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[nthtotaldramasideblog]

Naming Total Drama Characters like Ace Attorney Characters

Gen 1

Noah Tall

Like “know it all”. And also ironic cuz he’s short.

Courtney Law

“Court ‘n’ Law” also she it’s very on theme for her.

Owen Monie

“Owing Money” His family gets into debt.

Duncan Fighter

“Drunken Fighter”. It’s criminal behaviour, he is very aggressive. Also maybe he can have a relative called ‘Crim E. Fighter’ lol.

Gwen Blackbrush

Less overtly punny and more just referencing her artsy, goth, nature.

Heather C. Vulgaris

(Hear me out I’m proud of this one) The Heather flower’s scientific name is Calluna vulgaris. Vulgaris sounds also sounds similar to “vulgar” and while she doesn’t say anything explicit she is generally rude and you could argue her fashion choices are “vulgar”.

Sierra Pendant

She wears a necklace, but mostly because she wants to marry Cody so he can become “Cody Pendant” (Co-dependent).

Justin Credible

His looks are “just incredible”. I’ll admit I got this from a website which is a shame cuz it seems obvious

Ezekiel/Zeke N. Yeshallfind

“Seek & you shall find”. I also got this off a website.

Gen 2

Beverly “B” Ridge

B can be “Bridge” or Bev can be “Beverage”.

The only one for Gen 2 I’m really happy about now. Though I think Mike should have a normal sounding name but his initial spell “MPD”.

Gen 3

Ella Cinder

Like Cinderella

Scarlett Banner

Synonyms for “Red Flag”. Felt fitting.

Max’s cover name is Max Power. His Birth Name is Max Scout Monie

Max Power is obvious. The 2nd name is “Maxed out money”. Also works if we still consider Max to be Owen’s cousin.

Gen 4

Bowie Knife

Like the real life Bowie knife of course I had to do it.

Raj Anand

Anand is Sanskrit meaning happiness/bliss referencing his cheerful attitude, and it also sounds like ‘and’, like Raj and Wayne -> Raj Anand, Wayne)

Wayne Winters

Just for the ice hockey theme.

Happy to hear thoughts and suggestions.

[yzeltia]

-Closer to You-

-Master Post-

Rating T: For Tia Original Characters: Y'zel Tia, Natsu Obinata, Patient Heaven, Leonnioux Ouraux, Violet Fisher, U'rahn Nuhn, L'lolamo Lolomori[Shard: Hydaelyn], U'rahn Tia, Jannie Eyradoux, Fuyu'li Cen Zwhan, Keith Summers, Carter Summers, Claudien, Drowning Thunder, Bounding Otter, Hayzel Summers [Unsundered: Hypnos], Raiden Obinata, Asa Obinata, Featured Borrowed Characters: @driftward 's Zoissette Vauban and Nyx Blackmoon @erickgage 's Erick Gage, Silent Coeurl, Pouncing Coerul, and Rysthota Sundstywyn @healerstail 's Meya Ganajai @mintibunny 's Minti Chocolate @ladyofvoss 's Thalia Voss @niraff14 's Yesuntei Kagaon @goldencrusader 's Ioh'Juhn Reighn Canon Characters: Thancred Waters, U'odh Nuhn, Drake Clan, Y'shtola Rhul, Varshahn, Ryne Waters, X'ruhn Tia, Urianger Augurlet, Mikoto Jinba, Hien Rijin, Y'mhitra Rhul

Prologue 1. I Can Fix This... 2. gLoveless 3. Impossible Imposter 4. A Mother's Intuition 5. He Forgave Me 6. Blackbrush Railway [Hard] 7. Will We Ever Be Us Again? 8. At the Heart of...? 9. Misplaced 10. Terminus 11. The Golden Timeline 12. The Door of Fate We Choose 13. True Heaven 14. You And I Are Connected By... 15. The Limited Express Train [Hard] 16. You Have Finally Realized It 17. Don't Worry, Your Days of Eating Alone Are Almost Over 18. Even If Your Love is a Lie 19. The Destination of Our Fate [Extreme] or The Wheel That Spins Us Round 20. But I Love You Anyway

