#anyway this is my dillema

[residentrookie]

how do u work on another wip without feeling like ur abandoning ur original wip asking for a friend

[airlock]

as the din of fascism continues to intensify in the US, there's a particular sort of online conversation that I keep seeing more of lately

it's the one where someone tries to jam the flow of radical thought by going "oh yeah? you think revolutions are all niceness and candy? well they're NOT, people die in them. you don't understand the scale of the violence you're pushing for". and lots of people will flock to whoever's saying this at a given time -- after all, what's a surer path to social media prestige than taking up the mantle of brave, outspoken defender of all things milquetoast and mainstream?

meanwhile, outside the comfortable confines of the imperial core, there were and are countless people backed up against the wall, forced to seriously address the question: knowing exactly how dangerous and costly revolutions are, do we have any other option right now?

there are always louts who want to push for violence at the drop of a pin; these types tend to accomplish little more than be loud. when an organized mass moves, it's full of people who have weighed their options, and seen that they're in a situation dire enough that the costs of revolting outweigh the costs of letting things stay as they are.

this thing that USamericans are doing in their conversations is like a first baby step towards radical thought more mature than disorganized rabblerousing. I'd maybe be more appreciative of seeing it, if it weren't so thoroughly laced with condenscension always. if, before opening their mouths about the nature of revolutions, the USamerican would listen to those who live in them, without dismissing those people as denizens of inherently chaotic shitholes; without ignorance of where their frustration with USamerican political apathy comes from.

[cringelordofchaos]

Sees an overly sarcastic, monochrome, aloof fictional character with no fucks to give, maybe a soft spot and a monotone voice: wow I want to be like them

Sees an extremely excitable, energetic, chaotic and quirky character who's extremely expressive of themselves, but probably suppresses negative emotions under a positive attitude: wow I want to be like them

Sees a calm, kind, chill, polite, respectful and genuinely compassionate and sincere character that's like an older sibling or parent figure to everyone: wow I want to be like them

Sees a shy, awkward, reserved and soft character with a love for floriography/floriculture: wow I want to be like them

Sees a robot-like/literal robot character with eloquent, formal and rich vocabulary, with no understanding of human norms or cues (such as sarcasm), but one that still experiences emotions in their own way: wow I want to be like them

Sees a literal (non-human) animal, existing: wow I want to b

[hum--hallelujah]

head in my HANDS

[nickbutnodick]

ive gotten myself into a fuckin moral dillema and i didnt even DO anything

[bazookaboi]

SIKE i actually got a few questions >:]

Niko has wings, how often does he use them and why?

if he is a semi-quadruped, how does the posture transition feel for him?

Which posture he likes better in terms of comfort?

Which one does he use the most?

the difference between an upright posture and a horizontal posture is quite drastic, how is his neck built to be able to hold his head up in both?

Where does his skull end and his spine starts? Does he have neck pain? or any pain at that? breathing problems? 

Since even creatures that evolved without interference can have health problems on the regular, how is he fairing with his unnatural physiology? (did nature fuck him over in other words)

have fun thinking about it :D and no rush, take your time, i will be waiting ;]

I] “Niko has wings, how often does he use them and why?”

Well, firstly, his wings are a byproduct of being a hybrid between Ivilitium aerius and Ivilitium aquaticus, two species part of the larger Ivilitium genus in my story.

(Currently I’m in the middle of a heavy redesign for these creatures, meaning that how Niko’s wings are and function could change significantly… so take this with a grain of salt.)

This also all depends on my shapeshifting dillema, in which I am challenging myself to come up with a scientifically plausible explanation for shapeshifting because I think it would be interesting to speculate on how it would affect a sapient genus. Currently I already have one theory, but it only works if the shapeshifting takes a few days. Reasonable already, but I want to come up with something that allows for it to be much quicker.

So, anyways, Ivilitium aerius has two large, retractable wings that curl up into these medium-sized buds on its back. (Surely you’ve noticed them on Niko before.) 

And Ivilitium aquaticus has two extendable fins that do the same thing.

Niko has a mix of both of these; a pair of weird wing/fins that are powerful and big enough to let him glide, or fly for short bursts… although the second one takes up a lot of energy since he has to flap a lot. Niko doesn’t use them much.

He uses them if he needs to travel extra quickly, or if he needs to get over something he wouldn’t be able to by walking- like a cliff, or the top of a building that is collapsing. So, for speed and utility purposes.

II] “if he is a semi-quadruped, how does the posture transition feel for him?”

He is perfectly fine in both stances… both are pretty natural for him, and the posture transition is fluid. He can be bipedally walking and easily break into a quad run.

III] “Which posture he likes better in terms of comfort?”

Niko is comfortable in both stances, but in general he prefers moving in a quad stance because it’s faster and easier to travel this way.

oh, and here’s a quick run cycle attempt that I made of him:

IV] “Which one does he use the most?”

Quadrupedal movement. Hmm, I would say… 70% of the time.

V] “the difference between an upright posture and a horizontal posture is quite drastic, how is his neck built to be able to hold his head up in both?”

