#i'd rate it a 10 on the scale of laughs

[svtskneecaps]

god clown has such a nice laugh what the fuck like when sneeg catches him off guard w somethin silly it's just. this is Archmage Clownpierce, Scourge of the Realms, most feared of the aids of the kingdom of fools and then he's like. giggling at sneeg making silly noises. i love it.

[yandere-romanticaa]

Well, since you're asking 😏. I've seen a couple of Lancers (Cù Chulainn) posts on your page, and I would like to ask how you would view him as a yandere.

The epitome of "if you want something, you go get it". This man is not shy nor is he subtle about his feelings and frankly, he has no reason to be. He knows he's strong, he knows he has the looks and the brains and if you even try to get all cute with him by saying that he doesn't possess those qualities, he will lovingly! bully you into the afterlife.

I see him falling for someone who is a fighter, someone who will pose a challenge for him. He doesn't like people who are passive, I don't think you even need to necessarily be a good fighter. Show him your drive, your ambition, Cu Chulainn wants to see what makes you tick. He wants to find that and play with it, he wants to push your buttons to the extreme and then some. He can't help himself, not when you make all those cute little faces at him.

As a yandere, I don't see him as a very intense one. While he is 100% capable of getting his hands dirty - and will gladly do so if it meant to keep you safe - he would act relatively normal around you. Cu Chulainn is mostly a threat to those around him but not you. He likes to keep the air light-hearted and carefree, to listen to you laugh or bicker with him truly is the highlight of his day.

If I had to rate him on a scale, I'd give him a cool 6.5/10. He wouldn't be nearly as intense as some other servants as his own devil may care attitude prevents him from stepping into some truly gruesome territory. Again, he isn't necessarily above it, but sometimes it really is easier to talk things out.

[gaybananabread]

stop I love bh6 and there's like no tickle content for it😭😭 I absolutely loved your tadashi and hiro hcs🥹

perhaps some baymax tk hcs?👀👀

or anyone else in rhe gang lmao idm😭

you don't have to do this if you don't wanna!!🙌🏼

₊✩‧₊˚౨Nerd Squad & Baymax Tkl Headcanonsৎ˚₊✩‧₊

~AN: Fufufu thank you! And I KNOW, it's criminal how little BH6 tickle content there is! I plan on changing that. (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠) Guess who got indecisive? I've been wanting to do stuff for everybody anyway, so might as well do it now! Super long cuz I did everyone so be prepared. (ミ⁠●⁠﹏⁠☉⁠ミ) Thanks for requesting Anon!~

🩹Baymax🩺

General:

Robo boy, so not ticklish

He does tickle others though, so ler by default.

Might pretend something tickles just to seem like he gets it or to try and empathize with Hiro

On low battery mode, if prompted, will spill all of Hiro’s worst spots.

Ler:

It feels like a certain someone would have programmed him with a special scan to locate said spots…but shhh you didn't hear it from me.

He believes that the laughter it produces can help boost moods, and according to the Internet, it can! 

So a few little medicinal cheer-up sessions aren't a rare occurrence in their group.

As I've said before, he was definitely given some little nails/quill tips that can pop out of his fingers on one hand to tickle his patients

Will occasionally tease, but it's super minimal. He likes to make his lee laugh just hard enough to make them feel better, no more and no less (unless they ask!)

“On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate this tickle spot?” “Your blood pressure is rising: that must be why your cheeks are so rosy.” “Most people are quite ticklish here. How about you?”

Amazing aftercare: water, lollies, praise and hugs if the lee wants them.

🏍️GoGo🗲

General:

She gives ler-leaning switch. Like she loves getting her friends, but the occasional squeeze or poke-fest wouldn't upset her

She never lies, so she wouldn't outright deny that she likes it. She would, however, dodge the question or attack the asker until they forget their name.

They'd be a giggly mess in seconds if they press it

Ler:

Such a meanie/hj

GoGo’s got a rougher style, preferring to firmly squeeze and claw her lee's poor spots. Loves seeing their red, dumbstruck expressions as they laugh their heads off.

She can go softer if need be, but definitely prefers belly laughter to giggles

Does tease, though it's in this monotone, observational way. Smug look, dull voice. 

“Damn, didn't think you'd be that ticklish here. Then again, I don't think you did either.” “Snorts, huh? That's pretty adorable, just saying.” “It must really tickle if you're begging that much. I didn't hear a ‘stop’, though.”

Lee:

Doesn't happen often, but she will get lee moods. Mainly when she accidentally walks in on a tickle fight.

Not super ticklish, but a select few spots will kill her.

Thighs are her worst spot and get the loudest snort-laughs you can imagine. After that, there's mainly just giggle zones. Sides, underarms, calves, and knees get little squeaks if you've got nails.

If you do manage to wreck her, be ready: she's big on revenge tickles (•` ⁠ω `•⁠)

⚗️Honey Lemon🍬

General:

Switch for sure; I'd say 50/50. She's always ready to cheer up her friends, whether it be by giving or receiving some silly affection (⁠ ⁠ꈍvꈍ⁠)

Super chill about liking it. Honey is honest to herself and her friends about her likes and boundaries. If someone talks about liking it, she'll playfully support them.

(And, depending on their mood, help them with a first proper session)

Lee:

The purest giggles and laughter known to humankind

GoGo can vouch for it: Honey's laugh can brighten pretty much anyone's day.

She tries not to, though she's definitely a squirmer. Will kick her legs and flap her hands to try and keep from pushing the ler away.

