#and you can copy the weirdest stuff!

[quantomeno]

There's a bunch of games I really like which honestly have glaring flaws or are just kind of dumb or the mechanics are really repetitive

But they're really fun for me and I have played them to death in some cases. These are the

Games I Love But Wouldn't Necessarily Recommend Playing

Today the spotlight shines on...

Cookie Shop

Why is there a human girl on the cover? She has nothing to do with the game and doesn't even match the artstyle.

And the art is so cute! Look at my favourite character, Fudge:

As you can guess by the cover, it's a DS game. You play as Rose, a pastry chef who has opened a pastry shop (not a cookie shop) in a department store.

There she is. Look at her soulless eyes and adorable ears.

Her goal in life is to become the best pastry chef in the building (the department store has like ten shops that sell sweets and pastries). So she goes about her days practising her skills, cooking, thinking up recipes, decorating her shop, monitoring her sale numbers, shopping, helping out the other shop owners and competing in contests.

So like, all the characters are fun. They don't say all that much on a typical day, but there'll be events where they ask for help and it triggers a mini game and everyone gets pretty well-established personalities. There's your archnemesis, Peachy.

She's kind of mean to you which I like. And she has an assistant (I think she's her niece or cousin?) called Cassis:

Who has a bizarre sort of catchphrase of "get your butt in here". Sometimes I think she hates me more than Peachy does.

I dunno, I find them all really fun. And you can give them presents on their birthday and stuff. So that side it's all good. And the minigames (which also happen when you cook recipes for the first time) are also decently fun.

Now, the problems with the game: first, you only get two things you can do per day. Some things you can do infinitely (buy ingredients, for example) but any sort of event (e.g. special conversations, mini games) or cooking will take up a block of time. You only have two blocks which means you can only cook twice per day.

This wouldn't be a big deal, because the way the game works once you've cooked a dish once you can add it to your menu and you never need to make more: there's no 'stock' of food you need to replenish. No, the problem is that food has quality levels. There are ELEVEN 'taste levels'. Every five times you cook a dish the taste level goes up. That means you need to cook a dish FIFTY TIMES to get it up to perfect and that equals 25 in game days of just cooking. The game has a full 365 day calendar, and it just keeps going on forever even after you manage to become the best store, but ugh... after the first time, cooking is just pressing a button on the screen and then choosing the recipe. It is the most boring thing. And you kind of really do need to get recipes up pretty high for them to be actually good.

I mean it when I say I love this game. But no, I would not say you should play it. It is incredibly cute and is really detailed in the number of recipes and stores and all the different events. If you mix things up and cook once per day or something it might be more bearable, but you do need those higher level recipes to win contests (which are often themed, so you can only enter specific sweets) or get more people buying them.

All they had to do to make this game perfect was rejig the cooking mechanic or make the days longer. Even one more activity slot would have helped.

And yet I still played it. I love this game.

[areyougonnabe]

SO YOU WANT TO VISIT THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ARCHIVES

Step One - Preparing

Use the Archives database to find the exact manuscript items you want to see. It's kind of hard to use so make sure A) you're on desktop and B) you're dragging the little gray sidebar out to the left to see the full list of contents of a given collection.

Then select the documents - each individual document or group of documents you want should begin with "MS" like this - and copy them into a note or document

Now you can out the open dates on the archive booking request page and book yourself a desk for one or multiple days. Copy your document list into the form when they ask what you'll want to look at. Don't worry, if you run out on the day or add more to your list in the meantime, you can request more stuff when you're actually seated at the archives

You do not need to be a university affiliated scholar to book a desk.

SPRI has been visited by amateurs, obsessives, cranks, and enthusiasts since before you were born. Rest assured you are FAR from the least qualified or weirdest person to step foot in the archive room (cough HUNTFORD)

Step Two - The Trip

Get yourself to Cambridge, UK! There is LOTS of stuff to do there besides the SPRI (pronounced "spry", not "spree") so for your first visit I'd recommend booking a whole weekend stay.

I would ALSO recommend going with a polarhead friend!!! You can split accommodation and also have someone to squee with which is very important

Apart from the SPRI museum itself (separate from the archives, quite small but worth an entire morning to just browse and buy stuff at the gift store) I would recommend The Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle's Yard, & The Sedgwick Museum for museums, Fitzbillies for delicious cream tea and fancy brunching, Ark & G. David Bookstore for gifts. (But those are just my personal faves and I'm sure people have tons of other recs if you ask!)

The SPRI archives kick you out at lunch for an hour so I'd recommend taking a lap of the main university area, grabbing a snack and stumbling upon delightful spots on your own during that time.

Step Three - The Archives

The archives are run by Naomi. There used to be two Naomis so we called her "archives Naomi" but now there is just the one. She has gray hair and glasses and pretty much knows everything about everything although is very low-key about it.

Naomi will greet you when you arrive in the tiny archives room, hand you some forms to sign (and pay, if you want to take photographs it's £5), and then give you a printed out list of all the stuff you requested.

You'll indicate which item on the list you want to look at first, and she'll go back into the archives and bring out that item in a folder.

If it's a bound book you can use one of the pillow things and a snake to keep the pages open. If it's a flat document like a letter, you'll use your bare hands very carefully to turn the pages - make sure to keep them in order.

If it's a photograph or physical image, first of all you'll get it from Lucy the picture archive person instead of Naomi, and second of all you'll have to use gloves.

Most documents like letters you can take your own photographs of freely (as long as you've paid your £5). Some documents are restricted, whether because they're Xeroxes of documents held elsewhere or for other reasons — those you can't photograph and can only view & transcribe in person. You also can't photograph images but reproduction for personal use begins at £50 PER IMAGE and I could kvetch about that forever but whatever.

The rule for diaries is that you can photograph 10% of the pages of them. Yeah man I don't know.

When you're done with a particular document you'll put it back in its folder and get Naomi's attention (she's in the same room separated by a glass partition and you just kind of have to wave her down) and she'll go get you the next item. If and when you run out of items you can ask for more, or be done for the day and go hang out in the gorgeous library!

TIPS AND TRICKS

Naomi can be a little intimidating at first but if you are simply polite and normal and interested, she may deliver you Special Treats from her proprietary archivist's catalogue which is not available to the public. This didn't happen to me until my third visit and it felt like unlocking a relationship level in a videogame :')

Have your computer open next to you so that you can quickly transcribe stuff, make notes, and scan the catalogue for anything else you need. I've found I've always ended up ordering more stuff day-of, usually when something I requested turns out to be boring or not useful.

If you are not able to get to SPRI physically, they don't have a lot online which is frustrating - but instead of paying the exorbitant scanning fees, try asking on social media about a particular document. There's a chance one of us heads has been there and looked at it already and has the photographs/transcripts you need!

Publishing: if you want to use quotes from any archive documents in a blog post or published work (like.. other than a tumblr post, something professional lol) you need to send in a form. The form is hard to find so you're best off asking Naomi to email you the blank form before you leave the archive.

and lastly don't forget to say hi to Deb and admire the beautiful facade of the building!!!!!

that's all, HAPPY ARCHIVING!

[corvusphilia]

Hey!! Can I please request headcanons of how Oikawa, Kuroo and Atsumu ask you out? Maybe even first date headcanons thrown in as well. You can write for one or two of them if you don't want all three. Thank you in advance <33

★ ASKING YOU OUT

୨ৎ featuring: oikawa tooru, kuroo tetsuro, atsumu miya

୨ৎ notes: FIRST RQ AND ITS ALREADY MOST OF MY FAVORITE BOYS!! ty anon hope u like it <3

★ TOORU OIKAWA ?!

This guy has no shame — he knows he's hot shit. Honestly, it's a miracle he didn't ask you out sooner. The only reason is that he doesn't want to mess things up with you. Getting broken up with by his last (and first) girlfriend hurt a bit more than he'd care to admit.

Butters you up throughout the day before actually asking, and he's SO obvious about it. "Have I told you that you're amazing, beautiful, drop-dead gorgeous, and—" okay Tooru we get it.

