#im very AAA over this series

[isehne]

i finished the farseer trilogy last night and i loved it SO MUCH. i love you Fitz and the Fool and Nighteyes and Patience and Kettricken and Verity and Kettle and. I really loved it

rambles under the cut (mostly about assassin's quest)

Overall

Assassin's Apprentice was my favourite overall, but the second half of Assassin's Quest was my favourite experience. I read it so obsessively and went through so many feelings, it was such a great experience

Hobb is SO GOOD at character writing, however her villain's were a bit flat in the first 2 books but reaaaally picked up in Assassin's Quest. Regal had been very unnoteworthy to me but Assassin's Quest made me enjoy him as a character and villain. Her writing for minor character's is so good too, like Cook Sara, Small Ferret, Rurisk.

I love you the Fitz and the Fool (relationship written for me, I became entirely obsessed with them starting with their reunion), Nighteyes (pack!!), Patience (she is SO autistic. Love her very very much), Kettle, Kettricken, Verity.

Chivalry/Patience/Burrich. That's all (actually not all, Burrich wanted to take Fitz to Chivalry and Patience wanted to come back for him. They could have been a family and how would that have changed things?)

Assassin's Apprentice

Fitz’ bond with Nosey forming read as naturally to me as it happened to him. That felt magical to read.

The first note I wrote on Storygraph was 'I have only had Patience for 2 chapters and I love her'. I really did love her.

I gave it 5 stars but I didn't write much because I wasn't entirely hyperfixated yet.. so that's it.

Royal Assassin

My least favourite (but I still enjoyed!), I loved every aspect of it except Fitz and Molly's relationship which kind of ruined this book for me in the moment. However, I forgive it now because Kettle confirmed my thoughts that they didn't love each other but the idea of each other and a relationship. I felt SO validated when she said that you have no idea. My initial ramble about them: 'their relationship annoyed me so much and i hate that it ruined the book and characters, the flip flopping was so irritating, they did not feel in love, they felt like they thought they wanted to be in love. in the 3rd book they still don’t feel in love, they want the comfort of each other. they remind me of guts and casca’s relationship but more extreme'

Honestly the fact Fitz was a teenager in this one was probably what made him more difficult to read. In the first he's mostly a child, in the last he's mostly an adult.

It was SOO obvious Rosemary was a spy. And that the coterie was Regals. And that Molly was going to get pregnant.

I gave it 3.5 stars sorry Ms Hobb.

Assassin's Quest

As you can probably see this is where my brain got intense over this series lmao.

The second half I absolutely adored and went crazy over, the first half I enjoyed a lot but it really did nooot have to be so drawn out. I was going to give it 4.5 because of the unnecessarily slow first half but in the end I loved the whole experience so much I gave it 5 stars.

Then again, I think the very long anticipation of him going to Verity and the Fool and Kettricken made it even better when it finally happened. It was very very good.

Nighteyes and Fitz' separation and Nighteyes learning a life of his own was so needed and really improved their bond. It hadn't felt so natural as with Nosey to me until they came back together. They felt complete again when they reunited and the story did too.

TO SEE YOU TAKE BREATH PUTS THE BREATH BACK IN MY LUNGS. IF THERE MUST BE ANOTHER MY FATE IS TWINED AROUND, I AM GLAD IT IS YOU.

Fitz and Nighteyes being accepted by their pack and free to be themselves… The relationship between the pack was so beautiful I cried over it several times. I love them... I knew Kettle would die but I hoped the others could stay pack but Kettricken is queen now. I know the Fool will at least return to them. The easy acceptance and domesticity, trust and safety between Fitz, the Fool and Nighteyes I absolutely loved so much from the start.

Very much enjoyed how worried and desperate Fitz was about the Fool when he was ill :) He even said if he couldn't keep going neither would he?? Despite Verity's call and the desire to get to Molly and Nettle??

The Fools thoughts on gender and sexuality. I love him very much.

From the rooster crown vision/memory, are the White Prophet and the Catalyst reincarnations…? I know they are soulmates but if they are also reincarnations who find each other in every life I'll lose it. (Also their skill fingertips/fingerprints…. soulmate marks)

The Elderling/dragon (still not entirely sure if all Elderlings are the dragons or they were an older race who also made dragons) lore and the dragon building and the city are SO COOL. I assume/very much hope we will learn more about them.

Kettricken named their son Sacrifice.

The joining between Fitz and the Fool and Nighteyes was stunning, I love them so much.

I can never trust my reading on relationships again because I entirely thought Burrich saw Nettle as his granddaughter and Molly as his daughter-in-law and she saw things the same way. I'm still losing my mind over this (negative).

I got so excited over them awakening all the dragons and the dragons being pack and!! They did it!!

Did the Fool cry when Girl on a Dragon dropped him off because he wanted to go back to Fitz. And Fitz hoping he wears the earring….. I need them all back together.

Honestly I probably cheered hardest for Small Ferret, even though in the end I actually felt badly for Regal and Assassin's Quest made me like him as a character and villain.

Verity went through so much and tried so hard.. Fitz too.. but Verity was more alone than Fitz I think. And Kettricken. I hope she will have friends at Buckkeep. Those 3 are so brave they never quit. I'm so glad for them that they won.

I loved this series!!!!!!!!!!!!

[prince-liest]

hi princely! i was rereading through your 666 series and i wanted to ask if you have any tips for writing dialogue? its the one part of fiction ive always struggled with, i.e. making conversations flow naturally instead of sounding robotic. imo one of the most memorable aspects of your work is how real your dialogue feels

(also i was skimming your tumblr while writing this, im so sorry about your car that's genuinely insane??? and sorry if this is terrible timing aaa)

Hello! Thank you, but no worries, not terrible timing - I could use a distraction, haha.

When I started writing fanfiction, I actually really struggled with writing dialogue for a really specific reason, which was that I was really used to RP and felt like getting into the head and talking style of more than one character at a time felt like a lot of effort and something that I had to actively swap back and forth between. This is something that got much, much easier over time, and unfortunately the #1 tip I always have is that practice not only makes the quality of your writing better, but it also makes the process of writing much easier as you get used to things.

That said, specifically for natural-sounding dialogue, I tend to pay a lot of attention to how specific characters talk and try to mimic it. This came particularly naturally for me with Hazbin Hotel because the show is full of bombastic characters with really amazing voice actors and very specific styles of talking. When I write a particular character for the first time, I go back and watch various scenes that feature them, both generally and in different emotional states.

With a form of media like Hazbin, where I actually get to hear the characters speak, it honestly helps to just imagine them doing so in my head when I'm writing with whatever accent they have going on, too. Sound it out in your head: does it sound like something someone might naturally say? Why or why not? Adjust accordingly.

So, that's where I start! I diverge from there over time as my own interpretation of a character grows and changes, or I put them in different circumstances for different stories, so on and so forth. But For pretty much every fandom, it's always been very helpful for me to go back to the source material with the explicit goal of paying attention to characters' styles of speech, turns of phrase, and reactions. This is good not just for dialogue, but for characterization, especially for characters that tend to get pigeonholed into a particular archetype (for example, I frequently have to tone down how prim or "old-timey" Alastor sounds in my dialogue because he doesn't actually talk like that in canon despite the vibe of his reputation (and sometimes I don't bother, LOL)).

