#coming from a 90s baby

[shoomlah]

Friday was my last day at Valve.

Leaving a job full of people and projects you love is always hard, but I have a pretty good reason for it this time around:

Next Monday is my first day at Cyan.

Feels appropriate to announce this on Riven's anniversary, the game that is entirely to blame for who I am as a concept artist and Art Director. WHO WOULD I EVEN BE if I hadn't had my 11yo mind blown by the little wahrk gallows counting toy in the Rivenese schoolhouse??? It's a mystery.

I can’t talk about what's on the horizon just yet—short of helping to get Riven out the door—but I’m thrilled to finally be a part of this studio, officially, after thirty years of wistful pining. If my ancient Riven fanart is anything to go by, it's been a long time comin.'😎

[fangirls-just-want-to-have-fun]

me at the end of episode 5 of agatha all along:

[hanzajesthanza]

ciri at dun dâre, tower of the swallow ch. 10 / revenge (captainsparklez verse)

[abombihoney]

i think alastor manifests a mug that says #1 DAD only when lucifer comes over

[knaveofmogadore]

So like, imagine this. It's the first big family reunion after COVID restrictions let up, your family took a few years to all get vaccinated, ect. Your kid is 6, so they weren't old enough to take to the last one, this is the first time they're meeting some of these more distant relatives. So you introduce them to Uncle Mike, and you say "This is Uncle Mike. He thinks you're so small and delicious, and that it'd be so easy to pick you up and throw you at the nearest wall and break all your bones." If that 6 year old then power kicks uncle Mike in the nuts and runs away screaming, whose fault is that?

So this post is about Doctor Who. The patron unknowable Eldritch entity of your country has just spent an entire afternoon telling you that the universe is full of things that are stronger and bigger than you, and a lot of them will happily blenderize your planet for a bit of rocket fuel, or eat all of you for a big Sunday brunch. And he's letting that ship full of slavers happily fly away to tell the entire galaxy about your tiny planet's existence. You are an animal, your empathy and reason only extends to the boundaries of what you can understand, and the Doctor has just told you that the vast majority of the galaxy sees you as prey. Me, personally? I'm with Harriet, I wouldn't stand a chance in that situation, I'd 100% take that shot.

All I'm saying is that if the Doctor wanted to foster empathy, they probably shouldn't have started with enthusiastically explaining how cleverly the aliens were going to coerce them into slavery, especially not to a woman who grew up in Britain as it rebuilt itself from the blitz in a post-nazi Europe

[ominous-horse-noises]

watching pt2 of the finale rn and YEAAAAAH SUCK SHIT KIPPERLILLY APOLOGISTS I ALWAYS KNEW THAT UPPER MIDDLE CLASS BITCH WAS EVILLLLLLL

[chickenmcnuggies]

figured i'd post the full creature list for my bravely default bestiary mod for dwarf fort since the mod is basically finished ignoring my indecisiveness under read more since it's like 50 miles long

chompers of all kinds. and chompettes. and war trained gobblers :)

the first of the sprites i made, and what i consider the mascots of the mod

(BD1+BS)

ratbitt, badbitt, uniconey unibitt (BD2)

alraune, mandragora, and rafflesia (BD1+BS)

green, fire, and ice d'gons (BD1+BS)

brimstone stallion, sagari, and nightmare (BD2)

drake (BS)

land turtle (BD1+BS)

magician, mephisto, and zauberer (BD1+BS)

hybrid (BD1+BS)

catamount, and valtora

killer ant, magic ant, peraponera, and shooterbug (BS, BD2)

anzu, and regulus (BS)

cu sith! technically cheating since it's from final fantasy 4 heroes of light and not BD, but 4hol is bravely adjacent and originally i was going to do cait sith as well, and wanted them to be a pair. in the end i couldn't make a cait sith sprite i was happy with so it ended up just being this guy.

kaiser cobra, sea serpent cobra (BD1+BS)

fungoo (BD2)

rock golem, inferno golem, ice golem (BD1 + BS) and wood golem (BD2)

one golem type assigned to each main race in DF

hellhound. every bravely game has a hellhound in it but in all of them they're just regular wolves recolored red, or blue in BD2. So it's instead based on it's 4HoL design.

imp, teufel (BD1 + BS)

mailed dragon (BD1 + BS)

megalodon (BD1 + BS)

minotaur, and amber horn (BD1 + BS)

ogre (in all 3 games but based on the BD2 design)

orc, orc leader, orc chieftain, orc lord, orc king. (in all 3 games but based on the BD2 designs)

ratatoskr, and frosti (BD1 + BS)

sizzlemoth (BD2)

slime, red flan, and black pudding (BD1 + BS)

soil eater (BD1 + BS)

wiki-wiki, big wiki-wiki, metal wiki-wiki, queen wiki-wiki, and king wiki-wiki (BD2)

behemoth behemouth. renamed since i already did a 'behemoth' for my other mod. still less bad than it's 4HoL name of "bighugemore"

a megabeast with a deafening roar and a lethal bite laced with venom. based on a mix of it's BD1 and BS fights (venom from BD1 and roar from BS)

greaps, the second full creature from 4HoL. put in simply because she's very cool and it felt weird to only have 1 4HoL monster.

a megabeast that specializes on using different forms of magic from her 3 different battles from 4hol.

