#i had to limit myself to 4 screenshots

[whyeverr]

welp I just noticed it's september... guess I should probably call it quits on that "short" summer break, right? 😬

I have been slowly working on building up my queue while also doing a whole lot of not simming and will probably rip the bandaid off and unpause my queue tomorrow. I'm not ready but if I wait until I'm completely ready I'll never actually be ready, you know?

I had big plans to rework the format for my character and chapter intros and play with using tumblr polls to let y'all make some decisions for us, like who next is going to join New Promise or naming a llama. (Important stuff!) But then you forget what improvements you wanted to make and think better of locking yourself into any given plan — or just realize that the llama quite simply is named Queso. so I'm just going to do my best to keep it simple.

anyway this is just me rambling to say hi, I'm back. 💗 I hope summer has treated you well. I hope it's been easy — it often isn't, more often than not, but it should be. I'm excited to get back to Evergreen Harbor and see everybody again — and some new faces too.

[81folklore]

dress - SV5

pairings: sebastian vettel x famous!reader (fc: taylor swift)

summary: its known that seb has been married for a few years now despite the public never seeing is wife, its also known that yn is in a committed relationship and has been since she disappeared from public eye. maybe they are more connected than people realise

authors note: i have had this idea on my mind for SO LONG so im very pleased to finally be writing it. essentially in this, yn is taylor and seb is joe but no one has ever seen him nor know his name, if that makes sense? honestly i have no clue how this will turn out but i needed to write it

authors note 2: this is set in the midnights era however i switched the songs a bit so ‘dress’ is on midnights instead of ‘sweet nothing’ and vice versa!! also ‘dress’ is going to be a single. i also apologize for how all over the place this is, especially the tweets

authors note 3: just pretend whatever says taylor swift says your name and the photos with her hands have a wedding ring!! i also got so confused when trying to screenshot the twitter stuff so the timeline ones are backwards

authors note 4??: haha didnt realise there was a 30 pic limit... pt 2 here :)

masterlist

ynupdates

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yn on her story today, possibly posting song lyrics! thoughts?

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user3: NEW ERA INCOMING

user18: OH I AM SO READY FOR THIS

user13: NEW MUSIC NEW MUSIC

user66: is this hinting at her reputation era?

user13: i was just thinking this, more specifically the time just before reputation

user72: MUSIC ABOUT LOVER?? OH I AM SO HERE FOR IT

user55: if it is about lover and the time before reputation this will BREAK ME like,, HE SAW THE BEST IN HER EVEN IN HER WORST TIMES😭😭

yourusername

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everyone thinks that they know us, but they know nothing about…

this album has been such a rewarding piece to create and im so glad that soon enough you will all be able to listen and enjoy it with me! one thing i love in particular about this album is the song ‘dress’

dress was originally a piece i started to write when making reputation however i felt it was right to keep it to myself, to keep it between my partner and i for a little while longer. however recently our lives have been changing for the better, and while that lid of privacy will still be on, i want to share more with you guys

you have all been on this journey with me and you have treated my partner and i with the upmost respect and for that i thank you. for me dress is a letter, its statement, its a declaration of my love for him and im very grateful to be able to give this to you all

this song is one im very proud of, i really enjoyed writing this the first time, and getting to revist and polish it up felt very special to do.

dress out now on all platforms🖤

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seb in suzuka with the grid at his turn 2 bee (insect) hotels,, we've missed seeing him at the track :(

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user3: of course the grid come together for him :’)

user5: im not crying!! just hay fever!!

user5: oh i have missed him SO MUCH

user7: NO BECAUSE YOU DONT GET IT HES BACK

user88: DID YOU GUYS SEE THE VIDEO OF HIM HUGGING CHARLES😭😭

user34: the way he was like a teacher throughout the whole thing😭

user18: does anyone know if hes staying the whole weekend or is it like monaco??

sebupdates: we believe hes staying the whole weekend but unsure if hes with a team or not!

user18: ok thank you :)

user77: the way the first thing lewis asked him was if his wife was okay, oh what if i cry😭😭

user66: im kind of new here, have the grid met sebs wife?

user77: i know they all at least know about her and know who she is, i dont think everyone has met her but i know lewis has met her quite a bit!!

part 2!

[quinn-of-aebradore]

Somewhere in the Tangles of Rexxentrum...

Back in early summer of 2022, when I was writing the first chapter of of blossoming hearts and glittering souls I was faced with figuring out the layout of Caleb and Essek's home as it exists in my post-canon fics, prompted by the layout of the kitchen completely changing between two scenes. I did some shitty sketches on my phone for the time being, but then The Mighty Nein Reunited happened and I had a vision of a sunroom classroom for Caleb to tutor Soltryce rejects in, and then suddenly I found myself spending like a month building their house in the Sims 4. This is that house! I've been meaning to show it off for literally like a year and a half and recent events in C3 have finally provided me the catalyst I needed to put this post together. Beneath the cut you will find as many screenshots of it as I can fit in this post. I hope you enjoy! I'm still very proud of it.

Caleb's Green Bean Garden

Entryway and Living Room

Sunroom/Greenhouse/Classroom

Dining Room/Kitchen

Study and Home Library

Cellar Laboratory

Guest Bedroom

Master Bedroom and Bathroom

Patio, Caleb's Vegetable Garden, and Essek's Flower Garden

Overhead Floorplan Shots

I had to exclude a lot of closeup shots of hallway furnishing and decor for the sake of tumblr's images-per-post limit but you can glimpse some of it from the floorplan images. The second floor hallway with its study nook and cat tree is definitely ones of my favorites.

Thank you for taking a look at this project of mine, I hope you enjoyed your stay 💜

[fictionfixations]

riddle's mom is a hypocrite

I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING

RIDDLES MOM IS A RULEBREAKER

(is there a chance that they dont use the queen of hearts rules in the queendom of roses? yes. do i care? no.)

made this realization from this vid so ill be using it as screenshots too since i cant be bothered to go back myself

[EVIDENCE]

1: This line right here proves that at the moment, it is currently his birthday.

