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fluidstatick · 2 months ago

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Balloon SMP is like a baby alligator clamped onto my brain stem, and the more I watch of it the more heartwrenching it gets. This shit is Rashomon from thirty six different angles and I'm sick with grief over these characters, man.

I've gotten to the part of Kuu's perspective of the SMP that's just completely smashed my heart. Having seen Sophie and Robby's VODs already, I wasn't expecting this angle to hurt Even More, but "This is not happening" (the first day of the final week) is so frustrating and sad.

Robby's angle of this day annoyed me, because they left Bee and Char at the citadel and went to fetch Kuu, who explicitly had been shut out of the meeting, then fucked off to work on milk automation. I kept muttering "come on, bro, this shit is important."

Seeing Kuu's perspective wasn't irritating; it just crushed me emotionally. Bailey talking about the dubious power of mob spawners until Kuu walks into the citadel. Swindy, Katy, Claire and Marc gently and repeatedly saying that everyone should treat the blue balloon with respect and compassion. Bee trying to bolster their message of compassion and respect, getting repeatedly interrupted, her face growing sadder and sadder until she can't find words anymore. Gandalf hinting, not so subtly, that he's an avatar of the blue balloon. Jame harping on weapons and armor and preparedness. Gibson scolding people for trying to be diplomatic and humane. Beepers and Buggle giggling and sniping and arguing with everyone. Through all this, the desperate recognition between Kuu and Gandalf builds and tapers off - They're brothers in this struggle, and they're fighting for Love World, but nobody trusts either of them.

Someone in Kuu's chat wrote "Heal-ium" at one point. I mentioned that in a previous post; Sophie was wrong. The red stuff isn't death, it's rejuvenation, recuperation, respite. When players die, they return with fewer hearts - not because they're being punished, but because they're being asked to rest. "You're fragile, mortal creatures. protect one another, avoid violence, feed each other." All of Gandalf's mini quests involved telling people to bring him food, and he would often give people food in return if they indulged him. If everyone had gathered in the same place, and let Kuu place the healium above a high traffic, comfortable area - the roof of the citadel, Socks' poker den / tv hole, Normie's kitchen, Frog Village - the red balloons could feed the blue balloon and nurse it back to health while everyone enjoys each other's company.

Bee kept returning from death with ten hearts partially because their first few deaths were glitches, but I imagine it was also a message - Bee was never the aggressor in conflicts, and trusted the people around them to be gentle and humane. I imagine Headless!Bee was a hint to protect the vulnerable and confused, and Miku!Bee with four hearts was a huge neon sign - You humanoida creatures like this Miku, don't you? We've made your RenoBee into Miku. Listen to them, love them, protect them, let them lead you.

Wherever the most players were gathered, a huge influx of balloons showed up. When people had spawner parties, and didn't crouch in fear, nothing bad happened - everyone got stronger. Sophie being strong didn't give her an advantage. She could solo dungeons without a problem, but her solitude made her suspicious. She hated Gandalf, and hated the balloons, but the doppelgangers were peaceful. Not!Bailey was kind until Sophie expressed fear and agression. Her own doppelganger warned her that she didn't have much time, but she needed to learn to trust. Sophie doubled down on fear and agression, so balloons stopped showing up at Team E.

We could've had love world.

It pisses me off how deeply moved I am by the archives of a damn rtvs adjacent hardcore minecraft server. I was expecting shenanigans and bits and silly improv decisions, and I got those, but I wasn't expecting anger, fear, despair, hope, tenderness, and Real Tears.

Sophie cried. Robby cried. Kuu cried. Ausk and Bee and Socks and I can only imagine how many others. This shit is Sad, and it didn't need to be, and it's a frustrating mirror of how the world works, how it could work if humanity understood how interconnected we are.

#im. sad.#blsmp #blsmp spoilers #balloon smp #balloon smp spoilers

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leviathans-watching · 1 year ago

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can i request a continuation of this post: (https://www.tumblr.com/leviathans-watching/655248256619724800/brothers-or-datables-with-an-mc-whos-given) if u havent already done so ? n if u have done a continuation than can u link me to the post :) ? thank

finally calling the dateables by a pet name

includes: the dateables x/& gn!reader (no pronouns mentioned)

wc: .6k | rated t | m.list | pt 1

a/n: this was a blast from the past! i hope you enjoy!!! my inbox is open to chat, req, and leave feedback so come say hi

please reblog this yall

➳ diavolo frowns, thinking about your behavior towards him. you weren’t acting strange, warm and kind to him as ever, but he can’t help but feel a distance from you when he considers how intimately and familiarly you call everyone else. “what are you thinking so hard about?” you tease gently, giving him a smile, and his frown deepens. should he say anything? or would that be childish? you roll your eyes. “just spit it out,” you chasten, and so he does. “i was just thinking about how you never call me by a pet name. it’s not fair.” you can’t help but laugh; considering everything the demon lord and acting demon king has to focus on, he’s hung up on this? “you want me to? i just thought you might find it rude for me to discard your title. but i can call you by a pet name–in fact, i’d be glad to. how does ‘tiger’ sound?”

➳ barbatos adjusts his collar slightly, unable to pinpoint why he’s so irritated. all you’d done is paused in your conversation with him to ask simeon to get something, weaponizing your pet name for him to make the job get done faster. oh, that was it. you’ve never once weaponized a pet name against him. he doesn’t know what kind of face he makes at the realization, but you notice something’s wrong and give him a questioning look. barbatos smiles thinly. “sorry, i hope you don’t mind the request, but can you call me a pet name? i’m afraid i’m feeling a little left out.” you blink at him, and he grows somewhat self-conscious. “sorry, forget it, it was a weird ask of you.” “no!” you hasten to reassure him. “absolutely, i will. now, baby, will you go help simeon? i think he’s struggling.”

