#i kinda don't want to put this in the main tags

[toothlesshat]

It sure as hell isn't a contest but I'd they were competing over scariest enemies than tbe Rise turtles would win hands down and their prize would be multiple sets of older turtles being overprotective. 2012 however would have to deal with trauma that's 1000% designed to hit them in a more personal level what with Leo's coma, April killing Donnie, the entire Space Arc, Mikey being trapped in Dimensikn X for ninth possibly years, the mess with watching SPLINTER DIE, watching Splinter die a SECIND TIME, THE ENTIRE MESS WITH THE RAT KING... just to name a few

Honestly I have to disagree because like. 2012 has some pretty horrific villains when you think about it, rottmnt doesn't even compare in terms of how dangerous and violent they are. rottmnt definitely has some villains who would kill the turtles w/o hesitation, but the show is almost never played straight so the characters aren't as brutal or threatening. 2012 was intentionally going for a darker tone with its villains so we would actually be worried when, say, Splinter faced off with Rat King of Tiger Claw because it was possible he would actually die.

And that's not like a criticism or anything. I appreciate what both shows do and I can't even say I have a favorite because it depends on my mood. But 2012 definitely has the more threatening villain line up with Shredder, Tiger Claw, Rahzar, Fish Face, Bebop and Rocksteady alone because they would absolutely kill these teenagers if they could. Of course rottmnt's Kraang are scary in their own right, but we didn't get introduced to them until the movie, so I don't think they out weigh 2012 on their own.

[lydiaalin]

save me horror cowboy game ocs save me

[muninnhuginn]

Writers tag game

Prompt: share some writing

Thanks for the tag, @miyamiwu!

So, I'll be honest, I don't actually have any WIPs I'm intending to do anything with, but I have some oldish abandoned stuff I managed to relocate. It's back from 2021 so in my Untamed era and this bit was specifically set during Fatal Journey*:

Nie Huaisang woke blearily, cold seeping into his clothes from the floor. It was dark and it took several seconds to remember where he was. He could hear the muffled sounds of clanging and voices. As he lifted his head off the ground, they slowly resolved themselves into the clash of swords and yelling. [...] He didn't know what to do. What would his brother do? Xichen-ge? San-ge? He had his flute with him– he could try Cleansing. This was what it was for, right? Before he could doubt himself further, he started playing, pouring all the qi he could muster into the tune. He'd practised for hours the night before, long after San-ge had left, but despite that, he hadn't truly thought then that he'd need to play so soon. Was that so naïve of him? As he watched, Da-ge began to slow in his movements and Nie Huaisang felt himself start to relax. He kept his lips to the flute, trying not to let his relief fool him into making mistakes. Still, he knew he only had to play a little longer and then they could all escape. Him, his brother, his cousin. They could flee far away from the darkness that haunted these halls. And then Nie Zonghui's head hit the floor. He stopped playing.

And then I had this other bit:

He'd messed up. He must have played a wrong note. Maybe he'd misremembered the entire thing? And now Nie Zonghui was dead and his brother - what looked like his brother - was stood, Baxia dripping blood to the floor. [...] The sword was pointed at him. He tried to hold himself steady as he looked down the blade. Tried to blink away the tears that kept escaping without his permission. He could tell he was failing, unable to stop the trembling, but he forced himself to meet the eyes at the other end of the sword. He couldn't die here. He refused to die here. After all, he was the only family his brother had left.

*(it was meant to be part of a short time travel fic where post-canon characters went back not long before NMJ died. It would've had flashbacks to Fatal Journey interspersed with the "present" up until the point at which future NHS tipped off past NHS about the poisoned music. I actually got as far as figuring out where I wanted all the characters to be at the end of it, but I ran out of motivation pretty quickly so there's only this WIP stuff and the intro part written in the end.)

