#event: blackout

[darlingrevenge]

Location: The Gala Status: closed - @archerxwestley Situation: Before and during the blackout

It was absurd—two grown men acting like territorial children. Viviana didn’t need anyone dictating her choices, least of all her brother. She knew Neo meant well, but let’s not pretend his own track record with people was flawless. And it’s not like she was dating anyone. So what the fuck was he trying to imply? That thought alone, paired with the sight of Archer’s bruised face, stoked a wildfire beneath her skin.

Archer.

Without saying a word, she grabbed the hem of his jacket and pulled him along, her steps sharp and unbothered by the stares. At the table, she snatched a few napkins and scooped some ice onto them before pressing it into his hand. “Apply pressure,” she muttered—half growl, half exhale. Her tone wasn’t gentle, but it wasn’t cruel either. Just... tight. Controlled. Like a dam about to crack. She turned back to face him, arms folding slowly as her eyes narrowed. “What the hell was that all about?” Not because she didn’t have a theory— But because she wanted to hear his.

[modlings]

\\Down in the lower levels// Hellooooo? Anyone down here? power been out for a while now... anyone even doing anything to fix it? Ah! oh... a... little light creature (the light headed anon) and... Cheeky? *Gets down to the ground to check for a pulse, before trying to shake the boss of the place awake.* (can't think of a name, uh... ah. String, I'll be string!)

Her heart rate was low, very low. There was a blood dripping down the side of their head, leaving a small sticky area when she was pulled up.

She was surprisingly not awakened by the shaking.

[fixing-bad-posts]

J.K. Rowling: This man is king, currently a king of a man, i am losing.

[leafyeyes417]

Added to the chat

So I’ve seen this done in BNHA fandom quite often but never for DPxDC so lets do it

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Danny and Tucker were tinkering with their gear, trying to make things easier for themselves. Currently they were making their phones run on ecto so they would both be untraceable and never run out of energy.

Danny, his tongue sticking out, said “I think… I’m finished.” There was a beep and he closed up the back and started making sure it all worked. “Alright Tuck, time for your stuff while I do your phone.” Swapping phones Tuck began adding in all the info from their old phones and added a ghost firewall. Wouldn’t hold Technus if he was determined but made it so he couldn’t just possess the tech immediately.

Later, Danny is lying in his bed when he notices a new chat on his phone. It confused him because he already had his friend chat, who else would he have a chat with?

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The Batfam were in their family chat just speaking about their day when there was an alert.

New member added: Phantom

Coffee-not-sleep: Uh? Did we get a new family member?

UnDead: Seriously?! Again?!

Bendy_Pretzel: No? B said nothing about any adoptions when I saw him today.

SilentShadow: New sibling!

I-See-All: Not sure how but they were not added to the chat the normal way.

BloodSon: Tt. So they are an intruder then? Can you not remove them?

PurpleGlitter: I mean, could be fun? Just need to make a new chat for the private things!

Daylight: Maybe they are a meta? Could be nice to not be the only one.

I-See-All: Unable to remove them. Not sure how but the code is almost alive and I would probably pass out before I could get through it.

Phantom: Uh? How did I get added to some chat? I mean I was fixing my phone today but it shouldn’t have added me anywhere?

BloodSon: Speak Intruder. Who are you and what do you want? *sword drawn*

Bendy_Pretzel: Dami that isn’t going to make them want to talk to us.

Phantom: Nah it’s fine. Name’s Danny. I do gotta ask though, you want me to leave? I can probably delete my chat or get my hacker friend to do it if you want.

PurpleGlitter: No way! This will be fun! Need to get an outside perspective. Gotham is weird so we need someone normal!

UnDead: As long as we don’t tell B I’m game.

SilentShadow: ❤️❤️❤️

Coffee-not-sleep: Stay. I will figure out this living firewall. How the hell do you even do this?

Phantom: yeah first of all if you wanted a normal outside perspective that is not me. Second, the firewall isn’t living. But I’m not saying any more than that.

