#it's mainly HTML and CSS

[manonamora-if]

The third volume of the Twine Grimoire is out!

[bf-rally]

felt like i was going crazy yesterday trying to set up a login system for this website 😭 it was like i was back in college again!

[miodiodavinci]

man i'm kind of sitting here regretting the fact that i launched my utau site on carrd because i didn't know neocities was a thing, but by the looks of it a neocities site has the potential to be better in literally every single way (read: i am still mad that carrd's audio player is so broken)

[futurefishy]

my webbed site :)

[angeltism]

wait oh my god you're so right . thank you for uur wisdom I have nyeow a better way of thinking about this

python learning time and I'm already getting withdrawals guys save meee

[eggdesign]

So this evening I've been working on a way to make it easier to add filters to blog pages without JS. This is mainly an alternative to isotope, commonly used in icon, media, downloads, and portfolio pages. CSS only solutions, especially like this, can be intimidating to look at even if you're not new to CSS.

I'm hoping this will take care of the bulk of the work/the more complicated parts so that you can make more complex custom pages without the user having to wait for permission to use JS.

Here's a simple example with just display: none added to the CSS

And on my preview page, I've used the same code and added multiple filter groups and some CSS animations.

If you are familiar enough with HTML and CSS, you can try out what I currently have, but keep in mind you will still need to write most of the HTML and CSS yourself. I want to make a more detailed guide so that it's easier to use soon!

[izicodes]

Researching Old Web Designs

Wanting to get back to coding for myself and coding things I enjoy, I researched 'old web' / 'old internet' GUI designs and became more fascinated. I've always liked the aesthetic but took time to look more deeply into the design aesthetic!

I also decided to test for myself if I could recreate the graphical user interface (GUI) designs using HTML, CSS and JavaScript (mainly for any functionality I want to add to the design). The above gif is me demonstrating a fake Windows 2000 PowerShell design. Again, this was built using only HTML, CSS and JavaScript!

There have been 20 versions of the Windows operating system and I will be designing from version 10-12; Windows NT 4.0 (1996), Windows 98 (1998) and Windows 2000 (2000)!

Maybe at the end, I will combine all my designs into one place for others to view them! As I do this, I will continuously learn about the history of the internet and the Windows OS.

[sunflowerquill]

Reclaiming the Web & GenZ Comfort

I love witnessing the recent wave of people (mainly Millenials and especially Gen Z) rejecting social media and trying to recreate the more 'Personal' Web of the early days of the internet. I am Gen Z myself, and though I had social media for the purpose of promoting my books and keeping in touch with people, I seldom use them now because I am so enamoured by the idea of the Personal Web. Deleting social media apps has been tremendously helpful to my mental and even physical health; it just feels great.

The Personal Web movement mainly relies on creating your own website (with Neocities, for example), forums, blogs, etc. I am planning on learning HTML & CSS, so hopefully in the future I'll be able to join the club, but for now I think Tumblr is a good platform for simple blogging like this. Sure, it has social media aspects, but that disconnect it has from celebrity culture and short-form content really makes it a good start (not sponsored, haha).

So yeah, let's reclaim the internet and push away celebrity/corporate culture and AI brainrot. This movement makes me hopeful for the future generation. I can only speak of Gen Z, but I think a decent amount of people have realised/lived the consequences of the internet from a young age, also referred to as 'internet trauma' by many. So here's hoping we reinvent the internet to make it more human again (and protect children from it, especially at its current brainrot state). I believe in us.

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

What kind of discussion group do you have in mind?

I am once again daydreaming of making my own social media platform and how to make it not give a hoot about American laws (no relation to American soil, I'm European anyway) and be structurally resistant to enshitification through independence and community ownership unfortunately I am one inexperienced programmer with not much spare change to throw at such a gamble so I'm only daydreaming

[codomars]

STARTING POINT

When I made this sideblog, it was mainly to have a sort of a digital diary to track my learning progress. I thought it'd be a just me and my few mutuals in here. But to my surprise, the introduction post received a warm welcome from the Studyblr and Codeblr communities! 💗 Thank you so much for the support. I'm really excited to get started on this journey.

