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Crudely assembled Bruces! :D I'll be fully putting him together with wire joints, as well as making the replaceable parts (hands, mouths, eyes) tomorrow because it's almost 3 am here TEEHEE just imagine he has a face right now
#screaming into a paper bag#project mumbles#the larger puppet has arms that arent connected to his body so he'll also have hands in the big one#the feet on the full body puppet are reversible(?) for the scene where he's crossing his legs#props i will also make sometimes this week#a couch. a teacup. 2 phones. and other immovable versions of the band and bruce#for ones out of the loop this is gonna be a paper cut animation based around#americans are behind by bruce dickinson#on the skunkworks album (it was a b-side on back from the edge i think?)#what do you mean i wont get an industry job only making art around old white guys in rock bands
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Thoughts on Higurashi Sotsu Ep8
They see Satoko rolling~~ They hating~~
Anyway, thoughts under the cut.
Not to be petty or anything but itâs getting more and more funny how like half of the fandom is going through the five stages of grief as it becomes increasingly obvious that this literally is meant to be a bridge between Higurashi and Umineko, lol.
I mean sure thereâs always the chance that he decided to make a new Higurashi anime as a vehicle to elaborately troll the fans of a different, decade-old VN that was infamously way less popular than Higurashi was, but I think we can all agree that that just feels like coping at this point.
Now Iâm just curious to see how many ways theyâre gonna find to spell it out for us. Weâve seen Satoko bring up the idea of certainty multiple times while mocking Rikaâs reliance on miracles, Featherine is literally a character in Higurashi now who gave Satoko her looping powers, theyâve referenced this new set of loops as a âgame boardâ with âpiecesâ several times, and now theyâve literally used the word witch. Are we gonna see Satoko come up with the name Lambdadelta to describe her witch persona, like what happened with Rika? Are we going to get a look at Lambdaâs character design from Umineko? Who knows at this point. Even after everything thatâs happened up to now I didnât expect them to actually bring up witches, since that doesnât really fit with Higurashiâs whole Japanese mythology motif. But here we are.
Anyway, in spite of how pleased I am about the show barrelling towards the conclusion Iâve been predicting since like halfway into Gou, Iâm definitely in the camp of thinking that Sotsu hasnât needed to be anywhere near as long as itâs been thus far. I still think that a lot of it is just due to them wanting to cater to new fans as well as old ones, but I feel like even that only really applies to Oniakashi, since thatâs the only answer arc thus far thatâs actually built upon stuff from the VN answer arcs that Gou didnât already cover. Wataakashi didnât actually involve or rely on any material from Meakashi, so I honestly think that new fans could just have easily have figured out the mysteries to that in advance, and Tatariakashi also isnât really based on any material from the VN. Tataridamashi was already more of an adaptation of Minagoroshi than Tatarigoroshi anyway. So it just feels like everything after Oniakashi could have just been summarized in a montage.
Itâs kinda odd, since they have the whole framing device of Eua watching everything unfold, which could have been used more frequently as a way to skim over these arcs and just show the important bits, but weâve only gotten a few scenes like this. It might have gotten a bit repetitive if they made it too frequent, but itâs also just kinda boring to spend most of each episode going over stuff weâve already seen.
I think all of that is a genuine issue with the writing, and I doubt anything from this point on will retroactively improve it, but in spite of all that I still like what Ryukishi is trying to do with this series, and how it fits into the franchise as a whole.
I recently went back and reread some stuff from the VN to check it, and I feel like a lot of complaints people have with this series basically boil down to fundamental disagreements with how they view the story vs how Ryukishi himself does. I donât think itâs wrong for people to disagree with him or see things differently, but still. Specifically, it feels like the whole premise of this series is built upon his afterword for Matsuribayashi where he talks about how that arc doesnât actually represent the âideal endingâ for Higurashi based on itâs world-view and philosophy, since it ends with Takano being the villain who everyone gangs up to defeat so that everyone except her can get a happy ending. He then poses that the âgraduating questionâ [aka where the title of this new series comes from, lol] is figuring out what the ideal ending would be, if itâs not Matsuribayashi. So in a lot of ways this is Ryukishiâs attempt to go back and fix his perceived mistakes with the VN, and the issue is just that a lot of people donât think it even needed to be âfixedâ in the first place.
Iâm not entirely sure how I feel about the sort of idealistic, non-violent philosophy of absolute forgiveness that Ryukishi seems to feel strongly about, but I honestly appreciate just how far heâs willing to go to explore and communicate that message in his writing. I think it takes a lot of courage to go back and re-examine a famous story you wrote from the perspective of âthe way it ended wasnât actually perfect, and hereâs what would happen if we kept following the characters and saw all the consequences of what happenedâ.
Ironically, I kinda feel like a lot of this narrative stuff ends up feeling like a somewhat half-baked version of Umineko, since a large part of Umineko was already about revisiting and expanding upon the ideas of forgiveness and abuse from Higurashi, but in a less literal way than what Gou/Sotsu is doing.
Anyway, now that weâre a couple episodes into this arc, Iâm getting less confident about how theyâre going to wrap this all up by episode 15, if we arenât getting some kind of unannounced continuation. Weâre two episodes into this arc and thus far weâve basically only covered the first two episodes of Tataridamashi, so unless the pacing picks way up after this, it might take this entire arc just to get through this loop, before even getting to the Nekodamashi stuff.
But on the other hand, I think that after this point in Tataridamashi we donât really see Satoko again until near the end of it, so if we keep following her perspective, we might just gloss over all the protest stuff with the main crew, and we might be able to get all the way up to the end of this loop in just one more episode.
I dunno if thatâd be enough time to set up the descent into self-doubt and regret that they seem to be setting up for Satoko, but thereâs a lot they have to get through before this can all wrap up. Iâm at least assuming thereâll be a full arc left after we catch up to the cliffhanger from Nekodamashi, anyway.
I donât think this episode does a whole lot to affect my theory of how this arc will go from Satokoâs perspective, but iâm more unsure now about when she might start to doubt herself and go back on her plans, if she does at all.
The scene at the very end with Eua watching Satokoâs classroom breakdown is kinda interesting, though, since it made it more ambiguous than I expected as to what Satoko was thinking in that scene. On paper youâd just think that sheâs continuing her whole charade, but the way that we zoom out and see it from Euaâs more antagonistic and judgmental perspective, and how we see Satokoâs eyes flash red for a split second as she starts freaking out, makes me kinda unsure just how much she was faking it.
Also I just have to admit that seeing Satoko rolling around in the dirt while laughing maniacally was genuinely hilarious, lol. I still think that a lot of this is meant to be morbidly funny in a self-aware way.Â
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i love your stories so much!! and was wondering if you can give some writing tips perhaps? đ„șđđ»đđ»
Breaking this up into sections for you + putting it under a cut cause I went overboard. đ
General Writing Tips
These work for both academic and creative writing.
Make an outline.
It doesn't have to be a formal one, but having at least a general idea of the scenes you want to include is helpful. If I know my fic is going to be a longer one (like Don't Hesitate was and my current WIP is), I break down the larger story beats i want to hit on a piece of paper or my iPad.
It's good to know what you're planning to do, in a any piece I usually have a single specific scene I want to do and depending on what it is, I might either just do the scene I want to or turn into something longer.
Draft, draft, draft.
I cannot stress the importance of going through and reviewing your work. This is a big part of any sort of writing.
Your first idea isn't always your best idea. As you work on a piece you might find your original idea is holding you back, focus shifts! Don't be afraid to let your work change as you go. It's not always easy to let go of your original idea but if you find it's not working, you have to let it change. Sections will need to be rewritten, things have to be readjusted to fit with later sections. Reread for clarity while you're drafting and look to see if this makes sense to you, or reads well to you. If you can't follow it and you wrote it, chances are your reader can't either. Did you use the same phrase again and again? Find and search it on your doc to double check.
Sometimes you have to cut things you really like because they just don't contribute to the fic anymore. Save those bits and use them somewhere else!In a lot of my longer pieces I will write a paragraph, realize that's not where it should go and cut/paste it into another part of the doc because the pacing/scene doesn't make sense where I had it originally, but it works somewhere else.
If you're stuck, skip around, come back and then stitch the bits you have written together.
Don't Focus on a Word Count
This might be controversial, but I'm of the opinion just because something is longer does not make it better. Some works are short, and that's okay! I very rarely try to aim for a specific count of words unless it's for a prompt exchange or a personal challenge. I write till I feel the piece is done. Some stories require more words, some require less.
Don't Hesitate is a great example of this again, because all I wanted to do was a bittersweet first kiss fic, but jumping write into the kiss wouldn't get the full effect I wanted. Meanwhile, with Old Habits all I wanted to do was write dumb comedic kisses, we didn't need a 2k preamble.
Get Someone You Trust to Edit
My go to editor for the past six years or so is one of my good friends. She has edited everything from college papers to my fics for me before I post them to read for clarity, find any funky phrases or misspelled words I missed, and I do the same for her when she asks! A fresh set of eyes makes a world of a difference. Find someone to trade fics with or ask a friend! They might have good suggestions you never thought of, or be able to tell what you were going for when you don't even know yourself.
I also rely on my friends a lot to brainstorm and talk my ideas out before I start because it helps me think and figure out what I need. It's super common for me to text someone and say "im gonna spitball at you, that okay?" and then spend twenty minutes chatting through my ideas.
Have Reference Material
For my 13sar fics, I regularly go back and review/screenshot videos of the dialogue to make sure I am staying consistent with story events, character nuance and small details. You don't have to go crazy, but it is really helpful to have your source material to go back to and check yourself against. In non creative writing I always had a pile of papers highlighted with my own notes on the margins.
Take Breaks/Pace Yourself
Know your own limits, and if you are working and working on something and it's not coming out leave it alone and come back to it. I'm really bad at this personally because when I get an idea in my head I want to see it through but sometimes you gotta step back! It's not healthy to keep working on things and overwork yourself. Stretch, get up go for a walk.
Write What You Want to Write
Don't focus on what people want to read. Focus on what you like. Find a topic, a scene, anything that you are passionate about and the rest will follow. The only time I write fic for other people is when I am writing for a friend. Even prompt requests I only take open ended ones, if I am not interested in writing it it's not gonna happen. I know it's super hard and I get really anxious sometimes about letting people down now, or worrying people won't like something but then I step back and remind myself this is a hobby and I'm doing it for fun.
Play to Your Strengths
You shouldn't try to write like me, you should try to write like yourself. Find what skills you have and use them to your advantage!
I can't give you a step by step list to write like me, because nobody in the world has my background! We're all unique. Everything I've listed so far I know because I'm not a beginner anymore! I'm in my twenties and have come from a strong academic writing background.
I took on an intensive course load in high school, and then went onto college for a sociology degree. I very rarely had test based finals and at the end of each semester would have five 10-15 page papers to submit. Straight up some of my skills come from having read and studied the works of anthropologist Clifford Geertz. I am not saying you should read anthropology/sociology texts. Unless you like that sort of thing lol
I also have 6+ years of theater experience (acting & directing), I use this all the time for my writing. When I think about a scene, I think about how I would work through it as an actor, how the character would move, and how would things read to an audience. The GOTE ("Goal, Obstacle, Tactics, and Expectation") method of acting by Robert Cohen is really useful hear if you want a more technical breakdown of what I mean by that.
This leads to a lot of what we called "business" in acting, doing small tiny things while you talk or move around on stage to give the sense you're a real human. I don't have to think or try on these sort of things because they're in my skill set already!
Things I do Personally
As in, these are not transferable skills this is just the stuff I do while working on projects.
Find a Vibeâąïž
I come into any fic with usually a goal I want to hit, a line of dialogue or something I want to capture. Just like, the general idea of a feeling a song even if the lyrics don't match up. Make a mood-board, a playlist, just find something you wanna do. It's less about the actual words on the page and what you're aiming to do.
Look to things that inspire you
Don't Hesitate got written because I wanted to write a fic that captured the same vibe as a scene in Macross Frontier, where two characters have a bittersweet kiss before the final battle and that scene still has me fucked up six years after watching it.
My current WIP is doing the same thing but with the song All I've Ever Known from Hadestown. Two characters working through loneliness, the sudden feeling of falling in love and the frustration that feeling can bring on sometime.
I don't plagiarize them word for word, but these are scenes that inspire me! I also patchwork quilt ideas together. Using Don't Hesitate again, I also ended up pulling from a bunch of shoujo anime, Toradora, Sailor Moon, Yona of the Dawn, Princess Tutu...specific scenes I enjoy to blend and create something new.
Goof Off While You Write
I name my documents stupid things, I write dumb placeholder dialogue or vague sentiments like "insert better word here", I make memes when I'm struggling and roast myself and my predictable tastes.
I spent twenty minutes texting a friend Juro's name with different letters spelt out and then the "fuck your chickenstrips" vine saying it was Juro during destruction. Just have fun with it!
Listen to J-POP On Loop for Hours at a Time
i am not kidding I do this all the time. Perfume, AKB48, anime idol osts, Sailor Moon's OPs/ED, vocaloid songs. I like technopop and Japanese is good because it usually doesn't distract my brain since I only know random phrases, but still know what the meaning og the song is.