As for what the first date is... I want to say the movies, but I feel like he's the type that wants to actually talk instead of just sitting in silence for an hour or two. So maybe a coffee shop. (He doesn't like coffee at all but enjoys the tranquility of the place so he just asks for a hot cocoa or something).

Throws the weirdest questions at you to get to know you better. They're not weird, per se, but definitely unusual, and he gets a little poetic with it. First one he asked was "If you had to pick a favorite moment in your entire life, what would it be?"

Insists on taking you home after. One, because he wants to make sure you get there safe, two, because he's a total romance sap and will try to kiss you at your doorstep after thanking you and emphasizing that he had such a great time.

★ KUROO TETSURO ?!

Okay look... I know this is supposed to be how they ask you out but Kuroo is such a sneaky fucker I feel like he'd somehow turn things around and make it look like YOU'RE the one asking HIM out.

See my vision: you ask him for help with chemistry because he's a total nerd, and he does that coy "Hmmm dunno, will I help you?" thing even though he definitely will, he just wants you to look a little desperate. When you insist he just kind of sighs and goes "Fine, fine. I'll go on a study date with you. Don't keep me waiting, tiny." and he just LEAVES while you're standing there like ???

The date itself is pretty much what you would expect in a study date — just him explaining the subject and looking incredibly hot doing so for absolutely no reason, but he's a bit more touchy than usual. Sitting next to you and wrapping an arm around your shoulder while he uses his free hand to leaf through the book. Tucking a strand of hair behind your ear while you write stuff down. I'm going to be sick.

Doesn't do anything too forward, meaning he doesn't try to kiss you unless you do first, but he will suggest "We should do this at my place next time," with a shit eating grin on his face.

★ ATSUMU MIYA ?!

He tries his best to be casual about it and bring it up naturally. The last thing he wants is to look desperate (even though he definitely is), so he just keeps dropping hints until he finds a good opening to ask.

Restaurant date! No way Osamu is the only one who loves food. He just kind of mentions offhandedly that a new place just opened nearby and they have the best tempura. You say that you're hungry and he just grins. "Perfect. Let's go, then." He's already walking so you don't have time to think about it too much and change your mind.

For some reason I feel like he's a bit of a clown when he likes someone. You know the type. Will probably have you choking on your food a few times that night. But he's also a damn show off, so he insists on paying (even though he doesn't have money to spare like that).

He's already internally sighing when he realizes he's gonna have to borrow money from Osamu to make up for what he spent on your date, but he immediately forgets about it when he sees the happy look on your face.

© ─ corvusphilia ; do not steal, copy, edit, translate or reupload

thanks for reading!

[prettypei]

plot: satosugu bf headcanons (seperately); fluff!

reader: gn! Reader

parings: highschool! geto, gojo

warnings:none?? I don’t think so

(a/n): SUGURU ON THE MIND!!!! esp after that new ep gawd damn

✰GOJO

HES SUCH A LOSER BF

like you knew it from the way he asked you out

he planned to ask you out by making a cake that said "date me?" on it

he thought it was romantic

but gojo srsly cant cook

he even though he really likes sweets he cant even fry an egg so the cake turned out something like... imagine the worst cake possible with frosting everywhere and the message on top of the cake is unreadable and the cake is a weird brown color? yeah its like that

you agreed to go out with him anws

if you ever get in a fight hes definitely pullin up to fight with you, no matter how wrong you are

"cats are dogs" "yea they're basically animals so they're the same!"

will ask to copy homework EVERY. SINGLE TIME.

he claims that he trusts you like you grades vould be going downhill and he would still borrow urs

is the type of person to accidentally copy the name too

such a virgin everyone says he's a major f-boy but in reality he has never felt another person touch him romantically

he gives you goofy grins whenever he does sth stupid (and when he does it's mostly bc he wants to see you laugh)

calls you the most ridiculous pet names "sugar bby pookie bear"

also likes referring to you as candies like he called you liquorice one time???

has a habit of applying lip gloss... like A LOT.

"can I kiss u babe" "yeah lemme put on lip gloss rq" *proceedes to spend 10 whole minutes smacking his lips and applying lip gloss*

really big on pda hes suuupperrrr into it, but he'll tone it down if you're uncomfortable

if ur into it tho? he kisses you every two secs

TAKES THE WORST DATING ADVICE EVER FROM THE TRIO

"guys where shld I bring (name) on a date?" "Bring her to a sewer, that way they'll be scared and hug you."-geto "idk a therapist?"-shoko (in the end you were just grossed out, but he somehow makes it sweet and wholesome at the same time?)

✰GETO

he texts you a lot of memes (I'm sure this is widely agreed throughout the fandom lol)

doesn't hug you a lot in public but he does wrap his arm around your shoulder

he wouldn't be reallyyyy affectionate but if you are he'll accept your hugs with a little smile

he likes my melody more than kuromi

his love language is quality time, sometimes you'll spend dates just lounging out on the couch and doing nothing. However, he thinks it's much nicer than just being by himself

really great memory, he notices those small details about you that no one else does, or even the ones you're unaware of like when you always fold a napkin when you're at a restaurant yk hes cute like that

asks the weirdest questions ever: "do you think I'm a squirrel or a chipmunk?" respond with "I think you're an idiot" QUICK!!!

he gets super moody when his hair ties are missing, he has a whole bag of them at his dorm

allows you to give him silly hairstyles when he's sleepin <3

loves truth or dare and 20 questions

has a weird obsession with puzzles and he likes it if he’s piecing one together with you

he also gets competitive without knowing. Like even with you if you guys are at an arcade and you win him at basketball hoops he’s bitter

”let’s do it again I was not ready” “you said that 5 times and I still won” “NO”

he believes in astrology stuff

is more emotionally attracted to people than physically

he may come off as cold but he just doesn’t express as much as gojo

he sometimes paints (mostly watercolor) and a lot of them are of you or are inspired by you <333

MY POOKIE!!! Free my man he did nothing wrong!!!!

[the-blossica-fan]

your actor au is a joy to read through whenever you post in the tag. may i ask which characters would surprisingly be related to each other? (ie cousins, siblings, married, hell even in-laws, etc.)

I accidentally lost all three hours of progress I had for this and had to rewrite it.

Also, I'm so happy you're enjoying the AU!

These are all I can remember at the moment and from current global patches.

It's really long though 😓

Isolde, Theophil and Trista are some of the weirdest siblings in the set. They're all so quiet (except for Theophil) but they're actual sweethearts (except Trista).

They mess around with each other, usual siblings banter and annoying each other by taking things without permission. It's always nice to see them bantering around in the set, especially when they act like annoying siblings to each other.

Isolde: Theopiiiilll, you're painting it wrong!

Theophil: Those are just guide lines, Isolde. I can paint out of them because they're not going to be seen after.

Isolde: ...It looks messy

Theophil: Isolde!

Trista taking a sip of her apple juice: So this must be art...

They're all so close to each other so they're not toxic or malevolent to one another. Mess with one and you get the Dittarsdorf on your door.

Trista is actually the most evil of the three because she's the youngest. She has threatened to tell Klara about Isolde's crush on her if Isolde doesn't give her what she wants.

Isolde and Trista were cast for their respective characters. Isolde's experience as a performer and Opera Singer guaranteed her the role, while Trista was left to play herself and young Isolde. Theophil wasn't supposed to be a character until they realized they needed someone to appear in later scenes, he was actually hired to paint and help with the scenery.

Greta and Adler Hoffman are not close siblings, but you know that they're sister and brother by a glance. They both lived their own lives separately, nearly 40 years old so they're not so close to one another, but you can tell they still care for each other. When young they took acting classes, who would have thought it would get them here.

Though this is the only time they have worked together. Greta has always been into field work and connections while Adler has never been that into interactions so he works inside his house.

Schneider and Miriam are actually funny siblings. Schneider was cast for chapter 1 and 2, and since their mother is sick, Miriam had to drive her to the audition (Schneider doesn't have a license).

Turns out looking like you sleep 3 hours a day and having such an anxious personality got her a role. Quite funny actually. Miriam took acting classes but then dropped, too anxious. Schneider persisted through the years.

