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@nebulousfishgills @bakerstreethound @vexic929 @simplysummers (and to a certain degree @can-of-pringles):
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jennyfromthebes · 6 months
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Hey! I wanna talk for a sec about the Live Music Archive. If you're a tMG fan who's on here you probably already at least know about it, but for anyone unfamiliar I want to do a quick post talking about what it is and how you can listen!
The Live Music Archive is a collection hosted by the Internet Archive for audio recordings of concerts. Specifically, the LMA hosts, with permission from the band, user-contributed recordings of concerts. Some fans will go to concerts with recording gear to take a full audio recording of the show and then upload it to the archive under the band's collection. As of writing this post there are almost 450 live tapes uploaded to the tMG LMA collection!
There's a few ways that you can listen to recordings on the Live Music Archive. The webpage works pretty well both on desktop and mobile browsers, and that's what I typically use. You can also listen on web without having to make an account on the Internet Archive, which is convenient for browsing. I also use the webpage to download mp3s of favorite tapes to my phone, so that I can listen to them in my local music player.
However, if you don't mind making a free account and prefer the convenience of something more like Spotify, you can also listen to anything on the LMA via the Taper's Section app for Android or the Live Music Archive app for iOS! (Obligatory disclaimer that I use an Android and can't personally vouch for the iOS app, but afaik they have similar features.) The apps have the same functionality as the webpage in a more streamlined mobile-friendly interface, plus things like notifications when there's a new tape added to a collection you follow and downloading in-app for offline listening. The Android app also has a tab for tapes from today's date, there's often at least one (there are FOUR for today!) and that's a really fun way to find tapes to listen to.
If you're looking at this going, wow, that sounds really cool but there's so many tapes that it's a little overwhelming to get into this, don't worry! I'll leave you with a couple recommendations. As mentioned above, I like to listen to shows from the current date. Another fun way to find shows is looking for a specific song - you can go on the wiki and it'll list every show at which the song has been played live, and then just search until you find one of them that has a tape on the archive. Lastly, a few specific favorite tapes of mine:
- 2014-06-15 has the entirety of Taboo VI: The Homecoming played live + one of my absolute favorite performances of both Woke Up New and The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton.
- 2015-06-01 is the only time Straight Six has ever been played live and it's interestingly pretty different from the EP version, plus a phenomenal back to back Spent Gladiator 1 & 2.
- 2021-08-06 was the first show after the band started playing concerts again post 2020, and it has a really incredible energy and a phenomenal setlist.
- 2024-03-01 is from the recent run of solo shows, this one was at Grace Cathedral and the ambience is truly truly incredible, it feels so ethereal.
Please feel free to add any additional notes or some of your own favorite tapes to the post as well! Happy listening!!
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tossawary · 8 months
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I was rewatching some episodes of Bleach a few months back and I still have a fondness for it. It's one of the first animes I ever watched at all, though I never got very far past that first big Soul Society arc; I used to watch episodes on TV as a kid with my family and I saw cool Bleach cosplays and other stuff frequently at anime conventions. I have a general idea of what happens later thanks to some fanfiction and other forms of Fandom Osmosis.
And I realized while listening to the episodes play in the background that I had... no idea where Urahara's kids came from??? Why are there two children just living with the former Soul Society captains??? I'd never gotten that far (if it was revealed in the main manga or anime at all) and had never come across the information in fanworks or on the few wiki pages that I'd browsed. So, I looked it up on a wiki, and it turns out that Ururu and Jinta are artificial souls like Nemu (this is revealed in one of the novels). Which made sense! I'd been expecting something like that or adoption of random spirit-sensitive humans (this was my guess) or whatever.
But it does make me wonder HOW something like that happened... and also WHY? It's very funny to me that someone in the Urahara-Yoruichi-Tessai throuple (non-canon to my knowledge, unfortunately) apparently decided that they wanted kids (with superpowers, of course) and Urahara just... made some. (Or Urahara was just experimenting and then decided to raise his mad science experiments properly. Maybe it was a "I can do ANYTHING better than that fucker Kurotsutchi and I'll fucking prove it" kind of thing.) Ururu and Jinta are Ichigo's younger sisters' age (uh, maybe, hard to know with artificial souls), so it kind of looks like this mad scientist babymaking went down after Ichigo was born.
My mind keeps going back to that "Text your partner: 'I want a baby'" meme from several years ago as a fic idea.
Tessai: I want a baby.
Kisuke: we already have the cat
Yoruichi: I'm baby
Yoruichi: fuck kisuke beat me to it
Yoruichi: kisuke this is your fault I told you not to let him hold ichigo
Tessai: He's very cute.
Tessai: I want one.
Yoruichi: where are you gonna get one? I'm not doing it
Kisuke: we are also exiled criminals, that feels pertinent to mention here as a consideration when family planning
Tessai: :(
Yoruichi: I mean we've done stupider shit
Yoruichi: still not doing it
Tessai: :'(
Kisuke: wait, don't ask another guy, I'll do it
Kisuke: give me a week
Kisuke: what color?
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lancermylove · 1 year
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Wiki How To: Text Tempt Him (HC)
Fandom: Obey Me
Pairing: All x fem!Reader (minus Solomon, Luke)
Warning: N.SFW
Prompt: MC comes across an interesting article and uses it against her boyfriend.