Simply put, strong musculature in his neck; and Niko’s foramen magnum, or the hole in the skull that allows for the brain to connect to the spinal cord amongst a few other things, is placed relatively more towards the back of his skull compared to a full biped- like a human, which has it directly below the skull; unlike a quadrupedal animal- which has it more towards the back of its skull.

(Badly drawn sketch ref featured above of this) Niko’s intermediate position of the foramen magnum lets him move comfortably in both stances.

His neck is also longer (although that’s mainly for another unrelated reason) and more flexible (which is relevant) along with the rest of his spine.

VI] “Where does his skull end and his spine starts? Does he have neck pain? or any pain at that? breathing problems?”

As already explained in the previous question, Niko's foramen magnum is located farther back on his skull compared to a bipedal animal, like a human's, but not as far back as in a quadrupedal animal, like a cat's.

And as for if he feels any pain; I mean, other than the severe psychological issues and trauma that I have joyfully inflicted upon him, not really. He does have neck pain, yes, but not because of his anatomy… (uhh, more because he has a large burn scar on it with nerve damage but that’s relevant to my story’s plot so shhh).

Nah, no breathing problems.

Niko is sterile, though. He also lacks the whiskers that all species in his genus have.

VII] “Since even creatures that evolved without interference can have health problems on the regular, how is he fairing with his unnatural physiology? (did nature fuck him over in other words)”

Although an unnatural combination of many creatures, Niko’s genus was genetically, psychologically and anatomically engineered to the millimetre. (Can’t say by who or what if you haven’t guessed yet because it’s also important to the plot lol)

Being a hybrid of two of the species in this genus does come with some drawbacks, (like being sterile for example, as listed before), but other than that, he is fine.

(Eheheh for what he lacks in biological issues, he has in psychological issues. 👍🏽)

Actually, unrelated to Niko, Gray (she’s another oc of mine for those of you who don’t know) is the one that has more anatomical issues, being a human-made human-animal chimera that didn’t really come out right. Oh, and she is one of the lucky ones actually… many similar subjects don’t turn out as good.

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AAAGH YOUR QUESTIONS ARE SO DELICIOUS-

[efangamez]

Very interesting dillema. RANT INCOMING!!!

So Palace of Eyes and an unnamed project are going well. Still have tons of ideas and am full of interesting and unique descriptions for the worlds, as most technical data is done for both projects.

Something I ran into while doing a little idea exercise, though, is how I can't make small games anymore.

I think I would always feel that they would either be copy and pasted sci-fi, Cyberpunk, modern, or fantasy ideas. That would be pretty easy to do. I could pump those out all day.

What's hard is working outside of that realm. I mean I COULD make a couple ideas reality now, but they all would have to be longer TTRPGs in order to really capture the wealth of lore and mechanics.

I also COULD make a super weird surrealist TTRPG, but I run into two blocks: 1. Surrealism has kinda been cyberpunk'd, where it's already been done a lot and has an established aesthetic, so something truly original would be difficult. And 2. It, again, would be hard to contain in a smaller game with mechanics already not completed.

I think what I may need to start doing is a couple things when exploring shorter games as an exercise.

1. Make some truly weird shit. Unbalanced, wacky shit that could shift my perspective on design and storytelling, and just let it ride with some disclaimers.

2. I need to learn how to make video games. I think that's the projection I'm looking for, but I have NO idea where to start at ALL. Like seriously. And I can't afford to go back to school lmao. So that's a bit of a hard one.

Anyway, just thinking through stuff. Again, sorry for being so absent; just still trying to keep a baseline of happiness.

[x-katlovesrats-y]

Welcome back to my insane oc ramblings!! Pleased to have you!

>:]c now let us continue with the finished design and lore!! See you on the other side o7

So!! Starting off with! My initial and final designs for his fairy counterpart!

I wanted her to have a sweet, softer look since my anti fairy looks like he'd eat out of a garbage can if given the chance to!

(The style dillema remains, I know, bare with me my friend I will find one i like for these!!)

My final thoughts were that she could be a candy themed fairy, with her speciality in wishes being baked goods and sweet treats! Just very positive and upbeat <3

I haven't given her much thought aside from that, since I want to focus on the blue goober instead though! Which speaking off, this is what I imagine he would've looked like before his whole identity crisis ordeal!

And after!! (And yes he did "illegally" transition, ✨️trans-ifies your anti fairy✨️)

He's a mess, trying to feel comfortable with himself and build his own identity while also struggling to avoid being the "opposite" of his fairy counterpart because that was his whole issue in the first place! (he's failing miserably)

Fun note: the glasses are plastic and from one of those cheap trinket stores (yk the ones) he stole them when he ran to the human world and is very emotionally attached to them because he feels like they're part of his /own/ identity uou

He's mildly feral and awful with social skills because his counterpart is very put together and a social butterfly (think spamton G spamton but less insane)

He will HAPPILY grant any wish despite the rules because he just wants a human he can stick with, but he does have morals and will leave if he feels the human isn't a good match

He's also very attached to animals with undeserved bad reputations, like rats and pigeons, because they bring him a little comfort

Again, he's a little freak (he's taking such a good nap in that second doodle)

Anyways!! Thanks for reading through this!! Here's an Irep doodle as a token of my appreciation!