Miriam is actually glad to act with her sister, she's the introverted one while Schneider is the extroverted one.

Though, Schneider likes to mess around with Miriam a lot, she's slightly evil but truly cares about her anxiety driven sister.

They have another older sister but she's into medicine, they don't have that many sisters, they found it funny when they were told they had 11 sisters in the story. Thankfully only the two of them were ever mentioned.

Horropedia and Twins Sleep, can you see my vision?

They mess around a lot with Horropedia, sometimes they spook him by acting creepy, other times they take his stuff. They're in that age where they follow him around and copy him, he's so annoyed.

Horropedia: I'm currently busy with homework, could you get out of my room?

Louis and Louisa: *giggling* nuh-uh!

Horropedia: I'm going to call mom.

He truly cares for them but oh Lord they truly have to leave him alone, he's so tired of dealing with their mischief.

They were cast separately, weeks apart thankfully. He wouldn't have been able to take it if they were cast the same day.

Bessmert and Vertin, mother and daughter. I'm not sure if this is canon or is about to become canon, I just see them together.

Vertin has always been into acting, and Bessmert is a writer, they compliment each other a lot. Bessmert was hired to help with the script and since she has a daughter studying acting, they wanted to see what she could do.

Amazing actress, they knew she had to be their main character.

Bessmert's acting experience is quite nothing so she had to learn in order to participate in 1.6, she did amazing, her acting style is similar to her daughter.

No one should tell Vertin about Yenisei's fleeting crush on her mother.

Regulus: So you have a mother!

Vertin: ...

Bessmert: ?

Mr. Karson is Sotheby's father. In the story, he plays as her butler, but in real life, he's her father. Sotheby has no siblings, she's a little spoiled as well but she was taught well by Karson.

Filming the scene where Karson died was actually pretty sad for Sotheby. It made her realize she would one day lose him and she was afraid, they had to give her some free time in between scenes so she could recover.

It's never easy for a child to realize they would one day lose their parents, but Sotheby took it pretty well. She manages to recover and Karson stays by her side the whole time.

They have such a good relationship. Though Mr. Karson doesn't approve of Regulus' influence.

Tooth Fairy and Z are MARRIED. It's a long story, it deserves its own ask but I'll try to make it short.

Tooth Fairy and Z have known each other since highschool, not a great relationship there, but it started to flourish around College. They've been married for a year and a half now.

Though they were never meant to be acting, Constantine offered them a role. Turns out they're natural in the acting department, though they would never act outside of Reverse 1999. Tooth Fairy (yes she adores that nickname now) is a graduate in medicine while Madam Z (She prefers to be called Z even before R1999) is a graduate in accounting and economics.

Pavia and Mondlicht are cousins! They haven't seen each other in a while though, Pavia was raised in Italy while Mondlicht was born in Germany years after. They see each other on birthdays or something of the sort.

Imagine their surprise when they saw each other in the same set for the same movie with similar characters.

Was it planned? Probably.

Blonney and Jessica have known each other since highschool and have been dating for 3 years. Jessica is two years older than Blonney (22) but she was held two years, it was thanks to Blonney that she graduated.

They're currently in College, though taking different careers. One is taking Filmmaking (Blonney) and the other is taking acting (Jessica)

Blonney plans to become a filmmaker with a side career in acting while Jessica plans to only be an actress. It works though, they can play as each other's couple in all movies they're in.

Kakania (Goes by her name, Klara) doesn't have siblings, she's actually an only child. Her parents are family all took medicine, accounting, economics and such, she's the only one who chose to be an actress.

The people who play as her family were cast to play that part, though she gets along with them really well since she still has to spend some time to get used to each other and act like family.

She took acting as a side study while taking medicine, she had to drop medicine eventually since she couldn't find enjoyment in it.

[littlequeenies]

Hello!

What kind of outfits/clothing pieces were a staple in Demri Parrott's everyday wear?

Thanks so much!

Barbara Dearaujo: “Demri was a fashion nut. She loved everything vintage. Victorian style dresses, 70’s stuff, overalls and combat boots. She wore things no one else could even try to pull off without looking like a weirdo but she always seemed to make the weirdest things look cute and cool. I’m pretty sure Demri was one of the girls who started the so-called ‘Seattle Grunge Look’, for girls at least. Demri was not a rocker chick, she totally had her very own style going on that we all secretly wanted to emulate.

In the early 90’s she dressed in all kinds of crazy yet cute clothes, anything retro or vintage. She loved long dresses, skirts, tutus, overalls and Doc Martins, hand-made clothes, she never really wore jeans and t-shirts, it was always something you’d never think of wearing but looked great on her and made you wish you would thought of this type of thing but even if you had it probably wouldn’t of looked as cool on you. She had that tiny little body that looks great in clothes.

She always wore her hair really long like to her butt or longer and she had thick wavy auburn hair. It was usually knotted and dred locked here and there but knotted or not it always looked cool. She wore black nail polish and when she wore make up she used maybe some black mascara and red lips but she didn’t usually wear a lot of make up, maybe except for lipstick when she went out. She was also the first girl I met who used her lipstick to add blush to her cheeks.” [5]

[Spring 1990 - by Krista Kay]

Ryan Kalsbeck: “Layne and Dem had that full on vintage clothing styles mixed with a hippie, new grunge rock twist. Homemade glass beaded long necklaces and bracelets, funky hats, hair sticks. Dem had pink lace and satin knickers that were real and from the 1900s.”

[1992 - By Alison Dyer]

Sherri: “She would always wear the rolled up overalls with black tights. She was so cute and original. Biggest smile, she always lit up the room. Heart of gold!”

[1991 - By Ed Chalfa]

Jacque: “As to her clothing style, it was kind of hippy chick but distinctively Demri.”

[1988 - By Krista Kay]

Kathleen Austin: “Someone once told me she would show up at a club in an outfit and the next night there would be several girls copying it.

She could pull articles of clothing that no one would think to combine and she would look adorable. She once designed a skirt from boxer shorts. I saw it on paper. As far as I know, it never came to fruition.” [6]

[Ca. 1990s - ByJack Plasky]

Shawna Murphy: “I had one of her necklaces ‘Forever’. It was like black cut glass stones, three strands with a gold clasp. She wore a lot of old-timey costume jewelry.” [6]

[Ca. 1990s - By Jack Plasky]

Tracy Johnson: “She did not want to be known as the girlfriend of a rock star and did whatever the hell she pleased but was friendly and personable to everyone she met. She wanted to be a model that’s why there are so many pictures of her posing. One thing that was funny. We were in Canada (canvouver, as we called it) and Dem couldn’t find Layne and was drunk and pissed off. But she has to pee, so we stopped and she walked in this alley, many people were around, and she just squatted and peed, then pulled up her long johns with her tutu tucked in the back of it and started to walk away. She was gonna find him come hell or high water, even with the whole backside of her tutu tucked into her long johns and wearing converse, of course.

A lot of things she wore didn’t go together, like long johns with big baggy overall shorts and a frilly blouse with cowboy boots. It doesn’t make a lot of sense but you would have to know Demri to understand.” [6]

[Summer 1988 - By Randy Hauser]

Hope that helps :)

Everyone please check the book we put together with our beloved friend Ana, you can download it and read it from *here*. There's all the memories sorted by subject like style,hobbies, voice, dreams...

[sweaterrat]

Hello! It might seem like the WEIRDEST question ever and I’m sorry if it sounds bad but

Is it okay for a beginner artist to copy another artist’s art in their sketchbook / tablet ? (not posting ofc!)

I feel like it helps me more to understand body proportions, shading and just different artstyles in general but I feel like I’m stealing peoples artworks / artstyles :((

Sorry if I’m asking you that, I just really love your artstyle and I wanted to try to replicate it, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed and I asked other people but nobody was answering me, so I prefer to ask

Sorry for taking your time, and thank you if you give me answer <3

Howdy hey!!! Yeah you can do that as long as you obviously don’t claim it as your own lol. I said this before in a different ask but replication is a good way to learn and improve :3 and most of everyone tries to imitate a style they like! So yeah go for it! ^^

Just try not to straight up trace, use the art as a reference and define the basic shapes and stuff (if that makes any sense) 🧚‍♀️

[bogoakandsilver]

This is where I might get backlash.