2: He expresses his desire to eat a strawberry tart.

3: Riddle Rosehearts' mother scolds him for speaking his mind freely.

4: She proceeds to restrict him to only being allowed to eat a certain amount of food.

5: And doesn't give him a choice to choose what to eat.

6: She still isn't permitting him to intake more than the limit she set, and gives him no room to go against it.

7: Again, Riddle expresses a desire to eat a strawberry tart on his birthday. But his mom refuses to listen to him.

Now, what does all of that mean? Well, let's take a moment to look at his Birthday Boy voicelines...

What does that say? "The Queen of Hearts' Rules state that you may eat whatever you like and speak freely on your birthday."

So where has his mother violated the rules?

One: Not allowing the birthday person to eat whatever they wish, that being a strawberry tart.

Two: Not allowing the birthday boy to speak freely, in which she refused to listen to his input, and proceeded to steamroll over any other attempts by limiting what he was allowed to eat, and by how much.

Considering their area of residence, that being the Queendom of Roses, I believe that's cause to assume that in some shape or form, the Queen of Hearts' rules exist within that country. Even if no longer strictly enforced, that this shall be taken in mind as another blatant disregard for the law, and a point against the defendant.

I rest my case.

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okay i havent seen that many court videos i dont know how they work but i just had to.

it feels. fitting.

i think parts of evidence are referred to as something. like, idk. Subject A for example? but i cant remember what theyre called so im just labeling it by numbers

[lightningzbolt]

Sims 2 CC Mega Post

I say 'mega' but there really isn't a whole lot, I just didn't wanna split it up. Anyway, yeah, I mostly and normally and prefer to make Sims 4 stuff, but I made some Sims 2 stuff for me last year and this and I figured, may as well share it. Most of these require outside meshes so keep that in mind, Sims 2 CC downloading is a bloody nightmare.

Alex Skin

So I made a custom skin with tattoos for Alex as it seemed simple enough to do. Ain't gonna look perfect, but it looks fine from a distance, same resources I used for my Sims 4 versions, so I did vector the rose and skull. I based the skin off these default replacements. You don't NEED these, but they make it so that everyone matches. Yes that site requires an account and login, it's NSFW, it has body hair and works with nudity. Because obviously I play with mods like that. I made the skin look right for Fit/Thin/Fat but I didn't bother with any age but adult nor did I bother with female, because, idc. I THINK this is Alex's hair mesh, but idfk, I have so many that look like this.

It also works in Castaway Stories, as does all of these, because I used them in it too. :> That made Alex the palest guy on the island as all the skin tones in Castaway Stories were shifted to one tone darker per. I manually put my replacement skin in that too, but I didn't have the darkest, so no body hair to them.

Streaked Jack Hair

You need this mesh to make this work. I made this for myself as I didn't really like anything else I had for him, and this is Sims 2, so I went with earlier hair, and I liked how this mesh looked. Loosely based on like this hair. I didn't bother with other ages beyond adult again. I would have if I decided to de-age him and send him to university, but I did that with Otto instead.

Again also works in Castaway Stories, as I used it, again. It's easy to import Sim's faces from 2 into the stories games.

Awsten Tricolor Hair

Awsten Red Hair

You need this mesh to make this work. The bright green in that is also great and I used that for him at first. These are his eyes too, or rather his right eye. No screenshots of the red hair, but it's just a bright plain red in case you prefer it. I made this hair as it looked okay with the colors kind of being randomly spread around the mesh. This is his outfit btw. Again only works with adult as far as I'm aware.

BONER Shirt

R&R Shirt

NoRegRetsShirt

JALEXShirt

BMTHShirt1

BMTHShirt2

BMTHShirt3

BMTHShirt4

You need this mesh to make these work. All of these are Everyday fashion only by account of only the Everyday category having the option for separates and these are all tops. Don't ask me what pants I use, I have so many downloaded, but these work with all of them.

As it turns out I didn't take screenshots of all of these ingame, but maybe these help with that.

PTV Hoodie

DropDead Hoodie

You need this mesh for the PTV hoodie. I don't THINK the DD hoodie needs anything external, I compared it to a vanilla mesh and it seemed to line up. I don't know, I made it last December and I didn't log everything I did. Like the shirts above, Everyday category only as they are tops.

As a bonus, here's some misc Sims 2 screenshots to hit the image limit, including this stuff and with no context to my game. I know most people on modern computers play with The Ultimate Collection, but I installed it via discs, and a few ISOs as I didn't feel like spending $30+ for a few missing stuff packs on eBay. :) Pretty sure those ISOs are why my game is British and I have to always manually set the clock and a few other small things every time I load it. Not a big deal to me, just felt I'd mention for clarity. Castaway Stories is from an ISO too as have you SEEN those prices on eBay?! I have Sims 3 on Disc too, 100%, never made any CC for it tho. I love how Sims 2 was out at the peak of, ahem, mid to late 2000s culture so a lot of CC for it is of it's time in the best possible way. I kept this theme going with adding in custom music that ONLY existed from before 2009 (so 2008 is my cut-off date) and it's fun only hearing music of the era ingame. :) I DID make stuff for Sims 1 too years ago but I don't know how I even really did it so idk how to make more and also I don't care that much. I wanted to try playing with Alex and Jack in Sims 1 too but I kept getting fucked up files that didn't work or look right and I didn't know what I needed to do to make it right and I didn't wanna waste more time than I already did trying to make their faces. I do have semi-not ugly faces and outfits for a couple others tho.

Oh yeah, all this stuff is made in the Body Shop and GIMP for textures.