[ghost--castle]

hello ffxiv tumblr! my friend (@ryousuke76592 ) and i have noticed something in gridania in the lead up to dawntrail. strange lights in certain locations in new gridania. i will explain more under the cut :)

so, i noticed this on the 15th but didn't manage to clip it. i saw it first in the location shown above in the clip (a few times) and second in central thanalan near blackbrush. the blackbrush sighting however is as of yet unconfirmed as i only saw it out of the corner of my eye.

the above clip is from the same day when i invited ryou to check it out with me.

here is what we found while watching it this past week:

it's been confirmed to appear in the new gridania aetheryte plaza and outside of the carpenters guild (i have a clip of this too but tumblr doesn't like videos. i can probably send it in dms though. i think.)

it can happen at all times of the day and night

it's seemed to have gotten more frequent recently but this is just speculation

possibly the visual effect for a gladiator action

same spot roughly every time it appears

has only ever flashed once at a time

i haven't seen anyone else talk about this so i would like some other opinions, or even answers!

[rabbitcruiser]

Buck Canyon Overlook, Canyonlands National Park (No. 4)

Canyonlands National Park contains a wide variety of plant life, including 11 cactus species, 20 moss species, liverworts, grasses and wildflowers. Varieties of trees include netleaf hackberry, Russian olive, Utah juniper, pinyon pine, tamarisk and Fremont's cottonwood. Shrubs include Mormon tea, blackbrush, four-wing saltbush and cliffrose.

Cryptobiotic soil is the foundation of life in Canyonlands, providing nitrogen fixation and moisture for plant seeds. One footprint can destroy decades of growth.

​Source: Wikipedia

[jazmatazzzzzz]

I feel so grateful that me and bee are the first people in rubys new studio 🥹⚔️ Blackbrush !!

[kylo-wrecked]

“You didn’t answer me right away. You had to think about it first, didn’t you?” Nilza &ex!con Ben

{ 🎁 You broke and bought: ex!con Ben }

Ben eyed Nilza suspiciously. 

Didn’t feel like the most wonderful time of the year. Not that he ever felt that way about it. Christmas or any holiday. Most he ever did was go to the prison ministry. On his first Eve inside, seeking solace, seeking understanding, anything but God. Nobody in there believed in God. Nobody back in the village believed in God, either. They believed in the arcane power in a lock of hair, in the nails, the flesh. 

"Didn't get to," Ben said between his teeth. He seemed more interested in chewing on the end of his rolly than smoking it, his fingers preoccupied with a torn belt loop. 

The day’s heat settled in the blackbrush and on the backs of warbling insects. He could smell the sun on his own skin. It smelled like summers in the foothills of Cardinal’s orchard. Like barley and blood. 

After a time, he lit the hand-rolled cigarette and sighed, “Listen.” 

Smoke curling up towards the stars hanging over the rest stop. 

“I don’t have anywhere but going right now.” He removed his cap, dragged a hand through his hair, and put it back on. Inhaled. “Nothin’ to celebrate.”

@southern-belle-outcasts

[generalalmondbagelflower]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: BlackBrush Mens Camo Cargo Pants/ Joggers.

[thistle-whistle-ffxiv]

Fluffuary Day 2 - Banter

There was a U'rabta who swallowed a fly

It had been a normal day in Central Thanalan. Hot and miserable, and full of meaningless chores that could have been done by any of the people who had been doing the asking. But they paid, so Azami had agreed to do it. Even if they seemed rather pointless to her.

It had been a normal day, until the ants came. They suddenly swarmed out of a cave Azami had never noticed before.

Almost a dozen of them, all as big as horses. 

Somehow, between the three of them, they had managed to stop the sudden incursion. Those that they didn’t kill had scurried back to their hole. Once they were certain the threat had passed, they decided to turn back and head towards civilization.

“I didn’t know ants got that big.” Azami said.

“Eh. I’ve seen bigger.” Shiro shrugged. 

“Wait, really?”

“Oh yes. They get pretty massive around here. And don’t even ask me about crabs.”

“Eorzea is so weird.”