Last but not least, thank you very much! I'm really happy that you enjoy my dialogue. It's definitely one of my favorite things to write (if you couldn't tell by how many fics I've written that are basically two characters talking for extended periods of time), so it brings me joy to know that I succeed in making it enjoyable for others as well.

[kat-the-meme-dealer]

i made a smash bros moveset for the lethal company boi. might post more if yall like it

Name: employee

Series: lethal company

Trailer Tagline: the employee makes the quota

Icon: im not sure if theres a proper symbol. but i feel like the employees mask would be a good one

Color swap palettes: we can use the existing suits wich are green, hazard, pajama, purple, bee, bunny, and since were one short lets have the masked as one (bonus note: maybe half the swaps can use the stop sign, and the other half can use the yeild sign lol)

Intro: appears in a beam of light as if teleported in then picks up a conveinetly placed stop sign

Alternate movement options: no

Attacks: (How will your fighter attack?)

A: swings sign like a bat

AA: again

AAA: overhead bash

A Side: jabs the sign striaght forward

A Dash: leaps forward with a kitchen knife

A Down: swings it along the ground

A Up: swings it overhead

Air Neutral: spins the sign like a baton

Air Forward: hjonk a squeeze horn

Air Back: jabs back with the signs post/handle

Air Up: swipes overhead with a kitchen knife

Air Down: slaps down the flat front of the sign. (yes it spikes)

Charge Smash Side: plant the sign in the ground and pull it back before letting it go SMACKing anyone in the way

Charge Smash Up: dig a shovel into the ground and use it to fling up dirt

Charge Smash Down: pick up some metal scrap and get struck by lightning

Grab: one handed collar grab

Grab A: a quick stab with the kitchen knife

Throw Forward: light a diy flashbang in the foes face blasting them away

Throw Back: scoop the foe up with a shovel throwing them back

Throw Up: place an extending ladder on the ground and toss the foe onto it causing the ladder to shoot up knocking em away

Throw Down: give the foe a facefull of airhorn before shoving them to the ground

Up Taunt: looks around as a blue light blinks on the helmets visor, as if using the scanner

Side Taunt: pulls out and reads a clipboard

Down Taunt: point at something random, might be a foe, might be an item on the ground...

B Moves: (What will your fighters B special moves and customs moves be?)

Normal B: inventory use (use the currently equipped item. ill list them in the down b)

Side B: shotgun (pull out and fire the shotgun. its a very poweful move against sheilds and also knocks you back a bit due to recoil, has a bit of a cooldown)

Down B: inventory (pull a chosen item from the inventory simaller to heros spells. heres your options: theres a pack of shotgun shells tat let you fire twice before cooldown, a can of spray paint that acts like pirahna plants poison cloud but smaller, the sun grenade wich is like a deku nut but with a bigger blast area, a TZP inhaler that gives you a buff to your speed and lag, the zap gun wich can be shot at a foe to hold them in place for a second, a circut beehive wich acts the same as the item and finally... random scrap. its just an item you can throw... note that all this is random of course youll only get 4 at a time to choose from and they CAN repeat.)

Up B: jetpack (lets you rocket in a chosen direction with little control. you can use it twice in a row before it runs out of feul sending you into freefall. if you run into someone with it the jetpack will explode dealing big damage to both the enemy and you! youll also go into freefall-)

Final Smash: bird barrage (pull a pirahna plant and summon an old bird to the stage that slowly lumbers around shooting at everything. YOU INCLUDED IF YOU DONT GET OUTTA THE WAY-)

Victory Poses: (How will your fighter celebrate they're victory?)

Option 1: is seen walking alongside a lootbug before just handing over some scrap to it. the little guy then scurries off happily while the employee just seems annoyed

Option 2: walks up holding a boom box in one hand and a gold bar in the other holding the latter up in the air

Option 3: the dropship lands infront of the camera and opens up revealing a group of employees doing the company jig

[wildstar25]

for the ask meme: do every number divisible by 7

question list

7 - Favourite Dye

toss up between Dalamud Red and Gunmetal Black. I love how the red looks on Arsay, its the perfect shade for her, but I also enjoy how a pot of gun metal black can make most items look like like a shiny black leather which is equally fun on her.

14 - Favourite Raid

In terms of story I think so far the eden raids have been the most engaging to me... aaa but I also really really love the omega raids story as well.... Pandaemonium was a fun story too with a payoff to something i never thought we'd get.... The version of the crystal tower raid series that lives in my head is also very important to me... mechanically i think the arcadion raids have been the most fun for a first tier. Im always pretty happy to get Thaleia in roulette because of the vocal performances. Generally getting orbonne or the last two neir raids is always fun too.

21 - Starting class

Arcanist!

I was honestly surprised I picked it to start myself, generally I really love the fantasy of playing an archer over a caster, but I really wanted to start in the port town of Limsa over the other two city options. I love seaside towns =w=

In the Arsay canon she does initially come Limsa with the directive to go straight to the arcanist guild. Her directions from Emrara was "it's the first guild off the docks you should see". Unfortunately, the ship Arsay was on laid anchor on the other port of Limsa. So when Arsay asked the shady looking Roegaden standing outside of a building entrance if that was the guild room, he let her in thinking she was a new recruit to the dutiful sisters. One conversation later and suddenly Arsay was inducted into the rogues guild. It actually took her a few days of running around the la noscea area before she finally had the time to show up in the arcanist guild and get assigned to a mentor.

28 - Which class do you want to see added next? HMM this is a tough one because viper kinda was the class I thought I really did want in the game. Aesthetically at least. But I kinda had a bad time trying to figure it out for myself when dawntrail came out and it really shot my confidence while playing it :') I want to give it another shot but I also can't help but feel bad playing it in group content. I also still feel like I need to practice ninja more before anything else...

but that doesn't answer the question whoops. I still think green mage should show up eventually in the game. I don't think I would play it, but it would be interesting to have a casting class that works primarily with buffs and debuffs/DoT skills.

I'm happy beastmaster is getting added, shame it'll be a limited job but I can understand it might get a little OP depending on how they design it.

[quodekash]

im already about to cry and the episode hasn't even started yet, so that's a nice sign that'll probably foreshadow how tonight is gonna go

PLS I LOVE HER SO MUCH

SHE ACTUALLY LISTENS AND TALKS TO KANGHAN

SHE IS MY GODDESS

MY QUEEN

MY MILF

9GO3U4ERHDSGN9P8IO4EURBDGN980OEUVDS

I KNEW SHE WAS CAPTAINING THE SHIP BUT HOLY FRICK NUGGETS

GUEOJRKBGNUOERJDFBGEUOR

IM SOBBING SO HARD RN

lmao nice joke

based on this scene being right at the start here, this episode is definitely gonna be the one where he properly realises his feelings for sailom (if he hasn't realised them already, which I dont think he has. he hasn't accepted it, at least)

AND BASED ON THAT LOGIC, generally the way these writers and directors etc base these ones, they fully lean into the fell first / fell harder dynamic, and almost immediately after the second person realises, they kiss

SO im very much hoping for a kiss at the end of this episode (but it also might not be til next episode)

WE'RE WHAT, ONE MINUTE INTO THE EPISODE?? AND WE'RE ALREADY GETTING TO THE INTIMATE STARES????

