#i guess it's not that much different from a cave tho

[joojconverts]

4T3 Conversion of HistoricalSimsLife's CC Catalogue

So… here we are, haha! This is the grand project I’ve been working on for about three months now! I made a promise to all of you, so I’m here not only to fulfill that promise and make a bit of a comeback but also to celebrate reaching the incredible milestone of 3,000 FOLLOWERS!!!

I’m so grateful to all of you for everything that has happened since I joined this community, it’s one of the little shining points of my life, lol. So, let me give back by bringing your sims MORE THAN 150 pieces of CC, including clothes, hairstyles, accessories, and buy mode objects!

You’ve probably already guessed that I have A LOT to say about this set, so please, follow me after the cut! 💖

Hope you like it, enjoy!

In this compilation are included sets, mini-sets and standalone pieces that the original creator made! Posepacks, patterns, mods, and pieces categorized as “modern” are not included! HistoricalSimsLife has a lot of 3T4 conversions, and naturally they're also not included EXCEPT for the ones that are mesh edits (e.g. here and here)! TSM to 4 conversions are also not included, as you can find every item converted to TS3 here by votenga! I also re-converted CC that I had previously converted before, such as the printing press set and the dandy suit!

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I'll link the CC just so you know what I'm talking about!

Known Problems:

Most of the time the sleeping animation that comes with the One With Nature mod looks off when making your sim sleep under the prehistoric lean-to shelter. I'm not sure why but instead of sleeping horizontally they sleep vertically, so they clip with the branches that are on the floor. Two times while I was testing they slept horizontally tho, so I'm not sure if I can fix it. Sorry!!

The drawer (chest) of the Kativip Library set doesn't have an animation!

The telescope's eyepiece looks a bit off when a sim is using it. The way the mesh is made is very different from ts3's telescopes, and it would be quite hard to make it looks seamless and also it wouldn't look good, as ts3's telescopes all look kinda silly imo hahah. Hope you don't mind it very much!

The celtic cape might clip depending on the clothes being used and the animation being played!

The round weave rug of the Rustic Living Set generates some white lines when zooming really far out. I thought it was UV map, but I tweaked it and they're still showing up. It's only apparent if you look closely tho!

LIGHTING GLITCHES ONLY APPEAR ON CAS!

* Note that teens and elders have neck gaps. This is sadly the price for having them available! For teens, try using this and this slider by gruesim!

Please let me know if you find any problems!

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ALL OG CREDITS GO T​O @historicalsimslife, Kativip and EA/Maxis! IT'S NOT MY MESHES, AND IT’S NOT MY TEXTURES, I JUST CONVERTED THEM TO THE SIMS 3!

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Buckle up now...

NOTES & INFO:

The whole catalogue is quite low-poly and gameplay friendly, so don’t worry about that!

The whole catalogue is categorized into folders once you extract the zip, so you can pick and choose if you're playing in a specific era!

The buy mode items have collection files so you can find them a lot easier (except for the crib, the map painting and the aztek sink)! Just put them inside your "collections" folder in ts3's documents folder!

I highly recommend using the One With Nature mod by @spheresims while using the prehistoric collection!

The printing press letter plate works as a functional computer, and it's categorized as so!

The printing press desk and chair both have 4 matching presets! They're all different wood presets!

The hollow food storage works as a functional fridge for your prehistoric sims!

The Pile of Rocks cave works as, you guessed it, a cave! Actually no lol, it works as a tent, and your sims can sleep inside! It also has 5 presets, all stone textures, first one is an overlay, the rest is recolorable!

The sleeping underlay works as a sleeping bag! It has 2 recolorable presets!

The Skyrim lean-to has 2 presets! First one has an overlay texture, second one is recolorable!

The prehistoric lean-to shelter has 7 presets. The last one (fur) is recolorable, the others are overlays!

The rustic living set has two bed frames (single and double bed) and two matresses! All you need to do is to put the bed frame first, and then the matress on top of it, now you have two separate objects that can be customized!

The weave rug has 6 recolorable presets!

The round weave rug has 7 presets, and they're all combinations of recolorable and overlayed parts!

Both love seats and both bed frames of the rustic living set have 3 presets, different types of wood! Not recolorable.

The matresses also have 3 presets, they're combinations of overlayed and recolorable parts!

The old map painting has 4 non-recolorable presets!

The aztek sink has 4 presets, and they're combinations of overlayed and recolorables parts except for the last one! It also works as a functional sink!

The two empty boockases of the Katvip library set work as displays, so there are many slots for you to put decor on!

All hats/caps are hat-slider compatible and unissex!

The Dandy Lady hat (renamed it from ts3's hairstyle) has 3 different versions: One with feathers (that I made), one without them, and one without feathers nor decorations (renamed as Gone to Riding Hat)! You need to have V1 installed for the textures of the other two to show up, as they're linked!

The maid dress has 4 different versions (i know the post says 3 but it's 4 lol), as you can see on the preview! They work just like the Dandy Lady hat, above!

The Pirate Dress has an overlay you can find in accessories! Using it with the outfit you can recolor the belt and the buckle! If you don't use the accessory, those parts will just be a usual overlay texture!

You need to use a no feet mesh to use the Boy's 1700s Frock Coat, you can find one here!

The Boy's 1700s Frock Coat has has an overlay accessory, same thing as the Pirate Dress! With it you can recolor the belt, the pockets and the buckle!

The Edwardian Tea In The Garden dress has 6 presets, 5 of them are floral overlays, and the last one is a solid version.

The Regency Morning Dress has 11 presets. First one is a solid version, the last four are patterned overlays, and the rest are recolorable patterns.

The Ester Wedding Dress has 4 recolorable presets, the patterns of the bodice change!

The Simply Rococo Dress has 15 totally recolorable patterned presets!

The Embroided Rococo Dress has 2 presets: the first one is the original texture as an overlay, and the second one is a recolorable version of it (though not as good, since it's a very complicated texture).

The Vintage Men's Exercise Outfit has 6 patterned presets, all recolorable!

The Edwardian Men's underwear and the Edwardian Men's nightgown both have 2 presets, one striped and one solid. Both recolorable!

The Dandy Suit has 9 presets, first one's solid and the rest are patterned, all recolorable!

The Celtic Warrior Outfit has 2 presets. In the first one the plaid is an overlay, original texture. In the second one you can change it however you want using CASt!

The Bodacious Boy Suit has 2 presets! The mask is different, so you can recolour different parts!

The Vintage Girl's Dress With Bows has 8 presets, one of them is a solid version, another one is a recolorable patterned preset, and the rest are patterned overlays!

The Colonial Living Girl's Dress has 5 presets, last one is a solid recolorable version, and the rest are patterned overlays!

The Victorian Tweed Dress Top has 6 presets. The last one is a totally recolorable preset, the other 5 are overlay presets!

The Celtic Dress Top has 2 presets. First one is a long sleeved version, and the second is a vest like top with long sleeved white shirt underneath. Both recolorable!

The Victorian Tweed Dress Skirt has 6 presets, same thing as the top!

The Celtic Dress Skirt has 2 presets. First one has an apron with it, and the second one doesn't! Both recolorable.

I think that’s all haha! Now to the download! <3

G-Drive |  Dropbox

☕  buy me a coffee or become a patron!

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Credits & Special Thanks:

@historicalsimslife, Kativip and EA/Maxis for all the meshes and textures! Check out the full catalogue here!

Thank you @deniisu-sims, @suteflower, @sideshowsnob and @twinsimming for the general support (and help, where needed lol) when creating this collection!

💖 @eternalccfinds @katsujiiccfinds @sisilou @darkccfinds @xto3conversionsfinds @wanderingsimsfinds

[accio-victuuri]

Bunny laoshi’s 1005 birthday CPNs Part II 🎂🎉

part one is here. this covers xz studio’s birthday video and all the clownery that came with it. this day is truly for celebration and i hope all of us are gonna have a good day~

a conversation that’s kinda loud is where the first part of the video was shot, and more importantly, when. because compared to the other sections of the edit, it appears to be his personal time that was added in. and the rest, with them taking photos, those are deliberately for the birthday material.

I thought this was somewhere in IM too, but it’s actually in Beijing. It’s confirmed by the photo he shared on his weibo. The place is at Lianquan Xianggu Natural Scenic Area Tiangong Cave📍Huairou District, Beijing. There are “reviews” from people who visited and said : “Highly recommended as a great place to get close to nature. There are very few people and there are many routes to choose from. No matter what your physical level, you can play!”

So i guess it makes sense for ZZ to visit. But when was this? I’m seeing 2 speculations on when this could have been. However the common denominator is that WYB was with him in this trip. It’s a place where they will not be recognized that much and no crowds.

OPTION NUMBER 1 : September

The theory is simply lining up the date when they were both in Beijing. GG allegedly went back to Beijing on 9/23 to 9/27 for work. Since he has other commitments other than shooting the movie. If you remember, he had a couple of livestreams and shoots. His schedule lined up with WYB who had no public itinerary on 9/26-9/27. So this could be the time window when they went hiking & exploring. Maybe WYB had his camera with him too and they both took pictures.

