#i am so bad at advertising mods i am so sorry

[guiiay]

a sapphic take (haha) of Caitlyn and Vi for @caitvizine i did earlier this year! so glad to have been part of the team <3

[aziraphales-library]

Lost Fic #203

1. Hi! This fic was posted on tumblr, I'm not sure if it was on ao3, so I'm not sure if that's in your specialty to find but just in case - it was a fic I read when I first got into Good Omens, so early 2020. It was in two or three parts I think. One part was Aziraphale and Crowley discussing their sides coming after them and what they'd do if that would happen. There a big battle scene where Crowley got taken to I think a beach? And was being threatened and Aziraphale unleashed a bunch of power, more than recommended. Bleeding from the eyes in golden angel blood, I believe. The trope of massive power to protect a loved one and then being immensely weak right after. Either way, thanks for your time and you guys do AMAZING work here, I cannot tell you how lucky we are as a fandom to have you. - @lunarmultishine

2. Hey! I am looking for a lost fic. Aziraphale has to return to Earth to find Jesus and appears on Crowley’s doorstep who is living in a cottage. Jesus is living with Crowley and is aging rapidly and has been named something else. Aziraphale agrees to stay and help, but Crowley is bitter that he’s there anyway. Jesus kind of helps bring them back together and is very sassy about it. This is all I can remember unfortunately. But would appreciate the help! - anon

3. Hello lovely Mods! I’ve been looking for a Good Omens x Supernatural crossover fic where the Winchester bros + Cas have to retrieve Aziraphale from his prison in Heaven, in exchange for Crowley’s information about the latest apocalypse. They also don’t know why Crowley wants Aziraphale and assume the worst, so they set a trap for Crowley. Idk if it’s findable, but I figured y’all would be the best to ask! Thank you! <3 - anon

4. Hello! Thank you for your great job! You're my great advertisers for fanfics 😍 I'm looking for a fic I read last year and I can't find it. It was about Metatron started the second apocalypse and there were creepy monsters walking on Earth. Aziraphale and Crowley hiding at Anathema's house and Adam is helping them with the wards. And there were something with Crowley hiding in a bookshop in his snake form when monsters attack and he runs to Nina's coffee shop with Muriel. Also they're riding Bentley a lot, and Crowley been summoned to Hell at some point and escaped it by landing before Aziraphale in a very bad shape. It has a lot of Whump!Crowley. Oh, and he has dyslexia or something, he can't read very well. I may mess up with two different fanfics btw, sorry Thanks for your help! 🥰 - @rexsulla

5. Hi lovelies! Sorry to clog up your inbox. I remember seeing a fic posted here way before the new year. Not sure what its called, but i remember some things about it: - crowley manages a restaurant (human au) and is very mean to his employees - on Christmas eve, he bumps into azi on the street, who is crying because his family doesn't accept him for being queer - azi asks Crowley back to his house for a drink, but Crowley rejects his offer. - this happens a year later, and Crowley accepts his offer this time! - i cant remember what happens next, but there's a summary of their future at the end in which they're married with children. Thanks again dears! - anon

If you know any of these fics please include the number in your reply! Thank you :)

- Mod D

[sysmedsaresexist]

sysmedicalism is an objectively pro psych stance. The fact that you're identifying as it is extremely disturbing, as a DID SYSTEM that has been harmed by the medical institution.

This post is highly related to this post, and I hope you'll read both. This was written first.

Mod Quill here, automatically done with this entire conversation about the term sysmed. Let’s just break this down.

This blog is pysch-critical. Because we believe psychology is beneficial and we are. In therapy. For our psychological problems. I’m not sure where you thought we were anti-psych? No false advertising here. Mod Dude is quite literally on all sides of psych; patient, trained SSW, proud DSM-bootlicker, you name it. The other mods are in similar positions. We can acknowledge the flaws of the medical system while also acknowledging the need for it. If you can’t, then you’re not going to like us.

Sysmed, as a term, means basically nothing at this point. Yes, it had a definition. No, the definition is not agreed upon. Until the Holy Pro-Endo Prophet who invented the damn word comes down from the heavens and announces what it actually meant, I’m going to continue to be a little bitch about a word that’s hurt me (and you can ID with it all you want). Fun fact, I actually don’t agree with Mod Dude using the label sysmed — I think he’ll reach a point eventually where he drops it in favor for some other label, or maybe no labels. But I also cannot bring myself to give a single solitary shit about it. Why would I? The word has as much meaning now as half the labels I see in system spaces. It’s not a useful word. I have literally never understood the desire to cling to it when it’s not ever used usefully. When is the last time someone actually used the term to *properly* critique the associations of the systems who feel plurality is medical to those who feel gender identity is medical, a flawed argument in of itself?

Lastly, I’m so sorry that the constant correlation between “CDD Focused” and “Sysmed” has made me and many others accept that we (DID systems) are sysmeds to you all. I’ve been told countless times that my beliefs are “sysmedical,” despite those beliefs being things that have nothing to do with medicalizing plurality. Dude is far further on the medical spectrum than I am, and yet I’ve been called a sysmed more times than I can count. Traumascum, too. Because I’m a CDD system speaking up for CDD systems.

Look. Anon. I’m sorry for what you’ve faced. I’m sorry you’ve been hurt by the medical system. That sucks.

It’s also not our fault, and something some of us have also experienced. It’s bold of you to think you’re unique in those struggles.

I hope you can find healing outside of the psych system, and that you can recover on your own, or else one day perhaps find solace within a medical system. Who knows?

The fact is, this blog has always been psych critical, and will continue to be. And that shouldn’t matter because the thing about this blog is, it has been and always will be dedicated to focusing on CDD systems. If that bothers people, there’s a million other blogs out there. May I suggest pokemon-cards-hourly?

---

Everyone getting in on this.

Mod Dude, here, OG blog owner

To reiterate, I am on both sides-- patient and clinician in the psych field (NOT LICENSED).

I really just want to pop in and say something myself.

I am psych-critical, and I always have been. I have had some terrible doctors. Fatphobia, transphobia, homophobia, ableism abound, and a large population of uneducated people parading as doctors. I was sanctioned once by a doctor who didn't like that I was gay. Yes, in Canada. It took the threat of legal action to get me released, and then they tried to purge my file and say I had never been admitted.

I've had more amazing, wonderful doctors that have gone and above and beyond to help me than bad ones, though. I want to be one of those doctors. I want to change the landscape of psychiatry to be what it SHOULD BE, not what it is now.

The psych system is a necessary evil, and I have a very complicated relationship to it as, eventually, my father will need to be forcibly confined and treated for his disease. The world will be very lucky if he doesn't kill someone before then.

I don't think it will always be evil, though. I don't think every case is evil. I don't honestly think a system is capable of being evil, only the people within the system and using it to further their own gain.

I feel for anyone who has been abused in the system, or that has suffered because of it.

I see anti-psych as giving up. Rather than fight for change, it's rejected entirely for talking points that are already available and need to be improved within themselves anyways.

I have HOPE for the FUTURE of the psych system, and can acknowledge its many current flaws while simultaneously engaging with and promoting its positive aspects and work, and by encouraging more people to get into the field and specialize. Releasing the backlog and increasing the number of specialists with lived experience that actually care is step number 1. I want to reduce the fear of stigma of engaging with the system.

I support the medicalization and treatment of systems that WANT to engage with psychiatry (hence sysmed). I support systems that have no desire to engage for simple reasons, or for no reason at all. I equally support and care for those who have been so hurt by it that they can't engage anymore. Those are real people with real stories. I hope that the things I post can help those that can't engage directly.

It's not the full picture, though. Hence "critical".

I have never WANTED or TRIED to force medicalization on anyone, and I never will. I can understand that in some cases it's not so black and white. But this may not be the space for you. Good luck elsewhere, genuinely ❤️

Also I'm going to follow Pokémon hourly now.

[monstermaster13]

Corey and Oats in..

VS Porcine Pervert

Corey and Oats really knew how to appreciate Mel and protect her, one instance in which they helped her was when she had to deal with yet another advertisement online for a fetish game, this time it was one that perverted elements of superhero comics and had heroes being brainwashed and violated by a pig-like villain known as the Porcine Pervert.

‘Ugh…that stupid pig-man. I just dealt with the previous version of this fetish game and now this stupid porno parody version of MHA comes up? Well I am sorry but I am not into degrading someone and banging them in an animalistic manner.’ ‘You tell them mommy.’ ‘This is not right and I do not like this.’

‘Let’s go and fix this!’ The duo hopped into the bedroom for a minute before pulling out an item from the bedbox which they used on the computer, opening up a portal form inside the screen which they jumped into and arrived into the world of the game.

When they arrived in the world of the game, Mel looked and was disgusted at what she saw, a ton of transfur rejects that had just emerged from a banned Roblox game that was an export of Changed, a group of dragon-women who were dressed in those ‘sexy’ halloween costumes you see every year at costume stores and gross pig-monsters dressed in fetish gear. ‘Who the hell designed this game, mods for some discord reddit with a thing for forced transformation?’

‘Yeah..ugh, more gross pig-men? I already dealt with more of these exact same freaks before, deformed overweight nerd mutants, freaking clowns, sumo wrestling demons, and jingo-ist pigs who think everything great comes from America, a bad scare 'em straight villain, and now this? Don’t those pig guys know when to quit?’ ‘Well, let’s start to teach them how to behave.’

A massively overweight pig-like villain jumped in front of them, he was very grotesque and had a messy mane of hair and scruffy hair all over his body, he was wearing a black costume that looked like he wanted to go as Venom but rather just went with a gimp from Pulp Fiction cosplay outfit. ‘What is the matter, do you not like my domain?’ ‘No we do not, look Mel is just looking for friendly TF content that does not sexualize transformation and make identity loss sexy, meanwhile you are out there parading around in that stupid gimp outfit advertising a game that kids should not know about yet.’

‘If kids play my game it is not my fault.’ ‘Oh but it is, you are the creator or the creator’s avatar in this world, you have to either admit that you are a dirty groomer for essentially grooming kids into having these things or I will hand your ass to you personally on a gold platter.’

“I’d like to see you try, pig-mutants, attack!”

“I don’t think so, let’s get them.”

