#come and get it i have soooooo many copies

[kayla-swiftly]

Something I’m really confused about is how people don’t see Bucktommy as an absolute win. Like, yes, Buddie, but Bucktommy soooooo deserves all the love because Buck actually got to come out of the closet!!! Bisexual representation!! Literally nobody expected Buck and Tommy to get together last season the whole internet blew up about it in a good way!!! (Then haters started overthinking it and only wanted Buddie, like hello, welcome to this thing called character development, we’ll get there, but Buck literally JUST came out and Eddie was cheating on his gf for the copy of his dead wife, he isn’t ready)

Anyway how many times have shows misled, queerbaited or just gave maximum effort with bromances only to keep it just that—bromance, but then they never actual became romantic?

You just got flashbacks didn’t you?

Don’t lie to me.

The fact that Buck has a BOYFRIEND right now is monumental guys. I’m so proud of him, Tommy, the writers, the producers, abc, like???

Not to mention Tommy is a pretty good bf to Buck, people are treating him as if he’s worse than Buck’s godawful ex girlfriend’s and that’s insane. This is genuinely Buck’s best relationship—he’s being appreciated and loved on like come on guys 😭 he’s being prioritized for once!! I’m so happy for him!!

If Buddie’s meant to be it’ll be, and i think it’s meant to be don’t get me wrong, but Bucktommy is literally paving the way for Buddie right now so you better show Tommy some love cause watch the writers keep Bucktommy to spite the haters (i’m a lover, so i win either way HA)

[halloweenbitch2764]

Im sorry but Im just checking because the first time I sent my ask, it said error occurred. So Im resending this again just in case the first one didn’t come through!

Could you do NSFW FemFarmer x Penny when Farmer slept with many people in the past, but it’s Penny’s first time. Farmer kinda brags about it when they’re doing the deed, teasing Penny for being inexperienced, causing Penny to feel insecure. Oh, but give happy ending please! Love your works by the way! ❤️

I got it the first time so don't worry! I've just been contemplating how I want to write this one. Also I have yet to have actually romanced Penny so forgive if this feels OOC. I'm writing this based on how I see her.

THIS MAY BE A MULTIPLE PART READ. IF YOU ENJOY PLEASE COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW YOU WANT PART 2!

Experienced Reader, Inexperienced Penny (Part 1?)

Finally, you and Penny had some alone time. Between Pam being around, Penny teaching Jas and Vincent, and you doing your farm work, it seemed like you didn't really get to be around Penny like you wanted to. You two had been dating for a couple of months at this point.

You sat on her bed, watching as Penny cleaned up a couple of things that were on her bedroom floor. "Have you ever thought about having sex with me?" You asked, breaking the silence. Penny froze, and for a moment, you feared you had been too forward. "I mean, I totally get if not -" "Yes, I've thought about it." It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the full truth. She'd thought about it. She'd actually gotten off to the thought when she knew her mother was passed out for the night.

A blush dusted your face. It was the answer you hoped for but didn't necessarily expect. "Soooooo would you be interested?" She stood in front of you, making you look up at her. Your hands rested on her hips as you asked the question. "Yes, I would be." Her cheeks were rosy red, and she seemed shy at admitting to it.

You did a cheer in your mind before you suddenly pulled her skirt down. She squeaked, which made you laugh. "Damn baby, relax." She was wearing a pair of black panties underneath. "Sorry." She mumbled, causing you to chuckle. "No need to apologize. Guess I'm more used to it than you." You pulled her onto your lap and kissed her.

It started off slow but soon became more passionate, giving gentle bites at her lower lip and licking it. She seemed so shy to what was happening, but she didn't back away. Your hands moved to her shirt buttons, and you took it off of her, throwing it to the floor. You broke the kiss after a minute. "Take my shirt off." You instructed, and she did as told. Then she started to take your bra off. Well, tried. "Can't even get my bra off? Damn you must be new to this." You teased. She huffed softly in embarrassment while you took your bra off.

She copied your movements, taking her own bra off. You moved her so she was lying on her bed, and you crawled on top of her. You straddled her hips and let your hands play with her tits. Your thumbs ran over her nipples which hardened under your touch. Her breathing became more labored and uneven.

You started kissing her neck and slowly moved down to her collarbone and then her breasts. You wrapped your lips around her nipples, sucking on them and running your tongue over them gently. Soft whimpers came from Penny. You repeated your actions on her other breast before moving down. You pressed soft kisses to her stomach before reaching her panty line.

You looked up at her to see if she wanted you to stop, but she didn't. You pressed a kiss to her cunt through her panties. A soft, teasing gasp came from you. "Ooooo, somebody is excited." You teased. She hid her face in her hands in embarrassment. "So inexperienced." She suddenly frowned, shifting a bit as the mood seemed to change.

"What's wrong?" She avoided eye contact for a moment before she spoke. "I just... you've made a few comments about how I don't know what I'm doing. It's making me feel insecure and really inexperienced. I know I don't know what I'm doing, but you don't have to point it out." She rubbed her arm as she spoke. You hadn't mentioned her inexperience to make her insecure. It was more just to tease her some.

"I'm sorry I made you feel like that. I was just teasing you. I know this is all new to you, and I don't expect you to be an expert. You're doing great so far." She nodded a bit, and you kissed her gently. "Just relax, alright?" You said softly. She nodded again.

You moved back to your position between her legs and pulled her panties off. You kissed her upper inner thighs, nipping gently ever so often. Soft whines and whimpers came from Penny. You licked her pussy lips teasingly slow and her breath hitched. Suddenly, you let your tongue lick her slit. A soft gasp and moan came from her. You mentally giggled at the noises.

Your tongue gently swirled around her clit and poked at her entrance. Her hands went to your hair, and gripped it at the feeling as your tongue continued to move. She tasted sweet and even better than you could have imagined. You let your tongue play with her clit. Her hips bucked a bit at the feeling, and you used your strength to pin her hips to the bed.

You pushed a finger in her gently. She was soaking wet, and it didn't take long for you to add a second finger. She started moaning softly, sometimes muffling herself with her hand if she felt like she was being too loud.

"Fuck, fuck I-I'm close." She moaned out. Her fingers gripped your hair tighter. Your tongue ministrations became quicker, following the pattern that seemed to be getting her close. It wasn't long before she let out a loud moan and her cunt throbbed around your fingers.

She panted softly as you pulled your fingers out, licking the cum off of them as Penny blushed brightly at the sight (though it was impossible to tell).

After a little bit of catching her breath, she grinned at you. "Do you want me to try and make you cum now?"

[alys0r]

A small analysis of the Moonvale characters.

