#and frankly. on top of it. their design is just so ugly

[jungwondazed]

dark content 18+ only. / pervy step brother jungwon

warnings: step siblings kink

you sneakily walk past his room but his eyes catch yours as he sits at the edge of his bed.

"hey, ____." you hear as you're right past his door, mentally face-palming yourself for not being able to keep your eyes forward. maybe if you weren't so nosy.

clearing your throat, you take a few steps back and turn your body towards his room, and he motions you to come in.

"can i help you with anything?" he asks with both his brows slightly raised in mockery.

a red warmth creeps onto your cheeks and you try everything in you to look at everything but his face.

"n-no" your voice is a bit squeakier than usual, and later when you look back on this moment you regret not fleeing for the nearest exit.

he softly laughs at your weak response and motions you to come closer to him. standing in between his legs with his eye level to your midriff was entirely inappropriate, and you pray to the heavens no one walks in on this moment, because you would be at a loss for what to explain.

jungwon softly tugs at the bottom of your oversized knit sweater, pulling at a loose string that should've been cut ages ago. it was a dorky sweater and frankly, it was hitting you how ridiculously dressed you were. far from appealing and way too modest for a spring day in april.

he runs his eyes up and down your choice of clothing, frowning a bit as if he was a designer adjusting his mannequin.

"does this not fit you right?" initially tugging at the bottom he then pulls your sweater so that you're now just inches away from his face.

he brings his hands to grope the sides of your waist, then flattens his palm to feel your stomach through the chunky knit material and you gasp at his sudden handsiness.

"i just don't think this was good top to wear today, ____, here let me take a look at it some more," his eyes are darting everywhere on your upper body and it makes your face heat in extreme embarrassment. and you remember that you ditched a bra today because 'no one would be able to tell if you were wearing one anyways' through a thick ugly sweater, but the way his eyes stare right at where you're self-conscious about, you're certain you were wrong.

he's fondling you now, massaging your breasts through the fabric and you weakly moan at his rough hands. please please let no one walk in right now please.

jungwon lifts the bottom of the sweater up, slowly bringing his face in to press against your stomach, closing his eyes as he inhales on your skin, like a sick and perverted fucker. he nearly groans at your scent before pressing his lips against your skin. peppering sloppy pecks at the middle, to your lower abdomen, and back up towards your waist.

"way better off without this sweater," he breathes out the words in between his kisses, flattening his tongue against your skin and licking you all over your stomach now. it was vulgar, and he was disgusting with his licks, wet smacking sounds filling the room as he made out against it.

he sticks out his tongue to trace you with just his tip, bringing it out towards the side of your waist and up towards-

"oh, ____, you did this just for me didn't you?" his hands are holding the fabric right at your breasts, exposing just the underside of it, bringing the tip of his tongue to lick at whatever skin was revealed.

you throw your head back in sensitivity, fists clenched at your sides as you barely handle what he's giving you.

footsteps are heard down the hall and he immediately lowers your sweater, swiping his mouth with the back of his palm and gently pushing you back.

"ah there you guys are!" your father just makes it in the door frame as you stumble back on your steps.

jungwon gives a polite wave to your dad, and your eyes are glued to the floor, mind reeling and breathing labored from whatever the hell just happened.

[bajuuuu]

pls give me your dark wisdom oh wise one

bestow upon me your sposplay* knowledge

*spock cosplay

Oh you’ve done it now (started a rant)!!

(I put it under the cut so it’s not suuuuuuch a long post :D)

So, from the top, I made Spock’s ears: I sadly don’t have any pictures for this part (for now.) BUT, Making ears is actually supper easy and fun! The way I did it, is by taking some thin gardening wire (or other wire which is light and easily mailable). You make a loop out of it by connecting the ends and then shape it so the bottom vaguely fits behind your ear. It will basically straddle your ear and copy the curve of it. The top of this artificial ear is then molded to vaguely resemble the ear you’re making. But frankly, don’t worry about it too much, we just want to get the general feel for the shape and size here. Then, the fun part begins, because you take some liquid glue and a layer of toilet paper, you put the glue on the toilet paper and you cover the wire with it. (I kinda just closed the paper around the wire like a book and then cut around the shape of the wire to remove any of the excess paper). Then you put it back on your ear (move all hair aside, else it will stick to the gluey conglomerate) and you shape it to actually fit your ear properly and to have the desired shape. Then you let it try and work on the other ear in the meantime.

The color: for now the ear is just white, so once it’s completely dry (it should also solidify because of the glue), you can put another coat of glue over it and carefully cover it with skin-colored (or any other color I guess) crepe paper. You’ll never get all the wrinkles out of it, but it is possible to get it to be quite smooth.

And tadaaaa you have your very own ear extensions that just kinda hold on your ears without any attachments! For me, they tend to hold quite nicely actually, even if I shake my head a bunch. I’ve also found that if you wear glasses, putting on the ears first and then the glasses over them, both will hold decently enough!

The Insignia: I hand embroidered mine using some yellow and black embroidery thread. Using either a long and short stitch or a brick stitch worked great for me. Here is a tutorial I used for the long and short stitch if you’re interested :) https://youtu.be/UPyg1j9sLHs?si=25mtpGoJhSemF6_J

I then cut the shape out with enough free fabric on the sides (basically seam allowance). Here, it’s nice to remember that you can always cut away more fabric later if you have too much, but it will be annoying if you have too little.

Then I cut the same shape out of some sturdier paper and glued it to the back of the embroidery, turning the corners and gluing them to the back so they are out of the way. This step can be really annoying, because the shape is uneven and the fabric generally refuses to cooperate. For me, I still had some of the fabric showing from the front…

If your fabric refuses to stay in place while it dries, you can also fasten it down with just regular laundry clips.

Finally, I cut another shape out of the sturdy paper and glued it over the back to hide all the ugly glue and fabric edges.

(Try to make sure your glue is fabric safe, it’d be a shame if the glue messed up the fabric after all the nice work you put into the embroidery!)

The horrible terrible wrist insignias:

I have a vendetta against whoever designed these damn things, because in the show they look just like a simple strap of just golden fabric, BUT THEY’RE NOT! They’re this stupid, convoluted shape where a strip of it like, winds around the body of the insignia. Just, here, let me save you hours of searching for a good picture of the design (or asking for a high resolution picture of Spock’s wrists on Tumblr.com like me…). Here is the insignia design:

Now, that this mini rant is out of the way, onto how I made these things: I had a sheet of sturdy paper which had golden foil on one side, so I decided to make them out of that. I measured how big my wrist is at the places where the insignias would be, and then drew the pattern from above on a spare piece of paper to use as a stencil.

Now, and this is important, I turned the golden paper over so that I could draw on the white side. But that means I also had to flip the stencil over, otherwise the spiral on the insignia would be going the wrong way (which I definitely didn’t learn the hard way… Nuh uh.)

I then cut the shaped strips of golden paper out and used the back of a thin paintbrush to just carve the spiral into the golden side. Please, be smarter than me and number your strips so you remember which one goes where on your arms.

Putting them on: Because the shirt of the uniform is stretchy but the paper of the wrist insignias is not, I opted to put small strips of Velcro on the ends of each insignia and just put them on separately. I also put another strip of Velcro on the inside of the insignia and on the dress shirt, so they don’t scoot around too much. (If this explanation sounds confusing, in a few days I’ll be back home where I have the cosplay and might be able to get you a picture explaining this.)

These strips ended up being quite flimsy and I think there is a better way to make them (maybe using some sort of a stretchy yarn on the wrists of the dress shirt directly??)

The dress shirt: The dress shirt I simply bought in a thrift store in a color which I thought would fit well enough. I then put another black shirt with a raised collar underneath to mimic the black collar that the uniforms have. I put one piece of Velcro on the shirt where the embroidered Insignia would go, and glued the other side of the Velcro on the back of the insignia. This way all of the insignias are easily removable and also swappable if you wanna make more of them :)

The tricorder: This was the big one, and I know this post is already long enough (sorry, not sorry) so brace yourself.

The body of the tricorder is made out of a couscous box with a portion of the top cut off so it fit the proportions better. Then I glued a piece of cardboard to the top from the back to serve as the openable compartment at the top. This is kind of what it looked like:

As you can see on the picture above as well, I thought the top looked a little flat so I made a smaller box from cardboard, stuck it together with masking tape and painted it to look like the little computer on top of a tricorder like this:

Beware, this little computer has to be smaller than you expect, otherwise the Tricorder lid won’t be able to close. Make sure to test the dimensions out before you assemble and paint your little computer. :)

Color: I had a piece of fake leather leftover from a different project I was making before, so I simply used that to cover the entire couscous box. I measured the box and made a stencil from paper for myself to make sure it would actually cover the entire box (you do NOT want to know how many tries that took me…….) I then cut the shape from the fake leather, painted it black with (cheap) acrylic paint and used hot glue to attach it to the box. Hot glue can also be painted over so if you mess up some of your seams, just run the black paint over them and it somewhat hides it.

I also painted the lid (under where the little computer will go), and the inside of the box.

Finally, I took some gray paint and painted lines on the front of the box to look like the other compartments of the tricorder. I also took the ends of some cheap chopsticks, painted those gray and used them as knobs that open these painted on compartments.

The strap is stuck on using a combination of grommets and hot glue. But frankly, just using instant glue is the play here because this really didn’t stick very well.

Final product here :)

And I think that’s it! Wear with black pants, black boots and most importantly confidence!! :D

Have fun! (And feel free to send me a pic of the finished outfit if you make it and feel comfortable sending that to a stranger on the internet XD)

If you (or anyone else for that matter) wants to follow this impromptu tutorial and needs some more help, feel free to PM me!

