#freebies schemes

[morningmantra]

Freebies: Vice President Dhankhad's key comments on 'free' schemes..

Vice President Dhankhad's key comments on 'free' schemes..by congress

Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar stated that we are seeing competitive politics in the name of ‘Freebies’ schemes.. They are changing spending priorities. Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has made important comments on the politics of competition in the name of ‘freebies’ in the current society. To do so would be to change spending priorities, he said. He emphasized that it is not…

[aakhirtak]

States Allocate Funds for Election Freebies, Not Judges' Salaries: Supreme Court

“Aakhir Tak – In Shorts” The Supreme Court criticized state governments for funding election freebies while citing financial difficulties in paying judges’ salaries. Ahead of Delhi Assembly elections, the Court raised concerns about the allocation of funds for electoral promises versus judicial salaries. The Maharashtra BJP’s ‘Ladki Bahin’ initiative and similar promises by Delhi’s AAP and…

[tsams-and-co-memes]

Introducing….

….TSBS Ladies Appreciation Month!

This is an event meant to show appreciation and love to the ladies of TSBS, both to the characters and their respective VAs! Female characters often get more hate and criticism than male characters, which isn’t cool, and I felt that the VAs deserve to know how much we value their work, and that a large majority of the fandom doesn’t take them for granted

The rules for this event are in the picture, but just in case it’s hard for anyone to read, the text says:

All ladies are fair game! This includes trans and gender-fluid characters, as well as lady characters who have male VAs (ex: Puppet and Monty, when they’re in their female forms) and the female VAs themselves

Keep it PG, or PG13 at most! This month is about appreciating these girls, not making spice of them

Pieces can have characters that identify as anything other than female or gender-fluid in them, but the pieces themselves should be focused on the ladies

Mix and match these to your hearts content! There’s no need to do everything in this exact order

Have fun! :)

(Not included in the image) If one of the female VAs has a personal Minecraft series on their own channel, if they have OCs or a sona you know of, or if they stream, you can incorporate things from there as well. If you do this though, just make sure the piece stays mostly focused on TSBS

(Also not included in the image) If you do anything for any of these prompts, use the tag “TSBS ladies appreciation month 2025”, that way we can find everyone’s work :)

I’ll post the prompts under a cut as well, for anyone who needs that!

Favorite episode/video they’re in

Favorite moment of theirs

Favorite arc of theirs

Favorite quote/line of theirs

Favorite friendship they have with another lady

If you could give them a gift, what would it be?

Upgraded body

Upgraded or new outfit

Them with a different color scheme

Based on song lyrics

The VA meets a character they voice

Their favorite food

New job

They meet your self insert/OC

Create a candy/food themed off of them

Body swap w/ another lady

Outfit swap w/ another lady

Them as a fantasy/mythological creature

Vacation

Mall trip

Them as royalty

Costume party

If they were a different model (ex: Earth as a Ballora model, Roxy as a Puppet model, etc)

Spa day

Put them into a meme

Baking day

Girls night out

If they were evil

Comfort item

Family

Freebie

If you have questions regarding any of the prompts or rules, feel free to ask :)

[sweetcloverheart]

Clover Rants Miraculously: Unearned Defeat

Maybe it's the bitter Chloe Stan in me, but I genuinely do hate how her (And Lila's, frankly) "Downfall" in S5 was never actually about her bullying victims coming together as a community/group to finally stand up for themselves, but about the writers taking every opportunity possible to mock her (and her fans indirectly) because they were that desperate to get the audience onboard with her constant on-screen ridicule. Marinette wasn't allowed to actually stand up for herself against her, to get others to stand up for themselves, to get the class and their teachers to put their feet down in face of her cruelty and commands and finally say "No. I don't care if you're going to call your dad down to have me fired/expelled/exiled. I'm noting doing what you asked. I refuse to buckle under your threats anymore. The answer is no."

Instead, it's 27 episodes (and two specials) of "Isn't Chloe so stupid and dumb? Look at how stupid and dumb she is! She's too dumb to tell Felix and Adrien apart despite being their friend for years. She's too dumb to hide the fact that she hasn't been doing her own homework since Primary. She's too dumb to know Gabriel's tricking her into taking over Paris. She can't even spell 'Democracy' or scheme without Lila needing to hold her hand! What a moron, am I right?". Her friendship with Adrien gets ended over a randomly inserted event from a year ago rather than her steadily growing toxicity that's clearly changed her from the girl he befriended years before, just so Chloe can rant and rave about how evil (and stupid) she is, too much so to even apologize. Sabrina gets downgraded from friend/lackey to punchingbag/slave with nearly zero explanation on how the transition happened, before suddenly being inserted with morals during a scheme (when the upset's clearly more about her being upstaged by Lila) when she barely showed any remorse/reluctance before now and throwing Chloe under the bus to save herself under the excuse of "redeeming herself" to prove further that Chloe is too dumb and stupid to appreciate her friends. Her father, who constantly indulged her whims and turned the whole city upsidedown in her name even when unasked, calls her "Selfish and heartless" to a close friend, and barely reflects on how he might of had a hand in how that came to be, before tossing her to her neglectful mother as a "they deserve each other" punishment for her stupidity and evil. An entirely new character is introduced specifically to talk about how evil and stupid Chloe is and blaming her for her expulsion before getting casually tossed aside. An evil version of Marinette's existence is all but directly blamed on Chloe's bullying rather than the post-apocalyptic villainous dictatorship she lives under that forbids helping people, and even then, nothing comes of the mention as it just exist to remind the audience that Chloe is evil and stupid - even in alternate universes. We dedicated a section of the London special on how Chloe's too evil and stupid to change just to have it there (instead of actual being in London so the episode name would make some sense). Her defeat doesn't come from a clever plan, or the power of cooperation, or even love in the face of difficulty - instead, it comes from spyware and the heroes deciding "Nuhuh" as their transformation timers run out and the narrative shrugging before giving them a freebie by claiming they've "Grown up" without explaining how.