[samijey]

April 28th, 2025 /// October 18th, 2024

[drowsyink]

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[blackoutballad]

happy 4/13 y’all

occasionally i check the notifications for this account and getting reblogged by archive accounts and tags like “relic” or “omg i remember these!!!” fries me every time but i’m happy to be part of that history LOL

[lethiepie]

Club penguin operation blackout short comic

[cosmogyros]

Power outage right now across all of Spain, Andorra, and parts of France and Portugal?!?

[modlings]

*An arm, a patchwork of purple scales and tan animal leather slips down from above Jules. Holding a hand-cranked in a curled mantis-like claw*

"I do not like light... though I do hope this helps. Do not shine it into the northern side of the attic please." *the hand cranked flashlight is gently placed atop the drawer Jules was previously searching before slinking back into the attic.* "Good night, Jules" -SKIN ANON

“ ...Noted. Uh- thanks...this'll come in handy.. good night. ”

He climbed onto the drawer grabbing the hand cranked flashlight. Doubtful he'd find batteries anytime soon. He hopped off the drawer looking around for places he could hide in, just in case

[guess-ill-dye]

EUROPEAN BLACKOUT RN

Edit: alr heres what I know happened

It was in Portugal and Spain, due to a disconnect from Europe because (if I remember right from the radio) they are changing smth over there. In Portugal there is electricity and Internet in some areas, and the prime minister says that tommorow the situation will likely be settled. There had been some misinformation abt it being a hacker, but that's fake news and the EU president said that it wasn't true. Also my source for this info is the radio (trustworthy, national one) and one of the main news channels in Portugal, but even then take this w a grain of salt alr

Screenshots of source under the cut

(Translation if the 1st one:

Blackout caused by a disconnection with the European network

The blackout was most likely caused by a disconnection from the European network. The statement comes from the director of the spanish services of public eletric network, Eduardo Prieto, in declarations to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.

According to Eduardo Prieto,the origin of the blackout suffered in the Iberian Peninsula was a disconnection from France from the European interconnection system. The loss of connection with Europe led to an instability that ledbto the collapse of the "giving")

(Translation of the 2nd one:

Government believes that schools will open tomorrow

"We don't see a reason so that schools can't open tomorrow in situation of normality, if there is no concerns in that re-establishment" afirms the prime-minister.

Montenegro believes that tomorrow the situation will be one of normality

"We are confident that the [eletric] re-establishment will give people a situation of normality on the day of tomorrow, afirms Luis Montenegro, who believes there will be no difficulties in the supply of goods.

"We are both predicting to have any problems".)

Any doubts abt the translation or anything just ask, I'll explain the best I can!

[fixing-bad-posts]

jonahplatt: You really want to do this? Yeah, my dad, the producer of enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars is a raging piece of shit shit-cunt. Free palestine. cease fire.

[bible-belt-bisexual]

Design by Martha Rich

[darlingrevenge]

She watched as he pressed the ice to his eye—damn, her brother really clocked him. The bruise was already forming, dark and angry. Viviana could think of a few reasons Neo would resort to something so reckless… but she didn’t want to assume. She wanted his answer. “Why did he hit you?” she asked, voice cool but edged in steel. It wasn’t like she needed defending. Viviana fought her own battles—and won. It’s not like she was out here brawling with his exes or dragging anyone through drama. The fact that this came out of nowhere, at this event, only made her jaw tighten further.

Over what? Spilled drinks and pride?

She exhaled slowly, watching as he pulled the ice away. The sight of him—wounded, looking at her with just one eye now—stirred something hot and bitter in her chest. She stepped closer without asking, gaze fixed on the damage. Her fingers ghosted gently over the swelling, tracing just enough to feel the heat radiating from it. No, she wasn’t a nurse—but she’d treated enough of her brother’s split lips and black eyes growing up to know when ice and ibuprofen would do the trick. Still, it wasn’t about the bruise.It was the fact that Archer got hurt at all—because of her. And she disliked it.

"He could talk to me about it, not take it out on you," she stated, half ready to want to leave this place entirely. His smile only furthered to make her feel an ache. A foreign one. Was it guilt? she couldn't quite place it. "Don't smile. There is nothing to smile about, no black eye is worth it."