Pink was being unusually quiet as they walked. Azami glanced her way, only to make sure she hadn’t gotten distracted and run off on her own. It would be troublesome to have to chase after her.

She was, in fact, still there. Walking along silently with a sour look on her face. It seemed unnatural on her. Had she gotten injured during the battle? Azami couldn’t see any visible wounds on the girl.

“What’s wrong?” Azami asked. Not that she cared.

“I swallowed a bug.” Pink announced.

“Oh.” 

At least it wasn’t anything serious. Azami turned her attention back to the road. There was supposed to be a tavern of some sort nearby, wasn’t there? That was what she had heard while they had been in Blackbrush. Perhaps they could stop there and get out of the sun long enough to plan their next move.

“I swallowed a bug!” Pink repeated, louder and more insistent.

“Well, what do you want me to do about it?” Azami huffed.

“I dunno! But I swallowed a bug!”

“You’ll have to swallow a spider.” Shiro interjected, “To catch the bug.”

“But then I would have a spider in my tummy!” Pink objected.

“You’d have to swallow a bird then. To catch the spider.”

“But then what would I do about the bird?”

“Cat.” Azami said, somehow allowing herself to get drawn into their deeply stupid conversation. Although… given their feline ears and tail, wouldn’t that be something akin to cannibalism? Perhaps she had taken the joke in a darker direction than she had originally intended.

“You’d have to eat a dog right after. To catch the cat.” Shiro said before Azami could consider the implications of her joke too deeply.

“But what catches dogs?” Pink asked.

“I dunno about catch, but a horse could probably kill a dog. They’ve got powerful kicks.” Azami mused.

“What’s a horse?” Pink asked.

Oh that was right. They didn’t have those here. At least, Azami hadn’t seen any in the entire time she had been in Eorzea.

“They’re like chocobos, but not birds.” she explained.

“They’re like unicorns, but without the horn.” Shiro said.

“I’d probably die if I tried to eat a whole hornless unicorn.” Pink objected.

“You’d probably die if you ate most of those things.” 

“Oh no! What will I do then?”

Azami paused and put a hand on Pink’s shoulder. With exactly as much solemnity as was called for she said, “Knowing you has been a moment in time that I have experienced.”

“Was it at least nice?” Pink asked.

Azami quickly turned and continued on, ignoring Pink’s squawking as she jogged after Azami.

[vierandancer]

"--Uh."

Garage? Gas station? Did he mean Blackbrush Station? She looked at the vehicle he was sitting on. She'd never seen anything like that before, but it wasn't entirely foreign... she knew what metal was, at least.

"I might..." she started slowly, still trying to figure out the appropriate response. "You said you're lost? Where were you headed?"

In his effort to prove that he could act independently without the others breathing down his neck, Noct had volunteered to take the Regalia to Hammerhead to be serviced. He'd waved off the concerns of Ignis (he really wasn't that bad on the roads despite what their main chauffeur had to say) and had been on his way. By his estimate, the journey there and back would have been about four hours or so. He would be back in time for dinner at the camp.

Or so he thought.

Somehow (don't ask him how...) he'd ended up somewhere he'd never been before which seemed to be stuck in the middle of nowhere. No nearby gas stations, no towering MOTEL signs catching his eye to draw him towards civilization. And to make matters way worse, the Regalia had decided to give in even though it should have been able to make the trip...

For the past hour and a half (although it felt more like fifty) the crown prince had been sat in front of the hood, waiting to see if any cars passed by that could jumpstart the Regalia. So far, no luck. There hadn't been any cars at all. He was literally in a deserted desert.

"What the hell do I do now?"

But out of nowhere, he heard someone else talk, which nearly made him jump three feet into the air. Oh man, he definitely had to be more aware of his surroundings when the guys weren't around to keep an eye out.

"Oh, uh, hey." He took a moment to rise from his crouch, turning to properly face the stranger... who was wearing a... bunny costume? Well, okay, that was weird, but he'd put it aside for now. "Car broke down and I'm completely lost. Do you know where the nearest garage is? A gas station, even?" He'd tried to use his phone to call his friends but it had gone dead just like the Regalia despite it having about 80% charge when he left.

This all felt too strange to be a coincidence.