A/N: I was researching topics for HCs and came across an article that I had to use against the Nightbringer characters since they're a little more innocent compared to the OM characters. 😂 The ideas for the texts come directly from this article.
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Prologue:
You were browsing the internet trying to find a step-by-step recipe on how to make a cake, but on your browsing journey, you came across an eyebrow-raising article.
How to Make a Guy Horn.y Over Text.
As you read through the article, your lips curled into a devious smile. What a perfect chance to tease your new boyfriend. You quickly opened his messages and texted him.
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"Oh, Lucifer. You. Me. 🍆👌 Now."
When he received your text, he was in a meeting with Diavolo, Barbatos, and his brothers. For a good minute, he started at your cryptic text.
Eggplant? Okay? Were you planning to cook for him and wanted to know if he liked eggplants? If so, why would you add in you, me, and now?
"Long...hole...," he mumbled under his breath. Ding. Ding. Ding. His eyes widened, and he slammed his phone, facing down, on the wooden table. The room went dead silent, and all eyes moved to him.
Lucifer cleared his throat and apologized but failed to hide his red cheeks. Why would you send him such a text, especially during the daytime?
He had a hard time concentrating on the meeting and a harder time not imagining getting intimate with you.
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“Know what I’m imagining right now? Me riding you…🤠"
Mammon was bored out of his mind listening to Barbatos lecturing some of his younger brothers. So when he saw your name on his lock screen, he smiled and opened your message. He almost let out a laugh but pressed his fingers to his lips.
"Did ya mean you and me goin' on a ride? You can't ride me...I'm not a car or bike. 🤣"
You giggled at his innocent reply. "You don't need to be a car or bike for me to ride you. If we are connected somewhere, I can ride you. 😜 Look up woman riding man if you don't believe me."
Mammon raised an eyebrow and did exactly what you recommended, not taking his surrounding into consideration. He yelped and quickly turned off his phone screen.
"Mammon...is there something you would like to add in? Rather, is there anything amusing on your phone that you would like to show us?" Barbatos was not pleased to be interrupted, but Mammon swiftly shook his head and held onto his phone tighter.
He felt tortured. The explicit pictures turned him on, and Mammon couldn't stop imagining you riding him. The bulge in his pants was growing bigger, but it didn't look like Barbatos would stop lecturing them anytime soon.
Couldn't you have waited until nighttime to send him that message?
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“Hi Levi~. Last night was incredible. You’re so good with your hands, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it…😳”
He smiled at your text and nodded while typing, "I play games a lot, so I am good with my hands."
"Are you now? Wanna show me just how good you are? 😏"
You weren't talking about him playing video games, were you? Rather than reply to your message, Levi wondered what you were trying to say.
He decided to look up the meaning and nearly screamed. With a steaming red face, he grabbed his phone and messaged you, "I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY! I MEAN'T I AM GOOD WITH GAMES."
"I am sure you are good with OTHER things too."
"N-No. I AM NOT!"
"Guess we will have to find out."
"W-Wait...what does that mean? (Y/n)? What does that mean?"
"I am coming over, and you're going to answer my question. Actually, no. You are going to show me.😘"
Levi was at a loss. Were you and him...really going to...? But he doesn't know anything about it!
When you opened the door to his room, Levi was passed out on the floor with a nosebleed. He took your joke too seriously.
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"Hey Satan. Wanna come over? You✌️👅. I 🍆👅."
Satan saw your cryptic message and got excited. Solving puzzles was one of his favorite passtimes, but if this was a puzzle why were you asking him to come over?
The tongue emoji meant you are hungry...so you wanted him to cook something for you? Maybe something with an eggplant? Then you wanted to lick his fingers after he cooked for you? Weird.
"(Y/n). Meet me in the kitchen. I will make a meal with an eggplant, but I don't prefer you lick my fingers after I am done."
You couldn't stop laughing. Cook and lick his fingers? "Satan, are you sure that's what I meant? Try again.😏 Since I feel generous, I will give you a hint - find a human anatomy book and compare them to the emojis."
Satan raised an eyebrow at the anatomy book part and concluded that it would be much easier to come to talk to you in person.
Right as he was about to knock on your door, Satan's jaw dropped. It finally clicked. You were not talking about eggplants or cooking.
Before he could run away, you opened the door and pulled him inside with the help of his boa.
"You can't run from me now, Satan..." were the last words he heard before being swallowed by the darkness in your room.
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“Asmo! I had the HOTTEST dream about you last night. It’s all I can think about now. 🥵”
Asmo blushed when he saw your message but was surprised you were leading him on. Did you forget he was the Avatar of Lust? Sending him these kinds of messages was "dangerous".
"What a coincidence! I had a dream about us last night too. We were in my room, our bodies were sparkling with perspiration, our breathing was ragged, sweet moans escaped our lips, and we were so close, I could feel the heat on your skin radiation onto mine."
Your jaw hit the floor. You were only teasing him, but he actually had dreams about the two of you getting intimate?
The thought of you and Asmo in an embrace as he filled you and moaned your name in your ears made you feel hot and bothered...until you saw his next message.