➳ simeon hasn’t really, you know, dated before. so it’s not unusual for him to do research, making sure he’s being a good boyfriend by looking at the most reputable of resources: teen girl magazines. but when he finds an article about ‘picking the perfect pet name for your partner’, he realizes you’ve never once called one another by a pet name. you call the others familiarly, but not him… he does what anyone would do and sets out to remedy that. “hey, mc,” he begins, “do you think we could call one another by pet names? this article says it’s a good way to further a relationship and deepen the bonds between a pair.” “just what are you reading?” you ask with a chuckle, but give in, quite liking the idea. “how does ‘sweetheart’ sound?”

➳ solomon puts at you. “call me by a pet name! you call everyone else one but are only rude to me! it’s not fair!” you raise your brows. “fine. i had a few i wanted to try out anyway.” your easy agreement should have been a sign; you spend the next few days calling him every variation of pet name. it’s funny when you call him ‘studly’, mildly embarrassing when you shout ‘snuggle buggle’ across the cafeteria, and just plain annoying when you refer to him as ‘shortcake’ for an entire conversation. he gets back at you when you call him ‘wild thing’, stating, truthfully, that he likes that one and it’s a keeper. “fine, wild thing,” you smirk. “love you.” “i love you too, sugar plum,” he says, enjoying how your face contorts.

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numberonenat · 1 year ago

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i asked chat gpt to make a playlist based on my candy love characters...

here's part 2 and 3: others / dateables ul + chani

here's what it gave me:

castiel:

"make me wanna die" by the pretty reckless

"ignorance" by paramore

"welcome to the black parade" by my chemical romance

"bring me to life" by evanescence

"sugar, we're goin down" by fall out boy

"i write sins not tragedies" by panic! at the disco

"sk8er boi" by avril lavigne

"boulevard of broken dreams" by green day

"dirty little secret" by the all-american rejects

"i hate everything about you" by three days grace

"numb" by linkin park

"so cold" by breaking benjamin

"gasoline" by halsey

"the kill (bury me)" by 30 seconds to mars

"i miss you" by blink-182

nathaniel:

"fix you" by coldplay

"fireflies" by owl city

"hey, soul sister" by train

"how to save a life" by the fray

"i'm yours" by jason mraz

"all of me" by john legend

"love song" by sara bareilles

"banana pancakes" by jack johnson

"you're beautiful" by james blunt

"the way i am" by ingrid michaelson

"thinking out loud" by ed sheeran

"bubbly" by colbie caillat

"say something" by a great big world

"make you feel my love" by adele

"count on me" by bruno mars

lysandre:

"supermassive black hole" by muse

"personal jesus" by depeche mode

"sweater weather" by the neighbourhood

"mr. brightside" by the killers

"do i wanna know?" by arctic monkeys

"intro" by the xx

"shake it out" by florence + the machine

"summertime sadness" by lana del rey

"creep" by radiohead

"running up that hill" by placebo

"closer" by nine inch nails

"only happy when it rains" by garbage

"1979" by the smashing pumpkins

"sour times" by portishead

"teardrop" by massive attack

kentin:

"good vibrations" by the beach boys

"walking on sunshine" by katrina and the waves

"don't stop believin'" by journey

"good time" by owl city

"here comes the sun" by the beatles

"happy" by pharrell williams

"sun street" by katrina and the waves

"shut up and dance" by walk the moon

"i'm a believer" by the monkees

"africa" by toto

"i'm gonna be (500 miles)" by the proclaimers

"dancing queen" by abba

"mr. blue sky" by elo

"all star" by smash mouth

"on top of the world" by imagine dragons

armin:

"video killed the radio star" by the buggles

"don't stop me now" by queen

"bohemian rhapsody" by queen

"take on me" by a-ha

"livin' on a prayer" by bon jovi

"sweet child o' mine" by guns n' roses

"every breath you take" by the police

"another one bites the dust" by queen

"don't you (forget about me)" by simple minds

"eye of the tiger" by survivor

"we will rock you" by queen

"don't stop believin'" by journey

"sweet caroline" by neil diamond

"boys of summer" by don henley

"hotel california" by eagles

i actually like this a lot lol

this is always so fun to make even if they don't make sense so yeah qskjvfhdjw

i'll make a part 2!!!

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fisherrprince · 2 months ago

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You have made me interested in balloon smp but I feel so old and of touch because I cannot find the past streams on twitch. Cannot figure out where and in which order to watch...can I ask where you've been watching the videos/streams?

ok, so, there’s ~36 people all doing it concurrently, which is a lot. But! Here is the list of players, if you know someone you like on that list pick them and just watch sequentially day 1->finale. if you don’t know Anyone on there and you want a point to start at for just. Getting most of the plot, pick someone from A B or C. Or E. Team F has a really great plot but they stay a bit out of the overarching plot until the last weeks, and I haven’t gotten to team D yet so I don’t know what they know im sorry team d 🥺

Many of the players have VOD channels up on YouTube or playlists of balloon vods specifically, lots of people who don’t have the streams in their twitch archives somewhere (like, “past broadcasts” usually), look for player vod channels. Some don’t have saved archives and some didn’t stream it! I know for certain sophie robby skull kuu gibson buggle and jame have up to date vod channels because I’ve seen them… woops and skullvolver are making edited videos rn but theyre Both team a… and im not sure who else is planning on it!