[interpol-by-design]

Fuck it, I'm bored waiting for a delivery and my boss is getting on my case. Let's learn about eyeshadow!

The first thing you need to learn is that designer eyeshadow palletes? They're not a scam, but they're not exactly recommended, either. They're largely made for people with disposable income who want to be trendy, which isn't everyone. It's just a single demographic. Designer palletes are specially selected by people who are on top of the trends, who are on top of the latest colors, who are going to specifically pick precise shades that look good on a broad range of people, wearing a broad range of clothes.

Let me be blunt. I'm Kalosian, and while I love my home? We do have a classism issue. And I think part of addressing that is saying, in a neutral way, that not everyone has the same budget or the same options when it comes to cosmetics. Hell, my girlfriend grew up in a small town, so her foundation choices were pretty limited because they straight up weren't able to stock enough variety to suit her. She was between shades, and had to get creative with mixing foundation up to match her skin tone every time.

Anyways. If you want to start experimenting with eyeshadow, start with a drugstore pallete, something with a large selection! You can get two dozen or so colors to play around with, and while you may not have a lot of each one, that's okay. You're still learning. And it's okay if you run out quicker, because you're still figuring out what you like and what looks good on you.

Oh! And get good quality brushes. Start out with maybe one good brush that you like and take care of, and then, as you learn more techniques, you can continue investing in more. I get mine online from Lumiose Moon, which has actually started branching out into making paintbrushes now! Check out their beginner friendly section, that's the code for working on a budget, and make sure you use the half off shipping coupon. You can get the shipping a lot cheaper if you're willing to wait, too. They're super good about coupons, trust me. I'm a bit of a brand whore for them, to be honest, but frankly? Their budget options are nice and they let you scale up.

Why do you need good brushes? Because a good brush will pick up more pigment, frankly. You'll get better, more visible results, and more even blending if you're working with high quality equipment.

Anyways, the delivery I'm waiting for right now? See, I don't get individual palletes anymore. I just, once a year, buy myself refills for the Book of Eyeshadow, which is a full spectrum pallete with hundreds of colors. The casing folds up super nicely to fit in my bag, and all my colors are accessible in one place. I would absolutely, if you've gotten past the first step and want to get serious about makeup art, advise you to check online for a large pallete. You'll want to look for something that has both rainbow and nude shades, I keep mine separate but I know my girlfriend likes to mix them.

Oh shit, I think that's it now. Happy makeup times or something, remember that you're doing this as an art form and if you feel ugly without makeup, look into body dysmorphia! Bye for now!

[molinaesque]

Something I find funny is how some people hyper focus too much on the new Scrooge and how attractive he is... As if attractive people can't be bad and horrid, and how it's 100x easier to dunk on someone when they're ugly and grotesque (this change already adds a different spin/conversation to the massive pile of other adaptations that are essentially the same). Like if you watch the movie, it doesn't change the fact that Scrooge is STILL an outright asshole of a human being (like the dude threatens to call the cops on some old ladies and performers on top of everything else). You'd have to be absolutely dense or purposely obtuse to just gloss over all that (the movie from what I've been told goes even further in making Scrooge meaner in some aspects as well). I see people just throw around the word "woobify" when the movie doesn't pull any punches in making Scrooge an absolute piece of work (insulting poor children at the start of the movie) and also making him face and realise that a lot of his misery that's been done as result of his actions in the past, are STILL his own actions. Him being a silver fox doesn't change ANY of this. They never make a reference to his appearance other than Past noting how attractive his younger self was and her saying "what happened to you?" as a commentary on how ugly and horrid he's become AS A PERSON, which I find to be a great moment. This being just ONE adaptation that decided to take this approach amongst a countless myriad of more "accurate" adaptations (which is funny because its still practically the same beats, Scrooge is just designed attractively) isn't going to somehow erase all that and frankly isn't the end of the world.

Also I find it hilarious when people say they're woobifying scrooge... when isn't the whole point of his redemption story THAT?? That ultimately his character is woobified in the end in lieu of becoming a good guy?? But no... People just assume they're going to absolve him or somehow misplace him being the villain in the first place JUST BECAUSE HE'S ATTRACTIVE LMAO. Like WOAH how could we possibly forget that the main character of a super famous story that has a surname used as a reference point for being a miserable human being? WOAH, he's handsome?? OH NEVER MIND, MY BAD. I CANT FUNCTION ANYMORE OH NOOOOOO!! HELP ME! I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP FROM HOW HANDSOME HE IS OH NOOOO!! Might as well just say "I want bad man to be ugly and stinky looking so I can keep track of how I should feel about said character throughout the narrative because I'm so focused on tying morality with physical attractiveness".

[crochetedblorbos]

"Closure's for movies, mate. All we get are manky holes."

Character Name: Alice Dyer

Fandom: The Magnus Protocol [Podcast]

Voiced By: Billie Hindle

Yarn Used: Sandals: CraftSmart Value - Coffee Skin: CraftSmart Value - Peach Leggings: CraftSmart Value - Ivy Tunic: CraftSmart Value - Turquoise Mint Hair: CraftSmart Value - Curry Stripe: CraftSmart Value - Purple Mouth: Loops & Threads Soft Classic - Neon Pink Glasses: Ashland 12 Gauge Decorative Wire - Gold + Aunt Lydia’s Crochet Cotton - Wasabi

Basic pattern here.

Look. You can’t NOT love Alice. It’s basically illegal. She’ll be the first to tell you so, actually. I didn’t expect to love her as much as I do, let alone for her to be the first Protocol character I crocheted, but here we are. I’m working my ass off to get her done before the next mid-season hiatus, but we’ll see; I’m writing this paragraph after having only finished the first leg. Goddamn does she need a hug, though. [Crafter’s note: Not only did I finish her in time for the public release of Episode 20, I finished her in time for Pride Night at the local ballpark, so go me.]

I wasn’t entirely sure how I was going to do her, actually; the podcast is still relatively new and we don’t know anything about her physically other than that she’s trans, so I’m still getting an idea in my head for how she looks. Or I thought I was. But as I crocheted, a design…emerged. She differs from the base pattern as follows:

Shoes: I decided to give Alice sandals. (Was I thinking of a clip I saw from an old game of Super Password where the clue someone gave was “those ugly shoes that lesbians wear” and the other person immediately got that the answer was “Birkenstocks”? Mmmmaybe.) They…didn’t turn out necessarily as well as I’d hoped, but they work. Sort of. Anyway, I stitched two stitches in the brown on either side of the toe, then at the top of the foot did an ankle strap to tie it all together. Should have given her painted toenails, in retrospect, but eh…

Leggings: Alice’s attire could go two ways, in my mind. She could wear neat, tailored, neutral-colored business attire at all opportunities, or she could be an OH THANK GOD THERE ARE ACTUAL COLOR OPTIONS IN MY CLOTHING kind of trans woman, and frankly I crochet enough neutral business suits. Besides, she very much gives off “what are you gonna do, fire me?” vibes, so she’s not going to worry about if there’s a dress code in the office. So, bright green leggings! I gave her a row of skin between the ankles and the leggings, but other than that they’re done exactly like Joseph’s pants.

Tunic: Okay, it’s somewhere between a tunic and a dress, but whatever. I did R36 in the front loops of R35, then R37 in the back loops of R36, then continued the same as normal for the upper torso. I did give her a little bit of a V-neck in the last couple rounds. The hem was done as follows: R1: Join yarn to middle back of R36, ch 1, sc in each front loop around, sl st in first sc (36 sc). R2-3: Ch 1, [sc in first 6 st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, trc in next st, dtrc in next st, trc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 5 st] 2 times, sl st in first sc (22 sc, 4 hdc, 4 dc, 4 trc, 2 dtrc). R4: Ch 1, sc in first 9 st, hdc in next st, sc in next 17 st, hdc in next st, sc in next 8 st, sl st in first sc (34 sc, 2 hdc). R5: [Sl st in first 9 st, ch 1, dc in next st, ch 1, sl st in next 7 st] 2 times. Fasten off.

Head: I caved. I didn’t want to bother with the fur stitch, so instead I just stitched her scalp on as normal and then went back and used the loop method to hook in individual colors. On the other hand, doing it that way meant I could give her some funky stripes in her hair, so I gave her a purple streak because why the fuck not. I also gave her ears so her glasses would stay on. Basically, I did two chains on either side of the head to anchor them, then did three hdcs in each ch, then sl st the outside edges and joined the lobes to the head. (Also, just as a side note - the mouth is technically the same yarn as the rest of Alice; it’s the Michaels store brand, essentially. They rebranded their yarn a couple months back.)

Arms: I was trying to give her bell sleeves, but I don’t think they turned out quite the way I had them in mind. Anyway, I worked her arms in the skin color up to R12, then switched to the tunic color and did R13 in front loops only, R14 in back loops only, and continued up the arm. Once they were done, I went back to R13, joined the yarn back onto the loop, and: R1: Ch 1, sc in front loop of each st around, sl st in first sc (12 sc). R2: Ch 1, sc in first 2 st, hdc in next 2 st, dc in next 4 st, hdc in next 2 st, sc in next 2 st, sl st in first sc (4 sc, 4 hdc, 4 dc). R3: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in first sc (12 sc).

