#cmon people we're better than that

[schroedingerscryptid]

okay honestly...let me be real here for a quick second

i see a lot of people hating on capvers shippers and like...okay, i see where you're coming from, but at the same time...they do have a right to ship it imo. sure, it was a glimpse of his backstory, and honestly there's not much you really can be doing with it, but why the fuck should that make you tell people that they're dumb for wanting to write or make art about it?

ultimately, the dynamics between havers and the captain aren't discovered all that much, while pat and caps have much more grounding and depth. but at the same time, by saying that people shouldn't be at the VERY least writing or making art about it to express their thoughts is a pretty shitty move.

fandom is about letting people have fun, and saying shit like this just because "you're correct" is inherently what has and will continue to affect the experience in the long run. and personally, even though i myself am not someone who ships it or really knows where to go with their relationship (to put it simple), i'm not going to shame people or make them feel bad for finding this largely underdeveloped relationship interesting or having fun with it.

[lxverrings]

Would you guys be interested in a quick guide to checking things in Spanish when Google Translate fucks up?

*for the record word reference is more reliable than Google Translate

[sasookei]

why is my most popular post that stupid house like carpet post. it doesn't mean anything you daft cunts stop giving it likes 😭

[knifeslidez]

when did cookie cutter pseudo-dreampop become gay music? where are the strange bisexuals who write angry music about being in 3 charged fwb situations?!??

[abyssalpriest]

God I could and should write a whole fucking book by the end of this life here on Lev and his symbols

ill write it then burn it before anyone else gets a copy. or i wont. im supposed to be helping him this incarnation here to get a better anchor in this plane so maybe it would help more than itd be weird - im just getting from him the energy of "yeah no people already effectively have these things, people on my plane already know me inside and out to an extensive degree, may as well have it here too" you know. fair

[wileys-russo]

Blurb idea for mearps

Getting used to Aussie time zones and just spending time with her walking along the beach, watching sunrises ect

jetlag joy II m.earps

"oh nah you've not put me with her have you!" your girlfriend groaned loudly with annoyance as she read over the room assignments, the team would all have individual rooms once in their base camp later on in the tournament but for now when in pre-camp you'd be bunking in pairs.

"who?" you frowned glancing over her shoulder and seeing your name next to hers, the older girl looking to you with a cheeky grin. "you know it gets harder by the day to tell people we're seeing one another." you sighed, smacking her on the shoulder and grabbing your luggage, exhausted from the long haul flight to Australia.

you'd played three seasons now with united and hardly seen the pitch the first one, but only using that as motivation to push harder and move faster, and of course spurred on by your girlfriend, you were now a regular starter each and every match.

fast forward a few months and here you were stood on australian soil for your first world cup debut, both you and mary over the moon to be selected side by side.

you'd been absolutely bouncing on the bus ride to the airport much to the displeasure of your friends and team mates who had no problems with placing a hand over your mouth and begging for you to shut up.

it was how you'd wound up sitting next to your united captain as you talked one anothers ears off almost the whole flight. both you and katie known to be the chatterboxes of the england national team everyone had made it a point they didn't want to be sat with you, even going as far as to vote you both mutually the worst people to sit with.

it didn't bother either of you though and you were already often bus buddies on the way to away games for club football, katie having taught you an array of different card games and ways to cheat in your many trips together, and you looked to the girl as somewhat a sister of sorts.

mary however had made sure it was crystal clear from the moment of your mutual selection that she loved you oh so dearly but would rather be kicked from the squad than have to sit by you for such a long journey. 

though she had sent that same message to over half the team so you hardly took it personally, plus you'd much rather have someone to talk to for so long rather than someone who would just sleep the entire time like your girlfriend intended to.

"now now is someone grumpy because she hardly slept the whole flight?" mary cooed sarcastically, pinching at your cheeks as you stepped in the elevator with jordan and lucy who would be rooming beside you who both chuckled at your expense. 

"if you'd like to keep those golden hands for the tournament i suggest you keep them away from me." you grumbled in annoyance, crossing your arms over your chest and glaring at the wall. 

"bet that's not what she normally says eh maz?" lucy winked, elbowing jordan who rolled her eyes at the comment whilst Mary burst out into her usual rambunctious laughter, the loud noise normally one of your favorite sounds but today it was only worsening your rapidly deteriorating mood.

"you're so loud man." you complained, covering your ears and wincing at the sheer volume of the taller girl, sighing in relief as you reached your floor and the elevator doors opened. "hey get some sleep, you'll feel better." jordan nudged you gently with a caring smile which you returned, both pairs parting ways into their own rooms.

you merely kicked your suitcase out of the way and belly flopped face first into the nearest bed, exhaling deeply as your body relaxed into the soft mattress. but that peace didn't last long as you felt someone grab at your ankles, attempting to drag you away. 

this was then followed by a sharp slap to your bum. "mary that hurt!" you moaned tiredly, trying to kick at her but too tired to give it any real effort. "everyone's going for a walk, cmon now! up and at em baby." your girlfriend flipped you over onto your back as you let out a long and tired groan. "have fun then." you quipped, covering your face with your arms and refusing to move.

