#keeping things efficient👍

[iamsigningmylifeaway]

everyone was so hot in the get back era literally not one of anyone missed

[girlballs]

hey hi i have a question about your game

i know this can't really be a top priority when the game itself doesn't fully exist yet but i've got a cheap ass pc (1.7gb of vram and only 32mb of that are dedicated) and would love to know if you're thinking of optimizing the graphics for toasters or at least adding toggles for the most graphically intensive stuff?

especially if the game's gonna have porn or even just nudity, i can't reasonably buy/download another poorly optimized porn game but also i love being a girl and having a dick and playing games where i can also do those two things

looks great so far btw! i love women 👍

oh yeah i'm doing everything i can to keep performance good, e.g. there's no actual transparency effects (particles etc. just use dithering and most only update at 30fps), level geometry is gonna stay fairly low-poly and texture stuff is either flat colors or tiny (128x128) textures. plus i'm trying to keep even minor things efficient like the UI (stuff only updates when it's changed instead of constantly checking values on the player, UI animations run at 30fps) and interactable stuff (jumpslash targets don't update unless you're actually close enough to jumpslash at them). also some general "every game should pay attention to this" stuff like limiting how many lights get to cast shadows

probably the worst thing performance-wise right now is aldegund herself since her model is actually like. 7 separate skeletal meshes (+1 penis mesh) to update every frame when you have every item, due to her items affecting her appearance, but i plan on fixing that soon (as in, working on it right now) using the dynamic triangle culling shader i came up with semi-recently for Lesser Beast, so she'll just be a single skeletal mesh with bits hidden based on your items. it'll be slightly worse for memory usage on average, since her full 8000~ triangle model will always be loaded instead of just when you have all your upgrades, but ultimately it'll be better for performance

regarding hog stuff though, nothing explicit planned other than a "let aldegund hang cock" toggle. maybe some busty catboy NPCs too

[technically-a-kiwi]

Okay here's a bit more of the Cosmic PT cast, introducing Cosmic Pepperman and Cosmic Vigilante.

One small thing before we start ☝️, these are what you can define as "beta" designs, as you can see by the fact it's neither colored or digital, I just want to share those to hear some feedback and possible fresh ideas to make those designs better. Also because I want to share what they do and what is specific about them story wise. Until I say explicitly that I'm done with the design, keep in mind that they might change overtime. With that being said let's get to it!

And here's Cosmic Pepperman,

currently at the very end of the minor cosmic stage and one of the most experienced cosmic entity of the PT cast who's still around. Phil mostly plays solo and loves to show off when he intervenes in a universe, when he's here you know you're about to see a performance of quality 👌. Although sometimes his attempt at throwing shades and look cool falls flat and he can make a fool out of himself... But no matter what happens he always manages to save the day before disappearing Meta Knight style using his long jacket as a cape.

Meanwhile in the cosmic realm, Phil still is a freelance artist, showing off his art in his own museum in Cosmopolis's center. Before Cosmic Noise appeared, Phil's museum was one of the most popular and visited place of the realm, after NNS took over the public, the museum lost of it's glory and became another building among others with very few visitors. Ever since that, Phil holds a pretty big grudge toward Cosmic Noise, boycotting his show and just being generally annoyed at C Noise's presence.

For Pepperman's design I got inspired by his costume of the Halloween update and slitly exaggerated it to make a long flowy jacket. Also I gave him small star shaped shades because shades and Pepperman are just MEANT to be together, the star shape is just to stay consistent with the Cosmic theme (very thought out eh 👁️👄👁️👍), and finally one of my favorite aspect of his design is his scar across his face of which he wears with style ✨✨✨.

Now beware, here comes Cosmic Vigilante

Also at the very end of the minor cosmic stage, one the most experienced of the cast and the most efficient at his job. Vigi really puts his heart when doing his tasks, being very serious and making sure that everything goes back to normal, as if nothing happened. He also is the stealthiest entity of the cast with very little people to have ever noticed him in his whole carrier.

In the Cosmic realm, Vigi doesn't really have a job, his only job is to fix any anomalies in the multiverse so he just uses his time in the realm to have a break, take a coffee, going for a stroll or hang out with friends.

For the Vigilante's design, I barely changed anything, his hat is different with the edge going slitly up in flames, the only note worthy detail is his left eye of course, his scar is hidden by a very bright star, a star with the very cool effect of giving it's owner future vision, it only predicts things 10 seconds max before they happen, but it is still a formidable advantage.

Together, Pepperman and The Vigilante are a very efficient cosmic duo, over time they grew a very good relationship and learn how to work with each other. When joined together, they're very professional (in most cases) and really forged a reputation among cosmic entities.