I must say right away that the characters from Moonvale seem to me more realistic and lively, even despite the disgusting avatars with artificial intelligence. These are clearly more or less the same types of characters from Duskwood, but somewhat modified. Initially, I thought that I would be extremely disappointed if everything in Moonvale was exactly the same as in the previous Everbyte game, but no. It seems that everything repeats itself, but it repeats extremely well. This is not a copy, but a parallel. Moreover, there are still differences. But about everything in order.

ADAM

Our missing waif. And yet we interact with him directly. We're connected somehow, and it's not just about the envelope with our name on it. Was Adam on his way to give us the envelope? I doubt it very much, considering that the main character is obviously not privy to this. Is it all related to Duskwood? I'm pretty sure I'm not, and if I am, it's obviously not with Hannah. To be honest, I haven't looked at the theory of this game yet, and I don't know if anyone has voiced such a thought, but the cave is clearly similar to the mine where Jake and Richie were. Especially considering that, as Jake said, if I'm not mistaken, the mine stretches for many kilometers, and the actions of the current game take place not so far from Duskwood. Soooooo, returning to Adam, this whole situation with him is clearly very different from the situation with Hannah, which is good news. I can't get a good look at Adam himself, given that there is no clear information about him

ERIC

Eric is probably one of my favorites (apart from Jake, of course, heh) among all those created by Everbyte. He is a lively and interesting character. Of all the people I'm dealing with today, it's the hardest for me to compare Eric to anyone in particular. Maybe with Thomas, because it's the first time we've talked to him, but that's all. Eric clearly has some kind of sin in the past, as can be understood from his correspondence with Ash, and it seems to me that this will play an important role in the plot (it is not surprising that such attention is paid to this). He is completely calm even in a tense situation and knows how to think clearly enough. The fact that he went into the forest alone, strangely, is still explained by the fact that he is well-versed in the wild. Eric is proactive, but he still thinks first and then acts, thanks to him for that (although this may change in the next chapters). And, apart from Adam, this is the only character whose face we've seen. Separately, I want to note that the idea that Eric could have done something bad on the night of the Festival (given that people from nearby cities come to Duskwood during the festival) is quite interesting.

ASH

Lily, with her combative nature, is clearly visible here. But Ash is clearly more sarcastic. And she doesn't throw accusations right and left, preferring to find out at least something first (but not personal data (I still love Lily)). Unfortunately, it is difficult to say anything else about this, given that this is only the first chapter. But Ash is already making a positive impression.

CHARLIE

Richie is No. 2, but not the kidnapper. Charlie seems to be much more free and open than Richie, but we all know why Richie himself couldn't be like that. Charlie is clearly more active and impressionable. One of those people who can't sit still and like to get involved in something. And unlike Eric, he acts first. It still seems to me that something unpleasant will be revealed about Charlie (although perhaps this applies to everyone in general). But he is a very nice person.

VIOLET

It reminds me of Jesse, but it's hard to say for sure yet. I think, like Jesse, he will play a big role specifically for the main character.

ANONYMOUS

I think, like me, you also thought at first that it was Jake. I'm not going to build theories about personality yet, but chel clearly knows us as well as Adam. Whether he will play the same role as Jake is difficult to say. (It will certainly be very funny if they also make him a romantic interest, deciding to stupidly copy Jake….)

That's all for now. I'm wondering which of the Duskwood characters will still make themselves felt (except Jake, I think he will obviously still show up). Maybe it will be Allan. Although it seems to me that in any case it will be someone little expected by us. And maybe I will have correspondence with the main guys of Duskwood, but literally something one-time.

I'm sorry for the mistakes, I don't know English very well and I use a translator

[volivolition]

vibrates intensely hello hi. we are here to infodump a bit about jirachi (the lil yellow and white creature you rbed earlier) ok so:

It has its own movie and it sounds absolutely adorable in it. Here is an iconic scene of it disappearing one of the main characters into a pile of candy. Jirachi Wishmaker was one of our FAVOURITE Pokemon movies growing up, right next to Lucario and the Mystery of Mew FHDNDNFJDKSKD we watched that film SOOOOOO MUUUUUCH GHFJDJFJFJD

It is a psychic/steel type! This typing is. Fairly rare iirc! The only other ones that come to mind rn are the Beldum line and they're pretty cool too (Beldum has the same catch rate as Jirachi/most legendaries despite it not being a legendary!... Its catch rate is 3%. That is. VERY VERY LOW HFJFJSJFCJDJDJFJD)

Jirachi is one of very few legendaries you can still, if you're lucky/wealthy enough, obtain legitimately whenever! You can obtain it from non American copies of the game Pokemon Channel (which is EXPENSIVE) or you can obtain it from the Pokemon Colosseum Bonus Disc (which came with the actual Pokemon Colosseum games if you preordered it. It is also. EXPENSIVE!!)

Expanding on fact 3, these methods of obtaining it mean it is not shiny locked like most legendaries! This is VERY UNUSUAL and shiny hunting the WSHMKR Jirachi (aka Bonus Disc Jirachi™) is one of the most tedious hunts to go on, but it is WORTH IT. Because having a legitimate shiny legendary is super fucking uncommon. Those are usually only found via events that have long since passed FHDJSJFJFJ

The movie goes over this as it's the whole plot but Jirachi only wakes up for a week once every 1,000 years! Once its awake, it will grant wishes for anyone!

Again you did not ask for this we apologize fhdjejdkdks but. we thought. you'd like to learn a bit abt the lil fella since you rbed it a few times :3c

HELLO HI BELOVEDS!!! YAY YAY YES!! its fumking jirachi time mfers!!!!!!! >:3 delighted to get to hear about this fella omg :3!

WHAVKJFGKJ MAY NO LMAO?????? "Jirachi, what did you do to my sister? D:" FUCKGUJNGJMN??????? ive never watched this movie before, so when yall said "disappearing one of the main characters into a pile of candy" i thought you meant turned her into candy, and when it didn't immediately show May after she disappeared i was AGHAST HFKJGKJ LIKE JIRACHI NOOOOOoh she's fine lmao hfkj <33 its voice is so cute omg :'0!! sweetheart <33 this seems like a lovely childhood movie wah :']!!! <333 <222

oooh psychic/steel!! i was expecting fairy, but i think this about most cute pokemon (<- there are MANY cute pokemon) fkjkj <33 3% is VERY LOW FR hgkjk?? hard to catch friends hfjkg <33

OUGH. EXPENSIVE... capitalism getting in the way of letting people get a STAR FRIEND kjgkj but waow! thats so cool that you can technically still get it :D

!!! aND GET IT AS A SHINY WOAG :O!!!! not locked, but just very very rare shiny jirachi!! ✨✨

!! AWA WHAT A SWEETHEART??? :'0 <333 thats so cool, i too would like to sleep for 1000 years and wake up for a week before going back to sleep fkjgkj i love you little wish maker friend, what a darling <33

!! don't worry, and no need to apologize!! im happy to hear from yall and im happy to learn about it yayayay!!! :D :3c <333 <222

[coraline-jones353]

Prompt ideas ✨ I could do soooooo many more omg

-Soulmate Au's 💖

Timer on your wrist telling when you'll meet

First words you'll say to eachother

The red string of fate

Last words you'll ever say to eachother

First touch

Same tattoos

Writing on skin copies to the other persons

Have the letters of your soulmate's name scrambled on your wrist. When you meet them they spell out their name.

