#idk i think game changer ideas are so fun

[adainesfroggieboggy]

just in general i love coming up with random game changer ideas that will never happen but i will share these below the cut because i’m thoroughly pleased with them and i think they’re so fun to come up with. sam reich hire me

game changer episode with siobhan emily and brennan where he just fully joins the chaos because he loves it too and siobhan and emily fuck the whole game. rules? no. emily axford and siobhan thompson will absolutely make sam eat the rules and just go along for the ride. when they’re allowed to be gremlins together they fucking kill. absolute beautiful chaos. it does not matter what game you give them so long as they don’t know the rules because the second you tell them no they fight it. i know they follow order when they feel like it but just sow the seed and emily will carry a bit through the whole game. just let the three of them have a good ass time. you can lock them in a room and they’ll be entertaining without the escape room. but siobhan will never come back bc she agreed to game changer twice and was locked in a room both times.

oh or they have aabria brennan and murph and make them roll initiative for their podium spots and they have to roll for things and slowly reveal their character sheets that sam has hidden. brennan has negative scores on half his shit and aabria and murph just have well-balanced characters. brennan is gilear and murph and aabria are full characters with abilities.

“okay, brennan roll your attack.”

“fifteen?”

“you have a minus three to that, so a twelve does not hit. aabria, would you like to attack?”

“ten?”

“add three to that, and a thirteen hits! murph!”

“three.”

“you have a plus ten! you hit!”

just murph needs a stacked character because his dice are cursed sometimes

i just think “oops! all dms” is so funny. for game changer, for a campaign, for anything. oops! all people who are professionally familiar with dnd play dnd together!

especially when that’s gamified and taken in a way that gives these people who are extremely talented at what they do an element of mystery around the game they play literally for their jobs.

[cvnt4him]

i would request monoma x reader bc I'm literally going crazy about him but idk-- OMG NVM MONOMA X KIND/SOFT READER

BITCH ME TOO WHEN I TELL YOU HE FR GOT ME FOAMING OUT THE MOUTH LIKE IM A RABID ASS DOGGGG.

You know you wrong as hell for that picture tho.. bc why he look so goofy, bones js doing my man wrong this season😞

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"I don't get what you even see in him, my love."

Mina scolds as she finishes crocheting your last butterfly loc into your hair.

It was 4 AM, you both had school in a couple hours and she had been doing your hair since 12 o'clock. Your head was pounding and was going to be throbbing for the next week. You can only imagine how bad it'll be once you put your hair into a ponytail...

You sigh from relief knowing that was the last braid you had to endure. She puts muse all over your hair, the soft yet cold air like foam covering your hair as she gently slides her hands down each braid costing it in the pleasant and calming scented hair applicator.

You stand and stretch deciding to just put your bonnet on without putting your hair up so you can just head straight to bed, not that you'd get much sleep since school started in like what less than an hour and a half? What's the point in even trying to sleep.

"he makes me laugh. he's a gentleman, he--"

"gentleman my ass."

She cuts you off with a scoff straightening up all of the things she used to do your hair, putting them away and washing the icky foam texture off of her hands.

"okay first of all, don't you ever in your life; he's a sweetheart, really he is. and I don't need you questioning my choices, you're like a sister to me so please for the love of God just fucking trust my choices for once, yeah?"

She hums and rolls her eyes putting her bonnet on and getting under her leopard printed covers. She sighs and wishes you a good night as you leave and head back to your dorm.

All you could think about while getting ready for school was how rude mina was. Sure he was quite unpleasant to your classmates but he's a sweet guy to you!! Well no.. he's just less of an asshole. You noticed that Everytime he would say some smartsss remark to your peers he wouldn't say anything even remotely bad to you. He wouldn't even look at you. It's like there was something about you that just made him go silent.

The way you looked at him however, that was a game changer. He would get all stuttery over his words and just get flustered to the point he'd live without kendo needing to assist. (Knocking his hardheaded ass out)

You figured he had a crush on you which you were completely alright with due to you reciprocating his feelings! He was so beautiful and rather charming in his own way. He was distinguished and quite dashing!!!

You had no idea how people could just say such mean things to him!!

You finish off your look with a silver necklace that makes everything pop so beautifully. Your many rings matching indefinitely. You wore a white turtle neck and a pastel pink plaid skirt with white opaque tights on underneath. Baby pink Mary Jane's accompanying your soft aesthetic.

Being in college was fun for you, the party's the sleepovers the random socks on other people's dorm handles. It was an interesting experience, one of the greatest parts about it was how you could wear whatever you wanted! No dress code, no uniforms just your own unique style!

You walked with a sway to your hips as you made it to your class, to your surprise seeing how there were different students there than normal.

You look around and see groans and laughter coming from somewhere, you turn your head out the classroom door to see some of your friend and peers angry and uncomfortable whilst a manically laughing monoma boasts about something.

Mina sees you and lights up nodding her head in monomas direction telling you in girl talk or whatever the fuck to "get your fucking man before I have kirishima walk him like a damn dog."Her eyes saying more than enough.

You chuckle which catches others attention, including monomas. He turns with a raised brow to see you, his eyes widening and a pinky tint slightly becoming visible on his features.

"hello, neito."

He clears his throat and turns to you dusting off his outfit and giving you a small grin looking to the ground, unable to hold eye contact.

"hi y/- ahem. Y/n."

His voice cracked whilst he tried saying your name instantly making him get flustered and asking a loud and entertained kirishima have a belly laugh.

Monomas turns to them and instantly shouts at them calling them "Imbeciles" and "incompetent losers" and such, the way he spoke with such sophisticated mannerisms was just amusing to you, even while arguing and being angry with people he disliked he still manages to not use foul language and be somewhat civilized. It's quite neat.

You giggle catching his attention again, he turns to you and bows his head lightly with a smile as an apology.

"what are you up to, neito?"

You ask with a tilt to your head.

"who me?! I- uhm-- y'know the usual, classes are just taking over my brain at the moment, haha!"

He jokes, making you giggle again. God you were so cute to him, the way you innocently giggled or laughed at anything, the way you dressed to adorably like an innocent little girl was oddly compelling to him.

"i see you've gotten your hair done. It looks very nice, y/n."

He says to you nodding his head to your hair, the way you had little sparkles raying off of it and how you had little star shaped clips in your locs just completes your outfit.

"awh thank you neito!! You're so sweet!"

You jump into his arms with a hug, snuggling your nose into his shirt. He blushed intensively, getting stiff and tense underneath your touch. You did such foul things to him, making him flustered and blushy like this. He never felt this way for anyone, he always wanted to be a hero and show everyone that he was just as capable of doing things his former class rivals could.

He slowly wrapped his arms around your shorter figure leaning his head down and resting it on your head, his nose burying itself into your locs and smelling the sweet smell radiating off of them.

It was an unfamiliar smell to him, yet it was so intoxicatingly sweet. Like he'd smelled it before, or like it was just something he couldn't resist. A smell he was sure he wanted to take over his senses all the time. For the rest of his life even.

The hug lasted quite some time, an angry kirishima faux clearing his throat to end the long hug. Mina rolled her eyes and nudged him, she didn't like monoma really, but if you had then she'd just have to thug that shit out. For your sake.

You pulled away first, having monoma realize where he was, which was not in a perfect mansion with a beautiful rose garden, white picket fence, and a golden retriever running around with happy and cheerful barks.

He looks down at you ass you peer up at him with beautiful eyes, the way they shine so brightly even without sunlight raying into them, the way you bat your eyelashes at him and smile innocently.

He blushed while staring deep into your eyes. Fuck he'd just imagined a whole entire life with you, making you his wife and you have his kids.

You were evil and putting him under your spell. Your evil, wicked, enchanting, perfect, beautiful, absolutely breathtaking spell. Wait what?!

He got flushed and hid his face with his hand as he looked away, his other hand still on your waist.

You put one of your hands on his neck causing him to snap his neck to look right back to your face. You look down at his chest and rub your other hand up and down it and slowly look back up to him. You smile and move your hand that was once in his neck to his flushed cheek.

He wss going to kiss you. Fuck he was actually going to kiss you, finally, after having a huge crush on you for all these years you were going to kiss him. He'd finally make you his!

"AHEM. So yeah uh, we have to get to class, right y/n? Wouldn't want kids to catch you guys Frenching in the middle of the hallway while classes are in right? Right?"

Kirishima interrupts, making up an excuse to get you away from him.

Mina face palms herself while pulling kirishima away from the two of you. Monoma watching while he gives kirishima an evil, shit eating grin. Kirishima was practically foaming out of the mouth like a raccoon with rabies.

You simply giggle before letting him go. No no no, that's not what was supposed to happen! Why'd you let him go?!

"he's right, we should get to class."

You say quietly, never taking a step back still being rather close to him, peering up at him with wide eyes and offering him a smile.

He sighs and looks away. He was extremely disappointed. Why'd that shitty shark toothed fucker have to get in his way? You were finally going to kiss him.

"but, we can hang out later, if you'd like."

"yes!-- I uhm.. yes, I would like that, if you would."

He answers quickly, before stumbling on his words and saving himself from eternal embarrassment, not that toud ever make fun of him. He was cute, and flushy. Most people didn't get to see him like that not even kendo. You were honored and wnsted to spend more time with him. So you agreed. The two do you made plans and agreed to meet and have lunch, he'd take you to see a movie and you'd go out on dinner dates.