I love music, it helps me vibe out.
Thank you so much for enjoying my work ;o;
I hope this is useful to you in some way! I'm so sorry it's so long winded but I am overly thorough and love to teach people ;w;
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Sewing Your Own Face Mask (Or Wearing A Cloth Mask)
Iâm gonna use this post to consolidate what I know about cloth face masks (making or wearing) because I am making myself crazy looking at different proposals and arguments and research. Under a cut so I can keep the post up-to-date without spreading misinfo.
Question: whatâs the point of wearing a mask?
Masks of any kind do two things: prevent the wearer from inhaling germs, and prevent the wearer from exhaling germs.
Healthcare workers need masks that will prevent them from getting sick while they treat the sick: thatâs why theyâve been desperate to collect N95 masks and face shields. If youâre not a healthcare worker, isolation and social distancing are better ways to avoid being exposed to germs than masking in public. Of course, not everybody can isolate right now -- people still gotta work, gotta buy groceries, gotta use public transit, etc. -- so going out in a mask is a decent compromise.
On the other hand, if you know or strongly suspect youâve been exposed, wearing a mask can help you avoid infecting others. (This is how masking became a norm in Asian countries long before the coronavirus pandemic.) Again, carriers really shouldnât be venturing out of isolation at all, but if you canât avoid it, masking up can minimize the danger you pose to others.Â
As of 4/3, the Centers for Disease Control recommends that everyone wear a mask when they leave the house.Â
Update 6/1: As states âre-open,â requirements for face coverings in public may be dropped, but that doesnât mean you have to stop wearing one. Especially if youâre attending a protest (crowds, lots of chanting/yelling), a mask can still keep you safe.
Question: how well do cloth masks work?
The evidence on this is pretty meh. The US Centers for Disease Control has said, âAny mask is better than no mask,â but studies have shown that cloth masks are strictly inferior to single-use medical masks when it comes to preventing the wearer from getting sick. Some reasons why:
Cloth masks are often made from materials that donât trap tiny particles as effectively.This video explains how single-use masks work, and why woven material doesnât work as well as the non-woven polymers that are normally used for medical masks.
Cloth masks absorb and retain moisture more than single-use masks, which reduces their efficacy over time. A study from India found that cloth masks and single-use masks both lose efficacy after two continuous hours, and another study in Vietnam found a single cloth mask worn throughout an eight-hour shift actually performed worse than single-use masks, and possibly even worse than no mask at all.
Cloth masks, depending on their design, may not fit snugly or smoothly, resulting in gaps that permit unfiltered air through. A recent study from Northeastern University in Boston found that pulling a nylon stocking over your mask-- not your whole head, weâre not robbing banks -- could significantly improve the effectiveness of any cloth mask, and even single-use surgical masks, by keeping everything snug.
A wonky mask might also cause you to touch your face more trying to adjust it, resulting in contamination.
Wearers may not be cleaning cloth masks effectively between uses, or may be cross-contaminating their hands when removing a used mask. See âHow do I wear a cloth mask?â below.
So a cloth mask is a last resort when isolation isnât an option and single-use masks arenât available. As of 6/1, the US is still facing shortages of single-us PPE thanks to mismanagement by the Trump administration, and as states âre-openâ the demand for masks will start to increase again.
Question: If cloth masks arenât effective, why bother with them?
Some healthcare facilities have asked for donations of cloth masks in order to stretch their supply of single-use masks because, as stated above, weâre running out of supplies. Some other orgs (from nursing homes to animal shelters to police forces) have been asking for mask donations to conserve single-use masks for healthcare workers. For most people going out in our daily lives, a reusable cloth mask is more cost-effective than running through boxes of disposables, especially if weâre also doing what we can to avoid high-risk acitivies.
Question: Whatâs the best material to make a mask out of?
Research by Davies et al (2013) compared several different materials for DIY masking. Two factors are in play: how well does the material trap germ-sized particles, and how well can the wearer breath while wearing it? For example, vacuum bags are great for filtering tiny particles, but turned out to be uncomfortable and difficult to breath through, while woven silk was very breathable but a poor filter. (Some 3D printed masks that are currently circulating could give you fatal CO2 poisoning.)
The Davies papersâ recommendations were cotton knits (like a medium-weight t-shirt) or tightly woven cotton cloth (like a high thread-count pillowcase). More layers isnât necessarily better, but most patterns in circulation use at least two. Some also incorporate a filter of some kind, either removable or sewn into the mask.
Knit fabric is tricky to sew, especially if youâre a beginner, but the trade-off is that a mask made with knit can achieve a snugger fit. Woven cloth is easier to work with, but the resulting mask may require more tailoring to avoid gaps. If you have a choice, use plain, light-colored fabrics so itâs easier to see stains or wet spots. (Also, frankly, a mask sanitized with bleach regularly wonât retain color for long.) Some hospitals are recommending using two fabric colors if you can, to ensure you can tell the âinsideâ and âoutsideâ apart easily, but if you donât have that much fabric laying around, use what you got.
To secure the mask, narrow (1/8 - 1/2 inch) elastic bands are common, but these can pull hair/rub skin. Woven elastic in this size is also getting hard to source, and may contain latex, which is an allergy risk. Consider instead making ties from bias tape or twill tape; narrow strips of sewn fabric; a clean shoelace; or narrow grosgrain ribbon (the kind with ridges).
Some mask designs include a pocket for inserting a separate filter, which improves their protective power. Good ideas for a filter:
Quilt batting or interfacing (Fusible interfacing may help make knits more workable, at the cost of their stretch.)
Extra layers of cloth
shop towels made from microfiber or âhydro-knitâ material
Bad ideas for filters include vaccuum bags (not breathable, may contain fiberglass) and cut-up N95 masks (why???). And if youâre making masks primarily for personal use on short trips out, you probably donât need a filter anyway, though Mueller and Fernandez (2020) found that cotton masks with a filter + a nylon stocking over the top actually approached the protective power of a single-use mask.
Question: What pattern should I use?
If youâre making masks for donation, use whatever pattern is requested. If youâre making them for personal use, or for donation to an org that hasnât given any guidance, here are some ideas:
New: The Clover Mask is a hybrid of several of the designs below, designed by the MakeMasks.Org Slack. Intermediate difficulty.
Erinâs Mask, based on a design developed by Dr. Chen Xiaoting of Taiwan. Erin tweaked the pattern and converted it to US measurements for those of us allergic to metric. This mask has a pocket for a filter and can be made with either elastic or a fabric tie to secure. Intermediate difficulty.
Cynthiaâs Mask does not have a filter pocket and uses twill tape or ribbon for tie-backs. Probably the easiest on the list.
John Hopkins Medicine has also produced a mask pattern pretty much the same as Cynthiaâs. So has Kaiser Permanente, which also made a helpful video if youâre not used to making pleats.
The Aries 2.0 Mask is being produced en masse by volunteers in St. Louis, which is where Iâm based. Itâs more complicated than Cynthiaâs mask, and has a filter pocket like Erinâs mask, using curved pieces instead of pleats to achieve a good fit. Intermediate difficulty.
Some additional options, which have been less popular than the above:
The Turban Project Mask has been promoted by Deaconess Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. It uses elastic and has no filter pocket. Just as easy as Cynthiaâs mask, but the ear loop design may be less comfortable and some people have reported shortages of elastic.
The A.B. Mask is designed to be worn over an N95 mask, to extend its lifespan, or by itself. It uses cloth ties. Itâs the most complex pattern to sew on this list, with darts and seam binding, but was designed by a nurse.
The Fu Mask from Freesewing uses curved pieces like the Aries mask, but has no filter pocket, which makes me a little more leery of the big center seam.
The Olson Mask has a filter pocket and uses regular hair ties for fasteners.
If you donât sew at all, this mask can be folded from one sheet of cut cloth. A silky scarf might not be optimal material (see above re: material types) but a cotton bandana or a âfat quarterâ of quilting cotton is almost the same size. If youâre using cut fabric, you could just tape or whipstitch the raw edges so itâll survive the washing machine.
There are a ton of Facebook groups, Discords, etc. with suggestions on how to tweak these masks for best fit or greater comfort. One common hack is putting a length of pip cleaner or floral wire in the upper seam, to help the mask conform around the bridge of your nose. Be cautious when washing a mask with a built-in wire, because it might rust; the Aries 2.0 mask has a sleeve so the wire can be removed for cleaning.
Question: how should I wear/clean a cloth mask?
Depending on the mask, you might secure the mask behind your head or over your ears, either with elastic bands or cloth ties. Make sure youâre breathing primarily though the mask, and not around the sides, even when you turn your head or talk. (This might require some tweaking of your pattern.) This NYT piece has illustrations of how the mask should sit -- over your nose and under your chin, snug to your cheeks on both sides. If you canât click through, @theexoticvet has posted the images here.
(Note: an N95 mask canât make a tight seal over facial hair, but a cloth mask doesnât seal even on a smooth face. So donât fret about your beard making your cloth mask useless -- just make sure itâs pulled snug all the way around.)
Studies suggest a fabric mask is useful for two hours, max, or until your breath makes it noticeably damp. When you remove the mask, grasp it by the ties, loops or edges. Donât touch the part that covers your nose or mouth, because thatâs where germs have accumulated. If thereâs a removable filter inside, wash your hands thoroughly after removing it, and then wash the mask.
Research shows the novel coronavirus can persist ~24 hours on a cardboard surface, but not necessarily how long it survives on/in cloth. Also, leaving a potentially contaminated mask laying around is probably not a good idea. So, to clean your mask:
Hand-wash with hot water and soap, at a minimum.
Boiling the mask for ~10 minutes should kill just about anything, but donât just drop it in the pot and forget it -- you should keep stirring/agitating the water so it thoroughly penetrates all layers.
Add 1 T (15 ml) of bleach to 1 gallon (3.8 L) of cold water and soak your mask for 15-30 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly with hot water. Over-bleaching will degrade the fabric and make the mask less effective.
If you have access to a washing machine and/or a tumble dryer with a âsanitizeâ setting, use that. Otherwise use the hottest settings each one has.
If you have to air-dry your mask, make sure itâs completely dry before you use it again.
Question: How can I make masks to donate?
As of 6/1, mask donations are ramping down as the supply chain for both conventional PPE and reusable masks has stabilized. Most people and orgs can now buy reusable masks if they want them. On the other hand, some people canât afford to buy a mask, so homeless shelters, food pantries and crisis nurseries may still be taking donations. Activist groups planning protests may also be looking for masks to distribute at their events.
Donations are being coordinated on a Make Masks Slack channel, at #MasksNOW, or at RosieSews.org. You can also text âmasksâ to ResistBot (50409) to find out how to help get PPE to healthcare workers who need it. Also try a Facebook search for âMillion Mask Maydayâ + your state, as the original Million Mask Mayday site was overwhelmed.
Check one of these spots or contact a local org BEFORE you sew a bunch of stuff, to ensure youâre matching their needs. Just dropping off a bunch of masks off randomly to a group that doesnât even need them isnât helping anybody.
If you initiate contact with a facility or org, ask them a) are they taking donations, and b) do they have specific needs regarding size, materials, or construction.
Also ask about whether the masks need to be sanitized before donation (use one of the methods above) and how donations should be delivered in light of social distancing recommendations.
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The Great Escape (Joshua Hong)
My longest fic to date and it had to be the boy I canât stand lmao and predebut at that. I own nothing! -Bee
Word count: ~7000
Based on: The Great Escape, his audition
Joshua smiled at your annoyed ranting, clearly finding humor in the dayâs escapade that set you off all while enjoying the popcorn you managed to snag for him after your shift at the theater. While he couldnât decipher if your groans were louder than the LA traffic, Joshua found amusement in the way you got everything out of your system.Â
âWell, Iâm glad youâre finding this funny. If I wanted to work with animals, I wouldâve applied at the zoo.â You wrinkled your nose. âAnd please step a little bit away from me. No offense, but you smell.â
At that, your best friend shoved his hand into the bag, threw the kernels at you, and proceeded to rub his greasy uniform on yours, which elicited a smile and a squeal of protest from you. âFind me a better job than McDonaldâs and then I can stop.â
âBut that involves work.â
âWould you rather have me smell like deep-fried oil the rest of my life?â
âItâs better than picking up after people...donât look at me like that; youâre supposed to feel sorry for me, not the other way around.â You held your hand out and he readily shrugged out of his backpack, digging through his homework and other school paraphernalia until he found his water bottle and tossed it to you, all while grumbling how you had no respect for him, so you squirted it at him and walked in front of him, which made him indirect you louder.
