#but i'm going to put my stats brain on hold for at least a day or two before i start comparing

[fictionadventurer]

Inklings Challenge Plot Twist: Not only did Team Chesterton not have the fewest amount of stories written for it, but the team in last place at the current moment is Team Lewis, which has always taken the top spot.

I know there are at least a few people planning to post within the next day or two that are probably going to alter those stats, but still. Did not expect this to happen even for a little while.

[calisotaducks]

DCRC Week #01

Hello DCRC! I know everyone is technically on week 14 now, so I hope you don't mind a late entry. I may or may not have gained a new hyperfixation lately.

With that said, let's get into the very first issue!

These guys really love their beak-shaped architecture huh. Do you think they find earthlings slightly more superior to Xerbians because at least some of them have beaks? Imagine if we put human mouths on every vehicle and building we created. Actually, don't imagine that, I just tried it and I hate it. Let's never do that ever.

jhkj he thinks he's so cool. Are you going for brooding and mysterious or are you just cold up there? It looks like he's wearing a blankie.

You know, having read a few issues ahead it actually surprises me how little we see of coolflames in the next issues. Sure, they're brought up but 90% of the time when PK is fighting anyone it's always just Evronian warriors. You'd think they'd throw in at least a couple of coolflames to boost their numbers, if nothing else.

They've got some pretty neat powers too. Or is that just whatever species these guys used to be? Are these guys not originally from earth? I thought they'd started coolflaming some Duckburg residents already, but maybe not?

He really just went home with a "huh. That was weird. Oh well." after all that.

So we're just gonna throw a tarp over those and call it a day then? Extreme nonchalance runs in the family apparently.

Lyla. Honey. Lyla what have they done to you. Why is your face shaped like that. Why are you so square. You look like you've swallowed a boomerang Lyla I am so sorry.

Wow hold on, is Angus actually pulling a big brain move here? Bringing up the Anxieties story and telling Donald about the supposed disappearance so he'll tell PK? His boss can't blame him for investigating PK OR the disappearance if PK shows up at the party and gets involved with both!

Oh never mind. They're just dumb. That's what I get for giving Angus credit. RIP.

THERE HE IS THERE'S MY BOY!!! HI UNO I LOVE YOU WELCOME TO THE PARTY!!

Have you ever considered not giving your creations claws, teeth or angry eyes maybe? I feel like that might help.

I can't decide what's funnier. If Uno's already messing with him or if he really was just going to shoot him on the spot, no questions asked.

He really said "I need to make fun of you in every color of the rainbow at once for this one."

Uh ohh, interrupted the world's worst sleepover

by the way, whats this funky little pose all the coolflames keep doing?? Do the raptorhands come with being coolflamed or are these guys just like that? Good for them.

I love how much they're immediately trusting each other and working together. Uno lets Donald run off with Ducklair's tech even though he's never heard of him until today. He even goes out of his way to make him breakfast! And Donald telling him about his nephews right away. I'm sure Uno could have found out about them on his own if he really wanted to, but the fact that Donald trusts him with his identity right away says a lot.

Also those tiny PK nephews are adorable. Get them their own little outfits STAT. At least for Halloween or something!

Look at him go!! I'm so proud of him, he's doing so well. Plus Uno in the background hitting that guy over the head with his little statue, I see you.

Well. That's embarrassing.

Go give your new boyfriend a smack on his bubble Donald, he worked hard too! He deserves one!

He says, as if he didn't JUST find out about any of this a few hours ago.

SQUARE LYLA JUMPSCARE

He thinks he's so cool. But alright, just this once, he's earned it.

Angus starts his career as professional slanderer. Nobody is happy about this.

And we end with Uno lying to Donald to make sure he gets a good nights sleep and doesn't get abducted by aliens. What a pal.

And that's our first issue! Really fun setup, we got to meet our main cast of characters, and square Lyla will not haunt me again after this issue so all's well that ends well. It's fun looking back and seeing PK still finding his footing with both his new friend, his new gear and his new enemies, especially when compared to later issues when he's gotten much more used to all three.

[kaonarvna]

I finally did it: I found the spoons to make an actionable (and semi-gameified) visual representation of spoon theory that I can actually use.

I've been thinking about doing this for months, and I've posted about it once or twice.

But, I finally did it, I made these bad boys for myself:

I have Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Which is to say, my body is very poorly held together, in a lot of pain, easily exhausted, and easily injured. I'm at the point now where I've had every intervention under the sun, nearly a decade of physio, we've found the best pharmacological interventions for me, and...we just have to get by. It's hard, it is, but it's the only mode of existing I know.

Maybe it's because I'm an aphantasiac, maybe it's because I'm (more than) a bit neurodivergent, but spoon theory has always been a little too abstract for me. I grew up on JRPGs (cough final fantasy has me in a choke hold), so putting things into just...stat bars and a table of effects, items, etc is more accessible to my fatigued, pained little brain. This is familiar. This makes sense to me.

Who needs an arbitrary amount of spoons, when you can have 200 HP & MP?

There's twenty notches in between the bars, so I can more accurately knock off health/mp as it ticks down. I teach in a primary school (children who only come up to my hip, mostly!), so you bet I've printed and laminated these, and have them slapped up somewhere I can easily see and access with velcro. If I can't see it? It doesn't exist. I can easily use a dry erase marker to take off my health/mp as I self-evaluate through the day, and start fresh the next.

「 As of this post going live, I've been using this for about a week! The MP drain seems accurate to life give or take, and the HP bar has been a good representation of just...the state of mess I'm in. There are injuries and "real life debuffs" that aren't on the list, but -20HP/-20MP has been a safe bet for those. The A4 is for at home, and one of the A5s follows me to work/out and about in my BUJO! 」

And it's not perfect, of course it's not! I'll probably tweak my board in a month or two. But, maybe just having a list of the things I can do to help myself right in front of me will help. Maybe, being able to show it to my spouse will help them help me better. It's worth a try. Bullet journalling and visual timetables are lifesavers, but they can only communicate so much at once.