tldr, pick someone and watch them in order and peek in on other peoples’ vods from time to time when something Happens because sometimes seeing it from another angle is cool. Also, sometimes seeing it from another angle is Important because there’s Lore no one else got to see. Search “playername vods” on YouTube and it should direct you to the right place.

more specifics that kinda get into spoilers:

Here’s some plots of interest that certain people see and others don’t (ONLY BASED ON WHAT I KNOW I am not a lore master I don’t have 36x8x32… uh… good gravy 576 possible hours. of content. I DONT HAVE 576 HOURS TO SIT AND WATCH STREAMS someone was going to put together a lore doc somewhere though):

woops: tries to keep track of lore, goes on ghost knight swordquest

sophiebaybey: unwitting accessory to world murder, sees WAY more of PG and balloons lore than most people on account of The Events.

skullvolver/socksbx: revenant revengequest x2 and soul link plot, also socks is a mod and they get up to some funny business. poke in and watch one of them for the end of day 14 trust me 🫵

robbydude: doomer gnome made me cry but that’s not important. ghostquest continues upon the holy land even if we DONT WANT IT TO. jerry mouse is there

jame7t: sees kind of all of it from a distance, good coverage, citadel time (I like building streams)

shinigamieater: it’s possession clues. What if you were 15 ants of dubious morality in a human body

padabana: instigates the end of the world, once if you’re realistic twice if you’re being pedantic. it’s paranoia clues

kaoiji: there’s time travel, and it gets worse from there but I can’t FIND their vods so im redirecting you to robbydude

renobee: GOD??????????

#blsmp #uh if anyone has plots of interest to add I am also interested so you can put those in here #ask #ALSO I WILL come back and say two things number one.#this is tuoys. they’re playing soap opera. it gets pretty dramatic and intense but if they actually fought we wouldnt know about it #so if you’re a bit sensitive to arguing maybe relax and step back. those are friends on the internet playing characters don’t be weird #One and a half it ALSO gets pretty silly which is why I keep coming back it’s very silly #two this is all improv with Some direction by the mod team SO IF YOU WANT TO APPRECIATE THE MOD TEAM…#THEY HAVE A KOFI… STILL UP……….#to support the devs they made So many custom events and models and sounds it’s cool #https://ko-fi.com/balloonsmp … coughs…#anyways. Anon; I would never say my way of doing it was best but here’s what I did:#woops from day 1->end. robbydude day 1->end. Wildly skip around buggle jame kuu gibson skull socks yoda and ausk #wildly skip back and forth between sophie and Holly because I got end of evangelion’d at the end of gibsons stream and went HEYYYYYY #hooray! Discovery! It’s like digging for clues in here. enrichment for fisher #you don’t get the full story with One perspective and it’s cool!#uhhhmmm im trying to decide who’s best to watch for the finale but. I don’t know. Gibson’s my favorite so far for finale vibes #sorry for yapping it’s early and I have been putting off packing my suitcase for 4 hours. Ehe #I would also say that in the beginning no one contacts each others teams so disparate things happen #but by the end they’re all working together so a lot of things repeat if you watch multiple perspectives

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bubblepopsims · 11 months ago

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"who the fuck are you sir?"

"Oh you feed me.. yes.. yes.."

So how this baby came about was mmm well okay so i was playing in the tribe save file (as i am in right now ) hanging out la de da, i go to see how Celest (Izzi's aunt)

was doing and i saw she had ONE ! ONE! whole ass babyy okay!i said NOPE and just did nothing with that until i dont know two days ago? XD and wanted to update her for the wedding and at least age the baby up to a infant ... here i go EXPECTING ONE BABY... NO SHE HAD TWO NOW! and i went "what the actual fuck... you must be fucking joking. "

Fucking trademark... so than she got a man ;P thank you roomie >:3

somehow? i think got Kane's relationship to the now CUTE LITTLE SNUGGLE BUGGLE CUTIE Abby Everly ( she named her Abby organically so i picked the middle name XD) to be his daughter. But i just found it funny how she looked at him because girlie we do not know who your real dad is... i might have deleted him by wearing a ridiculous collection of cc running around. NOPE fetus deletes... just liked the second kid. I enny meenny minny mohhed that shit and abby won. plusss

their noses to me looked alike T.T even from a side view .. ahhhhh she is so cute T_T her little tiny squishy face!! and now you have one very attentive Daddy XD She literally whined for not even a second and Kane was on it.. XD Celest got to sleep, take a shower and eat happily XD it was cute. I love their little family. T-T Celest got her family finally ahhhh

#ts4 #ts4 simblr #ts4 screenshots #sims 4 #the tribe #my sims #ts4 gameplay #oc: Celest #oc: Kane Fl0pera #oc: Abby Everly

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inevitably-johnlocked · 10 months ago

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Not sure if you can help but...

I used to write fanfic a lot (not just Johnlock, but other fandoms too) and I got a particularly nasty comment on a fic months back (almost a year ago now I think) that made me delete my entire AO3 and never write anything ever again.

But I miss it so much. And every time I go to write something, the magic is just gone and I get nowhere. It's like any joy I had in writing was just sucked out by one single comment. How do I fix this?

Hey Nonny *SNUGGLE BUGGLE HUGGLE*

I'm so sorry that the "magic" feels gone, and I am so sorry that you had such a terrible experience because of one entitled asshole.

