#but for now I only have chuncks of thoughts

[normalest-of-knees]

Did they really..... do absolutely nothing with the fact that Jaune "had" to kill Penny?.....

I thought maybe they could pull something out at the end somehow; maybe have Penny be the one to help Ruby through her rough time as well as the tree lady

Though then again with all the Summer build up I'm not surprised

But I'm.... both flabbergasted and defeated that we went through this entire Volume without ever actually addressing Jaune killing Penny.

Back after Volume 8, so many people were like "So they HAVE to address this, right? Oh man how is Ruby gonna react to this??" And many were speculating and wondering

Apparently she won't, is the answer. We don't even know if Blake & Yang know either. They just never actually talk about or react if they do know

And I'm wondering.... why? Why did they tease about the Penny angst and then it amount to nothing in the end? Why did Ruby have to pass out while Weiss talked about the subject, and then never gets to talk about it afterwards? Why did she get to find the sword (that shouldn't even exist, mind you), give it up, then when it's thrown away she just leave it at that?

I know the answer is random angst and Jaune angst, but still.

Penny deserved so much better, and so did we. The audience deserved to be treated better and respected, but we got... this.

I wished they had picked between wanting to push the Summer stuff or the Penny stuff, since they clearly couldn't do both. And what we got of each was so... nothing

[yan-maid-cafe]

Yandere Upperclassman

Imagine being roommates with a yandere upperclassman...

It was your first year in Angelwood School for Girls a large boarding school your parents had enrolled you in. Trying your best to be optimistic despite now living on the other side of country without knowing anybody.

Moving into your new dorm room, you were introduced to your dormmate, Elyse. She was a year or two above you, due to the school wanting to pair freshmen with older students so that they could adjust to the school better. You were of course lucky enough to be roomed with someone on the more normal end. With most of the other freshmen claiming that their roommates were much more eccentric. By Elyse just seemed rather normal, she was quite cold and distant but still willing to offer you a hand when needed.

But recently she's began acting differently. It was as if she was actively seeking you out between classes. Wanting to walk you to and from classes, sitting with you during lunch, even urging you to join the same club as her. It was confusing. But whenever you brought it up, you'd get one of two responses. Fellow first years would shut down your confusion with envy for having an upperclassman that was so focused on making your adjustment to this new school easy. While those above you wouldn't believe what you said, they'd known Elyse for a while and the thought of her suddenly following a first year around like some kind of lost puppy was impossible to believe. You had to be misinterpreting her intentions, and maybe you were. You didn't know her all that well after all, maybe she was just trying to be a nice underclassman.

But that seemed less and less true as she continued to change. Now it seemed like classes were your only time away from her. After school she would insist on you staying in the dorms with her and whenever you'd try to leave, she'd insist on coming with you. Refusing to take any kind of No for an answer. Insisting on being beside you 24/7, it was starting to get worrying. Yet you couldn't say anything out of fear of upsetting one of your superiors.

It was another late evening in your dorm, sitting on the floor as you flipped through notes and textbooks. Trying to cram before another batch of exams. You were originally gonna host a study group with some fellow freshmen, but all it took was one "No" from Elyse for it to be called off.

Speak of the devil, as you tried to read through your biology notes the bathroom door opened. Elyse stepping out as she dried off her hair with a towel, wearing her usual lavender pajamas. Turning her gaze to your direction, she walked over and sat down beside you. A soft smile on her lips as she spoke to you in a honeyed tone.

"Oh, you're still up. I assumed you would have fallen asleep by now."

Not even bothering to look at her, you just continued. Alternating between reading the various chuncks of highlighted text in your notebook and the textbook in front of you, trying desperatly to decipher your own handwriting. Though Elyse didn't seem pleased with you ignoring her, scooting closer until your legs were touching.

"You could always take a break, you know? You've been studying so hard, I can brew us some tea if you want..."

Looking at your face as she anxiously chewed on her lower lip, desperately waiting for you to answer her. But still, your head remained low as if intentionally ignoring her. Were you? She couldn't help but fidget with her hands as she tried one more time to get your attention. Her voice turning shakey as she looked down at your notes.

"Oh, Introduction to Biology I remember taking that class. I might still have the notes somewhere if you want them. I could help you study a little if you want..."

Her eyes burned into your head as she waited for a response, even a simple "No" would suffice. But still, your eyes remained on the notebook in front of you. You had to be intentionally ignoring her at this point, nobody's tunnel vision was this bad. Finally choosing to give up, Elyse got off the ground and walked into her room, shutting the door behind her.

She couldn't help but let out a defeated sigh as she threw her towel into the laundry basket, throwing herself onto her bed as she buried her face into a pillow. Holding the soft pillow close to her chest as a deep blush settled on her cheek. Her voice breathless as she spoke to herself.

"So now your ignoring me, how cruel can you be? Are you that upset that I refused to let those rats come into our space?"

She buried her face into the pillow as she opened her phone, seeing the typical floral lockscreen before she put in the passcode. Watching her phone open to the photo of you as her background, it was a photo she had found on one of your classmate's socials, though she made sure to crop out the other girl. Letting out a breathy sigh as she ran her thumb along the photo.

"So, so cruel. You can't just make my heart race like this then turn away from me. That's cold, even for you. Is this some kind of game to you?"

Closing her eyes, Elyse held the phone close to her chest. A dreamy, far off look in her eyes. Butterflies in her stomach as she leaned back onto her bed. A love sick smile plastered on her face.

"If it is, I will happily play for as long as you wish. So long as my prize at the end is you..."

A/N: I am so insecure about this one, but I wanted to get it out for pride month. So forgive me if it isn't the best 🙏.

[luceafarul-de-dimineata]

I just started the beleth event but I have some thought about events in general in this game.

The first few events (Halloween, Bimet's Rage, Where's Beelzebub) were all fun little side stories that, while giving some insight into the characters participating, were not needed to understand the overall world of whb.

Then the Gamigin event hit and it was the main backstory for a king - Lucifer - and one of the most important people in his region. If you didn't read the Gamigin event you will have no fucking idea why Lucifer and Gamigin are so close, what Lucifer's hallucinations are about, why is Lucifer in hell.