Absolutely adores tickle hugs! If she happens to be having a hard day, a few wiggly fingers in a warm embrace will cheer her right up! ♡⁠(⁠Ӧ⁠ｖ⁠Ӧ⁠｡⁠)

Her worst spots are her underarms, followed by her knees and belly button. 

Besides that, basically a walking tickle spot; wiggling fingers almost anywhere get her squeaking.

Gets lee moods pretty often; she'll stretch a lot more, and sometimes just sit near GoGo with her arms above her head. Her friends get the message.

Ler:

Such a soft ler, so sweet and affectionate

Will giggle along with her lee, and loves giving out sweet praises. 

“Aww, I love your laugh! It's so cute!” “Oh my goodness, your cheeks are the color of my Gum-buns!” “You really like this spot, huh? I'll give it some extra love, just for you!”

She'd be the kind of girl to carry a clean make-up brush specifically for that reason. Drag it along a palm, sneakily flutter it along a sad friend's neck and ears… Opportunities are endless!

Checks in with them every few minutes, just to make sure her lee is still having fun.

“You need a breather, friend?” “It's okay to take a quick break. Don't worry; I promise I'll come right back to this spot when you catch your breath!”

🧴Wasabi🔧

General:

While he's usually pretty touch adverse, he can enjoy tickling. He's just gotta be in the right mood and around the right people.

He gives me heavy lee-leaning vibes; he might tickle someone on occasion, like Hiro. 

His friends respect his boundaries, and always make sure to ask before trying anything touch-related with him.

Lee:

When he does get a lee mood, most of his friends can point it out pretty easily. He'll smile more, twist his fingers and flinch at the smallest touches. 

It's obvious, but they don't touch him until he shows he wants them to. That normally means a muttered ask, or more commonly, “the look.”

He'll meet their eyes for just a second before looking away, a small blush on his cheeks as he tries and fails to speak any human language. That's all they need to get started.

Even though he clearly asked for the tickles, he refuses to react at first. He's too sensitive to stay totally silent, but he tries.

Bubbly, restrained giggles. He'll bite his lip like there's no tomorrow, curling into himself. It's pretty adorable to watch

Eventually, when he does crack, he just lets himself go loose. Loud laughter, squeaks, and eventually little hiccups. 

Worst spot is his ribs, though he melts at his arms and palms being tickled. 

Ler:

Again, rare, but it happens.

His lee will almost always be Hiro, though occasionally he'll get Fred if he's being annoying.

He's a soft ler: never wants to go too far. Unless directly asked for, he's gentle and almost teasing with the touch.

He'll mumble little notes as he explores his lee's spots (even if he already knows about them)

“So, your sides are worse than your neck, but not as bad as your armpits? Interesting…” “Okay, thighs are pretty ticklish…oh, a snort. Cute.”

Wasabi knows exactly what he's doing; he just likes hearing the complaints his comments cause.

🦖Fred💥

General:

The most switch energy everrrrrrrr

Like hello? He's so chill on everything; imagine him in a tickle fight! Can either be horrifying or adorable, depending on what mood he's in.

The silly boy would have no problem admitting he likes it! He’ll tease his friends occasionally, abusing his “can confidently say the t-word at any time” powers.

Lee:

Literal walking tickle spot

Any poke or squeeze anywhere gets him giggling and twisting like a little kid. He doesn't get embarrassed by it: he owns it.

Worst spot would probably be his feet or hips. Those get him cackling, though most other places aren't that far of a drop.

If he's in a lee mood, he'll just flop in the closest person's lap and raise his arms. Besides a few eye-rolls and amused chuckles, it seems to work pretty well for him.

Unrestrained, super giddy and bright laughter. Definitely lights up a room (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

Ler:

Most conniving little shit to ever walk the Earth.

He'll wiggle his fingers, sneak little pokes at his friends’ sides, and squeeze the word “tickle” into every sentence.

Favorite target is Honey Lemon. She always plays along with his silliness, and he loves hearing her laugh. 

If she's in the right mood, though, GoGo will actually let him tickle her. That's gotta be one of his favorite activities, though it rarely happens.

He'll tease the hell out of his lee. Anything he can think of, he'll use.

“You're a really squirmy-worm, dude. It's cute!” “If I poke heeeere, and squeeze heeeere, then- yep, tickly laughter!” “Man, I wish I had the tickle belt from Captain Fancy’s Special Issue: the Feather Fiend. It'd look so good on you!”

He'll go until they really tell him to stop, but afterwards, he'll take them to their favorite restaurant and have a movie marathon. 

[heavyisthecrownif]

I love hearing about other people's OCs, especially when you see how excited they get to share. It's like hearing someone talk about something they're really interested in, or a hobby. They get so passionate and enthusiastic it's infectious! I get giddy!

Speaking of OCs...

Can you rate them from most to least jealous and possessive? 👀Is their jealousy and possessiveness fixed or can it vary depending on choices?

Oh, I know what you mean, Nonny! Not only regarding OC's or lore, when a person tells you about something they are genuinely passionate about, it shows, and it's so nice.

Now, for the sake of convenience I'm going to make a scale, with 0 being not at all jealous/possessive and 10 being a lot.

•It's probably no surprise to anyone but Kai is the most possessive with a solid 9.5, however I'd say their jealousy is something like 5-6.

•The most jealous turn out to be Azzy then, with a 10, their possessiveness I would say at a 7.

•??? They are an 8 in possessiveness, 6 in jealousy, after all, they have their ways of knowing what Crown is doing and with whom so.

•Ely like to think they operate under the mentality that "if you cheat on them you're the one who loses", but they've never met Crown before.... 7 in possessiveness, 6 in jealousy.