And now is time for :

Random trivia ✨✨✨

Because I don't know how to write a sentence

Very few people knows about Vigi's future vision, only some members of the PT cast does, if the court comes to know about it, Vigi WILL get in trouble.

Pepperman kept his ability to bring his art to life after becoming a cosmic entity, he might be the only being of the realm capable of breathing life into inanimate objects (assuming that his art are conscious beings with free will and not puppets Pepperman controls somehow)

Both Pepperman and Vigilante's memories degenerated to the point they can't remember the people they once knew, they only remember experiences of their past life but not the people that participated in those experience.

The Vigilante's mode of transport is his hat ! He gets inside of it and morphs it into an UFO (with a gyrophare occasionally when he's on the hunt for an outlaw) , the hat gets transparent and you can see him all squished up inside his hat.

Cosmic Vigilante is aware that he's a cheese slime, which was a huge shock when he figured it out

When disappearing "Meta Knight style" Phill doesn't actually disappears, he just trows his jacket in the air and spins it to get people's attention while he runs as far and fast as possible into the distance, he runs until he reaches the edge of the universe and only after that he gets back to the cosmic realm.

And yeah that's it ! Thank you for reading! As always if you have any questions go ahead and ask, I'll be glad to answer.

[snickerdoodlles]

headcanons behind fic: brother texting habits referenced in long & short

Chay holds up his phone sheepishly. “Also, your brother texted me. We’re invited to dinner.” Kim’s smile drops. He doesn’t need to ask which brother. “Did he type that out, or just send an emoji with a question mark?”

ngl, had i realized how much i'd expand this series, this is actually a scene i'd cut or at least heavily rework. it's the weakest scene of the story and its execution has only felt more clunky as time passes. hindsight! that said, i don't regret the scene either because the headcanons behind the premise of that scene are very near and dear to my heart, namely the texting rituals of Khun, Kinn, and Kim :D

the boys have a system to their texting. it's not anything as concrete as a code, that'd be far too dangerous and anxiety inducing. their system, naturally, revolves primarily around giving hints to Korn's mood without outright saying anything:

firstly, all brother invites to things go through Khun, because Khun's invites will only ever be invites and Kim's 'no's will only ever be 'no's.

anytime Korn demands Khun or Kinn (usually Kinn) drag Kim to a family thing for him go through Kinn, and 'Kinn's requests are always phrased as a question Kim can refuse. Kim once tells Kinn he'll show up if Kinn orders him to (because he doesn't actually want to get Kinn into trouble if Korn's being esp insistent), and Kinn smiles and tells him "thank you" and never ever once orders Kim join them, because Kim asked not to be involved in the family business and Kinn will take on any burden to keep Kim free of it.

Kinn passes along how insistent Korn's being through the overall tone and vibe of his messages, usually indicated by how much of it he types out. requests Kim join official functions sound like a formal invitation printed on a card, requests Kim indulge Korn playing family are much closer to Kinn's standard texting style;

because, and this is a silly headcanon i will have forever, Kinn fucking loves emojis. you know his whole "this could've been an email" vibe when he shoots that guy in the head ep1? same vibes except much cuter. Kinn thinks emojis are adorable and efficiency perfected. why send "thank you" when the 👍 emoji is right there? a picture's worth a thousand words and 🫂 is a thousand warm ones. he could send "wanna check out that new coffee shop by the studio next tuesday for brunch? their menu is 60% sprinkles so i'm sure you'll love it" but ☕🧋🎙️❔👑2️⃣🗓️🕦🍬👉💕💕‼️ is so much quicker. the only reason why Kinn's texts aren't 87% cute stickers is because he hasn't yet realized they come preprogrammed in his phone.

("do you think he speaks in hieroglyphics because he's secretly ancient?" Kim asks one day.

"how old does it make you to understand him then?" Khun snarks back.)

((Kim leaves Khun on read for a week.))

some bonus thoughts: Khun's a spam texter of the highest order. every one text is sent across 3.5 texts minimum. Kinn only ever sends one (1) text. if Kinn's replying to multiple messages in one go, he separates his responses in indv bullet points (if he's feeling petty towards Khun, he responds to every one of Khun's messages individually).

(Kinn's multiple messages to Chay in long & short are absolutely because he's watching Kim's live. for all Kim's snooping, he has somehow missed that Kinn has every alert and then some set for Wik news and while he can't make every live, he plans his breaks around them and even moved a meeting once.)

also, while Kinn pretends he's threatening/blackmailing with these baby Kim pics, this is 100% him taking advantage of the situation to gush about cute baby brother with a fellow Kim AppreciatorTM. Kinn has the cutest little brother, and he's gotta keep up with news of baby brother's current shenanigans somehow 😤👏 Khun is guilty of similar crimes ofc.

(Kim suffers older brothers so much.)

