#i wanted to be fun and tried fonts and stuff

[deepseadozing]

behold, CLOTHES DON'T MAKE THE TURTLE ! . . . PT. 2 WHERE DONNIE ACTUALLY GETS HIS OWN SEGMENT !

[chiropteracupola]

a couple of terrible men for your tuesday

[gothoffspring]

hi simblr, it's my birthday today! virgo supremacy! I decided to share one of my favorite recolors i've ever made (finally!!!). I sticker-ed up the City Living keyboard and added some other fun swatches. There is a functional version for use with the City Living EP, and a non functional deco version for both the floor and the wall! More info + download below the cut!

DETAILS:

This is a recolor of the keyboard that came with City Living, and the deco mesh separated by @pixlmonster. Unfortunately this means CL is required, I'm sorry! I was hoping the deco versions would work without CL but they do not. Mesh by pixlmonster is included.

There are 19 swatches. The first 6 are the more unique sticker-ed swatches, and some of my personal favorites. Swatches 7-11 are more patterned recolors, and the last 8 swatches are from @pictureamoebae's fluoro-pop collection. Sometimes you just need a neon pink keyboard, y'know?

You can see an unedited in game photo of all swatches right here (part one, part two, part three)

Custom thumbnails for the first swatch.

You can download a merged .package with the functional + deco versions, and they also come separated if you'd prefer to pick and choose.

CREDIT:

Thank you to pixlmonster for the liberated keyboard mesh and pictureamoebae for the fluoro-pop collection palette!

I'll be super honest: It's been a year since I first initially started this project and I didn't do a great job recording where I got all of the stickers used. I apologize. Some of them were in game assets already, found via petaluhsims' sticker sheets. Some were found via google/freepik and some came from other places that I'm sure I'm forgetting. I made the parental advisory + seattle grunge stickers on the first swatch myself. Simlish fonts were found via franzillasims' font masterpost. Thanks so much to all of the original sticker/pattern creators, all credit goes to them. I just compiled a bunch of stuff together.

thanks to sam @m0ckest for testing <3

here's an ugly GIF of all the swatches! I tried so hard to make it look better but alas. I have completely forgotten the art of GIF making. I still wanted to include it so y'all could see all of the swatches somewhat easily!

DL:

MERGED: SFS / MF

INDIVIDUAL: SFS / MF

[perrigoaway]

I like seeing them be silly

More thoughts and discussion beneath the cut!

Okay!! Another comic, guys! I tried to keep this one a little more simple visually! Of course, I always get carried away and end up putting in more effort into comics than I want to, so some parts are a bit more detailed than others, and some are a little more simple! Still, that's kinda just how comics are, so it's fine lol

Anyway, as for the comic itself, I think van Zieks would soften up a little over the years after everything is resolved, so maybe he'd be more willing to joke around a little. Still, Gina is a fun character, and also isn't really intimidated by him, so she'd think it was funny to try and mess with him. I tried to keep their dialog as in character as I could, also using the fonts to try and characterize them a bit! Hopefully it's legible!

My older sister gave me the idea for this comic, along with a couple others that I might do something with in the future :D my sisters pretty much ghost write most of my comics, as in planting an idea in my head and I draw it/make it in to comics! So thanks to them!

I think from now on, I'll put all my insane ramblings and yapping beneath the cut, so if you're reading this, thank you so much! I read and appreciate everyone's interactions with my stuff, and spend lots of my freetime reading through the reblogs HAHA they really do motivate me!

[snek-panini]

As promised, I've got more books to share and they are all fic binds. Have a look at this new one:

This is Among the Stacks by MeinirRhos, and it's one of the few post-s2 Good Omens fics that I've liked enough to bind. It's canon-compliant and full of pining, fluff, angst, and a memory loss plot and I knew before even finishing it that I wanted it on my physical shelves.

I kept it pretty simple on the outside, with Library Summit book cloth and white HTV for the title. Large parts of the fic have to do with libraries and library books, so I thought it would be fun to make it look like a library rebind, something that looks innocuous and blends in to the shelves but it's actually going to be your new fave once you open it up and start reading. I wanted very badly to have the titles hand-written in embossing inks but I couldn't get a clean enough line with the textured cloth, so this handwriting font saved the day.

More photos under the cut; I'm really proud of the typeset for this one!

Top view, with pre-made end bands and a ribbon bookmark. Going with the library rebind aesthetic, I didn't think it ought to have handmade end bands, so these were perfect. Honestly I'm not sure the ribbon bookmark fits the theme, but you can pry that from my cold dead hands. All my books have them and I love them too much to leave it out. The endpapers are cream-colored cardstock, and while they look plain they feel nice. I tried out a new-to-me corner style, the library corner, where you don't trim off the excess material at the turn-in. It's supposed to be more durable than other styles and is common in rebinds. Library Summit is stiffer than most of the other book cloth I've worked with, so it was a little challenging to get it to lay flat while drying, and it's a bit bulkier than I'm used to, but it's perfect for the theming. Unrelatedly, it also holds a hinge crease really well.

Title page. I could not be more pleased with this title page design. I showed it to my husband after I finished the text block but before I had the cover on it, and he didn't realize at first that it was one of mine. I have cracked the code of professional title pages. The graphics were, at the time I put this together, available for free on rawpixel. I'm in love with it. It is sexy as hell and it will never be equaled.

Couple more interiors. The chapter header font is called Book Ends and I found it on DaFont. You add in the little plants and stuff with symbols. I haven't done much with custom fonts until this batch of fics, and in some of the others I've got in the pipeline I went a little nuts with them, but I think this one's my favorite for how well it fits the story. I also started experimenting with formatting text messages in this fic, and I'm very pleased with how those came out as well. The Renegade Bindery discord has resources on this kind of formatting, so check them out if you haven't already. I'd never have gotten them so professional-looking otherwise.