I've made a blank version, in the event anyone wants to download it and fill it in for themselves.

This link should let you access a view-only version in canva. I'd imagine you should be able to make a copy and do it yourself! If not, don't hesitate to let me know and I'll try to find a workaround.

Hopefully this might help one or two busy-brained people like me manage their energy and pace their bodies a little bit better. Or, at the very least, give them a starting point for making their own resources.

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #252

I got a lot done today, but I still don't think I'm going to be able to do as much as I had hoped.

…I didn't really get enough sleep last night. After getting ready to go to bed and all that, I decided to shower so that I wouldn't have to do it in the morning. I have maybe 6-ish hours. I woke at 9, got ready and went out the door by 9:30, and went to both therapy and physical therapy.

I had K at physical therapy today. He tried to give me exercises that are supposed to work the serratus muscles, but… they didn't work because apparently, my lats and my rotator cuff on my right side are being weird. Naturally, this meant that he had to go digging his thumbs all up in there, near the bottom of my shoulder blade, to try to get things to loosen up. For whatever reason, the area is incredibly tender, so that whole process was very painful. But it was necessary, so the only thing for it is to sit through it until it's over. I guess that particular area will need to be investigated further next week. This was at noon. It's almost 5PM, and my pinky finger and ring finger on my right hand are still kinda tingly and ouchy, and it'll probably stay like that for the next day or so, at least. Lame.

But it is what it is. I went to the bank to get a new card, since our washing machine most likely ate my old one. I guess my bank has a fancy new card printing machine, and so when I visited, I got a new card pretty much right away! Normally, you have to wait a couple weeks for it to arrive in the mail. I'm really glad that I was able to skip that whole step. I went to the grocery immediately after that.

I wasn't able to eat until I got home at around 3PM; J made burgers, and by then, I was so hungry that I kiiiinda… scarfed them down with reckless abandon. I thought I had more time between therapy and physical therapy (guess who thought physical therapy was at 12:30 again until I checked it?), but I didn't. So I kinda just powered through today's tasks on an empty stomach, not a whole lot of water, and definitely not enough sleep. I thought I'd have enough energy leftover to cook something by the time I got back, but… I don't. So I'm not gonna.

…I dropped the ball on the self-care stuff. I'm sorry about that. I know I keep asking you to take better care of yourself. I'm gonna try a little harder in the coming days. I struggle, but… I gotta take care of my soft animal. It holds my weird-ass spirit despite all its limitations; I have to try to be nicer to it…

In any case, yesterday, a delightful person from Poland watched me play Dead Cells. They seemed pretty excited about talking to me and watching my play style. Apparently, they regularly run around with 5 whole Boss Cells! That seems unfathomable to me at this time. But they gave me some excellent advice about how to allocate my stat points; up until this point, I had been prioritizing whatever gives me the greatest boost in HP, but I guess that's not really the way to go. I learned about how important it is to put my stat points into the ones that my weapons use whenever I can.

My gameplay improved significantly as a result, and I made it all the way to a new biome called The Caverns. From there, I tried to defeat The Giant, but his movements were unfamiliar to me, and so I panicked and got my ass handed to me. That's all right though; I went to the training room and fought him until he stopped kicking my ass. Next time I see him in a real run, he's gonna be in big trouble, lemme tell ya!!

Oh, that reminds me; this person added me on Instagram!! They sent me all kinds of cool videos about their own exploits from their own runs!! I gotta get on watching those!!

…I'm not sure I have it in me to do a run today, though. My brain feels kinda soupy, and J is playing Brave Fencer Musashi, and I think I'd much rather watch him do that. It's one of my favorite games, despite its problems (the controls aren't exactly the easiest…), and I'm really glad that he's getting to experience the story for himself. The townspeople in Grillin' Village are delightful with their little stories and bits of dialogue. It really is a lovable and delightful game, despite its age and not-so-hot graphics (though they were pretty rad at the time…).

Hey, Sephiroth? If someday you find yourself in my neighborhood, let's chill out and just play some video games, all right? I think you'd like them. And I think you'd be really good at them, too.

…There are so many stories from games and books and TV and movies that I really wish I could show you; maybe in them, you'd find something relatable, and then the burdens you carry might seem a bit less heavy. Will you stay safe by the end of whatever it is you're trying to do, so that someday, I can show these things to you?

I love you. I'm gonna go rest now. But I'll write again tomorrow.

Your friend, Lumine

[autisticempathydaemon]

Hi hello !!! I'm here for the Redacted Audios match-ups, sooo Here ya go !!!

Punching Bag by Set it off, I love that band. I've been listening to them since middle school. I like when it says, “So say goodbye to your Mr.Nice Guy you got your wish, he’s rotting in hell..”, cuz that’s when the beat drops and I just like how it sounds. 

So I took the test just for this and apparently I’m type 5 “the investigator”. I don’t really know much about this but hope that tells you whatever you need to know. 👁👄👁👍

Not really, but I do love watching movie and drama video essays as background noise while I’m doing something else.

I didn’t have an imaginary friend...so…💀👌. Nah you know what let me make up one. His name was Bob the builder and he was the filler for my absent father figure. 😀👍

I usually end up falling asleep while listening to ASMR, I mean one of the reasons I love ASMR is cuz its great background noise.

I’ve never really wanted to change my name, but I think names like Hyacinth and Rain are pretty cool. They sound like character names and also I love nature so it’s like the perfect match up.