[ipatrichor]

dead boy detectives episode four thoughts

hey remember last post where i said last episode gave me everything I wanted. HOW ARE WE FEELING NOW BOYS. WE GOT THE BREAKDOWN!!! THAT MAN HAD AN EMOTIONAL OUTBURST AND COLLAPSED WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!!!!

okay so i was wrong and charles' dad did not kill him. that's fine tbh I like this a lot, that he was essentially accidentally killed by his friends bc he stood up to them when they were bullying someone (? i think that's what the scene was implying. idk i was really excited about seeing him have a mental breakdown i might have missed something 😭). not to say that what they were doing was an accident, i just don't think they were trying to kill him i think they took the bullying too far and then maybe panicked when he died and covered it up, and that's why his death is unsolved? anyway very interesting! they truly do not miss with charles everything we've gotten from him is so great it makes me even more excited for edwin backstory haha

GOD CHARLES' BREAKDOWN.... that is everything i've ever wanted from a character repressing their emotions do u understand that. he got slammed into some of his worst memories, the most painful and traumatic moments of his life, and then with all those emotions back on the surface he went apeshit!!! i Love him getting aggressive to protect his friends (because that's really what he does, isn't it. he's the brains, i'm the brawn. god.) and then breaking down crying because he can't keep pretending like things are fine anymore, there's too much all at once for him to shrug it off. PHENOMENAL stellar acting stellar writing i love all of this i am eating it like soup!!!

and just. the things he was saying, about how he has to keep being positive he has to keep it together because if he doesn't who will? who else have they got to keep spirits up and stop the group from self-destructing? god it's. so good. i am not going to elaborate on some of that striking a nerve but. god. they gave me everything i wanted to see i love it so much!!! that is everything i hoped for from this story beat you understand!!!!

i wonder if maybe jenny is going to get an episode? or like a b-plot focused on her, something like that. the love letters seem like a plot thread that's going to be pulled on later, it just doesn't seem like this show to establish a mystery and then have it only be a background detail. we'll see tho ^^ i love jenny, i'd love to see more of her she's so fun. reminds me of a friend of mine tbh so i am biased, but also i deeply appreciate a woman with knives on a societal and also personal level 👍

okay can i just say. the night nurse (thank u noble for telling me her name <3) is kind of an asshole right. like i don't think she's evil she's doing a very necessary job, but it's actually delightful how ruthless she is about it. oh these two souls are refusing to move on? throw them into their worst traumas and the most painful moments of their lives to convince them there's nothing worth staying on earth for. sure, it's cruel, but who cares? it's efficient, and that's what matters. these are just children acting out to her, who don't understand the importance of what she does to keep everything in order. i love ruthless characters, and she's done so well she's so fun to watch

also. i do not think this is the last we've seen of her. like yeah she got fed to a sea monster but also she's literally from the afterlife and can travel back to earth wherever as long as she gets the permits. so. i think they bought some time, but that won't last long and they're still stuck in the town so i think she's far from done with them, and we'll see her again probably sooner rather than later (especially since she knows where they're staying)

crystal. my girl. beloved. PLEASE stop almost dying every episode it's bad for my blood pressure. you don't understand you're a living person which means they can kill you while still having you as a character on the show by making you become a ghost. you and niko don't have that safety net Please be more careful 😭

we got some really interesting lilith lore this episode, and it's got me thinking. a goddess of blood and wronged women... what about esther? she's been kidnapping and killing little girls, is that not wronging them? has it just not caught up to her yet because she's been making sacrifices, and if so what happens now that the squad has stopped her from kidnapping more kids? is she on some kind of time limit? this is So interesting I am deeply intrigued by the possibilities here...

the cat king was... there. okay i will admit the scene where he shapeshifted into monty and then charles was interesting. the implications are Fascinating, especially the order- he shifts into monty first and only briefly, but it doesn't seem to affect edwin until he shifts into charles. and then, edwin seems almost entranced until the yellow eyes show through which is. there are certainly implications! idk if it means anything besides instinctively trusting charles more bc they've known each other longer or something like that- especially considering this is netflix we're talking about, but then again the show got cancelled so maybe things did get gay! they've also set up edwin possibly having a crush on monty, or at least being unsure how he feels about him so. no idea but i am Keeping An Eye On That 👀

also. him saying he's never really been interested in/seen the appeal of kissing but now isn't sure whether it's something he wants... clutching grayro/demiro edwin to my chest. this is mine now he's one of us 👍

speaking of edwin, his moment there with niko at the end was really sweet. they're watching scooby doo together 😭 it's the perfect blend of their interests bc it's a detective cartoon.... their friendship is so cute holy shit. the simplicity and genuineness of their dynamic is so sweet, how edwin praises niko's detective work (telling her she's good at something very important to him!) and niko offers a listening ear without judgement as he works through what looks like it's shaping up to be a sexuality crisis. they mean so much to me... they're friends your honor!!!!