Mel saw the pig-mutants in the gimp outfits and she managed to fight them off before they could put their sweaty armpit stink on her, the dragon ladies hissed and accused her of being a horrible person for kinkshaming them for their outfits only for her to grab them and stuff them all into a meat grinder, grinding them all into meat which she fed to some of the feederism pig-mutants which made them all throw up because they had eaten their friends.

She charged towards the transfur rejects and shoved them into a giant fire-pit which made them melt into a pile of goo which was then flushed down a giant toilet, followed by some of the transfur rejects turning back to normal.

Aiyido the beholder blasted them with his eye-rays, and Oats fended off some of the sexualized pony-girls with his magic, as Corey shot some spikes in the direction of the ‘fat pig spawn chamber’, taking precise aim and throwing them at the spawn chamber which exploded, destroying any and all pig spawning hives.

All of the people that had been brainwashed into being love-slaves for the perv porcine mutants, Mel then jumped into the air and onto the ground before digging her left boot into Porcine Pervert’s stomach, knocking him down onto the floor. ‘Like it or not, mister this is a family friendly show and we won’t have you showing your kinks to innocent kids.’ ‘Yeah, nobody wants to see naked pig-men or pig-men in stripper outfits.’ ‘Yeah, I hope you are rich so you can pay the high amounts of therapy bills the poor young players of this game will receive for having been exposed to this game.’

‘You are just shaming me, I am a proud horn-hog with no thoughts apart from wanting to corrupt all of mankind, because I am the obvious villain.’ ‘Of course you are, being the obvious villain means you will get defeated.’ She kicked him a few times before punching him and spanking him. ‘Bad piggy, bad piggy!’ ‘Hey, that hurts. Yet it feels good to be hurt by you.’

Mel punched him and kicked him before doing a backflip and sticking the heel of her boot into his groin, causing him to yelp in pain…’Owwww, my pork and beans!’, ‘That should teach you not to shove your fetish everywhere!’ ‘Yeah.’

‘I am sorry, I did not know any better. I was just a villain character created for this game, I did not know this was just a porno parody of an anime that is very beloved.’ ‘Well it is, you are a villain in a hentai parody of My Hero Academia.’ ‘Oh, well then I am sorry.’

‘Good but you are still going to get punished. For subjecting me to this grotesque fetish game as well as subjecting kids to it, you are grounded until character TFs stop using MC in them, and while you are grounded, you will be subjected to fetish aversion therapy and eat nothing but mashed potatoes for every meal!’ ‘Nooooooo. Waaaa, it is not fair.’ ‘Keep crying like that and i’ll turn you from a pig into a motorcar and sell you to Eucalyptus back home.’

Mel called the authorities and the authority agents arrived and took him away, taking him away to a maximum security prison, and in that prison he was subjected to fetish aversion therapy which he had to endure for several months, he was traumatized by the end of it because he had now become afraid of the very things he fetishized after having several nightmares of being sent to a hellish dimension for his bad tastes.

He had nothing but lumpy potatoes for every meal afterwards, and the duo known as Corey and Oats stopped for lunch before having some afternoon tea and jumping through the computer’s portal, arriving back in their home with Mel at Nile Road.

When they arrived back at Nile Road they all gathered around the table and waited for dinner as they communicated with their friends, and when dinner arrived they had some delicious food for dinner, after dinner they relaxed for a bit.

Corey emailed Jill about their adventure afterwards before having a karaoke party, after they had their party they relaxed. Mel had gotten over what had happened before and was fine once more, as she helped the duo celebrate.

An hour later they all got ready for bed when their party was finished and Oats put on his pink night-gown, Corey put on his bat onesie as they all brushed their teeth in the bathroom, after brushing their teeth they all went to bed.

The duo picked some friends to snuggle up with as they all jumped into bed, Anglo turned the lights off before using his light to help his friends see as they drifted off to sleep, having sweet dreams as they did so.

And thus their adventure had come to an end, but more are coming up so stay tuned.

[sirfrogsworth]

This is not going to die. I'm sorry. It's just not.

I'm not trying to be mean or upsetting or frustrating. I don't have a "bad take" as someone mentioned.

Thinking you can stop this is an "unrealistic take."

Maybe I've gotten old and cynical. Maybe I'm tired and cannot handle another fight that seems insurmountable. Maybe I think people are going to prioritize the 200 other life-and-death fights over A.I. generated art ethics. All I know is that in the US, capitalism always wins. And until that changes, I am going to be right about this.

I have personally lived through several huge shifts in how art is produced and A.I. generated art is going to be a multibillion-dollar tool that will dramatically lower costs for a multitude of giant industries and no boycott or shame campaign is going to make these developers abandon their potential billions and send them back to the drawing board to do it more ethically. I guarantee that several code farms in other countries are already trying to create a better version of this and they *really* don't give a shit about the ethics.

This is going to be in apps. It's going to be used by movie productions. It is going to be used for advertising. And it is going to be used by ordinary people because they can't afford to buy art from a real artist because we are all fucking poor right now and people just want some joy in their lives.

If A.I. art becomes tainted because it is deemed unethical, corporations are still going to use it and just not say it was AI-generated. Plus, how do we even prove they used copyrighted images to train their A.I.? I mean, of course they did, but how do we prove it?

Someone mentioned NFTs failing because of a shame campaign. NFTs failed because they were useless and stupid. They were a get-rich-quick scheme. They failed because people realized you can right click and save images. Once the scheme ran its course and they milked it as much as possible, *that* is when it died.

The not-making-money part is what put the nail in the coffin. If you think sending a mean tweet to Paris Hilton did anything, you are fooling yourself.

If ethics mattered in a capitalist society, Facebook would have imploded years ago. They wouldn't still have 266 million active users.

I'm right about A.I. art.

I know I am.

It is way too powerful and lucrative to die because a few people complained on Twitter.

Free professional quality art is way too enticing.

That doesn't make it moral. That doesn't mean it isn't frustrating and anger inducing.

It's just the reality artists have been dealt.

One of these tools is going to get acquired and incorporated into Google or Photoshop or some other shitty corporation and if you don't have familiarity with A.I. tools on your resume you will get left behind.

Prepare yourself for that or don't. I'm just telling you from experience that if you don't get experience with the next tool, it is going to be harder for you to stay current and get work as an artist.

If you want to get mad at someone, might I suggest the father of free market capitalism?

Whoever that is.

Adam something.

I admire that people want to fight this. And I think we should continue to have discussions about the ethics and perhaps over time we can inspire people to develop more ethical tools. Perhaps we can change the laws and regulations. But that is going to take YEARS. And it might not happen at all.

People need to accept these tools are here *now* and they aren't going away. Artists need to adapt to survive. Just as they always have.

There is an artist somewhere right now who is ordering cheap Chinese art supplies on Amazon with their Apple iPhone. They then have to digitize that art using Adobe Photoshop and post it on Facebook and Instagram so they can get exposure and hopefully a paying gig. Their original art will get downloaded so they have to use Google image search to find it posted on Reddit and Imgur and fucking 9GAG and they will have to use their iPhone again to beg the mods to give them proper credit.

We have to navigate terrible ethical conundrums like these every day in late stage capitalism. Not one of those companies has an ethical leg to stand on. And several of them exploit and harm artists on the regular. But artists still have to interact with all of those corps on the daily to survive.

Maybe you can use GIMP. But when a company asks you for a PSD that works flawlessly with Photoshop, well... you'll probably be using Photoshop for your next gig.

It isn't "giving up."

There just isn't much choice.

Prove me wrong.

Kill A.I. generated art.

Fight the good fight.

But perhaps you should also learn how to use these tools and how to elevate the outputs to make something of more value... just in case.

A.I. Art is just another tool in the toolbox.

A lot of people are discovering the new AI generated art tools, especially for making avatars. And then they are subsequently shamed for using these tools despite being ignorant of any ethical concerns.

Artists seem especially concerned, and it is understandable. I am an artist myself. But every time there are new tools available that shift the paradigm of how art is created, everybody freaks out a little. But shaming and yelling and getting angry is usually not a productive opening salvo.

Here is the thing, AI art isn't going anywhere. Shaming people for using these tools isn't going to stop this train. It won't even slow it down. When Photoshop first arrived on the scene, traditional artists thought it was cheating. There are people to this day who are grumpy about digital art tools. Because instead of learning this new tool and how to incorporate it into their process, they got left behind. The smart artists embraced Photoshop and just made it another tool in their arsenal. More traditional art tools didn't die. In fact, they kind of ended up like vinyl and became a premium priced medium. Paints and brushes on canvas still have value and are in no way dying.

AI generated art is just another tool. I'm already seeing artists and photographers and creatives learning everything they can about this new tool and how it can help them in their work. It can be used for inspiration. I've seen a photographer use it to enhance parts of their photos. I've seen artists use it to save them time on creating backgrounds so they could spend more time on the subject of their art. These tools are already helping actual living breathing humans make better art than they could without them.

The biggest ethical concern I see right now is that the database ingest of training images probably contains a shitton of copyrighted material. I'm not sure the best way to address that issue. Perhaps an AI company could pay artists to submit their material for training and also credit those artists when a generated image contains aspects of their work.

Unfortunately when tech like this first starts it has a bit of a Wild West approach to ethics. And there are some artists who are going to have their work stolen and used in ways they might not agree with and without proper compensation. I think we should pressure the people making these tools to take copyrighted material into consideration when training. But I'm not sure shaming a person who made a cool avatar because everyone else was doing it is the way to address these complicated issues. Perhaps just make them aware of the ethical concerns rather than berating them for making themselves look like Wonder Woman on Mars in the style of Van Gough.

But like I said, do not fear this new tool! Learn it and embrace it so you don't get left behind. Because art is always going to need humans. I PROMISE. And if you can find a way to elevate these AI tools with a human touch, then you may find yourself ahead of the curve.

[hesokuri-wars]

Heya there! In the new update I get this box. I clicked it and they said a lot of Japanese things, but there was a link, I clicked on that link and directed me to a Japanese Google Form with 18 questions from Hesokuri himself. I would like to know more or less what it is about. In fact I am more interested because diamonds appear in the box, so yes. Thank you! 

“We are conducting a survey with the goal of making the app even more enjoyable for everyone! Respondents will receive 50 diamonds at a later date!”

