#idk what the forklifts would be

[flying-machine07]

The jws are really just a big family here's proof /j

Btw Sierra is another Super Hornet oc that I'm gonna draw eventually but for now she's just living in my thoughts

[itstimeforstarwars]

I want to make a horror game based on my job and the horror is different depending on what department you get hired into.

[walmart-the-official]

reblog for larger sample size bitte

[doukeshi-kun]

You want some kolya in a tight fitted sweater, I gotchu fam.

I imagine he would look scrumptious in them. We discussed his frame before, and he got that broad shoulders, slim waist built. I am a strong believer in him having strong arms, so the sweater perfectly molded against his shoulders and arms would be 👌👌 like it'd be such a formal and casual look, but it defines his masculine features. Imagine his titties being defined in it 😩😩 the soft texture of the sweater against his firm chest. And I bet it smells good, too. Like his natural scent plus anything he might wear. I think he'd so pull off a sweater look. He'd look so mature and so formal but it's just a sweater

Pulling up sleeves and showing his strong forearms woof woof woof

Imagine him wearing it while wrecking your shit 🤤🥴

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE RAAAAAAAAAAAA :barkbarkbark:

okay first of all, yes we indeed agreed that he got that BROAD delicious shoulders, SLIM TINY delicious waist and STRONG delicious arms 🤤🤤🤤 AND YOU GAVE THE PERFECT PHRASE EVER—"formal and casual, defines his masculine look" LIKE I CAN FUCKING IMAGINE EVERYTHING. imagine he's sitting manspreading shamelessly, or maybe holding your coat with that stance towering you. me, a feminist, would gladly turn into a tradwife if nikolai is my masculine husband bro

and yesyesyes i imagine his chest would be the BEST part to feel when hugging him (i am currently blushing hard). his strong arms embracing you while your head is on his firm chest that is covered with a soft fabric. i'd trace EVERY lines of his muscles through the sweater. and fuck he smells nice. TOO NICE😫 like his cologne is not too strong but not too fading either. it's just nice enough to make you want to bury your nose into his firm fucking chest and breathe into his heartbeat AGHHHHH

idk if sweater feels great when the sleeves are rolled but ik he'd take pleasure in seeing your reactions eyeing his tattooed arms. imagine he's doing hard domestic work forklift kolya? lmao with his sleeves rolled up and he's sweaty and all but he doesn't get tired at all. and yk what, he does not have to do all that because he has his ability but he does it to show off to you UGH THAT SLY BASTARD 😝🔥🔥

definitely let him bang me when he's wearing dem slutty sweater rawr rawr daddy

[skinks]

JOE. first of all: a reminder that i love you and think you are simply one of the coolest people i know. i hope you're doing well. SECOND: can you talk to me some more about Becoming a Tradeswoman? i have a SERIOUS lack of confidence in my intelligence/brainworthiness/ability, and have always done white(ish) collar work, but. idk. the idea of working at something more practical (idek what it would be) has always kind of hung around the edges of my brain. no idea where i'd start, how i'd even find out whether i'm GOOD at practical work, whether i could hack it...how did you get started?? i remember your farming days, of course - did you just do it as a summer thing to start? how'd you get into it? anyway. whatever you'd like to talk about would be wonderful. you're amazing. OKAY BYE<3

SARAH HELLO!! First of all may I say ilu too and I think you’re rad, I hope you’re doing well also. I’m just working/exercising/watching movies mostly and have begun the process of buying my first flat, so I’m pretty tired but busy and happier for it.

Sorry it took me a minute to reply to this message, I’ve been thinking it over all week as it’s a wide-ranging topic. People’s routes into any type of work will be as varied as the people themselves, but I can share a little of my own experience for sure.

I live in a rural-ish area with a ton of agriculture, so I got into practical work at 16 when my first ever job was helping out on a farm nearby. My parents went to school with the guy who owned the farm, so soon I was earning money for bottle-feeding calves and mucking stalls. Then I moved to a different farm where I got to help with calving and a bunch of other work, including when I first got to operate forklifts and other heavy machinery.