Whole SimFileShare Folder

[sapphyreopal5]

My bestie showed me a screenshot from a Discord chat of this story. I had to go find it for myself and sure enough I did per this Facebook post. Here are some of the snippets from this article:

Jared Padalecki, best known for his role as the lovable Sam Winchester on Supernatural, has built a career battling demons on screen. But now, he’s facing accusations of a different kind – from inside his own home. A former nanny for the Padalecki family has come forward, alleging that the actor is rarely home and spends limited time with his children.

While Padalecki and his wife, Genevieve Cortese, have always presented a united front as devoted parents to their three young children, the nanny’s claims paint a different picture.

According to sources close to the family, Padalecki’s busy filming schedule for his current hit show, Walker, has kept him away from home for extended periods.

“He’s always been dedicated to his work,” says one source, “But it seems like things are different now. He’s gone a lot more.

Genevieve: Holding Down the Fort, But at What Cost?

With Padalecki frequently absent, it’s Genevieve who has reportedly been left holding down the fort, managing the household and the couple’s various business ventures, all while raising their children.

I mean, is this really news? If you look at his schedule (and no, Walker is NOT his current show given this article is days 9/4/2024), that for one is enough proof he isn't in his house a lot. He already implied in past interviews and such he is indeed a stranger with how much he was gone. Gen has too and indicated in her 2020 interview with Dave Hollis that the idea of him living at home with them now IS stressful for her. Those of us who question everything know this is true. Why these fans are so surprised by this I will never understand. However, I will say it is curious we all know she goes by Genevieve PADALECKI but this author spelled out her maiden name instead, Genevieve CORTESE. Was this on purpose, to make some kind of a point? Hmmm...

“Genevieve is amazing,” a friend of the couple revealed. She’s strong, she’s capable, but it’s got to be tough doing it all on her own so much of the time.”

The nanny’s allegations have sparked concern among some fans, who worry about the toll Padalecki’s absence might be taking on his family.

Also, yeah this is what happens when you're a so called homestead stay at time wife whose husband works out of the house. Plus honey you got NANNIES. Laughable this friend of the couple calls her strong and such. When Gen gets a job outside of the home AND has to juggle all of these business ventures and such NO NANNIES, then we can talk about strength. Otherwise, sounds like another SAHM type that would call herself a teacher, accountant, chef, housekeeper, and of course a mother. Good grief...

[slowfae]

Games to use for face claim + designing dr houses, waiting room, etc

Life Simulation are great to well…simulate your dr and offer visuals for your shifiting script. I did a post like this in the past, it was one of my very first one, so I thought I would update it.

-Inzoi

I just tried it and it’s kind of what prompted this post. it’s great, more on the hyper realistic side, except the eyebrows colour on the female character wouldn’t change colour in my game but for the male model, it was working fine ? I have no idea how it works, but this is just a demo, not the final game. For some reason I couldn’t change the features on the child model either, I tried to do my younger siblings and nothing was moving.

The different life stages are here (no teens and no toddlers though but there are three adult life stages) and i thought the elderly looked really great. I definitely encourage you to try while the demo is on. You can see below my attempt at my dr Dad and grandma (I did try to do me, but the dark eyebrows are throwing me off, especially because I have close to no eyebrows irl)

The demo is just the character creation but I think the build mode for apartment and house might just dethrone the sims 4 for me. Although i love making fantasy houses with the sims so maybe not.

But I saw a video about the build mode and apparently you will have the ability to scan in 3D objects in your house and put them in the game, which sounds absolutely crazy !

I will also just mention paralives here, who looks interesting especially the building mode, but it’s not out yet when I’m writing this.

- the sims 4

As long as you are ok with the cartoonish style, I think it’s still a good option. Especially since mods exist and there is a way to make your sims look hyper realistic with them. Normally I don’t like alpha ccs personally , but If the goal is to make a face claim/ body claim and you don’t care your sim looks off with the rest of the game, why not?

I love building in the sims 4, i didn’t build anything in a while though. I always recommend downloading the base game since it’s free and download cc, there are tons of good one. The expansion packs are so expensive and often not worth the full price imo, especially if you’re like me and not really interested in playing in life mode.

I do think it’s a fun way to channel your dr though, by seeing how your dr sims interact with each other ( I did it for a little bit, got a lot of unexpected things happening)

- Life Makeover

The game is free, as long as you’re not weak with gacha games. I don’t spend too much, because I feel like there is enough possibilities with the outfits you gain by playing, so I’m fine not finishing limited sets. The last mermaid set was a close one, ngl but the universe heard my prayers and I got the mermaid tail with the gems I already had, so I’m not paying to pull more.

Anyway, the character creation is the best one I know. The style is in between realism and cartoony. My profile picture is made with that game. Bigger, animated like eyes look better on the character in my opinion, but I definitely saw very realistic looking characters made by people more talented than me lol. It’s one of the only game I own where I can make myself pointy elf ears and it’s very important to me lol.

Only down side for face claim is there is no male model. Then again, there is always way to work around it by making the character look more androgynous (kind of unrelated but I think there would be a market for male dress up games, they should think about it)

The big plus though is to get inspiration for your dr wardrobe ! I might have spent a whole day screenshotting my favourites piece of clothes + styling some outfits to put into my script 😂

I think it’s especially great for idol / K-pop or even celebrity dr with the style of the outfits, there is also things that would work for a fantasy/royalty dr.

Since I am talking about my addiction for dress up games once again, for fantasy outfits I also use Shining Nikki, but it doesn’t have a character creation which is why it’s not officially on this list.