Ahh not sure who to tag when it comes to writing stuff. I know @roseofcards90 and @floofiestboy write some stuff? And anyone else who sees this who writes, feel free to consider yourself tagged ^^

[thatropoenthusaist]

??? THANK YOU TSAMS???

I honestly didn't expect to see Nexus, especially since yesterday was the July 16th videos. But wow. Uhm.

Yeah, the second I saw him, I laughed. I'm so sorry bbg /j, I can't take you seriously. This doesn't change the fact I adore him as a character but. I needed to pause multiple times. I know he's trying to be scary or whatever, but sir. Also, why is he so tall. Nexus, why are you so tall. He made the damn body so I'm assuming he's trying to be intimidating?? Hm. The more I look at it the more I don't like it. I don't hate the model, but, you know.

"That's just monsterous, even for you." "Thank you, I've been trying." ??? So. He is. Trying to be scary? But also Nexus is talking about downgrading Ruin's computer, so who knows.

"What does he [Dark Sun] want exactly?"

"I don't know."

"You don't care, do you?"

-

"The wonderful thing about me and his partnership is that as long as I don't get in the way, I get to do whatever I want." Eyeing these parts of the conversation specifically. I feel like that's going to be a problem later on.

I find it interesting that he has been able to replicate some star power abilities. And Nexus says that he didn't care about star power kdbsjs. Liar. Or not, maybe he just wanted to try replicate it for funsies. That too.

Anyway, my urge for Nexus content as been quenched. Really happy to see him again. He's trying to act edgy as hell though. Like he has for the past few months, yet I'm always surprised with how much worse he can get.

[poolsidescientist]

I generally believe in free speech and leave signs and stickers be but someone put up some fancy "Palestine" stickers in my neighbourhood and I'm just tired of the bullshit so I peeled them off the lamp posts and thew them away. It's probably a kid at the nearby high school who thinks they're clever and spends too much time on social media. They were high quality stickers, a graphic designer had put a lot of time and effort into them with bright ink for the famous watermelon (originally a symbol used to promote kibbutz products), a map of the Israel/Palestine region (all in one colour of course), and a QR code.

Some were across from my Ukrainian neighbour's house, I know she didn't put them up. Her and my mum who is also of Ukrainian descent are both panicking trying to get everything ready for Easter. It got me thinking. Sometimes she has a Ukrainian flag outside her house. My mom occasionally puts one up too. There's no coordinated movements aside from some online fundraisers and like, trying to inform ourselves and others about what is going on. Any movements I've seen are grassroots. No fancy stickers or QR codes on our end as far as I know. Ukrainians want Russia out of Ukraine. They don't want to kill every Russian on planet earth.

I think of the fancy anti-Israel stickers, and more importantly the student encampments and misinformation campaigns that have sprung up in recent months. These are not grassroots movements but well funded and coordinate efforts built on old prejudices in a modern package. The war is horrible. All wars are. The sooner it ends, with the most lives saved the better. But this "activism" does not reach the people of Gaza, at least not the civilians who need it the most. Dehumanizing jewish and Israeli people is nothing new, but the ability to spread misinformation through social media is. Peace is not the goal here. That's not where the resources are going. Putin does not want peace either. Only domination. As do Hamas and other islamic fundamentalists.

Having a scapegoat or enemy responsible for all the ills of society is seductive in turbulent times. So many of us are isolated and anxious, making us vulnerable. I've seen people much smarter than me fall into hatred and conspiracy theories. These are not new. I'm not immune and neither are you. But we share the world. And each of us has a right to be here regardless of where we're from or where we live. And I'm not going anywhere.

