#getting the color edits to match was another challenge

[rocknrollsalad]

rating: T cw: abandoned pets tags: modern au, platonic stobin, first meeting, animal shelters, another universe another menial job, bad holiday innuendo, implied hook ups word count: 995 written for @steddieholidaydrabbles prompt "mistletoe"

there's now a part two

One of the fun bits about running the social media for the animal shelter was naming the animals that came in. Crafting something just unhinged enough to be spread around which lured people in was Robin’s jam. Yeah, her creative skills could be better used but they weren’t going to waste. And this way cute animals got loving homes.

As fun as it was to name a litter of kittens things like “Left Sock” and “Stolen Pants”, Robin also had to play to the season. Though her and her supervisor went rounds about this. Robin didn’t want to entice parents to adopt a kitten for their kid only for them to get the thing back in four months. She didn’t make the big bucks though so she had to do what she was told.

When the large litter of kittens rescued from a cold and abandoned barn came in? Robin knew what she’d be forced to do. The props would be cute but the names would be lame and overused.

It wasn’t a shock to anyone that she dragged Steve into the process. He was her best friend, they applied for the job together and wanted matching schedules, but he also actually had Christmas cheer.

Best friend, decorations, and kittens all wrangled into the same space, they set to the difficult task of naming each of these adorable little furballs. There were eight of them and that number was the only thing stopping Robin from bringing home the whole litter.

Latkes, Kugel, Lump of Coal, Winter Solstice, Krampus, The Ghost of Christmas Past, Cheeses, Meeces, and Mistletoe were all photographed and the colors of their colors logged before Robin and Steve went to the office to edit pictures.

Steve had Latkes in the pocket of his hoodie, sleeping away in the comfort and warmth, and Mistletoe wandered from shoulder to shoulder. The rest were happy back in their homey pen, heating blanket and food freshly stocked. Robin wanted to be annoyed but Steve always had at least one animal in tow, he couldn’t help that they were drawn to him. Or that he couldn’t say no to them.

“We oughta take a picture of you like that, imagine the dates you could get asking people to meet you under this mistletoe,” Robin said, turning back to the screen.

“Wouldn’t that be better if she was the one in my pocket?” Steve asked.

“Oh my god, why would you say that?” Robing aggressively clicked the ancient mouse to try and make the computer load faster so she didn’t have to think any more about the implications of that.

“You set me up for it!” Steve said, that same indignation he always had that made Robin want to punch him.

“Whatever. Not even you could get a date with something like that.”

Robin didn’t turn around, she could feel Steve accepting the challenge she absolutely had not issued. No way he got it to work.

—

The day had been slow, boring but expected. Robin was the only one on duty right now. The two others went off to take their lunch knowing Robin was fine with Steve there. He’d come in to hang out, a pretty typical thing when they weren’t scheduled to both work.

Steve was sitting on the counter, Robin in the chair with her feet up and next to his leg. They were on their fourth Buzzfeed quiz when the door opened. Steve and Robin both had to fight glaring at whoever interrupted the scientific “what type of fruit are you” quest.

“Hey, do you guys still got Krampus?” the guy asked, skipping all greetings.

His lack of manners had Robin staying in her seat. She wasn’t going to overdo it if he couldn’t manage the bare minimum. Steve, however, was on his feet all Christmas cheer and eager to help. Robin knew what that meant.

Added confirmation came as Steve leaned over and whispered “I think he needs to take home Mistletoe.”

Sticking her finger toward her mouth, Robin gave a half-hearted gag. If anything, she was annoyed with how easily this all came to Steve. This guy was so his type there was no way he wasn’t going to try something and Robin supported that but did he have to be so good at it?

“We do,” Steve said. It shouldn’t have been a seductive statement and yet…

Of course, it worked. The guy was the first person Robin had ever seen do a spit take without having anything to drink.

After an awkward stare-down, Robin cleared her throat as the only professional for miles around, “Would you like to see him?”

“Yeah, yeah, man. I think I would,” the guy said.

Rolling her eyes, Robin lifted a foot to kick at Steve's hip. “Show him the cat, you idiot,” she groaned.

Since he was almost out of reach, the kick did nothing to Steve as he flashed that award-winning smile that drove everyone wild and he had the customer follow him.

Just once, Robin would love to channel whatever magnetism Steve had. There’d been so many girls that had come through the door, single girls who talked about their ex-girlfriends, and Robin couldn’t so much as give them her number. Steve was going to walk out of here with a wedding ring.

Sure enough, twenty minutes later, Steve and the guy walked back to Robin looking like they’d solved world hunger. Thankfully Steve was smart enough not to hook up with people at the shelter but Robin knew that look, both on the customer and Steve, a hook up would happen.

In case that wasn’t enough, the guy was carrying Mistletoe and not Krampus like he'd asked for.

Steve stood on the customer side of the counter and said “Hand me the adoption form, wouldya? We’ll get Eddie this adorable little friend and then I’m going to help him set his apartment up to be a cat dad.”

“You’re insufferable.”

[sharkorok]

all eyes on you (enhypen)

or the moments that make everyone think you’re dating

cw/genre: idol!reader, reader doesnt have specified gender but implied to be a female, fluff, so cute bye, secret relationships, humor, u have delulu fans

requested: naurrr

a/n: ehe thx for 100 followers :) I hope my writing makes u happy because knowing people read my works makes me super duper happy! luv uuuu

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heeseung

-at an awards show your outfits were matching, like very obviously matching

-matching bracelets, you had one on your left wrist and he had one on the right, the colors matched each other, same style and aesthetic…

-he gets v nervous but also you were in some dating rumors with another idol so…he wouldn’t be mad if he was next tbh….BUT THEN UR GROUP WAS ASSIGNED NEXT TO HIM??

-dawg was sweating the whole time trying not to admire you and how cute you two looked

-but no every one of those “enhypen mma reaction” or “heeseung reaction focus” showed him very clearly staring at you 😭, twt had a field day with you two

-he can’t help it, you looked so good and how can he keep his eyes off his lovely s/o when they’re all dressed up + matching?? seriously his management was insane for putting him so close to you

-and when all groups were leaving he was seen literally sprinting to be closer to you

-ya dispatch didn’t even need to confirm anything after that awards show

the others r below!

jay

-during a live he got his guitar out and started playing all your favorite songs

-and this was literally a day after you named your favorite songs

-then to make it worse he was like “yeah these are y/n’s favorite songs don’t they have good music taste?” and then he kept talking about you and staff was sweating while watching istg

-the way he talked about you tho,,he either had a massive crush on you or you two were dating

-the ship edits the next day were insane honestly some of your fans need to get into the editing business because you genuinely believed a photo of him holding your waist was taken at inkigayo

-he doesn’t even try to hide how much he likes you istg, he goes out of his way to talk to you at awards shows and always films challenges with you, he gives the shippers so much content

-then another time jay cooked your favorite food in a vlog and specifically said it was your favorite food, name dropping and everything

-literally no one is surprised that you two are confirmed dating after a while.

jake

-accidentally went on live while talking about you

-he fully believed he closed out of the app when he was talking to jay and saying stuff like, “I’m really excited to see her at the performance, I hope we have time to hang out…” and then he hears notifications and sees that he was streaming and he nearly faints

-plays it off like he fully intended for everyone to hear that and continues like he planned on going live

-he’s also trying to hide the way his eyes flickered up to your rapid texts being like, “JAKE WHY ARE WE TRENDING ON TWITTER??”

-jay is behind the camera just trying not to laugh becuz how do you even recover from this one, literally all the comments are talking about you and him

-“y/n…? yeah ahahah I know her uh huh mhm anyways moving on” and his horrible deflecting skills are making it even more obvious

-and when you go on live?? oh u bet the comments are “did you see jake’s recent live?? are u cheating on us y/n?”