âWhat? Is there something you wanna tell me?!â
âNo, nothing at all.â
âI donât wanna go home yet. Can we go have dinner and then go? Itâs the same routine day in and day out.â
Joshua smiled at you again, though the setting sun made it a little hard to see it. âAnd where does Your Highness wanna go? We are broke teenagers who can barely afford a meal even with these jobs.â
You grabbed his wrist, ready to cut through an alleyway in search of food. âLeave that to me.â
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Joshuaâs most annoying habit wasnât that he chewed loudly or that he was rude to the waitstaff (but any of those wouldâve been if he had them), but rather how he savored his food. It didnât matter if he was on the brink of starvation or had somewhere else to be in 10 minutes, he enjoyed his meal and no one could rush him to finish it. He made small talk here and there but preferred to keep quiet, and from past experiences, you knew the frustration whenever heâd say he had something to tell you.Â
You watched him delicately twirl the spaghetti around his fork and bringing it to his lips, blowing on the noodles before biting into it and then wiping the nonexistent marinara sauce that had been leftover, and repeating the process. Your fries were long gone and instead of starting on the chicken tenders in front of you, you were equal parts amused and exasperated at how slowly he was eating.Â
âIâm gonna be celebrating my birthday here by the time youâre done,â you joked.
âDonât worry about me; worry about your food. Whoâs the one who gets mad if itâs not warm?â Ever so slowly, he reached for his soda, almost dropping it from the condensation on the cup, and sipped it, all while not breaking eye contact with you as if daring you to fire back a retort. Being at a loss for words, you scowled at him and choosing to eat while it was indeed warm.
The quiet of the evening soon became a bit too rowdy to your liking when screaming fans were seated left and right. The downside of living in LA was that there was always a concert somewhere and the controlled loudness became chaotic. Tonight, it seemed that One Direction played at the Forum because thatâs where most of the conversations stemmed from, ranging from tired parents listening to their children replay the night to the young adults talking about their favorite part of the concert. The various ringtones pinged left and right and it felt like you were at the front row because âOH MY GOD THEY TWEETED!!!â and tears flowed while they tried not to choke from the water to soothe their hoarse throats.Â
âAre you ready to go?â Joshua asked kindly. He was nowhere near finished, but for the sake of your sanity, preferring to eat on the way home. He waved the waiter over, who simply apologized for any inconveniences (to which Joshua smiled and said that it was no problem), and brought the to go boxes. He bid you both a nice night and you chose to walk home, despite it being quite a ways away. He liked walking behind you for reasons unknown, especially when it came down to eating. âPeople are crazy, huh?âÂ
âI donât mean this in a bad way, but I donât get how people, girls especially, go nuts over boybands. Youâd think theyâd never heard music before.â You turned around, risking to walk backward for the sake of stealing some leftover spaghetti.
âI mean, it must be a different experience to be able to go on stage and sing. Itâd be nice, donât you think?â
âI think youâve been holding out on me with this spaghetti.â You reached for more but Joshua surprised you by closing it on you. âAsshole.â He grabbed your shirt sleeve and yanked you to the side so you wouldnât walk into a pole. âI take that back.â You turned around again, back facing him. âSo a celebrity life, huh? I never pictured you as the type to want something like that.â Granted, he usually brought his guitar outside to the front yard when it was you two hanging out and he sang sometimes. It wasnât all that great per se, but he had that potential that he could be.Â
âI think itâs just something bigger than this everyday life. You know youâre changing lives and vice versa.â He stared past you as if envisioning the lifestyles of the rich and the famous.Â
You smiled at him, not wanting to break his reverie. You werenât one to crush dreams, let alone his and you werenât about to start now. Instead, you took his plate and stuffed your face with his dinner, making a silent promise to make it up to him. Anytime you spent with him was always your favorite, even if you were irritated after a long day.
*
Weekends normally meant catching up on everything you neglected throughout the week, be it a book you had started reading, a paper that needed writing or even just running an errand as a favor to one of your parents. One of the downsides of living in LA, however, were the tourists who had no idea what they were getting themselves into by deciding to visit the area (thus getting lost, overwhelmed or both) and the locals who complained about them. You werenât fond of either but what could you do besides sucking it up? Even with that hold up, you managed to finish earlier than planned and rather than heading home, you decided to visit the Hong household.Â
One of your favorite things about visiting was seeing Joshuaâs grandpa planting something right in plain view and seeing his grandmother watching reruns of Korean movies or shows from her younger days inside. They usually spent their days looking after the house while Joshuaâs parents worked and well, no one had anything to say about it (but even if there were, any objections would be handled with a smack to the arm with a dishrag.) You were no exception to the rule or any in general, given with all the time you spent with Joshua. That meant you also learned a lot of things from Korean to its table etiquette but you still struggled with the former.
Joshua wasnât home when you got there, and neither were his grandparents so it was just you and his parents making small talk and catching each other up on your lives, Joshuaâs mom yelling out her inputs from the kitchen fixing a broken sink while his dadâs comments faded into an echo because he was putting the sheets back on his bed and you leaning against the counter, sipping your soda, telling them about the latest treasure you found in your closet: an Eeyore stuffed animal that hadnât seen the light of day in years as a gift from Joshua after spending your second Christmas together (he liked to tease you that you had similar personalities.), a binder that contained two spelling tests and a worksheet on improper fractions that had sealed your fates from acquaintances to actual friends, and notes that had managed to not get confiscated in middle school.
A while later, the three missing people walked in just as you finished helping Joshuaâs mom put some dishes away, Grandpa holding most, if not all, of the bags, Joshua walking behind him with his grandma, arms looped and walking at her pace. âAnd that is why we go out to the market every Saturday,â she raved to her grandson who listened earnestly. âSure everything is a little bit more pricey, but itâs as close to the real Korean food as you can get. It reminds me of my days as a little girl.â
âThe fact that you remember your time alive during the Great Depression astounds me,â his grandpa joked, which earned him a slap to the shoulder. âIâm kidding. But sheâs right. Donât forget your roots Jisoo. Nothing is greater than home.â He smiled at you when he noticed you in the room. âAnd you? How are you?â
âYah!â His grandma cut in, arms wide open, âAre you too good for this family now that you have a job? You donât even stop by and say hello anymore. How do you know that we didnât get sick or something?â
âIâm sorry. I didnât know.â
âAfter coming by for so many years and you think we wonât miss you. As your punishment, youâre helping me make Bulgogi. Now don't just stand there, wash your hands and letâs get started.â
âActually Grandma, why donât you go take a rest? Youâve been up all morning. I can help Y/N with that.â
She looked at him and then she looked at you, making you feel more like a murder suspect than a helping hand. âYou better come to me when you finish making the sauce. If it isnât good, you will start again.â
âYes halmeoni,â you saluted her, simultaneously flashing her a smile and getting straight to work. You chopped the vegetables while Joshua prepped the sauce, exchanging the morning stories of your time apart.Â
His escapades involved throwing a lone french fry at a seagull and following him around and almost attacking him when it saw he didnât have anymore and seeing someone getting arrested for graffitiing gang signs on a wall. He snorted when you told him you almost got run over by a family bike riding on your way to the post office and choked on the barbecue sauce he was tasting when you remembered about the poor soul strung out on some kinda drug and fighting a bush, rambling nonsense about the government.Â
âHere, try this beh peuh,â he said, holding out his stirring spoon and dabbing a bit of sauce on your hand. âWhat do you think?â
You made a face at his concoction, searching for your soda. âI think you put too much of the sesame seeds and not enough salt. Wow, thatâs gross.â
âYou obviously have no taste. It tastes perfect.â
âNo, you just donât know how to make this.â You pushed him out of the way, filling the blender with the missing spices and throwing some of the barbecue in. âAnd you call yourself a master chef.â
âI learned from my grandma.â
âI learned from your grandma too and it doesnât taste anything like this. Fill it up to here with water and mix it until you canât see any of the garlic. Then mix it back in.â
âNo,â he crossed his arms. âItâs fine like this.â
 âJoshua Hong, if we serve this sad lunch, you will be disowned from your own family and so will I because I let you do it. Trust me this time.â
âGrandma!â He called out to the head chef of the family. âYouâre our mediator. Is this good? I think so but Y/N says Iâll no longer be associated with the family. Try it.â He walked over to where she sat on her favorite recliner, a Korean game show playing on the TV and fed it to her.
âDear boy, I wouldnât feed this to the dogs out on the street. Try again.â A few minutes he brought her a modified version of everything you added to it. âIt tastes the same,â she shook her head. âItâs not hard to make this, children. If I have to get up and make it myself, youâll be sorry.â
âWhat does she know?â Joshua mumbled to you. âShe lost her sense of taste years ago.âÂ
You held back a laugh, grabbing his shoulder to keep your composure, completely missing the look the lady in question she threw in your direction before she called her husband. It was another memory for the books, especially when he finally admitted defeat and said you knew better. As punishment, you made him wash the dishes you used and smiled when you heard him finally turn on the radio and sing along to every hit song he knew, sounding off key here and there but pleasant nonetheless.
*
In the next couple of weeks, you saw neither head nor tail of your best friend, other than his occasional social media post which was fine by you. It was the time of year where his church held fundraisers and carnivals and anything that required massive amounts of people. Some he did willingly; others because he couldnât say no. He stopped inviting you with him long ago when you started picking up excuses from working a couple extra hours to helping some long lost relative who was recovering from surgery, but he had his grandmother and he even gloated that she made better company than you did so it wasnât a complete loss, his performances being the only exception.
And if you didnât ask for more hours and go straight to bed after work, you wouldâve marched up his front steps, barged through his front door, and confronted him about this calamity because how dare he ignore his best friend?! (But you started wondering where everyone was when you had knocked on the door and no one answered. The weeds growing in the garden and the pile of mail in their mailbox also raised your questions and anxiety. And you didnât wanna think the worst when you found the spare key in your room and went back, only to find a clean and obviously vacant home.)
You made mental notes to tell him about the newest movies you thought heâd like and also saved some money to treat him to dinner since you had long ago picked up that he wasnât in the greatest of moods after being gone after so many days.Â
After 23 days since his last interaction, he skidded back into your life three minutes after you clocked out, having hung up on a friend had canceled some plans last minute. âHi?â You took in the sight of his Winnie the Pooh PJs, disheveled hair and the throw blanket in his hand, all the questions rushing through your head.Â
âI need to tell you something,â he said without preamble. âCan we go have dinner or something? I just got off the plane and came straight here, My treat.â He smiled at you hopefully.Â
About an hour later, you stared at him as he slowly cut off a piece of his steak, while you impatiently bounced your leg for his news. You didnât even know what you ordered but you ate it anyway, stabbing your fork into it and shoveling it in your mouth. âWhat have you been up to?â He asked, trying to make conversation. A quiet night in a Los Angeles restaurant was uncommon and he seemed to wanna fill the silence. He smiled at himself when he saw your jaw drop and fighting to not give him a well deserved sarcastic remark.
âSame old, same old. Wreck-It Ralph came out the other day and I was thinking we could watch it soon. I begged my coworkers to not let me go into the theaters where it showed because I donât wanna see the credits. The scary movies look dumb so I wonât bother with those.â You burned your tongue on the fork having kept it in the hot food for a little too long so you pushed your plate away, resorting to tapping your fingers on the table. If Joshua noticed, he didnât comment.Â
âIs it sad?â He knew he was drawing out the suspense more than he had to but he was looking for the words, how to phrase it, and steeling himself for your reactions.
âA lot of people left crying,â you responded, thinking of all the strangers who you saw drying their eyes or blowing their noses. You decided if you kept talking, he would share his news with you sooner, so you went ahead and told him about the petty thefts around town, upcoming concerts you wanted to go to, rumors that you heard and celebrities that you had confirmed were in the area. He listened as he ate, not really making comments. He nodded here and there to show you he was paying attention, but he himself remained mum on what he wanted to talk to you about.
âAre you ready to go or do you have room for dessert?â He eyed your plate of food, surprised that you ate more than he expected, given he put you more on edge the longer he prolonged everything.
âJoshua,â you groaned, âjust cut to the chase. I canât take it anymore. Tell me!â You stopped momentarily. âYouâre not going to prison, are you? No, wait...you got someone pregnant.â You snapped your fingers. âYou ran away and they found you somewhere in Mexico City, where you joined a banda, and you were playing at a quinceanera.â
âYou need to stop watching so much TV.â He let out a small laugh. âSo dessert?â
âIf I say yes, will you tell me already?â
âItâs your choice.â
âJoshua!â
âIâm serious. If you wanna stay and eat more, we can. Or if you wanna go anywhere else, we can and Iâll tell you either way. Itâs just...I donât know how you might take it, so I want to make sure youâre comfortable.â
âIs it that bad?â you asked after a moment of silence. The worst thoughts raced through your head. He looked good, a little tired maybe, but he seemed healthy and in good spirits.
