#anyways legacies in stories make me sick
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nightmare-foundation · 3 months ago
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There's something about superheroes and legacies that drive me absolutely NUTS, specifically with the imagery of looking at a suit behind glass
The imagery of a face juxtaposed over a suit. The weight of the world on your shoulders, whether it's new or if you're stepping into shoes previously filled, now empty. The weight of the world, the weight of that legacy. Bonus points if you didn't even want it. Maybe you did and you grew up and now you're not sure. Now you don't want it. But everyone's expecting it. Something something expectation of a legacy to strive toward and hollowness of a legacy unwanted
Anyways. I'm going to go throw up now
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wickmitz · 4 months ago
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mitzi and mordecai are literally each other’s narrative counterpart : both serving the same purpose in a different way while being the figureheads for the lackadaisy and marigold plots respectively. they’re not similar, far from it, but their motivations are the same thing! they both loved atlas and are unable to cope with the vaccum his absence has created, the purpose they have lost, all aimless and suddenly desperate for familiarity … they are grief stricken and burdened with some sort of guilt about his death too. i say this all the time but had things been a little bit different i could 100% see mitzi turning to marigold to act as a spy while mordecai would desperately try to preserve atlas’s legacy -- all their actions are brash and impulsive and emotional and it’s an emotion that comes from the exact same tender little place. a lot of their tragedy ( to me anyway! ) is that they’re the only ones who could probably understand each other’s pain the best at this point, but are unable to do so because they’re too wrapped up in themselves to see past that. and they’ve always been volatile at best anyway. still, despite their harsh words, you can see that mordecai trusts mitzi to an extent, at least with this, with atlas, which is … a rather big deal to him. he seeks her opinion, he tells her about the oddities happening at marigold, defends her to gracie despite having ‘little interest’ in doing so … they still keep secrets, despire everything, ones they’ll take to the grave … they mirror one another so vividly in their pain how could they not trust each other so deeply? how could they not loathe one another? maybe it was easier to drift than it was to stay, being forced to stare at the visible ruination happening within, permanently etched on someone else’s face.
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and if i said mitzi and mordecai are different sides of the same coin...
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reddit won't like this one 🤭🤭🤭
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iid-smile · 6 months ago
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can't get rid of me , fushiguro toji
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a strong legacy to be left behind , chapter one
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cw: profanity, mentions of pregnancy (pills) but filtered for megumi's sake, mentions of violence in prison, you're broke, smoking cigarettes
author's note: sigh... im out of my fluff era 😞 (sorry guys) kinda wanted to write something that i think would actually happen in some sort of alternate jjk universe and um idk how far to go because this kind of stuff does happen in the manga, but writing it feels illegal??? idk...
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"mom?" megumi peeks out from around the corner in the hallway. "who was calling?"
another groan escapes your lips, around the fifth one in the last three minutes, and you silence your phone once again. "your— excuse my language, shitty deadbeat dad keeps wanting to call me." you slap your hand across your forehead and lean back on the couch, a small creak coming from somewhere below. "apparently he's getting aggressive in prison. shut off the house phone, but they still found my number..."
your son comes closer to you, and you scoop him up, placing him by your side. he glances up at you, and you swear your fight or flight instincts nearly kicked in, (not that you'd be able to fight of a guy as big as toji anyways) flinching slightly from his sharp gaze. it sucks how he looks so much like his dad, because you loved megumi so much. but the image of that guy was almost too much to bear, and he's the spitting image.
"shitty?" he repeats. for a well-behaved kid, he really doesn't respect your words.
"don't say that megs, it's bad language." you swear around him all of the time, so what's the point in scolding him? "only your mama can say it."
"don't tell me what to do."
wow. okay. why do you feel threatened by a six year old? "damn, you've got his attitude too." you mutter, but you've only got yourself to blame for that. you knew you were never cut out to be a mother, so your ways of parenting weren't the best.
he snuggles closer to you, and you openly accept, moving your free hand to his hair to rub over it. "why can't i see toji?"
ah, this lovely story again. "because he left me as soon as you were born, love." really, you couldn't and didn't want to stop yourself from wrapping him up in your arms, feeling the need to protect him. "at this point, he's dead to me. seems like he doesn't feel the same though... i'm so sick of his ass." you also knew it wasn't good parenting to rant to your child about adult issues, but you've only got him to talk to.
that hug was out of comfort then. why are you lying to yourself?
he looks up at you with an irritatingly cute but blank face. "why?"
"god, i hate how many questions you ask." you speak under your breath once again, looking up at the ceiling from any sort of help from a higher being. the amount of times you've had to family-friendly-ify things that have happened isn't even funny. you're not naturally rated u for universal. it's more embarrassing when he recites those same stories to his teachers, and you get called into the school for a little talk.
yikes... here we go. "he lied when he said he gave me the right magical candy after we visited the stork. tried to make it drop you off back to where babies are made in heaven, but i wanted it to deliver you to me, whether he liked that or not." the story's got to be a little filtered somehow. you'd rather not get yourself in the principal's office again. "you're my little hero; a miracle to me. i would've given up on myself ages ago. your dad is a bad, bad man."
the type that would kill. if he found where you lived, or perhaps where megumi goes to school...
"and now i'm left broke in an apartment that barely functions, yet i still spoil my little hero." you sing-song, leaning your head back. "and with what money? i'm broke as hell, megs. can't even make both of us breakfast in the morning cuz your elementary school is too damn expensive."
"is this my fault?"
"...no. no, baby, of course not." you furrow your eyebrows more, a small pout in your lips. "if anything, you made my situation a bit more fortunate."
it's a selfish way of thinking, using your child to avoid solving your problems, using your child to wail and complain about how much you hate your life, but you've got nothing to lose. nothing to lose except for the one person you love.
you can feel your phone buzzing again.
"you stay here and watch tv, okay? mama's gonna go to the kitchen and talk to her friend." he seems a bit relieved as you let go of him, and you stand up.
you hear him mutter. "it's only playing the news though..." no shit it only plays the news, you can't afford to get a good television company that has any kids shows. that is, unless you wanna get scammed out of all of your money.
begrudgingly, you make your way to the kitchen, confirm that you closed the door completely, and answer the vibrating device. "hello?" you sigh, placing the device over your ear.
the other person on the call replies quickly. "is this miss—"
"yeah, yeah, it is. what the hell do you want?"
"um... we apologise, but we strongly suggest that you come to the prison building. he—" the guy's voice cracks. must be really nervous. "pardon me. he's been physically assaulting other inmates and guards, he doesn't follow orders, he never leaves his cell unless it's to visit the closed visits room. you know, in hopes that you'll come..."
obsessed much? where was this energy six years ago? "that's got nothing to do with me."
"please, ma'am. he won't listen to anyone, and we are unable to place him into special facilities as he doesn't emit any cursed energy." ah, he's begging? that's a first. you never would've thought you'd hear a person who works at a prison begging.
cursed energy, cursed energy, this talk again and again and again. "urgh..." you take a deep breath. your options are limited, and they won't stop calling until they can get that lunatic to calm down... surprise, surprise, you really don't want to go.
but if you were really uninterested in him, wouldn't you have already spent the bail money that's been sat on the counter for ages, neatly concealed in an envelope? wouldn't you have paid off all of your debts already? "will i— hm..." choose your words carefully, goddamn it. "can i get a reward of some sort if i go? money?"
"yes, yes! please do visit. there's nothing we can legally do to him in check anymore." ...you think this guy sounds a little too eager.
damn toji and his "supernatural powers", or else you wouldn't get yourself into this mess. finally, after your moment of silence, you respond. "okay. i'll visit."
"thank you—!" you cut off the line.
"fucking bastard..." you drop your phone on the counter, running your hands through your hair and over your face. "stressing me out for what? you don't even love me." your words turn into whispers. with haste, you rummage through your back pocket, trying to find those last few cigarettes, but as your hands were occupied, your eyes moved over to the ashtray that was collecting dust on top of the microwave. oh, right... you don't smoke anymore because there's no ventilation indoors.
you'd have to head out if you wanted to, but then megumi would be in the apartment on his own. and nobody can babysit, because you don't have anybody to ask to babysit. great, you can't smoke until monday. it's a friday afternoon. you have two whole days to get through!
you know for a fact your addiction won't hold out for that long.
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gyattoru · 6 months ago
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SPOILERS FOR THE “IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN” QUEST OF HOGWARTS LEGACY DOWN BELOW 👇
So, I just finished this quest today and I REALLY had to write this ramble to get this off my mind.
