#and tumblr won't let me edit the original post to fix it

[laurentidal]

Hey Lauren! Do you have a schedule and/or process? You have stories lined up weeks in advance, while I'm struggling to figure out what I'm doing Tuesday. What's your secret?

I'm so happy you asked as it gives me a chance to talk about my favorite piece of software in existence, Obsidian.md. I apologize because where some people probably just have a "I'll post this today" mentality, I am mentally ill and need to build complex systems to keep my brain in check.

Obsidian is how I organize absolutely everything in my life, including my bills, my law school notes, and of course my stories and publishing schedule. I don't mind giving you a little peak behind the curtain of my absolute organizational mania (nor do I mind giving everyone a tiny preview of the things in the hopper).

I have a second blog where I keep all the images that I like that I might one day incorporate into a story, tagged to high-heaven so I can find the thing I'm looking for easily (say, topless and outside). Then once it's ready to work on, I save it to my Obsidian vault.

This is what my workspace looks like where I'm writing:

I typically start with a picture and let the story grow out of it. It's much harder to match a picture to a story that's already grown. Thus the in-depth tagging in my storage blog. I rarely edit, which I KNOW is a bad habit, but it's not one I really intend to work on. I fix typos when I see them though. (Or when people point them out to me.)

All the data about a story is logged in the front matter so it can be analyzed by the vault. Then, based on the Status, and the Publication Date, it's put into the scheduler that's run by an Obsidian plugin called Dataview, which has changed my life (not an exaggeration):

Blue is for anything already out. Green is for stuff finished and in the queue to be published. Yellow is stuff that's done but not scheduled yet. Orange is stuff I've started but am not happy with. Red is stuff that has a title and a picture and nothing else. (Black is stuff Tumblr hid. Sad.) There's also White, which is for copies of my old stories that I've managed to recover from other people's blogs.

The other columns are the Original Publication Date, the Notes (last I checked) and the Rebloggability (calculated by how many times I've reblogged it already and how long it's been since that happened). And there's a special area for the multi-post stories.

I also use Google Calendar:

More color coding. Green for reblogs. Yellow for new posts. Orange for reposts of stories that were on my old blog. Blue for chapters. And Grey for Special.

That's it as far as my process. But if you remember all that frontmatter on the story... Obsidian, Dataview, and another plugin called Charts can team up and give me some dazzling data analysis.

There's about thirty graphs on my Analysis page, so I won't share all of them, but here's what you freaks are into:

I also have some compelling data that you all have short attention spans:

Because that's the most goddamn perfect reverse exponential function I've ever seen, and also the reason I posted zero long story updated in January.

So that's THE PROCESS and by way thereof, THE VAULT. Hope you enjoyed this deep dive into my particular brand of bullshit. I know here in this corner of the world we like spirals, but to me, the sexiest shape is a little box with a little piece of data in it.

[hbmmaster]

if(Link.joins(Ganon)) {

for(Face f: Korodai) {

if(Link.face < f) {

Link.setFace(f);

}

}

}

else {

Link.die();

}

[sims3fiend]

Sims3SettingsSetter thing

OLD POST REALLY SORRY IF YOU BOOKMARKED THIS I'M DUMB LMAO

NEW: https://www.tumblr.com/sims3fiend/764382296987025408/sims-3-settings-setter?source=share

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Was bored ripping my hair out trying to do optimizations so I made this instead of anything actually worthwhile. For now it's mostly just a novelty. Rushing it out as I'm at work 4x12hrs starting tomorrow :)

This is a ALPHA IT SHOULD BE SAFE BUT IT MIGHT ALSO NOT BE. Speedwriting this post as I've gotta go sleepy.

Ignore the strange names for things i-it's an alpha.

Simsfileshare

To use, have an ASI loader like this or maybe this and shove it into the folder where the sims 3 exe is. Press insert to toggle

What it does:

Renderer Flags:

This was the original idea and what this was solely going to be. I found a function that set things like wireframe and other renderer things, so I made a script for it.

Some useful things it can do are turning drop shadows off, which is nice for reshade as it lets you do a better looking AO. Some people might find the pips, scene boxes, etc. useful but idk. Some of it is neat to look at I guess.

Game Values:

Just the one for now, max lots, it's still effected by the weird range/frustum cull thing that effects shadows, so outside of that range extra lots wont load. These are going to be static values that can be edited ingame. There's a few other ones I've found like ObjectSizeCullFactor but I need to properly test them. I'll also add some informational ones that can't be changed like loaded object count, etc.

Game Config:

This is where things went off the rails…

I'm hooking two functions here to grab and set boolean and string config values directly as they're called in memory, which is important as some are overridden or altered, or aren't listed in the files at all (ForceHighLODObjects my beloved). Currently it lists mostly everything in the SGR file and some ini settings. The boolean stuff is a pretty sure bet, the strings might be overwritten elsewhere idk. Please keep in mind that some of these settings can be very damaging to your game and sanity, do not use ones you don't recognize on a save you love.

To enable the config overwrite, tick the box next to it and hit save. They won't do anything unless the box is checked.

I'll be adding tunables (like LightingCommon) into the list… eventually. Currently they're a little… weirdly/interestingly/uniquely written in the decomp'd functions I've been looking at, so I haven't been able to get their values. There's probably a really simple way of doing all of this in one of the dlls or packages or something but idk. If you know lmk.

I'll also probably try and find the in memory location of some of them, so they can be changed ingame without the need to restart.

Issues:

If you have any problems/info please message me either on discord(fleshtexture) or tumblr ! Keep in mind it's still an ALPHA (or whatever) and I haven't really tested it that extensively.

Known problems:

Config sorting is yucky

Code looks yucky, weird names for things, don't look until I rewrite!

There was a freezing issue due to how I was hooking d3d9 but I think I fixed it? Idk I've never used imgui before.

[slipping-lately]

While I usually make more elaborate headcanon posts I need to ramble about Screwllum my beloved before my brain tries into mush. I'll most likely change things with this later or even delete but enjoy my rambling

Edit: There is now is in fact an updated post! My Tumblr might just be glitching or whatever but on my end it isn't showing so I'll add the link here for anyone who wants to read me just rambling for 1k words. It's only on my other account due to not wanting to lose it in this accounts reblogging madness

Screwllum given the fact his AI is the most advanced to everyone's knowledge (please tell me if my wrong, my knowledge about this aspect isn't the best given how little we in about NOUS and whatnot) had an soft of black box holds an copy of his own AI that isn't actively functional. Besides his base code and AI it also holds memories and similar things he can't and won't let himself forget. If his physical body was ever to be destroyed, became corrupted past anyone's ability to fix it, there is an backup of himself that isn't corrupted in multiple states.