My friends were all either waitressing or babysitting in town , and I was earning nearly double what they were and having a blast doing it without any of the horror stories of customer service. Most of the time I was on my own, left with the meagre responsibility of a lot of heavy lifting, but it made me feel accomplished. I realised I got such a rush from picking up how to operate a piece of machinery and making myself useful, being trusted to complete a task with a definitive outcome I could SEE. So much schoolwork seemed abstract and arbitrary outside of maths/science - even though I loved reading and was great at writing English papers, it frustrated me that success was graded on subjectivity. Maths is definite. Moving haybales from one barn to another until you’re done is definite. I responded to the constant sense of achievement you get from completing practical tasks and seeing your work make a direct impact on the job. It made me feel more powerful and confident, which was a lifesaver as a miserable teenager getting the self-esteem bullied out of me every day.

From there I quit university (once again couldn’t stand the arbitrary un-structured mess that was research and essays) and went back home to work on another farm. Learned how to drive ATVs, hitch horses into carriages, hitch trailers onto cars, cultivate a garden, build fences, wrangle and lamb sheep, etc etc. In my spare time I chased that high of learning a new practical skill through sports; tried archery, skeet shooting, weightlifting, crossfit, etc. I think having a propensity for sport since childhood does help your confidence in practical work, because you’ve already developed your sense of physicality and proprioception. You’re better coordinated, in a nutshell, but it’s not a dealbreaker for someone who’s not sporty.

Basically, every tiny skill I picked up in all my jobs has just built my confidence in my ability to learn a new one, it’s as simple as that. I could drive a car and muck out a stall, so with good teachers I was able to drive a forklift and lay turf, so I was able to then hitch a tractor trailer, so I could then build and fix an electric fence, so I could prune fruit trees, trim hedges, milk cows, dig ditches, build drystone walls, and rig up a mobile generator in the back of a pick-up so I could sand down logs all day.

Your confidence in your ability to learn is the only thing that matters, but you have to give yourself the chance to START learning. Knowing I had learned how to do all those things meant I had enough confidence to apply to an engineering training course at the local trade college. I yearned to learn more skills, to have the access to equipment and training I hadn’t before, honestly, because of that feeling of power. It makes me feel powerful to learn how to weld, how to use all the machines we have at work in order to be a functioning, useful part of a team.

For a long ass time though I felt the way you’ve described; totally lacking in the confidence to do this type of work. I get that, I really do, and I’m gonna tell you I SERIOUSLY doubt you lack the intelligence or ability to do trade work. I know that sounds like platitudes when you haven’t had the chance to even try it yet, but I’m telling you as someone who’s been there and has gotten over that self-doubt hill. You do not lack the ability, you only need the opportunity to try this work and good teachers to help you. If someone belittles you for asking questions when trying to learn something new, they’re a shitlord bastard who doesn’t deserve to be teaching you, and aren’t worth your time.

Can you think of any skill you’ve picked up and now don’t have to think about to complete? Can you drive, or bake, or follow a craft tutorial? Play a videogame? These types of activities require the type of hand-eye coordination, attention to detail, and subconscious adjustment of technique that are the basic building blocks of practical work imo. A forklift control panel or a metalworking lathe look intimidating, until you’ve been shown what to do and are carefully allowed to try it out for yourself a few times to build your confidence.

After that it’s just practice. I find it far, far easier to weld pipes than to… brainstorm initiatives, or whatever it is people do in offices. That’s a question you need to ask yourself with respect to all of this too, like I said before, what type of work brings you the most satisfaction? Do you like the idea of the precision inherently necessary to tool work, or does the black and white nature of it stress you out? Do you like the idea of focusing solely on a task that is literally at your fingertips, that YOUR skill has a direct effect on? If nothing else, the very fact that you wanna try is a great sign!

In terms of where to get experience, I’d say volunteering is your best bet initially.

- national parks or environmental nonprofits. Look for practical volunteering opportunities! my rangering organisation always has path building/invasive species removal/habitat maintenance sessions available to the public, maybe there’s something similar nearby to you that you could try. It’s so fun and rewarding!

- local farms or animal shelters. Ask around, see if anyone is looking for an extra pair of hands. I travelled in NZ Aotearoa using WWOOF, and there are wwoofing farms literally all over the world. the majority of them are geared towards people just looking to help out, you really don’t need to have any practical experience to go wwoofing

- local trade cooperatives. This is a long shot but it is something I’ve seen crop up in bigger cities here. people will set up community workshops where you can go along and make use of the tools and equipment in a more amateur and inclusive environment, and they’ll often run classes. maybe there’s something similar near to you, and it’s a way to try different things to see if something clicks!