Unfortunately, I am not a professional in this regard, so please take what I say as just a grain of salt and as someone who adores and supports all creatives in this fandom... I've gotten lots of nasty comments over the years, and honestly... I take more joy that I continue on doing what I'm doing and that they're SO bloody bothered by me that I just ignored them... because really that's all you can do online. And sites like AO3 now give you the option to have your fics only be commented on by registered users only, so if you get that hate comment, just report it, block the user, and laugh at them.

I know that it's easier said than done, but to me it seems like you want to do start writing again. I've found that I just stopped caring about who my content is for, because at the end of the day, I'm doing my content for me, and it has the side effect of other people enjoying it too. I've lived long enough to just... not give a shit anymore about asshats online, because honestly they're just sad, bored people who get a sick thrill from riling people up.

BUT AGAIN, Nonny, this might be deeper than "just writing and forgetting about it" because that one comment WAS traumatic for YOU and that's VALID. I think talking to other authors might be beneficial to you to help you overcome that hurdle. FOR ME, I've found just... doing my projects with me as the primary audience does wonders. I love going back to my SUPER old stories and rereading them, because I take a lot of joy in remembering that these worlds were created by me FOR me. And looking at my old art and seeing how much I've improved often is motivation enough for me to carry on.

Actually, thinking back to my college days (OOOOOOF I'm old), we specifically had classes where the profs would rip apart our projects during critique sessions, on purpose, because in the real world, unfortunately, it is stuff you have to deal with in real life and they didn't want us to have our first experience be on-the-job. So I MIGHT be a bit more indifferent to "critiques" than most people, I'm now realizing, so AGAIN, please take what I say with a grain of salt.

That all said, you know what, Lovely? You have a lot more fans than you know, I'm sure, and they'd be thrilled to have you back <3 I REALLY REALLY wish I was better at articulating just how much I really want to see you happy, and how much of the best I hope for you. I know that my words aren't going to make everything better, but I hope they helped a bit.

If there's anyone who struggled to get over that hurdle themselves, please don't hesitate to reply or send me an anonymous message and I'll paste it here so Nonny knows that they're not alone.

And if you do, Nonny, decide to return and post up your stories, I am ALWAYS here to promote them and boost them for you <3

Please take care Nonny, and I hope you continue to write again <3 But KNOW that if you inevitably DON'T, THAT IS OKAY TOO. <3

#steph replies #chatting with nonnies #i am not a professional #writing advice #life advice #writer problems #my advice

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sunnydayout · 11 months ago

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soooo I'm rereading the comics and came across this scene again between Peter and Felicia. (posted under the text for those who want to see it)

I always thought how funny it was how scared and shocked Peter looked when Felicia took off her robe. but on the other hand, thinking about it's probably his first time actually seeing that, or hasn't done things like that a lot. I think he's around eighteen or nineteen here, it's close after he met Urich, and then he was thinking of college so probably eighteen or nineteen.

then of course you also have that Felicia is most likely in her mid to late thirties, maybe even early forties. (these are all guesses as as far as I know, there are no actual ages given in the comics) she used to be together with Urich for a while and he was most likely in his forties as he's been in the game of being a reporter for the daily Buggle for a long time.

so the age difference and likely the inexperience on Peter's part really does explain his shock and frankly, the more I think about it the weirder this scene is. it was also quite sudden, or well at least I didn't notice anything leading up to it. but maybe that was intentional to make the reader as shocked as Peter.

Then this scene here is also something that bothers me a bit. since Felicia is practically rejecting Peter after they slept together (something she initiated.) and I think that Peter obviously thought something more was going here, the boyfriend-girlfriend kind of thing. (wich is understandable considering he's around eighteen. really not mature enough to sleep with a woman in her thirties- forties) and then it just doesn't get mentioned again (as far as I know, I haven't read all the comics yet)

and also generally the age and maturity difference is really weird. peter is still in that exploring era of relationships while Felicia is already longer in it and knows things Peter doesn't. which is why, I think, that she rejects him and sends him home once the night is over. peter may have thought it was something more, maybe even wanted something more (once that initial shock was over) but it was obviously nothing more than a one-night stand for Felicia.

well, that's that for that particular ramble. I just realized how weird it is to ramble about this but it really interested me and I just to get it out somewhere (and where is better than Tumblr?)

so if you have anything to add, be sure to tell me! I'm always open to discussions and debates.

thanks for reading, have a nice day! :)

#peter benjamin parker #spider noir #felicia hardy #the black cat #analysis #or at least an attempt at analysis #this has been on my mind for too long #shower thoughts #i love felicia but this scene was a bit weird

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synthient · 1 year ago

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til that the band that did "video killed the radio star" was called "the buggles" as a play on the beatles (specifically they were imagining an offbrand ai-generated version of the beatles from a future dystopia where all music is made by computers). also the song came out in 1979, which I would not have expected from how 80s it sounds, but I guess they helped launch and define The 80s Music Sound. also there was a Secret Third Buggle who wrote most of the song, but then left the band at the last minute to release his own competing cover that kind of sucked, thus missing out on being a one hit wonder with the other two buggles (though I think he still got songwriter royalties). That's your epic buggles lore for the day

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hezzabeth · 1 year ago

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This part of the story contains a musical number! I actually can’t write music so I just came up with lyrics, maybe some magical day I will find someone who can actually write the melody.