Glasses: They’re…wobblier than I would have liked, but that’s just because I was working with the wire for the first time and I kinda cut it shorter than I should have. (I wanted them to be square.) Anyway, I had skimmed a book of various doll parts that I will likely be obtaining at some point (it had a pattern for a wheelchair in it even!), and its suggestion for glasses was to make them out of wire and then wrap them in embroidery floss. I’m not sure what happened to my embroidery floss, but I have lots and lots of crochet thread handy leftover from last year’s still unfinished whoops shut up temperature blanket, so I grabbed one at random. It happened to be Wasabi, so Alice has green glasses and y’all are just going to have to live with that.

[missmagooglie]

idk that I agree per se, (or disagree, I kinda just think it's fine) but I *am* v curious what type of wedding dress you would have put Maddie in!

So, I don't really have a great answer for this, because my reaction was really based on my own aesthetic sensibilities rather than anything to do with Maddie. Frankly, the part I hate most is the mesh sleeves with the appliques along the forearms because that sort of "illusion mesh" style just always reminds me of ice skater costumes, where it's intended to create a certain effect from far away but it's not really meant to be viewed close up. I happen to think it's very ugly, but that's my personal taste.

But now that I am thinking about it, I think a big part of it is that the dress they chose is such a quintessential "traditional" bridal gown with an over-the-top amount of tulle, beading, and embroidery that all just kind of run together in a way that makes details that could look quite lovely on their own blend into an overall effect that is sort of cluttered and muddy. It's an effort to be fancy, but without discernment or taste. This is the kind of gown you wear to a Big Wedding that's geared toward impressing people, which is... just absolutely not Madney's vibe as a couple. It brings to mind the sort of wedding I would have imagined Maddie might have had with Doug, where the wedding is less about the couple's love for one another and more about Appearances.

As for the kind of wedding outfit I would LIKE to see Maddie in for her wedding with Chimney? Something a lot simpler, for a start. I could totally see Madney as that couple that's so committed to a casual wedding vibe that they get married in jeans (though Maddie would still probably wear a pretty white blouse or something), but if they did get dressed up I think seeing Maddie in something that was less of a Wedding Gown and more of a nice dress that happens to be white (or maybe it's not white! maybe it has white on it, but also has some good colors that signify growth and happiness. IDK, I'm not @stagefoureddiediaz, I can't speak to costume design on that level).

But yeah. It's very out of touch with the "living room ceremony followed by backyard reception" plan Chim and Maddie were talking about at the end of season 6, but there's also a huge disaster... so I sort of feel like everything about the planned wedding is supposed to be a little bit wrong, and then in the wake of whatever the fuck happens to Chimney, they're able to have a small, quiet, beautiful ceremony back at their house at the end of the episode.

[butmakeitgayblog]

Not that I have spent my whole work day looking at Alycia’s pictures or anything 👀

But I noticed the dress is a map of Paris, that may explain its (ugly) form (of the dress, not Paris 😅)

Now I’ll go back to my ogling working.

No I love the concept and the print! It's just the cut and fit below the waistline that I hate 😅

Like, terrible markup aside, imagine if it looked more like this

Tapered in so it hugs her legs better and shortened a bit below the knee. Show off the calves and really define her figure

Orrrr, bring the dress way up to just around the top of the knee, tighten the top just a bit and relax the material out so it billows outward so it creates that tight cinched waistline look with a touch of whimsy

As it is now it just looks kinda ill fitting. Dare I say, a shower curtain turned into a dress 🤷‍♀️ and I cannot understand why they paired it with the gloves. I cab somewhat faintly see the concept, but the execution isn't working. Overall it might've been better without the gloves and stocking socks but I just... idek. She's beautiful and she makes up for a multitude of fashion sins created by her stylists but this one annoys me a lot cuz it just feels like they didn't try.

And what's the saddest thing is that when she dresses herself she always looks better. She understands her lines and her figure and what works with her silhouette, but then she pays people to style her for events and they fuck it up time and again. It's annoying. And frankly if the point of making the dress look like that is just because the designer wanted to fit the entirety of the map on there, then they needed to go back to the drawing board conceptually cuz this ain't it baby, this ain't it

[thrashtrashh]

TENNA C. ROOK

*HEY! *WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PIPSQUEAKS DOIN' 'ERE?! *'YER IN THE MIDDLE OF A SET! *WHO ME? *'YER TELLIN' ME YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM?! *TENNA. TENNA C. ROOK!

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Hey! First post here! So! Tenna, right? What a guy! Since everyone's making up designs for him left and right I thought I'd put my hat in the mix as well.

DESIGN CHOICES:

So, well before I begin with the design. The name. Tenna C. Rook. Well, I don't have to explain Tenna, I guess. Rook's there because I'm a firm believer in chess theory, and the C is there because it makes the "rook" look like "crook", because he's a criminal, I tell you, a criminal! Also, if you put the Tenna at the end it spells out CRT, and that's kinda funny.

THE COLORS:

Green! Yeah, I love green! I chose green for two main reasons: -It seems that the main villains are going from right to left on the color bar thingy.

Queen is light blue, so I thought that good old Tenna over here would be green.

-You can't spell GREED without the first four letters of GREEN. Tenna's that type of guy you know? He cares a lot about THE MONEY. Apart from being a big shot producer, he's an avaricious little troll.

Apart from green, there's no real reasoning behind any of the other colors. Red's just there to not make his suit look to same-y, if you catch my drift. White's there to fit in with King and Queen. Also, headcanon that Tenna's like Lancer's uncle or something like that.

THE SUIT:

I think pinstripe suits are the best thing ever. I am a pinstripe suit supremacist. Of course, there's a reason other than my love for these types of suits: mobsters! I think Chapter 3's gonna be like, a look into the Golden Age of Hollywood through Toby Fox' lens. I could be totally wrong here, and to be honest, I'm probably totally in the wrong, but y'know it could be fun. Mobsters + TV is always fun! The square-y shoulder pads on his suit, combined with the hat are supposed to kind of look like the top part of a rook chess piece.

It's probably really stupid, but whatever.

The little antenna on his hat is a thing he uses to control stuff from long distances, by the way. I didn't put it in the dialogue sprites because I tried and it looked ugly.

The T-Belt, T standing for Tenna of course, is there because he's got a company to promote! And he's got a huge ego, so he has to let everyone know who he is!

GENERAL SHAPE, SIZE AND HAIR

I tried to make him really squarish, to contrast with King and Queen since they're both rather round and curvy. Also, like I said, the top part of a rook is square-y so that also influenced his shape, as well as the fact that TV's are generally rectangle/square-like, so yeah.

Sprite-wise he's about the same size as Kris. I thought it'd be funny to go from these pretty tall, imposing villains to this little Wario-like goblin. The size is also inspired by the "really short leader who's really smart but gets angry really quickly" trope. I don't know the name of the trope, but there's Joe Dalton from the Lucky Luke comic strips that made me fall in love with it, so here you go, this one's for you Joe.

The hair. So, I wasn't going to give him hair originally, but I thought it'd be good to not have the head be entirely white with a green hat. I thought of Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, because frankly, his hair looked stupid in that movie and I think it's really funny to give characters stupid hair. I can easily imagine Susie mocking him for his stupid hair. Also, technically not his hair. It's a wig, and I think it'd be funny for it to fall off during the final boss fight.

Oh yeah, also the shadowy part covering the eyes is supposed to look like a club, because King's got a spade-like thing going on and Queen has got a heart-like thing going on, so yeah.

All-in-all, I'm pretty proud of how this thing turned out. I saw a lot of tv-heads, lots of big and bulky figures and a Jerma thrown in there for good measure, so I tried to stay as far as possible from those, as to not get too inspired by them.

Anyways, see ya bye!

[3pblueberry]

look, i need to say this somewhere or i'll explode. candela obscura spoilers kinda.

to say that i disagree with spenser's game decisions would be an understatement. in this essay i will,

(first off, don't read this if you liked the guy's style! i'm not about needless pettiness, i just need to get this off my chest so i can go to sleep tonight. i see you, and i respect you, and i'm genuinely glad you enjoyed something i wasn't able to!)

but anyway

two main things i disagree with:

he doesn't honor player choices, choosing his own narrative over the top of their actions every time

he doesn't honor player successes. even on a six (full success) he still deals out a frankly preposterous amount of damage. invariably, on a mixed success they also will ALWAYS take damage. this fucks up the statistics.

there's a bunch more little things (dodging player questions, refusing to allow clever tactics - general hallmarks of the frustrating gm) but these are getting into nitpicky territory so i won't go on.

my analysis of the issue boils down to this: spenser is a good horror storyteller. but he is a bad horror game master.

let's break that down. the point of a game is to be an experience. and the point of horror, as a genre, is to be scared in a safe environment. to have an outlet for rage, and fear, and all ugly emotions.

all games are concerned, at their core, with a simple question: what does this game choose to punish or reward? sometimes it's in the rules, e.g. 'killing monsters gives you loot'. sometimes it's an unspoken question, e.g. 'my gm likes when we think our way around things rather than fighting all the time'.

the way spenser runs his game - always punishing mixed successes, and sometimes even punishing full successes - he destroys the core of a punishment/reward system by reducing it entirely to a system of punishment.

this might sound fine for a horror game. (for some people, i bet it is). but as a person who enjoys playing punishing games (pathalogic cough) a great deal of the appeal is that your struggle has meaning beyond your own survival. when the struggle is simply futile no matter what, well... why bother at all?

in other words, when you punish everything your players attempt to do, you encourage them to do nothing. in real life, this is when people walk away from the table, or develop suicidal characters

so much for game design. here is how he fails on a storytelling level. his goal, in most scenes, is to kill his characters. so there's no wider stakes. oh, he creates tension, and frustration - sure. man knows how to ramp up a scene. good storyteller, remember? but it's not his story that matters to us. it's the characters.