He had so many plans for the two of you. And once you start dating you better believe you're not allowed to be around anyone without him, not that he's jealous.. he's jealous. He's so jealous, he hates anyone that's not him being in your presence. He loves you! More than anything and anyone.

He holds you with grace, being so gentle with you throughout everything. Making sure you don't have tod I anything, not lift a single finger. He holds you tight at night making you feel safe and warm. He loves matching with you, and eating with you, and doing anything to ensure everyone knows you're his. He isn't insecure or anything but he's not oblivious to the rather hot people that swarm your school. He has a hard time reassuring himself that you only have eyes for him!

You're so kind and nice to everyone it's hard to believe you're his girlfriend. Seriously, no one believes you two, but you are. You're his and he's yours. No doubt about it, he'd choose you over the world.

He loves showing you off, boasting and bragging about how cute you are, how you're his girlfriend and how no one can ever even compare to you. How your skin glows in the sunlight without any help. How you're so strong and are better than anyone who ever existed. You can be a bit of an airhead at times, he even teases you about it, but let someone dare say some shit about you, he's ready to throw words. Something tells me hes not the best at hand to hand combat..

Anyways, he loves you dearly, he makes sure to tell you constantly. He doesn't want you feeling like you're less than perfect. He has standard, rather high ones too, and you meet them to a tee.

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AN: this is x black!reader bc I js got my hair done and I've become kinda obsessed w him so. Yeah!!! I'm definitely making more monoma and tenya content bc they've recently been clouding my head. Anyways love laugh love monoma!!!

This is kind of all over the place so come back later for more and much better content including him.

[veryconfusedunlabeledguy]

Talk Hockey to Me

(a game of tags)

i was tagged by @starscelly tysm king i give you a respectable high five

1. The thing that got you hooked on hockey

the second game i went to! the first one was good for sure (we got the fun lil borgy and matty christmas tree video during one of the breaks) but the second one!! i actually looked into stuff and it was everything ig you’d want from a game? my team won, we had some fun lil fights idk.. and then afterwards i stumbled upon rpf which. game changer lowkey (i read several fics having no idea what any of the people i was reading about looked like which was fun but we figured it out)

2. Your first ever fandom friend

i think probably cel tbf? and i have an irl friend who’s into hockey but i think there’s a strong chance they’re more normal about it than i am

3. The jersey you would most like to own

oooof tough question. either a stars jersey or a devils jersey i think. i’m hesitant to get one that’s a specific player’s bc i don’t want to have one for a team that they get traded from (looks pointedly at my several month-old un-customized kraken jersey) the ever changing world of sportssss

4. YOUR player (you only get ONE so choose wisely)

i am not choosing. you cannot make me. (it changes too often)

5. A pairing that deserves more fic

rn my answer is cyork/tfoerster but a week ago my answer was probably 2339 and two weeks ago my answer was probably 1053 and before that it was probably 2072 and before that it was probably scasey/gbrindley and before that it was probably nmoyle/nblankenburg and before that… (i’m stopping now but i could go on)

6. Your favorite on ice moment

oh gosh… i don’t really think i have a particular answer! i’m a cellies girlie who enjoys when the little men hit each other so. if any of my blorbos have ever done any of that sort of thing that can be my favorite (yes this a very general answer no i don’t care) actually maybe slaf’s first goal celly that wasn’t a celly so much as it was him cursing at zach brown ((?)i think that was who it was)

~link someone else’s art/fic/etc that you love and think everyone should check out~

i have yet to figure out how to link things so instead i will give you names and authors and you will take them. okay? okay.

still burnt from kissing your face by teethtilt (1053 fic with THE most delectable descriptions… i have never been more engaged by snow cones and swelteringly warm days)

tumblr user @/starscelly’s band au. (special shout-out to his one piece where wyatt is sat at a merch stand with the best body language you’ve ever seen)

on the banks of kettle creek by honeydripping (tknp fic that is soooo yummy. the way the author describes smells? ooof you don’t even know)

two thousand miles away, but i can see you by lovethygoalie (kraken magic fic that is very fun. gobbling up the way the author writes dynamics)

after hours by kerfluffle (cam/tyson fic that is very yay. if there is next to nothing in their tag at least we have the works of kerfluffle who is fantastic)

cool summers by counthestars (rule63 umich fic that has my heart. it literally feels like summer in my brain and i’m obsessed)

any xhekuraj fic by novembrs (loveee their trans arber fics never not thinking about them)

this was probably too many and i could go on! but it’s my response to an ask game and i do what i want

~link something you made and are proud of/want people to see~

again drk how to link things but my art tag is ‘me and my knack of making people look ~almost~ right’ or something like that and i also like my dream tag (vcug’s hockey dreams) just bc it’s fun. not really proud of it i just enjoy how my subconscious produces absolute bullshit

tagging @spiceberrie but no pressure if you don’t want to do this!

[melainabraqwin]

Idk if its gonna be a hot take, but I kinda dont want for Joker to be the next big bad guy for the next Batman movie…

Let me explain,

We have seen Joker in so many incarnations, in so many forms, and in many of the last few movies and stuff, that they unfortunately dont really have room for some of the other in Batman’s Rouges Gallery.

But i also LOVE this Joker, so what to do… 🤔

What about just keeping Joker as a side character for the next few movies, and to keep doing what he did in the deleted scene for Batman (giving his own input on a case from a criminal standpoint etc.) and honestly this might lead to a somewhat interesting situation.

I mean Joker gives his input for Batsy to figure out and find the big bad guy of the movie, and once they are in Arkham, Joker will get the opportunity to get close to them, much like how he did with Riddler, and start building up new connections. He certainly has the “charm” and manipulative skills to do it as we seen in that deleted scene.

And depending on what other villains from the Rouges Gallery they choose to implement, they can be huge game changers for Joker, i mean what if they add Scarecrow to the mix? Well if and when he gets tossed into Arkham, Joker can “befriends” them so he could gain excess to their chemical skillset and might even learn a thing or two from them, and potentially could create the Joker Gas from it. And what about Two-Face? Or Professor Pyg? Black Mask? Calendar Man? Maybe Firefly? Victor Zsasz? Hush? So many they can chose from that can work.

Idk i just thought of this outta the blue thinking about how this Joker can be involved in the next movie, but also not too involved to not take the entire spotlight and letting the other Rouges have some fun, plus it would be an interesting build up to Joker maybe leading some of these guys to just causing some mass chaos in Gotham only so Joker can have some time with Batman, and that could begin their cycle too! Joker breaking out, Batman stopping him, and tossing him back into Arkham.

Idk i think its a neat idea to think about and probably poke around with. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

[cayenne-twilight]

Professor Layton Iceberg Explanation

As I said in the tags of the original, the iceberg I made was a meme consisting of both real theories and satire/parodies/fandom memes. If anyone is interested, I can work on an unironic version that only has real theories.

Buckle in because this post is LONG and heavily saturated with lore and information.

Actual theories

Parallel universe 1960s where the world wars didn’t happen. There’s an unused file in Curious Village that shows the year as 1960 and the time machine from UF is set to 1973, ten years into the future. The series canonically takes place in an undefined time period (hence the technological inaccuracies and fantasy elements), but it’s based off the 60s. There’s more evidence but we don’t have time to go over every little thing. I linked my “no wars” theory below but TL;DR the outdated airplanes and underdeveloped medicine in the Layton series imply that the world wars may never have happened. https://cayenne-twilight.tumblr.com/post/632205992162099200/outofcontextdiscord-timegearremix-zonosils-war

The real meaning behind the statue in Future London. In UF, the purpose of the statue is to spark Layton and Luke’s conversation about their friendship. Luke is stressing out about moving overseas and sees himself and the professor in the story behind the statue, but in the bigger picture, Clive must have been the one to commission it. Some theorize that the little boy is Clive and the man is either his father or the professor. One idea I’ve seen is that Clive wishes he could be Luke for real, while another is that he wishes he died ten years ago, and another is that he’s literally terminally ill explaining why he doesn’t care about consequence. Personally, I think “the boy succumbed to his illness” refers to his mental illness seeing as he wanted the professor to save him from his madness as he saved him all those years ago.

True location of Monte D’Or. there are no deserts on the British isles to my knowledge, so it makes the most sense for Monte D’Or to be in Southwest USA where English is the default language, they have a desert, and there exists a city famous for flashy hotels, casinos, and entertainment. What makes it odd is that nobody ever mentions overseas travel, and all the major characters are from England.

Loosha’s origins are not explicitly explained if I remember correctly, but the implication was that her prehistoric (supposedly) species was sealed away along with the garden, allowing them to survive all the way to the time of LS until Loosha was the only one left. The garden provided a good habitat and protection from predators, and it’s logical that they’d slowly die out anyways, but there’s no explanation of any specific factors that led to Loosha being the last.

Beasley is not a bee I wrote a post about this one as well, but TL;DR Beasly lacks several defining bee traits whilst having several human ones. He is not human, yet, by definition, not a bee. It’s possible that he is the result of Dimitri’s testing, but whatever his untold story is, he remains an enigma of nature. https://cayenne-twilight.tumblr.com/post/632381715250282496/theory-beasly-isnt-a-bee

Subject 2’s identity is currently unknown. There is a subject one (parrot) and subject 3 (rabbit) so there has to be a second. For a long time, people suspected Beasly to be him seeing as he’s a bit of an amalgamation and definitely not a regular bee (see above). After the release of LMJ, though, people began to suspect Sherl, the intelligent hound who could speak to certain people but not others. That being said, it’s possible for one to be subject 4. Sherl’s memory of a bright flash matches up with subject 3’s memory of being electrocuted. They never explain why the animals were being experimented on, but it was probably Dimitri making sure the conditions of his machine were safe for humans before reliving the incident from ten years ago.

