#bad flute mode

[nicolascageisagoth]

Deepeesh Mot – Evreezeeng Kauntz 🎺

[justaboutsnapped]

Why you shouldn’t support the upcoming game Black Myth: Wukong

Simply put, the creators behind Black Myth: Wukong are raging misogynists.

Founders and creatives of the studio have:

Joked about former female employees hypothetically doing prostitution

Used suggestive/objectifying/derogatory imagery & phrasing in their hiring flyers (under the cut), e.g. “In addition to hookup buddies, we promise to provide more thoughtful services” , “fatties fuck off”, etc.

Written entire think pieces on how video games don’t need female players or developers, how women are biologically inclined towards “softer” modes of gaming than men (there’s also a bit of homophobia mixed in through language such as “fuck sissies”), how some things should just be made for men, etc. “Fuck sissies, fuck tragic love stories, fuck moon-lit peach blossoms and flute-playing scholars! You don't need the reverse motivation of female players, you don't need to take care of those worms who just want to date chicks. Some things are just for men, their depression, their anger, their pain...”

Made numerous sexually explicit (& honestly incel-like) comments including ones about a female character in Black Myth: Wukong, e.g. “once you get used to this [character design] you can jerk off to it”, etc.

Boasted about how they’re losing followers, who must be women

To no one’s surprise, when people criticise the studio online, they’re met with vitriol about how they’re hypersensitive feminists, too politically correct, etc.

Chinese women have been YELLING non-stop on social media about how bad it is so it’s pretty depressing to see that a lot of non-Chinese gamers, even after reading an IGN article covering the situation, are apathetic. I get that a lot of people are excited about the novelty of a soulslike game based on Chinese mythology, but do you really want to support a studio that actively contributes towards and benefits from misogynistic gaming culture?

Talking about separating the artist from their art is bullshit if you're financially supporting them. Boycott! Pirate!

Here are some sources if you want to see detailed translations, learn more about the situation as well as the misogynistic gaming culture at large China:

[fantasticallyfruity4]

Okay idk abt where y’all are from but my local HS had a paramedic on site for football games at all times.

And considering we’re all down bad for paramedic Steve rn, this feels like a great au (Also, has to be punk Steve bc like, it’s me come on, I want to give Eddie a heart attack.)

Lucas decides he wants to try out for football fall of sophomore year and the part is, begrudgingly supportive.

And max and Dustin are on marching band, so they’re at the games to. And Mike and el and will and Jonathan are just there on the basis of comradely and good friendly support. And of corse Eddie and his van have to be the kids chief mode of transport.

And Eddie doesn’t meet paramedic Steve (cute paramedic Steve with the lip ring and the nose ring and the eyebrow stud) because poor sweet little Lucas got squished by some freak out on the field, or bc his good friend chrissy took a hell of a tumble coming down from a cheer and he’s such a worried friend fussing over her like a mother hen, or bc somehow someway Dustin got whacked in the nose by a flute.

No, he does this all by himself. All his own brilliance. He went to check on the Byers + co contingency before going back to hovering over his little band babies + his two accidentally adopted jocks, and takes a fucking header off the bleachers. Clears a good 3 feet if he doesn’t say so himself.

So sweet pretty paramedic Steve of corse rushes over to him in an instant, sitting him up against the side bleachers, shining a light in his eyes, asking where he is, when it is, his name, and they’ve got a little crowd of the byers + wheeler + the little Mayfield and Henderson but Steve’s paying them no attention and Eddie doesn’t even see them.

The paramedic introduces himself as Steve, he says “I’m Steve and I’m gonna make sure that you’re feeling okay tonight, okay sir?” And eddie nods dumbly.

And Eddie is answering sure, but he’s really making Steve worried bc he’s so wide eyed and taking a second to answer and it’s just worry some (he’s having a very in love mental breakdown, okay, let him be. He’s speed running visions of a life together. He’s understanding what “love at first sight” means for the first time in his life.). He’s got a the man he didn’t even know was in his dreams fussing over him. He’s going to explode.

“If I knew I’d have such a cute paramedic I’d have fallen off that wayyyy earlier tonight” Eddie says then slams his mouth shut and goes wide eyed in horror. Steve just laughs, a beautiful sound. Not at Eddie, no it doesn’t feel taunting, it’s a beautiful sweet sound.

“We’ll, if you’re thinking clearly enough to hit on me I think you’re heads definitely okay. Do you have a headache at all? Any dizzyness? You took a hell of a header, Eddie.”

Eddie shakes his head. “No just like my actual nose hurts from smacking into the dirt”.

Steve nods. “May I?” “Corse man it’s your job”.

Steve chuckles. “Stop making me laugh man, I’m on the clock. Does this hurt?” “No” Eddie answers in the most nasally voice with Steve’s fingers still squeezing his nose and he wants to die because what was that sound? But Steve just smiles softly. “Good, awesome. No pain? Breathing okay?”. Eddie nods dumbly. “So I’m gonna bet it’s just sore from smacking into the dirt, not broken.”.

Eddie nods dumbly. Again. For the 20th time that night. He can’t function. “So why don’t we just get these cuts here cleaned up?” Steve decides, reaching into his bag for a million supplies. “Think I’m gonna get any cool scars?” “Nah sorry man, not with these little guys. But it’s for the best, why mess with perfection anyway, right?” Steve winks dabbing some shit that BURNS on Eddie’s cheek before putting on a bandaid and Eddie might be going into cardiac arrest.

“I like your uh, piercings” Eddie spurts out like an idiot.

Steve grins. “Thanks. Got a peak of those bats when I first came over, got any more?”. Eddie snorts a laugh. “Yeah a shit ton. Nothing easy to see though my uncle would hang me if I made myself any less hirable”. Steve chuckles at that. “Hey man the whole f-d is all old military dudes covered in their shitty navy tats, i wouldn’t be too worried.” “Oh so there’s more where this came from? Maybe I should fall more” Eddie taxes, just a little. “Watch it” Steve chuckles.