Here’s the link to the survey

You can only answer once, and be sure to type in your user ID correctly because that’s how they’ll know who to compensate.

Question & response translations below the cut

💙 Mod Kara

EDIT: I just learned the new Tumblr layout completely destroys formatting under a Read More so be sure to click the permalink if you’re on the dashboard. (THANKS TUMBLR! LOVE HOW USABLE YOUR WEBSITE IS!!)

User ID

Q1. Your gender

Male

Female

Q2. Your age range

10-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Q3. How long have you been playing Hesokuri Wars?

Since before the major update in April

I came back to the game after the major update in April

I started after the April update

Q4. [not required] For those that answered “2″ or “3″ in Q3, what made you decide to play Hesokuri Wars?

Found it in the Apple / Google store search

Learned about it from a website for games and apps

Twitter timeline

Advertisement

Other: [free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q5. What are your thoughts on the big update?

Very Good

Good

Neutral

Bad

Very Bad

Note Sure

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q5

[free response, should be written in Japanese] 

Q6. What was the best part of the update?

Home screen update

Trashneyland Balloon

Final Limit Break

Other: [free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q7. How usable do you find the home screen?

Very Good

Good

Neutral

Bad

Very Bad

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q7

[free response, should be written in Japanese] 

Q8. What do you think of the Trashneyland Balloon?

Very fun

Fun

Neutral

Boring

Very Boring

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q8 

[free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q9. How often do you toss in [to the balloon]?

Almost every day

About once a week

About once a month

I don’t participate

I don’t know what to toss in 

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q9: 

[free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q10. Do you know about the character strengthening feature “Final Limit Break”?

I know

I don’t know

[not required] Q11. (For those that have not done a Final Limit Break) Why have you not done a Final Limit Break?

I don’t have enough material to do it

I don’t have a character at maximum level

I’m not interested

I don’t know what Final Limit Break is

Other: [free response, should be written in Japanese]

[not required] Q12. (For those that have done a Final Limit Break) Why did you do a Final Limit Break?

For the effects

To strengthen the character/s

I had excess material

I wanted to use it on my favorite character

Other: [free response, should be written in Japanese]

[not required] Q13. (For those that have done a Final Limit Break) How do you feel about using a Final Limit Break character in battle?

  [free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q14. Was the tutorial thorough?

Very good

Good

Neutral

Bad

Very bad

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q14

[free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q15. Why do you participate in battles [play levels]? (multiple answers can be chosen)

Rewards (diamonds)

Rewards (items)

Rewards (event characters)

Titles [for the NEET resume]

The story

Other: [free response, should be written in Japanese]

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q15

[free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q16. How do you feel about the original stories in Hesokuri Wars?

I look forward to them every time

I think they’re interesting

Depends on the genre

They aren’t very interesting

I don’t read them

[not required] Please tell us why you chose the answer in Q16

[free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q17. What do you hope to see from Hesokuri Wars in the future?

Original stories

Original Illustrations 

Original Merch

New features, such as ranked battles

Ways for customers to participate, such as live broadcasting

Other: [free response, should be written in Japanese]

Q18. Do you have any requests for the future of Hesokuri Wars

[free response, should be written in Japanese]

Sidenote: when I was originally trying to figure out how to translate what we ended up calling “The Final Limit Break” into English, I did not anticipate having to put that into a sentence at any point after that. Sorry it sounds so awkward to say, r i p

[human-south-of-north-pole]

Obligatory Cyberpunk 2077 rant

(Spoilers, duh; also I'm an absolute noob)

Somehow I didn't enjoy the game, and I think I may have figured out why.

I guess I approached the game with the wrong expectations.

I expected there to be more gang politics. You had a goddamn trailer about gangs. I expected to make allies and enemies. To fight in battles between them. Turn the streets of night city into a warzone. I didn't expect all gangs to still exist once I finished the game. Or at least make interacting with them in any way more meaningful than changing the voice lines of your enemies/friends. Change the items shops have to offer. I didn't notice a diffence in combat styles, but I may just be inattentive. You changed the cars, why not the rest?

I expected to not only see the skyscrapers from the outside (with a few exceptions). I expected to have firefights on rooftops and apartments, to jump across skybridges. Maybe fly from rooftop to rooftop in a helicopter?

I expected the corporations to not be distant entities which do... Something? I expected to be involved in their actions. To work for various employees. To hack the cameras of boardrooms, steal files, to manipulate, persuade or blackmail my opponents. (Don't get me wrong, there are "steal file" type missions, except they don't matter at all)

Perhaps I even hoped to be able to play my enemies against another. Frame a rival gang for the murder of a corpo.

This is the big one:

And I guess I didn't expect the world to be so horrible, the story so unsatifyingly sad. I was under no illusion that I would be playing in a dystopia. But I was also expecting that I would be playing as an overpowered protagonist killing machine (and in combat, you do). From this I concluded that I would be able to "fix" the world. After all, noone can stop me. Except the plot, apparently. In cp2077, "mission completed" has a good chance of meaning either "nothing I cared about happened" or "someone I cared about died, and there was nothing I could do". And I'm not talking about a dramatic death; I'm talking about pointless deaths ofscreen, without me even beeing there. All important choices are between bad and worse (and of course the npcs will blame me for it). (Or maybe these are just the parts that I remember).

I expected to win. Or at least to be able to. To save my life. "Oh no, your body started rejecting you because the relic overwrote it with johnny. We only have an AI a that can swap engrams at will and the relic still stuck in my head. It was even designed to work on dead bodies. There is definitely nothing we can do. /s". And why? I get that raising the stakes last moments is a plot device or something, but not after I did all the things, shot all the npcs, made my way to the big glowing monolith and pressed the button labeled "you win". Not with zero foreshadowing. At this point I expect to have the credits roll, wake up and continue playing side missions (properly after the mission, none of that "reload last save" bs)

The last two paragraphs were major story complaints. People sometimes use the term "emotional rollercoaster", but rollercoaster engineers are artists. Every bend is just wide enough to not actually hurt you, every acceleration is just low enough to still be fun, and once you get off it, you enjoyed it. Cp2077 is a pair of rocket boosters and infinite 90° angles. The game can't decide if it wants to be a lighthearted power trip or whether you should experience total helplessness, leading me to enjoy neither. I do not care about floating items, t-posing enemies or what must be worst car AI since forever (even though I do appreciate the "drives to side of lane to let you pass easier" part), if you just make sure your game doesn't feel like it was designed to make you feel bad. I guess I expected the "game of the decade" to be happy. (Also, does anyone else find it weird that the ending clearly labeled "none of your friends die" is considered the bad ending?)

I am actually quite happy that you almost didn't do the whole "Skillchecks for better endings" and diplomacy skill bs, because it would have turned the game into "how must I invest my skill points to pass the next check", which I consider extremely boring. Slipped up in the last Delamain mission though.

There are a couple of small letdowns like that actually, for example, why is a 90k €$ motorbike worse than Jackie's arch, which you get for free long before you get 90k €$?

On the topic of €$, I actually quite like the 2077 slang.

Another note: what tf is the deal with max tac? They get their own special introduction in the into-car-trip and an ominous loading screen tip, and then just don't show up for the entire game???

I guess I also expected more diversity in items, especially Cyberware. The current one is fine, but I exped more than fine. There is still a bit of stuff locked for me, but my point still stands. You could have done something more with eyes and legs at least. Increase movement speed? Reduce fall damage? Increase max-tagged enemies count? Detect enemies though walls short range? Display camera fov? Honestly, I'd pay just to make the enemy highlight less obnoxious so that I can see if they are standing before or behind cover.

I expected crafting to be less boring. You have a whole skill tree for that! But it's installing generic mods, creating items, and a generic "upgrade" option that just adds a bit of damage. I expected to take my guns apart, build or configure scopes, firering-patterns, magazines, barrels, stocks, ammo types,... But I do absolutely love the "turn any weapon non-lethal" option.

And I expected this game to have a descent UI. Ignoring the glitchy HUD (actually, don't ignore it, pleaaaase make the minimap zoom out while driving), what's up with that inventory menu? How am I supposed to navigate that? Find aything? I get that you have to optimize for controllers, but seriously? Is there any real structure? You have your main page, which is nice, but then you have all the subpages, form which you can navigate to some others. Sometimes there are random elements dotted about? The Messages and shards menu are almost unusable. Have you never heard of "sort by new"? And the grouping is off anyway. Also, why tf do car advertisements not include the car's ps / curb weight?

Worst part is, I will come back to the game. I can just leave a broken world. I enjoy the combat. I even started to like driving with a keyboard. The scenery looks beautiful. But for some reason they need to keep telling me how terrible the world is and don't allow me to do anything about it. Maybe realistic, but if I wanted realistic, I wouldn't play a videogame. Overall it's not fun, at least for me.

Does anyone feel about the story like I do? The reviews mostly praised it iirc, but it just make me feel bad, and not in the enjoyable melancholy way.

</rant>

Sorry you had to read that.

[lemongams-blog]

Curves parallels

prologue

Deep night. A pale crescent sparkles in the starry sky. A warm summer wind blew fallen leaves and small debris across the ground. There was not a soul around, thanks to which I could contemplate the empty benches that were illuminated by the lanterns.

A tall man, dressed in a long, old-fashioned raincoat, walked alone in the park. On his head was a long, wide-brimmed hat that covered the upper part of his face.

“Not a day, but a sheer disappointment,” the man growled angrily, quickening his pace.

~ Does this happen? For the whole day I could not catch even one victim. It feels like all the females are extinct. One command at a time. ~ - the man continued mentally.

Realizing that today nothing shines for him, the man turned around and headed into a dense forest thicket, which was a few tens of meters from him.

Mostly, the forest consisted of conifers, and occasionally other types of trees could be found. For example an aspen.

Suddenly, the man was able to pick up an incomprehensible noise. Sounds were heard very close, literally a few steps away. Curiosity got the better of him, and the man slowly walked to the source of the noise.

What he saw on the spot plunged him into a slight shock:

A girl was lying on the ground, leaning against a tree. Her body was covered with deep wounds that were severely bleeding. She was dressed in an incomprehensible suit, torn in several places. The girl had long, pink horns on her head. In addition, the girl had sharp teeth.