[swordsonnet]

maybe i'm missing something here, but it always confuses me when i see things like "some autistic people are disabled by their autism and some aren't" or "not everyone sees their autism as a disability". because... autism very much is a disability?! if you're autistic, then your symptoms must be present in a way that is disabling to you in your everyday life. it's literally in the diagnostic criteria. of course the extent to and areas in which you're disabled can vary greatly depending on the individual, but disability is part of the basic definition of autism, regardless of your personal feelings on the matter.

don't get me wrong, it's still much better than "autism is only a disability because of capitalism" because at least it doesn't make sweeping generalisations that aren't even remotely accurate to the lived reality of most autistic people. but it still perpetuates incorrect assumptions under the guise of personal choice, and honestly feels like an attempt to distance autism from disability in general. being disabled is nothing to be ashamed of, and i wish people wouldn't twist the meaning of autism to remove disability from it.

(and yes, that goes for level 1/low support needs autistics as well. i would be considered level 1 (though i wasn't diagnosed that way) and i'm still disabled by my autism! not to the same extent as many other people, sure, but i'm still disabled. if i wasn't, i wouldn't be autistic.)

[100-gar]

Controversial take but i watched all of jjk, in subbed, so it had my full attention 100% of the time, and i am of the opinion that it just fucking sucks.

So me and my wife were talking about it, and we were trying to figure out why people like it and we've come up short. I do not understand what's so appealing about this show for so many people. Can someone PLEASE tell me.

[theflyingfeeling]

okay I'm not expecting anyone to care all that much, but I was looking at the prompts for the 18th Day of Gift-Giving for my Olli/Allu fic advent calendar and I'm between two options on what to do with them, so if anyone out there wants to put in their two cents...

(see the pros and cons in the tags of the original post)

[dontknow-willaddlater]

If Parallel Worlds weren't a thing in KHR

Mai: Wait a second, let me ask you something. If we can do this, you know, go back in time, why don't we just find baby Byakuran and... *makes strangling motion*

Shoichi: First of all, that's horrible...

Mai: It's Byakuran.

Shoichi: And secondly, time doesn't work that way. Changing the past doesn't change the future.

Mai: Look, we go back in time, we get the Trinisette before Byakuran gets them... Byakuran doesn't have the Trinisette. Problem solved.

Lal Mirch: That's not how it works.

Mai: Well, that's what I heard.

Shoichi: What? By who? Who told you that?

Mai: Star Trek, Terminator, Time Cop, Time After Time, A Wrinkle in Time, Somewhere in Time...

Spanner: Hot Tub Time Machine.

Mai: Hot Tub Time Machine, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Basically any movie that deals with time travel. This is known.

Shoichi: I don't know why everyone believes that, but it isn't true. Think about it: if you travel to the past, that past becomes your future. And your former present becomes the present. Which can't now be changed by your new future...

Lal Mirch: Exactly.

Mai: ...so Back To The Future is a bunch of bullshit?

[emile-hides]

Can I interest you all in my extremely self serving Mario and Luigi game concept featuring Gooigi and Metal Mario as alternate reality Mario Bros?

I’ve been calling it Mario and Luigi: Elementals and it sounds dumb and that’s because it is dumb

The basic premise is E. Gadd didn’t actually make Gooigi, rather Gooigi is from a Universe where everyone is made of one pure element, and Gooigi ended up in our reality on accident.

Kind of

He splatted through a portal and was pretty much all but dead or “broken” as his universe would put it, but E. Gadd of our world manged to “fix” him, bringing him back. The problem is he lost all his memories, and also can’t speak.

That was a year ago today.

The Mario Brothers are visiting Professor Elvin Gadd in his research laboratory to see his latest invention, and also learn that Stuffwell has become Gooigi’s right hand man, and can even understand his blurbly speech. 

E. Gadd’s been fascinated with the portal Gooigi origonally came through for some time now, and has finally made a device that will (hopefully) open it once again. Mayhaps he can get more goo, make more Gooigis! How exciting!

If only the blasted thing worked

His device doesn’t turn on, or work at all, so he sends Mario and Luigi around the lab to fix multiple things; jumping, using the Spin/High jump moves, Mario drinks and spits water, the usual stuff all gets tutorialed at once this way until he’s finally ready to try again.

