#it’s so simple and there aren’t a whole lot of options; but what we *do* have is so incredibly versatile and fun and really really well don

[raddest-laddest]

have i mentioned how much i love this picrew?

[feraliminal]

We know the Alliance definitely are communicating with each other, and communicating across factions, without audible speech. TVmen are the only ones that regularly use spoken words, and even they’ve seemed to communicate silently. Titan Cameraman can speak, but almost never does. So it seems likely that the primary forms of Alliance communication would be through inaudible transmission of information. And this means opportunities for headcanons!

The Skibidi Toilet fandom tends to headcanon that there’s a sign language as well, and I think that makes a lot of sense. First, we know that cameramen interacted with humans at some point. This must have involved communication, but if they don’t regularly use spoken communication, a simple sign language would make sense because it would be a pain in the arse to have to get a chat app out because your robot wants to bluetooth you a few words like “do you need anything?”. Second, a thought transmission system is likely to feel quite intimate. Humans don’t even feel like using the phone sometimes, so to be literally speaking directly into people’s brains would be a whole other thing. Even if it’s socially normal, like phone calls and small talk (apparently), there’s going to be times when people don’t want to or can’t do that. And third, loads of human cultures have sign languages, so why wouldn’t a robot culture? Sign and transmission languages might be used simultaneously in many circumstances, so there might not need to be signs for everything.

What this means is that the primary Alliance languages are likely to be quite minimal - this is a real thing in many human languages. Names and personal pronouns could be situational or optional. For example, names that aren’t just a descriptor or unit number could be used as status signifiers, indicating that the name bearer is so important that there needs to be a shorthand way of referring to them in conversation. Or maybe the opposite, because there’s only one Titan Cameraman, but there’s loads of soldier cameramen and “that guy with chipped paint that kind of looks like a hamster on his head” is a bit long. Humans love to name stuff, so naming could also be a silly human trick and a way to connect to a special human friend. In the fandom, people often refer to characters’ first and upgraded incarnations differently. Something like this in headcanon could look like their names/signifiers/shorthand signs changing. And a step further, previous names might be considered bad manners or even similar to deadnames if someone’s attached a lot of emotional weight to an upgrade.

Something else interesting that human languages do is avoidance registers when, in certain social situations, people change their language to avoid taboo words. The really interesting ones to me are when people avoid words or word categories for good luck - some cultures have languages used when harvesting so the produce doesn’t go bad, and people in high-pressure jobs sometimes have a taboo on saying things like “it’s a quiet night”. In an Alliance context, this could translate into something like scientists/engineers/etc. not using certain words while working, or even a whole engineering register.

Personal pronouns might not be a big thing, if there’s a way to communicate “the sense of a person” or names are quick enough to sign, a third-person and even first-person pronoun might not be needed unless someone’s emphasising pronoun-ness. The default might be a neutral pronoun-less-ness, which might translate into “they” and “it” in English - or into the common human habit of using “he” for anyone that’s not visibly femme-presenting and not a boat. Some human languages also do fun stuff with pronouns depending on gender and status, so Alliance personal pronouns might be based on something like unit type or status rather than or as well as gender. As the femme-presenting Alliance members seem to have high-status roles, she/her pronouns might have a status association - maybe leading to things like people switching to she/her pronouns to make a point of something being extra official serious business.

[cal-daisies-and-briars]

i tried to check the fics u had available and it wouldn't let me save draft so here is a picture love u love u love u

NOVA <3 I am also going to do 10 for YOUR literal Gotcha prompt. Here we go!

30 for ⚡️:

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 He just kind of has a look like a cat that fell into water. Which usually means something family-related happened. Usually with his parents. Who have both been a lot better lately, honestly, so Buck really hopes that’s not the case. Regardless, once Chris is out of earshot, Buck asks Eddie what’s up, expecting to hear whatever crap Helena has said this time. 

He is not expecting what comes out of Eddie’s mouth, instead. 

Which is… If Buck understands it… Pepa has a friend whose granddaughter is pregnant, but whose parents are horrible, and Pepa wants them to adopt the baby instead of following through with their plan with Adriana and Kameron. 

Buck’s instant reaction is a feeling of gut-deep discomfort. But he doesn’t know why. There’s nothing wrong with what Pepa has asked of them. To meet the young woman. To consider. To keep their options open. Buck knows it’s not a problematic ask, in itself. He’s just… He doesn’t know. He feels irritated about the whole thing. He wishes he could rewind, back out the door, and still be enjoying a simple day with Chris, where their future baby’s origins aren’t up for a larger Diaz family discussion. 

“I’m getting a sense you’re not thrilled about this,” Eddie observes when he’s done with his explanation. 

Well, no. Buck isn’t thrilled. But it’s not like Eddie is leaping for joy, either?

“I’m not thrilled,” Buck admits. “But I’m… I”m just processing.”

“Yeah,” Eddie sighs. “Honestly? Me too.”

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“And maybe that’s why you’re mad?”

Eddie swallows. “Yeah, okay. Maybe.”

“It’s not about you,” Shannon assures him. “Even if it hurts. I… I mean, that’s hard for anyone to accept, right? I know I suck at it.”

Eddie takes a deep breath. “I think it… It hurts more because…”

“Because you love him?” Shannon reminds him, ever so helpfully.

Eddie makes a pained noise. “Not just… But… Look, don’t get mad when I say this, okay?”

“Okay,” Shannon replies. Not a promise though. If he says something absurd, she’s going to react. 

Eddie takes a steeling breath. “Ever since we first met… Okay, ever since our third shift together… It’s been like…”

He’s struggling a lot. 

“Like what?” Shannon asks. 

“I was overwhelmed,” Eddie says. “I needed help, but I wasn’t going to ask for it. He… He just appeared in our life, Shannon.

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In all that he’s experienced, in all the nightmares he’s suffered over the course of his life, there is no recurring dream that leaves Eddie more unsettled. No bullet wounds, crashing helicopters, or cold, flooded wells. None of it makes Eddie feel so wrong and twisted than those dreams. There’s something about them that always makes him feel like he’s concealing something, when he wakes up in a cool sweat, presses his fingers to his spine, and finds it there. Like he’s a fraud. And one day, when he reaches back, he’ll find that the nightmare has become a reality. 

Eddie can’t give these nightmares a start date that he specifically remembers. Or, unfortunately, an end date. Just periods of intensity and periods of absence. They always seem to accompany periods of stress. After Adriana was born, when he crashed his father’s truck. When Shannon got pregnant. During all the rougher periods of their marriage. When she died. When he was shot. When he left the 118. Any time something bad happens to Eddie, he can guarantee, like clockwork, that hollow backed dreams will make a reappearance. 

This time, they come back after Buck nearly dies.

Or, not nearly. He did die. Briefly, but nevertheless. Buck died, and when Eddie can actually sleep again - because that takes days - his dreams are plagued. 

They’re elaborate this time. That’s not always the case. Sometimes it’s as simple as laying in bed or standing in the bathroom mirror, and discovering the truth of himself. The hollowness. This time, though, he’s at Buck’s funeral. Except, it’s not quite right. It’s not quite what a funeral should be. 

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They share a quick, routine kiss before they get out of Buck’s Jeep. Routine, but still very much wanted and enjoyed by Eddie. 

They have this rule. Once they get out of the vehicle, and their feet touch the pavement, they’re coworkers first. Obviously, still husbands and best friends and family in the way the whole 118 is family. But everywhere else, being husbands is priority number one. Here, and in order to make the case to the LAFD that they can in fact work together - and are better, working together - they had to make the distinction. So, one final kiss, before every shift. 

“Love you,” Buck says.

“Love you.”

Eddie has never been one for rituals since he left the church growing up. But this one always feels important. As simple as it is. 

9:02am

“Hey, look,” Chim says, grinning, as his phone dings with an incoming notification. He lifts his phone to show an iMessage photo from Hen of Denny and Mara grinning, walking on a trail through California’s redwoods. 

“Aw,” Buck smiles at the photo. “That’s awesome!”

“I take it they’re having a good time,” Eddie says. 

“Seems like it,” Chim confirms. “The kids even managed to keep the bickering to a minimum on the drive.”

Bobby laughs at that. “Now that is an accomplishment.”

“Well, hey I’m glad,” Buck says. “They deserve it.”

“They sure do,” Chim agrees. 

“Even if Eddie has to be in the ambulance all week,” Buck teases. 

Bobby sighs. “You’re truly hard done by, Buck.”

“I know,” he nods theatrically. “I’m being very brave.”

[snaillock]

ok so there’s been a lot stuff going on today with multiple writers on here including myself finding out that our works have been reposted on wattpad without ANY of our permission. despite this specific account doing this for over a year by now, basically nobody was even aware of it until today.

there’s a bunch of things wrong about doing this but one specific thing this person said to justify it really ticked me off.

this is a really shitty excuse for taking the MULTIPLE works from writers to a whole different app where most of them aren’t even on.

the main point i wanted to make for this post is that if you want to have a place to store all the fics you like, the reblog function is such an easy way to do it. all you have do make a side blog (optional and very easy), reblog whatever you like, and add tags to make it easy to find again. it’s so simple and it benefits EVERYONE involved especially the writers.

artists and writers on this site have been saying this FOREVER, over and over again.

personally i LOVE it when people reblog my fics and add their own tags especially if it’s thoughts and commentary on what they had read. it’s highly motivating and it makes me feel like there’s actual community on here. doing this can really make a writer’s day.

this person also mentioned that going through their own likes is a basically a whiplash going from fluff to smut. the thing is… there’s already a solution for that. taggingggggg!!!! if you want fluff then reblog those fics with fluff tags. if you want smut, then reblog those fics with smut tags. etc. etc. etc. it ain’t that difficult.

for the offline reading part, that’s so fucking silly man i can’t. bro honestly i would’ve much rather preferred if this person copied and pasted my fics onto a private note or document for their own personal enjoyment. but noooo they had to copy me and other people’s entire stories PUBLICLY without even making sure that it was alright to do.

anyways to wrap this up, the account name is ohmyjung. unfortunately i don’t think there’s really a way to report them for this since it seems like wattpad really care more abt stealing from published works. so the best we can do right now is hope that this person takes everything down (even if apparently they’re blocking writers for confronting them????)

update: the evil has been rid of. round of applause for everyone’s hard work. my point still stands though. if you want to genuinely show appreciation a really good fan fiction you have read, then throw in a quick reblog. it means a lot

[dietmountaindreww]

fine dining.

warnings: suggestive talk, other than that nothing! - mentions of food. [Drew Starkey x Female reader.]

part 3 of a series in which Y/N is Drew’s co-star

Drew chuckles at Y/N’s response. “So Dinner and Wine.. Fine Dining if you ask me. There’s an Italian near mine i’ve been meaning to show you.” He smiles at her, “We can just walk in, booking a table might attract paparazzi.” Drew knows it’s the best option for them.