More insane ramblings coming soon! <]

(Evil minecraft Steve)

[eri-pl]

Silme, sule, orthography and stuff

(@dfwbwfbbwfbwf you wanted me to explain, and it's too much for a comment)

So, the th -> s shift in Quenya. And the question of "which words do have the Feanorian th".

The th is one letter (sule | thule), and there's another letter, silme, and everyone pronounces it as s, even the Feanorians.

To know how would they say "Silmaril", we need to know which tengwa (=letter) does this word use. Thanks to @nerdy-catfish for giving me a link to some etymology. No th variant is mentioned, so it is the silme s.

Also, I realized that I have the edition of the Silm which has Tengwar ornaments on the inner cover and it mentions Silmarils and I checked and yes, it's spelled with silme.

Anyway, I was to talk about Polish orthography and how we had similar situations as the Quenya "th -> s". (English likely had some of those too, but I know Polish better. )

So, for example, long ago we had "ó", which was a different "o". Not longer, I think, but higher in tone? I'm not sure. It slowly changed in sound and became as English "oo". But. We already had a "oo" sound and letter, the letter "u".

So the result is that now, Polish kids have to learn which words with the "oo" sound use "ó" and which use "u".

Why won't we do a revolution and spell all of them with "u"? I don't know.

But, just like in Quenya, it is visible in etymology. It helps to remember many words. For example:

"róg" (horn) <-> "rogi" (horns)

If the "oo" sound changes to o (or a) in some word... (whatever it's called), it's "ó". The "u" never changes. (But, sadly, some "ó" stays as "ó" always too.)

We have similar problems with other sounds, all caused by sounds converging and two letters becoming one sound:

u / ó = oo sound

h / ch = h sound

ż / rz = zh suond

I imagine the poor non-Exilic elven kids must have a hard time with the s-sound too. Oh, wait. Elves have perfect memory. :o

Also, an interesting fact: now it's almost gone, but like a 100 years ago you could very well tell if a Polish person was from the Eastern part of Poland (or rather: of what was Poland before WW2) or well-educated, by how they pronounced "ł". Now we all say it just like English "w" :( but earlier they pronounced it with a touch of "l".

So it's kinda like with Feanorian vs non-Feanorian Noldor. The difference is audible.

BTW, even if we disregard the poiltics, I still have a dillema on sule vs thule.

"Th" makes the orthography non-ambivalent and also fits the Tengwar scheme better - the sound fits better with others in its set.

"S" sounds better in my ears. Maybe because I'm Polish and the "th" sound is not native to me.

[chainsandmorechains]

I currently have an horrible dillema.

The hesitation between conditioning you to flinch away when I lift up my hand like a traumatized pet, or jump on it to nuzzle against my palm like a dumb dog begging for pats is extremelly hard to settle.

Eh, gonna do the two anyways.

[popculturebuffet]

Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space Retrospective: Night of the Raving Dead

Happy halloween all you happy freelance police. I"m jake and my Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space retrospective continues as Sam and Max fight a guy who sucks just in time for spooky season.

Chapter 3 gives us a fun spooky good time as we have zombies, frankenstines and vampires as our dynamic duo have to beat a club hopping german vampire before his army of the undead conquer the world. So a normal tuesday really. Can our heroes save the world.. again? Will we have to see a lot of pierced vampire nipples? Is Lincoln still the worst Short answer, of course, just look at the article image, and i'm still in cringing agony so.. can confirm. Long answer is under the cut!

Night of the Raving Dead begins In Media Res and milks it for all it's worth: Sam and Max are in a soul sucking machine, at the mercy of Jurgen, a european vampire who never wears a shirt but does gladly show off his pierced nipples. Still better than bebops. Firm 6/10.

At any rate pierced nips aren't the issue as the threat here is your old fashioned spike wall style trap I know just the man for the job but sadly he's was a bit busy with his own spiked wall issues

So instead we flash back to the start of this tale.

And to my delight our heroes continue to pile up junk in their office. Sam has now added a holy urn and is still high priest seperation of chruch and state kneels before god emperor priest president Max!

Our heroes have a bit of infestation though in their office there's something all too familiar

These are not greasy teen zombies or greasy gnomes or even the dreaded Crombie, but European Zombies! So it's up to us to talk to everyone and find out why. In an intresting reversal this time it's Bosco whose closed, while Sybil's reopened her place, because we psychologically tortured him into disappearing.

Sybil meanwhile is looking for love in all the wrong places as after her relationship with Abe Ended she's restarted her dating service.. but just for her. After the obvious sex work joke because this is the 2000's, Sybil is basically screening dates... and is currnetly screening a moleman.

But after he failed we're left with Harry Moleman. Whose back for some reason. Gotta reuse those models I guess. He has aboslutely no shot and Sybil is being just polite. He also has a choclate heart we'll need later and a fear of zombie's we'll exploit later

Moving over to Stinky's her latest special is a gooey cake/chekov's gun, while her latest item we can grab is a sunlamp bulb since even she has no idea why it's there, but the plot does. The plot sees all.