The Hogwarts Legacy writing team really missed on Sebastian’s line after the last triptych quest by making his line “If not for me, than for Anne” instead of “If not for Anne, then for me.” because, let’s be honest:
All this time, us helping Seb find a cure was based on the fact that we were only helping because it mattered to him, he’s our friend and we don’t want to see our friend be hurt by the loss of his sibling, so why would he tell us to do it for Anne instead of him?
Also it would give him so much more depth, because to us he is a friend, but what about on his end? Does he fully consider us his friend or does he stick around because we conveniently have and ability that can help Anne, thus giving to him all he’s wanted since she got sick?
Anyways Portkey Games please hire me already for character story writing, thank you very much.
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slytherinlives · 2 months ago
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My Year in Fic 2024
Thank you to @mirdeli for the tag! (love you and your writing <3)
First of all, I can't believe how much I've actually written this year until I sat down and took it all in. When I first started actively writing for the legacy fandom, it was a very different experience. I wrote my first fic as a fun continuation of the main story. I thought about where these characters might go and how their relationships would change in the wake of their choices. Then I hated it, deleted all 30 chapters from the internet and then re-wrote it. Then I started a second story with a new mc and new dynamics, that at the time I was really proud of. But then as I'm sure you all know, there was this person that went around accusing the adults who wrote with more mature themes and aged up characters of being foul things. Including but not limited to leaving cruel comments on art or fics that had anything above a T rating. It got so bad that it discouraged me from writing with mc content completely, which really broke my heart because I loved what I was creating with it.
But even after all of that, I couldn't stop creating stories. A big thing that resonates with me as a person as well as a writer is wanting to tell stories with characters that people already know and love but introduce themes that feel authentic to a human experience. Such as things like sexuality, anger, tense family dynamics etc.
And with that in mind, I started testing the waters with a silly little au for one of my favorite disney films Sleeping Beauty. Only this time featuring a love story without "mc". Then I did another silly au that was centered around one of my favorite superheros, Spiderman. (Both remain unfinished, but I plan to focus back on those this year)
In doing so, I found this corner of the fandom where everyone had been nothing but accepting and encouraging each other with their art and I finally started to feel more comfortable in posting my works again.
So, before I make this entirely too long, let's get into it:
My fics written in 2024: (I've published nearly 30, but I'm only going to share completed fics and the one's I'm proud of.)
Growing Pains Ominis/Sebastian 26k -single father/self discovery-
Tell Myself I Wouldn't Feel Things Ominis/Sebastian 32.3k -enemies to lovers/fake dating-
Open Yourself Up to Me and Surrender Ominis/Sebastian 2.7k -age insecurity/body worship-
I Hold You Close (In progress) Ominis/Sebastian 27.1k -friends with benefits-
Pepper Me Up Ominis/Sebastian 7.8k -sick fic/crack-
The Greatest 'What If' Sebastian/Garreth 7.8k -friends with benefits/prequel spin off of I Hold You Close-
Side Effects (On Hold) Sebastian/Fem!MC 56.3k -Reuniting/Mutual Pining/Friends to Lovers-
Across The Stars Sebastian/Fem!MC 1.6k -one shot collection with the same characters from Side Effects-
I know I'm mostly known for writing Sebinis/Weaslow now, and I love that because the friends I've made and the fun I've had over here I would never trade for anything. But I do hope one day I'll feel the drive again to finish Side Effects. (maybe even my first ever mc fic that's still up but that one more complex) I do love those characters so much and I miss them. Maybe one day.
With that said, I can't wait to share more stories (after completing some active ones first.) Maybe I'll even feel more confident to start posting my backlog for other fandoms.
Anyway, I'd love to see that everyone else has been up to this year! So I'll pass this along to @shyamanuensis , @pr0serpinas, @sunsetplums, and anyone else who wants to participate, consider yourself tagged!
See you all in 2025! <3
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weekend-whip · 2 years ago
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Ninjago Fic Rec Week: Day 4
Prompts: Fluff / Cole Recs! (i'm sure I'll be seeing a lot of my favorite fics today aaaa)
Fluff Recs-
Good Hair Day: Kai helps Skylor do her hair, based entirely on a headcanon of Kai being good at doing hair (hey, his own style is a choice)
Little Brother: Lloyd realizes the perks of having five older siblings. Lots of sweet family fluff and young!Lloyd shenanigans <3
Nya, Kai, and That One Drink: Including this one specifically because it's probably the most lighthearted thing I've written yet that doesn't involve Jesse snknksnskn, the group goes for takeout in the X-1 Ninja Charger, only for one thing to lead to another and Kai winds up forgetting Nya's drink. What's a brother to do now?
Socks: Wu wearily but delightfully is forced to watch the ninja get way too much merriment out of a ridiculous pair of socks (I, personally, am of the belief that they belong to Lloyd, but—)
Five Times Jay Cheered Someone Up: And the one time he was cheered up in return (i am DISTRESSED that i didn't include this on my Jay list aaaaAAAA)
Five Times Lloyd Was a Pain: And the one time he wasn't. Child!Lloyd for the soul in this one!!!!
There's Insurance For That: In which Skylor gets a taste of the life of a ninja (and learning just how many places they've been banned from in Ninjago) Quite possibly my favorite lighthearted Skylor fic!!!
Cole Recs-
Sick Days: Sickfic, featuring Cole and having to contend with "Being useless", and the doting care
Passing On the Hammer: Cole has a meeting with his grandfather, while Jay tries his hand at being a fisherman and Kai thinks he can do the Triple Tiger Sashay. (Really a fic about Cole and his family's legacy, but Kai and Jay's antics are too hilarious not to mention snksnknksnk)
You're An Excellent Chef, Really *screams loudly* UGNH one of my very favorite fics exploring Cole and Zane's dynamic, will recommend every single time!!!! But, it's basically the duo bonding over cooking over the years. Makes my heart very happy <3
Quiet Weirdo: Cole and Nya friendship fic that the world definitely needs more of!!!!
Adjusting: PILOT BONDING, this time Cole flavored!! Cole's thoughts on his new budding team consisting of a chatty blue guy and the guy that won't stop staring at things. But a guy like Cole has never needed friends anyway, so he's got nothing to worry about, right?
Again and Again: MORE PILOTS BONDING but this time with Glacier! People keep asking me how Cole fell in love with Zane in Legacyverse and my mind always drifts back to a thing similar to this story! My personal investment aside, a nice fluffy fic about how Cole met Zane and they became friends with a touch of pining <3
You Worry Too Much: By the author of Chips and Salsa (another fandom Cole/Glacier classic), here we have a another tale centered around Cole's parents while he was growing up, and though it's a little more about Lou than anyone else, Cole ofc has a huge stake in the story and uwaah I love reading about Cole's family dynamics (both the fluff and the tragedy)
Some Climb Mountains: A retelling of how Cole met Master Wu, always gets me misty eyed because i am a soft soul ;v;
Cole and the Tastiest Broken Glass: S2 Pre-Child's Play, Cole and Lloyd bond over broken things, life philosophy, and candy. Cole and Lloyd sibling duo that the world also needs much more og!!
I'm Sure He Knows: More Cole + Wu bonding that speaks to me specifically, involving a conversation about a certain ghostly wind master who is no more.
Four Times Cole Helped The Guys With a Nightmare: And the one time they helped him. Cole's character at his purest in this one!!!