For say if the corruption in his code started back centuries or even Amber era's there is something available so he can in an sense save himself. He is able to if need copy over uncorrupted or overly damaged functions and replace them before makeing needed adjustments to keep what happened from happening again.

Getting into said black box (perhaps box's given how much data he would be saving and to keep are's or specific timeframe's from risk of corruption?) is next to impossible for normal hackers. The black boxes most likely made with the assistance of NOUS themself due to the complexity of it and other important factors.

The idea overall originating from the idea of someone hacking or somehow corrupting Screwllum's major functions. You can't tell me Aha even if just an simulation in the simulated universe wouldn't try and fuck with Screwllum if he was actively connected at the same time. It's elating to see the show after the fact depending on what happens to his behavior or if it just suddenly shuts him down or makes him malfunction.

[sapphim]

/ / nexus mods profile / / sapphimods tutorials / / tag directory / / character directory / / ko-fi / /

main: @vaxilmores

mod updates free of my bullshit: @sapphimods

faq ☆

↳ tag: #faq

↳ see also: #modding tutorial, #modders resource, #troubleshooting

Right now, my focus is primarily on DA2 mods and modding tutorials. I am happy to answer modding questions that pertain to my area of interest.

If you can't figure out where to begin with a mod, or if you have been following my tutorials and have gotten stuck at a certain point in the process, and you haven't been able to find a solution elsewhere, I may be able to help. All I ask is that you be understanding that this is something I volunteer to do with my free time!

If you need troubleshooting help with one of my mods, please do not contact me on anon! It makes it difficult and tedious on my end to get the information I need. Either leave a comment on the Nexus mod page (that is what it is there for!) or message me off-anon. I promise I don't bite.

☆ Have you played Veilguard?

↳ Has the GotY edition gone on sale for $20? Then no, not yet.

☆ Will you be creating mods for Veilguard?

↳ Probably not!

☆ I have a question about mods for Veilguard/Inquisition or Mass Effect or [other game]!

↳ I can try to answer general knowledge questions or give my opinion on a matter, but I haven't modded Frostbite games like Inquisition or Andromeda for years and I'm too out of touch to answer any specific modding questions. I don't even have the games installed anymore.

These days most modding discussion takes place on Discord servers and, regardless of how one may feel about that, that is the single best place to find people available and willing to answer questions. So I strongly recommend such questions be directed to a server such as the Frosty Toolsuite, DAI Modding, or Mass Effect Modding discord, rather than to me.

(For good measure, here's a link to the Dragon Age Origns Modding discord for Origins/DA2 mods, as well.)

☆ Do you take requests or commissions?

↳ I do not take requests, unless I have specifically solicited requests for additions to a specific mod.

I am open to the idea of taking commissions for mods of the type that I usually post, but I would have to talk through the idea to get an idea of the scope before I could even quote a price, let alone accept the offer.

I do not create mods for Frostbite games anymore.

I will not accept commissions for mesh/model/armor mods, which seem to be the type of mod commission people most often try to solicit.

☆ How did you/How can I get started modding?

↳ I got my initial start fiddling with others' mods that I had downloaded, fixing minor bugs or tweaking them for personal use, which introduced me to the process without having to start from scratch.

My general advice for getting started is to pick something small in scope to work on, where you will be able to start testing it in game in short order. Being able to see results from your work is key to maintain motivation. However, if this doesn't interest you and there's a bigger project that you're super enthusiastic about, go for it! It is all about the enthusiasm.

Just remember that modding is all trial and error. Sometimes you'll try something and it won't work and you'll have to spend a lot of time figuring out what went wrong. Don't get discouraged when this happens. The mark of a seasoned modder isn't that you stop failing, but that you get better at powering through the failures.

For Dragon Age Origins (and DA2) I have compiled some resources to get started here.

☆ Can I message you off-tumblr?

↳ Yes, you can DM me on the Nexus, or if we are mutual members of a modding discord server, you should be able to find and DM me from there.

☆ Solas/Abelas/Fenris/Orsino is taller than the other male elves in the game, right?

↳ No. ♡

☆ Are you sure?

↳ Yes. ♡

☆ Is this really a frequently asked question?

↳ Yes. ♡

[blindrapture]

So I've been doing some testing of how Rapture will look on the tumblr. For previous drafts it was a little easier to manage, as the previous drafts were literally written on tumblr, on this very text prompt (or, its ancestor, circa 2011), but for this final draft I'll be pasting the contents from the Website. And point is, there's some things the Website does neater than tumblr, and there's some weird glitches that tumblr introduces. Let me show you some comparisons.

beginning of a log, tumblr version:

I cannot get the damn date to be the header of the post. Or I guess I could if I really... fiddled with it.

meanwhile, beginning of a log, Website version:

(I used a different log for reasons.)

So there's a fancier format for the "chapter title," and also the main text is bigger, though it's hard to tell from this. so let me give another comparison, this time also showing off a glitch.

This actually shows off three "features" of the tumblr version.

I cannot do Word Wrap.

I cannot (easily) do alternate fonts.

The Damned Glitch: Do you see how "Everything in its right place" randomly cuts off the damn bold and italics at the end? I went back and fixed that several times. But it doesn't stay. It just does that. You can even see it with the smiley face after "IS COMING."

Now compare this with the same passages but on the Website:

See that? Word Wrap! Changing fonts! Text dynamics are as intended! (There's even a bonus feature to the text here that does not come across in a screenshot. ;D)

So like. It's. A dilemma.

The tumblr version would be more "authentic" to the original experience, as this is by all accounts a tumblr novel, it was written on tumblr (and only, years later, edited in OpenOffice and LibreOffice). But it is going to be so subpar. It will still function, it will still be readable. But. Imperfect. Flawed. An inferior version.

So. What I'm thinking is.

I will change my distribution plans. I will release the Website version, log by log, alongside the tumblr version. It really won't be much extra effort to do so. If anything, the tumblr version by far requires the extraneous effort.

