to show that, that video he had earlier of his audio exclaimed with the image of his head dropping sunglasses over his eyes, 'So long, suckers,' It played on the screen behind him…and everyone saw.

That was more than enough to "Confirm" to everyone that they HAD stolen it, and nothing the Bad Guys could say or do would show that they were really, honestly, truly innocent this whole time.

Without thinking, Snake shouted, "Run!"

He and the rest of the Bad Guys scurried off the stage and ran.

The chief quickly shouted, "Get them!"

All the officers on deck were set to go after the team and catch them.

They ran across the whole party floor, trying to get away.

Shocked by what happened, Mira watched as the Bad Guys tried to get away, but they couldn't get away without their bug friend as Hornet was still on the counter, sleeping after he drank eight glasses of champagne.

"Hornet, quick. Wake up, wake up!" Mira tried to shake Hornet awake, but he was still asleep. Mira tried to find a way to wake the little bug up so he could escape with his friends. Then, Mira found a glass of water, figuring out what to do with it, and splashed it all over Hornet.

Hornet was dragged by the water on the counter as he finally woke up and was all wet, "Whoa! What is going on?! What happened?!"

"You kinda missed… everything," Mira muttered while tilting her head.

Hornet looked at the direction where Mira's head was pointing, and saw the cops were chasing after his friends.

"What? Why is this happening?!" Hornet screamed

When Wolf saw that he was cornered by the bar, quick thinking gave him a unique idea, as he pulled out two champagne bottles and popped them open, spraying down two officers.

"Whoa. Wolf, what is happening?" questioned Hornet.

Wolf spotted his missing bug friend, and asked with a small map in his mouth, "Hornet, what happened to you, and where were you?"

When Wolf noticed the glass next to Hornet, the bug just swatted the glass away until it shattered on the floor, not wanting Wolf to know he was drinking until he passed out instead of watching over them throughout the party.

However, Wolf quickly ran out of liquid and ended up distracting another officer by lunging it at him. Hornet then quickly flew off, splitting up from Wolf.

Then, he started to run towards Diane, and wrote something on a map., "Here. Here,"

Diane, confused, asked, "What are you doing?"

Wolf simply answered, "I'm giving it all back."

He then ran to avoid the officers that chased after him. To get over the large crowd of people, Wolf leaped up from a table and used their heads/faces as stepping stones to quickly get through and leap over the bar to join up with the rest of the team.

Once he made it to the other side, he ran with Snake to rejoin the others, while the reptile asked, "What happened back there!"

Wolf answered while panicking, "I couldn't do it!"

Snake, still feeling very confused by all this, then retorted/asked, "What do you mean, you couldn't do it?"

Wolf tried to give a verbal answer, stammering as the team ran, "I-I-I just… I…"

Suddenly, Piranha stopped them, saying as he stood his ground, "No! I do not run! That is not how I roll!" Piranha rolled up his sleeves and was set to take on the incoming crowd of officers one by one with his bare hands.

Wolf, nervous Piranha was gonna go full on ballistic, commented, "Piranha, don't do anything crazy."

Piranha let out a crazy laugh, shouting, "Crazy is what I bring to the party, chico!"

On cue, he then pulled out Wolf's grappling hook and launched it up into the sky, the boundless, not contained, empty sky….and the hook came crashing down onto Shark's head with a BANG, knocking him down. Wolf, Snake, and Tarantula glared back at Piranha while Hornet facepalmed for his stupidity.

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So, in this chapter, Mr. Hornet had been going through some PTSD for the first time in 3 years, but it will be explored in the future. That's a story for another time.

This is the first appearance of my other OC, Mira Rose. She is based on Anita Darling from the movie, Cruella, her name us based on Mirabel Madrigal from Encanto, and her last name is based on Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99.

There are scenes from the movie I hadn't included in the chapter because it remained unchangeable, and I wrote Hornet's moments in the chapter.