Anyway abe's also there.. .and still the worst as he blames Sybil for the breakup, is stalking her and won't shut up

Yeah I liked Abe at first.. but in a record TWO episodes he's gone from endearing into the hall

It's a shame too as I really DID like abe in season one and the first episode of this but this gag, ESPECIALLY wiith how the sybil plot concludes, really dosen't work.

Thankfully we move on to our boys the C.O.P.S. who have decided to captalize on this to sell internet to zombies, via online trial discs. For those too young to know what those are

For now though we can't get any of those future coasters, but we do found out poor bluster has some brain damage which was also funnier at the time. We do find out the source of the ZOmbies: the zombie factory in Stuttgard, Germany. And to my shock Stuttgart is a real place. I would've asked my german friend , but she needs sleep and isn't awake till midnight like moi.... am I a vampire? ... no. No I love garlic bread too much to make that sacrifice. Then again It'd also make it easier to meet Matt Berry.. dammit this is a dillema.

While I mull this over we move on to Stuttgard. I didn't ask said friend, @galaxysupernaturalstuff because again, asleep.. and because I forgot earlier. Though I probably DON'T need an actual german to tell me "yeah Stuttgart isn't a small villiage with a giant castle in the middle of it. "They thankfully don't do too many german stereotypes about the country as a whole, the only gags they do being the fairly innocent beerstein and the fact Midtown Cowboys is big there. It's done more in a tounge in cheek way than anything genuinely offensive.

Turns out the Zombie Factory is both your standard spooky hammer horror style monster castle.. and a club, and to get in we need to get past the bouncer, good old superball.

Yeah like the Bosco scremaing thing this is a runner nad a truly great one. Also unlike that one it's both nonseical and you can't get punched for it. He's working for Jurgen, our big bad, because his doors are rich fine mahogany.. and he needs SOMETHING to do after the divorce. He was married. I'd.. genuinely forgot that.

To get past him we once again have to do something that's likely to get me sent to hell for playing this game: take a brain from a fresh corpse

Then we throw it to a gargoyle which suprisingly ISN'T alive, nor voiced by keith david despite it being night, allowing us to cut the line.

It's inside we get a ZOMBIE DISCO BITCHES. We meet our arc villian and the mastermind behind this half baked scheme, Jurgen. Jurgern.. is a deliglight: he's basically every 20 something trying to seem cool by clubing distilled into a vampire and given a german accent and nipple rings. And he is glorious. The fact his plan is just "Conquer teh world with zombies" jah helps. our heroes just try to go for the head.. but Jurgen can teleport so we need to take the source of his powers: his...

And it's fun too as each one is simply hitting him with his vampire weakensses.. and the how, as usual is fun and redicuous. That being said actually solving these puzzles.. is a lot. I ended up hitting a dead end: I figured given the tropes at play that the key was to trigger some type of hidden entrance to get up to the balcony to replace the bulbs in the spotlight with the sunlamp. And it is.. btu the how is INCREDIBLY overcomplicated. While the writing couldn't be stronger this chapter and where your supposed to go MOSTLY straight foward, the actual puzzles are often overcomplicated. The ones in the Zombie Factory itself rely HEAVILY on a dj soundboard , which you have to put the right words from one of jurgen's poems into, without it being clear which words in the poem are a clue. Also solving the spotlight DOSEN'T fix the problem and you still have two other things to do to him, only one of which is pretty easy to figure out since after Jurgen mentions he's a huge midtown cowboys fangboy, a new area unlocked announcment shows up. As it did with the COPS when this castle unlocked. Both a great gag and a nice bit of gameplay magic to make this easier.

So yeah.. I used a guide for most of this. This is one of the trickier ones gameplay wise and if you don't adventure game often or have a lot of patience

It can be maddening. There's also another "pick a random dialouge option fo ra song" puzzle like last season, which just.. isn't fun. Picking various options is only funny if there's multiple jokes, like the cooking without looking segment from last game. Basically asking "PICK RANDOM DIALOUGE FOR US FEASANT" isn't fun it's just keeping me from having fun with the part of the game I actually like.

So with that we an shine a little sunlight on Jurgen's life, causing him to freak out and loose a little respect of his fanbase. Like any influencer in embyro, just one stab to his rep isn't going to do it but it's a start. Next it's time to return to Midtown Cowboys! Their probably hiding a cow. Midtown Cowboys have been saved from cancelation baby! See back then Networks actually.. payed attention to things like audience numbers or dvd and digital sales instead of guarding the numbers like a cave troll so they can cancel whatever they want whenever they want. Gee I wonder why the actor's strike has taken 105 days with that kind of job security.

As it turns out Midtown Cowboys is HUGE in germany, with WARP having converted to just shooting Midtown Cowboys and spinoffs. Hey at least they beat Disney+ to the punch with that model. Turns out the statoin lady's been TRYING to get our heroes back in they've just been busy and such.. and max also deleted her messages because he be like that.