•SR is... complicated, like everything to do with them, their possessiveness is not born out of a desire to keep Crown alone with them, in fact they don't care if you have another significant relationship of any kind, but out of feeling that they have a right over Crown, that they owe them. Their jealousy is strange too, that is, if they see you laughing at something someone else said they don't get jealous in the sense of "how dare they be happy with someone else" but more like "how dare they be happy". So I'll say it can range from a 4 on both to a solid 10.

These would be the default values of those feelings, let's put it this way, depending on your decisions you can increase one, the other or both or even reduce them.

[illarian-rambling]

Thanks for the tag @mk-writes-stuff!

OC Interview

Let's get funky, let's answer for Azhur! (For context, Azhur is Twenari’s father. He's been... alone for a very long time.)

Are you named after anyone?

"No, no, no one else. There's only one me, fortunately. Unless you're counting my family name. Then there's a lot of us. A whole pack of Devarises. Did you know the scientific term for a group of sorcerers is a conference? A conference of Devarises. Gods, I hated those."

When was the last time you cried?

"I couldn't say. Wasting moisture is a travesty in my hell, for rain is rare. Sometimes, when I do give in, I pretend I'm visiting the sea."

Do you have kids?

"Two, though one is gone, taken, dead. I haven't been around Twenari for long, but I see much potential in her. Dreams swim behind her eyes, as much as hands rein in reality. I cannot know her, yet I would like to learn to love her one day. As for Akani.... The soul is a funny thing, made of magic and miracle. It presents on a scale of Tamm units, visible through a sorcerer’s arcane awareness, which draws upon the Veil at a rate, a rage, a relay of 8.5×10^5 ODR volts per second, equivalent to 1 standard Blösten unit, from which can be derived both magi-potential and spell friction by way of the Klaston-Daphon equation and-"

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

"Huh? Do I? I think I do. I make myself laugh all the time!"

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

"How loudly he shouts around them."

What’s your eye colour?

"A pale brown, lighter than my skin. Very distinctive."

Scary movies or happy endings?

"Uh, happy? Happy is good. Fear is evil."

Any special talents?

"My magic, obviously, but saying a Devaris is talented at magic is like saying a fish is talented at swimming. I've gotten quite good at survival here in my hell too. But my best talent, I think.... Ah fuck, I forgot already. Damm, anyways, my second best talent is making soup."

Where were you born?

"The Devaris island, which hovers approximately 200 meters above the city of Unity."

Do you have any pets?

"If I had, I'd have eaten the poor thing already. Spiders and tree sap get quite tiresome after a while."

What sort of sports do you play?

"I'm a dab hand at solitaire, though I think if I play one more round, I'll smash my head into a rock. I did track when I was young, I suppose. Ma always wanted me to go out for wrestling because of how big I was, but I couldn't stand fighting."

How tall are you?

"6'8". Yes, the weather's nice."

What was your favourite subject in school?

"It should've been magic. I love magic. It's my blood, my purpose, my curse and my blessing. But, I always found my mind craving literature, even so. I wanted stories, as frivolous as they are. Were? Are. They were real then."

What is your dream job?

"I don't care what I spend my days with, I want to get out. I want to be free, absolved, forgiven. I want to leave my hell. I want him to stop screaming. I know he's not real - right? - but that doesn't stop the noise. But to do that, I need a bridge. By use of the bottle method, it's theorized that a mage could shift the frequency of one strain of magic to match another. Harmonic magi-radial frequencies can initiate a Naldervon cascade, similar to the effect of a teleportarion ritual. If gravitational drift is factored in, then by taking the derivative of the Naldervon cascade number, found by way of a Tamm reading and plugging the value into Fendessi's equation-"

Anyways, love that guy. He's like if Castaway was way more fucked up. I'll tag @finickyfelix @ettawritesnstudies @elsie-writes @inky-duchess and anyone else who wants in :)

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Are you named after anyone? When was the last time you cried? Do you have kids? Do you use sarcasm a lot? What’s the first thing you notice about people? What’s your eye colour? Scary movies or happy endings? Any special talents? Where were you born? Do you have any pets? What sort of sports do you play? How tall are you? What was your favourite subject in school? What is your dream job?

[ltwharfy]

"Bob's Burgers" Season 10 Episode Ranking Rewatch (Long Post)

So, I've been rewatching "Bob's Burgers" from the beginning and ranking the episodes using the spreadsheet that @babsvibes created! If you want to know why I'm doing this or how I view the 1-5 rating scale, you can check out my Season 1 post! If you want to check out any of the other seasons, I've been using the "bob's burgers episode ranking rewatch" tag for all of them.

Now, on to Season 10:

Average (Mean) Score: 4.27

Mode (Most Common) Ranking: 4

Ranking Breakdown: 7 5s 14 4s 1 3

Season as whole thoughts:

This is the lowest average score for a season since Season 2, and that seems about right to me. Season 2 and Season 10 are kind of bookends for my personal Golden Age of "Bob's Burgers".

In my experience, all long running sitcoms (and I'd define long running as maybe more than 5 seasons), eventually undergo a transition where I stop seeing them as "one of the funniest things on TV!" and, if I continue watching them it's more because I like hanging out in their world with their characters, even if they don't make me laugh quite as hard as they used to on a regular basis. And a lot of shows don't make that transition successfully- I just stop watching them because they don't make me laugh as much and I realize I don't really care about the characters. Or I stick around but then retroactively realize I only like about half the episodes of the show.

I still enjoyed Season 10 and beyond of "Bob's Burgers", but (as the numbers for this silly project will likely show), I found Season 10 and onward to have a lot more episodes where my reaction was "that's good" or "that's nice" or "that was kinda boring but it was still nice to be with the Belchers" rather than "that episode was amazing!"