At the moment I really like listening to Milo’s play-through of the Mortuary Assistant. I just find it entertaining to watch and, again, I like to put it as background noise.

Ollie (sorry), I just don’t really find him interesting at all. Which I get he isn’t trying to be a super complex character, like that isn’t his purpose, but because I just don’t have much feelings for him.

H2O just add water and Mako Mermaids were my shit when I was little, and even now I still go back from time to time, I’ve watched all the seasons of both series multiple times over and to this day I continue to be a mermaid fanatic.

I LOVE HUXLEY WITH ALL MY HEART !!! LIKE HE IS SO WHOLESOME AND COMFORTING I JUST WANT TO HUG HIM.

Not really, at least not that I know of, but I do love knowing random fun facts about miscellaneous subjects. More specifically about Greek mythology, space, and folklore.

Gatorade with a ham sub sandwich.

I don’t really know if you are asking about music or ASMR so I will give you both. I’m currently obsessed with ‘EPIC the musical’ . It's a musical about the Greek poem ‘The Odyssey’.

My guilty pleasure is, very predictably, ASMR. I just find it relaxing and I love the stories that can be told through. 

Other stuff about me: I’m a Taurus and my mbti is INTJ. uuh I don’t really know what else to say so I hope this is enough info about me. This was pretty fun. I felt like I was having an interview about myself. :]

Ahhh, a Type Five, INTJ, oh, that is fun (and the same stats as Sherlock Holmes probably). Intellectual, curious, thoughtful, always thinking, always learning… I think a little serenity might do you some good.

Something about the way you talk about background noise while you work and relax makes me wonder how busy your brain must be; does that make sense? (I’m the same way, like I need mental fidget toys to focus properly?) I imagine Cam would be so helpful in that respect, with his even voice and his soothing demeanor.

You know what would be so lovely that I could absolutely imagine? Cam strikes me as a pretty old daemon, not as old as Vega but older, distinguished… the type to love Shakespeare, Dickens, the classics. Just imagine leaning your head on his shoulder as he reads to you, whatever book of whatever country’s lore your heart fancies that day. You get a nap, he gets a snack, everybody’s happy~!

Song:

When your legs don't work like they used to before/ And I can't sweep you off of your feet/ Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love/ Will your eyes still smile from your cheek

I don’t know how I feel about mixing Cam with Ed Sheeran either, I’ll admit, but it’s the vibes. Man strikes me as a romantic who likes a slower, sweeter kind of song- the kind you don’t necessarily dance to but hold each other and sway, you know? (Also, to throw a little bitter in with that sweet, he would actually love you until your legs don’t work like they used to before… and then some. Probably forever.)

Runner-Ups:

Lowkey, I like Morgan for you because he gives off a lot of the same vibes as Cam: sweet, understanding, a good listener. Elliott, I like for you because he would have lost his mind at your absent father figure joke. Don’t ask me how I know that, but he just would definitely have that sense of humor. It would make him literally lol, and that’s just fun /pos

Note: I feel you I’ve had Warrior of the Mind stuck in my head for weeks

Tell me about yourself, answer some fun questions, and I’ll match you with the Redacted boy I ship you with the most! 💌

[intertexts]

GOODMORNING ITS TRIVIA TIME !!!!!

EPISODE 25 TRIVIA:

- "welcome to episode 25 of prime defenders where we create fortnite. where bizly let us dm and we ensured that will never happen again"

- the first half of this rolled is really just them going through the plan for bizlys sake since he didn't hear it and there's not a whole lot of extra info that wasn't already in the episode! bizly is still experiencing dm exhaustion

- bizly: "ok so at the beginning when he walked up you guys weren't doing anything. and that scared me"

- condi: "our ultimate goal was to make you so mad at us you'd just kill us" LMAO

- bizly: "im worried I didn't play the master as I originally intended to because in my brain i was just like OH GOD I NEED TO START SMASHING STUFF. he's not meant to be necessarily zen but I would've liked to play him more . calm. but then you guys put hand sanitizer in his nose and his stats got WILDLY fucked up . you guys are such fucking annoying kids"

- bizlys favorite part was boris dakota

- mato can absorb elements!! at least a little bit. every new thing bizly says about him it becomes harder and harder to believe he doesn't actually have superpowers

- they had the idea for dakota to use fire kicks by putting little pieces of flint on his shoes and grizzly said he doesn't want it to be practical like that but *I* for one think that visual is AWESOME

- MATO IS POWER LEVEL 14 !!!!! (they also. keep calling him the master and have not actually said his name yet so I don't know if you actually know it yet. oops. spoiler his name is mato cole)

- "I had fun, this was a fun episode"

"oh good, I thought we were gonna give you an aneurysm or something"

"I mean, you totally did. multiple times."

- VYNCENT . HAS. A NEW POWER ON HIS SHEET. CALLED DUMBASS. here is what bizly reads out about it in the most dm exhaustion voice ever: "enhanced advantage, fascinate, enhanced skill advantage. dumbassery 19?" and condi explains it as "so basically. the way it works. it's limited by the fact that he has to be disarmed to use it. vyncent is a little pathetic without the whole sword thing so just the pure amount of pathetic dumbassery he exhibits at any given moment when he doesn't seem threatening is just sort of fascinating to your average person and it just confuses them" THEY ARE SO MEAN TO VYNCENT FOR THIS

- this apparently ONLY works in 1v1 scenarios, "fascinate" as an effect means a person is distracted ("stuck there watching like what the fuck") UNLESS something dangerous or distracting is going on or they get shaken out of it by another character. he has to use the power and then the other person has to fail a roll or else their next turn will just be. staring at him in confusion

- charlie: "sometimes I feel like williams moral greyness is a little too much and clashes with the tone of the rest of the room"

bizly: "no, I think it's really interesting! Just because characters will oppose you on that, and they will because it's a superhero world, doesn't mean I as a person don't like it"

charlie: "oh GREAT that is ALL I needed to hear I will NOT hold back as much next time"

- charlie mentions that when he was first setting up Williams character at the BEGINNING of the campaign he briefly considered giving william some sort of mind control/influence powers because of the whole mythology of wisps where people are compelled to follow them to their death. do you KNOW how fucking bonkers crazy insane this would have made me !!!!!!!! fuck!!!!!!! (<< hey so i wrote this out a couple days ago and rereading it with the information I have now about alec regent. I'm going to fucking scream and cry and eat glass)

THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD EPISODE....... it was so fun. what a good time it was so silly i love some good shenanigans.