This time a massive portal opens, sucking in everything in the lab, mostly Luigi who was right next to it. Mario grabs Luigi, E. Gadd grabs Mario, Gooigi grabs E. Gadd, and Stuffwell complains about his unfinished Arm Modificationings

Mario’s grip slips, and Luigi goes flying into the portal, which then closes.

Luigi wakes up in a forest where everything is made of Rock. The Trees, the Ground, the over sized Mushroom kingdom looking mushrooms, all pure rock. Like sculptures. He looks around, calls for Mario a few times, cowars a bit, and then starts to wander, eventually coming across another research lab like E. Gadd’s

Inside is Professor Ectoplasm Gadd, a gooy translucent, almost ghostly like version of Professor E. Gadd, along with Rock Toads; Toads made purely or unpolished, rough rocks.

Ecto Gadd looks up from his machine that is very much like E. Gadd’s portal machine, and immediately starts making a ruckus about Luigi’s Return. He sends the Rock Toads off to “Go get his brother!” and starts marveling at Luigi’s new unique make-up, asking what he’s made of now, and apologizing for the accident.

Luigi Italianese babbles that he has no idea what Ecto Gadd is talking about and starts explaining the portal, when the door breaks down.

“Goodness! I know you haven’t seen eachother for a year now but you didn’t have to break my door!”

Metal Mario puts the door down to the side gently and approaches Luigi, looks him all over, takes a few steps back, and then punches a random machine, destroying it.

It takes a few moments for the shock to were off and for Luigi to notice Metal Mario is really broken up over his missing brother. Luigi does his best to comfort him, a little There There back pat turned into a spine crushing hug from Metal Mario.

Ecto Gadd realizes this is the Wrong Luigi and explains the portal machine, and how he’d been working on it ever sense Goo Luigi went missing. Luigi recognizes “Goo Luigi” as probably being Gooigi, which Metal Mario responds to by grabbing Luigi by his overall straps, picking him off the ground, and shaking him in a “You know where me brother is???? Where??? Take me to him!!!” kind of way.

Ecto Gadd says he can get the portal open again, but he needs more power for his machine to work and stabilize the portal, so he sends Luigi and Metal Mario off to the Plasma Kingdom together.

This is where gameplay starts and also my story concept kind of ends, so this is just all my thoughts mashed together now

You play as two sets of Bros through most the game (this first mission has them mixed up, but eventually swaps them back correctly); Mario and Luigi, and Gooigi and Metal Mario.

Mario plays the same as usual Mario games, High Attack and Speed, Low Defense and Health, if you don’t watch him he’ll become a Glass Canon

Luigi also plays the same, High Defense and Health, Low Attack and Speed, a random extra bit of Stache, might fall behind Mario if you’re not careful

Metal Mario plays sort of like an Extreme Luigi, with wild high defense and stupid slow, but he also hits like a truck with a crazy attack stat. He’ll go after everything else, but he will also likely kill it all in one hit. Also his and Gooigi’s Stache stat is called Sheen and might cause enemies to miss, rather than they randomly get lucky hits. They’re shiny.

Gooigi in turn is like an Extreme Mario, Wicked speed and abysmal defense, but with no attack to back it up. Instead, almost all of Gooigi’s basic attacks inflict status; Poison, Sleep, and Stuck (a Gooigi exclusive status in which the enemy is stuck in goo and can’t move), making him more of a set up for Metal Mario than his own attacker.

You switch between the two groups on set story beats as they traverse eachother’s worlds; Our usual Bros in the new Element lands, and the Element Bros in the usual Mushroom Kingdom worlds. Think like Bowser’s Inside Story meets the Peach sections of the Paper Mario games.

Mario and Luigi can do their usual jumps, the spin and high jumps, they cannot be separated, and eventually get the elemental Fire and Thunder attacks from Super Star Saga, and the Bros Ball from Partner’s in Time. These are also their Bros Attacks. No more shell or fire flower or weird surprise tube I hate those things.