(Furthermore, the Website version is also pretty damn readable on mobile browsers. So, bonus!)

Just wanted to talk through my thought process here.

Anyway, I'm getting back to work.

[penig]

Hi Peni, I hope you're doing well!

I came across an old post of yours on Meetmetotheriver's Tumblr where you mentioned that family bin pregnancies (the Ottomas and Crittur families) are broken and need patching.

I'm using Meetmetotheriver's clean templates and stealth neighborhoods, do you know if the would the problem would still persist or if this would affect Brandi and Pascal's pregnancies (like in the case of adding Strangetown or Pleasantview as sub-neighborhoods)?

Also, would Widespot pregnancies also be affected if I added it by this when adding it as a sub-neighborhood?

I have all EPs and SPs, and I was wondering if I still needed to patch my game. If I do, could you let me know where to find the patch(es) please?

I apologize if the answer is obvious, I've been away from Ths Sims 2 for a very long time.

Thank you for your help!

There's several places you can download the official patches. This is one of them:

Sims in subhoods (and the stealth hoods are subhoods) get new IDs when added to the main hood, and prior to the patch the game did not check the ID of the father in the pregnancy controller to make sure they matched. This is why you hear horror stories about Samantha's twins being fathered by dogs etc. The Seasons patch fixed this issue; however, since the check happens when the IDs are changed, it can't fix sims who have already been added to the neighborhood before the patch was applied.

This applies to the disk versions; EA's digital versions come pre-patched. If you're using a CD crack or an electronic version from a pirate site, I suggest you attempt to apply the patches. It won't hurt anything; if the game's already patched, the patch will just refuse to load.

Also, even in a patched game, there's a possibility of alien pregnancies specifically still going wrong, because if the patch checks the ID after the change and finds an extremely low number (like the ID number of Universal Pollination Technician) it sometimes deciding that it must not have been changed, and changes it again.

So in the case of alien pregnancies and any stealth or subhood pregnancies that you've already loaded, you'll need to use an editing tool to assign the pregnancy correctly. I think there are pregnancy mods out there that allow you to fool with the pregnancy controller, but I only know how to do it in SimPE. You open the character file, open the memory tab, and locate the Pregnancy Token in the memories. Clicking on it should open up the pregnancy controller underneath the memory field, and you can make note of the Father's ID number and change it if it's the wrong one. Don't forget to commit before saving.

Welcome back to the Sims 2. I hope you have lots of fun, and give me a head's up if you post Widespot or Land Grant University content, so I can reblog you.

Huh, answer privately doesn't seem to be a thing anymore, so I hope you don't mind the rest of my followers seeing your ask.

[tenaflyviper]

While this is funny and has truth to it (certain formulas become popular with kids, while breakout hits get attention for surprising players with something new), but please, folks: Don't let that put you off from checking out indie horror games, because there actually are a LOT more kinds out there, with many that are free to play.

And check out what youtubers like Manlybadasshero play: Lots of solid games like the "Fears to Fathom" and "Midnight Scenes" series, Chilla's Art games...There's good, scary stuff out there alongside the ones that are clearly hoping to sell toys to kids.

Indie horror games are either like "You're on a submarine because you were sent to explore a mysterious pit in the ocean floor and you slowly realize you weren't meant to resurface" or "Mr. Scrubkus is gonna get you!!!!! Don't let him get you!!!!" And Mr. Scrubkus is the one everyone talks about

[the-rat-house]

TRIMMING LEGACY POSTS WITH XKIT REWRITTEN GUIDE

HEY I'm finally getting around to making this visual guide! Apologies for how long it has taken. But, let's go. Feel free to reblog this if you find it useful, by the way!

Please note that I am not an expert in any of this! I am going to cover what I have noticed while using XKit Rewritten; this could easily change with a Tumblr update or if new code is added to Xkit Rewritten. I am not affiliated with either, nor a coder of any sort!

So, real quick, what is a legacy post? A legacy post is a post that uses Tumblr's old post editor. Tumblr is pushing a new post editor, commonly known as the Beta Post Editor, and you can toggle between the two.

I'd recommend dropping Legacy Post Editor asap, btw. I know for rpers esp that it can be nice for fancy formatting, but Legacy won't be around forever, and it also is causing issues with fellow rpers.

There is use for both New Xkit and Xkit Rewritten at the moment, you can check those out for yourself through @new-xkit-extension.

Alright, under the cut is your visual guide.

So, this is a post of a rp I'm in that is currently in my drafts. MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING THIS FROM YOUR DRAFTS AS YOU CANNOT TRIM A POST THROUGH THE EDITOR DIRECTLY. As you can see, my icon makes it seem as if the blog is not there (it cannot be clicked on, and there are also times where it may show the expected deactivated account icon). This is due to me trimming the post incorrectly.

So let's trim it the right way this time. There will be a warning that pops up if you are trimming a post that is currently or once was a legacy post. Acknowledging it, I am going to choose what responses I want trimmed.

Easy peasy!

Now, REFRESH THE PAGE. DO NOT POST THE POST, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY LOOK CORRECT! Why?

This is why. The post only showed my response once when I initially trimmed it, but after I refreshed my drafts? It has now duplicated the response. I don't know why this happens, but it does.

Now, THIS NEXT BIT IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A READ MORE FUNCTION THAT FORCES YOU TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL POST!

An easy fix, just edit the post and delete the duplicated, right? Well, no. Cause you can only edit the last reblog, aka the second one on there. And while it seems like "okay, I will just remove that one by erasing the text", YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS!

Remember how up at the beginning my icon indicated a blog that wasn't there? Yeah, as far as Tumblr can tell, that post doesn't exist. If that post had a Read More on it? You couldn't access it, the post wouldn't exist. Again, I don't know why this happens, only that through testing that it does.

Thankfully, there is an easy way around that.

See that X? That is a function that allows you to get rid of reblogs (I believe that is a function built into the Beta Post Editor? I could be mistaken). It will get rid of all reblogs EXCEPT for your latest response if you've put one. So, I click it, and...

Tada! Now, just to make sure this has worked, I am going to save the post, and refresh my drafts.

LOOK AT THAT! No duplicate! And if I were to post this and my partner reblogged it, you would actually be able to go back and access the post on my end.