This is my art!

As in I digitally painted it and edited it on Canva.

I don't do it anymore because my space to draw whether it be digitally or traditionally is extremely small and overwhelming to try and set up the equipment again.

So I use Canva with its readily available graphics, fonts and photos to be creative in another way. I agreed with my sister the other day that AI art is stealing from artists and I refuse to use AI art in my designs.

Here in lies the dilemma though...I miss my art. I used to draw and digitally paint the weirdest yet coolest things and now that I'm working on being a POD seller, I want to sell merch with MY designs on them. Not just copy and pasted art found in Canva. (The fonts are killer though)

So I have around 10 Canva designs to set up on my store but I think after that I'm going to try and find a way to draw again.

I wanted to be honest with people about the new items in my store.

But I want my designs to be 80-100% mine not just 50%.

I'm going to work on being a better artist one day. I hope you guys support me in that and help buy some logo merch to help me afford a new art program and tools.

It is amazing how stunning someone's art can be if you invest in the mid stuff first.

A lot of us are waiting to pay bills or save up to buy more materials or programs with the money you send us when you buy something.

If you're against my Canva designs but still want to support me, I make jewelry! All Handmade by me 🩵

Check it out and let me know your thoughts 🫶

https://bogoakandsilver.etsy.com

[eternal-apidae]

why did Stephanie M did that weird age thing at the end of the Host?

Excellent question anon!! Let’s get into it!

So for context, The Host (2008) is a book based on an invasive species of aliens that need host bodies to operate on alien planets. The 2 main characters of the book are one of the invading aliens, a “soul” and her human host body that is still alive and well even when the alien is operating her body. The grand finale of the book has the alien give back the human body so her host can go back to living her life. BUT! the humans involved in the story have grown attached to this specific alien and find her a new body. Not a big deal except SM wrote it the weirdest way possible. The running theory in the book is that the longer a human was human before an alien took over the more likely they are to remember their own lives. so while our favorite humans from the story go looking for a new body they choose one that is noticeably young so that the alien doesn’t have to worry about the human host being alive inside the body. BUT! the alien has paired up with one of the adult males in the story and so when she wakes up in the new body she lies about its age so that her partner won’t object to hanky panky and make her wait until her body is old enough.

There’s a lot there. It is Stephanie Meyers writing so it’s filled with her usual sexism and weirdness that makes a lot of people question her sanity. I am a white person so i don’t know how to go about commenting on her racism. i will say she didn’t dig herself into the same hole she did with Twilight (2005) but the invading alien 100% have a savior complex about taking over planets, they said something of the lines of “We come to experience and make it better.” or something to that effect that i wish i had my copy of the book in front of me to check. But they fit the definition of colonizers so take that as you will.

Stephanie has a history of using similar tropes and just weird things that she insists on including in her writing. What anon has come to me about is the weird age thing and let’s dive into that. There already has been a lot of commentary about the age gap with Bella and Edward from Twilight but i bring it up because it’s a trope SM writes often. The only book i can think of that doesn’t have a weird age gap is her spy/espionage book The Chemist (2016) but i haven’t read a couple titles that popped up in my deep dive for this ask.

The biggest clues about why the hell SM writes some of this stuff is that she is mormon and her religious views definitely get added in writing in different ways. Mormons believe that a “delayed marriage” is a sign of delayed maturity so that’s the biggest thing i can think of when it comes to why SM writes this ideology into her books.

Returning to The Hosts age gap and Twilights age gap the circumstances are shockingly similar, one of the pair has been alive for multiple life times before they meet the other and they are suddenly complete. They felt so isolated and distant from their own kinds until they found their true mate. It’s crazy to me! The only difference the pairs is that in Twilight, Edward is an eternally mature 17 y/o and in The Host, Wanda is an eternally immature thousand of years old, in the book she estimates that she was born around earths big bang? or that her mother? was but she constantly moves from planet to planet and has to start the maturing process all over again with each species. She even states towards the end of the book that she was “barely a year old” because her time on earth had been that short and then!! she’s put into an even younger body!! The aliens defense within herself is that she doesn’t want to wait like her previous human host had because her human host was 17 (i think) when she found her mate and he made her wait for her 18th birthday before her would have sex with her. So she lies and says the new human host’s body’s birthday is in a week! which is just so silly to me! it brings in the question of if the aliens celebrate their host’s birthdays? which i genuinely don’t see that they would??

I do know that SM stated that The Host was based off a story she started telling herself while driving through arizona? one of the more desert states and so she probably started writing it and had to come up with some kind of happy ending? similar to twilight which was based off a dream and she wrote the meadow scene first and had to build a backstory around that and then find some way to give all of those characters a happy ending which is how we ended up with genuinely the most disturbing age gap in any of her writing to date.

Long answer short! i’m not sure! but i mostly blame mormonism and poor plotting!

Thank you anon for sending in this ask so i could talk about my favorite book ever and the absolute disaster that it is!

[wholelottatransbians]

Remember that ask where AFO can't steal the 'Quirk' from the 'Zombie Mafia Man'?

How do you think Monoma would react during the Sports Festival when he tries to copy Izuku/Ochako/Momo's Quirk, bbut can't get the flame part?

P.S. If there's someone that I'd recommend to join, it would be Koda. It'll be amazing if his Quirk allows him to talk with the Box Animals as well.

P.S.S. I'm sure that Vindice is the police of the Villain world, so they'd have something to say about Eri to Overhaul.

P.S.S.S (wow, I'm getting a lot of ideas while typing) What if Hitman Reborn is 'canon' in this world, but was before the Dawn of Quirks? Box weapons and stuff are already invented, but Quirks caused them to be deemed obsolete. Plus All Might and other Heroes might've disbanded the Mafia in general.

Yaoyorozu still has Creation, so that would probably be the weirdest one for him, seemingly being unable to Copy an aspect of a Quirk and all. Midoriya and Uraraka could probably be filed under "Weird Quirks I Can't Copy".

Good news: with Uraraka being both the Vongola and Shimon boss, she has 12 Guardian spots to fill (6 Sky, 6 Earth). Plus, Kouda doesn't get enough love. Not sure if I'd make him a Guardian, but he at least should get to hang out at their lunch table.

That also raises the question as to how intelligent/aware Box Animals are. They seem to behave like regular animals, but can handle complex instructions no problem. Much to ponder.

Technically, as Yakuza are more or less like the Mafia, this could still be within their usual territory. So, yeah. He's fucked.

That's more or less the direction I was going for. The Dawn of Quirks left the Families pretty scattered, and the Japanese branches having to handle All for One did not help. All that was left was a few stragglers, and their techniques and equipment were lost to time. Some things stuck around in quieter corners, but these were dark times for the Vongola Family.

[seraproto]

Happy Late Birthday To The Sega 32x

This is a copy of the script, the full video is out. So make sure to check it out to see extra stuff like commercials from the time, gameplay, more context specific jokes and stuff. You can watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtf9nP65noc

Howdy Earthlings, the fourth of December was the Japanese release date of one of gaming’s weirdest oddities, it’s real birthdate was the 21st of November as this addon came out in the US first. But the Sega 32x was an addon designed for the Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive for European audiences). This add on was designed to help the 16 bit genesis bridge the gap between it and 32 bit before their release of the Sega Saturn their dedicated 32 bit system. Shrimply, they knew the Saturn was coming soon and wanted Americans to experience 32 bit early to hold them over until they could get the Saturn. This is a really baffling decision because literally the day after the 32x was release they released the Saturn in japan. So why would someone buy it if they knew the Saturn wouldn’t be far off? It’s like Sega was asking consumers to buy hardware they’d throw out in a year. But it wasn’t even a year, just 6 months later the Saturn would be out. Not to mention they even tried to release the 32x in Japan and Europe after the Saturn’s release.