Have first or last name on their wrist

Feel each other's pain

Not seeing color till you meet them

Telepathically communicating

They see each other in their dreams

The closer you are the warmer you feel, farther the colder

Have a distance count down on your wrist if how far you two are apart

A streak of your hair is the color of your soulmate's

Hearing the same music as them (but you get to decide the volume you hear it at but can't turn it off)

Your dreams are small snippits of your soulmate's day but the catch is that you can't see them

Connected senses: like your in a waffle shop and then your soulmate smells waffles

Tattoo that shows what your soulmate first thought about you

First place your soulmate touches you is a birthmark or color (it glows when they touch you there, so you know it's them for sure)

-Forced Proximity

"Is it bad to tell you now that I'm highly claustrophobic?"

"I get you have a thing for personal space but there's not really a lot of space so we gotta get personal."

-Enemies to lovers

"You're lucky your (compliment) otherwise (threat)" followed by the other character "you think im (compliment)?"

"Do you trust me?" "Should I?"

-Roommates to lovers

"you put a blanket over me while I slept? What are we, an old married couple?"

"you need some real food. Come sit, I made dinner."

"you were hyperventilating in your sleep. Are you ok?"

"I swear if I have to do another one of your dishes I'm going to throw them out."

"Would you stop stealing my leftovers! I marked them with my name for a reason!"

-Teacher Au

Comparing how many gifts you get each year from the kids and one of them has won for many years

The kids ship you guys and try to get you guys together

-Theater Au

That kiss was NOT scripted!

the stage manager and one of the actors that just won't listen

the cocky actor and the stage manager

Oh my god your doing my makeup and your face is so close we could almost kiss!

There was a bet (that I didn't know of) placed that you wouldn't tongue kiss me at the last show

We're not the romantic leads but everyone ships us together and keeps wanting both of us to be in the pictures with them

We're in the chorus and your standing so close to me that I keep messing up while you try not to laugh at me

We're in the chorus and you can't ever seem to get the notes correctly and it drives me insane

Sincerely, Coraline Jones 🐈‍⬛

[percontaion-points]

Gate Crashers chapters 21 & 22

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Chapter 21

He took a moment to check on Harris, whose cheek was also pressed flat against the glass like, well, a Peeping Tom. 

This is yet another moment of: when you are an author, you can write literally anything that you want. So why the fuckity fuck would you actively choose to write this?

Maximus’s smile was broader and brighter than a chrome grille. “Thank you for the question, Stan, and I’d say the only polls I care about have girls dancing on them. Next question.”

If this is the author’s attempt to write a witty and charming character… Try going back to school and learning about homophones, dipshit. 

Unable to avoid the inevitable any longer, Maximus leveled a finger at the proverbial eight-hundred-pound gorilla in the room. In this case, it was an eight-hundred-pound gorilla named Buttercup. After several generations of captive gorillas being taught sign language, they eventually organized and demanded citizenship. So the Association for the Advancement of NonHuman Persons was formed. Its membership includes several thousand gorillas and chimpanzees, sixteen herds of elephants, twenty-seven pods of dolphins, and a particularly clever African gray parrot who served as treasurer. Buttercup had recently become a correspondent for Branches & Fruit Monthly, following his award-winning essays “Zoo Employees Fragile. Do Not Wrestle” and “Why You Not Groom Human Children?”

I feel like the author is trying so, soooooo hard to emulate Douglas Adams here. 

The problem, as I keep pointing out… This comes out of left field, and I’m kind of sitting here going… ???? What????

“Oh, come on. With a crew this large, there has to be at least a couple of closet furries. C’mon, folks, raise your hands. We’re all adults here.” The crew looked back at him in muted horror. “Nobody? Well, they’re probably just shy.”

WHY. WHY THE FUCKITY FUCK WOULD YOU FUCKING WRITE THIS SHIT?!

He deftly slid out of the way just as Buttercup’s chair shattered the podium.

Chapter 21 summary: Jeffrey and Harris take a two week shuttle up to where the war ship is currently being built. When they get up there, they meet up with Felix, and some other members of the crew. Everybody else is unimportant background noise… I say knowing full well that this chapter could have been an email. 

Eventually, the crew has a press conference. The reporters ask if it’s really okay to send a ship with completely untested technology out into deep space. They also ask about the weapons on board. For some reason, there are gorillas on the ship. I don’t have answers. 

I think instead of hammering in how little that I laughed, maybe I should start up a count of how many times I wanted to die of cringe. At least that number would keep changing every time. 

Chapter 22

Vel Noric stepped cautiously through the great hallway leading to His Superiority the Kumer-Vel’s chambers.

NO. STOP IT RIGHT NOW. STOP IT. 

“The high-space portal was detected on Earth itself.” 

That did surprise Noric. “That’s not possible. There hasn’t been enough time for any signals from the ship to reach Earth. They can’t have copied the technology.”

 “That is true, yet here we are. One of our reconnaissance platforms detected the high-space portal on Earth’s surface almost half a cycle ago,” said the voice. “So either you can believe that the humans produced a highspace portal domestically or that they have some way to communicate instantly, which the best Lividite scientists ensure [sic] us is impossible.” 

My main question is… Why are they so convinced that humans are this fucking dumb? 

No, really. I want to know. Because we’ve been given absolute OODLES of page time about these aliens, yet still somehow know next to NOTHING about them. 

Jak’el clicked his teeth together. “I’m surprised at you, Grote. We need the barbarians to gin up a healthy panic. Coups are so much simpler if you wait until the population demands one.”

Chapter 22 summary: If I have one complaint about this series, is that there is so much that’s said… But not one single bit of it is spent on things that are actually important. For example, this chapter opens on more than two pages of watching these aliens interacting with one another. However, to what end? What is this accomplishing? Why should the readers even care about this? None of these questions have ever been brought forth, and I’m seriously getting so fucking fed up with it.

Eventually, one of the aliens starts to complain about how his commanding officer ordered him to not completely destroy Maggie. The other alien says that the humans have already opened up an inter-space portal on earth… Which is against all discussion about what the humans can and can’t do. 