"I was teaching you how to do yoga, and you were struggling. 🤭"
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“Beel, I am hungry for your🍆. Come to my room.💋”
Beel's eyes widened, and he ran out of his room and straight out the front door of the House of Lamentation.
Half an hour later, you heard someone repeatedly hitting the tip of their shoe on your bedroom door. When you opened the door, you found Beel carrying a load of eggplants in his arms.
"Beel? What is this?"
"Eggplants...that's what they are called, right?" He smiled proudly, "You must be really hungry...I am sorry for taking so long..."
"You sighed and let out a laugh. "That's not what I was...you know what... never mind. Want to help me cook some eggplant dishes?"
Beel grinned and nodded. His innocence was endearing, but maybe you could teach him later tonight what you meant in your text message.
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“Belphie...I’ve got a ton of blankets and it’s still freezing. Should I put clothes on too?"
Belphie sleepily stared at his phone screen. What kind of a message was this? Was he just too sleepy to make sense of it?
"Maybe you are cold because you are not wearing clothes? Considered that?"
He shook his head, set his phone aside, and closed his eyes. Wait. Belphie's eyes snapped open - why were you telling him you weren't wearing any clothes? That's not something a woman readily shares with a man, right?
He rolled onto his stomach and buried his face in his pillow. Now, he can't stop imagining what you look like without clothes. Maybe he should visit you and find out.
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“I have a confession: I want you. Like, right now.”
Diavolo smiled at your text and innocently replied, "I want you too."
You were taken aback by his bold reply. Did he actually mean what he said or...does he mean something else?
"So, Diav. You want me to come over, or are you going to come over?"
"Come over. Barbatos is watching me, and I can't sneak out of the castle."
Barbatos? He couldn't be serious, right? "Wait, you want to do it with Barbatos watching? 😲"
"Why does it matter if Barbatos is around? Do you not like him?"
You didn't know whether to laugh or get upset. "You have no idea what I am talking about, do you?"
When the conversation abruptly ended, Diavolo tried to call you but panicked when you didn't pick up. He could ask Barbatos for help, but the butler would get upset if he found out the prince was messing around instead of working.
So, Diavolo did the next best thing - he sulked all day, thinking he messed up and you were mad at him.
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“Hello Barbatos. If you were in a room with me, some whipped cream, and nothing else, what would you do?”
The butler nearly dropped his knife at your boldness. What were you hoping to accomplish by asking him this question?
"I would take the whipped cream to the kitchen as it is a delicate product and will spoil if not refrigerated."
That's not what you were expecting. What a boring response.
"Oh..."
Barbatos chuckled at your reply. The joke was on you. He knew exactly what you meant, but two can play the teasing game.
He set his phone on the kitchen counter and stared at the whipped cream in front of him. If he was in a room with you and whipped cream, he would undress you, make a dessert out of you, and savor each bite of the dessert.
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"Simeon, if we were alone in a room right now, and I give you permission to touch me anywhere I want, where would you touch me? 🫦"
The angel smiled at your message but his eyebrows furrowed at the lips. Why were you sending him a biting lip emoji? Brushing it aside, he took his time typing the reply.
"I would"
"touch"
"your"
Excited for the last word, you gripped your phone harder, crossed your legs tighter, and held onto your breath.
"Hair"
The excitement drained out of your body all at once, and you felt like a deflated balloon. Then again, what else were you expecting from a resident of the Celestial Realm?
"Oh...okay."
Your response bothered Simeon, but why did it feel like the temperature in the room increased suddenly? The more he stared at the lip emoji, the more he realized your question might not be as innocent as he made it out to be. Were you perhaps trying to tempt an angel?
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➣  Obey Me Masterlist: [1][2] ➣ Main Masterlist
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raspberry-gloaming · 9 months
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I'm currently at a point where because I've got into Gallifrey, I follow or have at least browsed people's blogs who love other dweu stuff. And I thought it might be fun to say what I currently think and know about eu characters/companions so when I have in the future delved deeper into the eu I can look back and compare and laugh and see how much is accurate! There's gonna be a "read more" here because this gonna get Long.
Also please let me know what I've got right and not and also tell me more about these characters if you are fans of them!
Benny: starting off strong i know some stuff about her! she's an archeologist from the future (wonder if she ever met River) and she travelled with... one of the doctor(s)? Possibly Seven? She is besties with Brax and sometimes works for him and his collection. Probably must be able to put up with bullshit because of those last two points. Has a husband called Jason and at least one kid, which, iconic, female adventure and action protagonists should get to be mums more often its always the childfree so big up Benny for that. made a cameo at the end of Gallifrey IV.
Evelyn: I have heard her. A little. I basically skipped through the apocalypse element because I wanted to understand some of the reasons that Romana is the way she is in Gallifrey, but didn't listen properly because I got bored. Is an old lady, which is great - its great to see ages mixing it up a bit, instead of the 19-25 year old girl primary companions we consistently get in nu-who. Travelled with Six and is/was a professor at a university. Not sure for which subject though.