1/100 days of code, 250523

☑ CSS Frameworks: Bootstrap

A few weeks ago, I bought a web development course on Udemy. I made some progress, but I wasn't getting consistent in my learning.

So, to fix that, I decided to take part in the famous challenge.

✨100 days of code ✨

Boy! One hundred days! Just the sound of it is frightening.

But I'm determined to give it a solid shot.

My plan for these coming months is to learn coding every day for at least 90 minutes.

In the real world, I'm a user experience and interface designer, and hopefully by the end of this challenge, I'll be able to bring some of my designs to life with code.

Resources that I'm using :

Colt Steele' web development course ( Udemy )

Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery ( Book set )

The odin project ( Website )

Kevin Powell ( Youtube )

Web Dev Simplified ( Youtube )

[itsbenedict]

Alright, Google is zero help with this (every variant of what I'm asking for just floods me with SEO-optimized results for exactly the opposite of what I'm looking for), so...

In my day job, I'm a web developer, mainly. I've got a good deal of experience working with HTML/CSS/JS for front-end UI development, so when I decided to build a content management system for my game project- which is going to be a bunch of pages and menus and buttons and selectors and stuff- it seemed like a natural choice to just build it as a web app, using those skills I already have. It wouldn't be hosted anywhere- the idea would be to just load index.html on localhost and work from a local browser window offline- but I figured I could prototype it pretty quickly with good old-fashioned divs and CSS.

Eeeeexcept I can't do that, actually. The purpose of the app is to manage a directory full of a bunch of structured custom content files- maps, units, sprites, yada yada yada, and lots of small individual changes will happen to a lot of different file resources. Browsers are bad for this, because they rightly have a lot of security protections against webpages accessing the user's filesystem. While I thought the File System API would just let me prompt the user for access to the content folder, and then just work with those files freely from there, that... is apparently a very experimental feature that Firefox doesn't support yet. Seems like a bad choice of thing to rest the entire functionality of the app on.

So what I'm looking for is... is there a framework somewhere for building desktop apps (so I can access local files easily) that uses HTML/CSS/JS for front-end UI development? Something like a browser that's not a browser and doesn't have those inherent security protections to get around?

[cogmented]

i like to ask a question why did you started to be a artists in the first place. I just curious ( p.s love your artwork)

THANKS SO MUCH and i started drawing because i was on the internet a lot as a child. things on the internet around 2013 had a lot of bright colors and movement and i wanted to make things like that too

i started out coding in html and css, making little sprites and what not, but i also looked at young animators like banithekitty, taxicab, swiftkhaos, kay2036, splashkittyartist, koolkitty100, any warrior cats animator under the sun, watching speedpaints, series like homestar runner and the noob adventures, old vhs soviet cartoons and other more full production handdrawn styles...

i started out with animation, i liked seeing things move, i began to draw static things maybe a few weeks after doing animation

(10 yr->15 yr)

i did oc and warrior cats animations mainly. i only started drawing humans/humanoids in 2019, and started drawing full pieces traditionally around 2022. big charcoal fan

here's a hit piece from when i was 9

[manonamora-if]

hii i tried following that one forum post for a splash screen that you mentioned before in an ask, i didnt really understand it TT could you make a version for dummies? thank you!

Hi Anon,

Do you mean this ask? about this Forum post? I'll try to make it easier then, cause it mainly is some copy-pasting and some light editing.

The Splash Screen, more explanation

The code from the post will create an element that will cover the whole page, and be triggered every time the game loads (or the tab refreshes).

So first, get on the Forum post, and copy the code in the correct places:

Stylesheet

JavaScript

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Then you will want to edit it to customise it for your project. There is code to change in both block of code:

In the JavaScript, you will need to indicate the correct image you want to display on the screen, or any other element (like text).

In the Stylesheet, you will want to edit the colour of the background (and potentially the text colour) to match the vibe.

JavaScript

Here, you will want to edit the correct URL of the image you want to have on the screen.