I loved the event, it still is my favorite piece of writing to come out of whb. But that's kind of the problem. It's good and important and it's now behind a paywall. Especially with the news that pb wants to take down everything that showcases large chuncks of paid for content, I think PB made the events paid content so they'll have a reason to threaten legal action against anyone that posts the events.

Imagine someone a year from now trying to comprehend the stuff we take for granted only to be told that allll this lore important information can be found in an event from a year ago. The only way to access it is to either have a friend that knows a guy with a drive to it or pay.

I don't know. I'm an event hater in every fandom that I stumble opon, especially when the events are not constantly available. Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I just wanted to get this off my chest as PB once again introduces a king and his major support characters in an event that's going right behind the paywall when it ends.

[mayzi33]

Random thought of something I find quite unfair. Everyone knows Sonic and Tails are best pals right? Right. But here's the thing. Sonic, and pretty much almost everyone else in the franchise has many different relationships. For starters, Sonic is literally the main character, so he has a relantioship with pretty much everyone. Knuckles, for example, is really close to Sonic, Tails and Amy, but he has other relantioships outside that, like with the Chaotix and Rouge. Amy is another one that befriends everyone easily, like Cream, Silver, Blaze, Shadow and heck even Surge now in IDW.

But what about Tails?

I've seen many people complain already that despite Tails being ridiculously close to Knuckles and Amy, we don't get to see him interact much with either of them without Sonic being around (except for Frontiers, which I'm very greatful for). We don't see having any strong bonds with everyone besides Sonic, and yes, I know that they're called "Unbreakle Bond" for a reason, but come on, everyone else gets to have a million of close friends, why does Tails have to exclusive to Sonic?

The only really close relationships we've seen Tails form besides him and maybe Knuckles and Amy are with Cosmo and Chunck on Sonic X. But it isn't even canon in some time-lines. Some might say Charmy or Cream, because they're the "kid trio", and as much as I like that idea come on, is there any comic or canon Sonic content really featuring this trio alone? And then there's IDW, where he finally gets a nemesis for HIM, Kitsunami, yet we got like- 5 interactions of them or something. He's also kinda close to Tangle and Belle, and you can even take like, Barry from TMOSTH, but the fandom doesn't even give much attetion to that. It's SO HARD to find comics, fanarts, fanfics and just overall content of Tails with someone else who isn't Sonic, (at least from what I've seen on Tumblr) while for everyone else it can be easy.

Anyways my point is... GIVE. US. MORE. TAILS. INTERACTIONS. WITH. OTHER. CHARACTERS. Thank you so much.

[barefoot-a-pregnant]

PERSONAL!! THOUGHTS ON "FRAU HOLLE"

Hey my dear norse Heathen out there, would you share your thoughts on "Frau Holle" (Holda) with me? As a Fairytale Persona she is widly known around here in Germany (and as the favorite Fairytale of my second born I had to read it DOZENT of times). And whenever I search for her, I get this thought...how near I put her to Hella/Hell. Like a Dualistic. You know? Hell is Keeper of Souls; so I made sense that she rides with the wild Hunt and gather the souls of the deads that could not pass in the twelve Nights (like said from Holla).

The Elderberry Bush is sacred to Holla - under it, just like the hazel, should sit a snake and curse you, if you take without asking. Snake - an animal I personal put into connection with Hell. Holla is said to take the Souls of the Unborn children out of her Wells to get born - so wells as portals in the World of Souls. Wich is who's domane? Yes, Hells! I mean, even the bringing of Snow - laying the Land in a white Cloak of Dead and Rest - is something that (again I PERSONAL) connect with Hell. BUT.... Than there is this Big Chunck of "Housework" - Thing. But as far as I know and understand - is this only from the Grimm Fairytale about "Mother Holda" and not - as far as I know - based on folkloric tellings. so...could it just be a mix up for again, making an old tale more appealing and more teatching for a christian audiance? (The "Good" Girl is rewarded; becaue she does the woman work without complain; and the "bad" girl is punished for not being a good Housewife). Oh...and Holla is litterally more of "Flattering Name" like we know from - for example Roman Furies - translating to "The Good", the "Merciful", "The full of Hail" kind of way. So literally adressing a female Spirit in a nice and flattering Way to gain something good from her. What would mean, that - And again, only my personal Idea - her theoretical worshipped Name don't go with this "positive" area of responsibility. So. Now you know my Ideas and Thinking. Would you mind share yours with me? And remember, we're all adults and can talk respectful with one another. Which means, we can respectful hold different opinions. Thank you and have a nice Day ahead of you!

[spinningbuster98]

Super Castlevania IV Part 2: Is this really a remake?

I think everyone knows that, despite its title, Super Castlevania IV is not an actual sequel but rather a remake of the original Castlevania on NES.

In fact in Japan this game is simply known as Akumajou Dracula, the same title as that game in Japan. The 4 here was most likely added by Konami of America in order to sell this as a sequel to the NES trilogy in hopes of boosting sales.

But honestly: would you really have guessed that this was a remake without knowing about this info beforehand?

What does this game have in common with the original really? There’s Simon yeah sure. But he’s been given a slight redesign, now with a more greenish looking armor and brown hair. They could have named him like Jack Belmont or something and this would no longer be a remake because really the name Simon is the only thing truly tying this game to the NES original

We have completely new levels, not just these first few located outside the castle, even once you’re inside the levels are just completely different both in theme and structure

The bosses are mostly original

Even the music is about 97% new stuff, Vampire Killer is the only track returning from the original and it only plays during the first half of the final stage!

I find this aspect of the game interesting because nowadays we live in an age where videogame remakes are a dime a dozen and they very often are radically different from the originals, mainly because they serve as excuses from big companies to make a new game without having to make everything from scratch while also cashing in on the original games’ popularity, just look at all the Resident Evil Remakes!

And for as beloved as Super Castlevania IV is...it’s really no different in its approach. You can’t say it’s paying respect to the original when there’s barely any sign of it in the first place!

Really the only reason why I think people don’t make a fuss over this is because:

1) The original had pretty much no in-game story so this version runs no risk of pissing anyone off from that POV

2) It came out during a period where videogame remakes were a much rarer phenomenon so people don’t really view it in the same vein

3) It was a lot of people’s first Castlevania game or at least they grew up with it

In fact you could even argue that it’s not very faithful to the classic formula even from a gameplay perspective: after all this game completely alters the classic controls.

