#i will be picking up activity on this blog and to be actually logged in when i can

[kalpeavaris]

MD: Echo Info Post #1 (Character Edition)

So I reblogged this image about wanting to (over) share about OCs... and then I got a mysterious message telling me to speak about my OCs... 👀(*cough* @inkyprince I said I'd tag you hehe *cough*)

So I've decided to just do it, lmao. I love sharing stuff about my OCs, stories and whatnot and this is my blog, imma do what I want!

Gotta lay out some trivia & information about my Murder Drones AU, Echo! Wether it be characters or concepts, because maybe it'll get some people interested :D All of the info is below the cut, and for the first iteration of this I've chosen Kira, aka "ZWEI", for this!

Kira - "ZWEI" - White Witch

A lot of her information can also be viewed on her ToyHouse Profile (logged in user only, sorry!)

Playlist - Pinterest - Voice Claim - Theme Song

Content Warnings: Mentions of self-harm, suicidal thoughts (non-explicit), chronic (terminal) illness (in... robot-terms?)

(older art, but it does the trick lmao)

Kira was one of the Drones that were tested and infected with the Absolute Solver code back in the 3040s and 50s in the Cabin Fever Lab Cathedral with her number being 24.

As a Communication Drone the Solver's abilities affected her in a different way than her fellow Worker Drones, causing the humans to become aware of certain powers that she exhibited which weren't displayed in other Drones.

Her "exorcism" (or, well, patch) was botched as Kira's OS wasn't capable of adapting to the patch version, causing it to corrupt and allow for a vunerability that lead to Echo (a mutated version of the AS) planting it's own code inside of Kira's, which jump-started Echo's influence on Communication Drones.

Kira's Solver is always active - that's why her eye doesn't return to normal and only ever displays the emblem. She overheats extremely easily all the time and is prone to physical pain and tinnitus due to her being unable to block out inbound signals if she picks them up.

This has her health deteriorating quickly over the course of the MD: Echo story, slowly succumbing from it, though she keeps on pushing forward to stop ECHO and it's hosts. She needs actual medication to keep the pain at bay and constantly consumes Oil at a high rate to stop overheating. If her Solver was to deactivate she'd most likely pass away within a few days.

Her secondary name, "ZWEI" means "Two" (or could also be interpreted as "the second") in German. It is a reference to her part in the story, as well as her connection to ECHO. (won't be spoilered for now 8D) She associates alot of trauma with it and doesn't like being referred by it.

Personality wise Kira seems fairly withdrawn from everyone around her except her friends and partner/family. If she's in a good headspace she's fairly open and confident, almost fierce in the way she appears to others. Kira's keen on keeping up a strong facade to not show strangers her weaknesses or true condition.

"But what are Communication Drones?"

I'm glad you asked! Communication Drones look like normal Workers, though the one thing that sets them apart are the two antennas on their head which can vary in size & style depending on their desired function (short-range, long-range, ground signals, air signals etc.)

These antennas function as ears for them, so if they're removed, their hearing is damaged (not entirely deaf, but definitely worsened). So if a "normal" CD loses their antennas they're having a harder time adapting as their intake of sound is greatly reduced.

As an AS user/host, Kira's able to pick up on stronger signals from far away or even sending out signals to stun/manipulate others around her in a short radius. This effect doesn't stay though, it'll wear off over time and actively consume energy from the Drone using it.

Disassembly Drones can also have the subtype of a Communication Drone as shown in the sketch below (left DD) - their antennas are usually shorter and made for short-range and aerial signals as they're capable of flight, too.

(I almost made them a polycule not going to lie they all hot as fuck) wish that was me-)

--

(Kira on her way to cast 'gun, prepare to meet god' in the face of a fucking angel-robot-AI that believes to be god itself)

Kira plays a big part in the MD: Echo universe next to some minor characters & canon characters. Her main motivation is to help stop Echo, as it also tries to infect her via the unstable Solver code in her OS.

--

Crucifix Symbolism

(the power of christ compels you!)

Something very important to Kira is her botched patch / "exorcism". She's obsessed with crucifix looking symbolism which continues to haunt her almost 30 years later during MD: Echo's timeline.

She's desperate to break free from this, but cannot help herself. She compulsively collects cross-shaped imagery and in the first few months after her escape from the Lab she actively built crosses from all sorts of materials.

It's mainly coming from her OS being overwhelmed by the botched patch and the crucifix imagery of the USB burning itself in her memory files as some sort of "salvation" she has yet to achieve. Luckily, this started to fade out over the years, especially after meeting T who helped her to overcome the trauma of the incident.

--

(CW: Mentions of Self-Harm)

After being infected by the Absolute Solver, Kira desperatly tried more than once to remove her antennas to keep the voices from appearing. It talked to her from the inside, but she didn't realize this yet. Like almost all other AS Users however she kept on regenerating, unable to escape the inner turmoil of the Solver's possession and Echo trying to get inside of her OS as well.

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Effects of the AS on her psyche

(holy shit have you ever seen a centipede that big? what is this? australia?)

Haunted by visions of the Solver, it's communications with the other Drones and later on the landing pods of the Disassembly Drones Kira had a hard time to tune out these visions she got from time to time. Similar to Nori in that regard Kira wrote everything down she heard through these intercepted signals, amassing hundreds of pages of logs she was able to get.

--

Meeting her partner

("Girl I swear I have normal hands too don't be distracted by my sexy claws")

In the 3060s, she stumbled upon one of the Disassembly Drone squads outside of the colony's Outpost she was seeking shelter in. She had intercepted their landing pods signals and was "curious" to seek out whoever had arrived, trying to solve the mystery of whatever the Solver had her experience.