OH BOY IM SCARED FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE

I THINK MY GAY LITTLE HEART MIGHT ACTUALLY EXPLODE

oh yup, oh yup, we've got the heartbeat sound in the background. kang's feelings are coming to lightttt (PLEASE LET THEM KISS TODAY)

AAA

IM SO EXCITED FOR WHATS GONNA HAPPEN BC OF THIS

my theory that they're gonna run away during school hours is still going strong

NOOOOO THE SCENE WAS SO NICE AND HAPPY AND FLUFFY WHY ARE YOU HERE TO RUIN IT YOU BASTARD???

yup okay so that theory is definitely right

(the theory that saifah's gonna like steal from kang's house, and his dad is gonna get shot in the process. not my own theory, it's from @ respectthepetty and it's such a good theory, I love it so much)

OML THIS IS SO FUNNY

I CANT WAIT FOR MORE BATHROOM SHENANIGANS, THIS IS GONNA BE WONDERFUL

awh is he lonely?

he needs a hug

from kang

all through the night

it'll be insane if they do tho, its literally night one, there's no way

I TAKE IT BACK, APPARENTLY IM WRONG????

OKAY NVM APPARENTLY I WASNT WRONG

im half convinced kang is gonna walk in or smth tho

YALL IM SCREAMING, HE FULL-ASS JUST HEEHEED

THEY ARE FRIENDS

AAAA THE LYRICS

I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH

THEYRE SO PLAYFUL WITH EACH OTHER

WHAT THE HELL

what I wouldn't give to be that driver rn

THE ARM OVER THE SHOULDER???????

THEYRE LITERALLY SO IN LOVE?????????

OMG

PIMFAH

MY WIFE

I rly wish that screenshot was better but the wifi is being stupid for no reason (which isn't surprising since this is Australia and we have the shittest wifi there is)

anyway IM SO SURE JUNE IS GONNA SHOW UP TODAY

GIVE👏US👏LESBIANS👏

DID I NOT SAY IT?

I WAS RIGHT YALL

AAAAAAAAAAA

LITERALLY IMMEDIATE

AS SOON AS THE OTHER MAJOR FEMALE CHARACTER WAS INTRODUCED, B O O M, LESBIANS

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS

although I wasn't expecting it to be teacher/student

she is just a trainee teacher, but its still a bit ick

idk tho

I guess we'll see what they do with it

gay panic in real time

ooh yes ive been waiting for the familial need for an heir thing to crop up, yesyesyes

making me think of drarry now

OKAY SO MAYBE I WAS WRONG

MAYBE HE DOES LIKE HER

but the things I said are still true

the evidence we've gotten before just now havent really felt solid enough to argue that kang likes pimfah

but now... I guess I have to agree

pimfah knows/suspects/ships it and no one can convince me otherwise

IM WHEEZE-LAUGHING THIS IS HILARIOUS

THE MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND?????

I CANT RN

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A DREAM SEQUENCE, RIGHT?

I wasn't expecting imaginary scenes from this series but I deeply appreciate it

I CANT STOP LAUGHING

THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING, SAILOM

YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED

BUT ITS ALSO SUCH A MOOD

also I like kang's shoes

Y E S

I WAS HOPING FOR OPEN HOUSE VIEWJUNE

again, I wasn't expecting it to be teacher/student, but anyway

OH YOU LESBIANN

G3I4ORENHGKLS

I would do the same tho

June is so pretty

and so is view

and so is chimon

and so is Perth

(and so is satang)

(no I will not shut up about my satang and perth siblings agenda, its too good to keep to myself)

NO IM OUT OF IMAGES

on the bright side, it took a lot longer to run out today than it did last week

[arminsumi]

IM SORRY BUT IM INLOVE WITH THE "i wanna kiss you" series LIKE IM LITERALLY COPY PASTING IT IN MY NOTES SO I COULD REREAD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHEN IM OFFLINE AHSHSHDH ITS SO WELL WRITTEN AND TOOTH ROOTING SWEET TQ FOR MAKING IT AJHAHSKS

aaa thank u so much i'm so flattered idk what to say!! u are so very kind

[zeico]

Post Veilguard Thoughts

I've been trying to figure out my thoughts and feelings on Veilguard over the past few days.

I know I did food metaphor for it before but this is a way to explain it as a longtime fan.

Like going to a restaurant that looks kinda jank in its decor, or its in like in a random plaza but the FOOD there is good shit so you can forgive the janky decor but also it gives it charm bc feels just a little more authentic that way. Thats my memory of the old dragon ages.

Veilguard is more like a chain restaurant. Example would be like Red Lobster, food is okay. I gorge myself on the biscuits bc im weak to those. But it still has the veneer of a chain realm that you can't escape.

Gonna try to break down my thoughts on each layer of this lasagna.

Gameplay

The gameplay is honestly good.

Its engaging. I like the different ways you can build a rook. I did a duelist rogue I never parried once but still blazed my way through. The fact you can do more of a bow heavy or trap heavy rogue is very cool to me. I do look forward to playing again as a mage to see how that is. I don't really play many AAA games so the overall destiny/mass effect fusion of combat wasn't like stale to me.

I liked the different ways you can really build into something with the different gear you get. I went FULL necrotic weapons and just stacked everything that gave a bonus to necrotic damage and I was mowing through enemies.

It was a pain for me trying to mess with the settings bc I had a lot of performance issues and my motion sickness got in the way. Like I would have enemies pop in when I've been running laps around the arena. I should tinker with it a bit more next time around I know but a lot of the time trying to turn things down for performance made it worse.

The WORST of it was the game having some enemies be basically invulnerable because a dialogue commenting on the enemies' presence didn't trigger BECAUSE THEY WERENT THERE YET.

Also trying to quit and reset the game when these issues occur had the risk of me coming back fucking bald and without my tattoos or makeup.....

I curse Fen'harel. I curse Solas. How dare you do this to me.

This is the best gameplay a Dragon Age has had tho.

Story

Main Story is serviceable. Because I AM a long time fan and have played the earlier games, I cannot separate myself from those memories to think of the perspective of a newcomer to the series. I know where the fangs should be. I see where edges have been sanded down and I will oft fixate on that. (In this way, I understand Solas)

The game doesn't really let you be truly evil or callous to your party. Sure I wouldn't pick the evil option because I want to be nice to my video game friends but to HAVE THE OPTION makes the choice to be nice to them feel like more of a choice.