If you want text instead of the image, you can do so by wrapping it with a < p > markup (or other relevant HTML markup):

though, you will need to edit one more thing to make it work, in the .find() line, like below (p for the < p > element, and so on):

StyleSheet

The biggest change you'd need to make for the code in the style sheet will be with the code below:

currently, the colours match the basic SugarCube UI colours. So if you've changed the UI palette for your project, you will want to edit those colours (background especially, color is only useful for text)

If you are not using an image, but some text in your splash screen, you will also need to edit this part of the code, to replace the img with the correct HTML markup:

(in the example above, you'd need to change the img with p)

Testing

One important thing afterwards, will be to test the splash screen (for colour, position, or even animation). Note: if you are coding in Twine and used a local image in the splash screen, don't forget to publish to file and open the HTML, rather than test/play through Twine/

If you want to test the Splash Screen, and fiddle with the CSS with the Inspect Tool of your browser, I advise you change the amount of this line in the JavaScript:

Add a bunch of zeros to increase the time (but don’t forget to remove them before uploading your file anywhere).

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Hope this helps!

[cavicape]

longass advice seeking post incoming, bay bee !

tldr: i’m looking for a good social media to post my art and make art friends on

so, i used to be a regular deviantart user back in the day, yah? i had toyhouse/artfight but deviantart was where i did eeeverything on. i didn’t know how good i had it back then, as ever since i left in 2022 due to everyone else leaving, i’ve never been fully satisfied with another social media.

here’s my best guesses at identifying why i liked it so much:

mostly artist user base: i do art as a hobby, not looking for commissions atm, so i have a preference to interact with other artists over the average twitter/instagram users

community: i loved the little niche communities that formed there (2018/19 mario/koopaling community my beloved 🥰). the site is full of people who comment thoughtful things, and it’s easy to go back and forth. i really miss that. i remember spending most of my time in the mario community, but also a lot in the adoptable and original species communities. dA adoptable culture is something i miss- it was really fun to make and buy amateur adopts with points and art offerings alone. if i was older when i joined dA, i probably would have been into ARPGs too (like bagbeans and midveil). (wait actually if you know any good ARPGs active today i’m interested to know 👀)

page customization: genuinely had so much fun with this, i loved looking at f2u page codes and i even made some of my own. some days i think i spent more time customizing my page than posting art! probably (subconsciously at least) why i’m into website building nowadays…

but now i’m on tumblr! …right? i’ve been lurking on this site for almost as long as i’ve been on deviantart, so it was kinda like a natural progression of things. however, i’m not 100% happy with it. mainly, i dislike how tags are the main way of communicating. some people have said nice things to me in tags, and i want to thank them, but wtf do i do? not like i can reply to tags, so send a private message? that sounds waaaay too personal. well whatever, i still like it here, so i’ll stay for the time being. but i want something else.

so. what do i do now?

i’m considering a couple options:

neocities: you wouldn’t know from my currently unmodified layout, but i do know html/css. i’ve coded whole webpages for fun already, and i adore the creative freedom it allows. the downside is though, i probably wouldn’t get much interaction there, even if i include a chatbox or some other way to reach me on my website.

sheezy.art: on surface level this looks like something that would scratch my dA itch, but i’ve yet to do more research, so i can’t say for sure yet. i worry the user base is too small now though.

toyhou.se: i mean, i already have an account here. what i’d do is make it public and… trying to interact more with others? i don’t know if th can be used as a main social media. at least it appeals to my old adoptable/original species community nostalgia.

newgrounds: i’ve been told it’s great for artists. however, whenever i look at the comments of anything, nobody says much of anything. i’m looking for a site where yapping is more common! also everyone is SO talented on there, i feel like i’d stick out at my skill level there.

any other suggestions i get from this post (although i’m wary of sites that take your art for ai purposes) (yes i know tumblr does this 😭)

this is actually quite important to me so like. any advice, suggestions, or thoughts are appreciated. thanks in advance!

reblogs are welcome to spread this around

[itshungreysuzuki]

I made a few new characters for my story + new concepts

Warren is a hollower (a character who represents a trauma, the aftermath, or the after effects), who takes the form of an anthropomorphic jackrabbit with a plain brown coat. His “area” resembles a warm field of grass, surrounded by mud, old, broken pick up trucks, and a small cabin. He represents distrust, or wariness towards others to prevent harm. Warren is blind, a consequence of a fight against a stronger hollower. Warren also owns various riot guns, sound-oriented, and will shoot indiscriminately.