OPTION NUMBER 2 : August

This one has more clues to it and the guess is 8/14-8-15 which is free time for both of them. 8/13 was also when the mysterious driver was spotted so there’s that. The one who restored the cake mentioned to count the number of the sheep and it should be 32. Also it’s called something like a Beijing Camping cake and the plan for it ( with photos ) was shared 8/15 since this person didn’t know it’s for XZ. However the“original” one who made the concept is from Hangzhou which I already talked about. There are also posts from other people way before this material came out that they did see XZ around that time in the area. Remember there are some parts of LOCH done in Beijing. Tho they said that the filming site was very strict and closed off.

So anyway, I really believe that this was some sort of a joint celebration for them even it’s not 1005. I mean, why would his cast mates celebrate it with him that early??? Unless they both know that the two of them will be busy in the next couple of weeks so why not celebrate it now. While we’re out here camping 🏕️

This photo too, when i first saw it i expected for the XZS bday edit to have the scene where they sang for him. BUT NO. They shared a different “birthday moment”. I’m looking at this and thinking — maybe they didn’t want to share this private moment. They are aware of how eagle eyed CPFs can put things together and notice stuff with photos, all the more in a video. I’m leaning more towards the fact that it’s private and they wanna keep this between.

We could all be wrong about this. As with all CPNs, more clues come out as the days & months go by.

Moving on….

Is this the new favorite mini fan? LOL. I mean the CQL couple fan they have will always have a special place but it’s nice to see him have some “upgrade”.

We are seeing that again! P1 and P3 are a nod to how the sunrise is seen from the space station. P2 which is from XZS video looks like it’s a nod to that too but in a different way.

The whole feel of the vlog too, some of the cuts have that “Like The Sunshine” vibe to it. It’s a common reaction from some turtles, especially if you put the lyrics side by side with some of the stills. You can easily cut the scenic shots and use LTS as the background music and it will fit.

Watching the starry sky with the wild beasts. What is your name, in the shadows. Waking up in the night, silent like me. We lit the bonfire while we chatted. Time sneaks by, falling like flower petals

I have traveled a long way, you have dreamed a long time. If we can exchange our sincere hearts, then we can get through winter. Many lonely nights drift like fallen leaves: But it always finds a way and is always new on the branches. We will meet again, like the world will go on as usual

I have a firefly for you in the palm of my hand. It's some happiness picked up along the way. What is your name, how gentle is your name. Please tell me when the night breaks. We lit the bonfire while we chatted. Time sneaks by, falling like flower petals

Tell me this doesn’t match. 🙃🙃🙃 Their works really complement each other.

I can mention some other elements in the video like the windmills again & that cut with the violin/symphonic sound that wyb just mentioned in his vogue interview. I mean, if you clown hard enough I bet you can connect everything to a candy. But the topics I’ve mentioned here are what’s mostly talked about.

-END.

P.S: I can relate to this so much. The state of turtles right now 😂😂😂

[floppyponysart]

Mane 6 redesigns - mlpfim fanart

I made these a good while ago and thought hard about them but no-one cared at the time coz it wasn't a trend but now it is for some reason so I guess I'm gonna try reposting lol -v-'

get ready coz there is a long description of my inspirations and more details about these redesigns coming below. get ready for crazy amount of text

Twilight

This is basically my concept for "what if twilight was like an actual nerd?".

i gave her freckles/acne and glasses coz they are typical nerdy things. i think they look super cute on her tho ^w^. i got rid of her highlights in her hair coz (even tho it is probably meant to be natural in the show) nerds dont have time for adding highlights to their hair. her hair is also shorter to make it look more like the kind of practical hair cut girl nerds often have. she is wearing her comfy clothes coz she wants to be cozy when studying and doesnt care how she looks. she is wearing her favourite nerdy fluffy socks with her fav star constellations on them (i only know the big dipper lol -v-'). she is also wearing her comfy grey plain hoodie. for some reason every nerd seems to have a plain grey hoodie. it has spare pens in the pockets to.

she has a different cutiemark here which is basically my concept for what her cutiemark might have been if she wasn't the fated leader of the elements of harmony. it represents her studious personality and her love of stars. I also gave her a big backpack stuffed full of supplies. i can attest to the fact that studious students never have enough equipment and our bags look like this XD. it is an old but sturdy bag which has even been patched up but still going. there is a pink ruler sticking out coz everyone seemed to have those pink rulers when i was at school lol.

Every badge on this bag actually is meant to have a specific subject although its hard to see so small. now i will go through each one. Top left green one with dark blue what looks like an animal is a picture of an Ursa Minor. Brown one top right is a man holding a bow ancient etching on a cave wall picture. Big blue one is obviously more star constellations. Bottom right is a fire so hot the flame is blue. Right middle one is a skull. Middle brown and green one is an abandoned church structure. Bottom middle blue one is the Milky Way. Bottom left is a nerdy funny quote. Middle green one I actually don’t remember what it was meant to be anymore. I’m gonna day it is a rare plant tho coz that makes sense I think it was something like that. It might have also been an old weapon artefact as I remember that being one of my ideas at the time. Brown middle left was a catapult shooting a melon.

Applejack

This one is simpler than the last one. I already really like applejacks design and I had less ideas but I still like this. First things first, I think it would be more fitting if Applejack was a different species of pony. Here I have her as more of a wild pony which is hairier. I have her hair as rougher and shorter coz a farmer realistically would definitely not have long hair as it would get in the way of work. That has always been something that annoys me. Her hair in the show does look very nice but it just makes no sense. I didn’t change her cutiemark much coz her cutiemark from Pony Life is almost perfect. I just changed the shape of the leaf a little bit. I did add a speckled spot on her thigh around it tho. This is reminiscent of another species of horse and I think it adds a little more detail to make her look nice. It also matches her freckles on her face.

Speaking of her freckles, I added more all over her face and ears coz anyone with freckles will know it doesn’t usually stay in one pretty place on the cheeks. I think she looks cuter this way to be honest. She has cheeks which are a little chubby which makes her look younger than she actually is. Some people have a baby face for a longer time than most and idk but I felt this fit. She looks super cute and I love it. She has a hole in one ear which makes her look a little more imperfect and it shows her tough side. It’s a scar left from her tough working days in the past. Finally, I changed her hat. Yes I know. Probably people are going to hate me for this and I do like the hat but I always felt it was a little too stereotypical. So I gave her another hat which is often used in farming; a sunhat. I think this looks nice on her as well.

Fluttershy

Yes I made a lot of changes here. I started off just wanting to draw her with braids and flowers and longer legs like her childhood self but then I thought she looked more like a deer. Tbh I prefer her as a deer coz it makes more sense. Deers are very skittish and timid so it makes perfect sense for Fluttershy. I like the little tail puff to coz it’s just so cute. Several people have drawn Fluttershy with flowers in her hair and she has even done it in the show. It makes perfect sense to me for her to have lovely flowers, seeds, twigs and saplings in her hair all the time if she is in nature all the time.

Braids make more sense to me for Fluttershy coz long hair not tied up is going to get in the way and braids take a long time but is relaxing to do. I can imagine Fluttershy just slowly and calmly enjoying making her braids in the morning. I also changed her cutiemark to an animal paw. I have always thought this would make more sense for her cutiemark although I do like the butterflies to don’t get me wrong. I have tried 2 different sets of colours here but really I had many different ideas for different combinations of these colours. What colours would you use? Which of these do you prefer? Let me know Btw she does have wings still but it’s hard to see them behind the braids.

Pinkie

It’s alpaca Pinkie! yeah I just thought it would be more fitting for her to be another animal considering I already did it for Fluttershy. Pinkie is the weird one so it makes sense if she is also a completely different species and not a very common one. Plus alpacas are friendly, like to bounce and fluffy so it’s perfect in my eyes.

She has a buck tooth coz that makes her seem more cute and imperfect which fits her personality. She has very puffy hair coz I kinda hate how Pinkie has those nonsensical curls at the ends when her hair is supposed to be super curly and puffy. Curly puffy hair just doesn’t work that way.

She has confetti stuck in her hair coz I mean puffy hair is hard to clean and she has parties all the time so it makes sense. she also has colourful spots which match the colours of the balloons in her cutiemark. A spotty colourful pattern just makes sense for bubbly party Pinkie.

I actually decided to make her a unicorn to but you can’t see her horn coz she is so fluffy. I mean she is constantly doing weird and magical things so why isn’t she a unicorn?! It also makes sense people would think she is strange coz they can’t see her horn.

Last but not least, I like her cutiemark in the show but why does it have to be 3 separate balloons when balloons are often together anyway? So I grouped them together to make one big cutiemark instead and I think it looks better. What do you think?