The Duke was waiting outside, his electronic eyes faintly glowing in the darkness. Most of the extended Bun family had packed up and left once Mrs. Bun declared that the kitchen was shut. Only a few close relatives remained, quietly playing Buggle on Down outside the main cottage.

“So, are you going to explain what's going on, or am I going to have to fry your circuits?" Revati asked.

“If you fry me, you'll get arrested for murder and political assassination; AI consciousnesses are legally recognized as people, IO," the Duke merely replied.

"Fine! A beer for me, a mushroom coffee martini for you, and this robot can just wait for the sun to come up or explain everything now," Bridgadeiro conceded, referring to Revati's favorite drink.

"Okay, I will explain it all, in private, in a room," the Duke said, his eyes darting about.

"The back shed, then," Bridgadeiro conceded.

The back shed smelled of fertilizer and rotten food. Spiderwebs clung from the rafters, and farming tools lay abandoned on the dirt. The only light came from the Duke's eyes.

"As you know, I'm the Duke of IO, but I'm also the son of the Chakravarti of Mangalrajya," he said, and Revati snorted with incredulous laughter.

"You're the son of an evil hair dryer that rules my parents' country?" she had to ask.

"Yes, and my mother was the Duchess of Io," the Duke explained.

"I'm sorry, but how is that even possible? An appliance can't have an actual baby with a human being," Revati pointed out.

"I don't understand how all the science works! My father just created a hybrid of his consciousness with my mother's DNA, then he added a bunch of electronic upgrades," the Duke explained.

"And why would he do that? The Chakravarti hates humans," Revati said, and the Duke rolled his eyes.

"My dad doesn't hate humans! Do you hate that coffee you're chugging down? He sees humans as fuel," he said and then he shrugged, his eyes trailing to the floor.

"He wanted to create a form of fuel directly linked to his consciousness, a fuel that never rebels," he replied.

"You seem to be rebelling right now," Bridgadeiro remarked.

"I didn't before I met Dityaa; I followed every directive in my head," the Duke replied. Revati merely rolled her eyes with annoyance.

"And let me guess, the power of love set you free?" She sneered.

The Duke grabbed Revati's hand, his cold fingers touching her bangle.

"Yes," he merely replied, and the bangle felt warm against her skin.

"You don't have to believe me; I just sent you several sections of my data logs! My power is running low; I need to enter sleep mode until sunrise," he replied, and suddenly his glowing eyes switched off.

"Are you going to read the data logs?" Bridgadeiro asked.

"Of course I am! But not in here; spiders," Revati grimaced.

Here's the corrected version of the passage:

Bridgadeiro led Revati down a stone path and into the cottage. Bridgadeiro's father was sitting at the kitchen table, reading a glowing screen.

"I'm sorry about disrupting your party, Mr. Bun," Revati apologized.

"Oh, that wasn't the Apple party! That was just dinner. Besides, we've seen way worse! Last year, Pecan blew up two travel carts," Mr. Bun said, barely looking up.

"I'm taking Revati upstairs to my room," Bridgadeiro said, steering Revati away by her shoulders.

"Don't let your mother know she's sleeping in your bed," Mr. Bun said vaguely.

"Is your mother old-fashioned? My Nanni is," Revati admitted.

"No, she's just convinced my bed causes people to get severe spinal injuries," Bridgadeiro explained as he led Revati up a set of creaky stairs.

Bridgadeiro opened the only door in the narrow hallway, revealing an attic bedroom.

"It's a bed," Revati said.

It was a bed, a normal blue-sheeted bed. Next to it was a bedside table with a small bonsai plant covered in tiny pea-sized fruits.

"Yes, my parents, of course, sleep in gel-lined quartz pods," Bridgadeiro replied, and Revati slowly walked into the room, examining it from all angles.

"And you sleep in here?" Revati asked, her eyes falling on one of the walls.

"Amongst other things," Bridgadeiro replied as Revati shrugged her backpack off.

It was covered in the glowing lights of a standard-issue information screen. Revati had never owned one before, but she had seen them occasionally. It appeared that the last time Bridgadeiro had been in his room, he was sketching.

"You drew a picture of me," she said, gesturing to one of the drawings.

"I don't have any pictures of you," he admitted.

"You made me too pretty; my nose is bigger," Revati said, cocking her head to one side.

"Not all of us are as gifted as you when it comes to sketching," Bridgadeiro shrugged, sitting down on his bed.

"I'm still annoyed that Amma showed you those drawings I did when I was fourteen," Revati admitted.

"She was just a proud mother; she said she wishes you kept up with it," Bridgadeiro replied.

"Really? She was always telling me she wished I'd draw pretty things... not scenes from the murder mystery books in the gift shop," Revati replied as she rubbed the bangle on her wrist.

"You just need to hold your bangle up to the wall," Bridgadeiro said helpfully, and Revati held her bracelet up.

"New communication device detected, would you like to pair?" The screen asked in a dull neutral voice.

"Go ahead, sweetheart," Bridgadeiro said.

"You call your screen sweetheart?" Revati had to ask as the entire contents of her bangle lit up on the wall.

"Yes; what if it achieves sentience someday? If I'm nice to it, then it will be nice to me! Oh, let's look at your photo roll," Bridgadeiro said eagerly.

The contents of Revati's bracelet, of course, consisted of her camera. It also held her mother's bank credit statements, Revati's health stats, and her collection of true crime books.

"No, I'm checking the recent shared files! We can look at blurry pictures of your feet later," Revati replied.

"Fine, open up recent shared files," Bridgadeiro sighed.