"if you sleep now you won't sleep all the way through tonight, you remember the jetlag seminar don't you?" your girlfriend sighed, raising an eyebrow in your direction as you peeked out from behind your arms. "no! because you and rach wouldn't stop kicking the back of millie and I's chairs and got us in trouble." you glared toward the older girl who smiled sheepishly.

"in my defense its normally you who is being distracting in meetings, there's a reason you're not allowed to sit next to certain people at united you know." mary sat down on the edge of the bed as you sighed again. "its not my fault i talk a lot, you've met my family!" you defended as your girlfriend could only hum in agreement, anyone having to put in a shift to get a word in among your siblings and parents.

"well if you want to sleep that's your choice, but i'm just warning you it won't help love." mary smiled somewhat sympathetically, running a hand through your hair as you nodded and closed your eyes again. "i'll come get you for dinner." the blonde mumbled into your skin as she pressed a tender kiss to your forehead, tucking a hand under your neck and lifting your head to slide a pillow under it.

"love you." you mumbled tiredly, making a heart with your fingers as the keeper rolled her eyes, repeating the words back before slipping out of the room.

~

it turns out, your girlfriend was absolutely correct.

you tossed and turned for what felt like the hundredth time, tapping at your phone on the bedside table to see that it was now quarter past four in the morning, and you'd been awake and restless since about two. 

you glanced over your shoulder to see your girlfriend tucked up and sleeping peacefully in the other bed beside yours, having kicked you out about an hour ago when you wouldn't keep still.

you flipped onto your back and fiddled with your fingers, trying to count sheep and humming softly to a tune which you'd been unable to get out of your head. "shut up! please for the love of god." you felt a pillow smack you in the face which your girlfriend launched in your direction from her own bed, rolling onto her side with an annoyed huff.

checking your phone again you noted it was now just before half past five, and a google confirmed it was almost time for sunrise on the sunshine coast of australia. you sat up properly and swung out of bed, sending a text to the group chat asking if anyone was up for a sunrise walk.

you dissapeared into the bathroom, washing your hands afterwards and pulling on a tracksuit. "mary." you called out quietly, returning to the room and inching your way toward her bed. "baby?" you tried again, poking gently at her sleeping form which didn't budge.

"love?" you laid down on top of her, feeling her body which was buried under the duvet heave a deep sigh. "what?" she mumbled into her pillow as you pressed a few kisses to the back of her neck. "can we please go for a walk on the beach? it's almost sunrise." you asked hopefully, moving your lips to kiss at her cheek as she turned her head to the side.

"why!" your girlfriend groaned tiredly, eyes fluttering open as you gave her a charming smile. "i love you?" you tried, sliding off of her and laying down so you were looking at her properly. "you better." she grumbled and you frowned shoving her gently, those not the words you wanted to hear back.

"get my clothes for me then." she sighed in defeat, stretching out as you grinned happily, wasting no time doing as she asked and within a few minutes the both of you were closing the hotel room door after you.

you smiled at jordan who slipped out of the room beside you, a few of the girls who were also awake had all agreed to meet down at reception, and turned out there was more of you than you'd thought who were struggling with the difference in timezone.

your girlfriends arms wrapped around you as you stood just outside the hotel, her chin resting on your shoulder and eyes closed as your hand slipped up the sleeves of her jumper, nails softly scratching at the tanned skin.

the rest of the girls arriving all of you exchanged a few words but mostly wandered down to the beach in silence, ellie, chloe and alex walked beside you as mary trailed behind with niamh, georgia and jordan.

the group of you sat together on the sand and watched the sunrise, your girlfriend laid down in between your legs as your arms draped over her shoulders. you sighed gratefully as ellie handed you both a coffee, herself and chloe offering to do a run for everyone once they'd woken up a little more.

"walk?" you leant forward and quietly asked the taller girl, placing a lazy kiss to her lips and ignoring the teasing from your team mates as the keeper nodded. the two of you stood and you were quick to grab her hand, breaking away from the group and wandering down by the waters edge.

the longer you were both up and outside the more energized you both felt, your conversations increasing as you playfully splashed water at one another. you threatened to dump the last mouthful of your coffee down her back as she picked you up and jokingly dropped you, instead placing you back on dry land and pulling you into a tight hug.

your head rested on her shoulder as her chin tucked itself into your neck, soft i love you's exchanged between gentle kisses and murmurs of how excited you were to enter into the tournament by one anothers side.