Now sue I know that everyone loves the multiple whip attacks and the controllable jumps...but it baffles me that everyone would consider it an undisputed improvement, implying that the previous controls were inherently broken.

Classicvania controls were designed to be like this in tandem with the level design. You could even argue that having to master these limited controls is a big part of the series’ identity at this point and I’m sure this is what the developers at the time thought too because no other game in the series will replicate IV’s controls: Rondo and Bloodlines at most give you some very limited directional whipping and the ability to stir your jumps only slightly along with the ability to jump on and off stairs, but never the complete package

By giving the player so much more control over the character you essentially take away not only a big chunck of the challenge but also some of the gameplay depth: where once you’d have to carefully maneuver around enemies in order to win now it’s usually just a metter of whipping them from whatever angle you are. Plus there’s also the fact that the crucifix subweapon has been made disgustingly broken: wanna win in Super Castlevania IV? Find the crucifix and then find the double and triple shot power ups. Congratulations now nothing save from instakill obstacles will stop you as these things absolutely melt enemies and even bosses!

Now personally I don’t really mind this too much because there’s still usually a certain degree of precision that you have to put into your whipping even with the multidirectional attacks and the platforming can still get tricky on the occasion, so i do still believe that the overall spirit of the classic is preserved here but in a new form

But it’s important to consider that it is indeed a new form, not simply some sort of natural evolution that is guaranteed to be faithful to the original. It is perfectly valid to be unhappy with how this game changes up the classic formula and it’s the main reason why I personally wouldn’t call this “the definitive version of Castlevania 1″, even though I still really like it, certainly more than the original

[regularme12]

ALEHEATHER

Alejandro's worst spot!

Summary: Alejandro really hates when Heather gives him hickeys, she'll later find out why.

Sorry if this was a bit too much. I just thought of this scenario when you asked about it, and yeah. I'm super incredibly late Ik. Anywayss, breif smut, j a few hickeys, and talking abt getting tied up, nothing too major.

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"Come on babe, I'm covered in them!! But I can't put one single one on you? It doesn't have to be big..." Heather came closer to her boyfriend where her breath tickled his eyelashes.

"Ugh, nooo, Hun. I don't like them."

"Why not? is it something personal in your life? Something traumatic that gave you PTSD?!"

"No, just quit guessing."

"So tell meeee!!!"

"No, Heather."

"Alright, how about this. I'll give you one, but if you don't like it, I'll stop pestering you."

"..." Alejandro was thinking long and hard on this. Should he? I mean if he let's her, she'll stop when he tells her to. But still, Ale doesn't know if he should go a long with this, but he did anyways. "Alright, when I say stop, you stop. Got it?"

"Deal." Heather moved up to Alejandro, grabbed his neck gently, and sucked on it. It wasn't too bad to the man, so he waited it out, till she began licking.

"GaH! Ok. Okahahay, stop." Oh. Alejandro let a little giggle slip. Now he wad doomed.

"Did you laugh?"

"What-? No! I did NOT laugh."

"But you did when I licked your neck. Like this" Heather did it again and her boyfriend, scrunched up his neck, giggling like a little school girl.

"No way, are you ticklish?! This whole time, I thought hickeys just made you uncomfortable. You didn't tell me you were ticklish. I'm gonna use this as an advantage."

"No! PleHEEHEHEASE!!" Al started jumping around, and grabbed the defending fingers to pull them away. And he achieved because he was much stronger than her, but then she brought her head down and started biting his neck.

"GAHHAHA!! Heahahahather, BABE! QUIT IHIHIHIT!!"

"No way. You look cute like that." The taller one kept pushing the shorter one's head away. "Quit fighting it, hun. You should enjoy this. I can't help myself when you're all red and panting like this with a few nibbles~"

"A FEW NIBBLES?! GIRL, YOU'RE TAKING BIG CHUNCKS OUT OF MY NEHEHEHECK!! STHOHOHOP PLEASE!!"

"Don't go calling me girl, now. I'm your GIRLfriend, the only name I'll respond to his babe, or Heather. Got that?!" She started trying to dislodge his hands off her head, while she's chopping the air, trying to get closer to that death spot of his.

"GAHA!! Ok OKAHAHAHAHY!! BABE!!"

"Yehehes Dear???"

"What the- Why are YOU laughing?! I'm the ohohone being thijihickled!"

"Because I think your reactions are adorable~"

"You think my pain's- Ok you knohohow what?!" He reached down and squeezed her ribs.

"I may be more ticklish than you, but you're still ticklish, don'y forget that Heather." She jumped off of him, and started laughing.

"Ohohokay! Don't tihihickle me, and I won't tickle you." Heather.

"Ok fine, but just be warned, I may or may not tickle you in the future. It depends on the vibessss. You know?"

"Yeah. I know. But you're still super ticklish than me. You may be stronger, but I'm smarter, I'll just get you when you least expect it. Maybe when I tell you I'm in the mood, tieee you uppp, and..." she slid her finger up his torso, and scratched under his chin, "tickle you till you least expect it. All over your tied up body. Down your pelvis, to your feet~ throw in a few feathers, an electric tooth brush too to get your inner thigh. I bet that's your most ticklish spot."

"BAHAHAHBE! Ohohohokay. ok. I got the picture."

"Hehe, I love you."

He looked at her glowing face, those eyes, he can't ignore. "I love you too."

They both leaned in and kissed. I guess you can say they had their happy ever afters even if they were tickled. It was just a cute and happy moment at the end.

[justynart-msc]

Creating a Realistic Game Asset

Since my project has changed directions from stylised to more realistic I wanted to go through the entire process of creating a prop asset that would be optimised and game ready.

I found a course by Chunck Trafagander on Udemy that was heavily discounted and thought it was the perfect opportunity for me to spend some time focusing on the pipeline behind optimised asset creation. I was also interested in this particular course as the asset is not the typical block-shaped furniture piece and instead would teach me how to tackle assets with more complex shapes and details.

I started by modelling the rocker in Blender using the reference images provided. This was a very interesting process as almost all of the modelling was done using paths.

Next up was UV unwrapping, something that I have never done before. Through this process I learned some general rules to follow such as: hiding seams, avoiding resizing UV islands and only doing so when necessary and to areas of low importance, as well as maximising my usage of the UV map. I was also directed towards two plugins which saved me a lot of time: TexTools and Texel Density.