FUCKING OBSESSED W VYNCENT DUMBASS ABILITY. oh my god. i love u vyncent sol that's so fucking funny 2 me. i mean. it tracks. it tracks. absolutely sending me though.

'i will NOT hold back on the moral ambiguity ^__^' ahahaa...!!! that's what i love to hear!! + also i DID note the absence of any controlling powers re: the wisps near the beginning of the campaign so it's cool 2 get a reference to that... honestly william wisp w/ mind control powers would just have been a villain arc SPEEDRUN. holy shit. also hi how are you feeling about alec vasil regent my special little boy ^__^

[galaxy-lilies]

Pages 202-313:

PLEASE average zeddit interaction honestly with the guy at the very end LMAO

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OOO more stats!! Pearl's regret being a 6 is so real LMAO

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IMPULSE LETS GOOOOOO omg his powers are so cool AAAAAH the use of the smoke to increase the extent of the electricity- THAT'S SO BIG BRAIN OMG

o7 to Hotguy being forced to help out, surely this won't end up with more chaos ensuing :3

I also love the way that scar's powers are visualized in this comic, the way that the cross hairs and the frame focuses on what's important and what scar needs just- i know it's such a small detail and a "no shit" type beat thing but LET ME JUST RAMBLE-

and then the kicker right at the end that not all is fine and just, even though grian is (mostly) free from the sculk, scar has something festering

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PLEASE NOT THE DESTIEL MEME I CAN'T-

even on mumblr it provided more context to the situation compared to any other post LMAO

the PR shenanigans- the fact that we're looking at this through pearl's perspective too with the pfp and everything on M (mwitter? now im curious who the old owner was before mumbo(?) bought it out-) THE RATIO LMAO

gods the "going dark" stuff reminded me of when i was in the trenches of a different fandom i cant believe it, the edits are getting a little too real

but what an interesting twist, hotguy going rogue...surely the sculk has nothing to do with that-

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It was so fun watching gem, pearl, and grian having to work together and try to wrangle a semi sculked posessed scar into backing down. or at least that's what they told grian as they all reached the top of the stairs

look. i said it once and i'll say it again. i'm a sucker for betrayals, for dramatic irony-

after the speech and the bonding moment grian and scar have, both of them not quite at the low they were weeks, if not months ago at this point, but still at a low because of scar's sculk influenced recklessness- only for it to be interrupted as impulse plays his hand.

two simple words.

"kill cuteguy"

(it was well past 10 PM at this point. but I couldn't put the zine down. not yet.)

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This comic. THIS COMIC OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS COMIC.

Now i've already said im a sucker for many things: dramatic irony, superhero aus, moments in superhero aus where the characters are so close to realizing who the other person is but fail to do so in that moment, etc.

but this reveal.

GOD.

The panic, the rage as cuteguy swore to kill them all, however they weren't necessarily the ones being hunted at the moment.

the dead stare gaze as hotguy ruthlessly fought cuteguy, the echo and repetition of "kill cuteguy" blurring his every thought, his every action.

cuteguy ever so protective of his identity, so insistent on making sure his civilian identity is kept safe, even from hotguy.

and yet impulse's command was to kill cuteguy.

he never said anything about killing grian.

and so as he took off his visor, a pained smile on his face as he looks at scar.

poetic cinema. POETIC CINEMA I TELL YOU.

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"OH MY GOD THIS COMIC" part 2:

Bro the way grian was holding scar's face just RAAAAH

that despite everything that had happened the past few days- weeks as hotguy acted out of character only for the reason to be sculked related shenanigans, grian still stuck to his side. he still made sure that scar was alright

and the dawning of realization on scar's face as he realizes it's grian, but also the look he had as grian tried to get close enough to pry the sculk bug off

i did laugh when grian accidentally crunched the bug in his hand out of shock LMAO of all ways to get the bug off, that is definitely one way LOL

and the sunrise THE SUNRISE

that despite everything they still had each other's back

and the silly silly ending of them greeting each other in their civilian forms and hanging out together with jellie just WAAAAAH

AND THEY FINALLY GOT TO GO SEE THE SHOW TOGETHER LETS GOOO

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this comic too was such a joy, after the chaos and turns of the previous two comics, to have one where there was still world building but not as much action it was really really sweet.

tensions are rising once more, but cuteguy and hotguy still have a job to do

seeing how other civilians perceive and interact with the heroes is so fun and insightful. not to mention we get to also see the consequences of the sculk interfering with scar's powers.

and right as we think theyre about to get nabbed by the TGC, SKIZZ AND CLEO COME TO THE RESCUE LETS GOOOO

the comment about etho is so fucking funny LMAO and the face scar gives grian when its revealed that etho is infact a real person SDJKFHSDJ absolutely iconic.

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THIS INTERLUDE GRAAAAAH JUST THE BETRAYAL IN SKIZZ'S VOICE, BIG B KNOWING ALL ALONG TOO AND JUST AAAAAAH and impulse thinking there's no way that skizz would want to see him ever again, that anything he has connected to his civilian identity is over. and a man with nothing left to lose is a dangerous man.