Even when Marinette is finally given the chance to shut Chloe down, it just...rings hollow, because it more about making Chloe look foolish and letting us laugh at her tears than making Marinette seem strong for finally standing up to the girl who's apparently tormented her since they were in diapers and yet somehow she's been beating the blonde down for the past 2-4 seasons with minimum effort. And even, it feels unearned because not only has Marinette not been allowed to build up to her defeat of Chloe to this point, she isn't the one who took her down anyways - convenience did the job for her and she just showed up at the right time to reap the benefits.

Marinette and all the people Chloe hurt should have been given this chance to grow and finally get back their agency from her, to finally defeat Chloe on their own - but instead, they're made passive players and props to the writers personal hit pieces against the loud fan minority on twitter, because a group of adults decided their personal hateboner against the fictional child antagonist they created was far more important than the story they were supposed to tell

[genericpuff]

ok i know it's a webtoon you can read online for free but Rachel/Inklore really did just spoil every twist and plot beat within the plot summary of volume 8 huh

this is literally the next volume they just announced and it's going to be releasing after LO goes behind daily pass and yet they're not even trying to keep things even somewhat interesting for the trad pub market that they're trying to expand through, jesus christ lmao this is yet another lesson in "what not to do" courtesy of LO 💀

your plot summary is supposed to be a HOOK. NOT A WHOLE ASS SYNOPSIS THAT GIVES AWAY EVERY TWIST AND PLOT BEAT. By comparison, LO's Volume 8 "summary" isn't a plot summary, it's a goddamned Cliff's Notes 😭 like ... this feels like they accidentally included the extended pitch notes in the summary, like is there seriously not a single person at Random House going "um, isn't this a little too much?"

I'm not even joking when I say you can deadass just read this summary and understand the gist of the S2 finale. The actual episodes do not contain anything else of substance beyond this summary. All the 'twists' are given away, and anything else that might be 'interesting' is literally dropped or forgotten about by the end of S2 anyways so it winds up not mattering (cough Eris cough)

Literally the first two paragraphs would have sufficed, with the additional removal of the Apollo lineage reveal because again, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TWIST. IT'S A DUMB TWIST, BUT IT'S STILL WRITTEN AS A TWIST LMAO everything in that third paragraph and beyond is WAY TOO MUCH and it's not even making any efforts in its prose to pull you in with enticing set-up, it's just clinically saying "this happens and then this happens and then this happens".

Compare it to the Volume 1 description, it's like night and day:

"Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she’s allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. When her roommate, Artemis, takes her to a party, her entire life changes: she ends up meeting Hades and feels an immediate spark with the charming yet misunderstood ruler of the Underworld. Now Persephone must navigate the confusing politics and relationships that rule Olympus, while also figuring out her own place—and her own power."

Short, sweet, to the point, gives us enough setup to understand what we're going into but not enough details to spoil the whole frigging thing, and it ends perfectly with a hook that gets you interested in both Persephone and Hades as characters.

Y'know what, Inklore, here's a freebie on me, for Volume 8:

"Court is in session, the witnesses have spoken, and now it's Persephone's turn to take the stand. Torn between her loyalty to her mother, Demeter, and her blooming love for Hades, Persephone reveals to all her true motives for the Underworld - but shocking revelations are brought to light by the scheming Apollo that may determine Zeus' verdict and Persephone's fate once and for all.

Meanwhile, deep within Tartarus, a long-forgotten threat from Hades' past has re-awakened, and has set his sights on Persephone as his new wellspring of power...

Will Persephone and Hades finally find their peace? Or will fate tear them apart for eternity? Find out in this visually stunning and climactic conclusion to Lore Olympus' second season."

[mademoisellesarcasme]

i am back on my fountain pen and ink bullshit for legitimate reasons this time (i'm writing the escort cards for a friend's wedding reception as a way to get my calligraphy chops up) and i am once again recommending gouletpens because i got a shitton of ink samples from them and signing up for emails meant I got EIGHT MORE and in that additional eight they were almost all in the same colour scheme of what I had ordered! I ordered a ton of blues and a few purples, and in the eight freebies I got three solid blacks, a surprising purple, a green, a teal, a red, and one I genuinely can't remember right now. But I was really happy to get them! They felt in the same vibe!

also they included a mini tootsie pop and a sticker of a little lamy dragon and i love her so much.

[brmichaels]

🚀ANNOUNCEMENT: 

SHATTERPOINT IS LIVE! 🚀

✨ What’s the deal? My new novella, Shatterpoint: An Amari Kato Novella, is now available for just $0.99 on Amazon and Apple Books! Think of it as a backstage pass to the chaotic, magic-soaked world of my upcoming novel, Stolen Histories. Same grit, same morally gray characters, same thieves—just in a bite-sized package.

🔥 Why should you care?

Meet Amari Kato: If you love thieves with questionable morals and sharp wit, she’s your new favorite disaster.

World-Building Crumbs: Uncover secrets and schemes that’ll tie into Stolen Histories (yes, there’s foreshadowing—no, I won’t apologize).

Budget-Friendly Chaos: At less than a coffee, it’s the cheapest way to test-drive my brain’s nonsense.

🎁 FREEBIE ALERT! Don’t wanna spend the $0.99? I got you. A giveaway’s coming very soon—follow me or keep an eye here so you don’t miss it! (Or, y’know, buy it now and revel in the guilt-free instant gratification.)

📖 TL;DR: New novella. Same world as Stolen Histories. $0.99. Free version coming. Go forth and enable my writing habit.