We also reunite with my boy Mr. Featherly, who legally changed his name from Philo Pennyworth. While he DID go back to theater even he can't resist the siren call of "buy your own private island fortress" money. Max naturally signed away those rights without thinking. They lost 4 executives that day..so you know it's not all bad.

We can still use the broadcast to our advntage though, stashing some garlic cigarettes from outside the castle in Featherly's bag as a prop. What follows.. is comedy gold. While we sadly don't get a cookin without lookin sequel, I wanted to use baboon hearts, what we do get is just as funny as we get a very special episode, the kind sitcoms used to do to tackle the heavy issues instead of just weaving them in if it fits the tone.

The cowboys hold an interviention for mr. featherly, who finds out they were indeed hiding a cow but he has his own cow.. a smoking addiction. Even Bessie is disapointed. It then quickly turns into an add for smoking and why it's totally rad and you should all do it as their sponsor.. is garlic clove cigarettes. It's so fucked and I love it. IT's a simple idea i'm genuinely suprised I haven't seen elsewhere and genius.

So with that we just have one last thing to destroy this man's career: we need a man of the faith to bless some water bottles we got at the club. But since Shelby isn't around, we'll have to make do with max, dunking the water bottles in his sacred urn while he gives us the sacred rites

The problem is as seen with the cigs, while Jurgen is many things, a hipster, a scene kid, a goth, a tool, a vampire, a mild german sterotype, a dracula, an emo, a direct to video sequel to Dracula 2000, a nipple piercing sorta guy, european, german, big dicked, bad at poetry, a plagarist, a mad scientest, an outer god... he is not dumb enough to let people carry in his weaknesses. Dumb enough to keep some of them in his private lab as we'll see, but still not dumb enough to let vampire hunters right in.

So to get it past we have to have max drink the holy water. You'd think this would mean max would get set on fire, another vampire weakness but it just give shim a halo. I guess his own religion can't cast him into the firey depths.

It's a once again limited time thing.. though I don't get WHY in this case. I get having it wear off to show it has to be used IN the castle.. but why does it wear off on the dance floor.

Anyways to beat jurgen we have to out out emo him with lyrics about darkness, no parents, continued darkness, and of course

We DO basically win, but normally jurgen would copy us. I know because I did this puzzle before knowing the solution. He drinks max. Thankfully his drinking Holy Water makes him need to go potty. You know if I had a nickle for every time we had to defeat one of our foes by making him need to go to the bathroom i'd have three nickels.. which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened thrice.

So we follow Jurgen to his lair but given we've only done three puzzle's we're not done yet, two act structure and all as SAM AND MAX ENGAGE IN THE MOST THRILLING BATTLE OF THEIR CAREERS... bringing them to the trap.. which thanks to Sam being busy recapping, works and swallows our heroes souls. Jurgen goes.. somewhere, leaving us in his study. We find some useful junk, including a stake, and a monster.

This is Jurgen's Monster, who like his master I dearly love, a poetic beast whose mad you brought him to life as he's so lonely. Can relate dude, can, relate.

Helping him win a date with Sybil is our main quest from her eon out as she has a soul mater, a weird horrifying eldrich device she dosen't know how to use, so her finding her soul mate means we can have it. Which is good because Sam and Max's souls don't want to go back after how their bodies have misused them, waiting to go to the next life. To put a stop to our souls going to hell a few chapters early we need that soul mater.

What follows is a LOT of stuff since we don't have just 7 days to make jurgen a mannnnnnnnnnnn. We can't get him pink and quite clean but we CAN get him a brain via our old friend Flint Paper and the Zombie of Abe LIncon. Yeah turns out Abe was buried in Stuttgart and thus we meet the real abe whose loyal to his dead wife and actually likeable. Sadly he's brutalyl murdered because Flint Paper is on the warpath. He wants to kill us because "THey'd rather be dead than undead!" Sam and Max don't remember making him promise that and thus use another hidden passage to knock him out and get the brain.

Next we need a proper hand. Thankfully the zombie from the intro stole jessie james hand, which is now alive and holding up girl stinky. To get it we need to trick it and this puzzle is clever: the hand hops every time it shoots. So we simply have to make it get all the way to girl stinky, then put his attention her so it goes the other way.. straight into the goey cake. We got our HANNNDDD BACCCKKKK.

We now need to give him some heart. This one's a tad overcomplicated, even by this chapter's standards: first we need to play the cops game for this chapter, distrubing internet demo disks paperboy style. This game is tricky, but unlike the difficulty in this chapter, it's a fair kind once you figure it out. You have to move your car to be in the right position to hit the zombies with a disk. It's still hard, but it's the fun kind of hard

With that we have a big anetna we can bolt cutter off the car and use to power up Jurgen's alchemy machine.

To get our final body part though we need to play the dating game against featherly and harry moleman

Harry is just hopeless and Featherly is pretentious: LIncoln's brain is the only thing Sybil liked about him, and the hand has jurgen spell out I love sybil. Awwwwww. We just need a heart of gold as the ones we have are a clock and plants that make us into mr. van dresen. I mean .. you'd think playing a good rendention of lesbian segull would woo her but I guess it's not her thing.