Fitz: Canonically bisexual and wears a leather jacket. I've seen A Lot of shipping him and Eight, and these shippers seem to have a similar vibe to Two/Jamie shippers. I don't know much else, except that his time with the doctor is probably fucked up because from what I have gleaned, Eight's companions Go Through It like big time.
Compassion: Faction Paradox which I believe is in an alternate universe (also the faction paradox timelines seem to have have a different vibe of names to the main universe ones, every time I'm on the "Individual Time Lords" category on the wiki and see a name that seems out of place it turns out to be a character from Faction Paradox.) Is a person (human i think?) but is also a TARDIS? Like you can go into her and travel? Where tf is the door this is very cursed. Also used as a breeding machine to make more TARDISes as well? By Romana? Idk but this seems pretty fucked up in an icky way. And fucked up in a non-icky way too. I'm just confused tbh. Not sure which doctor is involved in this one.
C'rizz - Possibly people can't say his name right? Is that him? Alien boy, travelled with Eight and Charley. That's about all I know.
Chris Cwej: I know even less about him, hes the other possibility for people mixing up his name or something. Think he travelled with Seven. Idk why but he gives me dick vibes.
Hex Schofield: Travelled with Ace and Seven. Is from 2021 or something and says "sus." Which yh that was a thing but he was made before among us existed that's a cool coincidence that it turned out like that.
Liv and Helen: They exist. That's it I know nothing more.
Molly O'Sullivan: Also exists. Travelled with eight?
Charley Pollard: Has a Nazi for a sister - Blind Eye my beloved. Calls herself Edwardian even though she's from the 1930s, idk if its like a character point or an accidental fuck up by the writers. Has a romance with the doctor in some form. And also a pretty messed up relationship with him i think. Actually just a pretty messed up time. Especially because I think she was in Scherzo which I hear Wild Blue Yonder was inspired by. So good luck girl you're gonna need it.
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rigelmejo · 3 months
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audio study methods
Still working on that 'lazy' study plan post, since I am just not satisfied with any chinese grammar guide summaries online enough to recommend them as a small grammar intro. If anyone knows of any good 'grammar overview summary' articles or sites for chinese grammar, please let me know. (I like AllSetLearning's Chinese Grammar Wiki but it is huge and in depth and not something I'd recommend a learner 'just read through' on month 4 of learning, and the grammar guide summary site I used as a beginner that was very easy to read through in a few hours... no longer exists)
So in the meantime. Not a grammar study tip, but a general 'lazy' option for language learners who (like me) can't focus on stuff like anki, or just don't want to. I go more in depth about using audio lessons and audio flashcards on other posts, and on the lazy study plan post i'm drafting, but the short of it is: you can listen and learn while doing your normal daily activities. That's what makes the study method so convenient. You don't have to squeeze in any extra time, or change your daily life schedule to make time for chinese, to use audio lessons and audio flashcards.
You simply find some times during the day when you'd either normally listen to audio in the background (like if you listen to music when commuting or shopping, or if you listen to podcasts when working, or if you listen to youtube while exercising or browsing social media). As usual, the more time the better as you'll make faster progress if you study 1-2 hours a day or more. But anything is better than nothing. So lets say you commute to work 30 minutes in morning and evening, there's your hour of studying audio. Or you go for a walk at lunch for 15 minutes, and browse tumblr for an hour scrolling (that's 1 hour and 15 minutes of study). It's very easy to fit 30 minutes of audio study into a day, and it's fairly easy to fit even 2-4 hours of audio study if you're so inclined. I usually do 30 minutes - 2 hours of audio study some days, since when I walk I decide if I feel like listening to a youtube essay or chinese or japanese stuff, when driving I decide which I feel like listening to, and I want to listen to something in english 2/3 of the time.
How do you use audio study material? Well, the easy way is you just press play on it, let it play in the background while you do other stuff, and that's it. If you tend to avoid studying new stuff (like me), then I recommend PRIORITIZING listening to NEW AUDIO every time, until you get into the habit of listening to NEW stuff to learn. Then you can re-listen to stuff sometimes, as review, especially when you're doing activities you have less attention on audio during. So for example: you'd listen to new audio on the commute or when walking (when you can mostly focus on what you're hearing), and then re-listen to audio as review while working or scrolling tumblr and reading english (activities where you pay more attention to other things besides audio).
What can you listen to?
There's audio lessons - which would be something like ChinesePod101 (Immersive Language Chinese in the Hoopla library app), Coffee Break Chinese, youtube videos where teachers talk in english and explain chinese as they teach it. These are good for study material, because you comprehend what you're learning due to the english explanations of every word and grammar point you hear. These are good for beginners, because you will understand everything you're listening to, and learn new words and grammar, thanks to the explanations. The drawback with audio lessons is they require the most focus.
There's learner podcasts like TeaTime Chinese and Slow Chinese, these are more often ENTIRELY in chinese. So these are better for practicing comprehension of stuff you've studied elsewhere, rather than for learning new things. You can learn new words and grammar from these, but if that is your goal then re-listen to learner podcasts a decent amount (5-20 times or more until you can't guess/figure out any more word meanings).