One caveat I will add to that is: I have noticed that some of the later season episodes tend to grow on me upon rewatching them- which honestly is great and one of the things that makes this project fun!

Some thoughts on specific episodes (and feel free to ask if you want my thoughts on an episode I didn't comment on):

"Pig Trouble in Little Tina": This was definitely an episode that grew on me. When I first watched it, I mainly found it weird and kinda gross (the pig's guts spilling out in Tina's dream.) And it is both those things! But it is also really funny and kind of touching. So, a great "Bob's Burgers" Halloween episode. I love the "skeletons doing helpful things around the farm" hayride, and the bit where Louise can't draw blood from Tina is a fun reminder that for all Louise's bluster she's just a kid. And the Fiona Apple end credits song lives in my head rent free now. "But you kissed a fetal pig and now you two are boyfriend-girlfriend" is a lyric for the ages.

"Legends of the Mall": I talk a lot about how Rudy's stories remind me of myself as a kid, but Bob and Bosco's story here reminds me of myself now. "Middle-aged man is confused and frustrated by buying pants" is the story of my life now. Well, not THE story, but a plotline. I definitely do think the phrase, "they're call pants, not can'ts" pretty often.

"The Hawkening: Look Who's Hawking Now!": Koji is a fun character and I am glad they found a story to bring him back in. And I think the story structure is really interesting in this episode: there is an A and B plot, but they both center around Louise, with the resolution of the one informing the resolution of the other. Also, the Zeke and Rudy interaction at the beginning of this episode is one of my favorite things ever. Also also, this episode led to the creation of what may be the fic I've reread the most: "I know I believe it, and so do my bones" by CourtneyCourtney (@daddygrandpaandthebeaver) which is one of those episode tag fics that is so good it has merged with the episode itself in my mind. (What? You don't remember the scene in this episode with Louise and Rudy at the frozen yogurt shop?!)

"Now We're Not Cooking With Gas": This has enough good things (especially the Riverbrook Lake Farms Heritage Turkey song) that I gave it a 4, but it's probably one of my last favorite Thanksgiving episodes. I know Bob's always kind of a jerk in Thanksgiving episodes, but the bit where the kids are so proud to have brought him that giant log for his fire and he rejects it really bothers me. It's possible I'm repressing a similar memory from my childhood or something.

"A Fish Called Tina": Yes, this episode introduces one of my favorite minor characters, Kaylee Morganstern. Yes, we get another Louise and Tammy story and I always love that dynamic. But the real highlight of this episode is Madison, Tina's old big fish, who has an incredibly high ratio of really funny lines to total number of lines. "Welcome to Caboose Kabob, what can I put in your caboose?" and "Order 71, Baba Ghanoush Caboose and a cup of juice!" always crack me up. Sorry, but caboose is just an inherently funny word.

"Three Girls and a Little Wharfy": The episode that helped inspire my confusing username here and on AO3! Just an all around fun episode- Fifth Grade Megan was a fun new character, as is April Busby (her line about studying for the bar exam "soap not the other one" and including the Madonna/Sean Penn divorce in her Wharfy scrapbook both crack me up). And Louise just has a lot of fun little moments in this one- I particularly love her mimicking Linda when borrowing the laptop from her parents, also her response to Megan's comment about not talking to the cat on her block ("I mean, I'll try, but if he talks to me I'm not going to be rude...")

"Wag the Song": The most I've ever related to Zeke and J-Ju. If me and my grade school best friends would've had the chance to write the school song, it would've absolutely turned out along the lines of their song. (And all the kids and the songs are a hoot!)

"Tappy Tappy Tappy Tap Tap Tap": A pretty meh episode. Personally, I didn't really need to revisit Josh. On the plus side, it gave us the phrase "Rudy's ballet fight", which will live in my mind forever.

"Poops!...I Didn't Do It Again": This is another episode that grew on me. Similar to "Pig Trouble", I initially found it weird/gross but now find it funny and touching. And the theme about parents trying not to pass their fears/insecurities along to their kids is an important one that I don't often see expressed in pop culture. On a lighter/weirder note, "I'm thinking animatronic doves with human private parts" is probably a top 10 Gene line for me. (However, I am annoyed that this episode basically forgets about Jezebel from "Synchronized Swimming".)

"Prank You for Being A Friend": This is the story that makes Kaylee one of the most interesting recurring characters to me. While I never tried to get kicked out of school because I couldn't find my people, I can certainly understand the motivation (I would've been more likely to do that in high school than 4th grade.) Also, this newspaper joke at the end of this episode basically inspired Rudlee, the Rudy/Kaylee ship aka my second favorite ship for of both those characters! (Please don't judge me for having multiple Kaylee Morganstern ships...)

Random thoughts (stuff that doesn't affect the ratings):

-What's the best use of a recurring character in "Bob's Burgers"? What's the best delivery of a single word in "Bob's Burgers"? The answer to both questions can be found in "Local She-ro" when Gus appears only to say the line "Chumbawamba!" in his Gus voice.

On that note, I get knocked down, but I get up again. You are never gonna keep me down.

Which is a weirdly defiant way to say that I'll see you (theoretical readers of these crazy long posts) in Season 11!