oh also charles and crystal kissed. idk man i don't have many thoughts on that. good for them 👍 I think the framing was sweet, in that the show sets up the kiss as the 'something real' crystal wants, but i will admit that part of me is disappointed because i wanted crystal and niko to get together. idk i thought they balanced each other out well, with crystal being subtle where niko is blunt and niko having hope where crystal is cynical, but. that's fine. i wasn't super invested. it's fine. no lesbians for me i guess... sad! oh well

all silliness aside, this episode was yet another Banger they simply do not miss!! the lighthouse ghost was such a fun character, and i love niko's kindness shining through again as she offers edwin red sea glass for courage and the walrus man green sea glass for emotional stability after telling him how she found the washerwoman. niko sasaki the woman that you are.... anyway i'm starting the next episode and then afterwards we'll see how i feel i might need to break for dinner lol

[originalaccountname]

youre so real, ive even become tempted to filter out "Mori Ougai is an Asshole" just bc of the sheer variety, which ranges from mafia-boss-esque-attitude 👍-> "well okay maybe we shouldnt allocate creepy/warning/bad person to just being an asshole" 😞

its just wild whiplash seeing it right next to "dazai is an asshole" and the levels being severely different

"Mori Ougai Being An Asshole", "Creepy Mori Ougai", "Mori Ougai Is His Own Warning" and "Bad Person Mori Ougai" are all filtered out for me because I can't do this anymore, and if the writer felt the need to tag it, there's a 98% chance I won't like whatever messed up thing the writer made him do.

He is manipulative, but in a nurturing way. His tactics are (mostly) subtle and meant to push people into the potential he sees in them. He cares for results, not the method! That means that unconventional methods do not bother him, and disobeying orders doesn't matter so long at the end result is good (see: Akutagawa going on the Moby Dick against direct orders and Mori going "eh, it's whatever" to Chuuya)

Anyway. Free my man he did none of that (he did a bunch of other things though)

(actually his most common crime is disregarding people's feelings in favour of efficiency, from forcing Yosano and the soldiers to keep going, to sacrificing Oda and telling Dazai he should be fine with it because results!, and a bunch of smaller incidents of similar nature)

[explaininghellaverse]

Millieeee

I will admit I’m biased I’m a Millie lover but I’ll keep this short and sweet!

People complain the Millie has no depth. That’s the main thing I’ve seen is that she’s a nothing character. I disagree with that, I think people see that she’s in a happy relationship with her husband and has a good relationship with her parents and siblings. People are seeing the most stable character in the show and decide there is nothing to her.

It’s kind of funny because I always see it come up on here where people are like “Not every oc needs to have trauma.” And then everyone looks at Millie and there like sorry she’s not traumatized enough to have any depth or personality :/

So first off this is a TV show there is quite the possibility that we will learn more about her in the future (hell look at the short that came out with her sister recently). Expecting to know everything about every character all the depth to them is kind of silly. The show isn’t over yet.

Second off here is Millie’s personality to everyone saying she has none 👍

Millie is a strange mix of soft and endlessly tough. She’s a farm gal from wrath who left for the big city to do what she’s good at fighting! She has real passion for her job and genuinely enjoys it, she’s one of the top employees at her job because of her skills with basically any weapon she can pickup. Despite her combat efficiency she’s shown as endlessly caring and patient when it comes to those she cares about be it her husband Moxie or her Boss Blitzø. Something I think she got from interacting with her younger siblings and from helping out on the farm. She’ll raise absolute hell if you mess with someone she cares about, you do not want to get on her bad side otherwise you’ll meet her violent wrath.

That is quite literally a personality and depth. She’s just a nice farm gal with a bit of a temper leave her alone. 😩✊

As I said I’m biased her and the funny trauma clown are my favorites. Also writing this out made me realize that aside from the assassin stuff she’s literally the same archetype as AppleJack

Loving farm gal that’s good at what she does and is furiously protective. It’s just the farm girl archetype I think. Applejack is also considered one of the worst of the main characters- do people just not like farm girls? Yeehaw 😞

[capricioussun]

How would you say Underswap Papyrus handles stressful situations? How would you say he handles stress?

That would depend a lot on the type of stress! Prior to his health issues, he and Blue were actually trained pretty thoroughly, and by nature he’s very skilled with magic and has a bit of a silver tongue, so in more sort of physical stress situations, he's very good at keeping his cool and doing his best to figure out his next step.