Like in dragon age 2, like half of your party could just fuck off or you could fuck them over. You had the option to sell Fenris back into slavery. Isabela could just fuck off with the precious artifact because shes a fucking pirate, so seeing her COME BACK because of her friendship with my Hawke had extra meaning to me like my efforts to befriend her meant something.

You fight the evil Bad Guys.

Your Rook will p much always be The Hero.

Where my memories and history interfere with the story is how I remember that decisions and choices you made in past games were more of a mixed bag. You weren't as unambiguously Good.

When I tried to meet the game halfway and be like 'yea sure my Rook WILL be a good guy hero about it' it wasn't as grating. But I still had to like mentally buy in like that.

It needed a lot more time to actually write and put in those other options imho. In this way I call it an underbaked lasagna.

Dialogue itself felt a bit flat in a lot of the time too.

I feel the game was really trying to appeal to a new audience and doesn't want to offend them. And it is worse for it.

Characters

The characters I feel are also victim of underwriting. Or having to be pulled in a lot of directions and not wanting to offend again.

There were a lot of distracting biscuits in the characters tho. And I ate them all up.

I will protect the skeleton with my life.

I only feel the characters are weak and awkward at points again because of my old memories.

Like a character is working through figuring out their gender and the language they use is VERY MODERN. Same for if you make Rook trans or non-binary (i did a non-binary elf). I love that the option is there I just wish the language around it was more rooted in Thedas and not earth.

There's great moments and banters with the characters and they all endeared themselves to me.

Some of their personal quests don't entirely mesh well to me, makes me think there were many rewrites.

Theres a lot of ways I can think about to like really give the characters more spice and flesh themselves out but I didn't get that in game.

The more I think about certain questlines the more angry I get about them. I hate thats the feeling I walk away with.

World / Factions

Also the reason I'm mad about the world is because I know where we came from. It's been hyped that Tevinter is like an Evil Mage Empire that will kidnap elves into slavery.

Why could I freely walk around as an Elf and not hear a single utterance of 'Knife-Ear'

Minrathous/Dock Town an instance of I can only see what was sanded down. Sure the things I've heard before was a lot of propaganda from rival countries but... idk another defanging.

I feel Tevinter/ITS CAPITAL OF MINRATHOUS should have had a lot more development because we p much only get the poor area. At least give a proper High Town?

But all the environments were distinctive and factions did have their own flavor.

And the factions each had their own biscuits I ate up.

If Veilguard is someone's introduction to Dragon Age I really want to hear about their perspective on the world.

I wish you were able to actually play through the little backstory they give you (like in origins) so when you meet up with them again its actually a reunion and you KNOW the choice you make rather than just some lines about it.

Another instance of underbaking the game.

Conclusion

I had a fun time with Veilguard. If you don't want to think TOO hard and have a fun romp with Dragon Age characters its enjoyable.

A lot of my issues with the game is how sanded down itself from past games in order to not offend newcomers.

like 7/10 its okay its serviceable its very pretty and fun playing just really dont think too hard (or throw yourself into fanfiction)

[kind-of-a-shitty-wizard]

Tell me about jeeves and wooster like you're a car salesman (I want to get into it now because of you 🤝 just curious what to look for and where, share your mighty old man yaoi wisdom)

HELLO !! AAA tysm for the ask... id be delighted to give a rec to the ceo of old man yaoi herself lol, im putting on my best car salesman voice!! :D

okok so. this car is for you. i remember you mentioning that u like characters who are competent / good advice-givers / surrounded by idiots but arent leaders themselves, and this is jeeves in spades teeheee...

he and bertie wooster are from the series by P. G. Wodehouse set in the 1920s-1930s about this well-meaning dorky guy who keeps getting into trouble (thats bertie) and his amazingly competent valet (jeeves!!!!) - and their dynamic is amazing. it's a little more lighthearted than sheo/haskill or butler/craftsman i think but you may still like it :D

jeeves is so much more competent and intelligent than bertie but always has bertie's best interests at heart. they still have little spats over silly things, like bertie's ugly ties, so jeeves gets to have his prissy little "very good sir 😒" moments <33

the books (all free on Gutenberg) can be read in any order and the tv show episodes (all on Youtube) can be watched in any order :] so u can jump around to see what u like, but if i were to recommend a specific place to begin, it would be this wonderfully-edited video that sums up their dynamic, so u can see if it might be up ur alley:

if u wanted to start w the books id actually give an unorthodox rec which is the short story Bertie Changes His Mind, cos it's brief, it's the only story from the perspective of jeeves, and it offers so much insight into their relationship. and tbh its very gay and basically reads as though it was written by haskill

(^ me revealing the fact that that i got into J&W bc of haskill... the haskill-to-any-other-snarky-butler-character pipeline is so real. plus haskill and sheogorath have been compared to jeeves and wooster sooo <3)

OK THATS IT... thank you sm for the ask i got extremely carried away i just love these two fr <33

[traggalicious]

3 and 10 for the ask game?

Aaa hi! Thanks for engaging <333 I dunno which Durge to do for this so im going with my most developed: Anwir and Acheros!

3. What did Durge think of the little wannabe Tyrant at the beginning? Someone competent or someone who tries really quite hard?

Anwir found him interesting, and was impressed by his intellect and his work. It was refreshing to see someone outside of the cult, even if it was their family it was still suffocating sometimes. They did think he was competent, but didn’t quite get his ideas of dominating the city/world n shit like. What does it matter if everyone dies sooner or later? Anyway yeah overall he seemed interesting, bit of a tryhard what with the fits and the oddly artificial demeanour, but he grew on them.

Acheros thought he was a tryhard. Absolutely a useful one, but something about him just screamed insecurity. And that kind of. Clicked? She won’t admit that, like, ever, but they were kindred spirits in the sense that they had both been… set on a path, and were making the most of it and themselves.

10. Did the tyrant ever try to impress the serial killing godling and exact how horrible did it end for him? What sorta things did he do solely for 'the sake of cooperation with glaringly obvious ulterior motives?

Pffff. Their first meeting was an attempt to impress, for both Anwir and Acheros. Gortash absolutely wanted to get off on the right foot. Even if that was just leaving alive. He came with plans and offers, a concept of the plan to get those Bhaalist artifacts (to garner favor). And of course looked his best, even wore a touch of red. Imagine his surprise when he sees Anwir in their rat-bastard glory, tattered cloak and haphazard scars all over. Acheros at least meets expectations, the self-important bitch lmao. Both of them at least appreciated his efforts, even though they didn’t think all too much of him until they actually did shit.

At the heist, he bites off just a bit more than he can chew, bit *too* confident in himself lmao. It becomes a massacre—not that Anwir’s too upset about that. They have a good ol time, complete with mockery of Gortash’s lack of stealth. Acheros lets him get hurt just a bit before coming to his rescue; this leads to a series of debts being owed and evened out between the two as their relationship progresses, and kind of endears him to her because of his determination.