- practical toys. Like, model building kits or even construction toys. It’s a small start, but maybe a good one for you to see how you feel about following plans and building something!

- classes, again. I know you said you’re not sure what you’d even wanna try, but if you have the time and the money, could it be worthwhile taking a class or two, just to try something? leather or wood working? blacksmithing? do you like the thought of being inside or outside? Making things or fixing things? heavy lifting or small precision work? All of it?!

I’m not the best at giving advice, but I do believe in the human ability to learn tool usage with proper instruction. Our ancestors could build their own homes and start fires to make clay pots, and they didn’t even have youtube to tell them how to do it. All it really comes down to then is confidence, and you DESERVE confidence.

Why the fuck shouldn’t you learn how to work a trade, or at least try something practical! That’s what life is about, learning new things. Especially since you’ll meet all sorts of cool new people doing it. You’re a kind and intelligent person, and so long as you’re fine with making a mistake or two, owning up to it, and asking for help when you don’t know what you’re doing, you’ll be fine and dandy. I swear it!!!!

[differentcoloredcontacts]

What do you hc for class 1b's backstories? Also this blog is literally giving me a supply of 1b crumbs and I thank thee 🛐

Thank you so much <3

Not proofread we die like men

Awase - he grew up in a small town that was 90% men. Probably fisherman. Also I think he has an older sister that he calls a bitch all the time but he would die for her. Pretty basic past.

Sen - ya know those basic ass dudes that get 20+ love letters a day. That was him in middle school. Other than that he had a normal past with a normal family (including his 'annoying' little siblings that think hes the coolest person alive <3)

Kamakiri - hes either an only child or the oldest of like 12 kids. He always had to take care if his younger siblings since his parents stayed at work all the time

Kuroiro - he was the only goth in a small ass town. Everywhere he walked old ass farmers would judge him for the way he dressed but now that hes at UA with a few other goths he doesn't care about being judged as much (bro is forklift certified btw)

Kendo - she had a very supportive family and was always praised for her good deeds which made her want to become a hero. Nothing to exciting shes pretty much always been surrounded by love and affection.

Kodai - other than maybe being teased when she was younger for being so quiet shes always been the same as she is now. Normal family and home life lol. I do like to think he family is loud asf tho (not like always yelling but they just have booming voices yk)

Komori - she was probably an only child. And while she was more popular in school than some she preferred to stay home with her parents or walk around in the woods to find mushrooms

Shiozaki - she definitely went to some christian private school her whole life and was probably really sheltered so thats why I think she would be a little akward when meeting new people

Shishida - lives with his rich ass grandma. Idk what happened to his parents but they aint in the picture so he was raised by this sweet little old lady instead and it shows

Shoda - idk why but I think he was raised by one of those hella social single moms. She always went out to partys and had friends over. Having so many new people around him all the time scared little him ngl

Pony - we all know most of her life she lived in America (i think California) so she spent a lot of her life by the ocean. She probably knows how to surf lol. Other than that tho she has a little brother and her parents that lived with her til she transferred to japan

Tsubaraba - his past is 50/50. Either he had a normal life with loving parents in a stable home up til UA or it was fucked up. No in-between (Ya know how class clowns almost always have fucked home lives.)

Tetsutetsu - bros biggest problem in life is having a hot mom. Hes an only child raised by a single mom and though most of his life is normal he cant have friends over because they just talk about how strong his mom is lmao. (She works out often and is the reason tetsu wants to be so strong)

Tokage - if she does have siblings its 2 older brothers and she was raised by her dad after her mom died when she was too young to even remember her. She doesn't mind not having a mom because her 2 older brothers gladly fill in that role for her lmao

Manga - yk how the mha universe is biased against people with mutation quirks. I think mangas birth parents put him up for adoption after seeing his quirk but in less than a year he was adopted by two artists after they saw his love for art <3 he had a normal and happy life since (this is also why his main goal is to make all the kids in the world smile)

Honenuki - Honestly he had an alcoholic single mom or something. She would always come home tired and with bad headaches so thats why hes so good at most house tasks (cooking, massages, cleaning, ect.) Kinda neglected so he matured earlier than he shouldve but he still loves his mom

Bondo - he was adopted by lesbian moms and they raised him to be the gentlemanly giant he is today. He loves his parents so much for how they raised him. His past is pretty normal and the only reason he was put up for adoption was because his birth mom not being financially stable enough or something of the sort. (She does visit him every so often tho)

Monoma - we already know he was bullied for his quirk most of his life but did you know he also lets you save 15% or more on car insurance? (Idk what to put here we already know his past rip)

Reiko - her parents divorced when she was around 8 and her dad won custody of her and she honestly couldn't be happier. Her dad looks cool asf but hes nice as hell to anyone and everyone. He also loves spooky stories and is the main reason reiko loves spooky things. Pretty normal past other than having a cool ass dad.