Drew holds the heavy door open to the restaurant on his street, “After you.” Y/N giggled as he playfully remarked , holding the door for her. He converses with the hostess, asking for a table for two.

Y/N and Drew are seated at a table in the corner of the establishment, which is a perfectly fine and private spot. “This is a good spot, we aren’t in the limelight.” He winked at Y/N, pulling out her chair for her politely before taking his own seat opposite her. Y/N

smiles and rests her hands on the menu softly on the wooden table before her, before asking Drew.

“What do you usually get from here?”

“They usually have amazing pasta, which i usually get with a wine. What about you what are you thinking?” Drew smiles at Y/N.

“I’ll have whatever you’re having.”

Greeting the host who comes over to the table, Drew orders their drinks and food before leaving. He looked at Y/N before leaning over so nobody can hear their conversation. “So how did you find today? Do you think it went okay? With the Interview.” He quietly asked, a big soft golden retriever smile plastered across his gorgeous face. Y/N smiles back softly, “I think it went great. From the hears of that reporter i’m sure the Outer Banks fans are loving it.” She finishes with a soft laugh, her strong scent of cherry lipgloss travelling, empowering Drew’s focus on her. Drew listened attentively as she talked, she just always managed to know how to make him feel so comfortable, her laugh a delightful blessing to him. “I’m sure you’ll get lots of support, you definitely deserve it Y/N.”

Y/N felt flattered, blushing before leaning back slightly. She couldn’t really handle being that close to Drew without getting flustered. Good friends. She quickly changes topic. “Nice shirt by the way.” Nodding at his tight fitting tee, but really just checking out his muscular structure and arms. Drew looked down at his shirt and smiled, loving how flustered Y/N looked. “It’s just a simple shirt but thanks Y/N.” He is so proud of how weak he made her, proud of his body and her reaction, before smirking slightly. “Do you like the way i dress?” Coating the realistic meaning behind those words, Y/N was caught off guard immediately. Hoping their drinks would arrive soon so they could drop the whole checking Drew out moment. “Uh.. yeah, yeah you have good- good style.” Drew smiles now. “Thanks, that’s a golden compliment from a stylish woman such as yourself.” He hopes this compliment distracts her, worried he said something he shouldn’t have. He didn’t want to offend her or ruin anything about their little evening by being helplessly flirtatious.

Y/N nodded and thanked Drew before their wine finally came to the table. Drew is slightly nervous as he remembers the last time the two of them had wine they ended up hooking up. He feels his heart racing and speaks to calm his nerves. “So, how have you been? Sorry if i haven’t had much of a chance to speak to you. I’ve had a packed dining schedule recently, then this interview of course.”

Y/N understands and nods, taking a sip of her wine. “I’ve been just fine, how about you though? Not overworking yourself are you?”

Drew leans in, “well you know i like overworking myself.” He commented with a wink, “But seriously, I need some rest. It’s like I never stop working but i just love it so much.. i’ll probably take a break pretty soon.. then i could see you more often.”

Y/N’s eyes widened. Did he really want that? “Sure.. we can hang out.” Mentally reminding herself he was just being kind, and being a good friend.. Taking a long sip of wine as their food is placed before them and they both thank the staff. Drew hopefully smiled.. trying not to seem to excited. “That sounds great. We can get to know each-other more and i even take you up to the beach to teach you how to surf.. if you didn’t know already.” He hopes Y/N would like that, he loved the ocean and hoped it would be exciting if she accepted the surfing date he had in mind. “You surf?” She smiled widely, mentally noting. No wonder he’s so muscular. Taking another bite into their meals. Drew playfully replied “Yup, you don’t? I love it.. it’s super easy once you get the hang of it.. we can have a beach trip or something.” He nervously suggested, still leaning close to her so their conversation was between them. Once Y/N had finished her current portion she softly smiled as she sipped her wine. “That sounds great Drew.. I’d love to.” Drew had a large smile on his face, excitement clear in his tone. “When will you want to go surfing?” He asked, wondering when they could book it in and what date because he really is looking forward to it now they’re talking about it. “Oh, well I’m free this weekend?” Y/N spoke as she neatly placed her cutlery down. “My agent’s on vacation so i don’t really have anything booked.”

The two finish their meal, arranging to meet on Saturday, as the waitress brings the bill soon after clearing their plates. “Shall we go then?” Drew suggested as he pulled out his Waller and counted a few notes to be able to pay the bill. After placing the money on the table he looked at Y/N with a smile, before she protested. “Oh, Drew i can split the bill.” She grabbed her bag from the floor mentally cursing herself for not offering earlier, she was so zoned out in thought she hadn’t even noticed, how shitty of her. “No, I’m paying for it.” Drew smiled kindly, he didn’t mind paying for the bill and he always liked paying for dates, Y/N knows how much he will go out of his way to make the people he loves feel special, he feels kind of bad now and thinks maybe he isn’t making her feel special or doing enough for her, he’ll pay no matter what. “Are you sure? I have money.?” She slightly hesitated, unsure if it was fair. Plus, they were just friends right? “Course.” He gave her a kind gaze, hopping she noticed, wanting her to feel well treated just as if she were a princess, which she was in his eyes . “I should pay for it, don’t even worry about it doll.”

As they leave the restaurant, Y/N tries her best to not let his charming ways get to her so personally as he held the door. “That was nice, it’s really cosy in there.” Dew smiled, it warmed his heart to see her so happy. “I know right? I fucking love this place, I’ll call you a cab to your place.” Y/N smiled. “I can book myself a cab, no worries. But thank you.” She found his thoughtful nature so attractive, whoever ever ended up dating Drew would be a lucky woman. Although she loved being his friend and loved their beneficial occasional, she often wished it was more. But she couldn’t allow herself to think like that, she pulled out her phone to book a cab.

Drew feels content right now, his effect on Y/N was evident as her smile radiated happiness and he was so glad. “Of course, I’m always happy to offer to take care of you.” Y/N felt her cheeks glow pink. “Says it’ll be here any second.. so Saturday right? Beach dat- day.” Correcting herself before she got ahead of her own thoughts. “Yeah Saturday will be great, looking forward to teaching you.. I’ll pick you up around 10?” Y/N agreed before rushing to her taxi door as Drew stood beautifully with his hands in pocket and watched.

[dailycharacteroption]

Ice Chemist (Alchemist Archetype)

(art by MagicalKaleidoscope on DeviantArt)

Do we have any Mr. Freeze fans in the audience. (We can all agree he should be called “Dr. Freeze”, right?)

Jokes aside, it’s often easy to assume that alchemists are “mad bombers” or pyromaniacs since they by default get fire-based weaponry as one of their core class features, but what if you don’t want that?

While fire and explosions are certainly very fancy and flashy, the sciences of chilling things, of cryogenics, are also very worthwhile. After all, We all know how refrigeration and freezing revolutionized food preservation, confectionary arts, and even medical science in the real world, so it only makes sense there would be alchemists exploring the applications of such in a fantasy game!

These so-called “ice chemists” Are most well-known for starting with icy cold bombs, but that is just the beginning! Later on they… well… they, um…

Huh. Aside from certain damaging extracts, there aren’t a lot of options directly related to cold in the ice chemist’s arsenals, and even those you have to choose to take as part of your normal spell selection.

Not that I mind such a simple archetype that only changes a little, but I feel like the ice chemist could have used a little expansion, at least being some optional discoveries that let them use their cryogenic arts in interesting ways. But we’ll get into making the most of your ice chemist later on. For now, let’s look at what they can do!

At it’s core, the ice chemist does exactly as promised, changing the base bomb damage to cold, but otherwise functioning as normal bombs except that they don’t count as being frost bombs with their secondary effect at first, learning to use fire bombs counts as a discovery (including not being able to be used alongside other bomb-altering discoveries), and being unable to use the explosive or inferno bomb discoveries.

They also gain an inherent resistance to cold and can comfortably live in extreme cold as their bodies are altered and adapted to function where others would freeze.

And then they learn the frost-bomb discovery, purely to add the bonus effect to their bombs.

As you can see, aside from the resistance and cold damage, there isn’t a whole lot going on here, but it can serve as a good basis for a thematic character. Extracts like detonate, elemental touch, and dragon breath can make them somewhat good at damage dealing. Meanwhile, in keeping with the themes of cold and preservation, the various discoveries based around healing oneself and becoming more resilient through self-mummification are thematic choices. In the end, you can mostly build them like any other alchemist, but hopefully this plants some thematic seeds.