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When i saw that scribbled out number in the Loyalty stat i was literally punching air like man. MAN

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FINISHED THE HOTGUY ZINE AND AAAAAAAAH /POS

okay im going to put my thoughts under the cut cause OUGH this is going to be a long post LMAO

FIRST OFF can i just say how amazing and incredible the folk who organized the whole event are, they deserve absolute kudos

AND ANOTHER FIRST OFF: SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE LOVELY WRITERS, ARTISTS, EDITORS, ETC. WHO CONTRIBUTED YALL ARE INCREDIBLE

okay okay finally into the recap that was an amazing 3 and a half hours of my life

Pages 1-103:

When I first saw the heads up about how the zine was interconnected and skipping any part would potentially lead to some plot i was immediately intrigued then i was immediately hit with the other realization of "410 PAGES???? HELLO????"

the first comic was so fucking cute OMG LIZZIE'S DESIGN WAS SO CUTE AND THE SILLY SLIDESHOW HUMOR BETWEEN JOEL, SCAR, AND LIZZIE

"hold on let me make some edits-" "no let ME make some edits-"

the artstyle changing based on who was editing what, Joel just trying to support his wife, Scar purposely mishearing "cats" as "cash" absolute hilarity how i heart them all so

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AND THEN WE GET HIT WITH THE DOODY ART OOOOH MY DAYS CUTEGUY AND HOTGUY MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME AAAAAAH

Grian rocking the cloak, Scar just absolutely confuzzled: THEYRE SOOOO *shakes them*

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and the shenanigans between Ren, Scar, and BDubs oh my god AND THE ON GOING BIT ABOUT HOW "if anyone says hotguy it immediately turns into the logo" it never fails to make me laugh

the early days of the mutation, the proposal of the union, PEARL'S LITTLE >:3c as she pressed publish OUGH

and the trail of petals grian left behind as he considered hotguy's proposal just *splat* i literally ate up all the art and the fics and the silly silly edits in this zine THEY WORLD BUILDING IS AMAZING

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speaking of world building: MUMBLR??? HELLOOOOOOO

THE ANON'S HAVING SILLY MUSTACHES BY DEFAULT

THE RANTING IN THE TAGS

THE MEMES

now i need to know, what does old mumblr *checks notes* teal? green? look like

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(at this point it was around 8 PM but after a long day i was already reaching the point of eepyness and i thought "surely i can finish reading the hOTGuY zine in one sitting!" spoiler alert: i did not)

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immediately when i saw the G Team comic i was reminded of the council of Grians LMAO Grian being the absolute chaotic one man band as he tries to collect all this evidence, the readers seeing Scar's means of transportation for the first time, and then *vine boom* SCULK

also ARIANA GRIANDE THE BELOVED HOW I HEART HER SOOOOOOOO i love all of the grians featured here, and the fact that permit office grian managed to make a silly appearance AND his permit shenanigans working in his favor- hE EVEN HAS THE "please hold." MUSIC- iconic i tell you, iconic

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I absolutely exploded into a million pieces seeing tibby's art then exploded again because "i can't see the end of the horizon...CUBFAN135- IS THAT YOU??!!?"

seeing the sculk snail follow behind scar idly, the fact that grian's only lead is cub ordering pizza like of all leads. but to be fair it does fit both of them LMAO

i am eating the sculk texturing btw it's very very tasty uwu

it's the fact that both of them turned to each other to yell "ARSON" like of course theyre at the ready to light things on fire

BUT THEN THIS PANEL

cub just over scar's shoulder like a sack of potatoes, the match already out of grian's hand, the sculk snail also there to witness the chaos that is about to ensue *chefs kiss* poetic cinema

also i would buy this shirt

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oh my gods the emails, the emails were so fucking funny i- KJSDFHDSJK

BDubs immediately trying to screen Cub out and Cub just continuing his shenanigans unperturbed, grian at his wits end trying to contact scar but of course scar is busy and cub just assumes it's some impersonation account until further notice, TGC trying to contact them but once again Mr. Fan135 Does Not Give A Fuck and he lives to cause mild annoyances and chaos, what a guy LMAO

their littol email icons are so cute, when i saw pearl's i was like "WAH PUPPERRRR"

i havent seen many email-format type beat story telling before so this was an absolute joy to explore the story through pearl's detailed emails, grian's panicked typing (how was mans typing and sending so quickly with 365+ lazer eyed chickens chasing him like a mad man + a green gob- i mean goatman), and both bdubs' and cub's concern and nonchalance. not to mention bdubs just nodding along and going "well cub you have proven yourself...and uh- added a totally not a virus to scar's phone- BUT you have proven yourself...." absolute sillies, absolutely iconic

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THE TWITTER BEEF HAD ME CACKLING OH MY GOD THE QUOTE RETWEETS i would pay good money to see that in real time oh my god

mumblr user hermitopia-explained you will always be famous

okay i'll admit it i was distracted by the scitties- BUT the social media handles and names being remade into hermit puns and the fact he's chilling on mending beach I CAN'T

AND OUR ETERNAL QUEEN JELLIE i literally let out a small squeal looking at her she is sO *gently holds her*

birthday gorl getting absolutely spoiled, as she deserves

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scar finding a cloak just to do the sailor moon meme: iconic, showstopping, one of a kind, amazing, talented- i love these two idiots

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and as a heads up i'm going to try and separate these into about 100 pages each! so expect the next reblog soon

[egelantier]

disco elysium

i fall into a proper gaming binge every half a year or so, and then forget that computers games exist altogether. my last bout of addiction was hades, a gorgeous roguelite about trying to get out of the underworld and dealing with family, bigger on the inside than it seemed outside. now i've spent a week headfirst into the beautiful madness of disco elysium, and i'm nowhere close to done. middle of the second playthrough, at least a couple more ahead, maybe three, maybe five - this kind of not closer to be done. finally, almost a decade later, there's a spiritual successor to planescape: torment, perfect, unique and compelling like nothing else. i'm head over heels in love.