Life makeover on the right, Shining Nikki on the left

Surprisingly, there is also a house building mode, which looks really great imo but definitely more limited than the sims (doing cool roofing is a nightmare in this game because the roof doesn’t disappear inside a room like it does in the sims 🥲) . Here is one of my waiting room as an exemple, my mermaid retreat:

- Baldur gates

Now, I’m starting with games I haven’t tried yet. Baldur gates is on my list but I’m waiting to have money to spend for it, and to have time to spend hours obsessing over a new game, which I don’t really have either right now 😂

The character creator looks incredible for fantasy drs. This is the kind of game where you spend a whole day in the character creator before you actually play.

literally any fantasy races you could think of is there, I think there are mods that add more too. I love how versatile it looks, there are a lot of skin tones, horns, lizards guys (I’m not familiar with dnd races, I’m sorry) I saw wings too but that might have been mod

- Once human

I found about this game in this post from @elizabethhearts-shifts : https://www.tumblr.com/elizabethhearts-shifts/758372410780221440/once-human-for-face-claims-hey-shifters-i

I don’t have a computer, don’t have the money for the kind I would need, the steam deck was a much more affordable option for my games, but unfortunately the steam deck doesn’t take in charge this particular game, I don’t really know why, it wouldn’t even let me try to download it anyway, like I had to do with Inzoi.

In any case, you can see the face claim of Elizabeth on her post, and it looks incredible so I still wanted to include it in the list ^^

I realise this is a post for the gamer shifters x)

Personally, Pinterest is not enough for me. I think it’s my autistic brain but I need to have a clear idea of the space I live in my drs, and find that having a 3D representation of the space really helps. When I get into meditation, I then get very real images about my drs in those spaces. Same goes for people, I create a representation and then can get vivid images about them in my head.

So as usual, I hope this helps and inspire,

Happy shifting 🧚🏻‍♀️

[imrinababy]

𝙰𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚁𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚛 [𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖]

Get to know them below!

this has been sitting in my drafts + yes, you’ve seen this sim on my account like 3 posts down but those screenshots were from months ago & since I had no one to really share them with, I’d just take a quick screenshot of my screen to drag + drop into a convo but now I get to yap away here. 😎 They also got a small revamp (hehe)!! I’ll probably make little (lol) posts like this from time to giving backstories to some of my sims? idk, I always come up with a little story as I make them because I feel like you can kinda get a feel for them as you see how they’d “express themselves” through makeup or fashion. anyways enough of me yapping here, I’ll introduce you to Adrienne now.

𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎: 𝙰𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚁𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚛

𝙰𝚐𝚎: 𝟸𝟷

𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢: 𝟹.𝟷𝟽 ♓︎

𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛: 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎

𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛: 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛-𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚒𝚍/ 𝙽𝚘𝚗𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢

𝚂𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝙿𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕

𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜: 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎

Adrienne is a freshly 21 year old, openly queer and business oriented person. They have periods where they present themselves more masculine or androgynous but they’re currently in their hyper-feminine era. They're a very ambitious but cheerful person, always the first to hype you up when you need it.

They consider themselves as “a human that isn’t limited by boundaries created by mankind” and refuse to use a set gender identity to refer to themselves as so they’ll use gender-fluid/ nonbinary interchangeably to avoid feeling chained to a particular identity. They’re the biggest believer in “You don’t have to explain yourself to anyone or anything, including yourself. Do what makes you happy, our time is limited. Love to live your life.”

They just got out of a two year long relationship with an ex-partner who wasn't very supportive of their gender identity or the way they'd express themselves. "Since I don't set limitations for myself gender wise, I don't mind if people call me "she" from time to time but he'd go out of his way to only refer to me by those pronouns or go out of his way to make it known that I was only a "girl/ woman" in his eyes. Although I had a lot of love for him at some point in time, he was no longer someone I could say I aligned with." They don't have a set preferences for their "ideal type" but gravitate to people who have very similar desires or goals as they do. They're very motivated to reach the goals they set for themselves and heavily desire to be with someone who can match that energy. They are very attracted to the way certain people carry themselves.

They have a HUGE passion for baking & cooking. It’s the best way they express their affection. Sure, they’ll say “I love you” or verbally express anything anything else but their skills in the kitchen is the best way they’ll respond to anything. Going through a breakup? Here’s your favorite type of cookie made especially catered with your tastes in mind. Stressed about school? Here’s a homemade meal with all your favorite ingredients! It’s your birthday?? Well hope you enjoy a day full of taste testing a bunch of dishes made especially for you to try and enjoy. Their dream is to open up a bakery and/or a restaurant to share their skills with the world.

Although they can say they have a support home life, it’s definitely far from perfect. They have an older sister (around the age of 29/30) that they lost contact with at a young age. She "disappeared" from Adrienne's life when they were 7/8 years old & their parents were going through a divorce. Their sister went with their mom and they stayed with their dad. Their mom passed 3-4 years after the split so no one really has heard anything from their sister since. They hate when anyone refers to them as “Lily” but have the fondest memories of their older sister calling them that. Their Dad is kind of hesitant to talk about the topic and avoids it as much as possible but that's made it so that hes more understanding + supportive of Adrienne even if he doesn't necessarily agree with something.

Adrienne's Outfits

Adrienne's style is whatever they think looks great on them. They're currently in their hyper-feminine era so theyre experimenting a lot with new dresses, makeup, hair etc. but they see makeup more as an artistic expression so even when presenting more masc, they still love adding a touch of makeup to themselves.

Everyday

Formal

Party

Sleepwear

Swimwear

Activewear

Hot Weather

Cold Weather

(tbh i was the least confident about this one so i might come redo it and edit this later but for now its staying this)

[refriedrambles]

If anyone was wondering why I draw Skoodge vastly different from in the show it's cause of Zim

I cannot draw his rectangular little body next to Zim with out fucking it looking super weird! Also I was really really struggling with twisting and turning him, so I embarked on this journey of finding a way to draw Skoodge that feels like Skoodge

Now none of those are bad (hell one is me copy a screenshot to figure this little shit out) but they're all in the same or very similar pose for a reason. I'd cut running Skoodge in half if I wasn't so proud of how I drew the top and bottom of his body separately

Wanna know what happened in the background? In the forgotten doodles of my sketchbook during this time?