No we need a heart. Luckily Harry takes his time answering a question and has a choclate heart, and even more luckily this time ruining his life dosen't feel bad as he's tried to murder us, sybil and really had ZERO chance before shouting at us.

With that we can be in it to win it, using the science and the alchemy to give us a gold heart and winning Sybils. Unfourtnatley the game then makes a pretty bleh error in judgment, as Sybil realizes she still wants abe and.. runs off to apologize to the bastard

Yeah this joke is all kinds of messed up. I get her going back IS the joke, that he's bad for her.. but it just comes off stupid, and mildly sexist as it feeds into the old "oh women like jerks" sterotypes instead of "abusive relationships happen". I mean it's a lot to ask sam and max to be realistic, so i'm fine with that but it's not a lot to ask them to actually be funny if their going to do something this annoying.

So on that sour note the climax. We get our souls back and fight jurgen, who has a plan.. of.. some sort. Anyways we can't stake him because we're too slow, so we toss the soul mater to jurgen's monster pull the lever kronk and swap bodies, using his to finally put this chapter to it's eternal rest... but not before flint comes in and tragically jurgen's monster dies.

I'm.. still not over it but i've been asured he returns somehow. And there's no time to punch flint for this as it turns out the reason he dived in guns a blazing to see us earlier is that he needs our help: bosco isn't just missing... he's NOWHERE ON EARTH

Night of the Raving dead is one of my faviorite chapters writing wise, with lots of clever jokes, an all timer villian and tons of my faviorite characters.. and abe. The abe stuff drags it down slightly, but everything else is so good this is easily my second faviorite chapter of the games thus far behind Save the World's The Mafia, the Mole and the Meatball.

It still suffers from some of this games overarching issues: the puzzles are more obtuse, the writing can be a bit mean spirited, and I don't have a third thing. Beyond Time and Space thus far isn't BAD, and has legs up on it's predecessor with gorgeous environments, but it still feels a bit of a step back from the previous one. It's got a bigger budget.. but it's just not as fun as the later chapters of save the world. It's not a bad game, the writing is as sharp as ever and most of your terrible actions are too over the top to not be funny, but it dosen't have quite the charm the first one did.

Next Time: I .. genuinely dont' know. The descrption for this one is more vauge. the only thing I know for sure is we'll finally meet THEM

Thanks for reading

[emiken-070907]

I cannot express enough how much I love Yurichiro and Muichiro becoming twin hashiras au!! Like it has been in my mind all day and I dont think Ill stop thinking about it anytime soon. However it made me think of another au that Ive thought of for a while, where Yurichiro survives but is much more angstier. Because instead of Amane finding the twins, Kokushibo finds his twins first? I know this sounds stupid but hear me out, seeing that they are his descendants, takes them in as a sort of guardian figure.

I dont think he would turn them into demons, or atleast not right away and first manipulates them into believing the demonslayer corps is the reason they were attacked and yurichiro lost his arms. Despite not really beliving this as true, they grow wary of the corps and become loyal to kokushibo who they begin to love like a father one they desperately wish for. Kokushibo sends them into the demonslayer corps as spies for muzan and they still become hashira because kokushibo allows them to kill as many demons as they want since muzan sees them as expendable. Still despite betraying information about the hashira, muichiro grows attached to them and cant handle the fact that he will have to betray them... and things get messy.

anyway thats all I have I just thought it would be cool to hear your thoughts on it :)

OHHHH MY GOD THAT IS SUCH A COOL IDEA???? I love the idea of Kokushibo being their mentor it sounds so silly :]

I think it'd be interesting to see how different they'd become due to not only being raised by a demon, but one who's morals where from 300 so years ago. Hehe old timey Tokito twins, would be kinda funny

As for turning them against the slayers, I don't know Kokushibo not that well as a character, but I don't think he'd see a reason to make them hate the corps or keep them human (especially since Yuu lost his arm) unless Muzan tells him to which, yeah he'd do as long as he sees potential in the twins for a specific cause.

This would be interesting again since Muzan would have actively said "no, keep them human" which yeah these implications are open for LOTS of interpretation which I find neat :]

MUI HAVING A MORAL DILLEMA WE LOVE TO SEE <333 I think he isn't even that conflicted between the demon-slayer thing, but more if he'd betray his friends or the one he sees as father, since, well, his actual one is long gone and he grew immensely attached. He was just a lost and scared child and someone took him in I think for that alone he'd be loyal to Kokushibo (not Muzan, just him. Don't think they like him much lmao)

ANYWAYS I LOVE THAT IDEA SO MUCH???? I've been thinking about Kokushibo as a mentor figure even in the Hashira AU (don't ask me how it'd work I am simply being delusional) and the twins referring to him as "our Uncle"!!!!! >:D The argument between the twins must MMM TASTY

LOVE TO HEAR MORE BOUT IT DO FEEL FREE TO KEEP ME UPDATED ON THAT!!! :D

[articalextraordinaire]

hi guys, sorry for dying lmao. anyways... do you guys want some ninjago ethnic and cultural headcanons??? (theyre almost all east/south/southeast asian btw // srry if u wanted more central/western asian rep.. caucasus dont count theyre too european /hj)

Arin: y'know the fact that there's like a ton of different tribes in papua new guinea? yeah, maybe one of those but i don't wanna be disrespectful so i'll do more research first before fully commiting. other thoughts are timorese or other indigenous groups from/near eastern indonesia.