“Okay I think you’re pretty patched up, handsome. But considering everything don’t drive tonight, especially if you have passengers. You have a ride home? Someone to call?” “Yeah I’ll just make it one of my friend Jonathan’s problem, that’s fine”.

“Okay, good” Steve nodded, taking out a small pen and pad from his pocket and writing something. “And this friend Jonathan… he’s not a boyfriend, right?”.

Eddies jaw fucking drops. Literally drops. He’s going to spontaneously combust. “Nah, no, nope man” he stutters out. “Okay, gotcha. If anything starts hurting tonight, if you get dizzy, any nose bleeds, give me a call. Or… you know, when you’re feeling better give me a call too”. He hands eddie the piece of paper with a smiley face and the name ‘Steve (the paramedic)’ with 10 scrawled numbers on it, as he stands up, offering eddie a hand up himself.

Eddie doesn’t want to think about the strength steve has that this that easy to lug his 160 pounds of trailer trash ass up. Or how he feels about what looks like the singular inch steve has on him, even in his boots.

[lookninjas]

Pick a Song From A Bad Description: November Edition

Because it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home and that's why.

I just really needed to capture the spirit of the season (and build a playlist around that Colourfield song), so this is what we're doing.

Pick a song! Any song! You have only my bad descriptions to go off, though. If you are curious about any given song, you can shoot me an ask and I will answer. At the end of voting, I will make a playlist of the songs in order from least number of votes to highest number of votes, and will reblog this poll with that playlist attached. If you want to be reminded of this poll when it's playlist time, leave a comment or put it in the tags if you reblog, and I'll write your username down and tag you when the playlist is posted.

Also, please reblog the poll! Everyone likes it when their polls break containment, even if we don't like it when anything else does. Polls are different like that.

(Also, also, I will probably blaze this one just because everyone's talking about the death of tumblr, and while I've lived through like six of those, it's a good excuse to toss them a little money while I can.)

Vote! Reblog! If you're in the northern hemisphere, try not to let the seasonal depression get you down too much. See you in a week or whenever I reblog this next.

[frapajapa]

(imo) valid complaints about spirit tracks

• questionable fast travel system

• sometimes train travel is boring and slow

• alchemy stones and regal rings are worth an equal amount in rupees yet there are only 3 guaranteed stones in the game, yet you can infinitely grind regal rings at Lost at Sea Station. If you sell more than 1 of your guaranteed alchemy stones than you have to trade for more or use the prize postcards to win another one in order to get all the gold train parts. (Might be able to get some from the Pirate Hideout and the Training game but it is random chance)

• every file has slightly different chances of dropping each treasure encouraging you to trade with other players. Nintendo makes the bold assumption that people who play spirit tracks actually have friends, let alone friends who also play it

• they put the most fun multiplayer mode in the game nobody plays. what the hell Nintendo

• spirit flute

• Gives heart containers out like candy but is stingy about alchemy stones which is really funny. the reward system in this game is kinda fucked up and it's hilarious. why does level 3 of Take 'Em On give me something worth 500 rupees but the first level gives me a heart container lmao???

• you can only see the picture of Tetra once in the game which is cringe!!!

• you have to WHIP ZELDA to make her move faster. that's fucked up...........

INvalid complaints about spirit tracks that SUCK!!

• touch screen controls bad (skill issue)

• trains shouldn't be in Zelda (wrong)

[risunsky]

brushes

I've been asked the question again and I don't think I've given a detailed answer yet:

important note: these brushes work for clip studio and photoshop, I don't think they are compatible with procreate.

It's hard for me to talk about brushes because

I rename and reorganise them in the software so I never really remember where they come from.

I download a lot of them but I only use a few.

I have a very bad memory for names.

I use my programme in French, which means that for the basic brushes I can't even give you the reference so that you know exactly which brush I'm talking about.

That said, I'll try to give you some hints that might help.

here's how they look.

1 - This brush is supposed to reproduce a pencil effect, but I like it for the worn ink look of old comics. I used it in The Shepherd of Damned Souls and the Hellraiser crossover, both for the lineart and the colours. I like it a lot because it looks good even when drawn quickly without any effort to clean up, which saves me a lot of time. source: I'm not sure, either I downloaded it, it might have been in one of the free packs from an artist called: Corey Brickley Or it's basic under a name like realistic pencil.

2 - Another brush that's supposed to imitate pencil rendering. This is the one I use most by default. It's very thin, which is ideal for very small details, and it suits me just as well for a neat lineart as for a quick, messy sketch. I've used it in most of my drawings but the most recent example is the flute player for lineart only, I don't use it for colour. source: This is a basic clip brush, but as I use it in French and have renamed it I couldn't tell you its English name.

3 - I also use it a lot, for quick drawings that aren't clean and for clean drawings, I use it for shading or for small shiny things. I used it for shading the flute player. source: this is a basic brush, which should have been called something like: circular watercolour.

in association with n°3 i use another basic brush, found in the watercolour section, which is used for blending, it must be called something like fiber blender. it has a texture reminiscent of very diluted watercolour, where you can see the capillary absorption by the paper.

4 - another basic brush, called something like opaque watercolour. I use it for my illustration paintings without lineart. I use it in its basic mode but also with an encrusted texture (if it's not basic with the software then I've downloaded it from the clip resource library and it's called "$$$/presets/pattern/artistsurfaces_pat/watercolor").

ex link 1, ex link 2

5, 6 and 7. These are special brushes that I often use, but not always. Especially in Klimt and Beksiński remake or the Exctase remake. I know for sure that I downloaded them, but from where? I don't remember. I suppose they come from the free packs I've downloaded over the last 3/4 years from artists like :

Corey Brickley, RAV89, dauxasm, darek rabrocki, Devin Elle Kurtz, spartan.

