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[archive-double-knots]

CHI-CHI TAG DUMP/ PERMANENT INTEREST CHECK

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Send asks/memes from them to your muse(s)

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Pop into your IMs to plot or talk about our muses

[llimerrence]

@rednephew said:

“i can build a fire, administer basic first aid, and bullshit my way into making older people think i’m trustworthy.” fr Huey for whoever you’re feeling for it uwu

Chi-Chi nods along to the sentence, looking down at the blueprint laid out in between them.

"I knew you were the right one to ask for help." Chi-Chi looks up, adjusting his glasses and grinning. "I just need access to Scrooge's office for five minutes. And we'll be golden."

[girl4music]

SCRIPT: *Gabrielle kisses a male character*

RENEE: "Nope, rewrite it. Gabrielle is not doing that. Gabrielle wouldn't kiss a male character at this point in the show."

SCRIPT: *Gabrielle kisses a female character*

RENEE: "Look, that's certainly consistent with Gabrielle's character at this point in the show but why would she kiss some random woman she's just met?"

SCRIPT: *Gabrielle kisses Xena*

RENEE: "Oh fantastic! This is absolutely something Gabrielle would do. Finally me and Lucy get to smooch. Bring it on!"

It honestly floors me that the only time Gabrielle had a proper kiss scene past seasons 1&2 it was with Xena because that’s the only one Renee allowed to happen.

[novicedraws]

Doodles!

(I’ll probably be absent again cause holidays but have some brain dump)

[nonbinarychair]

Um! He asked for no pickles! 😒

[spro-o]

love your most recent piece he's like the vitruvian man (fun fact! the vitruvian man was not in perfect health! he had what's probably an inguinal hernia (https://slate.com/technology/2014/02/vitruvian-mans-hernia-leonardo-da-vinci-drawing-shows-flaws-of-human-evolution.html)!)

might i bother you for a bit of park and chase art? i find their relationship so fascinating and i am very curious to see how you'd draw park (i love her so much)

thank you for the fun fact, I did not know that!! /gen

and indeed you can - I imagine Chase sucks balls at video games but he’s trying his best ❤️

[chiscribbs]

Hey y'all, I'm alive! :D

[silvermoon424]

Bruh, you could really see the gruesome, bloody details in the manga when Sailor Chi stabbed Sailor Kakyuu in the back...

When people act like magical girl shows/manga weren't dark before PMMM I always laugh cause like

what do you call this

[mihotose]

[quikyu]

If you're still doing drawing requests, uhh...I'd like to see how you would draw Wo-Chien..please?

Lechuga Snail

[odditycircus-2002]

Scorpion, Quan Chi’s daughter, and granddaughter’s interactions with each other in battle?

A/N: You got it! As for those of you who don't know what the Hell is going on here, check out my Masterlist under "Scorpion" to get a better idea.

Scorpion and Y/N

Y/N: I am still... bewildered I married at all in the future.

Hanzo: I understand that Netherrealm is not a likely place to find such joys.

Y/N sadly: I never expected to have any joy in my life at all.

/

Hanzo: How you are from the Netherrealm still eludes me.

Y/N: Wasn't you who always tells your students it is their hearts, not their blood, that makes them who they are?

Hanzo: It's because every morning, I wake up with proof of that fact beside me.

/

Y/N: Do you remember the first time we ever sparred?

Hanzo: You were still teaching me how to harness my new abilities.

Y/N wistfully: You, in turn, taught me how to be a better warrior, coming full circle.

/

Scorpion: I am truly sorry for the loss of your husband.

Y/N: My grief for him has become a fire that threatens to burn me from within!

Scorpion: I know precisely about the fire you describe.

/

Scorpion and His Daughter:

D/N: I'm not a child that needs protection anymore.

Hanzo: I only want you to be safe and well.

D/N growing frustrated: I am a trained Shirai Ryu and an adult, Father.

/

Hanzo: Do not think that because you're my daughter, you will receive any special treatment here.

D/N confident: I never asked, nor will I ever.

Hanzo with pride: Spoken like a true Shirai Ryu.

/

D/N: After learning about Quan-chi, were you ever tempted to kill Mother for being his daughter?

Hanzo: To my eternal shame, I was, for a moment, amid my rage.

D/N: Fortunately, you didn't. Otherwise, we would have never spoken again.

/

Scorpion: Did I raise you well?

D/N genuinely: Despite being overbearing at times, you and Mother are the best parents I could ask for.

Scorpion sadly: If only Satoshi were alive to also say those words.

Y/N and Her Daughter

Y/N: How are you getting along with everyone at Special Forces?

D/N: Takeda's betrothed is alright, although Cassandra gets on my nerves.

Y/N: Patience, my child. Do not be so quick to judge all you meet.

/

D/N: How are you faring, Mother?

Y/N solemnly: Not a day goes by that I still don't miss your father.

D/N: Then let us try to alleviate our grief through Kombat.

/

Y/N: You inherited your father's tenacity.

D/N: Along with the hellfire that blazes within you both.