After UV Unwrapping I went on to create the three materials needed in Substance Designer. After some of my previous tests I was already quite comfortable with Designer so following Chunck’s course was a lot easier as I understood most of the concepts he presented. I created the following materials: Plain Weave (learned how to add transparency, very useful!), Wicker Strap (a reuse and simplification of Plain Weave), and Wood.

Next I imported my model into Substance Painter where I began by baking and then applying the materials. I also learned how to add some realistic wear and tear through hand-painting, adjustment layers and masks, as well as decals (screws).

Once texturing was complete I went back to Blender where I imported the models new textures before beginning the process of retopologizing in order to optimise the rocker. Through this process I learned how to minimise the assets polycount without losing its silhouette and in the end reduced the tri count from nearly 40k to under 5k.

The final step was to render the final result which can be seen below.

High poly (40k tris):

Low poly (<5k tris):

This project taught me a lot and I'm very glad I finished it despite some difficulties. I now know how to approach more intricate assets, using paths to model curves. I also know how to use Substance Designer more efficiently by reusing substance graphs in order to create new and unique materials that remain cohesive against the rest. Lastly, I'm now comfortable with how I should approach retopology with the purpose of creating an optimised version of the object that is more suitable for games and VR.

[mc-rupige]

So I am so invested in this fucking conflict and I hate it because it's a mess

Like there several reasons why their communication is lacking:

Forever not being able to fully express himself in english isn't helped by bad's way of speaking as he often uses more particular words or frame an explanation in a way that sometimes more confusing

To the point that Forever left Cellbit+Richas the 2 people more likely to help:Cellbit has a great understanding of english and Richas is confirmed to be a badboyhalo fan so he knows his speech patterns (PLEASE BE THERE TONIGHT)

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There is a conflict in the way they do rp : Forever kept pointing out that they have to vote for laws and mods... pretty metagamy, this is obviously a minor thing but Forever is well known to add a few metagames jokes while talking to others.He blends rp and outside discussion( at least when rp in english, unsure in portuguese as I am not fluent)

On contrary

Bad doesn't go out of character when talking to others (unless they don't really care for the rp/they are discussing irl stuff) and if he wants to discuss meta with chat he makes sure to say before and after the discussion when he is talking as cc!bad or q!bad

It wouldn't be an issue both of this form of rp are valid, the conflict starts when the pov is moving

On a metagame outlook it's just bad lamenting he can't steal

But on a "in roleplay "outlook forever is insisting his method of voting is good and that the law was just a joke (NEED TO SAY IT WASN'T: 1) DON'T FUCKING VOTE ON STUFF (FOR REAL) WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING 2) DON'T LET PLAYERS VOTE MORE BECAUSE OF ALTER EGOS )

Now I already brought up in another post that fandom/forever is saying bad is taking a joke law too seriously but if the rule was "potatos farm can't be more than one chunck" or "foolish can't show his banana in public" people on that side of the fandom would be mad so people saying that on my watch are dismissing it because of the meta outlook/it's badboyhalo

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Lastly they just often have the same/similar thoughts on end goals but they work it in a different way

Bad will ponder on stuff for DAYS and let's talk about this as much as we can so we can work on stuff together later

Forever is an instant problem-solver don't need to finish the conversation I will do it myself right now

Similar situations happened before:

During the election while Bad and Forever tried to explain to each other their ideology: the more you hear them out the more you see they wanted similar things but the way of implementation was different

During the construction of the Zoo bad was trying to point out they didn't need to build the zoo (only the 2 enclosures) and Forever didn't fully hear him out ( yeah I know we need to add the 2 enclosures to the zoo)

[tenacious-minds]

We’ve all seen narcissas hair, with the white-blond underneath and the black on top. I always thought it was odd, that her hair would be blond— none of the other blacks has anything but dark hair. I thought it even odder that she would have dyed it. Either black on top or blond underneath. It doesn’t seem very wizarding, never mind pure blood.

Consider, however, that although much rarer, Piebaldism can appear on the back of your neck. Seeing as it’s a genetic condition, draco would very likely also have a lighter patch of hair, and most likely Cygnus or Druella would also have it.

[space-n-sky]

IDK how ZAGR can work when Jhonen confirmed that Zim is a thousands year old adult while Gaz is a kid... yet he also says ZAGR would have been endgame if he had to do romance. Was he joking about it or is Zim biologically a (presumably) perpetual young adult to where when Gaz grows up, it isn't illegal or creepy (Like everlasting adulthood, but still mortal)??? I'm more confused than I should be.

oof, the classic zim-age battle. I haven’t been in the fandom for a while so my memory’s a little rusty.

What I can say is that the “zim is 1000+ year old adult” is a recent statement on Zim’s age. Even then, when it’s brought up, it’s said in a joking context. I take everything Jhonen says with a grain of salt, canon isn’t something he prioritizes when it comes to zim, he bends what’s established to service the humor. In the 20+ year of the show’s existence, a good chunck of the viewers has assumed zim’s age was likened to the kids. Or that at the very least, he conveniently aged alongside the cast. I thought similarly when watching the show for the first time. But now that Jhonen’s been consistently joking Zim’s an “old man” (note, he doesn’t specify an age. He just. says “old man” hfjffj) it’s safe to assume he’s an adult. probably?? Even then, I’ve seen vet fans and mutuals say that the trial script would have clarified Zim’s as old as the Tallest. But then, what about the one zagr fanart on the staff’s fanart wall? what about the storyboard zadr doodles during production of the movie?? Joke or not, wouldn’t it be weird if not un-pc of the staff to pit the boys together like that?? Again, it’s all very muddy. It’s not my favorite topic to discuss because our only authority on the issue loves to play with canon like a cat with a ball of yarn. and violently ingest it. then hack it up like a hairball.

Ah, the zagr endgame claim. *wipes tear* It’s untrue btw. It’s a beautiful offspring of fandom telephone that’s lasted all these years :’) The IZ wiki is… um, highly opinionated on certain topics (Gaz’s supposed pyro abilities, for example) and there’s NO citation for this claim. I wouldn’t look to it as a totally reliable source…. I personally scoured the internet and youtube, I watched any Jhonen Invadercon interview I could (god. PLEASE don’t watch them. Fans ask intruding and embarrassing questions to the poor guy). I’ve yet to find him say zagr was endgame.