He’s got lightning fast reflexes and a mind almost as sharp, with a lot of collective knowledge about all sorts of things, so let's say he gets caught up in like, a hostage-bank robbery. He'd be quick to gauge how he could distract the assailants, who'd be most susceptible to engaging with him, risk factor, what he could use blue magic for, getting himself and the others out. Not to say he could do it all perfectly and entirely on his own, but he’s the type to immediately shift into "okay, what now" mode and tries to minimize the damage as efficiently as possible.

House fire? Natural disaster? Dangerous person with a weapon? He’s very good at diffusing or acting calmly in those situations.

Personal/mental stress? Absolutely terrible. Just complete garbage at dealing with internal stress, or normal life stressors. He gets drained so easily, and because of how hard he masks, all the mental routes he’s mapped out to get through the day with as little collateral damage as possible, if even the smallest thing goes wrong – he hurts a friends feelings, misses an important appointment, forgets an important date to his brother – he wracks himself over the coals for hours, possibly days, possibly weeks.

It's why Sans hated that Toriel asked him to be the judge. That is a ton of emotional responsibility for a guy who gets panic attacks over screwing up a phone call. Mostly Stretch deals through repression. But that's usually what brings on his depressive downswings, because it always catches up to him eventually.

It's a bit of a conundrum, because he actually is surprisingly good at handling a lot, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still have its effect on him. How well he learns to cope with age depends a lot on those around him, but especially after the resets stop and he gets lovingly bullied into therapy on the surface, he...does, eventually, start to get better and dealing with personal stress as well 👍

[aeolianblues]

FYI, 'what, should colonists just... leave?? Go live elsewhere?? You don't ask white Americ—' the Brits left India in 1947. Could be done in a land of a billion with proof, can be done again 👍

I'm being slightly flippant here of course. But it's sooo easy to pack up and leave when it's inconvenient to stay, when the sun's too hot, when your whole neighbourhood blames you for murder, and crucially, there are Quite A Few of those neighbours. Also India was Too Inconveniently East to have fellow white countries to cry to who'd come a-bombing at your slightest mood swing. Less oil to drool over. Also the last thing you'd want is them then allying with China, etc. etc.

What I'm saying here is, Zionist occupation is a matter of luxury and convenience, when it comes down to it. You have a little gated community, big bro America is doing the cleansing and bombing for you; look how efficient they are! They've got rid of 2 million 'undesirables' for you! Those people are not what you consider good normal (white) people 'like us'— you can keep telling yourself that and keep your conscience squeaky clean.

And they do it for you. They need to have someone throwing their weight behind them, they do it under the pretext of you, dear expat American, expat European, saying you have a life and house and family there. That and profit, of course. There's always been so much profit in colonisation, why stop? Just give it a new name, a new regime, and start it over. What was once plantation and land is now oil and land. Always has been.

The desire to wipe out your neighbours is purely greed, want, luxury and convenience. Never fucking forget that.

[swantonbomb]

the thing is. unfortunately. i do have a deep interest in home management and “keeping house” and really it fits my set of skills and the way i work so neatly and it’s one of the most rewarding things in the world to me. keeping a clean and tidy house and spending my time managing a home efficiently and gathering recipes and decorating and keeping everything neat and tidy FITS it works its so good. i love it so so much. it is also 2024 and i live in america and I Need A Job. and that work always falls short of feeling even half as good as Maintaining The Space Of People I Love. :/ well. so it goes. one day there will be a better world and the home management autists can be stay at home sisters forever 👍

[fauslayer]

while im posting tonight. i think about that ptg doodle thats peppino vs pepperman in presumably a 2d fighter a lot so heres my thoughts on how most of the pt + sugspi cast would play in a traditional fg

i posted this in the sugary spire discord and many ppl didnt know the terms. this is alright! i dont mind. i made a little in-depth explanation of the terms i use and break down a little bit more of what i want for each character. pasted under the cut if you would like to see (watch out! its long)

peppino: zangief- very traditional grappler, peppino actually already takes some poses from him while doing certain grabs in pizza tower +rtemkin- considered to be the "best" (in terms of tier placement) incarnation of potemkin, a guilty gear grappler with a lot of really cool tools that really shine at high execution. "grappler with a shoryu" - a shoryu, or a shoryuken/DP is a reversal with an invincible startup. peppino's uppercat animation resembles a shoryuken, hence he gets one. grapplers dont usually get these for balance reasons

noise: kohaku- meddling trap-placement character in melty blood, big trickster that puts things around that youll run into trying to get to her essentially, though shes got really good offense on her own faust- item toss character thats really good at keeping you at whatever range he wants you at onscreen midrange zoner- wants to keep you away, but not at fullscreen, so he can keep putting you into bullshit

pepperman: "big body but not a grappler" - big bodies usually have more health/defense and "armor" on their moves in exchange for slower movement and better payoff "maybe hes doing some tekken shit" - yeah "definitely has counters" - a counter move is a parry that automatically grants you a counterattack