~ Pretty good prey, it will be very offensive if such a rare specimen disappears ~ - flashed through the man's head.

Smiling broadly, the man tried to lift the girl's body, but the unexpected happened.

Something sharp, at high speed, pierced his palm, causing the man to hiss and withdraw his hand. A black, thick liquid began to drain from the resulting wound. However, despite the serious injury, the wound gradually began to heal.

~ Oh shit, this shit just used magic against me ~ - flashed through the man's head.

Suddenly, the girl's eyes began to fill with tears, after which she looked at the stranger.

- P-please, p-p-help me - Stuttering said the girl, gradually losing consciousness.

~ Seriously? Damn, this is funny. A creature of low origin asks me to save her. Although, why not? All the same, this specimen is quite rare, it would be nice to study it ~ - the man thought. The decision was made in seconds.

Taking her in my arms, I walked towards my brother's mansion. If only he was not at home, otherwise we will be in trouble.

***

Morning has come. The bright rays of the sun could not penetrate the room because of the dense purple curtains. The girl opens her tired eyes. Stretching, she raised herself slightly on her elbows, after which she decided to look around.

She was lying on a huge bed covered with a soft black blanket. The room in which the girl was lying was decorated in dark purple colors. At the edges of the bed were carved dark oak nightstands with floor lamps. Opposite the bed was a wide plasma TV with a turntable, next to which was a closet filled to the brim with old cassettes.

~ Am I alive ?! Where I am?! ~ - the first thing the girl thought about. The whole body ached, and the bandaged wounds itched violently. The girl looked under the covers and found that she was absolutely NAKED.

~ What? Why am I not wearing clothes ?! ~ The girl panicked. She was so busy examining the wounds that she did not notice her savior, who was lying next to her.

- Oh, you already woke up baby? - asked the man lying next to him. He put his hand under his head and looked at the frightened girl. With a soft squeak, the girl pulled the blanket over herself to cover herself. Pulling off the covers, she saw that the stranger was also naked. In embarrassment, the girl closed her eyes and covered her face with her hands.

- Sorry, sorry, I didn't want to! the girl said loudly, blushing. The stranger laughed, then said:

- Who are you with us? And do not shout so loudly, otherwise we will have problems.

- Sorry, I honestly don't remember how I got here. Why am I without clothes, and so are you? Everything is so confusing. After all .. After all, there was nothing between us? - rattled the girl, blushing more and more.

“I am your wonderful savior, and now you have to repay me with something,” the stranger said in a satisfied voice, imagining how well this morning could start.

- What? I'm not on ... - the girl did not have time to finish, as a tall man dressed in silk pajamas burst into the room. On his "face" glasses were visible. The girl huddled in the corner of the room with a blanket and only now noticed that both were missing any facial features.

- Offender, how many times have I told you not to bring your girlfriends here! You deprive me of healthy sleep and nerves! And if I have bruises under my eyes ?! the man shouted eccentrically, waving his arms.

- If you don't leave the room right now, bruises under the "eyes" will appear very soon - My husband said, ina with a note of irritation - And it was not I who yelled, but she - Offender pointed his finger at the girl, which made her huddled in the corner even more.

- I saved this cutie yesterday as a hero, by the way - Boasting he said. - Now get out, she must repay me.

- Did you save her? Really? You are not even able to save yourself. You usually think of only one thing.

After these words, Trender approached the girl, which made her pressed against the wall.

- Horns? Fangs? So are you a demon? - asked the mod.

- No! I am human. I'm sure of that. They did something to me. - Answered the girl - Maybe I will be of some use to you?

- Well, what can you do? - Offender asked with a malicious smile.

- I can be useful as a maid, or a servant. - The girl answered.

- And the idea is not bad, in this house except me no one cleaned for a long time. But the decision must be made only when everyone is awake.

***

The Slenderman lay in his bed, enjoying a restful sleep. Hearing a loud cry, he realized that Offender had brought another "girlfriend". Getting out of bed, he went to the wardrobe, where he put on his funeral suit, and then went out into the corridor.

Meanwhile, screams and curses came from Offender's room.

~ How I hate it ~ - the Faceless mentally boiled and entered the room. In the room, he found several bloody spots, pieces of torn cloth, and a naked Offender trying to take the girl in a blanket away from Trender. Seeing her brother, they let the girl go, and she, in turn, fell to the floor.

- What did I say about your victims in this house? - said the man in a serious voice, approaching the girl. The girl herself began to back away. Slender was about to rip her head off with his clawed hand. However, something held back his hand, preventing him from striking.

- Vile demon - the Faceless said with disgust. This was followed by a strong blow with a vector, from which the girl flew into the wall.

- I'm not a demon! No! I cannot be a demon - she grumbled, gradually rising from the floor.

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- What about your horns? And the fangs? And what was holding my hand back? I don't think that other creatures can do that - the monster said with a laugh. Offender pulled on his cloak and stood between the girl and the monster.

“Hey brother, this is my sweetheart, so I’m taking care of her. Better get out of here, otherwise you will get in full.

- If you want to get serious wounds, then I will help - Faceless answered aggressively, throwing his jacket on the floor.

As you might expect, a fight broke out between the brothers. While they were fighting, Trender took the girl in his arms and carried her to his room.

While the girl was waiting behind the screen, Trender sewed suitable clothes for her. He sewed the girl an unusual blue dress with a corset. He gave the dress to the girl, after which she got dressed and left. Appreciating his impeccable work, he approached the girl and began to tighten the corset.

“So, you’ll clean the whole house, cook for us, and clean up Offender’s garden. - At that moment, the brothers burst into the room with beatings and small smudges of black liquid resembling blood

- We made a decision: I will give you a probationary period a week. If you can do it, you will live, and if not, then I will kill you. Personally. Now go and make breakfast for four. And cook more - said the Faceless.

- Yes sir - answered the girl. She was heading towards the exit of the room when she was suddenly stopped by Offender.

- Baby, so what should we call you? - he asked.

- My name is 4.13.1.5.6.19.19, but you can call me Gladess.

[nationalpark-rp]

☆—State of the National Park

Since we last spoke with you all with a group announcement, I am sure it has become very obvious that the group is no longer active in terms of roleplay.  As we are no longer enforcing Activity Checks, everyone has generally gone inactive.  This we prepared for-- and honestly, had seen coming.  A while back when we made that initial announcement, myself and the other mods agreed that the group was not going to survive as an RP group much longer for reasons stated in the post.

The Pokemon RPC just isn’t big anymore, and the audience for a Pokemon roleplay group is even smaller.  It is no mistake that a majority of the members we have kept over the past year have been members who have been with us for years at this point.  It was always love for our group that kept it going, but now is the time to acknowledge what’s been going on as of late.

National Park, effective today, will be closing its doors as a roleplay group.  Anyone who has blogs with us and wishes to continue roleplaying their muses is free to remove the affiliation and continue their roleplaying as they please.  It’s a sad thing to see the National Park finally close four and a half years into its run, but it seems like the best course of action for us now.  Manectric, Musharna, and I are very busy people, and the rigors of running a roleplay group is becoming all the more difficult, even in the Park’s current state.

However, we all agreed that we wouldn’t want to be rid of the community entirely.  To me and many others, National Park has become a very special community to us and it would be hard to completely say goodbye to the connections we made.  With the end of the roleplay group arriving, we have decided to keep the NatPark Discord chat open indefinitely!

* * *  If you are a former member and would like to be invited into the Discord chat, or are simply interested in joining the NatPark chat regardless of whether you have reserved with us before, please contact me, Meowth-mod, through my Discord: Psy#8548.  * * *

The group is semi-private, mainly intended for ex-members, but any individuals who are interested in joining us there are more than welcome to ask.  We’re not picky-- it’s just a matter of keeping the group well-maintained that we aren’t actively advertising the new chat.

If you have been with our group and have been in the chat before, it’s more or less the same old place for chatting with your fellow NatPark members, except with the inclusion of casual roleplay elements to make up for the lack of proper dash roleplay, including multifandom RP as well.  There’s no Masterlist, no reserving characters, just plot with someone and jump right in to some roleplay if you’re feeling an itch to write!  We want the community to remain a casual place to hang out.

It’s our way to give back to you guys, the members of NatPark, old and new.  It doesn’t matter how long ago it was-- if you want to come back, please contact us!  Always feel free to contact me through my Discord as listed above, where I am almost always active all day.

I sincerely thank every single person who has been a part of the National Park in the past for making it what it was.  This was an incredibly special place to me, and it means so much that I was able to meet such an amazing group of people.  I hope to meet even more of you through our chat!  No matter who you are, feel free to ask about joining the National Park Discord chat!

We love you all, and we hope to see you soon.

☆—Meowth-mod

...But before we go, some final words from Musharna and Manectric:

Hey lovelies!  It’s been such a long time since I’ve written for the hub, and I am so sorry that I’ve fallen out of touch with you all.  Ever since I moved, things have become increasingly busy for me.  With work and starting school again, I just didn’t have enough time for roleplay.  But I never lost time for caring about each of you.

Every single one of you lovely people have been, and will always continue to be, my friends.  The Park has been my pride a joy, a place I never expected to become as great as it was in its prime, back when the community was larger.  We’ve seen our ups and downs, good days and bad days, welcomed and lost so many great people.  And yet our friends always came back.  Weeks, months, even a year... we welcomed them all.  It’s so good to see you again!  And it was like we hadn’t lost any time at all.

Time does change things.  But because the Park no longer does RP doesn’t mean that there isn’t something better for our community in the horizon.  Because we’re now a Pokemon Community, and I wholeheartedly think we should invite those who loved Pokemon but weren’t interested in RP to join.

Thank you all so much for being part of this experience.  Without everyone’s support, we wouldn’t be where we are.  Everyone who has been with us, past and present, was a special part of who we are.  We’re not losing RP so much as we are gaining friends.  That’s what the spirit of the Park was always about: making friends and having a connection.

I love you all.  And I am thankful that I get to spend my time with you.  See you soon.

☆—Manectric-mod

It has been my pleasure to be a part of NatPark for as long as I have been. Although my time as a mod was comparatively short to Meowth and Manectric's efforts, it was an honor to serve this group as much as I could. I have met the nicest people here and I hope to stay connected with you as life gets busy for me. Thank you for making my time in the Park as enjoyable as it has been.