-u desperately distract by spoiling your comeback but there’s already 14k Tik toks analyzing every interaction you had with Jake and why you two are cosmically intertwined

sunghoon

-describes you to a T when asked about his ideal type

-he meant to just mention the broad details but he gets excited talking about u ok :(

-“yeah a good heart and around (your exact height), with (the hex code of your eye color) eyes, born on (your birthday), hobbies include (every single one of your hobbies) and also…(literally all the information under your kprofiles page)”

-ur fans catch on and are like “isn’t this literally y/n” and he’s like “omg nooo coincidence”

-it is NOT a coincidence bro he was fully thinking of you and only you during that interview

-anyways you don’t help the situation by describing him too when asked about your ideal type, but ur at least a tad less obvious 😭

-“yea I love guys who ice skate and stuff”

-u two definitely get scolded by management

sunoo

-sometimes he forgets to care about keeping things secret (like that lipton tea thing he did)

-so he’s showing fans his camera roll and he shows selfies you never posted before…in his camera roll…never before seen by anyone but him and you to the camera and is like

-“y/n’s visual is so perfect, right?”

-and yeah duh ur stunning and gorgeous but fans are distracted by your beauty for a second before being like “hm…how did he get those selfies and why r they in his camera roll”

-ur fans r thankful for the content tho so he kinda did everyone a favor

-but it’s a LITTLE suspicious…but neither of you address anything so it just festers a little

-until you two do a tik tok challenge together and he captions it with a heart emoji like oh my god 😭

-you’re not innocent either when you said “sunoo’s visual is so amazing” like both of you get some media training I beg

-everyone loves how obviously whipped you two are for each other tho :,)

jungwon

-accidentally exposes your polaroid in his phone case

-thankfully he has photos of his members and maeum but why were you there??

-he completely ignores it tbh he shows the photos to the camera and is like “these r the polaroids in my phone case. anyways.” n he’s playing it cool but internally he’s PANICKING

-“hopefully they didn’t see the heart I drew on the Polaroid,” he thinks foolishly

-we did.

-so you try to do some damage control on your own live when asked about why he has ur photo in his phone and ur like “oh we’re really close friends!!”

-n honestly that’s a good and healthy response because everyone has the right to their platonic relationships

-but jungwon’s heart he drew on your Polaroid was just a little bit tooooo suspicious…anyways this leads to fans over-analyzing every single interaction to the point you two weren’t allowed to be seen in a ten foot proximity at events for a while

-but at least it reminded jungwon to be more careful lolol

niki

-accidentally rizzes you up on live television

-you’re an mc for smth and you’re interviewing enhypen and you’re like, “oooh, some burning questions, what is your ideal type?”

-and Niki, with no hesitation fully goes, “you lol” and you see ur career flash before your eyes

-ur co mc is nervously laughing and niki realizes like oh wait we’re being broadcasted so he’s like “oh just kidding haha!!!” even though you two are making awkward eye contact while you’re mentally scolding him

-he’s so used to teasing and flirting with you in private so it’s a little hard to shake off in public

-anyways fans notice he’s looking at you a little too lovingly and being a little too genuine when he responded so it’s not long before you see ship edits on Twitter and tik tok

-doesn’t help when you answer the ideal type question with “someone who is playful and funny” thinking it was broad enough but ‘twas not <3

-he doesn’t really care too much but thought it was funny, even if he had to take a media training class again afterwards >:T

[lesbiandanhowell]

Sam reacts to: Who Is the Real Dan Howell?

What parallel universe have we entered that we got another video so quickly?? Also the fact that only Dan was on the thumbnail briefly had me thinking this is a Dan solo video and I just, accepted that.

- "How do I please my husband" PHIL WHAT THE FUCK. Wedding hill is so real I am not even joking anymore.

- So much touching I am just thinking of @danrifics every time Dan softly puts his hands on Phils shoulder.

- OH MY GOD PHIL WHEN DID PHIL BECOME THE HORNY ONE OUT OF THESE TWO

- They are wearing so much color in this video, and lowkey matching, like the colors of Phil's sweater are the same shades as Dan's and it's doing things to me.

- I am not going to lie, the sponsors just make me giggle these days like babe they broke.

- "Full drag race challenge" please more gay jokes like this that aren't just incredibly horny, my lesbian ace self is very thankful.

- Phil clutching his pearls (aka his non existent boobs) why has this become a thing?

- "Can we take a moment... who is googling how to chew gum" He sounded so genuinely soft and confused when he said that it made me laugh.

- Dan calling boobs lumps and Phil trying to save it and Dan just breaking out into the full song, all lyrics memorized.

- Dan stop looking at Phil (they kissed after this, I am just going full demon, but come on)

- THEY EDITED THIS THEMSELVES. First video in a hot minute that where no editor is credited which is CURIOUS.

- Dan I do not want to know how to suck dick THANK YOU VERY MUCH I AM FINE ACTUALLY

- "I would wave my trunk around" PHIL ARE YOU LISTENING TO YOURSELF I AM SOBBING and the fact Dan didn't even point it out and just looked at Phil all wtf.

- "How to be cunty" YES DAN BE CUNTY

- "Twitter just shut up"ohhh Dan talking like the tumblr phannies

- HOW DO THEY KEEP MOVING CLOSER like they are basically sitting in each others lap at this rate. They always start out with a reasonable distance and then just lean into each other the entire video.

- "Get a cat" YES GET A CAT

- SHOULDER TOUCHING FUCK OOOOOOOFF

I am severely unwell actually bye.

[bellaaldamas]

Love the latest edit for Angrboða (Especially for Angrboða Appreciation week)! <3

I'm curious (and have been in a little while), but have you ever thought about making tutorials of how you style your edits or is there any tutorials out there that you reccomend for people who's starting out? This ask is late, but I hope you're taking care of yourself in any way (with life being merciful of course). 💕💕💕 ^^

Hey there. Firstly, I'm glad you enjoyed my little contributions to Angrboda Appreciation Week and we have Serena/@stupidrant to thank for making it possible by organizing and hosting it for us all. Angrboda deserves all that and more.

Regarding the gif styling process, there are several types of design for gifsets and techniques that I normally use. Seeing as you mentioned one of my latest ones, I assume it is specifically the "colorful/vivid" gifs that you would like me to delve into the process of creating. I will be using this gifset as an example of the most common design I go for, which is three color edits (as I am not skilled enough to pull off anything more complicated and versatile). Like this gif:

As you can see, there are three dominant colors - a classic combination of Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, with additional dashes of orange and blue. Now, I have to admit that in order to produce a gifset a day for the Angrboda Week I shamelessly cheated with this one and picked the most "easy" scenes to manipulate the color. As you can see, the top two scenes in the composition do not have much movement in them and have one dominant color which you can enhance or change to another color.

With the winter Atreus and Angrboda scene I simply enhanced the blues, changed them to deep cyans, added some cyan into whites for background and then changed the reds of Atreus's clothes to be magenta while erasing the color change from the rest of the scene (especially their faces) with layer mask. I will be covering this part in this tutorial because the biggest challenge of making colorful gifs is to avoid color manipulation affecting characters/actors faces. It is especially important to make sure that by increasing brightness and saturation you don't whitewash POC characters/actors (will be touching up on that too).

Then there is the main scene in the composition where the original footage has a convenient background in the form of a carpet the two are lying on; which has several colors in it already. Thus, one can tweak those to match the exact color combination they need (will be addressing this as well), in this case cyan+magenta+yellow.

It makes it even easier that there is almost no movement in the scene and it takes just two brush strokes to erase whatever color changes one has applied from their faces.

And I also realize everything I just said above would not make one lick of sense to those just starting out which is why consider it a preface to an actual tutorial.

It is also an explanation to why I have decided, for this occasion, to choose a more challenging scene (not included in this gifset) where there is A) much less color to manipulate and work with and B) a little bit more movement.

So let us go from this:

to this:

Now, do keep in mind that as a separate gif, in it's own right, this looks too obnoxiously vivid and not the result one should strive for if they are making a regular gifset. We are focusing specifically on "stylized" multi-color gifsets now.