gustavo and brick: relius- guy with good offense who controls a second body on a separate resource meter to lock down pressure

vigi: keepaway characters traditionally have less health than others to make you REALLY worry about getting caught; the noise prefers midrange but vigi prefers full-range and has efficient tools for arena escape

feppi: "what if rainbow mika was dan hibiki" - ok this one has layers. rainbow mika is a disciple of zangief and thus plays somewhat similarly, with more emphasis on speed and such. dan hibiki is a joke "worse" version of ryu command grab rekkas - rekkas are moves in multiple parts/moves that branch into multiple paths. like A->B->C or A->B-or-C->D. rekkas tend to give characters really cool routing abilities and a more free-flowing playstyle command movement- a move that makes a character perform a special action rather than necessarily an attack, like a teleport or a dodge

pizzahead: i mean hes there(*)

noisette: a "shoto" is a function like ryu or ken, very much the white bread of fighting games but always welcome and usually very fun and expressive to pick up. usually has a projectile and a shoryuken, at least

pizzelle: shoto was explained on the noisette slide 👍 chipp and millia are both characters that focus on incredibly pressure and high combo counts, but have low health and poor defense to balance it out. basically speed demons

pizzano: SUPER ARMOR means you can hit him but it Will Not Stun Him. characters that super armor through shit are usually seen as Scary as Hell but also tend to be slower, big-body damage sponges. i think pizzano can move tho "this mf has divekicks" - this mf has divekicks "what if viewtiful joe was big and scary" - viewtiful joe is generally regarded to be a lower tier character in Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3: one of the smallest and slowest characters, with a lot of quirky bullshit that requires a lot of high execution but also a tv pose spotdodge (spotdodge: stay in place and avoid an attack). making vjoe 1. big 2. move better 3. not die instantly the second he gets touched by a magneto would create a horrifying force

gumbob: honest footsies gumbob he has a raging demon

stinky: usually characters with executional difficulty are higher up on the tierlist of a game (like arakune from blazblue and johnny and i-no from ggxrd), but sometimes this is not true (like angel from kof, who is the hardest character in the game to learn but considered one of the worst despite it all) i think stinky would be somewhere in the middle; a character that gives you arthritis to play and has a lot of expression, but gets shut down easy and can have his setups blow up in his face incredibly easy

if anyone else out there has any thoughts on this matter i would love to hear them. im insane.

(*) i dont actually hate pizzahead or anything i think hes really fun. he just baffles me in the way that hes popular and i think im just tired of seeing the popular depictions of him. godspeed pizzahead lovers do not hurl bricks at my window

[adenthemage]

03 Bishop, 24?

OOH INTERESTING

24) What they wish they could change about themselves.

This is a tough one imo because 03 Bishop is generally very self-assured, like to a fault. He's blind to his own flaws, so what he would see as needing to be changed is probably dead wrong. Plus, to a degree, if he wants to change something about his physical body, he can, and we can assume he already has (enhanced strength, iirc, is outright mentioned as one of his newest body's perks.)

So that being said, there are a couple things I could figure. I think the obvious answer is he wants to be deadlier. More efficient. I think he'd cut out the need to sleep or eat entirely, if he could, just so he never has to stop working. If there were a way for him to guarantee nobody could ever stop him, he'd want that.

But I also think he'd want to be better at persuasion. People skills, if you will. We see some evidence to suggest Bishop kinda sucks at the networking/politics side of his job, and surely higher-ups keeping him from doing what he wants has to be a source of endless frustration for him. I kinda headcanon that he's always had difficulty with social interaction, and generally in the show most people don't come away with a positive impression of him. Where he's at in the 2000s, pure intimidation and results have gotten him pretty far, but surely he must know he'd get a lot more done if the people he answers to actually liked him at all. I mean, I guess there's always faking another invasion and/or assassination attempt, but I think those have limited uses.

(And then he does change that about himself! Thank you Fast Forward for affirming me👍)

[rainbowrocketquotes]

Cyrus' opinions/how he works with all his diff commanders? And what they think of him in turn, pls! Thank you for doing Arceus' work 👍

The gang

Mars

He's probably the closest with Mars out of all of them. They're the closest in age, and they were friends pre-Team Galactic, so they get along pretty well. He does think she should take things a little more seriously. Any work that involves travelling long distances is handed over to her.

Saturn

He's also decently close to Saturn. Mars introduced them, and the two were fast friends due to their similar attitudes on things. Cyrus appreciates his work ethic and his efficiency, and hands a lot of the administrative work over to him.

Jupiter

Jupiter is the best with people. Cyrus sees her as sort of a weird wine aunt figure. She keeps the grunts in line most of the time and also handles social relations. Cyrus respects her more than he enjoys her company.

