#gina the machina

[polls4you]

Found Family Battle (First Round)

[aspiringsophrosyne]

The Legend of Vox Machina S1: Review Master Post.

Just to keep everything organized.

Episodes 1 & 2: The Terror of Tal'dorei.

Episode 3: The Feast of Realms.

Episode 4: Shadows at The Gates.

Episode 5, Part 1: Fate's Journey - Banter.

Episode 5, Part 2: Fate's Journey - Travel And Chase.

Episode 5, Part 3: Fate's Journey - Magic.

Episode 5, Part 4: Fate Journey - The Sun Tree.

Episode 6: Spark of Rebellion.

Episode 7: Scanbo.

Episode 8: A Silver Tongue.

Episode 9: Tide of Bone.

Episode 10: Depths of Deceit.

Episode 11: Whispers at The Ziggurat.

Episode 12: The Darkness Within.

[twopoppies]

Hello Gina, i’ve sussed out a few things about “reaching out to strangers”

the http://rots.world domain was registered on a 28th (28.08.24)

If you click on the different elements on the site, you get access to various sections: a Spotify playlist, a radio station, a book list, a sign-up space, and a “coming soon” section.

The radio station has a muffled sound, but it seems like someone is talking. At exactly 0:28, a conversation starts and it sounds like a phone call. The rots.fm profile replied to a comment that said, “where are the tunes?” with “listen closely.”

Everything seems tied to space-related conspiracy theories (?), many of the films suggested are about space or hacking. Like Matrix, E.T., Independence Day, Ex Machina, Interstellar etc etc. 

Maybe it’s one of Joshua’s projects, but this constant recurrence of the number 28 makes me think of the lover of iPhone conspiracies, Mr Louis Tomlinson. Even though many believe it could also be a Harry's promo.

Well, it does look really interesting. Although it seems really related to Joshua at the moment, the 28 details always makes me suspicious, too.

[jaggedwolf]

Still trying to figure out why TGAA2-4 and TGAA2-5 set off my "man this is a lot of dudes dudeing" hackles when the other Ace Attorney final cases do not - I thought my baseline expectation of AA was that it's dude-centric while having rad female characters, but apparently it might've been higher, because those two TGAA cases meet that bar.

I kinda see the difference once I iterate through every other installment's (AA1-AA6, AAI1-2, crossover) finale. There's two levels to it.

There's the backstory level, where if you exclude TGAA all the other finales' have at least one major female player figuring into the drama of the backstory, often more. Misty Fey was nowhere near the elevator on DL-6 but she is inseparable from the case, for instance, and that radiates out to Mia and Maya.

Sithe comes closest, with her role in the Professor coverup, but she gets uninterestingly shuffled off in 2-3, her daughter relaying her reports in a way that dilutes both their presences. Even in the finale with the biggest similarity to this - dude-heavy conspiracy with only one female participant, we see more of that participant than we do Sithe, and there's another woman invested in exposing the conspiracy.

Then there's the present-day courtroom and investigation. Which sounds odd, given that if we're playing a male character as we usually are, we almost always have a female assistant around. There's a lot of room for variety here though. I'll take 1-4 again, both because it is the most-played finale case and so I hopefully won't be spoiling anyone, and also because it's a case where the victims were dudes, the arrested suspects were dudes, the only people within five feet of the both crime scenes were dudes, the only living people with previous direct connections to those dudes are dudes (we haven't met Franziska yet), so you know, it has as much of an excuse as any finale to focus solely on the dudes.

But Maya holding onto the bullet is what clinches us the case. It's not the biggest thing Maya ever does, but IDK, it's more interesting to me than Iris's part in the hologram deus ex machina. Heck, even comparing the finales of TGAA1 and TGAA2, in TGAA1 Susato's and Gina's decisions change how the incident and case play out, while in TGAA2 they each get bummed out for different reasons but don't do anything uniquely instrumental.

Anyway, I mostly like the puzzle-solving and emotional logic of TGAA2-4 and TGAA2-5, but I also would not have minded either Klint's widow (dead from childbirth) or Genshin's widow (dead from grief) surviving to the present day to have some feelings of their own and/or cause some drama of their own instead of being one of the three dead wives.