[the-soul-detectives]

Fitz Vacker is overhated

I'm new on tumblr, but I can smell the possible haters a mile away. But uhhhh, other than that, I shall voice mt opinions! GET READY HATERS. HAHAHHAHAHA

No stellarlune spoilers. I haven't read that book yet. But spoilers for the other books I guess?

First point: Exile.

I wanted to tackle one of the earliest point people had. What happened in book 2. Watch everyone say "He had no right to be mad at Sophie!" While yes, Sophie ended up being the saving grace in the end, they still went through huge amounts of grief. Everyone handles grief differently. Fitz handled it with anger directed to the person his dad was with while he was in Exile. He thought she was to blame. Mind you, the Vackers held a PLANTING for Alden. They thought he would die. Imagine how devastating that would be for anyone? Needing to hold a funeral for YOUR OWN FATHER because he's in such a state where they don't think he'll survive. Fitz was experiencing the first stage of grief. He was grieving.

Point 2: The Anger Issues

While yes, Fitz may have a short temper, it isn't a good reason to hate on him. While yes, he handled some situations poorly, he's still 1) A child and 2) An elf. And lets be honest, he's only gotten mad a few times throughout the entire series.

Point 3: Sokeefe

Some of you people just hate on him for the sake of Keephie ☹️ DAWG IT'S A SHIP. AND IT'S ALREADY CANON APPARENTLY. GO AND REJOICE. LEAVE THE FITZ LOVERS TO CONSOLE FITZ ☹️😭

Point 4: The matchmaking thing

honestly? I do not know what to say here. I guess I just think the matchmaking in general is not for me. I guess people are mad at Fitz for wanting Sophie to reveal her bio mom so they can match? Idk bro. Why do yall hate him for this. I'm going out on a limb here, this is the result of Shannon wanting us to root for Keefe (FITZ DEFENDER 4 LIFE. YOU CAN NEVER CONVERT ME). I MEAN CMON. HE WAS OK WITH RUNNING AWAY AND JOINING EXILLUM AND ALMOST DYING TO PROTECT HIS FRIENDS. IN ONE BOOK. AND NOW HE'S SUDDENLY CHANGED?? (i saw this reason on Tumblr. Thank you to whoever made it. You made my post better)

Point 5: I honestly dk

Why do yall hate Fitz

Of course, in the end, these are just my opinions as someone who's been supporting Fitz this entire time. We're all entitled to what we want to believe, this is just mine :3

Any way. Rant over

[shinysparklesapphires]

showtime precure!

chapter 20: the dance coach's secret? Return to you kingdom my prince!

a/n this chapter will be a two parter!

🎀: @baileypie-writes @xryptik @harufallinwonderland

"Lucia wake up!" Lucia felt a paw hit her cheek as she opened her eyes to see Reel sitting on her bed. She read her alarm clock, 2:45. It was way too early for whatever he wanted.

"Whattt?" She rubbed her eyes, "Reel whatever it is can it wait till morning?" She attempted to pull her comfortor back on to herself before Reel tore it back off.

"No this can't wait! It's super important!"

"What is it then?!"

"The wishing well! It's gone!" Lucia shot up out of her bed and picked the small white cat up and shook him around, "WHAT?!"

"I just woke up and it wasn't on my desk!"

"Who do you think stole it? Was it Curtain Call?"

"No, someone much worse.."

The dance coach swept the floors of the studio. It was still early so no students were there.

"Coach." She turned over to look at Reel and Lucia standing in the doorway, "or should I say Cinema?"

She set the broom down, "so, you finally figured it out huh?" A puff of smoke appeared, and when it cleared, the dance coach had been replaced by- a rabbit?!

"Woah what?!" Lucia stood there dumbfounded.

"Theres only one thing I needed to say," Cinema walked towards Reel before kneeling down before him, "Please come back to the Film Kingdom Prince Reel! We're all worried about you!"

"No," Reel scoffed.

"Wait you two know each other?!" Lucia slid in-between the two teachers.

"Yes unfortunately," Reel groaned.

"I'm Prince Reel's advisor! We've known each other since we were kids!" She glared at him, "and he's still stubborn as ever!"

"I can't go back to the kingdom! I have to help the precure!"

"Do you seriously believe that these girls can save us?"

"Yes! They were the ones who saved you when your wish coin was stolen!"

"That still doesn't mean I'll give you the well back!"

"Hey Coach?" Violet opened the door, "I needed to grab my- oh hey Lucia! Hi Reel-" she covered her mouth, "I mean professor!"

The coach narrowed her eyes.

"Oh look class is starting! We better go! Cmon Professor!" Lucia pushed Reel out of the door with her.

"Yo Penny," Jac walked up to a girl who was painting a landscape portrait, "whatcha painting?"

The girl rolled her eyes, "Stop calling me that, my name's Penelope. And this is for an extra credit assignment," she went back to painting.

"Well someone's in a good mood today," Jac snickered.

"Jac leave her alone," Enid facepalmed.

"My bad, my bad," he laughed.