Charon

Was brought on when Cyrus realized he'd need a little bit more scientific help. Normally he just lets Charon work, and doesn't interfere too much. He kind of freaks him out a little, to be quite honest, but he's effective, and highly ambitious.

Sird

Do non manga fans know who Sird is? Let's pretend they do! Sird is a last resord. She's very extreme and Cyrus doesn't necessarily agree with her MO, but he agrees with her effective results.

[coral-melon]

Ohh could i get an obey me matchup if u have time? :D

Appearance: i’m afab, tall but skinny like a noodle, still have curves tho. i have light brown hair and dull blue eyes i’m pale af and have a slightly larger than average number of moles. i have had purple under-eyes since i was 12 they are never going away

Personality: professionally i’m doing well but every other area of my life is in shambles lmfao. still live with my parents can’t drive depressed as hell and barely any relationship experience💀i hate responsibility but i’m still responsible because i hate letting people down. i make a conscious effort to always meet deadlines and show up to meetings on time and it bothers me when other people don’t. but still i’m pretty lenient with others and give them the benefit of the doubt. i am fairly whimsical and quite unbothered by everything. not afraid to push boundaries and attempt things no one has done before, when ppl tell me my goals sound unrealistic it just motivates me more

Strengths/weaknesses: good at drawing and school, graduated college with a 4.0 gpa and a bunch of honors and stuff, and i am the creator of several viral posts and quizzes. good at taking advantage of opportunities that come my way. and i can see humor in everything i love to laugh. i’m kinda irony poisoned and struggle with sincerity, but i’m also an open book i don’t rly have anything to hide. i always talk pretty casually with people no matter who they are but i get away with it cuz i’m smart and good at my job or something. i may come across as impulsive but i do think through everything i do and say, i’m just a fast thinker. i’ve been told i’m too trusting but i haven’t been hurt yet sooo idc ^_^

Likes/dislikes: i am fan of any kind of creative hobby. i like being in nature and interacting with animals but i’m also a pwetty pwincess who hates getting dirty. i hate doing chores and paying for stuff too 💅🏻 i avoid drama and conflict like the plague, though i enjoy it as a spectator. and i hate office jobs, specifically because i work very efficiently then have to pretend to be productive for my dumbass boss when i finish everything early. i love to hang out with people even if it’s something boring like running errands. for some reason people think i don’t like hugs or texting but i do :( i constantly crave novelty i love new experiences

Other: when i really like someone i’ll take an interest in their interests and memorize every little thing i learn about them to the point where i gotta play dumb sometimes so i don’t sound overly invested. we would probably have to have a strong friendship as a foundation cuz u gotta be patient with my repressed ass. i don’t have a lot of preferences for dates so i’d be happy doing whatever they want, i’m v indecisive so it would be good for both of us if they like taking the lead

- 🦝

Hello -🦝! Thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself, it a pleasure to meet you! ^^

This felt really fun for me bc I already had a few silly hc in mind for you, so I hope you enjoy!

I match you with…~

꩜ Never a dull moment when your around him.

꩜ The two of you are a funny duo, to say the least. If it were possible, it would be like you taking care of a leash kid.

꩜ Not to worry, with this jackass over by your side, he will make you forget about your depression with his bullshit and shenanigans! That’s right, The Great Mammon himself! >;D👍✨ ((plz don’t take this too seriously..))

꩜ When it comes to you, he might as well not have any experience either. When others look at you, sometimes they think you’re the one who knows the ropes even if that’s not the case at all.

꩜ He’s supposed to keep an eye on you, but the fact of the matter is that it got twisted real quick and you ended up responsible for him instead. You keep him in check when it comes to his studies and duties he must finish. Oh what’s that? Sike! Even if you didn’t want to, he’ll beg you to help him out before Lucifer catches a whiff that he failed a test for the 1738929th time.

꩜ You’re motivated to want to improve yourself, so why would t you want the same for those you care about? No matter how hopeless someone is, surely there’s always a way!

꩜ Doesn’t matter how much he tries to hide something he did wrong though, Lucifer knows way before he himself does. So you’ll often see him upside down hanging from a ceiling. He temps you first before resorting to begging you to help him out again.

“Are ya takin’ me seriously, human?!”

— “Pfft- Yea yea of course!👌” nah, not really

꩜ As time passes by though, he starts catching your drift slowly without being told what to do. Simply wanting to get your attention and praise is enough to have him determined to want to do better. So in a way, both of you help each other out to get yourselves organized; May it be your actions or mental state. Thriving forward because of it.

꩜ He appreciates you never me giving up on him, thinking about it makes him soft and weak.. He’ll never admit it though! Not the Great Mammon himself! Not in a million years! Pretty obvious tho..