☆—Musharna-mod

[callsignbaphomet]

So I’m just gonna get right to the point. I love playing Skyrim, I love playing as my OCs in Skyrim. I especially love modding the living heck out of this game while playing as my OCs and pretty much living vicariously through them.

However, as much as I love this game IT IS SEVERELY LACKING IN LGBTQ+ CONTENT AND THE OPTION TO MARRY SOME CHARACTERS OF THE SAME GENDER AND ONE INSTANCE OF AN MLM COUPLE THROUGH A LETTER BECAUSE THEY’RE BOTH DEAD AF IN THE DRAGONBORN DLC IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MY QUEER ASS!

So what to do? Mods! It’s 2020 and a lot more people are openly accepting and open-minded, right? So finding LGBTQ+ mods should be a lot easier, right? Eh.........no. I’ve spent several days trying to find mods to make my Skyrim playthrough as queer as I possibly can make it, specifically for my High Elf OC who is trans (FtM), very effeminate, has a none muscular body and build and very gay. I think now, after several days of research, tutorials, testing and an endless amount of headaches I think I have the mods to make my play through true to how I imagine and have written this character as.

Bare with me for a few seconds, I promise I’ll get to the point and this is worth reading. I’m trying to get as much information in this as possible.

Disclaimer:

This mod list is only for the PC version of the game. Look, I’m super, super sorry but basically over 95% of all these mods are exclusively found online and even if they ARE on beth.net they aren’t used at full capacity from what I understand. Believe me, as a mainly console player, it breaks my heart that I can’t include the consoles for this list.

I won’t be linking to just Nexus. I’ve found a bunch of mods outside of the Nexus that are reliable.

I’ll only be working with the Special Edition version of the game. It’s the one I have and am playing on.

I will NOT be covering female body replacers. At freakin’ all. There are literal dozens of mods covering this. There will only be ONE and it is for very specific reasons only.

In my little venture into finding these mods I came across a lot of homophobic, transphobic and downright disgusting comments within the Nexus. I also found out a lot of queer mod authors were driven out of the Nexus because of said homophobic people. This is what happened to Vector and also why SavrenX refuses to upload anything other than weapon, item retextures to the Nexus. Nexus users and community overall is very homophobic and toxic so I’m very sorry if you see or read something upsetting. I advice you avoid the comments (known as posts on Nexus) tab as to avoid seeing some vile shit. Ignore them and don’t engage them ffs, they just want a reaction out of you. There’s no correcting these assholes much less educating them. They ain’t worth your time. Just report and move on.

The majority of the mods linked in this post have been tried by me, if I haven’t tried them out I’ll say so. Again, I’m learning as I go along and believe me this hasn’t been an easy task to find all of these working mods.

No, I won’t be searching or uploading any ports, texture, mesh or mod edits I myself have done. I ain’t confident in how well I may have or not have edited the mods and more importantly that’s as bad as uploading art that wasn’t done by you. Sadly, you’ll have to do these changes yourself. I’ll try my best to link tutorials. Also don’t go and harass the authors for a port or an update ffs.

I’ll most likely be editing this list as I learn more.

Yes, I will leave links from adult sites. A lot of these sites pretty much force you to sign up in order for you to download their content. It’s fine, just make some random account and you’ll instantly gain access to the mods. Just know there’ll be nsfw images, gifs and videos everywhere in these sites.

While I will be referring to male characters a lot of these if not all can also cater to non-binary characters too!

No, I will not be covering sex mods. I have no intention of adding them to any of my load orders and I really don’t care to. You’re on your own for that category. Try Lover’s Lab.

*Body Mods/Replacers/Races:

Schlongs of Skyrim (aka SOS). Not the only choice out there but the most current and fully working one. Pretty much mandatory for a bunch of mods so might as well have it, ya know?

Tempered Skins for Males. Was known as Better Males; pairs up beautifully with SOS. Super amazing work if you ask me.

Shape Atlas for Men (aka SAM). This is literally the god king of all male body replacers. Want a twunk? This mod will do it. Want a regular Joe? This can do it. Want a bear of a man running around in Skyrim? Yeah, girl, this can do it. Ever since I discovered it I have been obsessed with it! HOWEVER, the full working mod is only available for Old Skyrim, maybe for Legendary Edition but I’m not sure. Vector said he had plans to port the full working mod to Special Edition but confessed he was having issues with the scripts. Also afaik Vector’s last updates on working on the mod were back in late 2016 so I think it’s safe to say this beautiful mod will never be seen running on SSE. Sadly Vector just up and left the modding scene somewhere in 2018. It none of our business but from what I read he faced a lot of homophobic harassment from people not liking his body mod or giving him shit because he didn’t want to make a female body mod. He even faced harassment from our very own community.

Not all’s lost though. Some of the amazing modders in Vector’s site have made a working version for SSE.

SAM Light, SAM Morphs for RaceMenu, SAM SE Vanilla Armor Refit, SAM High Poly Conversion, SAM Light Texture Add-on, High Poly Head

The Ultra Femme. Title should be super self-explanatory. Super good if your character is really femme or non-binary or trans. I haven’t tried out this body myself and I’m not entirely sure whether this is compatible with SE or not. RefurbMadness has a lot of mods hosted in her site and still has some in Nexus that are being hosted by the site’s Care Taker. I’m actually gonna link a few later. I honestly suggest going through her site and reading up everything. She’s pretty clear when it comes to instructions, the only problem is she’s not exactly clear on whether her mods are compatible with SE or not. Maybe it’s written somewhere in there, I’m still new to modding and need very clear descriptions (you kinda gotta talk to me like I’m 5 when it comes to mods). I need to check more of her content and test a bunch of things. She also has armor and clothing mods.

Milkdrinker Male Texture and Slim Male Body for SoS (<3<3<3). Both by the same mod author. Sadly only available for Old Skyrim but the only reason why I linked it is because both mods are super easy to convert to use for SSE. Sweetie, if I managed to do it, you can do it too. Watch this, or this or this or try to Google it and see what comes up. Personally I tried the Slim Male Body and it was pretty good. Unfortunately you’d have to refit all the armors to fit either body yourself.

Transgender Race and NPCS SSE. Like I said before I wasn’t going to link or talk about any female body replacers except for one. This one! Look, there are a few out there but they’re extremely transmisogynistic and fetishistic and use a lot of outdated and transphobic language plus they’re mostly sex mods so I will abso-freaking-lutely NOT be linking them. Anyway, the people behind this port are back to working on this mod and have plans for adding transgender men. As of now the mod only has transgender women. They can’t add more genders due to the engine limitations and FYI they used “race” in the title because this isn’t a body mod, it’s actually a race. This is one of the few mods that won’t play well with SoS.

There IS one more body or better said, race, I tried but I really didn’t like it. Mod worked as it was advertised but--well, whatever, it’s for personal reasons that I didn’t like it and it depended way too much on a lot of more mods and it bloated up my LO something fierce so for that reason I ain’t gonna link it. Mod’s called Femboy if you wanna give it a try yourself.

*Extras (edits, armors, clothes and more):

Enhanced Character Edit SE. Tl;dr this is like RaceMenu but on steroids. It offers way more sliders and because of this it has fantastic potential to mold your character’s body to your personal liking. I used this instead of RM for my High Elf I mentioned earlier. He has a more “delicate” frame and is much thinner than my other OCs and this mod did exactly what I’ve been trying to achieve for a very long time now. Works like a charm.

SSE Luscious Locks for All - Unisex KS Hair. Makes it so that male characters can use all the hair options that comes with KS Hairdos SSE. Guys with long hair! Yummy! <3

Oooooooorrrrrrr you can just install ApachiiSkyHair SSE which has a bunch of long hair options for men to look fabulously yummy! This is the one I’m using.

Femfeet Redesigned SSE Port For Everyone. Look, it’s a foot texture mod, that’s it. Works with Better Males aka Tempered Skins and SoS, so yes, your guys will have pretty feet. Load this AFTER you body mod of choice.

Apachii Divine Elegance Store. This store has so much to offer. Really beautiful clothes and armors, exceptional jewelry, wonderful accessories aaaaaand your male character can also use the nails that are offered by the mod. So if you want your male character to have some stunning and colorful manicures done this mod offers it. They also offer actual claws that also comes in different colors so you can have both styles. Look, imo this is a must for femme male and enby characters. Your guys are going to look beautiful!

Immersive Jewelry - Earring for Male Characters. This enables Immersive Jewelry earrings to be wearable and visible on male characters.

Light Elven Armor for Men, Light Glass Armor for Men, Light Daedric Armor for Men. Tired of women being the only ones to get skimpy outfits? Ja, me too! Here’s some of the armor mods RefurbMadness ported to SSE before she left Nexus. There’s more available for Old Skyrim but you’ll need to convert them over to SSE yourself.

Slof’s Lair. Slof has a collection of skimpy armors, some accessories and even modern clothes (if that’s your thing). They have a link to their Nexus profile on their page but instead of adding all the links I just figured to leave the link to their site so you can check everything they have to offer. I haven’t tried any of Slof’s mods myself though I’m super interested in the Just For Men collection of mods and the Goth Shop (chill, it’s mostly Tera armors without the need to download that massive Tera mod).

Tera Armors Collection - Special Edition. And here’s that massive mod I previously mentioned but it’s actually a really good one. I’ve tested this out on both pc and Xbox One and it looks gorgeous on both!

The Well Dressed Mage. Not exactly skimpy but kind of revealing. Idk, these look lovely af and I wanna try them on my Altmer. Maybe someone else will want to try these too.

Modular Bandoliers and Pauldrons for Males. Pretty simple and to the point. Haven’t tried it since it wouldn’t go with my elf’s more refined bitchy tastes.

Bad Dog’s Skimpy Clothes SE. Some skimpy outfits for guys that were converted over to SE apparently not too long ago.

Bodyslide and Outfit Studio. So none of the stuff listed above is to your liking. That’s where this comes in. Thing is you actually CAN convert female armors and clothes for male use. So download the armors and clothes you wanna use and throw them and the body meshes you use into Outfit Studio. I myself am still learning how to go about doing this and the tutorials out there are kinda hard to come by. Try this video. I followed it and managed to convert a female outfit to fit on a male body I was using. Still need a lot of practice though but am working on it.