Jhonen’s depictions of IZ has changed. 2019 Jhonen wanted to focus on family and Dib’s dynamic with his dad. He wanted Membrane to be a prominent character. 2000 Jhonen was fine having Membrane waltz in and out of the kid’s life, even having Membrane be absent with a drone monitoring the kids in his place (cynical implications lmao). So even if he DID entertain the idea of zagr, his opinion likely changed. He’s had the comics to suggest an alliance between Zim and Gaz, or develop some kind of relationship. We kinda made progress with issue 16 with Zim realizing Gaz is tolerable to be around and wondering out loud why they don’t hang out more (which is shut down by Gaz lmao)??? But that’s it.

I’m sorry abt the confusion :( Do what you feel is best, be mindful how you engage in conversation abt stuff like Zim’s age to other fans. Zim’s an adult? cool. Zim’s ageless and doesn’t adhere to human standards of maturity? complicated, but ok. Zim’s a kid? alrighty. It’s something we’ll be forever divided on, unfortunately. So: To each their own!

[gofancyninjaworld]

OPM Webcomic Chapter 141 Review

Intro

Normally I like to take a couple of days and a few rereads to see how I feel about a chapter before reviewing it, but with ONE’s unpredictable schedule, I’d best do this now.  It’s longish.

The first thing to say is that this chapter really messed me up.

The cavalry has a stone in its shoe

The first thing that fucked me up was realising what the sound effect in the first two panels of the chapter was: the sound of the doctor’s increasingly agonised breathing.  What a horrible thing to have to hear, made worse by the three Machine Gods showing up and reporting that their latest kill would have a 0% chance of survival after 5 minutes.

If you thought then that this chapter would be about a by-the-skin-of-the-teeth save, you’re sadly mistaken.  Genos was awesome.  He spared no power (nor powers for that matter) in fighting the three dragon-level machines simultaneously, aiming to kill them as quickly as he could and get that time.

ONE’s grasp on choreography has improved immensely and he’s used it fantastically here.  He’s always been versatile, but this time, Genos was plasticity itself, wielding heat, freezing, magnetism, anti-gravity, electricity and much more.  In turn, they didn’t commit the mistake of trying to attack one at a time, analysing his moves as they went and attacking in unpredictable formation.

it might not be psychic power, but being able to move and warp anything magnetic is a damn useful substitute

Machine Gods may vary in form, but they do share a basic interest, which is in understanding heroes, and a basic personality, which is a snarky wit that’s quick to mock. Machine God Tech lobs a back-handed compliment to Genos, saying that if he’d mastered these variable abilities, he’d have been able to aim for the top of the hero world.  For their confidence, Tech and Ray end up dead in pretty short order, smashed to pieces, leaving an outraged Machine God Body howling about how it simply couldn’t be that a mere ex-human cyborg could outdo them, these magnificent AIs.  He takes up the components of the other two to strengthen himself further, but  he’s dead soon, smashed to bits by an appropriately named Final Smash.

Genos hurries to the doctor, but there’s no let up.  Seven more high-powered robots appear. Thankfully so does Saitama, still in his underwear. He takes on the five approaching from the front, leaving the last two to Genos.  Saitama casually walking through the assault, not even bothering to shape a punch has to be one of the scene-stealers of the chapter and one of the very few light moments in it.

And then it’s over.  Saitama picks the doctor up to try ferrying him to hospital, but the doctor refuses, preferring to tell Genos where to find a secret, final upgrade, to use it to run away from Them (looks like the doctor knows exactly who killed him) and to beg forgiveness.

what a way for a beautiful relationship to end

Genos doesn’t say anything. Nor does he hurry after Saitama, but after the latter has left, he bows deeply in gratitude and says that there’s nothing to forgive, for the old man did nothing wrong in his eyes.

The action recommences at dawn.  For the avoidance of all hope, we see that Saitama has buried the doctor in the forest with a chunck of the lab wall as a headstone and the shovel still stuck in the earth by the grave.  Genos comes out of the repair pod with a new body and the two of them take their leave.  Genos intends to take out Metal Knight immediately, before whatever the plan for a ‘general offensive’ is executed.  Saitama agrees to accompany him.  But as they walk along, there’s a light over the nearest city.  It seems ‘The Plan’ Machine God Tech talked about has begun.

Indeed, on the ground, there’s carnage as a formation of robots marches through, burning every building they pass and shooting down anything that moves.  Various heroes look on in numb horror as the army advances. 

That’s where this monster of a chapter ends.

never ones to half-ass things

Meta

Unsurprising Surprise

The Organization strikes at last.  Our longest-running villains finally show their hand. They’ve measured, they’ve planned, they’ve done their homework, made that list and checked it twice.  Fitting in with Metal Knight’s warning about a shadowy power waiting its time (in the manga, not the webcomic), they’ve struck right when the heroes are at their weakest.  We don’t know the extent  of it. Is City W the only place being scrubbed off the map, or is this part of a much more widespread trend?

Well, now we really do know that when Genos spoke of not only acting for himself when he introduced himself to Saitama, he was just telling the truth.  He might be looking for vengeance, but his scope was always much bigger than just himself.  It’s a shame things have had to deteriorate to this extent for us to see it.

If not now, when?

So this is it! This is as good as it gets for him then. If he is to survive, Genos will have to take a page from Drive Knight’s example and quickly master everything his new body has to offer.  We’ve (well I’ve) complained before that he’s merely competent at using what the doctor gives him, throwing parts and bodies away without giving himself a chance to truly get the best out of them.  No choice now.  And it looks like there’s a world to save -- no time to luxuriate in practice. Or grief.

Forgive me

A few years ago when I was still new to Reddit, one of my first posts was to ask if Dr Kuseno was a good man. Against his manifest good deeds in supporting Genos as he did, it didn’t sit well with me that he’d performed a Reverse Pinocchio on an ordinary boy, turning him into a living weapon.  Not hard to imagine that it wasn’t received too well by the sub, lol.  In time, as we got to see more of Kuseno, my position on him softened, but what the hell, doctor?  never went completely away.