[s3rena-gal]

Hello Every-gal!! Long time no post lol

I’ve always wanted to make a post regarding what makeup I use, so here is just that! Enjoy! ❤️🌺

⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️: I know some of the products in this video (the “FNG” products) are from the AVON company, a company responsible for creating a pyramid scheme. However, I would like you to know that I got these products from my mom, who sells Avon; I buy from her from time to time. While I don’t approve of her decision to work for Avon, she works 2 other jobs in addition to this (I live w my parents and we’re financially struggling). I like to support my mother whenever I can. Thank you for understanding. ❤️❤️

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😈 Foundation: Tarte’s Amazonian Clay Foundation in 12B Fair Beige! Great for full coverage! I like to mix it with my moisturizer for a lighter look ^^

😈Concealer: FNG (AVON) Cashmere concealer in Macaroon. A bit dark for me; my mom gave this to me as a freebie bc i ran out of the elf camo concealer i was originally using (which was the correct shade). Apparently this was the lightest shade…the coverage isn’t great but it’s all I have atm 😭

😈Setting Powder: FNG (AVON) cashmere compact powder foundation in C110. While it does cover decently, it is slightly orange for being marketed as cool toned lol

😈 Next is eyeshadow! This is the Miss Jelly eyeshadow quad from Trixie Cosmetics!! I use more eyeshadow than just this, but this pallet is definitely one of my faves!!

😈 Eyeliner: NYX Epic Ink Liner! who could forget this staple? Idk what I would do without it!! If I wanna add white underneath, I’ll use the KVD pomade in white. (Not pictured)

😈 Mascara: FNG (AVON) Cathycat mascara. Adorable packaging and coverage!

😈 Blush: Ulta Beauty in the shade, Girlie. She had seen much better days lmao. I also use a highlighter from them too in a similar condition lmao (however there is no shade on it, so it’s not pictured.)

😈 I own a lot of lippies, but one of my most commonly used ones is The Creme Shop’s lip oil (i don’t remember if it’s an oil or gloss, so don’t quote me on that lol) in Pink About Me. Great for everyday! Would definitely look good on deeper skin tones!

And here’s the full look!! Love you!! ❤️❤️

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[donutfrosting]

Uh uh uh SO I saw people showing their ocs and asking how they would look like in face noob au

So this is 𝒗𝒓𝒐 and he ate my family🥀

Im curious to know how he would look like!(Pls make him suffer he deserves it😈😈)

Also have some pizza🍕🍕🍕🍕

His grayscale scheme with small elements of color would be switched: a clownish colorful scheme with elements of gray. He'd likely be another pet for Face Noob because of his animalistic elements, but he wouldn't have as much surgery as Stitches because his "pet" traits are already there. A clownish theme is a freebie.

[jodeliejodelie]

My utterly correct and well-researched predictions for The Sims 5

no research has actually be done by me at all

EA will make the game a monthly subscription "service" which always needs to be online. There will of course be multiple subscription tiers with the higher tiers receiving some utterly mediocre clothes, hairs, furniture, Sims, you name it, paying lipservice to causes like diversity to make them seem important and un-missable (farm that FOMO). Lower tiers will have ads, a limited number of allowed mods/cc, and reduced graphics or some shit.

And of course there will be expansion packs, a staple of The Sims franchise, but you will need to pay for those too. Unless you subscribe to the platinum+ package, which includes a season pass. Of course there will always be certain cc packs that everybody will have to pay for, such as collaborations with big brands like D*sney, big fashion houses or IK*A. Occasionally there will be a freebie, but it will be a shitty print on a basegame T-shirt nobody cares for.

But that's not all! Not only will there be subscriptions, o no, there will be an ever bigger affiliate system. Basically an inbuilt multi-level management system (pyramid scheme) where people can sell their own mods/cc and recruit other people into their downline and make money of the mods they sell. They will give it a cutesy name, like Mod Families, Creator Visionaries, or Simgineers. There will be so many *shitty* mods, but since EA sits at the very top of the pyramid, there is absolutely no desire for quality control. You will see the same hair, with some added strands/removed strands/shorted/streaked/etc. edits over and over again. Of course there will be major fights and drama when the two biggest teams asset flip/convert create the same thing (some uninspired Second Life high poly blouse or something).

Anyway, I'm having a business meeting with EA next week and I'm very excited to share this plan with them.

P.S. Other features:

Extra in game currency like diamonds that people can use to buy even more junk for the game

Limit mods/cc to the Hub, you can't just put things in folders, it won't work

Sponsored events in the game, like a Simlish concert of K*ty P*rry or a Ad*das pop-up store in the mall

More social media integrations

An additional app for mobile devices where you play with your sims in a very limited way, but most importantly earn in game currency by doing stupid tasks, like playing games or watching ads

No pools in the basegame, that was a A+ decision in The Sims 4, so we're keeping that

[dewitty1]

Fic Recs Wrap Up - September 2023 (ノﾟ∀ﾟ)ノ⌒･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*☆

Salt on the Western Wind by Saras_Girl

When the war isn’t quite as over as it first appears, a guilt-ridden Harry is sent to a mysterious safe-house. Among sandwiches, insomnia, and Mills & Boon, he discovers something quite unexpected. Rec Post

Transfigurations by Resonant

Five years after Voldemort’s defeat, Harry returns to England to help re-open Hogwarts. Rec Post

The Arc of the Pendulum by brummell (actualite)

After his father casts a mysterious curse on Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is forced to try to make things right. Rec Post

The Lily Spell by pickledghost

Harry Potter is one of the most handsome and sought after alphas on the Hogwarts Higher Education Programme. Draco Malfoy on the other hand, is the Seventh Year omega son of deceased Death Eaters and is widely ignored and shunned by his peers. Harry doesn’t even know Draco exists until he discovers that the younger boy is pregnant with his baby thanks to a spell gone wrong. Rec Post

Kiss the Joy (Until the Sun Rise) by ICMezzo  @icmezzo

The Room of Requirement was severely damaged in the war, but not so much that it could not provide for one lost student and another young hero—especially when they needed each other most of all. Rec Post

Night Magic by Kbrick @kbrick

Eighth Year isn’t what Draco or Harry expected. Harry’s horribly lonely in the aftermath of his breakup with Ginny, Draco’s stuck in a clandestine friends-with-benefits situation with a closeted Blaise, and neither one of them can ever get any bloody sleep. But when our favorite boys bond over their insomnia-related woes, things start looking up. Rec Post