As far as makeup goes you can edit the colors of your character’s eyeshadow, eyeliner, cheeks and lips but with ECE or RaceMenu you can edit the colors further. May need to do some extra hard tweaking some choices though, not gonna lie. If I find a much better option I’ll post it.

I’m currently trying to find how the heck to get male characters to wear heels or if there’s a mod that has it. Like, that’s the last thing I need to make clothes complete. I’ll get back to this when I find it.

*Animations:

FNIS PCEA2 - Player Exclusive Animations (Dynamic) SE. So you got your character, you’ve dressed them and done up their hair and all that and to this point it’s all come together perfectly...until your femme male/enby character or your butch female/enby character starts walking and standing idly by and the poses and animations are completely and utterly wrong. Why is he walking like an angry gorilla? Why is she walking like a Victoria’s Secret model down the walkway? Can you switch their animations?

YES!!!

PCEA2--and yes, you will need FNIS to get this working--allows you to make animation changes to only your character. You can even add and/or remove which animation packs you want your character to use! I’ve just barely begun testing this mod as well as adding some specific packs for my Altmer and the pretty female idles works like a charm for him. I downloaded FNIS Sexy Move SE to try this out on him and see if it works but according to Fore it should work as long as you installed everything correctly and ticked the appropriate box to activate the animation pack you want. I’m not entirely sure if you can customize the choices given by each animation pack, probably something as simple as deleting the animations you don’t want and leaving the one you do want. I’ll have to test this further.

*Gameplay and Voices:

Simply Gay Letters. Simple and sweet little mod that adds some letters in certain places all over Skyrim tying certain NPCs to other NPCs. The hinted at couples are all the mod author’s headcanons so if that bothers you I suggest moving on.

Queering Skyrim - Blueflower Necklace. Basically it stops female NPCs from showing interest in your male character when wearing an amulet of Mara. Queering Skyrim - Lavender Menace Necklace does the exact same thing but for female characters.

Same Sex Perks - A Lover’s Insight - Agent of Dibella - Allure. Y’all remember Confirmed Bachelor from New Vegas? Remember how no Beth game has put it in their games again but are totally adding some lazy attempts to include us LGBTQ+ folks? The author has a pretty clear and easy to understand description of the mod in the page. There’s also Gay Insight - A Lover’s Insight Tweak which does the same as the other one but much simpler. I guess it’s up to you and your tastes when it comes to which one to use. I myself am using Same Sex Perks since it adds other perks.

Player Voicesets for SSE - Custom Voice Version. I downloaded this but I haven’t installed it yet. If I understood correctly this lets you change your character’s voice to any of the in game voices. My advice? Go into the page and read everything.

PC Head Tracking and Voice Type SE. The reason I haven’t installed the previous mod is because I have THIS one installed because of the head tracking but it also comes with an added voice feature so this might clash with the other one. I still need to test whether they do the same thing or not.

Skyrim - Player Re-Voiced Series. CaseyTheVA was kind enough to make a bunch of voices for your character. Just your character. I’ve tested these on Xbox and they are legit really freakin’ good! They seem to have added a lot more since the last time I checked. Unfortunately these are only available on beth.net or for Old Skyrim on the Nexus. You could just download them from the game’s mod page and remove the files and upload them back into the game using whatever mod manager you use. I did this with Cheat Room. Or you can port them yourself from Nexus. Honestly the quality alone is worth all the trouble.

[the-hinata-project]

How do you set up a week like this? I mean, the part where you actually manage to get people involved with it?

That’s an interesting question! I assume you mean getting people to participate when the event actually runs?

The main things you need, regardless of how many followers you have: posts that advertise and explain your event, and tagging those posts appropriately!

Some bonus things: something eye-catching about those posts (fanart/sprites and banners for the event), probably multiple posts about the event to keep people thinking about it, and getting help from friends or outside sources willing to plug in and promo your event! Your own followers may help, so never disregard your own blog!

The success of the event depends on: The subject of the event (How popular is the ship/character/series?) and how much effort you put in (Does it look like you actually care about the event? Does it look like you will respect the participants and their fanworks? Do you seem reliable enough to handle the event? Are you approachable? How do you handle criticism and hecklers? Did you organize it well?)

If you want details, I can only give you my own experience with events. (It’s under the cut because, well, I can’t be concise...)

I’ve only ever run one ship week before, and that was completely on my own at the time. I say “on my own,” but I actually did have support, namely my friends and mutual followers on my main account, spreading the word whether they were actually interested in participating in the event, or not! I am very thankful to them for putting up with it XD

There’s also tagging posts appropriately by the characters/ships involved in the event (in this case, Hajime and Izuru). And I really have to hope that the post shows up in the tags. I keep making sure after the post is created that the post shows up where it is supposed to (in other words, don’t put external links in your posts whatsoever! Not even links to polls). Also, you want to make sure to post it at a time you know people are active. To me, it seemed like around 10AM or 3PM PST will work.

People like me actually do surf Tumblr through the tags, so when they are interested in the event (as I’m sure they must be at least somewhat if they are surfing through the main character tags), they would hopefully reblog the post and their followers may be interested and reblog from them, and the cycle will hopefully continue. Reblogs are so important. Likes... don’t tell me much except that you are interested? And that’s a maybe as well.

A lot of it has to do with whether people are interested in what the event is about. Hajime/Izuru is a rather popular character who people love, so not to sound like as if I’m bragging or anything, but I do expect this event to gain traction based on that.

However, even less liked character/pairings can get some traction! I know for my ship week, I put a lot of effort into making sure people knew about the event. I actually went over what is expected, lol. I made polls to get as may people involved as possible and check how many would be interested in participating. I made quite a lot of pixel art leading up to the event, as well, and with each post, it’s another chance someone new will see it and be interested in the event.

And Kamu//Koma Week, for example, would occasionally get fanart made by their friends (mostly pixel art) and answer asks and tag these in the main tags (their ship tag mostly, and the character tags too maybe). They also had some polls made to get people involved- I mean it is both more advertising and it helps get people engaged and hyped about the event.

Both me and that mod relied on the tag system and our own followers. If you do own a blog that has a lot of followers, definitely use it! And if not,it’s very much possible to get attention. Like for me, I don’t have an insane amount of followers, and I have seen people who don’t have many followers have very successful events. Still, whatever followers you have, make sure to reblog your posts on your own blog!

Another thing you can do is respectfully ask for people who do have a lot of followers (like ask blogs, for example) to help you make your event known. If they don’t get to your ask, don’t be pushy with it, please ^^;

For this event, I could rely a lot on the tag system, my mutuals were helping spread the word, and I was able to get @/ask-hinapape to help! (Let’s say we had connections XD) I’ve seen people ask ask blogs and confession blogs for promos before, as well!

Mod Kusamochi, Mod Ahoge, and I each made something to promote the event! I drew the icon, Mod Kusamochi made the header (Also was put on our submission guidelines post) and Mod Ahoge made the “Uncle Hinata” poster on our Mods Intro post! To attract people to your event, having an attractive post is going to help you. Make sure it is something that centers on what your event is about, of course, but also try to make it pretty! Using a lot of colors might help, or maybe it is a moving gif.

It is not that fanart is necessary, either! You can use sprites or official art and just edit it. I mean, for the ship week I ran, I took already-made transparents or transparented stuff on my own and added a background that was actually just the background of other official art, but zoomed in or replicated into a pattern. You can also ask friends to help you out if you’re not that great with making fanart/sprite edits! And if you claim to have no friends, you can always request/commission someone else to help!

Having organization in an event is going to help as well! Make sure you give people time to think about the event you’re planning  so that they can organize themselves. A week is very short notice, a month is better, but might not be ideal enough for people to time themselves. When the event occurs is also going to affect how many people can participate. Make sure when you plan it, people have the time to submit something.

You want to have some rules, as well. First, you have to figure out just how is it that people are submitting their entries. For example, most events have you use specific tags. As a mod, you go to those tags and reblog them to the event’s blog. You can also have people submit their entries to the blog, and you tag or mention who created the submission.

It’s also great to have backups! Make yourself available and approachable in case something goes wrong. Do they need more time? Did you miss their entry? Did they accidentally break a rule?

If you need help creating rules, then try looking up other ship weeks for guidance on how they had set up their guidelines!

You also do not want too many restrictions, especially not something controversial, like “none of these ships are allowed”, or “none of that character”, or “these headcanons are not allowed”. Give people more freedom, and you’ll find you run into less problems. It may even be that no one was planning to draw/write something about the things you restricted them on, but because you restricted it, now they demand you let them. Or, if you had perceived there would be a problem, it might just be that there never would have been one to begin with. Don’t create drama, you’re only going to hurt the event and yourself.

And on the rare occasion, you may come across hecklers. The first time, you might respond. Try to not confront them even if they are rude- remain calm. It may just be that what you think is an insult to the event is just curiosity worded a bit strongly. They don’t like the ship? Explain that all participants are going to use a specific tag or tags they can block, or that they will all be tagged with the ship name, so they may as well block that. Same goes to specific characters. They don’t like how you run the event? Ask them what they wanted changed, or tell them that if they want to create their own event, they can. If they or others keep filling up your inbox- ignore it. It hurts, but don’t give in to the bait. There’s an event you are running with people that actually care for the subject- you focus on that. Don’t bring all the negativity hecklers want to pollute the event with. They want people to feel bad about participating in the event. You stay strong, and the participants will too.

Be open, be willing to make changes, be willing to stand up for yourself when needed, and most importantly, show that you actually care. Make sure that it is known that you find the event important enough to have created it and will treat it with the care and effort necessary.

You can feel the difference between someone that gave their event a lot of thought, and someone that didn’t plan ahead as much as they could have. And I’m not pointing fingers at any particular event- I’ve seen a few events that were not planned that well. But for the most part, I’ve seen a lot of mods who created events they genuinely cared for.

To me, a successful event is not measured how many people participated. A successful event is one where those that participated and the mod(s) feel genuine pride at what has been created for the event. If the goal was to expand a ship, then even one fanwork is more than what it had once been. If the goal is to show more appreciation for something, then even if only a few people actually participated, you now know who it is that shared your love for the subject. For me, I found that the most valuable knowledge- knowing you are not alone in your love for that subject.