That's all I can say, it may not be very helpful but I get asked that a lot so I had to try.

Having said that, I use so few of brushes and for such a short time that I think I'm the last person to have any good advice to give on the subject.

[cringelordofchaos]

fandoms

(for my intro post)

Ace Attorney (/#aa)

Amphibia

Animation Vs Minecraft (#avm)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (#ATLA)

BAD END THEATER (#BET)

Brawl Stars (#bs)

Clive Barker's Undying (#undying)

Creatures of Sonaria (#cos + #rblx)

Flicker (+#rblx)

Freakblr

Friday Night Funkin' (#fnf)

ghost eyes (#webtoon)

Heartstopper (+#webtoon)

her tears were my light (#htwml)

I Am Not Okay With This (#IANOWT)

Infinity train (#IT)

Jacksons Diary (/#jd + #webtoon)

Minecraft

Minecraft Story Mode (#mcsm + #minecraft)

Moomintroll

my eyes deceive (#rblx)(I know it's not originally from Roblox but we'll pretend it is)

My Little Pong; Friendship is Magic (#MLP)

Ninjago

OMORI

ONE (by cheesyhfj) (#hfjONE)

Parappa The Rapper (#PTR)

Pokemon

Pseudonymous Bosch's secret series (#the secret series)

Royale High (#rh + #rblx)

Scott Pilgrim (#spto)

Skyrim (+#tes)

Sonic The Hedgehog (#STH)

Star Trek

South Park (#sp)

SpongeBob SquarePants (#sbsp)

Steven Universe (#su)

Stranger Things (#st)

the elder scrolls (/#tes)

The Loud House (#tlh)

The Mitchells vs The Machines (#TMVTM)

The Music Freaks (#TMF)

The Owl House (#TOH)

The Simpsons

The Truman Show

Total Drama (Island) (#TD)

Warrior Cats (/#wc)

Willcrafts's Monster school (#minecraft)

Wolfs Rain

Wolfwalkers

Your Favorite Martian (#YFM)

In general Ghost Eyes, The Last Dimension, Blooming Season, Post Harbor, High Class Homos, Will There Be A Tomorrow? (H), The Four Of Them, etc all on #Webtoon

And my own monster school fanfic

other interests / hobbies / whatever

psychology

physics

roleplaying

storytelling, writing

drawing

daydreaming

talking

Reading about neurodivegence

SOMETIMES Math

reading books or comics

watching television

sociology

basketball

Taking care of bees

singing

mask-making

flute playing

I'm also trying to learn how to play the piano. by just googling piano sheets online and going off from there. its going ok so far

and I'm also tempted to start playing the guitar, I have a guide for beginners, but like I'm not too into it

Collecting random little trinkets

collecting bottlecaps . like a ton of them

Making random uhh. guys. Out of trash/random stuff from nature. (IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. I simply call them Jinklings.)

Shipping (yes I consider it a hobby)

Sometimes zoology

Playing with plushies !! Yes, I am childish, but I quite frankly don't give a shit

Writing

Will update with time

[kafus]

i'm really pissed because i had literally the worst rng possible during battle 100 of mt battle, i cannot even Describe to you how bad the RNG was, and it forced me into a corner where i had to use a Single healing item (i try not to use healing items when i play pokemon), like holy shit i gotta get my revenge in battle mode eventually. anyway i won and i also grabbed the game's third and final time flute to purify tyranitar so that's nice. i still need to purify houndoom and miltank, and i need to catch and purify shuckle and togetic as well, which requires me doing the deep colosseum so it might be a little while. shadow smeargle is in the daycare and i just assume she'll be ready to purify by the time i get houndoom and miltank done, or at least really close lmao

[xiaonyc]

xiaob͙ᴬ𝚋y's͙ temple☽

🔗 Masterlist 🔗

ᴴᴵ ᴮᴬᴮᴵᴱˢ,

ᴹᵞ ᴺᴬᴹᴱ ᴵˢ ˣᴵᴬᴼᵞᴵᴺ, ᴮᵁᵀ ᵁ ᶜᴬᴺ ᶜᴬᴸᴸ ᴹᴱ 𝕩𝕚𝕒𝕠. (Shiao) It means flute。

↳ ⁑⁎✬⋆ my baby fashion brand 『 @hautepng 』

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ᴵ ᴾᴼˢᵀ ˢᴱᴸᶠᴴᴱᴸᴾ, ᶠᴬˢᴴᴵᴼᴺ, ᶜᴼᴼᴷᴵᴺᴳ, ᴬᴺᴰ ᴬᴿᵀ。ᴵ ᴿᴱᴮᴸᴼᴳ ᴬᴺᵞᵀᴴᴵᴺᴳ ᴵ ᴸᴵᴷᴱ。

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on this blog i will be sharing my journey of healing, growing, and becoming the best version of ᴹᵞˢᴱᴸᶠ. my joys are fashion, self care, cooking, and creating art in any medium. i work on things as i have energy and desire to, my life is nonlinear, i learn, adapt, do nothing, do something, i trust the cosmos to guide the way, i place my faith in what i cannot understand, something beyond my existence as a material body. grateful to b here and blessings to eryone xx

.............✩ 𝕤ᴱᴸᶠ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ⋆...............

✩ status... treating myself like a precious baby, unlearning self-hating patterns

✩ what self-growth means to ᴹᴱ..... I am on my own journey to become the best version of myself, following my divine path. I am beautiful, a 1 of 1 creation by god. The world glitters around me, I am mentally strong. I am emotionally aware. I take care of my body to the best of my ability and nourish myself. My mind is sacred. My body is sacred. My soul is sacred. I honor them all and treat them as my babys.

I don't know everything but I will fail over and over again to become truest self, unaffected by opinion, trends, and expectations. I continue learning. I continue growing. I continue protecting my energy in any way I can. I put in the work today so I can continue to blossom in my lifetime, regardless of age.

