#fuck i cannot believe i've been playing this game since 2019

[witchinatree]

happy 7th birthday to your turn to die!!! the only media that i enjoyed before the pandemic that is still with me today!!

which also means.. wtf do you mean it's been almost 5 years of me playing it. as of like november. hey man. what.

[amostimprobabledream]

Hell yeah, I love tag games!

What’s the origin of your username?: I nicked it from "A Nightmare Before Christmas", I believe it's used during Jack showing the citizens things from Christmas town.

OTPs + shipname: I don't really ship as much as I used to, but a couple I have a soft spot for: Sylvain x Byleth (Sylvleth) Claude x Byleth (Claudeleth or Ashen Deer), Ichigo x Orihime (Ichihime) Grimmjow x Orihime (Grimmhime), Gin x Rangiku (GinRan), Ranpo x Yosano (Ransano? Idk what the ship name is), Kokichi x Miu (Ouruma), Kokichi x Kaede (Oumatsu), Link x Zelda (Zelink), Tommy x May.

Fave color?: Purple, easily. I love almost every shade of purple. I'm also a fan of blue and teal. I like cool colours.

Song stuck in my head: The Dog Days are Over - Florence + the machine.

Weirdest habit/trait: One of my favourite smells is frozen cardboard, so whenever I'm in a supermarket, I'll stick my head in the freezer and sniff the pizza boxes. Also I have a habit of rubbing smooth things against my lip, like my nails after I've just painted them.

Hobbies: Let's see, reading, writing, watching TV, playing videogames, listening to music, cooking, doing makeup/hair, shopping, drawing...

If you could have any job you wish, what would you have?: I want to do something creative. Ideally I'd love to be an author (I was working on a fantasy novel but I've kind of temporarily abandoned it lol) but it would also be so cool to write for TV or movies. When I was younger I wanted to be an actress.

Something you forget: I have a bad habit of telling people the same thing several times. I think it's because I forget who I've talked to about things so I've repeated anecdotes to people before. Luckily most of my friends don't mind because I try to tell them in a funny way.

Something you’re good at: Writing! I've been writing fanfiction since I was like thirteen years old and both my degrees have something to do with writing. I've been carrying notebooks with me everywhere since I was a kid. Also, I'm a fairly good cook.

Something you hate: Inconsideration. I cannot stand it when people have no fucking spatial awareness because they can't be bothered to check around them or look up from their phones, so you have to manoeuvre around them, or when you're trying to have a conversation with someone and don't even get half the effort back. I've dropped more than one friend because I realised I was the only one trying to keep things going and they just couldn't be bothered or consider other people's feelings.

Fave movies/shows:

Your love language: Quality time and gift giving. It means a lot to me when people reach out and ask me if I want to spend time with them. Plus my social battery often runs out with a lot of people, so if I want to hang out with you for a long periods of time, it means you're special and I don't find your company draining. Word of affirmation too.

TV Shows: Peaky Blinders, The Boys (2019), The 10th Kingdom, Bleach, My Hero Academia, Bungou Stray Dogs, Bojack Horseman, Teen Titans, Sharp Objects, The Fall, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, The Powerpuff Girls, Misfits, The Inbetweeners, The Young Ones, Kaguya-sama: Love is War!

Movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spirited Away, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast (the 90s ones, not the shitty remakes), The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Heathers, Beetlejuice, The Great Gatsby, Gone Girl, A Fish Called Wanda, Clueless, Mean Girls, Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary, Pride & Prejudice, Moulin Rouge, American Psycho, the Cornetto Trilogy, The Last Night in Soho, Labyrinth, Matilda.

Fave food?: I confess, back when I was a teenager I was obsessed with pizza. I still like it but I do have a more varied diet. I really like Japanese food too. And I have a weakness for marzipan and cheese.

Fave animal?: Cats! I used to have two cats, a brother and sister, growing up.

What were you like as a child?: When I was really young I was inexplicably really fearless - I used to hug trees, talk to literally everyone and I would fall off things or hurt myself in some way and not really cry. It's only when I got to around puberty that I became very anxious and fearful of being perceived.

Fave subject in school?: English and Art. For a long time I thought English was the only subject I was good at. I also love to draw but I'm self-conscious it's not up to the level of other people's fanart I see. I used to like Drama too until it kind of got (not literally) beaten out of me.

Least fave subject?: Maths. I don't like to self-diagnose but I'm fairly sure I have some form of dyscalculia. I still struggle with understanding how to do division even though people have tried to explain it to me multiple times. I'm also terrible at Geography - I have gotten Berlin and Dublin confused before. And I thought Croatia was near Jamaica. And I confused Aberdeen with Aberystwyth...