This mother fucker. This was my third doodle of Cherub. I'll admit its that little face that got me cause I don't usually draw randomly doodled characters more then once

I made him during this little character design task I set myself up with

I was having a lot more fun drawing girls or the tallest tho (which is why Krysa pops up a few times

This page is where he first appeared

And cause they're a pair here's the first drawing of imp

But this little doodle is what made me go Oh ho! This needs to be an actual character

I legitimately need to redraw this, it's so cute but so tiny and not easily readable

By the time I settled on the smaller details of his body shape and realizing oh shit this is basically what Skoodge should have been I had found some traits that feel like Skoodge to me (which is weird AF sense I've been struggling with his character so much up until like 3 or 4 days ago.) No visuals here cause I'm on my phone might add them later (also apparently am at the limit didn't realize I put so many up there lol

I'm pretty happy with my Skoodge design right now, but still feel like it could be improved or I learn how to better draw his shapes.

This was all spurred by me looking at character designs of old women, dads and tank like dudes lol

[nasirlye]

11, 29, 59 for the ask game? :)

Thanks for the ask!! :3c

11. are you listening to music right now? Yep! I'm listening to a playlist inspired by Loid from Spy x Family cause I'm a nerd XD [link]

29. favourite film(s) Ooooooooh I'm gonna limit myself to 5 before I list way too may lol 1) Tangled - I saw it as a kid and apparently decided it would become part of my personality forever 2) Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl - a classic. You can never really over-watch it cause it's just that iconic 3) Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - I HAVE BROUGHT PEACE, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND SECURITY TO MY NEW EMPIRE Your new empire? Don't make me kill you... Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic - to deMOCRACY! If you're not with me, then you're my enemy. Only a Sith deals in absolutes... I will do what I must. You will try... 4) The Greatest Showman - for me, this movie recaptured the magical feeling Disney movies had back when Disney was good. It was a kind of feeling I didn't think movies, especially musicals, could actually produce anymore, but The Greatest Showman did it for me 5) Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms - I don't know, something about this one just hits me really hard. I've only seen it once but it made me cry like 8 times and made me want to hug my mom. There are some critiques I have for it, namely part of the ending, but to me, it doesn't take away from how good the entire film is as a whole. Also, you can watch the English dub (which is actually good, imo) on YouTube for free :3 [link]

59. why i joined tumblr If I recall correctly, I think it was because of pinterest xD I saw a bunch of funny screenshots from iconic tumblr posts that had been reposted onto pinterest and wanted to join the og

[mariska]

nobody asked but i am Making A Post About It Anyways Because I Asked Myself If She Wanted An Update And They Said Yeah I Want An Update Thanks For Asking, Me. and i said No Problem, Me.

a lil update on my new baldur's gate 3 dark urge drow character Zore (pronounced 'Zor-ah' i always feel the need to include that alongside her name lol) that i made a post about the other day!

so i had mentioned previously that i'd had a specific like, purple/blue/pink kinda general color scheme in mind when i was first making her in the character creation screen pre-gameplay and that, because i can't play on a fancier more modern type of TV that has those super hd/more detailed color/resolution etc. type of options, the way colors look on the 10+ yr old regular flatscreen Living Room Family TV are pretty different than how everything looks in screenshots i take on my ps5 and then save to my camera roll or any other non-ps5 device. and because of that, Zore's skin tone (which i had attempted to make like a light blue with a lil bit of a grey undertone) just looked completely grey in pics i've been taking of her even though on my screen it was much closer to that blue tint i wanted her to have.

anyways i used one of those magic mirrors in my camp to go back into the character creator and made some tiny tweaks to try and fix that with.....Limited Success? she is still showing up pretty grey in certain environment lighting especially in screenshots, on my tv screen shes like undeniably light purple or lavender, but. frank sinatra voice Thats Life ! comparison of how her skin tones looked in screenshots before and after adding more purple:

this was the original one (Wisteria Tone 4), looked like much more of a subtle blue/purple overlay on my tv than how grey it is in the screenshots,

this is the newer color i ended up going with (Violet Tone 1), obviously shows so much more of that exact kinda blue/purple/slight grey undertone in screenshots that i was going for originally and looks like a brighter blue/purple on my tv....idk why she's still kinda showing up as mostly grey in so many of the actual gameplay screenshots i've been taking of her but i think its probably just certain areas of the map with bright daytime lighting that wash the non-grey colors out or something, its annoying. LOL. especially since i think the newer violet tone rly compliments the pinks i used for her hair and eyes and makes those pop a lil more and its very pretty, maybe once i get to a spot in-game without the light of 1000 suns hitting her directly she'll actually look purple/blue in more of my screenshots of her fnsjsgssgsgshshsf

one more 'character creator' screen view of her followed by an in-game pic (i think u can def see the blue and purple tones better than all my other pics of her in this one thankfully so thats why i feel like its probably just a bright lighting issue that sometimes turns her completely grey lol)

got to the area of the map where u recruit Karlach before i stopped playing last night (which i have been going back and forth feeling hesitant about whether i wanted to recruit her to my camp and/or party at all because she is my absolute fav companion and in my main save file shes my character's girlfriend so i KNOW.....that she has the sweetest most compassion filled heart of gold......and i KNOW my girl Zore will make so many decisions and actions that Karlach will absolutely not be approving of 😭 but i rly didnt want to leave any of the main act 1 companions behind so i'm just crossing my fingers that maybe if i have her stay behind at the camp most of the time she won't get so disappointed in me that she'll just leave all together 😭😭😭😭😭😭) and took a million screenshots of the whole introduction scene bcus i love Karlach so very much, so. please enjoy these two silly pics i edited of that scene as well

also accidentally took a pic of this dead npc floating in the air while Zore took his brain tadpole out for herself and it cracks me up so much, i was trying to take pics of Zore but the scene kept switching characters too fast it makes me giggle every time i see it

Rise.....