If things i post can be of help to anyone, i am glad. If not, its okay too. Our journeys are all unique and trusting ourselves takes 1st priority.

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✩ status... learning how to style outfits with a 30 OOTD challenge

✩ what fashion means to ᴹᴱ..... fashion gives me an outlet to transmute my truest self outwardly, that is why its my love. But it hasn't always been easy. I have cried over and over, had many failures, struggled with self-confidence to get to a point today where I accept myself as i am 1st and try my best to express my individuality 2nd. It has been a journey of healing my self-hating past, learning about myself, and choosing to not give a f what others think. Bad boss bitch.

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✩ status... learning to cook vietnamese food

✩ what cooking means to ᴹᴱ..... cooking is me taking responsibility for my life. it's taught me to adapt, budget, time manage, prepare, and make things my own creations. I had struggles along the way, such as with discipline, overspending, wasting food, ordering takeout all the time, eating junk food and overprocessed garbage, going on autopilot mode to not have to think or adapt. But by adapting more, i have found a sweet balance that gives me easy options for cooking delicious meals when I don't have much energy and options for when i am more ambitious. i love the smile on a loved ones face when its delicious ^_^

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✩ status... not drawing much these days but I like fashion drawings

✩ what art means to ᴹᴱ.... the challenge of my life, it means practicing lots of self-love, and stepping into my own shoes: drawing ᵂᴴᴬᵀ and ᴴᴼᵂ I want regardless of what others say or think, and 2. Finding my true reason to create beyond ego and external validation, learning to create to heal, to have fun, and get closer to my true self, trusting inspiration will come to me, and believing in myself

☆★ Thanks for reading if you got here, I almost gave up on this post bc a part got deleted and it didnt save. I want to pull through even though my confidence is a bit shot//. ♡ THANKYOU ♡

All dividers and photos are made by me unless credited. I might open a request for them to celebrate the opening/ rennovation of this blog ^-^ i want to thank @fawndollie for the rainbow text inspiration and @anitalenia for the post decorations inspiration and the "status" text <33

[faebriel]

Super Niki au my absolute beloved.. the more information I get the more crazy I get

(hi sorry this sat in the inbox for like two months anon for some reason i was hoping something more substantial would appear out of thin air. it didn't btw.) regardless of that! fuck yeah anon i'm with you on that

i think a superhero niki story would have to have a real focus on the mundane. like the nitty gritty details of "how do you conceal your identity from people in your superhero costume?" "how do you fit patrols into your week? you can't possibly do them every day." all that! again i think this comes back to me being really attached to the 'everyman' side of c!niki it makes me want to imbue that feeling into everything i write with her. in this au i think she does work at a bakery (good for her) but when the shit starts to hit the fan she disengages from her job, stops taking on the extra duties she usually does at work, stops caring, eventually stops showing up. etc. this is probably related to how she ends up crashing with fundy and hbomb after The Puffychu Divorce (superniki edition)

here are a few other miscellaneous thoughts i've been having:

i've been having more of a think about emerald duo in this au, and i think i know how i picture them being. so phil is wilbur's dad, techno is phil's friend, techno and wilbur define their relationship in vastly different ways, etc etc the standard. oh but they're both supervillains. not for any particular reason they kind of liked mucking around causing mayhem first and then came up with an ideology later. anyway phil's retired and techno Would Like to be retired but he's still looped into the job due to Shenanigans (blood god related mb?). wilbur is fully aware of this and goes to him to be like 🥺 help i need ideas when he decides to go supervillain mode

oh! and wilbur's alter ego name is chekhov ^-^

and so the syndicate in this au is......................... a book club. yes for real

okay look i was thinking about what to do with the syndicate and i didn't really want to have them end up as a Bad Ass Villain Posse because i think niki needs to retire or at least be a superperson part time after everything that happens. so instead, she ends up meeting phil and techno and they help her ease into super semi-retirement ^-^ and ofc phil and techno appreciate having another friend who Gets It around. they are literally just like a book club and a mild support group in this au in a very silly way and i like it

i've spoken a bit about fundy and hbomb in this au... yeah niki lives with them after breaking up with puffy. not 100% sure where jack fits in. maybe he's another low ish level vigilante running around and tries to ally with niki? i can't imagine any allegiances she makes in that mental state (without the history she and jack had as l'manbergians in canon) would last very long. maybe she sees a bit of herself in him. they both call each other out for being emotionally immature idiots and then go and do the exact same thing themself. hypocrites

oh and i think i've mentioned niki making her own costume before!! i imagine as a fire based superhero she buys PPE (like from a tradie joint) and modifies it to be 1. functional and 2. fashionable. this does in fact mean that hi-vis yellow + orange are her colours in this au....

and below the cut is a treat: a snippet i wrote of a scene where after a big fight, wilbur finds himself patching up his wounds in the same safety stash as this city's very own friendly neighbourhood superhero (who wants to beat his ass)......

“Why do you hate me?”

The stubborn rasp in his voice surprises even him. As for the woman on the other side of the room, her shoulders draw tight - like a wild animal arching its back, a show of anger. The question, then – should Wilbur interpret such a motion as defensiveness, or as a threat? “What makes you say that?” she asks. Her voice runs high with the question – a quiet sound, like a flute's soft alto, though it rasps slightly through the sound of a voice changer. Idly, Wilbur wonders whether it is worth asking where she got it. Or how she fashioned it, perhaps. God knows he needs one. Chekhov might manage perfectly fine in the midst of faceless reporters and supervillains – the proper kind – who haven't seen the light of city streets in years, but if Wilbur were to cross paths with someone he knew as himself (god forbid, someone like Tommy) his voice would give him away quick as anything.  (His heart aches, briefly, when he thinks of his brother.) Part of him tries to unpick what her voice would sound like without it. It’s difficult not to fixate on these small things – perhaps because the bigger things provide him with so little in comparison. Her voice is quiet, a little difficult to pick the sounds apart around the staticky rumble of the voice changer, but far from timid. There’s a stubborn timbre to it. (Something in it is familiar. But that thought is patently ridiculous, and Wilbur is impatient, and so it is dismissed.)