The Sega Saturn was an amazing system that had it's life cut short because of the 32x release. People didn't view the Saturn as an upgrade.

The reason Sega did this was likely in their long standing war with Nintendo. They were always trying to out do Nintendo by getting technology to the market first. Sega was always faster than Nintendo to ring in the next generation then wave it around in their face. Then Nintendo would come in a year or two later and do it better than Sega with better game releases. Sega had the hardware but Nintendo had the fans. The Genesis beat the Snes to 16 bit and got to brag about their system that had double the bits and more power than the NES. Their game gear was also full color and 8 bit which was better than Nintendo’s Gameboy. Besides, the game gear was terrible and rushed. The Genesis was great, but the Snes was around the corner and Nintendo had the games.

This is the Sega Genesis the system that the 32x slotted into. It was a 16 bit console just like the SNES and beat it to market by 2 years. Cheaper too.

There was one other good reason they release the 32x despite the Saturn being on the horizon. See, the 32x was going to use the same chip as the Saturn meaning developers could play with and practice development on similar hardware before they got the Saturn. Not a bad idea if the system was developed a year prior and had the time it needed to cook.

Now it was Sega’s time to get on to 32 bit before Nintendo could and rather than wait for the Saturn they rushed out the 32x. I’m going to avoid giving you the full history of everything Sega. But they released an add on before this called the Sega Cd and it could play FMV, you’ve probably heard of Night Trap, this was the Night Trap machine. Well each of these add ons had their own power source and brick and it was a bit of problem having all of these hooked up.

The Sega Cd was an attempt by Sega to squeeze some more power out of the Genesis. It played disc based games and CDs and could play video. Most of the games featured real actors more than it did graphically impressive cutscenes.

But what could it do? Well the 32x could play all of your original genesis games and it’s massive 40 game library of 32 bit games. I’ve said bit a thousand times, honestly it’s impossible to avoid when talking about Sega they emblazoned bits on all their hardware and it was their main marketing strategy for their systems.

Talking about Sega home consoles without talking about bits would be like talking about peanut butter and jelly without mentioning bread. Sega wanted you to know they had more bits and they didn’t care if you knew what a bit was. All you needed to know was more was better and that having more meant better games. It doesn’t even matter if their games were good or not, just that they had more bits. So what the hell is a bit? Well back in the day when games couldn’t display every color under the sun consoles would brag about how many colors they could display in the form of bits. More bits meant more colors. But it also meant what kind of processing they had. A 32 bit processor meant more power in every way. So as an example, 8 bit to 16 bit doesn’t sound like much of a leap but compare two games and it’s a pretty massive difference. That genesis was out before the SNEs and looked this good was huge. Now here is 16 bit versus 32 bit. It’s not a massive upgrade visually but you can see things like shading more clearly. But the 32x could also do 3d and had better sound.

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But Sega didn’t seem to get that advanced technology adopted too early can be worse than the previous generation of tech and clearly people weren’t impressed as this add on nearly killed Sega, in reality is was a bunch of back to back failures. The game gear was bad, the 32x was bad, the Saturn underperformed and the Dreamcast didn’t get any new titles for it’s first year. That many failures back to back can really destroy consumer trust. If bits mattered more, well Atari Jaguar had them both beat and is anyone talking about the jaguar?

Atari Jaguar claimed to be 64 bit but in reality it had two 32 bit processors. Tech nerds will also say that it was technically 64 bit because it had a 64 bit datapath.

This failure left us with just 40 titles for the 32x and like the game gear before it, it was mostly ports of previous systems. Being the tech of the future doesn’t matter if all it does it play last gen’s games. But this was not only a bad idea for the current gen but it also discouraged people from buying the next gen. “I already invested almost 600 dollars on my genesis with the Sega CD and 32x, why would I upgrade to the Saturn?” As well as the inverse of “Why get a 32x plus the other 400 bucks of equipment when I can wait for the Saturn. Just a year later and the N64 came out. It was 64 bits, 3d, and half the price of the Saturn and a third of the 32x plus genesis and CD.

So what amazing games did the 32x get before it was dropped a year later? Don’t worry, I won’t be talking about all forty. Just the exclusives.

The Amazing Spider Man: Web Of Fire is the last game released for the system. Unfortunately for Web of Fire it released after Sega had already announced that they’ll no longer be supporting the 32x. Those who did play it said it was an ugly flat game that looked worse than 16 bit. Gameplayers also said that it was the millionth thing wrong with the game industry. Despite that, it sells for 650 dollar used proving that rare games don’t mean good games.

Cosmic Carnage, some of the best fighters on the system were ports from other consoles or where later ported elsewhere. Cosmic Carnage is a 32x exclusive that lived and died on the system. Despite the 32x having a broadened color palette Cosmic carnage opted for the darkest, drabbest, and ugliest color palette. Although the spritework itself is good. The story is about a space prison ship that recently had a mutiny where their captors were killed and the life support dwindling. They hail a military ship and then ram into it. Only 4 passengers from the military ship and the prison survived and they have to fight each other to be the one who uses the single remaining escape pod.

There’s a sexy snake lady and a knock off xenomorph so that’s cool. The coolest feature of this game is the equipment though, each military character has 6 pieces of equipment to choose from, a light and heavy form of arm, chest, and leg armor. Heavy allows for heavier hits, and light means being faster but as damage is taken they break off Senran Kagura style changing their performance and even their combos. Stylistically it’s very strange many moves cause attacks to zoom towards the camera and makes me feel like I forgot my 3d glasses. Overall, it’s not the worst thing I’ve played but I won’t be recommending it to anyone.

Darxide, you’ll never see a physical copy of this one as long as you live. This is the most expensive 32x game out there costing more than 1,200 dollars loose. You could buy a new gaming pc for that much. This is also a european exclusive release. It’s a space flight and combat sim that looks ugly, dirty, and crunchier than that sock you keep hidden. But at least it’s 3d, I guess? It runs slow as well being very similar to a powerpoint presentation, so despite being on more advance hardware than starfox 1 and two it looks worse and plays worse. This one is so rare in part because of it’s exclusivity but like web of fire it came in late.

Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples, wow 36 great holes? I wonder if mine is in there? Golf too, so I’m excited to be stroking it near 36 of the greatest holes, even if it means Fred Couples has to watch. Graphically this one isn’t too bad, the intro has fmv on a cartridge which is kind of nuts and the golfer looks pretty realistic for being made of pixels. The magazine on the menu also looks great the photo being nearly perfect. You can even make a sort of custom golfer using a selection of characters, pants, shirts, and clubs. It tracks your stats and it over all looks like a pretty decent golf game. Lots of modes, and lots of courses. It’s a surprisingly feature rich game. But just by being on the Sega Tumor you’d have an easier time playing literally any other golf game.

Knuckles Chaotix, wouldn’t be a sega system without a sonic game. Sorry folks, this Sega system does not have a Sonic game. Not even a genesis port. All you get is Knuckles. At least Sega thought this one was good enough to get ported to future systems. It’s also a direct sequel to Sonic and Knuckles 3 and features an expanded cast of Knuckles, Vector the Crocodile, Espio the chameleon, Charmy bee, and mighty the armadillo and all with unique ways to get through the map. Knuckles glides and climbs wall, Espio can cling to ceilings and walls, vector can boost and climb walls, Charmy can fly and hover, and mighty can wall jump. Other than that the game plays similarly to sonic. Other than you’re connected to a second character by a leash, rather than entirely slowing you down this leash works like a rubber band allowing you to do some tricks to take advantage of the momentum. But you can still get them stuck on the environment making progress impossible unless you pay the game ten rings to teleport your partner too you. If you want to play something like this without the tether I’d suggest Sonic Heroes. Other than that this is probably the prettiest classic sonic game, bright, beautiful sprite work and super colorful with lots of detail.