꩜ He, too, is an open book; not on purpose though. He tries to hide it but ultimately just reveals even more.

꩜ But It’s funny watching you two play dumb with each other when it comes to the other’s interests. He is just as invested in what you like — or perhaps even more — like you are with his.

“Oh, you like -insert hobby-? Ha, lame!” *Proceeds to look up everything there is to know about it*

꩜ Lovely to know you like to hang out, cuz best believe this guy is stuck to you like glue. He might try to come up with an excuse as to why he just barged into your room or sent you some random message, but it’s all bs. He just wants to be with you even if there’s no reason. He just really enjoys your company.

꩜ On days he gets paid, He’ll say he’s feeling generous and willing to spoil indulge you a bit. You better be grateful to the Great Mammon! Whenever you go shopping, he’ll keep an eye out for anything you might glance at, even if it was just for a brief moment.

꩜ And even if it’s rare coming from you, he’ll immediately sense if there’s greed coming from you. So he’ll buy you whatever it is that you want so badly! *cough* you just glanced at it.. *cough*

End

I hope I was able to make you smile

Take care -🦝!✨

[fallow-grove]

"Teachers" and school authority in general have a habit of giving extreme punishments for unreasonable things in order to establish a dominance hierarchy and to prevent the students from questioning authority. Rarely is there any actual logic behind the punishments or what these "teachers" get angry over.

trust me im no stranger to those types of situations. i was just admitting that i dont have enough information about that particular instance to know why the teacher in question did that.

though, apart from this example, i do disagree with what i perceive to be a characterization of all or most teachers as abusing their power. i may have misunderstood, but that is the tone i received from your message.

while what you described unfortunately does happen, in my (american) experience the overall prevailing problem is the disconnect caused by teachers not being trained in how to properly & compassionately communicate with children, as well as the proportion of teachers to students in a classroom. the more they are spread thin, the less attention they can pay to each student--attention which is necessary to understand why students behave in certain ways, what they need from their classroom environment, and to negotiate solutions with them. larger classes leads to stressed teachers and a lowered capacity for them to offer their time and skills to individual students, which makes it sadly a more efficient choice wrt keeping the entire class moving to be terse with students who are disrupting class in some way, even if the student may not understand why/how their behavior is disruptive. this is very suboptimal and i don't like it either, as every student should have the opportunity to understand the rules of the space in which they operate, and be certain in their consistency. my point is simply, as the aphorism goes, to not confuse negligence for malice. this system is designed to "produce" educated people rather than to encourage and support individuals to learn more-or-less on their own terms, which creates dysfunction within itself.

tl;dr i interpreted this as expressing animosity towards teachers in general, which i would encourage you to reconsider given that teachers themselves are fighting uphill in a system that sets them up with as little support as possible to save costs. Vote to increase public school funding in your area please 👍

[ladybugkisses]

Hi! I am in desperate need of some art advice if you’re generous to spare some- how do you improve art efficiency? I really need to draw faster. Ultimately I know that the more I practice the faster I’ll be, but its a lil discouraging when one full body lineart takes me like two and a half hours ;-;

i’m sorry but i gotta start off by saying sLOW DOWN DUDE, where’s the fire why do you need to draw faster?? because unless you’re doing it for work and there’s a deadline, you don’t need to worry about it- even artists who draw seemingly simple designs can be slow!

and honestly, i might take even longer than you when it comes to lineart, even when i use the brush that allows me to work faster. so maybe i’m not the right person to come to this because i think this really depends on person to person, but

with that being said, here’s my two cents anyway:

i think while it’s true that constant practicing gets you a long way, you might wanna experiment a bit too

you probably want your art to look consistent and would rather keep doing the same thing yet somehow faster, but to improve your art and technique you’ll have to try new things until you find what works better

figure out shortcuts and don’t worry about being too precise, i promise you nobody is going to notice nearly as much as you, if at all. i’m constantly told my lineart is super clean and smooth and yet it always looks imperfect to me because i’m the one working on it the whole time

try a different brush: i have two different brushes i like to use for lineart, the smooth one and the textured one- the textured’s the one that takes less time to work with because i can get away with the imperfection of it, but it still looks nice in the end

i personally don’t like it, but the linework tool might help you get things done faster too

no shame in trying something new and not enjoying the end result, even if you might come out of it not really figuring out something you like, at least you’re learning what you don’t want to do

speaking from my own experience here, lineart can be the most tedious part of drawing but that doesn’t mean the rest has to be! coloring is usually a breeze for me- nothing wrong with using the magic wand, lasso, selection and bucket tool. i’ve seen people claim those are lazy shortcuts but if it doesn’t look bad because you’re using them correctly then wHO CARES

that’s about all the advice i can think of, sorry if it’s not enough but i hope you get at least a little something out of it 👍🌟