Sora: look at those cat ears and try to tell me that she is NOT japanese. just- cmon man. plus, imperium is like a futuristic imperial japan or a futuristic version of that time the tokugawa family was in charge and locked down the country.

Lloyd (as well as the entire FSM bloodline): either tibetian or bhutanese. FSM just gives some budhist vibes so yeah. this isnt going to be about religion but religion does kind of affect ethnicity and culture so it does have a very minor role in making these headcanons. nepali works too but nepal is kinda nore hindu so yeah..

Kai and Nya: indomalay. mostly the indo part.. like- cmon, fire and water, indonesia is an archipelago with a shit ton of volcanoes (philippines too but we'll get there, sandali lang muna ;) ) i cant get into specifics cuz im not too well-researched but yeah. also, vibes 👌

Zane: siberian or he's from one of the islands extremely north of japan that japan and russia keep on disputing over. purely because of geography and ✨vibes✨

Cole: mixed black latino-filipino. as a filipino myself i wanted to make someone filipino =). since a lotta people were making cole black, i thought that i might as well make him mixed <3. plus, the philippines is also a former spanish colony so it just makes sense. if you want a more specific country, either colombia or the dominican republic are cool. not very well-researched on the different latin american countries so if anyone wants to tell me the most appropriate country for cole pls let me know 🥰.

Jay: umm, i sorta have a dillema over this. im thinking either korean or he's from somewhere in the gobi desert like mongolia or inner mongolia (its a province in china btw). korean bc the entertainment and beauty industry as well as the student and work culture kinda fit him. but somewhere in the gobi desert is nice bc the desert is where he grew up. maybe he's korean but grew up in a mongolian-chinese environment but yeah, im not too sure about him 🤷‍♀️. im leaning more towards korean but yeah, not sure.

Wyldfyre: i um... this was very hard. first of all, she's not gonna be asian since i couldn't find a good enough area in asia and well, im pretty sure she's not from ninjago so she doesn't have to be asian. so, i got maori in northern new zealand but 1. i know nothing about the maori people 2. it might be disrespectful to portray them like that. and 3. er, the geography is kinda off. where she grew up looks very desert-y and volcanic. i think a more suitable reigon is in south america towards the coast like peru or chile but um i know even less about the those reigions than new zealand. plus, it has the same first 2 problems i listed earlier. (yes im ignoring her clothes for these headcanons srry guys my brain loves topography too much) TLDR; idk man shes too hard to sort out lol. it adds more to her mystery and chaotic energy anyway so yeah.

if u know more abt latin american countries, pls give me pointers so that i can have more accurate headcanons for cole and wyldfyre. i can do my own research for kai, nya, and arin but any help with that is also very much appreciated 👍. peace ✌️

(this is what happens when u become a geography nerd... im not at my full potential yet bc my latin american knowledge and all of africa knowledge sucks. but yeah. bye fr this timeee)

[cheshirewriter01]

Sweet like bubblegum

Law x reader

Summary: teasing law, definitely has a crush on each other.

The smell of sweet baked goods quickly diverted your attention from the conversation you were having with your captain in the mess hall.

"Ikkaku-ya must be trying out new baking recipes again..." your captain mused with a discontent expression whilst facing the kitchen that was connected to your location.

'captain never has been one for sweets has he..' you recall with fondness at your captain's picky eating behavior, as you mindlessly chewed on your bubblegum you had popped into your mouth earlier that morning.

Your mouth watered in anticipation at what she was making this time. Unlike your dear captain, you had an extreme sweet tooth and ikkaku's baking always fueled your appetite. Your captain always scolding you about the amount of sweets you ate. Warning you about the dangers of your health and your teeth for consuming so much sugar, but his rants usually always went in one ear and out the other. : )

"C'mon cap let's go see what she's cookin up this time yah? Maybe she's finally made something you'll eat hm hm, picky ass" you whispered the last part under your breath as you grabbed your captain's hoodie sleeve and practically drug him into the kitchen with you, the whole time he sputtered and snapped his complaints at you, glaring daggers at the back of your head (that you could most definitely feel.) he was going to pretend that he didn't hear the last part of that sentence for your sake, and people say he's not merciful.

Upon opening the metal door leading to the kitchen, the sugary sweet smell smacked you in the face tenfold, making drool practically pour from your mouth as Law's nose scrunched up in extreme disgust.

On the counter tops of the kitchen were an assortment of different goods freshly done, all in different shapes and colors, some even had little fruits and jams layed nicely on top of them, just begging for you to sink your pearly white teeth into.

"Ah perfect timing, I was just about to get you to come try my newest concoction!" Ikkaku turned around and stepped to the side as she presented the most beautiful piece of food you have ever seen in your life, it was glorious you say.