Y/N: Then be warned to avoid repeating either your father's or my mistakes.

/

D/N: Seeing how her handlers treated her, I don't see any reason why I can't keep Xin Yan.

Y/N exasperated: Do you know the first thing about caring for an Outworld Tygore?

D/N: ... No, but I will surely take better care of Xin than they ever did!

[moonsun2010]

Man seeing the CEO's reaction to Black Myth not winning GOTY, saying they came to the awards for nothing (they won Player's Choice), that he wrote the acceptance speech 2 years ago, and all that shit about feminists and wanting to assault the female members of the team, make me glad they lost. Despite me playing the game way more than the rest.

Wait what post had the thing about feminists and assaulting female members? If you mean the Weibo post CEO Yocar wrote on 14 Dec 2024, I don't find any mention of the sort there. If you've any citations/links to the Chinese non-translated posts or screenshots that would be good.

If you want to read an actual good translation/paraphrasing of Yocar's post, I recommend this article.

1) "saying they came to the awards for nothing" you mean "今年入围的游戏都很出色，可我真没搞明白这次年度游戏的评选标准是啥，我���么白来了！" which basically states that "the shortlisted works are all outstanding, but I really don't understand what's the selection standards". The last part is like similar to "goddamn waste of my time" but not exactly, like waste of his attendance?? Like "The competition was strong but I didn't understand the rules, so why the heck did I attend for no reason! (exasperated tone towards ownself)".

Additionally, is writing an acceptance speech 2 years ago something negative...? Are creators not allowed to be proud of their work? This is the portion of Yocar's post that the "acceptance speech 2 years ago" came from:

"从昨天到现在，我也从很多玩家的言论中看到了强烈的不满情绪，看到了不甘与不爽——大多用了幽默与解构的方式���达，笑死。

我完全能理解这些不甘，同感这些不爽，因为我知道这些情绪的背后，不是痛苦与恶意，而是自尊与自信。

如此自信却没得到他人的认可，有点脾气，很正常。

我其实……比你们更自信（参考我在知乎的第一个回答），年度游戏登台的演讲词两年前就写好了，居然没用上😭😭😭" meaning:

"From yesterday till today, I've seen a lot of severly dissatisfied reactions from my conversations with (Black Myth Wukong) players, discontent and irritated—most of who expressed themselves in humourous and yet structured ways, which I found hilarious.

I understand entirely the feelings of those who are dissatisfied and frustrated, because I know that these feelings are backed not by harmful or evil intent, but a sense of self-confidence and self-esteem.

If one were to have pride in themselves, only to fail to gain the same recognition from others, it's quite normal to feel slighted.

Actually I'm... even more confident than y'all (see my first answer on 知乎*), so much so that I wrote my Game of the Year acceptance speech 2 years ago, which I ended up not using 😭😭😭"

*知乎 is another forume-sque platform that's kinda like Quora for asking and answering questions.

It's at worst a display of arrogance that in fact, seems to be used in a self-denigrating manner in the post. I don't have the exact same emoji, but surely one doesn't need to speak Chinese to understand what its use there means right? All I see is a pretty normal statement from a game dev empathising with the fanbase's disappointment over not getting GOTY, and soothing those pains by being self-deprecating about this own confidence in his creation.

In fact the rest of that 2nd paragraph (post is split into 7 paragraphs) makes the fact that he's focusing on the fact that he just has pride in his game even clearer:

"在这款游戏的研发过程中，很多同事没有我这么乐观。他们可能因为玩过了太多的中间版本，难免觉得这个游戏还有太多的瑕疵，也不大可能按时上线。

我在公司的一个主要工作，就是不断安慰他们我们���经做得很好了，产品一直在进步。

是的，你不能只在已经赢的时候才自信。

那不是自信，是对结果的复读。

今天输了，明天还可能会输，可那又如何？

影响结果的因子太复杂，所以结果必然是不确定的。我们唯一能确定的是选择自己在做什么——

做具体的事，做困难的事，做相信的事。

在做这些，当然应该自信。" meaning:

"In the process of developing this game, many colleagues weren't as optimistic as me. Maybe they'd replayed the WIPs too many times, such that they'd inevitably think it had too many flaws and wouldn't be finished in time.

In this company I have a very important role: to continuously reassure staff that we've already done a very good job, and that the game is continuously improving.

Indeed, you cannot have self-confidence in yourself only when you win.

That is not confidence, but preparation for/repetition of the end.

You lose today, and you can lose again tomorrow—and so what?

The end is never certain, as after all, the factors involved in determining are too complicated. The only thing we can be certain of is our own actions—to do things with purpose, difficult things, things we believe in/confident actions.

To do these, of course we must believe in ourselves."

The other paragraphs continue in the same encouraging spirit—generalised summary:

3 talks about how Game Science persevered in developing BMW because they trust in their game to deliver a quality story rooted in Chinese culture

4 talks about how Yocar thinks a common proverb few know is from Journey to the West "世上无难事，只怕有心人。/Nothing is impossible to a willing heart" does not mean that overcoming difficulties is simply a matter of mental fortitude, but that he thinks "因为难，才好玩" aka its fun because its difficult but also alluding to a common sentiment in fanbases that form around a love for difficult games... like BMW (and yknow the whole genre of Souls-like and Bullet hells and games that you love because they are so painful).