spenser refuses to honor player choices in a meaningful, narrative way.

in fact, that is the exact cause of our frustration!

and as far as spenser would have it, the characters will die, or remain helpless, and so our frustration has no outlet.

still, having laid all that out, i wonder. maybe there is catharsis in this kind of hopelessness. to become so deadened by tension and rage that you slip into a darker mental space, and you begin to long for any escape at all... you long to utilise the only agency you possess: that is, where exactly you choose to die. is there agency in that? you have to believe it, right? otherwise, what's the point? yes - why bother at all?

and maybe the story could be something. if spenser engaged with this idea. if he let go of the need to punish. but when his characters die, i have no expectation it will be anything other than inglorious, and possibly even accidental. and we will have lost a valuable story in what they might have done, if he'd let them. what answers they might have found to that age-old question: why should we bother?

to reiterate: the point of a game is to be an experience. and the point of horror, as a genre, is to be scared in a safe environment. to have an outlet for rage, and fear, and all ugly emotions.

when the goal of the game is survival, and you create an environment so punishingly tense that your characters are no longer scared of dying, they lose interest in the goal. games kinda need goals, you know? anyway, this is the experience spenser fails to deliver

to quote marisha, s2 e2. 'throw the whole quickstart guide out! throw it all away!' or at least, get a better dm to try and sell it! because i've read the guide front to back, and it's not a hopeless game system. but having a hopeless dm... yeah, you couldn't pay me to play at his table lol

rant over, keep scrolling. if you're one of the people who liked his style, that's okay and i respect it! i wish i had half the masochistic streak you do ^^

[evas-apartment]

hi it's doomfax, was wondering about your thoughts on Super Mario 64! did you enjoy it overall? would love to hear what you liked or disliked, what worked for you or didn't

I love that game, I've played it so much that I can't even really enjoy it any more tbh, but also if you hated it I'd still love to hear your thoughts on it if you feel like talking about it

Oh, man I've got a lot to say. I hope this is like... readable. EDIT: I just finished writing this, and figured I'd just put all of it behind a readmore, so I don't at all feel bad about how much I write. Also it's my blog. so.. whatever i suppose.

In short, I really liked it! I played the 3D All-Stars Switch version specifically, and I think it holds up pretty well! I liked how..punchy? It is? Most levels are really short, it doesn't take that long to beat, I 100%'ed it, but each star only takes like five minutes each, and I like that. The music is great, all the characters are stylized enough that even through the blocky-ass visuals, things look cute. Some of the locations are nice to look at, but a lot of them look kinda ugly tbh, like it just looks like blocks. I think a location needs a lot of set pieces to be visually interesting, otherwise it just looks bland. Most of DDD, most of WDW, all of RR, most of HMC look really boring, but there's some cool ideas in there. Whereas basically everyone of the first couple levels are more visually striking and interesting, with SOMETHING to remember about them.

The game controls are frankly awesome. It feels like they cemented that first, and built the entire game around it. If Mario controlled just a bit worse, this game wouldn't be nearly as well-remembered cause this is SUCH a true platforming game. Not very many stars rely on anything else other than how well you can control Mario. The only thing that bugs me are more quirks of the physics engine than anything else, and playing Sunshine right after kinda cements my opinions more, in that... the game is just a bit too unforgiving, coming back to it, having never really played it thoroughly before. It's hard to wall-jump, and you HAVE to get good at it. If you don't land on a platform, or the edge of one, you just bonk your head on the side and fall, and probably die. You slide off slopes really easily, it's hard to climb hills, and basically all of these things were fixed in Sunshine, but I can also understand people growing up with 64 and thinking that the movement might be too... easy? robust? something, in Sunshine. Which I don't feel rings as true because I find the "secret" levels in Sunshine to be challenging, but it's also in part to how sparse the level design is in those segments. You're confined just to floating blocks and that's it, but I'm talking about Sunshine here, so I'll digress.

I like the consistency of the level design. Each level has Exactly 7 stars, and one 100 coin star. Each world has 8 red-coins, and you'll get them eventually. If there's something to climb, there's probably a star at the top. If there's a weird new creature in this level, you'll have to interact with it in a weird new way to get a star (penguins, ukikis, eels, you get it). It makes each level feel like extensions of the same world, with the same rules across, which makes the whole game just make more sense, I appreciate that.

The camera is weird. I love the idea of you having a Lakitu cameraperson, but in execution it's hit or miss. I like that there's three different camera options, a platforming game in 1996 didn't have to have that kinda foresight, but it did. But it's like... the Lakitu camera can't rotate, only lock a certain way, the over the shoulder camera follows too closely and it's very easy to get disoriented (for me at least), and locking the camera in place can be great but it's completely locked, and doesn't move at all. I'll say I died a bunch cause the camera didn't do what I wanted it to do, but whatever, it's not unusable, I at least understand the system in place (although in no video game should the camera ever be stuck behind any solid object in the level), and it isn't like SM64 is hard, and lives are pretty generous, and I never even game over'd once in the while 100% playthrough. (a lot more casually generous than SMS)

Overall, I'm glad I played it. I do think it's a very good game, and a hallmark of what gaming could be at a pivotal time in its existence. I can't say if I myself would go back and play it all that much, having completed it, but that isn't to say it has no replay value, I've just had my fill. It was fun. Had some quirks from being a game from back then, but an overall pleasant experience. Some frustrations in the camera, missing some jumps cause of silly reasons, dying on a 100 coin star 80 coins in, falling down a vertical platforming segment and having to come back up, the only consequence being my fucking time being wasted, but that's all part of the game, and nothing ruining, y'know? I could go into even more detail, on any specific points, if you'd like, I love chatting with friends like this. And I appreciate every ask I get (within reason lol)

Thank you for sending this! I love giving my opinions on things like this lol, feel free to ask more stuff!

[hellhathfrozethoverthinking]

fic #2

A/N: >2.5k words of....somethin. not actually sure what to call this..."Visiting Saturn Overtakes Terra With A Terrible Feeling Of Discomfort Brought About By His Own Mistakes And Control Freak Tendencies" doesn't really have a ring to it. more notes after the end :UUU

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SRN-006's wing of Starship Sol was very minimalist.

The crown moulding and intricately carved patterns in each nook and cranny of SRN-007's broad and colourful corridors stood in stark contrast to these…neatly grid tile walls and artificial marble floors polished to reflection. A monochromatic, mostly black scheme, with splashes of white for accent.

It was one circular, narrow hall surrounding the repair lab in which he worked, with only purely necessary latitude. Just wide enough to accommodate their largest enlistee and no further.

SRN-006's wing of Starship Sol was too minimalist.

The dim pin lights resting parallel on the bottom of the perimeter were bulbless, caged, and cold. Cameras and sensors abounds sat in little pockets mechanically blocked out of the tile, and they too were black, with tiny red ringed eyes staring, unmoved, at whoever passed.

And then that would draw the attention to the preference of verticality in construction, as those burning lens would still be present the further back you tipped your head. In fact, should you regard them, they would return the favour, ensuring you felt small and out of place.

The ceiling stretched temple-high, and if you chose to follow it to its end, nothing special awaited you at the top. It was the same throughout, if not darker for the lack of mounted lighting.

SRN-006's wing of Starship Sol was beyond minimalist.

In every aspect, he'd wasted his opportunity for expression on barren, and featureless design. Nothing existed for comfort. There were no intentional benches, no decoration, nothing to suggest that anyone with a personality occupied the room in between.

How he managed to use so little of the space allotted to him when drafting, and turn what could have been a gravity-controlled exhibition lobby (per his home planet's aesthetics), into claustrophobic lifelessness was…disappointing.

Moreover, it was uncomfortable.

The experience of passing through this glorified pod bus tunnel was among the many things that made Terra's skin crawl.

He would never admit it to anyone, but it struck a particular chord of dread in him whenever the louvred metal doors slid away before him and he was forced to traverse the droning, beeping, clicking, groaning machinery trapped behind the architectural emptiness.

Pluto had once explained to him the concept of a "liminal space" while organising his daily field research.

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"Liminality is, how do you say, a state commonly observed by man."

His glittering ruby irises flit back and forth across the tops of several holographed tabs.

"It is, so to speak, existing in a state of limbo."

He dismisses each window to the right or left with confident, swift swipes of his fingertips.

"When one is outside of points A and B. When one's regularity is upset and change is coming, but hasn't yet."

In the corner of Terra's visual feed blinks a purple light, alerting him to the three files just received under the subject "inv_rp21".

"A liminal space is similarly transitional. It is being beneath the bridge that connects your docked train to the station. It is being in the foyer of an familiar's unfamiliar home. The point of unease typically achieved by this will vary for the individual, but its basis is the same."

The sway of his tail and a dark chuckle follow him sauntering out of the office.

"Simply a little walk through to the gallows will unsettle these poor, ugly animals, even if they aren't in the noose. The paranoia is quite pathetic, don't you think?"

"…Quite. Thank you, 08."

-

The idea that he should be so human as to feel the effects of a "liminal space"…quite frankly, it irritated him.

What was the point of becoming an android if not to escape the trappings of the illogical?

If he had a choice, he'd simply warp straight to the laboratory and skip the gallows' walk altogether. The atmosphere of the planet Earth, the planet they'd been stuck on for centuries, he had to keep reminding himself it was far too dense to do any such thing and then attempt recompiling his molecular structure. If he were to try, travelling light speeds here would rip him asunder on an atomic level and he'd die a dangerous, obliterating death.