Lady Violet died from the plague from DB. There’s no evidence for this or anything, it’s just an idea. People say she died from the flu but I don’t remember them saying that in the game, at least the US version. Extending off my “no war” theory: it’s theorized that the Spanish Flu was spread by the travlelling soldiers, so if that’s true, it’s possible for the epidemic to have been averted for some decades. Maybe the Spanish Flu reached England later than in real life. The hole in this is that DB’s plague must’ve been close in time to 1918 while Violet’s death was much later, so it would’ve had to stick around.

Bill Hawks is working with Targent and Arthur Cantabella. There was a force in the shadows buying the time machine technology from Bill. Someone with a ton of money who helped him cover up a freak accident and get away with it completely, a feat that involved shady means like violence by hired thugs. Some theorize that it was Targent, seeking power over time in exchange for a little mafia magic. The Labarynthia project was sponsored by the UK government, so as the PM, Bill must’ve known about it. He probably supported dubiously ethical, high stakes (witch pun) psychological experiments like Cantabella’s and helped him stay in the shadows.

All the NPCs in St. Mystere and Folsense are dead. I make fun of this type of theory later, but they’re admittedly captivating. I’m pretty sure the canon in CV is that the villagers are Bruno and Augustus’s OCs that they made robots of and built a town around, but it’s more interesting to think that the village was there before, and the townspeople died of a plague and were replaced like Lady Violet. In Folsense, there really was a plague and they never explain the NPCs there. They’re either real people who appear way younger than they are due to hallucinations (even the ones who already look old ?), or they don’t exist at all, which is pretty spooky. This part of the story is a gaping plot hole. In a similar vein to CV, the edgy yet plausible theory is that they used to live in Folsense but died of the plague and now live on as hallucinations.

Hershel seeing everything as a puzzle is a coping mechanism for all his trauma. This was a joke but I thought about it for more than five seconds and it makes way too much sense.

Plot holes and unexplained questions that we like to overthink because it’s fun

The downfall of the Azran was vaguely explained in canon by people being so greedy that it lead to the civilization collapsing. It’s not a stretch to imagine that happening, but it would’ve been more interesting with a little more detail.

Layton and Luke are programmed to routinely forget how to walk. I didn’t know whether to list this in the joke section or not, but it’s odd that the characters actively participate in the walking tutorial (as opposed to showing a little memo to the player) as if they didn’t know how to before, especially when they go through this several times a year.

The truth behind Pavel. He’s simply a joke character who teleports, is a polyglot (sort of, at least he wants us to think he is) and is mega confused all the time. He’s a fun character to make crack theories about because of his cryptic nature that even he doesn’t seem to understand.

Miracle Mask deleted scenes. The first trailer for MM featured animations that were not in the final game. One was the Randall falling scene, except in a slightly different style than the one we know. Others were completely foreign, like Layton and Luke pacing across a theatre stage as if Layton’s about to expose someone with a dramatic point. Cut content and “could’ve beens” are always curious to think about.

Evan Barde: secret mastermind. Arianna and Tony’s dad is a mysterious character who died under mysterious circumstances. I think the canon is that his death was a genuine accident, but concept art of him making a creepy evil face suggests that maybe he originally had a larger role in the first drafts of LS than the finished game.

The secret to how Paul and Des pull off their disguises is unclear and will remain unclear. There is no plausible explanation for their shape shifting. Unless Paul is just a little dude wearing a human suit like that one Wizard of Oz species and Des is the best quick-changer ever and hides his naturally feminine legs under his cloak.

Alfendi’s mom. When LBMR came out people scrambled to piece together who Hershel had a kid with, but there’s no way alfendi is his biological son. This happened with Kat as well and her biological parents turned out to be brand new characters, so I’m sure Al will get an adoption backstory if his arc continues, be his parents old major characters or nameless, faceless NPCs.

Granny Riddleton and Stachenscarfen are omnipotent deities. Idk which section this fits best under, but these two characters have some serious power. At first introduction, they’re implied to be robots, but they appear everywhere in later games. They follow the Professor wherever he goes and assist him on his adventures, GR collecting puzzles and housing them by some odd magic, and Stachen teaches you how to walk. They both introduce and supervise the gameplay. By extension, I guess this idea could apply to Albus as well in the prequels. GR and Stachen even had the power to appear in LMJ, something no major character could do. I consider them akin to the velvet room attendants from the Persona games.

Clive’s kill count is a vague subject in the game for the sake of keeping it PG. I don’t know if anyone’s ever mathematically estimated the damage he caused, and I sure don’t want to try, but the game appears to push the idea that he didn’t kill anyone at all, saying they stopped him in the nick of time and things like that, even though we watch him raze the city. If they ever want to bring him back post-time skip, I can see them twisting it so that the mobile fortress cutscene wasn’t a linear sequence of events, but instead a compilation of scenes over the course of hours so that London neighborhoods around him could be evacuated and have it make sense. Knowing Level-5, it’s more likely that they wouldn’t think this deep and do something more lazy, though.

Memes and references

Post-time skip Flora is real references the famous L is real theory from Super Mario 64. Like Luigi in SM64, Flora was also a highly anticipated character who didn’t appear in a new game, in this case LMJ or LMDA. In the end, Luigi did become real in the DS port so hopefully Flora is real will be realized as well.

Hershel can’t read is a veteran fandom meme referring to how in the first few games, especially Curious Village, Layton asks Luke to read every document out loud for him. Perhaps this was an exercise to improve Luke’s reading skills and independent thinking, or perhaps he was just too lazy or preoccupied to do it himself, but this grew into the joke that our genius Professor was actually illiterate this whole time.

Layton’s smash invitation is hidden in PLvsAA. It’s no secret that the fandom would kill a man to get the Professor into the smash brothers franchise. In PLvsAA one of the puzzle artworks features a goat eating a familiar white envelope with a red stamp, sparking the joke that either Layton or Wright got the invitation their respective fans desired, but it got lost along the way.

The science board is the mysteriously vague organization Don Paolo got kicked out of for the crime of being evil. It’s the epitome of liberal arts majors and art school graduates trying to bs their way around not knowing any science and failing miserably. “He was very good at all the sciences, but then the CEO of science told him to stop because he was using the power of science for evil science”. They do this again when “Dr. Stahngun” describes his time machine what with the soolha coils and whatnot.

Hoogland is death cult initiation is a parody of “Mario 64 is Freemason initiation” which is ridiculous, just like the creepy human sacrifice subplot of AL.

You can see the reflection of someone watching you in Aurora’s eye references the famous, creepy Talking Angela theory. In retrospect it would’ve been funnier if I said Angela instead of Aurora.

Every copy of Professor Layton is personalized references the famous “every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized”

Clive’s fat ass in HD is a meme that originated from the announcement of UFHD, saying that half of the excited fans wanted to cry again while the other half were simply attracted to Clive. If we want to enter real bottom-section-of-the-iceberg-chart territory then let’s say Clive’s character has some sort of psychological siren properties that draw people to him like a magnet and/or Harry Styles.

Things I pulled out of my ass for shits and giggles

Infinite hint coin hack: I’m sure a tech savvy cheater could hack the game for infinite hint coins, but there’s no easy or interesting way. I don’t know why someone would do that though, considering a lot of the hints suck and there are puzzle guides on the internet.

Cringy, unused Randall villain monologue. This joke is derived from the actual scrapped MM content as well as deleted content being a popular element of iceberg charts, but it’s sadly not real. Would’ve been hilarious, though.

Last Specter Puzzle 031: Light Height tracks and records children’s intelligence level. It doesn’t, but it’s always fun to make fun of arguably THE most ridiculously difficult puzzle in the franchise. (Seriously, do they expect 7+ year olds to know trigonometry???)

Hershel struggles with tea addiction. Hershel from the games drinks tea in moderation, but the manga begs to differ. He has a tea set in the Laytonmobile, and an attempt at teatime while driving causes him to crash.

Folsense is a metaphor for Alzheimer’s. This is inspired by those edgy kids’ show theories where everyone’s in hell or something, but nobody has ever said this.

London Life is reality and the plot of the games is all in Luke’s head. That’s one way to fill every plot hole. How funny would it be if Luke made up crazy characters and stories based off his fellow townspeople Sharkboy and Lavagirl style. “This dude who lives in a castle and asks people to give him all their money for nothing in return is a vampire from 50 years ago involved in a tragic love story”.

Secret ending encoded into Tago’s Head Gymnastics. It’d be crazy if there was, and Dimitri would hound Tago for the secret to time travel. If you didn’t know, the Layton games started as an adaption of Akira Tago’s puzzle series, except they decided to add a story to make it more interesting and marketable.

Daily puzzles datamine your DS. I’m bad with technology but is it even possible to datamine a DS??? Idk, but I think my DS lite from 2008 is safe.

[volleyball-dontknowher]

Cock warming Headcanons

Words: 3.5k 

Warnings: NSFW

Characters: Daichi, Tsukishima, Kenma, Kuroo, Bokuto, Oikawa, Ushijima

Summary: what cock warming is like with each of the boys 

Requests are open! Match-ups are open! (starting to write those tomorrow!) 