Metal Mario and Gooigi get the hammer abilities, Metal Mario can smash Gooigi over the head to make him small and fit into small spaces and Metal Mario can drill into the ground to get beans. The two can be separated, usually when Metal Mario explores the ocean floor, as Gooigi dissolves in water and Metal Mario sinks.

I can’t decide what Metal Mario and Gooigi’s bros attacks will be. The main thing with them is they’ve been separated for a full year, and Gooigi’s memories are still missing, so they’re not as in-sync as the normal Bros are. Maybe they can have Bros Items from Partner’s in Time?

They’re a lot like the babies from Partner’s in Time I think, more immature and juvenile in my head. Metal Mario constantly forgets his own strength and breaks things on accident, and Gooigi is eager to help anyone who’ll give him a task. They’re both childishly curious about the world around them.

The twist would be someone sent Gooigi through that portal on purpose to get rid of him. I’m thinking a version of King Boo from this Elemental Dimension, but I haven’t thought on it too hard just yet. Maybe Ecto Gadd did it. That’d be fun.

Rose Gold Peach is there and she’s called Rose Gold Peach not Pink Gold Peach I hate that name she is Rose Gold and she’s a lot like Metal Mario in that she forgets her own strength a lot and ends up hurting regular Mario in funny slapstick ways just by interacting with him a lot.

The previously mentioned Plasma Kingdom is the Element Lands version of the Koopa Kingdom. I’ve been trying to decide if I want Bowser to be just pure Fire or not. Magma Bowser maybe? Where some of his upper layer has cooled so he looks like Bowser’s Fury Bowser in color scheme? The Goombas are wooden because I think that’s funny.

I also think the Elemental Bowser and Mario have a much more extreme rivalry compared to our usual duo. Where Mario and Bowser can square off every here and there and then also play tennis, the Elemental Mario and Bowser will fight to the death if squared off together. This Bowser also doesn’t have the Romantic Feelings for Peach to soften him, he wants her just as dead as he wants Mario.

His only soft spot then would be Bowser Jr., who I don’t know if he should be included because it feels like too many main story characters, but he’d be made of paint, and be gooy and fragile like Gooigi, this why Bowser, a Magma/Rock being, is so protective of his soft son.

Finally, I want Wario and Waluigi to be a sort of Rival Encounter to Metal Mario and Gooigi, Like Mid bosses that show up every other big event a little stronger than previously, sense they’re extreme versions Mario and Luigi, much like this version of Gooigi and Metal Mario are.

[sisterdivinium]

I did some gushing over WN on Dreamwidth for the Snowflake Challenge if anyone is interested.

[chaosbloot]

Oc art Oc art Oc art Oc art Oc art Oc art Oc art

[apocalyptic-dancehall]

here's a concept for a fusion thing ig.. they're completely batshit and exist only to annoy the everloving hell out of the jack pack

[ghostclangen]

ok so here's the deal. I don't really like drawing a whole lot and I'm mostly only doing it bc that's the commonly accepted format for clangen blogs. I'm getting a little worn out on drawing itself, I think, maybe? but 1. this project is/was really good for my mental health and 2. I still really care about the characters themselves. so

Note that I'm about a month ahead so you wouldn't be able to see how it'd work out until mid-June + I will probably ? maybe? have to slow down the rate at which I post. though maybe not bc as I said- I have a long backlog.

[1o1percentmilk]

so yeah i think theres a problem/i don't personally like it with how loose the definition of roguelike is now and i feel like people use roguelike as a buzzword now? it's the trendy thing to do? increases replayability and whatnot? people see it and think its automatically a hardcore leetskillz game? and suree you can do whatever u want and make whatever game u want have a gimmick idc idc but if u put sum shit in the roguelike tag that isn't. like Rogue. i will judge you.

vampire survivors is not a fucking roguelike.

[b-rainlet]

I'm not saying I am taking sides, I am just saying that if they wanted me to care about the black family, they should've developed them more