That's when she found Serial Designation T - the navigator of the squad, who at first attempted to kill her like he'd been tasked to do. After all, Kira was a Solver Host that couldn't be fully mind-controlled anymore. But in the middle of him attacking her T's code was halted by Cyn herself, deactivating his executive task to kill the Host he had infront of him. He himself didn't know why exactly the Solver did this, but in hindsight it was due to the fact that Kira was still able to be of use to it later on.

(POV: you deleted system32 from your PC because some random kid on roblox told you to)

Now neutral, T got curious about Kira whom he tried to speak to with her Kira (driven by curiosity on why he had stopped being aggressive all of a sudden, being able to intercept the communication he had with Cyn) staying to talk to him.

Over the following weeks the two grew acustomed with each other, slowly building a friendship that later on evolved into a more romantic nature. Kira hid him in the Outpost and brought in food for the two of them as she constantly needed oil as well.

[idrellegames]

As an IF author that does this with a "this is my job" mindset I find it hard to do other things in my day to day because whenever I pick up my phone I feel like I am at work and I feel like I constantly think about my story.

Do you have any tips or advice on how to separate myself from my work and stop thinking about it 24/7?

Thank you!

Having a clear division between work and regular life is really important. I think it can be a little harder to do if developing an IF isn't your full-time gig. If you're working a job or are in school and you're packing IF development on top of it, then it can get really tricky to balance.

I also think that if you're working on a large, long-term project, it's a good and normal part of the writing process to think a lot about your story. Not all writing is done when you are actively writing. Daydreaming about your characters and your story lets you work out different kinks and make new discoveries.

So, you have a couple of choices here. You can reframe IF as your hobby, the thing you do in your free time for fun. Take away the pressure of thinking about it like work. You can pick away at it when the mood strikes, write on your own terms, and if you stop having fun with it, it's okay to slam on the breaks and put it aside until you're ready to come back to it.

But if you want to continue treating it as work or if it is already is your job, then you need to set some boundaries for yourself. This is going to be different for everyone; what works for me might not necessarily work for you. But here are a few things you can try:

Set a schedule. Try to contain the times when you are actively working on your project to within certain regular hours. Set different times for different parts of your job. For example, I only do social media management (tumblr inbox and notifications, Patreon, email, itch etc) during the first couple hours of my morning and then the rest of my work day is for writing and/or coding. I don't get through everything, but it's okay. It's really important for online creators not to fall into the trap of feeling like they have to answer everyone immediately, otherwise you will not get anything done.

If you manage social media for your IF, have separate accounts for your personal stuff and work stuff. I have two tumblr accounts, one that manages this sideblog and the other for personal fandom things. Logging out of my work account and into my personal one means that I'm not seeing notifications from this blog and I'm not tracking Wayfarer stuff. It really helps me keep work as work and downtime as downtime.

Separate your work and downtime spaces. Sometimes it's just as simple as working in one room and relaxing in another. This can be a bit tricky if you only have one device that you work from. I have a PC so I can't move it around, so if I'm using it to game later I try to change up my space (by getting a different chair or changing something else about my set up) so I have some kind of physical difference to trick my brain into going from "work mode" to "relax mode". Sometimes I have to get out of my office entirely in order to get that sense of separation, otherwise I feel like I am constantly at work.

If you're on your phone a lot and you don't really use it to make your IF or have alternatives for writing, get rid of the apps that put you in a work headspace. I got rid of the tumblr mobile app a couple years ago and it was probably the best decision in terms of actually keeping me out of work mode.

Take time off. Give yourself a weekend. Pursue other hobbies, play other games, write things other than your IF. IFs take a very long time to make, you can't go at it 24/7 or you will burn out.

[mupfinsmiley]

January 1st, 2024 - Log/100 Days of Productivity

Damn, I have not been on tumblr in a long time. But the urge to jump back on here has been growing stronger recently. So here I am, blogging once more.

I remember doing regular 100 Days of Productivity Challenges on here. I think I should pick that back up. I've been in a slump for a while and reconnecting with a community could help.

So here's my first log for Januar 1st 2024.

Not much has happened today. I am still feeling a little hungover and foggy from New Years Eve. I did not celebrate. I am not big on that holiday in particularly. I remember when I was younger I used to really enjoy it but now it seems so unnecessary. Just a day before a day and a day.

I honestly do not like how people celebrate here either. Fireworks are widely available and are being bought up by idiots to then be as noisy as possible. To make the air unbreathable. Pregnant with the pungent smell of smoke and sulfur. As if they were trying too hard to make themselves noticeable. This one day they think, is their day. The one were they let lose ...

Unless... That is obviously not true. People look for any way and any excuse to "let lose". To not feel responsible for their actions.

And honestly I can see why. Sometimes I wish I were the kind of person who could just let go and see where that leads me.

I can't say that i have set any New Year's resolutions ... Honestly, I don't believe in them. I'd like to think that you can improve your life any day. But I don't judge those who do. You do you. I guess I want to write more. Take care of myself more. Do things I love more. Be more active. But those are barely New Years resolutions. Just things I have not done in a long time.

So what did I actually do today? Not a lot. I cleaned a bit, unpacked my suitcase. Took a shower way to late in the day. I tried to get up early but failed. That bothers me. It seemed a lot easier a longer time ago. I tried to sleep early, too, yet the fireworks kept me up. I guess I can add better sleep to the list of Non New Years resolutions.

I edited some videos for work and I crocheted my first square for my temperature blanket. I made a post where I shared that. And I think I'll share a more general post on what that is and what I'll do with mine.