[aroundthewaygirlao3]

I saw your post about how you would have Portwell get back together, and I wanted to know how you would write the story in case they don't get back together and Gina stays with Ricky (which will most likely happen). What would you do with both EJ and Gina's personal arcs, their friendship and friendships with other characters (existing already in the show and also your own original characters), and EJ's love life (won't ask about Gina's for obv reasons)?

I'll be honest... I have a hard time envisioning any kind of satisfying arc for Gina if she stays with Ricky. And I KNOW people will think that's me being a bitter shipper, but it's not. I just don't see how they compliment each other long term. Ricky needs to learn to grow for HIMSELF, not for Nini or Gina, so the idea that he would somehow be ready for a life in New York or LA (which he expressly says he doesn't want in the S3 finale) BECAUSE of Gina feels a little toxic. I want him to have growth independent of his romantic pairing. And while Gina's arc is about learning to trust, I don't want her compromising what she wants for him. They just don't seem compatible to me long term, and so I don't really know where I'd have Gina go if she remains in that pairing. And while in the end, I would love it if Portwell gets back together, I'm also ok if Gina ends up with a new love interest or no love interest at all. I just don't want her and Ricky to magically "fix" each other, because there are REAL issues there that I don't have faith that they'll address because they're just going to make R*na the centerpiece.

Overall, I want the core friendships back that made the first two seasons feel like my own theater kid experience. I want to see Carlos and Gina together, and Ashlyn and EJ. I want to get away from the 'ship wars' the third season fed and focus on the rest of their lives, too.

And for EJ, all I really want is someone to acknowledge how hard he worked over the summer and how unsupported he was. Ideally in my mind, it would be Gina because a lot of what happened with them was just poor communication from them both and I KNOW they're capable of better, but I would also appreciate it from Ashlyn or Carlos.

I don't mean to be a downer, LOL! But yeah, I'm not sure I can figure out how to work within arcs that I don't feel make sense for these characters without some MAJOR ret-con or deus ex machina type resolutions.

[squadron-of-damned-writes]

Angelus Ex Machina (4697 words) by Tolpen Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gina Lestrade/Original Character, Sherlock Holmes | Herlock Sholmes/Mikotoba Yuujin Characters: Gina Lestrade (Dai Gyakuten Saiban), Sherlock Holmes | Herlock Sholmes (Dai Gyakuten Saiban), Mikotoba Yuujin, Original Characters, Other Character Tags to Be Added Additional Tags: Mystery, Original Character(s), POV Alternating, Romantic relationships are background, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Series: Part 3 of Clockwork Heart Summary:

Yuujin Mikotoba had visited the United States of America as a guest lecturer for two years, and now he returns to London. Upon reaching the English shores another passenger disappears. Her enigmatic older brother, and her fiancé recruit the greatest detective to find her. Who is this mysterious Miss Minerva, and who would want her to disappear? Meanwhile Inspector Gina Lestrade searches for a missing mother of her close friend and colleague in a hardboiled fashion. But of course, nothing is ever straightforward, and the unofficial case quickly spirals into something more dangerous.

Enoch Drebber would like to remind everyone that none if this is his problem, please stop getting him involved, he is not a key to either of those mysteries. He is, of course, completely right. He is not a key. His is the lock.

Obligatory Excerpt:

Well then, gentlemen,” Holmes sprung to his feet again. “Mr. Foeward, good Father, we shall call upon you in your hotel the moment our investigation makes progress. I assure you that I shall see poor Miss Minerva safely returned to her family. Do not fret, do not worry; these kind of things do take time, especially when there are so few leads.” With such reassurances he ushered them out of the door, and only once he checked through the window that they had truly left Baker Street, he turned to Mikotoba: “Well, what do you think?” “I think,” Mikotoba said carefully, “that I am going to call on a mason to extract the remaining pieces from the wall. What on Earth have you been doing with them, Sherlock?” “I was playing shogi with Iris’s friend. Leave them be Yuujin, I shall put it upon him to get them out,” the man threw his frame back into the armchair upside down, lanky legs thrown over the headrest. He maintained that it allowed him to think better with more blood pouring to saturate his brain. Yuujin Mikotoba, who had his educated medicine thoughts about it, was content to leave him like that, because it meant the detective would be quiet for at least an hour and wouldn’t get under his feet. Yuujin thought that he could finally go and unpack his belongings for the stay, but Sherlock called out to him: “I still want to hear your thoughts on the disappearance of Miss Minerva. Doubly so, for you have met her.”