[slytherinshua]

On the scale of 1-10, how would you rate your closest moots?

omg lmfao umm... i hope u meant like rating them as ppl vs rating how close they are to me (does that even make sense??) AND YES I GAVE EVERYONE A HIGH RANKING CAUSE I ACTUALLY CANT BEAR TO GIVE ANYONE A LOW RANKING THEYRE ALL SO PRECIOUS TO ME <//3

@eternalgyu okay listen in my head she's a 10/10 CAUSE SHE RLY IS THE BEST FRIEND IVE EVER HAD. but no one is perfect and no one is getting a perfect 10/10 so if im like truly rating her based on everything i'd say maybe a 9.998/10? she can't spell and fr she has this problem of attacking me 👹 but she's the best person i know and always will be completely irreplaceable to me <33

@wheeboo 2/10 8/10!! rania is rly fun to talk to and be around and i think our senses of humour match rly well (since we're always fighting and then saying ily the next second 🤺) our countless kdrama nights and music sessions are some of the most relaxing and nice times of my life so even tho i say i hate her prob once a week (SHE DESERVES IT CAUSE OF THE FUCKING ANGST) we all know i don't mean it <3 divorced for life ☝️

@blue-jisungs hmmmmmm 8.5/10? maybe its cause i've known axe for a very long time and she's kinda a big multi like i am, its like nostalgic and comforting to talk to her?? she's rly goofy so she makes me laugh a lot but it just makes me feel at home.

@haecien 9/10 and yes he gets extra points for being the only guy friend ive ever had a good experience with to this day 😍 that's actually such a feat like congrats cien ily <33 but srsly hes so amazing and its so fun to attack talk to him abt seungwoo and harua and all the ppl we love to simp over together

@weird-bookworm another 8/10 👹 she always calls me a lil gremlin and says i need to sleep 👹👹👹👹 but i love her i know she's just worried abt me (stop being such a mother sky sheesh 🙄) very very chaotic always and def the biggest army i still know which makes me feel a little nostalgic also cause i probably would go weeks without hearing abt bts if it wasn't for her 🥹

@caramel-maveeato my actual wife like i HAVE to give her at least a 9.5/10 like!! she's just that amazing <33 her writing skills???? her DRAWING skills??? and she's so fun to talk to!! (rizzing me up every moment but its okay i flirt back 😣)

@candewlsy OKAY MIZU LIKE KSJDKS. esp recently??? i feel like she got herself some extra points CAUSE HER HUMOUR HAS CHEERED ME UP SM RECENTLY. so i'm giving her a 9.25/10. if ur friends w her and see her humour then you'll know like SHES SO FUNNY

@evalevaeva actually #1 fuma simper w me. i think she gets at least an 8/10 for FEEDING ME DELUSIONS. but like the angst that you've written eva 😓 STILL CANT FORGIVE IT. but def always fun to talk to her even tho she might be a beomseok simp 🤨 she's in denial but 🤨 i see it okay 👹

[samuhelll]

rate your muse's traits 0-10.

compassion. 3/10. not very good. he's hard neutral and wants no business in the plight of others. that said, he doesn't enjoy watching people suffer, either.

bitterness. 9/10. he's afraid. he's bitter. he's resentful. he hates that he was ousted from the Spires. he hates that he has to compete against something like War and Pestilence, as if the cards weren't fatefully and immutably stacked against him from the start. he hates that everything he's trying to do is failing. he's afraid and terrified of dying, the threat and knowledge of it alarmingly close in the rearview mirror. he hates that his failure reflects an inadequacy on his part. sam is bitter, bitter, bitter.

happiness. 3/10. sam comes across loud, bombastic, vivacious, and full of life. he doesn't quite light up a room when he enters it so much as he's banging pots and pans, impossible to miss. some people might interpret that as he's happy, but i think it's easier to interpret it as someone playing a character? almost phony?

politeness. 4/10. sam can certainly be polite, but i don't think of sam as business or formally polite so much as not explicitly rude. that said, he is not afraid of causing a scene and he will yell at you in public.

pride. 5?/10. he won't take handouts and he vehemently hates perceived pity. simply: he doesn't think he's better than everyone. he just hates it when you think you're better than him. sam's also not above begging.

honesty. 3/10. he literally stays alive by manipulating people. a little higher on the scale because he rarely outright lies. he mostly just doesn't tell the whole truth. but this is very habitual, and only about serious things. he lies about little thing on the daily.

bravery. 2/10. sam is afraid. he's afraid of death but also of pain. physical pain, emotional pain. sam will turn his back and high tail it if he senses it on the horizon. he will sell you out if he has to.

recklessness. 6/10. i'd say sam actually errs more on the side of caution. he's not mastermind methodical, but he doesn't do anything on impulse. that said, just because he thinks about it doesn't mean it's not a bad idea. he'll know that and might still go ahead with it, too.

ambition. 3/10. i used to think of sam as ambitious, but he's not, really. at this point, and for a long time, he's been on fight-or-flight. he's just trying to survive.

loyalty. 3/10. he's went behind the back of everyone he's ever known at some point. generally, in a situation where he has to choose between him and you, he's looking out for numero uno.

love. 4/10. i'm putting him low on the rating here because, while i do see sam capable of love, or feeling love, and all the motions of love—acts of service, quality time—he'd probably be terrible at it in more fundamental ways. he's selfish and he isn't honest/isn't entirely forthright - two absolute deal-breakers for the majority of people, and rightly so. he also lacks foresight and may do things that harm his partner or, at least, greatly upset them. then he'll do it again.

sense of family. 2/10. he doesn't have a family in any sense of the word nor does he have any relationship that can be classified as familial.

attractiveness. 5 or 6/10. middling. he looks like an average middle-aged man. thinning hair and receding hairline, impossible-to-miss laugh lines. stick him in not-loud clothes, and i'd guess most people wouldn't bat an eye at or remember him. this is my assumption, anyway. i personally think bob is very handsome but what do i know lol

agility. 3/10. on a spectrum of agile to content-to-stay-on-the-couch/rigid-as-a-board, he leans towards the latter.