Once they’re more established, Gortash also likes to have Durge’s assistance w/ punishing those who step out of line. Durge will come through and Gortash will have some poor sap across from him, and they get to have some banter over whether or not this man lives or not. The answer is most often *not*. (And then they fuck nasty /hj). It’s very obvious that this isn’t *just* because it makes an example, especially when it’s private and aligns with a killing moon. But it’s silly i love them. Also, for Acheros, there’s more politics and patriar functions than strictly necessary. Acheros loves her schmoozing, especially when she gets to lead someone off into a corner to kill em lol.

@daemons-main

[undeadhorse]

long rambling unedited vent

i feel cheated. monster hunter wilds is the bizarre mess of a 'game' that feels like the games i love robbed of the things i played them for. it constantly and aggressively takes control away from the player or steers or handholds to 'streamline' the experience and sand off the edges. the result being that most of the time it feels like im fighting to actually control my character. it feels like the game is trying to play itself. its constantly trying to do things for me. and even the combat suffers. so many of the ways you can miss or make mistakes with weapons are sanded away. it feels like all i have to do is push my stick towards the monster and mash attacks and itll work out. whenever you attack the game makes micro adjustments to your footing and position and angle/direction so that your character moves during and in between attacks towards wherever the movement stick is pointing. i dont have to think about positioning and i dont get locked into animations. any mistake i make in spacing/positioninh can be ironed out by pushing the stick towards the monster. i hate it. i want to fail and struggle. i want to learn. i want to feel precise specific responses from the inputs i press that have consequences. not this... squishy sludge. it always feels like im moving through mud. it feels bizarre and hollow. it feels like what im doing doesnt matter. it doesnt feel precise and consequence driven. it feels like im being protected from making mistakes by the guiding hand of the game. it makes any success feel meaningless and not earned.

i feel stupid and devastated. because i feel almost certain that im the odd one out. and if i dont somehow figure out how to enjoy the game im going to be left out. and i wanted so badly to play this with my girlfriend and for it to be a bonding experience with her. ive been looking forward to this for months.

but now i just feel like... the same way being a trans woman in a cis world feels. or the same as like... it feels to not want high fidelity AAA jerk off graphics. or to not want to use facebook or tiktok or twitter or instagram. or to not want mtg to become the fortnite of tcg.

it just feels like another money driven wide appeal thing where im a freak for not wanting what theyre selling. idk how to fully explain this feeling.

i feel lost and frustrated and embarrassed for not being able to enjoy mh wilds.

its like the one time i really wish i wasnt the outlier and the freak. i spent my whole life being the outlier and the freak and i embraced it.

but i spent all year playing monster hunter with my girlfriend and i feel really attached and connected to this series. only to find out its not like. mh6 isnt for me. its not for the long term fans.

i dont know who the hell it is for.

im not even talking about the graphical/optimisation issues aka the total lack of optimisation aka they built the game so it looks like filthy mud and vaseline on anything but the best PCs aka theyre fucking gatekeeping anyone who doesnt have a top of the line PC

like i have a good pc. i have put thousands of dollars into upgrading and maintaining it. i have the reccommended specs. but the game looks like trash unless i lock the frames at 30. even then its blurry and often looks just. ugly and strange. it looks tolerable. it looks nothing like whats advertised.

i feel like i could go on. i feel like i could complain about the terrain feeling muddy just to move on, the waypoints, the seikret automoving, the horrible autoaim on the slinger, and more. but it wouldnt make me feel any better.

im usually really good at avoiding this kind of disappointment and not setting my hopes too high. this is a very strange case. im not sure what to do.

the game costs over $100 too in aud so idk. i feel like i should go fuck myself.

actual conclusion: im just not going to buy it. maybe in like 2 years or something when its discounted severely but. it feels like a waste of money right now.

at least theres still a bunch of other games i know ill enjoy that i can bond with my girlfriend over. thats the bit that fucks me up the most. i wanted to play this with her. and now i dont want to play it at all. i was looking forward to having a beautiful gay experience playing through it with her. just like we've done with mhdos, mhtri, mhworld and mhrise. world and rise had issues but... idk. wilds feels like all the worst parts of rise and world turned up to 11.

idk im done rambling. i wish this felt more cathartic. i wish i didnt feel like a fool.

[jakowskis]

Loved ‘an ugly picture, you & me’ so so much. Srsly I read it like 10 times and still won’t get tired of it. It’s such a great piece of writing. Now my question: Do you already if ur gonna post more Torchwood fanfic?? (no pressure obv, writing is so so hard and I admire everyone who actually manages to finish their stories).

oh my goodness thank you so much 🥺 that means the world to me im so glad you liked it so much

man ok so. heres the thing. djkfds aaa idek how to talk abt this it makes me feel stupid fdshkfj. basically i have dx'd ocd and it affects my writing process a Lot. im exceptionally critical n perfectionistic when it comes to my writing, and when my ocd's at its worse, i can reread things literally hundreds of times. this makes my editing process a fucking nightmare. an ugly picture was... a Journey, i wrote the bulk of it in like a month or two bc i was Inspired, and that period of inspiration just flowing was super nice - but then i spent literally half a year obsessing over editing and figuring out a few sections i couldnt get to work and it was. rlly rlly unhealthy and messy. like that was a stereotypical Mentally Ill Artist™ moment for me 😭 i was unmedicated during that process and honestly im still impressed with myself for managing to finish and post it anyway.

and after posting it... this might not make sense unless u have ocd but that fic is, like, tainted in my head, and im not allowed to touch it as a result. which is RLLY fucking annoying and sad bc i wrote it for Me and it was a labor of love yanno, and i am proud of it, like during writing i was like 'man this is one of the best things ive written, im genuinely proud of this' and ive gotten some absolutely wonderful reception - but i cant exactly place why, idk if it was the torment of the editing process or a fear of experiencing that specific brand of anxiety again (if i reread it and run into errors it might kill me 😭)... either way at this point in time im legitimately unable to revisit that fic. and its been like this since i posted it, so... for nearly five months ;-; and im kind of having a similar experience with torchwood as a whole tbh. like my whole fandom experience + relationship with this fixation has been bastardized to all hell bc of ocd issues. it all feels very... dirty right now.

which fucking sucks, cuz torchwood's one of my fav fixations ive ever had, it became so important to me so fast and it's probably hit special interest territory at this point - but it sucks what a thin line it is between obsessing over a hyperfixation, and compulsively engaging with something. it sucks when the serotonin u get from smth also gets laced with pervasive anxiety. my recent main issue with ocd has been avoidance - i went from obsessively going thru torchwood clips to being unable to watch it at all bc the very thought of doing so makes me so anxious.