The thought alone was harrowing and persistent enough to keep him on the ground. He wished he'd never gotten a taste of it during the war against Mega Man, because it was tempting. But he couldn't. If he forgot, and did, wouldn't that be horrific? Every one of his men screaming for cover they'd never get, his carelessness costing them their lives, leaving their legacy a crater on a nowhere planet?

…

'Stop it.'

The necks of the cameras craned to fix their gazes on him.

A picture, of 40 different eyes turned to him in unison with his face reflected in each glassy surface, burned into the front of his mind.

And wouldn't leave.

Terra's legs stiffened. He shut his eyes.

Hampered by his body and the Earth's device, he had one defense against the odd, humiliating stress of being scrutinised from all angles: talking. It was a habit he'd developed long before his reconstruction at Albert Wily's hands.

In order to distract himself from the baleful thoughts that would constantly, ceaselessly encroach upon his mind, he would quietly, but vocally, talk to himself. He would talk until either the offending issue was gone, or until he'd calmed his anxiety enough to face it without shutting down, or doing something impulsive.

Instrumental to the success of this repression was that he not stop. That he tune out anything else telling him to divert his attention, do what he set out to do, and not stop.

"…♁, you're already pushing the envelope on time," he scolded, in a sing-song tone.

"If you arrive for your hygiene check late, he's going to complain, and then waste even more of your valuable time arguing why he should be 'cut a break, if you're not going to abide by your own set rules and arrive precisely when you mentioned you would, you neat freak."

The predicted conversation annoyed him perfectly. It drove his low heels clacking across the floor, to confront his slacking, good-for-nothing inferior before he had a chance to say exactly that.

"You can see his face now, right, sad and long like it deserves sympathy, probably because he'd been 'waiting oh so patiently, your highness'__I'll bet you feel your temper flare when he says that,"

which it did, taking his annoyance to anger and hurrying him into a power-stride, past a door with a slate sign labelled "MAINTENANCE".

"And of course, opportunist he is, he'd probably have thought he could take a quick nap-- actually, scratch that, there is no such thing as a 'quick nap' for him, once he's down, he's out, and he knows that, yet he never considered that when filing for employ in this embassy, he's got no professional pride, one of these days, he's going to get you all killed."

"Your invisible friend does a terrible job of backbiting, you know."

Terra's greenest shoots curled very suddenly, tightening his posture and releasing a gas into the hall that was the closest thing to a scent he'd detected since departing the byway.

He swivelled on his heel and stomped once to steady his posture, something he'd had to make a habit of doing since losing his hind legs, and usual gait. His company shook a finger at him.

"I do wish he'd be a little quieter."

Saturn was behind him by at least three metres.

Behind him by…what?

Behind him?

Sun strike him dead, the door was enormous. He was right there. How couldn't he have heard it shifting, at least? Was he really so caught up in distracting himself that he'd prioritised his pacing over the destination? Who knows how many times he might have gone in circles around it in that case?

Worse yet, why did that smug, sleepy face have to be the foremost indicator of his mistake? Taunting him with the notion of having seen all that faffing about?

Terra inhaled, and closed the distance between them, to two metres minimum. He even checked his feet to ensure that was correct.

"Move."

The seemingly indestructible smile on Saturn's mannequin-esque visage only grew with the demand.

"Now Terra," he started, pulling his ring off his shoulder. "There's an etiquette to asking things of people. A magic word: you may have heard of it?"

Electrostatic discharged between Terra's roots as he clenched the fist of his left hand, building up energy for the Spark Chaser. He didn't have to turn around to understand the hall cameras had settled on him, in sync with Saturn's hollow, impossibly red optic display.

"Move."

Motionlessly, Saturn's line of sight trailed from his hand to his eyes. Locked on to them. In mustering up the courage to hold him there, and not back down, Terra was able to look through him to the…limitless nothing. Into the abyssal, and unfeeling vacuum behind that warmly coloured shell.

…For just a few seconds, before the marionette made a show of throwing up his hands in mock defeat.

Terra questioned whether or not someone's photoreceptors counted as a "liminal space". His, at least. Certainly, they teetered on the cusp of real and unreal. It didn't help that his every action was such a practised, methodical thing.

It made nothing but sense that he'd devise sanitised, utilitarian floor plans like these, when he thought about it critically.

Saturn spun his ring out of the doorway, toeing it two metres until he could stop behind it and bow, gesturing his hand to the open lab. Always overdoing it with the inane, performative gestures, he should deck him just for that.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't realise you were in that kind of mood!" The plastic grin did not waver. "Go on in! Gosh, what a throwback! I remember when you dropped in just like this, oh, couldn't have been any less than two Earth days ago! Time flies, hm?"

Terra shot him a look as he stepped over the threshold into the very white, and somehow even more ascetic rotunda. Then shot him another to make sure he wouldn't shove him on while his back was turned.

"You certainly are a diligent one, inspector," Saturn continued, unprompted. "I hope this visit yields tangible results. Aethers forbid you find nothing, driving you madder when the data doesn't reflect the nonsense you're convinced of in your own head! …Oh, wait."

Hilarious.

A wry laugh escaped the other as he considered stitching his inferior's mouth closed and beating him into submission.

But, not really. Although, somewhat.

He missed the years where he didn't have the wherewithal to emulate this biting sarcasm he seemed so reliant on to mask his social ineptitude nowadays.

It'd grown tiresome.

On his tiptoes now, Terra was careful not to trip any wires hooked up to heavy duty equipment or touch any of the hand tools littered on the floor with his feet. He avoided crushing a single mircochip, or shattering any stray sheet glass. He squinted at the fluorescent white fixture in the dome ceiling and swore something fell into his eyes. Let alone his grasses.

Sun above, for how tidy and untouched it appeared, it was filthy in here. How could it have gotten this bad in two days time?

"Terra? What's wrong?"

Saturn's voice came in far too loudly behind him. He rushed to occupy himself with plucking and pulling on two gloves from the dispenser near a chemical wash sink.

"Yellow patches notwithstanding," he jested, jested, absorbing every Sun-forsaken microbe from the doorframe as he reclined against it like it was a seat, it wasn't, why did he insist. "You look exhausted! This neverending cycle of fretting and compulsive cleaning to look busy and responsible must be wearing on you!"

A disingenuous look of pity crossed his expression. "Is there anything I can do for you, Your Highness?"

His composure nearly dissolved, right there on the spot. Terra grit his teeth and angled his head just enough to keep Saturn in his peripheral vision.

"You can disappear, how about that? You'd like to help me? Get out."

And, not giving him room to refute, "I'll signal you once I'm done in here, if you haven't managed to trip, get comfortable, and fall asleep on your way to the common room."

"Actually, I never said I was-" "Get out, 06! OUT!"

The 6th planet's greatest shame pretended to flinch, and hit a red button fixed into the doorframe, backing steadily out of his base of operations. "Well, all right! No need to shout, you'll wear your poor old voice hoarse!" The door slowly, very slowly, began to close, and would lock once it did. Terra crossed his fingers it wouldn't give him trouble when it came time to leave for the deep-wash chambers.

Grabbing a clump of steel wool and a bottle of bleach from an open storage closet, he glared at Saturn's waning form through the shuttering egress.

So many installations, so little time…he decided he'd start scrubbing at the surgical table, which by no means should ever see so much residue and metal shavings, but how much could he really expect out of such a lazy slob? This wasn't even his job, but he'd forced his hand into doing it anyway.

He flipped back the belt restraints, out of his way.

If he could hack the idiot open and reprogram him with a sense of accountability, he would, without hesitation.

"And while you're out there," he snidely commented, unable to hold back. "Try rethinking your interior design aesthetics."

From out in the corridor came a satisfyingly vexed huff.

"When we begin reconstructing the Sol, I don't want to see any lobbies plotted by an AI whose net is three cheap home renovation magazines max, 06."

"MINIMALIST! IT'S MINIMALIST, TERRA!" Despite his best efforts to remain in earshot, his voice faded behind the nearly-closed door. "I've seen the future, and it's LESS-IS-MORE, alright?! I'm a futurist! I'm ahead of the curve! I promise you, in another 20 years you'll be…"

Click. Hiss.

The commander's eyes drifted to the console at which Saturn monitored all his various security feeds, and watched him move between them. He watched him haul himself all the way to the lift, feeling much less tense behind the spotlight than under it.

"Slovenly bastard."

He was probably tracking untold amounts of grime and dust behind him. That this blind tryhard had the audacity to call himself "ahead of the curve"…

Terra sighed hard as he scrubbed, in repetitious circles, trying to decompress, and found he couldn't. Just talking to Saturn had sucked all the will to live from his body, like matter through a black hole.

The truth was clear. At some point, he'd have to go browsing the market for a new engineer.

If things continued like this, he was seriously going to hurt him.

More than he already had.

...But, not actually. Not really, he hadn't.

At the end of the day, he was a void imitating life, feigning innocence and pain, priding the future while clinging to the past. He couldn't be asked to take the blame of despair for someone opting to live a lie.

…

The steel wool broke the glove on his right hand. Hastily, he tossed it and the other in a mesh wastebasket, washed his hands, and popped on a replacement pair.