Kolibri, do not be fooled by this box art. Whatever it is you were expecting IS NOT IT! You might think, aw cute this looks like a relaxing game about a hummingbird. It’s actually a shmup, your hummingbird FIRES LASERS. The story is kind of bonkers not that you’d ever know it from playing the game because the story is detailed in the manual and not told to you. Deep inside earth there is an ancient magical crystal that empowers the earth with it’s life force. Allowing the earth to give life. The crystal isnt from earth though but crash landed here from the explosion of a nearby planet that was once blooming with life too. Once lodged in the earth’s core the earth began to create life, for millions and millions of years. But for every good energy there must be a bad and evil one.

The crystal’s twin corrupted by the radiation from it’s planet’s explosion, it wandered space continuing to build its dark energies until it was time to crash into earth. Out poured the dark energy corrupting the earth but by this time the wonderful life giving stone was losing it’s power. Until one day a humming bird named kolibri encountered it, with it’s last breath it gave Kolibri their newfound powers, to shoot sick ass lasers! As kolibri you need to cleanse the earth of it’s newfound corrupter by shooting bird lasers. As a bonus the manual also gives us instructions on how to make a hummingbird feeder and tells us all about humming birds. Like did you know hummingbirds need to ear every 15 minutes to stay healthy? Honestly, this game sounds nuts and I don’t want to spoil myself on it.

Metalhead is a game where you play mechs called Metal heads. The game is full 3d, features voiceacting, and plays metal music. So it’s a game called metal head where you play metal heads, which are metal mechs, and the game plays metal music that will please humanoid metalheads. The game also features some very funny character stills that look like really blurry photos as bad pngtubers. The faces are kind of terrifying honestly, this could be marketed as a horror game from how uncanny it is. Graphically it’s very much like darxide, it’s good for the hardware but ugly, muddy, and drab. It’s apparently not a terrible game so maybe the weirdness isn’t a waste.

Motocross Championship is a motocross racing game that’s 2d characters on a 3d stage. It’s genuinely pretty awful to look at, ugly brown environment, ugly graphics, it doesn’t look like much of an improvement over 16 bit racers. It also has the lap, time, speed, and position taking up the entire bottom third of the screen for the entirety of the race. This reduced screen space means turns are constantly sneaking up on you.

RBI Baseball ‘95, I really don’t like sports games so in terms of how it plays I’m the wrong person to ask. But graphically speaking, the game looks absolutely nuts. The sprites are outstanding. But team selection sucks as it’s most raw text menus looking more like a spread sheet. The game has no music, but does have some light voice acting and crowd cheering. Honestly it just looks boring.

Shadow Squadron, is a space flight sim that looks surprisingly similar to starfox. It even runs at a decent frame rate unlike starfox. The graphics aren’t anything impressive, it’s like a darker starfox. It’s just missing interesting characters and story. It’s also pretty short, it’s possible to play this in one sitting.

Tempo, is an action character platformer that is just the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. The game is bright, colorful, and the sprite work is perfect. It even has a banging sound track. The game is just so visually impressive looking like a lost gba game brought to modern hardware. IT also makes good and frequent use of 3d with weird and trippy backgrounds and claymation looking bossfights. I 100% vibe with this aesthetic too, I really don’t like platformers but I’m really wanting to play this one on stream some time. Tempo is an interesting platformer too having a combination of features from other platformers making it a unique experience.

Tempo is a grasshopper and can hover jump, double tap to dash, kick, the kick can be used to wall jump, jump on enemy heads, and a snap attack that stuns enemies. Best of all in my opinion is you get a health bar instead of a one hit death game like many of the platformers before it. If it turns out you like this one there is 2 other tempo games but they were both released for other systems that didn’t do well like Tempo JR for game gear, and Tempo 2 for Saturn. Maybe if we beg hard enough we can get Sega to bring this one back in a collection and see if we can’t revive him.

Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000 is the 12th and final exclusive on the 32x. ZM is a very odd shmup. It’s normal in the sense that you play a spaceship shooting up all the things that come towards you but where it get’s weird is it’s perspective. Rather than opting for horizontal or vertical scrolling they chose the secret third option, diagonal scrolling. It has neatly designed backgrounds, simple starfox like 3d graphics, and a weird angle that result in a very cramped feeling game. But what is unique about this game is the hijacking system. Your ship can jump onto enemies and hold them hostage while stealing their abilities. They managed to combine kirby and shmups and it’s a very wild thing to see let along play. This jump can of course also be used to avoid enemy attacks. The weird perspective might make for a difficult game for those used to conventional shmups, but it’s not horrible.

That’s it for all of the exclusives on the 32x, everything else was a port. The system had few exclusives and in most cases, anything that was exclusive on it died on it. Is there anything that is a must play? Not really. Tempo looks cool but also hurts my eyes, Zaxxon has a neat gimmick, and Kolibri looks very cute. I’ll probably check those out in more detail, if there is any of these games that you want to know more about let me know and maybe I can make a dedicated video to it. Also consider following, I have an article in the works similar to this on the game gear, featuring my actual game gear.

[ludrii-shenanigins]

lud i cant copy it on mobile but answer all asks from that ask game pls

ALL QUESTIONS??? YOU MONSTER XDDDDDDD

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans? tea cups, though wine glasses are fun too if you put other stuff than wine in it

2. chocolate bars or lollipops? chocolate 100%

3. bubblegum or cotton candy? neither xD

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? aither as the perfect student, or as the lazy problematic child, depending on whether or not my neurodivergency inconvenienced them

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups? I don't drink soda lol

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear? hmmm, pastel, tomboy, goth

7. earbuds or headphones? headphones 100%

8. movies or tv shows? Both. Both is good

9. favorite smell in the summer? sea

10. game you were best at in p.e.? uhh, none lmao, I was the worst in everything xD

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? Pie of some sort (my mom makes them), or a yogurt

12. name of your favorite playlist? "songs" xDD

13. lanyard or key ring? key ring, lanyards are annoying

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? licorice <3

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? hmm, Spalovač mrtvol (a Czech book)

16. most comfortable position to sit in? changes constantly lol

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? crocs at home, sneakers outside if it's warm or boots if it's cold

18. ideal weather? 18-22°C, sunny, with a gentle breeze

19. sleeping position? on the side, hands crossed on my chest like I'm buried in a tomb

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)? on my laptop

21. obsession from childhood? dinosaurs xD and collecting random crap

22. role model? none I can think of tbh

23. strange habits? Clicking my tongue randomly, growling when getting out of bed, baring my teeth at myself in the mirror for no reason, sniffing the air if I'm looking for something ..am I an animal? xD

24. favorite crystal? I guess amethyst, it ourple

25. first song you remember hearing? I don't remember a thing xD

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? hole up in my room and game or draw

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? hole up in my room and game or draw

28. five songs to describe you? Yes I'm a Mess Psycho Oh no! Masochism Tango The Code

29. best way to bond with you? hang out doing the most random crap lol

30. places that you find sacred? tops of mountains, graveyards, tombs, other planets

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? black dress with ouija board on it, chains, fingerless gloves, fishnets, metal claws

32. top five favorite vines? 1. "..and they were roommates" "Oh my god they were roommates" 2. "Two bros chillin' in a hot tub, five feet apart cuz they're not gay" 3. "Road work ahead? I sure hope it does" 4. "Even the babies are one of the most dangerous animals in the world, so I build this cage to keep them secure so there's no possible- oh my god" 5. Completely Giving Up, starring: Me, Me, Me, Me, and introducing Me

33. most used phrase in your phone? either "I don't remember" or "btw you're cute" lol

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? Bobika

35. average time you fall asleep? around 22:30, though on the weekends it can go all the way up to 2:00 xD

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? I don't remember anything xD

37. suitcase or duffel bag? suitcase

38. lemonade or tea? both. both are good

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? both. both are good

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? hmm, a band of boys bought pink girl underwear and put it around the school xDDD

41. last person you texted? you Noodle lol

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? BOTH. BOTH IS GOOD

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? hoodie, leather jacket, jean jacket

44. favorite scent for soap? lavender

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero? sci-fi or fantasy

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? pajamas

47. favorite type of cheese? uhhhh, string cheese?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? mandarin? brain said ananas though

49. what saying or quote do you live by? well, I don't live by it, but I try "Take it easy, but take it"

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? I can't recall

51. current stresses? school exams, Christmas, school exams

52. favorite font? comic sans B]

53. what is the current state of your hands? dirty from drawing xD and dry

54. what did you learn from your first job? I never had a job

55. favorite fairy tale? About the 7 ravens

56. favorite tradition? hmm, I really don't know, sorry xD

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? finishing high school, reaching out to a therapist on my own, uhhhh surviving uni so far??