[embracingtheview]

Blackbrush in the Quail Mountain addition to Joshua Tree National Park. Photos by rjzimmerman April 25, 2019.

[chrisa1taylor]

First, don't judge me. So I've been working on this since 2017 taking time, being steady and if I've never had a piece before that was deeply reflective to me this is that. A lil time back I had this heavy feeling in my chest with angst, fear and a dash of hurt bubbling within me. I was about to make a "selfish" decision to look out for myself by walking away from doing what was kind and right by society's standards and instead doing what was best and right for me. My eldest brother would tell me sporadically, 'sometimes you gotta hurt people, even if it means talking your truth...' and it's true but only good if it's justified. I felt like a deviant, I felt like two people were inside of me battling for what was about to roll off my tongue that day. In the end I felt great and I wish I choose this way with a couple other things but I have since then and I will in the future. So just like this piece I'm a work in progress too. Hope you're making decisions for you first as well. Hurt dem if yuh gotta. . . . #abstractart #chris21taylor #red #black #portraitpainting #surrealart #blackbrush #digitalpainting #happiness #deviantart #artofig #2 #introvert #contemporaryart #Guyana🇬🇾 #abstractpainting #oilonlinen #oilpainting #blackartist #digitalpaint #abstract #modernart #paint https://www.instagram.com/p/BwlE4FNHF_Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mm91tlw2p6gn

[yzeltia]

Closer to You

Chapter 7 Characters: Natsu Obinata, L'lolamo Lolomori(Hydaelyn), Fuyu'li cen Zwhan, Keith Summers, Carter Summers, @driftward 's Nyx Blackmoon, @mintibunny 's Minti Chocolate, X'ruhn Tia Rating: T for inTerogation Notes: Thank you @driftward for the mechanics pass

After climbing out of the waters of The Clutch, the party made the trek to Blackbrush Station, wet and sore from battle. X’ruhn said his goodbyes to Natsu before heading off with L’lolamo and Nyx to the Forgotten Springs to appraise the village on what had happened. This left the Summers brothers and Minti to watch over Fuyu’li, awaiting Natsu to interrogate him. As the Auri girl approached the inn where her friend was being held, she heard Carter’s voice from outside, “JUST TELL US WHERE THEY ARE!” Hurrying inside, Natsu found Minti and Keith quietly drinking tea outside the bedroom where Carter and Fuyu’li were, the latter still looking a bit shaken from falling off the train and into the waters. Worried that the Hyur might take his anger out on Fuyu’li, Natsu pushed into the bedroom, finding her friend bound to a chair with a dark specter firmly holding him down by shoulders while Carter leaned into his face while Jannie leaned up against the wall and watched quietly.

“Is all this necessary,” Natsu asked cautiously, only to have Carter whip his head angrily toward her.

“He’s kidnapped my fiance and at least two others. He’s lucky he has information I want, otherwise I’d have tossed a stone on him and left him in the reservoir to his fate.”

Fuyu’li audibly gulped at the passive threat before thrashing his tail and struggling. “I will not apologize for acting on my master’s orders! I would gladly bear the weight if it meant finding his sister!”

Natsu pinched the scales on the bridge of her nose, shaking her head as she let out a deep sigh then knelt down in front of the Miqo’te. “Fuyu, as I said on the train: What sense would it make for your master to have traveled all the way to Eorzea? Let alone kidnap strangers?”

Carter huffed, crossing his arms as he impatiently glowered down at Fuyu’li, making the Garlean cowered under his gaze. His tail flicked a bit as he opened his mouth to answer a few times but not finding the words before interrupted as Jannie let out an audible: “Hmm.”

“You got something you add,” Carter asked, turning toward Jannie.

“Perhaps,” the Elezen mused before pushing off the wall to search Fuyu’li’s face, “This master of yours. Is he an Auri boy with a pale complexion and crimson eyes?”

The Miqo’te perked up, eyes wide as he nodded, “You know my master then?”

“Varshahn? Of Radz-at-Han,” Jannie asked.

“Yes! You do know him! Please tell them that my master is kind and benevolent and would not dare hurt his captives! We just want to get back his dear sister!”