All-in-all, if you want to create an event, whether it is a ship week, a secret exchange, or an appreciation week for a character/series/etc, just make sure that you and the participants are able to have fun and that you are able to be heard by the people who’d like to participate.

This turned out to be... quite the lecture, lol. Sorry XD I hope this was informative though!

-Mod WORLD DESTROYER

[snowrunner-mod-installer-bb]

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[sapphic-sex-ed]

(BODY IMAGE/ISSUES TW)so this isnt sex-ed but. both me & my girlfriend suffer from poor body image and low self esteem ( i dont know the technical term, im sorry!) and i am quite bigger than my girlfriend and ive been trying to be more comfortable with my body, but i cant shake off this feeling of "if [my girlfriend] had a body like yours, she would absolutely hate it" and i know its so selfish of me and itry to stop those thoughts but i cant (1/2)

((  2/2) (again, BODY IMAGE/SLIGHT E.D TW) to be clear, she has never ever said anything bad about my body - in fact always the opposite, she makes me feel loved and beautiful. but the lil evil part of my brain keeps telling me "she wants to be thinner, she would never want to look like you/your body, its not worthy of being praised, shes probably lying" etc. you get the deal. i dont know how to communicate this to her, because i dont want her feeling bad. any help? thank you so much for reading!! ))

Low self esteem because of one’s weight is very common. Thin people have built a world that sends barrages of fatphobic jokes, advertisements, models, weight loss products (none work, don’t even try), and contradictory diet plans (again none work) at fat people.

The thing about body issues (of any kind) is that no matter how much you hate yourself for a given trait, you don’t hate it on other people. You might even love it on anyone other than yourself. It’s not logical, but that’s how internalized fatphobia works.

No, she probably doesn’t want to have your body. That’s okay! Clearly what she wants is to -love- your body. These issues distort your judgement. You may see things in the mirror that aren’t really there. You may distrust people you would trust with your life. Why would she lie about this? Faking attraction is hard. She has these issues as well, and she will understand. I could almost guarantee that she compares her body to someone else’s.

She loves you, I promise. Suppose she were bigger than you and felt like this. What would you tell her? Would you get angry that she doesn’t believe you when you tell her that you like her? I think you would understand and do your best to help her.

You might find @fatphobiabusters or @bigfatscience helpful for working through things.

A disclaimer: I have personally not gotten over this problem nor have I received treatment for my eating disorder.

-*Mod Star*

[nortromthesilencer]

The Search for Silence

Wind swept boughs for man to hang themselves upon. In umber spires did the tormenting emeralds rest, dancing, waving, a rippling sea of synchronized children laughing as rustling claps into the windy air. From these hidden perches the humid heat watched, it’s plentiful eyes never blinking, ever moving, and all seeing. It was here that all sound was ushered forth into an absolute silence. It was here that called him, again and again.

Nortrom awoke, thoughts of tranquil mystery slipping from his mental grasp as he did so, only to be replaced by the drab reality of his own bedroom. Where there was an ever present humidity, now rest his sheets. What was once the crunching of brush under-foot now became the subtle sound of a pillow crushed under-ear. He yawned.

This wasn’t anything new. Since his youth the Silencer knew only absolute fixation of those forests, the Vale of Augury. He would get lost in books, stories, artifacts: anything he could get his hands on about the place. Nortrom never knew why he was drawn there, but deep down in the recesses of his mind was the lingering feeling of familiarity, a beckoning whisper that tickled his ears. 

It was getting louder.

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[[  HELLO PEOPLE!  ]]

In an attempt to advance Nort’s plot a bit and also bring some life to my dashboard, I am proposing a small RPG like exploration campaign though tumblr RP!

This “thread” of sorts will be both an experiment and a starting point for a larger series of things I am doing, with or without others, but for this one I feel that it’s time we went on a adventure, full of combat, dungeons, monsters, and mystery. 

How will it play out? How does it all work? Quite simply honestly, and very free form. I will be running one account (this one, during Nort’s replies) as a Narrator of sorts, but the plot still goes by in a normal Tumblr RP way, with each person doing as they wish and directing their character’s actions. The Narrator is only there to push the story forwards and help direct things, to keep the action moving and see to it that we don’t lose sight of our goals. Most of the “action” is all done in RP format, where those involved are free to attack, be hurt, and interact as they wish. Almost none of this will be scripted ahead of time.

SO! WHAT DO I NEED?

I need 2-3 others to run this gauntlet of adventure with Nortrom! And here’s the fun part: They don’t even have to be Dota2 RP related. Anything that might fit in the world can be a potential, (nothing really out of the setting, sorry Sci-fi!) as long as you have a will to explore and quest I can make it work.

So, to apply for this, you have to make 100% sure you can follow a few rules:

1) You have an established RP blog (as in, not just made for this) and a decent grasp on your character.

2) No God modding, unless pre-planned or agreed to by others in the thread.

3) You can commit to get a reply chain done ONCE A WEEK. That means everyone has made rotation in that time, giving you about one post every 3 days. That’s it! If we don’t hit a week but still get that “one reply every 3 days” thing, I’ll be more than happy. This is a 100% required commitment, and I WILL kill off characters in this adventure that can’t do this, unless an emergency comes up IRL. I mean, If you end up hospitalized I’m not gonna be a jerk about it.

4) Let me shorten that: You must reply within 3 days of it becoming your turn. The only exceptions are extreme cases IRL. “losing your muse” or “not feeling like it” are not excuses and will cost you your spot.

5) Some acumen when it comes to english please. I’m a shit writer with bad grammar, so I’m not expecting amazing features here. I just want it at a readable / acceptable level, with some ok flow.

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So, you think you can do this and want in? Send me a message and we can talk! It will be up to the group as a whole if we want to do this over tumblr RP, or over Discord (and I will post it in compiled “chapters” on tumblr as we go on). I know I may sound harsh here, but honestly, I’m pretty open and relaxed about all of this. 

SO YEAH, THERE IS MY PLAN, FUCKOS. MESSAGE ME IF YOU’RE INTERESTED, AND I WILL SLOWLY WHITTLE IT AWAY TO 2-3 PEOPLE!

Oh, also feel free to reblog this to advertise it. hue hue.

[reenadelenyel]

Night Time Replies

I am waiting to leave for work, working night today, so I am going to use whatever time I have left to reply your comments.As always, thanks for all the love on pics!

I am going to try and be a tad organized this time

Replies about Brett (well mostly Mochi, sorry Brett but people like him more than you)

ktarsims replied to your photoset“Here have some loveliness from Mochi ♥”

CUUUUTE! <3

batsheba replied to your photoset “Here have some loveliness from Mochi ♥”

Soooo cute <3

willky12 replied to your photoset “Here have some loveliness from Mochi ♥”

Cuteness overload and I love his little bed <3

Yes he is so adorable! I like to check on him regularly and see him chew on his old shoe I think he stole it from Brett. And the little bed is from ATS, she has done a few things for pets I really like (that includes the shoe)

ktarsims replied to your photoset “In search of inspiration he fed the bird, talked to Mochi for a bit...”

PUPPY! <3

Puppy love indeed, I would take him out with Brett but he would be far away from home if he has to walk back.

ktarsims replied to your photoset “He has an amazing view around him and he draws ghosts…. I might have a...”

LOL xD

My sims keep talking or thinking about ghosts even though I haven’t actually seen any yet myself, and now he is drawing about them. Maybe their absence is more worrying than their presence?

nisukiye replied to your photoset “Man… you seriously need to improve your drawing before you can make a...”

Same

He will get there eventually :p

Replies about Melissa

davidmont replied to your photoset “Melissa went home for a nap (a lot of emotions tonight), woke up to a...”

she's so lucky omg

Because she came home without a problem after being surrounded by zombies? It does not seem to have affected her too much.

danjaley replied to your photoset “Run Melissa run! You can make it in 1 min especially as nobody is...”

And then they send YOU a text saying: "I missed you at my party!" :D

davidmont replied to your photoset “Run Melissa run! You can make it in 1 min especially as nobody is...”

she's lucky if they bring food, or juice at least, or even let you in lmao

davidmont replied to your photoset “Run Melissa run! You can make it in 1 min especially as nobody is...”

lmao they do call you ungrateful awww

Yes! She did not receive a text this time but I was waiting for it. Maybe it came after I changed household? It was pretty late at night so sometimes they send it the next day.

I don’t like parties generated by the game, like you say David they don’t have much and if you open their fridge it is bad behavior (unless you cheat with a mod xD)

davidmont replied to your photoset “The most dull party I ever went to, nobody was there not even the cat....”

poor

Very T_T

my-simension replied to your photo “I kinda wish I had some ice cream too, so enjoy it girl, I know how...”

hehe I'm eating my pistachio gelato right now. :}

davidmont replied to your photo “I kinda wish I had some ice cream too, so enjoy it girl, I know how...”

lol i hope is her fave flavor

-stares at her gelato- Yummy...

And it was the old ice cream so generic taste, but I am pretty sure she liked it

Replies about Caryn and Kaitlin

davidmont replied to your photoset “I gave Caryn a little room all to herself, it needs some more...”

at least they seem happy! yasss

Yes they do! I will have to keep renovating a lot but they are more or less settled

davidmont replied to your photoset “The girls are sharing the house but they don’t know much about each...”

haha you don't know, maybe they're exchanging secrets about fishing

my-simension replied to your photoset “The girls are sharing the house but they don’t know much about each...”

"There are plenty of "fish" in the sea!" :D

I am pretty sure Mimi’s version is more accurate in this situation, I don’t see them fishing at all (unless it is indeed tips about finding a man)

davidmont replied to your photo “Way to go girl! Now you can put somebody to sleep without boring them...”

 she is good at it! dan is the worst lmaaaooo                

my-simension replied to your photo“Way to go girl! Now you can put somebody to sleep without boring them...”

Awww man! xD                

Next one she managed was something about vampire sunscreen, but as far as I know there is no vampire around yet.

davidmont replied to your photoset “The joys of alchemy. That wasn’t advertised in the job description :p...”

lmao she's now unlucky awww

my-simension replied to your photoset “The joys of alchemy. That wasn’t advertised in the job description :p...”