"Which recent file?" The screen asked.

"I don't know! The most recent one!" Revati sighed with frustration.

Suddenly, a transparent version of Duke of Io appeared in the bedroom, causing Revati to jump back with surprise.

"Data log day 6939: Best Birthday ever," the image of the Duke said, and suddenly the room filled with triumphant music.

"Oh, he records his logs like a musical! Come sit with me; this should be fun," Bridgadeiro said, patting the bed next to him.

Revati sat down next to him, and as she did, the hologram that seemed to be waiting for something began to sing.

"On the moon of IO, dark and sleek

Lives a cyborg duke, unique and chic.

I'm half-man and half-machine, I have noble flair,

And today on my birthday, joy filled the air!" He sang, raising his arms.

The screen on the wall wavered, transforming into a scene showing a ballroom filled with decorations and dancing couples with mint green skin.

"Celebrate, celebrate, with gears and lights,

Cyborg duke, shining bright!

Dance and laugh, in the neon glow,

Happy birthday, let the circuits flow!" The dancers suddenly sang in perfect unison.

"I mean it's good, but it's not the android of music good," Bridgadeiro remarked.

The music suddenly grew fainter, and the Duke held a hand to his chest.

"My birthday is the one day of the year that my father descends from the heavens and acknowledges my existence!" The Duke smiled, and suddenly a hologram of a hairdryer with a crown glued to its head descended from the ceiling.

"Oh, father! Dear father! How I adore these moments with you! All year I wait and hope to see the noble slope of your metal nozzle," The Duke sang.

"Do you really think he hopes for that?" Revati asked.

"Shhhh! They're having a singing conversation," Bridgadeiro hissed back.

"My son! My prodigy! Made of wires and blood! On this most auspicious day, you will receive your very first job," the hairdryer sang in a deep breathy voice.

"Oh, this most auspicious day, you will recover your very first job!" Sang the dancers.

The Duke of IO turned away from the hairdryer as if facing an audience he could only see.

"Some days, oh, some days, the world starts to shift! Daily patterns fall away as your destiny is revealed, and it's time to embrace who you are," the Duke sang wistfully, and then he spun around, facing the hairdryer again.

"What's the job, father? Will I be ruling one of your outposts? Will I be leading an invasion into a rebel camp?" He asked.

"Eight years ago, the treacherous lost princess created a weapon so bleak! Hidden away, it grew and festered, waiting to break free! The weapon is inside a girl, a simple weak girl! You are to find her! You are to destroy her!" Sang the hairdryer.

"Dityaa!" Revati sat bolt upright.

"We have finally traced this blight! This monster in the dark! You must travel to far-off Mars and seduce it, then destroy it, freeing us once and for all," the hairdryer sang.

"Seduce it? Kill it? But you said she's a human girl like me?" The duke asked, and suddenly the tempo of the song changed.

"I understand, my dear electronic boy, that existence can be confusing. The blood in your brain is driving you insane; you sadly get that from your mother," the hairdryer sang.

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"But don't forget, never forget you are more than the genes in your hair," the hairdryer sang, and the dancers at the ball moved behind the hairdryer, now all inexplicably holding appliances.

"Don't forget, never forget. You're not human. You're more than human. You are blood, wires, and starlight, created to save us all. Don't be sentimental! Your life is so experimental! You're not human, you're more than human, and you will outlive us all," the hairdryer sang, and Bridgadeiro clapped.

"What? I'm really enjoying this hairdryer character! He is such a fun villain," Bridgadeiro said.

Here's the corrected version with improved spelling and grammar:

"He's a real person; he's responsible for the death of millions," Revati reminded Brigadeiro.

"Oh, well then, having him be the villain in this musical seems like poor taste," Brigadeiro confessed.

"End of log 6939," the duke said with a bow.

#comic #nanowrimo2023 #nanowrimo #science fiction #life on mars #speculative worldbuilding #speculative fiction #saying farewell to armageddon

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locitapurplepink · 1 year ago

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#star wars #star wars resistance #Youtube #buggle's day out #the rematch #sw resistance #star wars resistance shorts #star wars polls #sw resistance round 2 #round 2b

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synthetickitsune · 7 months ago

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[♫ the buggles - video killed the radio star]

❧ kai (exo) // fluff

Remember when we used to play there? Jongin nods his head towards the new apartment building standing where your favorite playground used to be. First they demolished it, something about new safety regulations, and now even its graveyard no longer exists. Yeah, you sigh, what a shame. Imagine the blast the kids would have there now. It was right next to the school too! You share a smile, nostalgic about your school days. Back then you had no worries, and what little responsibilities you had were easily forgotten. You only had to sprint out of school, throw the bags into the grass and climb on the structures that now only exist in your memories. Jongin used to be much - much - shorter than you back then. Lankier. He grew up well. Nobody’s going to break their arm there again, he pretends to wipe away a tear, so he doesn’t dodge it when you hit his shoulder. Shut up - you cried more than me anyway, you hiss at him. Although long ago, you still remember the uncomfortable feeling when you touched your arm and felt your bones were all… wrong. You shiver. No more stealing kisses on the roundabout too, his voice drops lower, changes into a softer sound that you only hear when he’s talking to you. You look away with equally as soft smile. I guess they’ll have to find a new way to be sneaky and pretend it’s not their fault they’re so close suddenly, you tease without any menace. And when Jongin pulls you close and kisses you, you kiss him back.