A/N Idk why but Daichi’s is the only one that I didn’t make smutty like his is almost pure fluff because he just hit some spot in my heart tonight so I am sorry, if you want to see other people’s feel free to request it! I was going to write more people but then got sleepy! Enjoy my loves! 

Daichi

Oh my gosh being held in his bear arms while he is inside of you while having him kiss the top of your head while he is buried deep inside of you and your legs are wrapped around his waist and he is telling you that he loves you is something that dreams are made of 

Daichi is the biggest sweetheart and whenever you two cuddle like this you both almost cry like this is the most vulnerable the two of you get with each other and he just says the sweetest things to you and you say them back to him and it is such an intimate thing for the two of you so it only happens occasionally and it is something that you two both cherish and use it as a way to take care of each other like after a bad day just cuddling as close as you physically can like this and just kissing each other and just listing all of the amazing things you love about them makes your heart so happy and you can’t help but get emotional and also feel so calm and relaxed with him 

He is not the type to do it casually (daddy-chi is not about to use this as a way to get some pussy, he would rather keep things intimate and sweet between the two of you like this and if you want sex you will have sex, two different things, okay? okay.) like you are going to be in your bedroom alone with enough time to enjoy each other 

He gets so worn out after a long day but still always makes sure that you are asleep first when you cuddle at night and then pulls you closer to him, gives you one last kiss goodnight before falling asleep himself 

Tsukishima

Okay so you definitely have to bring it up first and at first, Tsukki is going to be like what the hell Y/N but then every time he thinks about it he gets really horny and just wants to try it with you to see 

One day you wanted his attention and he wasn’t giving it to you because he was busy working on something, so you started kissing down his neck and running your hands up and down his thighs. He firmly grabbed your hips and told you to wait while he unbuttoned his pants and told you to sit, you knew exactly what he meant by this by the way he wouldn’t make eye contact with you, so you pushed your panties aside and sank down onto his hardened member groaning at the contact as you wrapped your legs around his waist. Just to tease him you started moving your hips slightly and before you could even finish the first back and forth his hand grabbed your jaw tightly, “move again and you’re off.” You knew he was serious about that so you sat still enjoying being this close to Tsukki and secretly he really enjoyed it too, he got to feel connected and vulnerable with you without having to say a word

This because somewhat of a common practice for the two of you, sometimes you would do it early in the morning just to feel close to one another and just share bonding moments with each other

Every time you would sink down onto his length you can feel him twitch with anticipation as you make yourself comfortable on him and half of the time he is tempted to just flip you both over and fuck you until you can’t speak coherently so that he can finish his work and then carry you to the bedroom and fuck you again if you were good for him 

Tsukki absolutely hates you whining about him working for too long so this has been a godsend for your relationship because it keeps things intimate and close but he can also focus on his work without you annoying him to death, but he will tease you to no end about how much you need him and how desperate you are to have him and how clingy you are even though he is just as clingy and enjoys it as much as you do and he even sneaks little kisses onto the top of your head sometimes

One time you told him you wanted to do it and you sat on his lap then slowly peeked your breasts out of the top of your tank top and he couldn’t help but be annoyed that you were trying to tease him while he was clearly busy so as punishment he left several dark marks on your chest that would be virtually impossible to hide then he took out to the beach the next day to show the world how bratty you were 

Tsukishima loves the feeling of you sitting on his cock and every time you do it he cannot help but imagine the future and think about how he is going to marry you then have several children with you and get the honor of both getting you pregnant and seeing you with your kids, if he thinks about this too long though he gets too horny he can’t stand it and will flip you over and pound you into the mattress while telling you that you are his 

Kenma

Kenma heard about it from someone at a party and he was like ew why would someone do that, he had no idea why anyone would want that until he met you years later, but the thought kept going through his head because the people spoke about it as if it was a relationship changer 

Kenma was constantly busy and well you constantly wanted his attention, which he wanted to give to you but he had things he needed/wanted to do, you wanted him to at least pay some attention to you which even hearing you say that bugged him for days when he remembered the dumb thing he’d heard all of those years ago and it was perfect, and boy did it change your relationship, 

You were being a brat, you were whining and huffing around the house in hopes of getting Kenma’s attention and quite frankly he was sick of it, “Y/N here now” he told you in his commanding tone and by the time you got to him his sweatpants were already down to his mid-thighs, “pants off and sit” he mumbled before going back to his game. You looked at him shocked before quickly take your pants and panties off and sit on his exposed length. Both of you let out little moans but are pleased by the sensation. You sit and watch Kenma play his game and occasionally tuck a few strands of loose hair behind his head as you rest your head on his chest. After the first time, he was in love. 

This becomes something the two of you do frequently, him sitting playing games, and you on his lap cuddling him and getting attention. It has become such a common thing for the two of you that you do it when watching movies or shows and there really aren’t any words said if you are both together on the couch you are on his lap or laying right next to him cock warming with him. 

When you are watching a movie together he is a lot more affectionate, his arms snake around your back and into your hair pulling you closer to him while he bites little marks onto your neck and slowly grinds his hips into yours 

If you ever come and see him at his office unexpectedly you are going to rule him up and he is going to make you sit at his desk with your dress pushed aside on his hardened member for hours until he finishes what he was doing then he will flip you over and fuck you on his desk. 

Kuroo

Kuroo has no idea where the idea came from or who said that the two of you should do it but now he loves it when you are cuddling in bed 

It is almost a nightly thing for the two of you like if you are not having sex then you are both going to lay in bed with him inside of you doing whatever you need to do or just enjoying each other and having this attachment to each other 

Kuroo loves to be shirtless not because he loves when you kiss his muscles and rub your hands on them but that is the exact reason why and he will never ever tell you that to your face he will make fun of you for being so attached to his muscles but he really really really really loves that attention like it helps him with his self-confidence 

Kuroo is either one laying there and asleep within ten minutes or he is going to get horny and have some raunchy sex with you and there is no in-between like he will be playing with Kennma and have you go sit on his lap so that he can feel you on him until he finishes the round then he picks you up and carries you to the bedroom and fucks you senseless afterward like sometimes it is all sweet and cuddly with him and sometimes he is going to use it as a way to keep you both horny and needy until either of you are done with what you were doing so that you can have sex 

He is never ever ever going to ever want to do it with other people around him but he will have you on his lap while he is gaming with the boys because he has to keep his “homies close but his girl closer” and if he gets frustrated you are right there to calm him down and sometimes he is going to bite marks onto your neck and grind up against you while he waits for the next game 

if you are playing with your phone and not giving him any attention he gets whiny which lets you get whiny when he isn’t paying attention to you too so then it ends up with whoever was “ignoring” the other smothering the other’s face in kisses and it’s always smiling and laughing together after that 

Oikawa

Oikawa 100% brings it up first, he had seen something about it before and just had to know how it felt to non-sexually be inside of you as a way to bring you two closer both physically and emotionally 

He loved the idea that you were going to be sitting on his cock and he would be able to praise you and give you attention right there, it was so perfect to him but he had to wait for the perfect moment to ask you to do it with him 

You were both laying watching a movie on the bed and you were laying in his lap with your arms wrapped around his chest and he just can’t help himself and blurts out “lets try cock-warming” and you have no idea where this came from but you aren’t opposed to it, so you choke out a little “now” and he nods so he pushes down his pants and you move your panties to the side and sink down on his length and laying on top of him, he smiles at you happily and gives you a sweet kiss before wrapping his arms around your waist and you two go back to watching the movie together

This becomes your best and most comfortable way of cuddling, you both love doing it while you are laying in bed and he can spoon you without worrying about poking you with his cock, instead, it’s inside of you and he can feel your warmth around him and he loves kissing your head and wrapping his arms and legs around you protectively 

This is the absolute best when you do it before he has to leave for a volleyball tournament, you both feel so connected and close and he can’t help but leave the next morning feeling better about leaving you because you know how much he loves you and it relaxes his soul and takes away any of his worry about you leaving him while he is gone 

The best time to do it with him is early in the morning or at night after practice so the two of you can both relax and if Oikawa had the choice he would never let you leave from doing that like he would pick you up and carry you from the bed to the couch or even to the kitchen with him still buried inside of you while he does whatever he needs then takes you back to a place where you can continue 

When Oikawa wants to fuck there is no cock warming beforehand, he is going to fuck you senseless so this does not turn into sex because they are two different things to him and he wants them to be separate 

If he asks for it then you come over and just cuddle him after you climb onto his cock, but if you say that you want to then he is going to tease you to death, he is going to make fun of you fr being so needy and tease you about being so attached to him and how he doesn't think you can survive without him and secretly he loves it so much like you really want him and even if what he jokes about is true he still loves it because you are his 

Ushijima 

You have to be the one to suggest it or else it will never happen, then you need to bring it up more than once because otherwise, Ushijima gets uncertain of whether or not you truly would like to do something like that even though you have piqued his interest, but after you have said it a few times he makes sure to make it happen

He had gotten home from a long day training and was exhausted both mentally and physically and all he wanted was affection so he offered himself up to you while you were laying in bed that night and he motioned for you to come to him and you instantly knew what he wanted by the unsure look on his face, he was hard and wanted to be close to you so you slipped off your panties and sank down onto his length. You two were laying in bed like that for a long while as you gave each other sweet kisses and you massaged his sore muscles. He kept looking down at you with such an affectionate look on his face and you could tell that he enjoyed being this close to you and not having to use his words as much as his actions 