58. four talents you’re proud of having? drawing, poetry, making stuff from random crap like cardboard and wires, understanding computery stuff

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? "Anyhoo- " "I don't remember" "Sorry, I zoned out" "See ya later, alligator!"

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? something with powers and stuff

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? hmm I have the high ground

62. seven characters you relate to? William (Who's Lila?) Stolas (Helluva Boss) Hiccup (HTTYD) Ranboo (DSMP) Alphys (Undertale) Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)

63. five songs that would play in your club? oughhh these song questions xD literally the same 5 as before lmao, although switch Yes I'm a mess for My way

64. favorite website from your childhood? uhh, Friv.com lol, gamez

65. any permanent scars? one on my knee

66. favorite flower(s)? allium, sunflower, lilac, rose, dandelion

67. good luck charms? a necklace from my girlfriend, a handmade bee from England (I wear it on my pants)

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? beer. HATE that stuff, never having another sip. Closely followed by dill

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? I got a lot of fun facts but with all of them I know how I learned them so xD

70. left or right handed? both handed lol

71. least favorite pattern? dots, I hate them for some reason, and vertical stripes

72. worst subject? P.E.

73. favorite weird flavor combo? cheese and chocolate

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? 4 or 5

75. when did you lose your first tooth? When I was like uhhhh 7?? my first year in elementary school lol

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? baked I think

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? any and all, I love plants

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store? I don't drink coffee so ig sushi it is xD

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? I don't have either so uh yeah lmao

80. earth tones or jewel tones? What language is this?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs? Fireflies

82. pc or console? pc pc pc, but I love me some good PS2 gaming every now and then

83. writing or drawing? Drawinggg although I love writinggg although I love drawinggg although...

84. podcasts or talk radio? Neither, it distracts me xD

84. barbie or polly pocket? Huh? What's a polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology? Both. Both is good

86. cookies or cupcakes? BOTH. BOTH IS GOOD.

87. your greatest fear? That nobody cares about me and will end up leaving me behind when things get tough and I'll die alone and lonely

88. your greatest wish? Peace and love on planet Earth and end to capitalism. I just wanna live a nice life without the looming threat of not being able to pay rent and stuff

89. who would you put before everyone else? Either myself or my girlfriend

90. luckiest mistake? I don't remember xD

91. boxes or bags? BOXESSS *crawls into one*

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? Sunlight is great but FAIRY LIGHTSSSS

93. nicknames? In kindergarten they called me a crybaby, in elementary school this one dude called me a "Makyman" which was a mix o superman and my name, in high school one of my friends called me midget (am smol ok), and rn one of my other friends calls me Moonling And my girlfriend calles me Birdie :}

94. favorite season? I'd say spring Not too cold, not too warm, flowers bloom and everything gets back to life..

95. favorite app on your phone? uhhh, my beloved camera I think. I love taking pictures

96. desktop background? Screenshot from Ori and the Blind Forest (Definitive Edition)

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? 1. My own xD and barely at that

98. favorite historical era? Dinosaurs!!!! Closely followed by Victorian era, and I also got a soft spot for 1920s

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this took way too long xDDD

[littleredpandanaps]

get to know your moots

Thank you @oonajaeadira, I'm sorry for repeatedly liking the post whilst my little sausage fingers tried to remember how to copy and paste on mobile!

What's the origin of your blog title?

Favourite animal + favourite activity. Also, have you seen red pandas napping?! Adorable

OTP(s) + Shipname:

I thought this meant One Time Password and after much Googling I learn that in this context it means One True Pairing and having learnt that, I cannot think of a single couple ever throughout the history of time and space.

Favourite colour:

💜💜💜💜💜

Favourite game:

I like me some boardgames, Articulate and Telestrations being present faves

Song stuck in your head:

I've had a medley of sea shanties stuck in my head since Christmas, currently it's The Wellermen. I spent a good six weeks in the run up to Christmas singing the well known festive classics, Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton.

Weirdest habit/trait?

I have many, that I don't think are weird but others do. When out in a public place like a restaurant, I like to be in a corner, I don't like not having edges/walls around me

Hobbies:

I'm struggling with hobbies at bit at the mo (injury+low mood) but Lindy hopping (it's a thing!) swimming (particularly open water and open air pools), vintage *stuff*, reading, going to museums, making jewelry, hiking, cooking and napping

If you work, what's your profession?

I do work but I like to keep work and Tumblr very separate. I love my job but it can be stressful and confusing and this is my current safe space from that.

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

Probably what I do now but in the charity/voluntary sector instead OR I'd go wild and I'd love to work with animals in some capacity OR if I had any talent, I'd be an artist

Something you're good at:

Remembering incredibly niche random shit. Untying knots in necklaces/chains.

Something you're bad at:

Basic maths and cleaning, life is too short to clean a bathroom!

Something you love:

Being in a woodland at any time of year

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff:

Dogs. Lindy hop and associated dance forms. Star Wars. Musical films from the 1930-1950s aka the 'Hollywood Golden Age'. Pre-Raphaelite art. Gerbils (don't ask). How to pick apart a film and analyse it in a way that would bore most people to tears. Food throughout history and cultures. House plants.

If I like something, I go all in is what I'll say.

Something you hate:

The sound of people brushing their teeth

Something you collect:

Books. Interesting rocks. House plants. Dungarees. Ticket stubs from theatre/concerts/gigs that I've been to. Vintage hats. Badges.

Something you forget:

What day of the week it is fairly frequently, where I've put my glasses, damp washing in the machine...

What's your love language?

Recieving: quality time, could be a walk, cooking together, just spending some really good one on one time with someone special.

Giving: I guess acts of service? I come from a family that shows their love for each other through food. We feed our loved ones, we bake for those we care for and batch cook at a time of crisis.

Favourite movie/show:

Taskmaster / The Mandalorian

Favourite food:

*BREAD* though I've just found out I have a high yeast intolerance

Favourite animal:

Red panda, duh. Or dogs.

What were you like as a child?

I collected snails and said they were my friends. Not so good at making human friends, got bullied a lot. Very creative and imaginative though.

Favourite subject at school?

Art, music and history

Least favourite subject at school?

Sports, unless it was swimming and maths.

What's your best character trait?

I think I'm reasonably empathetic

What's your worst character trait?

I procrastinate so much

If you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be?

I would have procrastinated less and got more work done so my anxiety wasn't so bad now.

If you could travel in time who would you like to meet?

I'd like to have met and become friends with PP back in high school (I think that's what it's called in the US, it's secondary school where I'm from) I think we could have been two oddballs together. Failing that, my maternal grandfather, he passed away shortly before I was born but sounded like a lovely, kind man.

Recommend one of your favourite fanfics (spread the love!):

@oonajaeadira latest PATS journal entry has been living in my head rent free recently and @wrathkitty 's Short Debts Make Long Friends is my Mando fever dream

tagging:

@sawymredfox @galaxyedging @for-a-longlongtime

[rwde-rewrites]

This might be a controversial opinion, but I personally like the idea of magic existing alongside Aura and Semblances. I think the idea of a story having multiple distinct magic systems, especially if one is more powerful and mysterious than the other, is really neat.

But the key word here is "Distinct". In order for this idea to work, the differences between magic and Aura need to be clear. But, there are no rules for what semblances can do (Except not turning you into a bird. That is the sole rule of semblances), and there are no rules for what magic can do either. In fact, it seems like semblances can actually do more than magic in RWBY.