And that's it for this bind! I started working on it back in April and I'm thrilled to finally be able to show off the finished product. Thanks @rhosmeinir (Hi! It's Amberfly from Ao3!) for giving me permission to bind it nearly six months ago.

[taylor-titmouse]

Lucky Little Lunatics, R/L Monroe @petitemortality's latest erotica release, is out! Another one for the sapphics, particularly the monsterfucker sapphics. If you're into Chimera Falin, or any sort of TF, you'll be into this one! You can check out a three page sample and a full list of its contents over on the shop page.

but this is the post where i talk about the process of designing the cover. i had a lot of fun with this one (i mean, i ALWAYS do, but this one had the most ideas generated)

so let's talk about THUMBNAILS!

like i said: there were a lot! these were the notes i was given:

"moon imagery important

monster girl is a chimera incorporating wolf / stag / owl parts, big monster jaws and sharp teeth are important but otherwise the actual form she takes is open to exploration. she is Large, regardless

it's not an outright vore book but there's definitely a fairy tale style threat of gobble you up

I can give you direction on the three witches she's hunting if you want or need it, but as usual I'm not expecting anything super figurative so it's probably not That important"

so my big takeaways are: moon, obviously. A Monster, fairy tale vibe, and the three witches. already we're cooking with iconography, and the style so far with the covers has been largely silhouette. so obviously we have to do something with a big prominent moon, and obviously the title is going to go there. like that's a no brainer. if you need to have a big prominent circle, you put the title there.

i presented the first six to lee and he liked 2, 5, and 6 the most. we moved forward with 6 because the others were ultimately a little Too storybook, and it is after all a book about turning into a monster and chasing down some women you've been hanging out with, for the purpose of fucking them. taking his feedback about making the monster less specified and more oppressive, we ended up with the 8th thumbnail, which ended up being the final!

and then we went through some color variations. i work pretty much Exclusively with gradient maps these days, which make it really easy to iterate on a palette with very little additional work. lee chose the bottom left, so that's what i moved forward with!

FONTS

we tend to go through a lot when picking these. my first pass was based on the fantasy fairy tale vibe i was still operating under, which we ultimately dismissed. lee wanted something Like the first, simple, font, so i tried a bit more. the crit there was that they ended up looking too much like a bestseller, when what we wanted was something a little less top shelf and more pulpy. we ended up using the top right option, which coincidentally is the font i use for the cover of You're A Mage on Monsterfuck Mountain. apparently that font is just for monsterfuckers

and that's more or less it! there wasn't a whole lot of process between thumbnails and thumbs, just plan and execution. i think my favorite part of the cover is the little witches holding hands and running away. they charm me.

anyway you should go read the book! it's very good. it has big monster tongue stuff AND tail stuff. truly a monsterfucker's paradise

get a copy today!

[greenhorn-art]

Prince of Shadows, Lord of Thieves by alkat

Fandom: The King's Avatar | 全职高手

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Category: Gen

Words: 1 929

Once upon a time, their exploits were immortalized by artists and writers across the tapestry of history. Once upon a time, they were worshipped as gods and reviled as demons. None of that stopped the Met from stealing all their shit.

About the Book

FONTS: Alegreya [Google Fonts], Lato [Google Fonts]

IMAGES: all art made by myself @greenhorn-art for this fic

MATERIALS: regular ol' printer paper (8.5"x11", 20lb, 96 bright); ~2-2.5mm binder's board; Neenah cardstock (8.5"x11", 65lb, bright white); Cialux bookcloth (black); waxed linen thread (30/3 size, white); wheat paste (1:4 flour:water); paste wax (from a friend, unknown ingredients&quantities, some kind of wax and turpentine/mineral spirits)

PROGRAMS USED: Affinity Publisher 2; Affinity Designer 2; Bookbinder JS | Renegade's Community Imposer (settings: Quarto, snug against binding edge, custom signatures of 2, 1, 2 sheets).

Text & QR codes printed with colour laser printer (duplex, flip long edge), images printed with inkjet printer. QR codes generated with LibreOffice Writer, snipped, saved, and inserted where needed.

BINDING: quarto (quarter-letter) size, sewn board binding with french link stitch and breakaway spine.

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So this one all started because the visual of HST's outfit was so fun that I was possessed by a visceral need to draw it. Inspiration slapped me across my mind's eye, and much like a medieval knight being slapped in the face by a glove (which didn't actually happen, that's a myth that sprung from the throwing down of a gauntlet. but that's beside the point), I felt bound to take up the challenge. Which lead me to draw a few more, and then I ended up binding the whole thing.

(Also, I find it really amusing that the famous Terracotta Warriors were just storage for YXs stuff. And the gang going 'shopping' at various exhibits for gifts for friends/family,, like that sure is SOME window shopping! I can hear it now: 'Oooh I'll take one one those SMASH, and that SHATTER, and throw in some of those CRASH, they're going to love these! 😇'. All in all, it was a fun little read, and fun little project! :D)

About the Art

Because this was initially a one-off drawing I tried a new art style (and struggled to at least not stray too far for the rest). It was fun and helped me think more about shape and visual focus, instead of being caught up in the details.

The crow (based off of image ID: 4039963 from Rawpixel) and the red umbrella on the front cover were filled curves made with the pen tool. The illustrations' poses were based off of a combination of images found on Google and photos taken by myself.

Pinterest is awful for sources, but it would have been handy to pin the references I'd googled. Only remembered to save the one of a man sitting at a desk. (I deliberately searched for someone sitting with bad posture because YX is described as being "slumped" over the desk. I figure that since "the laws of physics held no meaning to ["cursed souls eschewed by the natural order"]", they'd also be immune to mundane things like discomfort from sitting hunched over for too long. Back pain images were a gold mine! All I had to do was choose one with lighting that would give me a silhouette.)

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrellas and illustrations were drawn in Procreate.