The Sigil system is a sort of magic, in the Depths (subconscious lucid dream realm where subconscious takes form). Sigils require markings, which call upon certain strings of code. Markings also represent its user with basic shapes (ex: the proxy symbol can represent a marking), alongside travel symbols, which are more complex to help differentiate, often related to path finding or hazards. The strings of code are based off HTML.

Sigil-types;

- Healing, easy to learn, a few examples of sigil users of this type include the Surrogate. These commands use the code in DNA to resolve the injury. Users (who can summon their marking with a hand) usually have stronger “magic”, and usually have a power relating to healing, (I.e. Surrogate capable of quick regeneration to the point where limbs regenerate in minutes) or abilities of a similar caliber. These commands can also work in alternate paths, such as forcing bones to break, or manipulating the body to the user’s wishes. Also known as physical sigils, as these sigils can be used in a physical space by anyone (mainly the healing ones) or relate to physiology. The consequences of these commands is fatigue, and bodily pains.

Ex: <repair>

<!—area of damage is lower right forearm (aka the arm attached to ur wrist). the parts of the body are sectioned off for ease, like torso, shoulder, forelimb, thigh, calf, etc.—>

area: forelimb-ls-r;

<!—damage-family relates to the time of damage (i.e. “burn, tear, perforation, fracture, etc., etc.). a value is then assigned akin to triage to determine the strength of healing, the strongest value is 8, which instantly regens up to half of the human body+anatomy. 3 is quite strong on its own, to show healing commands aren’t always needed—>

damage-family: burn-3;

<!— this is the area of the wound, for specific injuries so as to not command the whole damn limb. 1px = 0.1 in for size. —>

width: 38px;

height: 74px;

</repair>

<!—This command is used to heal physical damage, such as cuts, and broken bones. For illnesses and infections, other commands are used—>

-Psychic, extremely powerful, but unpredictable due to Ren’s damaged psyche which can cause sigils to backfire. Usually can only be harnessed by stronger entities such as Higher Depthborne or hollower connected to stronger feelings. Commands can be used to manipulate an area familiar to the user, and used to create small, powerful items, such as gates that block off chunks of the area (chunks equate to a 500x500grid of the area, depending upon size), or summon homunculi, creatures that can follow simple directions (do anything if you can explain it to a 7th grader). Sigils are nonphysical, and most users rarely use commands due to instability. The trick is to remain clearheaded with the command in mind to avoid syntax errors. The Caretaker uses psychological commands, mainly to keep Ren from progressing. Other abilities include influencing nearby thinking creatures’ thoughts, telepathy, and basically every ability associated with the Absolute Solver except modifying one’s body. The effects often drain its users, resulting in mental exhaustion, sensitivity to loud noises, and anxiety. Due to its fluidity, based on both HTML and CSS (violent screaming directed towards flex-box).

-Base Sigils, aka all the subgroups. Basically the two above are the main Sigil groups (manipulate mind or body not both, both are scary). Extremely unique, based on the user, which can range from being able to use leech commands or change the properties of specific items. Usually they’re weaker, and often work alongside the user. Such examples include teleportation, or could be a specific skill that becomes enhanced, such as carnekinesis (manipulation of flesh �� la Cyn).

All sigils can be used to harm or help everyone. A psyche-Sigil user can use telekinesis to help distract a Sentinel for their packmates to sneak by without hurting anyone, or crush it into a gory mess. A phys-Sigil user can be valuable for healing, but they aren’t nurses. They can break bones by looking at someone, cause burns without ever using flames, and make sickness.

Archivist Cecil is a warden for Ren. She is characterized as a low energy lunatic, sarcastic, and patient, yet capable of snapping, alongside a dark sense of humor. She wears metal goggles with orange lenses, which double as her glasses, with carbon-fiber pull straps, a white labcoat, and some sort of shitty t-shirt on top of some nice long pants. The t-shirt may or may not read “Scourge of God” in red comic sans with flams around the text, alongside an image of Serial Designation V from Murder Drones, drinking a can of gasoline. She hates it here and wants to leave but the facility won’t let her. Her kid has also been sent here so that if she incites another specimen rebellion, they will kill him, alongside using him to observe the exposure to specimens (positive). She’s also a fully transitioned woman. Cecil is also born to French-Australian parents, and had a husband (killed/silenced by Tadano for leaking sensitive documents about the specimens). His name was Silas Giuseppe, who majored in subhumanology (study of specimens).