But that's pretty much it. Still a lot of drowsy procrastination. But I guess, we all start somewhere.

[rikyos]

𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈-𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 now that i have the group set up to share my multi between kazuha and aventurine's blogs, i'll probably be logging out of kazuha for a while. this is not to say that my activity will change drastically ( i've always written sporadically, if and when i feel like it ) but just that i won't default to being here anymore. i am not dropping kazuha. i'll always adore him. but i need to admit that i've been feeling uncomfortable on this blog for various reasons for a while now, and my patience for genpact is dwindling while hsr is really just ... holding my interest much better. i'm working a lot and uni will be picking up in pace again soon, so i don't think i want to spend the free time i have forcing myself to try and be here when other muses are sparking joy ♡ it's not a total drop of kazuha as a muse, but i don't feel like there's a huge amount of interest in interacting with him either, so for the time being i'll probably be hanging out on @stagehunt and my albedo blog when i get around to setting that up. if you actually read all of this, ily !!!!

[liskantope]

Just checking, you're still alive, right? I really hope so!

Haha thanks for your concern and the wellness check! The funny thing is, this being the start of the first weekend in a while that isn't totally packed, I was actually going to log on today and write a brief post about how I've gotten too busy this semester to even go on Tumblr to read other people's posts all that much let alone write here myself and it sucks (in an "I'm temporarily too busy and stressed but it should ease up mid-December" way, nothing devastating to my life or anything). Also, if you happen to be Tumblr user zukoiscrazy, it's even funnier because one of things I was going to do today is send you an ask related to the now-much-too-close-in-more-senses-than-one election.

It's been 20 days of no posting activity... I guess that's fairly close to a record for me!

Seriously, it's been one thing after another since this semester started (not just my actual job but my now-annual task of applying to dozens of jobs throughout the fall), and I miss Tumblr. Because I'm so preoccupied, I have like 40% fewer Tumblr-post-worthy thoughts than I usually have, but that's still some and I just haven't found the time to log on and get them down in writing, or even to log on and read many other people's posts. (I'm always slowly beating back a relentless line of open tabs of Scott's and Ozy's and Freddie's blog posts as well as I have a hard time finding time to read them.) What's most aggravating of all is that at the moment everything accelerated for me, I was caught in the middle of conversations and intended follow-ups/reblogs and unanswered asks and so on. I'm going to try to pick up at least a couple of the pieces this weekend; we'll see.

[chemicalbrew]

tagged

by @radellama thanks bestie!!!

1. why did you choose your url?

multiple reasons:

I chose chemicalbrew as my go-to handle everywhere important, because the handle I picked for this purpose as a teen is cringe

I like having canon URLs; especially if they are kind of hard-to-get and\or subtle references, which this one is perfect for, IMO. The last time I felt good about a handle in this sense was when I went by theplanetbuster

I like katzero :) a normal amount :) and I always will I think :)

Chemical Brew is just a good track and I love being reminded of its existence every time I log on anywhere.

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

I'm too lazy to upkeep them, so I compensate with my tagging system... Well, there is actually one where I wanted to put my writing if I ever did any, but in the end all writing I do is roleplay stuff on discord that's not meant to be shared widely HELP. And what I do end up getting out once in a blue moon, I just put on AO3...

I used to hoard a whole lot of URLs, but I got scared of getting terminated for a second time, so aside from the almost empty writing blog I mentioned earlier, I just hoard five that I'd hate to see anyone else have (some of these I used to go by, too)

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

Almost ten years; I haven't remade once, so you can see this just by going to the archive (don't do that, actually)

4. do you have a queue tag?

I do, and it's a Transistor reference :) I can count on my hands the amount of times I've queued stuff, though.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

Found this place while looking for Zelda fanart; thought it would be easier to use the dashboard instead of checking individual pages. At least I think that was the biggest reason. IDR

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

Zero I like him :) At this point it feels wrong if I don't have him as my pfp on here and\or discord so... here he is!!! (since I'm still Four on discord) Not to mention that I kinda need him here to match the rest of my stuff.

I put the NB flag border for Pride month this year for fun and I'm too lazy to put the old version back (also, once again, I like weird subtle shit like that.).

7. why did you choose your header?

I always choose my headers with purpose, though it's not quite the case here: this is a holdover from when I was cherrymegablaster, and it's meant to directly complement that URL in a way that's obvious if you played the game. LOL

I kept it because it's funny to call a drink a chemical brew (and because there's not enough DLC footage for me to make a nice gif with. There's a few stills I really like, but I prefer my headers animated!) ...and because I'm just really happy with the gif.

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

I can't be assed to use the site that scans for this stuff and I'm not proud of my ancient random shit that blew up a bit anyway. So... I'll just tell you this gifset I made on a whim is the one with the most notes.

I REALLY hope the rainbow katzero set outpaces it one day because it's also continuously showing up in my activity and it's easily the one I put the most work into. I need to get off my ass and make more gifs!!!

9. how many mutuals do you have?

...does anyone keep count of that? just the right amount to keep me happy :3

10-11. how many followers do you have? how many people do you follow?

343 \ 1414. why are these such nice numbers

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

Yes, but I don't post them, I just send them to my friends on discord. I'd say hatewar but it's on fire alone counts as a collaborative shitpost of the highest tier, but barely anyone knows what I mean and I love it.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

Ehhh, it depends... I know I check my activity mostly every morning just in case, and I check the dod3 and katzero tags once or twice a week, but it's not a strict schedule thing, I forget sometimes :] The tags are slow anyway, and I have sooo many active katzero posters blocked that it's even slower for me :p

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

I don't think so..? Definitely not in public, I've had arguments with friends I made here, but it's a different thing. I think everyone on my dash is largely chill and has moved on past the disk horse or whatever the fuck

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts

DO PEOPLE STILL MAKE THESE...