When I made the comparisons to Mr. Freeze earlier, that wasn’t a shallow take. Yes, these chemists alter their bodies to be comfortable well below freezing temperatures, but much like the aforementioned Dr. Victor Fries, there’s a lot of ways you can play such a character, their hearts could be metaphorically frozen, feeling little beyond dispassionate determination. Or they might have a secret, tragic warm spot, or perhaps unhealthy obsession. Or they may buck all of that to be passionate and kind despite being icy cold beings.

An unnatural chill has come to the forest of Arnu’s Sleep. Some suspect the machinations of a winter fey or a white dragon driven by rivals from the north. However the truth is stranger, a mad doctor experimenting with the creation of artificial winter, regardless of the toll it takes on the surrounding region.

For centuries, the lair of Luciana the Frozen has stood as part dungeon, part museum of the icy alchemists many discoveries over her career, even long after her death. Those who brave it will have to contend with ice-encrusted bone golems and other frosty guardians, to say nothing of the alchemist herself, preserved in lich-like immortality with a literal heart of ice.

Unusual for a leshy, Needlebranch enjoys winter more than any other season, and seeks to unlock the secrets of plant life that thrives in winter, from the mundane pines and cedars, to exotic flowers that poke out of mountain snow, and beyond.

[oreo-creampie]

Heeey, I'm sorry you're becoming disenfranchised with fandom at the moment, it happens to the best of us. Just know what ever you choose to do, stay or go, we love and support you 😙😙😙

Hi sweetness and thank you! I really don't want to loose my love for the show simple because of the fandom. But everytime I go through the tags or my feed I come across something so incredible toxic and it makes me wanna log off n do something else

I enjoy the characters of the show so much. So maybe I just need to stay within my own little bubble, enjoy the show for what it is, talk to a few people about the show and stay out of major part of the fandom (aka ignore the fuck outta my dash and any tags)

Part of me has been thinking about writing for other fandoms and leaving jjk behind for a while. At the same time I still have several ideas for the characters. But I enjoy other fandoms way way more

It could be cause jjk is the biggest fandom there is which comes with it’s natural set if discourse. And so I'm not used to so much fandom discourse going on 24/7

Plus the whole can black writers not write because xyz and then seeing people agree makes me feel very very unwelcomed. And Im not the type of person to stay where I'm not wanted

im a black person who is hypersexual. I don't spit on those or look down at people are aren't hypersexual. Why should I? Different walks of life fit different type of people. It doesn't make anyone any better simply because they don't like smut fics as much as the rest

I don't understand the reason of complaining about other people not creating what they want to see. And expecting other people to feel shame over being overly sexual with their fics simple because you want hand holding and kissing

I do agree that smut fics get a lot more attention than fluff. But if they want fluff please create it. It seems there is a growing amount of people very upset cause they want to see more fluff fics but most of them don't want to create it themselves

I do some writers on a high horse looking down at smut writers. Which I don't understand at all? No genre of fanfiction is superior to the other, we can all have our preferences to what we prefer but that doesn't make them the best option.

There is also the whole big issue of black women have been fighting stereotypes for so long. So many people of color have as well. We can all understand how they are harmful to type a whole group as something.

Not all black woman are hyper sexual clearly by the amount of non hyper sexual black women who want fluff. And so what if a black woman is hyper sexual? Would they have less of a problem with it if it was a women of a different ethnicity being hyper sexual?

Or is it the hyper sexual that they look down on as a whole? Simply because they aren’t that sexual they get to look down on those who are?

I guess their problem with hypersexually could steam from the fear of the stereotype. Since hypersexuality is apart of that and they don't want hyper sexual black woman to represent them and it to go around still that all black woman are hypersexual.

To this to I say that a group of hyper sexual black woman should not be viewed as the representation of the whole. By this year of 2024 we should be coming to the point of realizing that there are gonna be various types of people with various interest, morals, sex drive and sexuality are all the same skin tone. And they do not speak for each other

Also what does someone skin tone have to do with someone sex drive? Can a girly pop be horny in peace without seeing it’s wrong cause I'm black and upholding a dangerous stereotype?

Anyway after this long rant cause it looks like I've had a lot building up. Thank you sweetness

[jujumin-translates]

Tasuku Takato | [SR] The Hierophant’s Warning | Ritual Time

Kumon: That prank was really interesting. The person they played it on must’ve been really scared!

Itaru: It does get your heart racing…

Izumi: It was set up really well. The performance put on by the people pulling the prank was really good too.

Tsumugi: I agree. The narrative had me hooked.

Izumi: Ah, Tasuku-san. Good work today.

Tasuku: Same to you.

Itaru: Did you come for a protein drink?

Tasuku: Yeah, just finished working out. What are you all doing gathered here?

Kumon: Watching a prank show!

Tsumugi: You should watch for a bit too, Tasuku.

Tasuku: Nah, those shows aren’t really my sorta thing…

Izumi: But this one is particularly interesting because the pranksters have really well-developed roles.

Tasuku: …Well, I guess I could watch a bit.

Tsumugi: Ah, they’re just about to start a new prank.

TV: “…Legend has it that this island will sink if an annual ritual isn’t performed.”

Izumi: I see, so they’re convincing the targets they’re interviewing to believe in the story they made up.

Kumon: They’re talking about the ritual and the legend! They’re really selling it!

Itaru: This one looks promising too.

Tasuku: This seems like a pretty unrealistic setup, are they really gonna fall for it?

Izumi: The performances of the actors playing the pranksters are what really sell it.

Tsumugi: You can learn a lot about acting just from watching it.

Tasuku: I guess that’s true…

TV: “The prank is in its final stages. The target is now tied up with rope, just about to be sacrificed by their friends…”

Kumon: The ritual is so cool! The whole atmosphere is making it super believable!

Itaru: New fear unlocked, being tied up in my sleep and waking up to my friends telling me they’re going to sacrifice me.

TV: “Ta-da~! It was a complete success!

Tsumugi: The actor’s performances were just as good this time around.

Izumi: What did you think, Tasuku-san?

Tasuku: It definitely a full-effort performance and it turned out to be a lot funnier than I thought it would be.

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Choose!

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Option 1: Was there anything particularly interesting about it?

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Izumi: Was there anything particularly interesting about it?

Tasuku: Yeah, the lack of emotion in the islanders’ performances was pretty eerie.

Tasuku: I also thought the sacrificial performance was going to be too over the top, but it turned out to have felt really realistic for the situation.

Izumi: Fufu, of course, you’d be watching a prank show from an actor’s perspective, Tasuku-san.

Tasuku: Well, it was inevitable. You were the one that said the pranksters’ performances were interesting in the first place.

Izumi: And they were!

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Option 2: See, pranks aren’t that bad after all.

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Izumi: See, prank shows aren’t that bad after all.

Tasuku: Guess you’re right, maybe I’ll try watching next time one’s on instead of just turning it off.

Tasuku: Still, seems like it takes a lot of time and effort to create situations in the same way the show does.

Izumi: True, even though it’s a prank show, it’s still made up of more than just simple pitfalls and sudden loud noises.

Kumon: I like those sorta things too though! The reactions are always so funny~.

Itaru: Agreed. At the end of the day, simple stuff like that still gets a laugh.

Tasuku: Is that so…?

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Tasuku: Well, I’m gonna head back to my room now.

Izumi: Okay, good night.

*Door closes*

Kumon: That last prank with the ritual was crazy good! I wanna be able to pull off a prank like that.

Itaru: Tying up someone in their sleep and pretending to sacrifice them, it’s def a solid setup.

Tsumugi: But, pulling that sort of thing off in real life seems like quite the challenge…

Izumi: Then how about doing it as an etude?

Kumon: That sounds like a good idea! We could do it as practice!

Itaru: Only thing left to do is find someone who would forgive us for tying them up in their sleep…

Tsumugi: I’ve got an idea of someone who would cooperate for the most part.

Izumi: (I just meant doing a ritual etude in the practice room, are they seriously planning on doing it on someone while they’re asleep…?)

Kumon: I wonder if there’s any rope in the storage room~.

Itaru: We can do the setup mostly the same as they did it. We’ll be the islanders.

Izumi: (…But, if it’s really someone who’s willing to cooperate as Tsumugi-san said, and it’s just a performance, it should be fine… Right…?)

Tsumugi: Well then, as soon as our target wakes up, that’s when the etude begins.

Izumi: (Well, Tsumugi-san and Itaru-san are involved, so I’m sure they won’t overdo it.)

· • — ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • · · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ — • ·

Tasuku: …Ng.

Tasuku: (Strange, I don’t usually doze off like that. …Huh?)

Tasuku: Why am I tied up…? Gh… What the hell is this…?

Kumon: You’re finally awake.

Itaru: Calm down. The ropes are going to dig into your skin if you struggle.

Tasuku: Just what are you… The hell kinda joke is this--?

Tsumugi: A joke? Hah, what are you talking about!?

Itaru: You’re here because you’re the sacrifice for the island.

Tasuku: --.

Tasuku: For the island… I don’t understand!

Kumon: Allow us to explain the circumstances.

Tsumugi: If we don’t make a sacrifice here, the island will sink and everyone aside from you will die.

Itaru: But if you sacrifice yourself, the island won’t sink for the next several years and all the islanders will be saved.

Tasuku: Why is that…

Kumon: If you want someone to resent, you should resent your own family, they’ve been long aware of your power to save the island!

Tasuku: Gh…

Tsumugi: Come now, it’s time to hear your answer. Your life or the lives of all the islanders?

Tasuku: …

Tasuku: If I sacrifice myself, here and now, the island will be saved for a while.

Tasuku: But that won’t change anything. You’re just going to need another sacrifice at some point.

Itaru: What?

Tasuku: So I’m going to find a way around this. I’m not just gonna lie down and do as you say!