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misguidedasgardian · 11 months ago
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The Lifeaters (III.1)
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I. Something's in the air
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Chapter Summary: You are excited to return to school… so many changes though
Pairings: Draco Malfoy x Fem!Reader (platonic)
Warnings: Cursing, magical objects, Mugglephobia, classism, charms and curses, reader is referred to as “little girl” and others, implied menstrual blood (sorry, it’s important for the story), UNCLE LUCIUS EXPLAINING POORLY TO DRACO WOMAN’S GROWTH, please don’t cancel me, I think its funny, might miss some warnings (this will be the only chapter discussing these things, sorry if it makes you uncomfortable)
Wordcount: 3 k
Notes: Like I say in the warnings, it's just a few paragraphs, I wanted to use that to say that the reader is growing and “maturing” and this year at school a line began to be drawn, her first real crush and all of that… anyways…
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You smiled as you felt your aunt’s soft hands on your hair, she was looking down at you with those eyes so much like yours, with a strange proudness shining in them
“My little girl is not so little anymore”, she whispered sweetly, “you are almost a woman grown, a little lady of thirteen”
“I feel like one”, you contributed softly with a shy smile, your lower belly burned like hell
She smiled at you, and presented you with a small wooden box, you took it gently in your hands, and opened it quickly, revealing a silver ring, with Slytherin’s snake carved into the metal
“For you my love”, she said proudly, you looked at her wide eyed
“This is for me?”, you asked, it was gorgeous 
“It was your father’s”, she said carefully, you gasped
“What? how?”, you had so many questions, “Why? HOW?”, you were so excited she only giggled 
“You know you are the only second generation on our end, but this is a legacy ring”, she explained softly, “your mother had it, he had gifted it to her, it is said to have been in his family for quite some time, he was a Slytherin legacy”, she said softly, “and you are becoming one”, she murmured
“Thank you aunt”, you said softly, placing the ring in your finger, as soon as you accommodate it, it shrunk a bit to fit you perfectly, as magic rings usually did
“My father’s ring”, you whispered, looking at its perfect carving
“One day, I will talk to you about your father, I promise”, she said, smiling, “I know he would have been very proud of you, his young woman, a quidditch chaser”, she stood up and prepared to leave, but you stopped her, ready to ask her a question
“Can I go to the Malfoys for the weekend before school starts?”, you asked hopefully, and when your aunt smiled sadly at you, you frowned
“You are a woman now”, she said severely but softly, “it is inappropriate for you to sleepover with a young man”, she resolved, your eyes filled with tears
It was all different now
“Maybe I can stay in a guest room”, you suggested, “there are going to be more people there…”
“Why don’t you get in touch with the Parkinson girl, uh?”, she suggested, “we can go to Diagon Alley with her, and her mother, a girl’s day, wouldn’t that be nice?”, you nodded
“But can I still go to Malfoy Manor? Draco is going to be disappointed if I don’t”, you suggested, because you knew how your aunt was against “disappointing” the Malfoys
“Yes, I’ll speak to Narcissa”, she said softly, and let the matter settle, “I’ll brew you the potion, for your pains”, she said with a soft smile, and left you alone. There is so much things she relied on servants and house shelves for, but self-care wasn’t one of them, after all, your family’s fortune came from skin products, and your aunt was very good at brewing potions and creams
You sighed, feeling like you were somewhat sick, but you weren’t, right?. You sat on the edge of your bed.
Even though you felt a sharp pain you didn’t feel any different, you wondered if Draco was going to be acting differently towards you too? you doubted it 
You thought of Pansy, how nice she was and how you were actually thinking it was a great idea to go with her to Diagon Alley, to shop for your things for the new school year
So you did, you wrote hastily, asking her ho she’d been, what were her plans for next week, and if she would like to “hang”, to go to Diagon Alley with her, and you actually took the opportunity and asked her if she would like to spend the night afterwards in your home
Umbra went and came back with an answer the same day, which meant she had answered pretty quickly
“Dear (y/n), good timing you had because you see, I’m in need of a new pair of EVERYTHING for the new term! and would LOVE to hang out with you, can’t wait to see this season’s new shoe collection at Cobbler's fancies, see you Wednesday at 12 in front of Flourish and Blotts! and then of course I would love to go back to your house with you!”
Wednesday arrived pretty quickly and soon you were walking down Diagon Alley, alone! for the very first time! Pansy was there, just in time, smiled and waved at you when she saw you. You aunt was going to meet you, but like at five to have some tea, in the rumanian tea shop, she had given you a handsome bag of galleons to spend, so happy you got to go on a shopping spree with a friend, she went a bit overboard and told you to buy whatever you wanted, not only needed 
“Hey Basilik!”, she greeted cheerfully, hugging into you tightly
“Hey Parkinson!”, you teased back, it was nice to hang around with a girl-friend  
She grabbed your hand and led you down the street
“I need to buy some shoes!”, she said decisively, “and you too!”, she led you to the most famous shoe shop in London, “Cobbler’s fancies”, with the most delicately made shoes and boots, made from all kind of authentic magical leathers
You naturally turned to the most… flat, classic shoes, but Pansy only shook her head and led you to the back, to the woman’s shoes
“We are in our third year already!”, she said, “we need to get something more… Stylized”, she said, “like this!”, she gave you a low cane black boot that had a bit of heel, “gorgeous!”, it was very pretty, but you never thought you’d be wearing something like that for school, “go on! try them”
You indulged her, trying them on
“Your legs look great!”, she said, and you looked at her in terror, and then looking down again
“M-my legs?”, you asked her. It had never occurred to you that shoes had something to do with your legs 
“A bit of heel will made your legs look thinner!”, she explained, you walked around the shop a bit, and they were comfortable, you looked back at the window and you tried to imagine what they would look like with the uniform skirt on
“Should I get them?”, you asked her, who just had picked a Mary jane shoe with a thick high heel 
“YES!”, she insisted, trying her on her own shoe, which she also bought
“Fine Dragon skin leather!”, said the witch that minded the shop, and Pansy looked extremely happy, and you were too
“Now! new bags for our books!”, she said grabbing your hand and walking down the street
You got gorgeous new matching leather bags for your books, hers in black and yours in your favorite color, and you grew more excitedly each passing second. 
It was a fun day, giggling and gossiping with Pansy and you entered every store you could, getting yourself two entire new outfits to visit Hogsmeade, and winter matching hats, scarves and gloves. 
And then when you had the time… you went to get your school supplies…
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“Is little sweet (y/n) joining us?”, Lucius asked, and by the look on his son’s face he already knew what the answer was going to be, as they both walked down Diagon Alley 
“No she isn’t”, he grumbled, “she told me she was hanging out with that Parkinson girl”, he said, and Lucius chuckled, “what?”
“What you need to understand Draco, is that when women are… growing… they reach a certain age, they can experience changes and alongside that… mood swings, she can become a bit… aggressive…”, he said softly, “they will tend to their own kind”
“own kind?”, he asked
“Other witches”, he continued, “they will hang in groups of only women, and they will form a coven, they become vicious creatures”, he started rambling, looking ahead of him down the road as Draco followed him, frowning, not understanding where this was going.
“what!?”, he asked, concerned, Lucius stopped his movements and grabbed his shoulder, “vicious?”
“There is a reason sirens and mermaids are only women”, he said frowning deeply, grabbing into his shoulders
“I don’t understand”, were you going to turn into a man-eating winged woman? Lucius seemed to think about it, looking at the horizon
“But don’t worry, she will grow out of it…”
“When?”, he asked
“A couple of years”
“YEARS!?”, he asked back, now terrified. Narcissa showed up then, with a frown on her face
“Lucius! don’t you dare!”, she threatened. Lucius whimpered in fear and started walking hastily ahead of them both
“Don’t listen to him”, she said severely, Draco, now in fear of his own mother, nodded quickly, “you are still the same two you had always been, you are just growing”, Narcissa said and leaned in and kissed him in the forehead, “I will advice, though, to always hang into a couple of chocolate frogs in your bag”
“As a tribute, I understand”, he said firmly, accepting this new “challenge”, Narcissa looked at him fondly and kept walking with him
Draco got his things in the company of his parents, indeed missing you, thinking time and again about what his father had said 
Were you really going to turn into a man eating striga? 
But then, as the sun was hiding through the streets, he walked by the Rumanian tea shop, and when he catches a glimpse of you, you were standing up to meet him
“Draco!”, you said, so excited, its only been a month since he last saw you, you looked pretty much the same, not, correction, you looked better
He knew everything was going to be as good as always
You hugged him tightly hiding your face on his neck
“Miss you!”, you said quickly
He greeted Parkinson with not the same enthusiasm 
“I see that you had fun!”, said Narcissa with a smile, “can you show me what you girls bought?”, she asked excitedly
Lucius joined too, as Cercille did, and as all the girls were giggling, gossiping and talking about their shopping man, Draco noticed how his father’s hands were trembling, grabbing into his walking stick, when they met their eyes, he whispered something like
“Don’t worry, everything is going to be alright”, as he seemed like he was going to be sick. Draco only laughed 
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“What are you doing?”, you giggled, as Draco kept looking and palming your back for wings
“Nothing”, he said quickly releasing you, you saw his hand.