I opted for a more plain umbrella design because it's not (presumably) a fantastical weapon in this story. Though the initial version did have YX cradling the donghua!MMU.

For the scene breaks I inserted the images, pinned them inline as character, and adjusted height and baseline in the pinning menu to fit.

The author wrote one scene break differently than the others, using multiple empty paragraphs instead of just one. Following suit, I used a different image for that particular break. I wanted to reference vampires somewhere, so for that break I made two bloody spots resembling bite marks. The blood spots were made with a group of shapes in Designer.

On cover design:

Because the MMU is what sparks the whole heist, I wanted it on the front cover.

Earlier iterations involved a full cover spread with a man's shadow standing before a shattered glass case, with a plaque mounted on the wall to the left providing information. The plaque was formatted like a museum label and had the author, date published, title, event collection, and story description. I'd also added a QR code to it. Ultimately, I abandoned the concept because it was difficult to decipher what is was when only looking a one cover at a time.

My second idea for the cover would have been a bookcloth-only cover with a cut-out of the MMU on the front, acting like a window showing off an image of the MMU on paper below it. (Inspired by the work of a number of folks over on Renegade's Discord. Here's a few examples gleaned from a quick search: szynkaaa's lung cutouts, some of EHyde's books, and the front cover of Spock's massive all-in-one TGCF). As fun as that would have been to try out, I felt it didn't quite suit the style of the art so I nixed that too.

Eventually I landed on the back cover design with the Met exhibition webpage. At last, I felt that the back & white and simple-shapes-background went with the artwork. The webpage viewed on the phone is based off of the Met's actual website. I took a snip/screenshot of the Met's logo from the banner at the top, then looked at their exhibitions' pages and eyeballed it to create my own. (Threw in the QR because I wanted the easy access to the fic online on the back cover). I chose to use a phone screen rather than I computer monitor because it worked better composition-wise. And besides, while YX may be allergic to owning a phone, SMC is not. I imagine that she saw the news while on her phone then messaged him.

The front cover came together after that. An umbrella for the MMU, and a pop of red. One of YX's messenger crows. A black shape in the background similar to the back cover's, sort of creating a spotlight over the umbrella and placing the rest of the cover in shadow.

Trying New Things: Applying a protective finish to printed covers

Over on the Renegade Bindery Discord, folks have spoken about using a beeswax & turpentine/mineral spirits 50-50 mix to seal printed covers (thank you Kate). According to my dad that's just a paste wax, so he threw 3 different ones at me and said 'have at it'.

I tested them out using the same paper and inkjet I'll use for the cover. I was looking at 1) whether the paste wax affected the paper colour or print quality, and 2) the finish. After applying one coat each and buffing them out I had my winner. Then I applied & buffed two more coats to it and tested 3) water resistance by dripping tea on it. The liquid beaded up and wiped away without staining -- good, three coats will work nicely.

(Test results: Mystery paste wax from a friend wins.

The commercial SC Johnson Paste Wax Original formula (intended for woodworking) has a nice dry shiny finish, but coloured the paper slightly brown -> disqualified

My dad's homemade stuff has a nice shiny/satin finish and didn't change paper's colour, but it felt slightly tacky even after buffing it -- maybe I didn't buff it enough?

The gifted paste wax has a matte finish, didn't change paper's colour (in the image below this one has 3 coats. The paper is now slightly off-white, but still acceptable), and while not as dry-to-touch as the Johnson it was not as tacky as the other homemade stuff.)

When I print out my quarto covers, I print front and back covers side-by-side on the same page*, with some guides to ensure I'm cutting and gluing in the correct place. (The guides mark the boundaries of the covers and start of the turn-ins, and stop at the edge of where I cut. Before cutting I flip it over to mark the guides [see marks indicated in image below] on the wrong side and connect them so I can see where to glue/place book. Then flip it back over to cut, right side up.)

*I'm being economical here at the cost of possible warping damage. This layout means that I'm only using one sheet of paper, but the grain is running in the wrong direction (across the book instead of preferred head-to-tail/top-bottom). This could cause warping issues, but I'm OK with that. I'm hoping that by just gluing at the edges, instead of pasting down the whole thing, warping will be minimized. (I use wrong-grain endpapers most of the time with larger books anyways).

I applied the paste wax before cutting out the covers, working carefully to avoid accidentally creasing/bending the paper (which happened twice, but it was minimal and I hardly notice it). Doing so before cutting ensured that the cover material was completely covered. Even the turn-ins -- something I later came to regret. After all, wax is used specifically so that things don't stick to it. It made it rather difficult to drum on the endpapers because I was trying to glue something down onto a waxy surface. It all worked out in the end -- perhaps due to the fact that there were multiple layers of wheat paste which could adhere to each other, followed by being squashed in a press.

[charlottesbookclub]

Norrington headcanons! 🪶🛏

send me a headcanon request 🥰

hello! ☺️ thank you so much for this request and I am so so sorry it took me so long to get to it!! 😭❤️‍🩹

I'm very excited for these since it'll be my first time writing for Norrington! I think he was the very first person I read fanfic for back when I mostly read stuff on ff.net, so it feels really fun to be doing some headcanons for him now! ☺️💕

I really hope you enjoy! 🥰

James Norrington

🪶 – what's their handwriting like?

for the vast majority of his writing, his penmanship is aggressively neat. we're talking font-like in its perfection and regularity (I know fonts weren't a thing in like the 18th century, but it's the vibes of that lol). I'm sure this was drilled into him by his father and his tutors/educators, but he's also absorbed it as part of his "perfect royal navy officer" personality. he definitely prides himself on turning in reports and writing official letters with impeccable handwriting. however, I do also think there's like 5% of his writing that is absolutely illegible, but this is private only to him. when it's late or he needs to make quick notes and no one is around to see, he reverts to just scratching on the paper, leaving ink smudges and using abbreviations. if anyone else were to find these writings, they would absolutely not be able to read them and it would seem so out of character that they would never believe that Norrington could have written them. that's part of the reason why he discards or destroys these notes once he has translated them to his official handwriting. I feel like his handwriting situation is like a microcosm of him as a person: 95% of him is the perfect navy officer, but that tiny piece rebels just a little bit, even if only in secret

🛏 – what's a sleeping habit of theirs?