“He’s definitely been played the fool here,” Jannie said, not addressing the mewling miqo’te as he excitedly looked to have himself and master exonerated, only to have his head, tail, and ears hang limp.

“Yes, I suspected as much. His encounter fits the pattern of our experience with the imposter,” Natsu said, arms crossing.

“I know what the young master looks like! And how he talks! There is no one more important to me and you think I would not know his face and voice,” Fuyu’li protested.

“That’s exactly the caveat of dealing with the Imposter. They look and sound like the person you care for the most,” Natsu sighed.

“I take it that you separated from Varshahn some time before the events of the Final Days. Your young master has been recently reunited with his sister through the efforts of one of the very people you helped to abduct,” Jannie said softly.

Fuyu’li sat still a moment, looking straight ahead before down at his feet. “I don’t understand…I was on a mission…He said that I was helping him…How could that be true?”

“Someone manipulated you in the cruelest of ways and you believed them because it is hard to see what the heart shields you from,” Jannie said knowingly before tilting the other’s chin up with her finger, “Now, tell us what you did for who you thought was your master and what their intentions are, otherwise, this very angry young man is going to understandably lash out at you for robbing him of his most precious person.”

Natsu watched as Fuyu’li winced then looked up into Jannie’s eyes. For a moment he seemed to struggle again with his words before giving a relenting nod as he sat back. “My young master approached me when Natsu and I were in Ul’dah. He wished to use my knowledge of computers and Garlean resources to help him acquire a means to achieving his goal of finding his sister.”

Fuyu’li furrowed his brow then closed his eyes, ignoring the impatient huffing of Carter as he continued his story, “Looking back I could have volunteered some information about my master, but he seemed to know so much about me and my past…Anyroad, he asked me to help him seek out those who have the blessings of the Echo as before the fall of the Empire I was apart of the Resonance project. I studied those with the Echo deeply and did…unspeakable things to learn about them in the name of the Empire.”

“Enough of this. I don't care to hear some Garlean filth try for sympathy. I want to know where Hayzel is now or I'll,” Carter started, only to be silenced as Jannie reached over to press her finger against his lips.

“Continue,” Jannie said.

Fuyu'li flicked his tail, putting it into his lap to wring as he avoided everyone's gaze, “I wanted to…make up for that. My master saved me when I had been tossed into the sea for dead. I wanted to help people, and most importantly the one who showed me kindness when I didn't deserve it. So when he asked me to use my knowledge of the Echo to help, I jumped at the chance. It was mostly interviews, to see if there were those who had abilities beyond just peering into the past. I met Miss Jinba who could see the future and then Hayzel who could bring about the manifestation of dreams.

“When my master learned of them he took an interest, and brought them to me. He wanted their assistance in helping him find his sister. I promise they're being cared for in the most luxurious manner we could provide!”

Carter scoffed then grabbed the hilt of his sword. Fretting, Natsu moved between him and Fuyu’li, “And what about Leon? Did you do that Fuyu’li? At the Gage Acquisition Headquarters?”

Fuyu'li shook his head, “I don't know a Leon. I tried to hack into their database given their reputation of housing Echo users; however, the system was locked out during my attempts to access it and my master said that he would investigate there themselves.”

Natsu let out a sigh of relief, happy to hear he was ignorant of the murder. Moreso, she remembered that the others had been upset about Y’zel seemingly activating a fail safe due from tampering with the login information. She wondered if he somehow knew that they'd be targeted.

“And I suppose you took Violet for her ability to commune with the lifestream,” Jannie asked.

“Yes,” Fuyu'li answered.

“And where have you taken them,” the Elezen woman asked, shifting to stand beside Natsu, weary of Carter's vengeful intentions.

“Roaming. We made use of the rail systems left behind during the Garlean occupancy. They could be anywhere between the ruins of Carteneu and Gyr Abania,” Fuyu'li answered weakly.

“So nearly half of Eorzea. You better have something more than that,” Carter growled.

“Sadly I do not…,” Fuyu'li said before letting out a cry as the shadow sank sharp claws into his shoulders.