“So, you got yours”, he admired, grabbing your hand softly in his, admiring the ring, he was wearing the exact same one
“And you got yours!”, you teased, wanting to see his ring, your fingers with his intertwining playfully
“Was it your aunt’s?”, he asked, and you shook your head
“My father’s actually”, you said, and he looked at you wide-eyed
“Did she finally tell you?”, he asked
“No but she promised she was going to”, you said, and he nodded, “do you think your parents know?”
“I think they do”, he said and you thought bitterly that if they didn’t they probably wouldn’t let Draco hang around with you like they did
Whoever your father was, he must have been really important 
You often wondered the reason they didn’t want to tell you, it was because maybe he wasn’t dead at all. What if he was locked up in Azkaban for committing terrible crimes? What if he was a follower of you know who and got locked up?
You honestly were scared to find out.
“Have you seen that a prisoner of Azkaban escaped?”, he asked, you indeed had seen the page this morning in the daily prophet
“Yes”
“They say he murdered 13 muggles with only one curse!”, he almost admired
“He looks dangerous, and crazy, you should have seen my aunt’s face this morning when she saw the paper”, you said
“Is she concerned?”, he asked, frowning
“A bit, she wouldn’t say though”
“Well, he is a murderous lunatic and he is free somewhere”, he conceded
“They will catch him, right? the Azkaban guards?”
“Of course they will, have you seen those things?”
“They are terrifying”, you whispered
You were hanging out in the “informal” living room in the manor, as Cercille, uncle Lucius and Narcissa were having tea in the library
“Let’s go steal some pastries from our parents”, he said standing up, you followed him and almost trotted to the library, but before you barged in, he grabbed your hand to stop you, as they were talking and by their tone, it was serious.
“Do you think he knows?”, you heard your aunt ask, she was pretending to be calm, but you could tell she wasn’t
“There is no way to know”, said Lucius
“He didn’t”, confessed Narcissa, “I’m certain he didn’t, he was estranged for years”
“We don’t need to worry, he won’t get near us…”
You shared concerned looks, it was juicy
“Draco!”, called uncle Lucius angrily, with a flick of his walking stick the doors opened wide, exposing you to the three adults. They all looked like your crushed their party
“Join us for pastries dear”, said Narcissa with a soft smile
They completely changed the subject when you joined them, talking trash about Dumbledore and about the coming school year. 
You knew for Lucius to be a delicate subject, as he had been “relieved” from his duties as a governor for the school.
“Let’s see the character he is going to bring in this year to be our teacher against the dark arts”, whispered Draco, and for once you were truly concerned
“They should put in Snape already”, conceded 
You catched Narcissa looking at you fondly, and then at Draco
“You are staying dear?”, she asked softly, “we still have the party tomorrow”
“Yes I will”, you said softly, looking at your aunt, who nodded with a smile.
You spend the rest of the day chatting with your parents.
And before you knew it, you were in the platform 9 ¾ , your aunt fixing your jacket you picked for the journey
“I’m so proud of you, did you know that?”, she whispered, smiling at you
“Thank you”
“Do great this year, alright?”, she said, “follow the rules, don’t get into too much trouble… keep your friends close”
“And your enemies closer?”, you mocked, she faked a laugh
“I’m serious, please”
“yes”, you answered quickly, she cradled your face in her hands, caressing the apple of your cheeks with her thumbs
“You looked like your mother”, she whispered
“Do I also look like my dad?”, you asked her, and she smiled
“You got the devil in your eyes kid, that’s all him”, she answered with a smile 
With a last hug, you grabbed Umbra and climbed the steps inside the train
Draco, Pansy, Matthew, Greg and Vince got a compartment for yourselves, it was a bit crowned, but you were having fun talking about all the things that you were going to do
“I signed up for Care of magical creatures and divination!”, you said contently
“Me too!”, said Draco
“Nobody took muggle studies?”, asked Matthew, and you all laughed like he had cracked the best joke of the centuries 
The day outside was ghastly, it soon started to rain, the droplets hitting the window loudly 
“Heard about Sirius Black?”, asked Matthew
“he escaped from Azkaban, the ministry is concerned he will get to Potter”, said Pansy, and you all looked at her wide-eyed, her father worked for the ministry
“i thought this was the Hogwarts Express, not the Potter express”, you mocked
“And why would he go after Potter?”, asked Draco, now certainly interested
“Well, he was a big supporter of the Dark Lord, and Potter is on the way of him returning to his glory”, said Matthew
“So Sirius Black is on the hunt for Potter?”, you asked, “oh merlin, so the nutter will try to get inside Hogwarts, won’t he?”
“Maybe finally we can get rid of Potter”, said Malfoy with a wicked smile
Suddenly the train stopped suddenly, everyone jumping on their seats
“Merlin’s beard!”
“What was that?”
Matthew looked through the window
“There is something out there”, he said. The lights flickered and eventually, you were in the dark, illuminated barely by the stormy cloud outside 
The entire compartment moved, like something heavy had just come aboard, Matthew jumped from his seat and locked the compartment door. 
The entire window froze, the entire room temperature, even though there were six of you, dropped almost to the minus ceros. 
“What’s happening?”, you asked, hugging yourself 
You gasped when you saw it, passing by the door and window of your compartment
It was big and cloaked, and when you tried to look at its face, a shiver ran through you, like you were watching something that didn't belonged to this world, like everything was misery and you were never going to feel happiness again
That thing turned around, looked at you through the windows, tried the door, and then he kept going.
“Is that…?”, Pansy asked
“A dementor”, Matthew completed 
All the cheerfulness of the ride disappeared, and even though that the train was moving ten minutes later, you all just sat there, wide-eyed, not being able to say anything else.
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novelhater · 14 days ago
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finished the last of the wine by mary renault
i ended up having horrible fever dreams about everything i read while i was sick, particularly about this book, which is why it took me so long to finish. i had this terrible dream wherein the main character heard word of his lover's death over and over and over again for what felt like an endless amount of time. it would not stop. and when i woke up i felt nauseated just thinking about reading it or anything else for ages.
but i didn't really know what to do with myself when i wasn't reading. i very nearly became productive. it was a close thing.
anyway we're taking a dive back into fujo herstory for this one. mary renault moved to south africa in the 50's, where she could live more freely with her female lover and write books primarily about gay men in ancient greece. amazing. she objected to being called a lesbian but we recognize an icon regardless of the specific words used to describe her. mary renault walked so... well there haven't been any true western fujo greats to be honest. they all kind of suck. maybe we should get on that and stop letting down her legacy. chop chop start running.
(as an aside, apparently tolkien tutored her and suggested that she write medieval historical fiction [so says wikipedia], which to my mind is kind of like having a massively successful furry artist suggest you try drawing cat portraits.)
the way i got these books is also just *chefs kiss*. my mom gave them to me a few years back, in a box full of other books she was passing off to me. when i opened one of the mary renault novels, an unsent postcard from santorini fell out. that's where my parents had their honeymoon. i can't precisely convey how this made me feel without giving a complete autobiography of my life and my parents' lives before mine, so i will just surmise with the quaint and adequate phrase: 'tickled pink.'
the blurb on the back, written in 1975, starts with
'Alexias, a young Athenian of good family, reaches manhood during the last phases of the Peloponnesian War, a time not unlike our own, when people born to a heritage of security and power felt the structure of their lives being undermined by forces they but dimly understood.'
which i thought was a bit funny. maybe all times are like that, from one perspective or another. maybe that's just how change feels in any time, at any place - like cataclysm. and things are always changing. for this specific moment, well, a great deal of this novel is about democracy under threat. so. yknow. moving wearily on.
renault's writing style is, in general, plain and unpretentious, which gives it all the more power when she suddenly whacks you over the head with a line like
'I had made his memory live for him, and he had made it live for me. So we stared, both of us, with an inward eye, seeking blindness again.'
they come up unexpectedly from time to time and make you stumble and pause. you have to stop and chew.
in general she's fairly subtle, at least compared to a lot of contemporary writing. she doesn't spell things out and portions of the story can only be inferred based on what alexias doesn't tell us. but she trusts you to do that work, which is something i wish more contemporary authors would learn to do again. it's okay if the reader doesn't get it. a story doesn't always need to be a clearly drawn map. sometimes it's fine if it's a forest where you can wander in, get lost, and fail to see every tree and rock before you make it out the other side.