He runs his hands up and down your body and will have a hand cup your chin with his thumb rubbing onto your cheek lazily while giving you a little smile, and on a little bit friskier days his hands are squeezing your boobs and butt shamelessly as he watches you squirm 

The best part about it for you is that he is easy to convince to take his shirt off like this and when he does you get to run your hands up and down his muscular chest kissing and leaving marks down it which has him blushing and watching you intensely as you continue to kiss and praise his beautiful body 

When he chooses to leave marks on you he makes sure they are dark, he has you are laying on the bed and he is towering over you with his cock buried deep inside of you as he bites and sucks marks onto your skin and if you whine he always stops and looks concerned and you have to reassure him that it feels good before he continues, he loves to spend extra time on your nipples sucking on them and flicking them back and forth with his tongue 

After you start getting more comfortable with this the two of you end up laying naked in each other’s arms for hours on end and just kissing each other back and forth while enjoying each other 

Sometimes this leads to slow sensual sex but it also leads to one or both of you falling asleep in the other’s arms happily 

Bokuto 

In theory, this is a great idea, getting to cuddle with Bokuto while sitting on his length making the two of you closer but oh my gosh, in reality, it’s a hot mess, he either wants to do it all the time and literally will suggest it when people are over and just tell you that you can use a blanket and you have to tell him no orrrr he is going to have it lead to sex, passionate kinky sex 

So it comes up one day and it doesn't matter who suggests it because he is so down for it like you really just hit the sweet spot of everything he loves in life, cuddling with you but also having his cock so buried deep within you and this is both so he is down immediately and you will be doing it right then and there and he pulls you onto his lap and has you sitting on him and he just mumbles a little “score’ out before making sure that you are comfortable 

Sometimes you sit in his lap on his cock with your back pressed against his chest as the two of you play games together and if either of you wants to cheat you roll your hips into the other person’s causing them to get distracted and you to win, which leads to countless arguments and makeup sex (the whole point of it anyway) 

He gets super into the whole thing and loves kissing you over and over and will rest his head in the crook of your neck while complimenting everything he loves about you and occasionally he lets you do the same and compliment him but he usually is all about you because he knows how great he is and it just makes you smile 

Sometimes you two start cuddling and Bokuto starts rolling his hips into you and if you grind down onto him then he is going to know that you want him too and will start shallowly thrusting into you and slowly picks up the pace and is eventually pounding into you and will have one hand rubbing your clit and the other hand squeezing your breasts (or around your throat depending on the night) as his mouth attaches to your neck 

He is going to totally lose his mind if you ride him like you start slowly grinding into him and then move so you are on top of him and start bouncing on his length, he has never been so close to cuming so fast like he is going to have to grab your hips and hold you down for a minute so that he can actually enjoy the sight before him and not worry about disappointing you and himself by finishing so fast like he thinks of you like a piece of artwork and he wants to take his time enjoying the show 

Oh my gosh though if it doesn’t turn into sex oh my gosh is Bokuto so cuddly like he loves to have his whole body surrounding yours and just giving you lots of kisses and telling you every little thought that comes to his mind as you lay there smiling at him, and it just has the two of you super emotional and open with each other 

Bo gets too comfortable sometimes and falls asleep in the middle of talking but you end up falling asleep like that all the time and it is the best sleep either of you gets ever so you both absolutely adore falling asleeep this close and intimate with each other because it is comforting and absolutely amazing (usually follows with morning sex so)

[gilears]

for you my darling jamie: 3, 9, 19, 21, 22 (👀), 28, 29, and 33!! <3

THANK U MY DARLING SAV!!!!!!

3. How would you describe your writing style?

all over the place tbh!!!!!! i feel like i can very much be a writing style chameleon based on what the vibe of a piece needs, but i def gravitate to either silly goofy writing with lots of unnecessary asides (like lola fic or my reddie fake married disaster fic) OR like. insane ominous overly verbose dread hours (like o&t<3)

9. Thoughts on cliffhangers.

harrowing!!!!! what if the author never updates again???? i dont ever post chapter fics until ive finished or almost finished the entire thing for this reason, i dont want anyone to hurt the way ive been hurt

19. Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

“Ah, it’s rather smoky—Kristen, did you make cheese crackers? Is that why you—” He cuts himself off, looking genuinely touched at the idea that Kristen would go out of her way to make him his favourite snack, just the way he likes it (burnt).

She’s not sure how she feels about crushing the hopes of a man who’s had his hopes crushed so many times before, so she decides to just rip off the bandaid. “No, your kitchen’s on fire.”

Gilear’s eyes widen, and he takes one more step out of the hallway to where he can see the kitchen, the yells, “Ahhhh! My kitchen is on fire!”

“Great listening skills,” Riz mutters under his breath.

21. Can you accurately predict how long your fics are going to be? If you can, what’s your secret?

yeah for the most part i can! ive been writing fic for 8 years now (omg) so ive kinda just developed a sense for how long a particular idea will take me. i think it helps a lot that im a pretty heavy outliner, and i typically dont start writing something unless ive got most of the plot figured out

but whenever im wrong about a wc its always that i end up being way over. i have cant shut up disease and its terminal

22. What is it about watching the same two idiots falling in love over and over again?

djkglhbsdlj;ghsdfg woowwww i wonder what ship that eyes emoji is for sav!!!! tbh idk if i have a solid answer for this question! sometimes a dynamic just Grips you and youre like holy shit i have to read and think about these people interacting for the next 5-10 business days straight. when i figure it out ill let you know

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

yes! i think you should write whatever makes you happy to write because that will make you love writing more, which will make you write more, which will make you be a better writer. early 2021 i decided i wanted to write more stupid goofy shit and i had SUCH a blast writing it it made me wanna write more stupid goofy shit and i had so much fun writing stupid goofy shit i stopped caring about what would get the most hits/kudos/attention/whatever

also i think the secret to not giving a shit is having friends that are also writers. all my closest friends in fandom have been writers and when u can have people to go to who will Get and celebrate your work no matter what? game changer!!!!! opens up a whole world of possibilities like, "hey, what if i wrote this niche rarepair fic with my friend but its in second person and also the ship only has like 2 fics in their tag and also what if we wrote it in one night?" and then u have SO much doing it and dont even bother to check stats bc u already feel so fulfilled for having created it!!!! and also u and ur friend are so much closer now for it!!!

tldr put on some fun music, do a little dance, tell urself "who give a shit" and write whatever the fuck makes u happy

29. What’s the hardest thing about writing?

writing 💔

33. Give your writing a compliment.

aw this one is cute. mmmm i think im pretty good at capturing specific character voices/cadences/vocabulary in dialogue!!! 🥰

send a number for fic writer asks!

[yokozii]

I find it highly interesting how this creator network program came about through the sims community after all these accusations about sims creators selling their content / permawalling and people who hate that their stolen cc site got taken down for it and pushing the narrative that the creators only found out because they're tracking cc..it's almost as if they want to 'back up' this idea that they do support creators without making vanilla simmers upset and create a safe place for peoples ideas and contributions to help make their game better since most people have inputs that the majority wants to see...but what's interesting is, mostly the karens and basic sims players are applying. (i said what i said) because nobody who actually makes the community what it is with their content is applying. They want to make their content in peace which is something the most 'community active' simmers do not give them..but for the ones who are, I'm sure are already aware of the risks..so I'm not sure what their target is right now, but i'm curious as to how it's gonna play out because if this isn't the same as an 'EA game changer' then what makes it different calling it creator network? does that mean working with other peers on collaborative ideas but instead you get private access to let EA coin your ideas under their brand? will you actively be able to contribute to the game(s) themselves and features be taken in consideration? does this mean that lack of staff knowledge in the innovative ideas departments are lacking this much they have finally stopped turning a blind eye and started to ask the people "care to come show us what it is that you want?" is this not what creators do on their own already by branding their content that all these people seem to hate and support at the same time? mods are being made for sims 4 that would never make it to the base game so are they doing this in hopes modders will contribute their ideas, concepts, etc as a creator networkee but then give them the credit for it so you can wear a "i did my part" badge at your expense? I think this will be a attempt to bring everyone into one place as if everyone's mind is on one accord to pick through what is worth their investments into now and saving some ideas for maybe idk..sims 5? food for thought. also creator network isn't just limited to sims 4 its all games across EA's platform. Anyone who has worked in creative work + corporations know that when they try to bring you on board and hire you when you came in as a collaboration or a 1 time deal with a major company it never ends with you getting the sweeter end of the deal. Especially if you have no idea how any of that works and you're just a person with brilliant ideas who can be influenced by titles. you might as well be swine at a 'slaughterhouse museum" have fun with that

[bestworstcase]

what are some of your eldritch horror inspirations?

oh hm lets see

in no particular order: 

my first introduction to the genre was actually a kim possible fanfic series? i remember reading it as a teen and being like woah

the discworld series to an extent? pratchett’s riffs on the genre are excellent, in particular those from later novels in the series eg the summoning dark. (thud! was actually my first discworld novel for some baffling reason and i spent the whole book like “i have no idea what’s going on but i love this” skjdffklshsdk). this has also definitely had an impact on my lean into the more humanist or optimistic end of the scale

gideon the ninth is not eldritch horror per se but hot damn if it doesn’t have some glorious imagery. 

annihilation (the book much moreso than the film, though the film has some nice visuals too). i keep meaning to read the other books in the trilogy but haven’t got around to it yet. the crawler hoo boy 👀👀👀

a pretty large assortment of books and short stories and plays actually. probably too many to list really; not all of them are eldritch horror themselves but anything with the right atmosphere or aesthetic or lore tends to work its way into my brain as an inspiration for my own particular blend of eldritch horror and dark fantasy; as a random selection off the top of my head, poe’s entire oeuvre, the road, the bacchae, euripedes in general actually, pretty much anything that was inspired by the year without a summer lmao, the dragonoak trilogy and sam farren’s work in general... magical realism anything, marisol comes to mind in particular just for its extra closeness to theatre of the absurd... 

this one is a bit silly and honestly mostly just because it’s the Queen Hyperfixation and i will find a way to connect it to every single one of my other interests somehow, but alice’s adventures in wonderland, through the looking glass, and the hunting of the snark have all had a pretty marked influence on my development as a writer and have absolutely contributed to how i approach eldritch horror tropes in my own writing; and also nonsense literature is basically absurdist eldritch horror for children. 