(so, tldr? my mental illness garbage is interfering w my interests and my ability to engage with fandom, to my chagrin, and that's why i haven't posted anything else.)

that being said: between april 2023 and now i have written 180k words of torchwood fanfic. im endlessly fascinated and inspired by these characters, particularly by owen who has lowkey proven to be my muse lol. (he sits in my mind palace on top of a, like, literal fancy ass corinthian pedestal and his one job is to sit still n look pretty and sad but instead he snarks down at me every time i walk passed and in return i squirt a water gun at him and occasionally throw tomatoes at him. it's a very mutually loving relationship.) and 180k words in, and literally hundreds of hours spent thinking about and talking about tw/owen, and im still fascinated by it/him, there are still soooo many things i wanna explore through writing with these characters that i adore so much. 57k of the 180k words is part of what will eventually be a sequel series to an ugly picture (which is meant to be a stand-alone, for the record, but towards the end of the writing process i went "Hm. Actually I Have More Ideas", and it became a whole 'verse heh). problem is i dont rmr the fic enough to continue the first sequel and currently i cant revisit it and take notes 🤡 so that project's on hold. as for the other stuff, it's a good mix of misc one-shots and full-on projects, and several things are pretty much done and could, if i were anyone else, easily be polished and posted.

but, as ive made clear, unfortunately writing (well, revising + editing) is an absolute nightmare for me. now, im recently back on medication after nearly two years of rawdogging it, and ive been having issues with that fff (namely constant pervasive exhaustion) - but im working to figure out a happy medium, so im HOPING, hell, praying, that once i level out ill be able to open my docs and sit down and finish things without it being a goddamn ordeal. editing's not rlly fun for anyone, but it fucking sucks when your absolute favorite hobby + mode of expression gets terrorized by a wiggity wack disorder.

first order of business, once im able, is a 15k owen/andy fic that's literally 90% done. i wanted to post it in june, for pride month, and then my brain decided to convince me i wasnt being coherent in the slightest and i was like, nah, i cannot make myself soldier through the editing project this time, i dont want this to get ruined the same way. but hopefully soon i can drop that and it will be epic and such 😎

so in summation uh (sorry im a known babbler fdshk but this is what happens when u send an ask to someone who wrote a 30k fic where literally nothing happens KJFSD. also sorry for literally trauma dumping unprompted 😭 i did the white woman in the kmart thing) ive written a ton of torchwood fic and i 100% intend to write a ton more but mental illness garbage is trying to sabotage shit so basically im taking a break from trying to post any of it until my brain lets me enjoy my damn interest in relative peace 👍but i definitely have a lot more fic on the way. just might take a while for it to see the light of day. hopefully not that long

anyway thank you again so so so much for liking the fic enough to read it multiple times that means so much to meee. i hope to have more for u soon :))

[petrichoraline]

The northanger abbey anon here, again I agree with your thoughts on the novel, some of the things were rushed especially with ours antagonists so to speak, but it was a fun read and the only thing I knew about it is that it was a parody kinda of gothic novels that were popular in that time so I did feel like I was missing some sort of a context even tho from the writing I can imagine what kind of tropes gothic novels had back then lol so I didn't really go in expecting anything and was not disappointed, I loved Cathrine immediately (the whole reading books and living inside your own head is something I can relate to even now) and by the end I did love henry. Like you said in the novel he wasn't condescending or angry with Cathrine at any point especially not when she revealed her thoughts about his father, he was rather careful not to upset her further (after that conversation in his mother's room when they saw each other again at diner he was gentle with her). So they really did that wrong in the movie, even if I did enjoy it, the cast was good and Cathrine in her riding outfit >>> but we didn't see his house and dogs in the adaptation I believe so that's another minus in my book. I would love a major studio adaptation tho, it would be fun and the whole gothic aesthetic could be done beautifully. I do like p&p movie adaptation the most but they also had the most money lol tho I have to say the most recent emma one was a bit disappointing to me, that was when I had expectations and wanted more action but it was rather calm. The persuasion netflix made was terrible in terms of it not being an adaptation, even tho it was marketed as such, but rather loosely based on the novel. I def recommend reading persuasion tho, I loved the romance of it all even if wenthworth was annoying (he kinda had the right to be but idc).

thank you for reaching out again and sorry for the late reply <3

I also felt i wasn't "in the know" lol but it really didn't affect the experience all that much, you get the impression of what novels she's talking about anyways cause she's so detailed about it 😄

catherine is so relatable it's not even funny, that's why i can't be too upset with her about anything haha and henry being so gentle (again, when he's not being a troll) and firm in his intentions makes him very swoon-worthy (im not over the knowledge of fabrics and flowers, im so happy he was written that way aaa)

I wasnt aware he had his own house the first time I replied to you, I learned shortly after that northanger abbey wasn't his home which makes sense but that's what the book is called so I made assumptions 😗 I'd say best part about it might be that it's fairly far away from his dad's home lol but everything you said you liked about it is a big plus for sure 🤭

(short intermission to show the riding outfit in question, she looks amazing)

the characters were different from how I had imagined them but I could tell they were quite well portrayed even if they didnt fit my personal idea because isabella? that casting and execution were perfect. it helped me see how my interpretation was lacking in some ways because that's not how I had imagined the general either but seeing his behaviour on screen made the book descriptions click. but considering how they butchered that particular scene and with it both catherine and Henry's characterizations, I don't hold the directors vision at the ultimate regard lol

a major studio adaptation without excessive cgi that knows what makes the book good and manages to translate it for the movie or series format would be amazing, we can hope someone comes back to this one because it isn't austens most popular book but there is sooo much potential here!! and we can get all the dogs hahah

i like p&p 2005 but truly only as a standalone thing, comparing it to the book experience is not for me, that was more fun to do with the 1995 series because they were so accurate (though when it comes to looks no one has made me go "yes, perfect casting"); as for emma, I found it quite dull iirc, I was mostly hyped to see the actor who plays adam in sex education was in the role of harriet's (and my) beloved farmer boy😂 the colours were beautiful and the actors great but I think it felt too long and as if nothing really was happenin; I know I didn't watch all the adaptations for that one so I can't pick a fave but thats why I'd just recommend clueless 🫢

now that you mention it, I saw videos about that persuasion adaptation, I mightve even listened to one and spoiled myself but it was quite long ago so I should be fine haha, I feel like not understanding the source material and trying to fit bad tropes into it like circular shapes into rectangle holes is what makes these types of adaptations flop so bad, im sorry you had to experience it, I'd probably save it as a trash watch but at least aware that it's that

and I definitely plan on it! i think I might take my time because I don't have any main novels to read after it, I'll have to search for lady susan and other stories (that's the name of the compilation I've seen if I'm not mistaken); i trust your opinion, I'll try to be more forgiving of mister main lead though I get irritated easily 😂

thank you for sm for sharing 🥰💗💞💓💗💖💕

[rrxnjun]

if i could i would fight the school system just so u would have the time and mood to write >:T but i'm glad u could write a bit and waiting for ur next fic!!!🥳🥳 (your post about a fic u are writing seems pretty fun :o and love jihoon as a side character!!!) AAA IM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT I WOULD LOVE TO READ TREASURE FICS FROM U ESPECIALLY THE JIHOON ONES HIHI!!! I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR UR FRIEND WHO CONVINCED U!!!!