[alisaint]

ngl. i thought it was silly when the "don't forget that snow is a bad guy!! don't forget that he's a villain!! don't forget that he's awful and selfish and obsessive and possessive and untrustworthy and [insert fifty other traits of his here]!!" posts started going around just before the tbosas movie dropped because i, a naive little baby clown, was like "lol.. who could possibly forget that? surely we all enjoy his villainy, don't we? that's why we read and liked the book after all. 🤨" and then. well. :)))))))))) 🤡🤡🤡🤡‼️‼️‼️ it turns out that was very much NOT the case and the fandom did 100% need those warnings and more. especially now, in these trying times for toxic tragedy enjoyers. 👍

[fissions-chips]

why do teeth have to be so annoying. why. why are you hurting for no reason we JUST did this two months ago.

[yesyourstalker]

Mahi: so let me get this straight. He's not letting you go to the music festival?...... Are you serious? Warabie You're a grown man. Just tell him no..... It's not like he can stop you.............. Okay that's fair....... Yeah I mean..... okay I get where you're coming from. That is a valid fear...............no this is my last week and I'm done doing this shit for her.....

Cirrina: *humpf*

Mahi.......ugh........ I could never put Baja in this situation. This is a living hell.

Cirrina: *scoff*

Mahi: yeahhh..... I gotta head over to my train stop. I'll text You later. Bye............. Alright....I have to go to class.........have fun I guess

Cirrina: whatever.... I'll give you the passes like I promised

Mahi: sounds good to me...see ya

Cirrina: alright come on girls let's go

Friend: You think you can convince the other Tetra to walk to the train stop next time?

Friend 2: yeah he's cute and he's actually nice

Cirrina: *huff*

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Neta: *sigh*......hmmm..........hiii.....

Ikkan:.hehe...hi...[kiss]

Neta:.....(Stretch)....... I need to get used to you being here. Usually you're not here around this time so when I see you I kind of get startled heh

Ikkan: well you better get used to it cuz I'm not going anywhere

Neta: you promise?

Ikkan: yes neta I promise................

Neta:.......................

Ikkan: what? What are you staring at?

Neta: you ... I like looking at you.... you're nice to look at. [Kiss]......

Ikkan: hmmm.......

Neta: what do you want to do today?

Ikkan: I don't know. we can work on our wedding invites we already picked up the design. You just need to send them out...... We still need to look for Tailor...... I know one that used to dress me for award shows...... Let me see if I can get her....to make us something nice. What color are you thinking?

Neta: what color are you thinking?

Ikkan:hmmmm would it be embarrassing to say that I was thinking of wearing your favorite color.... green

Neta:......ha.....no.....I was actually thinking of doing the same thing. I don't think I'll look nice in purple tho........

Ikkan: I think you'd look really nice....... maybe a dark eggplant or raisin would suit you.

Neta: I'd look like an eggplant

Ikkan: hehehe [peck] no you won't

Neta: why don't we make a day out of it..... Get some friends.....go to a tailor and just see what we like....

Ikkan: yeah.....i'd like that. Sounds like a nice plan....let me just send an email to Nel so we can plan this out. Do you know who's going to be your best man yet?

Neta: ehhhhhhh...no...... I don't have any close male friends........besides you......... Do you want to be my best man?

Ikkan: *heh*..... I'm sorry but ...no........Being serious that's something you need to do.

Neta: who's going to be your best man.... warabie?

Ikkan: Noji....... That makes sense right? Have my brother be my best man........ I don't have that many male friends either......

Neta: well shit. We're just friendless losers aren't we? Hehehehehe

Ikkan: pretty much hahahaha

Neta:.....*sigh* I'll come up with something................... hello? Yes this is her father...... Is there something wrong? Did something happen?................ Yes, she should be in school..... she's not?.....ok how often?......... On Friday?........3 weeks?!......a D?..........*sigh*.....ok......*huff*..... Thank you for calling me. I'll talk to her when she gets home.. alright............. thank you.