The song "Good Tonight" by Anthony Ramos doesn't belong to me.

Special thanks to MasterClass60 for helping me this chapter.

I hope you guys like this. Please leave a review for feedback!

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Patch Notes

Update 07/20/2021

PC: 1.77.131.1030 / Mac: 1.77.131.1230

Console: Version 1.44

Hello Simmers!

Hope you are well wherever you are in the world and that you are all having a fantastic Summer of Sims! We are excited to share today’s update with you. There is a lot of info, so make sure you have your tea/coffee/beverage of choice ready to read on. You all know I have my coffee ready for this!

As we continue to get ready to explore the countryside charm of Henford-on-Bagley and cannot absolutely wait to play with the adorable animals in Cottage Living, we also have updates and fixes that should improve and complement your Sims’ everyday life. We have something for everyone and we hope that you all enjoy them. Thank you for all your feedback and support.

Cheers!

-SimGuruRusskii ft. SimGuruRomeo and SimGuruJoAnna

What’s New?

Let’s start with some items that we shared in our last Sims 411! For this update, we partnered with two talented artists from the LGBTQ+ community, Ashley Lukashepsky, and Mohammed Iman Fayaz, and they have brought their inspiring and beautiful artwork into the game. We have also included the modernized version of the large afro hairstyle that we showed you. But more than tell you about it in text, let me actually attach a screenshot of everything put together:

I love everything about this scene, not only it shows you how the artwork looks in a real game setting, but the whole scene with the two Sims and their surroundings is quite magical. Also, look at that hair! The way the light highlights it, perfection! You may also notice the hair of the Sim on the right, which was also added with this update for everyone. I want to personally thank all Simmers for their feedback and recommendations, as we are continuously working on adding more diverse hairstyles and textures to not only packs, but also to our base game.

Now that we are talking about artwork, the last patch notes I forgot to add the artwork made by the wonderful Jupiter Stevens-Hill. I apologize for that, I totally blanked out. However, I’m happy to see that a lot of you are enjoying it and placing it in your Lots! That makes a very happy Russkii =)

To find Jupiter, Ashley, and Mohammed’s paintings in Build Mode, make sure you take a look at the Paintings and Posters sort and filter by Base Game items. These artists are amazing and we hope you enjoy their creations.

Now, without further ado, let’s get to some new features and improvements that are part of this update!

A little bit of Gallery

When you download a lot made with the bb.moveobjects cheat, the game now notifies you about this so you know to activate the cheat before placing the lot. Builders, this means you won't need to mention it in the lot’s description anymore!

A little for Sims

Trying to find the Sims in the current neighborhood? Select their portraits in the Relationship Panel.

"Focus the Camera" moves the camera to the Sim.

"Lock the Camera" moves the camera to the Sim and keeps following them.

Where did the Notebook go?

Found it! The Notebook has moved out of the Phone and into its own button for quicker access.

The "Center on Current Lot" button that used to be there has moved to the top right, adjacent to the Camera Controls.

Water Tool

You now can make natural, organic bodies of water! Just head into Build Mode, make a hole with the Terrain Manipulation tool, and fill it with water. It is that easy! The Terrain Manipulation and Paint Tools also have more brush sizes to enable finer detail.

In adding the Water Tool, we also took the chance to overhaul the related tools and object categories. Why not? Enjoy!

Pond Effects

All sorts of critters are available to complete the look of your pond ranging from ducks and swans to pesky mosquitoes. There is even an alligator!

New Pond Objects

Outdoor Water Décor now has an assortment of new Pond Objects to decorate the perfect pond. Some of these objects such as the Bog Log and Colorful Lily Pads have interactions on them in Live Mode to activate Turtle and Frog effects. The new Fishing Allowed Sign enables you to stock your pond with any fish your Sims have previously caught. Try it out!

New Water Styles

Go beyond the original crystal blue and dreamy magenta water. Additional options range from “Mossy Water” to “Pond Scum” to complete that au natural look.