Rin - he transferred to Japan for two reasons. To go to UA and to get away from his parents. Dont get me wrong his parents were good people but they were kinda disappointed when rin said he wanted to be a hero. That disapproval only made him more determined to prove them wrong tho.

(More on koseis in tomorrows post)

[puhpandas]

I still see fans use the glamrocks dismantlings against greg! which is crazy cuz the game makes us do it and we’re never faced with an alternative ever. It’s not like greg was presented with a faz wrench, realized he could reboot the bots, then turn around and said nahh. He had maybe 3-4 hours left on the clock and I doubt any kid could make a plan to reboot 3 violent robots while also worrying about vanny within that amount of time

Their dismantlings, while sad in ruin, feels like a cheap attempt at glamrock angst when the glamrock angst should’ve been focused on how FE treats/neglects their robots. Why are we blaming the child over the greed/carelessness of men that put him, and everyone else, in that situation? Sotm better pull through and show how evil big corporations are so fans can parallel it with FE smh

YEAH I've actually never really thought about that second part. I think that's actually why I was so miffed by it in ruin and it didnt hit, and I love the glamrocks so it really should have!! it felt too cheap and thrown in, like there wasnt any buildup. and jtop literally SAID in the john interview that they put in chicas rebeakening as fan service to be able to feel that satisfaction at fixing her. he pretty blatantly either said or implied idk which but pretty sure it's the former that it was so you could fix what Gregory had done, which is. kind of strange

I understand it from an outside player perspective, bc it's like everybody felt bad breaking them, but I feel like this wasnt the way to go about it, especially because Gregory himself was not even involved when they were being fixed. theres nothing about the actual situation being expanded upon, just one part being put back into place by the "kind" child to fix what the "other" child had done

I think that's why I was miffed by cassie and roxys relationship too and it didnt hit like Gregory and freddys. it felt so sanitized, like, the whole point of roxy is that she isnt at all what a perfect character for the brand would be like and shes insecure and mean and lashes out, but then as soon as cassie finds her under the forklift shes suddenly back to being a soulless entertainer robot that's nothing but kind? her voice acting LITERALLY turns robotic!! it's like her entire personality was stripped away for her to be more likeable, even if that wasnt the intention, and it just didnt make it feel genuine

that's what it feels like with 'fixing' chica too. theres no real genuineness to it, it's just slapping a bandaid on it and not talking about what really matters about the situation. PLUS in the process it just paints Gregory who's already in an atrocious light from another event from the exact same game in an even worse light, especially with how jtop implied it in the interview that he was the "bad" to Cassies "good".

it feels like less to actually make you care or think about chica being sentient trapped in this building and broken and STILL under the virus and just. heres a bandaid, hope you guys feel better about (gregory) breaking them! isnt cassie a sweetheart for doing this? (theres an unlike unsaid there)

no hate to cassie or anything /gen. I have zero problem with her, it's just how it all as a whole was handled. this feels like a mistake theyve been making a lot recently with focusing on the wrong things. not focusing on the sentient Fazbear ent characters and how they each dont fit into their boxes for one reason or another and instead just the "look roxy and cassie are friends and shes back to acting like her animatronic performer self and now you as the player get to experience satisfaction but nothing about the situation actually changes". it's like this with mimic too, where they keep focusing on the boring mortal parts of mimic of it just being an old ass rusty robot instead of the glitchtrap AI virus parts of it, which are the actual dangerous scary parts that make it feel powerful and hard to beat in any capacity