âNo, but...it could change our lives and Iâd like your opinion on what I should do.â
*
You ended up in a park with kids practicing for an upcoming softball game, so you had to walk a good distance to not get distracted at the noise. You sat on some swings, barely rocking from the movements, letting your feet drag on the wood chips as you watched the joggers pass, counting three people with the same pink sweater and seven walking their dogs. Joshua had yet to say a word and at this point, you were afraid to ask him anything. Instead, you enjoyed his company, feeling grateful that despite whatever he had to say, he still managed to elicit a calming presence.Â
âSo, I went to a thing with my church in San Diego,â he finally began, staring out at whatever beyond he was picturing in his head. âAnd from there we hit most of Southern California until we had one final thing to do here. And after one of my performances, a scout from South Korea came up to me. He said I had what to takes to make it big over there. At first, I wasnât interested because it seemed too good to be true. But then he offered us some plane tickets to go visit the studio and see for ourselves and, you know.â
You nodded, finally understanding and easing the pent up anxiety. âThatâs where you guys were all this time. I thought you up and left town or something.â
âWe did and got to see a lot of- theyâre called trainees working to debut and they seemed nice. One of them gave me their number so we could stay in touch. His name was Jeonghan. I also got to meet one of their singers who goes by Bumzu and he does a lot of other neat things too. And a boy group called Nuâest who debuted earlier this year. They sound really good. We can check them out on YouTube later if you want.â
âSo when do you leave?â You could already feel the food turning in your stomach, ignoring the last part of his suggestion. Itâs not that you didnât want him to pursue his dream, but you couldnât imagine him not being by your side and vice versa to see each other completing your milestones...together. Thatâs what your friendship consisted of: being together.Â
âOh, um about that. I told them Iâd think about it. It seems like thereâs a catch to it. Iâm not 100% sold.â He dug into his pajama pants and pulled out a business card from his wallet and handed you a business card with information from a Pledis Entertainment. You frowned at the Hangul, concentrating on translating it while he continued speaking. âThey gave me this in case I changed my mind but I should do it soon because they have a deadline coming up.â He paused his swinging. âWhat do you think I should do?â
âI...I donât think this is a decision I can make for you.âÂ
âBut youâre a big enough influence thatâd help me decide.â He resumed kicking his feet. âIf you want me to go and see the hype of an idol life, tell me and Iâll go. If you donât want me to go and make a fool of myself because I flew out for nothing, tell me and Iâll stay.âÂ
âFrom what youâre telling me,â you said slowly, picking your words carefully, âI donât know if you should. I mean I could be wrong, but what if something goes wrong over there and youâre by yourself? Or if all the hard work youâre gonna put in doesnât pay off? You, of all people, deserve to have your dreams come true and to see you come back because it doesnât work out? I donât know if I could bear to see your face looking so sad. But in the end, itâs your choice.â It felt wrong to tell him those words, but you couldnât lie to him, but you couldnât tell him how selfish you could be.
The foundation of your friendship might not have been cemented with the glorious days of playing in the sandbox; rather it was due to him seeing you struggle with your spelling words during the weekly test and him sliding his paper to the side so you could see the words and then retaking it after school in separate classrooms because youâd gotten caught. And when you mixed that with spending lunch recess with your teacher to help him with converting fractions to decimals and percentages, it seemed like a recipe for a lifetime of memories, especially when you added the permission on both sides of the parental figures to go to each otherâs houses. It seemed like there was nothing you couldnât conquer as you got older.
âDonât worry,â he smiled at you, âI didnât put too much thought into it either. Itâs a long shot and they were asking for too much anyways.âÂ
âThey were gonna charge you just to audition?â What kinda high class-
âNo, they asked for my diploma.â
âYou fucking idiot.â
*
No matter how hard you tried not to see, you always managed to catch Joshua staring at the business card on the fridge and it ate you up with guilt even though it was his decision too. You caught the lingering looks and how heâd shake his head as if shaking away an image and facing you with a smile. And when his Korean friend Jeonghan began Skyping him to show him how everything was going, you always swore youâd see a flicker of regret cross his features as Joshua laughed along and reassured him that life was great here and even showed him the things he managed to find at the Korean markets that apparently he couldnât find anywhere else. He started looking into colleges and another part-time job to pass the time and all you could do was simmer in the turmoil because he chose not to speak of it. âItâs for the best, Y/N,â was all heâd say.
The days passed, with the deadline rapidly approaching and his mood dropped subtly, often tuning you out and playing his music or movie to drown the silence and his misery. His family didnât seem too concerned at his choice but let him ride it out because heâd get over it soon.Â
He finally asked you to come to an evening mass with his family because heâd be giving a small performance and because you knew he needed all the support, you agreed, saying youâd be at the front door waiting for them, for him. So, in the most presentable (and uncomfortable) clothes you owned, you sat first-row front and center with his grandma and several people you didnât know waiting for the priest to finish his sermon and let your best friend do his thing, which he did.
One of your favorite things about seeing Joshua play the guitar? Seeing the way his eyes literally sparkled every time someone saw him play. Youâd seen it multiple times even when he practiced with just you in the room and it never failed to take your breath away. The way his fingers moved effortlessly through the chords and the way he focused solely on the words coming from his mouth. You werenât immune to those charms, what with the way your hands would get clammy and your heart would pound and you just looked at him in awe because he normally didnât have that effect on you.Â
You looked around the pews, seeing his audience with similar reactions. A lot of them held out their phones, recording and singing along; others for some reason dabbed their eyes because apparently, an angel had blessed them that day. You saw his parents looking proud at their son and trying to hide their smiles as those around them sang their praise at Joshuaâs talent.Â
As for you? You knew what you had to do and the thought had you wiping your eyes frantically to avoid breaking down. You flashed him a thumbs-up as he finished and he nodded his thanks. He normally stayed behind his parents after mass but he figured you needed to get dressed into something that didnât make you wanna claw out of your skin, so after taking you home to change and after grabbing a quick dinner from McDonaldâs and enjoying it as the last rays of the day came to a close and the night making it feel later than it shouldâve.
âWhen did you get so good?â You asked him. âLast time I heard you, your voice cracked. A lot.â
âPractice,â he shrugged modestly. âI couldnât have done that without YouTube and their tutorials. And you? When did you decide to come to church without an excuse?â
âWhen you said you wanted me to come.â You took a deep breath. âIâve been thinking.â âAbout?â He asked his mouthful of food, something really unlike him. The small thing mustâve boosted his spirits and it showed. âIt must be really scary if youâre telling me. Let me guess. Youâre gonna storm the Bastille next time you get a day off? Or are you finally gonna head off to a college far from here? I guess LA isnât too crazy for you after all.â
âJoshua, I want you to audition.â Before he could say anything else, you continued, wanting to get everything out before you took everything back. âI want you to go for this because itâs your dream. You donât belong in just one place, you belong everywhere. I shouldnât have told you not to do it. Seeing you tonight, I know that now. Iâm not scared of you coming back because you failed. Iâm scared of seeing you turning down this opportunity and you not seeing what you can do. I donât want your biggest regret to be staying here. If anything, your biggest regret should be meeting me.â
He missed your attempt of a joke, staying quiet for a moment, letting your words sink in before he gave you the biggest smile you didnât realize you missed until you saw it. A few minutes later, you found yourselves in his room, him introducing himself to the camera and you behind it, capturing his every moment. The ache in your heart seemed different as you heard him sing, feeling ashamed for wanting to keep him from this and feeling proud for putting your pride to the side and letting him have this.
You knew that no one in your life deserved a fighting chance more than Hong Jisoo, and whatever the outcome, you couldnât have been more proud of him because he gave it his all. When his parents returned home for the night, you kept your composure long enough to say your goodbyes and went home a crying mess because you already missed him.
*
The main menu on the TV replayed the animeâs theme song and you swore youâd be hearing t in your sleep tonight. Joshua swore he was only a few pages away from finishing the manga of the same way and then you could start the series. For the last week, he had tried to be productive balancing work and home, with just getting by in school. But apparently, his inner nerd and his friend Jeonghan didnât let him focus on anything other than the book currently occupying his hands. You remembered not so long ago how you threw a pillow at him because you had long ago finished it and were about to start it but he begged you to wait for him to read it so you could watch it together and why you agreed was beyond you. You finished the last of your water, looking up at the ceiling in hopes to make the time go by faster but all you could hear was Joshuaâs gasps of surprise and the pages turning. It felt like years when he finally finished and his punishment, you threw the empty water bottle at him and told him to press play because if you didnât watch it soon, youâd explode and you had to be at work soon and you wouldnât be able to handle the anticipation of not starting now.
You got up to grab some chips in the kitchen, seeing as though your best friend wasnât pressing play anytime soon. âYou want anything?â Silence. âJoshua!â Nothing. âThen starve.â But you grabbed a bag just for him because you knew heâd want some. He was still engrossed at whatever he was seeing on his phone, the only difference was the shit-eating grin on his face. âWhy so happy?â
âI got my diploma.âÂ
âOkay and?âÂ
âYou asked,â he shrugged. âBut since you wanna know, I can get ahead on any credits I choose so I can get into a good college and I can graduate early. But also I donât have to wake up early anymore.â
âWhen did you get so smart?â You tossed the bag of Doritos at him, hitting him in the face and doing your victory pose. âNow press play. If I have to wait longer to watch this Iâm gonna die. Jisoo Joshua Hong, are you even listening to me anymore?â You sat down next to him to see what rendered him speechless.
Instead of answering you, he showed you an email from none other than Pledis, the smile on his face not faltering. âI-they accepted me. Y/N, I have a shot! Oh my god, this is amazing! I have to call Jeonghan! Weâre gonna train together! Itâll be so good to have someone I know there. Heâs gonna be so happy when he hears-hey, are you okay?â
You nodded, not trusting yourself to speak. You could feel the prickling in your eyes but whether theyâd be tears of sadness or happiness remained unclear. On the one hand, he could live his dream, make millions of people happy even if for just a moment, like he deserved. You knew the effect he had on people and others needed to experience that if they ever got to know how annoying and he could be. On the other, you couldnât be by his side like youâve always planned to. Youâd have to support him from afar. You wouldnât be able to see him every day anymore. Youâd probably fade away to strangers whoâd only get in contact with each other if he ever came home since you knew you couldnât afford plane tickets to South Korea and what if you werenât in the same area if you were in the same state? That alone caused you to cry, hating yourself for being upset at the news.Â
âBeh peuh, you forget how much I know you. Do you not want me to go?â
âI do, but what about us and this friendship? What if you forget everything here once youâre this big celebrity idol? Youâve been my best friend for so long and it's too late to find someone to replace you.â You tried to find humor in the situation but failing to do so. You didnât want anyone who wasnât him. You knew no one else would tolerate your impulsive dining out or walking all through LA no matter the distance or even being at home with no concrete plans for the day. âIâm sorry, I should go. I have to get ready to go to work.â You stood up, and all but ran to the door, the anime long forgotten and not bothering to listen to your best friend calling out your name.
*
Staying out past midnight to close up wasnât exactly something you prided yourself on. If anything, you were out the door by or before dusk set it but you needed a distraction, anything to forget the nagging of your dayâs problem. It surprised you nonetheless when you saw Joshua waiting for you patiently as if it was another day. He smiled at you, not saying a word, instead waiting for you to say something. You wished you couldâve avoided him so you could gather your thoughts and think rationally rather than emotionally.Â
You walked aimlessly for a while, no one saying anything until the silence became unbearable. âIâm sorry,â you finally told him. âI want you to know how happy I am for you. Really I am, and Iâm sorry if it looks like Iâm trying to keep you from that. Itâs just that when I see you, I think how weâre not gonna be together anymore doing things. Like I wonât complain to you about who pissed me off or you wonât tell me about that lady from church who always makes you laugh. I wanna be there the days you sell out arenas and buying tickets to see you perform, not just hear about it. It wonât be the same anymore.â You cursed yourself for already wanting to cry again.Â
âI get you. Youâre a major part of my life too. But Y/N, itâs not set in stone if Iâll even get to do this. Maybe Iâll be there halfway through and theyâll decide I donât fit a mold they have and I need to come home. Or maybe Iâll decide that this isnât what I thought I wanted. Youâve always asked me to trust you, so now Iâm asking you to. Can you do that for me? Good,â he said when you nodded. âNow thereâs something I wanna ask you.â
âOh my god, is this the part where you tell me youâve been in love with me for as long as you can remember?â Your eyes widened in horror.Â
His actions mirrored yours. âPlease stop reading every friends to lovers book you come across. You will ruin other friendships like that. Now listen. You can breathe, oh for the love of- Y/N, Iâm leaving in two weeks and I need to know if you wanna come with me.â
You pointed to yourself when the words sank in and you were able to get your brain working again. âMe? You want me, an inexperienced idiot to fly off with you to an unknown country while youâre there. Why?â
âTruthfully, I want you there too. My friend Jeonghan said it happened with his friend Aron from Nuâest, only he went as the supportive friend, but I know youâre not interested in stealing my spotlight. They provided the extra ticket even though I said we could pay for it...but only if you wanted to.â
âHow long am I supposed to stay?â
âAs long as you want to ride it out with me. What do you say beh peuh? Are you- no. Can you take this chance with me?â
*
You exed down the last full day, the butterflies in your stomach ever-present as ever. Joshua looked at you with the eagerness in his face since he found out about the audition. His room, once a place of endless homework hours and weekend movie marathons was now mostly baron, except with clean sheets on his bed. His closet was now empty of everything he owned, having gotten a head start with shipping to the new country. It was nothing but a place of memories, both good and bad, but nothing you would ever change about it. At this time tomorrow, heâd be an official Pledis trainee, and with that thought, often came a swelling in your heart that made it hard to pass your throat. The last thing he needed to do today was return his McDonaldâs uniform and pick up the payday, all of which you accompanied him.Â
Considering it was the last day, you did many things from shopping for groceries for your homes and enjoying the last few moments. You even went to his church to watch get his blessing from the priest who bade him a safe trip and a prosperous future. He spent some time with his old friends that werenât you, but not really saying why he was leaving for the homeland his grandparents loved so much. You cried throughout the day every time you realized you wouldnât do this again anymore, but it was another memory for the books. Joshua spent the few hours at home, eating dinner with his family and triple-checking he had everything ready for the long flight ahead. You often loved countdowns but there was something bittersweet about this one, especially because of all the goodbyes involved.Â
It was a little after midnight when you met him in his front yard, breathing heavily as you made your way to the main streets of Los Angeles, ready to change the last of your lives. One last night causing mayhem to remember the way it felt when Joshuaâs mischievous side came out.Â
You watched him climb on a shopping cart and begged you to push him across the parking lot, which you did because no one knew who you guys were, except teenagers having fun until the security chased you out and starting your next misadventure. You made peace with your pasts in an empty ice cream parlor, shoveling spoonfuls of ice cream like shots for every question you didnât have an answer to and spilling secrets you didnât know the other had.Â
You passed tons of nightclubs afterward, laughing for no reason other than because they all played the same songs and because the smell of weed flooded everywhere. You walked on the walk of fame, waving at random cars passing by because for all you knew it could be their last day here too, and pointing at the museums you wished you wouldâve gone to more times despite the prices. You enjoyed the quiet moments with Joshua too every time you sat on a bench to get some rest.Â
You didnât plan on staying out the whole night but somehow you did and when you went back to his house, the first few rays of the morning sun were starting to show. His family was already waiting for him, luggage in tow and ready to go. The drive to LAX felt like it went too fast despite the never-ending traffic and soon you were there, watching him say his last goodbyes to his parents for the time being, and then it was your turn to do the same.Â
 He looked over at you, putting his arm around you and hugging you close. You could see how tired he was from the night out but he also never looked happier.Â
âAre you ready to go?â You asked him.