[geographerdose]

Celestial Screenshots Destined for Fame, Part 4:

Charlize Theron

⚠️TW: death, violence, childhood trauma⚠️

All of the information used in this article was taken from her Wiki page/biography. I am a student of astrology and thus all that I have learned in that course deserves the instructor’s credit, along with all the astrologers before him from Vettius Valens to the translators of ancient texts. I thank you for passing on this knowledge and am grateful to receive it. To protect his privacy and name (because what if I’m completely butchering these concepts, lmao) I will keep it to myself. I believe in the importance of giving credit where it is due and thus that is my intention here. I also believe in the right to privacy and thus that is my secondary intention.

{Please note this is not a confirmed birth time. Rodden rating: C.}

👹 I was watching The Devil’s Advocate and was curious of Charlize’s age during filming (maybe 20-21 btw since the film was released in 1997). NATURALLY I had to pull up her birth chart because that is what I do…

🏆 Tenth house and MC ruled by Mercury which falls in her twelfth house and is conjunct her LEO Sun and Moon. This, my friends, is a Leo stellium.

🍇 Something about the twelfth house and fame; here is yet another example. I originally learned about this concept from Tan Astrology and her YouTube video on fame.

🎾 Leo Stellium in the 12th house coupled with Venus conjunct the Ascendant —> need I say more in regards to fame?

🌷 Venus is at its fall in Virgo, as is Aries. However, most of the time women with these are literally DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. Like shockingly so. Given its conjunct her Ascendant is obviously helping matters, as the woman is clearly beautiful. (Inside and out, with her humanitarian efforts.)

🌹Angelina Jolie and Hayden Panettiere also have Venus conjunct their Ascendant. The beauty is not just on the outside. These people have beautiful souls as well, if you look at how they give back and use that fame for the greater good.

⚠️⚠️ TW: death, childhood trauma, violence

This is solely for entertainment purposes and I am drawn to darker themes. This information is public knowledge via Wikipedia. I do not intend any disrespect and I hold deep empathy and compassion for what happened. I cannot imagine the utter terror and suffering she and her mother must have gone through on that day. If requested, I will take this down. I am an astrology enthusiast and student at present so finding examples where I get to see the learned concepts in action is rewarding and ultimately a learning experience for me. This blog is basically my “practice space” for using what I learned “in real life”. I do not have close friends or family and so am limited on charts to study. Ultimately I decided to just post it anyway since I am a nobody and thus nobody will likely even read it, lol, less likely Charlize herself but I still wanted to add this intro for the principle of the matter.

⭐️ As I was reading through Charlize’s biography on Wikipedia, I was alarmed to read about her childhood. Her father was an alcoholic and shot at her mother and her, causing her mother to get her own shotgun and shoot him out of necessity. I wanted to see what such a traumatic event might look like via a celestial screenshot.

📦 The eighth house is considered a not ideal place to have planets and it is also squaring Saturn. Eight house speaks of death so having the ruler of her childhood placed here speaks of what happened.

🛑 Also worth noting that when this traumatic event happened, she was 15. This is a fourth house profection year. The fourth house speaks of our childhood and it is ruled by Jupiter in her chart.

⛔️ Chiron conjunct her fourth house Ruler too. Chiron in any of the angular houses (even by aspect when it is this close by degree) is going to make childhood trauma/difficulty more active since those houses are “goaded” into action via the angular nature.

🍸 See Neptune present in the fourth as well? It can represent alcohol/drugs which was also involved in the event.

🌑 She was born during a New Moon and her Spirit+Fortune are in the first house (just like I learned the other day; seeing it “in the wild” makes my soul extremely happy). When Spirit and Fortune are in the same house, often the Native will tend to mix career and love in some way. In the class example, there was a married couple that had a business together. In her case, she met her partner on the set of the film Trapped. (GREAT movie by the way: Kevin Bacon and Dakota Fanning star alongside her.)

🩼 The Moon and our Ascendant ruler can speak to our body and health. She has had numerous health issues, specifically on set, despite being healthy and I believe this is because both her Moon and AS Ruler fall in the twelfth house, which is not an ideal house to have planets in. There is some mitigation to the negativity due to Sun being in its domicile and of the sect in favor.

🎳 The Sun, Moon and Mercury are all applying to a square with the malefic contrary to sect Mars. Even with four planets involved there is no reception. They are considered in a slightly less severe position given the degrees are 5+ between all three applying to Mars. Nevertheless it is a difficult placement, especially because her AS ruler+Moon (both representing physical vitality) are being maltreated.

🚀 Mars is “dominating” the Leo stellium containing her chart ruler and Moon through a superior square to which all planets are applying. This is a textbook example.

☄️ Also because there is reception with the square from Mars (which is actually difficult given it is the malefic contrary to sect), this is also making things slightly better.

⏱️The transits on that day:

🩸The most alarming to me at first glance was the transiting Chiron conjunct her natal Saturn within one degree. If I remember correctly, Saturn can represent the father (so can the Sun).

🌎 Because she has a day chart, Mars is the more challenging malefic.

🌞 Transiting Mars is conjunct her natal Sun (and AS Ruler, and Moon aka her body in danger). Also her father in danger. Transiting Mars is also squaring her natal Mars.

💿 Jupiter is the benefic of the sect in favor and is capable of doing the most good but it is in the twelfth place co-present with the malefic contrary to sect (and conjunct that Leo stellium). I believe this created an “ok” outcome in that neither Charlize or her mother were harmed, according to the article, and also that her mother was not charged (because it was clearly self defense but sometimes justice does not always work the way it should IRL). It is a tragedy regardless and far from “ok”; however she and her mother both survived with their health, freedom and each other.