Kumon: I see. So that’s your final answer?

Itaru: We didn’t foresee this answer… What to do now?

Tsumugi: …I’ll give you three days' time. If there really is such thing as a “way around” as you say, find it within that time.

Tsumugi: However, if you are unable to do it in three days… You will be sacrificed as originally planned.

Tasuku: …Hah, three days is more than enough time. I’ll definitely find a way!

Kumon: …Yeah! And, scene~!

Tasuku: …Haah, what the hell was all that so suddenly?

Tsumugi: Sorry, sorry. I figured if there was anyone who’d go along with this sort of etude, it’d be you, Tasuku.

Itaru: Thanks to you dozing off, we had a pretty fun etude. Thanks for playing along, Tasuku.

Kumon: You were so cool, Tasuku-san! Just like a shonen manga protagonist!

Tasuku: Well, it’s not like I get that many opportunities to be part of an etude while in my sleep for a part of it, so it was an interesting experience in a way…

Tasuku: …But, can you please untie me now?

Kumon: Waah! Sorry! Here, all untied now!

Tasuku: Thanks.

Kazunari: Oh, I am SO looking…

Itaru: …Hm?

Tasuku: Oi, Miyoshi. What are you lurking in the doorway for?

Kazunari: Ah, you found me!

Tasuku: How could I find you when you weren’t even hiding in the first place?

Kazunari: Ahaha, everyone sounded like they were having so much fun, so I couldn’t help but take a little looksies~.

Tsumugi: Fufu, thanks for watching the performance, Kazu-kun.

Tasuku: …Hey, why do you have your camera out? Were you recording us?

Kumon: Eh, Kazu-san was recording us just now!?

Kazunari: ‘Course! Couldn’t miss out on snagging some premium content ♪

Tasuku: Tch… Don’t post that anywhere or anything.

Kazunari: What~!? But I thought it was soooo good~.

Tasuku: Of course, you’d say that…

Kumon: Tasuku-san, if you don’t mind, I wanna do another etude like this with you again!

Kumon: Ah, and we won’t tie you up next time or anything!

Tasuku: Sure, let’s do it.

[notsocheezy]

Brain Curd #117

Brain Curds are lightly edited flash fiction - practically first drafts - posted daily (haven't missed one yet!) and sometimes written with the express intention of being terrible… but, you know, in an endearing way. Please like and reblog if you enjoy - the notes keep me going!

He's gonna be Frank with you. Read the rest of The Frank Program here on Tumblr!

“Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, this is The Frank Program. I’m Frank -”

“- and I’m Big Mike. Today’s guest is the most popular streamer on all of Twitch.TV, here in the studio we have Mr. Hellspawn!”

“How’s it going?” Hellspawn spoke softly into his microphone.

“Uh…” Frank shuffled through his notes, which Mike had prepared for him. “Wasn’t I supposed to ask you that?”

Mike patted him on the back. “Don’t worry about that, Frankie. Anyway, Mr. Hellspawn, why don’t you tell us a little about what you do for the listeners who aren’t aware?”

“Sure thing, Mike. My job is a little hard to explain, but I’ll start at the beginning. When I first started streaming, the hot thing to do was to play videogames. People want to see other people play games because it’s a social activity, at least originally, but on Twitch, it’s different. We don’t really know each other, we’re not really friends, but instead it’s more like a substitute for that. That’s why I really blew up about four years ago. Everyone was stuck inside, nowhere to go, nothing to do. They wanted some company.”

“So, uh, what makes you special, then?” Frank asked.

“If you ask me, I think I just got lucky. But I guess people liked my specific way of interacting with the audience. I’d say, ‘chat, help me out here, should I go down this tunnel or cross this bridge?’ and, you know, they’d vote on it basically.”

“That doesn’t seem so hard to understand.”

“Sure, but now it’s a little different. Instead of mostly playing games and talking to the audience here and there, people seem not to want me to play games so much anymore. I always give them the option, but whenever I put it up to a vote, my subs just want to see me doing normal everyday stuff. I’ve got cameras set up all over my house. Game room, kitchen, bedroom…”

“Bedroom?”

“Some of my fans pay for a little extra, if you catch my drift.”

Frank’s eyes popped wide open. “You’re a prostitute?!?”

“Hey, hey, hey…” Mike chuckled nervously. “How about we don’t go there, Frank?”

Frank was indignant. “It’s a simple question!”

“Yeah, no, that’s fine, guys. It’s basically an after-dark stream that costs money to watch. I don’t have sex with anyone for money.”

Frank glared at Mike. “See? It was a good question!”

“I only get a little naked. A little. But more people like to watch me cook and just chat about life. It’s kind of meditative for me, you know? I’ve got my Hell Squad over for dinner every night. And they’re happy to send me money to keep the whole thing going. I haven’t worked a traditional job since 2019, so I can spend all my time on this. Five days a week, dawn to dusk.”

“So, tell me Mr. Hellspawn, where did you come up with that name?”

“Not a lot of people know this, but I’ve had that name since kindergarten. I was a real troublemaker as a kid, and my father would always call me Mr. Hellspawn whenever I did anything he didn’t like. I don’t really talk to him anymore, but that name has stuck with me. I wear it as a badge of honor. Barely anyone in my life calls me by my legal name… which I guess he also gave me.”

Frank looked over at the empty corner. “You… don’t talk to your father anymore?”

“No, not at all. We were never very close at the best of times. He kicked me out when I was fifteen and we haven’t spoken since.”

“I’m sorry to hear that.”

“It doesn’t really bother me anymore, to be honest. He used to haunt my dreams, but… Now, I don’t think I can even remember his face.”

Frank’s hands shook. He gripped the microphone stand to keep them stationary.

Mike cleared his throat to break the dead air. “What are some of your favorite moments from your livestream?”

Hellspawn chuckled. “I think that might be when I tried making veal schnitzel from scratch. I ended up breading my hand by mistake, and the chat just kept saying, ‘glove hand! Glove hand!’ It’s become one of many inside jokes with my community.”

“And how was the schnitzel?”

“Oh, it was terrible. I had no idea what I was doing. It was like a piece of shoe leather with burnt grease on the outside. I had to order takeout.”

Frank breathed heavily. “I have to go.”

Mike was confused. “Buddy, we just got started! Do you always end your shows early?”

“I just… I can’t…”

“We can take a break -”

“No, no, no! I need to get out of here!”

“Fine! I’ll finish the damn show. I’m doing most of the work anyway. Do your closing line before you leave.”

“I… I’ve been The Frank Program. Thank you - Thank you for letting me be…” he made eye contact with Hellspawn and panicked. He quickly ran out of the studio and slammed the door.

[momochiachan]

.｡.:*♡ Pop-Confetti Legacy ♡*.｡.:

As a millenial person, I love 90s-2000s aesthetic! Also, I needed a gameplay where I can do stuff that I never did on the sims 4 before, so why not combine them into a brand new legacy challenge? Pop-Confetti has a nostalgic sound to it, that’s the only reason why I chose this name lol, well, also it sounds cute i think~

.｡.:*♡ Let’s get started! first things first... ♡*.｡.:

Home decoration and outfit style of the sims should suit with the fashion of the decade.

There is nothing like “if you fail one rule, you fail the whole challenge” in the Pop-Confetti because I’m terrible at following rules and I understand if it’s too hard sometimes lol. These are rather like guidelines.

Yet, don’t use money cheat I’d say. It ruins the fun.

The decade specific guidelines:

1990s Challenge: Use only the worst computers or use typewriters (there are nice CCs). No social media, no selfies, no funny videos. Use the worst camera to take photos.

Optional Activities: Game at the arcade, go skating. Send postcards on holidays. You can also build a drive-in movie lot and watch films and eat popcorn (we don’t have cars in sims, but well, we can pretend).

2000s Challenge: Slightly better computers. No simstagram, no selfies, no social media profile. Use a camera to take photos.

Optional Activities: If this gen can see the winter and can get the chance to celebrate the new year, it should be perfect. Throw a huge party! If they can see summer only, create a new new year holiday in summer (like in the south pole) and throw a perfect party again. Send postcards on holidays. Also, spend hours on MSN (chat with friends via computer).

2010s Challenge: You can start using laptops. Selfies? Hell yes. You can create a social media profile. Get fast internet lot trait.

Optional Activities: Update your social media profile every day. Take selfies every day. If you see a street protest, attend. Also, you can use the Simda DatingApp mod and find dates online!

2020 Challenge: Well, the nightmare begins: Social distance. Avoid crowded places. When many people come and try to talk to you, use the mean interaction “go away.” Get the fear of crowded places if possible. Do not leave your neighborhood. Live in a lot with simple living and keep your fridge always full.

Optional Activities: Gain weight! The rates of divorce increased during the pandemic IRL, so you can also break up with your partner maybe. Choose your partner as someone totally different than your identity group (for example: if your sim is a white straight woman, marry a black bisexual man).

2025 Challenge: Environment suffers… You can live in the dirty neighborhoods of Sulani or Evergreen Harbor. If you live somewhere else, get some/one of these lot challenges: filthy, landfill lot, and wild foxes (my reasoning is that because wild animals lose their home in forests, they have to find food in urban areas ;-;)

Optional Activities: You can do environmental activities if your sim cares enough. Use gaming mats. And uh… maybe go to space! What else..? if you get an idea, let me know ^^

#1. 1990: Ripped Jeans

(TW: Child neglect)

Because you were a neglected baby, you were taken away by social services and grew up in an orphanage. The orphanage was no good in terms of education, you got no skills, and you didn’t even get the skill to gain skills! But who cares? You believe in yourself. Now you are a young adult, ready to build your life from scratch.