The Shrubs category includes new plants to complement the water styles: "Green Fern", "Leaning Not-Grass Grass", "Not-Grass Grass Sans Inflorescence."

Gardening with Children

Children now can help out in the garden by planting, watering, and weeding. They build their Mental skill as they garden. The process of purchasing and planting seeds is streamlined as well to make gardening more enjoyable for everyone.

Group Cooking

Cooking no longer is a solo affair. Sims now can cook in groups of up to five Sims including children. Start cooking together by selecting a fridge, stove, or any empty countertop.

Zoomers Food Delivery Service

Are your Sims getting tired of the same old pizza delivery every night? Well, gone are the days of redundant pizza nights. Maybe you are in the mood for pasta primavera or even a fancy steak dinner. All this and more are available courtesy of Zoomer Food Delivery. Order delivery through the phone or the refrigerator and the food will arrive in a jif.

Calendar

The calendar, previously available only with Seasons, now is available with Base Game to see upcoming events such as birthdays, school and work schedules, festivals, and fairs. You even can use it to book events, so it’s time to get to party planning!

Bug Fixes

Consoles

In Snowy Escape, skiing, sledding, and snowboarding on Bunny Slopes now contribute to the Extreme Sports Enthusiast Aspiration.

Also in Snowy Escape, Sims with high enough Skiing and Snowboarding skills now can enjoy the more advanced slopes. Sims also use the Lift to go to the top of the slopes and not go “the hard way.”

Simmers can now rotate Sims downloaded from the Gallery in Create a Sim. Spin them ‘round, ‘round, Simmers ‘round, ‘round - like a record ‘round, ‘round, ‘round, ‘round.

The Sims 4

We made some improvements that should help our Simulation lag, particularly on the usage of some computer interactions like playing BlicBlock, along with fishing interactions, which should make the game perform a bit better. Note that this doesn’t entirely fix simulation lag but it should help and it is a step in a good direction.

Fixed an issue in which placing Mirrors directly opposite Doors would create a visual glitch in which walls and borders would disappear around them and well it was quite spooky to be honest, glad we solved that one!

Ever wish your food didn’t expire? I know I do, especially when it comes to traveling and coming back to see a fridge in pristine condition, that is a dream… but alas, it is not meant to be in life or in Sims. Fixed an issue in which traveling didn’t let food expire.

Sims stuck sleeping and couldn’t cancel that interaction? Not a product of a sci-fi film as I thought, but I can say that we have fixed this issue, well I hope.

You want to know how to not make my day, have my coffee brew endlessly but without giving me the coffee! Luckily the issue in-game about the Brew Coffee interaction being stuck has been fixed. Wasn’t it odd? Wait… Sleep and Brew Coffee were stuck in a mysterious loop? SUS.

If your Child Sims suddenly interrupted their computer sessions to draw on the activity table when Inspired, worry not, this should not happen after this update.

Fixed an issue that caused the “Items Removed” pop-up to appear when no items were removed from the game.

Fixed an issue in which setting Lots on Slipshod Mesquite would sometimes generate a crash of the game for some Simmers. The Lot couldn’t handle that much flavor.

Some blush and lipstick opacity sliders are back as they were greyed out.

Step-Parent/Child relationships are no longer missing in the Genealogy Panel. Similarly, other cases of broken families in the Genealogy Panel have been fixed as well. It is all about reconnecting or connecting with what is important.

Platforms will no longer raise in height automatically when creating new walls to intersect part of them.

We also fixed an issue in which if you placed platforms in basement levels and a staircase from the floor to the platforms, it would create this gap or hole in front of the stairs and Sims were not able to route correctly. You know, I have played many platformers in my lifetime, but do you imagine Sims trying to jump those gaps? I mean, I am called JumpFail for a reason… glad we fixed this one!

World view Lots that had some off-centered border have been adjusted.