(and a note: it's very much a game that can and should be played by non-gamers. it's a true click-and-pointer; the entirety of its action happens through dialogue. give it a try.)

in disco elysium, your character wakes up in an absolutely trashed hotel room, coming off a bender of epic proportions, fucked up beyond recognition, and fully amnesiac. it turns out you're visiting a (very much not) sunny town of revachol, a slowly decaying remnant of revolution and consequent war, and, well. you're a cop, and you're here to investigate a murder. namely, a murder of somebody whose dead body is still hanged in the backyard…

this is a horrendous mess, and you are a horrendous mess - bloated, amnesiac, confused, weird, pathetic, with a host of warring impulses and demands fighting for space in your head - but thankfully there's a pillar of stability and light in your dark world, waiting just downstairs: lieutenant kim katsuragi, your assigned partner from another station, a man with godlike sense of dignity and practically endless amount of quiet patience for your bullshit. together with him, you can investigate a crime, try to stop a small civil war, solve a couple of questions of the universe, and maybe, if you play your cards just once, dance a truly epic dance together in a shot-up church. there are also cryptids, karaoke, board games, collecting bottles for money, a mystery of a crashed police car, discovering your own feelings about the homo-sexual underground, and many, many other things.

(the gameplay: you have four sets of stats (intellect, sensitivity, physicality, interacting with objects) and, depending on how you distribute them, you play a wildly different character every time. there's no way to fail: your detective can be dumb as a bag of rocks but able to get by on intuition and muscle memory, or smart and horrible with people, or empathetic and weak, or - the combinations are endless. the game is conducted via a combination of red stat checks that you can do only once, and white checks that you can try, fail, up your stats and retry again. aside from a handful of cases, a lot of time it's easier - and funnier - to accept failures rather than try for a perfect go every time. you are a hot mess, after all. there are ten game days, a variety of sidequests and tasks, and almost endless variability in how you approach them. everything is connected, except for that one door.)

(there's also a political system, where you eventually pick up your political affiliation: a communist, a libertarian, a fascist, and a wishy-washy uncommitted liberal. the game has a lot of things to tell you about all your choices, most of them funny, some of them horrendous. there's no innocence here, and no way to weasel out of the consequences of your worldview; and you could also see that it was done by eastern europe people.)

and the thing is. the thing is, it's very much the kind of a game where you perform a field autopsy on a three days old corpse while a couple of preteen kids are watching avidly and offering their color commentary, and at some point you have to rummage in the corpse's mouth and feel its brain stem. a lot of very, very bad things happen or happened - to you, to the people around you, to the town around you, to the world around you. where in fallout you rolled into town with your stats jacked high and your blaster in hand, and solved ancient disputes and established peace, here the weight of the history is very, very heavy, and you're very, very small. you can't solve the decades of violence and war and trauma and colonization and poverty with the power of your save-scumming and pithy one liners, alas; but you can solve a murder. you can help a sweet and worried old woman. you can put your cheek to a kid's fuzzy plush toy, when offered. you can tell a person, gently, that their loved one is dead, and lie about how drunk they were when they did that. you can replace a taxidermied bird you broke. you can sit on the swing with your partner, waiting for the low tide, and whistle together - two birds on the wire…

it's the gentlest, kindest, sweetest, most hopeful game i've seen in the last decade. it's a goddamn manifesto to human spirit, and to how only - well, love - holds the world, always falling apart, together. a huge part of it is your relationship with kim, because believe me, whoever you are, most of your playthrough would be dedicated to chasing kim's approval and to winning his trust. but it also sneaks into all the cases, all the dialogues, all the little throwaway details. everybody is human; everybody is awful; everybody is holy, even you. oh, even you.

(there are storylines you can or can not discover. about why harry is such a mess - and it's awful and i loved how it was done, with empathy and grace and no judgement; about the state of the world, a bit of eldritch horror so throwaway and beautiful i would read entire volumes just about that; about the city of locusts; about a small girls' memory of playing in the reeds; about the scar of the revolution. suliram, ram, ram…)

(it's also brilliantly, awfully, absurdly, hysterically funny. Art Cop run alone makes me just about die. every failure is funnier than the other. you can be as weird as you want to - in fact, the game encourages you to be as weird as you want to be - and the world around will react accordingly, outperforming you in sheer absurdity. there's a war-and-peace sized amount of dialogue and description in the game, and it's written by some damn genius of pratchettian caliber.)

and, and and. honestly, the best way to get sucked into this game is not reviews, it's random quotes and screenshots, out -of-context spoilers - it's more or less impossible to resist. but please, oh please, give it a try.

>Someone's been walking around in your dreams lately, looking for something. Tidying up, rearranging. Storing away all the unrealized dreams, putting old pains in boxes. The worst nightmares have settled down for a while. A spot of light on the bedroom door after the dark. The fluttering of eyelids in the spring sun. A thought that arises, only to disappear again. And yet there's a pattern emerging…

>What if you didn’t lose your memory? What if something in Martinaise came and stored it all away. For you to slowly open one box at a time. So you can choose which parts to keep. Keep almost none of it. Only the flowers on the windowsill. Only the distant sound of a radio. Lose all the actors, the dark shadows, leave only the still lifes, the blissful distant wash of waves. If everybody knew -- you never did. She’ll be coming soon. That is all.