At the end of the chapter, it’s revealed that the other alien is literally… uh… I shit you not, two smaller aliens standing on top of one another, and wearing a trenchcoat. Their goal is to goad the one alien into doing his bidding, I guess? Again, a lot of words are said. Nearly a page of this. Yet nothing is ever actually explained to the readers about this. I’ve given up on trusting the process at this point; the author has lost their chance this late into the book. 

[rayleeschobel]

Some of my favorite interactions I’ve had my first three days of vending at the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival

Pretty much what the title says! I’ve had so many amazing interactions and I wanted to put them somewhere so that I don’t forget that amazing people are still out there.

• I was talking to a friend from Parks and Wildlife about *probably* designing the shirt for the 2026 Texas Birding Classic, when a super sweet guy starts flipping through my print racks. His eyes light up and he smiles really big at nearly every new one he sees. Once I start talking to him, he asks if it’s okay if he takes a couple photos to have his partner choose which print to get (of course it is). He comes back later to get one of my last copies of an older print of a crow on a paintbrush. Before he leaves, he tells me that he’s been working at this festival for 10 years and that I have the coolest booth he’s ever seen there. I didn’t cry, but I was incredibly close.

• One girl working with a binocular company vending there went to her hotel room to measure her suitcase to see if one of my framed copies of “Bottled Loon” would fit in it for her flight home. The suit case was too small, but she bought it anyway and is going to mega bubble wrap it and check it as a second bag. She came back today and also bought one of my artist proofs of my thesis kingfisher print.

• Did I say that I’m probably going to design the 2026 Texas Birding Classic shirt?

• Super duper nice couple from DC talked to me about printmaking for like 30 minutes. She showed me a proof of a loon in a bathtub print she’s working on. They bought a print but I can’t even remember which one since I was having such a good time talking to them.

• An older lady and I chatted a little bit about birds and I mention that I’m trying to see a Green Kingfisher before I drive home (the only Texas kingfisher species I haven’t seen). She said she’s seen them often at a certain pond at the Edinburg Butterfly Center, who also has a booth at the festival. She came back about 20 minutes later with a map she grabbed from them and showed me where she gets the kingfisher.

• Encountered someone working at a different binocular company, and we definitely recognized each other but couldn’t place from where. We realized that we had met back in December when I was in Corpus Christi searching for a vagrant Cattle Tyrant. He had been leading a tour group from Indiana (I think) and we joined forces to find the bird. Then I tagged along with their group to a different area of Corpus to search for a vagrant Bar-tailed Godwit, which we didn’t find. He told me today that one of the guys in his tour group that day had been crushing on me really hard

• The girl who bought the framed loon print brought one of her friends back to the booth later, and they saw my risograph mtg bird tokens. Apparently they also play mtg and D&D, and listen to the Adventure Zone (my D&D podcast of choice is Tales from the Stinky Dragon, but I’m working through the Adventure Zone comics). I didn’t realize I’d still find mega nerds in the birding world!

• I did an art trade with Nora Steele, a super cool artist from Ohio! I gave her one of my owl beanies and a sticker, and she gave me a green jay print and SO MANY stickers.

• Someone that works with the gift shop for one of the national wildlife refuges said that places are always looking for greeting cards to sell, and that if I got into that she’d 100% buy some cards from me. Also said that if I do that I should email all the refuges about partnering with them too. So a good chance that I’ll be making some greeting card prints of some of my bird paintings?

TLDR my ego has been boosted way more than any person should get. Planning to be back at this festival next year if only for the good vibes. Also birding people are SOOOOOO nice and I’m so glad to be in this community.

Also the Mexican food down here is FIRE and even the gas station tacos are better than most tacos I could get from the Houston or Austin area.

[worriesndoodles]

ok crossover final thoughts, spoiler warnings and potentially bad opinions ahead

soooooo i want to correct one things first, i said darklaw cases boredom in me but thats not entirely true; i actually like her concept and design and themes a lot, i just feel like she barely shined through in all of this outside a very tiny part at the end (not even the whole trial! she was a placeholder prosecutor for a bit there imo)

next im going to say absolutely preposterous thing, i think they went overboard with plot twists here for the sake of plot twists...it might explain layton's sudden character variation and also i think since they stacked so many shocking twists only to the end (MUCH more than usual i think) i had a hard time keeping up even though i played through once and knew the general idea

its simultaneously doing a lot and glossing over cantabella being a horrible human who somehow gets a father of the year title at the end??? i guess its the same as bill hawks plot point except cantabella is barelly condemned even by the professor and phoenix...

*more on layton as a prosecutor, i think the role of prosecutor in ace attorney itself kinda constrained him and made him less like himself as a character. he kinda became an older edgeworth copy there at some points and i dont think they would behave that similarly at all...i guess it makes sense since shu takumi wrote the game but still. it wasnt as bad as i remember but he definitely wasnt hershel layton that he seemed like even the rest of the game. still not a big fan for sure and also i dont think professor was ever that big pursuer of the truth, at least not at the expense of others. i dont know what alternative there could be but pushing like that is still not hershel-like, at the very least

the music was bomb though, ill miss the best of two worlds in one with sick medieval vibe (and the knight/witch aesthetic too....that was so fun)

considering this is the second time i play this game i enjoyed it very much both times, puzzles were kinda easier than other layton games for me (but trials were probably harder than average aa game)

i lowkey wish some themes were clearer in execution since they mostly come up only at the last trial with very minimal setup but im hesitant to say anything about writing overall because i, as it stands, know barely anything about writing and have zero brain cells to adequately judge it (that being said, something about portrayal of trauma there rubs me the wrong way but it might be just general discomfort around a heavy topic)

[loustyleshtommo]

Which songs Taylor has written do you think could be about Louis?

My god, SOOOOOO MANY. There are songs that reference Louis like a bait (tolerate it: took this dagger in me and remove it. Like Louis’s tattoo. hoax: my twisted knife like Louis wrote about in 1D’s Love You Goodbye) Songs like kindred spirits of Louis’s Habit: Come so far from Princess Park (Champagne Problem: This dorm was once a madhouse, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me: You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me. also the black dog: old habits died screaming in connection to Louis’s copy of a copy of a copy: I can hear you howling til your lungs hurt. Then there are songs about LouisandHarry as a package deal.

Lover: Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (written to Louis from Harry’s POV), it’s nice to have a friend (oh look at the gays-in-blue wedding in you need to calm down mv. I wonder if this song was written for that particular ceremony. Leeds tent, mario cart/fifa video games, pass me a note on couple tattoos, like)

Fearless (Taylor’s Version From the Vault): That’s When (I know the OG was written way before Taylor and Louis ever met, but she said she revised the lyrics and significantly tweaked the meaning of this song, because her own perspective on needing space and time has changed. Do you protect each other’s solitude? And it’s like the perfect answer to Louis’s Always You.)