Neat tidbits:

-Bisexual

-Freckles. Tons of freckles.

-Long, shaggy black hair with a small strand of stark white hair in her bangs.

-Coffee addict

-She’s basically an underpaid social worker turned found mother, but if her wards were her children.

-Jokes about her “kids”/wards.

-Slightly cringy/Out of pocket, shits given: none

-Suffers from Long Covid symptoms, and the existential horror of how all the specimens in her care will die eventually as part of a vicious cycle that neither she nor her son are immune.

-Allows Ren to steal files for his research, since she is desperate for her son’s safety. Therefore she lets him get everything he needs

Kelsey is Arch. (Pronounced “ark”) Cecil’s son. He’s almost the spitting image of his mum, and wears a special necklace, currently barring him from any and all experimentation besides Project Deltarune. He’s 9, reads in the rec room, and sleeps in a tent inside the laundry room of the specimen dorms (he likes the noise because specimens are schizo when it comes to the times when they do laundry). Kelsey finds most of the scientists mean, and doesn’t really feel connected with other humans. He also has a minor fear of sentinels (finds them scary). He has his mother’s dark hair, eyes and freckles. The specimens see him like a mutually owned cat, and they all refer to him as “Tess”, except Ren, who calls him “Critter”. Kelsey’s more energetic like his dad, enjoys engineering, and likes listening to specimens infodump. He also carries an emotional support Serial Designation N. He’s also still naïve and Ren takes it upon himself to make sure Kelsey’s at his happiest.

[cookiekitkat8484]

dipper hcs

This is super long, like 2000 words super long because i have a huge hyperfixation and cringe culture is dead. he reminds me of me and my friends/family so i have a million ideas. split into topics for reading convenience

low 20s, autistic, bi + demi with a preference for women, ftm. I totally understand people disliking ftm dipper because of stan and mabel making fun of his masculinity and it would be shitty in canon but this is my post so i make the rules bitch and am pretending that never happened. None of this is ship stuff. I imagine him to basically look like the lovley art in this post.  

shares an apartment with mabel in portland, completely full of nerd memorabilia, stacks of boardgames, mabels diys, a conspiracy corkboard, and arts & crafts materials 

works in a bar/arcade where wendy bartends, calls soos and fidds when he needs help fixing machines

pet ferret called pippin

started his own journal 

pacificas plus one to her prissy rich person events, sit in the corner and shit talk

carries around fidget toys, was too embarrassed till mabel convinced him (partially because his pens kept exploding everywhere)

has protective runes tattooed 

mabel talks about astrology to be annoying, is baited into getting mad and rambling about how modern astrology is fake and a scam every single time

nervous driver, doesnt have a car but is sometimes driven by mabel in her heavily adorned funmobile; worries about her "enthusiastic" driving

helps mabel dye her hair after a three am hair emergency, got really good and started bleaching pacificas till she decided to chop it and grow it out natural (refused money from her parents after moving out), which used to be the ultimate gossip sessions

joint problems and pain, god awful posture

one sided beef with all of mabels partners till they “prove themselves”

doesnt believe in cooking like he (mainly) used to not believe in laundry

punched someone for making fun of mabel, got beat up so mabel kicked their asses (thank you stan and wendy for her "training")

only social media is reddit, an instagram account made and run by pacifica, youtube, and a tumblr on nerd/mystery stuff 

only has tumblr bc candy convinced him in like 2014 then he succumbed to the brain rott, they're mutuals and make weird references no one else gets, personalises blog extensively via html/css, had a brief superwholock phase in 2015 (fight me)

coded mabels laptop into a custom 2000s esc blinged out hellscape she made in graphic design class, got her rgb stuff bc she likes rainbows and he thinks its funny

occasionally clashes with mabel bc shes sensory seeking and he gets sensory overload

pacifica takes him clothes shopping bc otherwise he will literally never buy new clothes, sometimes go thrifting with mabel the thrift god

mildly dyslexic and in denial

needs glasses but usually wears contacts because he finds them annoying then forgets to take them out

wears glasses when he misses the grunkles

Sugar addict like mabel and their pantry shows it 

Best nerd shirt collection, like, that's all he wears

Gets into online arguments way too much for no reason 

Mabel makes like ten different protective friendship bracelets with unicorn hair so he could have options, just wears all of them at once

uni

journalism major with a minor in computer science 

takes history, pure maths, and film units as electives 

member/helps run the clubs for DnD [DD&MD], MTG, Warhammer, and scifi & fantasy appreciation

founder and president of the uni cryptozoology, supernatural, aliens, and occult society (CSACS)

gets ford to proof read his writing/math and fidds his code

attends lectures for units hes not even enrolled in for fun

has gotten into multiple arguments with professors, including ones that dont even teach him 

has read theory (all people who’ve read theory are annoying including myself)

hobbies

goes to cons with mabel, she helps with (/mainly makes for him) matching cosplays to fill the trick or treating void

once met spock and kirks actors and got so excited he passed out so mabel took pics of him on the floor next to them and she thinks its the funniest thing to ever exist

DMs multiple online DnD [DD&MD] and ttrpgs groups, 3.5e truther

competes in MTG tournaments 

does karaoke night with mabel and the gals atleast once a month, sometimes brings pacifica 

goes to the renaissance fair with the squad where him, mabel, ford, and soos all dress up and get super into character with melony; wendy and stan take shrooms and go to watch the sword fighting 

listens to DnD podcasts 

ex band kid and still plays Sousaphone, often to mabels dismay 

obsessed with boardgames and hosts boardgame nights, always makes everyone play super overcomplicated ones then has to play monopoly when its stan and mabels choice

almost always wins boardgames and knows how every mechanic works, has only occasionally lost to ford (who is a sore loser lol)

has had risk games last multiple days after its only him and ford left

bonds with mabel and soos painting figures (warhammer, dnd, the usual) and embraces her covering hers in glitter and gems

goes ghost hunting, has a shit tone of real gear from ford and fidds and sometimes vlogs, quotes buzzfeed unsolved

secret AO3 account, caught grunkle stan writing dutches approves fics but both have sworn an oath of secrecy 

wendy taught him skateboarding, doesnt do tricks (uncoordinated as shit) but uses it as transport

broke bc he cant resist collectables 

made his own pc from scratch using parts he bought and custom ones made by fidds

goes to local band concerts with wendy and her gang including watching wendy play drums

Did debate in highschool, usually gets nervous doing public speaking but gets so invested he forgets; is second speaker

tech guy for productions mabel is in

games 

loves all strategy and puzzle games

fav games include fallout 1&2, nethack, xcom, civ, FTL, and dwarf fortress

ford and fidds play games they used to play before the portal accident with him eg. zork, MUD1, rouge, star trek, colossal cave adventure, and mystery house

plays portal 2 with ford and sometimes mabel

plays baldurs gate with mabel and she spent five hours doing character customisation, he plays wizard and she plays bard and both are total stereotypes

played lethal company and phasmophobia with mabel, soos, wendy, grenda, and candy (goes as expected) (lots of screaming)

BDG unravelled fan and grew up on matpat but cant play fnaf or ddlc bc giffany 

had a breakdown playing dark souls and started crying at 2am so mabel banned it permanently

spectacularly bad at rhythm games but will play with mabel anyway and she completely sweeps, esp in arcades and just dance

plays bishi bashi with the gang and have broken the machine multiple times

really good at retro arcade games, shares strats with soos and remembers all the combos for everything; helps kids beat levels at work

gets ford to help optimise game stats/teams/strats with the POWER OF MATHS !!!, has on occasion coded algorithms to assist 

forced everyone to play among us constantly for like three months straight

member of mabel, candy, and grendas chaotic nightmare of a minecraft server, usually offline and generally regrets it when he joins; more of a terraria guy

undertale kid

ports/emulates games himself, esp retro console stuff like old fire emblem, Zelda, earthbound

in the ace attorney fandom  

runs a server for online friends he plays games with

shows/movies

does annual lotr (extended edition) marathons with ford, mabel drifts in and out of watching because snacks and that legolas and arwin are both a “total smash” (elf apreciator)

loves all scifi, including classics like star trek, star wars, ext.

watches doctor who with mabel (shes a david tennant enjoyer) including the super old stuff, replies with one of the classic who doctors when people ask his fav and confuse them 

goes to old scifi/horror/fantasy rerun marathons, wendy joins depending on the films

watches scifi and mecha anime with soos and fidds, sometimes ford joins

loves evangelion, knows cruel angels thesis in japanese, lowkey a shinji kinnie and is bullied ruthlessly 

watches candys exquisite curation of 90s shoujo with her, mabel, and grenda; wont admit he gets super into it but has been caught doing sailor moon magical girl transformation poses 

watched madoka magica with the gals and was kuybey hater #1 from the start

never shuts the fuck up about theories and guesses the end of movies unless mabel smothers him with a pillow

hate watches conspiracy theory/ghost hunting shows with wendy bc theyre either laughably wrong or so close and totally missing the obvious, except this one random guy who was somehow spot on (like doug forcett in the good place) 

Made to watch all of twilight at a girls night because mabel (mostly) watched lotr, cant stop overthinking the insane lore implications which somehow get worse with every book fact mabel tells him (because what the fuck ???? the world building is batshit), him and candy keep periodically saying effervescent and bursting into hysterics to the others confusion

still quotes star wars bad lip readings with mabel

books

favs include hitchikers guide to the galaxy, discworld, lotr, do androids dream of electric sheep, earthsea, dune, and HP lovecraft esp cuthullu 

him and ford have both read the salmirilion and make it everyones problem

likes classic scifi and early cyberpunk, esp spec fic thats wacky or raises ethical questions to ponder with ford

loves sherlock homes and agatha christie, big who dunnit story fan

read good omens bc mabel likes the show (again, david tennant enjoyer) and its terry pratchet + neil gaiman, tries to get her to read the book for ages and eventually she listens to the audiobook

music

owns spirit phone on vinyl, made ford listen once and accidentally gave him flashbacks

likes lemon demon, TWERP, starbomb, NSP, tally hall, will wood, and other nerd bands 

they might be giants and potusa enjoyer

can and will recite the entirety of the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny at the drop of a hat

went through a midwest emo phase, still listens to csh

listens to vocaloid with candy; went to a concert with the gals and everyone learnt the dances, mabel decorated their light sticks 

always ends up belting [B]ABBA when drunk

Fav [B]ABBA songs are disco girl and under attack 

weezer defender, bullied by mabel and wendy

listens to math rock with ford while stan complains the time signatures and polyrhythms (though he’d never bother to learn the terms) give him a headache 

listens to game OSTs and chiptune stuff

mabel got him into musicals, knows the words to hamilton, bmc, and dear evan hansen, sing duets together

trans 

once forgot to take off a too small binder for like two days and fainted, mabel made him a custom one

short king, used to have hight dysphoria

mabel alters his pants bc mens trousers are evil for the transmasc gang

didnt shave ever when he first got his wiskers till pacifica staged an intervention 

forgot to tell stan he was trans till he got body hair and stan joked it was his genetics to thank, dipper responded he was lucky the T was actually effective

drinking/drugs

cant smoke weed or he gets suuuuper paranoid, only smoked once w wendy and tried to smoke more to calm down but just ended up greening hard

drinks alcoholic ginger beer and indie APIs wendy recommends, though shes more of a whisky and scotch

super low alcohol tolerance, doesnt drink often

drinks mabels own recipe cocktail monstrosities when she convinces him they wont get shitfaced, always ends up shitfaced because theyre 100% alcohol + sugar and mabels tolerance is like double his; always eventually ends with him trying to explain lotr poorly

once drank so much caffeine he started hallucinating 

tripsits mabel (LSD legend) and sometimes wendy (totally does shrooms), again is neurotic and should under no circumstances take hallucinogens 

sometimes smokes cigs when stressed, tries to hide it but is laughably bad, will ocasionally bum a cig off wendy