There's audio flashcards (which I love). These are sentence audio in english, then repeated in chinese. The order may vary, the chinese may be repeated more than once. These are good for beginners and upward, because you get a translation of every single thing you hear in chinese. You can pick up new words and grammar from audio flashcards. Audio flashcards require less focus than audio lessons, because you can learn from sentences while you pay attention and then if your attention drifts you can just focus again to the next sentence you hear and continue learning. The drawback is there are no explanations for which word specifically translates to what, some translations are not literal, and there's no explanation of why the grammar is the way it is. Audio flashcards require the listener to try and guess what means what by exposure to chinese sentences and their translations. So it's harder than audio lessons in terms of explanations, but easier than learner podcasts. Audio flashcards are the best substitute for traditional flashcards or SRS apps like anki, if you're trying to improve your vocabulary by hundreds of words ASAP. Audio flashcards are dense with new vocabulary (usually 1 new word or grammar point per sentence you can learn), so you'll learn more words than you would with an audio lesson that is paced slower with more english explanations or a learner podcast which would ideally be mostly words you know and only 20% or less new words.
There's Spoonfed Chinese Anki audio files (which I recommend since these start out very basic and increase in difficulty while also repeating words a lot so you can review, they're shared on reddit if you search, or ask me), if you search 'chinese english sentences' on youtube or bilibili (i've done this with chinese japanese sentences on bilibili) you'll find videos like this where you hear audio english then audio chinese. Old glossika cd files are basically this structure as well, which you can find the audio files of for free online or free in libraries (I'm using the new glossika app for japanese but I'm hesitant to recommend the modern app courses as there's significant errors in japanese so I'm not sure how good/bad the chinese one is). If you're a beginner, then the audio flashcard material you pick won't matter much as you need to learn a few thousand common words first which will be in most materials you find. But if you're an upper beginner, you may wish to prioritize finding audio flashcards with MORE unique words, more sentences, or may want to transition to using learner podcasts more for new vocabulary. If you aren't running into at least one new word for every 5 sentences you hear in audio flashcards (and ideally one new word for Every sentence), then that audio flashcard is way too easy for you and you know enough words to move onto new study material.
Audiobooks and audio dramas - use these like learner podcasts, listen to ones you can comprehend the main idea of, and then re-listen until you can't guess/figure out any more new words. If you're not very good at listening comprehension (like me lol), then you may want to listen to a given audiobook/audio drama file 3-5 times before deciding if you can comprehend the main idea (and use the material). When my listening skills are rusty, or just in general since my listening skills are bad, it can take me a few times of listening to recognize words I 'already know' and then a few more times of listening for my brain to put the words i recognize together into 'comprehending' what was communicated. So if you can read better than you can listen, you may want to listen 3-5+ times to a new audio file before deciding if you can follow the main idea or if it's too hard. And if you can READ the audio drama transcript, chapter text, but cannot understand the audio file? Then it probably IS at a good level for you to listen to, you just need a lot more practice hearing and recognizing the words you can read. So re-listen.
All of these listening study methods are good for:
Adding more study time into your day, since you can do them while doing other things.
Learning new words and grammar, when you don't have the time (or don't want) to spend time dedicated mainly to focusing on your study material.
Learning new words and grammar, if you don't use flashcards or SRS like anki but want the benefit of learning lots 'faster' than you would if you only picked up words during active study time (active study time being when you ONLY are focusing on study activities: like reading chinese, watching cdramas, chatting/texting people, and looking up words)
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flowerslut · 3 months
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17 & 23?
17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.
I know people probably want me to answer this for roots but roots is so canon-compliant that getting into the little details really doesn’t add much to the story. instead, I’m gonna answer this one about call of the night!!!
what’s fun about call of the night is that imo it is canon-compliant, technically, if you squint, up until the late 18th century when I introduce cotn!Esme (who is honestly just a completely different character at this point). her presence, and her gift, is what alters the timeline and creates that canon divergence and why all the other tiny little details diverge as well. when vampires live alongside humans then suddenly (almost) everyone’s backstory has to change to fit that narrative!! so I love that most the cullens’ origin stories are so different—I think edward’s is the only one that hasn’t been talked about, but if it doesn’t come up in later stories then I’ll definitely share that one day—because I get to be more creative in that fun way that writing AUs allows!
I’ve been asked lots of little lore-related questions over the years, and since there’s going to be such a long gap in between books two and three, and there’s so many goddamn details in the first two fics, I’m going to put a little guide together at some point this or next year. it’ll basically be a CotN wiki when it’s done. that way, people who don’t feel like rereading before the novella or 3rd installment can just click around and refresh their memory. (I’ve also been told that a lot of Esme Details™️ are quite unclear, and that’s from people who’ve read CotN multiple times 💀)
hmmmm details details. I’m trying to think of things I can share that won’t spoil later stuff. I feel like so many people over the years have really asked all the right questions so far; if you browse through that link enough you'll get plenty of mindless bonus information! one thing that adds nothing to the story and that will never be mentioned in the text is that a few months ago lilia and I decided that instead of 9/11 never happening (boring, predictable) the same thing just happens on 9/12 (hilarious, galaxy-brained). so no, 9/11 isn't canon in the cotn!verse, but 9/12 is
23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.