You hate bad parents. Just the idea of it drives you mad! You believe that life taught you how a good parent should be in a harsh way. Well, you aren’t a parent yourself, but, uhh… is that important? I mean, you have been a child…? Anyways, who would know it better than you do! You the best! So you dedicate yourself to informing people about good parenting. Well, you become a parent at some point anyway, but you are so busy criticizing other families that… you lose your baby to social services.

IMPORTANT!: So, normally, when your child gets rescued by social services, they disappear. This shouldn’t happen in this challenge (See Gen #2). You can use MCCC to prevent it and have them adopted by another family.

Scenario: No Skills, No Problem Aspiration of your choice (you don’t have to complete) Traits: hot-headed, self-absorbed, outgoing Career: Education

Start with the “No Skills, No Problem” Scenario on.

Argue about parenting with the other parents and whenever you can’t win the argument, write an article or book about the issue.

Write 3 books on how to make children happy and good parenthood (because you don’t have skills, you have to write in children’s books genre lol)

Have at least 2 kids

Lose 1 toddler or child to social services (the “die in accidents” option for the other households in the neighborhood stories settings should be off)

After losing your child, complete/cancel the scenario and start getting skills along with your 2nd child does.

Leave your career and be a perfect parent to the 2nd kid: Have them the top-notch toddler trait. Knit clothes for your children, cook healthy food for them, have a special activity with them every week (such as watching movies, reading books, eating out, or going on vacation), always assist with the projects, etc.

Max parenting skill.

#2. 1995: Postcards from the Past

You grew up under the wings of perfect care. You are kinda spoilt, your life is excellent, and the world revolves around you. Your parents gave you whatever you wanted until now (or you knew how to take it). Same for romantic relationships.

However, when you are a teen, you eavesdrop on your parents one day and learn that you have a sibling who got taken away years ago! You can’t believe that your perfect parent neglected a child in the past! You desperately want a reunion. No matter what, you are going to find your sibling. You can get whatever you want, right?

Scenario: Well-Rounded Sim Aspiration: Serial Romantic Traits: Self-assured, family-oriented, one of the traits inherited from the previous heir’s partner Career: Interior Decorator/Police Officer (basically any job that enables you to visit random people’s homes) Gender Options: Can’t impregnate nor become pregnant

Complete the aspiration

Complete the Well-Rounded Scenario

Complete your career

Travel house by house and try to find your sibling

Complete postcards collection.

Once you find them, cheat the relationship to the -100 because they hate you and your parents at the moment. You need to gain their love!

At some point, move in with them, or you can also get them as roommates or live in a residential rental together. They will be the parent of the next-gen, and you will help to care for their child (you are not fertile. you can adopt a child if you want, but the heir will still be your sibling’s child. you are free to marry but you should still live with your sibling and their family).

#3. 2000: Shiny Face of the CD

You grew up in a crowded, happy family. You have an aunt/uncle with a serial romantic past; but your parents are nothing like them. They are way more conservative. Your parents are judgmental, especially about people’s love life. They want you to make an “appropriate” marriage within “moral” norms like no sexual relationship out of marriage, if you date someone they better be your spouse in a short while, and it has to be a heterosexual marriage. Will you able to give them what they want or will you follow your heart?

Scenario: Finding love after breakup Aspiration: One of the location aspirations Traits: Proper, Romantic, one of the traits inherited from the previous heir’s partner Career: Shopkeeper (you can additionally be freelancer or enter a job you can work at home)

As a teenager, you are invited to participate in an exchange program. Pick any other household in the save that has another teenager and swap them in manage worlds. Befriend the exchange student. You can have them stay as long as you want (This rule is actually one of the rolls written for the random legacy challenge which is full of amazing ideas! check them out!).

Complete the aspiration

Have a highschool sweetheart, preferably a bad boy/girl.

Have a very well-managed retail shop as a young adult.

Expect a baby with your highschool sweetheart! but they refuse to take care of it.

Make a marriage of convenience with one of your employees before your family notices that you will have a child soon.

Have an isolated room for the baby.

Die as an adult.

#4. 2005: Bankruptcy

You had a pretty interesting childhood... that pushed you to make interesting choices in life. You are definitely not the favorite of your family. You keep making mistakes, but you always laugh them away. You hate school, but also you couldn’t care less. You love eating and cooking even though you cause fires all the time and everybody hates it. You lost your parent so young and now you live with someone hating you and your half-sibling(s). You want to be independent and show everyone that you are actually full of capabilities! You are the star chef of the future!

Oh and also, you want to be rich in easy ways. You love gambling! Too bad that you will lose all the money your family hardly earned...

Scenario: Trouble Maker (optional); Unlucky Chef Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy Traits: Lazy, Clumsy/Glutton, one of the traits inherited from the previous heir’s partner Career: Chef/Mixologist

Start playing cards as a teen and create a gambling club. Have club gatherings every week.

Once you are a young adult lose either family house or retail shop and then set household money to 0$.

Be kicked out of the household. You can get a tent and maybe 100$ with you while moving out. You can use freerealestate cheat but the lot should be empty. This will be a kind of rags to riches.

Enter the chef career while going on gambling by playing cards, don’t wake up llama, and the like games (I guess there is a gambling mod but you can also play it like +50$ when you win the game and -50$ when you lose the game).

Definitely buy the lottery tickets when you get the option.

Complete the career and unlucky chef scenario.

#5. 2010: Twilight

As a child, you loved being in the scouts: getting badges, camping, telling ghost stories, and all! Dark nights you spent in the forest while camping made you love every possibility of occults and mystery. You just would never guess that your story is going to be one of them as well.

Aspiration: The Curator / Outdoor Enthusiast Traits: Child of the islands, Geek, another trait inherited from the previous heir’s partner Career: Paranormal Investigator / Sell stuff you find

Join the scouts as a child & teen

Complete your aspiration

Move to the first gen’s house. Make the house haunted (if you don’t have the pack or you don’t want to play in a haunted house, give the house these lot traits: gremlins, spooky, quake zone). You can use freerealestate cheat if needed.

Live with a ghost. Don’t move out until the ghost achieves something big in their afterlife with your help (for instance get mentor trait and help them maxing 3 skills out, complete a scenario or complete a quest together; if the ghost is a child or teen help them to get 3 positive character values or be an A student; if the ghost is a toddler, max all skills).

Once the ghost is saved, remove them from family and make the house residential again.

After the ghost leaves, change one of your traits into erratic.

Max the medium skill and host a seance every week (if you don’t have the pack, max handiness).

Complete the sugar skull collection (optional)

#6. 2015: Selfie Stick

As a teenager, you hate how you look. You want to be one of those beautiful popular sims at school, you have cool friends but your body insecurity makes you less confident among them. You are obsessed with taking selfies, you want to capture your best look but you can’t find it. You have a bestie from your class and they find you very beautiful already, yet you can’t be convinced.

Despite everything they say, once you are a young adult, the first thing you do is having plastic surgeries. Now you are who you want to be! You start to work as a fashion photographer, meet famous attractive models, and your bestie works as your assistant though you doubt if they still like you as you are. Are they too judgmental? Aren’t you the same person, or did you change? Who does love you for your looks and who for who you are?

Scenario optional Aspiration: Party Animal Traits: Jealous, Art Lover, another trait inherited from the previous heir’s partner Career: Freelance photographer / Style Influencer

Complete the aspiration & career

Max photography skill

Have a photo studio in a public venue

There must be 3 different sims you are attracted to. Try to get out of this love square with the person you finally choose as a partner

Have at least two children and they should be science babies (because you don’t want a pregnant body)

Have very weak relationships with your children.

When you are an adult, you go through a midlife crisis. Do all or some of the following:

Secretly leave home one day and have a vacation alone

Choose a new hobby and max the skill

Change one of your traits

Meet new friends

Make big changes at home decoration

Cheat to get uncontrolled emotions or if you are famous, get emotional bomb quirk

Have some arguments with the family members

Change your fashion style

#7. 2020: Pandemic

You have a competitive, ambitious, career-focused life since your childhood including your relationship with your sibling. You have a very romantic side too, but you always wanted to ignore it. Your heart wants a cute, cozy, loyal marriage while your mind is, embarassed, seeing these feelings as the virus of your success plans. How will you manage your inner conflict?

Scenario: Engaged in Conflict Aspiration: Soulmate Traits: Ambitious, Materialist, another trait inherited from the previous heir’s partner Career: Business/Salaryperson/Law

Grow up as rivals with your sibling and have a competitive relationship with them

Become an A student at school

Complete a part-time job as teen

Study and finish university with honors

Join the Braniacs/Debate Guild and attend at least 3 events of them

Date someone from the guild and catch them cheating on you

Have a freelancer job as a university student

Complete the aspiration, career, and the scenario

After graduation, pandemic begins. Live in a lot with the simple living trait.

Gain weight to the max.

Live with your fiancé who is romantic.

Often have arguments with them about the wedding.

Don’t leave the neighborhood until you are an elder.

#8. 2025: Heat Wave (subjected to change)

Scenario: In the moodlet Aspiration of your choice Traits: Good, Gloomy, another trait inherited from the previous heir’s partner  Career of your choice

Move out as a teen and live in air-bnbs (which means other sims’ houses), rental lots & camping areas.

Learn at least 10 different local recipe (San Myshuno, Sulani, Selvadorado, etc.)

During your trips, meet/get closed with your love of life

As a young adult, live in a house made only by pre-made rooms of EA (you can make some changes but keep the general frame and style).

Start the scenario

Your love has a kind of disease that stems from environmental disasters and requires an organ transplant. Yours is compatible with their biology. They will die once they age up.

To be able to save them, you should get the never weary reward trait before they age up (for some reason lol). If you can’t, only choice left is to sacrificing yourself for them. Before doing that, set them up with someone else hoping that they can have their happily ever after.