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didnt have a name for this goin in or anything i just sat down yesterday and typed up some crap cus Terra. idk i'm Interested in him theres so many different interpretations of him you can go with and Im leaning heavy on "a well intentioned but morally questionable Bitch". with OCD. his OCD isn't part and parcel of his Bitchness but it does contribute to a lot of his thought patterns, decision-making, and fixation on germ avoidance.

and then, arbitrarily, things can be too clean and clinical and then we arrive at an uncanny valley stage, which is his mood in this fic.

i wanna believe he an Saturn are like. at odds. working together yea but still at odds bc Long Arduous History. theyre barely tolerating each other and it Will come to a head at some pt. should write abt that too someday.

u h here i guess. //dumps this out in your hand and runs away

[fadebolt]

My goodness, this is a rough one! I do have a bit of favoritism/bias towards one of these, and I'll very much vote off of that. As frankly, I don't feel like there's many other ways to go about this.

Let's just start with the more… normal one.

RUIN04 manages to pull off something incredibly impressive, which is to stand out from the rest of Outer Expanse with its aesthetic. The region has a boatload of rooms, and most of them look relatively similar, so they end up sort of blending together in my head (which doesn't make them awful or ugly or anything, just a tad unremarkable).

This one, however, is extremely recognizable, and it stands out quite hard.

And I'd say that's because of the beautiful design of the tower. RW has a few towers you can see from the outside, but none of them have these vibes, and I think there's actual world building reasons for that - as I suspect that this thing is incredibly old, older than any of the iterators (hence some of the messy/slightly broken parts near the top).

The way we make, build and design things changes over time, as our culture evolves. Which absolutely extends to our decorative architecture, so it only makes sense that the Ancients would be adjusting theirs as well, through their history of technical revolutions.

So places like these give us a bit of a look into the further past, the same way real historical monuments around the world do, which I think is very cool.

Outside of that, I think this place is mostly just ok. The platforming design here is alright, but nothing extraordinary, and the Squidcadas also don't really contribute much. (Maybe except for like, getting through RAIL02?)

It's really the concept, and the implications and the visual design that I find so fascinating about this place. That's really what matters the most to me here.

But for its competitor, we have M04, the final room before you reach the puppet chamber!

It's strange, it's surprising, and it's weirdly emotional. The thing that gets me about this one - and the other Five Pebbles inspired rooms in Rubicon - is that when you examine them, and compare them to their 'real world' counterparts, you'll notice that even the details that you assumed to be correctly copied, are actually a bit off (such as that square in the middle of M04).

I have tons of elaborate headcanons about Rubicon, and the Void, and why a lot of these rooms are the way they are, but I don't think this is the right place or time to ramble about them. Instead, I'll commend rooms like this for their weird details that allow us to go into crazy theorycrafting mode!

Because seeing the iterator areas being so much more weird and deformed than the rest really gives us a ton of food for thought. (Perhaps the Rubicon is the gallery of an AI image generator, but the iterators used Glaze on their superstructures XD)

Either way, the aesthetics of this place are frankly incredible, as the devs perfectly nailed this combination of iterator machinery and incomprehensible otherworldliness (a match truly made in Heaven). And it's funny, cus I never thought I wanted to see something like this from Downpour, but that honestly just makes me all the more grateful for it!

I know I had much more to say about RUIN04, but to be honest, M04 still matters a lot more to me, so that's what I'll be going with. Don't take this the wrong way, this was actually a really close one for me, and I'm sort of happy the vote numbers reflect that, even if my choice is currently loosing. Rubicon had a fair share of rough spots, sure, but its good parts are exceptionally good, and M04 is one of the best, even amongst those (whereas RUIN04… is also one of the best OE rooms, though I don't think it's as high up on the toplist of its region as the Rubicon room is).

Pick Your Favorite Rain World Room, Day 299.1 R5

There is a hidden slugcat in one of the rooms (they can be in any color). If u can see it comment or reblog with where they are and if u are first, u get a cookie!

Credit for game screenshots goes to: Rain World Interactive Map, Rain World Wiki and me

Congratulations for day 298.1 winners!

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Let’s finish off the dorm leader character opinion bingo with malleus!

***Standard disclaimer: These are just my personal opinions of the character(s); regardless of what I may think of them, sharing my thoughts is NOT meant to offend or to shame anyone that thinks differently.***

Yes, this is the only TWST character that I actively dislike 🤡 Let’s get something straight though: that DOESN’T mean I think that Malleus has zero redeeming qualities, it’s just that I don’t find him appealing even when I take into account his positives; the negatives and how he is presented in the story far outweigh that.

I think Malleus has to be one of my least favorite character designs in the entire game. The hairstyle is super ugly to me, and the colors that were chosen for him blend in with the colors of his school and dorm uniforms to the point where nothing ends up standing out. I get that eye bleeding neon green was likely deliberately chosen to reference Maleficent’s fire, but still hurts my eyes to look at. ANOTHER THING THAT BOTHERS ME IS THE WEIRD FUCKBOI-ESQUE POSES HE MAKES IN HIS BIRTHDAY CARDS 🤣 LIKE I WISH I WAS JOKING ABOUT THAT BUT I’M BEING DEAD SERIOUS. WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE THAT, WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE HE’D UNIRONICALLY SAY “are u lost bby gurl” IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT I’M LAUGHING SO HARD AT HIM RIGHT NOW I CAN’T (derogatory)

In terms of his actual character, I actually have several personal gripes with it. First of all, I don’t like how his loneliness and isolation is constantly being played off as like... something pitiable, something almost perfectly designed to purposefully garner sympathy, almost like it’s meant to be seen as “cute”. I don’t think loneliness is cute, and I don’t like how it is presented to try and endear Malleus to me, the player, in the marketing and in the game itself. It feels like they’re trying really hard to push him to me, and it’s honestly having the reverse effect 😅 (This also plays into why I don’t like a majority of the dorm leaders; I feel like TWST is trying “too hard” to get me to like them because I feel bad for them and their sad backstories. It’s just really irritating to see in Malleus in particular because we don’t even KNOW his backstory yet, but a lot of the supplemental material leading up to it is already trying to get me to pity him.)

Secondly, I dislike how overpowered Malleus is compared to everyone else. It can be fun to have an overpowered character, but where he loses me is that he NEVER seems to have to deal with the consequences of his actions when that power gets out of hand or it is misused. The discrepancy between Malleus (one of THE top magicians in the WORLD) and his peers is far too vast. No one can hold him accountable or even challenge him because he will immediately sweep the floor with them or the story will default to the “he’s just misunderstood”/“he didn’t know any better” explanation (like in Endless Halloween Night >_>). Even if a character “didn’t know any better” or if they have a sad backstory, they are still responsible for themselves and what they do and say, and they need to own up to it. The fact that there are no apparent setbacks or checks and balances on his power AND Malleus usually faces no consequences for what he does renders all situations where he could potentially be in peril or potentially get into trouble moot, because Malleus can fix everything or crush his enemy with a meteor in the blink of an eye. I already know what the outcome will be, so what’s the point of watching it play out? What’s the point if he won’t be held accountable for his actions? What’s the point of Sebek shouting about how worried he is over Malleus being missing? What’s the point of any of this?????

Frankly, I find Malleus in general infuriating to read 😔 It’s hard to describe exactly, but he carries himself with this... quiet but arrogant smugness, and he lacks the charm of other characters like L*ona to make me excuse him for doing so. He knows he’s more powerful than everyone else, and he says subtly insensitive things about other people’s abilities, which really rubs me the wrong way. When he lowkey acts petty, I’m offended even more than I would be normally because of how reserved he usually is. Even the minor things he does make me want to fight him even if I know I’d lose😬 Like, I don’t find it cute that he calls me (and other humans) “child of man”, that’s horribly insulting. It’s not a cute nickname to me, he’s insinuating that I’m somehow infantile or not to be taken seriously. At least when Vil calls me a potato I can say I provide nutrients, or when Leona calls me an herbivore I can be like, “yeah, I like vegetables. So what?”

By far the biggest contributor to my dislike of Malleus is how the main story showcases him to us. He’s intentionally given little screen time to give him a mysterious aura and to build up hype for episode 7. That’s fine as a literary device. It’s simple and effective. However, I do NOT feel attached to Malleus in any way because of how little I’ve interacted with him. None of the payoff of Malleus and Yuu’s meetings feels earned because I personally feel nothing for him. It makes me feel completely disconnected from the story, because in-game Yuu is acting like they’re friends with Malleus, whereas me, the player, could not care less. Yuu is meant to be a character I can easily project onto, right? But the thing is, I’m NOT the type of person to trust a horned stranger that shows up on my lawn in the middle of the night. I’m calling the cops on them. The fact that the main story railroads me into being friends with an obviously suspicious stranger is endlessly annoying and shatters my immersion. I would never call someone I’ve spent so little time with my friend; at least with Ace and Deuce I can say I’ve actually been hanging out with them for longer than some paltry exchanges.

The one thing I can find myself enjoying about Malleus is when he actually has to be princely and responsible instead of presenting him as naive or not understanding much about the world (these are also true of him, but I don’t like seeing naive Malleus). He demonstrates an incredible amount of maturity and puts his country first and foremost over his own feelings, and I think that’s something that should be applauded. Malleus is extremely aware of the position he is in and what he can and cannot do as a result of it--because he has a crown and a country to protect. On that note, I’m much more interested in the lore of the Briar Valley and the importance of the Draconia lineage to its history than I am in Malleus himself. His execution hasn’t done much to reinvent the tropes he already represents (not that it has to, but that’s what I personally look for in characters; they need to do something to make them stand out against all the other characters with similar traits from other franchises).