Ikkan: did something happen

Neta:*sigh*.........no..... yeah..........*ugh*...........hmmm..... It's my fault. Honestly this is my fault.

Ikkan: what's wrong?

Neta: looks like my little girl has skipped school every Friday for a whole month......... I try to be lenient and let things slide............*sigh*......

Ikkan: You can't be the fun parent all the time babe

Neta: I knowwww........ just

Ikkan: You can't just let her get away with that, especially when it's almost the end of the school year, this might affect our final grade. You can't let this slide...

Neta: I don't like punishing her. She always gets so sad when I do it.

Ikkan: Neta.

Neta: I know....

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Warabie: dad please go home

Shimi: $3,000? You spent $3,000 on a crib? Who is she? Or he or they or whatever!! Tell me right now!!

Warabie: oh my Cod for the last time Dad I didn't get anyone pregnant! It was just a gift to a co-worker

Shimi: I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!

oshi: ink drop it's ok You don't need to be embarrassed about these things. Hey if you let us meet this person maybe we can help them

Shimi: no! I'm done helping and supporting your friends financially! We finally got that one out of our house!

Baja: huh?

Warabie: Dad that is not mahi You know what they look like.......

Shimi:......................... whatever ....... all your friends are starting to look the same anyway, who did you knock up?!

Warabie: for the last time I didn't get anyone pregnant! I'm not an idiot I use protection! Plus I'm not even in a relationship anymore.. and we didn't even do anything in that relationship.....Baja!

Baja: huh? what? I-what?............

Shimi: well?!

Baja:..........*sweating*.....................Uhhhh.........we never! We didn't!... I haven't...well...... I'm not.... I mean I am but.......... I I I I......................

Warabie:...........

Baja:....*Swallow*.......... I'm uh......... I'm actually a virgin....*clears throat*

Warabie:.................................................................see ................................... And he's the last person I dated........so there!

Shimi: ............................ok............... So what was the crib for?

Warabie: I just told you I bought it for a co-worker. She's pregnant! I just did it to be nice, dad!! Is that so wrong!!??

Shimi: It's wrong when you spend $3,000!! Show me this woman now!

Warabie: *sigh*........

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Candi: so how many schools accepted you?

Fugue: all of them so far! I even have one offering me a full ride scholarship! But it isn't my dream school.... I'm still waiting for Brackish to contact me

Candi: well keep your options open sweetie. You have a lot of opportunities

Vinny: yeah I never went to college. I went to trade school. . You can learn a lot. Carpentry, electricity, and plumbing. I went there for welding. They need a lot of welders

Shimi: which one of you is Candi! Is it you?

Candi: can I help you with something.......are you Shimi Octavius?!.. Oh my cod my mom loves you we've seen all you movies!

Shimi: oh hehe...thank you I'm very flattered. Did my son get you pregnant?

Warabie: DAD! OH MY COD!

Candi: Ha! Him?!....hahahahahahaaaaa...... I'm sorry that was a little mean..hehe ...no ....no .... No, I'm married.... it belongs to him..... I do appreciate the crib he bought me though

Shimi: hmmm.... alright.........

Warabie: Great! we can go home

Oshi: oh You're glowing honey. How far along are you?

Candi: oh I'm 4 months or so. 3 three more left hahaha..*sigh*...

Oshi: well I can tell you from experience those 3 months go by fast.

Candi: oh I know.......this one actually isn't my first one....

Oshi: really?

Candi: oh yeah and I have one at home. He's five going to be the oldest soon

Oshi: my oldest is 37

Candi: no.......you look so good!

Oshi: thank you...... You know we age gracefully

Candi: we really do. I think that's one of the benefits of living underground for so long..... and we actually know how to use sunscreen.

Oshi: hahahahaha....... warabie she seems really nice. Why don't you try to-

Warabie: mom! She just said that she's married! Can we just go home?! You've already humiliated me and you've made my roommate uncountable. Let's just go!!

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Shimi: ..............

Warabie:................... All right so everything's cleared up good bye

Shimi: when will you learn that you cannot just throw money willy-nilly like that? I honestly thought that this would teach you to be mindful with money and know the value of hard work. Apparently I was wrong

Warabie: ugh..... Dad I am fine. All right I pay my rent, I pay my utilities, I pay Fair share with streaming services and Wi-Fi. Why are you still on my ass?

Shimi: I am on your "ass" because even though you do all those things, it still feels like you don't know the value of a dollar and you still rely on us for financial support. People who actually have to worry about rent and utilities Don't spend $3,000 on a crib.... You could have chosen something cheaper You could have bought her something less expensive like clothes or toys. Something reasonable yet and still you decided to buy something that would be for an average person working out of your price range.