Again, I am not an expert, so I don't know what causes this beyond the fact that it has something to do with conflicting code, and whether or not that can be fixed is not something I'm aware of (and please don't bug the XKit Rewritten creator about it, either).

Best bet to avoid this? Just use the Beta Post Editor (if you are making a post from mobile, I DO NOT KNOW IF MOBILE BUSES THE BETA EDITOR OR LEGACY!) Of course, please be kind to each other and don't get on each others asses for using the different post editors. Just talk to your rp partners about it.

And of course, hopefully this helps!

[brekkersource]

how to use beta + trim reblogs

so! we all know about beta editor by now. for better or for worse, a lot of us are using tumblr's new beta editor, and it's likely that everyone will have no choice but to use it soon. this unfortunately means a lot of us can't use the new xkit to trim our roleplay posts. there have been a lot of posts explaining this and the benefits of xkit rewritten; this one, this one, and this one especially helped me understand what's going on. however, a lot of people still seem to be floundering around in the dark so i wanted to make a tutorial that sums up everything i've learned from other tutorials as well as my own trial and error.

if you want a step by step guide to trimming reblogs (with screenshots) as well as a brief overview of beta editor's pros and cons, keep reading.

the first step, obviously, is to switch to beta editor and install xkit rewritten. the posts linked above explain how and why so i won't go into detail here. trim reblogs is the new version of edit reblogs, and it looks like this. one of the best features is that you can use it even after posting your reply, so if something glitches or you forget to trim, you still have a chance to fix it.

once you have them, there are two different ways i've seen people use xkit rewritten to trim their posts.

1. seperate reblogs

this is, in my opinion, the best and easiest way to go about this. mun 1 makes a post, mun 2 reblogs it, and then mun 1 uses xkit rewritten to trim their original post from the thread.

however, this only works if the original post was made in beta. if you try to trim a post that was made in legacy, you get get a warning, and if you go ahead with it, it's going to glitch somehow. in my testing, my reply duplicated! which is very annoying. and despite what the warning says, repeating the trim usually does not last—even if it seems like it does at first.

2. (probably) copy and paste

this is more visually reminsicent of editable reblogs from new xkit. there might be an easier way to do this that i don't know about—if so, please let me know. the name kind of explains it all; a mun will copy and paste their partner's reply, indent it, and write their own below. then, obviously, they'll have to trim all the past reblogs of the post. this is especially good for people who like doing pretty headers or editing their partner's url to look pretty, you know what i'm talking about.

there is a glitch i have run into on my own blog a few times that i was unable to duplicate, so i've just taken a screenshot of my own blog with most of the information blanked out. if only one person if using beta, trim reblogs will still sometimes glitch and duplicate. i trimmed my reblog multiple times but every time i reloaded, my duplicated reply was back. please, please communicate with your partners. i know it's annoying and awkward but it will save everyone so much frustration. especially if you're clinging to legacy, please let your partners know so they can adjust accordingly—or consider switching to beta, even if just for that thread.

but beta is not all bad i promise

i know how frustrating this all is (i fully refused to do drafts for a few days once beta really started kicking in and new xkit stopped working for me), but i am slowly coming around to it.

tags are editable now! i cannot explain the joy i experienced when i first realized this. no more typing up a long, rambling tag only to notice a typo as soon as you've hit return. you can edit tags at any point—even when going back and editing an old post! does this mean that i have accidentally started editing a tag when i meant to move it? yes but it's worth it.

making the text small is so much easier now. no more going into html or command+option+shift! instead, it's available as an option right in between the italic and link buttons when you highlight text.

you can now edit the size and type of text very easily! this did confuse me at first when i couldn't find the indent button, but it's now in a toggle list; if you click on the regular tab when text is highlighted, there are a ton of options including indent, chat, lucille (whatever that means), bigger/biggest, and more.

however, it's not all great. but it's tumblr, what did we expect.

the most frustrating thing for me personally is that you can no longer copy and past an image link into your reply, or else the image url will be tagged on underneath it. it looks funky and isn't great if you don't want to download a million gifs. while i've just been downloading/dragging the gifs i want to use to desktop and uploading them to my reply, it's annoying to have to clean up my desktop and empty my computer's trash so i'm not wasting storage space. additionally, this does not work if the gifset is in a post rather than a page; the only option there is to copy and paste and simply put up with the image url. clicking "add image" and then pasting the image or dragging the gif from the page/post's tab into the tumblr tab and onto your reply still results in a url. if anyone has figured out a workaround for any of this please let me know; otherwise, i think we should all just agree to ignore the url if it shows up. update: thank you sm to anon for informing me of @rpclefairy's roleplay formatter! if you put the gif in their formatter, copy the source, and paste that into the post when it's in html mode, not rich text mode, the link is gone! and thanks to tumblr realizing this was annoying, if you click the little link icon that appears when you hover over an image, delete the url, and hit done so it saves, the url will be gone!

formatting is......weird now. if you make your paragraph text small and then decide to add another sentence, the new text won't be small. you'll have to edit it again. text that has been formatted (small, italic, bold, etc) will be highlighted in a very strange way when the cursor is in the formatted section. as far as i've been able to figure out, even after poking around a bit in the html, there's no way to change any of this. not to sound like a broken record here, but if you've found a way to change any of this, please let me know. otherwise i think we just have to put up with this bullshit.

there's always a chance that these things will be fixed; it is still just a beta system after all. for now, i think the best thing the community can do is communicate with partners, ask questions, and just accept that there's gonna be some weird shit going on and we're all doing our best.

if any of this changes i will update this post, but in the meantime, pls share if this helped or you want to share the word. and for the last time, if i've gotten anything wrong, just let me know and i'll update.

[dreamstar-moonlight]

Legend of Zelda: 25th Aniversary Poster

Still can't get over this incredible masterpiece of a poster created by a Japanese artist on Pixiv named Ag+

The original image had a resolution of 1216 × 6650. Too bad Tumblr won't let me upload it in the highest resolution; if anyone knows a workaround, let me know!

There exists another version of 3588x19632 quality. The 1216px one is an original copy, and the 3588px one is something that someone enlarged and ran through photoshop filters to minimize quality loss. I don't have a source of who I got it from, but the quality is actually pretty nice for printing considering they made it thrice as large. Both these versions are now available as a 59mb zipped file on MediaFire. You can download them here.