Yep Open the windows. hehe

She failed a bottle, and that was the result. I might change the window and get one that stays opened :D Part of the renovation project.

ktarsims replied to your photoset“Wait, what? How xD She wasn’t even the one standing next to the fire!...”

TWICE. LOL

willky12 replied to your photoset “Wait, what? How xD She wasn’t even the one standing next to the fire!...”

She survived though ;)

davidmont replied to your photoset “Wait, what? How xD She wasn’t even the one standing next to the fire!...”

OMFG CARYN YOU'RE SO UNLUCKY GURL!!!!1 HHAHAHAHA Poor thing lmao

She was unlucky yes, catching fire not even once but yes twice, but at least she survived (I think I would have restarted my game if she did not, I had saved while they were talking on the couch).

And all along nothing bad happened to Kaitlin. Caryn what have you done to be so unlucky??

Replies about... er misc?

davidmont replied to your photo “¦ are all the current service sims in my town female? Girl power!!”

always, go gurl!

I will have to call for pizza delivery, you never know :D

ktarsims replied to your photoset “I was wondering why the family portrait was not showing the proper...”

   @_@;

A lot of creator actually forget to do the low mesh. I had that for an ear microphone when I was working on my story, so if you took a picture from further away it would disappear, can’t remember what was there instead, probably a ring.

[d2kvirus]

Dickheads of the Month: February 2020

As it seems that there are people who say or do things that are remarkably dickheaded yet somehow people try to make excuses for them or pretend it never happened, here is a collection of some of the dickheaded actions we saw in the month of February 2020 to make sure that they are never forgotten.

The issue with the Tory government being stuffed with morons and sociopaths is that it leads to solutions such as their new immigration policy which equates anyone earning less than £24k a year with being an “unskilled worker” so therefore not eligible for a visa...when in reality that is unreasonably raising the bar, which becomes immediately obvious when you realise that the majority of entry-level positions within the NHS are paid less than that per annum.  But fret not, they also have a solution in the sudden gap of 8m in the workforce, namely having the “economically inactive” fill the gap...even though that figure is primarily made up by the elderly, the terminally ill, and students who are currently working on that “low skilled” issue whose post-graduation salaries are estimated at around £18k a year 

Unelected bureaucrat/organ grinder Dominic Cummings had a genius idea for proven liar Boris Johnson’s first cabinet reshuffle: eliminate anyone who might possibly have any semblance of an idea of their own (plus Esther McVey) and install a bunch of unthinking drones into the cabinet who will all follow his specific instructions...which sounds a lot like communism, doesn’t it?

We should almost thank Andrew Sabitsky for proving exactly what Dominic Cummings’ directive of “misfits and weirdos” really meant, namely that what Cummings wanted was somebody whose track record includes saying that black people are intellectually and genetically inferior on multiple occasions, calling for forced contraception for the lower classes and attending eugenics conferences, and that’s somebody who fits the profile of being appointed special advisor to the Prime Minister

In the latest example of The Department of Work and Pensions appearing to exist for the sole purpose of committing an ideological genocide on the lower classes, it emerged that they had been destroying reports of former claimants who committed suicide after their benefits were stopped - and had been doing so since at least 2015

Has anyone noticed that proven liar Boris Johnson didn't show up in Yorkshire with a mop and bucket when it was flooded again?  Or did anyone notice that, when the official line was given that he didn't want to cause a media frenzy by showing up and instead wanted to put his feet up at a lakeside mansion to do...whatever it was that he was doing, it appears to have forgotten that he didn't mind showing up in flood-hit areas with the resulting media frenzy when there was an election campaign going on?

The estate of George Orwell will want a word with Lee Cain following his role in proven liar Boris Johnson’s “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” moment where he divided journalists into two groups before a Downing Street briefing, before telling journalists from one of the groups - who were from the Mirror, Independent, Huffington Post and PoliticsHome, that they should leave as they are not welcome

In the latest example of Question Time being an echo chamber for the far-right, they bussed in two-time National Front candidate Sherri Bothwell to sit front and centre of the audience and be the person to ask the first question of the show...if going off on a rant about how we should close our borders constitutes a “question” - although it does constitute a blatant violation of editorial guidelines

Smirking cretin Priti Patel demonstrated her statesmanlike credentials when facing a question about forced deportations in the House of Commons...by getting the hell out of the chamber before she could even hear the full question, presumably because staying in the chamber would potentially involve having to face scrutiny or criticism and that’s not how the Tories work

It’s no surprise that the FBPE mob responded to the first anniversary of the formation of The Independent Hashtag Group for Hashtag Change UK Hashtag Ltd by hand-wringing about how a potential force for good in British politics failed, because if they didn’t they might have to accept that their blindly believing in one “centrist” neoliberal careerist after another, from Chuka Umunna to Jo Swinson to Jess Phillips and numerous other examples aside, played a large part in why man of the people/proven liar Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is currently Prime Minister

Good to see the Chinese government coming up with the best possible solution to the Super Magic Chinese Megaflu of DEATH epidemic by...adding World War Z to the ever-growing list of books banned by the Chinese government.  I don’t know why, though, it's not like it says Xi Jinping looks like Winnie the Pooh or anything...

Of course the English media responded to the Irish election result, where the incumbent Fine Gael lost out to a combination of Sinn Fein gaining the most first-choice votes and Fianna Fail getting the most second choice votes by reporting why this was the case...oh who am I kidding, of course they bloody didn’t, they only looked at through the usual English-centric prism and assumed that Britait was the reason why Fine Gael lost out, completely ignoring there was a unique consensus between all three parties that Britait is A Bad Idea that has also led the bigheaded gobshites from across the water to treat the irish like some second-class citizens who should shut up and fall in line behind their imperialistic masters

Once again the point-missers of the internet seem to think that you can use suicide rates as the basis for a game of Top Trumps, as there was a depressingly vocal section who responded to Caroline Flack’s suicide by comparing the number of suicides related to Love Island to the number related to The Jeremy Kyle Show as if it’s a football match and Love Island is currently “winning” 3-2

It was a busy day for smirking cretin Priti Patel as she had to simultaneously deny *deep breath* that MI5 have been actively withholding sensitive information from her as they see her as a threat to national security (and have grounds to see her as one...), that she hasn’t been bullying Home Office staff since getting her feet under the desk, that she didn’t force anyone out of the Home Office because they wouldn’t blindly follow every insane directive she could think of and it’s just a coincidence that attempts were made to remove Sir Philip Rutnam from the department...at least until Rutnam called her a liar, that is

Self-appointed voice of all Jewish football fans David Baddiel was as predictable as he was vocal in his disgust at the Oxford English Dictionary changing the definition of the word “Yid” to include Tottenham fans, leading to him howling about how Spurs fans have no right to reclaim the word while pretending that he doesn’t know the reason why Spurs have reclaimed the word, namely their regularly being serenaded with chants about Auschwitz, gas chambers and the Holocaust by Chelsea fans since the 1970s due to the club’s Jewish identity.  Chelsea fans such as...David Baddiel

Littlest Englander contender Douglas Carswell gleefully took to Twitter on February 1st to say the UK hadn’t collapsed into a pit after leaving the EU...meaning that either he doesn't understand that the UK is still in the EU as part of a transition period, or he knows this but knows that his followers don’t know this so thinks doing a victory lap during the warm-ups is normal

You would think that The Jewish Chronicle admitting that they fabricated stories of Louise Ellman being an antisemite and having to pay her damages would have gained more traction, but by complete coincidence they were being drowned out by David Baddiel and Stephen Pollard coincidentally throwing out a lot of think pieces about how Tottenham fans are the Third Reich unlike those nice, reasonable Chelsea supporters... 

Of course Blizzard were going to have to issue a statement addressing the launch of Warcraft 3: Reforged going so well that the game has a record Metacritic user score of 0.5 at one point, but Blizzard being Blizzard the “apology” was more along the lines of saying they were sorry that fans didn’t get the game they wanted, in other words trying to transfer blame onto them that the game shown in the teasers bore no resemblance to those in the finished game while pretending that there hasn’t been a cascade of criticism about their new policy that says any user-created mods will become Blizzard’s own property, in other words admit fault...which they never will

The latest non-logic from the BBC states that, if a Tory MP refuses to appear on any of their programming, they will cancel the appearance of whichever Labour MP that was also booked, in other words responding to the Dominic Cummings issuing a media blackout by silencing the Opposition in his stead

What better advertisement for Australian policing than Mark Thompson taking a moment to forget that he was Detective Inspector for the murders of Hannah Baxter and her children when her estranged husband set their car on fire before killing himself and instead decided to suggest that maybe she nagged him too much and that’s what led to the tragedy

Becoming a homeopathic mentalist hasn't done Gwyneth Paltrow any favours, considering that the second that there was so much as a whiff of criticism about he waffling about coffee enemas solving all ills on her Netflix show she responded by howling about how valid criticism from qualified health professionals is “clickbait” and not, say, valid criticism from qualified health professionals

Nobody seemed to explain to Dele Alli that posting a video on social media cracking jokes about coronavirus isn't a good idea as people are going to see it, and more than anything else spend a good couple of days flooding Tottenham’s Twitter feed with “DID YOU KNOW DELE ALLI MADE A RACIST POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA???” more times than anyone is willing to count

What a great piece of advice Ninja gave to everyone, namely that if you lose in a video game the only sane and rational response is to get angry and, if you don’t, this makes you “weak”

So much for “Mad” Mike Hughes and his attempt to prove that the earth is flat by using a homemade steam-powered rocket, as instead he made a reasonably-sized crater in the San Bernardino desert which proved that the earth is pretty goddamn hard when you plow into it from several thousand feet in the air while going at an estimated 350mp

Good to see that Jess Phillips is handling her failure in the Labour leadership race well, with her mouthing off at an event commemorating female journalists by harrumphing that it’s a pity that Labour has never had a female leader...while both Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy remain in the leadership contest

And finally, a little more puffed up than usual, is Donald Trump and his sociopathic response to the Republicans allowing him to slither out from the sights of impeachment which was rewarded by him bringing down the axe on anyone who put the party (or, you know, country) ahead of him, which somehow looks less deranged than him mouthing off about Parasite winning Best Picture at the oscars because something something trade deal