I probably do most of my writing in my bed even though, for the sake of my back, I try to sit at my desk more now as an adult. but alas, old habits die hard, yknow? I enjoy writing at night more and I love love love having the lights dimmed, candles lit, and some sort of ambient music playing in the background. I can’t listen to music with lyrics bc it distracts my brain too much, and I am not the type of person who can just “sit down and write for 20 minutes each day.” I struggle a lot with transitions when I don't have a strict plan/schedule for my day and that’s REALLY bad with writing. so when I DO write, I lowkey need to have at least a few hours of time set aside because I will write nonstop for that entire chunk of time. once I get going, stopping is something I only do because I have to, and rarely because I want to or because I just can’t go any longer. that's one of my weird superpowers: the ability to write for hours on end and get all the words out that I need to say. (and often times, too many words that aren’t even Needed)
but with all that said, now that I have a living room and a kitchen I can sit in (first time since 2019) I’ve been able to write in both!!!! which has been nice and refreshing!!!! unfortunately I haven’t been able to write too much since moving (even answering these asks has eaten into my carefully budgeted time) but i'm hoping to be able to get a few stories churned out (yes, including the cotn novella) this summer before the semester starts in the fall and podcast resumes!
weird questions for writers!
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superbfurbz · 1 year
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Michal David’s “Furby A Shelby” (2001): A potential English translation? 😮
Hey Furby fans! If you know of someone who has in fact done this before, please let me know so I can properly credit and reblog/report on it! I did try looking around online for a few days but was unable to turn up anything else on my own.
Some of you may be familiar with the several unofficial-to-official Furby-centric and Furby-inclusive music albums that have been released over the years; some from the USA, some from Europe, and some from Latin America. With a little digging around, you can find much of this music available online, mostly on YouTube and Spotify... but did you know that two of these albums were released exclusively in Czechia? Furby wiki frequenters may already be acquainted with the titles: Cesta Kolem Světa - Music Party (Around the World - Music Party) 2001  and 22 Dětských Hitů (22 Children’s Hits) 2002
Fortunately for us, 22 Children’s Hits can be listened to in its entirely on YouTube here. For Music Party, well... it gets a bit tougher.
On the Furby fandom wiki page for Music Party, there is a single comment from 2018 where a Furby fan bemoans their inability to listen to this album in full. Even when browsing Czech merchant sites in attempts to outright purchase the CD or cassette, it can be difficult to come across. Neither English translated lyrics nor the original Czech lyrics for any of the songs don’t seem to be listed anywhere. The album features several odes to various toys/family entertainment properties. Only a single song from the album is available to listen to online, and I believe it is thanks to the fervor and tenacity of the Furby fandom that it is so. That song is “Furby A Shelby”! You can listen to it in the embedded video below.
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So, what about that translation? Hand over the goods, old man. Recently, I have made a friend in Czechia. I was sharing Furby related things with him when he remarked how excited he was to see someone from outside the country who had heard of a Czech musician in any capacity. A bit later, I found myself unable to resist... I asked my friend what it would take to listen to the song and translate the lyrics into English for me, so I could finally know what Furby and Shelby were up to after all these years! Below the readmore is the translation from my friend. He did mention he found himself unable to keep the rhyme scheme intact, but it still paints a clear picture of what the song is about. Please be kind, he did this without being a professional translator, from the generosity of his heart. I hope you enjoy! Thanks for reading!
Furby: Hello I am Furby! Shelby: And I'm Shelby! Both: And well, since we are here, we will sing and have a nice trip around the world Furby: I lived and sailed on a cloud in the skies I ate, I drank, nicely growing fat Then I became the victim of a miracle I fell to the ground like a bug Shelby: I also soared the skies Like Furby, I met the same fate Before I came to, I was on my feet I walked the land on my feet Chorus: Pals Furby and Shelby, each one wants to go somewhere else But they still walk with each other around the world Pals Furby and Shelby, each one wants something Just not to wander alone Furby: Mistakenly I read I was in Mexico I wanted to wear a sombrero right away However there was no escape from the sun So I got a heatstroke really fast Shelby: I landed on the biggest cactus It stabbed me in the butt! Lucky I didn't fall on my mouth My smile was gone for good Chorus: Pals Furby and Shelby, each one wants to go somewhere else But they still walk with each other around the world Pals Furby and Shelby, each one wants something Just not to wander alone Furby, Shelby! (2x) Chorus: Pals Furby and Shelby, each one wants to go somewhere else But they still walk with each other around the world Pals Furby and Shelby, each one wants something Just not to wander alone (3x)
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please help, how can i get into the vocaloid fandom?
my favourite vocaloids are kafu and mimi, i listen to a bunch of well-known vocaloids like uh lost one's weeping, goodbye declaration, king, phony, marshall maximiser, deathly loneliness attacks, noise of rain etc etc. basically i am interested in vocaloid and the songs but i don't know anything about the characters or the very well-known songs (which i do want to know about)
what should i do? how did you join the fandom?