Rainbow

I couldn’t do much with this one coz rainbow dash is already perfect. I tried some ideas here tho and I still like the results. It’s good in its own way.

I basically focused on the sporty side of rainbow dash here as you can probably tell. I made her thicker with strong cheek bones like an actual sporty person. I also gave her sweatbands coz of course she should be wearing those if she is doing sports all the time.

I gave her shorter hair coz they get in the way when doing sports and gave her the hair she has in pony life coz it just looks better sorry not sorry.

Anyone else always bothered by the fact her hair has half of it one o half of the colours and the other half the other half of the colours? Originally her hair had red, orange and yellow on top of her head and green, blue and purple on the hair on the back of her head. I just always felt that was weird so I made her tail and head have all the colours instead.

I also thought it was always a missed opportunity with the wings to not have them rainbow feathers like this. I mean why not?! It’s perfect!

I am really happy with her new cutiemark. I kept the rainbow and lightning bolt but made it have a football in instead. She’s into football in equestrian girls so this made sense to me and I love how the design came out. What do you think?

Last but not least I even designed an accessory for her. Of course it’s not fashionable or anything. It’s just a water bottle she carries around with her to make sure she stays hydrated when exercising. Hydration is important!

Rarity

At first I had no idea how to redesign rarity coz she is already pretty dang perfectly designed for her personality. But then I had the idea of making her older and more experienced with life kinda like a fashionista which has had kids or a cougar.

So here she is. She is no longer a unicorn but an earth pony instead. I never thought she needed magic tbh. She still wants to look pretty but her fashion sense is not great and she instead is just wearing bits and bobs of things she likes which don’t go together.

Her hair is shorter as she has less time to clean and maintain it and she wants to show off her accessories more anyway. She had a handbag which is a mixture between nice looking and big so it’s practical to use.

She has purple lipstick (just in case you can’t tell coz it is kinda hard to see). I also tried giving her a different eye colour which I think still looks nice on her and is more fitting of this version of her design.

I also gave her a different cutiemark. I do like her cutiemark but it doesn’t really relate to her love of fashion much and didn’t seem fitting to my design so I made this one for her. It’s a heart which represents her generosity and it wears a hat and and an earring which represents her love of fashion. What do you think? I love this cutiemark design personally.

The accessories are pretty self explanatory but just in case (coz I’m bad at drawing objects -v-') I’m gonna explain some of them. There is a pearl necklace with a nice big green gem. There is a gold bracelet with small red gems in it.

She is wearing earrings which are supposed to be green and blue opals. It was hard to get them to look like opals do with different colours merged together but I think I ended up with a pretty good result. It’s more green and murky than I intended tho. It also was difficult coz of how small it is. Any tips for how to make something look like that?

[rinsuniverse]

okay okay wait woozi requests. woozi who originally sleeps in different rooms when youre dating but one day you have a nightmare and all you want is to cuddle him..

nightmares with woozi! ✧˖°.

"goodnight, jihoon," you say, smiling at him as he leaves

"night, y/n," he replies before shutting your bedroom door. "sleep well."

you both just watched a scary action movie that jihoon was interested in, and to be honest, you were still on-edge about it

it was a good movie, don't get me wrong, but it was quite scary, and it made you jump on multiple occasions

jihoon would laugh at you every time you did jump, but he did put his arm around your shoulders after a bit to calm you down

and now he's gone, leaving you in your room alone with your afterthoughts from the movie

of course, he isn't far away. he's in the bedroom right next to yours, where he usually sleeps

you both decided on that decision since (1) you both enjoyed your privacy, and (2) you were still somewhat newly dating

he works really late into the night, too, so instead of disturbing you while you sleep, it was best in hindsight for him to have his own room in the house

but tonight was different

you laid in the silence of your room, buried under the covers, staring into the darkness

you couldn't help but think, since the movie was based on real-life events, that maybe it could happen to you

you fall asleep but are met immediately by a nightmare! you jolt awake, breathing heavily

after a while of you trying to go back to sleep and debating on what to do, you finally cave and text jihoon

you: hey, are you still awake?

he replies right away

jihoon: yup, about to go to sleep tho

jihoon: you okay?

you: i can't sleep

jihoon: was the movie too scary? hehe

you: no! i just can't sleep >:(

jihoon: come here for a bit

you get out of bed, walking out of the room swiftly to avoid the darkness into jihoon's room where his monitors were still shining brightly

"i can play some music for you to relax to before you go back to bed," he says, scrolling through his playlists

you had a different idea, though

"jihoon, can i just... stay here tonight?"

the idea didn't even cross his mind, to be honest

"like, sleep together?"

"like next to each other, yes," you counter carefully

he debates and finally responds with, "i mean, i guess. why not? we're dating."

he plays some music on his speakers before laying down in his bed

you follow and lay down on the other side of the bed

you're both just awkwardly laying next to each other, staring at the ceiling

"what do you want me to do now?" he asks, shifting awkwardly

"nothing, this is good," you say, getting comfortable. "goodnight."

"goodnight."

and you fall asleep again, only to be met with another nightmare!

you jolt awake in a cold sweat, trying to catch your breath

jihoon jolts up, too, reaching towards you to check if you're okay

"hey, hey, it's alright, you're okay. what happened?" he asks, turning on a lamp

"another nightmare..," you say, sighing

"you should've told me to stop the movie if it was too scary"

"it was a good movie, though"

"really?"

"can we cuddle?"

"what?"

"i'm really scared... if that happened to me, i don't know what i would do... how would i protect myself?"

he shakes his head, a small grin on his face

"come here, dummy," he says, opening his arms

you move into his arms, one arm under your neck, and the other wrapped around your body

"is this better? i'll protect you like this," he says, mainly as a joke

you laugh, shyly snuggling into him. "thank you, ji"

he hums. "you're lucky i love you," he says.

"i am"

and you sleep well for the rest of the night in his embrace ♡

thank you so much for the request! i hope you enjoyed this short imagine. feel free to request many, many more prompts! ✧( ु•⌄• )◞◟( •⌄• ू )✧

(p.s. requests are still open! ς(>‿<.))

[max-nico]

Last night I had the weirdest dream but it would make a really good fic if I'm fr. The only part I remember vividly is the part where Tails fell into a cave, I guess it's more like the ground opened under him and swallowed him whole lol. So obvs his friends start looking for him after he doesn't make it to where they're all supposed to meet up at.

Kitsunami (who was very much not part of the search party) ends up accidentally finding him after finding a different entrance to the cave, except instead the ground opening up under him he finds the actual entrance. The ground ends up being super slippery so instead of just having a normal time, he falls, and ends up somehow tumbling all the way to the bottom of the cave.

Now from this part of the dream on I only had access to whatever Kit was seeing for whatever reason. He finds Tails pretty quickly, even tho he didn't know he was even lost and they end up having to work together to get out. This cave system was super weird too, it was a bottom layer that had water up to their knees, a higher layer that was essentially an ocean, an upper layer that was desolate but an actual maze, and then there was ground level. Maybe that's just how caves work but I don't think it is.

So this whole dream is dark, Tails had a flashlight that helped a little. They escaped the bottom layer by chipping into the ice above them to get into the ocean layer. (Unrealistic note, the water did not flood in, it just stayed at the top and they had to jump to get up there lol) How did they breathe here? I don't remember ! I do remember there being little bits of land they could walk on tho, and the only reason I remember that is bc at one point Tails had this scary ass look on his face that I can literally only describe as fear incarnate, but he wouldn't let me(kit) turn around to look at what made him look like that, so I have no clue what he saw and he acted completely off for the rest of the dream too. (<- this is common for me when I have nightmares, people in dreams tend to direct me away from the scary things and not let me look at them, but I suppose after having only nightmares for 4 years your brain has to protect itself somehow lol)

After the water layer they got to the dry layer, I don't really remember a lot from this. My most vivid memory is Tails pulling Kit out of the water with a queasy look on his face, there's a few moments of walking I remember, but nothing really interesting.

Then they were out of the cave, once again from a completely different entrance, then I don't know lol. I know Sonic and Amy show up but past that I have no clue, after that I started dreaming about school.

Some visual cave representation for you bc I remember this so clearly, I literally got up, unplugged my phone, and immediately started typing this.

Bottom layer

But instead of just rock, imagine a mix of solid white ice, crystal, and rock, and also it's really really REALLY dark lol. It's over all just a confined, claustrophobic space. There's barely enough room for the two to fit in there standing up, im sure if Sonic was there he would have to crouch

Middle layer

I have a huge fear of large bodies of water, as well as caves, as well as the dark. This contains all three. As I stated there were obviously air pockets somewhere around here but def don't remember how they got there lol

Top layer

Keep in mind, it's still WAY darker than this lol, but this is the last layer before the surface. Just a giant maze of rock and maybe a few crystals, very backrooms core lol.