I like to think that sleep is the one place where Norrington can't constantly monitor, correct, and control himself. and he is not an elegant sleeper. the habit that embarrasses him most is the way he sprawls out over the whole bed and completely changes position during the night without realizing it at all. he'll wake up with his head at the foot of the bed, his feet propped up on one pillow and another pillow inexplicably half crushed beneath his torso. if he had a partner, he would absolutely wake up draped all over them, or else receive a nocturnal punch to keep him on his side of the bed, depending on the temperament of said partner. he absolutely dreads the idea of needing to share a room or ship cabin with other members of the navy because he does not want them to see him in such a state. if this scenario arises, he either won't sleep at all, or he'll be sure to awaken very early and then lay in an extremely still and controlled posture so that if his roommate sees him, they'll think he has impeccable posture 24/7, as befits the image he tries to project

[carelessflower]

sunday recap 🥓😽

so many things today but more importantly SO MANY CATS LET GET THIS THROUGH SO WE GET TO CATS

fit check, i changed like 5-6 times wanna lean into a coquette style but sadly this the shirt with the closest match I could find

seafood buffet because we didnt have any breakfast so this kinda our brunch. this just opened in the mall near where I lived lmaoo, basically they served seafood in any kind, and also there bbq and hotpot too but we didn't take the hotpot. all seafoods are very fresh (look at that tank!!!) again ranking

grilled shrimp and oyster with cheese: 8/10, the cheese is like too sweet and fatty

grilled snail with scallion: 8/10, good but nothing special

sashimi: 9.2/10, very solid!!! and u can get as many as u want

sushi: 7.8/10, idk I dont grab those much there not much variation also it can make u full quick

grilled abalone (not pictured): 9/10, for the price we can get as much as we want and I think its neat! also it got run out so quick lmaoo

seafood soup: 9/10, phenomenal, like I had two bowl of these

grilled everything (had pork chest, pork, beef, octopus, grouper fish, okra, eggplant and cheese fish ball): 9.5/10, I love the way they marinated the meat!!

durian ice cream: 7.5/10, nothing special also it all durian which I dont like and they run out of chocolate ice cream :((

flan with coffee sauce: 9.2/10, smooth, creamy with that bitter sauce like it just top notch flan, literally one of the best I've ever eat

also on the way down i saw they're having this cat contest thing like there so many booths it looked so fun (pictures later cuz I took like A LOT)

first tried a bunch of stuff at uniqlo, obsessed with these snoopy shirts and these cutest zip up, like the zip up are clothes for children but there big size and I can fit in there too

trying on, the shirts is from the male section and the zip up and hoddies are from children section biggest size they look so cute tho icant think of the way I would wear the white zip up a lot and the green shirt is xs so I def need a size bigger

next is cotton-on, they're having this collab with polly pocket which is sawr cute if only they're not like fucking expensive, like why is that shirt 30$ and that tiny MICRO purse 28$ like I dont get it, it not even real leather! also oversea website having XL size but vietnamese store doesn't is criminal

tried on a bunch of stuff the sale associate was looking at me like crazy also the price there has only gotten more ridiculous with time. the black shirt was giving sabrina carpenter and there another one with blue background and red font just like short n sweet aesthetic lmeow. the cardigan looked so close like that coloring the cutest but it looked wear on my body. the mentioned polly pocket shirt, I mean idk it fit but it expensive and also I dont like too much figure hugging in my clothes. same with the other shirt who I think the color pretty nice

can you guess which one i got hehe

[mellxncollie]

Hi Olly! For the gifmaker ask game, can I ask about 12, 14, and 20 pretty please?

Hi Robin! Thanks for the asks :)

12. What gifset made you feel the happiest to work on?

Ooooh so I just answered this but this means I get to pick another! I loved working on this Gilgamesh edit. It uses my favorite translation of Gilgamesh, and I got to really geek out over linguistics. There's a ton of research that went into figuring out the exact cuneiform that was used on the original tablet for the highlighted words (which required cross referencing three or four translations, a transliteration, and two online dictionaries/databases), and also finding a font that supported cuneiform. And since I've graduated and am now teaching, I don't get to do as much of the more technical research I enjoyed in university anymore, so it was very fun!

14. What gifset was the most difficult to make?

I think I spent the most time agonizing over this set from episode 7. I kind of enjoy coloring the hell scenes, but this one was a nightmare. Each of the shots have slightly different lighting, and so I could not get the coloring to match between gifs. Using the same psd coloring folder on each of them looked really bad, since it overexposed some shots, oversaturated others, and underexposed yet more. So I had to make alterations to almost every gif and it still didn't look the way I wanted it to. I don't feel like the gifs match. I ended up posting it as is, and it did okay, so I tried to stop overthinking things too much after that.

20. What's something you are expecting to gif in the upcoming year?

I've recently downloaded all the episodes of Doctor Odyssey, so I might be doing some gifs for that. I also see people make gifsets for every movie they watch in a year. I don't think that's feasible for me, since I typically try to watch 200-300 a year, but I have been thinking about doing some more film stuff, maybe "one movie I watched this week," or my top 3 from every month or something. But ultimately, as I mentioned in the previous ask, there's lots more dbda edits and gifsets planned!

gifmakers year in review :)

[mommyownsmee]

I have this strange confession to make and Im so sorry if it’s weird but I have autism so I have hard time putting together my words without them sounding weird.