i mean this as lightheartedly as possible but honestly i'm not sure how to answer... i don't think anyone quite formally joins a fandom, you just start posting about it or interacting with people who post about it and then you're part of fandom i suppose? i also might not be the best person to ask considering i'm actually not much of a fandom guy when it comes to vocaloid, i mostly listen to it in my lonesome, the only fandom i'm super active in at the moment is kamitsubaki studio's which is. a very small fandom (in terms of english speakers) to say the least LOL it just happens to overlap with kafu, but yeah to "join fandom" just start talking about it or talking to other people who do and that counts. ik there's vocaloid discord servers out there too and stuff but i'm not in any so i can't recommend any unfortunately
as for learning more things, uh, Hm, i mean if you just want more knowledge there's wikis for pretty much every vocalsynth software under the sun - that's about all the "character info" you're going to get because vocaloids (and other vocalsynths, i'm just using "vocaloid" as a catch-all here lol) aren't really characters. there is no vocaloid canon. if you see anyone drawing fanart with vocaloids interacting or seemingly having a story, that's literally all fanon/headcanon. if anyone tries to tell you vocaloid has a canon they are lying. sure there's official stuff like project sekai but that is not the only canon and doesn't apply to other vocaloid media. the most you're going to find on most characters is maybe a sentence or two about personality, maybe their age, and of course their appearance... usually anyways, some vocaloids don't even have appearances LOL and anything that is "canon" is merely a suggestion! like yeah ok the wiki says miku is 16 but that is a suggestion not a rule. people just take the box art and go wild with their interpretations. so i would not fret about that too much, any vocaloid you like is whatever they are to you! (sorry if you already knew some/all of that i was just assuming from the tone of your post that maybe you didn't)
oh and as for knowing the popular songs... tbh i do not keep up with what's popular very well myself, since i was younger i just find music from browsing youtube and sometimes NND LMAO but if u want to know more about vocaloid's history/the classics, there's this google sheet i found a while back that's basically a history lesson full of a ton of different important songs and why they're important... you can also browse through past vocacolles for songs (vocaloid community event that happens once a year, lots of songs get released during that time) or niconicodouga's rankings... but tbh i wouldn't worry too much about knowing what's popular all the time unless u really want to, just listen to what you like
sorry for the really long response but i hope this helps!
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A note for the ‘Fam <3
Hi guys <3
So the UK is now commencing Lockdown 3.0, which although necessary, will be causing some people a great deal of stress and anxiety. Being required (by law) to stay home 24/7 will no doubt be a daunting and depressing prospect for many people, and it’s more important than ever that we look out for each other as we approach the home stretch.
I am not intimately familiar with the lockdown situations in other countries, but know that people everywhere are continuing to make sacrifices and adjust their lifestyles around the ongoing yet traumatic ‘new normal’. 
On that note, here are a few reminders from a certain family we all know and love.
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💙 Scott Tracy, our resident Sky Turnip, would like to remind you to stick to a routine of sorts. Going to bed and waking up at roughly the same time, doing one productive task every day and maintaining a regular meal timetable will help give each day a basic structure that you can rely on, even on the ones when you might not be feeling your best.
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💚 Virgil Tracy, our resident Land Cabbage, would like to remind you to exercise whenever you can in whatever way you can. On a self-care level, exercise is an excellent distraction from anxious and unwelcome thoughts, plus the bonus order of endorphins will regulate sleep and act as natural mood lifters. Walking the dog, a session on the Wii fit or even doing housework are all excellent ways of getting the blood pumping.
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💖 John Tracy, our resident Space Carrot, would like to remind you to drink plenty of water and to eat as healthily as possible. Dehydration is the most common culprit when it comes to fatigue, headaches, and brain fog. Fill a drinks container in the morning and carry it around with you all day to save lots of unnecessary trips to the sink. Snack on fruit, wholemeal toast, veggies with dips (because raw veggies are gross) and nuts. But most importantly...always leave room for dessert!
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💛 Gordon Tracy, our resident Sea Bean, would like to remind you to talk if you’re struggling. One thing that I see repeatedly is people feeling as if they have to be in dire straits before they can ask for help. You don’t. Feel like your thoughts are running away with you? Talk about it. Feel like your situation is spiralling? Talk about it. Feel down for no apparent reason? Talk about it. It takes real bravery to admit when you’re struggling, and sometimes talking can feel like too much. Rest assured, there is ALWAYS someone who will listen, and most importantly, there is ALWAYS someone who will care. If you’re unable to reach out to family and friends for support, turn to your online friends instead. The bonds forged via the internet are often just as strong (and sometimes stronger) than those formed under real life circumstances. Reach out to the Thunderfam. PM someone. Put out an SOS post. Just don’t make suffering in silence an option.
If your situation feels dire, here are some numbers that can help:
UK (Samaritans) - 116 123
USA (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) - 1-800-273-8255
Australia (Lifeline) - 13 11 14
A full list of countries can be found here: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
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❤️ Alan Tracy, our resident Rocket Pea, would like to remind you do things that make you feel good. Allow yourself to get sucked into your favourite video game. Curl up with a mountain of books. Binge fanfic from dawn til dusk. Marinate in a hot bath. Have a lie-in. Cuddle your pets. Spend a day Pinterest browsing for art and craft inspiration. Cook your favourite foods. Watch your favourite films. Indulge in a new Netflix series. Dance around the house in your underwear. Watch the Tracy boys.