Though I don’t like canon Malleus, I have to say that I prefer him to most fanon takes. The fandom is very divided as to what his “true” nature is; some see Malleus as one extreme (merciless, cold, cruel, etc.), and others see him as the other extreme (soft, sad, shy, etc.). Both of these takes are true and false, because they are all facets to his character. To focus on one half and not the other makes him very two-dimensional (and that’s really saying a lot coming from me, who already views canon Malleus as generic). 

One thing that I see time and time again is this... very strange interpretation where Malleus is completely codependent on Yuu???? Like, sometimes to the point where he is emotionally unstable without them and will throw a literal tantrum that destroys the entirety of NRC campus if Yuu returns to their own world. I’ve also seen takes where Malleus gets unnecessarily angry or defensive over Yuu and is even cruel to his retainers (particularly Sebek) in an effort to “protect” Yuu :/ Okay, 1) that’s extremely underplaying Malleus’s maturity and ability to control himself, and 2) codependency is unhealthy, so seeing people glorify this take on Malleus and Yuu’s relationship (and even view it as romantic, of all things) is really unnerving to me.

Actually, any take which immediately assumes or superimposes romantic intent over a Malleus and Yuu interaction also bothers me. I’m NOT saying that people aren’t allowed to ship them (it’s perfectly fine if you do!), but it honestly feels a little... I don’t know, invalidating???? That whenever a new Malleus and Yuu interaction comes out, people flock to it and quickly deem it as strictly romantic. I feel that it devalues the importance of friendship and platonic relationships to think that every little thing they do and say to each other is “a date” or “proof” that they’re into each other. When this kind of behavior is so prominent, it also unintentionally perpetuates Malleus x Yuu as the most desirable “end game” or as the ONLY “valid” ship in the fandom, thus invalidating everyone else that doesn’t ship it. It’s not as though Malleus is the only character that gets bait-y lines or scenes (like c’mon, Ace joked about sleeping in the same room as MC), so I don’t know why the fandom seems to focus ONLY on the Malleus scenes and no one else’s. It feels really... iffy and non-inclusive of those that don’t see Malleus in a romantic light or may prefer other characters. That’s really the only way I can really describe it 💦

The point is, I don’t like Malleus at all 😬 but I’d like to think that I’m pretty open-minded and willing to change my opinion based on whatever new Malleus content TWST hands us. Maybe episode 7 will somehow improve him? I’ve historically liked OB boys less after their respective chapter, not more 😔 (with no change to Jamil and the only improved opinion being on Idia), but really, anything’s possible. Ehhh, we’ll have to see.

[missymurphy1985]

The Morning After

The morning after your wedding to Cillian, you were now officially y/n Murphy.

*Request*

Warning - pure filth.. sorry. Also mentions of past abuse.

Rolling over in bed, you winced. Fucking hair pins, why did they need so many?? It was a 'down' do, why so many pins?? Opening your eyes, you instantly felt better. Your new husband lay beside you, still fast asleep, the dawn sunlight glancing over his sharp cheekbones as he snored lightly.

You smiled, allowing a finger to trace over them. You watched his long eyelashes flutter as his eyes twitched, clearly in the middle of a dream. Your fingers lightly touching over his cute, perfect profile, lightly down his nose, smoothing ever so gently over his lips so as not to wake him. You noticed more freckles than usual, a result of a sunny day spent outdoors following your Summer wedding day in Cork yesterday. In his navy blue suit and dark red cravat, he looked as handsome as ever. The way he gasped as his own father led you down the aisle, the way his eyes watered when you arrived by his side at the altar.. you held back a tear of your own as his father kissed your cheek and placed your hand in his son's. After the year you'd had, your own family breaking contact with you, your friends slowly reducing their contact, you finally felt happy. At peace.

Your family and friends refused to accept your new relationship - they were still besotted with your ex, and couldn't understand how you couldn't see what they did. They, however, didn't see what YOU saw behind closed doors. The way he wouldn't allow you to spend money without clearing it with him first. The way he berated you in private when you dared to put an ounce on in weight - your confidence at an all time low. He called you every name under the sun in the privacy of the small apartment you shared - Fat. Ugly. Worthless. Nothing without him. Plain Jane when you didn't wear makeup, and a whore when you did. But that was all okay, right? At least he didn't hit you... Over the course of 6 months, he wore you down until you were a shell of your former self, before you met Cillian. Your boyfriend was a set designer on a local Enda Walsh play that Cillian was starring in, and he'd taken you along to the aftershow party. He was already wasted, trying to schmooze his way in with the director and cast, showing off his 'singing' skills.. you were mortified, and made a quick exit over to the bar where Cillian stood nursing a Guinness, looking almost as miserable as you did. He turned to face you and you started talking, albeit you very quietly and not making eye contact at all in fear your boyfriend would see you and flip. You didn't need the hassle of him being jealous - you weren't allowed to talk to other men, that was one of the many rules he imposed on you. Too late though, he'd already spotted you and you felt him grab your arm harshly.

"Flirting with the cast eh y/n? Told you that makeup made you look like a whore, didn't I?" He seethed in your ear, making you tremble slightly. He thought he was being quiet...

"Hey, the fuck? We're just talking Chris, there's no need for any of that?" Cillian suddenly moved, briskly swiping Chris's hand off your arm. A bruise already starting to form.

"Stay out of it Murphy, you don't fucking scare me man! Big shot Hollywood star are you? Think that'll impress MY girl huh? Fat chance mate, what's she gonna see in you?"

"We were TALKING Chris, that's it, and you need to leave. Now." Cillian signalled for security to take Chris away.

"I'll see you at home y/n!! This ain't over!!" He screamed as he was dragged out of the party. You sank back against the wall, your breath coming out in short, sharp bursts... Warm hands took your shoulders and a pair of ocean blue eyes met yours.

"Hey, hey... Look at me... Breathe with me... In.. out. In.. out. Come on, that's it, you're okay now.." he maintained the eye contact, waiting for your breathing to return to normal, which it did with this stranger's help.

"I have to go... I can't, I need to go..."

"I'm Cillian, what's your name?"

"Y/n.. I need to go home Cillian, he'll be waiting for me..."

"That's exactly why you're not going y/n, come with me, yeah?"

You looked back into his eyes, finding trust. Trust and care.. that looked genuine.. you'd forgotten what that looked like.

And so started your new life, with a man who took you in, fixed your broken parts, and made you whole again. Your fingers continued their trail over his freckles when you noticed his eyes were open now. He'd been watching you as your memory had taken up most of your mind. He could see the slight pain in his wife's eyes as he leaned forward to kiss your nose gently, then your lips.

"Morning, Mrs Murphy..."

"Morning Mr Murphy. Sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"Shh... I've told you before, stop apologising for everything y/n. It's okay. I was awake anyway."

"You were snoring."

"Semi-awake." You moved your hand down his chest, further down until it found its prize underneath the sheets.

"That's not the only 'semi' thing dear husband of mine..." He smirked.

"Well I do have the most beautiful woman in the world lying next to me completely naked except for my wedding ring, y/n." He leaned over and took your lips in his, hand reaching behind your neck to pull you closer as he flipped you onto your back.

"Didn't get enough of me last night Cill?"

"I'll never have enough of you... Ever..." He trailed his lips down to your collarbone, hands gently feeling your naked breasts, nipples hardening under his touch.

"You spent half the evening yesterday teasing me Cillian, get to it please..." You demanded, looking down at him with a ferocious need taking over you. He made a regular habit throughout the reception of pushing past you from behind much closer than he needed to, or placing his hand on your thigh higher than necessary under the table.. now was not the time for teasing.

"You're no fun y/n...." His mouth made its way to your core, spreading your legs gently he took you into his mouth, tongue immediately finding that sweet bundle of nerves, biting it gently before sucking it into his mouth. One finger easing its way through your folds, inside it slid like a hot knife through butter you were that wet.

"Ah.... There.. baby yes..." Your hands in his hair now, pulling him closer. His tongue, frankly assaulting you now. Groaning into you, creating vibrations that were driving you crazy. Your back began to arch, you could feel it approaching...

"Cill... I can't hold it.. Cill I'm com- oh shit...." You released over his lips, your legs shaking. Swiftly moving back up to your body, he entered you, holding your legs over his back you pulled him tighter, deeper as he thrust into you.

"Perfect... You feel perfect... My wife... Fuck yes..." He was groaning deep into your neck now, calling you his wife was turning you on even further.

"I'm yours as long as you don't fucking stop!" He chuckled as his thrusts became more powerful, feeling your walls contract around his cock as your second orgasm flooded you, quickly followed by his own as you lay together, completely spent, but completely swept away with how happy you were. You lay in his arms, fingers trailing over his toned stomach, playing with the hair on his chest.

"Thank you." You smiled.

"For what?"

"For saving me." He kissed the top of your head gently and pulled you closer.

"We saved each other y/n."

@queenshelby @ntmynouis @cloudofdisney @margoo0 @being-worthy

[xamaxenta]

What are all your favorite op ships? And what ones are hard no?

Honestly I ship all of the WBP with Ace excluding Pops (And Teach but honestly man was never a WBP anyway the traitor!!!)

But yea MarcoAce is my number one for sure I just need to figure out how to draw Marco consistently and then we gucci - MarcoAce is 👌🏽 hits that spot for me, the older more mature one hesitating in falling in love but the younger one Ace chasing them pursuing them actively

Like the whole firecracker chasing the old bird? LOVE IT!!!!!