#exo scenarios #kai scenarios #kai x reader #exo blurbs #practice blurbs

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theartofshizzy · 9 months ago

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This is a story I been trying out and soon to make into a comic so let me know how I can improve 😌!

The Alien Life

' The Crush'

“Augh, i don't know what to text baaack..”, said Buggles as she worried over a text from her long lasting crush (only from the 3rd grade). She looked back over at her bestie, Jubie, “TELL ME WHAT TO DO!” she cried at him. Jubie rolled his eyes at Buggles and snatched the phone from her hand, intensely reading the DM that was sent. He chuckled at the text then looked up at Buggles, “Permission to have full control over the cellular device in this occasion?” Jubie asked her, smiling in such a devious voice. Buggles thought it over and eventually agreed, “sure, just don’t be mean and at least try to sound like me this time..” Buggles asked Jubie, looking away in shame. “THANK YOU” Jubie said excitedly, he started to text profusely. Humming to each type, Jubie finally finished and sent his text, “DOOOONE!” he excitedly yelled before handing Buggles her phone back; looking at the text, Buggles jaw dropped and her face flushed. As Buggles' crush texted her ‘ what's up with you tonight?’ Jubie responded for her with, ‘waiting around for some fun tonight’. Jubie had no problem being front up with situations like this, in fact it intrigues him, “ what? Now you’ll get what you wanted from him riiiight?” Jubie asked Buggle, chuckling in between words. Buggles huffed at Jubie, “Of course not Jubes! I wanted to take things slow this time..” she cried before shoving her face in her soft pillow.

A ding came from Buggles phone, she squealed before instantly opening her messages up only to find out it was her mom texting, Buggles sighed and read the text out loud, “remember i’m coming back home within the next 2 weeks…please have the house cleaned…love you.” she sighed and threw her phone too the side. “What’s wrong now Buggie?” Jubie asked her while getting all of his paraphernalia packed into his biggie bag. “Nothing, just mom coming home in 2 weeks..” Buggies rolled her eyes before helping Jubie get his things together, “Want some food on the way back?” she asked him. “Nah, i'm sure, i think you’re trying to fatten me up at this point” he chuckled before giving Buggles a hug, saying their goodbyes and heading out. Buggles closed the door behind him and headed back to her room, she closed the door behind her and started to blast some hard metal music, plopping on her bed Buggles closed her eyes and started to daydream of her and her crush.

On the other side, Jubie walked out of her home and started to head to his own. Between the two’s living areas it was about a 45 minute walk back, in the dark, at midnight with no light but the stars and moons. Jubie naturally didn’t care as it was a regular routine for him and Buggles, he would spend the night or week at Buggles when her mom was away and when she was home, naturally out of resentment, Buggles would sleep over at Jubie’s home until Buggles mom would complain to her about when she’ll be back. Jubie was strolling through the roadway to his house checking his feed on Domagram, only seeing acquaintances loving relationship posts, “bleh…love is dumb…and gross, can’t believe my bestie is gonna become one of these fakers and leave me to shrivel up and die!” Jubie said dramatically. He shoved his phone in his pocket and took out a pack of blunts from the other, taking one out and sparking the long awaiting green giving it a good huff and puff. Jubie sighed, he wasn’t mad at Buggles for wanting love just never understood the concept of it that made love that special to people, either way Jubie wasn’t going to let some alien come in between their friendship. After all he has enough broken relationships to deal with in the time being.

Eventually Jubie got to his apartment, he sat his things down and himself to sort of take in from what a day it’s been. Hearing a ding coming from his phone, Jubie picked it up to see it was Buggles, she texted ‘he wants to see me WHAT DO I DOOO’ he chuckled seeing her text. He insisted on her going to see the guy but somewhere public to be safe, “she can take care of herself….i hope” saying to himself before starting to overthink the situation she’d be in. He texted her again to see where they’d be meeting up at just so he knew where she’d be at, Buggles responded telling Jubie the Acebucks where he usually works at. Jubie’s eyes rolled as he sighed over the location that he knew she picked. He texted her back with, ‘just don’t worry too much if you need help im just a zap away’ he tried to insist that things will be fine while he starts to look up every inch and detail he can uncover and find about her crush. “Hmmm….okay Kinny Webber...what do you want with my bestie Buggie?” Jubie said to himself in a suspicious tone, for some odd reason he couldn't get his finger on it but Jubie couldn’t trust this alien Kinny, his family is well known for their wealth and owning half the city's retail chains. They’ve also been accused of hiding dozens of murders, the case was never finished but dropped for anonymous reasoning, no one ever truly found out why they would ever do or be accused of such a thing. Jubie eventually took it upon himself to start making his way to his job, not to spy but to make sure Buggles is safe he thought to himself while putting on his Acebucks uniform.

Buggles walked into Acebucks, scanning the room to eventually find Kinny patiently waiting for her to accompany him, Buggles walked over to him and tapped his shoulder, “h-hey!” she excitedly said. Kinny turned around and smiled, “ Hey Buggie” he greeted her, getting up from his seat and hugging Buggles with all eight arms, it made Buggles nervous but she gave a light hug back as she was too intimidated by his touch from all eight of his sensual arms and hands. They both sat in the booth across from one another, Buggles was fiddling with her fingers as she was unsure how to start the date off. She kept thinking to herself why her, why take the one girl who’s family is in the mafia, ‘as if he would even know that’ she thought to herself; the two knew each other from school and even from then Kinny Webber had no interest in Buggles or any girl, some even thought he was gay but Kinny never said either way he just kept moving along being the perfect grade A student any school would ask for. Though there were the occasional times where Jubie would see him at drug parties selling or buying and sometimes even stealing others drugs, it was like he had a whole second life no one really knew about.