"Cmon I need your help to find this one paint color in the supply closet," Enid gestured for Jac to follow her.

"Mannnn whatever," he groaned as he reluctantly followed her out of the studio.

"Finally, I'm alone," Penelope smiled.

"Hey Calamity look I bet that girl's coin will make a super cool Facade!" Catastrophe whispered from behind the window.

"Yeah I bet it'd be like way stronger than any of Catwalk's stupid monsters!"

The girls turned to each other and giggled as they flew away.

"So the coach is also from the film kingdom?"

"Is that why Reel hates her? I just thought it was because more people joined the dance course than the theater course," Amber sighed.

"It's a mix of both." Reel muttered.

"Well she still has the well and that's not good," Lucia groaned.

"Maybe she's the one Queen Mnemosyne sent to help us?"

"Are you kidding? Why would she send someone who doesn't like the precure to help the precure? She might as well have just sent Tragedy herself!"

"Either way, we need to get the well back!"

The girls snuck into the dance studio during lunch hour, when no one was supposed to be there.

"Guys? What are you doing here?" Violet walked out of the dressing room.

"Vi, we need your help! Where's the coaches office?" Lucia grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Why do you need to know that?" Violet gently pulled Lucia's hands off.

Reel groaned, "because she stole the wishing well!"

"Why would she do that?"

"Because she's someone Reel knew from his kingdom and yadda yadda yadda just show us where it is!" Amber clenched her fists.

"Alright alright! Jeez!" Violet opened the door to the office, and lo and behold the well was sitting right on the coach's desk.

Just as Lucia was about to pick it up-

"What are you doing in my office?" The group froze in place as they turned to see the coach with her arms crossed glaring at them.

"Getting back what you stole from me!" Reel grabbed the well and ran out of the studio, with Lucia and the others trying to catch up to him.

"Hey! Give that back!" Cinema raced after him.

"Finders Keepers asshole!" Reel flipped her off, but ended up bumping into a tree and falling to the ground.

"Ow! Dumbass tree..." Reel rubbed his head.

"Um Reel, that's not a tree," Lucia looked up at the monster in front of them, it was an easel Facade!

"Everyone!"

"Precure, Rollback! Lights! Camera! Action!"

"Violet?! You're one of them?!" Cinema looked at Action in horror.

"Sorry Coach," she giggled.

"Action no time for talking hurry up and help us!" Wright kicked the back of the monster's head.

"SAWWWW!" The monster swung at Set and Showtime, who jumped to dodge it, but Cinema was hit in the process, causing her to turn back into a rabbit.

"Coach!"

"Calamity look! a bunny!" Catastrophe picked up Cinema and showed her to her sister.

"She's so cute! We should keep her!"

"Let me go you little brats!" Cinema squirmed around trying to break free from the little girls grip, which only caused her to grip onto her harder.

"Cinema!" Showtime rushed over to get the rabbit back but Calamity pushed her to the ground.

"You're not getting our rabbit! Find your own precure!"

"Yeah! Finders Keepers!" They giggled before disappearing.

"Cinema!" Showtime looked over to see that the girls had only teleported a few feet away.

"Aw dang it! We can't go back!" Calamity cried.

"Well then Cure Showtime, if you want your rabbit back, you'll have to catch us!" They disappeared again, leaving Showtime to figure out where they had gone.

[cryingpariah]

Jackie: Emperor Buggy! I have some documents I've been legally contracted to give you-

Buggy: Can’t talk, late for a meeting, hold him for a bit pleaseeeeee?

Jackie: *confused* I mean sure but hold who—

Buggy: *shoves something into her hands* you’re a lifesaver kid! He’s already been fed, changed and had his nap so he won’t be any trouble at all ok gotta go bye!

Jackie: He? *looks down*

Nemo: 0🔴0

Jackie: And here I thought there were only 7 Seraphims. And so young, you poor thing, the World Government really will stoop to any level.

Nemo: *angry baby babbles of agreement*

Jackie: *sitting down and shifting Nemo to her lap* Well! Our time together is gonna be limited so let’s have so fun while we can!

Nemo: Dhnkvjurooj!

….

Crocodile: Well that was everything, meeting adjourned.

Buggy: Lemme go grab the boys for snack time! The most important meal of he day!

Mihawk: Patently not true, you speak of breakfast.

Buggy: tomato to-mah-to Hawky baby! Lemme go relieve the babysitter from Nemo duty.

Crocodile: Haven’t heard anything much for the last two hours, Galdino must be into arts and crafts.

Buggy: *sweating* haha YEAH! Well you know that Galdino!! He’s sooooooo artsy and craftsy!

Crocodile and Mihawk: *share a glance before directing their stares to Buggy* Clown who is watching our baby?

Buggy: Cmon! You know the in-sync thing freaks me out! I might have given him to Jackie! Yknow delivery girl who works for Morgans?