[nochi-quinn]

legend of vox machina season 2 episode 4: those who walk away OR watch this and then go listen to 'willing' by jake and gina smith

I am going to 🌟suffer🌟

'nochi isn't this the third time you've seen it' MAYBE

(fourth time, actually, I noticed my roommates watching when I started this and I watched it with them instead)

god I love the young!twins designs

see that looks gross but that's just how you skin squirrels

bear :(

trinket trying to chew his way loose :(

"what are you going to do, raise a damn bear?" correct

vax ten years later: don't talk to me or my two-ton nephew ever again

billing liam o'brien for my therapy

I found the stuff with kash's patron godwife whatever really interesting but I 100% understand why they cut it here

her claw cracking the rez bubble was very cool ngl

not the soulbond, that's not fucking fair

"holy shit, I'm amazing"

THE BUTTONS LOOK LIKE RAVEN EYES

I hate that I noticed this but scanlan's chest hair disappears when he walks into the camera

percy keeping vex steady as they leave 🥺

BIG RAVEN MOM

[zemnian voice] UP

"they wouldn't even know what to do with a vestige" would you??

ah yes, beholder with the serial numbers filed off

it's a behelder. totally different.

this is an Extremely Inconvenient time to have a Battle at The Center of the Mind

he is having a Battle at the Center of the Here

ricochet is cheating

"not gonna make a tentacle joke?" "too easy"

pikelan crumbs

I have a Thing about visibly broken bones, this is not an exception

roommate: alright deku

oh I just noticed the tree behind them is full of birds

this is the moment vax became a menace to matt personally

action action action bonus action

vax: I don't want to hear it right now percy: shame. anyway -

POKEBALL

"I got an ass that won't stop"

"you know what I bet would fit in it nicely?" "ME" wait your turn

I did not care for that fucking screamer AT ALL

how could crcw not prepare me for this

THIS BITCH

you're not supposed to be here until marquet, wtf are you doing

[squadron-of-damned]

gina giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiina noir also fuck, ghost valley. no beta we dying like cindy stone AIDGFHFUHD

Gina Noir is just the old name of Angelus Ex Machina. My original plan was to write it from Gina Lestrade's POV in the style of a noir crime story. The first section even adhers to that.

It's actually supposed to be a yet another Eeny story. This time it features Drebber's family and some grave robbing, and potentially angels.[1]

[1] They are not real.[2]

[2] They are also not angels.

Ghost Valley was an "Afterlife is actually Stardew Valley" fic, but I deleted it. Or orphaned it, idk. It was bad.

[colourfulgreyscales]

Just watched Annihilation and... It's a lot to take in. I can't make up my mind about whether it's better than Ex Machina. Amazing cinematography. Oscar and Natalie killed it, but I also liked Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez and Jennifer Jason Leigh in it.

[thesmallangryace]

Thank you so much to @roguemetalmaster13 for tagging me!! :)

nickname: I have quite a few silly ones, but the most normal one is probably Gina. I also get called Edgelord all the time by two particular people.

sign: Libra

height: 5’3”

last thing I googled: Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 Release Date

songs stuck in my head currently: Buried Alive by Our Last Night 

# of followers: It keeps changing as I fight off these relentless pornbots!

dream job: Doing conservation work and research.

wearing: Pajamas! Specifically black and red checkered joggers and a loose fitting shirt that has a cat wearing sunglasses on it that says “Meow you doing”

movie/book that summarizes you: The All For the Game series. Frankly I found Neil a little too relatable.

favorite song currently: No particular one favorite. I’ve had the whole album of True Power by I Prevail on repeat a lot lately.

aesthetic: Picture some horrifying amalgamation of emo, punk, goth, skater, snowboarder, and surfer, then add a pile of glitter. Yes it’s just as terrible as it sounds and I love it.

favorite author(s): When I was younger it was Darren Shan. I don’t know that I have one now, but I have enjoyed everything I’ve read by V.E. Schwab quite a bit.

random fun fact: I terrorize my friends constantly with puns.