With Kuseno’s dying words being apology, we see that he knew he’d done wrong by Genos.  He knew that roping him into his quest for justice came as much from his own selfishness and rage as it did from a desire to set the world to rights.  I’ve repeatedly said that the cyborg body Genos has has nothing to do with health. It was all about gaining the power to fight and forgoing a chance to have a life in the process.

And so Kuseno died, in agony, weeping and begging for a forgiveness that he never heard come.  He was buried like a dog in what had been his backyard. By a stranger.

Fuck.

That’s cold.

Now I’m not faulting Genos for not forgiving the old man to his hearing. But there’s a hardness to him that he’ll want watching lest it grow more.

this is why the Machine Gods always fail despite their detailed calculations.  They just do not understand the depth of the human heart, nor its importance.

But I’ll add one more thing.  Dr Kuseno did not just raise a warrior.  In the end, he raised a damn fine hero too.  In the end, I really hope that some great good might yet come out of this.

Saitama and compassion

I’m glad that Saitama is here.  I’m even more glad that he’s not been acting to try stealing the show, instead supporting Genos when the latter needs it. It’s not ‘I’m sorry for your loss’ But it is compassionate. 

What’s next?

Why fighting of course.  Lots of it. I hope that somehow, the fog of war ends up nevertheless clarifying the relationship between the Neo Heroes, The Organization, Metal Knight and possibly Drive Knight.  I’m ready for this arc to build to its crisis and resolve one way or the other.

Bits and pieces

Number 23 on the list?  If Kuseno weren’t keeping such a low profile, I’d be insulted on his behalf.

I surmised last chapter that Kuseno must have an extensive basement as the superstructure of his place looked positively humble.  West basement?  With multiple hangars?  That’s not a basement, that’s an underground castle.  I hope Genos has locked up after himself.  If he succeeds in putting sword to his enemies, he’ll want what’s in there.

Finally, with the way living and dying works in this world, I wonder if the old man might yet have survived if he’d not decided it was too late for him.  I guess we’ll never know. At least I hope not.  I hope he’s beyond the clutches of those who’d raise him to an undeath for their own purposes.

[friendlytrees]

Stay Here With Me

sebastian stan x reader

summary: you decided to clear your head and take a walk, but someone unexpected crosses paths with you.

warnings: swearing

mountains of paint are scattered all over different cardboard boxes. you take a chunck of the red and smear it on the canvas in front of you like a toddler. As bits if light creep in through your curtains you realize you’ve been painting all day. You get up and look around to see 10 awful and terrifying paintings staring back at you. Although this was a great stress reliever, it wasn't going to help you get over what had happened.

2 weeks ago you walked into your apartment to find your boyfriend Daniel cheating on you. You knew it wouldn't last, you met him at some douchey college frat party and out of all the boys, he was the “most romantic” when you caught him all you could say was leave.

After this incident your friend introduced you to anger painting. Although very effective it consumed you and it was all you could do. When you finished the 10th painting you decided it was time to get some fresh air. You get in the shower and after you change into a flowy dress and jacket, grab your keys and head out the door. You walked down what seemed like a never ending hall until you made it to the elevator. The elevator dings to signal you to go down and when the door opens, your ex smiles at you holding flowers.

“y/n hey look i wan-“

“no, i cant do this right now” you say as you cut him off. You try to walk to the stairs but he grabs your arm and insists you talk to him

“look what happened was so bad. And im so sorry, but thats in the past and we are in the present and thats what’s important”

“ do you think you’re being romantic “

“ i got you flowers”

you shove him, “ look you’re wasting my time. i have to go” you walk towards the elevator and leave him standing in the hall holding flowers. as the door closes you stare at him as he drops the flowers and crushes them.

after getting out the elevator you try to grab the nearest wall to cling on to so you can calm yourself down. All you could think about were the emotions you felt the night it happened. You catch your breath and eventually head out the front doors of the building. As soon as you walk out you are blinded by the sun. You cover your eyes as you think about how you haven't been outside in days.

while you mindlessly walk you can see the the sun leaking through the orange-ish trees along the road. this is the best thing you’ve done in a while, you have never stopped to take a look at the world around you since college started; in this moment you realized that life was beautiful. As the sun is setting you find yourself at a small park next to a library. your eyes wander to a bench with a very muscular man sitting on it. when you get closer you can eventually make out who it is

“hey, long time no see” you say as you stand right in front of him

he looks up from his book “y/n ? wow you look great” he gets up and goes in for a hug

“what are you doing here Sebastian. i haven't seen you here in so long”

“well i just got back from jersey , i was just here to visit family. then i ran into you.. wow you changed so much.”

“is that a good thing” you say with laughter

“ yes thats a great thing wow,” he goes in for another hug. “ i haven't seen you in 2 years. why didn't you call”

you push him off of you and go to sit on the bench “ i had so much going on i couldn't really make time to call anyone”

“ouch” he says as he sits down.

“ no dont take it personally. college is just stressful”

“thats why i never went” he says as he leans back in the bench

“what have you been doing these past 2 years?”

“ive been working, we dont all have money”

you could tell that was suggested towards you. you had been best friends your entire lives and did everything together, but the only difference between you two was that his family didnt really have much. so, the older he got, the less you saw of him since he was working all the time. And eventually when you moved you didnt see him at all.

you turn to face Sebastian “can we hang out today? i dont really have anything planned”

he turns to face you “ well i was going to sit here and read this book, but i guess i have room to hang out” he smiled and began to laugh. eventually you two got up and started walking in the Manhattan streets. the sun had set. the moon light lit up the almost empty street , which was rare. Sebastian turns to face you and begins to speak

“so where are we going?”

“i thought you knew, i was following you” you say with a confused look on your face

“im kidding” he looks over and points to a corner store “lets go in here”

you both step inside and he goes straight to the liquor. he grabs two large bottles and heads to the register.

“that will be $40”

“here you go”

“thank you, come again”

you both walk out and he hands you one of the brown paper bags. “drink up” he says as he opens his drink”

“you want me to drink,,, while we are walking around Manhattan.”

“yeah why not what could happen” he says as he takes a large swig of liquor

you look at him and decide to give in. “fine, but im only doing this for you”

an hour had passed and you were both wasted walking under the street lights saying god knows what. The only thing you could hear was Sebastian yelling every time he saw a taxi. You end up stopping at one of the lights next to a closed theater.