sex drive. 5 or 6/10. average. he wouldn't jump at any and all opportunities to sleep with someone, but he also wouldn't deny the opportunity with a practical stranger.

tagged by: @cartelheir ty! / tagging: @lcvnderhazed (any), @prvtocol, @abysswarden, @rottine, @ghoulishundertakings, @escapedartgeek, @allevils, @bloodykneestm (any)

[mrhaitch]

HIHI Mr. Haitch! I’m back! I did a lot more work today and I even found this huge spike of motivation! Unfortunately that motivation could only be used to make tiny ducks out of kneadable eraser sooo… I made a bunch of ducks. One has a party hat, another a bow tie, another a necklace and I think one has devil horns. For reference each duck is about one cm tall and one cm long and one cm wide. They smol. Thank you for all your support thus far and I hope your children (both adopted on the internet, blood related, and taught at school) aren’t driving you and Haitch too crazy.

Rate your spice tolerance on a scale from 1-10 (1 is I will die from eating bell pepper and 10 is I HAVE DRANK LAVA AND LAUGHED IN IT’S FACE)

How many duplicates of your eldest child do you think you’d be able to carry when you were in your prime? (Like before your injury)

Does cilantro taste like soap to you?

FUN FACT: James Buchanan was the first US president to have a non-wife First Lady. He put his niece as First Lady since he was a bachelor.

Glad to hear it, but I remain suspicious of your smol duck army.

1) Until quite recently I'd say 8 or 9. For some reason, most likely ageing, it's down to a 7.

2) He's just shy of 30 kilos so probably three if one was on my back. Now probably two.

3) Nope, love it. Anything with lime, coriander, and a kick and I'm all over it.

4) I know nothing about the US Presidents, but that's kind of sweet.

[bitchellsmith]

Mitchell was already like an excitable little dog, so add gifts, booze and cookies into the mix? Christmas was an all out celebration for him, or at least it should've been. It seemed something was in the air at the Smith residence that night because Christmas was turning out to be way more chaotic than usual. He thought, as a joke, throwing Lottie over his shoulder and tossing her into the snow might get some laughs. Maybe it would've if it weren't for the fact that they hadn't told anyone they're dating. Not only did he end up looking like a total dick, but he blew his own cover and let his family that they were together in the worst way possible. He knew the moment he saw the look on Mikki's face, as if she'd been punched in the stomach, and the way she sulked up the stairs to her room that he fucked up. Massively.

"So," Mitch finally said after an uncharacteristically quiet moment from his side of things, "on a scale of 1-10, how shitty are you feeling right now? Cause I personally feel like I'm breaking the scale. I'd rate myself around 100 territory." He was in his room, thinking that maybe a change of scenery would help with apology inspiration. So far, though, he was blanking. "I don't regret any of this happening with you, by the way, cause uh, have you seen you? But yeah. I just wish we'd told Mikayla sooner." @lottieliang

[beasts-of-jadewood]

For my first attempt at making a "tumblr-style" post, I'll be rating Goodbye Volcano High characters on a scale of 1-10 based on how I think my first date with them would go.

This is entirely dependent on what dialogue options the player chooses. Nice, friendly, accomodating Fang would try their best to make the evening as pleasant for the both of us as possible but I'd probably realize that they're either reading a walkthrough of my dialogue checks or just trying way too hard, leading to an overall 7/10 night. Mean, selfish, asshole Fang would talk about K-On for 2 hours and ignore everything I say before watching with a completely emotionless face as I get up amd walk out of their life forever. 2/10.

Trish would probably take me to a bug museum and talk about her favorite bugs and ask me what my favorite bug was, at which point I'd respond with some bullshit answer like "the Worms from Kamen Rider Kabuto" before we would both start explaining our respective niche interests to each other without retaining any of what the other person said until we both forget why we're there and go our separate ways, feeling confused but vaguely satisfied. 5/10.

Reed's idea for a first date is probably inviting me to his D&D party or something, at which point I would start explaining to him that I think D&D's modifier-based dice roll system doesn't accurately represent skillfulness as much as something like Fate's multi-dice system, then launch into a rant about how I think D&D is a fascist colonialist product that promotes violence and has little to no thoughtful mechanics outside of combat. I will either be killed immediately for what I've said and my body eaten given the fact that Reed is a carnivorous dinosaur, or the argument will proceed for the next 6 hours to no real avail until we're both exhausted and I go home, leaving Reed alone to smoke pot and watch Critical Role episodes until he falls asleep. 2/10.

Naser would prepare a full list of horse puns for his first date with me given that I am a unicorn and possibly try to make me fall for updog a few times despite the fact that it's the year of our lord 2023. I would quickly let him know that my ability to make jokes is even shittier than his own by reciting old memes from 2012 that I saved in the back of my brain to impress my boomer parents with. We'd then proceed to both laugh at each other while cringing until our skins are fully inside-out. At the end of the date, Naser would ask me to pull his finger, and I'd be too slow to do so before he accidentally shits himself from the cheap dinosaur-korean barbecue we had for dinner, ending the night with a highly awkward but overall 8/10 experience.

Anyway, that's it for part 1. I have four more characters to go. Please let me know if you want more of this kind of content from me. Thanks.

@wolfnanaki @rustybottlecap I'm tagging you two because you're the only blogs that show up when I search "Goodbye Volcano High" in the blogs tab.

[esperata]

Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh 

🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing? 