[scene continues]

"Am I," Wilbur pauses, wets his lips – it almost feels as if the fire is still flickering beneath his skin, energising and scorching all at once. "Am I that horrible? Is there something – do you see something so inherently terrible in me that you just have to strike it down? Is that it?" Her powder-keg silence sparks, ignites, her scowl a torn-open slash even beneath the planes of her mask, embroiled in sudden fury. "Don't flatter yourself - "  "Ah, and there it is!" To her credit, she doesn't stagger back as he lights up – if anything, her affect is unimpressed. "Show us the blaze, firebug! What – what drives you? What lights your fuse?" "Do you even know what you are?" she retorts. Oh, she's caught on the hook, now. "You know what you are?" What is Wilbur expecting? Proud, arrogant perhaps – delusional wouldn't be anything new, or any of the crueler words from that stock. Wouldn't be the first time he'd been called some variety of son of a bitch bastard, either. Who is he, to this spectre of flame? He's asking honestly, though he doubts she believes in his integrity. "You're a liar," she continues, words stubborn and fierce and almost unwieldy. "You – you are so selfish, and so cruel – you take, and you take and you take and you don't think for a second of the people you're taking from. You don't think anything of them. You're a liar," and when she repeats these words, they sound like smoke – "and you know what? I hate liars. I hate them." The words sink into him like stones. How does she know? he asks himself. How does she know? He doesn't ask her that. Knowing his patience, he'd be lucky for an answer, anyway - instead he just suggests, "you speak like you're familiar on the subject, then?" If it's even possible, her scowl drives itself deeper into her face - like tyre tracks driven into mud, an ugly slash of drawn brows and what he can only assume is teeth bared behind that voice changer of hers. She looks at him like he isn't worth a single thing on this earth. "Yeah, well," she spits. "I've had my fair share, with bastards like you."

[lookofhisoceaneyes]

In case you need a good laugh (Fic rec) 2

Marvel Fandom 2

Listen, I could go on listing funny fics forever, but for now it's enough. I also have all the other fandoms that I have a few fics for. So these fics will have to do for now.

1.Not A Romantic Bone in Your Body by zetsubonna

Not A Romantic Bone in Your Body - Chapter 1 - zetsubonna - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

Bucky and Steve have been playing this stupid game for years. Sam's the only one who knows.

You laugh? You lose.

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Main Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson

Did I mention that I love poly ships? there's a little bit of smut in the fic. But otherwise it's filled with bad jokes and punchlines. And of course Bucky and Steve jumping around Sam's legs like excited dogs. 

You can only read the fic if you have an ao3 account, but you can listen to the podfic if you don't have one.

the podfic: [Podfic] Not a Romantic Bone in Your Body - sallysparrow017 - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

2. the more I see you (the more I want you) by Lies_Unfurl

the more I see you (the more I want you) - Lies_Unfurl - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

The first time Sam sees Bucky’s dick, it’s maybe—possibly—well, okay, technically his own fault.

(or: 5 totally, completely, 100% non-sexual times Sam sees Bucky's junk, plus 1 time where things are... not so platonic.)

—--

Main Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Sam Wilson

Okay, there's definitely some smut in there, but it's also pretty hilarious.

3.Steve Rogers Is (Not) A Good Influence by attackofthezee (noxlunate)

Steve Rogers Is (Not) A Good Influence - attackofthezee (noxlunate) - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

Steve’s left staring at the kid- Peter, his brain helpfully reminds him. The kid is staring back.

“So, you’re, like, Captain America, huh?” Peter asks, and he looks a little starstruck but less so than he did when he’d stared at Tony Stark’s jet taking off.

“Uh, yeah.” Steve says, staring hard at a spot just past the kid’s shoulder as he shoves his hands as deep as they can go into the pockets of his jeans. “Call me Steve.”

“Cool.” Parker breathes, and Steve tries not to think about just how badly this is going to go.

Aka Steve Rogers' American Tour Of Waiting For His Brainwashed Boyfriend To Come Back And Blowing Up Hydra is interrupted when Tony Stark dumps Peter Parker into his lap.

Main Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, James “Bucky Barnes & Peter Parker, Steve Rogers & Peter Parker

I love this fic, it's not very long but so funny. Gen-Z Peter Parker and a Steve Rogers who has clearly stolen a car more than once and Bucky Barnes who somehow always manages to end up on the roof of a car. There's a great podfic by reena_jenkins about it. If you want more podfics, check her out, she has such a nice voice and does podfics for a lot of fandoms.

the podfic: [podfic] Steve Rogers Is (Not) A Good Influence - attackofthezee (noxlunate), reena_jenkins - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

3. Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye by galwednesday

Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye - galwednesday - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

Bucky took the other flute. “There more where this came from, or is this a one-and-done kind of deal?”

“It’s an open bar,” Clint said.

“Fuck, yeah,” Bucky said, and drained half his glass in one gulp. “Steve, I take it back, your holiday parties are the best.”

“Told you. I’m hitting the appetizer table before the brie wheel runs out, you want anything, sweetpea?”

“Yeah, get me five of everything wrapped in bacon.”

“On it, lambykins.”

“Thanks, fucknugget.”

Tony choked on his champagne.

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Main Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, 

What can I say, I love domestic but chaotic Stucky.  There's a great podfic by reena_jenkins about it.

the podfic: [podfic] Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye - galwednesday, reena_jenkins - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

4. Instant Kill Mode by Isnt_it_pretty_to_think_so

Instant Kill Mode - Chapter 1 - Isnt_it_pretty_to_think_so - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

"Is there a reason you're calling this late at night?" Tony asks, worried in spite of himself. "Tell me what's going on, kid."