The Sun in Summer (Presto Pizzicato) by Cannibalschism @cannibalschism

Harry Potter is an orphan. Everyone knows this, him most of all. Taken in by the agoraphobic and ancient Dowager Viscountess Cassiopeia Black, Harry’s musical aptitude was evident even from a young age. He has trained all his life to perform in front of a noble audience and step upon the shoulders of giants. To be known for his accomplishment and skill. To be great. And he will do anything to achieve that goal. Draco Malfoy is an orphan. He hasn’t been as such for very long, however. Known as the Instrumenteur, Draco runs a modest shoppe in lower Diagon Alley where he creates and repairs musical instruments. The Viscountess Cassiopeia Black stole everything from him the night of his parents’ fatal accident. When Harry Potter, the orphan that wretched woman took in even as she cast out her own blood, proposes the most ludicrous of schemes that might just get Draco his stolen title and life back, who is he to decline? In a time of galas, secrets, corsets, and symphonies, can love prevail over all else? Rec Post

WHISKY-TANGO-FOXTROT by Vukovich @vukovich

“Potter,” Malfoy said with a slow smile. “You’re a trashy, new money slut.” “Yeah? Maybe you like it.” – The worst thing about being the Golden Boy is the freebies. Free drinks. Easy sex. It’s all too easy. The worst thing about being a Malfoy is the expectations. Marriage. Kids. It’s all so scripted. Harry wants his arse kicked. Draco decides to grab life by the balls. Rec Post

Here are a few more fics I've read recently that y'all might like to check out as well! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

A True Entanglement by Booktopus @thebooktopus

One moment, Harry was minding his own business, going about his workday, and the next, he found himself being dragged across the Ministry by a red string that had somehow curled up in a pretty little bow around his wrist. A story of fate, smut, falling in love, and a string named Harold.

Fire Meet Gasoline by lettersbyelise @lettersbyelise

When Draco’s anger management issues land him in St Mungo’s, he thinks his Quidditch career is over. But Harry, A&E Healer and notorious workaholic, is faced with a similar predicament. To save their jobs, the two of them decide to fake a relationship. All they have to do is convince their friends and employers… and not fall in love in the process. Simple, right?

Everything is Relative to You by honeybeet @thehoneybeet

Potter was supposed to have lived. Draco is certain of this. That Potter would no longer walk the earth was tantamount to the sun moving west to east across the sky. If only he could have stopped this from happening, if he’d have known… It comes to him as ideas often did: too late. Or, Harry dreams of his past lives, and Draco is in every one.

we'll keep the king by BlueSundayCake @bluesundaycake

On a cold December morning, Remus Lupin shows up on Severus Snape's doorstep with a child with very familiar eyes.

Evitative by Vichan

In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn. Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts, and he needs to be sorted again. Everyone is confident that he’ll go straight back to Gryffindor, but with what he's been learning, Harry’s not so sure.

The White Pawn by Soupy_George

When eighteen-year-old Draco Malfoy finds himself back at Hogwarts on the eve of Voldemort's infamous return, he is confronted with the most difficult decision he's ever had to make: Relive the 6th year at school he's tried so hard to forget, or do the unthinkable and ally himself with Potter's lot...

( •ॢ◡-ॢ)-♡ I hope you enjoy these fics as much as I have! Happy reading, y’all! xoxo, Carey  (◍•ᴗ•◍)♡ ✧*💜💙💚💛❤💗💕💖

[annyankers]

While i do generally just write whatever is compelling to me at the time, I am curious as to what people might want me to work on next after i finish up "if two trees snuggled in the woods"

Edit: realized i should explain some of these. For one they’re all (probably) linked in my pinned but here’s a lil context

Nobody’s Daughter/Dissolved Girl: my twin fic retelling of btvs, oc and lore bullshit heavy. DG is the ats companion

Heaven in your eyes: a season 6-7 retelling idea with more good spuffy and a much different apocalypse that mixes things up with ats and oc shit

In the shadow of: a story from the perspective of spike’s only living childe delilah who he recruits to help care for drusilla around season 2. It’s all about troubled family relationships.

The victorian thing: buffy is the slayer when william is alive and she and william are in love. She rejects him because she’s the slayer which leads to his becoming a vampire. Cut to them reuniting a year or more later and trying to work things out. Very drama, very ooey gooey relationship junk.

Rotten work buffy: some kind of story with a buffy who’s issues are wildly different. Dunno how to do this outside of a series retelling and idk if i wanna do another but i DO REALLY LIKE THIS

Love lost: my spanya fic which was also like, the first btvs fic i wrote/started lol. Spike wishes their pain away and there is no chance of romantic spuffy. Buffy focuses on healing herself and the big plotline is getting anya out from under d’hoffryn with the power of revenge, scheming and violence

Dangerous and savvy: spike is still s2 levels of menace even after s4 and buffy is actually demon literate. They are lowkey highkey insanely into each other.

Drewsilla s2: continuation of my drewsilla series with that version of sprusilla replacing canon. Drewsilla is a human reincarnation with dru’s demonic essence in it so she’s more lucid but weaker and such.

Anyanka s2: anyanka is summoned in s2 and is stuck there. Is basically buffy’s ultra-violent feminist big sister. May or may not give giles a freebie wish after jenny.

[1moreff-creator]

Taking a "Shot" at the DR:OS Prediction Game!

In case you're not aware, a post on the av-multifangan account explained an interesting prediction game: after reading the prologue, you give your predictions on killers, victims, death chapter, survivors and mastermind. I am, to be clear, really bad at this, but I decided to give it a "shot" (heh) anyways! Here are my predictions, with explanations under the cut!