Mihawk: *visibly more relaxed* Why not say that to begin with?

Buggy: *fearfully pointing at Crocodile* be cau se of h im

Crocodile: 😡😡😡

Mihawk: My, I didn’t realize you hold such contempt for the little courier

Crocodile: Not just her, all her kind. Journalist are snivelling gossips and busybodies with nothing better to do than stick their noses into the lives of actually interesting people. And you left our child with her?! I cannot even begin to imagine the horrible things she’s telling him!

…

Jackie: So the cows goes Moo and the chicken goes click and the pig says on by order of the world government you’re under arrest!

Nemo: *happily cooing and following along*

…

Crocodile: And if she’s with Nemo than the boys are probably with her too. She’s probably been weeding our secrets out of them this whole time!

….

Gabriel: *braiding some of Jackie's hair* So you’ve never seen him as not a bird?

Jackie: Been there nearly ten years and not even once!

Gabriel: Woah…he must be really dedicated to being an Albatross! It must be really fun!

Gryphon: *flipping through the WEJ employee handbook* There are so many rules in this thing, do you really follow all of them?

Jackie: Hah! Not even close.

Gryphon: 🌕O🌕 Aren’t you worried that you might get fired??

Jackie: nah I do the work of like, 7 people and 12 birds, that old feathered fellow couldn’t fired me if he wanted to.

…

Buggy: Croccy, don’t you think you’re blowing this just a teensy tiny bit out of proportion? This is Jackie we're talking about, if ya ask she won’t tell a soul!

Crocodile: Which is exactly my issue! What does she gain from actively hiding information like that? She isn’t even being paid hush money! That isn’t a little suspicious to you two?!

Buggy: Because she's nice! She’s just a nice kid! Hawky back me up- wait where did he go?!

*They both run out to see Mihawk holding Nemo and chatting with the boys*

Crocodile: *looking around furiously* Where is she?!

Mihawk: Gone, she said something about having more deliveries to run.

Gabriel: Jackie's really cool! She told us all her cool travels stories and she gave Nemo a News Coo plush! It’s the prototype too so that makes extra special!

Nemo: *gnawing on plush happily*

Gryphon: She said she’d bring us cool prototype stuff next time! Can she come back again soon?

Crocodile: *gently takes seabird plush from Nemo* Not before we check this for wires she can’t.

[aimlesspixel]

Part 2 of my in stars and time continuation fic

Read part one here if you're interested.

You're floating, in a sea of lightless space, stars of pure darkless dotting your surroundings. You're not alone here you can feel it you're not sure where but you know it's not harmful, maybe it'll show itself if you wait. It's quite peaceful here amid the sky, ripples begin to flutter across the lightless sea around you making the stars shift and constellations dance it all seems so close here yet so far. The stars darken as you hear something call out to you and…

"Hey… Hey. HEY, cmon stupid frin! Breakfast's ready we're gonna finish it all without you if you don't get the crab up." "Now now Bonbon you've made plenty for everyone and I'm sure Sif will be up in a moment." "Fine! I'll put peppers in it instead hehehe." "Now that's a credible threat, you better get up soon Siffrin."

You open your eyes to see Bonnie peering down at you… that's weird you could've sworn you were sleeping in your tent but the area above you distinctly lacks such an implement. Oh well you will yourself up and move to grab a plate. Just as Odile said there is a enough food for everyone. A good start to another day of travel if you do say so yourself I mean you're up before the sun finished rising! You'll get plenty of time to travel like this.

Odile seing you've finished your slightly spicy breakfast calls you over "Siffrin a moment please I would like to get this over with before we're done cleaning up."

You nod at her in acknowledgement and walk over. She and Mirabelle are in charge of making sure you're not overexerting yourself after the whole almost ending the world buisness. It's a bit embaressing but you don't want to worry them or get worse so you let them give you a check up.

Mirabelle looks you over while Odile takes your tempature and consults a transcription of a medical book she's gotten from the house's infrimary. Isabeau and Bonnie look at the process with slightly worried expressions.

Odile - "Well as far as I can tell you're not any worse for wear so I think the pace we've been keeping will be fine for now. Any objections Mirabelle?" Mirabelle - "I can't see anythng wrong but just to make sure you're feeling up to it right Siffrin?"

You feel alright even despite the weird sleeping spot maybe a little sleepy still but nothing serious. "Yesterdays pace is fine." Isa and Bonnies faces ease up and they get back to making sure you haven't forgotten anything.

Odile - "Alright just remember keep the crafts to a minimum whenever possible you don't want to overextend and knock yourself out or something."