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

I considered several playlists but really this one is the one I'd rate as my number one. Its for a New Orleans AU of the Penguin. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzStR63bhaOZll5BDl7pCSayqBolVkGAO

Hhm three good things 🤔 Well, my studies are going well, I'm making the required grades and nearing the end of my course. I'm making plans to visit America for halloween which should be a lot of fun. And my health has been on an even keel for a good stretch of time now which is always something to be grateful for.

Internet references? This makes me feel my age 😆 I'm not sure about laugh but I do like the "I'm a Kitty Cat" video. There's probably other things but that's what has come to mind.

To be honest I haven't done much writing this last month so this question is making me think. DC certainly, and media which leaves points unexplained or arcs incomplete. So the backstory in Telltale with Penguin, wherever Reeves is going with his Penguin series, and the open ended animated series.

Editing is not usually something I either greatly enjoy or particularly hate. Mostly I only need lightly go over what I've done since I normally spend too much time in the writing phase picking out words and lines. On occasion however it needs a major overhaul and I go into longer fics with a notebook to assess continuity. That brings the average down so let's say a 4.

[fourseasonsfigs]

Concert Banquet - Fight to Win

The fig maker's name for this set is 爱拼火锅崽, which my app helpfully(?!?) translates as "Love to Fight Hot Pot Cubs". This is a case where I felt that things must have been lost in translation.

After thinking about it a bit, though, I believe the name of this fig set comes from 爱拼才会赢, "Fight to Win", the song Zhang Zhehan and Gong Jun sang together at the Word of Honor concert banquet. Here's a clip of them singing a few lines from the song together:

There's no heart hands (that I can see), but perhaps there's another clip of them making them!

I've had these figs for a long time, and since the last two posts were all from this fig maker, I figured I'd make it three times the charm. And these are certainly charming!

These figs arrived safely in their polystyrene shipping boxes, which is a good thing. It's hard to express how incredibly heavy these figs are - their heads are literally like paperweights. They immediately got glued onto fig stands - there was no way I was letting these topple over and break their hat brims.

Speaking of huge concert banquet smiles, we have a huge laughing smile from Zhehan here!

These figs are in the fat body style, which is characterized by larger heads and stockier body proportions. This fig maker likes this style, and for good reason, it's super cute!

As you saw from yesterday, these early figs of hers had both of them about the same size, with Gong Jun actually the tiniest bit smaller.

From this angle you can really see the difference in silhouettes, with Zhehan's curvier figure and Junjun's more willowy one.

You can see the size difference better here.

I absolutely love the detail on Gong Jun's LV bag - she got the chain strap just right!

This fig maker always includes each of their beauty marks on their left ears.

Their hats really do look great. Nicely modeled and they don't overpower the figs, as huge as they are.

I do particularly like the Zhehan heart special that he does pointing down!

Here we have a close up of Zhehan's lobster Lanvin hoodie, which is missing the "La". This is not a factory mistake, it was made this way. I even checked against the maker's proof pictures, just to be sure! Maybe it was to avoid any branding issues?

Here's a close up of Junjun's outfit and of course his black LV bag. I wish we had his Wen Kexing Rua 10 cm doll hanging off of it in fig form, but the teeny tiny scale probably makes it too difficult.

The top view only had the big ol' baseball caps! Still, you can see the slight difference in the details of both.

So you can see the difference in scale between the fat body style and the more typical body style, here's our heart-hands pair, flanked on either side by their more standardized counterparts. The difference in head sizes is pretty dramatic, right?

I don't have box cards for this set, unfortunately, but that's OK. The figs on my shelf looking cute with the other concert banquet figs is all I need!

Material: Resin

Fig Count: 442

Scene Count: 30

Rating: Fight hard to win!

[link back to Master Fig Index for more posts]

[confetti-critter]

On my walk there was a kid with their friend n they asked me (jokingly) "rate my drip on a scale of 1 to 10" so I went "🤔 hmmmmm, I'd say a generous 6" n that made them laugh <:

[pinkrose05]

Oh this sounds fun, count me in!

Warning: Long Post.

(Oops.)

1- I went with Stelle because I like the deadpan menace vibe. Caelus is pretty neat in his own right, but Stelle... my beloved gremlin...

2- Yanqing! He's my son and I love and cherish him with all my heart. Go kick ass, subway surfer boi!

3- My pfp would have you think it's Argenti, but I actually have a terminal case of Ren hyperfixation. He's got sooo many different personality facets and involvement in several story branches that is just so neat to think about!

...as I do 24/7. Please send help.

4- Also Ren lol, he checks off all the right boxes (buffs his own crit rate, scales off HP, runs on basic attacks, has the single most satisfying followup attack in the game. Oh did I mention the sfx? I think I should mention the sfx. It's great.)

5- I wasn't too big on Guinaifen initially, but playing Aetherium Wars and Foxian Tale practically 180'd my view. She's so lively and charming, and her backstory makes her current persona all the more interesting, too. Ily xiao-Gui... please come home already....

6- This is probably a tie between Qingque and Hanya. QQ's RNG within RNG is hilarious when it goes off, but man, Hanya has some of the best animations in the game, period. Her SP recovery is also very comfy (<- Ren main who dies inside whenever the SP count falls below 2 in any team ever).

7- Silver Wolf.... I'm so sorry queen, you keep running next to guys I'm saving for. Next time. Next time for sure.

8- Belobog, hands down. The scenery is cool, the vibes are cool (or warm, if you're in the Underworld), and OST is some of my all-time favorite; I love those strings so much!

9- The Luofu had a pretty strong start, even with all the fetch quests. I may be in the minority here, but I really enjoyed Dan Shu's quest chain, and was very excited to see how they'd handle the moral dilemma thereof in future updates. Oh, to go back to these better times... *weary sigh of ancient soul*

10- Argenti's story quest may not have been lore-heavy, but boy, it definitely was one of the weirder ones- and that was fun! I won't go into detail here, but it changes... quite a few things. And that last cutscene... beautiful.