Toddlers will no longer gain negative Sentiments against their parents randomly, especially the Festering Grudge Sentiment. I should not be laughing at this issue as I type it, I should not…<giggles>

We got word that the camera was malfunctioning and bouncing uncontrollably in some Lots across multiple Worlds. We fixed an issue that caused this, but let us know if there are new instances.

Sometimes Ghosts can be part of our Households if we choose to, however, it is really hard to live with Ghosts that constantly break things, it makes it a bit… unlivable. So our expert team of Simghostologists has communicated with these Ghosts in the non-physical realm and they have agreed to not break everything all the time.

Fixed an issue related to flooring glitches while placing the dance floor or crystal clear flooring.

Went through all the trouble in hiring a Nanny only to have your Toddler get sent to Daycare? More than a schedule conflict I imagine having the Nanny show up and there is no Toddler so what does the Nanny do in this case? Do they leave? Do they stay and wait? I must know… However, This should no longer be an issue.

Fixed an issue where using ‘{}’ (curly brackets) in renaming objects would make these invisible in lists or UI in general.

Fixed an issue in the Likes and Dislikes section in Create a Sim that had some categories displayed incorrectly (either cut off, or words broken apart in new lines incorrectly) for some languages.

There was a clipping issue with the eye preset ymAsian13_Eyes that occurred when Sims were in extreme emotion, like Angry, and blinked. We adjusted this preset so this should not occur.

Toddlers can be picky eaters, but Toddlers not eating any fish recipe? That is suspicious, so we had a chat with the little angels and we have found a way to help them enjoy the complex flavors of our fish recipes.

Our UI team has fixed an issue in which a scrollbar appeared in the Sentiment section in the Relationship Panel when there were no sentiments. The mysterious scrollbar was mysterious. Similarly, they have also fixed an issue in which if multiple Sims gained sentiments together their thought bubbles look quite not right with the incorrect colors, so now they should look proper.

The Likes and Dislikes icon in Create a Sim will no longer overlap its text. It looked weird, honestly.

Droids (if you own Journey to Batuu) and Drones (if you own Get Famous) clipping into all kinds of objects in Build Mode? We saw that too, so there should be a fix for that in this game update. I mean this went beyond just crashing into things…

The option “Join After School Activity” will no longer be available if Simmers don’t have Seasons or Get Famous packs installed.

Sims in deviant paths now can properly reach the Level 4 of the Criminal Career.

Now, this is one that made my day, Cowplants are now able to dance again when Sims play music in front of them. Dance Cowplant, Dance!

Fixed an issue in which relationship points gained by friendly introductions were more than usual if Simmers didn’t have Snowy Escape installed.

We adjusted the color swatches for the S. Cargeaux Counter Island so that when it gets dirty, the counter doesn’t completely change colors. Dirty Counter - who dis?

Fixed an issue where the Scared Emotion UI was displaying a broken pose for Toddlers. The pose was kinda more scary than what the Toddler had been scared of, so glad that is done.

Outfits worn while Purchased and Worn in Festivals/Kiosks/Stalls should no longer remove accessories that were in place for the Sim.

Error code 134:571e5862 that occurred to some Simmers should be fixed now.

We fixed a few hairstyles (yfHair_EP05WavyBob, yfHair_EP01PartedFlat, yfHair_EP05UnderCutDreads, yfHair_EP01ShortSwept, and yfHair_DreamyCrew) that when used with the recently added color options would create splotches in the eyes, change the color of teeth, and/or change the eyelashes color.

As always the Localization team and this author have fixed and improved text across all packs and updates.

Get to Work

Aliens can now enjoy their custom Blush options in Create a Sim. Lewks out of this world!

Retail employees will now appropriately change into their assigned outfits. Listen, I grew up wearing uniforms for school, I get it, sometimes they are not the prettiest… but you have to wear them if you have to go to that establishment. I know the pain too well… but my sense of style grew from that… I think.