She doesn't have to remind you. You still feel drained in a more intangible way than usual and can tell you probably couldn't manage too many crafts without a break, best to avoid any wildlife then. The path is well walked making it easy to follow the darkless leaking through the trees as you walk along the path your family alongside you it's nice, It'll probably become routine again soon enough but while it's nostalgic again you relish in it. Mirabelle and Odile are discussing books of some kind maybe it's part of their book club they mentioned… oh wait have they mentioned that this time? You're not sure. Does it matter? You're glad they can discuss it regardless. Isa and Bonnie walk alongside you chatting with you as you travel. It's nice.

It only takes a few days to reach your first stop. You could tell you were getting close when the path changed to a stone road. You'll just be staying here a day but it's nice to see time flowing here again. The Defenders at the edge of town greet you all as you enter and you see some kids running around the town.

Isabeau - "We really did it huh? It's still a little hard to believe but…" Yeah. The atmosphere is so much better now that people who fled are returning and the ones who were frozen have begun to move once more. You recognize some of them from Dormont most of the refugees who fled there left ahead of you all to reunite with their loved ones and homes.

Some of the kids from Dormont and some you don't recognize run up to you all.

"Look! Look! It's Mirabelle! She's the one who kicked the king's crabbing butt!" "Yea It's thanks to them that everyone's moving again!"

One of the kids in particular gets starry eyed at this and runs up to Mira.

"Oh! You're the reason mom and dad are moving again! Thank you thank you thank you!!!"

They jump up and down a bit before Bonnie calls out "Hey it wasn't just Mira we all went into the house and kicked that Kings crabbing butt!" The kids gasp and look at everyone beside Mira including you.

"Whoaaaaa. So you went in to kick his butt too?" The kid asks expectantly at Bonnie. "Of course." They say standing proudly.

Mirabelle - "It's true we all worked together to save Vaugaurd." She looks at you "Maybe a little too hard for some of us." You look away.

The kids chatter around you for a bit before Odile intervines "We know you're all excited to see us but we need to find that Inn so we can rent a room for the night."

"Oh sorry." The kids turn and run off, the starry eyed one looks back one last time before going "Thank you again!" and they run off.

[dragongirlsnout]

sorry to be That person but. just because the rich zionist ghoul that owns this website posted a sob story about how it isn't making enough money doesn't mean we're going to start financially supporting tumblr's bad behavior...right?

as always whenever something like this happens there's always the inevitable wave of "cmon guys you have to give tumblr money to support it if you want it to get better!" posts. but it just. doesn't work like that. they rolled out post+, and it still got worse. they started selling badges and it still got worse. they added livestream donations and it still got worse. and now they're begging people to buy monthly subscriptions and the site is functionally no better than it was 2 years ago, and arguably worse in some aspects.

and with how seemingly concerned site management is with attracting new users they STILL keep jumping back into the bucket and refusing to unban porn. twitter users undoubtedly don't want a site that just looks like a worse version of twitter with no porn. I've followed more than a handful of artists who migrated from twitter, assumed the existence of a literal "mature content" label meant you could post porn, subsequently got flagged, and just left for a different site.

[melanthiosthescreamer]

watching the fall of fandom etiquette on tiktok in real time is actually hurting me smh

guys cmon we're better than this, sending people death threats because of what they ship, harassment over the types of media we enjoy, etc. even ao3 is seeing a huge rise in people trolling and generally causing trouble

[whorecoded]

Make a tier list of your sonas pleaseeee

OMG an ask. in my inbox... HI!!! i can do this but it took me a minute to really think . heres my list! with pics for fun :3 i will say that this is actually so hard because my sonas reflect different parts of us collectively not just the host, dirk's. like while they are explicitly dirk's sonas he did try to put a lot of thought into representing more than just him. thats also part of the reason each sona is based on aesthetics. darling is lovecore, dizzie is scene, nova is space, chorus is angelcore and reve is dreamcore. all of these are things we collectively enjoy and represent different parts of us, although we do also have a collective sona lol. i will also say we love all our sonas so dearly like aughghgh

1) darling - i feel like once i got her design down drawing her just became so natural and cmon. he is so pretty you cant look at him and tell me you DONT want him. be for real! not only that but lovecore is just so fun and like come onnn the horns and the heart bun and the cute locs like. also shes been really helpful for us to explore drawing our ACTUAL body type and not just like an Attempt at making her Slightly bigger. hes hot as fuck and people love him and he is fat, like us, and it makes us happy to think about :3

2) reve - I JUST MADE THIS GUY but its so fucking cute are you squidding me. i LOVE how he looks and im so so satisfied with the colors and just the theme looks so .. well thought out LOL. which is rare for us and also the unicorn / fae theme it has going on is really fun for us because we identify with a Lot of different things therian/kin/system wise. not only that but reve is meant to represent our more neurodivergent tendencies. he hides his eyes because he has a Stare that many would describe as offputting. he's not keen on masking behaviors like stimming or needing personal space or music to help him throughout the day, and this is something we've been trying to be better about

3) nova - nova was the first to be created out of these 5 goobers and theyre currently undergoing another revamp. weve always felt his design was cute but a little bland, im going to be updating his design to blend it more with his first designs! shes getting her chest fluff back :3 once i add some of the details we miss about stars old designs im sure that they'll be on par with reve, space themes are OUR JAM!! and we identify very heavily with space and stars, so we're excited to give him back some old starry patterning too. heres an icon of him below by a lovely artist showcasing his older patterning! such a cutie !!