âWith you by my side? Letâs do this.â As you walked through immigration, a million thoughts swirled in your head, but one thing remained certain: with having Joshua at your side, youâd never feel more free or alive than now at this moment. Two best friends ready to see how much more your lives would change with The Great Escape.
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After playing through Hiveswap Act 2, and reading a bit about the controversies since I havenât kept up with its production at all, I can see why people are upset with it, though as usual I feel some people are being a bit too harsh with it.
Iâm gonna add a read-more just in case this ends up in any tags, donât want a rambling post clogging up anything! This is mostly focused on my thoughts about Act 2, not so much about fan reactions as that first bit might imply.
The whole not crediting workers thing is terrible, I agree with that. Their excuse about not encouraging harassment sounds reasonable on paper, but the trade off of straight up not crediting people and the implication that theyâre covering their own ass is just too much. I donât know enough about the situation to form any real in-depth opinion about it, but man... I just hope WP gets their shit together soon if they havenât by now.
However, I donât think that WPâs messy internal affairs are enough to dismiss the game altogether like Iâve seen people doing. Personally, I had tons of fun with the game and thought its writing was fine, despite the gameâs flaws, and from what Iâve seen here on Tumblr, from articles online, and from player reviews, the majority of people seem to feel the same, which is relieving.
The entire game was a blast to play! I actually got all the way to the end of the trial before deciding that I wanted a particular ending and went back to play the entirety of Act 1 just so I could import a completed save with the batteries, and I think it was worth it! I uninstalled Act 1 shortly after I played it 3 years ago, but it was nice to get a refresher. It let me appreciate Joey and Xefros in the parts I played and replayed during Act 2 a lot more. It also gave me the opportunity to go and inspect things from Xefrosâs perspective, which I didnât start doing until I was on the train during my first run.
Iâm not going to lie, this game made me like Joey a little bit less and Xefros a bit more. This was by no fault of the game, just me getting to know the characters better and forming a more solid opinion. In Act 1, Joey felt very âlittle girl, big sisterâ to me which was adorable, but removed from her home and from Jude she lost that a bit. Her relationship with Xefros is really nice though! Seeing her urge him to make certain realizations about Dammek was sweet. Iâm also wondering how long itâll be until her comphet wears off and she realizes she can h*ld h*nds with other g*rls.
Xefros though... this game just solidified him even more as âson boyâ. Usually I donât feel this way about characters, but he really feels like a young teen to me! I guess itâs sort of the same feeling I get about my own little sister who is about his age. It helps that I enjoyed all the character animations a lot in this, and his trial sprite was especially nice, even if he didnât show up during it all that much. Watching him try to process everything heâs seeing about his own culture and about how others deal with interpersonal relationships hurt a lot, too... and that bit near the very end was shocking, but sadly familiar. That was incredibly rough to watch.
Now, as for the game itself, it certainly did feel different from Act 1. From what I understand, a lot of content got cut out of it, like meeting Charun and Zebede. That is really disappointing, but I was fine with what we got. One thing I really donât get is everyone complaining about the bee game. Just put your fingers on the corresponding keys! I guess it would be hard doing that whole thing with your mouse like it suggests, but I switched over after the tutorial and it immediately clicked, like, to the point that I want to play more rhythm games with that specific set up of vertical visuals and inputs. The music was really fun too. I didnât even realize Xefros was beatboxing during it until my second time through, after I saw James Raoch comment about it! That was a really cute touch, the mental image of Xefros beatboxing while Joey does her weird little bee dance.
Before I get into the rest of the game, I guess Iâll address how the supporting cast is written in this. From what I understand, these are each of the Friendsim trollsâ original personalities, written before Friendsim ever came out. While looking through the tag on here, I saw people were super frustrated and even angry about this, expecting them to go back and rewrite these characters... after they even had to cut entire characters from the game... I donât know, I can understand where these criticisms are coming from, but Hiveswap Friendsim is still there if you want to see their more developed counterparts. As the trolls exist in this game, theyâre more so their bulletpoints of personality that you donât even see that much of. Personally, I enjoy seeing the differences, and makes me appreciate Friendsim even more! There were a couple of spots where I /was/ disappointed with them though, specifically with Fozzer and Boldir... Boldir at least has the animation where she looks at the player and talks about the... universal re-convergence? Was that it? While Fozzer says and does nothing of import. I somehow expected them to be something more with what their roles were in Friendsim. The same can be said of Marvus, I suppose. But overall the characters remained largely the same, and you donât speak to many of them for long anyhow.
The ticket machine area didnât have much to it, especially in terms of interactions, which I would have hoped would be fleshed out a bit in lieu of narrative importance. Fozzer didnât add much, you were seeing Folkyl again later anyways, and I have no idea what that other tealâs reason for being there was. The couple of tracks that loop in this area getting constantly cut off by an announcer was pretty funny though.
The loading platform was I think my favorite area in the game. I liked how the characters were presented, and how they interacted. âGaegrl Elwurdâ or whatever she said was incredibly funny, and now that I type it out I realize that the name she uses is probably supposed to be âL-Wordâ or lesbian. Feel silly for not realizing that earlier. Anyhoo I still despise Zebruh even if heâs incredibly funny, especially that walk cycle. I didnât get the scene where Marvus blows a kiss at him though in either of my runs, which is sad. Is that another way to give him confidence besides the mic? I hope so. The bit with Chixie was nice too, as was Marvusâs introduction. I liked the tip-off where he said he knew Joey would be able to get onto the train. I think thereâs a bit more left for me to do in that area, though Iâll leave it for when I inevitably have to replay Act 2 whenever Act 3 comes out so I can save some item or other.
The Burgundy/Bronze car had my favorite of the Ticket to Ride tracks, probably because it was the base for all the others, and its origin story is pretty funny. I really wish there had been more interactions with the trolls presented. Diemen was a joke character even in Friendsim, but I wish Joey hadnât completely dismissed Vikare who had I think my favorite sprite/idle animation in the game. The convo with Skylla was nice though I fear for her lusus now, and Marsti was about what I expected. While I was going through the game I had a guide up mostly because of the trial and it was funny to see how the author referred to the characters. I couldnât tell if they hadnât read Homestuck before this or just skipped Friendsim, but how they referred to some of the characters was pretty funny, like calling Skylla a zookeeper, or thinking Marsti was a guy for some reason. I guess she was never referred to much in the third person, so thatâs fair.
The Yellow/Olive car had my least favorite Ticket to Ride track, mostly because Iâm not a big fan of chip tune and think the Olives should have been represented in the song as well. Folkyl and Kuprum were still super funny even if they didnât have much to add past introducing the player to their blood colorâs traditional role. Polypa and Boldir were neat, and I loved the scenes with Azdaja and Konyyl! The part where Xefros floors Azdaja after he hurt Joey was stunning, especially after seeing how powerful he really is through Friendsim. It wouldnât surprise me if bugandiesâ and bronzesâ powers were much stronger than they realize but triggered by emotion or something and thatâs part of the reason theyâre so downtrodden, to keep them depressed and placid, which would also tie into the supposed purpose of lime bloods.
I had a lot of fun in the Jade/Teal car, even if it /did/ drag on a bit too long like Iâve seen a lot of people say. Its rendition of Ticket to Ride rubbed me the wrong way, too, though mostly a certain part of it, and it might just be because I listened to it for so long. I liked how each of the characters were presented, as well as all of the drama. I saw some people criticizing this part as just being the Jades throwing venom at one another and... yeah? They are? I donât see why thatâs bad, it was to exemplify toxic interpersonal relationships and to show that even the trollsâ caregiver caste could still be terrible. Anyways, the first time I went around I didnât have the battery nor the pogs which I traded for tickets earlier, but I only realized I needed them when I got to the recess. Iâd been experiencing several bugs in this room specifically, including Xefrosâs trial sprite disappearing, the screen becoming solid black after accusing someone, and basic dialogue bugging out. This was all very frustrating. Also, while I did end up having fun with the trial, it was a slog to figure out. I enjoy the Ace Attorney games, but what I like the least are the leaps in logic you have to make when figuring what to present and where. This trial took that aspect and made it five times worse. I did love having Tyzias by Joeyâs side though, and the ending I got was super worth it. Iâm still not sure who did it. I saw a video of Lanque chucking Joey off the train, so I guess it was him? Though I donât know how or any of the specifics. I know you can implicate Lynera too as a scapegoat.
The Cobalt/Indigo car was pretty underwhelming. Iâm sad I only remembered to click on Galehkâs footnotes after Iâd done his task. That whole sequence was very funny through, and Iâm curious to see the other ways you couldâve gotten through. All of the characters were pretty fun, and I loved seeing Elwurd again and having her save Joey from Ardata and all. Xefros and Joeyâs conversation about the revolution afterwards was really nice too.
The clown car was, understandably, horrifying. Iâm going to be hearing that stock honk for the rest of eternity. It was a very fun room, and its gimmick was super interesting. I loved the animations for the wheel! I also didnât realize that the uh, clown religion involved the red and green snakes, though it makes sense that they do. I looked back at some backgrounds for Friendsim, and while Chahutâs clown church didnât have the red and green, Marvusâs festival DID have red and green balloons, which was interesting. This entire sequence was incredibly tense, obviously trying to make you worry it would land on Burgandy. Iâm also curious about some of the alternate stuff you could do during this, like that video with Tegiri being dramatic. Also, seeing Xefros kill Baizli was super upsetting, and I think another spot where having played Friendsim could make this game a little frustrating, since in Friendsim Barzum and Baizli are just lost, fun-loving clown twins that never directly kill MSPA reader. It was surprising to see Baizli come out and approach Joey alone. It was also terrible to see what Baizli dying did to Barzum. I wonder if thatâs the last weâll see of Marvus... Iâll be disappointed if it is. It feels like he should be more important.
Now, that last section Iâll admit was pretty bad. Literally the only action section in the game and you get so little direction and nothing interesting really happens. I did in fact use a guide for this because I simply did not care. It was a super anti climactic ending sequence.
And of course, there was the train blowing up and Joey and Xefros being impeded again. There was that droopy looking dragon thingy? That shot something suspiciously bright green at the train. Itâs also curious how Chahut and Marvus seem mostly disinterested or at least unrattled by the explosion.
Well, that was... a review of the whole game! I loved it a lot, even if it wasnât what it could have been. It had some bugs, which were annoying, and issues with content, a lot of which Iâm willing to chalk up to the crew getting shuffled around and people leaving and the while switch over to Viz Media. Of course, there is once again the issue of people not getting credited. But, despite all of this, I think Act 2 was an enjoyable game, and I think there was love put into it, even if the people who put love into it were put in unfair and shitty situations because of WP. Iâm hoping that things have straightened out with them after that fiasco and that Act 3 will turn out a bit better, and hopefully sooner than Act 2!
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Virus Control - Part One
For reference, all the people included in this story are: Alayna, Nate, Ariana(Adrian),Bianca, Jimena, Zak, Darryl, Vincent, Clay, George, Nick, Spifey, Zelk, Mega, Vurb, Finn, Techno, Phil, Wilbur, Harvey, Tommy, Fundy, and Tubbo.