(especially the hunting of the snark, tbh. like go read it now if you haven’t before; it’s a treat and it’s gay and boojums are 100% just your classic eldritch abomination presented through a light-heartedly witty, child-friendly lens.)

relatedly: i love the american mcgee alice games. they riff on some aiw-related tropes that irritate me but idc that much because the atmosphere and aesthetic is just. so good and the gameplay is fun

relatedly again: a blade so black and the subsequent books in the trilogy (one of which isn’t due out until next year i’m suffering) do some really great stuff with nightmares as creatures that are empowered by humanity’s fears and, esp in the second book, the weird mystery of wonderland itself. and is just a neat urban fantasy take on alice in wonderland in general.

pathygen’s work and especially strings has been a big source of inspiration for me in the last, like, eight or nine months since we met. read it.

adhd distractibility has me stalling out in the middle of season 3 of the magnus archives but. yknow. it’s my jam 👌

like, theatre of the absurd and theatre of cruelty? in particular i recall a production of waiting for godot which i saw in college that leaned very hard into a horror-esque reading of the play and that was kind of a game-changer for my own creative outlook; in general these forms of theatre and the experiences they seek to evoke and the narratives they center share a lot of emotional overlap with the experience of good eldritch horror and, like aiw, have had a significant influence on my writing generally.

darkest dungeon is really fun and has a great aesthetic and strikes exactly the right balance between bleak and hopeful. the crimson court dlc especially was a total game-changer for how i think about vampires because holy shit

it’s not eldritch horror per se but subnautica is like. its ability to provoke dread is second only to the trial of blindness in hellblade (which is also def an inspiration, though again not eldritch horror per se. the enemy designs are really good tho) and the creature designs and lore are super cool and it does an excellent job of of getting across that... feeling of being insignificant in a vast uncaring cosmos (or in this case: ocean planet infected with virulent water-borne bacteria) and that’s enough to make it like, eldritch horror-adjacent in my mind.

tyranny is? another odd one in that it isn’t eldritch horror by any stretch of the imagination but idk. there’s something about the lore surrounding the archons and the spires + oldwalls that speaks to me and i love that so much of it is simply left unexplained. not in a way that feels half-assed or like the lore wasn’t well thought out, but rather in a way that truly gets across the feeling of an ancient civilization whose culture and magic/technology have decayed and been suppressed to the point of being completely lost by the time of the game; that’s a hard balance to strike and it’s totally my jam. 

my gf got me into pathologic and i am veeeery slowly playing my way through the original game rn and holy shit. holy shit. the atmosphere and the slowly unfolding lore and increasingly bizarre plague itself and the despair and the grind it’s all so good.

i still need to actually play bloodborne, it’s been on my list forever, but every image and video i’ve ever seen is. hoo boy. hoooooo boy. 

and honestly??? growing up as a very non-spiritual person in an evangelical family i think definitely predisposed me toward this genre because, idk. god as presented by evangelical christians is an eldritch abomination and i don’t have the spiritual inclination to convince me otherwise. so that’s something i draw from a bit as well lol

also as a final note i think it’s v important when talking about eldritch/cosmic/lovecraftian horror and inspirations thereof to say that hp lovecraft (and many of the contemporaries of his who participated in the expanded/shared universe we now call the cthulhu mythos) was virulently racist and xenophobic and this absolutely had an impact on his creative work. they codified this genre and that means that racism and xenophobia is kind of baked in to a lot of the basic tropes and they must be very rigorously, very critically evaluated when we use them to create new fiction. 

[snarkandsarcasmftw]

Amber, spice, cranberry, quilt and flannel

AHHHH YAY. These are fun.

amber - share an unpopular opinion that you may have.

ahhh welp, fuck... Here we go... Most forms of Shipping are lowkey toxic. Especially when you consider that the most popular ships are 9 out of 10 the most toxic ones you can think of (an abuser and the person they regularly abuse, a rapist and their victim, any form of incest ( i’m not saying there’s anything bad about it so calm down ppl.. i just don’t personally like the idea), pedophilic age differences, etc, you get where I’m going with this). I dunno. This might not be that unpopular, but given the amount of shipping that goes on on the internet, idk. It’s just.. There’s so much access to the internet for the kiddos now, you feel? And I feel like these toxic ships being so PROMINENT.. SO OUT IN THE OPEN. It bothers me.Then there are the ship wars and the other fuckery that occurs when someone dares to have their own opinion and speak it. Like.. people do realize they’re saying this hurtful shit to actual people, right? Over a fictional pairing that either isn’t gonna happen or shouldn’t happen.. Or is happening, so they’re bitter about that? I mean maybe I’m old, but the whole thing is just a tiring and toxic concept IMO. I guess that’s why I don’t ship people/characters unless I’m self shipping in my own head? Because it’s just not something I wanna get caught up in, personally?

spice - have you ever encountered a house that you believed to be haunted?

Not really, no. I’ve been to a few that people claim were, but nothing really happened when I was present that I couldn’t easily explain away, so I can’t say OH I SAW A GHOST. God I’d love to have some form of proof one way or another though. I’d honestly love that. Even if it’s just a lil peripheral vision trickery late at night. (IM NOT BEING SERIOUS GHOSTS PLS STAY OUT. DEMONS TOO. UNLESS BALOR. OR LUCIFER MORNINGSTAR.)

cranberry - what’s one physical feature that you get complimented on?

I get complimented on my eyes a lot. And honestly, yeah, agreed. I love my eyes more than literally anything else about my physical features if I’m gonna be real here.

quilt - how do you take your tea (or coffee)?

I don’t take coffee at all. My tea is cold, with that good fine crushed ice (iykyk) and lots of sugar. Hot cocoa is warm with either mint creamer, white chocolate or a melted hersheys candy. If you haven’t tried the melted hersheys in your hot cocoa ppl.. FUCKIN GAME CHANGER OKAY?

flannel - have you ever gone on a bad date?

I have. I was literally the ‘grab the breadsticks and go” meme. Whew. I’m having Vietnam - esque war flashbacks rn, thinking back on it, tbh.

[kae-karo]

Okay but can you do an analysis of the heart throb video?? bc WE all need that

oh hello dear u bet ur ass i can i mean jfc how could i not what is this nonsense i’m shooketh to my core

thank u dearest anons for expressing literally all the moods on this one lmao let’s go

throbbers dan u are well aware what that sounds like

see the cute thing is i think they went into the vid with the intent of it being like lmao fun cute wholesome which is sweet but like this is dapg they should know better

‘phil’s got his guns out’ nobody asked dan???? i mean we love em just as much as u tho

any time dan says ‘this is gonna be a whole thing’ u know it gon b gay

we stan air quotes around ‘for girls’

‘a whole big box of yikes right here’ did u mean: dnpgames

dan always looks immensely soft in that jumper??

hi excuse me where’s phil’s heartthrob card bc like damn

sned hlep

dan adds ‘apparently’ to stuff when he’s like actually genuinely unsure/uncomfy/feeling awkward this has been a psa

‘choose your favorite on looks alone’ i mean same phil

“‘fast food freak’ that person might have my heart” / “i’m a fast food freak” i mean honestly ‘you and dan are so married’/’it’s a useful thing’ is quaking, i would bang voldemort whomst? idk her

phil absolutely roasting dan, fast food freak and has to be the center of attention i mean we been knew but phil out here exposing him

they both like,,,,,,,enjoy looking at buff lads but wouldn’t actually be like Genuinely into them ofc bc they’re both fuckin noodles and they love each other

‘toot toot hello’ dan,,,,,stop

look boys i know y’all only have eyes for each other but like u don’t have to come up with stories/reasons why every single guy is actually creepy or terrifying

hi i now demand dan posing as bobby and phil posing as richard, complete with the tank top for dan and the glasses/sweater combo for phil

it’s always about the kinks isn’t it

the fuckin yodeling pickle why why is that a reference

dan’s idea of school dancing being grinding and phil’s just straight up like

dan’s ‘oh phil’ catch me fucking sobbing why is he so soft for his man

dan having like a paragraph-long explanation for why he thinks phil chose the person he chose, where phil’s just like ‘lmao p sure u picked this one eh’