What’s your best character trait?: I'm very intuitive. When I meet people I often have a knee-jerk reaction to them that often turns out to be correct. In general I'm fairly good at reading people's vibes - not foolproof by any means, but I've learned to trust my gut instinct. I've had times where I've disliked someone's new friend without a concrete reason, and then later they turned out to be a total bitch and I was not surprised at all. XD

What’s your worst character trait?: I give up too easily. If something looks like it's going to be really hard/time-consuming/expensive, my immediate reaction is, "Oh, well, nevermind then." I think it's why I've never been able to get the hang of digital art - I love to draw but I find using a tablet really hard and when I produce bad drawings, I just stop doing it because I don't like being bad at it.

If you could change any detail of your life, what would it be?: In general I wish I'd done certain things much earlier - I wish I'd had a better start career-wise than my fabulously awful job of working in retail. I feel like I wasted my twenties working several terrible jobs I had zero interest in and have nothing to do with what I'm actually good at. But hopefully I'm on the path to finding something better.

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?: Freddie Mercury would be pretty cool ig.

Tagging: @honeydazai-main and anyone else who wants to play!

Get to know mutuals ^-^ tagged by @bankaizen (thank you for the tag ❤️)

I'm sorry, it's so long!! I'm putting it behind the read more for easier reading.

What’s the origin of your username? It's a song by Armand Van Helden! He's one of my favourite DJs haha.

OTP(s) + shipname: TUna LMAO (Tidus/Yuna) from FFX, Fanille (Fang/Vanille from FFXIII), Touya/Yukito from CCS, GinRan and Unohana/Isane from Bleach. Yakuza: Daigo/Mine. Also a big fan of Canon Character/OCs!!!

Favourite colour: Turquoise/teal - most of my fountain pen inks are in that colour range lol

Song stuck in my head: The Macrodata Refinement Dance Party mixed by ODESZA

Weirdest habit/trait: If I'm at a restaurant, I fold my used napkins neatly to be disposed of.

Hobbies: I have a lot! Aside from writing, there are:

(junk) journaling, which in turn, lead me to my stationery and fountain pen hobbies

playing the piano (been playing since I was 5)

swimming (was a competitive swimmer for most of my child and teenage years)

I garden in the spring/summertime

I also love to cook and have done dinner parties for my friends (but I don't enjoy baking)

I'm also into photography

I wish I had more time in the day for it, but I also try to do some language learning!

If you could have any job you wish what would you have? A food/travel writer/reviewer!

Something you’re good at: I've been told I'm good at giving advice and listening to people. Personally I'm very good at directions! There have been a few times where I've been stopped on the street and helped people navigate their way around.

Something you hate: Oranges :(, I can't stand the colour, the smell and the taste.

Something you forget: Hmmm not sure! I guess phone numbers. I only remember the numbers of my immediate family...

Your love language: Gift giving! I love getting people gifts and try hard to get something meaningful and/or practical. I'll try to remember little details about my friends and find something along the lines of that. I also love receiving gifts lol.

Favourite movies/shows: Ahhh so many! For animanga: Bleach, Samurai Champloo, xxxHOLiC, Sailor Moon, JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable. For movies: Spirited Away, Sorry to Bother You, Drive, Kill Bill Vol 2, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, The Fall. Shows: Hannibal, Regular Show, 30 Rock, Prison Playbook (k-drama), Hotel del Luna (k-drama), Racket Boys (k-drama).

Favourite food: Too many... I think I could eat soup dumplings/xiaolongbao by the bucket loads. Or Sri Lankan crab curry mmmm. I also can't say no to chocolate cake 🫣

Favourite animal: bears!!! I know they could kill me, but why are they friend-shaped :(

What were you like as a child? I was an easygoing child and VERY curious. I would wake up in the middle of the night to do "science" experiments. Like one time I woke up around 3am and I dug up the front yard to find "cool rocks" 💀 or buy mentos from the local convenience store, wait for everyone to go to bed, then sneak into the kitchen and put the mentos in my parents 2L coke bottle to see it explode LMAO.

Favourite subject in school: i've been in school for too long: french & geography -> science -> physics -> biology -> advanced health economics for low and middle-income countries & biostatistics

Least favourite subject: Wood working... to avoid a fail, I asked the guy who had a crush on me to help me with my final project 🫣 I also hated organic chemistry in undergrad.