Semblances let people:

Enhance their physical and mental capabilities

Manipulate Luck

Create all different kinds of Illusions

Summon eidolons

Shrink objects

Turn objects into gold (Yes, really)

Telekinetically manipulate objects

Shapeshift into rose petals or iron (Only bird related shapeshifting is banned, apparently)

Absorb various types of energy to become stronger

Teleport

Turn invincible for 60 seconds (This is the weirdest one to me)

Fly

Mess with people's minds in various ways

Steal or copy other people's Semblances

And other stuff I'm probably forgetting

Meanwhile, magic lets you:

Fly

Shapeshift into birds (and presumably other forms, but we literally never see that)

Manipulate the weather

Shoot fire, lightning, and ice.

Create, lock, and unlock weird doors

Obviously, this is doesn't work. Semblances can do practically everything magic can and more. Meaning that magic doesn't feel different or special in any way.

So, what would need to be changed? The most obvious route would be to restrict Semblances.

One way to do this is just create a list of things Semblances cannot do. Such as:

Semblances cannot physically change their user's body. While we're at it, let's also add that Semblances cannot physically transmute other objects either so no shrinking or turning shit into gold.

Semblances cannot create fire, earth, ice, lightning, etc., only Dust can do that (God, I haven't brought up Dust yet). And anything that a Semblance does create is just an Aura construct that will vanish like Weiss's Summons or Sun's Clones.

Semblances cannot grant flight. A bit pedantic, but the scene of Amber first using her Maiden powers by floating into the air would hit harder if flying isn't something normally attainable in RWBY.

While I would like to add more stuff to the list of cannots, when defining a power system based on what is can't do, it's best to keep the list of restrictions short.

Another way to limit Semblances create specific categories that Semblances fall into and have each Semblance be some variation based on their category. For example:

Enhancement: These Semblances enhance the user's pre-existing capabilities in some way when used. This would cover stuff like Harriet's, Neon's, and Ruby's speed (And Ruby's would stay speed, none of that pseudo-teleport stuff), Ironwood's super willpower, Maria's preflexes, Hazel's pain tolerance or fast Aura regeneration (Pick one), and maybe Tock's 60 seconds of invincibility (though I still think that's dumb).

Absorption: These Semblances can absorb damage to make the user stronger. This would cover stuff like Yang taking damage and then getting a limit break, Nora absorbing specifically electricity, and Adam storing damage in his weapon and then returning it.

Manipulation: These Semblances allow their users to manipulate objects around them. This would cover Pyrrha's polarity, Glynda's telekinesis, and Neptune's hydrokinesis (which only exists in the books).

Constructs: These Semblances allow for the creation of constructs made of Aura. These constructs aren't permanent and disappear after time or if the user's Aura breaks. This would cover Weiss's glyphs and summons (though, I personally think these two powers are too different to be a single Semblance), Sun and Flynt's clones, Neo's illusions, Blake's after images, Vine's whips, and Elm's sticky feet.

Mind: These Semblances allow for the manipulation of the minds of other beings. This would cover Emerald's illusions, Ren's emotion suppression (In canon, it only masks your negative emotions from Grimm, but here, it would actually dampen your feelings while used), Fox's telepathy, Yatsuhashi's memory erasure, Marrow's freeze (here, it would be mental manipulation, rather than however the hell it works in canon), and Robyn's handshake of truth.

Any other Semblances in the show would be altered to fit one of these categories or cut entirely.

Finally, another option would be to cut Semblances completely. Instead, have Aura techniques that characters can use by manipulating their Aura in special ways:

Sending out sword beams of condensed Aura from their weapon swings to attack from a distance. THIS IS A CANON TECHINQUE. I want to stress this, Aura techniques are already a thing. Blake shots a sword beam at Roman in V2, and Qrow does the same to Winter in V3.

Leaving behind a physical shadow made of Aura to take a hit. At higher skill levels, these clones can even more and attack on their own, like what Adam did with his shadow clones in the fight against Yang in V6 (Which means that this is also a canon Aura technique, I guess?)

By expending a some Aura, people can temporarily increase their speed or strength in short bursts. Stuff like Ruby's speed would be handled with this.

Aura normally covers the body like, well, an aura, but it can be extended and manipulated. This allows for the creation of Aura whips from the hand or Aura anchors from the feat to duplicate affects similar to Vine's and Elm's Semblances in canon.

Aura can be used to activate dust (this comes from the Dust WoR video, which seems to be noncanon now) and manipulate its effects. This allows for technics like Weiss's Glyphs or that funky glass stuff that Cinder used in V2.

And finally, a secret technique passed down through the Schnee family allows the creation of an Aura construct that mimics a foe the summoner has bested (A mental requirement more than anything). While powerful, it is incredibly taxing on the summoner's Aura.

Here, Aura itself becomes the main power system akin to something like Ki from Dragon Ball or Hamon from JoJo. After awhile, the audience would get a feel for what it can do, but the writers would still have some freedom to introduce new techniques so long as they aren't too out of line with what's already been shown. Obviously, this would limit the collective abilities of Hunters more than any other option (and require the most changes to canon), but in doing so, it would could magic even more notable.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

do you ever think about the fact pokemon had on disc dlc since 1996 basically. like that was around the time discs for video games started becoming common. and like yeah i think there's bugs to get most of the early ones and game freak is actually adding them to games now which is neat but like. not only were mythicals one of the earliest examples of on disc dlc they were also an early example of fomo being exploited to sell copies. bc there are literally Pokémon you can’t get At All if you don’t get the game in the timespan game freak does events for it! and the weirdest part about this is that those scummy tactics came about originally entirely as an accident. because mew was programmed in so last minute even some people involved in the game dev didn’t even know about it and there was literally no other way to distribute this weird additional pokemon because you can’t patch a gameboy cartridge online. mew was not a marketing tactic, though it did end up being a big draw, it was genuinely just a result of the early pokemon games being a chaotic passion project (fun fact you can find basically the entire dev history of the first two games online if you wanna see more of that very chaotic dev process. which is actually very common in creating games art is inherently kind of a chaotic mess to make i'm sure most games go through the wild changes early pokemon did and we just dont have massive amounts of dev info leaked from hackers).

like the original pokemon games were not expected to be as popular as they were. like gamefreak wasn’t total nobodies or anything they have worked on successful games before pokemon but it wasn’t intended to be a massive hit it was just expected to be like. a gameboy game. that’d sell reasonably well and be reasonably popular. and it’s wild to see how stuff that kind of came about bc of a very eventful development and last minute decisions become a scummy marketing practice.

[freyjas-musings]

Hi, Swetha! I was on Pinterest adding Gwynriel fan art to one of my boards when I stumbled across a fan art that made me do a double take. It was Azriel and apparently Elain. The art showed him and Elain in the library, her wearing a teal dress, a white ribbon in her hair, a bracelet on her wrist, his shadows curling around her with a Pegasus in the background…? This isn’t hate towards the artist, I mean no disrespect, and I apologize if I come off that way. But it’s funny how e/riel’s claim we steal their aesthetic (they do it with Feysand – Hades & Persephone), but they’ve tried to make canon Elain into their fanon Elain (multiple times), to where she’s like Gwyn. I have the link to the art. Even the comments thought it was Gwyn, but the poster said according to the artist, it’s Elain.

I know Elriels claim a lot of outlandish nonsense while being the world's weirdest Hypocrites ...

Art doesn't ever have to strictly be limited by Canon it can be inspirational or aspirational or more .... so my problem is not how they borrow elements that are Gywnriel and add it to their art ... because let's face it we just have a lot more to play with than bread and roses .... so by all means let them get inspired by Gwynriel atleast then I will stop getting the weird sense of deja vu with their pieces, my issue is this aggressive assault that we are "copying" their stuff ...

As a commissioner I can tell you I would rather stop commissioning art than ever have a Gwynriel Piece remotely close to one of their pieces .... same can't be said about them can we ... (cough cough my MFT comm and my reflections comm) so you are right .... their hypocrisy is both astounding and embarrassing to them . At this point I don't even know what motivates them to spend that sort of time being pathetic Must be a whole heap of empty time on hand .

People should just go and do whatever they like without bothering one another. On a side note.... we have a lot of fantastic art in the making for Gwynriel weeks and I can't wait for it 🤗