OH MY GOD NO EXCUSE ME PHIL U MADE THIS DECISION BC U THINK DAN’S A THIRSTY HOE WHO WOULD FULLY JUDGE ON LOOKS AND PICK THE SEXIEST-LOOKING PERSON

‘the night leads somewhere a nice pg peck on the cheek’ mhm yeah okay lads we all know what ur idea of ‘a night together’ ends with so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

someone save me why do they have to look This Good

granny is not a reference i wanted or needed thanks bye

i love that they both thought it was cute that richard was a tuba player

and then ofc they went the whole ‘it’s sexual’ route what is wrong with them guys guys guys ik this might come as a shock but not everything is sexual okay

(hi dear anon! basically there’s a whole stigma abt band camp being like where all the teens hook up n stuff just a weird culture thing)

dan sees phil in richard and that’s why he keeps trying to defend all the cute lil awkward things and u cannot convince me otherwise

like if they did another round with ‘who would u like want to marry’ dan would pick richard them’s just the facts

phil’s ‘i’m not messing around/lying/fucking with u (but i actually am lmao)’ face

dan guessing all of phil’s right is a mood i mean that boy has to keep up his phil trash status

dan’s doing that ‘top or bottom, phil’ face to the camera bc it says girlfriend and he’s trying to Make A Point by staring

stop they’re so cute look i can’t

‘that is a game changer’ dan had richard pegged as his endgame but now he’s got a Project to work on with bobby, u bet ur ass he didn’t go into his current relationship feeling like Super Confident and maybe felt like phil looked at him as a project or someone to fix n he never experienced that n so is that his way of projecting or smth idk but i think it’s Very Interesting

‘he’s just a lil jaffa cake’ phil ily but ur metaphors man ur metaphors need some work

twins

the final piece of the richard puzzle: “bumps into walls and trips over his own feet” dan: *internal screaming* oh my god it’s phil

this literally became ‘who do u want, the rich boy with a soft, sensitive side, the awkward but endearing nerd, or the unsettlingly strange guy who’s called ‘the lemon’’ and idk how i feel abt it

i do love that phil knew dan was moved by the ‘never been kissed’ thing

and then dan had to go on a full minute-long explanation for his actual reasoning bc nothing is ever simple with him and i love him but he a complex boye and everything he does he either puts a massive amt of thought into or literally none at all he has no concept of moderation

phil straight up attacking dan ‘u like fancy things boy u ain’t slick i know u’

also phil relating furries to nudism as if they’re at all related i mean same dan same

(his actual reasoning was dan doesn’t like wearing clothes around the flat and that’s the tea)

‘u like his look’ ‘no i mean okay yes but that’s not the point okay’

i also feel like dan’s looking at this from the perspective of,,,,,an adult pretending to be a teen and applying what he knows now as an adult and like his life growth to his decisions even though he’s pretending he’s a teen,,,,,

also boi u literally got with ur husband at eighteen don’t pretend that meant u were an adult u were still So Young

bless phil for sounding offended at the idea of dan wanting to date someone as a project

hi dan ur fond is showing

‘you are not editing that out’ yes drag ur husband on camera i’m here for it

this felt important

bless them both for discussing the lack of diversity in the game & calling out the gender role issues, it’s always good to hear that

i’m sorry it’s ‘almost as sexual’ lads did y’all even watch the gwf vid???? i’m hard-pressed to come up with a more blatantly sexual vid y’all have ever made (and i don’t mean like higher on the fuck energy scale that’s another story i just mean like full of intentional innuendos) 

honestly sometimes they Do Things and i’m like lmao they think they’re self aware they ain’t tho they know Nothing but like. sometimes

[cowplant-pizza]

Strangerville Review

first of all, thank you to ea for giving me early access to this game pack through the game changer program. all of these screenshots have been presented to you by the ea game changers.

Ratings:

CAS 9/10

Build/Buy 8/10

World 9/10

Gameplay 7/10

Story 6/10

Overall 7/10

So I really want to be as honest as I possibly can with you guys. Game changers get a lot of stick for licking EA’s asses but I don’t see the point in lying to you all and singing praises that I don’t agree with so just know that this review is my own words and honest thoughts. Lets begin

You can see both cas and build/buy items here. Credit to @wildlyminiaturesandwich for this!

CAS

I loved the CAS stuff, well, most of it. Everyone was so crazy about those dreads but I just wasn’t feeling them! I love dreads and basically always have my sims of colour donning them, but I felt like these just looked a bit weird? They fell awkwardly around the face and it looked like someone had used some hairspray to give it volume but really failed?? Idk, thats my opinion. I know a lot of people really love them so Im not gonna shit on that but I just felt they could’ve been made to look a bit more natural and a lot less stiff. Apart from that though, and the awful swatches on the cowboy boots and the low rise jeans, I seriously adored the aesthetic of the cas stuff. I loved all of the female stuff and the male tops were to die for. It’s a shame males got less stuff again, some more army inspired clothes or even tattoos could’ve been cool here but we need to remember that this is a game pack and not an expansion. For a game pack, we got quite a lot of stuff in cas. It’s definitely a western style with a cowboy theme, so if you’re not a fan of that, you wont like the cas stuff.

Build/Buy

I’m not a huge builder, but when I do build, I love vintage stuff and clutter! This pack definitely gave us both of these things. The debug menu is chock full of clutter that will be used in loads of different places. The only complaint I have is a) the style is very scify and probably wont be used in a home b) certain items in the debug menu that are to do with the story (ie. a hazmat suit) is just a parcel in build/buy mode. I get why that is but… it would’ve been cool to have the actual suit to place instead of a tiny parcel that the suit would never realistically fit in lmao

World

The world is beautiful. It gives me huge ts3 vibes. It looks like Willow Creek and Oasis Springs had a baby. My only complaints for the world is that you will get infected/possessed sims walking around and ruining the realism for you and also that most of my favorite parts of the world (downtown) are just deco.

Gameplay

The new gameplay is directly linked to the story but I decided to do them as two separate things because I enjoyed the gameplay actions more than the story itself. The new interactions were super cute but very limited and very repetitive. After you’ve done it once and had a giggle over it, it will probably get tiring to do it again… and again, which is what the story expects you to do. 

Story

To begin with, I was having a lot of fun with the story, until I hit a bug for whatever reason and I couldn’t obtain an item I needed to continue. A lovely game changer helped me and told me I could purchase the item from the debug list buuuuut that doesn’t really fix the issue in the first place does it. The fact that I had to cheat to carry on really just ruined it for me tbh. The start of the story was new and quirky and it felt super fresh. It didn’t feel like I was playing the sims, but a side game of the sims. However as I progressed, I was constantly reminded that I was playing the sims, as Johnny needed to eat and sleep and poop ect. So I ended up cheating there too and turning off his needs cause I just couldn’t manage both at once. Maybe that’s because I was rushing to finish the story for you guys, but it did definitely feel like you had to choose one or the other. I also decided to quit his job right at the beginning because already his days were so busy I had no clue how on earth I would finish in time if he had to go to work to. So after the bug, you had to start doing stuff and requesting items from people. And heres the catch: you had to be good friends with them. This was taking honestly forever so I had to cheat in order to get their friendship levels up. I don’t want to spoil anything sooo SPOILER ALERT DONT READ THIS IN THE BRACKETS [when you vaccinated a possessed sim and asked them to come and fight mother with you, you had to be good friends with them so they accepted. this was SUCH a drag because you needed 15 spores and 1 fruit to make a vaccine so if they said lol thanks 4 curing me but nah i aint gonna help you just wasted an entire vaccine. so i ended up just using mccc to cheat their friendships up to max so they couldn’t say no]. I know even now that I will not be replaying the story unless I have to to get rid of the possessed sims in the world. I LOVE the world and I really do hope there’s a way (or a future mod) to turn them off because they are really distracting from every day sim life. 

Overall

If you wanna buy this pack for the aesthetics and items I would highly encourage it. I personally think the items alone give us enough content to make it worth while. However, as I have said, I do slightly feel like the storyline is forced upon you where as I think it should be totally optional. Not all of us like stories whereas some people love them and I think whoever we are we should be able to opt in or out of a piece of gameplay that we purchase. If you wanna buy it for the story only, I would… eh… I dunno what I’d do. I wasn’t overwhelmed by it. It wasn’t shocking or creepy as advertised. But it certainly was a fun new type of gameplay that I am excited to see them use in the future maybe with some other ideas!

I hope this made sense, I just sort of word vomited all of this down! Hopefully some one will find this review helpful lol

[horsegirlhob]

Dan is an ambassador for mental health and has worked for several years to end bullying. He shared his very personal experiences with mental health with millions of people with hopes that it would help them. Phil is kind and caring and funny. He hugs you for as long as you need, he's thoughtful about the things he says when he's being serious and he makes sure we know that he wants the best for us. Is that enough for your essay? :)

MOTHERFLUFFER LISTEN I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS. 

Okay we’re gonna start with Phil cause the Dan stuff is a lot to me so we’ll kinda get to the really rambly bit at the end. But Phil? He’s so freaking sweet? I’ll admit it took me a little longer to get into him but I think that the reason for that is the same reason I’ve come to like him so much? Phil’s content I find is always very chill, and a lot more casual than a lot of Dan’s stuff. When I first started watching them I was a little elitist asshole and I didn’t put as much stock in Phil’s more casual, friendly brand of videos. But like, the more I watched him the more I started to like him? He’s just such a comforting person idk why but he has thins kinda kind aura about him that I really appreciate. And after seeing him live on stage I can say like, as much as I love danny boy, I really appreciate Phil’s more subtle (idk if thats the right word its 1am) laid back stage presence? Also I’ve never had the opportunity to hug Phil, but from descriptions he sounds like a really good hugger. And that’s that on that. 