If you die, play as the partner and organize funeral for your sim. Also name their child after your sim.

If you can save them, get married and move to a lot within a natural paradise. Adopt a child and name them after the first gen.

I hope you enjoy it! Please don’t forget tagging me if you play this challenge, I’d definitely love to see your posts and reblog them ^^

[tcoti-theories]

Character Analysis: Alchemy

Please finish reading Chapter 27 before you continue!

Alchemy wants nothing but the safety of everyone in the Omega Timeline and the multiverse. He is a leader, and he takes his position very seriously. He always seeks to make the most moral decisions.

Alchemy. Reapertale!Gaster. God of Magic. Father of Reapertale!Skelebros. “Epic supreme leader of the whole entire multiverse”. And arguably the single most hated individual in TCOTI (by fans).

So if he is such a good person… why does he let those objectively-immoral things happen to Error? Why is it so hard for the readers to like him? To trust him?

I would argue that it is because as powerful as he is, he has a lot of weaknesses. And ironically enough, ALL of his weaknesses are caused because he is a good leader who takes his responsibilities very seriously.

Alchemy is hated the same way presidents are hated. He is in a position where even the best-meaning decisions may result in tragedies. And that’s the starting point of all his weaknesses.

[Weakness 1: With great power…]

Alchemy is powerful and knowledgeable. People trust him to make the right decisions. A lot of people. Practically the entire multiverse. This leads him to be extremely self-conscious of the impact his actions have on the people. 

And that was the exact reason he could not even consider reforming Error. And that was the reason he could not stop the experiments and eventual euthanasia on Error.

As frustrating as it is for readers to watch him just not take any actions, it is extremely difficult, nearly impossible for him to make any move when it comes to Error.

But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t conflicted. And Alchemy probably went through a lot of moral dilemmas and inner conflicts too. We unfortunately don’t have enough inner dialogues from Alchemy to see what exactly he went through.

But we do from Dream. And Dream’s behaviors are a perfect explanation to why Alchemy didn’t, couldn’t, do anything in regards to Error’s treatment.

Right after Error gets captured, Dream spends half of chapter 5 contemplating on his decision. No matter how hard he tries to convince himself that this was the right thing to do, he can’t help but feel guilty. Dream is not naive, and he knows that not everyone is completely in the right or the wrong.

But when it came to Error, this guy looked like an exception. He murders millions of lives for his own crazy logic. And he actively enjoys it. He refuses to talk or bargain. And Dream probably spent a couple of centuries believing that Error was not redeemable. Not this guy.

And after all those years, he finally gets captured… while napping under a tree. He cries during his trial. And he was feeling love. Not the picture of the one person who he thought was undoubtedly evil.

Which would have acted as a painful reminder that things just aren’t simple, no matter how much he wishes for them to be simple. 

But he doesn’t do anything about it. He can’t.

When neither of the given options is perfectly harmless and good, it is incredibly difficult to make an action to change what’s given. Because you would personally be held responsible for your actions. And you would be guilty of the consequences.

Hence you choose not to do anything.

This is a famous dilemma on ethics called “The Trolley Problem.” A trolley is about to hit and kill all 5 people tied on the rack, and you can only save them by diverting the trolley to kill only 1 person.

It is in every way a sensical and moral decision to divert the trolley and kill the single person. However, many people hesitate to make the decision. Because your action resulted in the death of one person, and no matter how justified your action is, you can’t help but feel guilty.

In TCOTI, just like real life, everyone is not completely right or wrong. The happiness of one may result in the despair of others. As a leader and an authoritative figure, Alchemy would face these kinds of dilemmas on a daily basis. On a multiversal level, too.

So he would be considerate, or rather hesitant on making any kind of decisions. Just like one would be hesitant on killing one person to save 5.

[Weakness 2: Objectivity and lack of self-driven motives]

Alchemy is very responsible and takes his job as a leader seriously. He is very considerate, too considerate of the opinions of everyone else that he doesn’t, can’t, let his personal emotions and desires drive his actions.

And this becomes his another weakness and yet another reason for his inactions.

Let’s get back to that trolley problem. Except this time, The one person on the first track is your best friend. And the 5 other people are total strangers.

I don’t doubt that in this scenario, most people would choose to let the trolley hit the 5 strangers. Heck, many people would even actively move the trolley to let the strangers die.

When it comes to making a decision, emotions easily surpass morals.

In fact, Dream, again, showed a perfect example. It was not his ethical dilemmas and inner conflicts that finally led him to get up and actively search for Ink and Error.

No. It was the fact that Ink was in love with Error. An incredibly personal and emotion-driven motive. But that alone got him to make the biggest move he ever has made after 26 chapters.

Now back to Alchemy. He shows a significant lack of emotional connections with anyone in the story. 

And this is likely because he intentionally stopped himself from forming close bonds with others. Because that would let him be biased and subjective. Such are not desirable traits of a leader.

But unlike him, most people are driven by their own emotions and selfish desires. His own idea of a “good leader” prevents him from fully understanding other peoples’ motives and also from seeing multiple sides of the stories. Ironically enough, his own sense of responsibility greatly limits his worldview and insight.

And that was perhaps why he didn’t see the signs of Foreign’s betrayal.

[Weakness 3: Lack of emotional connections with others]

All the previous weaknesses prevent Alchemy from forming emotional bonds with anyone around him. It is not a coincidence that he never shows personal, casual, not-job-related interactions with anyone in the story. Not even with his own son.

And I’m pretty sure that lack of bonds will backfire on him. Especially when it comes to Reaper. (Whom I have an entire set of new theories to speculate on.)

Summary:

Alchemy is an incredibly responsible and objective individual. He is a leader of a huge group of people, and he takes his position very seriously. However, it is ironically his own idea of being a good leader that causes all his weaknesses and ends in his failures. 

And considering how tragic this story can get, these weaknesses of his will likely not end in a good scenario.

How? Well I don’t know! I’m merely a fan who tries her best! :D

[pinkkittysaw]

I agree with your tags on that rb btw angel!! I don’t shame anyone’s decision to have a kid. Hell, every mother in my family except for one has had at least two kids before 22. And that’s fine!! I think at least for me my gripe is the social media aspect of it. So much of the content coming from family vloggers / family tiktokers is making profit off of children without the kids consent or even having children for the sake of views… or putting kids personal info / medical info out there… and I do feel like a lot of what we see paints a certain lifestyle that statistically is unattainable for most young families (unless they convert to Mormonism akdjskdj that’s a whole other topic) idk something about the social media aspects of it rubs me the wrong way in a “Christian fascism conspiracy” kinda way LOL.

But I did see some tags on that post that are just shaming young families and that’s just not right.

- aleks

for context, i deleted a reblog to this tumblr post here but i will share the tags of that post under the cut since i took a screenshot of them then deleted the post after i got this ask

i definitely didn’t mean to imply that you didn’t agree with my tags. my problems with the post were honestly from other people who reblogged it, not with that you said in particular /lh

i agree with you on your points in regards to the social media aspect of it all and the harmful effects of “influencers” showboating their children online for views/interactions. i think it’s very weird…to say the least.

obviously this is a lot more nuanced than a simple brush stroke of, “it’s all bad or it all isn’t”. there’s a million and one factors and a million and one scenarios to each individual situation and that’s why it can be difficult to articulate points on a particular situation, especially on social media.

i do think the people on social media who paint staying at home and having kids as something that should be ideal for every “woman” and romanticize it as well are also harmful. especially if said people making these posts are earning an exuberant amount of $$$, when that’s not the case for most people today.

(i don’t want to be negligent of the fact that women aren’t the only gender who can and do give birth but often times when consuming media where these social norms are praised, cis women are often the target audience specifically although these social norms do effect all people who can give birth)

social media heavily influences people, i definitely won’t deny that.

there are people and institutions in place that are abusive and preach/push this rhetoric that staying at home and raising a family while still being young is the most fulfilling/best/only option one can have. i don’t want to take away from anyone’s experience from the harm that’s caused.

i am very much a proponent of educating people on sex, birth control, pregnancy, financial independence/literacy because unfortunately, some of these stay at home moms/wives/girlfriends are put in abusive situations and have nothing to fall back on to help themselves rebuild their life.

I GET that is the point with a lot of posts like the one i initially reblogged are ultimately saying.

I GET that they’re criticizing world views that have kept women in an oppressed position for so long.

(not to say that they aren’t still oppressed in today’s society but hopefully you (general) get what i mean with my point)

my biggest biggest problem with all these posts is that they don’t critique the harmful institutions that create scenarios where domestic violence/misogyny/ general harm may arise, they just broadly critique all young parents (and mothers especially).

that’s truly my main issue with it all. not every young parent was forced to have children and to imply that the only “valid” (for lack of a better term) reason for people to have children that young is if they were in a position where they were forced to is also…wrong.

my mom had me when she was in her teens (later teens but still) she wasn’t forced or coerced into choosing to keep me, does that then make her decision “wrong” or make her a shameful person for choosing to keep me? even though she was young? and “didn’t have a future” like so many people in the reblogs love to say. i should surely hope not.

not everyone’s life stories look the same. i too wanted kids. back when i was eighteen i genuinely thought my future was going to contain three little kiddos and a husband. it was only little over a year ago, that i realized that wasn’t really the life i wanted to have, at least for the time being (granted, the time gap between 18-21 isn’t really a large one). me choosing to not pursue a life with children does not make me a better or worse person and that’s the root of what i think all these posts are about.