4) dizzie - dont get me wrong i love dizzie a lot especially with his banger new hairstyles, i think he's adorable and we finally got his pattern down but BY GOD was it a challenge. dizzie has probably gone through the most overt revamping, weve been figuring it out and i can pretty confidently say we are in love with his current design, we just have to draw him more <3

5) chorus - i feel so bad putting chorus at the bottom of the list because angel themes are also so uscore but we barely draw him :( this will change soon because with the lore we're giving these 5 theyre all gonna be interacting with one another in the band they have, as well as the counterpart band we made for them! chorus is the bassist in the band gummypawz that all 5 of these guys are in and it has a counterpart in the band mourning maws that is like evil chorus LOL. his name is judas and theyre very gerard way / frank iero coded <3 all that to say chorus is actually a really good sona for us to do vent art with, we actually did a redraw of something we did last year using chorus last night, so have that!

anyways THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO YAP im so fucking sorry that it got this long i know this was probably way more than you were expecting but im a grade A yapper and i will not shut the fuck up about my guys. everyone ask me questions about them forever and ever please 😄 also an apology for if any of this was incomprehensible im currently a little bit maybe possibly High. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

[chronotsr]

No. 7.5 - 1978 Reflections, and the Halls of Mystery

Welcome back to the end-of-the-year recaps! This is technically the first TSR iteration of it!

1. Coolest ideas

It's a lot of stuff from D2. The big ticket item is "neutral-ground hostile shrine" -- any time you can muck about with otherwise hostile people without drawing swords immediately is a big win. I know that the reaction table is supposed to mitigate that some but, cmon. Sometimes you just can't think of a good reason that the 9th goblin pack tonight is not immediately hostile. This is a way more natural way to handle it. And it lets you talk and such and experience their culture from their perspective!

2. Coolest Module You Haven't Heard Of

This is honestly a hard one because all of these modules are intensely well known. Gun to my head, I would probably vote for G1. The D-series is cool but frankly there have been more better and more interesting iterations of subterranean hexcrawls -- Veins of the Earth being the currently famous one. But the thing about G1 is, G1 is a surprisingly natural and fun location. Unlike the others in the GDQ series, G1 is genuinely an adventure you could slot anywhere with no context. It is simply a fun raid on a fortress, which I never get tired of. The twists of "they're piss drunk" and "there's a slave revolt in the basement" are really good (albeit in 2024 a little stale) twists on the classic raid-on-fortress formula.

3. The Growth of Module Design

Honestly 1978 represents a rather stagnant year for module design. The most innovative design feature I see is how D1-D3 feeds into one another in a much more naturalistic way than its predecessors, and all through that deeply useful combination of hexmap and random tables with a handful of pre-programmed setpieces. I am eager to see hexmap technology get much better going forward.

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Surprisingly, 1978 wasn't too much to talk about? I don't generally think of Gary as an "innovator" in module design space. His main contribution is taking things that already exist and making them feel more natural. Which is not to say that I now buy into Gygaxian Naturalism as this great feat, more than a lot of his competition at the time was seemingly intentionally anti-Naturalism. Their work feels like the reaction to me, Gary is just staying the course of "this should make an amount of sense". Although, his random dungeon monsters mishmash still feels as nonsensical as all hell.

The Halls of Mystery (From Dragon 21, December 1978)

And as threatened, we're going to have a very brief section on The Halls of Mystery, which holds the dubious honor of 1st Dragon Magazine dungeon. I would throw the full header at you, but everything is by Don Turnbull. You may recognize his name, at publication time he works for Games Workshop and he will be heading up TSR, Inc.'s UK branch starting in 1980, leading to the much-beloved Fiend Folio.

So. Not much to say about this, actually, It's a very large room with some branches. The main schtick of the Halls is that the main chamber contains several mirrors, some of which are magical. There's a big riddle on the desk on the south side, the riddle solution is actually quite obvious (say Excalibur three times -- and hey, Don told us the answer and rationale of the puzzle! Thanks Don!). When you move the central cylinder, it teleports you to the corresponding position in the dungeon. The rest is a lightweight stocking of the dungeon with monsters, treasure, et c. If you're keeping score, this is a Zelda puzzle. It's very cute and lightweight and honestly it's so neutrally written (no statistics are given and it would be trivially easy to restock it at any level) that you could genuinely use it in 2024 with very little effort. It's adorable! It is also wonderfully lean, clocking in at two total pages and frankly it's super refreshing to have such a light read of a module here.