the last of the wine is partly a love story, and partly a coming of age story, and partly also a history - of both a fictional person and a real society. probably for all of those reasons combined there is an intense nostalgia for people and places you've never met or been. it reminded me a little of how i felt reading never let me go, with a perpetual bittersweet anticipation for an ending i instinctively knew would be sad. but maybe all stories told as retrospect are like that by nature. (knowing even a basic amount of greek history also helped.)
although this book is definitely an artifact of fujo history, i don't really recommend it to the vast majority of contemporary fujos. you just can't go into it with high minded ideals of romance and true love, not even the tragic kind. the main characters sleep with women and this is normal and getting jealous about it is considered weird and wrong. alexias' devotion to lysis is quite tame by our standards but the fact that he has to suppress and restrain his occasional fits of jealousy is a wild and profound kind of love for the setting. i had that fever dream about lysis dying and then as the book progressed i kind of started to hope he WOULD die for various reasons, and one of those reasons was that i knew if he didn't die that the two would eventually part ways in a very mundane and unromantic kind of way which is kind of worse.
but it got me thinking a great deal about the nature and evolution of love as a social construct. it's hard to really conceptualizes in our era which is absolutely filled to bursting with Love Stories, but love as a desired life goal is a fairly modern concept. when you think about the vast majority of human history and the way in which familial relationships were so carefully created and maintained, it feels obvious that ancient (and even not-so-ancient) people would have thought about romantic and sexual love in way different ways than we do. the idea of being 'in love' and acting in service to this feeling as a baseline for your life is really quite radical compared to all of that...
overall i definitely recommend reading this one when you are not horribly ill and also maybe in a frame of mind not anticipating a love story at all. which would make the softer elements all the more tender and also be more true to the effect of love on the human soul in real life anyway.
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lovejustforaday · 1 month ago
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2024 Year End List - #11
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Samurai - Lupe Fiasco
Main Genres: Jazz Rap, Boom Bap
A decent sampling of: Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Abstract Rap, Conscious Rap
Lupe Fiasco is one of those artists that's been around forever ,that I always knew I would probably like, but had yet to check out any full-length projects from. That was, until this dropped and I saw that cover art and was like "fuck it, you got me".
But really, can we just appreciate that sick fucking cover art for a minute? Man's got serious taste.
Lupe was kind of an anomaly in the hip hop world when he made it on to the scene. Here's this nerdy, offbeat conscious male rapper from Chicago, with bars about respecting women, the kinda rapper who would've very rarely reached anything approaching his level of commercial success. But in the late 2000s, he proved that hip hop was already beginning to diversify its perspectives on what a successful rapper could look like. Like Ye (before he went all batshit anti-semite, anyway), Lupe paved the way for other colourful rappers who didn't fit into a very particular archetype of mythologized machismo.
But like I said, I'm not too familiar with the dude's actual back catalogue. To me, he's always just sorta been that relatively mainstream 2000s rapper that was a respectable cool guy. But now I'm kicking myself for it, cause the dude's got some mad bars to match his genuine nice guy persona.
Though it might sound odd given the warlike name and confrontational cover art, I'd honestly describe Samurai as a very comfy listen. It has that in-your-element, geeking out alone in your bedroom kind of vibe. The really breezy, downright sexy jazz rap beats go well with some very unabashedly verbose lyrics. Like a comic book come to life, this record is full of drama, bravado, and just some really cool shit.
I get from this record that Lupe Fiasco is a true logophile, and the man puts his heart and soul into his bars. It's a real pleasure to look up some of these lyrics and just read along, as you can palpably feel the man's passion for the pen oozing out of these songs.
Samurai is also a concept album. Lupe is apparently a long time fan of the late great soul singer Amy Winehouse, and a little known fact about the legend herself was that she originally wanted to be a famous rapper. The story of Samurai chronicles an alternative reality where Amy became a formidable battle rapper, and throughout the narrative he weaves, Lupe draws parallels with aspects of his own career as a rapper.
I'm tempted to say that, in the hands of a lesser artist, this could've been in poor taste, or even exploitative in some way. But Lupe makes it abundantly clear through his wordsmith on the record and in interviews just how much respect he has for Amy, and the project ends up being this really genuine and imaginative tribute that's honestly quite touching. If you're gonna do hero worship, then the one true right way to do it is to keep it classy AF like this project.
The eponymous opener "Samurai" is the album's biggest selling point. This track is a huge blast from the past, while simultaneously feeling so fresh and cutting edge. This is how you begin a story. I get hyped just thinking about that little saxophone riff that heralds the arrival of a truly seasoned master. The chorus was ripped directly from a voicemail left by a young Winehouse when she actually was a battle rapper. The song is such a genuine celebration of the artistry of rap to the point it almost brings a tear to my eye.
"Cake" is an infectiously rhythmic and braggadocious track about Amy's first battle rap victory. The hook on this one has gotten stuck in my head at least a dozen times in the last month.
"Palaces" is pure rainy evening jazz piano class. The lyrics are pensive, reflective, and bittersweet, pondering on legacy and the perpetual vulnerability of fame, with Fiasco pleading not to fall to its many trappings, which feels particularly grim in the context of the record's concept revolving around Winehouse, an individual who was very much hurt by the double-edged knife of success.
The record closes with "Til Eternity", where Lupe posits that art, or rather the process and the effort of making art, could immortalize us as human beings. The song has a splendid and humble kind of sound, as if taking in the simple beauty of life.
Apparently, a few tracks were cut from the record for the sake of making it more concise, and it definitely feels that way at just eight minutes and thirty tracks.I'm conflicted because I love what's here, and it does feel like the narrative comes to a satisfying end. But it also feels like Lupe really only scratched the surface of the concept and the themes he was trying to convey here. What we get is amazing, but it feels like its over all too soon.
Nevertheless, I'm still impressed with what we got. Moreover, Samurai's conception comes off so clean and effortless, despite the obvious blood and sweat that was put into these lyrics. The record tells a short story about two legends and does a fine job at it. This is a very easy listen that I'd gladly recommend as a gateway for anyone looking to get into more lyrically heavy, concept-driven hip hop records.
8/10
Highlights: "Samurai", "Palaces", "Cake", "Til Eternity"
FOR FANS OF: Be by Common Enter the Wu-Tang by Wu-Tang Clan
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thotsforvillainrights · 1 year ago
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Washa washa!!
Your probably sick of stain but is there a way you could make a one shot of dad stain? 😅 there’s just something about a intimidating brute of a man who probably scares everyone with a small little girl that’s a ball of sunshine
(Sick of Stain? No, not even close! Sick of Wash however? That is a different story...stupid laundry appliance😒)
~Dad!Stain & Daughter Day~
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"Already that time again? Can't be right. Go check the calendar and get back with me." He grumbled while sharpening the blade of his oldest sword. You sighed and tapped the calender on the wall next to the light switch. He paused his actions and looked at it, squinting to get a better view of the dates.
The 28th...
"Ugh, fine then." Although he seemed to be bothered by it, it was HIM that set this day up every month. To combat the worry of not being present enough in his child's life, he made sure to set one day a month aside to spend the entire day with her. He'd called it 'daughter day' and was adamant on sticking to it...even when it sometimes came at an inconvenient time. Don't get him wrong! Of course he spent plenty of days in the month with her and you, but it helped to have one day set aside in case things had gotten hectic for him.
You smile as he put the sword aside before you place a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it. She's older now so I know it should be okay right?" He looks around the room in worry and then back at you. Of course you flashed a reassuring smile before hearing small steps scurry down the hall. You stepped to the side to reveal a very sleepy but excited little girl. "Daddy daughter?" She yawned out while rubbing the remaining sleep from her eyes. He nods and pushed his blade to the side, opening his arms and smiling softly to himself when she ran into him. After witnessing a nice morning hug, you headed to the kitchen to heat up the only thing your toddler was interested in eating right now: pancakes. Meanwhile, Chizome was taking an important step in parenthood by finally explaining why the hell he has all the 'shiny sharps' on the wall (as his daughter would call it). He sat her in his lap and carefully brought his blade close enough for her to see it. He made sure to have the sharp side turned down toward the floor in case her wandering hands decided to touch.
"This ahem...shiny sharp...is my most important one. This is the one that I've had for a very long time."
She stares in awe at the blade with her widened eyes. "Even longer than me, daddy?" He chuckles at her question and smiles. "Yes, even longer than you. To be clear here, this is actually called a sword. They all are...well most of them anyway. The smaller ones are called knives. There are many different type of knives by the way. The one over there on the wall is neither as it is classified as a machete. I'll go into more detail when you're older."