[bvrningfrost]

just ordered five different pairs of lenses for uraume even tho the ones im using all this time now are so so perfect and i love them so much but i kinda wanna try something different??? go a bit more "natural", as natural as it can get with pink lenses i guess lol, i also caved in and bought one pair of purple-ish lenses because so many people draw them with purple eyes (tho their eye color is officially dark pink) anyways, here are the ones im using from the very beginning, matched them to this specific scene because i always thought this is actually how they want to portray uraume (with the gradient stain and color too) if they would give more shits about them lmao

[forest-meadow]

The Barbarian Witch Pt4

TW: creepy guys with bad intentions (they don’t do anything tho), also like killing/murder, but in self defense, blood, stabbing

Masterlist

Monet held up their runestone to better light their way the farther they went into the cave that was Shinso’s home. They were expecting to find a huge hoard of gold and precious things for Shinso to lord over at the end of the cave. The reality could not have been more different.

The back of the cave was nice and cozy, with lots of plush pillows to sit on and a few larger ones for sleeping. There was a small pile of gold near one of the walls- well, small compared to what Monet had imagined. Monet imagined it was there so other dragons wouldn’t scoff at the lack of riches in the cave. Though, looking around at the many luxurious items scattered throughout the space, there were many things worth more than Monet ever imagined having. Perhaps the hoard wasn’t a hoard of gold, but a hoard of comfort.

“Where should I set my things?” they asked after they had taken it all in.

Shinso shrugged, “Wherever you want. Just don’t take anymore of my plants.”

They gave a wry smile, “Only if absolutely necessary.”

He rolled his eyes, but gestured to one of the beds, “You can take that one. I know you can’t see in the dark, so I’ll let you keep one of the rune stones lit. Just try to keep it on your side of the cave. I can’t sleep with too much light.”

Monet nodded their acknowledgement.

“We should both get some rest. Tomorrow’s going to be busy for both of us,” he instructed.

“Right. Well, goodnight,” Monet said as they made their way towards the bed Shinso had gestured to.

“Goodnight,” he replied, a hint of amusement in his voice.

Monet set their things down beside the bed - a large, plush cushion in a beautiful burgundy color- and sighed through their nose. Prisoner. That’s what Shinso had said they were to be. So far, it didn’t seem so bad. They at least had a comfortable looking bed, protection from the elements, which was important with winter coming. Even with the shelter Monet was going to start building within the next few days, nights especially would have been frigid. The cave wasn’t warm, but it was protected from the wind and it was warmer thanoutside.

They looked down at themselves and then at the bed. It looked nice and clean. Monet was most definitely not. A quick once over told them they were well past-due for a bath. They shrugged to themselves and looked for a comfortable looking place on the cave floor. Bathing and laundering their clothes would have to wait for tomorrow. For now, it was time to sleep.

Monet woke hours before Shinso. They spent the time unpacking as much as they were comfortable unpacking without Shinso awake to guide them on what could go where, and tidied up a little, then went outside to hang their plants to dry outside the mouth of the cave. With that done, they went back in to find Shinso still sound asleep. They shrugged and guessed that dragons needed more rest than humans did, and got to work on making new warding charms to hang around the outside of the cave.

They were outside hanging the first few charms they had finished when Shinso came out, looking like he was still waking up. He looked around for a moment, before he spotted them in a tree, a few branches up, looking very focused on the task at hand.

“What are you doing?” he asked through a yawn.

“Putting protections up. You may be an all-powerful dragon, but these wardings should keep unfriendly faces at bay for a few weeks,” Monet explained.

“Why only a few weeks?”

They finished tying off the last charm and looked down at him from where they sat, “The effectiveness wears off the more they’re used. So for this one, each person turned around wears down the spells efficacy.”

“Turned around? Will it work on you and me?”

They shook their head and started climbing down the tree, “It shouldn’t. The way I crafted it should keep us from getting turned around and lost, but keep everyone else awa-” they let out a shriek as their grip on the tree slipped and they fell to the ground. But they never ended up hitting the ground.

Shinso had caught them.

Monet blinked up at him with wide eyes, “Thank you,” and felt their face heat up. It had been a long time since they had been touched by another person.

He gave a small nod before gingerly putting them down, “Are you okay?”

They nodded, “Yeah. Sorry, I can be a little clumsy sometimes.”

“I see that,” he said.

They stood in awkward silence for a few moments before Shinso spoke again.

“Why did you sleep on the ground last night?” he asked, seeming to be genuinely curious.

“Oh! Um, I’m not exactly very clean and I didn’t want to ruin the bed,” Monet answered truthfully, face heating up again.

He considered this answer before responding, “Do you have any extra clothes?”

They shook their head, “I used to, but they got torn up a few weeks ago beyond what I could repair and I don’t have enough coin to buy new clothes.”

“Come with me.”

Shinso led the way back into the cave and made his way toward a large chest. When he opened it, fabric all but spilled out of it.

“See if you can find anything to your taste.”

Monet gave a nervous smile, “I think the harder part will be finding something that fits me,” they admitted. 

Monet was a little rounder than most people accounted for when they made clothes to sell. Usually, they had to get them tailored to fit properly.

Shinso’s brows furrowed at that, but he made no comment.

Monet dg through the clothes as gingerly as they could, not wanting to ruin anything with the filth they were covered in. Occasionally, they would bring something out and hold it up to themselves to see if it would fit, but put most of the items to the side. Finally, they found something. A wool dress that went down to their feet and a scarf sweater to go on top of it. This would be ideal for the long, cold winter months that were soon to come.

“You find something suitable?” Shinso asked.

Monet nodded.

“Good,” he tossed them a bar of soap and started making his way out of the cave.

Monet held the soap to their nose and took a deep inhale. It smelled of rose hip and a hint of honey. They wondered why he had something that smelled so sweet when he himself smelled of smokey bergamot.

“You coming?” he called back to them.

They started a little and scurried after him, “Sorry!”

“You apologize a lot,” he remarked when they caught up to him, “Even when you don’t need to.”

“Well, when the clan you grew up in didn’t like you very much, you learn to apologize for every little inconvenience,” Monet replied.

“Clan?”

“Mhm. I grew up in Clan Bakugou before they banished me.”

“Why would they banish you?”

They shrugged, “I suppose I got a little too into the ‘withcy’ side of healing. My mentore reported me to Chief Mitsuki and very soon after, I was banished and had to be out of the camp by sundown, despite her son’s protests.”

“Was her son your lover?” shinso asked.

Monet chuckled, “Perhaps he would have been later, but we were much too young for that yet. We had barely reached our fifteenth winter. But he was my friend.”

Shinso nodded in understanding, “How old are you now?”

They laughed, “Don’t you know it’s rude to ask a lady their age?”

“Don’t you know ladies don’t usually use ‘their’ when referring to themselves?” he countered.

“Fair point, dragon.

He made a face.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend,” Monet said quickly.

He shook his head, “It’s alright. Usually when humans call us ‘dragon’ it’s because they see us only as creatures and not as the intelligent beings we actually are.”

“I see.”

“As I said last night, you can call me Shinso.”

“Alright.”

They walked in silence for a few minutes before Shinso broke it.

“We’re here.”

“Here” ended up being a beautiful river.

“You can bathe and was your clothes here. Hardly anyone goes this far into the woods. No one should disturb you,” he explained, “I’m going to hunt nearby. If you need anything, just shout. I’ll hear you.”

“Thank you.”

He nodded once and closed his eyes. In a flash, enormous violet wings sprouted from his back. Monet had to stifle a gasp as they looked on in awe. They watched as Shinso shook out his wings and then started flapping them. Within two or three movements, he was up off the ground and into the sky.

Monet waited until he was out of sight before they stripped themselves of their clothes and weapons and got into the frigid water to bathe. Though the water was cold, they lingered a few minutes before they grabbed the soap Shinso had given them and started to bathe properly for the first time in ages. Sure they had bathed regularly, but soap was a luxury they often couldn’t afford. They undid the various braids in their hair and scrubbed at their scalp thoroughly, then washed the rest of their hair.

When they were finally done, they found a dry rock in the sun and laid there to air dry and enjoy the warmth the sunlight provided. They almost fell asleep sunbathing and decided it was time to clean their clothes before they got sunburnt. Once that was done, they laid the clothes to dry on on the same sunning rock to dry a little and laid beside them while waiting for the thinner cloth of their underclothes to dry.

Eventually, everything was dry to Monet’s satisfaction and they started to pull their underthings on. That’s when they appeared. Two men came out from the tree line.

One of them whistled their appreciation, “My my, what do we have here?”

The other man was busy weaving over Monet’s half naked body, “A pretty little doe, I reckon.”

Monet shivered, and not from the chill of the air against their mostly bare skin. They had been foolish enough to leave their weapons out of reach. They were left with their wits and the few things they could remember from their time with the clan. Hopefully muscle memory would be enough, It had been years since they had faced two opponents at the same time.

“Why doesn’t the little doe come over here?” the first man beckoned to them.