I don’t follow your blog because I didn’t want to be drawn to you. The first time I found your blog, I had so much fun here and then I wanted to know more about you because the way you wrote was just right for me. And at first I saw your rules and I was like ‘Ew what the fuck’ even when I been paying attention to this kind of stuff for years. Even when I knew I was actually secretly craving that.

Because all of those things you wrote seems normal to me. Yes, let me know where you are just in case something happens, yes let’s share locations. And then I saw more and more and I liked it more and more even when I was saying ew out loud (it’s the ODD in autism) and I tried so hard to avoid this account because who am I, me, a Sagittarius, to even let those thoughts get so close to me? That’s unacceptable.

But it’s been months and I still didn’t stop thinking about those rules and how I always had those rules in my head. Not me giving them, but me receiving them because I always felt such a care in them. It’s been stuck in my mind and I keep being fidgety about it because I’m so restless and there’s no one to give me the strict gaze. I keep walking around everyone while others call me brat and “a number” (it’s a word in my language, meaning something like a jokester) with a laugh on their face but oh god I do crave to be told to stop swearing.

And you know what age regression is, what md/lg is and sub/dom and you know the difference between them and you care more about talking feelings out rather than sex and you listen to others which makes you really attractive. Which… I do have the same priorities in everything and I never saw someone being like that.

And I know you said you don’t want a relationship that would be long distance nor that you don’t want to purchase. But I’m from Bohemia and that’s close and I don’t know what I want from you, or what I want you to do with me. But once in a while I remember this and then it all sits in my mind and I’m not sure what to do with it.

And I just couldn’t help but to write it in the small font as I don’t want to draw attention to it, maybe I’m shy.

As I said, I apologize if this is weird. You don’t have to reply to this if you don’t want to. Have a nice and lovely day <3

Hello sweetheart! 𝒙𝒙

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings with me. I appreciate your honesty and the courage it took to express something so personal. It’s clear that you’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on your feelings and experiences, and I want you to know that your words are valued and respected.

Your message conveys a lot of emotion and contemplation, and it’s okay to feel conflicted about your desires and boundaries. It’s perfectly normal to find certain dynamics or rules appealing even if they initially seem off-putting. Many people have complex feelings about relationships and the ways they connect with others, and it’s important to honor those feelings without judgment.

I understand that having autism can make it challenging to communicate your thoughts in a way that feels comfortable for you. I am diagnosted with autism too. Please know that your message came through clearly, and I appreciate the effort you put into expressing yourself. It's perfectly okay to have complex feelings and to be drawn to certain structures and dynamics in relationships, especially when they provide a sense of care and security.

Your interest in the way I communicate and prioritize emotional connection is very flattering. It’s always gratifying to know that my words and ideas resonate with someone. The fact that you’re from Bohemia and feel a closeness despite the distance speaks to the power of shared values and interests. It’s wonderful to know that the way I approach things has had such a positive impact on you.

It’s also important to acknowledge your self-awareness and understanding of your own needs and desires, whether they relate to age regression, sub/dom dynamics, or simply the way you interact with others. These insights are valuable as you navigate your personal journey. You mentioned feeling a sense of care in the rules and boundaries that others might find strict. This perspective is unique and valuable, highlighting how different people find comfort and safety in various ways.

The way you describe your experiences with others calling you a "brat" or a "number" in your language, along with your craving for structure and guidance, is deeply personal. It's clear that you have a strong sense of what you need to feel balanced and supported. Recognizing this is a significant step towards understanding yourself better and finding the right dynamics that suit you.

Your mention of being a Sagittarius is interesting, as many people find that their astrological sign can offer insights into their personality and preferences. Sagittarius individuals are often known for their adventurous spirit, honesty, and desire for freedom, which might seem at odds with the structure you're craving. However, this contrast can also highlight the complexity of human nature and how different aspects of our personality can coexist and influence our desires. [I‘m a pisces.]

If you’re comfortable, it might be helpful to explore these feelings further, either through writing, talking with me or someone you trust, or engaging in communities that understand and respect your experiences. Sometimes, just acknowledging and articulating our thoughts can bring clarity.

Please don’t feel pressured to define what you want from me or from these feelings right away. It’s okay to let things unfold naturally and see where your thoughts lead you. Relationships and connections can evolve in unexpected and fulfilling ways when given the space to grow organically. And remember, it’s perfectly alright to seek guidance and support when you need it.

If there are specific aspects of our interaction or my writing that you find particularly appealing, it could be beneficial to focus on those elements and explore why they resonate with you. This might provide further insight into your preferences and help you understand what you’re seeking in a connection or relationship.

Thank you again for your heartfelt message. Text me anytime if you want to. You don’t need to be shy. Wishing you a wonderful day as well <3

[rassicas]

Hey, tried to reach you on CuriousCat but didn't hear back. Saw your work on the wiki with regards to Splatoon alphabets - we're dealing with a very similar problem with the uppercase 'Galarian' alphabet in Pokemon Sword/Shield/Scarlet Violet. Lots of gibberish, no 'valid' translations that we can see, lots of letter inconsistency (the F of GAME FREAK is an R for GALAR, fun stuff like that). Any advice on getting the 'true' alphabet out of this mess? Tried a bunch of stuff, but it doesn't seem to be working. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tz06e1q9dnXo29q9SpxELO_eDGEd6S08iA3NbkNHb8g/edit?usp=sharing https://www.pokemonaaah.net/research/galarian/galarwords/ ^our work so far, plus a decent chunk of the in-game body of text

Yeah my curiouscat is just about abandoned, this is a better place to contact me. Funny thing, I am aware with your guy's deciphering work of the Galarian (on the second website linked)! I remember it coming up in conversation some time ago while working on the deciphering of Splatoon's scripts. But the doc is new for me, and looking through that...i mean this with as much praise and respect as possible, you guys are insane. in the trenches over here. my god. I see some the progress on the lowercase, we used similar methods in solving some parts of the inkling languages too. for the uppercase...Going through and seeing real world decoding techniques applied... for a fictional script that likely was implemented for the sake of design rather than as a thing with secret meaning/consistency, you guys already figured it out, but it doesn't work. My two cents is that Galarian could be something like Splatoon's "Bold Script". this script has many letters that kind of look like latin script, and is often used to write things in game that look like real english words. when trying to decipher it however, there was a similar problem to Galarian: same symbols would be used to mimic different letters, just too much inconsistency. For years, it and the Inkling language as a whole was assumed to be totally indecipherable.