What’s your best character trait: I've been told I'm very caring and calming to be around! I had a friend describe me as a "human version of a spa" 💀

What’s your worst character trait? I cut people out of my life very easily. I think I should be more forgiving, but I just... can't get passed whatever slight was made to me/loved ones. I'm trying to be understanding and compassionate, but I also don't want you near me ever again lol.

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? I hope trump and his administration dies. In my immediate life? I'd like a higher salary.

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? It is definitely a tie between Johann Sebastian Bach and Muzio Clementi!! They are my favourite composers. My piano exam repertoire for the Baroque and Classical periods were from their piano repertoire. I have so much fun playing them and would love to learn their thought processes.

I tag: @soprawrites @villainsrtasty @nail-art-no-jutsu @muzansfangs @snuggetfish @if-dreams-do-come-true and any others who want to do this too (also feel free to ignore if you don't wanna do this, no obligation at all!!)

[spynorth]

whilst words aren't the best in my brain rn i do want to say just how inspiring i find you as both a writer and a person. your strength and resilience when it comes to life is absolutely amazing and often leaves me in awe. you are someone who fights to keep going. who writes their muses with so much dedication. i am endlessly impressed and proud of the person and writer you are and i am so glad we followed each other when we did. you are a truly wonderful person lucas. ily!

@strlessone h ELP. I'm late to this too but I have been trying to think of the right combination of words to tell you how important you are to me. I can't believe we've known one another now since like .. 2019 or 2020 or something like that. Wild. Time truly flies. You were writing one of my favorite characters and doing it so spectacularly that I legitimately lost my mind over it. Hunter has never even played that game and I was just going off about this fucking amazing blog I had found and he was just staring at me and nodding like "ooooookay"... and you've done it time and time again over the years we've been friends and mutuals. Bond, everyone on your multi, aleksander... literally everyone, Sasha. Your Jaime is one of my favorite takes on him (truly the only one I follow/ever will follow) and I cannot imagine anyone else writing him. Thank you for always being you and being there to listen to me ranting and raving and to talk about the heavier things and to always make me laugh. There's not many friends I have who I know would stay on the crazy ride that is me pitching them a mi6/time travel/cowboys and aliens james bond and killian jones au and ... in addition ... actually take it seriously lmaooo. I'm so proud I know you sasha and I'm so proud of the person I've watched you become and the way you handle things life throws your way. You're an inspiration (both in writing and in life in general). I love you to death. I've manacled myself to your wrist. You're stuck.

[survivor-algonquin-blog]

IMMUNITY RESULTS #1

Hope everyone got their groove on!!! Let's get to the results,,,

But first let's meet our lovely JUDGES!!!!

Zach!!

Hey! Zach here. A couple of main seasons under my belt and lucky enough to have played with all of the hosts. I've done this challenge and work in entertainment, so I'll be bringing a critical eye to the table and have no reservations about not holding back. Good luck!

Sarah!!

Hi my name is Sarah. Ive played 7 main ts seasons so I am officially qualified to judge now. I cant wait to see what yall did.

Vilma!!

Hi I'm Vilma and all you need to know about me is that I have a burning love for music videos so I hope y'all put in your best effort tonight <3

Now let's get to some music videos!

Castor's Music Video & Explanation

This is the official submission for the Castor Tribe. We choose to do the music video “Bring me to Life” by Evanescence. This song has a strong theme of Duality throughout the lyrics, and we chose to represent that by only using two tribemates for the lip-syncing portion of this challenge. The video focuses on Bobby, crying out for help, but being shut down by his inner thoughts, portrayed by Bryan. At the beginning of the video, you can clearly see the inner turmoil going on, shown through the colour colour changes and spinning screen. Throughout this portion, it is clear he is listening to Bryan, and letting it hold him back, keeping all these negative emotions inside. About half way through the video, there is a clear tone change, with the scarf starting to come off, signifying an opening up, of Bobby starting to let his thoughts out in a healthy way, and his inner voice becoming quieter and less relevant as time goes on. The video ends on a dark room, lit by a single light, showing that as dark as things may seem, there will always be light at the end of the tunnel, you just must keep moving forward. We felt that this was a good representation for survivor for several reasons. Firstly, in order to progress far in the game, you must be able to rely on other people to keep you sane. One of the Key elements of survivor is the ability to outlast the other players, and that requires you to mentally outlast them as well. You can clearly see that on the Edge of Extinction season, where it is only the mental fortitude of these voted off contestants giving them a chance now. Secondly, there have been several survivor Contestants that have struggled with the ideas of self-doubt, and depression both during and after the show, most notably, Sugar, after Survivor Heroes Vs Villains, as well as Spencer Bledsoe, after Game Changers. Finally, no matter how dark you may think your prospects in survivor are, if you believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and keep pushing through, you will always be able to make an impact. We chose to make the video focus on only two of our tribemates because most submissions for these types of challenges tend to include almost all the tribe members, and we wanted to create something that stands out. All of us contributed to the final product in several different ways. Firstly, we had Lilly, who was the Creative Director, and Task Manager. She came up with the narrative and focused on creating a realistic schedule in order to get everything done on time, and to a good quality. Bobby and Bryan, you saw in the music video, as our lead lip-syncers. Aaliyah was the editor of this video, putting to use her skill in a way much better than anyone else on our tribe could have accomplished. Finally, Michael and Jack created the write up, in order to communicate our thoughts to the judges, to show the amount of effort we put into this project.