RED (From the Vault): track 28 run (ft. Ed Sheeran) #twinning: 1D’s FOUR Ready to Run

reputation: dancing with our hands tied #twinning: 1D’s Midnight Memories Little White Lie

folklore: peace, hoax

evermore: willow (a message to her Coming Out team “wait for the signal and I’ll meet you after dark”/“every bait and switch was a work of arts”) Coney Island aka duet from the other side of Out of the Woods where they didn’t make it. So I guess it’s not really about LouisandHarry but more like a comparison between Larry and swiftgron. Because Louis & Harry always, always put each other on the centerfold of their songs.

1989: Out of the Woods (written from Louis’s POV, special shoutout to my favorite line the rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming colors), I Know Places (written from Taylor’s POV first then applied Harry’s POV (the rewinding tape sound is very much an I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending re:swiftgron sunken ship “something happened when everybody finds out”) then she tried to change the ending from Peter losing Wendy aka Taylor losing Diana by switching POV at the very end, just like Harry/1D did in Something Great, to Louis’s POV aka the new Peter) but it wouldn’t been fun if i could’ve been the 1.

TTPD: Track 28 Peter, But Daddy I Love Him

Midnight: Question…? (Started with “I remember” from Out of the Woods manipulated into male pitch. Sounded like Taylor was dealing with being almost out of the closet, so close but so far with the whole thing came crashing down. And wondering how did Louis & Harry deal with almost getting to come out, only to be shoved so much deeper into the closet. How did they make it through TOGETHER pass all that bullshit AGAIN?)

This one is purely my highest hope that it was written for LouisandHarry (given how Taylor usually released a song about two to three years after she first drafted it) and also applied to TaylorandKarlie now

1989: You Are In Love

[whoslaurapalmer]

FAIR PICTURES 💖💖💖

-it was the 75th year of the fair so they had little paper diamonds everywhere for their diamond anniversary 💎

-the fair is a big display of poultry/livestock/STEM/farming/sewing/athletic/art clubs, where the kids display their cute animals and their best vegetables and their train creations and make cute informational posters for everything and do demonstrations and get show ribbons 🎀 they also have lots of food and rides and a car show and tractor demonstrations and local organizations get tables to promote their stuff and crafters come too!

-in the art division there were soooooo many kids who drew anime pictures and I was like. literally tearing up like these kids showing off their painstakingly copied manga panel drawings at the fair I love them so much 😭

-You Are Not Allowed To Pet The Animals In General But Sometimes You Get A Super Friendly Kid Or Adult Holding Their Small Animal Outside Of Their Pen Who Openly Encourages You To Pet Them which is how one year best friend and I got to pet a bunny!!!!! AND THIS YEAR I GOT TO PET THAT PIGLET!!!!!!!!!!

-this was the first year I saw ducks and geese alongside the usual chickens, which was so cool!!!!!!!! this is silly goose and giggles. their poster had been Nibbled. Repeatedly. I would trust them to commit sooooo many crimes

-this is cannoli and fluffernutter!!!!!!!!!! they are considered 'heavy ducks'

-this total UNIT of a fancy fancy chicken oh my god. elegant. sophisticated. AMAZING. she is a ✨️lavender orpington✨️. the world continues to amaze me re: chickens

-they also have reptiles too!!! they started that much more recently, like within the past, 7 years maybe, so there's usually not a lot, and the geckos were hiding but I did get to see this gorgeous frog

-this absolutely BEAUTIFUL bunny named dusty

-they do have some adult division stuff for the parents and someone had ANIMAL SKULLS!!!!!!!!!!!!! the one on the left is a rabbit, and the one on the right is a fox. eye sockets always get me. fucking wild.

-this precious angel baby goat had this little piece of straw stuck to his mouth and kept trying to eat it. I love him so much

-.......I don't know what this is. goat????? small ram?????????? but he was incredibly eager to try and escape his pen bc he had his head right there the whole entire time. Someone Free Him. you can see the hint of some SUPER COOL horns and I kept trying to get a good picture of them but I could not. those little teefs, though!!!!!

-most of the big ponies were out doing one of the horse events, I think, so I didn't see very many but I did see this cutie

-AND OF COURSE A DELIGHTFUL AND GRAINY ZOOMED IN PICTURE OF WENDY, THE PIGLET I GOT TO PET

and my hand, gently petting her sweet sweet stiff pig fur 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽 god look at her little foot!!!!!!!!!!

[immortalarizona]

hi! i’m curious about how you’re characterizing buppido in your OotA game—in my experience playing and planning to DM, i’ve had trouble connecting with him and figuring out how to make his twist surprising and impactful.

also if you have any similar thoughts for shuushar, that’s another blorbo i don’t know how to make compelling lol

I'm soooooo flattered to have gotten this ask from you!!!! first off, I would like to apologize if this is largely incoherent; I have spent a solid seven (7) of the past 24 hours playing two different D&D sessions, both of them pretty brutal combats. this is gonna be a loooooong post, so my answer is under the cut :]

also, if anyone reading this post happens to be one of my players going snooping for my blog, STOP READING NOW.

okay cool

I'll start each character section with a quick description I wrote for myself on each of their personalities (or my interpretations of them, at least).

Buppido

Buppido Diirdeklin is surprisingly talkative and friendly given the situation everyone is in. In fact, he doesn’t seem to be afraid of anything, diving into even the thick of battle with his perpetual, almost uncanny cheer. He seems to be very devoted to some deity unknown to non-derro, as after every battle, he kneels over the bodies of any enemy he has slain and appears to pray in silence for a few seconds. Buppido’s faith is the only subject which he remains reticent about, but he will happily engage in discussions of almost anything else with anyone else. He claims a desire to return to his people in Gracklstugh in order to help liberate them from their lives as second-class citizens under the duergar.

basically, how I saved Buppido thus far was through a lot of guilt-tripping the player characters and using what I knew of them (only what I reasonably figured he would know at this point; he's not secretly omniscient like Jimjar so there's only so much meta knowledge I can apply) to manipulate them. the angle I'm taking is that he wants something objectively good (for the derro to not be treated like dogshit) but is going about it in The most fucked up way possible (ritual murder because he think it'll give him back his divine power, which he can then use to fucking obliterate the duergar and free his people). he is very polite and has this veneer of kindness with which he treats the people he's manipulating. he will say whatever it takes to get the person he's talking to on his side, regardless of whether he actually believes it (but I do think it's more interesting if he genuinely believes he's doing the right thing). as an example of this in action, here's a copy of the monologue he gave the rogue when she was like "hey dude, I'm getting Real Bad Vibes from you, what's up." keep in mind that she is a tiefling.