👾 that is all for now, folks… eventually I will finish this movie (again) but didn’t Keanu Reeves’ character have to kill his father in this movie? 🤫

[one0p1nk]

// Minecraft Screenshots of builds Pins built/visit :DD

Pins’ house! (It wasn’t first built by me, yet I added so touches like the flowers, the rooftop farm, the banners, the tea party area from the back, the snow golems and the mailbox. :3

Nakki gave me an allay, which I named it Elaine, I’m kinda thinking of building a house for the lil one later so she’s just staying in the front house for the mean time to guard it with an amethyst block I gave her! :D

The backyard of my house has Axolotl ponds,,,, I named one of the Axolotls “Ellie”(Yami’s OC hehe) btw, but she can’t stop moving so I can take the screenshot with her name to differentiate which of them is her/ih

There’s also a lil aquarium big bro Nakki built as a gift. Adding two fishes that are named Riddle and Hana,,,,,

I built the BlueNet Department (Laurence’s place), and Bamboo Teahouse (Eiji’s place). Yep, Polar Bear Lau living on top of Panda Eiji’s house/ih

As a resident of the growing village, I have to do some community collaboration too! I built a map board(people helped me keep updating the map whenever changes happen), I’m building a couple of train stations where Marise(Klai’s OC) works at in multiple places and recently finished one(Beth, who has her house near the train station, liked the idea too). I also built Yami’s cemetery place??? Turns out mob companions kept dying so I had to for any similar future scenarios, a bunny just recently died;;;/ih

There are so many other places I like to visit! I can’t show them all in one post bc of picture limit,,,, <//3

Nakki literally just helped me get comfy at a squid pond as I was reading with them,,, ended up naming the 4 squids Azul, Jade, Floyd, and Angelfish— I swear, big bro is so thoughtful to me I- I find myself keep visiting the place more often;;; 😭🥺🌸

[teruthecreator]

As someone who started reading Side Quest based on the fanart I saw and was blissfully ignorant to most of the problems you pointed out, I just wanted to thank you for your post. The thing that stuck out to me while reading that fic was the entire Toichiro rewriting. Every interaction he had made me so angry while reading and looking back I think a big part of that has to do with how out of character he's been. I had been partway through chapter 11 when I stumbled upon your post and decided to finish it through that new perspective. Tbh, I don't even think I would have needed it to ask myself wtf was going on because once it hit Reigen encountering Toichiro in the tower Toichiro instantly starts calling Reigen a slut. This chapter was already kinda slow compared to the rest because it was just a retelling of what happens in the episodes, and what was interesting about this fic when I first read it was the new scenes that were added, but simply adding unnecessary comments to a known scene and focusing on how Reigen doesn't have sex and doesn't know where he got these accusations from was very off-putting.

As for everything else, aside from not having dealt with anything like that and not immediately noticing how things were worded, I want to say I likely chalked it up to plot. I think I read a lot of things passively just to see what people write about without thinking too much about how they're writing about it. And maybe that's a flaw on my end, just being bored and randomly throwing a dart on a dartboard to consume more media regardless of what it is (mostly, I do have limits).

But I do agree that the author should be more ridged with her tags. I've written fics before and I always try to include every little things I can think of in the tags, even if that might get me less views or "spoil the story" because I'd rather everyone know what they're getting into instead of them getting surprised by it. When I first started reading I was surprised to see that it was labeled "explicit" even though none of the tags clued me into why it was written like that, unless the grooming was more intense than what my baseline thoughts on grooming are, but if said grooming does lead to anything more then it should be tagged as such.

Another thing that has been bothering me about this has been the fact that since chapter 9, the author has mentioned that "there is a fairly explicit scene, marked by <3... it's not just porn... etc." I can somewhat understand not fully tagging an unfinished work, since in my experience I didn't think I'd post a second part to one or I started posting without having the entire story fully fleshed out so things take a different direction than what I originally expected, but I always go back and make sure the tags are fully updated every time I post. The fact that this was mentioned and then nothing in the tags were updated was kind of strange. I skimmed through chapter 12 since it was posted yesterday to see if this scene was finally going to be put it, and low and behold I did see the <3. There's something about continuously reminding people to watch out for the explicit sign each chapter and then it not appearing until 4 chapters later. What's the point of unnecessarily making your reader expect this to show up after every paragraph they read only for it to be 40k or however many words away. Personally, I'd understand warning of this the chapter before it happens and the chapter of (or, you know, in the tags as well), but that far away feels like you're trying to string the readers who want to get to that scene along and just scaring those who are ready to skip it. I haven't read it so I can't say what the scene is about and how fair this warning is, but again being surprised about the fact that this fic has an explicit scene somewhere is something readers shouldn't have to deal with if tagged properly.

This turned out to be a way bigger reply than I originally intended, but if you'd like a few more screenshots to add to your collection here's all of the out of pocket Toichiro replies:

first off, you rlly don't need to thank me for that post, but i appreciate it anyway :-) its something thats been on my mind for a while, and with its rapid popularity i was simply confused how people weren't seeing what i was seeing. i do wanna say that nobody should feel bad/guilty for reading this or liking it without seeing the content i mentioned. as i mentioned at the end of that post, people's personal experiences will inform how they consume media and what blindspots they may have, and i'm certainly not here to judge anyone for that. i Am happy to hear that someone who had been reading the fic was able to hear my criticism and consume the fic in a new light, so thank You for sending this ask!

you brought up a topic that i wanted to touch on but didn't rlly have room on the other post, but yeah toichiro's characterization throughout this fic is strange and Extremely ooc. it feels like she was purposely building him up to be the worst character in the story--a true villain, as it were. which is funny bc mob psycho doesn't even have true villains bc the show is about second chances and connections and trying again. but with the racism, plus the eugenics/creepy remarks, plus the overtly sexual manipulation and grooming, she turned toichiro into a kind of cartoon caricature of a villain. which was wholly unnecessary and, in fact, creepy! and not funny! and strange!