In case the MediaFire link gets taken down in the future, notify me in the comments or shoot me a DM and I will fix it immediately.

List of LoZ characters in this poster

Source

Row 1:

Farore (Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons)

Nayru (Oracle of Ages)

Din (Oracle of Seasons)

Row 2:

Rauru w/ Kaepora Gaebora (Ocarina of Time)

Impa (Ocarina of Time)

Saria (Ocarina of Time)

King of Hyrule (Zelda series)

Nabooru (Ocarina of Time)

Ruto (Ocarina of Time)

Darunia (Ocarina of Time)

Row 3:

Link (Zelda series)

Zelda (Zelda series)

Ganondorf (Zelda series)

Row 4:

Wind Fish (Link’s Awakening)

Great Fairy w/ Fairy Queen (The Wind Waker)

Great Fairy (Twilight Princess)

Fi (Skyward Sword)

Ciela (Phantom Hourglass)

Navi (Ocarina of Time)

Tatl (Majora’s Mask)

Tael (Majora’s Mask)

Great Fairy (Ocarina of Time)

Valoo (The Wind Waker)

Row 5:

Great Deku Tree w/ little Deku tree (Ocarina of Time)

Fado (The Wind Waker)

Makar (The Wind Waker)

Medli (The Wind Waker)

Laruto (The Wind Waker)

Jabun (The Wind Waker)

Row 6:

Renado (Twilight Princess)

Rusl (Twilight Princess)

Ashei (Twilight Princess)

Shad (Twilight Princess)

Auru (Twilight Princess)

Tarin (Link’s Awakening)

Marin (Link’s Awakening)

Ilia w/ Epona (Twilight Princess)

Talon (Ocarina of Time)

Ingo (Ocarina of Time)

Row 7:

Anju (Majora’s Mask)

Kafei (Majora’s Mask)

Linebeck (Phantom Hourglass)

Aryll (The Wind Waker)

Gonzo (The Wind Waker)

Senza (The Wind Waker)

Nudge (The Wind Waker)

Row 7.2:

Tingle (Majora’s Mask)

Romani and Cremia (Majora’s Mask)

Niko (The Wind Waker)

Mako (The Wind Waker)

Zuko (The Wind Waker)

Link’s Grandma (The Wind Waker)

Row 8:

Tijo (Majora’s Mask)

Toto (Majora’s Mask)

Evan (Majora’s Mask)

Lulu (Majora’s Mask)

Ralph (Oracle of Ages)

Maple (Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons)

Darmani the Third (Majora’s Mask)

Row 9:

Japas (Majora’s Mask)

Mikau (Majora’s Mask)

Skull Kid (Ocarina of Time)

Mido (Ocarina of Time)

Deku Royal Family (Majora’s Mask)

Goron Elder w/ Goron Baby (Majora’s Mask)

Row 10:

The King of Red Lions (The Wind Waker)

Byrne (Spirit Tracks)

Anjean (Spirit Tracks)

Midna (Twilight Princess)

Oshus (Phantom Hourglass)

Sahasrahla (A Link to the Past)

Ezlo (The Minish Cap)

Row 11:

Happy Mask Salesman (Majora’s Mask)

Bellum (Phantom Hourglass)

Row 12:

Veran (Oracle of Ages)

Zant (Twilight Princess)

Aganhim (A Link to the Past)

Vaati (The Minish Cap)

Onox (Oracle of Seasons)

Row 12.2:

Koume (Ocarina of Time)

The Moon (Majora’s Mask)

Kotake (Ocarina of Time)

Chancellor Cole (Spirit Tracks)

Row 13:

2x Four Giants (Majora’s Mask)

Moon Children with boss masks (Majora’s Mask)

2x Four Giants (Majora’s Mask)

Row 14:

Ganon (Ocarina of Time)

Fierce Deity Link (Majora’s Mask)

Link’s Mother (Ocarina of Time)

Hero’s Shade w/ Golden Wolf form (Twilight Princes

Edit:

Added the link to the "Making of" YouTube video in the post.

[kim-ruzek]

For some reason this posted without the last bit of my post and without the tags so I'm sorry about that and now it won't let me edit the original (???) so I probably can't fix that until tomorrow morning when I can get on my laptop, since if this a problem with my Tumblr app that's how I'll have to fix it.

Anyway just reblogging this to explain the weird cut off and why there's no tags + to tag this reblog bc while it won't show up in the tags until I can fix the original, it's important for my personal blogging tag system.

Do you think they will get Hailey and Jay back together now that Tracy is leaving?

What are your wishes or hopes for Adam, Kim, Kevin and Makayla in the upcoming season?

I hope so. I do think they will, especially as the only reason they had upstead go through the uncertainty of the relationship last season was to give Hailey more room in her future storylines but with her leaving, that's no longer a consideration.

I suppose it always goes down to how they decide to have her exit, but I can't see them going for an unhappy exit, especially when JLS would definitely be willing to come back for a cameo.

Now! For what my wishes are:

I need to first mention that my wish for my burzekwater is that they get their detective badges Especially now we'll be losing Hailey.

For Burzek just in general first: I want that hospital scene, I want Kim mother henning Adam because she is not doing well at all being on this side of things. I want an ily - a true parallel to Kim's first shooting, with also a cute scene with Mack to parallel her second shooting. I want them to continue to be the amazing couple they are and give us those small domestic moments so i can squeal over them being together (although I say that like I do smile stupidly to myself whenever they interact in a very neutral way now they're together because they're fucking together!) In my possibly asking for too much dream wishes is for a new burzek engagement (with Kim instigating it in some way at least).

For Adam: I want him to formally adopt Mack too, be the legal dad in every sense of the word.

I want to see him struggle with the shooting, not only because shootings are traumatic but also because it was done by a kid - and I want to see Kim help him through this. I also want him to not shut down when dealing with the trauma. And I'd like the trauma to ebb and flow throughout the season. Possibly have Adam be a bit disillusioned to everything because he tried so hard and he couldn't save the kid.

I could see him very much becoming go to work, get what needs to be done and that's it, just following routine and go home - with home being the one place he's really thriving in, or even him questioning his place in the force. I very much wish that his main arc for this season is very much revolving around the shooting.