ur so right about the Fazbear ent stuff not being focused on enough, especially since it's one of the most prominent amazing storylines in sb!! Bonnie in ruin should have served that, but it didn't, it just added more kindle to the fire in our own minds to make the story better. they didnt actually talk about the implications of bonnie being there and dead and phased out but it's there. the implication is good enough I guess, but it's just another thing about how it could have been expanded upon. like cassie could have had a little dialogue putting it into perspective like "omg he was here the whole time? it looked like someone killed him! it's so unfair that they just phased him out like that :(" or something then boom, makes the player think about it

ur so right about all the things u said in ur ask about the "glamrock angst" instead of focusing on the actual sad parts of their story that are AMAZING. especially since they're framing them being broken as the most terrible worst thing to ever happen to them and the ONLY bad thing when it was done by Gregory and not the mistreatment and abuse from Fazbear ent that made Freddy abandon the place (bc of bonnie) which was done BY the company. its framing Gregory as being the bad one twice in the same game when he didnt need another player while Fazbear ent, who is already the culprit of the glamrocks story that isnt expanded upon enough, isnt emphasized so players only focus on Gregory breaking them as being their worst fates

[clonerightsagenda]

Scavengers Reign thoughts after contemplating for a bit:

I enjoyed it! While the weird little guys were interesting to watch I admit I enjoyed it more as we started getting to interhuman conflict. However the weird little guys were fun. As was the amusing contrast between pastel colors/soothing soundtrack and The Horrors.

Given the emphasis on recognizing and understanding the environment around you, it makes sense that the crew ends up staying on Vesta. Hopefully since they're in one place and not passing through unfamiliar biomes, they will not all get eaten as quickly. They've shown an impressive ability to learn to work with the planet, especially Ursula.

Big fan of Ursula! She is thriving in this role. Still a little worried about the fungus incident though. I got pretty excited about Azi in the second half because she was doing cool actiony stuff but I really enjoyed Ursula's quiet observation as her souce of strength.

We don't see Levi interacting with the humans in the closing montage. (And I have no idea what's going on with the Levilings. Levilets?) I'm curious, are they and Azi still friendly? Are the other humans perturbed by one of their robot drones gaining sentience? Or considering what they woke up to are they just like 'this might as well happen'. Imagining one of the newly awoken colonists trying to give the robot orders like they're used to and Levi going lol no.

The space death cultists seemed a bit out of left field, but I'm choosing to interpret the lily as a decomposer that brings things into some kind of planetary mycelial network afterlife, with Levi as a spokesperson for it. (With a dead woman's voice, no less. I was kind of wondering if we'd see one of the flowers growing from Sam and then have Levi say something only Sam would know. The planet wanted to assimilate that man So Bad.) In that case having two different takes on centering death could be an interesting potential conflict.

Bold choice to leave the psychic baby (or Hollow, if I must)'s intentions super ambiguous. How much was an animal's natural behaviors getting distorted by new situations? How much was Kamen influencing it? How intelligent is it? To what extent did it understand what it was doing? How is it going to handle being brainblasted by the majesty of the universe? IDK

Also Kamen is just there I guess. Azi's hostile to him; Ursula seems friendly enough. I suppose a lot of the colonists were asleep when he did the redirect, and there weren't any other crew survivors, so maybe none of them know what they did. I don't think Azi's the type to spread it around, even if she's personally annoyed by him. Can he speak and he's choosing not to, or did everything he went through change him? What do you even do after being psychically controlled by a weird frog pretending to be your wife. Gardening I guess. If he'd stuck with gardening in the first place he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

I know the show got cancelled on HBO Max and we'll see if it survives the Netflix curse (probably not. Netflix loves cancelling shit) but tbh I think it works pretty well as a standalone! Bask in the majesty of nature. Do not try too hard to understand what's going on. Cheer on Azi's forklift prowess. Admire Ursula

[killiancormac]

🚗💤🐷💛🥯🤩 for aleksi <3

🚗 CAR — does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars?

He can drive + has a license, I like to imagine he got it pretty young, maybe around 17 :] he always liked to imagine one day he’d get in his car and just drive as far away from Bright Falls as possible. That never happened.

I don’t think he can operate anything other than a car tbh. It’d be funny if he was forklift certified idk when that would happen but I can see it

💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits?

Light sleeper. His sleep could be a lot better, to be honest. He doesn’t sleep as often as he should, and when he does, he’s easy to wake. He tends to be on guard a lot, even when he doesn’t need to be. Force of habit. When he’s out hunting for Taken in Cauldron Lake, he doesn’t sleep. If he does, he makes sure it’s during daylight hours.