Zach:

Creativity:6

The explanation for idea of the music video was strong and well intentioned, if not wholly originally, but I’m not sure it is entirely reflected in what got with the video. I appreciate the deliberate choice to use only two members of the cast to support that idea, so I can’t ding for points there, but I don’t think what we got was what we were promised in the explanation.

Effort: 7

Going off of the intro text, I’ll take it in good faith that everyone contributed as much as was mentioned, and despite execution, I cannot fault their efforts if they all tried.

Composition: 5

Any time there’s a vertical video, it’s going to hurt a little, but I won’t dwell on that too much. I will say that the video ending before the song ends does not help its case. Also, the idea behind the colors and the black and white to show emotional change was a good thought, but did not have the payoff that it should have had. The rationale behind it feels more film school interpretation of something after the fact than intended execution.

Theme: 7

The theme as explained was a solid one, and definitely can see tones of it in the performances and set dress of the actors. Nice job. Bryan will haunt my dreams.

All-in-all, I think this was a good effort and it’s obvious that this team works together well and has lofty ideas. I think the technical skill might be lacking, and it seems like everyone here is very structured in their thinking. I prefer that way of thought so I’m with them, but they needed a little more creative flair here to pull it off.

Sarah:Creativity: 5/10

Effort: 5/10

Composition (editing): 7/10

Theme: 8/10

I wish I saw everyone from the tribe in this but I get your reasoning behind it. It was still just overall ok

Vilma:

Creativity: 4/10

You made a creative decision to include only two people of your tribe in the lip sync and while I appreciate the ballsy move I can’t help but feel I would’ve enjoyed the video more if more people were included in it.

Effort: 5/10

Bobby was the king of the show and really put his soul into it.

Composition: 4/10

Rule number one in music videos: film horizontally! Overall I wasn’t a huge fan of the constant use of cheap looking effects but otherwise the editing was fine.

Theme: 6/10

I think the duality theme in your video was nice an well thought-out but it would be a bit hard to understand without your thorough explanation of it.

Castor Total: 69/120

Elan's Music Video & Explanation

She walks! She talks! She twerks! She's BARBIE! Jump, dance, and sing with your very own customizable doll! Dress her up and take her out. Barbie is your BEST FRIEND! You can be a Barbie Girl too! SHE'S BARBIE! (batteries not included)

Zach:

Creativity: 7

The idea of using Barbie girl for the song was a strong and out of the blue choice, making it look like a commercial really took it over the top. I can’t go higher than 8 because they used a lot of the original music video to cover gaps, but overall, more creative an idea than I’ve seen in a while, and the execution was beautiful which leads me to:

Effort: 8

To put what they put together as quickly as they did takes a lot of coordination from whomever was putting it together, but the fact that most people went so far as to dress as “Barbies” shows that almost everyone was committed to the gag. There were a couple of people who obviously didn’t have as much time to give to this, but substituting them as the Ken was a nice save.

Composition: 9

Obviously when working with iPhones and computer cameras, the visual leaves something to be lacking, but that is more than made up for here with the various superpositions, graphics, texts, crawls, and cuts. It felt like I was watching a bizarro QVC commercial that was as fun to watch as Barbies are to play with, keeping them right on mark for their:

Theme: 9

The fact that this is basically a weird commercial for Barbies is as fantastic as they are plastic. Every inch of it was filled with something to reinforce the theme, whether it was ordering details, people playing with the toys, warnings, calls to actions, or disclaimers (the bottom Mattel crawl was a brilliant example of all three categories of judgement coalescing to reinforce the them.

I wasn’t planning on rating anyone high, but this was weird, original, well done, and fun. Nice job. It was visual candy, high energy, and all surface, which I wouldn’t typically go for, but that’s what Barbie is about.