(I put chapter number too because this format is not colorblind friendly otherwise lol)

CW: Murder, death, insane predictions. Spoilers for DR THH, DR2, DRV3, and DROS Prologue

[Also, in case you're curious, I didn't check accirax's guesses, nor the guesses of this Jonas fellow mentioned in the original post, before making this post. I only checked their mm guesses 'cuz I was curious :v I'll check them out after to see how different they are :)]

Survivors and MM

We're starting with survivors because sometimes it's easier to start at the end and workshop a way to get there.

First is the only freebie on the list: Ellis. As stated in the linked post, because of DROS' format, the protagonist must be a survivor. Which means I'll only get 15/16 wrong, nice.

After that... I have no idea :v

Mark is here because of... pattern recognition, really. In canon DR, out of three Ultimate ???s, two were survivors (Kirigiri and Hinata) and one died in CH1 (Amami. No I don't know why I'm listing them by last name). However, Amami knew he was the Ultimate Survivor (more or less? Been a while since I've seen anything DRV3 related) so he actually doesn't count. I think you can see my reasoning here lmao.

However, there's a reason Ultimate ???s have a tendency to survive. Simply put, if the mastermind (MM) chooses to erase this person's memories particularly, they're presumably somewhat important. Maybe connected to the nature of the killing game, even. And so, they're usually around for the CH6 reveal of what their missing memories might mean for the larger plot.

It's not perfect, obviously. There's many ways to kill Mark before CH6. Talent reveal can happen posthumously, which was the case with Amami for example. They can also happen earlier in the killing game, allowing Mark to react to it without surviving to CH6. And more! However, I have very little to go off of, and Mark's "talent" gives me something to argue for their survival, at least. That's more than basically everyone else in the cast bar Ellis, so they're going here :v

So, now that we're officially out of okay-ish guesses, let's dive into the insanity! Starting with my hail mary, absolutely most-probably-wrong MM guess, Grace!

Now, this cast has a few "suspicious" characters. Robert has the whole "plain" thing going on that Tsumugi had, Aidan's half and half color scheme could be a nod to mm leanings, Ultimate ???s like Mark are always decent guesses, and the setting being a casino makes Antonia a prime target for MM accusations. Of course, these might be too obvious for an MM, but that's not extremely disqualifying. There's also the argument that the attempt on the mm's part to replicate Hope's Peak throws suspicion on the Impressionist, Taylor; and that Paris' talent being related to secrets and stuff could be considered mm-ish. Plus, Paris is the 13th student by Countdown Order (which I can't help but notice is the order of this list when read left to right and up to down), and 13 is an unlucky number, compared to Ellis' lucky number seven. Thee two might be a bit better. Finally, since she's even less obvious, I also vibe with accirax's guess of Cass, but I can't think of many arguments beyond Vibes for them (which is valid, tbf).

But if we're going to take Countdown Numbers into account, 4 is also an unlucky number (related to death even!), which gets us to Grace. There are a few reasons I believe they could be the MM.

First and foremost; given some of my previous posts, I just find it really funny for me to call the Clockmaker of all people the MM. If you've ever touched a clock, it's on sight with me, apparently xD

Now that we've established that, I do actually think there's a good argument for Grace!MM... by the standards of any MM theory pre-CH1, at least. Beyond the previously mentioned Countdown Number thing, they're the person in the prologue found next to the Movie Theater room, which was locked and didn't really have anything interesting to look at. Could it be they didn't feel the need to explore, because they already knew everything about the building? They also mentioned they liked the directness of the message on the cork board outside the Movie Theater room, when that's the exact thing Vanessa complained about Monoquin earlier. These are, to be extremely clear, really silly points. But they're there! And compared to people like Jeff, who have somewhat disqualifying introductions on the mm front, it's not a horrible start.

Another point is that, so far, Grace is the only person to have definitively shot down Ellis' flirting, by talking about their boyfriend. If Ellis is Lucky, then maybe it makes sense for the universe to stop him from flirting with the mm... maybe. This point is even sillier than the others, especially considering Grace isn't even the only character Ellis has no opportunity to swoon, as for example Vivi is aro/ace.

The next point is funny. See, I joke about the talent, but Grace being a Clockmaker could be twisted into suspiciousness if you're mentally unwell like me.

Usually one of the tools I consider best for MM predictions is thematic analysis (in other words, what kind of mm would best fit the themes of a work), but I can't exactly do that in the Prologue when there's very little set up in terms of themes and such.

Unless. Unless we go insane.

The fangan... is called One Shot. So a theme of the fangan (bear with me here) could be irreversibility. That you only get "one shot" to do certain things or something. Which fits decently well with the idea of time, this unstoppable march forward that can never be turned back. Right? You get the idea? And, and, because the DROS killing game is the sixth in-universe killing game ran by the mastermind(s), another theme could be repetition. As in, the killing games happen "like clockwork."

...

Me rn

Yeah this is maybe the stupidest set of "evidence points" I've ever used for any theory ever. Like, that's an insane soul read on what the themes of DROS could actually be, I'm fully expecting to be completely wrong on that lol. I actually find Grace!MM pretty unlikely, but I currently feel like all MM theories are almost equally unlikely, so if I have to pick one... I'm gonna pick the funniest one and continue my "beef" with Clockmakers lmao

Anyways, so remember those themes I'm pulling right out my ass and struggling to even pretend there's the slightest chance I'm actually right about them? How about we draw more probably wrong conclusions from them? Because if irreversibility is a main theme, then Vivi, who is interested in "conquering death", could fit well as a survivor. After all, you only get "one shot" at living, and she has to accept that, right...?

God I'm so bad at these.

Finally, Taylor.

I have no idea why Taylor's here.

It's sort of process of elimination, more than anything. I'm not confident about the rest of the kill order, but I feel I can't fill the fifth survivor spot (or fourth if you count the MM as separate) with any sort of actual reasoning, so... uh, I just picked my current favorite out of the characters I feel are most plausible as survivors. And that's Taylor, apparently.