“hold on i need to stop for a minute i need t-” mid sentence he lets half of his lunch out on the side walk. All you could do was laugh at him while he was doing it. When hes done he sits up and swings around the poll screaming to the top of his lungs “do you want to know something y/n”

“what is it” you say taking the last sip of your alcohol

“i love you”

“what” 

“Ive loved you since youve came into my life, you just make me so happy.” he drunkingly makes a heart with his hands and walks closer to you. “I needed to see you y/n, youre part of the reason i came back. I missed your laugh, your jokes, i missed the way you smiled. I need you”

“youre drunk you dont mean that”

“Yes i do” he moves his hands up to your cheeks. “ every time im with you i get this feeling that if something ever happened to you id lose you forever. And i want to make sure you will always be okay. Im not saying this because im drunk y/n, im saying this because i love you”

No words were able to come out of your mouth. All you could do was stand there and stare into those bluish grey eyes. he eventually let your face go and started walking away.

“where are you going?” you say as you try to catch up with him

“i have no idea, but im pretty sure ive just embarrassed myself”

you stop walking “Where were you supposed to stay tonight?”

“i was supposed to stay with my mom but if i come home drunk hes gonna kill me” he stops walking and tilts his head up “i could just buy a hotel for tonight”

“or you could stay at my place” you say. he turns his head over to you and smiles. he sluggishly walks towards you and you guide him to your apartment.

you both find a taxi to take you back since youre too drunk to walk. Once you get there you head through the doors and get in the elevator. the ride up to the 3rd floor of your apartment was filled with silence. Sebastian had kept his distance ever since he told you he loved you. Back on the sidewalk under the street light you regret not telling him right then and there that youve felt the same way.

the elevator doors opened and when you walked out you could see someone near your door. you rushed over to see who it was, and when you knew you were disappointed.

“what the hell are you doing here, leave now!”

“please just let me ta-” your ex takes a pause when he sees Sebastian standing 4 feet away. “who the fuck is this, huh, y/n? who the fuck are you” he starts walking closer to Sebastian and shoves him “who are you”

he looks at you and looks back at your ex “ im her boyfriend”

“no hes no-” you were cut off by your ex who became filled with anger

“oh really, your her boyfriend?” he shoves Sebastian 

Sebastian shoves him back “shove me again and i swear”

“you swear what. what are you gonna do”

Sebastian throws a punch at him and then gets tackled. You try to tell them to stop and pull them off of each other, but it wasn't working. Your ex wouldn't stop hitting Sebastian. He couldn't fight back anymore all he could do was take the hits. you run up to Daniel and pull him off of Sebastian before he could do anymore damage.

“what the hell Daniel”

“punk deserved it” he said as he wiped the blood off of his brow.

“leave right now”

“im not going anywhere”

“ leave before i call the police”

he looks at you for a moment, then he leaves. 

you run over to Sebastian to make sure he is okay and help him up. You grab your key and open your door. you turn the lights on and take Sebastian to the living room to lay him on the couch. 

“hey, im going to grab a rag to clean your face”

“y/n” he pauses to catch his breath “ you never said anything earlier, after i told you”

you sit down on the coffee table in front of the couch so you're facing him. “Sebastian. all this time didn't understand why i felt the way i do around you, you make me feel safe and i can trust you with my life.” Sebastian sits up before you can finish “Sebastian i love you” he leans over to you and kisses you “i love you too y/n”

[knowledge-and-academia]

Yesterday i took some time to clean up my room and workspace for when online classes start next week. They say it’ll only be till March 30th but i think it will go on for longer.

They cancelled my theatre oractices yesterday until April 6th but im not complaining, i haven’t really been enjoying it that much. Im really disappointed though because we don’t know when our next oractice for Marching Band will be, since gatherings over 30 are highpy discouraged. Spring break just “ended” but i feel like ive been at home for too long.

Anyways, i thought I’d put a list of things you can do while under quarantine/social distancing:

READ!! Most of us probably have a tbr a mile long, so now is the time to begin taking chunck out of it.

Exercise. Whether you want to go out alone and run down your street (if allowed) or just do some yoga in your bedroom, endorphins will be released which will make you happier.

Organize your room/house! You’ll feel much better after, because who wants to be enclosed in a space that’s messy? It just makes your mind messy.

Learn something new. Whether that be a language, a course on Khan academy, or practocing that guitar that you always wish you could play. It might not be your version of productive, but just because there are no deadlines doesn’t make it so!

Do a spa day! Put on a facemask and take a bath by candlelight. Treat yourself like the king/queen you are. You’ll feel good and it will release a lot of the stress that this outbreak has caused.

I hope this was helpful! If you have any other ideas please add on, we all need some help to keep from going insane in this time of isolation.

Also, remember to DRINK WATER, wash your hands, and stay connected with your friends and family through social media!

[xplrsquad7137]

"This was a terrible idea, I'm an idiot!"

Summary~Colby films a video with Mike and Kevin where they put face masks all over their bodies, and you have to help him.

Gif creds to @taradummy

Colby's Pov

"What's up guys welcome back to my channel, today i am joined with Mike and Kevin, and we are gonna be putting Face Masks all over our bodies"

Mike "how did you think that this was gonna be a good idea?"

"i have no idea"

Its been a few minutes and we were all covered in face masks.

Mike "oh my god, Colby is like covered!"

Kevin "that's what i said!!"

....

"it feels like when you put like ductape over a hairy part of your body and just rip it off."

Kevin "oh my god you like...put too much on! How are you gonna get it all off?"

"i don't know! Guys don't do this, this was a terrible idea, I'm an idiot!"

Mike "you literally might have to call y/n to help you get it all off brother."

"yeah i know, I'll go call her"

I go out to my balcony to call her. I feel really bad for calling her cause i know she is out with tara, having a girls trip to the mall.

Y/n "Hey baby what's up?"

"hey babe, uh do you mind coming home early?"

Y/n "No not all, we are in line anyway. Why what's wrong, are you okay?" She said with concern in her voice.

"oh yeah everything is fine. You'll find out when you get home. I love you"

Y/n "Okay colbs i love you too"

I come back into my apartment and grab my camera, and make my way back to my friends.

"okay, she's on her way home"

Mike "dude she's gonna be like, what the fuck!"