Archer stumbled after Viviana in that clumsy manner he was known for, only heightened by the fact that he currently had partial vision. His face ached, eye swelling and becoming discolored with the flicker of every passing second. Honestly? He was genuinally pissed. Not because he currently looked like a disfigured prune, but because before his encounter with Neo, his night had been pretty fucking spectacular. But, leave it up to Archie to make an enemy without even meaning to.

"Thanks…" He murmurs, groaning as he follows her command, the frosty bite of the ice seeping through the cloth to ignite his tender skin. The pressure adding would have to come later. "Uh… what do you mean?" There was something in her question that made him take pause, confusion flickering in his good eye. "I was getting ice for drinks, we bumped into each other, and he spent three minutes insulting me before deciding I should be used as a punching bag." He removes the napkin of ice, showing off his shiner once more as if to drive the point him. He figured it might be best to omit that last bit of their conversation, even if it might explain the situation better than his tepid explanation.

"Don't think he was amused with me asking you to dance…" With a stall, he replaces the makeshift icepack, as his crooked grin falls into place before he adds. "But, if I'm being honest? It was damn worth a black eye."

[a-lonely-dunedain]

ok question! related to this post by @gwynbleiddyn that I see resonated with the folks here on lotro tumblr:

the devs have given you permission to add 1 (one) quest of your design into the game, specifically doing something fun/low-stakes with one or more Rangers post-war. What are you doing and with which Ranger(s)?

I'll go first: (under the cut bc it got longer than intended)

Corunir has been enlisted to help do repairs in the lower circles of Minas Tirith. And by "enlisted" I mean "Corunir Does Not Know How to Take A Break and needs to be constantly helping people, so he showed up wouldn't leave until the foreman gave him something to do"

Now, as this quest would have to be located in Minas Tirith Midsummer, the foreman is not particularly comfortable saddling this war-hero with busywork when he should be celebrating the end of the war he helped bring about! nevermind that that's what literally every other quest in midsummer is making the PC do shh don't worry about it

ANYWAY, he's got a plan, but he needs your help with it. Around dusk, he wants you to tell Corunir that there's some repairs that need done on the top of the wall at east side of the 2rd circle, which coincidentally just so happens to be where the best view of the fireworks they're setting off at the gates is. Also be sure to bring along this plate of snacks and some comfy pillows to sit on.

so when Corunir gets up there he's like "that's weird, I don't see any damage up here-" and then he sees the fireworks starting to go off, that you brought snacks, and puts two and two together and is like "oh darn, it looks like I've been tricked into watching a fireworks show, you devious trickster you (affectionate)"

so you guys get to hang out and watch the fireworks for a bit, and afterwards Corunir laughs at the fact that you literally had to trick him into relaxing and having a good time. Perhaps you have a point, he should allow himself some time to actually enjoy the peace they fought so hard for. He recalls Radanir had proposed the Rangers should do a pub-crawl later, and now thinks he should take him up on the offer. (and, of course, the PC should be allowed to join in, but alas I'm only allowed to add One quest as per my own rules lol)

[greenandhazy]

I was trying to hang blackout curtains in my bedroom this evening and they’re going to take away my butch card for this

used drill bit to make a hole for top screw of the bracket, closer to the window than existing (broken) bracket

attached top screw

tried to make hole for second screw, realized the it was too close to the metal window frame

attached bracket two inches to the left, further from the window

moved on to second bracket, installed it crookedly

realized windows are too wide and the curtain rod would not support the weight of the curtains without a third bracket

realized I had installed brackets too low to be even with a third central bracket

uninstalled and reinstalled second bracket to be just above to the window, because the blackout curtains I had bought for my old apartment are fairly short and I didn’t want to have to buy new ones

realized I couldn’t install the central bracket at that height because of the fucking metal window frame

slapped a command hook in the center instead

command hook popped off 60 seconds later

put up a second, stronger command hook

flopped down to pray let the adhesive fully adhere before putting weight on the hook as per manufacturer directions