Tagging anyone who would like to do it!! :)

15 questions - 15 people game

Thank you for tag: @harrys-four-nipples and @sweet-villain

nickname: h, hattie (by family members)

sign: Sun - Cancer, Moon - Aquarius, Mars - Libra (many more!)

height: 5- 5''1

last thing i googled: when are royal mail strikes happening

songs stuck in my mind currently: Goodbye - MARINA, Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd & Two queens in a kingsized bed - Girl In Red

# of followers: 2.5k

dream job: Archivist or ecological conservator

wearing: Joggers, leggings, HP jumper and fluffy socks.

movie/book that summarizes you: This is tricky, maybe Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger or Looking for alaska - John Green

fave song currently: Goodbye - MARIANA

aesthetic: maybe biblophile, hippie or honeycore

fav author(s): Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy (many more!)

random fun fact: I travelled to Barcelona when I was 16 and saw Sagrada Familia in all it's glory! (lets hope it's been completed soon)

15 no pressure tags:

@eddiemunsonwillbethedeathofme @joejoequinnquinn @eddiemunsonswitch @mentalparadox8 @oo0lady-mad0oo @roguemetalmaster13 @jonathansonlysweetheart @thefreakofhawkins86 @noirgoths @livingof-love @bandgirl365 @misha-bawlins @puppy-coded @finalgalnancy @frickinmunson

[iamdangerace]

Gina the Machina, New Kind of Kick from ShePunk Fest 2020 Live (2021).

Live from ShePunk Fest in Aurora, IL. Recorded with a condenser mic to cassette tape 3/6/2020.

  https://ginathemachina.bandcamp.com/album/shepunk-fest-2020-live

[icecoldtea]

My fave cast announcements for Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina

(I am THRIVING)

[fjordstan]

i gasp as if we didn't already know that

[moghedien]

UNMM DID YALL SEE THE CAST THO

[geekcavepodcast]

The Legend of Vox Machina “The Legend of the Cast” Featurette   **Some Language**

The original cast from Critical Role -  Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham, who will all also voice characters in Amazon Prime’s The Legend of Vox Machina - gush on the other voice actors brought on for the series adaptation. Also we get to see some character models and here from many of the voice actors themselves about their characters.

Additional voice actors joining the crew for The Legend of Vox Machina include Sunil Malhotra  (Shaun Gilmore), Khary Payton (Uriel Tal’Dorei), Felicia Day (Captain of Emon), Bobby Hall (Palace Guard), Eugene Byrd (Captain Jarett), David Tennant (General Krieg), Tony Hale (Sir Fince), Anjali Bhimani (Head Cleric), Esmé Credd-Miles (Cassandra De Rolo), Mason Alexander Park (Tavern Keeper), Tracie Thoms (The Everlight), Max Mittelman (Desmond), Stacey Raymond (Bryn), Gina Torres (Keeper Yennen), Dominic Monaghan (Archibald Desnay), Stephen Root (Professor Anders), Rory McCann (Duke Vedmire), Kelly Hu (Dr. Anna Ripley), Indira Varma (Lady Allura Vysoren), Stephanie Beatriz (Lady Kima of Vord), Grey Griffin (Delilah Briarwood), Darin De Paul (Kerrion Stonefell)

The Legend of Vox Machina hits Amazon Prime on January 28, 2022.

[artemis-pendragon]

Hey hope you feel good soon, hopefully the cast list for the Vox machina show will excite you?

Thank you bestie!!! Sorry I havent responded to your messages in literally months I'm such a flake but I appreciate them so much 😭💕

And omg YES I'm going fucking feral over the TLOVM cast list holy shit I haven't been this excited for a show in YEARS