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 A few years ago, the world was normal. Everyone was happy, trees grew, grass swayed, animals grazed, children laughed. But then what happened? The dragon broke through, bringing the disease with her, the dragon broke through and brought her world with her. The disease so optimistically named 'The End'. We lost the badlands first, the miners and their families succumbed to the virus. It's a wasteland, not that it was much before but now it's awful, it's like walking through a portal with no borders. One second you're in a beautifully lonely landscape of reds browns and golds and the next second the sky is gone, it's a suffocating purple static and the ground beneath you is cold and blanched. The plains next door to the badlands was stolen easily, and soon the vast birch forests fell with it. The last time she struck, she struck closer to home than she ever has before. Lone adventurers build houses for their families, dotted around the infinite landscapes. Our group of 25 thought we were too far away to worry. Apparently not.
 Flashback yeet
 Market, ugh, I grimace, avoiding the gazes of greedy villagers, their hungry stares searching for emeralds. Nate grips my hand, pulling me further through the crowd, "Where are we going?" I shout over the hubbub of chattering voices. "Zak said they'd meet us here, we're already late!" He shouts over his shoulder, "Just trust me," I sigh, adjusting the shimmering iron helmet adorning my head, holding it down with my free hand. Our glowing wings draw some eyes, jealous gazes from fellow adventurers, wondrous gazes from children. "Nate! There you are!" Another voice makes me direct my gaze upwards to a certain diamond clad flyboy. "Zak! You're gonna crash!" I shout, he's flying too close to people's heads, "Pull up you idiot!" He lights another firework, "FOLLOW ME!" He shouts as it rockets him forwards and upwards, "WOOHOO!" He screams, making Nate laugh. We continue running for a couple of minutes, following Zak's firework trail, and then we watch as he circles around a clearish patch of grass and makes a smoothish landing, beckoning us over.
 The others come into view as we clear the crowd, brushing off our shirts and checking our pockets to make sure we didn't lose anything. "What are we doing? An elytra show or something?" I giggle, pointing out that every one of us is wearing our elytraâs. "You say that every week Alayna," Clay grunts, adjusting his hoodie sleeves. "Right, everybody know their pair and their items?" Darryl says, looking around the group. I nod, pulling my list out of my pocket, "Got Nate and I's," Every week on a Sunday, we go to the market 10,000 blocks from our base and split into pairs, each pair sent off to find items they are knowledgeable about so we can always get the best deals. "Vincent and I are food as usual, any requests?" He asks. I smile, "Sugar berries!" "Bacon," George says sarcastically. Techno rolls his eyes, "Sure, eat my people," He mutters, folding his arms. "Any enchanting book requests?" Bianca asks, Adrian by her side. "More mending," Tommy says. "You always want more mending, shut up pissboy, anybody else?" I shrug, "Fire protection would be useful," Nate looks around, "Did we really have to come? Alayna and I never end up buying anything anyway, we've already got all the animals we need," He says.
 "You guys are free to go home, or you could join patrol," Vincent suggests, looking around the boundary at the number of volunteer watchers high in their watchtowers. "Ooh yes! Patrol!" I squeal. "You just wanna go on patrol cause of Eric," Nate teases, nudging my side. I blush, "I do NOT have a crush on Eric! Leave me alone! He won't even be there, he said he was gonna explore for a couple of weeks," Nate laughs, "Come on nerd, we'll see you guys back here when you're done," Nate spreads his wings and takes to the sky with a single firework, heading up to the floating watch island for elytra users. AKA us and a few select others because apparently we're the only people that have elytras in a 10,000 block radius that actually bother going to market. Nick takes my hand before I can follow, "Be careful, please," He mumbles, "I don't want to lose you," I smile warmly, hugging him quickly, "We'll be careful," I turn away and crouch, lighting a firework before diving forwards and letting it carry me upwards. I whoop as I let the air currents carry me upwards to the island where Nate is waiting. "You do know that like, four of the guys we live with have a crush on you, right?" He asks as I land.
 I jerk my head in his direction, "What?? Who does?" He laughs, "I'm not telling,that's for me to know and you to wonder," I smirk, "Two can play at that game!" He frowns, "What?" "I know a certain pair of men who enjoy your company very much!" I say smugly, picking up a quill and writing my name on the roster and todays date. Nate snatches the quill from my hand, "Vincent," He mutters, writing his name down under mine, "Nick," My eyes widen, "They do?" "Clay and George," "Spifey?" "Not Spifey," I blush, looking out over the towers surrounding the market square, "Zak and Darryl," I mumble, conceding the names of the two men I mentioned earlier. He gasps, "You're capping, no fucking way!" "I'm not joking," I reply, scanning the horizon, spotting two patrols of pillagers, too far away to worry about, and yet... I let out a shrill whistle and a small green parrot appears in front of me. Two pillager patrols, one southeast the other to the west, I write on a small peice of paper, tying it with a ribbon to the parrot's leg. "Go on now girl," I mumble, stroking her neck feathers before she takes off, taking my note to the northernmost watchtower. She will take it to each tower in a clockwise direction until everybody on patrol knows.
 It happens so fast. A purple shot like a needle pierces the bird, she bursts into a cloud of feathers, dead. I let out a shriek, pulling out my bow and aiming it at the sky, "DRAGON!" I scream, "THE MARKET IS UNPROTECTED!" Behind me, Nate pulls a lever attached to the ceiling, letting off a series of loud, massive, purple fireworks. A warning: take cover. Dragon raid. There's only ever been one of these here, long before I was born. The watchtowers burst to life as elytra-bearer's leap out of them, flying up towards us to aid with keeping the dragon at bay, archers positioning themselves strategically to avoid shooting a flyboy. My first shot lands at the base of the dragon's tail and it roars out, catching my eye: it's not the mother. "I'LL TRY LEAD IT AWAY, YOU DEAL WITH THE PATROL!" Pulling my mask up over my face, I shout towards Nate over the cries of the sick, the twisted and the damned. After the sickness was discovered: Mega made all of us masks to keep us as safe as possible. I pull out my fireworks, running and leaping off the edge of the tower and instantly lighting one, letting it carry me up and away. I crane my neck to look over my shoulder, feeling the piercing breath of the dragon as she flies after me, slow with her large reptilian body. "That's right girl, follow me," I mumble, leading her further away from the rest of her patrol.
 Another firework is set off below me and I look down, spotting the afore-mentioned mute man. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH THE OTHERS?" I yell as he joins me. He shrugs, miming slitting his throat and pointing back at the dragon. "YOU'RE INSANE! YOU KNOW THEY'RE STRONGER NOW THAT THE MOTHER IS OUT HERE, WE NEED AT LEAST FIVE OF US!" He shrugs again, miming coughing, "YOU'D RATHER DIE TO HER THAN LOSE TO THE SICKNESS, I'M SURE WE ALL WOULD," I grit my teeth, angling my wings directly up and setting off another firework. I loop up and over, landing with a flourish on the dragon's back, gripping the spines running down the length of her body. Mega lands beside me, miming twisting his finger next to his head,"YES, WE'RE ALL CRAZY, NOW ARE YOU GONNA HELP ME OR NOT?" I  yell, driving my glowing sword downwards between the thick scales. He does the same, sickly purple blood spraying out, staining his hoodie. We move upwards as she twists and bucks underneath us, trying to throw us off as we pierce her hide every opportunity we get, eventually reaching her head. Mega looks towards me and I meet his gaze, "TOGETHER," I cry and he mimes counting down from 5, before we drive our swords into the dragon's eye sockets.
 We're too far away from the market to do any damage at this point so as she falls we steer her into the desert for a crash landing. At the last second we dive upwards, using fireworks to land softly a safe distance away. Mega grabs my shoulder, pointing at the ground beside the dragon as it begins to shimmer. The haze settles, revealing a pulsating purple dragon egg, "She was a mother..." I mumble, going over and using a torch to pick it up. Mega mimes cradling something and I shrug, "Is it even possible to hatch a dragon egg?" He shrugs and I add the egg to my backpack inventory as we begin to fly back. The chaos is still in motion, a second and third dragon having appeared in our absence, raining hellfire on the market village below. I frown, spotting the trio of George, Nick and Clay atop the largest dragon, Nate and Zak upon the second, trying to drive it away. "THE VILLAGERS ARE UNDERGROUND!" A voice cuts through the confusion and I meet Vincent's eyes as he flies beside us, "IT'S JUST PATROL AND US LEFT OUT HERE, WE SHOULD GET OUT WHILE WE STILL CAN!" Mega shakes his head, miming using a shield and then pointing to the village. "WE HAVE TO PROTECT T-" A shot whizzes over my head and smacks straight into Vincent and I scream as Mega pulls me away, using a firework to pull the both of us away as the poison takes over Vincent's body.
 I watch him struggling as we fly away, his eyes turning a glowing white, his skin paling. He's gone. The monotone way he drops his backpack as it it's worthless tells me everything and I dive, grabbing the bag before it hits the ground. It weighs me down slightly but Mega grips my arm, keeping me in the air. His eyes are sad and I frown, "LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" I catch sight of Techno chasing a screaming Phil and a tear slips down my face. I cast my gaze around and spot more backpacks falling from the sky. None of them should be full to the brim so Mega and I collect them as we spot them, staying out of the way and not making eye contact with anybody. "JIMENA NO!" I hear Nate shout through the quieting chaos. I look up after casually wrestling Adrian's bag off of his writhing form. Nate crashes into Darryl mid flight as he chases Jimena, a ravenous and violent gleam extremely foreign in his white eyes. He struggles against Nate, desperate to reach his target. "GO AFTER HER! I shout to Mega, "I'LL HELP NATE!" Finn beats me to him, diving and grabbing Darryl, slingshotting him to the ground where he lays, mostly motionless. "I'M SORRY DARRYL!" Nate shouts, the crack in his voice breaking my heart.
 Mega catches up with Jimena as I reach Nate, "YOU OK?" He nods, "KINDA, IS JIMENA ALRIGHT?" I nod, pointing to Mega, "We have to go, now, there's nothing left for us here," He says as Finn returns with Wilbur's bag. "Is that all the bags?" I ask and he nods, "I followed your lead, collected the ones you missed," "GO NOW!" I hear Fundy shout as he dives past us, "THE DRAGONS!" Nate and I whip out heads to look back, our flight slow enough that we can keep up with each other. We exchange a glance, "Let's not stick around," Nate suggests as the dragons start scanning for survivors. I nod grimly, lighting three fireworks in quick succession to catch up with the other three. The six of us gain altitude, leveling out as we pass through the clouds, "Back to base! We hole up underground!" Finn shouts, "We should be alright if we hide out for a week,"
Iâm in the process of writing part 2 it should come out today so donât kill me
Love,
Chase
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Grimoire of Zero 10 - 11 | Royal Tutor 11 - 12 (FINAL) | Kado 10 | Boku no Hero Academia 25 | Tsukigakirei 10 - 11...plus summer 2017 anticipated anime.
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Grimoire of Zero 10
Geez, the staff pulled a Kado 0 - 1 on us hereâŠi.e. the ending of one ep is the same as the opening of the next ep. Itâs just to a lesser extent than Kado did.
Seriously, who is Him??? They still havenât told us!
Welp, thereâs my answer. It was too obvious to centre a 12 episode series around, I wouldâve given a plot point like that aboutâŠ3 or 4 eps, tops.
Grimoire of Zero 11
The thing about this show is that you can just turn your brain off and watch along. Itâs a tad slow, but enjoyable and thatâs why Iâve stuck with it.
LOL, I understand what itâs like to have âmessy, wormlike handwritingââŠ
I donât believe a wisp of that karate chop, Holdem. The hand was at the wrong angle.
Finally, the show gets funny again. Thereâs the Zero we know.
I love the sense of scale the animators have demonstrated with the spells. Just saying that before I have no more chances to.
Ooh! Oh, that man. I actually side with Holdem on this one, he deserved that punch.
âI-â â Ooh, at that moment I got completely engrossed in the cliffhanger. Normally shows donât cut off in the middle of a sentence, do they?
Royal Tutor 11
I canât believe they forcibly took Gregor. Isnât there some kind of legal offence for-oh wait. Thatâs called kidnapping. (partially sarcastic)
Iâve always found it interesting that the princes have to refer to the king as such, rather than âdadâ. That seems to be a problem in every single piece of media you get about royalty, although these guys have a conscious sort of âI am no longer the king, but your fatherâ (and vice versa) switch which is controlled by Viktor.
Oh, so itâs basically all the Dickensian stuff you get in Oliver TwistâŠ(I havenât read it, but you know how it is with classics *rolls eyes*).
Heineâs movements are believable, but thereâs some suspension of belief needed for Viktorâs (because he faints a little too fast, I think).
Welp, this ainât quite crying material, but I can tell there was a âclimaxâ where the audience was expected to cry. Knowing this is anime-only material keeps my eyes dry, I guess. However, knowing that Heineâs resigned as Royal Tutor really made my heart dropâŠafter all, this is the second last episode, and Iâve really had fun watching these princes and their diminuitive tutor.
