#balance patterns

[acronym49]

Sunny Appreciation time

(rambling about my wof headcannons in tags below!)

[moonlit-tulip]

A gimmick which I think would be interesting in a visual novel: small variation in the visual designs of the sprites and backgrounds based on who's narrating a given scene. Not large variations, mostly—buildings are going to have generally the same architecture, people are going to have generally the same outfits, et cetera—but lots of details shifting around on the margins, showing the texture of the characters' thought-processes through the visual design of the world as they see it, rather than only through the text of their narration.

So, for example, one could have one viewpoint character be unusually faceblind, and portray this by having all the sprites have Same-Face Syndrome when viewed from their perspective, even as they hold onto more variation face-wise in everyone else's perspectives. One could have one viewpoint character who's unusually conscious of the fine details of their physical environment, and portray this by drawing the environment-art with much more fiddly detail when in their perspective, showing wood-grain and electrical wiring and other such things which are abstracted away in others' perspectives of the same areas. Et cetera.

[tadpole-apocalypse]

some early concept outfits I did for Morgan. I posted an edited version of this a while ago, but tumblr crunched it into little pixels.

The outfit on the right is typical for her working hours in the shop (who's gonna buy fortunes from a basic bitch?) but the middle outfit is more practical and common everyday wear for her.

[iknowicanbutwhy]

Puyo/Madou, meet ISAT. ISAT, meet Puyo/Madou. I'm sure you have everything in common and this is not at all a completely random crossover of my two current interests

[fisheito]

here's your accursed tier ranking

17

sex yakumos that i had to meticulously screenshot and edit into slottable little squares

4

times i redid this list (over the course of several days)

The tiers (in words):

😔👌: Unfortunately, I Am Into That Shit (☆•̀‿•́): i quite enjoy these 🤔( ͡ಠ_ಠ)🔎: some parts i like, some parts i don't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯: ehh i'd rather watch something else

i COULD rearrange these rooms over and over and over (especially the middle tiers)

but we are nOt GOing to because if i spend ANY MORE TIME sliding yaku's horny squares around i'm goign to fmkkin lose it (it being my peanuts) I could end up rambling about specific rooms at a later date..... but not today. Today we will Restrain Ourselves.

So for now, here's 1 thing about each room that i like (same order as above)!!

Crimson Phantom R5: i can be uyuor devil

Dark Nova R2: THE FOFKIN COLLAR

Ocean Breeze R2: the way he tries to keep his voice down thru his pathetic little whimpers

Fateful Aegis R2: ENSLUTTIFICATION BEGINS **NOW**

Story H scene: ok.,, but he actually stopped. when eiden said slow down. tha't's unheard of in typical yaois

Cocoa Liqueuer R5: eiden purposely chooses the wrong dialogue option at every prompt and i'm laughing so sahgrd

Cocoa Liqueuer R2: yaku's stupid blissed out face *grips my glass so hard it shatters*

Shadow Lineage R5: *adds Snake Bondage [Quantity: 999] to cart*

Incognito Cafe R5: HOLY SHIT HE OBTAINED DICK RESTRAINT

Dark Nova R5: SNAKE TRAITS SNAKE TRAITS MONSTER TRAITS LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

SR R5: something about those big doe eyes staring up at eiden while pounding into him

Shadow Lineage R2: yeah sure crush me against a wall

Ocean Breeze R5: the ECHO 🤣

Fateful Aegis R5: eiden predicting yaku's AssPoundXXXL initiation sequence with the foreboding "i'm sorry"

OG SSR R2:

Crimson Phantom R2: b. bite.

OG SSR R5: eiden worrying about getting yaku's ceremonial robes dirty and yaku's response is an instant I Don't Care 😳 (tbhypothetical if i were wearing an intricate cosplay that i spent foREVER on, all handstitched and made of expensive silks and crafted by my own labour,, and i was about to fuck someone against a wall? I am DEFINITELY taking that thing off. NO ONE is getting cum on that. you will sit there in horny silence while i safely store this garment out of range of the Splash Zone. so for yakumo to have no regard for his FANCY CEREMONIAL OUTFIT? to IMMEDIATELY focus on sloppy makeouts with eiden? that either speaks to his textiles skill or all-consuming horny.)

~~~ and if, for some reason, u want to know why the lowest 3 are , well, the lowest 3:

OG SSR R2: the room itself is aight, but it is unfortunately a near copy of the story H scene. Ahhh, death by comparison. This one gets shrugged to the side simply because i like more things about its twin.

Crimson Phantom R2: yaku is not having a good time, y'all. he is not in the right headspace and his evident suffering is a boner killer. if i were ranking based on character development and lore, this one would rank higher (thank you, surprise tragic stories about yakumo's childhood), but. he's kinda fighting a losing battle against his self-hatred so can eiden give him that hug pls

OH!! and no lie-- his voice unsettled me here. i know he's playing big into the roleplay thing but that Uncharacteristic Vocal Behaviour mixed with Big Sad spiralling is uhhhhhhh . so where's that Eiden hug??????

OG SSR R5: i unlocked this waaay late so it had to (unfairly) compete against newer rooms that I unlocked before it.

it's similar to when I played FF/X-2 before trying FF/VII (original PS version)?! i wish i had played the older one when it first released. that way, i would have appreciated it properly? BUT!! because i played out of order, i was spoilt with modern graphics and improvements that made the old game impossible to finish. I was too warped by then...

and that's what happened with this room. although i liked the concept + their dialogue, the art was too off-model for me to fully engage. i kept fixating on the anatomy or eiden's face. sigh... it was one of the earliest rooms so of course the art's improved since then!! but i was unlucky and watched it too late :( i could not enjoy its full splendour :(

[hephaestuscrew]

Who says the episode title phrases in each episode of Wolf 359?

I've created a spreadsheet to show which character says the episode title phrase (i.e. the words which form the name of that particular episode) in every episode of Wolf 359. Graphs summarising this data can be found below, but to look at the full spreadsheet in all its glory, and see the progression through the series, you can follow this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cQLkhxbDAItU6rdiUAYGn54FXXxYC-JXlCmP_Dqe9FA/

(Please note: I’ve focused here on which character first speaks the exact title phrase within the episode itself. In some cases, this is not the only - or the most significant - time that the title phrase is spoken.)

EDIT: This post previously stated incorrectly that "the devil's plaything" is not said in Ep57. In fact, it is said by Pryce (through Minkowski). Thank you to @yaghoulghosty for pointing this out!

Season breakdown graphs below the cut...

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

when I want to write something self indulgent to give me all the angsty and cuddly hurt/comfort feels but I can't because I end up feeling guilty because I'm seeking after feels that I feel in an inappropriate place because my mom told me one time when I was 15 that I shouldn't search that out or it's probably sexual sin but it confuses me because ALL the feels happen that way for me even if it's entirely platonic and nonsexual and so I don't know if it's okay to want to write to that because apparently all pleasure of any sort, even over platonic stories, is sexual or comes with a possibly probably sexual feeling and I also am having a hard time figuring out what's genuine conviction from God and what's just my anxiety/OCD/perfectionism/fear of failure

[themadvigilantist]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥳Post Anniversaries because.... I like calling out my muses tastes and first starter interaction anniversaries🥳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

May 30, 2012 - Countess Bathory and V First Meeting

June 13, 2013 - Scott Pilgrim and V First Meeting

February 19, 2013 - Arthur and V First Meeting

Feburary 20, 2013 - Brendan and V First Meeting

September 3, 2013 - Chris and V First Meeting

September 9, 2013 - (vaguely via mentioned) Brendan and Vin First Meeting

October 21, 2014 - Paige and V First Meeting

November 18 2014 - Roxxan (et al) and Vin First Meeting

June 10, 2015 - Kira and Vin's First Meeting

June 14, 2016 - Blaze and V First Meeting

September 5, 2015 - Zora and V First Meeting

January 16, 2016 - Poison and V First Meeting

June 28, 2016 - Martin (et al) and V First Meeting

December 4, 2016 - Cassandra and V First Meeting

January 5, 2017 - "Atieno" and V (via vin) First Meeting

March 16, 2017 - Jason et al and Vigil First Meeting

July 26, 2017 - Jason et al and V (and later Einzelgänger) First Meeting

July 28, 2017 - Rose and V First Meeting

July 30, 2017 - Rose and Vin et al First Meeting

March 8, 2018 - Jessica Jones and V First Meeting

July 28, 2018 - Jake and V First Meeting

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[koniknits]

This yoke seems to be coming along nicely... Only...

That's not the pattern

[sysig]

Laptop, now available for 500 pet-tickets (Patreon)

[gothhabiba]

Palestinian seb3 baharat recipe roundup

#1

Arabic-language, Palestinian youtuber, from her mother

1/2 Tbsp nutmeg (جوزة الطيب) (optional)

1 1/2 Tbsp cassia cinnamon (قرفة) (quills or bark)

3 Tbsp allspice (بهار حلو)

1 1/2 Tbsp cardamom (هيل)

1/2 Tbsp cloves (قرنفل)

1 1/2 Tbsp black pepper (فلفل أسود)

1/2 Tbsp ginger (زنجبيل)

1 1/2 Tbsp coriander (كزبرة)

1/2 Tbsp dried lemon / loumi (لومي)

Measurements after grinding. Tbsp = ملعقة كبيرة, tsp = ملعقة; not US customary measurements.

Comment says ginger is modern; Wikipedia says loumi is commonly an ingredient in Gulf-region 7-spice.

#2

English-language, Palestinian youtuber, from her grandmother

1 cup black pepper

1/3 cup cinnamon

1/2 cup allspice

1/4 cup cardamom

1/4 cup cumin

3 cloves

2 nutmeg pods

Measurements before grinding. US customary measurements.

#3

English-language, Palestinian food writer.

6 tablespoons whole allspice

6 cassia bark sticks or cinnamon sticks

3 tablespoons coriander seeds

1 tablespoon black peppercorns

1 teaspoon cardamom seeds

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

10 whole cloves

2 blades mace

1/2 whole nutmeg, crushed

Called "nine-spice" but it's the same blend. Measurements before grinding; US customary measurements.

#4

East Jerusalem Goods store, seems to be owned by Israelis?

"Our baharat is a mixture of: clove spice, English pepper, black pepper, nutmeg, cardamom spice, cumin, and a touch of dry coriander."

"English pepper" refers to "فلفل انجليزي" "falfil inglizi" "English pepper" aka "فلفل افرنجي" "falfil afranji" "French pepper" aka "بهار حلو" "bhar hloo" "sweet spice" aka allspice. A direct translation of the Hebrew "פלפל אנגלי"; it doesn't seem to be in common use in Arabic otherwise.

#5

English-language, some white lady living in the "Middle East" claims this is used by "Arabs in Israel"

1 tbsp ground cardamom pods (the black seeds inside)

1 tbsp ground dry ginger

½ tbsp ground nutmeg

1 tbsp ground black pepper

1 tbsp ground cinnamon

½ tbsp allspice

Measurements after grinding. US customary measurements.

#6

English-language, "Levantine" food blogger, recipe from mother & grandmother

1 tablespoon Coriander

1 tablespoon Allspice

1 tablespoon Cumin

1 tablespoon Cloves

1 tablespoon Black pepper

1 tablespoon Cinnamon

1 tablespoon Nutmeg

Measurements after grinding. US customary measurements.

#7

Arabic-language, labelled "Palestinian", page with various regional recipes

2 parts allspice berries (فلفل إفرنجي حب؛ بهار، فلفل هلو؛ كباب صينية)

1 part black peppercorns (فلفل أسود حب)

1/2 part cloves (قرنفل)

1/2 part ground cinnamon (قرفة مطحونة)

1/2 part cumin seeds (كمون حب)

1/2 part ground ginger (زنجبيل مطحون)

1/3 part nutmeg, whole or ground (جوزة الطيب مطحون أو حب)

The recipe gives various terms for allspice which in fact refer variously to allspice (the first three) and cubeb berries (the last one). In this context allspice is certainly what is meant.

Measurements variously before and after grinding. It's unclear whether the "parts" (جزء) are by volume or weight; black pepper is almost twice as dense as allspice...

#8

English-language, comment on "Middle Eastern" recipe that calls for "baharat":

"My family is Palestinian and came from Jordan. The 7 Spice Mixture we use is Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Black Pepper, Cumin and Coriander.”

[fisheito]

i love how eiden pauses at every outfit reveal with a . hotboy synopsis like clan member: *steps out of the changing room* eiden: and now, if i can have ur attention--- FEAST your eyes on this MARVELOUS hunk of grade AAAAAA+++++ prime meat..,, his accessories perfectly accentuate his finest features...! His fit ! is flawless!! BREATHTAKING. REVOLUTIONARY!!!!!!!!! and yet!? one can't help but get excited... for what lies UNDERNEATH that BREATHTAKING attire ( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )

[yume-fanfare]

happy birthday aira!

[jessamine-rose]

*squeezes aine this time*

Read my Yandere! Dottore fics first (⁎⁍̴̆Ɛ⁍̴̆⁎)

Chemistry ๑ Magnum Opus

So @ainescribe decided to surprise me with more Darling fan art, this time of Dottore’s Assistant!! *sobs* I love it so much ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Once again, feedback will be in the tags. Thank you so much for enjoying my writing, Aine <3

[dangans-ur-ronpas]

Will we ever get more drawings of the monster and mythical AU?

honest answer is maybe...i would really like to at least get the designs of all the students out but. like. motivation fluctuates like a wave. time passes and life moves unpredictably. sorry anon but it might take a while...in the meantime though i welcome anyone to make designs of their own/draw art/whatever based on what i've done already lol

take these old byakuya's dragon form design sketches as apology

[mirabilisempiria]