Monet’s eyes flit around for any sign of Shinso and wondered how long it took a dragon to hunt. They started to carefully make their way across the rocks towards the two men, doing their damndest not to slip.

“That’s a good girl.”

Their skin crawled both from being feminized and from the way both of them were looking at them. How far could dragons hear? Would Shinso even care if he heard their scream? After all, Monet was merely his prisoner. He didn’t have to come to their rescue. In fact, it was likely he wouldn’t.

Monet was alone.

The closer they got to the men, the more their skin crawled. Their intentions were clear as soon as they laid eyes on the half-dressed Monet.

They finally made it to where the men were waiting at the bank of the river. They stumbled, but caught themselves and scooped up a rock, hoping they wouldn’t notice. The man closest to them “caught” them and pulled them against his body. He reeked like old cheese, stale bread, and alcohol. Perfect.

He reached up and brushed some of their loose hair out of their face, “Suche a pretty thing to be by yourself.”

Monet shivered in disgust, and they tried to wretch themselves of his grip, but their back hit the chest of the other man. They froze, cornered, and did their best not to panic.

Deep breath in, deep breath out. Deep breath in-

Monet let out a war cry as loud as they could, praying Shinso would hear it, and swung their arm in an arc, hand aimed for the temple of the man in front of them, rock still clutched in their hand. The man crumpled to the ground on contact. Monet hoped he was dead.

The second man yelled, “You bitch!” and grabbed for them.

Monet threw an elbow at his nose and scrambled for their weapons, hoping to maybe throw one from a suitable distance. Their fingers barely wrapped around the hilt of their dagger when the second man tackled them to the ground. Monet groaned from the impact with the rocks, and felt something snap in their right arm, but felt no pain from how much adrenaline was coursing through their veins. The man flipped them onto their back and started tearing at their clothes.

Monet paused to catch their breath a moment, looking the man dead in the eye as they made sure the grip on their dagger was secure, and plunged it into his chest.

The man choked on air and wheezed a few times. A look of confusion crossed his face as Monet pulled the dagger out, a spray of crimson blood coming with it, and stabbed him again. He coughed blood onto their face and sagged over them, dead.

Monet heard the flapping of large wings, but paid it no mind as they heaved the man off of them and stabbed him three more times for good measure.

Arms wrapped around them from behind. They screamed again, praying for Shinso to get here when his voice said in their ear, “That’s enough. He’s dead.”

Monet was still full of adrenaline, retching out of his grip they turned to face him, dagger pointed toward him.

The sight of horns and wings and scales gave them pause and the haze of battle cleared from their mind, “Shinso?”

He held up his hands, “Yeah, it’s me.”

Monet fell to their knees and their stomach heaved.

The man they had assaulted with the stone groaned and moved a little.

Monet’s head snapped up, eyes full of fear.

Shinso was already on his way to the man. He reached down and with a loud snap, broke the man's neck and dropped him to the ground, dead. 

“He’s dead? Both of them? Are they dead?” their voice was hoarse.

Shinso nodded, “Yes. Both of them,” and made his way back towards them and knelt in front of them.

Monet sagged in relief and leaned their forehead against his bare chest. Neither of them cared about the blood they were covered in and getting all over him.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

They started sobbing in response.

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Played Portal revolution

6.5/10

It was good cooking, but should've stayed in the Pan for a little longer and had a little too much salt.

Spoilers below

The Good Parts:

Stirling and Emilia are very funny. I liked their dialogues and interactions, as well as their designs.

Stirling felt very much like Wheatley, Virgil, and Nigel, while also being demonstrably different and personable.

Emilia was unique and I enjoyed hearing about her backstory, as well as the fact she's very human, which makes sense.

I like the the Player Character's design.

The first Dual Portal device looks really cool, the exposed wires, the cracked glass, the scaffolding beneath the cover being exposed are all very good. The Jiggle Physics on the loose prong at the front was a nice touch.

The Second was a nice Red color, and the new portal colors were cool. It looked nice as well.

Being able to be outside was a nice change of pace, you know, being able to see that sun and the sky.

The Added mechanics of the Breaker Switches was really cool, and it made sense - the Aerial Faith Plates and such turning off when there was no power was interesting.

The Linked Weighted Pivot Cubes were also very cool, and was a very much appreciated new mechanic.

Bringing the Pipes in as part of it was fun. I always liked their designs.

The Bad parts

We spent too little time with Stirling and Emilia, the amount of time we spent with the one-portal device felt excessive (I Audibly said "No Shit" when Stirling made the Quip about finally finding the Dual portal device) and I think having us change between the Red and Broken ones wasn't necessary - it was neat, but I feel like we should've had just one, because then it would've been our only constant ally when we would be separated from the Cores, as well as making the use of the portal Guns seem less special, given we find just a random working one.

What is Stirling plan? Bring Glados Back, and try to mitigate the damage she does to Aperture and the Humans and Cores inside of it? Glados started this (well Cave did, but semantics) She was killing Test subjects, and the one that survived had to kill her to survive. Maybe he's just scared of seeing his home fall apart so he takes his anger out on Chell, even though He's working to save it and put a killer on the throne.

The mechanics I mentioned above (Breaker Switch, linked Cubes, Pipes) were severely under utilized, especially when in the boss fight, it would've been so cool to have to use them to take out turrets and launch blocks and turn of certain sections of the Spire to traverse!

Some of the writing felt off? Like, Stirling presents the dangers of everything with way too much forwardness. he should've said something more like "Yeah try not to stand under that too long, You'll just make a Mess. I mean, who would guess skin would stick to panels so hard after sloughs off from that stuff."

Emilia is too smart for how human she is, which does break the immersion a little bit, and she doesn't freak out nearly enough for what happened to her. I think her voice is too clear as well, and should've had a filter on it.

Also there was a fair bit of Map Geometry that hindered movement an awful lot, getting stuck on random unseen objects and not being able to jump properly.

And the ending is Disappointing. In Portal you get out, and are dragged back in. in Portal 2 you get out. In PS: Mel, you get out, with Virgil is genuinely sad you have to leave. Nigel's a little bitch and kills you even if you extinguish the fire.

no matter what you do in Revolution, the Spire Blows, you're critically injured and on the moon. Presumably you do survive given you see stuff happening and Hear the record Emilia left, so either there's a sequel in the works, or it's just disappointing.

So I suppose I should give it the benefit of the doubt since you get dragged back in in Portal, but that was changed after Portal 2 came out I'm pretty sure.

TL;DR

There's a lot of little things I like, a few big things I thought were interesting.

There's some stuff I would've loved to see more of, some questions unanswered as of writing this.

There are a few things I disliked, but none of it ruined the game. I had fun, and will likely play again.

[justagalwhowrites]

“This one shouldn’t fuckin’ jam on you,” he said, a thread of pain in his voice. You looked up at him. His face was hard. You reached out to touch him but he stepped back from you. “Let me see how you shoot it.” 

It felt oddly exposing, setting up to shoot a target with Joel’s eyes on you, examining everything you were doing. It was harder to think straight this way, the feeling of his gaze seeping into your stance. 

You swallowed, hard, and shot. The bullet went wide, landing on the hay bale that Bill had set up at one point in time to practice. 

“Here,” Joel came up behind you. “Both hands.”

He guided your grip on the weapon and adjusted your arms. 

“Open your stance up a bit”

He nudged your feet apart, putting his leg between your own. You could feel him there behind you. He smelled good, freshly showered, his hair slicked back. Your first instinct was to bury your nose in his neck and breathe him in, fill your lungs and blood with him until there was nowhere else left for him to go.

“Keep both eyes open, don’t squint.” 

He kept his hands below your biceps. You took a shaky breath. 

“Don’t be nervous,” he said. “Just a target.” 

“Not nervous,” you muttered. 

“Feel nervous.”

“You just don’t know how I feel anymore,” you said before thinking better of it.

He laughed once.

“Guess not. When you’re ready.” 

alright bestie we all knew this was coming lmfao

here is the lavender moment that i would love to get a joel pov or joel thoughts or literally anything you wanna talk about lol

LOVE YOU AND ALL YOUR JOELS SO MUCH

lavender joel more than most tho

AHHH BESTIE!

DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY TIME!

OK SO

This is such a great moment to me, it's kind of the foundation for this new journey for Joel and Doc. Their relationship is in a totally different space than it's ever been before. For a decade and a half, it was all on Joel's terms. He was the one who decided they couldn't be together, he was the one who decided he didn't want to even know her anymore, he was the one who decided who they were to each other and Doc tried to live within that standard without being in too much pain and not hurting him.