🐷 PIG FACE — what is your oc's favorite animal?

He’s a dog guy I think…… but more specifically I can see him really liking wolves :] follows a bunch of wolf conservation accounts on social media. This definitely extends back to his childhood too I think. I just know he had a shelf of wolf plushies

💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?

English and Finnish! He’s fluent in both, but he would consider english to be his first language. He’s always been interested in learning ASL, too.

🥯 BAGEL — what does your oc's typical breakfast look like? do they usually eat breakfast?

Cigarette and coffee <3 but for real, he’s not much of a breakfast person. His breakfasts, when he has them, are quick and low effort.

🤩 FACE WITH STARRY EYES — is your oc a planner, or are they more spontaneous in their actions?

A bit of both? He won't say no to a plan if someone has something laid out, and he appreciates structure where he can find it, but most of what he does is simply going with the flow.

[peekpeej]

I've got a headcanon and I would like to know what you think about it.

Varian is actually pretty damn strong, like one day some years after the series he asks Eugene to bring a toolbox to him, but Eugene just can't get it off the ground.

Lance who sees this walks over to him and is all smug but when he tries to lift the toolbox it won't budge either.

After that they try it together, without success, and Varian finally comes over and... picks up the box with one hand like it's nothing.

Later Eugene invites Varian to a tug-of-war with him, Lance, Rapunzel and Maximus, all of them on one side and Varian on the other.

After a few minutes Varian thinks he has wasted enough of his time and pulls the rope, causing three people and a horse to land flat in the mud.

pfft i can see this being the actual plot of an episode, especially the beginning part

varian being strong hc is >>>>>> like, it makes so much sense? idk how i didn’t think of it sooner!

i imagine the main cast just like. doesn’t notice ever, because varian’s always wearing loose fitting clothes and gloves. it’s probably a shock to hugo and nuru too, though yong would probably believe in varian lol

hugo’s probably the most embarrassed about it because varian can easily lift everything while hugo. struggles. but he is also conflicted because his brain is screaming “pretty boy lift” over and over

nuru just uses varian as a glorified forklift

[spiralstereo]

this is manere

I think star’s name had meaning but I forgor what it meant.. anyway uhh for context star uses star/stars/starself neoprns soosodneonwons. star’s umm the god? Goddess? Idk of life and death. like rule over the afterlife blahblahblah.. like maybe imagine a more forklift certified ghostwalker?? Or something like that. yeah manere’s like umm maybe 10ft I haven’t decided yet but star’s lowkey just a chill guy. like star loves mingling with mortals bcz star sees them as little pets like firebrand. idk why i made this up but despite manere being brkebsihdiegoshisg years old, star will ALWAYS ALWAYS be single. star’s lesbian but will forever remain single lol.. how cruel..anyway the afterlife and manere run on dead people. if souls don’t stop coming for star, then star will die 😔. But luckily everyone dies every second so star’s fed decently well. Uh yah

I also have someone named felony who’s just a .. mushroom girl and shroom/shrooms/shroomself neopronouns idk if those even exist. Uhh I don’t have much on shroom yet but shroom’s named felony because shroom would commit a felony if shroom could

FELONY & MANERE?? THOSE NAMES ARE SO COOL ?? /gen we fucking love funky names... we HATE giving our characters normal names but sometimes we have to for the sake of 'them sounding / seeming like real people' & we crash ourselves into a wall a gazillion times for that

-hexx & iso 🌀

[fuckablerobotbracket]

Not a judgement just a curiosity: why do so many people wanna fuck roller coasters?

Okay, the reason there are so many roller coasters is because I had to get rid of a lot more minors than I anticipated, and I knew if I asked this blog I would get too many suggestions for me to know what to do with. So I asked my friends (and I'm glad I did or ART for example wouldn't have been in here!)

My own personal social circle includes a fair amount of amusement ride nerds, some of which are objectum for amusement rides, most of which aren't. So if they sent me a roller coaster I just put it in.

My mistake was thinking that going "that's a sexy roller coaster" was a niche thing? Because in my experience, most people have a pretty mixed opinion about roller coasters. A *lot* of people will launch into unprompted rants about how much they hate roller coasters if you mention you like them. Recognizing something like Disaster Transport requires you to either be a ride nerd, be from northern Ohio, or both. Of that subset of people, the amount of people who won't call you insane for calling a ride hot is even more minor. The amount who AGREE is even smaller. The amount for whom that is NOT a metaphor, the ride IS sexy, is MINISCULE. No hate to objectum, but it's a niche within a niche. So I thought it wouldn't affect the bracket to include them.