We made a fix to some of the swatches from the Barely Better Digital Camera that were missing a description for the item, so now all the swatches will display the text in all its glory.

Get Together

Some of these Sims are not like the others, some of these Sims just don’t belong. Can you tell which are not like the others by the time I finish writing these notes?

Fixed an issue in which some of the rooftops in Winderburg were not displaying Snow (if you own Seasons) correctly.

Fixed an issue where Sims didn’t sometimes change into their Club outfits when a Club Gathering was being held.

City Living

The Scattered Panes window in Build Mode now displays appropriate shadows in all options.

Sims enrolled in the Social Media career will now gain influence at the end of their stream instead of every few Sim-minutes.

Two hairstyles (ymHair_EP03BunHighPins and ymHair_EP03BraidedFlateBun) have been updated to reflect the correct look when choosing the Neutral Black color option.

Your Sims want to shoot some Basketball Close Shots, but they are trying to eat first? Well, now your Sims can finish eating before trying those hoops. Nutrition is important!

Cats and Dogs

We fixed an issue in which whiskers were not being seen applied to Cats. A Cat without whiskers is like Peanut butter without Jelly… or something like that! Just wrong!

Robot Vacuums should all now return to their docks accordingly. I hope this issue was not a sign that they were becoming sentient.

Sims will no longer get a Moodlet referring to the death of their Pet when witnessing the death of another Sim. The loss of a Sim is heartbreaking, but also getting a Moodlet for the death of their Pet when the Pet has not died, that is cold Grimmy, very cold.

Speaking of Robot Vacuums becoming sentient a few lines above, we fixed an issue that made the game crash when Cats would sit on the Robot Vacuum. CatonRobot.exe is now working.

We fixed an issue in which some Simmers experienced a crash with their last played Household loading into Brindleton Bay.

Seasons

Sims were changing into their cold-weather gear… while not in cold weather? We had some conversations with Sims and even though they love their winter outfits, dressing up in full winter gear in the summer was probably not the wisest choice. So the issue in which Sims randomly would change into their winter outfits while not in winter is solved.

Egg Hunts are adorable and fun! But not being able to have the furniture reset after looking for Eggs in them, can be quite the rain on Sims’ parade. But this should no longer occur.

Island Living

Mermaids will no longer keep the “Dried Scales” Moodlet when they are hydrated. Mermaids’ skincare regimen pays off! Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!

Fixed an issue in which Lots that are placed in the sand looked quite odd displaying all edges of the Lot when it rained.

Sims that have the Collector Aspiration Trait are now able to catch Frogs in Sulani as part of their adventures exploring the island waterfall. Good Luck!

We fixed an issue in which some Simmers experienced game crashes when loading into certain lots in Mua Pe’lam. Happy Exploring!

Discover University

Sims having a hard time in Uni? No matter what they do they keep failing classes? Worry not, Sims will no longer fail classes when meeting all the criteria for course completion. Work hard, pass your classes hard!

Having Roommates can be hard. Have your Sims had Roommates complain constantly and leave even when their needs are met? Yeah, we made it so that Roommates don’t do this any longer.

Fixed an issue in which beds were counted incorrectly when placing an ad for Roommates. I mean, as much as Pets and even Toddlers can live with Roommates, the ad should be truthful to how many beds there are actually in the Lot, not count Toddlers and Pets as needing adult-sized beds.

We fixed Servo animations so that they don’t look like they are walking on one leg when hovering to their destination. Now they will hover properly.

We fixed an issue in which in some instances Professors could not go to work when a Professor NPC is added into that same Household.

Fixed an issue in which removing and adding back Household members as Roommates would create some… inappropriate moments, ahem.

Eco Lifestyle

Evergreen Harbor’s peace has been restored: roads and parts of neighborhoods no longer disappear or turn blue when businesses open in Port Promise while the Modern Development N.A.P is active.

yfBody_EP09DressShirt no longer has a weird texture in some of the footwear from various packs, especially platform shoes and chunky sneakers.