16. do you like tag games?

That and 'reblog and put your opinion on X \ what you did today' is always really fun, I <3 being annoying about minor details in my boring life (also I'm literally doing one rn, aren't I)

17. do you like ask games?

Yes, but I never get any asks, so I don't reblog them too often. :]

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

@/ositia, they're a very good artist and I miss seeing them around

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

I have only had two crushes in my life, and one of them was on a former mutual I've drifted apart from. I know he won't be reading this cause he blocked me, but I still think about him and I hope he's moved to a nice enough place, at least :")

20. tags

uuugh just do this if you want to

[boundlss]

what ( who ) was your first muse?

we do not want to dig up my extensive pre-tumblr roleplay history so for my own sanity we're going to limit this to muses i've written on tumblr hahaha...

my actual first muse was koichi haimawari from bnha: vigilantes, which i've talked about some time before. i had ran a few of those sketch-answer askblogs before but his blog was the first i ever properly used for rp and it was a mess hahaha. all my icons were just cropped from the manga and differently sized and i didn't know how to cut posts because i was on mobile ... i think that blog probably still exists but i'm not going to dig for it. i'd be too embarrassed.

but! in the case of muses i still rp today ... chronologically, i first started writing shirogane kei from log horizon! i picked him up actually only a couple months after koichi, and he had his own blog for a little while. a lot of people think my first still-active muse is twain over on antisatiric but he'd actually be second after shiroe. nobody ever really interacted with that blog though.

( actually, i wrote lee seung-gil from yuri on ice before i ever properly wrote shiroe too, but that was off tumblr so we won't talk about that either ).

munday! / accepting.

[marzipan-memories]

Alrighty~, in a way this post feels slightly overdue, but-- seeing as i have plans for a few of the blogs listed over on my blog roll, i thought it might be fitting to post a status page of sorts-- at least until i'm able to update some things over on the sorting blog for them. And with that said, please check below the cut for the blog list and their status~♡

{𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆}

@take-ya-to-the-ghey-bar

{𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆}

@rain-filled-garden

{𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚}

@virtualized-vocalists

@marionnettiste-de-la-mort -⋄- Muse has been partly rehomed to rain-filled-garden, and as such the fate of this blog is currently undecided

{𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔}

@muddled-ambiguum -⋄- Currently awaiting the translation/publication of more source material, so as to gain a better understanding of the muse before i endeavor to actually write them

@burlesque-grin -⋄- Blog is currently in the midst of a revamp, with plans to resume at least low amounts of activity once said revamp is complete~

@tenrai-no-ame -⋄- Muse levels are currently below the basement-- however, if i reread the series sometime soon and can boost muse, then hopefully low levels of activity might resume--

@eques-vitreum -⋄- I currently have no muse to write here, but-- given my love for the series, i'd like to perhaps pick up at least a little activity here again at some point

@blank-among-fairytales -⋄- I also currently has no muse to write here, along with low interest in the fandom-- however, given that i do still rather enjoy the muse i've made here-- then i may attempt a slight return someday

{𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔}

lykofxs -⋄- Major wip as i still need to brainstorm ideas for my portrayal here, however, which although it's proving to be slow work-- i have no plans to abandon the prospect~

fumei-no-yasoku -⋄- Major wip, however seeing i'm currently revisiting the series-- i have hopes to brainstorm portrayal ideas, and finish constructing the blog at somewhat soon~

saihate-no-l -⋄- Semi-major wip, information is somewhat compete-- but i need to revisit source materials before i can refresh on my portrayal and interpretation ideas before i can resume construction work

re-miau-kable -⋄- Same situation as the blog above, although the information is in need of a share more work-- seeing as i've got less of it completed

{𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆����}

These blogs have largely all been lost to the ether, thanks to my (not so great) past management of log in info-- and my plans of what to do with them, are shall be detailed below

kumori-no-hakuchuumu -⋄- May attempt future recovery and update of the email address/other log in, and if that fails, i may just remake the blog from scratch-- or i may just skip straight to the latter, if i deem it easier

@hushed-court -⋄- May attempt future recovery and update of the email address/other log in-- but more than likely, i'll just remake the blog as a side blog connected to burlesque-grin

@quietly-blooming -⋄- Side blog which was connected to another blog listed here-- i have little plans to remake it, however, unless a revisit to source material sparks the urge

@utautai-no-neko -⋄- I think i'd like to remake this blog someday, assuming i can't recall/recover the email used for it-- although that idea will be saved for a time after i'm able to fresh on the source material

@graceful-days -⋄- I plan to remake this blog, assuming i'm unable to recover the email, once i've made a revisit to the source material (and played new parts of it i've yet to see)

lunar-zenith -⋄- A work in progress that was halted thanks to email loss, I plan to remake this blog, once i've made a revisit to the source material (and played new parts of it i've yet to see)

wanderer-of-fates -⋄- Same story and plan of action as the above~

enigmatic-ailurophilist -⋄- Same story and plan of action as the above~

@nox-occupat-corvo -⋄- I have little plan to try and recover or remake this blog, which may possibly change in the future-- but for now, i haven't the desire to try and pick this muse up again

@social-null -⋄- Mainly the same story as above, although my desire to try and pick this muse up again may be even lower--

[svdaily]