In order to get to the point where you have the gif in it's original color (top one), you have to have a basic knowledge on gif making: uploading screencaps/frames to photoshop using a player (I use KMPlayer) or a built in Photoshop feature. Then you have to crop and resize the gif to meet Tumblr standards and, most importantly, sharpen it. When the entire composition is ready, you will have to set the frame rate (the speed of the finished gif, where all the colors are enhanced and all the scenes are merged together).

To accomplish the above, as well as to learn basic coloring, I recommend these thorough, step by step tutorials that guide beginners through the entire process and offer different approaches to the basics of gif making: X X

Once you do have the top gif, sharpened and playing in your Photoshop timeline, let's get to our vivid coloring. First thing first, you have to apply basic coloring before you have anything to go off of in terms of color manipulation.

In many cases people use ready made base PSDs or adjust lighting, contrast and saturation themselves using Curves, Levels and Vibrance Layers. In both methods, with scenes like this where there is not much color dimension and one dominating color (in this case blue in the mid-tones), you might end up with a result that enhances only that one color. While this is important for further manipulation, it also has a side effect of making the coloring look flat and the skin tones do not come out right. Like this:

It is not necessarily a terrible start for a base - the contrast and saturation already look better than in the original - but as you can see, the blues and magentas are in all the wrong places: on characters' skin and in the areas where they make reds and yellows look snuffed out and watered down.

So let's add dimension to the scene before we apply our base (for base PSDs I recommend following the tips and coloring process of this blogger on YouTube, for they excel at fixing dimly lit, undersaturated scenes; most of my base PSDs were created using their methods). To do that, create a Curves layer below any "base PSD" or before you tweak the lighting, contrast and saturation.

Once you have the Curves layer, click on the mid-tones eyedropper, find the spot in your gif that is neither too dark or too bright that has too much dominant color (in this case blue) and click on that spot to offset this color a little. Like this:

This is the result you get:

Already better! This is the trick that works wonders on more tinted scenes (like the ones in Ironwood a lot of which have a yellow tint and this method balances out the yellow by adding blues to mid-tones and making the shot cooler, as opposed to warmer like here). No more blue tint all over the characters and more dimension added to the surroundings due to yellows and reds being automatically enhanced.

However, the color still looks flat, Atreus's face has gained a sickly greenish tone and further adjustments might end up whitewashing Angrboda's skin. So I went on and added several new layers to fix/prevent this:

A Color Balance Layer: Mid-tones: Reds: +4 (adds the saturation and vibrancy to the overall gif)

A Selective Color Layer: Reds, the blacks slider + 100 (ensures that Angrboda's skin is not washed out when you add more brightness and curves layers later; duplicate this layer if need be, depending on your coloring and character's original skin tone). In my case, I use the "Absolute" setting instead of "Relative" because the goal in this one is to bring back/preserve the original skin tone despite upping the brightness vs oversaturating the skin.

All of the above layers should be placed below the base PSD (that's an important part). With them and the base PSD the gif will look like this:

Finally, a solid base to work with.

This is the point where I forgive Kratos or I kill him where the "colorful" part comes in. You have two options for the next step: try one of the many ready-made PSDs on here or create your own. For this gif I used a ready made PSD (which I claim no credit for) + my own adjustments. The end goal is to enhance the Blues and the Yellows.

To do that, create a new Selective Color Layer, go to Yellows and increase the Yellow in it (pull the yellow slider to the right). Depending on what hue you are going for, play with the Cyans slider in Yellows and move it a little to the left to remove the greenish hue and add dashes of orange into yellows. Then create a new Selective Color layer (you can use the same one but I prefer to create a new layer for each color enhancement), go to Blues and pull the Cyans slider all the way to the right and the Yellow slider all the way to the left.

For Blues I normally use the "Absolute" setting rather than "Relative" in the Selective Color layers. This makes blue more saturated without affecting other colors. You end up with a pretty blue background and a generally much more pleasant looking gif.

After the ready made PSD (I recommend this Resource blog to look for those - it has a vast collection of PSDs, including bases and vibrant ones, for Live Action and Animated media alike) and my own layers enhancing the colors mentioned above, I get this:

If you are making a regular gifset, this is where you would want to stop. But since my previously stated goal was to make an unashamedly vibrant edit, I will continue.

This stage is where color change/manipulation starts. Remember one simply rule: for a manipulation to work, you HAVE to first enhance the color you are manipulating. In this case, I wanted yellows to become purple in some places, particularly behind Atreus (the house wood) and I wanted the reds of his clothes to gain a purplish/magenta hue. For background, I wanted Blues to be more cyan.

The Blues to Cyans part is the easiest: just create a Selective Color layer, go to the Blues tab and pull the cyans slider to the right again and the magentas to the left as much as you need. Play around with the yellow setting to see which works best. Then go to Cyans tab and enhance the cyans (pull the appropriate slider to the right) and see if you want to tweak any other slider to get the hue you need.

My settings are as follows:

Selective Color - Blues: cyans + 100, magentas - 18

Selective Color 2 - Blues: cyans + 100, magentas - 50, yellows - 70

This is guaranteed to make blues more vibrant and then turn blues to cyans. Everything else is up to preference.

The Yellows and Reds to Purple or Magenta is more challenging.

For that, I created a New Folder, added a Selective Color layer, pulled the "yellow" slider in Yellows all the way to the right (this is to make yellow as vibrant as possible; duplicate the layer if you want even more vibrancy), then created another Selective Color Layer, went to Reds and pulled the Cyans slider all the way to the left (this enhances the Reds and makes them more vibrant).

Once I had Yellows and Reds as saturated as possible I changed both to be purple. This can be done by using Selective Color or, if you are a beginner, the easiest way would be Hue/Saturation layer. Pick the color you want to change from the drop down list in the layer's menu and move the slider to get the desired result. Play with the saturation and lightness if need be.

As you have probably guessed, doing this would mess up characters' skin badly (even before making the colors purple and definitely after that). That's where Layer Masks come in.

There is a reason why I mentioned creating a New Folder earlier. But fret not if you didn't do that - you can make a Group out of specific layers at any point. For that, select the Layers that you need in your layer panel and Click Ctrl + G. This is how you have a group of layers where you enhanced the colors and then changed them.

I named and color coded my "purple group" to make it easier to get oriented, as this gif already has an inexcusable number of layers.

Now that you have the layers grouped, add an Inverted Layer Mask to hide them. Click on the Layer Mask in your bottom panel, then click properties, then click Invert. The mask will become black. This will hide all the A) Yellow and Red enhancements and B) the changes you've made to those colors to make them Purple. Character skins and other areas of the gif will go back to normal.

Once it's done, pick a Brush tool, make sure to choose the White color and paint over the Inverted Mask on your "Purple Group" in the area that you want to be purple to "reveal" that area.

In my case it was the wood behind Atreus, some bits of his clothing and a little "glow" behind him to fit him into the background.

As you can see, we got purple added to the backgrounds without affecting any other areas of the scene.

You have probably noticed that the finished gif above has a lot more yellow in it than there is now (especially the accessories on Angrboda's outfit, her earnings and Atreus's armor). Then there is snow behind Angrboda that has more cyan in the finished version too. After all the enhancements we still do not have that in the screenshot above.

So how do we get there?

The answer to all of that is: at this stage I created a new Selective Color Layer, put it below the PSD coloring which is demonstrated in the gif above (the one I recommended to stop at if you're not up for playing with colors), went to Whites and pulled the yellow slider to the right. This added yellows to Atreus and Angrboda's clothes and some "glowing" touches to Fen's fur. I added a Layer Mask like before, except this time I did not invert it but took a Black brush and erased the areas where I did not want whites to be Yellow. Such as the snow.

Then I added another Selective Color layer, went to Whites again and pulled the Cyans slider to the right to add some cyan into the snow. Experiment with the Brush settings to find the right opacity, flow and hardness.

Before adding color to Whites:

After:

I didn't really like the lemon shade of the yellows that I got as the result of adding them to Whites. Hence why I created another Selective Color layer, went to Yellows tab (not Whites anymore - those have already been transformed into yellows and cyans and you no longer need that tab) and pulled the cyans slider to the left and the magenta slider to the right to add some red/orange into Yellow.

I also enhanced the Purples by adding saturation to them (Selective Color, Magentas tab, play with the settings to see which would work best).

Then I created a new empty layer and added some light brush strokes (30 percents flow - I use the flow setting instead of opacity for the Brush but again, this depends on the scene and on the result you strive for) and a "light/glow" textures, setting one of them to "screen" mode and other to "lighten".

And here we have a gif demonstrated above, that can be used as one of the images for a bigger "colorful" composition:

In many cases I use the Blending technique to combine scenes (like in the bigger gif above) but it doesn't always work. In some cases a layout with multiple gifs looks much better (like the other big gif in the set linked above).

If you're looking for tutorials on how to blend scenes, I once again recommend checking this blog and their navigation page. It features a worth of educational content, including some of the best and most comprehensible Blending tutorials.

Hope you have a good time and hit me up if there is anything else you want to ask :)

[defaultsalsamusic]

i'm in the process of preparing and starting a new neighborhood based on the sims 1's old town and wanted to share and record my progress! i need to give a shoutout to @tvickiesims' old town sims recreated which i am using as the basis of this file! in addition, the neighborhood itself was created by @kalisasims and cleaned by sunraidersims.

anyways! i first started with the hick family which i actually did a lot of major changes to. the main thing is that i've started to merge the lore with the broke family of sims 3 in hopes to eventually be a part of the pleasantview broke family.

i've never played the sims 3, but i was slightly inspired by the sims 3 broke family's home with the multiple buildings. i also put each building on a foundation (a pain in the ass, i had to shift the main building one tile because it just wouldn't let me put a foundation there) since there is no way a house like this should be at ground-level. the new shack is not very substantial but i figure i'll add to it as the family gets more money. i also replaced the interior bathroom with an outhouse (a sims 1 recreation by @crispsandkerosene) and a dorm shower which makes a huge mess so idk if i'll keep it that way. but! makes more room in the house.

(also ngl i moved to another lot a little further from the main strip of old town because it didn't fit the business district aesthetic i want for that area...... i'm sorryyyyy)

ANYWAYS to now introduce the cast:

first we have elden hick from the original family. i changed his look a bit and aged him down to a teen but he is still CC-free. i made him a pleasure sim and changed his personality and interests to match his sims 1 (usa) version. he is 0 neat/5 outgoing/7 active/8 playful/5 nice.

elden is a bit of a rebellious teen who is head over heels with his girlfriend, flo. he is not very ambitious, which is a pain point between him and his mother.

also seen here is leroy the rottweiler. i'm not a fan with the default sims 2 dog breeds so i replaced the original leroy with a male rottweiler designed by PharoahHound. leroy's personality is between doofus and genius/hyper/independent/aggressive/pigpen and is the youngest of the family's three dogs.

back to the human sims, next we have mama hick and (a character who was not in the sims 1) baby named skip broke. :) mama is a elden's mother is an adult popularity sim in about the middle of her life stage. mama used to be a celebrity in sim city, but has since fallen from fame after losing her fortune (and having her son ngl). mama's interests and personality are based on her north american sims 1 personality which is neat 2/outgoing 4/active 2/playful 7/nice 7.

the mother of skip and elden's girlfriend is none other than flo broke! flo is basically a female dustin broke with dyed red hair (genetically blonde). like elden, she prefers a bit of a punk style. she is a family sim and has a personality of 5 nice/6 outgoing/4 active/3 playful/6 nice. she loves both elden and skip, but her relationship with mama is difficult. mama blames flo for being a bad influence on her son. still, mama let flo live on her property once she got kicked out.

another of the three dogs is bobo the male australian shepherd, who is the oldest of the three dogs. like all the dogs here, the previous bobo was replaced with a new one (this one was made by DemittiNix with minor color edits). bobo's personality is doofus/lazy/independent/aggressive/in between pigpen and finicky.

finally, the last and middle dog is duke, the male german shepherd! duke is edited from Fifar and probably the most edits i've done on any sim in this family. tbh i am pretty proud of it, though fifar did do most of the work! duke's personality is doofus/lazy/in between independent and friendly/aggressive/finicky. pretty much all the dogs here are aggressive and independent so they are definitely a challenge!

the house i feel has a lot to be desired but in general i'm really looking forward to actually playing this family!

[cigarettesandinevitablebetrayal]

4, 5, and 17 for end of the year fic ask?

4) A fic you wrote this year that was most fun to write?

Probably Ricardo's chapter of Stand Tall to the Beast. I'd been wanting to rewrite the villain debut for Rashad for a while just because I see it happening so differently from how Ryden wrote it and being able to play around in the empty space of a villain named Heartbreak was a lot of fun.

I used to be really bad at writing action, so this chapter in particular was a fun challenge, especially given all Rashad's restrictions (can't rely on telepathy or their old style of fighting due to their HBI injuries). It took me ages, but I had fun the whole time.

5) Weirdest fic you wrote this year?

Probably Unorthodox Strategy for OC Kiss Week. I was running a bit low on ideas and was rifling through my Sidesteps and my friends' Sidesteps and trying to match up a pair that seemed like they'd fit when I decided on @nebuluxx's Damian. Damian and Miro are just a fun pairing given that they're a gay man and a butch lesbian, but they're both kind of dirty fighters so the sparring scene just came together nicely.

17) Two favourite lines/paragraphs/scenes from this year's fics?

The camera flashes have stopped. Figures. It's no longer looking good for him, and nobody actually likes having the footage of a Ranger's murder. He failed. Again. Failed Anathema, failed Herald, and now he'd be failing Rashad again. Ricardo drags in a ragged breath, electrical currents building up in his emitters, and he screams out into the dark as he lets the electricity loose. It explodes out around him in cascades of light. A useless rage against the inevitable. As the streaks of lightning subside, Heartbreak's helmet creeps back into his sight. He stares up at them, snarling through the pain, "You'd better do your worst, pendejo, because I'm never going to stop hunting you down." But Heartbreak doesn't move, like Ricardo expects. They stare down at him with their impassive mask, unreadable to him. "Did you hear me?" He yells again. Let them get angry. What's the worst they could do? He doesn't care anymore. "Finish the job!"

From Beast. I actually wasn't planning this interaction at all. This wasn't the intended ending of the chapter. Ricardo was originally going to just accept the defeat, but it wasn't sitting right with me. I'm not sure where this interaction came from. I just sort of let the character speak through the writing and came out with a significantly more impactful and in character response, in my opinion.

And two paragraphs from Riches and Wonders:

It’s funny how many little things Mortum hadn’t noticed he was missing until Mariana waltzed into his life, filling his lab with sound and light and color that had, unbeknownst to him, long since seeped out between the cracks in the concrete floors. The silence had made it easy to keep focused and now he finds it grates on his nerves, feeling like so much dead air without Mariana’s conversation or soft humming. The endless monochrome of greys feel drab without the pop of Mariana’s merlot dress or cobalt pantsuit. Could he ever really go back to just the smell of detergent after having the lingering scent of her perfume on his lab coat?

I really loved this paragraph (and the original, which was a touch longer before editing down) and how it highlights the differences Marianna has brought to Mortum's life. I like the symbolism used here a lot and the imagery it evokes.

Mariana snorts at that, a most undignified sound from her, but it makes him smile. It’s been a joy to watch her facade drop bit by bit as the time passes. He finds himself doing the same with his own mask, hanging it up beside hers like a coat by the door.

Another really nice indication of the affect Mortum and Marianna have on each other. It also ended up giving my the inspiration for Mateo and Mortum's ship name.

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[satoshi-mochida]

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches April 24, 2025 - Gematsu

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam on April 24, 2025, developer SNK announced.

A “Secial Edition” will also be available, which includes the base game and Season Pass 1 for $59.99 / €59.99.

Users who pre-order the game will receive a Terry Bogard costume based on his classic Fatal Fury appearance, as well as three days of early access starting April 21, 2025.

Get the latest details below.

South Town’s Finest Unite

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves brings together a diverse roster of familiar faces and new blood, with 17 playable characters at launch. Iconic fighters like Terry Bogard and Rock Howard return to the scene alongside debuting challengers, like the science prodigy Preecha and street assassin Vox Reaper. An additional five downloadable content fighters will be added in Season Pass 1.

SNK revealed the latest fighter, Mai Sharinui (voiced by Rebecca Rose in English, Ami Koshimizu in Japanese), the globally renowned ninja now sporting a new look. Mai is the successor to Shiranui-style ninjutsu. Following an important tip-off from dutiful monk Sokaku Mochizuki, this modern-day kunoichi proceeds to South Town with purpose—her intense flame and ever-refined techniques lighting up the darkness therein.

Game Features and Modes

City of the Wolves blends innovative new mechanics with familiar features for a captivating and rewarding experience for both newcomers and veteran players alike.

REV System + Returning Systems – Unleash the all-new REV System, offering powerful offensive moves like REV Arts and REV Blows, pushing the excitement to the max until the REV Meter overheats. Classic systems like Combination Attacks, Just Defense, and S.P.G. return, reimagined for today’s battles.

Controls for Veterans and Newcomers – Arcade Style offers precision and technique, while Smart Style allows for easy, flashy combos with simple inputs. Both newcomers and seasoned pros can feel powerful with their control scheme of choice.

A Story of Fates Intertwined – Embark deep into South Town in Arcade Mode, where fighters clash over the legacy of Geese Howard. Driven by powerful emotions and past rivalries, they race to a long-awaited showdown. Dive toward the future and uncover the truth of the epic saga in South Town’s narrative climax!

Episodes of South Town RPG Adventure – Introducing “Episodes of South Town” (EOST)—a solo RPG where challengers battle foes under unique conditions, earning XP and building skills along the way. Level up and chase the crown in South Town to forge a legend unlike any other.

Rollback, Cross-Platform, and More Online Features – Experience Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves with integrated rollback netcode and cross-platform functionality, offering flawless matches with players across any system. Choose from Ranked, Casual, and Room Matches, and watch as AI technology crafts clones from player’s styles to challenge others or even themselves!

Customization With No Bounds – Adjust the appearance of any fighter by way of outfit and gear colors, as well as distinct patterns—which are all unlocked in Episodes of South Town—and more! Players can also jam out to a vast catalog of iconic tracks across the FATAL FURY series, including additional music from another South Town classic, The Art of Fighting. Create personalized playlists to customize the background music for specific modes and rev up to the music!

Watch a new trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

English

Japanese

Mai Shiranui Trailer

English

Japanese

[icancdramahanfu]

Ready for some anything goes martial arts cosplay? Yeah, I'm gonna do a Ranma 1/2 project.

Not getting too nostalgic but it is time to do a cosplay from the first manga I ever bought with my money. That's right, I randomly picked up a copy of Ranma 1/2 at the bookstore, paying that $15.95 (corrected for inflation, $28.97) for the original first edition left-to-right formatted copies. A whole new generation of anime fans are being introduced to the Rumiko Takahashi manga now with the remake by Studio Mappa. Just like another 90s cosplay I did in 2023 I too can have some fun with this one as well. I could be very basic and go for the classic Ranma outfit. The red top with black pants and call it a day. But why would I make my life easy? This is a cosplay project it has to have to be a challenge to sew! The manga has such a diverse amount of outfits that are featured in it as well! I'm currently between two different outfits from the manga:

Color artwork from the third edition cover with Ranma in yellow with a red floral pattern. OR

The Cat Cafe outfit he wore when he was working as a waitress.

Which is so stinking cute with the light yellow apron and the ruffle headband! Interestingly, there is anime artwork with this with a different pattern here:

A quick breakdown for both of these outfits.

1.) Top - yellow short sleeve, red three-quarter length sleeve but same bias binding.

2.) Pants - length is the same, just past the knee. 3.) Apron - very much typical maid style with ruffles and fitted around the waist and chest with an A-line flare out 4.) Headband with ruffle Fabric - Since the outfits have drawn in details, there is no way I'm going to find a fabric that will match these, let alone be a close dupe. I am leaning towards drawing out the pattern and then printing it via Spoonflower so I can get my preferred fabric and match the pattern exactly.

Thankfully both sets of clothing have the black bias tape binding. Pattern -

This time, instead of drafting the pattern myself, I think I will try an established pattern for the top and the pants are gonna be very simple with a tie waist. I will go ahead and modify one of these two patterns to make the top so it falls around my hips.

A Shampoo inspired pattern from Cut/Sew

Or this one from Porcupine Patterns

I can already tell that the Cut/Sew pattern has some modifications/shortcuts with a zipper on the back instead of on the side seam under the armpit. It additionally puts the darts in for the bust horizontally while the Porcupine Patterns has vertical darts. However, I have worked with a Cut/Sew pattern previously and they give a very liberal range of sizes and maybe I don't always feel like tweaking it the way the other one will require. I can already see myself smooshing the patterns together since I'd prefer to use the vertical darts to make the shape. This will definitely require a mock up to make sure I get the fit of the top correct before dropping serious cash on the Spoonflower fabric. I'm leaning towards the Organic Cotton or Organic Cotton Sateen since it will have a slight sheen. I do want it to be breathable and not a sweaty mess. Even though they have a Satin, it is poly so that is a hard no.

I think the first step will be getting a pattern or two and moving onto that mock up stage!

[narrators-journal]

Oh hi! I'm the one that requested a Chrollo x Fem!reader who's a singer singing the song criminal (by lady Gaga) so the reader sings the song criminal

"He is a bad boy with a tainted heart and even I know this ain't smart, but Mama I'm in love with a criminal"

But I also want her to sing another line the:

"he is a villain by the devil's law, he is a killer just for fun, fun, fun,fun, that mans a snitch and unpredictable, he's got no conscious he got none, none, none"

I thought these lyrics would describe Chrollo, but even though the reader has not found out Chrollo is her soulmate yet, Lmao, let's just say Chrollo went inside the building to steal or something along with the phantom troupe and there seems to be a concert, which turns out to be his own soulmates concert🤭

You didn't specify any particular au, so I went with one I've seen bouncing around on Pinterest from, like, Tumblr lol. I hope this is an entertaining read! It was a good lil break from the editing for me and p fun to write. Even if I am very rusty with hxh still. 😅😅

Also, I once answered an ask and said Chrollo is unlabelled and not picky, so I decided to shake things up by him going on a date with a dude here. I mean no ill harm with that, just thought it'd be a fun nod to that headcanon. Chrollo's sexuality is crime, nothing more lololol

Chrollo Lucifer did a lot of things for the spiders. From sleeping with someone to get his people a foot in the door of prime targets, to amoral killing. So, taking a man on a date to a concert was nothing new or challenging. Was it a date he particularly enjoyed? No, the dark-haired criminal was far more interested in reading than the squealing and screaming of fans over some vapid singer. Was this art collector his soulmate? No, Chrollo still saw the world as if he lived in some old noir murder movie, so he truly held no worth to him beyond the well-guarded goods his home held hostage.

Yet, there the ebony-haired thief stood. Swaying mindlessly to the opening act, pretneding to be interested in experiencing this man's favorite artist with him, internally counting down until he could politely suggest his date take him home to hook up.

However, the evening that Chrollo was almost certain would be highlighted by nothing except drunk, sloppy sex and a good heist was abruptly thrown into a centerfuge when that main attraction belted out her first note. "He is a hustler, he's no good at all~"

And the world imploded into color.

Of all the ways Chrollo lucifer had thought he'd run into his soulmate, on a heist was the most likely, yet the one he least desired. If he had it his way, he'd meet his destined beloved on one of his off days, when he was left to his books and thoughts. Yet, there was no denying it. With each word sang from the siren on stage, his world grew more vibrant and colorful. "He is a bad boy with a tainted heart, and even I know this aint smart~" She sang, flinging an arm over her eyes to match the drama of her words as she continued. And while, yes, Chrollo still didn't exactly enjoy the hysterics of the crowd or the shrill whistle of the music over the speakers, the sheer novelty of the clashing outfits and seeing things in such a new way washed that inhibition away.

Before he knew it, the thief was weaving through the crowd to get closer, as if magnetically pulled to the woman on stage. Naturally, followed by his date, but the man was pushed to the back burner for now. The only thing on the leader of the spiders' mind was getting closer to his soulmate and drinking in each and every one of the colors on her body. And, as if to reward that impulsive decision, the singer looked directly at him with a coy, almost knowing look when she sang, "He is a villain by the devil's law~ He is a killer just for fun, fun, fun, fun.~" Swishing her carefully-colored clothes with each flick of her hips to the words. "That man's a snick and unpredictable~ He's got no conscious he's got none, none, none, none.~"

It was such a brief interaction. One Chrollo was almost certain held no weight for the singer, as she was just as quick to flash a smile to the next eager man to move closer to her, but for Chrollo, her words were almost a message.

Chrollo'd complete his mission. He'd seduce this art collector, get into his house, rob him blind, and maybe kill him. But after that. After that, he would be certain to turn his entire attention to tracking down his soulmate. Those colors were just too nice to give up after just a simple taste.

[aurorangen]

sims get to know me tag!

@akitasimblr @oasivy @duusheen @druidberries thank you so much for tagging me ❤️

1. What’s your favourite sims death? getting eaten by a cowplant!!

2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match? maxis mix! and i have a lot of alpha hair too. i can't help it, they all look so pretty...

3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? not for weight but for the muscle. idk but it seems funny that they go buff so fast even if you've not made your sims exercise for long

4. Do you use move objects? it's on as soon as i enter build mode

5. Favorite mod? mccc and ui cheats. but for gameplay wonderfulwhims.

6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? get to work! and then i got that bundle with parenthood and vintage glamour/bowling night.

7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing? now that i think about it i've called them both ways.

8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? so i made this gorgeous sim in cas and he just became my favourite right there. he will eventually make an appearance in tjol posts, but my favourite sim you've seen it's bryce of course!!

9. Have you made a simself? yep! once i saw that simstrouble hair i had to make myself! but i've only shared it to my good friend @oasivy!! maybe i'll show you all in the future.

10. What sim traits do you give yourself? lazy, foodie and hot-headed. nooo those are awful traits but it's true....ok if i had 5 traits then it's also clumsy and perfectionist!!

11. Which is your favorite EA hair color? i love all the blond hair swatches!!

12. Favorite EA hair? when i saw that outdoor retreat hair, the one wavy hair parted in the middle i used it on all my females! it was my favourite at the time, but now i only use cc hairs.

13. Favorite life stage? has to be YA. i always have lots of plans with them and get the most gameplay at that stage (as you can tell).

14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? definitely gameplay, but my building is slowly improving! i rarely go into cas unless it's to create a new sim for my legacy

15. Are you a CC creator? nope! no skills or patience lol

16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad? yes! i have talked to a lot of wonderful people here, simblr would not be the same without you guys!!

17. What’s your favorite game? sims 4!! but sims 3 for the nostalgia.

18. Do you have any sims merch? no.

19. Do you have a YouTube for sims? no.

20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? i was an on/off sims 4 player since 2015 and back then i was completely vanilla, then i found out about cc in 2018! only in 2022 i started using more skin details and gshade. but one thing's for sure, i have always been a legacy player!!

21. What’s your Origin ID? same as my simblr, but there's nothing on my gallery. i changed it bc it used my real first name and i upload sims for ppl to download on simblr, but ive not done that for a very long time.

22. Who’s your favorite CC creator? there are too many creators that i have downloaded everything of. i love everything from pralinesims!!

23. How long have you had a simblr? this simblr is almost a year old! i started posting on the 13th July 2022!

24. How do you edit your pictures? i completely rely on my personal gshade/lighting mods and don't really edit, i just sharpen on photopea or add the moodlet stuff when needed.

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? when cottage living came out it was my absolute favourite!! i made all my families live there including nsb pink gen, gen 4 of another legacy and my 100 baby challenge! by the time i started my postcard legacy i played with too much cottage living so i decided to start on freegan.

26. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? honestly it would be great if the sims team improves the older packs, i feel mostly everything from previous games have been included. but it was family gameplay i wanted before growing together was released.

i'll tag: @weindenburg @raiiny-bay @bloomingkyras @glowbloom @igotsnothing but feel free to ignore ❤️

[youtubeyouniversity]

Welcome to the University Jacob!

You have 72 hours to create your account and send a ask to the main!

MUN

Name(What you will like to be called): Cation

Age: 26

Timezone: Mountain

Activity level: Variable with school year (I work for schools, more busy during the weekdays during school year)

Url: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/jacobalpharadxsquidx

MUSE

Youtubers name/channel: Alpharad (Jacob Rabon)

Age(age in the Rp 19- 25): 23 (he dropped out when he was 18 and now he’s coming back to finish what he started)

Major: Cinematography and Japanese

Content(beauty, gaming, vlog, etc): Gaming

Secret/ Why they are here: ACCEPTED

Background: Jacob Rabon was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and found an early interest in film as a child. He took video editing and cinematography classes in high school and community college, aiming to be an editor of some kind, but due to the limitations of creative freedom in that line of work, he left college to pursue making videos instead. He started his youtube career at around 18 with videos featuring flagship Nintendo titles, such as Mario, Smash Bros, Splatoon, Pokemon, among many more franchises beyond Nintendo as well like Sonic or Among Us. Most of his content involved challenges, running jokes, or speed runs. He’s been involved both as a player and a host of various Smash Bros esports events, and he’s dabbled in music as well. He streams often now, but he still posts edited or narrated videos of challenges, travelling, or events that he’s done in recent times.        

Para Sample:(Has to be at least 2 paragraphs or 10-14 sentences)

            Jacob absently scrolled through the games on his switch while he waited for the mail to arrive. He had the console propped up in the windowsill so he could see the mail truck arrive above his view of the switch’s tiny screen. Having eventually selected Splatoon, he played with his pro-controller, guiding his Octoling character around the warm-up range, popping the target practice balloons with deadly precision. He had been playing the game off camera to wind down basically every day, but he certainly couldn’t be bad at a game he played every day, could he? Well, he knew for sure he was far from the best, but at least he was far from the worst too. Maybe if the university has a splatoon team, he could play for them maybe? First things first he’d need to get that letter.

Jacob got another match, he was just playing turf war, something he could easily abandon and without worry for his rankings. His Octoling popped out up on top of her spanwer, armed with the vanilla octobrush (of course Jacob used a girl Octoling, they’re irresistibly adorable he couldn’t resist). Eager to dive on the enemy team, Jacob launched his Octoling as far forward as possible from spawn, rushing her down towards the middle of the stage with her brush inking a thin line of paint behind. From here Jacob guided his Octoling into a series of clever shark attacks on his opponents: hiding in a corner of his team’s color ink, and then striking an enemy from behind as they pass by, successfully splatting several opponents in sequence. He pushed the boundary of his team’s coverage as he killed one after another. Soon his special was fully charged, zipcaster, which would let him his zip and cling to walls like Spider-Man and rain ink down from the sky unto his next victims. The enemy team was pushed back up against their spawning grounds, and when Jacob saw that his foes entered danger, he used his zipcaster, changing his Octoling into a glowing bullet of color as she flew high up above. She lept from her high perch, the special already down to 80% and swung her brush, splatting one, then two enemies. Down to 60% he soared her back into the sky, the spot where his Octoling had just been painted the enemy team’s color in the instant after he flew. From an alternate angle, Jacob brought her back down into the fray, splatting a third opponent, leaving just one left. Hitting 20% and severely damaged by enemy paint, Jacob decided to take a risk. He pushed his Octoling further, flying directly into the last opponent. The contact splatted the opponent, but not without Jacob taking a fatal splash of ink at the same time, trading with the last opponent and earning a full team wipeout. A flash of white struck from the corner of Jacob’s eye.

The mail truck had pulled up to his mailbox and was inserting one white envelope inside. With the enemy team heavily endangered and wiped out, with ten seconds on the clock, Jacob dropped his controller to his chair as he flew out the door to get the letter. He came back inside with the letter ripped open and the words “accepted” gleamed from inside. He smiled and picked up his controller, clicking the “keep going” button that appeared on his victory screen. If the university had a Splatoon team, he will need to practice a lot with more than just turf war. 

Secret Password: Chicken Nuggets

Additional Comments: the live splatoon 3 commentary has me DEAD - Lee

[zergula]

Get To Know Me Sims Edition

I got tagged again, yay! Thanks @oasislandingresident Anyone else who wants to do this, I officially tag you!

What’s your favorite Sims death?

I don't think I have a "favorite" death but it's always the meteor strikes that get me. I haven't had too many happen in my game but when they do, it is an EVENT lol

Alpha CC or MaxisMatch?

Alpha for hair (SUPER SHINY PLEASE) maxis match for clothes and everything else

Do you cheat your sims weight?

There is no cheat in this game that I have not nor will not try. If I wanted to be miserable, I'd just live in real life so my sims get whatever they want, look however I want them to look, and never ever run out of money or get sick or anything bad. Nope, if there's a cheat for it, I'mma use it!

Do you move objects?

Absolutely. I am very particular about how I place things, I do not know why lol

Favorite Mod?

Probably the NRAAS mods or any mod that removes things that annoy me about the game. I use a lot of those!

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack?

I started playing Sims 3 late so the first pack I got was a combo Base Game, Late Night, and High End Loft stuff. World Adventures came next and then everything else very shortly after lol

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing?

Alive.

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made?

Autumn Moon! She is absolutely the most gorgeous sim I have ever had. She was the daughter of a sim I made and Anoki Moon.

Have you made a simself?

I started to but I can't seem to get it quite right, lol

Which is your favorite EA hair color?

I don't know, really. I guess it depends on what kind of look I'm going for on the sims.

Favorite EA hair?

Definitely this one from the Showtime pack:

Favorite life stage?

I play mostly as YA but my favorite is child life stage. Toddlers and kids in Sims 3 are A D O R A B L E !

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?

A little of both, really. I love building but I am not as good at it as other folks but it's so fun to try and create different places! Gameplay sometimes feels like a time killer until I can think of the next place my sims absolutely must have.

Are you a CC creator?

I make patterns but other than that, no. I love all of the people who do, though, endlessly!

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad?

I don't know really. There are a lot of folks here on Tumblr and elsewhere that I consider friends and hope they think of me as a friend as well <3

Do you have any sims merch?

Weirdly, no. I don't think I've ever even thought about buying any. I spend enough on the game and stuff for the game, I think lol

Do you have a YouTube for sims?

I don't have a YouTube for anything but watching and occasionally commenting on videos.

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing?

I have a certain list of things that I do before I even start a save now. Another list for once I start. It's a process but it's time tested and perfect! I use a lot more player made creations instead of defaulting to whatever EA gives us. I also do A LOT more travelling and challenges now.

What’s your origin id?

I have no idea.

Who’s your favorite CC creator?

ALL OF THEM

How long have you had simblr?

I don't even know. I think maybe 5 years now ? but it's probably longer than that. I know once I got here, everyone made me feel so welcome! Now you'll never get rid of me muuhahahahahahaaaaa

How do you edit your pictures?

I am really bad at editing any photo and my sims pics are just as bad, lol. I kinda just crop and clean them up a little but my ability really does not extend very far beyond that.

What expansion/ gamepack is your favorite?

Surprisingly to me, it's Supernatural. I say it's surprising because I had no interest in play occult sims or anything like that at all but Supernatural is essential to me for one reason and one reason alone: witches can magically upgrade everything in WAY less time than it takes to manually upgrade something. I know, it's a weird reason but that's seriously why. Big fan of Seasons and Generations as well!

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #68: October 8th - 14th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from October 8 - October 14, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 4: Five Votes Down aired on October 13, 1999.

Season 3, Episode 1: Manchester Part I aired on October 10, 2001.

Season 4, Episode 4: The Red Mass aired on October 9, 2002.

Season 5, Episode 3: Jefferson Lives aired on October 8, 2003.

Season 7, Episode 3: Message of the Week aired on October 9, 2005.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from October 8 - October 14:

Amy Landecker posted an edit of Brad by Twitter user @schiff0rd. 

Josh Malina posted a video of Nathan Salston playing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, on piano. 

Josh Malina posted a thoughtful text post about the war between Israel and Hamas. 

Josh Malina posted photos of himself and Bradley Whitford (and one trolling him) for Brad’s birthday on October 10th. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself with Piper Laurie in memory of her after her recent death. 

Peter James Smith posted a selfie from Screamfest. 

Donna Moss Daily: October 8 | October 9 | October 10 | October 11 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

Daily Josh Lyman: October 8 | October 9 | October 10 | October 11 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

No Context BWhit: October 9 | October 10 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

@twwarchive: October 8 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

Editors’ Choice:

Here are a handful of fics with cozy, fluffy, or funny fall vibes! Some are here for the first time, some we’ve recced before, but they’re all fun reads for this time of year. Please feel free to reblog with your own favorite cozy autumn reads!

How Pumpkin Carving and Twins Lead to Practice by mdrgrl1 [archived by westwingfanfictioncentral_archivist]  | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh and Donna spend the day before Halloween carving pumpkins and babysitting. Not Quite Pumpkin Pie by fictorium | Rated G | No Pairings Listed (Gen Fic) | Complete | Another retreat to Manchester, another... incident. I Knew You by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | A cozy Saturday in the West Wing has CJ reminiscing about her past with Toby. 31 Days of Halloween by sam_writes_fics | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn, C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman & Mallory O'Brien, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young | In Progress | 31 individual Halloween themed ficlets revolving around everyone's favorite senior staffers. Chapters will be posted once a day, every day, for the entire month of October at 4pm EST. Enjoy.  absolutely smitten (never let you go) by JessBakesCakes for fairwinds09 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh feels all the air whoosh out of his lungs when he sees the teacher standing on the other side of the door. She looks at the group standing outside her door, puzzled for a moment, until her blue eyes lock with Josh’s. Her blonde hair is tucked neatly behind her ears, and pumpkin earrings dangle from her earlobes. She’s wearing a copper-colored fall sweater, adorned with leaves around the collar that match her bulletin board. Her ID badge dangles from her neck, one of those ink pens in a bright, funky color clipped to her lanyard. “Miss Moss,” CJ says. “This is Mr. Lyman from the high school."

Due to tumblr character limits, this week's fic updates will be reblogged to this post momentarily!

[shes-an-oddbird]

Tales of a 126 Valentine’s Day

Short Valentine's Day snippets featuring members of the 126 and filled with dates, dilemmas and classic candy hearts.

Struck with inspiration and managed to write these all in the past 24 hours. They are short, sweet and poorly edited. Enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day

Chapter 4 - TK x Carlos & Conversation Hearts Summary:  TK gets an idea involving the classic Valentine's Day candy, Conversation Hearts

TK had no interest in actually eating the candy conversation hearts. Frankly he thought they tasted like sugary chalk. But they were a Valentine’s Day staple and he had gotten an inkling of an idea when he saw them at the store the other day. Really he only needed one specific heart saying, but on the off chance the assorted bag didn’t have the one he needed, he grabbed three.

He had dumped out all the bags into a large salad bowl and started his search for the one he needed.

Luck was on his side today. It was right at the top. He sets it aside with a smile then looks back at the massive bowl of useless candy.

Oops.

He digs through the bowl, wondering how awful he would feel if he just chucked the rest in the bin. He picks up a small pink heart and reads the saying.

‘DREAM TEAM’

TK hurries to the kitchen and grabs the small Ziploc bags as a new idea hits him.

..............................

“For you.” TK says, holding out a bag of candy hearts to Nancy. She makes a face at them.

“You actually like these things?”

“No, but it’s Valentine’s Day.” He says, waving the bag in her face till she accepts it.

“Thanks.”

“You have to read them.”

“Oh my god you’re annoying this morning.” Nancy opens the Ziploc and takes out one of the hearts. “BESTIE.” She says and her mild annoyance visible breaks. She picks another. “COOL DUDE.”

“Personally picked just for you.”

“I feel bad now, I didn’t get you anything.” She doesn’t actually feel bad but it’s cool.

“Good Morning TK.”

“Morning Cap, happy Valentine’s Day.” He holds out another bag of candy hearts. She smiles at him in amusement and it makes him think of his mom. It’s the same look she used to give him when he would hand her a handmade card on holidays or her birthday. “You’ve got to read them.” He adds as she goes to put them away.

“You really do.” Nancy confirms.

“Of course.” Tommy concedes. She extracts one purple heart. “GOAT?”

“Greatest of all time.” TK clarifies. “Pick again.”

“SUPER COOL.”

News of the conversation hearts spreads after Nancy eats exactly three of hers and offers the rest to Mateo who genuinely likes the classic candy. His own personalized bag includes sayings like ‘NO WAY’ ‘LET’S GO’ and ‘YASS’ all of which reminded TK of Mateo’s enthusiastic exclamations.

Paul’s bag is full of ‘ALL-STAR’s and ‘YOU ROCK’s and even a few ‘WISE GUY’s, while Marjan’s is a mixed bag of ‘YOU GO, GIRL!’ ‘CRUSH IT’ and ‘FIRE.’

He’s sorted a bag for Judd and Grace to share full of ‘HUBBY’ and ‘WIFEY’ hearts as well as ‘#BLESSED’ and ‘IT’S A MATCH.’ Judd takes them with a smile and a roll of his eyes, but he gets a thank you text later that night from Grace which meant that Judd hadn’t just tossed them in the garbage.

His dad would never be caught eating a concentrated tablet of sugar and artificial coloring, but he leaves a bag of ‘WILD LIFE’ ‘LOOKING GOOD’ and ‘NEW YOU’ hearts on his desk anyways.

It’s a fun way to spend Valentine’s Day when you have to work. It’s put everyone in a good mood and he’s brought all the extra hearts in for the team to share. They spend their lunch break sorting through them for other fun sayings and picking out more to give to each other.

Nancy picks out all the ones that say ‘TE AMO’ and gives them to Mateo, excitedly pointing out that the letters can be rearranged to spell his name. Paul and TK give him all the ones that say ‘ANGEL’ which he then throws back at them. They find a few that say ‘PAGE ME’ that they don’t know what to do with. Tommy is more than happy to take them.

Marjan challenges them to stack them into a tower of hearts to see who can make one the tallest. She wins every time and losers have to eat their fallen bricks. Its sickening the amount of sugar consumed and Paul looks absolutely ill after the third collapse.

They make a game of kissing or hugging anyone who pulls the classic ‘KISS ME’ or ‘HUG ME’ hearts and Carlos walks in just as they are all trying to corner Judd who has turned the tables and grabs Paul, Marjan and Mateo in one giant bear hug.

“What are you doing here, I didn’t think I’d see you till dinner?” TK asks as Carlos surveys the counter covered in candy.

“Conversation hearts?” He asks, picking up one that appropriately says ‘HOT STUFF.’

“Don’t look at us.” Nancy defends as she willingly eats the ‘MY GIRL’ hearts that Mateo had given to her. “This was his idea, he’s been giving out personalized hearts all day, it’s causing mayhem.”

“Sounds like you.” Carlos says as he inspects the treat before determining eating would not in fact be the end of the world. “So do I get on too?” He asks. “A personalized pick?”

TK feels panic shoot through him. He had almost forgotten why he’d bought the hearts in the first place. What had he even done with the heart he had set aside for Carlos. He quickly searches the counter, there had to be another one. There just had to be.

‘ILY’

‘SOUL MATE’

‘ME & YOU’

All good picks but not the right one.  He desperately digs through the pile one more time.

“TK?”

“I’ve got it, a special one, just for you.” He stalls. There at the bottom of the bowl he finds it. He grabs the small green heart and whips around to present it to him. Carlos steps back enough to clear TK’s arm and has to squint to get a good look at the tiny print. He laughs. A gorgeous smile replaces his concerned look.

“Pretty sure I already agreed to do this.” He says accepting the ‘MARRY ME’ heart.

“Yeah well, maybe I just like hearing you say yes.” Carlos smirks and searches the table. It only takes him a second to find the one he’s looking for and he places it carefully in the palm of TK’s hand.

‘YES.’

[jcmarchi]

30+ Essential Wedding Stationery Templates for Photoshop – Speckyboy

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30+ Essential Wedding Stationery Templates for Photoshop – Speckyboy

Weddings are joyous occasions that create fond memories. It’s one reason why we love to hang on to keepsakes from the day. Each memento is a reminder of good times.

Perhaps there’s no better keepsake than wedding stationery. The feel of the paper, the elegant fonts, and the carefully selected color scheme tell a story. It’s no wonder we put so much effort into making them perfect.

These projects can be time-consuming for graphic designers. But don’t worry – we can help you get off to a fast start.

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Critique of Process

I made a film called “The Blade & the Butterfly” this semester. I was the director of the film. The film was about a ballerina kidnapped just before her big performance. This film was written and produced by Joseph, shot by Davide, edited by Ethan, sound designed by Casper, and production designed by Catharine. I chose to direct this film because of my background as a dancer and the genre of the film, action was something I wanted to try. The intention behind this film was to make an action film in a world of dance. My vision for the final climax was clear from the beginning, juxtaposing dance with our protagonist fighting the antagonist. The film was much hard work, where we had a lot of fight rehearsals to ensure safety and had to teach our actors about fighting for the camera. In retrospect, I would have liked more rehearsals for acting and getting the actors into character. I focused way too much time on choreographing the fight and ensuring it looked good on screen, however, this was my first time as well. Reflecting on the film, I do think we achieved what we aimed to do, however, there are so many things that could have been better. Firstly, I think the film would have been so much better if we had gotten one day more to shoot the fighting sequence, therefore the last fight would not have been rushed. I wish we had arranged a bigger location for the fighting sequence, as there would have been more flexibility in shooting those scenes. I am not a director however, I wanted to direct this film as a dancer. I was super confident that I could make the dance look pretty on the screen. Therefore, I had planned for the fight and the dance to inter-match with each other but that idea did not come out on the screen. I was so focused on how the punches would look on the screen that my planning for the intercutting came out weak which then could be seen in the film. I gave this film my all despite facing challenges, like dropping out of actors, making fake weapons, securing a location, and much more.  Another, decision of mine which did not transcend was the choice of music in the film. Due to the nature of the film, we needed the score to be ready much before the film so I could choreograph the dance and fight on it. However, the composer we found was not a very nice man and provided us with very mediocre music. I as a director should have not given in and should have asked for a new score, but due to the time limitation, I accepted the music which posed a challenge later in the edit. I am aware of the mistakes I made and, they have only made me more confident with my decisions. For example, I was advised not to use a white color costume in the end and was advised to shoot the scene differently however, I was very adamant on the ways I wanted to present that performance and I am so glad that I did as it came out prettier than ever. Reflecting on "The Blade & the Butterfly," I am proud of what we achieved while acknowledging the areas where we fell short. Each obstacle was an opportunity for growth, reinforcing my confidence in future endeavors. As a director, I am grateful for the invaluable lessons learned and the unwavering dedication of our team in bringing this vision to life.