hmmmm idk if its reveal vibe or not but my fav ep from them is the thrill ride ep (probably has a special place in my heart cuz that was my first cb with them lmao but that era was so well done and i really love the songs!!) i think their new ep is really great my favs are especially awake and savior aaanndd their breaking dawn album slaps as a whole i love it so muchhh and for my last recommendation from them would be survive the night which is a song that was fully written by sunwoo and it's definitely one of my favs (there is also a song from giuk featuring sunwoo that just dropped and u might like it if u are interested) and i really hope u will like some cuz idk if any of these would be the type of songs u would listen to;-; the last longer content i watched from them was come on the boyz but eric isn't in it cuz he was on a hiatus at the time:( but it's really fun! i also started to watch back the boyz timeout (and had to stop cuz school >:T) and that is also really good and everyone is there:D so i would recommend those if u want like a series (?) type of thing with them but for "shorter" contents their mafia games are very fun to watch!!! their idol human theater videos are great as well!!! and the last one i would say is they just made a video with the fo squad and that seemed very funny although i didn't have the time to watch it yet;-; (IM VERY SORRY ABOUT JUST RECOMMENDING SO MANY THINGS AND FOR THIS LONG ASS LIST I WENT A BIT OVERBOARD D: )

KEVIN IS SUCH A LOVELY GUY his bubble messages are usually either very funny or just very meaningful and his posts are always top tier🤌 i think he would just solidify his place in ur heart lmao and eric is just such a bestie material!!! well u know i just came in here in the middle of ur treasure era being like 🧍the boyz🧍and i don't want to interrupt u with just randomly talking about them 🧍(which i deff did so im sorry and sorry again for the long ass list of recs)

ooo god gifted kid burnouts suck so much;-; but tbh yeah the grade doesn't really matter just pass and get the paper in the end cuz that's the most important ig and u would get it with even just passing (although im just🤡 cuz i will never think like this sadly so) i don't think my experience will be different ngl;-; so im trying to get myself ready to just not be sad about it cuz it's bound to happen lmao

AHH UR REPLIES JUST MAKE ME SO HAPPY LIKE U READ MY LONG ASS RAMBLINGS AND U ARE ALWAYS SO LOVELY SO I JUST🥹🥹 I APPRECIATE U VERY MUCH!!!!!! (liebestraum anon💗💕💕 sorry for disappearing again☹️)

SJSJSJ its okay because the motivation is that once its over i have the whole summer to write is making me go through this more easily 😙😌 also im handling things a lot better than last semester LMAO so im good over here 🤞 DJSJ glad u liked the posts abt the fic so far, jihoon is kind of the main character unfortunatelt (he is in the fic more than mark i-) but the brainrot cant be helped. IM GRATEFUL FOR MY FRIEND TOO she's a real one 😙 i'll let u know abt the blog if i manage to set one up after all hihi

first comebacks with a group are always the most special istg i thought about this the other day. like for me rock with you, hot sauce and can't you see me? are really special too😭 i havent had time to listen to these but i promise that by the time we talk again i will and i'll have my reviews ready!! 😌😌 also i love how u can kinda get my music taste w western artists (like when u recommended me hungarian songs and were spot on) but w kpop u rlly cant tell😭😭😭 i love me some kpop group variety shows tbh so i will definitely watch all of these later !! DONT BE SORRY ABT RECOMMENDING SO MUCH I GET U IF I WAS ASKED FOR RECS FOR ANY OF MY FAV GROUPS I WOULDVE DONE THE SAME THING. i saw kevin's weverse (?) replies on tiktok today and i- 😭 my man is a comedian i love him. the same w eric. icons. SJSJS dont worry about interrupting my treasure era i can handle it (im also suddenly into cix as well so i can handle everyone atp)

and u get it u get it !!! like it does feel good to get academic validation from time to time (i got a 45/50 on my essay today❤❤❤) but as long as its not an F i do not feel disappointed. esp when i get reminded of the fact that im studying on one of the best unis in my country and that my major is actually kind of hard 💀💀 get ready for the terrors of university i mean u can expect it but actually experiencing it will be just as shitty so i just pray u dont take it as badly as i did for a lil while🤞 im here for u if that happens tho!!

always appreciating u and smiling at your asks, mwah mwah ‼

[kyaruun]

RAAAWR HUG! HUG! qiapyon loves being hugged :3 and squished (is a slime so squish!) hehe you are so nice and soft :>> not at all intimidating

YOU FELT LIKE A BIG BLOG just so very top tier writing. great graphic. whole package deal. there's only two possibilities that happen to follower count when you go ia:

it goes up, because people are finding you

it goes down, because people are not finding you and your followers think you are dead

THE RETURN OF NYA im so excited rawrrrrr tag me in everything

afadsfhsd me big blog... i guess i'm a big blog. i dont know why 1.1k people are still here for my shitposts

ajdslfsdf its only a few,,, a lot of my blogs are ia..... unfortunately.... and i mostly have focused on nazukisser though i literally cant stop writing for enstars its in my soul... i always strive for weekly for every fandom but darn thats really hard with the amount of shit i have going on

WAAAAAAAA i hope YOUR works get the true recognition it deserves (one day you'll write a leo fic that will become known as that leo fic (in a pos sense))

professional.... ate lis told me that i looked professional on my blogs,,, i just try. lots of trial and error and i always try to look fresh. have gone through so many phases its insane. one time i tried replicating an actual site design on tumblr while combining it w my style and it was so hard. stares at my (long gone) tori fs2 theme

RIGHT like the readers were nice, all of the people were so nice... now its too big like who is everyone... but also its kinda dead too like damn... 2023 is not anybody's year... i wish we could return to all being silly....

help me omg big blog. i mean being a writing blog the writing might as well get a pass but the graphics suck and i'm the first one to acknowledge that. i simply don't know what to do with them >< the one and only graphic i'm still head over heels for and is the reason i still haven't remade my theme is the cute cat soren did for me a looong time ago and is my current banner. it's. so. round. so cute. silly but sosososo adorable

i mean my followers have probably accepted i'm a sporadic writer and i don't really have a schedule. it hurts when you try to put out your stuff but it doesn't get attention but aaa this is the internet. there's no point in overthinking that. my one and only concern is that anons that rq something i answer a few months later manage to read their rq :(