5 talks about the origin of Game Science's name, 6 about how they're fortunate to even be able to work on games, 7 a lovely, lovely conclusion that I think deserves to be translated in full:

"最后，希望黑神话的这个故事，能够给到某些还在迷茫中的人一点勇气，让更多在还在黑暗中摸索的人看到了一点光亮，然后以平常心继续前行。

希望大家都能继续怀着自信与雄心，保持勇敢、诚实与善良，踏实做好每一件具体的小事，坦然接受不确定的结果，一直走在取经的路上，直到生命的最后一刻。

就像海明威说的那样：这个世界很美好，值得为之战斗。" meaning:

"In conclusion, I hope that the story of BMW (both the game and the story of the game's development?) can give those who are still lost some courage, give more of those still searching in the darkness some light, and progress with a peace of mind.

I hope everyone will continue to embrace confidence and ambition, to be brave, sincere and kind, to properly do everything with purpose, until life reaches its final end.

Just like what Hemingway said: "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for."

It's honestly a very earnest and sweet post?? If you can read Mandarin Chinese its way more poetic and kind of tear-inducing—even more so if you're a creative of any kind, or just someone who's ever put high expectations on themselves to produce good results, only to seemingly ""fail"" by not achieving the unrealistically fantastical ideal you've built in your head.

Anon, I'm glad that you've played the game, but I don't think your interpretation of Yocar's post is fair at all. Creators are allowed to have high expectations about their own work, and to be disappointed when they aren't met. The post he's made is just that—a joking expression of disappointment, yet determination to carry on producing more games he can be proud of, and will bring happiness to others. Nowhere in this is the unhinged bashing of TGA that Yocar is supposedly to have done. If this sort of encouraging statement is considered inflammatory, I... genuinely don't know what to say.

[nitrokiraru]

i am curious of the n+c fandoms verdict and making up for my inactivity

[gofishygo]

ok we need an e/se asian reader in the taskforce. the first time they get offered tea from price, thinking that it’s hong cha . ends up spitting it out after they take the first sip and realise it’s fucking earl grey . who teaches them torture methods that were simply just what their parents did to them as a kid . who is generally pretty nice, but can scare the living shit out of new recruits if they have to (once again, asian parent skill) . who leans over to price and discreetly asks ‘is that just a white people thing ?” whenever ghost and soap are on their shit .

just them being silly would be funny as fuck should out to all writers who do asian!readers we love you out here

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[adobe-outdesign]

Did you review Chien-Pao, Chi-Yu, Ting-Lu and Wo-Chien? (I looked in the Pokémon reviews tag, but couldn’t find them). If you have already covered them, could you instead review their shiny forms?

They were already reviewed here, but as for the shinies:

Chien-Pao: Chien-Pao's shiny is... okay. On the plus side, it's super high-contrast and really stands out from the original, but on the minus side, brown is kind of an odd choice; rather than reading as snow and ice, it reads like mud (or at least very dirty snow). It kind of fits with the dark typing, but doesn't feel very natural or work super well with the concept. I also feel like the markings/ice crystals are a bit too high-contrast here, while the fangs get lost.

I think an easy alternative to this would've just been to switch around Chien-Pao's normal palette; make the crystals white and the snow a deep blue, which would've still stood out but might've felt better with the ice idea. Still, you can tell it's a shiny and it's not garish or anything, so I'm not going to complain too much.

Wo-Chien: Wo-Chien's shiny goes for the classic green-to-red grass-type swap, and it works pretty well. Outside of obviously being shiny, I like how the colored vs brown leaves on the body swap places compared to the original, which is a nice touch. I do think they should've adjusted the rest of the colors a bit more though; the brown they're using for the leaves has a green undertint, which works when the leaves are green but not so much when they're red, and the "shell" feels like it could've been a deeper, warmer brown. Regardless, pretty good overall.

Ting-Lu: I like the concept behind this one—Ting-Lu is normally brown earth with a green bowl, so they simply swapped the orange/brown areas with green to match, which works conceptually and obviously fits the theme as it's just using a reduced palette. The brown and teal work nicely together as well, and it can still easily be ID'd as a shiny.

Chi-Yu: Another classic swap, this time going for the fire-type red-to-blue option. Unsurprisingly, it works really well; it fits the heat concept (blue fire being hotter than normal), it's easy to tell apart from the original, and it works well with the pre-existing teal. The additional touch of making the fin tips black is also nice, and shows a lot of thought behind this shiny.

Overall: Some pretty good shinies, all of which are distinct from the originals and have some decent color picks that work with their concepts. Chien-Pao's is the weakest, but still not terrible or anything. Good stuff as a whole.

[jeahreading]

ngl i'd go to war for you

oh my god honey you don't need to, I'm not worth that much anyways lmao 💀💀

@startswithahell SEE THIS