Of course, the counterargument is that if they're already taking charge somewhat by proposing the breakfast meetup in the prologue, then that might not bode well for their survival and they might die soon. It's definitely decent reasoning, but... I mean, the story can go literally in any direction atp, so it's not impossible Taylor survives regardless. Just let me have the silly impressionist okay they're cool :p

Btw, funny thing about survivor predictions in this fangan. Usually a good way to build survivor predictions is by trying to balance the genders of the surviving cast, as generally there's a more or less equal split of girls and boys in the final trial, and thus remaining at the end. However, there are very few girls and boys in this killing game. In fact, no one in the surviving cast I predicted uses exclusively he/him or she/her pronouns. This isn't even the only configuration where this happens! Not even close! I find that amusing xD

Now that I've already probably gained no less than 25 points with these guesses alone, let's move on to the even harder part; death order!

Chapter 1: Vanessa - Robert

I chose Vanessa as the first victim because she is (I believe? more or less) the only character to have had, count them, three whole positive interactions with other characters on screen! Her chat with Ellis, giving Mark their name, and helping Taylor speak up at the end of the chapter. She's too nice, so she's dying. Immediately. Because she's one of the only people whose death could have a legitimate impact on the cast even this early, at least from what we've seen. Obviously I could be wrong but that's a given by now.

As for Robert, well look. I'm perfectly ready to be proven horrendously wrong about this, but I kinda struggle to see how his shtick of being perfectly normal could continue to be all that interesting post-CH1. It feels more like a gimmick you use for one chapter, then make Robert the killer to make the point that "if the most normal person here murdered someone, anyone could murder :O" and get paranoia going on the rest of the cast. Again, I'm probably completely wrong about that, but it's an angle I find plausible, so I'm picking it.

Robert's also like one of my top four picks for fifth survivor. Just so we're clear on how unsure about my guesses I am :v

Chapter 2: Harper - Cass

Harper and Noah met before the killing game. Even if they don't know much about each other's lives, they seem to be on pretty good terms. That means the pair probably isn't making it past CH2 lol.

Out of the two, I find Harper slightly more likely to be the CH2 victim. Vibes only on that one. I guess it makes sense in my mind that the Philanthropist is more likely to become more well-liked quicker than the Frat Boy, and as we've established, a character making friends is a good indication they might die, because their death might impact the cast more. Obviously with only the prologue, it's impossible to properly guess about any character dynamics beyond maybe CH1, but I try to pick my guesses with some amount of reasoning so.

As for Cass...

Listen I have no idea what to think of Cass. For some reason my mind comes up entirely blank when I think about predictions for them, or even when I try to think about anything about her character in general.

Why am I putting them here, then? Simply put, I could see them being an interesting foil to Harper, and it's not uncommon for character foils to kill each other in these killing games. Think Mondo - Chihiro, Ryoma - Kirumi, Kaito - Kokichi (now I'm listing them by first name because I hate consistency /j), just for some easy-to-see canon examples.

The foil here could potentially be that Cass might be (and just so we're clear on this, this is an immense extrapolation from like two lines of dialogue and could be horribly wrong) a more money-oriented person, based on these lines:

Cass [Prologue]: Lucky Student, huh? That’s an all-around useful talent. Still though, it’s weird… Why is no one here talented at making things, or having something to sell…?  Ellis: Hey, who says I’m not talented at “making” something? Cass: I should clarify, I’m referring to making something physical. Something that one might, say, need someone to critique and/or help them market to higher ups

Cass [about the Customer Service Desk]: That can’t be a sound business practice…

While Harper is a Philanthropist whose likes include charities. So... boom. Foils.

Make no mistake. I doubt I'm cooking. I've probably overshot the kitchen and jumped directly into hell. Two or three lines are far from enough to properly guess what a character's deal is, especially when it's something so specific. This is not so much a genuine prediction and more so me grasping at straws to put Cass... somewhere and not have it be just up to the roll of the die. Unlike...

Chapter 3: Davis & Paris - Jeff

My CH3 guesses are nothing but Vibes Only hail maries. The reasoning here is that I don't know where else to put these people, so they're going here. I mean, putting them around the middle reduces the amounts of chapter points I can get from them under this scoring system, right? (<- Not actually the reasoning I used but y'know).

Davis, at least, has some form of... conflict? Thing? Going on from the very prologue, with him being clearly uncomfortable with Ellis' flirting and stuff. That could set up some form of early game character exploration, and that can imply an early-ish death after he gets explored. That or he survives. Uh... So he's going in CH3.

Jeff being a killer makes sense with him being the Ultimate Absentee, and thus wanting to leave. You could argue that might be too predictable, which- maybe, but that doesn't mean bad. The setup's there for him to not make it to the end... but still survive to see the pool open, since they were interested in it. So CH3.

Paris is here because I needed a second victim :v

Chapter 4: Noah - Aidan

It's not uncommon to guess that if one half of a pair dies, the other will survive, so you might think Noah as a survivor makes sense. And it does! But that reasoning didn't save Taka, so...

Again with these two, I am very unsure as to what exactly will happen with them. This, too, is a very Vibes only hail mary guess. I could see them going at practically any point past maybe CH1, but Aidan's probably gonna last for the sake of Conflict and... I don't know what to do about Noah so he's here :v

I can't even be sure about their roles! I could definitely see both of them as victims and killers, though I should note I think Noah being a killer is more likely if he dies before Harper, which is why I put Aidan as the killer for this prediction set.

Of course, this assumes Aidan can overcome his Contrarian urges to throw all weapons out the window when given the opportunity, but I believe in him! (/Slay the Princess ref).

Chapter 5: Kennedy - Antonia

You might think my confidence in guesses would go down as the chapters go up (barring Ellis and maybe Mark of course), as it's harder to predict things further down the road because of all the stuff that can happen in between the Prologue and the later chapters. And while that's generally true, Kennedy is actually one of the guesses I think is most defensible. Not necessarily more likely to be right, just easier to argue for.