I suspect people are voting for roller coasters for a mix of the following reasons:

If most of the above made no sense to you, it's funny to vote an inanimate object in a sexiness poll

The Venn diagram between "people who wouldn't hesitate to call a machine with no semblance of human form sexy" and "people who follow the robot fucking bracket" is more circular than I anticipated

They want the other character to lose for whatever reason (I didn't put them against any particularly unpopular characters iirc, but idk)

They genuinely think the ride is sexy and have been given an anonymous option to say so

Anyways, this is part of why I want to do a losers bracket eventually. I knew getting rid of 96 characters in three days would be rough and I feel bad for those of you who are losing to like, a forklift, a roller coaster, or a fandom favorite from a really popular fandom. It'll be a while before that's a possibility but I do want it to happen!

[ettadunham]

i'm still doing my shtick where i play random adventure games spit out by the power of magic and anime i guess, but i have fallen behind on archiving this process for posterity and whatnot. so, let me start with a banger, a gem, an absolute masterpiece...

SHENMUE (1999)

now, this game definitely has its existing audience, but if you're a doofus like me, here's a bit of a rundown. you play as ryo hazuki, a teenager whose dad just got murdered, and you've sworn to avenge him!!! you know, classic stuff. finding the killer however is not as straightforward as it might seem first, and requires hefty challenges, such as... running around, asking questions, beating up high school girls, and getting a job. a real slice of life experience!

the combat system is actually pretty cool, there's a bunch of moveset combinations you can learn and even refine by practicing. there are also tons of QTE events, and one tiny stealth section, that makes the story-related gameplay flow.

the thing however, that shenmue is most recognized for today, is probably its revolutionary open world system and day/night cycle. every day you wake up, take your daily allowance, do whatever daily routine you prefer, and then go outside to continue your quests. or just hang out in an arcade playing games. the world is your oyster! events are also time and even date sensitive (bunch of them are also optional interactions), so sometimes, you would have the time to kill anyway!

this, and the fact that you literally have to do a daily job at some point in the game is what seems to put off a lot of people, but... idk. i actually quite enjoyed this aspect. (shenmue II changed this a bit by letting you have the option to skip time when there's a quest event, and it's a nice to have, but i have a whole different beef with that game. i'll get back to you shenmue II!!!!)

also, forklift driving rules actually! god, i wish i was forklift driving rn.

another aspect of shenmue that i enjoyed is how cinematic it is! sure, it's done within the confines of 1999 graphics, but still, you can tell the effort and direction that went into making the most of those early restrictions. one of my favorite scenes is where ryo and his not-girlfriend girlfriend nozomi are riding on a motorbike together. not just for the cinematics, but because neither of them are wearing helmets, and nozomi is sitting on that bike as if it was a sidesaddle. love is when you and your partner have one braincell and zero survival instinct between the two of you <3.

so, yeah, in case you couldn't tell, i really enjoyed this one, and would absolutely recommend! but just in case you need one more incentive: you can pet the cat. as many times as you want. 🐈

[chounaifu]

HIGHLIGHT REEL

In honor of my one year long return to the RPC, I'm going to share my favorite RP/OOC memories across all of my blogs from the past 12 months, completely out of context. If you recognize all of them, you'll get a door prize or something idk.

"That's a stereotype, and you should look inward."

"Why are you in my room???" "WHY IS EVERYONE IN HER ROOM????"

Dank Herba

Storm Area Zero: They can't stop all of us

[Professor Sada Icon] Hit the Gritty Aldrés

Women Want Me: Veluza Fear Me

"I'm not building a STAR TRAIN."

"Here comes Larry McBozo the Tax Evasion Clown."

"YEAH I knew Jack-Homo would understand." "My name is GIACOMO."

"I am Giacomo and I'm not a vocaloid."

Giacomo becomes a vocaloid.

"Which one of you. Has Tupper Jesus???" "It's Rex"

"The reason Giovanni was never caught is because he spoke Italian and scared the cops."

The Gross Beat.