“Mr. Summers, while it is a crime to apprehend another against their will, it is not one punishable by death; however, in Thanlan, murdering someone is. As it stands Fuyu'li is the only one who has any insight into the whereabouts of our friends and loved ones. Maybe it'd be best if you moved on to scout Mor Dohna to see if you can find a lead on train sightings. I'm sure Miss Rowena will have had her people watching what has been coming and going.”

Carter stared then grunted, turning his attention to Natsu. “You're pursuing this right? If he gives you anything useful you better linkpearl my brother.”

Natsu simply nodded, letting Carter storm out to fetch his brother and Minti. Exhaling, she looked back to Fuyu'li, “You're going to make this right or I might very well let him do as he pleases. I can't believe you could fall for such a thing!”

“You just don't understand what my young master means to me,” Fuyu'li pouted.

Natsu frowned then hugged herself, unable to forgive her friend. Jannie sighed then gently collapsed her hand on the girl's shoulder. “I will see about getting us something to eat. Do not leave. I will find you.”

Fuyu'li gulped, having not had words land with such fear in his stomach since his mother scolded him as a boy. He turned to Natsu who refused to face him. “I'm…sorry.”

“You should be.”

“I know.”

“You abandoned me.”

“I know.”

“I've been…so lonely.”

Fuyu'li’s ears dropped as Natsu started to rub her eyes. He could do little more than apologetically stare up at her and wait for her to compose herself. Sniffling, Natsu looked at him then turned away again. 

“There was another that was kidnapped. Patient Heaven from Old Sharlayan. A Roegadayn woman.”

Fuyu'li tilted his head, “That name doesn't sound familiar. The only three we enlisted…er…are the three I disclosed.”

Natsu turned, “Are you certain? She was among the first to have been reported missing and did not turn up after.”

“No. I have a pretty good memory. I don't remember anyone like that. We never left the main continent.”

Natsu started a moment, her friend's genuinely confused face assuring her of his ignorance of the matter. Jannie soon returned with bowls of stew on a tray, raising her brow at the girl as she looked up. “Did you get something useful out of him?”

“I think so. We should make for Old Sharlayan and find out more about the first abduction.”

“Alright then. And him?”

Natsu sighed, “If I don’t keep an eye on him I’m afraid he’ll just find a way to get into trouble.”

“What? I am perfectly capable of-” “Do I need to remind you who helped you out on our visit to Costa De Sol,” Natsu snapped, not turning back as he cowered.

“Ah…but I should return to my master-”

“Not until we clean up the mess you made!”

Jannie sighed, putting the tray aside and helping herself to her bowl of soup while watching the two, unable to avoid thinking that the two fighting reminded her a bit of Violet and U’rahn. 

[letterooni]

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[rabbitcruiser]

North Window Arch, Arches National Park (No. 7)

Drought resistors are typically perennials. Many have small, spiny leaves that reduce the impact of solar radiation, and some may drop their leaves if water is unavailable. Spines and hairy leaves act to reduce exposure to air currents and solar radiation, limiting the amount of water lost to evaporation. Cacti, yuccas and mosses are examples of drought resistors. Yuccas have extensive taproots that are able to use water beyond the reach of other plants. Moss, a plant not commonly associated with deserts, thrives because it can tolerate complete dehydration: when rains finally return, mosses green up immediately.

Drought evaders, the final group, survive in riparian areas where water is plentiful. Monkey flower, columbine and maidenhair fern are found in well-shaded alcoves near seeps or dripping springs. Cottonwoods and willows require a lot of water, and only grow along river corridors and intermittent streams where their roots can reach the water table easily.

Soil chemistry and depth are also important factors that influence where plants grow. Deep soils tend to be covered with grasses. Shrubs like blackbrush and purple sage favor shallow sandy soil, while greasewood and Mormon tea are signs of alkalinity. The dominant plant community in Arches, the pinyon-juniper woodland, colonizes rocky soils and fractured bedrock.

Non-native plant species can also be found at Arches. Tamarisk lines waterways throughout the Colorado River drainage system with its feathery foliage, and Russian thistle (also known as tumbleweed) lines many trails and roadsides with its distinctive thorns.

Source

[final-reverie]