Had you moved to Cypress Terrace in Willow Creek and found you couldn’t really do anything there? We fixed the routing failures and interaction failures on the Mitey-Mitey Home - Insect Farm.

Snowy Escape

Mountain Climbing can be challenging, even for those experienced. But having indecisive moments before a climbing route like getting off and on your bike constantly seems that a lot of doubt is passing your mind… However, we did speak to these Sims that were experiencing this behavior and calmed their fears and doubts, so this should no longer be an issue.

The hairstyle yfHair_EP10BobBluntOmbre now covers all of the Sim’s ears.

For Simmers who own Seasons together with Snowy Escape, rain options no longer affect snow.

Sims no longer have the option to give a respectful or military introduction during activities such as Dancing or Bike Riding. I mean, I’m not sure about you, but I can’t dance and respectfully introduce myself at the same time. So many falls… so many falls.

We made some corrections to the Slippers that came with this pack and they should no longer display a greenish texture on Sims’ toes when selected in Create a Sim. Yikes.

Fixed an issue in which for some Simmers playing with the Yoshida Hall Household would generate a game crash when loading into Mt. Komorebi.

We took a look at our Ramen menu and have updated our cooking menu to label Miso and Egg Ramen as Vegetarian safe options. Buen Provecho!

Want to run a Restaurant in Yukimatsu but also want to enjoy the slopes? Now your Sims can enjoy the slopes and dine in style. However, this action is only directed, and will not be autonomous. In the same vein, Restaurant employees will not be tempted to leave work to enjoy the slopes.

Journey to Batuu

Batuu is an awesome destination for those who want to enjoy something fun and different, but if you bought a Droid from the Droid Depot and never saw it in your inventory, I know how frustrating it can be. Never fear, the Droids you were looking for will appear now in Inventories when purchased.

In Journey to Batuu, the First Order ID no longer disappears from inventory so Sims now can Access First Order Plans for the Top Notch Trickery Mission.

Fixed an issue with the Leveling the Playing Field Mission in which the Scoundrel Informant would not appear on the scene after Sims stole the Prototype Blaster and went to Oga’s Cantina to wait for the informant.

Dine Out

Eggs and Toast sound super basic and easy right? They will continue to be that way for our unassuming Chefs on the Chef Station since we fixed an issue that made them… challenging. Sims can also use the second burner for other recipes without fail or routing out.

StrangerVille

The Decorations and Kid's categories in Build Mode should no longer have a "New" highlight when there's nothing actually new.

Dream Home Decorator

Lighting can change the ambiance of a room, and your mood in a flash. Luckily we have fixed an issue that lighting was not even on sectional sofas to continue to set the right mood for our Sims.

Our stylists fixed the Sleep ‘N’ Study Styled Room to remove the P.R.I.M.A Computer from it as this is not an item that is accessible for everyone, pardon our dust.

Laundry Day

Fixed an issue where an animation clipped when Sims were loading their laundry machines. Because having your clothes go through you is awkward, are Sims made of fabric? I don’t think so.

Bust the Dust

Don’t need Simoleons, don’t need Fame. Don’t need dinner to have this date. It’s strong and it’s sudden and it’s cruel sometimes but it might just end your night… the power of Dust, that’s the power of Dust.

Our cleaning agents have determined that Sims won’t get romantic negative Moodlets related to filthy levels of dust in public places like parks.

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They won’t dare to bother you anymore...

(This is my first Niki Lauda x Reader fic ever, and my second fanfic in general, ever... English is still not my native language, sorry for the mistakes in advance... I wrote this in one sitting, because I got inspired by my one and only @mymagicsuitcase and her Niki Lauda headcanon... The giving you their jacket one... I read it... Loved it... And this happened... Enjoy <3 )

WARNINGS: little drinking, little swearing, possibly smoking, Hunt is a dick, Lauda is a sweatheart (maybe went a little OOC, I’m not sure... I tried not to but... yeah), Reader is female, no name or y/n is mentioned

Word: 1,7k~

You were excited, but a nervous wreck as well, at the same time.