"I heard what Kzekarit said to you a few nights back--so I trust that you will understand what it means to be judged solely on the basis of your blood. The duergar"--he almost spits the name--"have given us many names, none of them fit for polite company. Even our name in Undercommon comes from their word for 'derelict.' The audacity, when it is them that have forced us to live in the streets--if they allow us to live at all!" Buppido's voice has steadily been raising in volume this entire time, and he has to take a moment to catch his breath after that. When he continues, his voice is quieter, but no less passionate. "I have lived a long time. But I am blessed beyond measure. I am the exception. I am what is known among my people as a savant--one who has manifested magical powers. We are respected, yes, but. . . magic changes you. I have seen. . . things. . . in the shadows that I can never unsee. Things much worse than intellect devourers." His grip on his staff, which he is currently using as a walking stick, trembles, and he closes his eyes. "I have to believe that it was worth it. If I don't deliver us. . . no one will." He looks up at Promise again. "Do you understand now, little thief?" he asks, but it's not a question. It's a plea.

(for context, Sarith called the rogue "demonspawn" before promising that he would not hesitate to stab her if he saw a reason to do so when she asked where his loyalties lay.)

similarly, Buppido appealed to the ranger's sense of sympathy/pity with an excuse about nightmares and not entirely being himself when he woke up from one, which is why he tried to stab the twins. this was a bit of metagaming on my part, but the ranger is haunted by nightmares despite not sleeping (drow moment). it worked, and when the ranger had a mini emotional breakdown, Buppido then appealed to his sympathies further by patting the ranger's hand and saying that he would hug him, but he is not very tall, and his poor back can only take so much strain. the ranger then kneeled down, cast cure wounds to help Buppido's back pain, and gave him a hug. Buppido thanked the ranger for giving him another chance (as he had similarly given Sarith another chance) and told the ranger that he has a "good heart" and to "never change." (what he really meant was "you're so fucking easy to manipulate and I would prefer for that to not change.")

so, y'know. a lot of Manipulate Mansplain Manslaughter, with a side of Moral Complexity. like, man's a fucking serial killer, but he also has an ultimate goal which my party at least seems to empathize with. as for the emotional impact, you really only get as much out of the reveal as your players put into the character during the lead-up. my party has a Massive found family dynamic going already (Topsy has already sarcastically called the ranger, who she accidentally bit by the way, "dad," to give you a sense of how things are going), and Buppido fits right in as a sort of grandpa figure. he will find the most emotionally vulnerable PCs, worm his nasty little way into their hearts through false displays of kindness, and try to drive a wedge between them and any other characters who see through him. (I suggest giving him expertise in Deception. it feels appropriate.)

Shuushar

Shuushar the Awakened claims to have spent a lifetime in contemplation and solitary meditation in order to overcome his people’s legacy of madness, and it shows in the aura of enlightened calm he exudes despite the horrors he has suffered during his imprisonment. Nothing seems to be able to drive him to anger, and he is utterly unafraid to die for his belief in peace and goodness. He is always happy to offer tidbits of wisdom to those who ask for them, and also to those who don’t. Shuushar hopes to return to his hometown of Sloobludop in order to share his enlightenment with his fellow kuo-toa, as well as anyone else he encounters along the way.

Shuushar,,, drives my players a little bit insane, and I definitely haven't been utilizing his full potential (the players have been mostly fixated on Sarith, the twins, and the cleric NPC I brewed up to replace Eldeth). I've mostly been using him as a vehicle for foreshadowing through what I call Shuushar Stories. he's just. the Worst Fucking Storyteller and it's delightful to write, actually. here are two of the ones I feel contribute most to his characterization:

#1: Darklake Hag

“Yeah, so when they threw me out of Sloobludop, they didn’t even give me a boat, so I had to steal one. Or I was planning to, but then my friend Bloppdagadil snuck out after me to give me her spare boat and also a bag of crawlers. They weren’t fresh, but it was still a great gesture. What a gal. . . Shame the merrows got her. Nasty surprise when the fishermen I was traveling with pulled bits of her out of the Lake in their nets. . . Anyways, yeah, so I was traveling in Bloppdagadil’s boat when suddenly, I’m stuck on a sandbar! So I get out and try to push the boat back into the water when this weird green lady appears out of nowhere and asks me if I want to make a deal with her—I think it was for infinite wisdom or something. I told her, ‘No thanks, I’m good,’ and I push the boat back into the water. Enlightenment is more about the journey than the destination, really, and it wouldn’t mean anything if I didn’t earn it. . . The boat got caught in a whirlpool a few days later. I think it was the green lady’s fault. She said goodbye very ominously.” 

the key takeaways from this one are these:

the Darklake is dangerous, and Shuushar exists in a world where it's just Normal for people to die. you accept it. you move on. it is what it is.

he believes in the journey over the destination. the end does not justify the means.

he has a strong moral code and refuses temptation at every turn (you could play with this in your own campaign depending on how well your players take to him).

he is just a Weird-Ass Guy (affectionate).

foreshadowing for the green hag in the Darklake which I'm gonna present as an option to save Sarith (but at a COST, mwahahahaha).

#2: Funny Story, I Was Exiled

“I will warn you that I didn’t leave Sloobludop on the best of terms, really. Everyone was always moving, moving, moving with the land currents, but I just wanted to stand still for a minute. Ploopploopeen didn’t like that. He didn’t like that at all. . . Oh, Ploopploopeen? He was the archpriest of the Sea Mother—had just been promoted, and his first act was to tell me to never come back. Said I was a ‘bad influence’ or something, and that his daughter would get the wrong idea, watching me. . . I’m not mad about it. Love and fear, together, are a strange thing, and either one alone can drive people to do things they know in their hearts are wrong. Tost about by unseen currents. . . I wonder if he remembers me. I want him to know that I forgave him a long time ago.”

what this monologue was meant to convey:

foreshadowing, mostly. tryna set up Ploopploopeen's motives a bit better than in the module.

Shuushar has hidden depths! he's not some dumbass stoner (though I do try to portray him like he's constantly high, because I think it's funny), he has philosophy! and compassion! and an incredible ability to forgive those who have wronged him! he's a genuinely good dude!

the delivery of these really helped his character come across, tbh. (these ones were given during the session proper, not between via text chatting.) he's just spacey and--not monotone, exactly, but very level in his tone. he's calm. he's unshakeable. maybe your players will appreciate that, or maybe they'll find him annoying and want to stuff a rag into his mouth to get him to Shut Up. (and even that in itself can become compelling; I think we've got a bit of an in-joke developing that We Don't Let Shuushar Tell Stories.)

thanks for the ask, and I really hope this helped!! it was delightful getting to ramble about my own devious machinations, and I would be happy to chat further about my takes on each of the NPCs if you so desire :D

[bitbybitwrites]

If I Can Make Your Heart My Home - Recipe and Song list - Chp 4, 5 and 6

Here is the music/recipe wrap-up for chapters 4, 5, and 6.