Royal Tutor 12
Bruno really likes Gendo poses, doesnât he?
Heineâs voice is great for a noob VA. It really sells the character.
I always thought âhai-nehâ was a weird pronunciation, but thatâs what it says in the katakana.
Seeing Heine tell others their strengths really makes me feel like Iâm missing them already, in a good way. Iâm not tearing up yet, but itâs real heartwarming and I know if I were in the same situation, Iâd cry too.
âGoodbyeâ isnât quite âexcuse meâ, but I guess it works context-wise.
This is one of those shows where âshow, donât tellâ works well and I think the showâs nailed it for the most part.
University degrees donât necessrily make good tutors. Any student knows that, especially in uni.
I can see why even the author cried at this now, even though Iâm still not crying.
W-Whoâs that? With the dark hair? Eins???
Ah, thereâs my answer. It was indeed Eins. Why does he have dark hair???
Welp, thereâs one finale for the spring season over. The anime staff really couldnât have done too much about Eins, though, which sucks. Come back another time for a different show, âkay?
Kado 10
Iâm in that weird stage where I want to like Kado, but because everyoneâs jumped ship, I wonât want to like it eitherâŠwhat a weird thing peer pressure is. *feels like crying*
I feel like Iâm in Superhero Project (one of my stories) where protag Keisuke wakes up in a white expansive room to be trained in his powers. Only this time, they gave the room fractals.
Interesting. Itâs like an alien LINE convo.
Sarasouju treeâŠapparently, itâs this thing. Commonly known as âsalâ. Iâve never heard of it, though.
âHumans are ephermeal creatures.â â You remind me of Haibara (Detective Conan).
âThereâre guns everywhere in America!â â LOL, that sure ainât the truth, as much as America has gun problems.
Letâs play another common anime game. Itâs called âSpot the Main Character from their Hair Colourâ.
(SPOILERS for White Parasite from now on!) zaShuninaâs still teetering on âcuckooâ from his facial expressions here. Itâs sad, because I wanted him to be mysterious and beautiful like La Luna forever...thatâs why I killed La Luna off!
*sigh* Okay, evil mastermind pretender, put your hands back on and please just negotiate like you wanted to in the beginning. (*on the brink of tears* Hey, I realised something. I keep making comparisons to White Parasite, but people find it confusing. By making those comparisons, I seem to have almost jinxed Kado to be this way.)
*crying because Shindo* La Lunaâs force of living was the goodwill that it used to create its powers. Does that mean the anisotropic run off trust in the same way? (By the way, please donât resurrect Shindo. That would break the laws of reality as we know it â even anisotropic laws.) (end spoilers)
Welp, I guess not. B-But, my dreams just got ruined by Saraka kissing Shindo (although the Kado tag spoilered it for me anyway)âŠ
Pffffft. Okkkkkkay, Captain Shang, hold up!
Shindoâs angry face at Saraka wearing his shirt had me dying. He really is Captain Shang.
Kado. You were so beautiful at first. I placed my faith in you. B-But you changed, and now all I can do is see you through as you become a clichĂ© fest I could have easily created with my own hands. In fact, I did create a Kado with my own hands - White Parasite. So I am the one to blameâŠI will have to see this through as I have seen through White Parasite.
Boku no Hero Academia 25
Well, that certainly threw me for a loop. Between two forces of roughly even power, itâs unpredictable whoâll win, but the ability to humanise a character comes with weaknesses. I know that already, as a writer and reader of hero stories.
All Might is such a fatherly type. I donât think I could write a character like him â both OP yet grounded at the same time.
Plus Ultra!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait, the woman with red streaks is hisâŠaunty? Sister? Iâm not sure at all.
Aw, this Shouto segment was just too good. Iâm worried about Iida though, because from the Stain stuff Iâve seen floating around, he will not take the defeat of his bro lightly. Also, amazarashi is coming in the next part of BnHA! I loved Speed to Masatsu, so itâs good to meet him again here.
Tsukigakirei 10
âAn Encouragement of Learningâ is a Fukuzawa work.
From Kawagoe to Chiba it really is about 2 hrs. Look.
Oh great. Bad CGI people strike againâŠ
Monzenyokocho.
Did Hira have kawaii eyes just as the other people thrust trash at him?
Imokoi is a Kawagoe specialty involvingâŠwait for itâŠsweet potatoes. Thatâs why the sweet potato mascot makes sense.
My eyes!!!!!!!! Bad CGI people stand out more in night scenes (compared to day scenes, of course).
Toki no Kane, apparently also known as the Bell of Time.
The âgameâ in question, that rock paper scissors, was probably a batsu (penalty) game.
I guess I shouldâve guessed Kotarou wouldâve gotten angry at Hira eventually. I just didnât think it would be now.
That shot of Kotarou walking down the street looked a little awkward because it looked like he was walking on a flat surface when itâs actually slanted.
Itâs not just my video, is it? Akaneâs crying got sped up and that pulled me out of what was meant to be an immersive scene.
Chotto matte means âwait a bitâ, but I feel like âIâll be right thereâ is warping the meaning a lilâ too much.
Well, I never expected this show to portray anger. It pulled Kotarouâs anger off really well.
I never thought Iâd see the day where Kotarou would rely on the potato mascot, either. I like a show that goes out of its way to be unpredictable like this. Too bad it came a little too late in the game.
Tsukigakirei is all about following the heart and not necessarily the mind, so this is a pefect way to show it.
Oh! That was another good unexpected thing, but then theyâve been teasing that since the fireworks. Too bad they kept part of Kotarouâs face hidden right after it.
This end of ep LINE convo is about a couple that canât sleep, so one of them starts talking about their part time jobâŠthen it gets cut off.
Oh, so thatâs how Sakura is related to the main eventsâŠokay.
Tsukigakirei 11
âTo decide that Iâm hopeless before I even begin is nothing but laziness.â - Wise words, Dazai.
Were there always two potato mascots at the top of 13.70? I think one appeared there when Kotarou first received his, actually, although Iâm not bothered to lookâŠ
The people arenât CGI nowâŠor Iâve somehow gotten used to themâŠ? Either way, theyâve stepped up their animation game (in exchange for ep 12 being late, according to a note on the CR page).
Thatâs a cute jumper, Akane.
The fact Kotarou changes his message is something I can relate with. Even one forum post can take hours to type, even though time is always never on my side.
Whatâs that purple thing on the onigiri plate? A pickled plum? No, those are redâŠ
A âroot for the underdogâ story is a classic, so I can see why Romanâs rooting for Kotarou.
HahahaâŠyeah, letâs just sat I canât understand the science for the life of me and leave it at that. That stuffâs chemistry, I havenât touched it since I was 14 or 15.
The stuff about circles appears to be on segments, equal angles and so on (you know how you find the angle of a triangle based on where it is in a circle? Yeah, stuff like that).
Oh yeah, I never thought this butâŠKawagoe Seminar. Itâs named like Sailor Moonâs Crystal Seminar, and for good reason â both are cram schools.
Thereâs a grade score near Kotarouâs wrist, so understandably he got an A in Japanese.
Parents arenât like that, Kotarou. They donât always hope for your failure, they just hope youâll do well in lifeâŠsays someone whose parents have aways supported them.
Instead of having CGI people moving, theyâve finally done 2D people. However, the tradeoff is that now the people are not moving, which is just as weird if not even weirder.
âPoPoâ is such a weird name for a shop, LOL.
No wait, I take part of my comment about 2D people back. There is still CGI, itâs just less prononced now theyâve bothered to put in 2D background people as well.
That scarf goes well with his outfitâŠsays someone who sucks at coordinating outfits.
Why not just talk with her when youâre ready, Kotarou? If The Royal Tutor taught me anything, itâs that itâs always good to talk things over if you canât understand each other.
Aitai can mean âwant to meetâ(like youâre meant to do to make the fish a heart), but the ai is in hiragana (so it doesnât mean anything) and the kanji for tai used means âred snapperâ. As in, the fish.
Thereâs a lot of ganbaru (try your hardest) used in this ep, and Kotarou says benkyouganbaresou in this âSorry it didnât turn out so greatâ convo. The nuance is therefore lost in the translated version, âI feel like Iâm ready to study again starting tomorrowâ, although I canât suggest a better alternative.
Yeah, Kotarouâs mother is right. If you have a normal sleep schedule, youâre able to work better, despite how great it may be to sleep in.
I get easily lost on public transport, so I understand the vibe Kotarouâs parents are giving off.
This epâs ED LINE convo is two people (oneâs a guy, the other I donât know the gender of) talking about studying and, at the start of the convo, the guyâs mother being angry. At the end of the convo it turns out the guyâs notebook was blank (and thatâs the punchline to the convo).
Well, Iâll confirm my lineup for summer here and now. Licensingâs already being doled out as we speak so some of the lineupâs set in stone already. In order of hype:
Definite hype:
Boku no Hero Academia 2* (carryover)
Katsugeki Touken Ranbu*
Reflection*
Nana Maru San Batsu
Kaito x Ansa (already binged Nazotokine to prepare)
Nobunaga no Shinobi ~ Ise to Kanegasaki-hen ~* (see below, carryover)
Medium - low hype:
Vatican Kiseki Chousakan
Princess PrincipalÂ
Jikan no Shihaisha (seen the first chapter or so of the manga)
Isekai Shokudou*Â
18if
Youkai Apato
Clione no Akari
Konbini Kareshi
Zannen Onna
Asterisks mean licensingâs been confirmed already for me as of this post - Iâve asterisked anything confirmed to be by CR this season, because thatâs likely to be worldwide bar Asia. Katsugeki is the only known show out of the asterisks that isnât a CR stream.Â
Funiâs opened up its services to my region (due to the CR x Funi merger), I could probably watch 18if there, but 1) I feel like Funi doesnât have a good enough player, and 2) I feel like itâll show up on a service that has a better player.
Youâll notice Nobunaga no Shinobi, a carryover from the last season I previously didnât care for, is on the list. I was looking at YouTube videos of peopleâs favourite OPs and I fell in love with Shirayuki (by Renka, itâs the OP for the current season) recently, so I binged the existing content in one day. However, it being a short series means itâs not eligible for simulcast commentary and Iâll have to make a separate ranking for short series once I make my year-end rankings (to include ~ Ise to Kanegasaki-hen ~, and because watching Kenka Bancho Otome has screwed my rankings over enough as it is). After all, my 2016 ranking policy was âa show I saw at least once over in 2016 and had at least one seasonal entry in 2016âł, which if applied to this year would make Nobunaga no Shinobi eligible, but it would be unfair to pit it against any shows with standard 24 min eps.
#simulcast commentary#summer 2017 anime#tsukigakirei#grimoire of zero#seikaisuru kado#the royal tutor#boku no hero academia#Chesarka watches Tsukigakirei#Chesarka watches Kado#Chesarka watches Boku no Hero Academia#Chesarka watches Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine#Chesarka watches Grimoire of Zero#katsugeki touken ranbu#reflection wave one#nana maru san batsu#kaito x ansa#vatican kiseki chousakan#princess principal#jikan no shihaisha#nobunaga no shinobi#isekai shokudou#18if#youkai apato no yuuga na nichijou#clione no akari#konbini kareshi#zannen onna kanbu black general-san#nazotokine#shirayuki#renka
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(Grand)father's day
Well, it's Sunday. You promised the old man you'd come for a visit, have a special little father's day with him. It'll be nice, spending time with him outside of his study. You start things off by shuffling sleepily down to the kitchen, rubbing sleep from your eyes as you start up the stove. In a cast iron skillet, you lay down a few slices of thick bacon, a few rolls of sausage, and once they're starting to sizzle and fill the pan with a cheerfully popping sizzle, you crack a few eggs in the to fry in the fat. Next you add some tomato, a few mushrooms, and a strip of black pudding all together, two servings sizzling merrily away in the large pan. You pop a few slices of bread in the toaster, put on a pot of beans to cook, then put the kettle on while you wait for it all to cook up. A Full English Breakfast, his favourite. Once it's all nice and ready, you butter the toast, cut it into triangles, and plate everything up. With a newspaper tucked under your arm, you gather the pair of plates up, floating your teacups along behind you with your powers. You ascend to the second floor on foot, lightly tapping at it with your toeclaws to announce your presence. You call through the door -
grandpa! its fathers day! i brought you your favourite! breakfast in the study!
You finagle his doorknob with your hands full, using your elbow to twist it just enough to pop the latch and enter into the dim, musty room once more. He's here of course, staring long and thoughtful into the fireplace once more, which flares into life when you approach. He never seems to get tired of that trick! You set the plates down at the desk, pulling up the stiff side chair to face it.
oh come on i know you are busy but it is your fathers day breakfast, at least come over here!
He makes no moves from his firewatching vigil, so you roll your eyes and push him over there directly, leaving him standing behind his desk, looking at the pleasant tendrils of fragrant steam rising from his plate. He doesn't sit - never has been one to sit for anything but the fanciest meals. But you do sit, tucking into the hearty meal with a soft smile on your face. You don't go to the trouble of a Full English very often, but it is good. You can see why it's his favourite. He doesn't seem very hungry - he scarcely seems to want to touch it - but you can tell from the twinkle in his eye that he appreciates it all the same.
are you gonna finish that bacon and sausage? no? okay thank you grandpa! hehehe, i know, you dont want to mess up your mustache. it looks very nice today! so sharp, so smart!
You snag his uneaten meats, munching them up, as well as one of his little mushrooms. While you eat, you figure he'd like to hear any new news. You were just here the other day so there's not a ton new, but you can touch on it all the same. It's sweet of him to take interest in his granddaughter's life, after all! You look up at the old man in his Stout Dignity, offering a small smile while you speak.
hmm? no nothing super exciting has happened this week, honestly. just did some more gardening and stuff, you know i love to do that! yes grandpa i make sure im armed. no i dont think every earthworm has a chance to grow - yes i read dune, those dont actually exist or if they do the worms in my soil are not precursors to sandworms!! pffft!
How silly of him, to even think that your garden worms could become shai-hulud.
other than that, ive mostly just been playing this game with some friends! no like an online one! it is called mine craft and it has you... well, mine ores and craft things out of them! theres lots of adventure, monsters to fight, and more! yes im well armed ive got a magic bow and sword! i might be one of the better strife combatants on the server honestly. i run around on a horse named hubble, exploring for resources and building tunnels and quarries and supplying people with stuff! its really fun, id only ever played it alone before recently. you might not like it though, theres no guns! just bows and crossbows. maybe some could be modded in though! or shoot fireworks at people!
He seems interested, though a dourness seems to befall him when he hears there's no firearms. Maybe it's not a good idea, he'd probably kill all the cute non dog animals. At least he seems tickled by your horse's name. Always naming things for scientists, it's the Harley way. You put your fork and knife down, stacking his half full plate atop your empty one to do away with them both - a quick zap of dishes into the sink. You down your tea, then do the same with the cup. You rise up, looking up at the towering old gentleman.
so tonight is a werewolf night so i dont have aaaaalll night unless you really wanna see me go full furry and cavort around like a loon, but i thought you might want to spend some time together outside today? i set up a little shooting range so i can show you my marksmanship! wanna go see how im doing? im on my sixth prestige level on riflekind so you could say im pretty good!
Grandpa doesn't seem averse to the idea. He always wants to make sure you're well armed, well prepared, so showing your prowess is likely to be a good activity! You loop your arms around one of his, green lightning dancing around the two of you before the scene suddenly shifts to a spot outside in the fields. The fruits of your gardening labour, both figurative and literal, sprawl out in all directions to the edges of the ship. The Breeze ruffles through your hair and the looser bits of Grandpa's expeditionary outfit, the smell of flowers and vegetation in the air. Dotted here and there, you've set up little dummy copies of monsters - a papier mùché ogre here, a clay swarm of imps, little rudimentary robotic underlings bobbing and weaving as targets. You can tell Grandpa is surveying the targets, his grip on the Blunderbuss tight. But they're not his to destroy, they're yours. You draw out a stopwatch, taking a deep breath to steady yourself. It's quite a stressor, showing off your skills to your Grandfather. Okay, you're ready. You click the starter....
Strife.
Your spring into action, your GIRLâS BEST FRIEND deploying from within your specibus and into your hands. You fire a volley of pinpoint-accurate shots into a swath of imps, each one perfectly removing the heads in a spray of fine dust. You YOUTHROLL as if avoiding a barrage of attacks, stopping on a knee to switch to the GREEN SUN STREETSWEEPER and eviscerate a mechanical lich. You swap through your rifles one by one, blasting apart the targets you've set up, each shot dead in the middle of the bullseyes painted on them. You slide, you run up a tree and jump off to shoot upside down in midair, you rifle butt a basilisk. For a grand finale you light the papier mĂąchĂ© ogre ablaze with a green sun flamethrower to soften it up, then swap to your LITTLE BUSTER guitar-rifle to first ventilate it, then pummel it into cinders with the base of the instrument. You let out a little cheer and stop the stopwatch, dancing on the spot in celebration. You check the timer. 1:34.62. Just over a minute and a half, not bad. You bound back over to Grandpa, a big grin and a light sheen of sweat on your face. You gesture out over the dust of your destruction, other small bots already scurrying out to collect the destroyed targets, the spent casings.
voila!! howd i do grandpa?? not a bad time for all those baddies, if i do say so myself! do you like the bass guitar? it shoots .45s and also grenades from the headstock and its good for bashing with too! it dual-classes as an axekind weapon too, haha... i converted it from a regular old classic rickenbacker myself!
You hold up the LITTLE BUSTER for his perusal. He looks on with what feels like an air of appraisal, as if inspecting your craftsmanship. You stay quiet for a long moment to just let him see, before he seems satisfied. A glint of approval, what might be interpreted as a smile behind your grandfather's dense moustache. He's never been good at praise, but you can tell he's proud.
haha, thank you for coming out and watching, grampa. it means a lot to get to show you that, and all this too! do you like how the gardenship looks? ive been up to my eyebrows in dirt making it all cute! look over there, you can see rip van maple, just growing and growing! technically its only a few years old but the growth acceleration puts it at like three hundred!
You spend the next hour or so pointing out nearby points of interest, talking about the care and maintenance and upkeep of your garden, your robots, even the dogs. As if conjured by the utterance of his name, Becquerel appears, curling up at his master's feet like he's prone to. You scratch between your direwolf sized hound's ears and sit down against him, still quietly talking to grandpa.
so how has work been going in there, grandpa? oh, right i know, business trade secrets, cant discuss them! still i hope you are not working too hard in there. you always seem so lost in thought... maybe looking out the window once in a while instead of into the fireplace would give a fresh perspective! shhh i know it is the favorite spot but still! you might even see me running around from in there, haha...
You sigh, looking up at the imposing figure above you. The wind rustles his mustache, and he stalwartly gazes off into the middle difference. Maybe, he seems to think. Maybe he'll try it out. You can tell he must be getting tired though, time to get back to work. You lightly grasp his shirt hem, and Bec returns all three of you to the study. This time his perch does seem to be near the window, overlooking the grape vines and the little bench you built for Rose, just offset from the pane to spare himself the excess light and the ominous silhouette in the window. You pull a little box from your sylladex, a gift for your beloved Grandpa. You can tell he's too lost in thought to pluck at all the lavish ribbons and paper you've wrapped it in, so you unbox it for him. Within he finds a few Artifacts - the skull of a monster that you put onto his mantlepiece immediately; a bottle of his theoretically favourite Cognac, which you put on a shelf next to a few similar bottles of brown alcohol. Clink. And last but not least, a loud Hawaiian shirt with a computer woven into the threads. It's bright, it's garish, it's absolutely nobody's style. You set this neatly folded on his desk, where he can deal with it at his leisure.
okay grandpa, i know you gotta work... thank you for coming out with me today! it was nice to spend time with you... ill come visit again soon, okay? i love you soooooo much grandpa!! happy fathers and grandfathers day!!
You hesitate, then scurry over and hug the old man, clinging tight to his sturdy frame. A single tear runs down your cheek and musses his khaki attire, but it's only a small watermark. You gaze up at the lofty gentleman, ears angled backwards for a moment, wishing he'd return your affection now and then. But it's alright. It's tough for old men full of machismo to show their love. You know he cares from the wistful look in his eyes. You hold onto his hand for a moment, squeezing gently, then depart. As you go, you hear the soft chime of a wardrobifier, perhaps triggered by the teardrop. You look back, and he's wearing the shirt you got him. With a soft smile you slip from his study and close the door behind you, murmuring one more time -
happy fathers day, to a wonderful grampa...
#whoops a day late))#had to spend time with actual family irl))#long post#solo writing#solo rp#drabbles#death cw/#guns cw/
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The Needle http://eng.origami-kids.com/paper-airplane/hunters/the-needle.htm
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The Needle
The Needle, based on the web access logs, have been one of the most popular paper airplane in this page, so here I present the newest addition to the series of hunters. Interestingly, no two of the âhuntersâ series share the same base folds. Since the Needle is a relative of the classic dart paper airplane, it inherits some pretty bad roll instabilities. Most of the subtle folds at the end of construction should help somewhat, but a careful eye and attention to trim are necessary to help you get some steady flights out of it. NO cutting, NO taping and NO extra attached materials. Posted in How to make a paper airplane > Hunters
Folding Instructions:
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To fold the Paper Plane âThe Needleâ you should follow step to step the following sequence.
On the Upper Left side appears the paper sheet before folding, on the Upper Right Side, appears the sheet after folding it. The left animation indicates how you have to fold the paper sheet.
After The folding you should click the button âNextâ to see the next step.
You have to repeat the previous step, until you finish folding the Paper Airplane.
With the button âBackâ you will return to the previous step.
The button âStartâ takes you to the step 1 and the button âEndâ takes you to the last step.
You need to fold it accurately in order to have a perfect paper airplane which can fly well.
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How to Fly the paper plane The Needle
For greater distance, point the plane at an angle of 45 degrees upward.
If you want to hit a target at a short distance and accuracy, locate the plane at eye level and throw horizontally
For anything else, throw the plane as hard as you can in any direction.
How to fly: Light Throwing at 30-40 degrees straight up ( Similar to throw a football).
Where to fly: it is best indoor.
Paper Size: Printing paper: Letter size: 8.5 x 11 in. A4 is possible ( Please test it out).
* Aerodynamic body shape
* One of the Easiest Paper Airplanes Ever
* Flies Pretty well
  This is the list of all Paper Airplanes in this Category
The Dagger The Needle The Origami X-Hunter The Thay Hunter - Paper Airplane The Origami Mirage. The Barracuda. Category: The Hunters The Hunter / The Dart Paper Airplanes
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If you have any comment or suggestion about this paper plane, PLEASE, feel free to leave me comments. I am happy to listen to you and will improve my future animation tutorial
Andreu Hoffman â [United States â Somerville] The plane itself is awesome it flys fast accuretly. but i think you really should break down the steps some more and make it less confusing. planes done step by step always fly better. Hunter English â [Arizona â Phoenix] I CAN MAKE A PAPER AIRPLANE IN A FEW MINUTES!!!! da bomb â [U.S.A. â San Diego] The needle is awesome lutero907 POLAND â [POLAND â WOJNICZ] This is great :D loc â [france paris â ] Jâ adore le mirage et le the hay hunter mais le dagger vole quand meme bien et il nâ est pas complique a fabrique au niveau des bateaux le catameran est pas mais super chaud a fabriquĂ© et en plus il ne flotte pas bien donc il vaut mieux faire 5 ou 6 bateaux normeaux et pouvoir les utliser gupppy MAnnnnnnnnn this is the best Alex â [U.K â Stevenage] MEGA FAST!!!!!! IT ROCKS!!!!! sippi-nippi-whippi â [whippi land â africa] whippy airplanes is de best yo ni to put on de calassic drat dat i cool airplane man sippi up bye babygirl â [united states â selma] how in the world a girl gonna choose between so many planes and i like to think my teacher mrs anderson my science teacher ms anderson at tipton middle MICHAEL THE NEEDLE IS COOL shareef â [singapore â ] cooooooooool I love those paper planes the undertaker the best and the hardest paper airplane iâve aver seen!!! sam i think it would be better if they had a movie or a person folding and talking at the same time. maplestory dude â [Australia â Perth] Ive made this plane a million times its great Karthick K N â [India â Chennai] Slight difficult in understanding.Need to be clear. That`s it. Nice. RUSS â [CALIFORNIA â HEMET] U SHOULD MAKE A VDEO ITâS EASYER TOO MAKE IT THAT WAY mario â [united states â Tucson] this is probaly the best to make origami!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I checked for a million times then I found this website !!!!thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dakota barton â [ohio â wethington] this is the best origami web-site ive ever been tooo. Andreas â [Cyprus â Larnaka] in âcataramanâ the picture is not chaging!!!! tommy â [canada â toronto] This plane is to good i like it if you wany to make it more cool decorate it put a straw and staple it Lucy â [United States â Florida] hey great airplane its real good at flying Buck â [United States â Washington] Hey! Someone tought me how to fold that plane when I was little but over the years I forgot. The last 2 years I have been trying to figure it out but whith no luck. Then I found your website. Thanks! Abe TOrkelton â [United States â New York] cool thing, nice :) Kwesi Mfodwo â [Australia â ] awestruck dude! SG â [Lithuania â Kretinga] Simple to do,flies normal phillip â mine keeps going down at the end.. the front is too heavy hi â [ji â ki] my 1 dusnt look exactly as the image they show Ryan â [United States â Los Angeles] Its kinda kool how it dive bombs when u throw it. Fergal Murray â [Ireland â Dublin] SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! AgentC5 â [Philippines â Paranaque] cooL!! shorty504 i built it Da Jingla i built dis plane but 1 wing is shorta dan da other so it barrel rolls permanently Brandan â [USA â Tyler] this plane is off da hook aaron johnson â [usa â ny] awsome! Avery Tockerson â [USA â Stockbridge] Awesome, I built it and it flies great. One thing though, it loops at the end;)
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