But, after the Andrew incident outside the QZ, things changed. Joel had been wearing down for a while - trying to emotionally disentangle yourself from the love of your life when they haven't done anything wrong and would take you back in an instant if you even glanced in their direction will do that to you - but so had Doc. There was only so much she could take from him before it broke her and he'd pushed her to that point. By this time in the story, she still loves him - she's resigned herself to always being in love with him - but has washed her hands of him as much as someone can while being in love with someone else. She's done pursuing a connection with him, she's done holding out any kind of hope and she's decided that she's not going to just let him use her because that's what she thinks their relationship has been for him all this time. That she was convenient, something he could have when he wanted and put down when he was done over and over again (which honestly hurts to think about, she loved him so much that, for so long, she was fine with that as long as he just picked her back up again.) She still cares for him, she still wants him to be OK and be happy and healthy but she is no longer wishing/hoping/trying for it to be with her. So when Joel - who is finally caving to his feelings after some sheer panic of "Oh my God what if I never see her again" - starts trying to show her care of any kind, she backs away from it.

Joel here is coming as close as he can to saying "I can't handle losing you, let me give you the tools you need to survive" and she's trying to keep her distance. Joel really does not know how to navigate that. He also doesn't know how to navigate his own feelings and he's starting to realize - pretty fast and pretty intensely - that he's wasted 15 years of their lives pushing her away. He could have been with her that whole time and instead he made them both miserable. He's in his reckoning now and I love that for him.

I hope this gives you some insight!! Love you!!!!!

[apthotiosis]

okay okay baghz thoughts

as someone who followed the cc's pov since the beginning im sad not many people picked up on what she was doing with her character, so i try to explain my Thoughts

out of everyone on the island she's probably the one that craved Family the most. she has a debilitating fear of being trapped and alone, which makes sense given her background - even though she cannot remember it, it still affects her immensely. she seeks out connections like lifelines, and when she finds someone who is kind to her she will go *intense* with her love. her love is loud, boisterous, tinted with violence, against herself (her tendency to self-immolate or drown herself) or against others (her love language is chainsaw :3) because thats what she knows!

she gets clingy too, because she's deathly afraid of being left behind. of not belonging. she already doesnt belong among humans as an artificial hybrid that doesnt even *look* similar to the other hybrids she knows, like jaiden or phil. she's an outlier among outliers. she took Bad and her adoptive brother (cant ignore he existed i guess) and claimed them as hers, as Flock, even though she didnt really know that. again, grew up with no interaction with other avians, so there.

so when the opportunity arose in purgatory, or shared trauma and grief and insanity, she embraced it the most out of everyone. she *loved* purgatory, because it erased all the boundaries she had set herself. because she got to call people siblings, she got to call someone she looked up to "dad", and did not get a weird look for it.

she and cellbit stayed behind because they both didn't value their own lives, or nowhere as much as their loved one's lives. and i think they made each other worse in that way. her especially never really got over purgatory, clinging to Bolas even months after the fact, even when almost everyone (not cellbit tho, and phil is like half and half) moved on from it. cellbit got better, in a way? skater boy, so cool. she really...didnt, though.

her egg was back, the island was back, but it was different. everyone was different. but she was still the same. she was still struggling, so lost, not quite anchored in that new reality. she sees bagi, is thrilled, offers to chainsaw her if she wants, because what's a little killing between friends? pain is fun. dying is fun, she just wants to share it with others. only if they want to tho :D

he built herself a cave to live in because she had come to relish in the dark and stuffy air, safe from the sulfur and burning red sun. she saw phil's nest and so badly wanted to be part of it, part of flock again. and phil bless his oblivious ass failed to really understand what was the issue, and she got rejection sensitivity like crazy.

"guess all that talk about family was just words," as she said after the fact. she was alone again. her brother was dead, jaiden was dead, slime her comedic soulmate and singing partner was nowhere to be found, cellbit was never there when she was, phil didnt want her...

i dont think she ever left purg. not really. the cc did say that if she could retcon smth, she'd have her character stay in egg island, fighting forever until she died. if i had a say in it i'd have her dig a hole back on the main island with all the bolas so they can be feral together, but thats just me.

ive been turning this over for so long ;3; and then she got lost to the days and i have finally rolled back in

anon your baghera thoughts deserve to be heard So much

so wonderfully put . baghera really msde such a freak of a duck who i think , people walked away from other povs like wow ! she has so much energy , shes a bit crazy ! but like , watching the more upsetting (and the bullshit from irl harassment) parts of the election arc . and the moment she found out she was an experiment ? thats the one thing this made me think of , through everything youve said . she grew up in a cage !! a nice one , sure , but it was still a cage ;3; and if she never had solid memories of it and only feelings , and reactions , she has no way to explain to other people why she is Like That

she thrived so much in purgatory ;0; it made going back to (capitalism) an island jarring as Fuck . like i know some people were like lol , character is traumatised - but u are so right . she never left . her ass did not come back

which ! phils oblivious ass , even if he knew (because as far as i know she didnt tell many people ? pls pls correct me if im wrong) , he wouldnt really know what to do . he might have been more gentle and let her stay in the house , or more readily helped her make a spot near him . but no . we just get 'omg baghera !! stop drowning yourself jfc p l e a s e its fine just dont live in my house'

girl (phil).. girl help her..

i love the idea of bagz retconning her character back to purgatory . even the eye cant stop her she is just There , wanting her egg so bad , and mowing people down . but i also adore the idea of a bolas nest ;3; everyone else is getting on with their lives but im sure cellbit would stay with her , and pepito n richas for sure . foosh would be there heaps . especially to get away from the disasters of New Capitalism and also tubbo lmao

((anyway i think her and jaiden should remember things from their past and maybe talk abt it and heal a little , and then also get super fucking pissed at the feds . and kill them with chainsaws mb . yeah))

[fancylala4]

ykw's something that annoys me about Disney's Tangled?! It's not the movie itself, it's what came after it. People try to make Rapunzel out to be more badass and like a "strong feminist female character" than she actually is! Like, yes she is physically strong, and she is also shown to be strong-willed, optimistic, determined, plucky, and courageous; she certainly has the potential to be a strong female character...but the movie makes everything about Flynn and hardly lets her show the chops she deserves to show! Like she is shown to be badass with her hair and in excellent control over it(which is impressive, because it's literally like a 70-foot rope that dangles from her head), but we rarely get to see it outside of mere gags or scenes that don't mean anything, but are just performative displays of the badassery that she possesses that SHOULD be more displayed. Like how she swings from her hair in the scene right before the cave water scene with suspenseful music to go with it, but then it's just used to segue into Flynn fighting Maximus with Rapunzel watching. It frustrates me so much and is super manipulative! But it sadly works on the intended audience who genuinely thinks that Rapunzel fought the guards and was absolutely a sufficiently strong and awesome action heroine when really the movie gives you crumbs and then tells you to fill in the gaps for yourself. And anyway the real reason I said all of this was because of the scene in Wreck-it-Ralph too where Rapunzel of all princesses literally says "do people assume that all your problems got solved because a big strong man showed up?" Like. In your case it was true tho? She never would have left the tower if Flynn didn't show up? What the hell is this? But ofc the naive Tangled fans will fall for it hook line and sinker. It maddens me as someone who still really likes Tangled and Rapunzel but can't look past what they did to the story. Rapunzel deserves better than to be reduced to a prop in her own movie but who is given occasional bits of action to pretend she has agency. She deserves better, and this entire movie deserves better in the form of a massive rewrite.

That’s actually one of my gripes with the movie and rapunzel fans. I don’t have a issue with characters who need saving and are dependent on others. But I do have a issue with people making a character to be something they are not. Rapunzel’s fans think she’s this badass who fought many guys to get to her dream and doesn’t take shit from anyone. However, In actual movie, she’s none of these things. She’s needed Flynn though out the movie and couldn’t even defeat her own villain. Worse of all, rapunzel fans trash other princesses who needed help like Snow White and Cinderella. It makes me so angry that they criticize those two for being “weak” and needing a man as if rapunzel wasn’t in the same situation as them in her movie.

I agree that the movie does a good job of hiding the fact that she isn’t independent and can’t fight. One thing I noticed about the movie was how different the narrative treated rapunzel and Flynn with a frying pan. Rapunzel is treated like a joke with it while Flynn is treated like he’s a threat with it. The fact he got a fight scene while rapunzel was in the background watching him fight shows how sidelined rapunzel was in HER own movie. I also found it weird how she never used her hair to fight. Disney took this idea from rapunzel’s revenge and that rapunzel could fight using her hair. I guess for some reason Disney didn’t want rapunzel to fight.

That line from wir was so ironic coming from rapunzel. Like you said, she was going to stay in the tower if Flynn didn’t show up. I feel like Disney is trying to change how people see rapunzel’s movie. They keep on repeating the same phrase over and over in their art books. Like how she drives her story and how she is a independent character. It’s like Disney knows rapunzel wasn’t independent and was a plot device. But they want people to think she’s one of their most feminist characters.

I agree. This whole movie suffered from sexism. Changing the name, making that cradle robber the protagonist and reducing rapunzel to a plot device was all bad. We deserved so much better than this movie.

[leyamoon7]

Do you think Tom’s inability to feel love made him destined to end up with the morals he had, or do you think he could have been a better person, had been given some sort of nurturing and guidance from a young age. Basically, was the monster born, or did the monster come about?