JESUS CHRIST QIAN YOU HAVE 1.1K FOLLOWERS?!?!? big big biggest writer indeed. i just checked mine and it's 744 followers which is an insane number for someone who posts so little!! what you said about the leo fic... i can only hope. i personally think i suck at writing leo a lot. and rei. and natsume. my izumi is pretty much a mess too. see? if i love them i can't write them right. but uuuu i'd love to write a series. i've never tried that. i also considered something like a social media au bc that's usually really cute too. i don't think any of my works will ever reach that level of importance buuuuut. i'd love that

i've been working a bit on some sort of new theme for my super due revamp but i hate editing sooo much. whatever you say your themes always look super nice and cohesive <3 they're really nice to look at ;;

the fandom being big and dead (from a writing pov) is just as you said ;; i occasionally go into the tags to look for cute fanart but i don't see any writing and it's very sad. sorry to whoever might be offended by this but x readers actually carried the fandom before engstars. but we all either grew frustrated with the lack of interaction or found new interests

i simply miss that sense of community TT the nuri era... nuri feeding the entire fandom one post a day. bee coming up with the absolute prettiest things (like hello THEIR PROMPTS. i still haven't recovered from those). swanee dropping these insanely talented bombs and leaving us knocking on their askbox like "pls comeback when". soren's blog (which i actually visit from time to time bc there's a handful of fics that carry half of my mental sanity rn). runa ;;;;

see? i miss a lot of people ꒰⁎′̥̥̥ ⌑ ‵̥̥̥ ꒱ on those are only the ones that came first into mind because there are even more moots i miss... that comfy feeling of being able to jump into everyone's askbox and be silly... nostalgia hitting hard ;;; makes me think i should try to join a server(s) to try and interact with people again, even if it's just some talking from time to time

[mellowgoop]

currently having the weirdest realization about games....

so after tropical freeze changed my life, i had the ubiart rayman games on my mind from some video as other lovingly made high quality AAA platformers that could change my life and i was like. fuck yeah, lets do this again. and yes, rayman legends is incredible, i love it so much!

so im enjoying it more and im like ok, what other AAA platformers are there? its not that i particularly like AAA games mind you, i just appreciated the sheer Detail that was able to go into the 3d country games and the ubiart rayman games bc of their backing. so i thought about it and something very big dawned on me...

there probably sort of isnt..

im just kind of used to there being AAA platformers around as a nintendo player, like im not frothing at the mouth over yoshis crafted world or anything but its there. and ive never really played that much of the other consoles, so i just figured there was a lot of unknown out there where presumable sony and microsoft also had their 2d platforming series, or at least 2d action

they uh, they do not.... and this is where my brain starts to just fricking explode lol. because i think theres the human sense that like, odds are there are people living similar lives to me out there right? like, nintendo layla goes to gamestop to get dreamland deluxe. sony layla goes to best buy to get sackboy runner 2023. microsoft layla goes to Army Depot to get Call of Duty: Platforming Ops. Right? no...... they dont make call of duty platforming ops these days

and then im just GONE right, because think about this: the ubiart rayman games were just two things. i genuinely cant find another example rn of another big company making a beloved 2010s platformer or anything close (just child of light from ubi art) so then i go holy shit ok, so its just nintendo mostly?

AND THEN I REALIZE: MARIO AINT HAD ONE IN TEN YEARS. just maker! and im pretty much losing it. country is dead. metroid is a blue moon revival thing. yoshi is once a console. its pretty much just HAL making rountine AAA platforming games: im pretty much the only type of fan that actually thinks other people are out there routinely getting high quality AAA platformers

AND THATS JUST WOO, thats not usually where thoughts lead you LOL. in the end uh,i dont care so much. im actually pretty mad at ubisoft rn (paris workers are striking btw) and would genuinely rather not buy into the micro or sony ecosystems. indie games taking over the genre is a funny thing where like, i think at some point everyone silently agreed it would be better if they took over the market while the AAA assholes make their third person cinematic adventures. but wowza. yeah. i as a HAL kirby fan am probably the only ding dang person expecting to get another lovingly made AAA 2d installment in my favorite series by 2025. and thats off the turds

[hannahnusblog]

Language genre of Telegram

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:13:53 AM]:

HI BBB

WAOUW

Thats. not the original. Booo

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:36:32 AM]:

Lmao hi CCC

How’s Fatty

YA LIKE WTF WHY WOULD THEY MAKE A SERIES

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:47:26 AM]:

Omg it’s so trippy it’s a series about high school students performing a musical adaptation of high school musical

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 8:37:04 AM]:

Losing weight I think

Im gonna call her Loser now

EWWWWW

MONEY GRABBING SCHEME

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 8:42:36 AM]:

:(

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 8:44:59 AM]:

But lovingly

She can be my inspo

AAA, [11 Dec 2019 at 10:39:29 AM]:

...wow CCC

As always I love your naming sense

Does fatty even respond to the name tho?

DDD, [11 Dec 2019 at 11:52:31 AM]:

Oh yes

She comes running

that’s cuz cats respond to voice not name

she can call fatty gay and she’ll come

AAA, [11 Dec 2019 at 11:56:53 AM (11 Dec 2019 at 11:57:01 AM)]:

Hahahah exposed

Same tho my dog will respond to variations of mocha, dog and stupid

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 12:55:27 PM]:

STUPID

HAHAHAHAHAHHH

CCC, [11 Dec 2019 at 12:58:41 PM]:

HAHA

STUPID COME HERE!!!!

BBB, [11 Dec 2019 at 1:10:08 PM]:

Tbh sometimes I respond to stupid too when I’m with my fam

AAA, [11 Dec 2019 at 4:20:03 PM]:

Actually sometimes I say stupid dog in the tone of the guy in courage the cowardly dog.

This is a sample text from a Telegram group chat between 4 girls, talking about pets and the names of pets.

There are 3 main features on the language genre on Telegram (although this could only be true for a conversation between all girls)

The use of emoticons and capital letters to portray emotions and feelings

The use of acronyms and short forms

The lack of punctuation other than the exclamation mark being used

Something of note is that stickers were commonly seen in this group chat as well, however, they cannot be copied and pasted here. The stickers were used to portray emotions as well, thus they fall under the 1st feature.

The use of emoticons and capital letters to portray emotions and feelings

Usually, when a person is trying to portray heightened emotions such as anger, happiness, or disbelief, or simply to portray the loudness and intensity that the message should be read, the message would be typed in capital letters. Emoticons are not seen as much, however, due to the popularity of stickers on the platform.

2. The use of acronyms and short forms

The acronyms and messaging slang seen in this conversation are the words "inspo", "tho", "tbh", "lmao" and "fam". "Inspo" is a short form for "inspiration", "tho" is a shortened form of "though", "fam" is a shortened form of "family", "lmao" is an acronym for "laughing my ass off" and "tbh" is an acronym of "to be honest".

3. The lack of punctuation other than the exclamation mark being used

In the above screenshots and even in the rest of the screenshots, there is a lack of punctuation used. The only exception being the exclamation mark being used when trying to express heightened emotions.

CMC depends a lot on non-verbal cues due to the lack of face-to-face communication. The non-verbal cues used on Telegram include stickers and capital letters. The use of short forms and acronyms as well as the lack of punctuation in Telegram is not unique to Telegram and can be seen in other messenger apps as well.

Another thing that differentiates Telegram from other messenger apps is that you do not require a person's number to start a Telegram group. This means that Telegram can be used among close friends, acquaintances, and even strangers. This means that the language used can differ very greatly. My sample comes from my group of close friends, and the language users use can differ from group to group.

CMC allows people to speak to strangers around the world and create connections, thus privacy has become a concern. To combat this, Telegram has a Secret Chat mode, where the sender can choose the amount of time a message can be viewed for.

The demand for ephemeral content has risen over the years because anything on the Internet is permanent.