For Kim: I very much want to see her helping Adam through things, especially with her learned experiences. But I also don't want them to forget her own trauma, and that how almost losing the love of her life after finally letting him in would really emotionally wreck her. I think a lot of this will be mitigated by her helping him, but I still hope we see the effects.

Saying all that, I also really want one of her main arcs for this season to be professional strides for her - without her getting injured or MORE trauma dumped on her. Especially with this being Hailey's last season. I want her helping Adam to be an important arc for her as well, obviously, but her individual one I really want to see her being that awesome cop.

For Kevin: Similarly, I'd love to see the same thing in Kevin's arcs. I very much want to see more scenes with him and Torres as i dig them working together. I'd also love to see more of his father, because I think the arc of Kev rebuilding a relationship with him is such an important and interesting one.

I feel like a broken record saying this, but ROMANCE! I want to see a proper romance for him. A mature one, not build on lies or is a position of conflict in his life. Just a very nice relationship that builds up Kev, instead of causing more strife in his life.

I'd also like to see him potentially helping Adam with his trauma, especially if Adam is questioning his position in the force, I'd love to see Kev helping with that side of things.

For Mack: Just more cute family scenes. An adoption by Adam. Her being like ew at her parents kissing. Her being sweet to an injured Adam. Ending the season learning she's going to be a big sister because I'm pregnant!Kim trash.

Thank you for asking!!! This was very fun to answer. I'm half certain I've forgotten like half a dozen things because honestly my wish list is SO SO long and I've had many months of thinking and brain storming what I want.

[bitty-bits]

A Jolly SineTrismas

It surely was another year. Let's look back at some stuff, and forward to other stuff, in the final Bitty Bits edition of 2022.

First of all, happy holidays to all who celebrate. Yeah it is a bit late on the "more famous holiday" side of things, but there are still others going on, and... in general it's probably never wrong to be festive during all of December. (It's also not wrong to NOT be festive! Just pointing that out!)

Many things happened in this late half of the year, controversial things, stupid things, all things. Here I will talk about some that mattered to me, to some extent.

(Also, RIP bozo...naro! Good riddance!)

This issue is dedicated to @rick-666, friend and avid newsletter enthusiast who encouraged me to try to fix the broken ass email form thingy that should actually send these posts as newsletter things but just isn't working! I'll have it fixed next year, I promise!!!!

My Work - Where To Next?

So I've made and tried to make many things through the years, but as someone who pretty much does anything all the time, I'm finding myself often doing... nothing at the end of it.

In 2020 I basically started work on Ketchup Dreams by making its first characters, Bitty and Lake, with more to follow the coming years... but still nothing too substantial. Pondered with which medium to present these characters in. Comics? Animation? In the end I'd just continue adding some things here and there to the overall project, but it still doesn't seem like enough. I really want to build a good universe for these guys to live in.

So at the moment I feel kinda directionless. But hopefully that will change. I guess I won't know what sticks until I actually do stuff.

From Bitty also came the entire aesthetic, motif, symbol, meaning AND name for, I guess you can call my "indie" studio/group/label thing... which my future creative works will be released under, and who knows maybe even friends' creations. The "ᑎᐱ" thing was kind of accidental, but I liked it enough that I wanted it to mean something for me. Not to sound corny and dumb, but to me "ᑎᐱ" is kinda like another representation of the polarity we have in life, much like black and white, but in this case it would be something like... smooth and sharp. Yeah I'm not gonna try to give too much meaning to it, it's just for fun, mostly. Bitty's ears initially were meant to just be bunny + kitty ears (hence the incredibly original name) for an asymmetrical design, but that basically spiraled into everything else.

All that said I'm still doing stuff every now and then, I even have been experimenting with tweaking Lake's design slightly, you can even see a little bit of that in the header art here. More on that some other time...

You can check the current "roadmap" for Studio SineTri projects on the pinned tweet.

Why not "TriSine" instead? Because that just... sounds too normal. "Tri" is an existing and common prefix. Also the order matters.

The Tesla In The Room

I don't think I need to talk much about the whole thing with Elon Musk buying Twitter and everything that came with it. Mostly I'm just tired of it all. Billionaires, other than beings that shouldn't exist, are Boring and not even in a funny kind of way (except for Bill Gates, his mere existence is comedic to me probably thanks to early internet culture) I wish I just didn't have to hear about 'em. But I guess we can't.

Anyways this entire situation practically got me back into being on Tumblr daily, after I had left it in favor of Twitter in like 2015, and now... the opposite is happening, that's just how sick I am of Twitter. Not just the website itself but the people in it and the energy that usually comes out of there these days. Musk was simply a final nail in the coffin. The problem is... he just keeps adding more nails. Here's hoping Elon doesn't ruin the very last thing that made Twitter "fun" to me - TweetDeck, but chances it'll survive are slim.

I'm also on Mastodon btw. Juuust in case.

AI Art Discourse - What's Happening?!

"A Still of Klonoa in The Simpsons"

Speaking of Twitter, probably one of the least pleasing topics to witness over there lately will be this.

No doubt, "AI art" as a concept pretty much exploded into popularity in 2022, while it already existed in concept years before, this was pretty much the one year that, 5 years ago, we'd look at machine learning attempting art and say "now just think about how that'll be 5 years from now", and well, that time IS now. Kinda.

There's legitimate worry about whether or not the computer would be able to replace artists, but... personally I don't think it will ever BECAUSE... there will still always be a demand for humanity and human-created content no matter how good any sort of AI gets, and well, currently AI still struggles with "drawing" many things. But it's fine, earlier this year people were mostly memeing with AI generators, being impressed, confused, having a laugh, or everything all at once.

Until computers making drawings suddenly were no longer seen as cool but rather, bad!!! evil!!! problematic!!! etc. even though the reason for that all stems from... misconceptions and misinformation (sometimes on purpose, just because... I dunno. Internet rewards people who get angry at things.) about how the technology works to begin with. No, AI doesn't simply collage a bunch of pictures together, that just isn't how it works, even if it knows what a Mona Lisa looks like almost perfectly. It's hard to put it into words, but this thread I believe explains it a bit better in simpler terms (hopefully), even if you still don't understand, it's... best to not be too ignorant about it.

Of course, I DO think AI ethics is an important conversation that should happen, but not if it's... not gonna be a conversation in the first place. If it sounds too extreme, reactionary, or sounds just about as crazy as anything you'd hear coming from Alex Jones or like, your pro-life uncle™, then it probably isn't the way to go.