You can see the info under the cover art by @datshitrandom

Some spoilers are below, so if you'd like to read the fic first, click here

For Chapters 1, 2, and 3 songs and recipes, click here

To see the YouTube playlist for the fic, click here.

Chapter 4

The song playing as Kurt enters the tea salon:

The ridiculously long list of sweets that Chef Sylvester orders Kurt to make when he gets into work:

"Three dozen petits gateaux napolitaines, three dozen lunettes, four dozen croissants de lune, four dozen petits provençaux , five dozen tuiles aux noisettes, six dozen galette bretonne, six dozen petits palmiers and seven dozen macarons chocolate   to be completed before you leave in addition to your usual duties today.” Chef Sylvester barked out with military precision.

Petits gateaux napolitaines: Click here for Recipe 1 or Recipe 2 or Recipe 3: (pg 1) (pg2)

Lunettes: Click here for Recipe 1 or Recipe 2: (pg 1) (pg 2)

Croissants de lune: Click here for the recipe

Petits provençaux :

OK, fessing up. I couldn't find an actual photo of this online and I actually substituted it with photos of mini Gâteau Nantais (French almond rum cake) instead. Actual provençaux are made with anisette and almonds and are mixed with a madeleine batter (which are small sponge cakes baked into shell-shaped pans), so I thought it was an ok substitution. Bakers, don't kill me! I have the recipes for both below

Recipe 1 or Recipe 2 (Gâteau Nantais)

or

Recipe 2: (pg 1) (pg 2) (Petits provençaux)

Tuiles aux noisettes: Click here for Recipe 1 or Recipe 2

Galette bretonne: Click here for the recipe (I've made these, and they are soooooo good!)

Petits palmiers:

Many of these recipes call for frozen, pre-made puff pastry dough. But since Kurt is who he is in the fic, you know he's making that from scratch, so I'll include the recipe for that as well.

Click here for puff pastry recipe

Click here for palmier Recipe 1. or Recipe 2 : (pg1) (pg2)

Macarons chocolate :

Click here for Recipe 1 or Recipe 2: (pg1) (pg2)

*As a side note, the recipes listed above that are photographs from a cookbook come from: The French Cookie Book by Bruce Healy /Paul Bugat. It's out of print, but you can find used copies if you look online.

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The head chef let out a sound of disapproval.  "You might want to slice those cucumbers again, Salsa Verde." Chef Sylvester said, poking a finger at the pile Santana had growing on the cutting board in front of her."I think we will need paper-thin rounds rather than julienne today.  Can't have those old rich biddies choking on their cucumber sandwiches with their tea, can we?"

Cucumber sandwiches:

There were a couple of recipes shared in the 1st recipe/song round-up post, but here's another for you!

Click here: Cucumber Tea Sandwiches with Herby Cream Cheese

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The head chef's eyes looked around before she then zoned in on her next victim.  Her eyes narrowed as she observed Trent, who was working on yet another batch of bread dough.  It was Brioche pur Buerre to be exact.  

 Brioche pur Buerre : Click here for the recipe

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Are the croissants proofing?" Chef Sylvester asked as she watched Trent try to maintain his composure while paying attention to his work.  She snapped her fingers in his face when he did not respond quickly enough.  "Hey, Cream Puff, I'm talking to you."

Croissants: Click here for recipes and how to guide for making croissants.

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Chapter 5

The song Kurt hears as he's walking through the Ramble in Central Park.

The 1st song Kurt sees Blaine play while at Belvedere Castle.

The songs Blaine plays while Kurt is up exploring Belvedere Castle.

Cinnamon scones: - for the recipe, see Chapter 6 below

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Chapter 6

She was on my case about putting too much grain in my multi-grain bread," Trent told Mike.  "I don't know how that is even a thing.  My sourdough was also too sour, and my quiche was as she put it . .  and I quote: 'as bland and unappealing as your own sad pasty face’  . . unquote."  

Multigrain bread: Click here for Recipe 1 or Recipe 2

Sourdough bread: Click here for Recipe 1. Recipe 2

Quiche: Click here for the recipe.

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"She had the gall to tear apart a croquembouche I had made for a bridal shower," Kurt said, the indignity of it all still simmering under the surface.  "As if I can't make flawless choux pastry in my sleep.  And then she had the audacity to say the cream puffs weren't filled with enough cream.  . ."

Croquembouche: Click here for the recipe.

Choux pastry: Click here for the recipe.

Cream puffs: Click here for the recipe.

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“Your cinnamon scones - meaning your mother’s recipe?" Mike chimed in, now more interested.  "I've heard about these. They were the stuff of legend in the dorms."

Cinnamon scones: Recipe 1 or Recipe 2

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"Seriously, I tried once to tempt him with some pan dulce in exchange . . even my mother's conchas and my tia's marranitos . . but was shot down right away," Santana told Mike.  "We're not wrong . . those are the ones you're talking about?"

Conchas: Click here for the recipe.

Marranitos: Click here for the recipe.

The song the young chefs here from Kurt's phone (one of Blaine's performances).

Whew! That was a lot of recipes and songs for those 3 chapters. If I missed anything you may be interested in, let me know!

Chapter 7 will be posted soon!

Thanks for reading!

[dragonrider9905]

🐠🐙🦈

I was supposed to copy/paste those symbols, right? 😆💜

Thank you so much for the ask dearie @apocalyp-tech-a !!!!! Sorry it took me so long to reply. Got a lot going on lately but this really made me smile!!!!

🐠 a funny quote from a published work

It felt hard to choose one because I have fun with humor even though I don’t think I’m that funny. But this passage comes from an one shot called “No One Outranks the Medic”!

“Oh he is next.” Blaze cut in, making his entrance. “Sorry, Commander, no caff. It’s not good to mix that with your flu medicine. It’ll make your stomach upset. Again. And I’m not cleaning up your sick for the second time after you retrieve some from your secret stash. So I swiped it! No more secret runs. You’ll get some sleep for once.”

“I’ll take my chances.” The mound under the sheets spoke. “Give me caff or give me death.”

“Neither is an option, Sir.”

Fox groaned. “That’s an order. You can’t do that.”

Blackeye grinned. “Oh yes he can. Wanna know why?”

“No.” Wolffe growled, crossing his arms over his chest so his medic couldn’t get to his chest wound.

“We’ll, you’re going to hear it anyway.” Blaze chuckled.

“No one, I mean absolutely no one, outranks the medic!” Kix clearly was enjoying his moment of glory and vindication too much.