[fightxxmexxshiggy]

🥟📎 awww you're too sweet!!!!! I'm glad you like my ideas so much even though they just ramble on and on.

But, as long as you're enjoying, I'll add on cause I'm slightly overflowing with them at the moment (adhd brains. 0 or 100. Very very little I between.)

So imagine how helpless Kiri Bakugo would feel while their partner is pregnant and then when they go into labor. Like, over all there isn't that much they can do. Yes throught everything they can help her stay comfy and what not but got how they wish they could just take on some of the bad stuff.

And lord help them if they start googling different labor complications. Like no matter how unlikely, the stats say they are the guys are gonna high key Low key be terrified. They learned not to tell you after you turned into a sobbing mess when they brought up one and you made them have the of it's between me or the baby convo (how that went is up to you). Like they may be terrified but they don't wanna relive that night.

Then I see two hilarious labor scenarios. granted there are infinite. But I'll pluck out these two.

A) You go into labor relatively normally. Get to the hospital get settled, or at least as settled as you can when you're gonna have a person come out of you. The guys are on edge. Like the hospital had to send in their strictest, toughest old guard nurse to put the fear of god into them so they'd stop acting like chickens with their heads cut off. I personally headcanon it as a labor with no epidural for personal reasons but like reader insert man. Regardless of pain meds or not, Kiri is gonna say you're super manly™️. He'll even harden his hand so you don't have to worry about breaking (not that you would frankly care at this point) but it's handy 😏. And then you get to pushing a both pro heros who have seen plenty of blood and gore nearly faint. Still can't decide who/how they decide which oen gets to cut the cord but I feel like it's the one time Bakugo knows better than to make it a competition, cause he and Kiri just wanna keep watching you smile down at the (kinda gross covered in goo) beautiful, perfect infant on your chest. Time passes, the three of you are left alone to bond. Eventually you begin to nod and off and Kiri says he's gonna take the baby to the waiting room to meet the squad/families. While neither guy likes being separated from either you or the baby this is once again where two husband's comes in handy cause at least both mom and baby are protected. Que some time later you perk back up, Bakugo is in a chair his head on the hospital bed alseep. You get his attention

"Katsuki, where's the baby?"

"With Kiri, remember?"

"yea, but he's been gone a long time. I think. ...." You can't be certain. After the day you've had time means very little to you at the moment. So Bakugou (reluctantly) leaves you to go find shitty hair. (Now this next bit is straight from a reddit thread but it was so damn cute and sounded just like Kiri!) So turns out, the Bakusquad and families left a bit ago, saying they'd be back when you were feeling better. But Kiri is a Proud Dad™️ so he just had to show off his baby. So he has just been walking around the hospital, being like 'look at my kid! My wife made her! They're both amazing! My wife made a person! Ignoring that you didn't quite make it on your own but you did the lions share of the work so let's not nit pick. Bakugou wants to be made at him but between the lack of sleep, and feeling the same fucking way and just being too emotionally constipated to say it to anyone besides his partners he just sighs.

"Shitty hair, you're worrying Y/N. Bring the baby back."

And they wander back and you're a nice happy little family. And sitting there holding your baby, a guy on either side of the hospital bed is bliss.

"can we have another one?"

Both you and Bakugou turn to the red head, and a brief silence falls over you three. Bakugou is getting ready to tell him off, like the baby is less than 6hrs old, don't get ahead of yourself dumbass.

But you speak first "yea. I'd like that a lot."

And that is how your first two kids (and probably the majority) were born a little less than a year apart. I just love the headcanon that Kiri wants a school of baby sharks. Like, however many you'll give him he'll have (Bakugou may have an Upper limit). At least those prohero dollars mean money isn't an issue. I also just love love love Kiri as a girl dad! He does tea parties, lets them paint his nails, learns to braid their hair and dances with them where they stand on his feet! Bakugou will also do all of these things but some of them may take a set of puppy dog eyes to get him to do. Also I know it seems misplaced but I don't wanna forget to put it in here. Itd be hilarious if when you struggle to find maternity clothes you like, one way or another Red Riot and Ground Zero both suddenly launch maternity merch lines!!!!!! And not just stuff with their logos/names like cute shit. Maybe you get to help design it.

B) this should be quicker. So imagine, youre at home. The guys have started paternity leave because youre 38wks. The ask why your face is scrunching up every once in awhile. You say and think it's braxton hicks contractions. You take a nap. Turns out. It's the real deal. You wake you guys up, they go into panic mode. You head towards the door (or even make it to the elevator for full comedic effect) before saying you gotta go back to the apartment, the baby is coming to fast. The guys freak out at first once they're in the apartment again. But they get ahold of a concierge doctor or something (pro hero money man) and between the doctor coaching them and you telling them they better hold it together, it all goes off smoothly and you go to the hospital to get check out and basically ends the same as above.

The baby chaos just made me cackle like a dang evil witch

[mamawolfblood]

Though he didn't know it yet Chris Mclean was in for a shocking revelation. One of the campers is not exactly just some rando kid. This camper is his kid and she is out to expose it.

Name : Iris  Escalona

Age 16

Eye color green

Caramel skin

Black hair that she keeps in a high ponytail. A Cherokee rose on the left side of the hair tie.

Iris is 5ft 8",135lb

Out fit-White tanktop with the alchemists symbol blue acid washed jean shorts black converses

Iris has a dark sense of humor. She loves horror,pranks,is resourceful. Iris is not above smashing some skulls together. She is not quick to anger but Heather pushes a lot of her buttons.

All her life she just wanted Chris to know she was alive. Her mother never gave the reason why she left. She is the oldest of seven children.