“Everything is one-hundred-percent fine,” Peter says. “Seriously, I've never been better. But I should let you know I have about thirty bricks of cocaine in my bedroom. Also, Karen won't let me turn off Instant Kill Mode. Also, Walmart discontinued my special razzleberry pink squeezy lemonade. Which isn't related to tonight's patrol, I'm just bummed about it.” Or: The five times Instant Kill Mode is activated +1

*Runner-up for the Soothes the Pain Award in the Iron Dad 2021 Creators Awards.*

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Main Ship:, James Tony Stark & Peter Parker,

Who doesn't love IronDad and Chaotic Peter Parker? 

5. How to Woo the Winter Soldier by writeonclara

How to Woo the Winter Soldier - Chapter 1 - writeonclara - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

“I think I’m ready to date again,” Steve said.

“What,” Natasha said.

“What?” Clint said, lowering his binoculars. He blinked at the dumbstruck look on the Captain’s face, then followed his gaze to where he was staring dopily at—at the Winter fucking Soldier.

“Steve, no,” Clint groaned.

Or: Steve courts the Winter Soldier.

Main Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, 

the podfic: [Podfic] How to Woo the Winter Soldier - Chapter 1 - Akaihyou - Captain America (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

I love Stucky fics where Bucky as the Winter Soldier is already free and Steve gets a crush on him. I mean who wouldn't? There's a wonderful podfic here too.

[inkofamethyst]

June 21, 2024

Okay so I started working through some problems on a website I discovered called Rosalind. It's several bioinformatics coding challenges. Harder ones unlock as you complete easier ones. It's pretty fun! Each problem has taken progressively longer to complete, sure, but I'm really loving getting back into the problem-solving mode. The one thing is that they don't give you aaaaaany coding help or hints or suggestions, so that will probably make things really difficult down the line (the best way to learn!!! (I need to maintain optimism)). Currently (almost) everything has been within my skillset, so mostly string manipulation and simple operations, and even though all of my work was probably worth a combined five hours on the eight problems (only finishing seven because I couldn't figure out probability), they ultimately weren't too bad. This will probably be what I spend my time on in the office to keep my coding skill up when I have nothing else to do.

While I should probably be learning R... I simply don't want to right now. Maybe in July after I get back from home idk.

I've also started watching music theory lectures (as opposed to just the interactive online textbook thing), and I really enjoy them! The circle of fifths is really clicking now for the first time in my life lol. I might try to also use downtime in the lab to write out my scales since I have a better understanding of how they work (kinda). It presents the textbook content in a slightly different way which I kind of appreciate, and then I can take that perspective back to the online textbook exersizes which I do for a few minutes daily. When I go home (so very soon!!!) I'm going to have to bring out ol' girl Melody and try some things, I think.

On that note (hehe), I need to think of a name for my bass!! My flute is Melody, my sax is Jasmine, my uke is Lulu... which are admittedly not very creative but I think they got a little better over time :P (Melody because flutes play melody (I was twelve, okay?), Jasmine because saxes play jazz, and Lulu for Honolulu because ukes are from Hawaii). So I think that, in keeping with tradition, the name has to be a little cheesy. I have one idea, but I don't think it's clever enough.

I haven't been eating very well lately. I'm in the process of restocking my pantry. I think I sort of just.. ran out of steam for cooking for myself. So it's been an embarrassing amount of chef boyardee, uncle ben's, velveeta... but tomorrow, I'm shaping up! Meatball stroganoff. And I have a plan for future meals, so I'll keep an eye out for sales, etc etc. Gonna get restocked! I'm shaping up! Maybe tomorrow I'll go for a walk in the morning! Maybe before even picking up my phone! Who knows!

Today I'm thankful that it's cooling down!!!! And also for the rain :) And also that the pollen is gone!!!!! After a month of suffering it was suddenly just no longer blowing into my open window :D

wait one last thing, circling back, even though I want to give my brain a break from the bioinfo problems, I inherently still feel that I've left something undone, as in I started working on problem 7 but couldn't figure out the right formula to even do the probability by hand, and even though I want to give myself a full weekend break, my brain is still passively thinking about it because I feel as though I didn't come to a satisfying conclusion. i wasnt even supposed to finish problem 8 tonight but i couldnt let it go.

so i need a distraction.

crochet it is (I'm working on my vest! it is suuuuper cropped (I'm about 2/3 through the front panel right now) and I fear my tiddies will not make it in, but hopefully it will be done before I go home so I can block it and maybe fix it? [edit, two days later: the front was just wonky because this is the first thing I've crocheted in years and I hadn't figured out my tension yet; def gonna redo it i think]).

actual last thing: surprisingly, I'm actually actively working toward several goals. like i always set them, but the past couple of weeks have been a bit of a lull. now I just feel craaazy energized.

[diamondheart22]

The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde

On the English Drama….

“Old myth and legend and dream took shape and substance. History was entirely rewritten, and there was hardly one of the dramatists who did not realize that the Object of art is not simple truth but complex beauty. In this they were perfectly right. Art itself is really a form of exaggeration; and selection, which is the very spirit of art, is nothing more than an intensified mode of overemphasis. But Life soon shattered the perfection of the form…”

“The proper school to learn art is not Life but Art.”

“Just as those who do not love Plato more than Truth cannot pass beyond the threshold of the Academe, so those who do not love Beauty more than Truth never know the innermost shrine of art. The solid stoic British intellect lies in the desert sands like the Sphinx in Flaubert’s marvelous tale, and fantasy, La Chimère, dances round it, and calls to it with her false, flute-toned voice. It may not hear her now, but surely some day, when we are all bored to death with the commonplace character of modern fiction, it will hearken to her and try to borrow her wings.”

Nice.

I love this essay and I recommend it! Oscar Wilde is a treasure. It is set as a dialogue between two people in the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire.