Additionally, if you think he could’ve been made a better person with nurturing, at around what age do you think it was just too late for that to happen?

Ok, figuring out exactly when Tommy boy turned evil feels like a lost cause. He fell into darkness for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was his incapacity to love. But tbh, even as a child he wasn't exactly a saint.

The monster was born, but as a kid he was just confused because he didn't even realise he was a monster yet.

If Tom had gotten the right support and guidance when he was younger, maybe things could've turned out differently. But his manipulation/ambition + the absence of positive influences, made it harder and harder for him to accept empathy.

I guess if he had grown up with love, he'd presumably be a less evil Voldermort 2.0, not by much tho.

As for when Tommy reached the point of no return, it was probably around the time of the cave incident. That's when he truly realised his power, and not in a good way. It might seem too soon, but that's just how I feel.

"I can fix him," no.

[convexicalcrow]

Yeah, not a bad little starter house tbh. Kinda just winged it, and did my first attempt at a Faffy Roof, which I think turned out okay. Got some storage in the roof, and I'll do out the lower part of the house with some basic stuff like furnaces and whatnot. I've moved all my stuff up into the house, but don't tell Pearl how disorganised it all is. It's 1:30am, I'll do it tomorrow. XD

Still, I think you can guess why I picked this specific location, and if I get to look at that mountain every day from my balcony, I'll be happy. <3

I've decided I'm gonna take some inspiration from False's bases, her s9 one and Cogsmeade, and like, build all over the mountain, and have everything connected with bridges and pathways, and dig a lot into the mountain. So the stairs you see lead down to another set of stairs that leads into my starter cave.

I've decided I want to use this world to like, test out and practice farms and other things, in a world where I don't have a specific story and theme like my other java solo world does. Then those things may make their way into that other world once I feel confident with them.

Alsoalso lowkey even just having Sodium has made such a difference to how it plays. (and yes, I did scan everything before I added them, even tho I get mine from modrinth, bc I ain't an idiot.) It's so much smoother. Will wait for others to get updated and be safe to install but I'm happy for now.

[kyogre-blue]

Outcome of my primo grinding rampage on my alt: 

Mondstadt 100%, statue max level

Dragonspine 100%

Liyue is hovering at 80-90% in different areas, what can I say, the chests often give no primos at all, so I gave up on it pretty fast after doing the major puzzles. Statue is max level tho

Narukami tree at level 37

Seirai and Tsurumi at 100%

Rest of Inazuma hasn’t been lit up (except Narukami), but I haven’t really done the major world quests there, so I doubt it’s above 70% anywhere

Enkanomiya is open but barely started. 

Aranyaka is done, Varanara tree is level 50

The strip along the top of Sumeru is at 100%, between the mushroom forest, across Vanarana, all the way to the desert. 

Upper desert and Girdle at 100%

Lower desert is not lit up, but I stopped after finishing Golden Slumber without doing the follow up quests since I want to leave the storm above the pyramid. Everything else is done, so I think it should be at about 90% or so? 

Rest of Sumeru is also not lit up, but I expect it’s pretty high too. 

The Varanara tree was the big insane move. I’m glad Qiqi stopped me before I went any crazier. 

I guess I can take this opportunity to give my opinion of exploration on the alt: 

tbh I think my ranking of exploration enjoyment goes like this: Mondstadt (good, fun, a bit simple but Dragonspine is peak exploration) > Inazuma (some good, some bad) > Liyue (no opinion) > Sumeru (lots of problems)

I still like Mondstadt a lot, since it’s very chill, open and easy to traverse. The base areas are admittedly kind of simple, but there’s also Dragonspine. I explore it with just Anemo Traveler and Kaeya, which was a hilarious experience, but tbh it was very fun in a way? Once you know what to do and start utilizing swirl, crimson quartz, and the artificial seelie gadget, it becomes a pretty good balance of difficulty. Favorite area, honestly. 

Liyue I just do not have any strong opinions about, I never have. It’s similar to Mondstadt in general style, but I find their mountains infinitely annoying to climb and the color pallet kind of unappealing. Those aren’t major things though. Liyue is just there to me. 

Inazuma is pretty hit or miss. It’s honestly kind of disappointing that doing the world quests clears away what makes the islands unique (aside from Narukami) but you can’t just not do it because there’s various content that’s inaccessible without it (gift set furnishings on Tsurumi, the domain that needs torches on Yashiori, etc). Exploring stormy Yashiori was very fun, and Tsurumi had so many different cool effects that you just... can’t keep. On the other hand, it’s still pretty good otherwise. ...Aside from Watatsumi, I still standby my opinion that Watatsumi is awful. 

But then you get to Sumeru, and it’s..... sigh. 

Sumeru is definitely the largest, most complex, and most densely populated area. It also has the most rewards. However, I think that it also feels by far the worst to explore for a number of reasons. 

First, the endless caves. They’re bad. They were awful from the start, and they’re still bad even with the little marker on underground waypoint and with the online only cave map. There are no redeeming qualities here, it’s just bad. 

Second, the excessively long world quests. Aranyaka story is good, really, but the sheer number of side quests in it? All the exploration mechanics locked behind it? All the areas you just can’t progress without doing the quests? And it doesn’t get better. Golden Slumber dragging you all over the desert was not good either, the clearance stuff is just as bad. Dirge of Bilqis is shorter but so much worse because the writing is now also shit. Khvarena is just tedious. This was already pretty bad at times in Inazuma, but Sumeru just went out of control. 

I do want story that gives meaning to the areas we can explore! But that shouldn’t block off huge areas and entire mechanics! Find a balance! 

Third, too many puzzles that force you to have specific units. The previous regions had a bit of this, but Sumeru just took it to new, awful heights. Primarily, you don’t bring a bow? Just die. The spinning rings are completely out of reach for anything except a bow, and the dendrograna will only activate with a charged attack. There’s even a withering area where the sprouts are also in positions that need a bow specifically. The desert has that too, since the sand level puzzles do not accept anything except a bow charged shot. 

And that’s not even the end of it, since Sumeru went way crazy with the elemental requirements. Not even getting into the fungus farming nightmare... with has opposite elemental requirements than the mechanisms. 

Fourth, it’s too big. 

I know this sounds kind of weird, but there’s just too much, and it really gets repetitive. We got three deserts, who needed that? And the caves/ruins all look the same too. At least Inazuma’s islands are separated from each other, but the Sumeru stuff just blurs together. 

So yeah, that’s my hottake, haha. 

tbh, it’s unfortunate, but redoing Sumeru has just reminded me of why I wasn’t feeling particularly enthused about Fontaine. I just really don’t feel enthusiastic about the direction that Genshin’s map design has taken. I also hated maneuvering Sorush, so I can’t say I feel confident about the supposed underwater sections. 

It’s also worth noting that Genshin’s performance has been notably decreasing, especially in the last couple patches. The screen now regularly flashes white-blue as it seems to reload everything, the pop-in is starting to get ridiculous, and even the enemies glitch more now. My computer might not be amazing, but it’s not that bad, and this has been much worse recently. I think the tight release schedule might be catching up with the developers. At this rate, I kind of wonder if Fontaine will even work right... 

[chichiaki]

The current place I'm at in my (scattered) Tetro ch5 theorizing:

(credit to the people on the official Tetro discord for some of the theories I mention, I only recently joined and I've mostly been lurking except for a handful of messages sent in the spoiler channels (if you see user Infinity with a Teruko Tawaki icon that's meeeee might change my icon soon tho) BUT the theories are sm fun to read and I'm trying to incorporate these observations while also keeping my own thoughts)

(The characters are listed in no particular order)

Yanagi: I think Yanagi is genuinely not involved with any of the stuff going on. Yes, he did hide what the reward he might've gotten from [Defence Game] was, but... This is Yanagi. He loves to lie in order to protect people. I don't think he took a reward but I think he'll be pressured into saying what it was at the trial. I also think he's going to go apeshit during the trial (or maybe in the elevator!!) but that's not an unpopular opinion. He was locked in the medbay, probably didn't sleep much if at all, and wouldn't kill Mai anyways... yeah, that's about it.

Tamba: I'm not sure what to think about Tamba's involvement in pre-leg breaking stuff. She was clearly the initial (stated) target of the notes, and we don't know what her Defence Game reward is, that'll definitely DEFINITELY come up in trial. There's a theory that it'll be that she can't be executed, which I like a lot and would fit with the halved investigation time punishment, maybe. We'll see! In any case, the only thing I think she could've done is spiking Hiroaki's coffee (and maybe the other poisoning-adjacent things?), and even then she's not a top suspect for that. I do not suspect her at all for Mai's murder due to the broken leg as well as all the planning that would've needed to go into this (sorry Tamba)

Ojima: Honestly just through process of elimination (I do not suspect Yanagi, Tamba, or Hasegawa, so Ojima is 1/3 of the remaining people...) he's forced to be a top suspect, but... I don't think he would kill anyone, not after his distress over hurting Hasegawa. Nor was he acting weird enough that I'd think he DID kill Mai. He's still one of my bigger suspects for the murder but I'm... really leaning towards him not having done it now? Weird. I don't know what to think of that, or if he was responsible for any of the strange events going on. He's not suspicious at all, but he can't be eliminated for much either afaik so... yeah, idk.