Happily, next time we will be covering B1 - In Search of the Unknown, which is the second Basic D&D adventure we will be reviewing in this series (The adventure printed in the Basic rulebook, Tower of Zenopus, was first. This is our first lettered Basic adventure.) And, funnily, the first TSR module in this lineup I've never read before. See you then!

[princesseusminki]

Homeless | Park Seonghwa

Chapter 2.

Disclaimer ! Sexual harassment and disturbing scene! Reader discretion's are advised

He was hanging the clothes outside the house while I was sitting on the table figuring out his issues. He looks happy somehow this morning, I can see the smile on his face. Far from last night pleading expression. What was I thinking right of the bat? Accepting him to stay here, well the pitiful looks definitely works.

"Do you need anything to sort out more?" Huh. I didn't realise he was done with the chores until he caught me off guard. " Ah not yet...Seonghwa let's eat and...talk" Suddenly I can see the sadness washed over his face again. I didn't have anything except ramen, forgot to restock my groceries. "Sorry, ramen is the only foods I have right now". Looking sheepishly. "Don't worry...it's better than nothing". Right. He slurped the ramen so was I. " What actually happened?".

"Fucking twat look ahead would you" he looks like he about to throw punch at me, I put my arms front, defending myself before it's getting worse. "Dude cmon leave him alone". A spit spewed right onto my head. I didn't meant to hit him. My vision was blurry right after I went out from the room. Cold water hitting my face, as I looking myself onto the mirror, a tear of cries sliding my face. "I was looking for you, you know, cmon along now, entertain me". "Apology, madam I'm preoccupied now". I just want to run away and end everything now. "What is that mean?, I fucking paid you". "Go find another whore for you to pay around". I walked away from the bathroom before I felt sting behind my back and my visions turning void.

I woke up surrounded by a white senile wallpaper with a hint disgusting drought medicine smell. "You're lucky we found you". So I did faint. " We're just gonna keep it simple, nothing happened and you're gonna come back, all compensated through the medical bills". I preferably look distant. " hey, did you get it". "Im quitting" . I can feel the palpitations session inside my heartbeat as I spewing it.

A smudge reaction thrown, " Is it a fucking joke? Didn't know you can make one, always looks serious". " You're not quitting, you know why?". As he gripping harshly on my ward coat. "You're fucking pathetic, whilst no one helps you except us, taking you on the street looking rugs". " I still see that 9 years old scared child staring at me".

They said life always has options regardless, but I wish i did back when i was a child. Mom and dad died when i was 9, sending into orphanage care centre was the last choices since no ones want me. So I ran away. Tried to make the end-meets each everyday from scrap, either ways it didn't work out well until I met Kim Myeong-Gil. He was everything to me, my saviour, my guardians angel; who helped me while no one else did. That's until my chastity was imposed.

He said the job is basically to assist people. It was handful work at first that's until, I got forced and raped. Sometimes it was men and women. I didn't know what it was at first. All I know I want to die; it was such dark and trapped, I had nowhere to go. That until i managed to run away from the torture endangerment of the place and met the most profound souls girl.

Kim Iseul.

[vonlipvig]

i lowkey like when the aa games just add shit that wasn't previously established or implied before, like manfred having a daughter, or godot's whole existence. i think the problem with soj from what i've played so far is that the way something/someone is introduced has little to no substance, even if they nail the landing by the climax of a case or game overall

we're given reasons to care about mia throughout the original trilogy, and it's done with showing how others react to her, and playing as mia really helps the audience know her better as a character. in soj, and i think dd too, the aftermath of something major is shown with great care, but the establishment is weak. i totally get why people dislike the whole "dark age of the law" era, and why i find clay to be lost potential. i understand why the other characters care about him, but why should i do so, as the player, if he's first properly introduced to me as dead?

i think some of these issues could've been resolved if there was an extra main case for the respective games in the 2nd trilogy, ajaa included. so many good ideas, not enough screentime and maybe more than 1 case where athena is the main lawyer, capcom please. ple-

i totally get you with that first bit, i think even though they probably didn't plan to add stuff like franziska being a von karma or godot being mia's colleague and partner from the beginning, it still worked out wonderfully cause of all the care put into it working out so. but man, with poor apollo it really went from 'oh ok, so this happened to him' to 'ok what ELSE happened to him' real fast. like, we got traitor mentor, secret sibling 1, mother in the circus, childhood at the space center and dead best friend, secret sibling 2 in a whole 'nother country, [MORE SOJ STUFF], like CHILLLLLLL. those are all very fun individually, but idk man, it's a lot for one guy with still soooo many loose ends from the first game.

i really wanted to like clay, as well! and i'm faily positive on dd and the whole dark age of the law, like i'm definitely receptive to it! but yeah, it hasn't been the best execution, sadly.

(still waiting for athena cykes ace attorney, cmon capcom give her the screentime she deservessss).