“you’re inherently wrong and bad for choosing to have kids at a young age” except now it’s repackaged to seem more feminist than before when really, it’s the same exact branding of shame that teen moms have been getting for years and it’s that same shame that prevents people from reaching out and getting the resources they need.

it doesn’t matter what my personal views on teen/young adult pregnancy are because there are always going to be young parents regardless of the amount of education we give them. some people just want to have kids at a young age and that doesn’t make them inherently bad people.

if people who make posts like that want to critique trad wife culture, christian conservatism (which is indeed a whole other can of worms), other systems in place that take advantage of vulnerable girls/women and force them into give birth at a young age, i’m all for it. i just wish they wouldn’t go about it in the most obtuse way possible because then you get a thousand people in the tags being like “i feel sorry for my friend who’s having a kid” “you’re young and stupid too why bring a kid in this world”

the shame that these posts create and endorse is what i have a problem with, not the actual message behind it.

ANYWAY, this was all very long winded but i wanted to make sure i got out everything i wanted to say. also this was more of a general post on my whole thoughts on the matter, not specifically to you aleks /lh

i never meant to imply that you held the beliefs that i was criticizing in that initial reblog and i apologize if it came across like i was.

[hazelrose3637]

I need to vent here.

TW: rape, abortion, Republicans

So Arizona’s Supreme Court just declared a draconian anti-abortion law enforceable now that Roe is overturned. And too many people are talking about infanticide and “keep your legs closed.”

Okay, first off…

CONSENT TO SEX IS NOT CONSENT TO PREGNANCY!!!!! Stop being idiots about people wanting sex but no baby.

Also, no, life doesn’t start at conception, because guess what, sometimes an egg can be fertilized BUT it doesn’t latch onto the uterus so it can get flushed out. You need more than just a zygote to have life.

And there is NO SUCH THING AS PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION!!! Think about it: how can someone be “partially aborted”? And if a baby dies at birth, it’s a tragedy and happens by accident. NOT because someone decided to kill it.

By the way, killing is NOT the same thing as an abortion. Why is that? Glad you asked. Abortion is an umbrella term for services involving removing tissue from the uterus or just making sure the pregnant person doesn’t die from a fluke like the zygote ending up outside the uterus.

Sometimes the fetus is already dead due to a miscarriage, but it lingers inside the pregnant person. The only way to clear it out and get the person ready for a new pregnancy is abortion.

And no one knows right away if they’re pregnant. It can take weeks to know for sure if you’re pregnant or if it’s a red herring. So anyone who says “no abortions after six weeks” are uninformed idiots. And it can take up to months to even get an abortion thanks to US healthcare, so the whole “no abortions after 15 weeks” is also asinine.

And I HATE that the only solution a lot of these pro-lifers give is “keep your legs closed.” That’s a gross violation of someone’s autonomy. Because once more, CONSENT TO SEX IS NOT CONSENT TO PREGNANCY. And those who get raped absolutely don’t need to carry a fetus because YOU want medical control.

One last thing: why is it that in all these talks/debates, they only talk about the fetus/baby? Why not the birthing person? Can a pregnant person claim an unborn fetus as a dependent on taxes? Can they do ANYTHING with it? No, they can’t. The fetus relies on the host. Plain and simple. It’s not a full person yet — but it gets more respect than the host.

Now Republicans may try to say “abortion shouldn’t be used as birth control.” WHO IS DOING THAT? If someone’s getting an abortion, it means either 1) they never wanted the baby to begin with and this pregnancy may have been a fluke, or 2) it’s an emergency. Neither of those options is the same as birth control.

And they’re not pro-life. They don’t care about the baby once it’s born. They don’t provide any food stamps or make sure the baby can survive in poverty or extreme conditions. It’s just “poop out another human, we don’t want to support it.” If they’re gonna be pro-life, they need to give a shit about ALL life, not just the ones that aren’t born yet.

It’s so infuriating to see in my own country. Even more so when others fall for their rhetoric and spread it without thinking.

TL;DR Abortion is healthcare, not about “killing babies.” Partial birth abortion isn’t a thing. Republicans are killing us.

[oakdrivingschoolcouk]

What is a Driving Crash Course?

Driving Crash course

As adults, we need to learn many things, including driving. So most people have found of sitting in the driving seat that’s why they want to learn to drive. But most of them eagerly want to get a license, so they want to complete their course as soon as possible. As you know, many possible ways to fulfill their desire exist. In other words, that’s what a driving crash course is all about. So if you’re interested in learning more about it, you’ll get a whole idea in the next few minutes.

What is a Driving Crash Course?

You may hear about the driving crash course but didn’t get the whole idea about what this course is about. But nothing can be hidden from you in today’s world. So let me tell you this it’s a driving course you can complete in a shorter time frame. In other words, this course will make you a specialist in that area. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who has more established with their skills. In other words, passing a driving test and getting a license is an excellent option. No doubt you’ve practiced some intensive training to make you unable to get hands-on experience.

Advantages of Driving Crash Course

A crash driving course has many advantages, but you may know a few. So in this heading, we’ll talk about the benefits of a crash driving course. Because in this course you’ll get too much value from the trainers who teach you more exciting lessons. In other words, taking this course will help you achieve great success in that area. Similarly, driving instructors spend more time with you than just being busy with useless activities. Because they know you’ve less time to pass your exam. But you’ve to join more reputable institutes to clear your exam. In other words, you’ve less time to complete all the tasks, and if you’re an average driving instructor, you’ll automatically fall. So don’t ignore this fact the more you spend on getting suitable courses automatically, the right person you’ll become. Always choose the right trainer and a good mentor to learn from, and that’s how you’ll get the license quickly.

Consequences of Taking a Driving Crash Course

Everything has its pros and cons when it comes to learning anything. With this fast-moving time frame, we try to test things that take less time and produce more results. For example, many people are trying other intensive exercises to get faster results. Similarly, crash driving courses are something that in the testing procedure to reduce the timeframe of learning a driving skill. No doubt beginners take more time to adopt anything, but that doesn’t matter. Many people are short on time, so their primary purpose is to complete the course as soon as possible. So in these courses driving, instructors spend more time with their students to teach them in the best possible way. Moving from scratch isn’t easy and a little scary sometimes but things have changed. In our view, if you’ve some time, we don’t recommend you to join a crash driving course. Because it has different consequences and standard courses are always considered a better option.

What are Some Ways that Improvised the Driving Crash Course?

When it comes to the crash driving course then, a lot of things are improvised and speed up. But many other proven methods can be used to help you pass your test. The simple meaning of a driving crash course is you’re going to pass your test in the shortest time possible. So the first way that helped many students was driving without watching time. When we said that, you’ve to spend some extra hours learning the art of driving rather than just taking classes. Similarly, you’ve to be more organized and do all those things that standard course takers aren’t will do. Because the significant difference between you and them is time. You don’t need to rely on simple methods of learning. You need to ask more questions and approach the mentor to spend extra time with you. In other words, too many different ways can help crash-driving courses stand out from the traditional ones.

Conclusion

I hope now you’ll get a better idea about the crash driving course and what are the pros & cons of this course. Similarly, if you want to be part of this type of training, this article will highlight your essential points. Everything seems very easy when you just see from the eyes and have thought about it. But when you start putting down the effort into it then you feel nothing is easy nothing is free. So I think you’ll get the idea of what I’m trying to say and make sure you’ll keep your eyes on it.

[angsty-violet]

Pinned Down

“Will! Will! Can you hear me, Will!”

“Ah, ow, ugh. Magnus?” Will opened his eyes and looked up into her terrified eyes. She was clutching his shoulder, looking unusually shaken. That was the first thing he noticed. The second was the burning pain his leg was in. He looked down to see it pinned underneath what looked like a mountain of rock. Magnus tried to smile optimistically at him, but it didn’t really come across.

“Any bright ideas?” Will asked.

“Well, we could try and shift some of the rock, but I don’t know how much is on top of you. We were over by the entrance to the cave, and now there is no entrance to the cave. It could be as simple as a shift-able amount or….”

“Or a heaping mountain that could collapse on top of us as soon as we start making too much movement. Great.”

Magnus shrugged. “You’re the one that it will fall on. What do you want to do?”

He looked up at it and then at her. They didn’t really have a lot of options, and she’d never leave him to go find another entrance. They’d both just wither and die, waiting for help to arrive.

Well, at least if the rocks did kill him, it’d probably be over quickly.

“Let’s move some of these and see how it goes.”

“There you go. Never one to shy away from danger or fear. Let me inspect it and see what the best place to start is.”

Will nodded in agreement. Hopefully, that would get her a better idea if the whole thing was going to come crashing down on them.

She stood and started to mess around with some of the rocks. He watched, unable to do anything but lie there and hope she could find a way out of this mess. He heard a scraping noise from above, and Magnus reentered his field of vision with a piece of rock.

“I think it’s stable enough to dig you out, but it’s going to be a long process.”

Will snorted. “Yeah, no kidding. Take your time. The last thing we want is for it to come crashing down on me.”

Magnus grinned teasingly. “Not true. I think the last thing we want is for the Quetzalcoatl to come back.”

“Well, aren’t you just the life of the party.”

She continued to move debris, shifting it one piece at a time.

“Hey, Magnus?”

“Yes, Will?” She turned all of her attention to him.

“Is there any water in the stuff you found?”

“No, but there might be some around the cave. Would you like me to go look?”

He nodded. “Right now, I think dehydration is not a good idea.”

“I’ll only be a few minutes.”

When Magnus stepped out of his sight, Will was alone. It was an odd feeling because she could’ve been six feet away, and he wouldn’t be able to tell. He barely resisted the urge to shudder at the feeling. Even though he knew he could call for help and have her there in a few seconds, he still felt very alone in this place.

Will counted his breaths and waited for her to return. Finally, she reentered his field of vision and knelt down.