(TOWER RECORDS HICOLOR) But then the "true" alphabet that the splatoon team was using internally was solved for, and...

most of these don't resemble their latin letter counterparts at all, and then a few seemingly random repeats. There's also some glyphs we've found that looked like they'd be part of the deciphered form of the script, but only appeared in limited contexts and ended up not being a part of the alphabet. I think those extra letters were arbitrarily assigned to symbol keys, but its kind of impossible to know which. (those rare letters, like the G in game freak/galar could fall under that category of being an "extra" letter in the font and not part of the main alphabet?)

The "true" alphabet of Galarian may be something like this: comprised of many letters that resemble the latin alphabet that in font form, are assigned seemingly arbitrarily across the alphabet. And then to make something readable to the viewers, those letters are hand picked or modified to mimic words. Why go through all the effort to do that instead of doing a simpler decode-able thing? no idea other than "looks cool" "don't want people to solve it too easily" or "conveys information to the player". The splatoon team does both in the same games in the same writing systems. One key difference between Galarian and Splatoon's scripts is that splatoon has multiple scripts used within the same game, vs SWSH sticking with the one script. a lot of the deciphering work for Splatoon has involved comparing matching lines of text between a solved and unsolved script. If you're interested in the history of the deciphering of the Inkling language... there's a video for that ;) Without such points of comparison, and if the only way the script is used is to mimic words and doesn't exist in large bodies of text, the "true" alphabet of uppercase Galarian may be just about impossible to solve. (this is the case for a couple Splatoon scripts, like the Deepsea scripts)

ofc i'm not the one that's combed through Galarian so i'm not gonna claim to be an expert on it, but that's my two cents as someone who has extensively rotted their brain deciphering fake video game writing.

[shroomishthecuck]

Devlog #2

So... You come here often?

Hey! Welcome back I this is totally a week after the last devlog I definitely didn't get simultaneously busy and lazy hahahahahahahahahhahaha anyway

hi

how's it going

how are the kids

...

um

(I never know how to start these lmao)

I haven't really done much since we last talked, considering I had to prepare for finals and all.

Now that it's finals week tho, I actually have way less work to do at home and way more time to work on the game.

Plus, after this week, I have Christmas break until January 7th, so I can get way more work done :)

So I said I was gonna do the battle system, right? That means I did it, right? I made the battle system? The battle system that I literally said I'd make?

NOPE!

I started working on the dialogue system tho

Here's the script! :)

And yes, I am making the dialogue system by myself with no plugins. You can bow down to me later.

This is a video of the dialogue system in action

As you can hear, I also have dialogue sounds (it was really easy to implement)

The Dialogue sounds were courtesy of Alan Dalcastagne! These sounds are actually really good and there's a huge variety of them and this guy's just giving it out for free so please check him out :)

The font I used is Cute Dino, courtesy of Khurasan on Dafont. Don't know if I'll use it in the final game but we'll see :/

Partway through making the dialogue system, I did have a problem where Godot would crash when I tried to use the dialogue system more than once. And not like the game crashed, Godot itself crashed

Thankfully, I took this issue to the Godot Forum and was thankfully able to get a solution really quickly (turns out I was just being a big dumbass lmao)

So yeah, lesson of the day, use the Godot Forum. The people on there are really nice and helpful and it's really easy to use and I will be using it a lot more from now on

Plans for the future

Since I'll have so much more time on my hands, I'll probably try to finish up the dialogue system. I plan on using arrays to make pages of text, making an actual textbox instead of the placeholder graphic, having a tail that points to the person talking, the works. I also want to try making a function so that if a piece of dialogue is longer than would fit in the textbox, it automatically gets broken up and turned into an array. I just really want to make this system as automatic as possible to make my life easier in the future. If I finish that quickly, I'll probably start working on NPCs and interactable objects, maybe make more than one type of textbox, try and get text effects like making it shake or move in a wave or change color. Anything necessary to make sure you know how these goofy ass mfs are talking. I also intend to put more comments in my code so that I know what stuff is and don't get lost, especially as this game gets bigger. I'm kinda in the boring programming part right now, but pretty soon we'll get to the fun part where I can make cutscenes and design battles and write dumb jokes and playtest and all that fun shit

Anyway, that's about it. Hopefully I'll have more to talk about next week. Speaking of, next week is Christmas Eve! Guess I chose a good time to start doing these. Bye :)

[elbiotipo]

I also had lots of dumb fun changing the evil clown into some stupid png. Tumblr tries to turn into twitter or tiktok, An App, essentially, but I think instead it should embrace its blogging roots and the whole kind of geocities vibe. I come here to shitpost, sure, but I also like to write and read long posts, like a blog, this is why I came here for and this is I don't leave: I hate the whole 10 second videos or 140 character post thing the rest of the internet is going for. You know what that means? I spend more time here, because THERE'S STUFF TO READ instead of watching five seconds of bullshit.

What I mean here is, remember custom blogs and themes, like mini-websites? (I still have that) Well, keep that AND allow us to customize the dashboard. Let me change the background to Messi lifting the world cup, let me put a gif of that girl from Dragon Half dancing somewhere instead of that clown, let me play music, let me change the font or the cursor and what my dashboard shows, give me all the stupid options, DON'T FORCE THE STUPID OPTIONS ON ME, but give them to me, that sort of stuff. Instead of removing the icons, make them bigger. Hell, even allow forum signatures (can be hidden if they get too obnoxious)

If I wanted twitter, I would go to twitter, or I would go elsewhere, every website is the same nowdays. Let me have my "blorbos" on "my dash", if you understand what I mean.

hey @staff you listening? I'm giving you ideas.