Summary notes:

-Art never expresses anything but itself

-Life imitates art farrrr more than art imitates life

-All bad art comes from returning to Life and Nature, and elevating them into ideals

-Lying..the telling of a beautiful untruth, as the ultimate aim of art

Simple. Checks! **Checks = this view is fun and fascinating to Me

With love,

Jilly

[blackjackkent]

LMAO. The group got absolutely toasted by some of the security systems at the front of the Selune outpost and I'm probably going to have to reload, but as soon as Gale expired, THIS happened.

"Well met! I am a magical projection of Gale of Waterdeep, and if you see this manifestation, that means I have prematurely perished. However, for reasons that cannot be disclosed, it is of vital importance that my death be remedied at your earliest convenience. You may rest assured that I do not speak out of self preservation alone - many lives depend on my return to the living within the span of two days. I trust I have made myself clear?"

...Gale, you are so extra lmao.

Karlach had the lead in this conversation because I had clicked on her in a desperate attempt to get out of the environmental turn that was nuking everyone, and she looked utterly bemused by this whole conversation.

"How am I supposed to bring you back to life?"

"I have upon my deceased person a magical item that can accomplish my return, but such is the value and rarity that it is protected by a multi-level security protocol. I will now explain the protocol. Step one is to retrieve from my person a pouch I wear over my heart. Next you must unthread the purple seam that seals it in a counterclockwise fashion. Do not touch any other colored strand. Inside the pouch, you will find a folded letter and a tiny flute. Unfold the letter, and note the markings in the top and bottom corners. These are the notes you will need to play. Starting from the bottom right, play the notes in correct order - clockwise this time. Upon completion of the tune, a magma mephit will appear, which will pose the following question: I'ss k'cha t'chiss n'aga? This is Ignan for "What is my name?" The answer is "K'ha'ssji'trach'ash'. Pronounce the name correctly and the mephit will breathe on the letter. Stay clear, because the little scamp can melt metal. Words will now appear on the letter's surface, effectively turning the letter into a Scroll of True Resurrection. Use it to bring me back to life."

Oh my god.

"This is all ridiculously elaborate."

"I think ingenious is the word you're looking for. Now repeat my instructions back to me, please."

"I got it. Seams, notes, names - the lot."

"In that case, this will be an easy exercise. Step one?"

"Forget it. I'm going to resurrect you now if that's all right with you."

"Have it your way. I can only hope your memory stretches further than your patience. Best of luck with the protocol! May my cold dead hands soon be refilled with the warmth of life so they can shake yours in gratitude."

Incredible.

By the time I managed to get the game back into turn-based mode (it dropped out of it when Hector went down, I think, and then everyone just stood there getting repeatedly blasted by the Lasers of Selune), Hector and Gale were both dead, Karlach was downed, and Shadowheart was barely able to help her up and get them both back under cover. So the current state of play is Karlach (1 HP), Shadowheart (12 HP), two dead humans, a dead minotaur we were fighting when this all went down, and two really vigorous lasers.

I'd prefer not to have to reload especially after that whole spiel from Gale. XD so gonna quickly have K&S look around and see if they can find an off switch.

Gale and Hector just have their dead bodies smoking in the party inventory screen.

???????? That seems bad.

The lasers seem connected to a statue of Selune at the center of the area. I wasn't able to find an interaction point before but now that the stakes are higher maybe there's something to see.

The gem at the top is destructable which seems like a good place to start.

Shooting it from the top of the stairs seems to have turned off the lasers - and also gave Shadowheart inspiration for destroying a Selunite relic. XD

The next exciting challenge is dealing with the necrotic aura Gale is exuding, which makes it more than a little challenging to get at his security system in the first place. But we got there in the end (after a short rest so Karlach didn't keep passing out every time she got near him).

Here we go. Amusingly, we did indeed have to go through all those steps to get this whole business sorted. Luckily I already copied it all out as part of writing this post. XD The notes we had to play in the second step spell out D-E-A-D, because Gale is, as previously mentioned, incredibly extra. :P

Hector, despite currently being literally dead, got inspired by us correctly following all the instructions and getting the true resurrection scroll. Shadowheart was also inspired by us resurrecting someone. We were also able to use a Revivify scroll to get Hector up too!

Success! (I accidentally stole Gale's clothes when I took all his stuff whoops.)

OK definitely time for a long rest. XD

[for-dramas-sake]

The Starry Love 19,20 thoughts

Yetan calls herself "one in a million wife" and Greed (2nd soul shard) calls her "not worth a 2nd look". It's always a comedic moment when a women praises her own beauty and the men go, "I've seen better." (But then later when the man praises her for her beauty, the audience says, "Now you know.")

So cute! Yetan goes full fangirl mode over Greed and he hates it!

I really do think that Greed doesn't actually kill anybody. It's all a show and he just collects the cash, but I have no proof, yet.

And the plan is to lure the Void gang to the Prince's palace to keep away from Yetan and Greed? Did no one think of the consequences of this trap?

It is all fake! (The arm! ha) Greed just uses killing to make money. Greed is the complete opposite of Youqin: a liar, a fake, greedy, and a wimp. Chen Xingxu does a fantastic job of playing both.

Looks like Qingkui is finally coming around to recognizing Chaofeng's true character. I'm sad for her because the rose-colored glasses are coming off and he's not the prince she imagined.

So Chaofeng, Haichou and Sushui got caught and Chaofeng immediately knew it was Qingkui who betrayed them, because of...reasons. She did poison them and join the Soul Shard gang, but she was planning on returning because she is a good-hearted person. The old-fashioned defense: I never meant to harm anyone. Haichou then goes full "Traitor!" and Chaofeng falls into a pit of despair (figuratively). These weren't the consequences I was thinking of, but here they are regardless.

OoOoh! Running from killer hornets and these two keeping giving each other side-eye glances. Not just once but several times! Way to turn this situation around and make it romantic.