Sarah:Creativity: 9/10

Effort: 10/10

Composition (editing): 10/10

Theme: 8/10

You guys impressed the fuck out of me and made me literally LOL.

Vilma:

Creativity: 8/10

Cute outfits, cute barbie nicknames, cute editing, cute CuTe CUTE I want these slutty barbies to myself

Effort: 9/10

The barbie QUEENS and the editor guy did a phenomenal job. It looks like most of your tribe participated, although the Barbies outshined the Ken’s a bit. But overall you guys really put yourself out there and put in the most effort.

Composition: 10/10

The editing was ON POINT. Great job ten out of ten.

Theme: 8/10.

I stan the barbie theme and song choice btw Aqua is a Danish band so I love me some nordic representation <3 My only complaint is I wish you introduced us to the handsome Kens too.

Elan Total: 105/120

Hibou's Music Video & Explanation

We lip synced Survivor by Destiny's Child. Due to time constraints Gavin couldn't be in the video, but it doesn't matter since Sammy stole the show. :) The editing got a little weird at the end. Some of the file types were different and that causes playback issues. Also the deadline was fast approaching so the sequences towards the end are a little longer. :p

Zach:

Creativity: 2

Hate to be harsh, but going for Survivor for Survivor is a little too on the nose. Listen, it’s a great song, and some people have some great energy, but creatively, this was low hanging fruit. On top of that, the video is literally just lip-syncing, which is basically like playing a Borneo Game in 2019. Given that they’d be given plenty of examples of other ways this can be done well, I can’t rate this high. To paraphrase the song “you’re better than that.”

Effort: 4

To the people that contributed to this, I appreciate your attempt. The one guy who really embraced the challenge, got a mic, light-up glasses, the hat, et al, if this was based on just your effort, I could go much higher. It’s as high as it is because of you. Unfortunately, it’s a team challenge, and for the brief moments that we saw most of the other players, you can see them reading the words on the screen as they capture their performance. I hope everyone enjoyed it more than it shows, but again, to the point of the song “you’ve gotta work harder.”

Composition: 2

Vertical videos really just need to be turned 90 degrees and it would feel like we’re watching a movie. Or if you’re given vertical videos, copy the layer, move it to the back, enlarge, and blur. It will make it instantly more watchable. This grade isn’t solely because of that though (3 vertical videos don’t help though). The titles screen is cute, but assembled poorly. Some of the text is covered some of the pictures. There’s no real pace to guide us through the song. The cuts seem arbitrary. Editing is very hard and never appreciated, so to whomever put this together, if you did your best, nice job and I encourage to stick with it, but kinda feels like “I’m not gonna give up” was something you were saying to yourself over and over again when trying to make this work.

Theme: 2

Picking this song was a bold choice since it’s so obvious, but you can’t lose points in this category based on choice alone. But given that choice, you have to really knock it out of the park, and I don’t think the bat even touched the ball with this one. There’s nothing here that screams either Survivor nor what Destiny Child was singing about, I don’t know if we’d be weaker without this song in our life.

Look, I hate to be critical, especially since it’s obvious some people put it in a lot more work with this than others, but to be honest, this wasn’t a shining example of what you’re all capable of. It’s hard putting these together, and maybe it just wasn’t worth it this time. Making music videos can be fun or terrible depending on with whom you work. I wish you the best, but I feel like because of this, for one of you “I’m gonna make it, here on Survivor” just isn’t true.

Sarah: Creativity: 4/10

Effort: 3/10

Composition (editing): 6/10

Theme: 4/10

You tried.

Vilma:

Creativity: 4/10

I feel like you guys could’ve been more creative with your Survivor theme. I like that you introduced everyone in the beginning but other than that the video was very simple.

Effort: 6/10

Most of your tribe seemed to participate and that’s always nice to see. Some of you guys were really feeling it too so big props to that!

Composition: 3/10

Again, gotta deduct some points for not filming horizontally. Plus the lip syncing was VERY off most of the time, such a simple thing to fix and the video would’ve seemed much more professional!

Theme: 5/10

Your song choice is literally perfect, you GUYS are survivors and you know it but I wish you would��ve included little skits or something to emphasize the theme.

Hibou Total: 45/120

Congratulations to Castor and Elan for winning immunity!! which unfortunately means Hibou you will be heading to tribal council, where you will be voting off the first person in Tumblr Survivor Algonquin. Tribal will be live over Google Hangouts, and we plan to start at 9:00 EST. please let the hosts know beforehand if you will be able to attend tribal council or not.