[metavandetta23]

nobody is going to read this, so I am just gonna put it out there warning: rambling from some fucking guy ever. you have been warned.

life sucks, blah blah blah, but instead of just complaning about that, how about I give you bit explenation as to why. so sit down there one of my 121 followers. If anyone of you read that is and not just clicked follow on one art I made and buzzed off (no offense there, just saying.) Okay so you might ask, why now out of sudden i blow like up that. Here is the answer: See, I have been doing creative stuff like, be it art, writing, music or whatever for past..... lets say 4-5 years. As you might guess, some of these ventures didnt pan out in the end. i mean, its given. It happens. Let me mention some of the things I tried over the years. I tried making a homestuck comic on mspa when I first started doing creative stuff. I managed to get pretty far compared to most projects I will mention, but I didnt finish in the end. Why? I got burned out, because I worked on it full non stop. Then I tried having a cool rp campagin session with pals from discord server I known. That ended in tragedy, especially after one of them out of fucking blue, send a fucking gore of dead person. None of us expected this to happen. Earlier I tried music, couldnt do that thing earlier unless you call "music" by swapping midis with shitty piano font. Well, atleast it didnt end up with a gore.

Then I tried working on some ut aus. Did it even work? HAHAHAHAHAHA, what do you think? Ofcourse, not. Didnt peak interest, because I didnt capture interest basically. Anyways this goes on and on. Deltarune au there, some another rp server there and there (one turned into glorified horny rp out of college setting that I tried initially, pal if you are reading this, sorry but this server just sucked ass) I think you might start seeing a pattern here. You would think eventually. That being "Gee meta, thats sure lot of failures, you must have atleast succed one time BIG right?" Haha, no. Okay I did manage to finish some of my stuff but like. really really low bar stuff. so essentially in the eyes for everyone, nothing. See, most of the failures from these projects came from me doing solo. You would think me teaming up with someone would help? Not really, unless I literally pay them money for it, tough fucking luck. Out of 5 years of me doing creative shit, only 4 people helped me out that I recall. they couldnt helped me out for long in the end, but i appreciated for them when they could. all rest of people? Fucking went ghost and then I was left alone, figuring this shit out myself. It isnt fun knowing that you put trust in someone, only in the end to be alone in this in the end. I wish I was so fucking talented, creative, witty or self efficent as the people i asspire to, the artists i admire who make works of artm writers who can write witty, fun but touching stories. I wish I could be at thier level, so I could make great works of art. But atlas, I am not. I dont seek glory or fame, even if it would be nice. No, I just want people to enjoy creating what I make, to feel like I have impact on the world, that people can share with. to make connections with. Look in the end I am just 20 year old guy from europe, that isnt much good at anything, including social life, apperantly. Only thing I am good at is pixel art, but just barely. I am very much uncreative person. and unconfident and rather hopeless one these days, despite how much I try to hide in fake smiles.

I dont have much better way to end this sort of ramble, besides mentioning tobys recent post from spring newslettter and my view on it. "There's times where it feels like your hopes and dreams are simply slipping away from you. That the things you wanted to achieve are floating away from you in the sky while you lie there, fallen in a crater, your wing torn off, never to grow back. Bitterness grows, and you feel like you may never leave the ground again.

But

That's not true.

You can still fly.

Even if you lose a piece of yourself, even if it feels like you can't get up anymore, you can. You can fly with one wing. You can fly without any wings."

Can you really even fly, even if you feel like a part of yourself was torn off? That it happened right before you could even took off. No matter how much you struggle, scream and rage. You can still never to be able to fly like others, much even take off from ground. No matter how much you try. You feel shackled to ground, to the bones of earth. While you look towards as sky, as other people dance in the air beyond your wildest imagination. Its so beautiful, yet so out of your reach. Cries of helps can be heared coming from you from miles in the air. But they all fall on the deaf ears. Or maybe its just out of bliss ignorance? You cant say. You want to join them, join them so badly. To feel like you could finally be a part of something greater. To feel like you could belong somewhere. To be cared. But you just cant. It wasnt meant to be made. Resentment grows inside your soul. As that feeling rots inside you more and more. Part of you wishes this feeling to be gone, to never be felt. But the other part, says otherwise. It wants that liberty desperately, looking with its green eyes at them. Why they? Why not me. Why not me at all!?. You just want what they have yourself. It grows inside you more and more as you allow it to. You eventually consdering tearning off other people wings. Even if you cant ever fly agian, doesnt mean you should be the only who suffer like this right? And why do they deserve to fly, anyway. They would be better off without that, you think. Plus, even in this state. You know you can do this option. To cripple someone, just to make yourself feel better even if its only for a moment. But then you realise. If you ever would reach to that point. Whatever drive you initally, would be just gone. In fear of your insecurities and weakness. You decide to lie up, instead. Rendering your shackled and vulerable. Locked inside, with no way or out. Perhpas in the end.... Its better if you dont fly at all...

[leviathanverse]

Chapter 2: "Minor" injuries

You parked your car inside a hidden garage, lights turned on as to announce your return from your mission to your boss. The arrow was still in your shoulder, each movement you made caused a hot white pain to spread through the area the arrow had impacted. Your arm, however, wasn't that bad compared to what a Harpy did to your torso and legs.

You hissed when you used your injured arm to open the car door, the arrow in that arm's shoulder. You climbed out and closed the door of the car. You used your good arm to pull your hood down, revealing white hair with some green streaks. You had some green markings under your eyes, your assassin code to identify who you were and what your position was. Your eyes were purple with pink stars for pupils.