"Can I have a sword one day like you?" He paused at the question and took a second to think. Getting a 4 year old a butterfly knife would be so bad if he taught her how to use it right? He was taking it into consideration until he heard you clear your throat at the doorway. "When you're older...much older." You winked before holding down the large plate in your hands for her to see what was on it. "PANKCAKES!" She shouted, zipping past you to head into the kitchen and sit at the table. "Come eat some breakfast with us, hmm?" You ushered for him to follow along. He nodded and carefully put the blade away, still buzzing with silent excitement at the thought of explaining more to his little girl. Hopefully she'd take a liking to them. It would make passing on his legacy much easier when the time someday came. But for now, it would be a cozy morning with pancakes and a chat about some particular 'shiny sharps'.
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wigglesforonce · 10 months ago
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thank u for the tag keeb @vroombeams <3
Who is your favorite driver? Toss up between George and Oscar, depending on the day, vibes, and how many posts from Mark or Rosie i have recently read
Do you have other favorite drivers? i am known to enjoy logan-posting, and i always cheer for yuki points!! ill also say alex and lewis are up there
Who is your least favorite driver? obvious question to anyone who asks me. verstappen #1 (im enough of a hater to not realise that mv00 was meant as an insult as his championship, and not just what ppl would write to avoid using his name), and i am a respectful hater for norris, i keep it to myself and a specific whatsapp chat w someone
Do you pull for drivers or do you like teams as well? i am more of a fan of drivers than teams, but i do appreciate the legacies and histories of the constructors on the grid, as well as the camradery of everyone on track! love watching teams celebrate wins/points etc together
If you like teams, what team do you pull for? i am a fan of the more historical side of f1, so i am nostalgic for williams (even tho i wasnt even watching and/or alive lmao), but i will say if i buy official team merch it'll probably be merc stuff
How long have you been into F1? i've always been vaguely aware of it, but i first rly learnt abt it mid 2021, and then the first race i watched live was COTA 2021 (rip why did i miss half the best season ever for like 0 reason)
What got you into F1? if we're being hyperspecific, the trailer for DTS that had grosjean's crash from Bahrain 2020 - i decided to watch Telly during a holiday in like. march, and was scrolling netflix and saw a massive explosion and went 'oh SICK', and accidentally watched all of that season of DTS in one day. i then spent the next like 2 months just watching youtube videos abt f1 and went 'no i cant be obsessed w cars going around in circles' and voila. we're here
Do you enjoy Fanfic/RPF? as with the way i enjoy any piece of media, i read fanfiction before actually consuming the source material, so to answer the question: yes (i've stopped reading it much nowadays, just a few stories ive been long time subbed to cough jeddah george cough)
How do you view new fans? love to chat w them, and figure out how much they know! (in a fun 'omg ur into my fav topic' kind of way, not a 'list every race winner since 1950' kind of way). i was a new fan rather recently, so i remind myself of that whenever i eyeroll at a bad take on twitter.
If you could take over as team principal for any team, who would it be and why? redbull and sabotage the Hell out of the team. also earn some nice cash at the same time.
Are your friends and family into F1 as well? it took me a year and a half of being into f1 to find out that not only did my mum used to watch f1 in the 80s/90s, that my grandfather used to watch f1 WITH her but my UNCLE on the OTHER side of the FAMILY has a SIGNED AUTOGRAPH from SENNA that was sent off like a week before he DIED. i thought i was ALONE in my enjoyment GENUINELY.
i also got many of my friends into f1, and have made new friends both irl and online through shared love of it, so u know. Skillz.
Are you open to talking to other fans/making friends? uh ALWAYS. as i just said, i have made many a friend this way, and its just fun to talk abt the sport w other ppl, esp when they have different opinions to u!!
anyways looong post and i shall tag (w/ no pressure): @toilethamster @russilton @ininininininstayoutstayout @georgierre @gayorphandepression :D
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neverendingparable · 1 year ago
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👍 Reccomended
5.3 hrs on record
As a mother of four, I loved The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (Christmas Edition)! I had never played The Stanley Parable before, but my kid's invited me to play this version to get a 'festively-themed' understanding of the game. I think they were getting sick of me not getting there references. LOL!! Now, I finally understand all the 'Narrators' and 'Settings People' that they go on about, And I got to get in the Christmas spirit with it!
Would reccomend to anyone who wants a fun game to play or to understand what their 12 y.o is going on about now HAHA!!!!!
- Erica xoxxo
[ericareid38374]
👎 Not Reccomended
1.2 hrs on record
THIS WHOLE GAME IS A JOKE 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 I WAS TOLD I WOULD GET A CHRISTIAN STORY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVOTING YOURSELF TO YOUR JOB 🤬🤬 WHAT WERE THE DEVELOPERS THINKING MAKING THESE GUYS KISS FUCKING FUMING WE CANT SHOW THIS TOO OUR CHILDREN
ZERO STARS DO NOT PLAY !
[bg__seth_]
👎 Not Reccomended
9.0 hrs on record
'The Stanley Parable (Christmas Edition)' is certainly an interesting concept. I can see where the appeal might arise- that of expanding the game's horizons, or providing a furthering level of social commentary now the worldbuilding has grown more solidified in the face of TSP:UD. However, what the game represented was not this. The whole package reeks of desperation and pandering; pandering to an audience that I do not think truly exists. TSP:UDCE is a constant reusing, recycling and repackaging of concepts that were old and tired when they first appeared in the game, and are now simply sickening to see draped in Christmas lights and baubles and thrown in front of the player in lieu of anything new or innovative. This makes TSP:UD seem fresh and exciting, and I did not think even a full craniotomy could get me to type those words.
As a fan of the original TSP, it has been highly disappointing to see an idea that was once so impactful fall so far. TSP:UDCE reeks of desperate attempts to "play it safe"- but "playing it safe" has never been the subject of appeal that got the game where it was to begin with. If you want a "safe" game, I believe Hogwarts Legacy is on sale at this very moment.
I urge the creators to find a new market and new ideas, and to stop clinging desperately to the fifteen minutes of fame that the original provided.
I urge anyone else reading this to not waste your time with this product. In fact, I urge you to close your eyes and imagine you never saw it in the first place.
[goatscheese]
👍 Reccomended
0.4 hrs on record
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[iewis_]
👍 Reccomended
3.2 hrs on record
i loved the bit where the narrator was like "its The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Christmas Edition)™ time and then Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Christmas Edition)™ed all over the place
[thenarratorsgiantcock]
👎 Not Reccomended
6.6 hrs on record
didnf get to see the narrators Christmas socks. 0/10.
[auaighed7]
👎 Not Reccomended
3.4 hrs on record
STILL NO NARTATOR SEX SCENE
[gdsss888]
👍 Reccomended
5.6 hrs on record
Did you get the Christmas Broom Closet Ending? The Christmas Broom Closet Ending was my favourite.
[xxsaelsamainxx]
👍 Reccomended
9.3 hrs on record
booted up the game. game attempted to load 184 models of birds and immediately crashed. had to restart my whole computer 10/10 no notes
[hilly_b]
👍 Reccomended
3.4 hrs on record
Soaking my festive stanlurine in milk and throwing him at the wall
[fishussy89]
👎 Not Reccomended
4.7 hrs on record
I would say don't waste ur time on this but theres only like ten minutes of new content anyway
Lol
At least the devs made it free ig
[always__s1lent]
👎 Not Reccomended
2.2 hrs on record
WHAT THE FUCKKKK... WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABT THENFUCKING IMAGES DEVS WHAT THE HELL
[blackbirofl]
👎 Not Reccomended
4.3 hrs on record
let me kiss ulmar deluxe or else.COWARDSSSSS
[percyfi223]
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Congrats on the Duke win!! 🥰💙🏀 Been very MIA lately, but I'm trying to get back in the swing of things. Playing some serious catch up. 😘 I know you've got an OC for HoT/HotD but tell me more!!
Welcome back!!!