So the guy that cheated on the girlfriend with me blocked me after she found out and broke up with him and our last conversation was him calling me while he was on the way to the girlfriends and I was like “what...you have a girlfriend” and he goes “you had a dating app” like what? How is that even the same? Anyway, yesterday he was supposedly was getting lots of no ID calls he thought it was me unblocked me, and kept calling me, I answered the first time and I was like hi need to call you back and he goes what’re you doing why and i didn’t answer and he goes what’re you doing and then hung up on him...then he kept calling and said over text “you stop fucking calling me G shit leave me alone” and I was like ??? And he goes “don’t fucking call me I’m telling you to stop” and I was so confused because I never called him...I was like “YOU CALLED ME” and then he sends a screen shot of his call log and was like “don’t be fucking stupid stop calling me I’m blocking you again.” And I was like “lmaoo I did not that’s so funny” then he sends a “👍” and I was like “you’re a loser” then he keeps calling me like 2 times I kept declining then I texted him “stop calling me lol” then he goes “blocked, stop calling through fake numbers” and I was like “I haven’t called you once...maybe it was your GIRLFRIEND or a baby mama lol” (idk if he has a baby mama I’m assuming because I didn’t know he had a girlfriend or has cheated before like the girlfriend told me...) then he goes “blocked.bye.” And I was like “I’m DEAD” and then he blocks me...I just don’t understand why he doesn’t want to apologize or talk if I was seeing him just last week? His girlfriend even told me that broke up....he would always come back before even after blocking me after 2 weeks

HE DOES NOT RESPECT YOU

At all. Keeping a dating app is not explicitly infidelity, but the first strike was him likening that to his outright two-timing (or more actually. Ew).

Closure is not worth your sanity. If he didn't feel you needed to know going in that you weren't his only partner, then you don't need to dig for reasons why. His sorry will not erase his bs. He's just a bum.

It must hurt and you must have been invested but BLOCK HIM. For good. If you're on my blog then you are a high value woman (/he/they) who's striving to get the treatment I post about so no, we're not entertaining any less than that.

Assume the worst. He's a loser, a liar, a cheater and can't even be honest about it. You're selling yourself short and major 🚩 that he's blocked you before and y'all just picked up where you left off.

Move on and DEMAND better next time. We can't help who f*cks us over but we can help who we let get away with it.

P. s 💕 If you were active, get a health check immediately.

[sshbpodcast]

That’s what I call brain freeze: Cryostasis in Star Trek

By Ames

We’re due for our coolest blog activity yet! That’s right, we’re talking cryofreezing this week, the easy way for writers to freeze time for characters, so long spans of time go by in a snap! We see it in pretty much everything, from Alien to Aliens. On Star Trek, going into stasis can allow for people from the past to make it to the future, pause the spread of whatever ails you while your doctor logs into WebMD, and make long-distance travel without warp something survivable for someone with a normal human lifespan.

A Star to Steer Her By is digging into the freezer for some frozen snacks, so make sure to check out everything we’ve got defrosting on the counter below and listen to this week’s podcast chatter (frosty discussion starts at 1:07:29). 

I’ll say this up front as well: I wasn’t expecting to have to include a minor spoiler for season three Picard after literally the first episode, but here we are.

Cool off!

[Images © CBS/Paramount]

“Space Seed”

The villain Khan is just too much for Earth of the past, so he becomes the future’s problem when he flash freezes himself and his augmented followers. The episode in which we first see cryostasis in Trek also paved the way for one of the most popular movies in the franchise, so we’re glad that the plot device opened up the possibility of dragging people into the future. For now.

“The Neutral Zone”

...and I’ve already eaten those words. The three frozen folks from this episode are mainly here to make fish-out-of-water jokes. They don’t understand that stocks and bonds don’t exist in the future. Isn’t that funny? Sure, some of the scenes with an overwhelmed Clare Raymond are a little more intimate and thought-provoking, but this whole episode was just unfocused and tiresome.

“The Emissary”

We all loved K'Ehleyr so much (see how much here!) that it’s easy to forget the rest of the episode in which she was introduced. You’ll remember that a ship of Klingons, all in stasis, is about to get their wakeup call and someone needs to be on hand to make sure they don’t attack the Federation since they’re pretty behind on the news. And who better than our girl K’Ehleyr? Worf helped too, I guess.

“The Perfect Mate”

Sometimes, your mail-order bride comes in a well-preserved package. In the generally squicky “The Perfect Mate,” Kamala is being kept in her little cocoon in the cargo hold until pesky Ferengi accidentally break it open earlier than it’s supposed to be opened. Why did the cocoon need to float in the air where it could easily be knocked down? Hey shut up, the episode needed to move forward.

“Relics”

Do we count being stored in the transporter buffer as an equivalent to being in stasis? Well, “Relics” is on this list, so yes, yes we do. It’s actually a really ingenious plan to effectively freeze yourself using the transporter, even if it seems to only be effective 50% of the time, that we’re frequently flabbergasted that we don’t see it used more often in Trek. You’ll see it a couple more times on this list though.

“Face of the Enemy”

Like in “The Emissary,” it may be easy to forget that the driving force of “Face of the Enemy” is cryo-related, but we get too distracted by watching Marina Sirtis actually getting something really great to do for a change. But the main thrust of the episode is about transporting Romulan defectors out of Romulan space, and that’s achieved by putting them in cryo and moving them around like luggage. Go Troi!

“Vortex”

This mostly forgettable episode from early DS9 also had a mostly forgettable cryo scene. Croden’s daughter is being stored in stasis on some rock or other so that he can go pick her up when he’s escaped his shitty, shitty government. It’s a rather small inclusion, but as we’ve said before: when you’ve got this technology, you might as well use it!