(Shoutout to the Serval + Gepard quest pair though; that one was great closure for the former, and a nice show of her dynamic with the latter too.)

11- Had he not been an established recurring presence (that already stole the thunder of another's quest), I would've nominated Ren for this one. However, my actual pick is Jing Yuan. I'd love to see centric content for the cat dad sometime... regardless of what it tackles, I'm fairly certain it'll be a good time.

12- Foxian Tale of The Haunted is the peak of events in hoyoverse games. 20/10, please keep up the quality in the next lore-heavy main event. Shoutout to Critter Pick for the babies, though!

13- Remembrance! Why wait for the enemy to take action when you can make them dissociate their way to death?

(Of course, the agony of running into freeze-immune enemies is unmatchable, but I still think it's worth. Elation is a solid second though, that Aftertaste explosion is just delectable.)

14- Kafka's a pretty fun bossfight, in that she's the most straightforward of the bunch. Just cleanse the effects, keep trading blows, and you'll get there if you believe hard enough. Also this fight gives you the Go, Bladie achievement, and few references in this game have made me laugh so hard.

15- Ahahahahahahaha... figured it out yet? Aha is a menace in all the best and worst ways, and I'm afraid they had me hooked to their shenanigans alll the way back from the start. Live, laugh, love, never gonna give you up-

16- Giovanni Di Giorgio Da Epsilon, the man of all time!

(....can you tell I'm an Elation folk enjoyer?)

17- Sometimes family is a pint-sized gamer, a coat afficionado, an occasionally feral but mostly just tired wet kitten, a gundam proxy constantly doing their best, and the cat that brings them all together like some sort of clairvoyant glue. We praise the Stellaron Hunter family in this household.

18- I'm not much for shipping, honestly, but kafblade reads romantically as well as it does platonically, so that's nice. I'll take any and all ship content if I like it enough, though.

19- Jingliu and Luocha's plan is vaguely intriguing, in that it ties the Luofu's story to several ships we might visit in the future. I wonder what the Marshal's take on this is, and what exactly goes on in the Xuling...

Honkai Star Rail questions

I spent all night last night catching up on events in Honkai Star Rail, and somehow I ended up thinking about whether I'd seen any posts like this one. I couldn't remember any, so I decided to make my own. Hopefully it will be fun for someone as we now test out our free Dr. Ratios and wait for 2.0 to arrive!

This is not a tagging sort of meme - if you play HSR and are in the mood, answer these! Feel free to explain or not explain as you see fit. Bonus points for including screenshots/pictures/art/whatever - not required, but no one ever argued with some pretty.

Note that I'm keeping this one positive, because my mood is "yay this is a fun game I'm happy it's here" and that's the general vibe I want to put out into the world!

*

Stelle or Caelus? (i.e., which default do you use, regardless of what you named them?): 

First 5* Character:

Favorite 5* Character (Story/General Characterization):

Favorite 5* Character (Combat/Play Style):

Favorite 4* Character (Story/General Characterization):

Favorite 4* Character (Combat/Play Style):

Existing character you haven't pulled yet but want:

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Location) - Herta Space Station, Belobog, or Xianzhou Luofu: 

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Story):

Favorite Character-Specific Quest:

Character who doesn't have a quest yet, but should:

Favorite Event:

Favorite path to choose in Simulated Universe: 

Favorite boss fight (design, combat, story relevance, whatever strikes you most): 

Favorite Aeon:

Favorite non-playable NPC:

Favorite non-romantic relationship (friends, enemies, complicated, whatever):

Favorite ship (if any - canon is irrelevant here, btw, this is all vibes): 

Plot thread you're most looking forward to seeing in the future: 

Bonus question: any other (generally positive) thought, theory, or headcanon that you've been dying to talk about, but haven't had the excuse to mention before:

[thesecrimsonstrings-if]

I love how easy it is to get Tachibana to blush - it's so adorable! It makes me wonder: what does it take to get the other ROs flustered?

pls they seem like your usual stone-faced grump but it doesn't take too long for those walls to crumble when it comes to their soulmate. now i'd rate the fluster scale for the ROs from 1-10.

ronan bennett: 8/10. pretty easy since he's so in-tune with their emotions (also because they're a cancer, you can blame the stars). a compliment or two here and there, touching his hand when he least expects it, etc. ronan's cheeks darken and he has a habit of hiding his face if he gets too flustered and it's honestly adorable 😭

célia dupont: 7/10. she has a fake smile in place whenever she's talking to other people that are deemed important for the company's relation, otherwise it's just a neutral face 💀 however, célia completely lets her guard down with the MC and she can genuinely feel their love washing over her. she'd believe every heartfelt compliment and promises that the MC makes and even if she's flustered, she isn't embarassed to let it show.

s bakkoush: 5/10. now bakkoush is a tricky character. they grew up hearing people talk about how they're beautiful/handsome and would grow up to be famous. they've become quite indifferent to becoming embarassed. however, MC is a whole different story and someone who actually stands a chance in getting them flustered. a genuine compliment that they'd felt resonating in their chest and you'll see them melt and turning their head away with a shy laugh to hide the fact that you've completely caught them off-guard.

i tachibana: 11/10. granted that they usually have either a 😡 or 😐 expression around people in general, they're surprisingly bad at handling their emotions and it comes slipping up around the MC. they're going to become irritated because of that and no matter how many times they try to tell themself that they need to get their shit together, tachibana becomes a blushing mess if the MC so much as winks at them.