Kotone. . . . . . . . . . . Its me, Giacomo

Droopy Hello Kitty

Giacomo threatens to kill Ghetsis with a forklift. Ghetsis threatens to kill Giacomo for real.

[ Confetti, and cheering ] A Gun

The power of friendship kicks in [ Mabosstiff is flashbanged ]

Comfort character anon

"I hear they call you the silly little pizza man."

Alistair does a drive-by.

Mela becomes the Doomslayer.

"Proton, why are there BITE MARKS in the drywall????"

Ants in the coffee machine. :)

89 packs of ramen

KRANKENWAGEN

ᵉᵉᵉ

L + Ratio + your blue hair and pronouns

Proton's Knifeapalooza

9/10 venue, got shot here, would come back

"WE GET IT JAX, YOU HAVE A COMICALLY SIZED PENIS."

"I'M Ken, YOU'RE Barbie."

"Boss is going to watch the Barbie movie with me."

The American Psycho Team Rocket Speech

"NOOOOOO I'M FRENCH."

Gatorade should be thicker

"Get banana'd." -Proton is turned into a banana.-

Proton is then somehow smarter as a banana?????

Gold's Teddiursa waterboards Proton

Babygirl lost his arm

"What the Clefuck is going on here?"

That one time everyone stayed up until 1 am for some reason on the dash and we all swapped embarrassing life stories.

Plane, using the wrong tupper: Proton shut the fuck up

The Bad Parents Club

Proton spends $300 on plush toys for Ree

The Stardew Valley Launchshipping Saga

LusaMemes

Lysandre and Lusamine arguing like a divorced couple.

John and Lusamine arguing like a married couple.

FEESH PUNCH "Starmie knows psychic" NO FEESH PUNCH

"By the way, I am bisexual-- oh, wrong ask box."

"OH so you're homophobic now? Unbelievable."

Take THAT A E T H I E S T S.

"Padawan Anakin is why I hate men."

They/thems will tell you "I know a place" and then take you to the end of the map.

"Thanks for taking me to the abyss I guess."

[emeraldbabygirl]

I got laid off from my job and I was offered another position within the company right and so it was either sanitation or helping out in formulation and since I don’t like formulation and know I can’t drive a forklift or lift the buckets I figured sanitation and also gotta snag the opening while I can or else I’d have to do the unemployment nightmare. I’m supposed to start Sunday night and I’m trying to just block everything out rn because I’m scared. I’m nervous about a new environment and having to learn more about chemicals and handling them and cleaning the kettles like perfect and I’m afraid of failing and messing up and panicking and crying in front of the other employees cause then they’ll think I’m a pussy which I am but it’d be embarrassing to cry first day on the job. Idk what do to come Sunday, if I chicken out that would have been a waste of time for the people that interviewed me and HR and I’d feel bad. If I go through with the job I’m going to be on edge the entire time and idk how long this lay off will last like what if the apple department I originally was hired for never comes back and my old company doesn’t contact me and I’m stuck in sanitation forever? I’m afraid of trying any other job; retail, office work, anything. Like I’ve worked production at fruit packaging plants since I was 16 I feel like I am not capable physically or mentally of anything important like stocking shelves and working a cash register and dealing with people and recording info into computers and stuff like I am scared of everything. And I’ve been told stuff like I can do anything I put my mind to blah blah blah and I catch on quickly and all that stuff well if I didn’t have anxiety and a better brain this would be a breeze but my brain is like that of a 5 year old sometimes and I just shut down or panic idk how I’m supposed to make it through life as a fully functioning adult :( like it’s always easier said then done I wish I didn’t have anxiety about this job ugh I hate it here ㅠㅠ

I even attempted to turn to being a sugar baby and let me tell you everyone is scary and scam-y and I just wish I had enough money to live comfortably and not have to worry about losing my job and not being able to take care of the bills and pets idk what to do I want to give up. I’ve tried praying so far just once but I’m not religious and I feel silly asking for guidance idk what to do I want to give up on everything. I just want to stay in bed 24/7 and rot I’m tired and scared and worried and idk what to do.

[your-fave-is-forklift-certified]

I feel like Anakin Skywalker would have his forklift certification revoked after pulling something stupid during the Clone Wars

And Darth Vader isn't forklift certified, but everyone is too scared to tell him no. So he just circles around the hangar anyways.

What are your thoughts?

Yea no definitely, but also idk who would tell space jesus that he lost his certification