You met Niki at a party of one of the other F1 drivers’. A friend of yours had been a good friend of him, whom owned the place, and they dragged you along, quote “You’re gonna die alone, come on! They are interesting people, and you would be just bored in your house!”. So, yeah. That’s how you found yourself leaning to the wall, beer in hand, in a massive living room, observing people in front of you. You weren’t that good in F1, you had been watching it on the TV and following some news, but you were sort of a rookie in that field. You knew some names, especially the ones which were everywhere, either after achieving something big, or having a huge rivalry. Such as Hunt and Lauda. As you were deep in your thoughts, you didn’t see that one of the mentioned drivers was looking directly at you. Also leaning to the wall with a drink in his hands, his curly locks loosely hugging his face, some have escaped from the others, and were fallen in front of his forehead. He thought you looked beautiful in those red dress of yours with a black leather jacket. Even though you looked very awkward and uncomfortable, clearly you felt that you didn’t belong there and looked like that as well, still. There was something in you which captivated him. Like you had power, but you didn’t want to waste it on something, or someone. You didn’t want to just use it randomly. You even looked mysterious. He wanted you. Only to himself. And although it entertained him greatly, that how you slipped away ever so slightly from anyone who came near you, and a visibly pain started to form on your face, like the whole world’s problem was on your shoulder, the temptation to save you from the situation, to wanted to know who you were, was way more stronger. Just as he launched himself of the wall with the foot that was rested on it, he froze in his steps. Someone else was more agile. And forward. And loud. Also drunk.

- Hey, hey, hey! Why is that, that a beautiful woman like you just standing next to a wall at a party? - startled you the one and only, James Hunt, leaning on the wall directly next to you.

- Omm… It just… I’m not a party people I guess… - you answered slightly taken back, shyly.

- Then why are you here, my lady? - he smelled like all kinds of alcohol and cigarette.

- A friend of mine brought me here… - you started but you were cut off immediately by him.

- Really? I should thank them, they brought you to me, a stunning woman who…

- That’s enough, Hunt. You’re clearly making her uncomfortable. Leave her alone. - A hand grabbed Hunt’s shoulder, and you snapped your head to the direction of whom it might be.

- What? You want her to yourself?! Lauda… Go away, I was here sooner!!

- You’re drunk. There are plenty of ladies who would kindly do anything you say so. Now fuck off. - He didn’t want to start a fight, but he wanted to sound demanding. He really wanted him to piss off.

- Jesus… - and just like that, without a word hi was gone.

You stared at the leaving figure for a couple of seconds before you looked at the other driver in the eyes and realized he was already looking at you, like he was searching for something.

- Are you alright?

- Yeah, I think so… Thank you, Mr. Lauda. - you said shyly.

- Oh please, call me Niki. - the corner of his mouth twitched up a little.

- Thank you… Niki. - you said again, with a slight blush - I think I should go… I don’t want to start more drama, and I have already stayed more than I am comfortable with… My friend will be fine, I just get a taxi or something… - you trailed off, halfly speaking to him, halfly just thinking out loud - I shouldn’t have come… - you added quietly, but he picked it up.

- Wait! Please… Come out with me to the balcony… Get some fresh air. You look a little bit railed up, I don’t want you to leave alone like this, to be honest. - he tried so say it as casual as possible, but he really was worried for you. A little bit. Maybe. He didn’t want to admit it to himself either.