Warabie: so! Big deal I can afford it.

Shimi: and that's the problem. You can afford it but what if one day you can't afford it what are you going to do if that happens. Are you prepared to live an uncomfortable life? Are you prepared to not have everything you want and get everything you want just by opening your wallet?

Warabie:...................

Shimi: I'm not doing this to be mean warabie. I worry about you...... . Sometimes I feel like I failed you as a father........

Warabie: so you think I'm a failure?

Shimi: I never said that........

Warabie:.............

Shimi: warabie............. I just want the best for you and I want you to not rely on us all the time..... I want you to be independent, actually independent.

Warabie:hfff

Shimi: when you and mahi lived together the first time.

Warabie: dad please don't bring that up-

Shimi: when you two have that falling out, you left them on their own. They had to support themselves on their own, They got a job on their own they didn't get any help and look at them now. In school and in a higher job position If they can achieve that without any parental help, I'm sure you can do that too. I know you can do that son. I know I'm hard on you but I

Warabie: alright I get it........

Shimi: okay all right. I'm glad you understand. Then you'll probably understand why you're going to krillarney next month.

Warabie: what?

Shimi: yep I called your little brand mate's father and he'll gladly take you in to help with farm work

Warabie: are you fucking kidding me?!

Oshi: warabie!

Shimi: nope. You're going to work on the farm for one month. Do hard labor and actually earn a living and maybe learn some skills to

Warabie: what uh... I can't! who's going to pay part of my rent and utilities and everything if I'm not at my job?

Shimi: oh you'll pay it. With the money you earn at the farm. I just hope you earn enough to pay your fair share.

Warabie:..................I can't believe this! Are you serious? What if I don't go?!

Shimi: well then you can say goodbye to your credit card and your savings account and your checking account cuz we will have full control of all of it

Warabie:.........................

Shimi: your choice

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Neta: The whole month Cirrina! You skipped for the whole month!

Cirrina: I only did it on Fridays I don't see what the problem is.

Neta: it becomes a problem when it starts affecting your grades. I can understand 1 day but 4 days! Cirrina you should know better!... I'm very disappointed

Cirrina: so what. I do what I'm supposed to. I take my tests, I practice for band, I go to turf war practice. I do everything just fine and nothing has been affected.

Neta: your grade dropped to a D in social science You missed several tests

Cirrina:oh

Neta: *sigh*......... Crab Cakes......... I emailed The principal and ...... fortunately she's not that smart. I lied and told her that you had to go to swim practice

Cirrina: inkfish aren't allowed on the swim team

Neta: I told you she's not smart.....your teacher on the other hand is very smart and but he likes you so he's allowing you to do some work over the summer to bring your grade up.

Cirrina: I have to go to summer school!?

Neta: No, you don't have to and you're lucky you don't but he does want you to write a five-page essay. On anything any subject matter doesn't matter. You just need to write five pages.

Cirrina: That's it? I can do that in my sleep.

Neta: Wait. wait I'm not finished...... You're grounded for........... 3 weeks..... That means no going out with your friends on weekends or after school. No turf war unless it involves practice with your team is that clear?

Cirrina: ugh fine I don't care.

Neta:.......ok......um..... unfortunately I will not be able to give you the passes for the music festival.

Cirrina: those weren't for me. Those were for Mahi I promise them passes if they didn't snitch on me for skipping

Neta:.........................................ok... I'll deal with that later..... you know what? You know that ink fast concert you wanted to go to? Yeah I'm not getting you tickets or meet and greet passes

Cirrina: so I'm not allowed to go?! You said if I passed my algebra exam I could go!!

Neta: oh you're still allowed to go. I'm just not going to buy you the tickets. You're free to buy them yourself ..... let's see they're selling around ehhhhh $600

Cirrina: That's not fair I don't have any money!!

Neta: maybe during the summer you can get a job. Hey you can work with me maybe you can learn some responsibility. doesn't that sound fun?

Cirrina: ew Cod no!! I don't want to work with you or your grody employees!!

Neta: well I guess you're not going to the concert oh well it gives you more time to write your essay.

Cirrina: daddy please you promised meeee!!!

Neta: no Cirrina I'm sorry You need to learn this lesson!! You can't get away with everything I have to put my foot down on this. If you can find a way to go you can go but if you can't I'm sorry

Cirrina: that's not fair!!!

Neta: Go to your room.... Your punishment starts now.

Cirrina: ..I HATE YOU!.(SLAM)

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Neta:.....….........................she hates me

Ikkan: she doesn't hate you... She's just not used to not getting what she wants.... Do you want me to talk to her?