Hiroaki: Would I sound crazy if I said he was my biggest suspect. I know a lot of people are also suspecting him through similar "process of elimination" methods, and I guess that's where I'm at too. I don't think Hiroaki was even acting that much like a killer EITHER, though he was definitely acting weird. In any case, I do NOT believe Hiroaki planted the bombs, and if he IS somehow the killer I think he's planning to find out who set the bombs and then make it seem as if they must be the killer. His bomb observations should be really interesting regardless of whether he is the killer or isn't the killer, and Hiroaki CLEARLY isn't the person who's been leaving traps around, at least not initially. There's a theory that there's two different people leaving notes, with one of them targeting Tamba and the other targeting Mai, but I'm not sure how convinced I am by this? It's definitely not impossible though. I find it hard to pinpoint what Hiroaki's role in the case will be--I definitely feel like he's involved SOMEHOW, but it doesn't make much sense for him to have stabbed Mai, so... ???????? I'm really unsure.

Mai: I wanted to make a section for Mai so that I can establish the theories on her. Mainly, we don't know where she went after she disappeared from the camera's view, so some people brought up that she might've entered into the crawlspace under the archive, and I think this is possible since it was noted in the investigation that it was more caved in. Not fully convinced, mind you, but I think there's definitely something related to the note she found in the student cafe that she was following and taking part in, an attempt to get out on the day she was murdered which just so happened to collide with someone else's plans to kill her.

The thing I AM convinced of is the theory that the unknown third perk, the one that resulted in dorms being taken away, was Mai's. She claimed that the reward she was offered was:

However this is much less extreme than the other rewards while still being believable, so it being a lie would make sense. The dorm rooms are good, but I can see Mai believing it's worth it for the reward of locking and unlocking doors. I think it wouldn't make sense for the third reward to be anything other than this given the door is open on the pool, and the locked door of the medbay also points to this imo. In addition, we know Wada's reward, and I don't suspect Hiroaki/Ojima/Yanagi of taking this reward (also, Hiroaki in particular wouldn't know to lock the medbay door). Tamba I think is clear for having taken this for a few reasons, namely that it would mean she locked people trying to help her with her freshly broken leg into the medbay. This leaves two possibilities: Hasegawa and Mai. I will get to Hasegawa later, but for the moment I think that the way I'm thinking of the case makes more sense for Hasegawa to have been genuinely trapped in the medbay. Unless he knew that Mai would be killed and was trying to give himself an alibi, there's no reason for him to do that, especially with the distress of *rotting corpses* in there. Therefore, Mai is the most likely, AND she knew that Yanagi and Hasegawa were going there! I think she probably trapped them inside there intentionally to give her more space to follow the notes without those two interfering (notably: Yanagi behavior), and/or see whether Yanagi and Hasegawa were involved in the notes/traps (notably: Hasegawa)

With that established, I think the majority of the mysteries regarding the case end up being what Mai was doing, what the note person was trying to make her do, and where it led her. Ultimately, I think Mai unknowingly walked into her own death by following the notes.

Hasegawa: Hasegawa is a tough one to crack. I still believe that he's the person who was setting traps, trying to push Hiroaki and Tamba into killing each other, but as for why he'd be messing with Mai or why he baited her with belief that they could escape... no clue. I think that he's innocent of her murder, though! I don't think there's much if any room for him to have done stuff without Yanagi seeing (or, uh, hearing) and leaving would be difficult if not impossible. Granted, this IS a murder mystery so ultimately he's still a suspect for me despite the locked room, but I can't see any foreshadowing for him genuinely escaping somehow and being the culprit, so. Right now he's way WAY down my list. I think he's still heavily involved in the case though, via the traps he's been setting. That being said, I don't think he set the bombs at the very least. I think he's not responsible for plenty of stuff going on, and his plans were completely trashed by everyone else in the end. It's possible (unlikely, maybe, but possible) that he was GENUINELY attempting to find a way out with Mai that got ruined. I expect him to explain a lot of things about his motives at the trial, unless someone else turns out to be the person who set the traps?

Wada: Last but not least. I think Wada is deeply suspicious because... you know. He was in the basement when he wasn't supposed to. He was seen on the arsenal cams. But either way, I DON'T think he was lying about his reward, and I doubt that he'd be able to tamper with the cameras, and I don't know how he'd stab Mai and I don't know why he'd show Tamba the cameras if he didn't know whether they'd show everything. It's possible that Wada is the person setting the traps, especially if there was a swap from one person (Hasegawa?) trying to instigate Hiroaki+Tamba to Wada doing........ some other thing. If the culprit and the note writer are the same person, I expect it to be Wada. Wada is definitely not CLEARED from my suspects list, but honestly he just seems so weak from starvation and deeply suspicious that I thiiiiink he's a red herring??? But at the same time, he's the only one I can really see setting the bombs, other than. well. Ojima and Tamba, who I don't Really think would be doing that??? So I feel like Wada is an accomplice of some kind even if he's not the killer--he might be an unintentional accomplice, but it's hard to say!!! But also why would he set the bombs if not for some bigger scheme!!! I don't know what the fuck is happening with Wada!!!

My biggest theory rn I guess is that Hasegawa set up the notes and traps, and whoever killed Mai hardcore took advantage of that even as Mai attempted to stop Yanagi and Hasegawa from interfering. And Wada is involved with something--whether on Mai's behalf, or on the trapper's side, I'm not certain.

[spideyrider4]

Why are the tickets for the Anime Expo Concert is an extra $152 on top of the price for a ticket to AX itself 😭 I just wanna see FLOW and Sakurazaka46 man. So glad it's not Nogi honestly cause I would have bought tickets without hesitation... Honestly as much as I want to go, I'm tryna justify the purchase, but also cause I was originally thinking about going with a friend, but I don't want them to pay that amount just to go with me honestly. So... I'm a bit conflicted. In other news... I caved in and preordered Ayamen's photobook after seeing some of the shots of her in Europe that they revealed. 😭 Honestly it was this shot that got me since I thought it looked very nice.

Tho I kinda have a bone to pick with these Nogi photobooks. Honestly why are we promoting the gravure shots man... Like I get it you gotta appeal to the male audience somehow, but like I honestly don't think us male idol fans really give a fuck if they included gravure or not esp since in magazines they're fully clothed. I mean like yea it's nice in a sense, still a form of art but like ya don't really gotta make 70-80% of the photobooks gravure. Like ok I mean for certain members I could see why like 3rd and 4th gen, but other members it just gets to the point where I'm like ok this is nice, but come on bruh what are you doing. ESPECIALLY since the bts videos they post during the shoot where they're just wearing some random outfit, I'm like yea man that's a lot nicer. Like the other day the account for Nagi's photobook posted a video of her by the pool I think a golf outfit? It was some kind of jacket and I was like WHERE ARE THE PIC FOR THOSE???? It looked infinitely better than the last gravure shot that was revealed. Like yea I'll admit the gravure shots for Nagi are nice, but come on man you could just have her in different outfits and that would be good enough. They're idols not gravure idols, so why do they gotta do gravure??? I mean granted if they wanted to then sure by all means more power to them, but you're getting a lot of sales by just announcing that a member is getting a photobook already. 🤷‍♂️ Also the gravure shots are always the same generic poses and nothing creative, and I'll admit some of them aren't even good honestly. So I just don't see why they keep doing it. Ok Ik why, it's for the men, but they honestly can just buy an actual gravure idol's photobooks if they want that imo 🤷‍♂️ Like I feel like if you really want to see a Nogi idol to do gravure then you gotta get your head out of the gutter, cause why are you thinking like that man. I mean like ok, yes they're attractive but IDK man it just seems like a little too much to ask and that's coming from me lmao. I'm still probably get the photobooks of my Oshis in Nogi which yea is a bit hypocritical of me but its cause I wanna support them and merch, but those are just my two cents. Idk if it even makes sense. Oh yea my roommate who went on the date with a 40 year old, he's not back yet and it's wayyyy past his bed time. Guess he def ended up clapping those cheeks. Let's hope he's alive and doesn't come back with a STI or a STD or anything. He wanted to go see the Minecraft movie tmrw so he gotta live for it. Funny thing was he was interrogated by my other roommate's gf and it just ended up in us talking about how we hope he doesn't get his parts harvested. I happened to find out that she is from the area and she lives near me LMAO small world but yea, it was a fun time of me, her and my other roommate interrogating and asking our roommate about his plans on his date with the milf and what about the other girl he likes.