“The Abandoned”

This one’s just a tiny little inclusion in an episode that veers hard in another direction once the sleeping pod element is done with. After Quark buys up a whole bunch of products and he’s started sorting through his wares, he discovers a small pod containing what turns out to be a Jem’Hadar baby. Why was he being transported in a cryochamber? The better question is: why not transport ALL babies in a cryochamber?

“Empok Nor”

We see a lot of “The Emissary” in this horror episode of DS9, especially in that “if someone wakes up, they might wreak some havoc on us” kind of way. In this case, it’s a couple of drugged-out Cardassians that have awakened from their slumber on the space station Empok Nor and the episode turns a little into Jason X: The One in Space. Which we should totally cover on the podcast one day.

“The 37s”

Boy, did we have a lot of shitty things to say about “The 37s” when we wrapped season two of Voyager, and so much of it is because of the very forced and highly unnecessary cryochamber plot. There was already too much going on in this episode, and adding unfreezing Amelia Freaking Earhart to the mix was not only convoluted, but just agonizingly bad as well. Let the poor thing rest in peace.

“The Thaw”

We talked more about this one when we discussed dreams the other week, but it has the added bonus of being a cryosleep episode as well! Like many gimmicks in which the idea is for the characters to get woken up from cryo at an appointed time, something goes terribly wrong for the sleepers and they get stuck in their worst nightmares: dreaming of clowns and not being able to wake up.

“Resolutions”

This is another brief scene, but we do get a moment at the very top when we’re dropped in in media res to see Chakotay and Janeway waking up in their pods on some paradisiacal planet. They were only in there briefly to be transported to the surface without dying of their incurable illness (score one more cross promotion to our diseases post), and then we never see the pods again.

“One”

One of our favorite Seven of Nine episodes so far has been “One” and there’s so much cryostasis that I’m feeling a little freezer burned just thinking about it. It’s such a good premise: the whole crew needs to go into cryo because they can’t survive a span of deadly nebula or other, so Seven has to pilot her sleeping crewmates to the other side without succumbing to cabin fever! Excellent!

“Counterpoint”

Well, we included “Relics” on this list because being stored in the transporter buffer is akin to being stored in a cryopod, so here we are doing it again with “Counterpoint.” Seriously, they really don’t use this technique often enough in Star Trek, but since the telepaths kept in the buffer start to suffer from cell degradation from constant use, maybe that’s a good enough reason.

“11:59”

One of the good things about this otherwise deplorable episode was the story we get from Harry Kim about his uncle Jack. The account goes that Jack was on a sleeper ship (we really don’t see enough of those!) back before space travel was quite so fast, awoke at their destination to find nothing there, so he turned the ship around and went home again. It’s quite a cute and funny little anecdote!

“Dragon’s Teeth”

The episode we covered on the podcast this week hit a lot of the same beats as previous instances from this list. A warlike race gets woken up from their slumber only to try to take over the ship, a la “Space Seed.” Their pods had been scheduled to wake them and failed like in “The Thaw.” And we had nearly no motivation to open the pods in the first place, as has happened a whole bunch!

“Precious Cargo”

An even more egregious retread comes in Enterprise when they basically try to redo the super cringe TNG episode “The Perfect Mate” that you just scrolled past, and somehow continue to be fairly cringe. Same deal: a gorgeous Kriosian woman is being transported while in stasis. Her pod gets damaged and she wakes up and eventually falls for the hunkiest guy in reach. We’ve done all this before.

Into Darkness

Since Into Darkness is just “Space Seed” / The Wrath of Khan but with more lens flare, the movie obviously has to use the cryostasis plot device since it would actually be more trouble NOT to include it and anger the fans [more]. But finding Khan’s crew in cryo inside torpedoes is at least a good touch, and the chilly resolution to the film is somehow kinder than stranding him on Ceti Alpha V.

Rukiya’s story arc

One last one that’s from the transporter buffer loophole that we’ve decided we’re using for this list, but it’s also a really good and quite sweet characterization for Doctor Mbenga to put his daughter into stasis to prolong her life. We ask every so often on the podcast why the medical staff doesn’t put patients in cryo all the time, and it took until Strange New Worlds to really make good use of it.

“Preludes”

Learning Jankom Pog’s backstory in this Prodigy episode really helped shed light on his character in a way that we didn’t realize we needed so badly. It’s a fascinating addition – especially for a kids show! – to have this Tellarite be a blast from the past who awoke accidentally from cryo to find he needed to maintain the ship. And it’s crushing to see him get no credit for it!

“The Next Generation”

Literally right after we recorded this week’s episode, the season three premiere of Picard came along to taunt me. It too contains a scene related to cryostasis. We don’t know much yet about what’s going to come about from this turn of events since, at the time I’m writing this, dear Doctor Crusher has just entered the deep freeze, so watch along with us to see what happens, I guess!

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[innerbirdgarden]

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[ghostlytalkin]

Really upset that I have to log into this account after leaving it and saying I was going to take a step back from rpt world due to how toxic I got myself swept into things. But I'm having people message me on my discord about things being said.

First and foremost, I have distanced myself from those I considered core friends, being that I know I caused hurt and they deserve the distance from me, so I made that possible. I have backed away from my friendships, and we're not talking right now. I dont know if I'll be ready to talk to them for a long time because I have felt ashamed for things. I devalued our friendships and I backed away to give us all space.

Blaming them for MY actions is wrong because I am the only one to blame. They all tried talking to me about their concerns and I ignored them and I know I did. I got too obsessed in people wanting to bring me stuff and it was unhealthy. And worse i let myself become a person i shouldn't have been. I can acknowledge that people have issues with me and I fucked up royally. I am a constant work in progress. It's a topic with my therapist, psychiatrist, and group therapy that I do and am working on.