Gotta hand it to Yetan for not only hurting bad guys but getting money out of it too. And Greed just watches with a gaping jaw at her awesomeness. The girl loves to be the bad guy against bad guys.

Greed and Yetan's interactions are pure gold! (pun intended)

It makes so much sense for Greed to marry "Money". LOL!

Is anyone else unsurprised by how much effort Greed goes to make money? Not anymore. The due has dollar signs for pupils.

Finally, he's not just thinking about money. There's even angst! Greed misses Yetan! When she comes back, their interaction was adorable and they're going...(gasps with realization) shopping?!

Greed is going to pay willing for something?! (gasps and chokes) It's the bone flute! The parallels and the character growth all in one scene! I need a spoon to gobble this episode up!

My heart nearly exploded from the adorableness: It was all worth it. AWWWW!...and then Yetan thinks he regrets it.

I think we all know by now that Yetan has feelings for Youqin and this epic romance adventure she's on is to get him back and not just remove the Iridescent Eyes.

If you made this far AND you'd like to read my thoughts on the previous episodes, here are the links...

17,18 / 15,16 / 13,14 / 11, 12 / 9, 10 / 7, 8 / 5, 6 / 3, 4 / 1, 2

[plothooksinc]

For the fanfic ask game: 3 and 17.

19: In Underdark some of my favorite moments are Leo tripping and falling on his face. Feverish Leo cuddling up to Mike twice. In the shaft after they've fallen and Mikey hears Leo scream and goes "oh god, what happened??" Towards the end when the tunnel floods and Mikey's desperately trying to keep Leo upright when he just keels over. The comfort part in last chapter, love tired but relieved Donny and gruff Raph. And the heart to heart in Leo's bed.

In general I enjoy how Leo is written. He has a very calm and quiet presence. I'm not sure what makes the difference in this fic, but in my head I hear him as more soft-spoken than what he's usually portrayed as.( And I mean even before he starts getting sick.) I like it, feels fitting for him.

Ah, I'm glad the shaft scene seems to be well loved, that was definitely one of the high points of it for me. :D ...Leo being a little softer was actually mildly deliberate, because he was with Mikey and thus really being in Calm Big Brother mode because the situation was something he figured Mikey would find terrifying and he wanted to keep things on an even keel. (And then after that he got sick so...) It's also why he cuddled up to Mikey in that last part in sewers because he was feverish and like I can't leave him alone in the dark so I will just octopus so he knows I'm here, basically.

Anyway!

3. What’s a fic idea that you have but haven’t written yet?

Hmm. There are the two teasers I put up for TMNT, both being somewhat in medias res-- one is for '03 TMNT, in which there is a huge ambush meant to collect all turtles in one sweep; Leo escapes it only because he falls off the roof and they presume him dead (instead of merely Very Unhappy) and he needs help to track down his brothers and Casey and Splinter is unavailable for Reasons, so he goes to the only person left who can help him, which is April. He needs answers about who the ambushers were and she's a hacker. And then he still needs her for Reasons so the two of them go and try to break into a deathtrap (while meanwhile everyone else tries to break out, they'll meet halfway).

The other is '07 verse, based on events in the Leo prequel in which he tries to hitch a ride on a ship in Portugal and realises it's full of trafficked children, and he uh. Goes and slaughters every trafficker on board he can find. Which is all well and good, and never mind his hypocrisy when he goes home and lectures Raph about vigilante shenanigans, but doing so canonically starts the legend about the wrath of Enugu the Turtle God against these traffickers and the leader of the ring suddenly finds it's really hard to get people on board to work for him. So he sets out to track this so-called Turtle God down and prove to his remaining men it's just a freak that can bleed. Great! The problem is, none of them expect there to be more than one giant mutant turtle and so they track down and take the wrong one. Whoops. Anyway, Mikey has a Very Bad Day. I also threatened at one point to write a Rurouni Kenshin/TMNT crossover due to the amount of flak I got back in the day of switching from one fandom to another (I could even do it canonically, Renet sure is a character that exists). I had a whole slew of Ruroken ideas that I will now never write because the Ruroken author is scum, so alas.

In other fandoms, just briefly: The Untamed, where Wei Wuxian goes missing presumed dead in a small village where people have slowly been disappearing, only there's flute music in Them Thar Hills that's been playing steadily for days, so Lan Wangji and Wen Ning investigate. Supernatural, in which Dean fetches up in a small town on an investigation and gets supernaturally drugged out of his mind and vanishes, and there's a whole plot to bring back not quite Lucifer but the echo of him, which is good enough for those involved (it's SPN v fae); Tiger & Bunny in which Tiger apparently goes on a rampage for as much human and collateral damage as possible and everyone races to work out why; and FFXIV where the Empire find a way to tap into the Echo and drive it haywire, thus doing their best to drive the WoL mad and the scions close ranks to deal with that issue. One Piece, in which Nami steals the ship for unknown reasons (totally known reasons, she's under a compulsion laid by a Navy Devil Fruit user) and tries to do it while everybody else is offshore. Only Zoro is still sleeping on board, so. That goes down well when he wakes up. ...these will probably never see the light of day, but they are fun to think about. (The two teasers, tho. Those will get written.)

17. Are there any writers and/of stories that you consider an influence?

Not in fandom, in any specific sense. I will absolutely get some kind of osmosis inspiration from reading a whole bunch of extremely well written fics because it will affect how I write if that's what I've been soaking in all day. The Untamed is full of extremely talented writers and I channeled some of that energy to finally finish my Snowblind chapter, which had had me stuck for 13 years because I couldn't quite reach the melancholy introspect I needed for it (but The Untamed writers have that in spades). Published authors? Definitely. I can spot my writing patterning after Janny Wurts and Guy Gavriel Kay, and I picked up Janny's ellipses and Kay's Dramatic Short Sentences, and I probably got my tendency to bracket small phrases from Stephen King, as you do. Thank you! These were fun :D

Ask meme here.