but the thing that annoyed me more than that was how she tried to walk it back. there are several moments where toichiro is calling out to his ex-wife in his sleep, asking for forgiveness and shit. which, for one, would not have happened at this point in the story. it is very explicitly shown through wd arc that toichiro's First moment of realization is when he's down in that basement area with mob, when he flashes back to his ex wife leaving and suddenly realizes what he missed. toichiro before this moment was not thinking mournfully about his wife. he wasn't thinking about his wife At All. he pushed the memory of his family out to make way for his plan, something that then becomes a key point to him accepting help from other people! so like. there's that. but Also having toichiro have these quiet moments of vulnerability feels like the author's way of rolling back her own characterization, which just makes the whole thing messy and hard to read. from the way she's written him, toichiro is NOT a character people should be empathizing with. he is a groomer and a racist and a creep and all of that together is like. a recipe for someone who needs to just be shoved off the face of the planet. but she works in these moments of "humanity" to try and bring toichiro back to where he's at in canon, likely so she can write out some kind of silent redemption (or hint at redemption) like how canon does. but in this case that redemption would feel gross because she turned his character into something so statically evil that it feels impossible to forgive.

and yeah, those quotes are absolutely ridiculous. like they border on comedy, but really they just sound awful coming out of his mouth. i know this phrase has been used a million times over but HE WOULD NOT FUCKING SAY THAT!

also to talk on the topic of tags (which i do agree with you on), i do find it strange that she refused to put ANY tags on the fic with the proper warnings for explicit content, but seemingly had the time to make that reminder each and every chapter. because in reality she really only needed that warning on ONE chapter--the chapter that has the explicit scene! but i do agree that simply tagging it would save her readers the emotional labor of having to keep an eye out for a sex scene they might not be ready to deal with. especially with the content of some of these later chapters (the ones ive seen, anyway), having the looming threat of an explicit scene could make some readers uneasy!!! (im talking specifically abt the chapters where toichiro is making moves on serizawa in an effort to manipulate him. i understand the author did mention in an authors note that this wouldnt happen, but i'd also like to point out that she HID THIS PART OF THE AUTHORS NOTE. so you had to make the decision to "spoil" yourself just to see if someone was going to be sa'd or not. which i think is wrong; an author should always prioritize the safety and comfort of their readers above any potential "spoilers")

and to wrap up with one last thing, just a more general thought: i think there is a difference between content that includes dark topics in a thoughtful way and content that includes dark topics in an edgy way, and this fic definitely leans towards the latter. a lot of these outlandishly mature topics are treated like throwaway jokes or shock value items, which feels inappropriate when we are dealing with topics of such weight like racism, transphobia, child impregnation (again. What.), etc.. i am not trying to police people on what content they are or aren't allowed to talk about--i am saying that, if your story NEEDS to have this content in it (which i would argue that here it doesn't), then you need to treat it with the care it deserves to be treated with. if not for your own sake, then for the sake of your readers. at the end of the day, i just want people to be safe out there

thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, and thank you for being so respectful <3 have a wonderful day!

[phant0m-l0rd]

thank you for the tag @ranuunculus <3

10 songs I’ve had on repeat lately~

(like the last time I've done this, I'm limiting myself to one diru song for this list to keep it interesting cuz I just checked my 10 most listened songs of the past 30 days and they're almost all by them, as per usual...)

1. CLEVER SLEAZOID - Dir En Grey (the screenshot is erroneously showing the TMOAB album cover for this one when in fact it's the 落ちた事のある空 (Ochita Koto no Aru Sora) version I've been obsessively listening to lately)

2. Death Of A Party - Blur (another current obsession)

3. DARE - Gorillaz

4. (I'm) Waiting For The Sun - 宇宙ネコ子

5. 感情生活 - 王菲 (yes, I've been obsessed with Faye Wong ever since I watched Chungking Express last month)

6. Good Morning Satellite - Dead End (another constant)

7. Super Star - S.H.E. (the nostalgia)

8. Evening Tango - Roger Eno

9. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas

10. 遠い春 - DIAURA

tagging @minuutti , @dy3rs3v3 , and anyone else who's interested in doing this ~

[hurlingsupport]

Rules + Fandoms I Write For

Off Limit Topics

1.) NSFW, I don't feel I have the ability to write it, nor do I want to. At most I'll write suggestive content, which includes mild things such as sexual touches or making out.

2.) Pedophilia, non-con, sexual abuse, or literally anything that can fall under these topics. I'm not going to give explanations for any of these since it's pretty obvious why I wouldn't want to write about them.

General Rules

1.) I write for romantic, platonic, and familial relationships.

2.) I don't do character x character, only x reader since it's what I'm most familiar with.

3.) I do headcanons and one-shots/scenarios. If it's not specified in the request which one you'd prefer, I'll choose which one to write myself.

4.) I'm always automatically going to write the reader as neutral. This includes gender, race, body type, etc. However, I will happily write a male reader if it's requested!

5.) It's hard to see requests sent to me, so if you're not sure I've seen yours feel free to ask!

6.) If you send me a request that violates any of these rules, I'll either correct it myself and continue with the request (this will happen if you request a female reader, for example), or if it violates a major rule I'll politely inform you of this.

Fandoms I Write For

Batman V.S. Tmnt

Chainsaw Man

Gravity Falls

Inside Job

Invader Zim

Jurassic World

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

Tmnt Mutant Mayhem

Tmnt Bayverse

Tmnt 2012

Tmnt 2007

Tmnt 2003

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The Walking Dead (Show)

Trolls (Movie Trilogy)

If you have any questions or ideas that you'd like to tell me about that don’t count as requests, just know that I'd love to hear them either way!