I joined one group with the idea of my therapist to see if I feel comfortable reaching out and trying to feel normal. Rping has been a big part of my life since middle school and it felt not writing woth others. I don't feel comfortable but i was trying to make an effort and I and currently struggling. I didn't know people I distanced myself from joined and I have kept my space from them. I used an fc I didn't do research about and I apologize for that. I usually try to do better but I just didn't put in the effort to actually do research. But I do apologize, that wasn't right of me and I changed the fc as soon as another friend that won't let me cut them off brought it up to me when we were getting lunch together. It still was not okay for me and I should have done better research.

For people saying I'm joining groups you're wrong. I've joined a group. Yes I've been active in the rphhelp server as of late, but I've even gone silent there recently because hearing that whatever I do is sent to Syd feels rough and it has set my ptsd and paranoia regarding my last stalker off. Again, something I'm working on with my therapist and something we talk about in group therapy.

I acknowledge that I've fucked up in the past, I have mainly been keeping to myself trying to work on things. I thought my therapist's suggestion of joining a single group was good. Some people have reached out and talked to me about issues they've had with me and I've taken what they said to heart. I literally do not know everything that I'm being accused of and it's hard to ask when people don't reach out to you to say what they found you doing to be fucked up or caused hurt. But I'm trying with some of the info I was given. I'll still be working on things because I need that step by step plan.

I understand I fucked up, but please, if you have an issue with me let it just be with me. I don't want anybody else dragged down or had themselves tossed through the mud because people have issues with me as a person. Send me threats, tell me how awful I am, fuck anon is on this blog, send it here. Message me on discord. I've been away from discord the last few days but I will log in just if people want to talk and tell me what issues they have. It doesn't even have to be their main account he could be a disposable one. But please, keep your issues with me just with me. That's literally all I ask, I don't want the people I use to be close to thrown around because I'm the one you want to watch burn.

I haven't been looking at the tumblr, haven't messaged anybody, haven't done much except get some information of graphics and read updates about Palestinian. I honestly feel gross logging into this account just to post this that will be torn apart and picked at.

My discord is emptylittlemind. I changed it from cupcakemon for the literal reason of my stalker trying to get ahold me me via discord again. But you can message me on there, you can message this blog, whatever. I literally am just asking that if you have issues with me to not drag whoever you think I'm friends with through the mud thinking it will help drag me further. I'm barely talking to people, maybe two I know that rp, and that's it. I have been trying to keep space.

I know I have caused issues, and I cannot express how sorry I am. I know I have fucked up over and over and never acknowledged things. But I only know so much. I am still trying to figure things out. I know I have done a lot of damage but please, just take it out on me. I don't want others dragged further just for having at one point known me. The issues are with me and what I have done.

Again, you can add me on discord and message me there if you want. I just felt compelled to say something because I don't want ex friends dragged just for knowing me.

[icgaminglogs]

Hey folks!

I notice I now have two whole people following this blog! Hi guys!

Firstly, thanks for stopping by [and thanks to the folks who’ve liked my whole two posts so far but probably won’t see this. that’s fine tbh, I’m just happy people are seeing my writing ^^;]

Secondly, here’s the thing: I don’t really know how long the Gotham Knights storyline is, and I fully intend to actually finish it before I move on to restarting Skyrim or picking Mass Effect back up. On the other hand, there’s only so much activity I can maintain with just the one game. So I thought I’d offer an idea and see what people thought. Y'see, I also play two gacha games, Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail. So what I thought I could do is go back through The Story So Far™ for both of them [largelyby reading dialogue transcripts/rewatching cutscenes] and attempt to write up my MC's thoughts on it quest by quest, then pick up with the real-time journaling as new storylines/content drops for either game. It'd keep this blog active and also help me remember what's already happened in-game [especially in Genshin; the one downside of MMOs is you can't go and re-play storylines like with old-school video games. HSR's gonna be just as difficult after a while, I'm betting, though I love them both].

So is that something folks might like to see? Sora's Story [Genshin] and Luka's Logbook[HSR]? [titles not confirmed >w>]

[lilluke34]

Junk News

I think nowadays just about anyone that has ever picked up a phone has dealt with junk news. If we are being realistic, most of the stuff you see on the internet falls into this category. I can say for myself that I have been flooded with this stuff, especially in the past. I am not a real political person but around the time of the last presidential election there was a point where 75% of my feed was post tearing down Joe Biden. I just wanted to watch funny videos or sports highlights, it was ridiculous.

Algorithms are one of the scariest features on social media, at least in my opinion. It is weird to me how they have the ability to predict what I am going to look at in the future, and they are usually correct. I can say that on YouTube and Instagram, the algorithms know me very well. My Instagram feed is essentially just workout stuff, food, sports, my friends and a few celebrities, maybe a couple of memes in there as well. I try very hard to stay off instagram because I often find myself mindlessly scrolling because it is filling my brain with the few things that interest me. Youtube just knows what I am going to watch, recommending me sports and highlight videos in the morning and videos of my favorite fitness YouTubers at night. Why I like watching these videos at these times of the day? We will never know, maybe YouTube has made me that way.

Advertising on social media knows what I like and it is the most annoying thing ever. One time about a year ago now, I bought pre workout off of instagram from an ad that popped up on my feed. Til this day, I get ads for pre workout. It knows how to tempt me even though the purchase was a year ago. At the same time, it is the only thing I have ever bought off Instagram, so this may play a part, but none the less it is very annoying, and tempting. Whenever I click on an ad for a shirt or a piece of clothing, I will get that ad for weeks until they either give up or find something else that I am I treated in.