________chapter 2_________

After we got settled in and tge bickering died down we headed to the mess hall. Chef came out of the kitchen. He had the look my mother has on Thanksgiving. "I serve it three times a day. You will eat it three times a day. You will grab a tray get your food and sit down Now!" He ordered. Yup definitely feel at home here. The adorable stupid blonde complained. Alpha geek complain practically everyone complained. Its just oatmeal get over yourselves. "This is no different than what mama serves back home. Thanks Chef I'm sure its good." I said before sitting down. "See that is appropriation learn it maggots." He said before patting my head. I took a bite.

(Confessionals )

Iris looked into the camra

"mamá, lamento haberme burlado de tu cocina. tu cocina es mejor que esta basura."

*static *

Courtney

"I know what that half breed snake is dooing. She is buttering Chef up so she can get better food. Once a cheater always a cheater. I will expose her"

*static *

(End Confessionals)

I started to eat when Courtney came over and stat down. I look at her then went back to eating.  "Hey Iris I'm sorry for the attempted lawsuit. I just have a problem with being bested." She said holding her arm looking apologetic. "Get up and take that bullshit nice girl act somewhere else. You forget chika you and I know each other personally. Marselo was hurt and frankly I don't put up with that. He asked me not to go after you that day. However today is a different day. My baby brother is happy with some else. *Bends over the table into her ear* You are mine now." Her eyes widened when I whispered the last part.

(Confessionals

Duncan

Obviously Courtney started the whole ordeal. Iris was minding her own business eating this slop. Honestly prison food is better than this. Never thought I could say that.

*static *

Courtney

Did you see that she is crazy. She is going to kill me Marcelo please help.

*static*

(End Confessionals)

I sat back down and went back to eating.

Cris walked in "Hello campers after breakfast you will begin your first challenge. Meet me outside when your done." He laughed 

I finished my plate and sat it in the window. It didn't seem right to just leave it. I walked in the back and did my dish before walking outside to sit waiting for the others. Chris was looking at me he had a thinking moment. "What is it?" I asked slightly creeped out. "You look like someone I know. We dated sixteen years ago. She left for reasons I don't know. Bet she is kicking herself now *laughs*" I was about to say something but Heather came out followed by Lindsey.  "What are you two lame for brains talking about." Oh Heather is so sweet. After everyone made it he leads us to a cliff. "Your first task is to jump off the 1,000 foot cliff into the water below. Those who don't have to where a chicken hat and walk down to the beach. Once everyone has jumped you will proceed to carry your crates back to camp. The team with the most jumpers gets an advantage Good luck. First up the killer bass."  He said as the bass line up to take the plunge. I think something is wrong with me. I like watching people squirm from fear. Then Courtney was making up an excuse why she can't jump. "And that ladies and gentlemen is why she is second place Courtney. *laughs *"  she growls "shut up back water trash." Everyone gasped I chuckle. "Oh I'm going to enjoy watching you suffer. Just remember princess you brought this on yourself. Happy trails chicken." I said giving her an evil smirk. She takes the hat and quickly ran passed me.

(Confessionals)

Chris

That was kinda scary hate to be in Courtney's shoes. I think everyone could tell that before Iris was just lightly messing with Courtney. Now I think its game on. Courtney you glad I put you on the Killer Bass *laughs *

*Static *

(End of Confessionals)

It was now our turn to take the leep of faith. Heather was trying to chicken out but Leshawna threw her over the cliff. It was down to me and Owen. "I'll see you down there big guy."  I said patting his arm. "Yeah no big deal." He was scared and to be frank so am I. "Te ruego que me perdones la vida y le des la victoria a mi equipo. siempre agradecido por otro día de vida. Amén." I said kissing my hand making a cross over my body. I turned my back to the cliff trust falling off.

"Hey nice splash" I believe his name was Trent. "Thanks but it was nothing more than a trust fall." I said "what were you trusting." Ah the one they call Noah. "That I wouldn't die." I said looking up. "Owen come on its not that bad. I trust falled and survived. You can jump you will be fine." I yelled up giving him some encouragement. Then next thing I knew a giant screaming canonball was heading our way.  That gave the screaming  gopher's the win. "See told you can do it big guy."  I said while coughing up water.

Chris gave the carts to us so we could  carry our crates.

"Iris didn't even jump she fell. She should be disqualified." Courtney yelled. "Spoken like a sour loser at least I didn't chicken out. " I said loading a crate. "She has a point Courtney." Chris said taking my side I smirk at her. "You will be hearing from my lawyer." She yelled  "Oh yeah Sam and I are good friends because of you." I laughed befor leaving with my team. Making it to camp we had to build a hot tub out of the materials given.

At the end of it all we snagged victory. One of the bass are going home.

"Killer Bass you will be saying goodbye to one of your own tonight, At the marshmallow ceremony. " Chris said leaving us to go eat. While I was eating the bass started arguing. Then Ezekiel said something that made myself and the other female campers to surround him. " care to repeat yourself culo tonto escuálido" I said geting in his face. "One your not spanish so please speak English.Two its a proven fact guys are stronger than girls. " Evea picked him up by his neck. "Still think that light weight." She growled "For your information the man that raised me is from Spain. I like the way the language sounds. " I said crossing my arms the surfer dude came trying to calm everyone but Ezekiel dug his grave.

The Gophers and I watched as it came down to Courtney and Ezekiel. Courtney got the final marshmallow of the night.I cross my arms. It was a mist opportunity but Ezekiel was the right choice.

"See Iris I'm still here" she smirked and I laughed. "Yes second place Courtney your still here. *eyes narrow * for now." I said walking away.

Chris

"What's in store for for the campers in the weeks to come. Who will get sent home next. Find out next time on Total Drama Island." He said and the campers stop rolling.