I struggle to see her reaching CH6, since you'd probably want the protagonist to take center stage in uncovering all the mysteries behind the killing game, and having the Ultimate Conspiracy Theorist around could complicate that. However, if he reaches CH5, he can at least start uncovering the mysteries as a way to set up for CH6, and I can even see the angle of the MM specifically making a motive against them to get rid of them. That could even be the inciting incident for CH6, a la "Junko wrongfully 'executing' Naegi" (now I'm using both first and last names because I'm Evil) from THH.

However, a lot of that is probably the kind of bs Kennedy herself would say, and it's never a good sign when you start sounding like the Ultimate Conspiracy Theorist, so I'll leave it alone now.

Finally, Antonia...

Look, in my heart of hearts, I want her to be a survivor. I think it could work, especially with how intertwined her talent is with the setting and the protag's own talent. And in fact, those very reasons are the logical explanation of why she's this far in, all the way as the CH5 killer.

(The emotional explanation being that I just want her to last a while :v)

But... come on.

Ellis: … So, is there some kinda prize for winning? Other than our escape, I mean. Antonia: There must be. If it’s a “game,” there has to be an incentive to win.

It's the damn prologue and she's already considering prizes for murder honestly CH5 might be a little too optimistic T_T

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Anyways, I hope this doesn't sound as completely unhinged as it reads in my mind lmao. And I also hope you enjoyed the objectively buckwild and most-likely wrong predictions, even if I'm probably going to end up with a ridiculous amounts of points at the end! See you!

[see-arcane]

Open question to everyone as I continue to wrestle with being a professional starving creative. I’ve been nudged towards making a Substack a couple times now. I’m hesitant on making a new page for anything due to how little the Official Author Website seems to have mattered in the grand scheme of my teeny scribbling career, but there are a couple pros to consider. The most basic plus is that it could make for a tidier spot to leave my Big Scribbles than just piling them in a scattered Tumblr. But the key part the online 'get passive income!1!!' gurus point out about Substack is the sub(scription) bit. And how it can be a charged subscription.

“It’s an easy way for freelancers to make money!”

With at least $5 charged per month. For weekly-to-monthly updates. From me.

That means scheduled writing that's worthy of wringing more money out of the ‘Everyone is Broke’ website at least once a month. Note, I would not be pulling a Watcher; I’d still be dropping previews for my big WIPs here per usual. But a $ubstack would come with that and other original works each month. Supposing there was more than 2.5 folks out there willing to burn their bucks on that endeavor.

Anyway. Chronic indecision and fretting are attacking so I’m hot potatoing it to you:

[queensimmer3]

Mario Bros Room lookbook

Bed, Dresser, Shelve, coffee table, and Desk are all from Ts3 generation pack

Bookshelves, plant, picture, lamp, Mario, slippers and curtains @shushilda Furniture - Super Mario set 8-bit also I got the color scheme for their set.

Rugs, plant and Nintendo switch stand @hydrangeachainsaw

- Konpeito Candy+ StellaLou Plush+ Anime Rugs | Patreon

-Kawaii Gamer freebies: Gamecube & Heart Mic 🌸🎮 | Patreon

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Arcade game is from Latenight

Tv, gaming chair, computer and clock is from @martassimsbookcc

-MXIMS - Sony KD55XD7005 Set

-Ebonix - Jordan Clock

-TheJellyBelly94 - DXRacer gaming Chair

-•Marta's SimsBook cc• - Lapanemona - Sophisticated Gamer Bedroom | Part 2

Black panther- @venusprincess-ts3 Danny Decor Objects | venusprincess

Fonkopops- omfgingers: Sims 3 Funko Pop decor. Download - Emily CC Finds

Mirror is from pets

[cgmayra]

Song fic request: I've been listening to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and I'd love to see a Sonic prompt but I can't think of anything except Sonic performing it. So take this as a freebie to do whatever you want with this

Shrug, okay! (Prompts are permanently shut down. Gonna be working on original stories and editing old stories from now on ^^)

It's a good song~

Prompt:

When are you gonna come down?

Sonic sits on the iconic X-Tornado, head very much straight forward. His eyes are locked onto something not found anywhere in the physical realm, but deep within his mind… Tails is piloting, but he doesn’t look back to see him. Instead, he has one arm up over a raised knee, letting the wind beat against him in his concentrated thinking…

What is he reflecting about?

When are you going to land?

The plane begins to descend, but just enough to fly over trees, now having the landscape change as they pass the Mystic Ruin Jungles to be over the ocean, with Angel Island closing in.

I should have stayed on the farm

Knuckles looks from his post of standing guard with his arms crossed in front of the Master Emerald, turning to the sound of the familiar biplane.

I should have listened to my old man

Knuckles watches the distant plane before turning to look at Amy sitting in a patch of flowers, also sincerely solemn, stroking a pretty violet flower.

You know you can't hold me forever

Sonic’s face smirks as he comes closer to the island, covering the view of the camera as the blue shifts to the petals of bluish violet in Amy’s hands.

I didn't sign up with you

She looks… sad. Her eyes arch in quiet acceptance of sorrow, and smells the flower before it’s taken in the wind of the passing X-Tornado.

I'm not a present for your friends to open

Shadow and Silver are standing respectfully on two ruined pillars, broken and fallen halfway, gazing at Knuckles and Amy before looking up to see Sonic and Tails pass overhead. The wind is following in the their wake… Shadow has his arms folded, standing on the broken-half of the still standing pillar, while Silver has one leg up on the fallen half, also turning his head to see.

This boy's too young to be singing

Shadow’s expression narrows as he sees Sonic’s true destination…

The blues, ah, ah

The scene opens up as the biplane now angles itself more outward and reveals the large fleet of Eggman’s robotic ships. At the helm of one, is Neo Metal Sonic.

So goodbye yellow brick road

The scene then fades to reveal Classic Metal Sonic, as the Modern fox and hedgehog are replaced by Classic Sonic and Tails, the biplane looking much older in design as well. They clash..!