Exposure is one of the elements on news and social media that I do not often think about, making this article that much better of a read for me. One example of exposure from my own experience is the Joe Biden example that I used at the start of this blog. I am not a huge supporter of either Trump or Biden, but somehow my social media activity made the algorithms think I am a huge Trump supporter . I was being exposed to specifically anti Biden material. Very odd in hindsight. I am just so curious what activity of mine led to those results.

Business's need to be aware of these elements because at the end of the day, it can actually help them. Knowing how people, especially their customers work and think is a crucial element to a successful business. Allowing algorithms to support their material and shove it in peoples faces will ultimately make them much more profitable. If businesses can get their advertisements to work and actually keep people clicking and making purchases, then they need to know what exactly it is in these ads that attract people and pin down on that.

Individuals on the other hand need to be aware of these elements to protect themselves. They need to be aware that every one of their movements on social media is recorded and their information is constantly being logged. They must know that they are being exposed to only the information that they care about, and they are not getting the full story. The information they receive half the time is complete garbage and it is only put out there because they know people will stare at it and fall for it. Social Media can be a fun and useful tool, but it is important to know the dangers of it as well.

[fagito420]

The last time I logged into this site, I was inundated with toxic culture. There was no space for me. My Tumblr famous ex got me out of jail by raising money on this site in 2012. It was toxic then, and it is toxic now. thanks for paying my bail tho.

I used to run message boards in the mid 2000s and it was no different. I had a friend group of other POC from the US and UK along with white Europeans who felt that white Americans were totally nutso. We used to engage in flame wars. Some of us wrote fanfiction and people would get into drag-out fights on LiveJournal (remember that?). People act like ship wars are new. I hate when people compare things to their ship getting crapped on to a hate crime.

It makes me mad that there are so many people on all platforms who act like they are woke or inclusive when in reality the cottagecore only hang with the cottagecore, the queens with the queens, the granola lesbians with granola lesbians, and ACAB white-guilty queers with other guilty white queers.

As a young queer coming from a rural environment, I felt like I did not belong. I come from a place where the indigenous drag queen is the community and white people were extremely distrusted. When I moved to the city I felt as if I was out of my element..I am Mexican American and white but still. It was as if I was going to be brainwashed into a community where you HAD to dye your hair. You HAD to pierce your face. You HAD to spew the Ideology of the Day and the correct terminology in order to have clout in the queer community.

I met people whose sole personality was Activism. I was just a trans person of color trying to live my life. Their world did not match mine. I was in the world dealing with machismo culture and my safety DEPENDING ON passing. I could not just dye my hair black and take my piercings out. I actually had to work harder than the cis men at my jobs and I didn't have the clout or resources to get a nonprofit job or a "queer friendly" job. I was working in Dollar Stores, Casinos, Bars and Hotels.

My survival mechanisms were taught to me by older Mexican American cis men. It can come across as threatening due to prejudice between white queers and the Hispanic community here. I would not expect them to understand. However they were out there proselytizing how much the lives of trans people of color mattered.

It is hard to feel like you matter when you don't belong to a clique. I felt so isolated. I was already culture shocked after moving to a place that had 60% white people as opposed to only 10%. I know I am not Native American but it still messes with my head.

So why can't you just wear what you want, believe what you want, cook what you want, and so on?

while I feel so many people use Tumblr as a way to find themselves, especially young people, it is the same toxic environment the internet has always been. You HAVE to check the bingo boxes. You HAVE to wear Birkenstocks and use the newest lingo else you're transphobic. You can't be masc and abused in a relationship according to Tumblr woke ideology.

and so here is my safe lil corner, where I can be myself. Nice to meet you. I am a person as are you, and you are beautiful no matter your identity.

I have a stalker and the activists don't care. I have been fired from many jobs for being trans and they don't care. They pick the loudest white person who dyes their hair and pierces their face. However all they do is hurt the causes they say they support by silencing POC . The ramifications and consequences are far greater for us than they are for them. white people like keeping up with the Joneses

And I thought white people were better than that. But I guess all the mockery they got from my small town (yes even you radical leftists) is well deserved.

I don't get on social media much anymore and my life is better for it. This blog is a placeholder for when I have to log in, in order to see something. I don't give a single shit.

And maybe if y'all are so socially awkward it wouldn't hurt to SOCIALIZE with people who aren't like yourself. The internet is an echo chamber full of lambés and yes-men. either they're gonna follow you blindly, or slam you like they would never slam someone in person. I get the aggression, really I do. I spent my time getting incel blogs ToSsed in the mid 2000s and trolling Stormfront. However the thing everyone wants on the internet is attention.

Imagine if a hateful person wasnt sucked up to. Imagine if they got told tf off publicly and humiliated publicly. From a trumper to an ACAB white clique leader activist. Imagine if someone had the guts to take them out back and kick their ass. You know, like real life. Which you know these people are scared to do.

I never realized that having some fucking CAJONES would be seen as problematic.

My ex used autism as an excuse to spread gossip about me under the guise of being an open book. Self diagnosis is great and all and our criminal justice system is garbage but if you have worked in criminal law, public defenders will always do the mental illness defense. it doesn't matter whether they are Actually Guilty or not.

If someone can create a plausible paper trail documenting said mental illness, then someone can get away with the excuse. I get that self diagnosis is what a lot of people do. We know our bodies more than anything else. however when it is an excuse to be an asshole, then I lose all my sympathy. Insanity please, lol lol lol

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