Kinny was looking at his phone seeming to be texting someone, Buggles noticed this and just when she was going to ask kinny about his family a Acebucks worker had come over to their booth, “Can i get you loving aliens anything?” asked the worker. Buggles then looked up at the worker when suddenly her jaw dropped, it was Jubie! ‘He had taken it upon himself to come here and spy on me!’ Buggles thought as she closed her mouth, seeming very pissed off at this point. “No. I’m fine. Thanks.” she told Jubie, trying to keep it short, hinting she doesn't want him here, “yea no i'm good, not unless you have any type of chocolate cover flies by itself?” Kinny had requested if it was even possible. Buggles face scrunched as Kinny said his sentence, “r-really?” she had mumbled while her antennas wilted over worried like, “uhm…let me see what we have i guess..” Jubie said uncomfortable then walked away curiously to the back to even see if they actually do have chocolate covered fly’s. Kinny nodded and looked back over at Buggles, “So Buggie, would you go out with me..if you had even a chance?” he asked in a slight snooty way, Kinny had some sort of scheme he wanted to play out but Buggles didn't know this. Instead of acknowledging the snootiness in Kinny’s tone, Buggles was more ecstatic to know her crush wanted to potentially be with her forever. Buggles always obsessed over Kinny, she even had her own shrine for him that no one but Jubie knew about, she’s always waited for the day he would ask her even if it was in a rude way, “OF COURSE I WOULD, i would show you how much i could care and support you not to mention your family and support even your friends if they need it. I’ll help with your dreams and desires maybe be a desire one day oh i can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you Kinny!!” Buggles kept rambling on and on about how she would be a great house wife or business wife and was ready to basically sign her soul away to this alien. She couldn't help herself, all Buggles wanted was her dreams to come true and they were through her eyes. Kinny’s expression on the other hand said everything, he was almost disgusted on how obsessed someone could really be for him, “ugh, would you SHUT UP?!” Kinny shouted at Buggles, rolling his eyes before telling her, “If you're going to act like a pig then dont even worry even worry about it, i don’t even make deals with pigs ugh..” Kinny started to get up until Buggles grabbed his arm, “ No, please! i-i …i’ll listen and do whatever it takes just please give me a chance?” Buggles begged, her first love wanted her and she couldn’t mess this up especially all the times she stalked his socials and updated herself to know new knowledge on the family business. Buggles wants to be a great asset to Kinny and his family, “Fine. but no talking unless i ask, got it?” Kinny told Buggles, she nodded and sat back letting go of his arm, “Good, now my mother has arranged a marriage for me to insure another heir for the family, I could honestly give a damn and rather do my own shit, getting it?” his hand rolled in a circle motion as he talked. Buggles nodded and she did have one question, “but wouldn’t you want another spider…rather than a bug like me..” Kinny scoffed in annoyance, “NO, i want her to exile me out of the family so why not have a bug girlfriend than just killing her right?” he said so nonchalantly sitting back in the booth.

Eventually Jubie came back with teh chocolate covered flies, “ Here you go sir, it was hard to find but we have them somehow..” Jubie sat the cup of chocolate flies and looked over at Buggles nodding slightly to insure she’s okay. Buggles nodded back, she knew she was more than ok and was just about to make a deal of her life time, Jubie stood up and walked away going back to the shift he sadly had to pick up to be there. “So you’re telling me if I pretend to be your lover..i mean girlfriend then you’ll actually help me stop the mafia Bingz?” Buggles eyes lit up as if her dream finally came true, “yes, no questions asked but i'll help only after my mother throws me out from the family you hear me?” Kinny said to her in a stern tone, he wasn’t playing around with Buggles and in fact hoped she would follow through as she is the only one who can actually stop the Bingz for good, it was a win win on his side for he has a different deal to be dealt with. Kinny started to get up, “W-where are you going?” Buggles asked if she still had tons of questions on being his girlfriend, “Home silly, mother thinks i'm out studying with a group for college, i’ll see you tomorrow Buggie” Kinny chuckled then walked out, Buggles face blushed as she watched him leave. She couldn’t believe they’re together now, even if they are just pretending Buggles think she’ll be able to convince him to really love her. Jubie came back over and sat across from her, “so? What’d he say?” he was curious to know, “i’ll have to talk in private, your house after work?” Buggles asked him, he nodded but sighed as he really didn't want to be there. Buggles started to think and instantly gave Jubie THE look, he shook his no but it was too late Buggles twisted her leg till it broke! She cried in agony as all the workers and customers stopped and looked over at the two, Jubie instantly picked up Buggles and shouted to his coworkers, “Tell boss I have to take her to the hospital!” everyone nodded and told him to go ahead and go, Jubie left running out the door and about 5 miles down the street from Acebucks before setting Buggles to the side, “ARE YOU CRAZY?” he shouted at her. Buggles rolled her eyes and snapped her leg back into place, “calm down, i need you right now they’ll understand” she chuckled, standing up and giving the upset Jubie a hug, “thank you i appreciate this” Buggles said. Jubie sighed and hugged her back, the two started to stroll their way back to Jubie’s house, “so what happened anyways?” he asked Buggles, ‘Well let me start from the beginning” she responded and wrapped her two left arms around his waist resting on him as they walked and talked.

#storys #alien story #alien #drama #scifi #growing artist

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