You didn’t know what to say, so without thinking you just nod slightly and let him led you towards the balcony. As you passed by the dancing figures of the party, you felt Niki’s hand touch the lower of your back. He didn’t want to startle you more than this, he just wanted to make sure that no one could bump into you, and you could get to the damn balcony as soon as possibble. Well, that’s what he said to himself in that moment, that was the reason why he touched you, surely. He relaxed a little bit, when you weren’t complaining. And you certainly weren't planning to. On the balcony you just chatted for a while. You told him your name, why you were there, your job, little things like these. In exchange he told you about himself, his job, and how this season was going for him, his plans for the remaining time of the race. You also told him that you followed his race, the whole season, but you didn’t know everything, or rather didn’t understand everything. You liked cars, but you were no mechanic. There were a whole two weeks until the next race, which took place in the city. He offered you to go with him to his garage the next day. He could show you some stuff which might interest you. He also offered you to drive you home if you still want to leave, so you didn’t have to take a taxi or worse. You weren’t sure why, you just met this man, but there was a spark between the two of you. You said yes to him. For both things.

And now here you were, awkwardly standing at the Ferrari’s garage. During the last 2 weeks, you got to know Niki pretty well. You met him nearly everyday, either in his garage, talking to you while patching up the car, or taking you out to drinking. You weren’t together or anything. But you did liked him. A lot. You could see how he was sometimes stubborn and quick-tempered, but with you, he was way more softer. Although he rather did not show this side of him to anyone else. It was only for you. He wanted you to come to this race, but he didn’t want to drag you into any kind of gossip, which was very common in the F1 family, so you came here alone, he was already here. He got you a full-pass, so you could come to his garage, without anyone stopping you. You couldn’t see him yet, so you just stood there, out of the way of everyone. You felt a hand on your back.

- Well, well, isn’t that the beautiful lady from the that party? You missed me? - fuckin’ Hunt.

- I’m not here for you, Hunt. - you tried to say it as cold as humanly possible.

- Are you mad about our drunk incident? Look, let’s talk about that… - he stepped a few inch closer to you, as you would have liked it, trying to intimidate you.

- Get off her before I run you over with my car. - Niki appeared out of nowhere, his eyes were shooting lightnings. If looks could kill...

- Whoa, easy there Lauda. You really came here for him? - Hunt looked at you in disbelief - You have an interesting taste… - he trailed off as he walked away, again, no more words, grinning to himself.

Niki went to go after him to hit that grin off of Hunt’s face, but you grabbed his arm.

- Calm down, it’s okay. You have to concentrate on the race. Don’t let him get under your skin. - you tried to reason him, and it seemed to work. You had his full attention.

You only noticed it now, that in his free hand there was a jacket, a red one, just like his suit. He freed himself from your grasp, and showed you the back of the jacket. NIKI LAUDA was printed on it, with huge letters. Without letting you say anything, he grabbed it, and put it over your shoulders. He carefully fixed it, so it looked good on you.

- What’s this for? - you smiled, you liked the jacket that was given to you by him.

- Just to show everyone who you support, so they won’t dare to bother you anymore. - ha said casually, grinning proudly.

- Okay - you laughed - I am only here to only support you.

- Good. - he beamed at you.

You heard a voice calling for attention. The drivers had to get into their cars. Niki was ready to go but before he could have left you, you stepped on your tiptoes, put one of your hands on the side of his face, and gave a little peck on the other side.

- I’ll be waiting for you right here. Fuck Hunt up. - you whispered into his ear.

You moved back, but Niki quickly took a hold on you, before you went to far from him.

- I might be in love with you… Can I take you out to a dinner? - he asked with the biggest grin you had saw on him.

- As a date?

- Yes. - he said with confidence.

- Only if you win… - you smiled mischievously.

- Deal. - he returned the same smile.

He let go of you and stormed to his crew and car. He jumped into his car and put on his helmet. Before he closed of its lid, he looked at you last time. You locked eyes and he winked at you. You blushed deep, but kept smiling as he drove off to the track.

This is gonna be a good day...

#daniel brühl #daniel bruhl #niki lauda #niki lauda x reader #niki lauda x you #rush 2013

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