🐙 a pretty/elaborate quote from a published work

I try my hardest to write pretty things but it is funny how sometimes the things that stand out to you aren’t the things that stand out to others. So for this one I’m picking a passage someone said they really liked of mine from my Tech and Reader insert “Don’t Call Me Flower”:

Tech watched you hunched over on the pier, staring into the water and dangling your legs carefully over the edge. Your easy, relaxed smile he would often see on your face when you were alone or you thought no one was watching, was not present, and a feeling of worry washed over him.

Your eyebrows pressed together, hyper-focusing on something that wasn’t there. Lips were turned into a frown and mind distracted.

That really wasn’t like you. From what he observed, you were quiet…but also observant. You watched and understood everything that was happening. You always knew your surroundings and not much got past you. Your eyes were ever watchful, a hidden light which carried a flame underneath. A mysterious flame that intrigued and fascinated him. It danced with an unshed energy which promised something great, though what was yet to be seen—your power veiled behind a mask.

There was so much to you.

And he enjoyed every moment you let him in to discover something new.

The hidden garden of knowledge in the vastness of your mind and imagination was beyond anything he’d ever experienced. You brought up points he never even considered, and they excited him. Not many people outside his family had the ability to evoke an emotion of happiness from him.

You did.

🦈 recommend a complete fic!

Heh. Heh. Heh. *sweats nervously realizing I have so many wips XD* I start soooooo many fics thinking they’re going to be a one shot then end up making it multi chapter or a series XD haha as you can see already from this post XD so hmmmmmmm, I’d say I recommend “This Bond Between Us” which is a force sensitive Hunter one shot focused on his and Crosshair’s brotherhood then there is “Got Spirit, That One” which is how Cody met Rex and how they became such good brothers!

Thanks again for the ask 🤗 I love hearing from you ❤️

Published Works Game

[callmehopeless]

Do you read other fanfics? Right now I’m currently only reading two WIPs: yours and CH_darling’s The Last Enemy series. I don’t usually read WIPs but both of yours are soooooo good I just deal with the waiting in between chapters. Tbh it even makes it more fun? It reminds me of longing for a new HP-book (or a twilight book lmao). I keep the longing with me like a little friend in my pocket and we’ve really grown quite fond of each other.

I absolutely love this for you! Honestly, I always wish I could write faster than I do - I would love to give you all a fully-furnished story immediately.

I tend towards reading novels more than I do fics! I'm an avid classical literature reader, rarely seen without a book in my bag. I like all sorts - fiction, non-fiction, you name it; my house is just an ode to books. I absolutely love fics and have read many over the years, but I'm a big believer in the "paper copy"; I get limited time to read, so when I do, I want to have the whole experience of feeling the paper and leaving a screen

This, no doubt, comes from growing up with my parents running a bookshop and writing books

If it were viable, I'd print fics off and staple them together to read on the bus; but sadly it isn't. That being said - I accept both recommendations AND if people want me to read their work and give feedback or just generally be supportive! My free time is limited but I always welcome finding new works :D

[alvallah]

omg your tags about Babel I felt the same way…and it got so much fawning praise idgi

Oh god I’m not even halfway through the damn thing and I have never felt so insulted by a book lmao maybe some people like being talked to like a baby. Maybe it’s a symptom of the increasing need to be spoon fed information instead of using your brain yourself idk.

My thing is okay, you’re writing a book about imperialism and racism, especially as it pertains to academia and the powerful elite. Know your audience. The people who want to read a story like this are presumably educated and experienced in this area of interest. You don’t need to explain that something is racist for us to get it. You don’t need to explicitly tell me —a reader intrigued by world politics and interested in the impact of imperialism— what silverwork is supposed to represent and why it’s fucked up how the characters are treated. I promise I can get it on my own lol the footnotes are such a waste of time with the exception of historical context tidbits.

I told my friend, this book sounds like someone trying to earn a creative writing credit AND finish their dissertation with one work. And it’s just not great. Yes the information and the concept is interesting. I loved the high importance of etymology and linguistics as a whole, I love the investigation of orientalism and imperialism as it permeates academia for the benefit of western powers, I love the magical alternate universe vibe, I love the drama of Babel as a concept, but GOD do I wish someone else wrote this book. The only personalities the characters seemingly have are “unconvincing two-dimensional tumblr SJW that somehow always speaks in perfect academic jargon” OR “same exact racist cunt copy-pasted five times”. No nuance, no depth, no indication of development, no meaningful emotional attachments, no artistry outside of weak thinly-veiled metaphor, etc and it comes off more preachy than eye-opening or thoughtful.

Idk man. You can be intelligent and scholarly but that does not necessarily mean you’ll be a great storyteller y’know? I think I’m just salty because the concept of this book had soooooo much potential and joined so many areas I’m interested in only to flop terribly. Disappointing!

[And I know I haven’t read her other works but after this idk if I’ll feel like it. There are so many talented authors of a variety of backgrounds and experiences that cover similar topics with so much more grace.]

[mirathewarlock]

Personal Belief on what Sims 4 needs

-More unnatural skin colors, like pink, orange, yellow

-More unnatural hair colors, in different shades, like dark purple, light blue, darker teal. Like we do need variaty

-More fashion choices...I love you Maxis, but you need a wider selection. Especially in goth punk department

-More costumes...soooooo many costumes

-Fairies, just fairies. Come on, Sims 3 had them.

-Where those cars at?

-We NEED an update where an alien can copy a humans facial features.

-Speaking of facial features...the ability to save the facial features you make. Like a new face. As well as sets you make

-In sims two, drums, bass and all that were available. If you had sims play at the same time it legit looked like it was a band. sounded like it too

-YO WHERE THE ZOMBIES AT?!

-More cultures. Like Jewish food. I demand challah!!!

-Since Spa Day was updated to add in more features, I think packs including occult Sims should get the same treatment, and have more lore added to it....I defy you to tell me you don't wanna learn stuff from the vampires, spellcasters, aliens and Shallot couple

-More Undercuts and side cuts

-Sims 2 is retired. It's never gonna be updated, it won't be posted online again, you can no longer persuade staff to give you it's code. It had it's run...So for the next Anniversary....I say Maxis you gotta make, THE ULTIMATE STUFF PACK. Where all the clothes, hairs and items are put in. Slam up the price if you must for that level of production, I'll pay it. Sims 3 outfits and hairs were neat too and could be added.

-The old debugging objects, especially The Tombstone of Life and Death

-Whisper Victorian goth outfits

-Medieval time travel, vacation spot. What? We can go to space and disney space

-Family trees that show the entire tree, not just direct relations to whatever sim is in the focus

-BRING BACK THE WATCHER FROM MEDIEVAL, IT'S AN ESTABLISHED RELIGION

-A signed contract to not leave Sims 4 to decay like Sims 3 and 2, just because this ''project renee'' comes out