Neta: please.

Ikkan: (knock)... Cirrina....(Knock)........hey .. are you okay?

Cirrina:....*sniff*.....go away......

Ikkan: come on Cici don't be that way.... come here

Cirrina: *crying*... it's not fair

Ikkan: Cirrina You know you can't get away with everything....

Cirrina:........

Ikkan: I get it. I know you guys talked about it and he promised you but you need to understand that he's not doing this to hurt you or to wrong you in any way. Actions have consequences sweetie you know that

Cirrina: .................. I know.

Ikkan:.... You don't hate your dad do you?

Cirrina: no

Ikkan: no...no you don't....... ..I think I have a better punishment for you........ and maybe it could help you get your tickets to your little concert.

Cirrina:............

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Neta: on a farm? in krillarney?...... In another country?

Ikkan: I'll be with her, along with her grandfather.., and Warabie........It'll be a great subject to write her essay..... it'll be good for her she'll have fun

Neta:..... I have to think about that....... why is warabie going to be there?

Ikkan: hehehehe I didn't tell you?...hahahahaha.... It's really funny.. his parents thought he got someone preg- hm hi Cici

Cirrina:..............I'm sorry I skipped school and I'm sorry I said that I hate you dad. I don't hate you I love you

Neta: I love you too crab cakes...aww..[kiss]

Cirrina: so I'm not grounded anymore?

Neta: you're still grounded baby

Cirrina: damn I tried... still love you tho

Neta: awwww.....

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Mahi: krillarney?? Isn't that like where they grow corn and raise manatees??

Warabie: yeah

Mahi: You got to stay there for a month?

Warabie: yeah..

Mahi: hehehe

Warabie: It's not funny Mahi stop

Mahi: you're right I'm sorry it's not funny

Warabie: .you want my tidal wave pass? I can't go to the music festival

Mahi: oh nice..... ....

Neta: here's your music festival passes Cirrina promised..... I don't appreciate you black mailing my daughter Mahi.

Mahi: I'm sorry it won't happen again boss thanks for the passes I got to go byeeeeeee

Neta: hum

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Mahi: hey babe you want to go to the tidal wave music festival?

Mizole: no

Mahi: are you still mad they didn't ask you to perform

Mizole: I don't care if they don't want my band to play

Mahi: ok I just got 3 passes so if you want to join me you can

Mizole: no

Mahi: :(

Mizole: fine

Mahi: :)

Mahi is the only one who got away with their actions and learned nothing from it good for them @fish-at-fish-fish-resort

[duskythesomething]

if i'm not allowed to say "eww" at other people's "normal" animals then they shouldn't be allowed to say it about my hermit crabs or snake. it's equally rude :/

[mchiti]

my cousin said to me you know, you might start to try and date italians too. And I said to her, I will never date any man with no eyelashes

[vimbry]

while I'm on the subject, I like this description of adam bernstein's directing style from an interview about the adventures of pete and pete

[sanchoyo]

well talking to my mom went well (I just told her I’m really unsure rn. Her first response was ‘oh well what’s the rush, ur not dating rn are u?’ Which. What does that have to do with gender??? It made me stop and laugh at least lmao). Also she suggested I just keep the clothes in a box or smth for a month or two so that if I change my mind abt dresses and skirts I don’t throw them out and regret it. Which was an awesome suggestion bc quite frankly I’m very emotionally attached to my clothes. A lot of the dresses are real vintage or actually worth a lot too and very unique and…a part of me wants to try and rework them and sew them into either shirts or pants bc they’d fuck severely but 1. I don’t have a sewing machine 2. I…feel weird about modifying such old clothes. It feels kind of bad…like what if I fuck them up bc lack of sewing experience!! I’ve only rly done basic mending (…and I guess that Ichigo cosplay years ago but even that didn’t turn out great bc it was my first project. aaa)

[the-yellow-moon-pack]

What if I made my next lead a Faelcu-magic nightmare. Asking for me

[rubberduckyrye]

I need you all to know that this is NOT on my main account. I'm saving that for streaming in about an hour.

I was rolling on my enemy farming account with the 90 wishes I had to get Wanderer, and........

Well. Cool that was one ten pull, lucky!!! That's never happened to me before!!! Nice.

Hmm, but I wanna get Xingqiu from the shop when he comes back, so I'm gonna keep rolling and get some starglitter to get him--

--C2?!?!?!?!?!?

NEVER MIND I GOT A MONA JUST BEFORE THIS.

HELP????? I JUST USED UP ALL OF MY LUCK ON THE BABY ACCOUNT NOOOOOOO WANDERER WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS BABY PLEASE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT--