#its such a Specific way to describe it ?? if that makes sense??

[adhesiveapoidea]

this post is about @superxstarzz combined classpects, specifically the classes. if you don’t know what i’m talking about, then go check it out!

warning: veeerrry long post. i will be talking a lot and it might not make sense because it’s two in the morning right now.

a pretty long while ago now (probably around october of last year), i had the idea to get super autistic about superxstarzz (aka casey)’s combined classes. since the combined classes are derived from, well, combining the normal classes, the best place i could think to start was by simplifying the function of the canon classes into just a few words. here’s my list below:

maid - mend self

page - grow self, utilize in self

mage - self suffers from; suffers for self

knight - defend others

rogue - distribute to others

sylph - meddle with others

seer - understand/see for others

thief - steal for self

heir - self becomes

bard - invert in self

prince - destroy in others (i know that bards destroy too, but princes destroy more actively than bards)

witch - manipulate others

with this initial task out of the way, figuring out the combinations of the classes became simply figuring out how to combine the functions. this took me only a couple hours of wasted class time, so if you’re a fan of superxstarzz’s combined classpects, feel free to find your favorite class and please enjoy my interpretation of its function!

(note: descriptions will be formatted with the two base classes that combine to make the class, the name of the class, its whole function, and one word to describe its function)

maid/page = CONDUIT - heal self through utilizing. “grow”

maid/mage = REPENTER - heal self through suffering. “recover”

maid/knight = MOTHER - defend others through healing self. “nurture”

maid/rogue = DUCHESS - distribute the healing of self to others. “empower”

maid/sylph = ARTIST - heal self through meddling with others. “interfere”

maid/seer = AUTHOR - heal self through understanding others. “learn”

maid/thief = COLLECTOR - heal self through stealing for self. “gather”

maid/heir = AVATAR - heal self through becoming. “accept”

maid/bard = INVADER - heal self through inverting in self. “subvert”

maid/prince = SOVEREIGN - heal self through destroying in others. “circumvent”

maid/witch = PUPPETEER - heal self through manipulating others. “guide”

page/mage = BEHOLDER - utilize/grow through suffering. “realize”

page/knight = CHANCELLOR - defend others through growing. “master”

page/rogue = ANARCHIST - utilize/grow through distributing to others. “donate”

page/sylph = DOCTOR - utilize/grow through meddling with others. “prescribe”

page/seer = MENTOR - utilize/grow through understanding others. “study”

page/thief = MOONLIGHTER - utilize/grow through stealing for self. “covet”

page/heir = OVERACHIEVER - utilize/grow through becoming. “crescend”

page/bard = KEEPER - utilize/grow through inverting in self. “reflect”

page/prince = OVERLORD - utilize/grow through destroying in others. “devastate”

page/witch = MANIPULATOR - utilize/grow through manipulating. “command”

mage/knight = GRANDMASTER - suffer from defending others. “martyr”

mage/rogue = ARCHIVIST - suffer from distributing to others. “sacrifice”

mage/sylph = NEUROSURGEON - suffer from meddling with others. “collateral”

mage/seer = PROPHET - understand others through suffering; suffer through understanding others. “witness”

mage/thief = VICTOR - steal for self through suffering; suffer from stealing for self. “shield”

mage/heir = VICTIM - suffer through becoming. “transform”

mage/bard = TRAITOR - suffer from inversion in the self. “deteriorate”

mage/prince = SCOURGE - suffer from destruction in others. “languish”

mage/witch = DISPLACER - suffer from manipulating others. “disrepair”

knight/rogue = SCOUT - defend others through distributing to others. “fortify”

knight/sylph = CLERIC - defend others through meddling with others. “adjure”

knight/seer = TOMEKEEPER - defend others’ understanding; defend through understanding others. “conserve”

knight/thief = CONFIDANT - defend others through stealing for self. “redirect”

knight/heir = CONTRIBUTOR - defend others through becoming. “burden”

knight/bard = ANTITHESIS - defend others through inversion in self. “misdirect”

knight/prince = WARDEN - defend others through destruction in others. “prune”

knight/witch = HACKER - defend others through manipulation of others. “coach”

rogue/sylph = NURSE - distribute to others through meddling with others. “inspire”

rogue/seer = SCRIBE - distribute understanding. “teach”

rogue/thief = PILFERER - steal for self through distribution to others. “tax”

rogue/heir = BEACON - become distribution; distribute through becoming. “emanate”

rogue/bard = ARCHER - distribute through inversion of the self. “agitate”

rogue/prince = VANDAL - destroy in others through distribution. “poison”

rogue/witch = IMPROVER - distribute to others through manipulation. “change”

sylph/seer = HERBALIST - understand through meddling with others. “acquaint”

sylph/thief = MISTRESS - steal for self through meddling with others. “intrude”

sylph/heir = WEAVER - become through meddling with others. “mediate”

sylph/bard = POLLUTER - invert in self through meddling with others. “suggest”

sylph/prince = CHEMOTHERAPIST - destroy in others through meddling. “implant”

sylph/witch = REMNANT - manipulate others through meddling. “micromanage”

seer/thief = PLAGIARIZER - steal understanding; understand others through stealing for self. “cheat”

seer/heir = MONK - become through understanding others. “enlighten”

seer/bard = REWRITER - invert in self through understanding others. “question”

seer/prince = GATEKEEPER - destroy in others through understanding; destroy understanding in others. “erase”

seer/witch = JUDGE - manipulate others through understanding. “convince”

thief/heir = FRAUD - become through stealing for self. “usurp”

thief/bard = HOARDER - invert in self through stealing for self. “pickpocket”

thief/prince = PARASITE - destroy others through stealing for self. “drain”

thief/witch = ADAPTER - manipulate others through stealing for self. “preach”

heir/bard = SABOTEUR - become through inverting in self. “revise”

heir/prince = SUPERNOVA - become through destroying in others. “obliterate”

heir/witch = SUITOR - become through manipulation. “advise”

bard/prince = ANNIHILATOR - destroy in others through inverting in self. “uproot”

bard/witch = SORCEROR - manipulate others through inverting in self. “masquerade”

prince/witch = WARLOCK - manipulate through destroying in others. “siege”

and that’s all of them! thanks for sticking around. if you wanna see me do this for the combined aspects as well, let me know :3

sorry for making you wait so long for this, superxstarzz, i completely forgot to make this post at all. hope you enjoyed though qwq

- stickybee

[eretzyisrael]

by Aaron Bandler

“The whole idea that they’re using the Gaza ‘Health Ministry,’ that’s synonymous to Hamas,” Romirowsky said. “So basically you’re saying that you’re relying on the Hamas narrative to describe what is happening, which is totally detached from reality. Hamas has its own interests as far as aggrandizing everything … they’re looking to create a sense to put pressure on Israel by aggrandizing the numbers when they themselves are responsible for the devastation in Gaza. It’s all Hamas. Let’s be clear: This is part of the Hamas strategy.”

Editors who contended that the use of “massacre” violated Wikipedia’s neutral point of view (NPOV) policy were outnumbered, and the verdict was consensus to rename the article “Nuseirat rescue and massacre.”

“This is part of a concerted campaign to manipulate the narrative and thus rewrite history,” one Wikipedia editor told me. “The day of the rescue operation — they couldn’t simply let that be the story that four hostages were rescued so they had to rebrand it as a massacre in the refugee camp … and their main focus was butchering as many people as possible. They just happened to rescue four hostages. If Entebbe happened today, it would probably also be called ‘Entebbe airport massacre.’ Their MO is to deny that injustices occurred to us, but then take these said same incidents and repurpose it for themselves and their own narrative.”

An editor who grew disillusioned with Wikipedia after making thousands of edits told me that “even if some high-quality sources said a massacre happened, that still wouldn’t make it the COMMONNAME. Once upon a time, something like this would be called ‘Nuseirat operation’ or something neutral like that, it would describe the rescue and allegations of a massacre. But since experienced editors know very few people read beyond the title and lead, these guys are using their numbers to corrupt them both.”

Another editor told me that “a ‘massacre,’ by definition, is not a scientific classification. There are obviously many cases in which the term may be applied unambiguously, but that is not the situation here, nor in many of these contentious article title debates. All we are witnessing is subjective determination wholly driven by the politics and bias of the invoking party, specifically around what they wish to emphasize and ignore. The two sides doing their best to stack the optics deck with charged language to vilify the other side and win some endless PR war. They know that these article search results populate at the top of Google, and are widely cited and quoted by journalists and on social media. They so desperately want their authorship and preferred terminology to enter into common parlance and usage before everyday people have even had a second to think about whether the designation is true, or even appropriate to talk about it in that way. In the case of Nuseirat, what we know is that there was a rescue operation, as well as a reportedly sizable civilian casualty rate. I’m not sure if calling it ‘Nuseirat rescue and massacre’ is appropriate, and I don’t think most of the people who participated in the RM cared about finding the most appropriate solution as well. What we have now is a weird ‘Frankenstein’ result that only highlights the schism and unhealthy detente between sides with profoundly differing perspectives and agendas.” The editor contended that Wikipedia’s manual of style should be revised so the word “massacre” is “removed from general use in article titles when there is any ambiguity or intractable debate, or subject to far stricter criteria.”

One editor told me that the arguments put forward by those who wanted “massacre” in the title were “a stretch but it almost doesn’t matter because so many people bought it,” as there were “4-5 more supporters than opposers … the supporters of that name were particularly unified in their support — in fact, unusually so, so much so that they even carried a name that wasn’t even the one proposed. Which is possible to do but unusual.” The editor believes that the discussion had “all the hallmarks of canvassing and coordination, which we know they are doing on Discord.”

[liquidstar]

after a long pause i finally finished my newest oc batch ^_^ this time for owl feather: the scholar's guild. the members are more or less different types of academics, or just nerds, with their own different niches. as usual, more specific info+closeups under the cut <3

Name: Mercury

Name Origin: The planet named after the messenger god

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 28

Guild rank: Guidmaster

Weapon: Caduceus

Ethos (Power): Aileron (Enhanced speed and levitation)

Flaw power is based on: Her evasiveness- Though her power has evolved (the levitation) once she became guildmaster as she became a pillar for her guild, and successor to the former guildmaster.

Notes: I can be your angle... or yuor devil

Name: Keid

Name Origin: A star whose name means eggshels

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 19

Guild rank: 3 star

Weapon: Chicken sickles

Ethos (Power): Computative prognostication (He can calculate the outcome of events in his own head, but he can’t see outcomes beyond the one he calculated)

Flaw power is based on: His overly cautious and ruminative habits, though he tries to play it off like he's way more chill and not constantly existentially overthinking

Notes: But which came first...?

Name: Alasia

Name Origin: A star whose name references Idalion Tablet, one of the oldest known contracts

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 15

Guild rank: 2 star

Weapon: Shovel

Ethos (Power): Erudition (Psychometry- The ability to read the past of any object by touch)

Flaw power is based on: Her extreme curiosity, while her inquisitiveness on it's own can be admirable she can often get obsessive about it.

Notes: She's an archeologist <3

Name: Dimidium

Name Origin: Exoplanet whose name means "half"

Pronouns: He/She

Age: 22

Guild rank: 4 star

Weapon: Double-ended flail

Ethos (Power): Vice-versa (Healing and reverse healing)

Flaw power is based on: His simultaneous obsequiousness and brashness- Two extremes that she fluctuates between in a way that's both unpredictable and unhealthy.

Notes: Generally stoic either way so it's hard to tell...

Name: Navi

Name Origin: Informal name for γ Cassiopeiae- A navigation point for Apollo 1

Pronouns: He/they

Age: 19

Guild rank: 3 star

Weapon: Arm

Ethos (Power): Kefi (Energy direction- He can channel his energy into powerful attacks into his weapon of choice, which they designed to be their own arm)

Flaw power is based on: Their over-zealous nature. Though passion is a good thing, their ferventness can absolutely make him lose track of himself.

Notes: A weaponsmith who’s figuring out more technological approaches

Name: Talitha

Name Origin: A star system, whose name means "Spring"

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 13

Guild rank: 1 star

Weapon: Plastic wand

Ethos (Power): Metamorphosis (Magical girl transformation. She can shoot beams out of her wand now.)

Flaw power is based on: Her extreme tendency for escapism, especially in idolizing fantasy.

Notes: She's a magical girl 💖💖💖

Name: Misam

Name Origin: A star whose name means "wrist"

Pronouns: They/them

Age: 28

Guild rank: 5 star

Weapon: Wrist blade

Ethos (Power): Rigor (Enhanced precision)

Flaw power is based on: Their surprisingly to-the-point, often cold-blooded nature.

Notes: Nerds can be cool too, guys.

Name: Perwana

Name Origin: An exoplanet whose name means moth

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 27

Guild rank: 5 star

Weapon: Lantern

Ethos (Power): Callous luminance (Physically palpable hard light, created from her lantern)

Flaw power is based on: Her tenancy to place the burden of guidance onto herself- Literally a guiding light for others. Mostly in regards to erudition, the symbolic connection between illumination and knowledge. She wants to illuminate everyone. But this can be at the cost of herself.

Notes: These are her summer clothes.

[letsjam-art]

silly idea time

idk how this idea even started but the outfit i had in mind was way back from a doodle in 2021 or 2022, basically my 'what if' for temperance ending only instead of being wildly ooc and wearing a collared button up johnny becomes a cowboy. and because i was listening to vagrant song from wtwtlw (that whole ost really, and hardspace shipbreaker) i had the bright idea that johnny would finally become what his class in the ttrpg was an homage to and wander around collecting stories n telling them n kind of being a dead man walking/ghost story/witness/helper-bard r smthn but having been extremely tempered by the experience of v choosing to die for him, being shocked enough into actually thinking about his beleifs n what have you, humbled enough now to want to listen to others hed choose this path of wandering the continent of na, maybe for the first time in a long time actually taking in life around him yadda yadda. in my little scenario i also had it that even if/when the next corpo war broke out or the nusa annexed more free states, he wouldnt get involved like he used to, cause i think its interesting to muse on how a profound experience would greatly change someone so stuck in their ways like johnny. i think hed still be motivated by guilt and avoidance at first, but it would evolve into something more like a calling/altruism as he takes more seriously and uses more intentionally the time he was given as a dead man walking

also i realize how much of this 'outfit' is just putting v in a hat and calling them johnny like its some perry the platypus thing (also idk how to draw hats)

[ganondoodle]

You probably said it already somewhere, but how much do the Zonai/Rauru and Mineru play in your project?

i dont think i mentioned it in particular tbh

as of now i want to keep them as mysterious as possible, i am thinking about a way to obscure their faces as well since i want the zonau to FEEL like a mysterious, unknown group of people, the ruins you can find in my rewrite would be much withered too, and the tech as well, my goal is to give everything a good connection without robbing anything of its draw, and to me the zonau, which im pretty sure werent even declared as such in botw itself, were something so ancient you had only faint traces left and what the people that came after them learned from them after they were already long gone

its hard to explain but its a ... sentimental thing for me to think about a group of people that had definitely lived in the world but you have only the faintest traces of them, yet you know they were people just like you, had traditions you will never know, songs you will never hear, art you will never see and text that you will never read, its something so sad and yet so .. human? to me? that was what i liked about their mystery in botw that totk threw out the window

so .. im afraid i cant give you a clear answer, as im trying to find the balance between telling you enough to care about ganondorfs fate in my rewrite, while also keepign the zonau as mysterious as possible while makigng neither a one note bad guy, so you can agree with things on either side and understand why they did it while also knowing they shouldnt have ... i think im starting to end up with the theme of sealing your own fate by trying to avoid it + blindly trusting the teachings of old isnt always right (as in the zonau were warned of ganondorf being a threat thus sealing him in that horrible way to make it stop forever only to cause the exact bloodshed they wanted to avoid by doing it and the way botw bringing back all the tech to reenact the old tale of the first calamity only for it to turn on them .... idk if this is making sense but i feel like theres a neat thematic connection there that im trying to use gmjdfklgnmjdfkljk)

[scarycranegame]

hey can we stop writing creepypastas where the Big Scary Thing™ is "ohh the subject of the story is mentally ill!!!!!! they're so evil and bad and the audience should wish for them to die because they're mentally ill!!!!!!!!" it's. really telling about what you think of mentally ill people who don't fit into the box of "uwu shy smol bean" or "quirky silly autistic goober"

[featherymainffins]

Now this might be because I have issues but is it just me or does Slay The Princess feel like an allegory for a relationship?

[infizero]

every time i so much as think about that scene where light looks at porn magazines while scowling i go into hysterics its genuinely the funniest thing i've ever seen

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

I don't really know how to put this into words without feeling totally insane but every time there's some kind of prophecy or prediction in a piece of media I can't help but wonder whether it becomes self-fulfilling as soon as the characters know about it. and I guess that's the thing with prophecies isn't it? if it's good, people will do anything in their power to make sure it happens. if it's bad, they'll try desperately to prevent it while in turn setting the exact events in motion to make it happen anyway.

all this to say I think the whole "the end of the world will happen in 2 years and it has something to do with jack slash" has been. a disaster since they learned about it. everything the prt or taylor or the s9 have been doing so far has been with that information in mind. Jack, now that he knows it's his fault and loves it, has been shoring up the s9s power, which he may not have gone to such great lengths to do if he didn't know about his involvement in an apocalypse scenario. so now they're fighting some horrible clone army rather than the normal... 9 or less unstable members . taylor is doing all this shit with the knowledge in the back of her mind that there's an apocalypse coming. she's got herself on a timer, and even though she says she doesn't think about it, she DOES. the prt refuses to meet any of her terms due to their dumbass bureaucracy and hypocritical rules or whatever . they refuse to make any sort of compromise, in turn killing (?) one of the undersiders, something taylor CLEARLY informed them would break any sort of tenuous truce or whatever that they had and set a war into motion. and now both tagg and alexandria are dead. and. maybe it's the guy who consumed too much time travel media in me but I can't help but feel like all of these events are just. inevitable pieces falling into place that are directly leading up to whatever apocalypse scenario we're waiting for. there's so much of a cause and effect chain crumbling right now. one less strong hero against the endbringers. the prt in fucking shambles, and as terrible as they are, they're losing a major piece of organization. it's gonna be chaos from here on out!! and all of this could've been avoided !!!!! imagine what would've happened if none of them knew about this apocalypse and had just. acted as if the future would go on as usual. how do you think things would've been different !!!!

[upsidedowngrass]

will say it is SO challenging to capture liams voice. when i was rewatching it on my bday w my friend i was STILL noticing things . character dialogue is so complex and i NEED to perfect it or ill collapse into the ground

[ryuuseini]

God I wanna... Say Something regarding fatphobia in media and the terms ppl use in describing characters who gain weight over time ("letting go" like bro shut the fuck up???) and how like, there's also nuance to the discussion (like, a character who starts out on the heavier side choosing to lose weight shouldn't be demonized either - as PLENTY of people want to lose weight for various reasons, and while you can point to a decent amount of it stemming from our fatphobic society, a lot of it is also just personal desire at the end of the day - but I also understand that if your ONLY fat character loses weight at the end and the other characters don't change either, then that's not good) but idk, I'm a little too tired to properly articulate what's going on in my mind? But I just... wish this was more of a discussion

[lorisystem]

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[cursed-spirit-manipulation]

thinking Abt Suguru autism and struggling bc I have forgotten 1. Everything Suguru has ever done 2. Every symptom of autism ever and then I remembered Suguru fucking. Knows every curse he's swallowed. And it's like y'know what maybe I don't have to make an airtight case for this

[writerthreads]

How to avoid White Room Syndrome

by Writerthreads on Instagram

A common problem writers face is "white room syndrome"—when scenes feel like they’re happening in an empty white room. To avoid this, it's important to describe settings in a way that makes them feel real and alive, without overloading readers with too much detail. Here are a few tips below to help!

Focus on a few key details

You don’t need to describe everything in the scene—just pick a couple of specific, memorable details to bring the setting to life. Maybe it’s the creaky floorboards in an old house, the musty smell of a forgotten attic, or the soft hum of a refrigerator in a small kitchen. These little details help anchor the scene and give readers something to picture, without dragging the action with heaps of descriptions.

Engage the senses

Instead of just focusing on what characters can see, try to incorporate all five senses—what do they hear, smell, feel, or even taste? Describe the smell of fresh bread from a nearby bakery, or the damp chill of a foggy morning. This adds a lot of depth and make the location feel more real and imaginable.

Mix descriptions with actions

Have characters interact with the environment. How do your characters move through the space? Are they brushing their hands over a dusty bookshelf, shuffling through fallen leaves, or squeezing through a crowded subway car? Instead of dumping a paragraph of description, mix it in with the action or dialogue.

Use the setting to reflect a mood or theme

Sometimes, the setting can do more than just provide a backdrop—it can reinforce the mood of a scene or even reflect a theme in the story. A stormy night might enhance tension, while a warm, sunny day might highlight a moment of peace. The environment can add an extra layer to what’s happening symbolically.

Here's an example of writing a description that hopefully feels alive and realistic, without dragging the action:

The bookstore was tucked between two brick buildings, its faded sign creaking with every gust of wind. Inside, the air was thick with the scent of worn paper and dust, mingling with the faint aroma of freshly brewed coffee from a corner café down the street. The wooden floorboards groaned as Ella wandered between the shelves, her fingertips brushing the spines of forgotten novels. Somewhere in the back, the soft sound of jazz crackled from an ancient radio.

Hope these tips help in your writing!

[moophinz]

While it’s understandable when people are against a live action adaptation of a source media- and I’ve had many such thoughts and opinions on that topic myself- there’s a certain extent that starts to bother me. There’s been an enormous amount of adaptations that completely fail to understand the source material and were clearly made with the hopes of a quick cash in on something without a doubt, but there’s some other stuff to be talked about…

1) It’s another no brainer that things would change from one medium to another. Yet, the things that would need to change, and the things that were changed gratuitously are not the same despite some viewers trying to say otherwise. I often see people shrugging the most unnecessary differences in characterization as an “obvious” thing because it’s in live action. There are certain things that can easily remain intact if the people behind it put forth more effort.

2) Not having played/read/seen the original it’s based off before taking on a role is another big one. This is up in the air depending on how things go with the adaptation. Sometimes, there’s a very reasonable explanation behind why the actors involved didn’t, or they were told not to by the show runners/movie people because of [insert reason here that makes sense]. Regardless, there’s no reason for the very gatekeepy attitude taken by fans when they get offended by “filthy casuals and locals” *looking at you gamers*. And I don’t think it’s completely fair to expect every single last person involved to have encyclopedic knowledge on something. All I ask is that it be respectful to the original. Which can be a tall order depending on who’s involved. I know this type of behavior stems from people believing fans will be nicer and more accurate about the original, though.

3) Adaptations that are 1:1 with the source material feel useless, admittedly. I don’t want them to veer off track heavily to the point it becomes unrecognizable, but I also don’t want a clone of what it’s coming from. I like a nice middle ground where that adaptation is able to stand on its own.