Kevin interrupted Mike and i's conversation by screaming "FFFUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKK" because he was ripping off a huge chunck of face mask on his chest.

Mike "oh my god this is brutal. It's so bad on the hair! So bad..i should've shaved!"

I was regretting putting so much on at this point. 'I hope y/n can help me get all of this off' i thought.

...

Your Pov

I am why kinda worried why Colby called me asking you to come home early. He never does that.

Tara "hey is everything okay? You look.. worried?"

"Uh yeah, colbs wants me to come home all of a sudden and i don't know why"

Tara "knowing Colby it's probably for a video, so i wouldn't be too worried about it okay?" Shs said giving you a nudge.

"Yeah. Yeah you're right. Lets go"

The drive home is fun. Me and Tara are jamming out to old Avril Lavigne songs, singing at the top of our lungs with the windows down. I love hanging out with tara, she is truly my bestfriend. You love her so much. Thankfully, Tara and Jake live in the same apartment complex as me and colby, so i get to see her all the time.

"Today was so much fun!"

Tara "i know, it feels like we haven't done a girls trip in forever!"

"I love you babe, I'll see you around" giving her a hug before she walked into her boyfriend's apartment.

Tara "i love you more, keep me updated with Colby!!!"

"I will!"

I opened up the door to see Kevin pulling what looks like face mask off of my boyfriends arm while he screams.

"What in the hell is going on here!?"

Colby "oh hey baby, welcome home"

...

Colby's Pov

Kevin was ripping off a huge piece of face mask off my arm when she came home.

"Oh hey baby, welcome home" i managed to say through my pain.

Y/n "is that.....face mask?"

Kevin "yeah" he says laughing his ass off.

Mike "your pretty boyfriend here thought it was a good idea to put face mask all over his body"

Y/n "oh babe, what am i gonna do with you" she said in the sweetest voice and kneeling down infront of me.

"Help me i hope!"

Y/n "of course im gonna help you"

She starts tearing off little pieces, not hurting me too much.

Y/n "holy shit colby, you are only supposed to put on a THIN layer of this shit, not a THICK layer!"

"Yeah i know that now OOOOOOOWWWW"

Y/n "sorry sorry sorry!"

It took another 15 minutes before we got it all off.

"Well you guys that does it for today's video, we are all gonna go take a shower together at the same time ya know, to save water-"

Mike "save the earth"

Y/n laughs hard at that which makes me look at her. She has the most beautiful laugh and smile i have ever seen.

"Thank you guy's for filming this with me and thank you baby for coming home early and helping me get this shit off" i kiss her cheek.

Y/n "of course! Im glad to help. Im sorry if i hurt you" she said with a giggle which made all the pain go away.

"You didn't baby....Kevin did"

Kevin "HEYY!!"

"Alright guy's, if you liked this video, please give this a like and subscribe if you haven't already and i will see you next week, peace"

After i did the outro, the boys got their stuff ready and left. Leaving me with my girl.

"Thanks again babe"

Y/n "really colbs it's no problem. Im just glad it wasnt anything serious! When you called me i thought something happened to you or Sam!"

I could tell she was worried from her eyes. I don't know how i got so lucky with her. She's my entire world.

"Im sorry y/n, i didn't mean to make you worry. But im okay, you know that now"

Y/n "i love you"

I grabbed her then, pulling her in my arms, where she belongs.

"I love you. More than i could ever put into words" and i kissed her lips.

...

Your Pov

Colby kissed me before he headed to the shower. And i immediately remembered that i had to call Tara and tell her what was up. So i dialed her number.

"Tara? Yeah..you were right. It was for a video"

Tara "oh yeah? What kind of video?"

"Mike, Kevin and Colby put face mask all over their bodies, and i had to help Colby take it all off! He put it on sooo thickkk!" I couldn't help but laugh thinking back on what just happened a few minutes ago.

Tara "oh my god, what are we gonna do with our boys?"

"I don't know. They're crazy, but we love them"

Tara "yeah we do"

[wherethefanficsat]

So...i’ve had a thought.

I’m quite young, in my teens and I’ve been suicidal for a good chunck of my life, since I was a kid. And in recent years I’ve opened up to my mother about it. And it’s great, she supports me and all but she simply doesn’t Get It. She has said that she’s never felt the same way and doesn’t understand the thought process of it.

So, for all of those who have loved ones who are suicidal or are just trying to learn something new on tumblr, I’m gonna try to explain how the whole becoming suicidal thing can start out (speaking from my personal experience, I’m no professional). I’m gonna try to keep it quite unbiased by situational occurences, because we all go through different things.

This is a trigger warning! I talk a bit graphically about it and if you feel like that might make you feel worse then please don’t read this!

So, let’s start with phase one.

Becoming aware

For the typical person, suicide isn’t a everyday topic. You don’t come in contact with it, you don’t think about it, it doesn’t concern you. So the first thing that happens is that you start to notice it more. You pick it up on the news, you see it in a movie, you read about it somewhere online.

Please take into account that this snowball effect won’t happen to everyone, but if you are going through stuff, then this can push off this ride.

Then comes phase two that you can call

Wandering

It starts off as an innocent thought. what if.

It’s not serious. You don’t get into the gritty details. It’s more of a fleeting thought you catch yourself having more often.

After this is when it starts to get serious. At first you could brush it off as a passing thing but now, it’s turned into

Imagining

At this point you’re not thinking with a clear head. I mean no one who’s all fine would start imagining killing themselves, how their parents would react, what their friends would think, how all of them found out and what life would be like after. What would it be like without you in the picture.

And the line is blurry between this and the next part. When does imagining become

Fantasizing

It’s something you think about every day. You’ve played out all the versions of it. The one where you take too many pills, jump off a building or cut yourself too bad. How some people would be happy about it while others would be broken. But it seems as if it will always be better that way. Without you to make something worse again. And that’s where you realize that...oh, i want to kill myself.

All of this is very hard to recongnize about yourself while you’re in it and falling into this way of thinking does not make a person weak, it makes them vulnerable.

As I said, this is not how it’s like for everyone. This is just my experience and as I’ve dealt with this problem for years, I know I’m not the only one to feel this way.

So hope this has helped anyone who wanted to understand or reminded someone that you are not alone.

Take care of your loved ones and give your best to help yourself be happy.

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