#displeasure

[thatsbelievable]

[lili-lilis-posts]

I’ve been on an Alastor drawing kick lately….so, here yall go.

Also, he’s not happy because someone insulted his mother’s Jambalaya recipe.

[drama-glob]

1) When the eyes narrow, you know something’s about to go down. O_O -_-

2) I feel the panic is justified.

3) I definitely don’t think Blitz sleeping with Stolas was something he saw coming. ;) XD

[ladyravenjadethe2nd]

New to Tumblr things

Just discovered the limit to how many people you can follow a day. Thanks for no one telling me this so I wouldn't put any thought into who I was following besides 'they liked something HxH related thus they are my people'.

[thethcministry]

[midnightfire1222]

So my husband and I gave a name to the AU that the kirin-Derpy, Dinky, and dragon-Doctor are from. We're calling it Return. Return AU.

Derpy and Doc are looking for his TARDIS which he lost track of after he crashed in the Everfree on the planet of Equus (pony Earth). He met Derpy there and together they saved the Everfree and its Guardian from a mysterious rot that afflicted both flora and fauna caused by chaos magic (Discord is the probable cause but he's nowhere to be seen yet). They went on another adventure the next day in the Everfree after he raided Derpy's basement for some survival tools, including the hat, compass and a saddlebag he filled with useful things (not pictured here) for survival.

The thing about the stuff though - it actually belonged to Derpy's former husband (which was in fact him in his last regeneration, but he can't remember. He doesn't even know he's a Time Pony.) She's had all the stuff in boxes in her basement since her and Dinky were relocated from Ponyville into a cottage in the Everfree some 8 yrs ago just after Dinky was born. Derpy doesn't know it was formally his stuff too. She has a lot of his old stuff, doesn't remember where any of it came from or who it belonged to, but can't bring herself to throw it away.

This Doctor is very cynical and kinda antisocial, though can have his happy and childish moments occasionally. If you've ever seen Doctor Who, he's pretty much got the same personality as the 12th Doctor.

[poligraf]

The light will not shame you, if it shows you your own ugliness, and that ugliness so offends you that you perceive the beauty of the light.

— Augustine of Hippo

[whats-in-a-sentence]

He held my friend's card in his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon his dour features.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[rightnewshindi]

भारत में बना गोला-बारूद यूरोप होते हुए पहुंचा यूक्रेन, रूस ने जताई नाराजगी; रिपोर्ट

भारत में बना गोला-बारूद यूरोप होते हुए पहुंचा यूक्रेन, रूस ने जताई नाराजगी; रिपोर्ट #news #viral #trending #update #newspaper #breakingnews #currentaffairs #dailynews #newsletter #newspapers #newsupdate #People #Media #info #Journalism #Press

Russia Ukraine War: रूस और यूक्रेन में जंग शुरू हुए लगभग तीन साल का समय बीत चुका है और यह संघर्ष अभी थमने का नाम नहीं ले रहा है। इस बीच अब इस जंग को लेकर हैरान करने वाले दावे सामने आए हैं। एक रिपोर्ट में यह दावा किया गया है कि भारतीय हथियार निर्माताओं द्वारा बेचे जाने वाले तोप के गोले यूरोप के जरिए यूक्रेन पहुंच गए हैं। रूस के विरोध के बावजूद भारत ने इस खरीद बिक्री को रोकने के लिए अब तक कोई…

[a2zsportsnews]

Starc expresses displeasure at being dropped for T20 World Cup 2024 game against Afghanistan

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has expressed his displeasure at being dropped for the crucial T20 World Cup Super Eights match against Afghanistan in the Caribbean, saying he was not one bit amused by the team management’s decision. The 2021 T20 World Cup champion suffered a shocking 21-run loss to Afghanistan, which dealt a massive blow to Australia’s chances of entering the…

[amylinneaposts]

Intentional Words

A gentle tongue is the tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. Proverbs 15:4 Are your words gentle and intentional, rich with meaning? We usually mean what we say, yes? Or do you spout forth anything which immediately pops into your brain? For example you might say, “I’m sick to death about it” when asked about a particular situation. Do you want to be sick literally until…

[thethcministry]

[jestin-my-liege]

rain on a day I had to go outside today

[here-comes-the-moose]

Crosshair: I don’t give a shit what people think about me. I literally do not care.

Tech: Crying so hard you nearly threw up when Echo said he was disappointed in you is a pretty interesting way of showing that.

[sexybritishllama]

strap in folks it's time for another neopets drama update

some background reading before we begin: back when neopets wanted to introduce customisation (i.e. dressing up your pet) in 2007, they decided to 'convert' all existing pet art to align with a rigid body structure, rather than all having unique poses. it was just not feasible to create new pieces of art for hundreds of different pet poses every single time they released a new clothing them

customisation had been highly requested up until this point. however, the conversion was NOT popular. in some cases, particularly for basic colours, the change wasn't huge, but in other cases.... uh....

you get the idea. the more expensive colours like plushie, faerie, grey, royal and darigan got the worst of it because they had the more unique poses pre-conversion, and therefore it was largely agreed that the change to the stiff 'samey', frankly kinda goofy converted look did not look great

most users did not get a choice in having their neopet converted and it was done automatically, but if you had one of these colours where the change was huge, you were given the choice of converting or retaining the old pose (but not having the option to customise your pet). those pets that retained the old, pre-conversion poses are therefore referred to as 'unconverted', or UC for short

once a pet is converted, there's no returning to UC. you also couldn't create UC pets anymore, making UCs a limited resource that would only increase in value with time, particularly as people abandon their pets, leave the site, get frozen, etc.

i could write an entire dissertation on the drama that UC pets have caused for the pet trading economy, the neopet account black market, and general retention of the userbase, but to sum it up, people REALLY want UC pets. they are the single most coveted status symbol on the site

we skip forward now to 2023

the neopets team are planning to introduce UC pets back to the site, so that people will be able to create their own UC pets again for the first time post-converstion (legally at least)

they drip feed bits of information over the year about what this will look like. the main points are

changing a pet to UC will be done via some kind of item bought with neocash, the premium currency on neopets that you need to spend real money to get

putting this item on your pet will give it the UC art style appearance

so. not much really known. but expected release is set for january 2024

yesterday, they hosted an AMA focusing on the new UC pet system and how this was going to work. noticeably absent is any explanation of how much this is actually going to cost and whether it is going to involve any kind of gatcha mechanic, so that's causing our first lot of concern

second lot of drama is that the new UCs aren't actually going to be COMPLETELY the same as the old art, as they're making some small changes for style consistency, see below (old on top, new below):

the biggest drama, however, comes from how they're dealing with the 'original' UC pets. ALL pets will be getting forcibly converted on the 23rd, with anyone who has a pet that is already an original UC immediately receiving the UC neocash item. there's mention of possibly some kind of trophy or badge recognition for particularly old pets, but it's vague, and generally seems like it won't be possible to distinguish between the original UCs and these new ones

the people who already have OCs are not happy about this

people are allegedly pounding their pets, cancelling their premium, and quitting the site in protest. the boards are flooded with people complaining about the changes and laughing at the downfall of the 'neo-elite' in equal measure

it's t-minus 5 days until the second great conversion goes live. let's all pray for our souls