#bgd chatters

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

So since you’re a brain ghost, do natural laws like gravity not apply to you?

BGD: What kind of ghost would I be if they didn’t?

BGD: I don’t have much of a corporal form, and can just float whenever the hell I want to.

BGD: Not to mention the free light source these ungrateful fucks get.

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

BGD: ..!

[ You feel your hand being grabbed, however, you don't pull away. He wouldn't hurt you, right? So, in a poor choice, you move to reach again. Your form shaking as you do. ]

BGD: You don't need him, dude. Especially since you're actually like this.

[ You are a BRAIN GHOST. He can't exactly hurt you, although, now that you have been separated from your host. You're unsure. You pull your hand back, taking a moment before you decide to throw caution to the wind, practically flash stepping to reach it.]

[ This is for his own good. You have to reassure yourself that. This is for *him*. You failed at being a protector once, but you're not about to do it again. This is basically your father figure and you're not about to lose him to some PUPPET.]

BGD: Okay, Bro. This puppet needs to go. The house is a full capacity, he can't lip sync for his life. Whatever metaphor you need but he has to leave. Now.

BGD: ...

[ You notice BRO on the ground with what seems to be a doll of some sorts. Having the knowledge of Dirk Strider, you come to realize that it is LIL' CAL but, not your cal. This one seems wrong. ]

BGD: Bro? Are you okay, dude?

[ You don't wait for a response, mustering up whatever you can to become somewhat solid in appearance. You reach for the doll, having every intention to take it from the man. ]

[ You know that he probably doesn't NEED this, right? ]

BGD: C’mon.. you're scaring me here.

( @badlydrawn-brainghostdirk 🫶 hi slyv hurt the boy idc )

BRO: . . .

[ He's reaching out for you, slow and cautious. As if you were a wild animal. You don't know why, you feel better then you have ever since you've been brought back. ]

[ It takes you a moment to realize who he's really reaching for. You can't let him take Lil' Cal. You can't be so incomplete again, you can't handle it. Cal is your protector, your guardian, if he's gone then you . . . ]

[ You snarl at him viciously. So much for not being an animal. ]

[ . . . You don't want to fight your kid. Cal is telling you that you need to defend yourself and defend him. Why? Ghost wouldn't . . . would he? ]

[ You should just stop thinking. Lil' Cal knows what he's doing, you should trust his judgment . . right? ]

[ozuzo]

Here's a compilation of my Homestuck fics so far (for no reason):

Hive Arrest: Sollux is struggling silently. Aradia and Karkat come to his rescue. (arasolkat, pesterlogs, comic)

Roadtrip To Your Heart!: Dave and Karkat go on a roadtrip. (davekat, illustrations)

Peter Pan Runs: Typical dirkjake breakup... except not really. Tired of having his own shortcomings thrown back at him in the shape of endless orange text walls, Dirk goes radio silence. Maybe for once Jake will know what a prison of green feels like. (dirkjake, pesterlogs, illustrations)

Alas! For My Poor Heart: Jake works at a flower shop and Dirk is a tattoo artist at the tattoo parlor across the street... Need I say more? (ongoing, dirkjake, letters, illustration)

Coffee Jitters: Karkat, a shut in game tester, develops a routine of grabbing coffee at Starboons every morning. Which is funny because he doesn’t particularly enjoy coffee and he despises the pretentiousness of the barista that works there… or does he really? Meanwhile Eridan struggles to find love. (davekat, erisol, pesterlogs)

Two Striders And The Ghosts Of A Divergent Past: Dave and Dirk talk Bro Strider... Again. (Dave and Dirk, pesterlogs)

Symposium Of Love: Jake (grandpa) owns a messy little bookshop and Dirk (bro) is looking for a rare edition of The Symposium, by Plato. Through a bastardized (and possibly not very accurate) focal point on the ancient Greeks' philosophy of love, both men find themselves spending more and more time together. The line between seller and buyer gets blurred, which Dirk doesn't mind… Unlike Jake, who's still dealing with the baggage of a failed marriage and the realization that loving men isn't that much of a foreign concept to him. (ongoing, brograndpa, illustration)

Ghosts In The Machine: Detective Dirk Strider is assigned to a suicide case at Betty Crocker Robotics that turns out to be something much bigger involving sentient robots and a pool ball eyed supercomputer. Oh, and chief robot psychologist Dr. Jake English is also there…to stay. (I, Robot (2004), but make it Dirkjake!)(ongoing, dirkjake, illustration)

Ghost Touch: Jake misses Dirk so badly that he accidentally summons Brain Ghost Dirk. Will he muster up the courage to talk to the real deal and make things right? (dirkjake + BGD, illustration, pesterlogs)

Special Delivery!: Dirk is a fast food delivery guy in a small town. One day he meets eccentric millionaire extraordinaire Jake English and their lives slowly begin to change. (dirkjake, illustration, pesterlogs)

Soda Garden: Dirk and Jake start a garden and learn how to coexist in the process. (dirkjake, illustration)

Snippets Of Chitter-Chatter: Collection of (mostly) silly pesterlog requests (miscellaneous, Dave and Rose, pesterlogs)

Legendary Infinite Showers: All showers Dirk takes are—by definition—legendary and infinite. Sometimes a vanishing act from sheer loneliness, a quiet time or a single outburst of vulnerability and genuineness in his otherwise fabricated selfhood. A lot of times, moments to share with Jake, or—in his absence—to think about him. Here’s a glimpse of Dirk and Jake’s relationship through the ups and downs over the years. (dirkjake, illustrations)

Drop The Facade: Jake spends a sleepless night musing about everything that went wrong, but he unexpectedly finds comfort in the company of the sleeping boy beside him. (dirkjake, illustrations)

[berrygameplay]

► Berry Gameplay Discord - A Sims 4 Berry/Banilla Discord Server

Welcome to @berrygameplay; the companion blog of our discord server primarily focused on berry sweet and banilla sims and sims 4 gameplay! It’s a space where we can all enjoy gameplay aspects of the game, share our family trees, have a live-stream gameplay session, enjoy gameplay-related server challenges, test new legacy challenges, or even to promote your new legacy!  We now even have our own colour palette, Candy Shoppe!

► What is BGD?

Berry Gameplay Discord is a discord server, specifically made to enjoy chats about gameplay in the sims 4. We have chosen to include multiple different channels where you can chat with fellow simmers about your legacies! Some of these channels include channels for ‘berry talk’ and ‘banilla talk,’ a channel to trade/exchange sims, a channel to post legacy spoilers, help/tips channels if you’re ever having problems with the game, and a lot more cool features!

We’re trying to keep this discord server a fun and safe place to be in! If you would like to discuss your berry/banilla gameplay shenanigans with other fun and friendly simblrs, this is your chance to connect with other simblrs or to make some new friends!

► What is Candy Shoppe?

Candy Shoppe is a new, small, colourful palette to use for our berry and banilla sims. With a rainbow assortment of saturated colours it was designed to work both on its own and as a compliment to other existing berry palettes. Thanks to the hard working and dedicated recolourers in the discord server, BGD is able to present a huge assortment of recoloured items to put in your game! With a dedicated recolouring section separate from the normal berry chatter, we also welcome non-berry simmers to join us if you’re interested in recolouring too!

► How Do I Join?

Since we are a berry/banilla specific gameplay server, we do expect simblrs who want to join to post berry/banilla content. You do not have to be a strict berry/banilla simblr, but you do need to post berry/banilla content in the server.

However if you only want to join to participate in recolouring in Candy Shoppe, you can do that too as we have implemented a separate and special role just for recolourers.

So please send this blog an ask to let us know you’d like to join! We’ll get back to you ASAP!

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

Oh, shit? That's cool, never seen you before. You get ghostbuster jokes a lot? @notdrawnbro

BGD: If it helps, I'm normally summoned when Mr.English over there is in distress.

BGD: Also, yeah no. I hear that from John AND Dave at least three times a week.

BGD: I'm pretty sure they'd want me to go as their ghost for some nerdy costume, but I'm stuck here however.

BGD: It's nice to meet you, however you're not a douchebag like the other one can be. ( @badlydrawn-brostrider )

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

==> ASK: so, what did you do to make jake get rid of you? and can you interact with objects or people in the regular world?

BGD: I feel like the second question is counterproductive. How did you think I answer these asks?

BGD: I unfortunately cannot test the person theory since those two don't want to get near me right now.

BGD: Something about me being too bright.

BGD: But, from past experiences with Jake. I can confirm that I can interact with people, objects and animals if I try hard enough.

BGD: What.

BGD: I mean, isn't it obvious?

BGD: He didn't need me anymore. It happens, so it's nothing to really dwell on.

BGD: It just means he's doing better than normal mentally and I'm fine with being here if it means he's doing okay.

BGD: Although, I feel like I'm not exactly wanted here but, I can't just poof my way out like Roxy would.

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

Another Dirk splinter joins the community.

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@badlydrawnrose

BGD: Unfortunately. But, it’s good to see it's more than just dirks here.

BGD: Bro can have a stick up his ass most of the time, and Dirk is.. he is something. I got Jake’s unfortunate personality traits, so something tells me he’s in his own head about something.

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

BGD: Isn’t it your birthday too? If we’re going by the fact that we all share the same birthday.

BGD: Also, fuck you. I don’t even steal your food, that’s all his job over there.

BGD: But, regardless, thank you.

BRO: Happy birthday to the little shits who refuse to leave my apartment and steal my food.

( @badlydrawn-dirkstrider @badlydrawn-brainghostdirk )

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

[ You don’t even realized that you're still holding the damn thing. You were more worried about Bro, watching as he was caught and then promptly laid down. He would be okay... Right? You hope so. You are unsure if you actually could handle someone dying right infront of you and *you* were probably the cause of it. ]

BGD: ..?!

[ You drop the puppet, watching as it’s presumably lifeless body flops into the ground. You have the urge to kick it, but you know it would just go right through it currently. You let yourself land on the ground, cautiously making your way over before you settle right next to Bro. You glance up at your bro through the shades. ]

BGD: Yeah, man. I'm fine. I think? I'm not entirely sure— I feel like I just went through a goddamn episode of the real house wives of Beverly hills and some chick just tried to deck me for taking her fake ass purse.

[ It seems the rambling is genetic. You bring your legs up to your chest, letting your chin rest on your knees. It seems.. awkward. You have always wanted to talk to your bro, to meet the man behind the movies but this seems different. Is he really your dad? Or a memory you share.]

BGD: Is he going to be alright? We didn't just death note him, did we?

[ Maybe that wasn’t the best question to ask. You know that striders always bounce back regardless of what they go through. Oh— wait! There's something you've wanted to do for awhile now. You practically jolt up, awkwardly stepping over Bro to stand infront of D. You hesitate, possibly rethinking your decision over. ]

[ Oh, fuck it. You decide to lean into giving your father figure a hug. Something you have wanted to do since you found out about his existence, and It was everything you hoped for.]

TG: ...

TG: jesus christ

TG: look man, im like 99% sure you werent this much of an asshole before

TG: hell at least you were fuckin' talkin' then - when i said i wanted you to shut the hell up i didnt mean like this

TG: and im fairly fuckin' confident in sayin' it has something to do with the creepy fuckin' puppet hangin' off your back

TG: so

TG: should probably get rid of that thing huh

TG: hand it over

@badlydrawn-alphadave

[ God, can this asshole not leave you alone for 5 minutes? Who the fuck does he think he is? Trying to take your best friend. Nobody understands. ]

[ You politely tell him to piss off by pressing your sword to his throat. Even unable to say anything the threat is clear: If he so much as lays a finger on Cal's precious head you'll chop his off. ]

[ You're not handing him over without a fight. ]

[badlydrawn-brainghostdirk]

[ Uh oh. You hear boss music. Unfortunately for you, you didn't come ready, but that's not entirely true. You take your sword out of your strife deck, hesitantly holding it up to guard yourself. ]

BGD: ...

[ You don’t know how well you can fight, but you are not going to let yourself be without defense. You wonder if you could use guns as well, but there is no time to dwell on that. You just stare at Bro, at that damn puppet that started this mess. ]

BGD: I don't want to fight you. But, I'm not going to let this thing control you.

[ Well, you are unsure how much you can actually do. You are not as skilled as him, not even as skilled as Dirk but you are versed. You never had to actually fight, only that one time when you were protecting Jake. You know what your main focus is going to be. ]

[ BGD: Strife! ==> ]

BGD: ...

[ You notice BRO on the ground with what seems to be a doll of some sorts. Having the knowledge of Dirk Strider, you come to realize that it is LIL' CAL but, not your cal. This one seems wrong. ]

BGD: Bro? Are you okay, dude?

[ You don't wait for a response, mustering up whatever you can to become somewhat solid in appearance. You reach for the doll, having every intention to take it from the man. ]

[ You know that he probably doesn't NEED this, right? ]

BGD: C’mon.. you're scaring me here.

( @badlydrawn-brainghostdirk 🫶 hi slyv hurt the boy idc )

BRO: . . .

[ He's reaching out for you, slow and cautious. As if you were a wild animal. You don't know why, you feel better then you have ever since you've been brought back. ]

[ It takes you a moment to realize who he's really reaching for. You can't let him take Lil' Cal. You can't be so incomplete again, you can't handle it. Cal is your protector, your guardian, if he's gone then you . . . ]

[ You snarl at him viciously. So much for not being an animal. ]

[ . . . You don't want to fight your kid. Cal is telling you that you need to defend yourself and defend him. Why? Ghost wouldn't . . . would he? ]

[ You should just stop thinking. Lil' Cal knows what he's doing, you should trust his judgment . . right? ]