Hell yeah!!! I didn't end up watching it because I had to get up way too early for work, but I'm happy with the results sfsgsh
Okay so this might get long, I hope you're okay with that. I have a shit ton of lore. Not even just for Elayna but for the Reynes. They're my OCs now
I've got two because they're stories are intertwined but not in a "we will always find each other way" (romantic) but in a "we will always find each other" (hateful) way
My main one is Elayna Reyne! She's the only daughter and third child of Lord Alon Reyne. She has one surviving older brother, Seban, and a younger brother, Ryman. Her other older brother, Reynard, died in a mine collapse that killed him and Seban's mom. Alon got remarried, so Elayna and Seban are half-siblings (or are they? Dun dun dun). Elayna is absolutely a Daddy's girl and Alon's favorite whoops
Alon gets really sick when she's a preteen, and Seban sends Elayna to be a Ward of the Lannisters. Now, Elayna doesn't necessarily like the Lannisters but it's not full on hate at this point. It's more like "oh. Them"
Enter Tymon Lannister
Tymon is a fuckhead to end all fuckheads. It's canon in a modern AU Tymon is the played lacrosse in high school (probably even competitively in college), khakis and a polo, legacy family at Harvard and Yale, "it's not pink it's Nantucket Red", "I'm a nice guy just give me a chance", top honors frat boy kind of guy
Anyway. Elayna gets warded to the Lannisters, and Tymon sees Elayna and is just like "She's mine. I'm gonna marry her some day, and she's gonna have my kids and be my wife. She was made for me." Elayna doesn't hate him at first, and even gets a tiny bit of a crush on him, because he is legitimately nice to her. It's just when she starts noticing how he treats literally everyone else she's just like "mmmmhhhmmmm. No." Unfortunately Tymon is the only Lannister that's been halfway decent with her, and when Tymon feels like Elayna is pulling away, he starts to get. Unpleasant
Eventually, Alon recovers. Alon asks Elayna is sent home if only for a few weeks because he's missed his daughter. The Lannisters let Elayna go back to Castamere. Alon takes one look at Elayna and realizes oh, she is miserable. It's been about 3 or 4 years of her with the Lannisters, and Elayna is clearly not doing well. Also Elayna ABSOLUTELY hates the Lannisters at this point and has decided her purpose in life is to bring that whole fucking family down to the ground
Alon, being a loving father and the GOAT, says fuck that and instead of sending Elayna back to Casterly Rock, sends Elayna to the Red Keep. Alon was at Court for a bit in his preteen and teenage years and was actually fairly decent friends with Viserys and had friendly rivalry going on with Daemon. Alon knows Viserys will find a place for Elayna, and he does. I'm leaning towards Elayna being one of Helaena's ladies in waiting, but I'm not sure
Elayna ends up befriending Helaena! She and Helaena end up very good friends. Elayna also meets Aemond and phew boy. Elayna falls hard and fast. Thankfully for her, Aemond does too. Unfortunately Aegon also kind of falls for Elayna. Yes Elayna has three of Alicent's children wrapped around her finger ssssshhhhh
Now. Remember how I mentioned Tymon has decided Elayna is his? Yeah, uh, he pops up at Court. He tries to claim it's so he can learn from Tyland blah blah blah, but it's blatantly obvious Tymon has no interest in that. Tymon is just there to persuade Elayna to "come home" and "come to her sense". And Tymon is a Lannister which means he's decided Elayna will be "back where she belongs, with who she belongs", and he will do anything to make that happen
I don't want to say too much more because I don't want to spoil what's coming. I will say this, though. Elayna's story is a tragedy because, ultimately, she is the reason the Reynes are massacred. Obviously she's not the inciting incident, but she sets everything up, if that makes sense? It's obviously not her intention but Elayna's actions ultimately doom future generations and her entire family/bloodline
Canon is not a happy story. I have a bunch of other AUs that are happy but. Canon is an absolute tragedy
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alphabetremix · 2 months ago
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It was Love Day in my Sims game. I have just one couple to worry about, Adeline and Rin. They've been married for a while now. Since sometime in mid young adulthood. They are super cute and I'm kind of obsessed with them. Definitely soulmates! Always affectionate, love spending time together, Rin's super supportive, both super loving, and they woohoo literally all the time XD
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I took them to this stunning Romantic Garden Park by lilsimsie. It only uses romantic garden stuff and the basegame. It's so beautiful! This particular pic at this time does not do it justice. My sims even got married there <3
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It was probably my best sims wedding so far! I love all the pictures. And aren't they wonderful! I love girls
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They had a great date. I don't have Lovestruck and I'm not sure if I'll get it. I personally like dates currently in the sims. And how the objectives change depending on the venue ofc.
They brought baked chocolate mousse and a bottle of fresh strawberry nectar. It's early Spring in Windenburg so that's why it wasn't as sunny .-.
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Things got steamy
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Romantic <3 Also I've really been liking the "Kiss 'n Grind" and "Wave 'n Grind" mods by UTOPYA. Here they're doing one of the Kiss 'n Grind interactions. I love the dancing, perfect for parties and clubbing. Quite sensual too! I love Wave 'n Grinds friendly dancing and friendly slow dance. I really want better and more partner dancing and line dancing in the sims. I just think it's cute and a fun activity for them. It'd be so cool to have a dance like a reel as they're lively and fun. A great example I like
Also the slow dance from my wedding stories is too short for me. It seems to be related to another issue. They may be working on it, hopefully
(Meanwhile irl social dancing is meh. Most of my experience comes from school. With friends I found it okay and sometimes fun! But strangers or those people I didn't really talk to, definitely not. I remember, because it's the 21st century, my school allowed people of any gender to dance with whoever they wanted. Isn't it better that way too? We girls all found it more fun and less awkward and everyone knows everyone and was kinda friends or somehting. This is so off topic lol so anyways...)
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Romantic Garden Stuff is my favourite stuff pack! Love the landscaping, objects, and new wishing well and fountain. It is so beautiful and romantic, but great for landscaping and any outdoor space. It's helped make so many wonderful Sims memories <333
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I think Adeline and Rin woohoo'd twice that day. I make them do it all the time. They're obsessed with each other and it's great. They woohoo almost daily, except for if it's too busy, someone's sick etc. Just like real life! Well maybe not
A fun and longer post. I should do this more. I love preserving these moments. And some in my legacy save have been lost. For instance, I accidentally lost quite a few screenshots spanning generations 1-5 :( though I'm glad I still have some things kept well. I feel like I have all this stuff as well in addition to screenshots I should write down, and not just keep in my head. So yeah here it is!
xo
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kayleafeon · 4 months ago
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What to do when:
depressed
no motivation
have test on wednesday, midterm on thursday, quiz on friday that haven't studied for
have philosophy paper due friday already got week extension for haven't started yet
have computer science assignment due friday haven't started yet
can't start computer science assignment until past 4 completed, only done one so far
been sick for a week and and an extra weekend
mental health is trashed
completely torpedoed personal life a month ago over something really stupid
too anxious about everything to make progress on anything
also too anxious to talk to profs about struggling
can't even tell the whole story of why personal life torpedoed because of sensitive topics involved
no therapist and waitlists are 6 months+
have to go home and deal with family from friday evening through to wednesday morning next week, knowing they'll poke about personal life but not being able to explain fully because sensitive topics again
only real community you have is in the university city but not at the university and very far away from hometown with family
so overwhelmed you just shut down
can't stop deflecting and avoiding responsibilities
probably going to fail out of program
can't even care though because everything is meaningless and i don't even want to be in this program anyway
only reason i'm still here is because i like the program's student society and the ring that i get if i graduate
been spending money on lottery tickets instead of anything useful because the scratching noise is the only thing that calms you anymore
know that in posting this your sister and your ex might see it but don't know where else to go
could go to advice reddit but post would probably be removed by mods and/or people wouldn't give helpful advice
everything feels pointless anyway with world as it is atm
feel bad for not feeling worse about that and just being numb to it
also feel bad for not trying hard enough to make it better or to do better myself
kinda just want to stop existing but only to the point of somewhat reckless carelessness not any actual ideas
just need to write everything out somewhere because otherwise going to scream
also have doctor's appt next week that will change nothing because the family doctor is retiring and can't be bothered to switch medications, just increase dosages
which we've already tried twice and isn't helping btw
and this is how i'm feeling while on the antidepressants and adhd medication
only thing i actually want to do is sleep and kinda strangely donate blood but i can't do the latter for another 2 months
sounding increasingly unhinged as post continues
oh i guess i also want to play league but i've managed to stick to my conviction of not allowing kernel level anticheats on my laptops for almost a year and it's kinda the only thing i've got going for me at this point
missed out on the one community i enjoy's events for two events in a row because sick
writing this all during a cs lecture because i can't even pretend that i am focused or understand what's going on
know that this is probably enough info to doxx me but can't bring myself to care
kinda hope one of my classmates or profs find this
feel bad about eating out a lot because of public speaking presentation from yesterday
likewise about not exercising because of my own group's public speaking presentation from last week
need to respond to people who were going to play pandemic legacy campaign with me to say it's cancelled because im too depressed
also need to read stuff for philosophy class in <1 hour but can't be bothered
might just talk to my philosophy prof about everything because she's pretty chill and it's a small class and it's not required for me to graduate so i can always drop the class if needed
also really don't want to fail the term though because it would fuck up scheduling with the few people that i actually know and i would just be even more alone
wish i could just start on things before they were due but can't even manage that after failing two courses last term
why can't i make my stupid brain learn
i want to just live at home and sleep and do nothing all day but living at home is even more stressful because my mom is always making me clean stuff if i'm "not doing anything important" and gets mad if i say that i'm too mentally exhausted from existing
could just leave and go sleep at the park nearby but then i'd be too out in the open
esp seeing as that park is very interlinked with my trauma
but also just don't want to have to deal with any people at all whatsoever
desk leaving angry red marks on my forearms while i type but can't be bothered to change my position
wanna go back to before i had awareness of the world around me and/or quarantine times when staying home doing nothing was normal
hate hate hate adult life i don't want it why can't i just be a child of a billionaire who is set for life in terms of money but doesn't have to talk to anyone including parents
why can't i just motivate myself like everyone else
realize i sound very much like an angsty 14 year old and hate myself even more for it
how does everyone else manage
actually found myself staring at the kitchen knives at a convenience store and thinking about how relieving it would be to run the edge of one over my skin and let myself bleed just a little bit before realizing how fucked up that is and forcing myself to walk away from the aisle
don't understand how my mental health has gotten this bad, it doesn't make any sense
why is it worse now than when i figured out what had actually happened was traumatic i thought i had processed most of it why now why now why now it doesn't make sense
i just want everything to stop, just for a moment, please
If you have any advice please share because idk what to do atp.