This made even people who think photography isn't art come out of their closets, if they even were in one.

There are good use cases for AI in art. One of them is allowing disabled individuals to also partake and experiment with visual arts. Yes, technically nothing "stopped" them from "really" doing it, but just look at how much that argument almost slips into ableism territory (and there is a surprising amount of that coming from some anti-AI folks.) Hell, I could've used AI to create a background for the art on my header as I'm mostly... a character illustrator, focused on characters, and just don't really enjoy drawing backgrounds much at all.

Anyways I recommend y'all check out AWAY (Are We Art Yet), a collective of artists and creators alike embracing AI but also fighting for more ethical AI usage (discussion about scraping images from the web, consent for works to be used as training data, etc.), without the reactionarism and sometimes ableism. They're a friendly bunch.

What I’ve Been Playing / Watching

Gravity Falls

Well, does it really?

Hey Kids, Have You Heard Of Gravity Falls? The show's 10th anniversary was this year and, having heard mostly only good things about it since then, AND as someone who had recently been sucked deep into the modern Disney TVA pipeline (DuckTales 2017, Amphibia and Owl House are also great and would also recommend), I made it a goal to watch all of it before the year ends.

At first I thought this, like other very successful shows, would have way too many seasons for me to really get into, so I was surprised when I found out that wasn't the case.

It's definitely a great show, even 10 years later. From what I saw very little of it comes across as dated when it comes to references or jokes, the characters being likable and interesting are about enough to hook you into it I think. Also Matt Chapman is in there a lot and as an avid Homestar Runner fan, you can just Tell not only through his voices, but his humor and vibes entirely in some episodes.

If there's one thing I probably can't get enough of is Disney cartoons made by some of the most... Non-Disney people on Earth.

The Dream I Had On December 25th

Usually I share my dreams on Twitter, but decided it might be neat to feature some of the more interesting ones right here. They are an essential part of one of my creations after all. This year though, for a reason or another, I had less eventful or weird dreams in general. But waking up on Christmas day this is what was on my mind:

For more of my dreams you can check out my dream journal with stuff since at least 2014, here.

I had a dream I can split up in three parts - first I was at an old house of mine but I could hear a new trailer for the Mario movie premiering far outside, a classic game song could be heard in it and things pointed to it being a Daisy reveal.

Second part was a Strong Bad thing, where I possibly interact with him directly and actually cause a change to homestarrunner.com "accidentally". He makes some sort of analog horror parody, and an old main page gets a new "feature" permanently. I felt a sense of realization since "I caused this". I really wish I remembered more cuz it was great

Third part is the one I can recall the most, it was what seemed like a weird Gravity Falls AU type thing, which is slightly mixed up with The Owl House - In what appears to be the first episode, Grunkle Stan is nowhere to be found, with probably Eda taking his place as the twins' "Graunt". The episode begins with Mabel just wandering around the forest, when she comes across several typically good luck signs all at once, things like four leaf clovers and such. Eda knowing better knows it's a trap and tries to protect Mabel, but she is convinced that Eda is a witch (which probably Should be a secret at first in this alternate timeline I guess, Eda Is Not What She Seems™) and EVIL!!! and ignores her, acting hostile towards her, even, so Eda locks her up in a shelter. Perfectly normal. In there she finds… a journal. It doesn't appear to be -the- GF journal but rather a mix of that and Philip's journal from Owl House. At first it looked like the journal could talk by itself but someone just happened to be there in disguise, it was Soos, who happens to know a couple things about the journal but probably not much. For some reason I was "watching" it in Portuguese and they'd give him a completely different name, likely starting with a hard C, but I can't remember now. Some weird magic thing happens too which I don't remember how it's triggered or when exactly in the episode progression it even happens but it would make food and candy "infinitely stretchy", where you could essentially have infinite amounts of something just by stretching them, and it caused children to go insane over it. Eventually Soos and Mabel made it out of the shelter, with the latter no longer feeling suspicious about Eda. That's about what I can recall.

Song of the Issue

I will now feature some cool music (probably just vgm) I like here, just because. Sometimes topical, sometimes not.

But today it might be.

A secret easter egg track, on the older 2008 MIDI version of the Charlie (the Duck) II soundtrack (that probably came into existence together with the 2008 Windows version of the game, as opposed to the original DOS version which much like other Wiering Software games only had sound effects, at most.)

It would only play on Christmas day, and was basically a slight arrangement of the proper theme, but with some classic Christmas tunes thrown into it.

The OGG/streamed version you hear on the Steam release cuts the song a bit shorter.

More Stuff

Audicons Fluent/2.0/Name Pending

Inspired by Microsoft's Fluent Design aesthetics and technicalities, this will be an update to my existing icon pack for audio formats, covering even more obscure formats that only 3 people know about! Just like the old pack, this will be fully compatible with probably any version of foobar2000. Very soon!

Ninjin on Archive.org

Yeah!

juke...box. AI. video.

yeah dude.

(no, seriously, it'll come out when it comes out. that's it.)

Miscellaneous Tumblr Side Things

I dunno, I just felt like... having a couple dedicated side blogs for specific interests, as some people do, cuz I have ideas. One of them will be about brazilian animation in general. Nothing fancy or scheduled, just things that will exist.

Conclusion

The more I write the more self-conscious I get that I might just be shit at writing Anything, but I still appreciate if anyone actually likes reading through!

Stay tuned for the traditional yearly dumb highlights collage pic™ on my main Tumblr (@lu9) and Twitter (if it's not completely broken by then...)

Bitty's Message of the Day

My new year's resolution is to Exist more!

[serabellymrph]

xKIT PART 3: EDITABLE REBLOGS (now known as Trim Trail Items)

So, for this example, I'm going to be using a few friends' posts that I've seen go wonky (their text and images will be blurred, it's simply for example purposes) to show you some little errors that don't happen in comparison to the new version of xKit.

Now, I'm someone who is newer to xKit, but I've used both versions.

*There is no preferences section, which is why it's not included.

Part 1 || Part 2

EDITABLE REBLOGS (because that's what us roleplayers really want, let's be honest.)

HOLD ON--PANIC MODE! I CAN'T FIND THE REBLOG EDITOR!

First of all--take a breath. Cutting posts is easier, but it's located in a different spot.