“Here, I found a spring of fresh water, so at least we won’t die of dehydration. Have a little.”

Will took several sips of it and sighed as his thirst was quenched. It might have been his imagination, but he also felt a little better in general. It was probably just an effect of finally having something to drink.

Magnus continued to shift rocks off him, and Will began to noticeably feel the weight on him lessening. That helped bolster his energy and confidence that they might actually get out of this one alive.

The scraping and rhythmic movements stopped, and Magnus settled next to him.

“You okay?”

She drank from the water bottle and offered him some as well. He wasn’t really thirsty, but he took some anyway.

“Yeah, it’s just tiring. Although, normally, I’d have needed to take a break much earlier than now.”

“It’s probably adrenaline coursing through your system. Making you feel like you could do anything.”

She grinned at him, delighted. “So, you do listen when I drone on about physiology.”

He smiled at her. “By now, Magnus, you should know that I always listen when you talk.” He shifted and winced when pain coursed through him. He was tired of being stuck and ready to be out.

She frowned and moved closer, inspecting where he was pinned. “We really need to get you out as soon as possible. I’m worried about crush injuries. How are you feeling?”

He knew that wasn’t a surface-level question, so he took a moment to assess himself. He realized with a start he actually felt okay.

“I feel fine?”

Magnus frowned. “Will, come on.”

“No, I mean it. I’m very confused. I should be in a lot of pain, but I’m not.”

Magnus frowned and continued to move the rocks off him. As she got closer to digging him out, he realized that she shouldn’t have been capable of that kind of physical labor so quickly. She was moving like a machine, not needing to stop or rest. While adrenaline could explain some of it, it couldn’t explain all of it.

“Hey, Magnus, are your arms tired?”

She didn’t stop pulling rocks off him, but she frowned and considered. She was nearing the end now. “No, they aren’t. I…shouldn’t be able to do this. So, whatever is making you feel fine is also making me strong enough to just plow through all of this.” She pulled off the last of the debris, and he was finally free.

Magnus helped pull Will to his feet, and she inspected him with a keen eye.

“You really should be more badly hurt.”

“And you really should be more winded. Yet, here we are. So, what’s causing it?”

Magnus frowned and held up the water bottle. “The only thing we’ve shared beyond our surroundings is this.”

[44gamez]

Top 10 best Cozy Games on PC

Regardless of the subsequent hottest pattern or ‘groundbreaking’ multiplayer sport, cozy games will all the time have a particular place in my coronary heart. I’m a type of tryhard, sweaty avid gamers, however even I wish to relax typically. Listed below are the highest 10 greatest cozy video games on PC you may calm down with.

What's a Cozy Sport?

Earlier than we start, I wish to make clear what I take into account a comfortable sport, because the definition will change from individual to individual. For me, a comfortable sport falls into these parameters: - No PvP - No time restrict - Easy mechanics - Customers can play at their very own tempo - Low problem (or a minimum of the choice to scale back it) - Gamers can’t lose, and losses aren’t exhausting to return again from Cozy video games are good for an informal gaming session or if you wish to unwind or take pleasure in a break from actuality for a couple of hours. Listed below are my picks for implausible titles that allow you to do exactly that. Stardew Valley

Picture: Involved Ape Alright, let’s begin with some low-hanging fruit. Stardew Valley is a masterpiece and arguably the very best farming sport available on the market. ‘Farming sport’ is somewhat disingenuous as a result of Stardew Valley is a lot greater than that. This sport has the whole lot from fishing and mining to relationship-building and elevating animals. It’s a sport that may be loved at your individual tempo, alone or with mates. Many declare Stardew Valley a masterpiece, and it’s simple to see why. Paleo Pines

Picture: Italic Pig In the event you favor your Stardew Valley expertise with a prehistoric makeover, let me introduce Paleo Pines. This fantasy journey tells a touching story as you assist Fortunate, a parasaurolophus, discover his household. In your journey, you meet and tame different dinosaurs and even construct your individual farm. Paleo Pines is an journey with gentle farming mechanics and may be loved at your individual tempo. There’s additionally a decent-sized demo on Steam that gives sufficient that you just’ll know if the sport is best for you. Powerwash Simulator

Picture: PC Invasion I discover it fascinating how menial real-world duties are way more attention-grabbing in online game type. There are many video games with the ‘Simulator’ moniker, however my choose for a comfortable sport is Powerwash. There’s not a lot to say in regards to the Powerwash Simulator. You make areas spotless in trade for cash, which you should utilize to make cleansing simpler. You’ll take your expertise in every single place, from messy backyards to the Seventh Heaven bar in Last Fantasy 7. Powerwash Simulator is uniquely satisfying, and the sport may be loved alone or with mates. Home Flipper 1 & 2

Picture: PC Invasion The Home Flipper video games are one other private favourite of mine and canopy a few bases. The gameplay is available in two flavors, and the primary is cleansing homes for money. After getting sufficient capital, you should buy properties and renovate them within the hopes of constructing a revenue. Each parts in Home Flipper are furiously addictive, and you may spend complete nights tinkering with out noticing the place the time went. On the time of writing, Home Flipper 2 is new and is lacking many options from the unique, which has a number of DLC packs. Each video games are good, but it surely’s one thing to think about earlier than buying. Be sure to take a look at our assessment of Home Flipper 2 to study extra. LEGO Fortnite

Picture: PC Invasion Epic Video games shocked everybody with the announcement of LEGO Fortnite, and now that it’s right here, I feel we will all agree it was definitely worth the wait. LEGO Fortnite is an exquisite survival village-building sport that shines with a few mates. The sport can also be cross-platform, so you may play along with your buddies it doesn't matter what they use. LEGO Fortnite is gentle on options on the time of writing, but it surely’s a implausible time sink and free to play. In the event you’ve performed Minecraft earlier than, you’ll instantly really feel at house. Cat Quest 1 & 2

Picture: The Gentlebros The Cat Quest video games are charming adventures with gentle RPG mechanics and an extra of pawsome puns. Whereas the titles are fairly easy, they're well-made and fulfilling for all ages. The tales are inoffensive, and the titles exude “good, clear enjoyable.” It’s value mentioning that the unique Cat Quest is single-player, however the sequel may be loved with a pal. Every tells a singular story, so dropping straight into Cat Quest 2 with a accomplice is totally positive. Parkasaurus

Picture: PC Invasion Parkasaurus is a beautiful park sim that resembles the unique Zoo Tycoon video games. The massive distinction is we’ve traded tigers for triceratops and sprinkled a beneficiant serving of cuteness on prime. Parkasaurus is a reasonably simple administration sim, making it good for newcomers to the style. There’s loads of meat on the bone for veterans, and you may give your dinosaurs hats; what’s to not like? Parkitect

Picture: PC Invasion Certainly one of my favourite video games of all time is Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. Whereas I'd suggest it to anybody, some could also be postpone by the primitive artwork model. In the event you’re up for a strong theme park builder with cleaner graphics, take Parkitect for a spin. There are quite a lot of mods to Rollercoaster Tycoon, however Parkitect does loads to face out by itself. All of the triumphs and pains of an excellent administration sim are right here, and you may select to tackle Eventualities or begin a park from scratch. Planet Zoo

Picture: Frontier Developments Planet Zoo is an outstanding park builder, boasting attractive visuals and sturdy instruments to create the Zoo of your goals. There’s a ton to do within the base sport, and in the event you take pleasure in it, there’s heaps of DLC that often go on sale. Planet Zoo is essentially the most complicated sport on this record, with many options which are nuanced and complex. In the event you crave a sport you may spend lots of of hours in, that is the title for you. Thankfully, a lot of the difficult mechanics are fully optionally available. In the event you simply wish to open some enclosures and revel in your animals going about their days, you are able to do that, too. Artifex Mundi video games

Picture: PC Invasion Let me depart you with one thing somewhat uncommon to shut our record. Artifex Mundi has a colossal library of Hidden Object video games. These titles supply the participant gentle puzzles to resolve, and every sport is gift-wrapped in a tacky story. I really like the simplicity of those video games, and it’s splendidly satisfying to crack puzzles. In the event you get caught, Artifex Mundi video games all have a touch system, so your progress won't ever be halted for lengthy. Sadly, the Hidden Object style is filled with low-effort money grabs, and you could analysis earlier than shopping for. In my expertise, the Artifex Mundi video games are an exception to that rule. If I’ve piqued your curiosity, I like to recommend the Enigmatis Trilogy or Arcana: Darkish Carnival (pictured) as my favorites.

Honorable Mentions

I couldn’t take away these titles from the record, as they're implausible in their very own proper, however narrowly miss the highest 10 for one purpose or one other. Dredge I’ve seen Dredge extremely really helpful on the comfy video games subreddit. Whereas I disagree, the title does meet all the choice standards. Dredge is an excellent, albeit bleak, seafaring journey with a beneficiant serving of Lovecraftian horror. You’ll meet many unusual characters in your journey, often with harrowing tales to inform. Dredge tells an excellent story, and the straightforward gameplay loop of salvaging supplies and promoting fish is addictive. The seas are a scary place to be at evening and the polar reverse of cozy in the event you ask me, therefore the honorable point out. Viscera Cleanup Element Viscera makes the honorable mentions record as a result of it’s exceptionally gory. That stated, I’ve sunk way more hours into this than Powerwash Simulator, and it ticks all of the packing containers for a terrific, cozy sport. In Viscera, you’re tasked with cleansing up areas after no matter horrific incident occurred earlier than your arrival. Armed along with your trusty mop and bucket, you’ll sort out the whole lot from compact crime scenes to spaceships eerily just like the Occasion Horizon. Viscera Cleanup Element is displaying its age, however I can’t suggest it sufficient if you need a comfortable sport with a singular premise. Read the full article