Where the dogs of society howl

As Classic Sonic leaps off the biplane to land a hit to Classic Metal Sonic, dynamically showing a battle is to unfold, the scene once again smoothly transitions and cuts to the inside of the Detective Agency for Team Chaotix. It’s a typical scenario, where Vector is leaning too far back on his office chair with feet up on his desk, laughing before waving his large arms in fright at falling, and espio–sitting somewhat on the edge of the desk, jumps down to catch him as Charmy, flying overhead, catches the edge of the seat from the right side. All laugh again after sighing with sweat drops on the sides of their faces in relief.

You can't plant me in your penthouse

Cosmo seems to be praying in a flashback, looking up to have her face reflected in the converted Blue Typhoon’s spaceship window, smiling off to what some may assume is Tails somewhere else.

I'm going back to my plough

A fishing rod is casted into a lake, and wiping his brow, Big the Cat wiggles his ears in anticipation for a fish, while Froggy is shown to jump on his head to look as well to see if he got anything new from his expectant catch.

Back to the howling old owls

Eggman is in a dark room, he spins in his metallic chair and gleams a crooked grin, his glasses are fully white and his fingers are together, as though scheming yet again…

Hunting the horny back toad

The scene scrolls up to the sky, where the camera is now beneath the air-battle above, showing a below-perspective but moving closer, spinning at just the last second to reveal another transition. Maybe that previous shot was Eggman watching the battle unfold in the dark room..? Scheming to get Sonic The Hedgehog again..?

Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

Blaze is standing on top of a burning skyscraper… 

Beyond the yellow brick road

The scene then slowly fades to reveal Silver where Blaze once stood, on a tree’s peak at the top of itself, but looking over a beautiful Angel Island landscape instead of a ablazed city. A brilliant horizon is displayed with a sun flare that the camera slowly moves closer to, the portrayed sunset clearly symbolizes hope and the renewal of a better future than what was.

Ah, ah

The wind carries the camera yet again and Classic Sonic and Classic Metal Sonic are fighting, then it moves past more metal walls and they’re Modern Sonic and Neo Metal Sonic fighting on the bridge of the ship’s main control room, having plenty of space to duke it out while Tails flies the Biplane around the area and barrel rools to dodge other Egg pawns piloting eggman ships firing at him.

What do you think you'll do then?

Sonic pulls back, fists up, as behind him…

I bet they'll shoot down the plane

Tails is in a barrel dive, with one wing smoking as he falls.

It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics

Sonic’s eyes turn and then his whole upper-torso to look over his shoulder. He’s alarmed.

To set you on your feet again

He scrambles to run and then jumps off the broken face of the Eggman mothership to reach out for the falling plane.

Maybe you'll get a replacement

Tails is fighting the g-force dive, getting his body pushed back forcibly mustn’t be a pleasant experience, but it’s clear from his tears spraying up to catch Sonic above that he also doesn’t feel he’s good enough for Sonic.

There's plenty like me to be found

He looks up, seeing Sonic freefalling with concern on his face, spreading himself out. Tails smiles through his tears and the brute velocity of the downward fall, having leveled out his spinning from before, he pulls up the steering but it breaks off, and he looks to the camera as though surprised that happened.

Mongrels who ain't got a penny

He tosses the broken pieces and wiggles himself out of the open cockpit, pushing himself up towards Sonic and spinning his tails, reaching for his best friend, who’s also trying to reach out to him, giving him a pleasant and relieved open smile.

Sniffing for tidbits like you

They interlink their fingers and pull their faces a little closer, then smile to one another as their beings fade once more to Classic Tails and Sonic laughing. Tears… are still spraying around the air, and they’re still falling… (Think Spirited Away moment.)

On the ground, ah, ah

They spin in the air as the Plane fully explodes on the ground.

So goodbye yellow brick road

Tails pulls Sonic’s arms together, now back to Modern depictions of themselves, and flies him like old times to safety, the explosion cloud still behind them, both are fine.

Where the dogs of society howl

Neo Metal Sonic keeps his head up, peering down at their escape, and his eyes blare red as he lifts a claw up, menacingly…

You can't plant me in your penthouse

Sonic winks to him, as the scene speedily returns to Amy and Knuckles watching from Angel Island. She has her hands put together up by her mouth, looking worried, as Knuckles looks somewhat bent in a spread knee position, as though bracing to jump and glide off the island to come help… but he loosens up.

I'm going back to my plough

Silver and Shadow are walking away across Angel Island from the scene, it’s clear their story arcs have ended already, and there is no reason to step in and help out here… He’s got it. They simply… depart.

Back to the howling old owls

Team Chaotix are now turned towards the upward, retro T.V hanging from the top of their detective agency and hooting and hollering in cheers at watching the news, seeing the battle unfold, as the screen depicts Sonic and Tails flying heroically through the air, Sonic’s legs in front of himself.

Hunting the horny back toad

The Camera cuts immediately to Tails sweeping Sonic’s feet across the camera, which is below them, and the two fly back to the on-coming Egg pawn ships and the main battleship overhead still… slowly encroaching… probably after Angel Island, and who knows what next? Or where… the Square city? Station Square..?

Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

Sonic’s no longer in deep thought about the endless loop of his life of adventure, fighting the same foes and bad guys. He smirks, iconically, as he is flying back to fight.

Beyond the yellow brick road

Tails, unawares of this accepting moment that Sonic is having of his past, present, and future all lining up with his deepest beliefs and long-held statutes, swings him into the fray as he flies through the air, spreads himself out to aim while the Camera catches up behind him, and spin-dashes into a zig-zagging bounce of homing attacks through the enemy airforce…

Ah, ah

The epic battle ceases into a still-freeze frame, like the iconic Sonic X or anime held cut-off or cliffhanger. The art is now extremely detailed but also somewhat sepia… a callback to the early days of children’s anime and animation… “To Be Continued…” Is in yellow… as then the ‘Shining Road’ theme begins to play while the ‘Dots’ for after the ‘Continued’ script weave as though a road… resembling Sonic’s old checkerboard pattern before everything fades…