Step 1 is to enable the beta editor on Tumblr.

If this is what your editor looks like, then you are currently still on the legacy editor. You absolutely need to switch to the Beta Editor. If you're not sure how to do that:

Looking in the upper right hand corner of your browser, you will see the toggle for your beta editor. Make sure you don't have a post in there. It will absolutely wipe whatever content you have in there. Save it to something else and you should be able to paste it back in, though you may have to contend with fixing a little formatting.

Most keyboard shortcuts still work in this editor, and for the most part, it appears the same as the legacy editor. You have your title, your blog dropdown, your option to add cuts/readmore, music, links, all of that. Some options, like changing to indented, bulleted lists, numbered lists, or bigger text are found when you select a block of text. This is the same way that it functions on the mobile editor.

FUN FACT: Ever resize your window and have your entire post disappear because it switched editors? This is because the "mobile" version of Tumblr uses the Beta Editor as its DEFAULT EDITOR. When you resize your browser window down, it detects the resolution of your browser, and will automatically switch to a more mobile-friendly (or reduced screen size) view for you. If you're using the beta editor, you can resize all you like, and you won't lose your posts!

Now, let's see what the Editable Reblogs actually look like now.

The posts above are all from DASH VIEW (or blog view, in this specific case -- as I was viewing one of my dud blogs. I was going to rename this blog, but I don't play to play this character, so I'll leave the blog up for people to actually view and see how it works. Panicking because you forgot to cut your draft? Don't-- you can cut right from the dash, too. Look for the little scissors!

This portion is actually from drafts. What it effectively done is just "removes old trail items" -- meaning that it removes everything BUT the last item. See that cute little scissors icon? THAT'S IT. THAT'S YOUR EDITABLE REBLOG. THAT'S HOW YOU CUT. You click that cute little scissors icon, and bam. THAT. IS. IT.

No backspacing.

No fucking up when you delete too much. (been there, done that.)

No fucked up formatting for your friends who use icons looking weird among the indents.

It preserves it. It preserves the new formatting. It does not accidentally post your drafts when you go to save the draft. THEY STAY.

*one small issue I have noticed is that you need to cut BEFORE you post. It was giving me issues before, but it's possible that the issue has been fixed. It did not appear to cause an issue in these drafts but be forewarned about it. Just hit cut before you edit the draft! Remember - draft, cut, write. DRAFT, CUT, WRITE. DCR. DRAFT CUT WRITE.

SO WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE?

Let's remember for a second what the old cut reblogs look like... and what funky things happened to them.

Now, let's look at something in the new post editor. Here's what a post with some images looks like that's saved in my drafts:

Here's what it looks like after we've cut it. Note that the new xKit version does not, in any way, alter the actual FORMATTING of the original post. This is what the legacy editor does; it changes the formatting of the post, which is why you get all kinds of weird issues like images making your first paragraph indented and no matter how many times you mess with it, it just doesn't work. You don't have to remove images from your partners' posts so the formatting works, because there's nothing being changed with the formatting in the first place.

THE FINAL STEP: MY OLD REPLIES ARE STILL IN THE LEGACY EDITOR. WHAT DO I DO????

Sometimes, you may run into the issue where, in attempting to cut, it will tell you that legacy posts cannot be cut/altered from your drafts. There's two workarounds to this.

Workaround #1: REPOST IT! This one is the simplest. Take your last reply, copy it into a new post, and start again from there. The same way you might when moving asks to a new post if someone didn't already make a new post from it.

Workaround #2: Edit from the mobile app. Note that I specified the mobile app; this is the only way I've found that works for me. I went into my original post (meaning the VERY FIRST POST OF THE REBLOG CHAIN -- so the very first post you posted to start that thread), edited it from the mobile app (iphone, ipad, android phone or tablet, whatever fits your fancy) and just changed something small--bold a word, italicize a word, change a punctuation, something that made the post fundamentally different.

This pseudo-forced it into the new post format, and from there, I was able to cut. Posts made in-between that were edited with old xKit won't matter--they'll just stay as they were, and you don't have to touch them. Only the first post of the thread matters in this case.

REGARDING USERS USING OLD XKIT:

Please note, if you're still using the old xKit for editable reblogs, but your partner is using the new one, they will not be able to cut your posts. The old xKit outright changes the reblog structure and puts their old reply as part of your new reply, while removing EVERY old trail item including their old one (and it appears as nothing more than indented text in your response). As a result, there's nothing to actually cut for the new xKit, so your partners won't be able to cut. You need to be aware of this if you've decided not to make the transition. Don't go bitching to your mutuals for not cutting their posts when they are using the new version and you're still on the old one. Either run both if you're still going to use an old, glitchy addon, or switch entirely. Otherwise, deal with it.

[motheffigy]

update bc this blog is fucking cursed. one of my mutuals tried to open the blog up on their phone and it did not work for posts of a "potentially sensitive and explicit nature." For the record, it's completely postless as of posting this on my main blog

this is because my username, as seen above, has the word "kink" in it... by complete accident.

the blog's name has been changed to "riversideinkblot" to get around this but I still think that's pretty fucking ridiculous granted before i even posted publicly about the blog's existence I put a dash after "riverbank" to make clear that this is not called river ban kink blot, but is in fact "riverbank inkblot" and that didn't work.

fucking. ridiculous.

for the record I'm aroace I didn't even consider that "riverbank" and "inkblot" would create the word "kink"

oh and as i type this, the changes did nothing and said mutual still cannot open the blog. this is FUCKING INSANE.

i hope maybe it will unassign my no posts art blog from the horny jail because i would like to start posting sfw (SFW!! TUMBLR!!) art there in the coming weeks!!

oh and it still won't let me change my pfp. i am just going to delete it and remake it. honestly. fuck this shit. i tried to add it to my original update post but the link broke and redirected me to edit this VERY POST???? (which i did oblige :p) but this is absolutely a mess and i have other stuff to do today.

god. hopefully this'll fix it.

trying to change the pfp of my art blog and i physically changed it, put a picture in and everything, and it changed it to a *DIFFERENT* default pfp? somehow???

[shythalia]

[Reposting this one because Tumblr won't let me edit out the pictures in the original post.]

Country humans(?) Japan & UK. I learned recently that Britain isn't an actual country so I fixed my drawing a bit.