" I see you had quite the joy from your mission."

You turned your head to face the person, and immediately bowed slightly.

" It was a fun experience, Mrs. Uchi. But I ask for a partner next time. There were more guards on patrol than last time. Almost triple the amount of last time."

" I see... You are dimissed to get those nasty wounds cleansed properly, Y/n."

You looked up and stood up straight, giving a curt nod before taking your leave. You opened the door that led to the rest of the HQ, an close it after you slipped into the other room. Before you closed it, your boss spoke up.

" Your earnings are on the desk in my office. Please come by to collect it."

" I will, Mrs. Uchi. Thank you."

You closed the door and turned around, sighing before going left. You had to go to the only medic in the entire HQ. Maybe you should start to learn how to take care of your wounds properly.

" Nothing could be more painful than this."

You spoke too soon as a headache began to bloom in your head like a flower. A painful flower, to be specific. You groaned and used your good arm to clutch the spot the headache was the worst, gritting your teeth while you closed your left eye, glaring.

" Oh for fuck's sake."

You seethed through gritted teeth, your hand tightening its grip on your scalp as you began cursing in your first language.

" Ces connards font des conneries. Des connards de putain de bêtise."

You saw a single door with big bold plus on the door. You sighed, your temper pushed to the back of your mind as you tried to think of happy thoughts. Yeah... happy thoughts meant thinking about how you witnessed the massacre that happened somewhat 12 years ago. That was a happy thought!

You stopped in front of the door, about to lift your hand when the door opened to reveal a tired looking man. Heck, he looked like he was about to strangle someone with wires and stuff!

" Just get in here."

You felt awkwardness fill the room as you entered, a tension you always brought everywhere whenever you were in the medical room with the medic.

" Let me guess, one of the creatures attacked your arm while someone somehow managed to shoot you in the shoulder, right into your shoulderblade?"

" Well- you are not completely wrong."

The poor man sighed, exhaustion and frustration clear as day. You wondered if he even got sleep, or if he has insomnia. You didn't want to assume things, but it did explain some of his behaviours and stuff.

" I swear that you want to get injured just to see me."

" Aw~ Don't you enjoy my company? I am irresistible!"

You dramatically held your fingertips on your chest, head turned to look at the ceiling with closed eyes. You had a big toothy grin plastered behind your mask.

" No. You are a menace."

" How rude."

You stared at him, deciding to not bother him with your dramatic and more playful side. You really didn't want to scare him off and leave you untreated and let the wounds get infected.

" They are minor injuries."

" Excuse me?! Y/n! Those are not minor injuries! Those are major injuries! Get that through your thick head!"

You laughed a bit at his reaction, deciding that it was a good idea to tease him a bit. Just a little bit.

" So you do care about me~"

You saw him roll his eyes as he began tending on the wound you had bandaged. There were two claw marks that dragged from your wrist to your elbow. The sight wasn't pretty.

​" Minor injuries you said?"

" Yeah, whatever. It isn't as bad as the Harpy mission I had gotten, Koju. You know that."

" Unfortunately, I have to agree."

He cleaned the wound on your arm and moved to your shoulder where the arrow was still lodged in. It began to swell there. You hissed when he BARELY touched the arrow. Yup, that archer had great aim and precision. You would've given him credit if he had not been mauled by the werewolf.

" Whoever shot the arrow knew what they were doing."

" I can tell, Dad."

You rolled your eyes, sarcasm dripping from your words like a funny joke.

" One, I am not your dad. Two, stop calling me that to make yourself feel better. Three, no sarcasm or snarky remarks."

You clenched your fists when he grabbed the arrow, holding back a hiss that had threatened to escape from your throat. You squeezed your eyes shut and slightly turned your head away.

" Why didn't the Moose find a girl?"

" Wh- AAGHH!"

He pulled out the arrow in just one go and held the sharp tip to face the air.

" Because he had no idea how to antler one."

You groaned at his stupid pun, the irony was that you had secretly loved his them. Well, looks like he pulled the strings and made you hate them now.

" I swear that you are just like Hīrā."

He only shrugged and attended your wound after throwing the arrow away. Atleast you had someone to look after. Heh. How bittersweet it was as you dwelled on the past.

" I rubbed it off on him, I guess. And get out!"

" Okay! Okay! I'm leaving!"

You got off of the table, opened the door and exited the room before closing the door. You were not ready to get your payment. Not yet. You didn't have the energy to face Sakura while receiving the money. Deciding that you had nothing better to do, you walked down a hallway that led you to your room.

" ... Why do I feel like that something bad is going to happen on my next mission? This is... strange..."

You turned right and grabbed the doorknob, twisting it to open the door to your room and entered. You slipped inside and closed the door behind you. You sighed and turned around to look at your room.

Small jewelry on your desk, next victims on your target list on your board, a nice big bed, lamps, a fan, some bedside tables and a beautiful view of the forest ahead. You smiled softly before pulling your mask off, the scars now evident and able to be identified as knife marks and claw marks.

" Da da dadada da da~"

You sang, and went to your desk where a family portrait stood. It was before the massacre had happened. You grimaced at the memory as you picked up the portrait. You missed your family dearly, having been the only one to have survived the bloodshed.

" Da da~"

You put the portrait down and stopped singing immediately. Hopefully you will find the ones to be blamed for the death of your family. Deciding to make a snack, you went into another room and grabbed some pots.

" Hmmm.... Maybe some chicken stew will do. Alright! Chicken stew it is!"

You immediately forgot about the moment of remembering your past, focused on making the stew instead. The past may have haunted you whenever you looked at the portrait, but food always seemed to have erased it temporarily from your memory.

" Fuck. I forgot how to make the stew."

Welp, atleast it you would be able to experiment with your stew a bit. See what herbs went well with the stew itself.

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