Law couldn't help but roll his eyes at your dramatic display as you wiped tears from the corner of your eyes with your sleeves, although he always found your love for food quite cute, dare he say.

Just as you were about to grab a fork to try her piece of work you suddenly remembered that you had a piece of gum in your mouth, a piece of gum that you were quite attached to at the moment, after all it's been with you all day, how could you just discard it in the trash after all this. And besides, you know after you try the treats you'll just want another piece of gum anyways, but you already have gum. So why should you throw it away? Hmm, dillema, dillema.

Then a mishevious idea suddenly popped into your head, one that could quite possibly get you killed but it also solved your problem. 'I just need a place to store the gum for a moment right? ' you turned to your captain with a playful glint in your eyes.

"Nay captain. Can you hold this for me for a moment please?" He turned his head towards you, your voice calling him from the deadly staring contest he was having with the abominations in front of him. Before he had the chance to ask what you wanted held, you had already grabbed the front of his yellow hoodie and pulled him down to your level for you to be able to attach your mouth to his so you could quickly relocate your gum to its new temporary friend.

You released him with shut eyes and quickly turned your attention to Ikkaku and her treats so you didn't have the chance to see your captain's reaction, but oh was it a cute one.

It took him a few seconds to process what just happened as he stood back upright. An obvious pink flush spread from the bridge of his nose to the tips of his pierced ears as he looked at you in astonishment. 'did she just fucking kiss me?! A little warning would of been nice' he thought reeling in his emotions, with a slightly agape mouth, not understanding her cause for the sudden action, one that he definitely couldn't bring himself to complain about though, even if it was incredibly quick.

As you continued to try the different assortments after the main event (which tasted heavenly) and chat with your female companion, he took the time to recollect himself and finally shut his mouth, only then did he notice the foreign intrusion, one chew, two chews, three che... 'She put her fucking gum in my mouth so she could eat food didn't she...' he quickly realized with a twitch of his brow as he continued to lazily chew the new object.

After having sufficiently tried everything your friend made you were ready to reclaim your gum, you turned back to your captain with a more than pleased look on your face, only to find he looked quite done with you at that moment.

"Aw why so glum cap. You ain't gonna try any of ikkaku's sweets?" you asked with a knowing look on your face as you stepped forward and judged him with your elbow. Only causing his frown to deepen as he glared at you once more.

"You know damn well what my problem is you little shit, I don't like sweets, and this crap you put in my mouth is sure as hell too sweet too, so take it back!" his voice progressively got louder as his sentence carried on, causing your amusement to grow at teasing your precious, albeit cranky captain.

'Oh yes, I forgot my gum was cotton candy flavored. It probably is pretty sweet now that I think about it.. Whoops tehee'

You had to contain your giggles as to not anger him more. You held up your hands in mock defense as you spoke. "Alright alright I'll take it back now. Thank you for holding it for me." You spoke with a grin as you held out your hand to him, expecting him to place it there, but no, you forget who you're dealing with sometimes.

A shit eating grin came onto your captain's face as he moved your hand out of the way. Instead he grabbed the back of your head with his right hand to keep you in place and swooped his head down to connect your lips again. Once again giving the gum back to its rightful owner, and exploring your mouth a little more than he should of for rightful compensation.

Once he pulled back, you were left a heavy blushing mess, looking at your captain with wide eyes. He gave you another large grin as he released you head and patted down your hair, then proceeded to happily saunter out of the kitchen, proud of the mess he was able to turn you into.

A smiling you was left a puddle on the floor. 'Don't dish it if you can't take it I guess' you thought happily.

On the other side of the door Law still stood pleased, 'I guess sweets aren't so bad after all'' he thought with a small smile on his face as he continued to walk to his office.

yes they forgot Ikkaku was there <3

[sometimeshypnotizd]

Day 15 of sometimeshypnotizd!

I-I don't have a very good explanation for why he is looking like that.... Yea the armadillo idea came from day 10, because Dillema's lineart for Hypno looked a lot like an armadillo in my brain and I was already programmed to talk about armadillo because of the mob vote (BTW. ARMADILLO WIN LETS GOOO!) cAHANN, but like, I honestly to God and all of his creation, don't know why tfk this Hypno is looking so freaking cute, I don't draw like that, It's not my stile at all, anyway somehow I little petshoped Hypno. (:

[crmsnmth]

Streets

There is no hope in these streets The places where they heard the poor and the boken The sick and the damned They live with demons of fear and dillema See a body for the first time in your life So jaded by the time the seventh day comes It's not like I'm going outside But gunshots are loud no matter if that bullet is for you or not

There is chaos in these streets And I will always stand up for chaotic enviroment after all, it was my beleif in anarchy that led me to nodding out in your living room Who would have thought it? Not me, but then again nothing surprise me like before

There is mental illness in these streets walking up and down the same fifty feet mumbling words that only make sense to you I wonder how freeing losing your mind really is

There is no hope in these streets Hope's a dead concept anyway Used only by the fools and the faithful There isn't much difference in the two