Big fan of LawLu and CobyLu both are veeeery cute anything with Luffy is automatically super cute

Also Corazon and Bellemere for happier modern Aus ❤️ they are cuties bc I love Nami Nojiko and Law and Lami being siblings

ThatchIzou theyre the longest relationship on the moby, married and everything and Ace goes to them for advice on Marco and how to ask him out awwua ThatchIzou is the sexy couple ok i love em

NamiVivi as well like Nami the cat burglar has a PRINCESS wife? The vibes are immaculate here such a powercouple

Ofc FrankyRobin/Frobin i love that funky cyborg man and his equally funky archaeologist wife, they’re that couple you envy for being so adorable and in sync

Deuce/Ace is a new one for me one I didnt expect because Deuce didn’t really appeal to me, Until I drew him and oh man I got it bad for Deuce now and I think they would be very SHY together like first love holding hands and BLUSHING BECAUSE ITS SO LEWD

SanjiZoro (yes) you read that right, I think zoro is a bottom bitch and sanji tops - purely for the fact I like changing the norms up with super popular pairings like them - Sanji gets to feel more idk in control? Like I personally feel Sanji would struggle with loving a man and all the toxic masculinity stuff he cornered himself into, bottom sanji isnt a bad thing and i like the fight he always goes through in letting zoro take control but YOU KNOW WHAT they switch I like healthy zosan sanzo whatever ignore what i was trying to say lol - Omega Zoro tho sets me on fire i love it so much

UsoppSanji - very cute ok I think they are like a basket of kittens - although ZoroSanjiUsopp is UH GREAT??? Usopp thinking he’s not good enough but these two bearing down on their sniper king like YEAH YOURE HOT AF BRO its very bromancy but they also hold hands together and kiss USOPP HAS TWO HANDS

But also Usopp and Kaya is just sweetness

Aaaand uh SengokuGarp (listen IF DRAGON EXISTS I KNOW GARP HAD A LADY BUT SENGOKUGARP IS FUN)

Some pleasure ships that I’m not embarrassed about and love very much haha:

Shanks/Ace, Rayleigh/Ace, Jinbe/Ace, Sabo/Ace or specifically Marco/Sabo/Ace

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Not for Me ships

Smoker and Ace, i get it I Really do it so be like that but :/// idk I’ve never been very into Smoker, My gf is obssessed with him🤣 maybe im having lingering hard feelings bc he steals my girl everytime he shows up…. Im kidding Smoker just aint it not when MARCO EXISTS HELLo??? (I also think post time skip Smoker is ugly, his pre timeskip design is wayyyy better)

Sanji Ace - again i totally see the appeal, I also love the idea of all the strawhats having a crush on Ace but thats it just a crush - idk I can’t see Sanji doing one night stands or long distance relationships - he seems like the kind of guy who needs daily affection, love and affirmations and Ace can’t give that to him imo, i think theyre cute and compatible but because of Sanjis nature i dont see it working out, and I dont like long distance relationships due to originally trying so hard in one myself and basically getting neglected (im not saying im projecting but Sanji probably would feel the same, not that Ace is neglectful but it takes time to send letters and travel to see each other on the grandline) - SO TLDR; definitely cute but not for me

- Hard no ships - I dont really have any? Love is love and love what you love haha but I gotta say

Anything with Teach - is he even paired with anyone?

Doflamingo with either Cora or Law is frankly upsetting - he’s a horrible person and I can’t personally see how he’s attractive, he’s repulsive and seeing noncon stuff with him and Law or Crocodile etc is gross

[peaterookie]

ok ok i finally got the time to answer these myself, here's some things about me :)

1. Where did you first learn about Lupin III? I remember first seeing lupin in an airplane flight on a display where it shows a list of movies? Looking back I have a feeling it was Italian Game but I dismissed it bc I was really young lmao. But the thing that did got me into Lupin was this music mix on YT called “it’s a lovely morning, and you are a horrible thief.” The music fucks and I got sucked in the lupin rabbithole

2. What is your favorite character? Lupin!!! But more specifically, I like his manga version the best.

3. Following up on that question, what’s the best thing about them? Aside from the horrible things manga lupin does… He is a super nuanced character if you look below the surface and analyzing what he does is very fun and I kinda deeply relate to him? Please don’t take it the wrong way lmao Also his design is sooo silly look at this booger of a man

4. What's a Lupin character you relate to the most? I think Jigen? With a side of Goemon and Lupin I feel. I relate to Jigen the most because I think I appear rather reserved and sorta approachable to people, but when people get to know me I am sorta silly and outgoing. I also love to complain.

5. What’s your favorite Lupin Anime series? I haven’t watched the anime much other than the entirety of Part 1 and a bit of Part 2, so I’ll choose that.

6. What's your top 3 favorite episodes from it? - Episode 19: Which of the Third Generation will win! (I love the multiple lupin scene) - Episode 14: The Emerald’s Secret (Catherine is such a brat, Fuji and Lup collab, and super satisfying ending) - Episode 02: The Man they called a Magician (It made me lose my shit)

7. What's your favorite Lupin manga series? It’s frankly a tie between Shin Lupin III and New Adventures.

8. What's your top 3 favorite chapters from it? Shin Lupin III: - Chapter 31: Strange Bedfellows (GOEPIN WOOOOOOO) - Chapter 94: Ryuu (Touching story, more Lupin characterization) - Chapter 87: Hell’s Chaperon (sobbing) New Adventures: - Chapter XX: Island of Thieves Part 2 (First manga chapter I read, super interesting story, the islanders are super terrifying but funny villains, and Lupin cries like a little baby) - Chapter 97: Lupin Sucks (What can I say, he does suck.) - Chapter 95: The Man with 20 Faces (Lupin is so thug gangster badass in this one)

9. What's your favorite movie? And why? Mystery of Mamo because it has an interesting plot, mamo is funny raisin man, and it lacks the typical tropes Lupin movies will later have. Also it’s close to the manga.

10. What was the first movie you watched? Legend of the Gold of Babylon. DUBBED. It was awkward to watch.

11. What's your favorite Lupin design? ngl he looks awesome in this

12. What's your favorite Jigen design? he makes me feel a certain way

13. What's your favorite Goemon design? he is insanely cute how can i not love this design

14. What's your favorite Fujiko design? she looks so pretty in mamo

15. What's your favorite Zenigata design? friendshaped zenigata is best zenigata

16. What's your favorite thing about the franchise? I love how freeform it is, they can literally go anywhere and have anything happen and it’ll still make sense. I also like how it can go from silly funny to serious and sentimental a moment later. Anyways Lupin manga numero uno

17. What's your least favorite thing about the franchise? Modern animated L3 media often falls into the trap of being very boring, unoriginal, or just kinda ugly looking. Also the fandom often generalizes the character into one thing and it bothers me.

18. What's your least favorite character? And why? Rasputin in the manga pissed me off sorry to anyone that liked the three parter

19. What's your favorite Lupin III music track? Fairy Night!!! Manhattan Joke and Silhouette are also music that I'll put close to my heart.

20. Do you have any Lupin III merch? If so, what's your favorite out of the collection? I wouldve sacrificed my soul to the devil to have this but luckily it was just 40 dollars out of my wallet

21. If you could contribute/change the franchise in any way, what would you do? Let lupin kiss men lol idk maybe i'll also have goemon be a bit more similar to his manga counterpart

22. What’s something about Lupin III that you wished people knew more about? I wish there was less misinformation about the manga sorry can you tell i like the manga, also i wish more people would read it before judging

23. A moment in the Lupin franchise you'll always remember? HIS FIRST HEIST WAS JIGEN'S HEART OMGGG

24. What’s your favorite Lupin III quote? "Either show me your trump card… or get ready to BUMP HARD!"

25. Give one Lupin headcanon that you have! Lupin is genderfluid it's true mp told me

26. What's the most random fact about Lupin III that you know? Part 1's release date is the same month and date of my birthday, (October 24th) and by result, Lupin Zero was also announced on my birthday too.

27. Any hot takes? Part 2 is kinda overhyped

28. Do you create things in the fandom? What’s by far the thing you made that you’re most proud of?

29. If you could be in the Lupin III universe for one day, what would you do? Buy some monkey punch drip and pray it transfers back in the real world

30. What’s something you hope TMS would do in the future for the Lupin III franchise? maybe a lupin zero but for goemon, and an animated series accurately portraying shin lupin/new adventures stories as well as the art style.

i was sad i couldnt find something like this anywhere so i made one!!!

This is gonna be fun to see people's response :) Here's the plaintext version:

Where did you first learn about Lupin III?

What is your favorite character?

Following up on that question, what’s the best thing about them?

What's a Lupin character you relate to the most?

What’s your favorite Lupin Anime series?

What's your top 3 favorite episodes from it?

What's your favorite Lupin manga series?

What's your top 3 favorite chapters from it?

What's your favorite movie? And why?

What was the first movie you watched?

What's your favorite Lupin design?

What's your favorite Jigen design?

What's your favorite Goemon design?

What's your favorite Fujiko design?

What's your favorite Zenigata design?

What's your favorite thing about the franchise?

What's your least favorite thing about the franchise?

What's your least favorite character? And why?

What's your favorite Lupin III music track?

Do you have any Lupin III merch? If so, what's your favorite out of the collection?

If you could contribute/change the franchise in any way, what would you do?

What’s something about Lupin III that you wished people knew more about?

A moment in the Lupin franchise you'll always remember?

What’s your favorite Lupin III quote?

Give one Lupin headcanon that you have!

What's the most random fact about Lupin III that you know?

Any hot takes?

Do you create things in the fandom? What’s by far the thing you made that you’re most proud of?

If you could be in the Lupin III universe for one day, what would you do?

What’s something you hope TMS would do in the future for the Lupin III franchise?