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xaracosmia · 7 months ago
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ꕥ — WELCOME TO MARE COSMIA, CONNER KENT. 🌓
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ꕥ  — OOC INFORMATION;
name / alias: crow  age: 28 pronouns: she/her ooc contact: @crowquettes on twitter other characters in xc: lyle norg, dicio gündüz
  ꕥ  — IC INFORMATION;
name: Kon-el / Conner Kent age: 18 (Mentally, biologically) / ~2… (Chronologically) pronouns: he/him series: DC Comics - Mixing of various medias canon point: Nebulous… before infinity crisis stuff…
  personality: 
Conner Kent is the definition of living with your heart on your sleeve, with every positive and negative consequence. He feels what he feels and doesn’t apologize or back down from that. What happens because of how he feels, he takes full responsibility for that, too. Eventually.
At his best, he’s a spring of healthy expression, encouraging others to feel as they feel and supporting them as they are. More than anything, Conner wants to create a space for anyone to have a home and a family. He’s protective, compassionate, and surprisingly emotionally aware, giving anyone a chance to change. All they have to do is show, even a tiny bit, that they want to. He isn’t the most patient or gentle, but the spirit he puts into everything helps make up for what his temper lacks.
Alternatively, that temper and his moods are always easy to see. He has a trend of acting out in a rage, of letting his emotions get the better of him and leaning into the more impulsive or violent notions that lay in his heart. For those without remorse, he has no compassion to give. Other times, his arrogant and cocky nature kicks up, and lands him in situations otherwise easily avoidable. The legacy of both Superman and Lex Luthor hangs heavy on his shoulders, and trying to find out who he is and what he can be only exacerbates this.
something your muse struggles with: Limits. His own limits, other’s limits, rules in general. He’s always doing too much, too loud, too often, pushing past limits that shouldn’t be pushed past. Both on purpose, and on accident.
your muse’s greatest strength: He always sees the truth eventually. He takes great responsibility for everything he does… eventually. Once he realizes. Quick to apologize and quicker to try to make up for his mistakes, Conner has a lot of hubris despite it all.
history / background: 
A sixteen year old boy literally born yesterday, Superboy was made in a lab at the most convenient timing. Told he was meant to be Superman, replace him, given powers too strong, and non-stop live TV coverage, Superboy was an overnight celebrity. Given all the money, power, and attention in the world with no parental guidance or a warm hand, it’s no surprise he turned out the arrogant child he is.
Anyways. Long comics stories short, he finds out he’s a clone, superman comes back, Conner needs a place to go, he bounces around a bit but ends up with the Kents back in Kansas. Yay! 
Frequent run-ins with other realities, dimensions, timelines, and time periods, Conner has been everywhere doing anything, trying to figure out his place in the world and where he really fits in. 
  powers / abilities: 
Bear with me here.
He has all the powers of Superman and then some. I’m condensing them where i can. For reference, TTK is BEAR WITH ME.
  Tactile Telekinesis (TTK) is an ever evolving form of telekinesis that can move objects that Conner can touch, or is touching anything he can touch. It is essentially telekinesis with an extra step, and used to simulate most Kryptonian powers. It relies heavily on mental concentration and, because of this, can be much more easily interrupted and does not remain active when unconscious.
  Breaking it down and twining it into other normal Superman powers…
  FLIGHT
He can fly. 
INVULNERABILITY
Invulnerability. Also keeps him immune to sickness, toxins, poisons, literally anything that would make you feel bad. Iron stomach. Because of his TTK, when conscious, nothing can physically touch him as he has a permanent telekinetic shield around his body. That also lets him breathe underwater and in space and stuff….. 
  SUPER STRENGTH
Can lift hundreds of tons easy. Twined in with TTK, this makes it so he can telekinetically lift anything of a similar weight or less, and do other telekinetic feats. Works on mental fortitude. 
  SUPER SPEED
Faster than a speeding bullet etc etc etc.
  SENSORY POWERS………..
Oh my god there’s too manyyyyyy…. Superhearing, x-ray vision, microscopic vision, telescopic, infrared…. He can see lectromagnetic currents for some reason… all those. Please just combine them. 
  BURST POWERS
Heat vision, TTK blasts, making himself into a solar flare. Sighs. Solar flares use all his energy up, bombs up to a quarter-mile radius around him with intense solar energy and then he’s tired as hell after. No energy left. The others don’t have limits really. ): 
  SUPER BREATH
I thought this was just like ice breath, but apparently it works in reverse too. Can super-suck up smoke and pollutants and shit. Why? Don’t know. Can create “hurricane-level winds” Why. I don’t know.
  MISC.
Didn’t know where to put these. He can create forcefields, shoot TTK laserbeams, can overstress and create telekinetic waves that dismantle specific objects in a great radius. Don’t know how this is telekinetic but okay. Whatever else I probably forgot about can just go here.
inherent abilities:
Hand-to-Hand fighting proficiency - He’s had a lot of training on how to fight without powers and is more than decent in it. This includes proficiency in fighting with a shield, though no other weapons.
  Yellow Sun Absorption - Even with powers negated, the sun gives greater bouts of energy, and lack of for a prolonged period will lead to lower levels of energy.
  Human-Kryptonian and Clone Physiology - While susceptible to both human and Kryptonian dangers, he is less affected by both. As an example, the flu would not be as dangerous, and Kryptonite does not affect him as strongly as it does other Kryptonians. His clone physiology makes him uniquely affected by the world around him, and his DNA is not entirely stable nor understood.
  items / weapons:
Krypto - A funky little dog from Krypton. Left in Conner’s care at the Kent farm, Krypto has all the powers of a Kryptonian scaled down to suit his dog sized body. Looks wise, he’s a normal golden (white) retriever with a neat cape.
  Legion Flight Ring - Proof of his honorary membership in the Legion of Superheroes. The ring allows for flight, as well as works as a communication device with others that wear it.
  Small Lead Case - A nondescript case containing only a stake of kryptonite inside. Just in case.
starting ability: Invulnerability
starting item: Krypto
   Extra:
  I’m really handwaving a lot of specific events because of the mixing canons and how straight forward his original comics were. He hasn’t died yet, that’s all that matters.
He doesn’t look 1:1 like Superman, he looks 50% Superman, 50% Luthor. Green eyes yay green eyes.
Ignoring the New 52 era. If you have a muse that would know anything about that, let me know before you bring it up ic because that era is really uncomfortable and weird.
Krypto’s gonna gain powers back as Conner does because I think that’s funny.
  discord id: SUPERPUNK.
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