As for mr. Howell, well let’s dive in shall we. The first dnp video I ever watched was “How white is Dan?” and I was apprehensive at first because it was literally the first non-music/animal vid-related youtube thing I had ever watched. But I was in a rough place and tv shows weren’t exactly comforting to me and I remembered that one of my friends was going to this weird dan and phil tour thing so I found one of their videos that looked kinda fun and I swear to god, it was the first time I had smiled in a really long time. I kinda fell down the rabbit hole after that and I found that I like, really connected with Dan for whatever reason (we have similar senses of humour, generally similar dispositions and stuff like that. And beyond the “we’re really similar” aspect of things he just seemed like a solid dude that I might legitimately be able to like or even look up to.) And then I saw his depression vid and it like literally was a game changer for me. Because I had never really been taught anything about mental illness and especially not depression. All the information I knew about depression was really negative or generally dismissive of it? In general it had always been this really taboo subject particularly with my parents. And I felt alone and isolated and I had no idea why I felt the way I did or why. And I thought there was something generally wrong with me. But then seeing someone actually being open about depression idk, it really helped me. Dan is the reason I was able to ask my parents to get me like, therapy and stuff and I’m so thankful for that. And like, it wasn’t even a one time thing because to this day, he continues to help me with my mental health n stuff. Whenever I’m having a really bad night, I know I can stick on a dan liveshow and it calms me down enough to let me sleep. Sometimes when I feel like I haven’t smiled for days Dan can actually make me laugh(and Phil as well, and I’m not trying to downplay the impact he’s had, but just because Dan’s content/humour plays more into my personal taste that’s how it be). And in general, it’s like, a whole legitimate inspiration to me to see how much he’s done, and who he is despite the whole depression thing. Also the way he genuinely strives to be a better person makes me also want to be a better person? Like, I connect to a lot of the stuff he talks about (you ever think you dont have a personality in the mukbang vid was a whole thing for me) and it kinda gives me a whole feeling of not being alone? And also he’s such a kind soft person like despite the edgy sarcasm and stuff he’s genuinely a great human being and I look up to him a lot and I just really love him. 

Sorry this makes no sense it took me 20 minutes to write this it’s 1:30 am so i am barely coherent. But yeah. Dan and Phil. Those are some solid lads.

[jewelstrology]

What I adore about each Star Sign:

Aries: Their passion with things. They also have determination and will get what they want. Their also nice, but of course fiery at times. You forgive them though. Their good friends.

Taurus: Loyalty. They are SO loyal and they make me feel wanted and loved. True friends who are very grounded, they'll never rush or pressure you. Good to chill with and trust in.

Gemini: So fun and so different. Funny and will entertain you in so many different ways. Their super lovable and cute. Idk why everyone puts them down because to me their so important when it comes to feeling alive and good.

Cancer: The Cancers I know are actually so emotionally strong and are very motherly. I admire the resilience they seem to have. They are the protectors and healers when it comes to the Signs. Very beautiful people inside and out!

Leo: I feel so alive around them. I feel entirely there, which is a good thing for me. To feel in the moment. Their funny af and deserve the attention they get because they are so lovable and you can't resist but to be fascinated by them.

Virgo: I love and admire their work ethic so much. I wish I had it. They are also a strong and resilient sign like Cancer and so I love that as well. I feel like they are really comfortable to be around and you can rely on them. They also might help you out with being more put together (maybe). Haha.

Libra: The Libras I know are so beautiful and their personality really pulls you in. Their naturally likeable and sweet. It's nice to have them in your life and they bring excitement into it. They are also so fun and giggly!

Scorpio: Not always gothic lmao. Their there for you, their sweet, and their pretty funny people to be around actually. They have this mystery in their eyes that draws you to them and so it makes them very interesting and you find yourself wanting to know them more.

Sagittarius: Always have crazy ideas that you would only think would happen in movies, but they are serious about it. It makes them exciting. Being around one and going on little adventures with them will make you feel so good about life. Their also honest and loyal friends too, so you can have fun with them and trust them. Perfect.

Capricorn: Talented. Every Capricorn I know have good work ethic and are super talented! To me their like a mix of Virgo and Scorpio, and I like it a lot! Their mysterious but cool and have their shit together.

Aquarius: Really open minded and can be really good at being social. I love that they have these out there ideas and want to make them a reality. Aquarius' are rebellious game changers and I find that so cool.

Pisces: So nice to do nothing with. I mean like their so chill and they don't pressure and annoy you. They are there when you need that one friend who will sleepover for days and talk to you about the future and watch Netflix and eat with. Out of all the friends, their the ones that stay no matter what is happening. Love them. Their really important to me.

[weichei-stubentiger]

WEICHEI MY LOVE! i’m so glad you’re alright! i’d been telling all my friends how much i miss my favorite tumblr user <3 i’m so sorry you were stressed and felt the need to isolate - be encouraged to deal with that any way you need. i hope you don’t feel pressure to log on here (because once you think you owe readers your writing, it becomes more of a chore than a fun past time) but i’m so glad you did. i’m happy to hear you’re alright! and i’m so excited for you to turn in your application! i do hope coming here and writing is an escape and a way to ease some stress <3 i missed you <3

in other news, my summer has been blah, very hot and work work work. i work at an art museum so it isn’t the most boring thing ever and everyday i think “today is the day namjoon walks through those doors” … alas it has not happened. i think i’ll go through my likes and pick out which fics to share with you that i’ve read in your absence, hehe <3

i’m SO excited to hear about the new silver moon chapter! i’ve missed my favorite couple and i’m biting my nails to see what comes next!! good luck with writing and if you need anything or want to just like.. idk.. shoot ideas around i’m always available for messaging :)

💜💜💜💜💜

Thank you for such a kind message 🥰. I feel really lucky with this story's readers. Everyone is quite encouraging and no one has pressured me to write faster. And as someone who still mainly identifies as a reader (rather than a writer), I know it is really easy to feel a bit impatient/anxious for the next installment of a story you like. So at the end of the day, I'm just very grateful for everyone's support/interest in the story.

ALSO it is so cool you work at art museum!!! I would love to know what it's like/how you like it.

As for silver moon, it is so nice of you to offer an ear, and honestly I might take you up on it for the next chapter. There's a plot line that I'm excited about, but I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to approach it.

And just a quick note on book/fic recs - have you checked out any of the stuff on kindle unlimited? Total game changer for me haha

[chimaeracabra]

On Sunday, Nick and I met up with my sister at Nashoba Valley Ski Resort to ski. It was kind of fun, but I only went down the kiddie slope twice. The first time I was fine, second time I fell and had a hard time getting back up. A kid snowboarding made contact with me and that scared me, so I stopped. I just didn’t wanna be responsible for hurting anyone’s kid or getting hurt myself. Lol!

And then afterwards, Nick wanted to drop by his parents’ house and so I formally met them both (had briefly met his dad for a second back around November). They were both very nice. His mother gave me these two candles and candle holders, and a dish towel as a gift. I tried to keep an open mind, knowing they’re Trump supporters. That’s specifically why I didn’t mention anything political and we didn’t discuss anything political. It seemed fine, but again, I don’t know them. I, of course, was respectful the whole time. 

It was cute, before we went there, Nick wanted to go to Market Basket. He bought himself this shark cookie that had a little shark ring on it. In the kitchen, he pretended to propose to me with it. Then after their house, he wanted to show me a mall he used to go to as a kid. So, we went in there, he got some vape juice stuff for his vape (they don’t sell the flavored stuff in MA anymore, this was NH). Then he bought me a few things as an early birthday and Valentine’s Day gift (this really cute Aristocats shirt I saw at Forever21 and liked, a pair of sunglasses also from Forever21 because it was TOO sunny that day and neither of us thought to bring shades for skiing, and a pair of these purple harem sort of style pants that I saw at Elite Ideas Trading Inc.)

Yesterday was his birthday and we went to his favorite restaurant (Hot Pot Buffet). Hmmm, what else did we do...? On Saturday when I came over, we went to Trader Joe’s so Nick could get himself a bunch of the frozen Indian food to have at work. He got the vegan ones to try and stick to the bet he lost to me. And he saw hydrangeas by the door and led me to them and got some for me. Afterwards, he got a vase for them at Bed Bath & Beyond. Also he got an over-the-door mirror that we still haven’t set up yet, always lots of delicious snacks I like from Trader Joe’s.

He got his second Moderna COVID vaccine last Friday. And that’s a relief to me as he has mentioned patients who were sent out after having tested positive where he works. It’s scary. 

Man, having an IUD is a game changer. So far, I’m glad I opted for this. It just gives me peace of mind. I think sex feels different without condoms, but not miraculously different/more amazing. For guys, it seems to be a huge deal. Judging by Nick’s reactions, it appears to be a game changer. Although, he has always had positive things to say about how sex feels with me.

Idk, I’m not attached to a penis so I can’t say it feels different. Lol.

Earlier, he texted me, “I’ve been thinking more about coming home to you every day

I can’t think of anything that would make me happier”