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💜 And finally Kayo, our resident Stealth Onion, would like to remind you to limit your social media exposure. While it can be tempting to spend all day on Facebook and Instagram, these platforms offer a distorted view of the lives of others, which can in turn compound existing feelings of inadequacy and loneliness. Social media only offers a filtered view of other people’s lives, yet it can do a real number on our self-esteem, especially during a time like this when we’re all feeling a bit more vulnerable than usual.
The same applies for the news. Keep up to date with current events, but don’t become consumed with what’s on the front page. Remember, only bad news sells. There’s plenty of good news out there, but don’t count on the BBC, ABC or CNN to scream about it.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay happy. We’re almost there 💛❤️💙💚
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LISTEN UP JQ FAM, IMMA TELL YOU WHAT I WENT THROUGH TO FIND INFORMATION (AND A PICTURE!!) OF THIS ACTUAL REAL LIFE JONNY QUEST FLOAT THAT EXISTED IN THE 90s. 
THE BEGINNING: One day I was browsing Questfan dot com and came across an eyewitness account that this spectacular gift to humanity existed and it was in the Rose Parade. Looking deeper, I find a snippet from 1996 of a contest in which the first prize winner could ride on the float. 
AND THAT’S IT. THAT’S ALL THAT WAS DOCUMENTED ON THE COLLECTIVE HUMAN KNOWLEDGEBASE THAT IS THE INTERNET.
THE RESEARCH: With basically a rumor and wish to start with, I reached out to the Tournament of Roses Association for information. They’re super nice and happy to help, but also it was 2020 and everything is basically shut down including their archives except on every third day of a waning moon or something, so I’m hyped to get ANY help at all and this is still way more than I expected. A couple weeks pass and I follow up but they still weren’t able to get into the archives room, which are from the ancient days of the 90s and have not been digitized. And then the omens are auspicious and they can enter, and .... they can’t find anything. They assure me they will continue to look. I remain hopeful. But doubts that this thing really exists start to set in.
STEP 2: With still absolute fuck all of information, I reach out to the Pasadena City Library. A few weeks go by and.... THEY GET BACK TO ME WITH ONE (1) PAGE SCANNED FROM THE PARADE PROGRAM! AND IT’S AMAZING. The page includes this bit, nestled between information on the Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum's Congress of Fancy Range Riders, and the Pickerington Tiger Marching Band:
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ISN’T IT AMAZING?? PROOF THAT THIS THING EXISTED, AT LEAST ON PAPER, MISSPELLED “JOHNNY QUEST” AND ALL.
It importantly includes TWO LEADS: The City of Alhambra, which submitted the float, and the Phoenix Decorating Company, which built it.
AND SO: Email the City of Alhambra Parks & Recs Dept, email the City of Alhambra Library, email the Phoenix Decorating Company, and follow up with the Tournament of Roses Association with the new info.
MEANWHILE ON YOUTUBE: I have been doing this excruciatingly boring thing where I find home videos people have uploaded to YouTube of the parade to see if any caught the float on camera. The new find from the Pasadena Library reenergized me for this vampirically-draining task. So I resume my search. AND THEN. ONE MINUTE INTO A VIDEO I GOT A ONE (1) SECOND GLIMPSE OF THIS BEAUTY:
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THAT BLURRY ELEPHANT IS THE FIRST PHOTGRAPHIC PROOF I EVER FOUND THAT THIS WAS MORE THAN JUST CONCEPT ART AND A COLLECTIVE FEVRE DREAM.
Through some more internet sleuthing, I found an absolute TREASURE of a 1996 video from KTLA 5 News about THE AMAZING POSSIBILITIES OF THIS NEW THING CALLED THE INTERNET -- their website, for the first time ever, documents the entire 108th Tournament of Roses Parade. GUESS WHAT PARADE THE JQ FLOAT WAS IN? YEAH THAT’S RIGHT.
ARCHIVE DOT ORG TO THE RESCUE. FOUND AN ACTUAL 1997 WEBPAGE CAPTURE OF THIS THING, AND IT INCLUDED THAT GEM OF A PHOTOGRAPH AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. JONNY QUEST CHARACTER WAVING AND ALL.
Note that even the great resources of a 1997 webpage did not include a full photograph of this float. As far as I can tell so far, one does not exist.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AGAIN TO THE RESCUE: The City of Alhambra Public Library also got back to me WITH LOCAL NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THIS BABY. YAY LOCAL NEWS. ALL LOVE TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
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My other leads sadly haven’t gotten anywhere. Some fantastically nice people responded, but with lockdown, getting into any records right now is very difficult. And seriously it can wait until it’s safe, I’m surprised I got as much as I have.
And through all of that, NOT A SINGLE SOURCE SPELLED HIS NAME JONNY, THEY ALL PUT IT AS JOHNNY QUEST, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE THEM ANYWAY.
Please appreciate the culmination of this research at the Jonny Quest Wiki, which I cannot link to because tumblr will hide my post so check the comments.  I hope you have enjoyed this wild story about researching information for a wiki page.
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portal 2 project???
portal 2 has an AMAZING narrative. AMAZING. but if you want to rewatch the story... you cant. your two options are to watch let’s plays and randomly skip around to hopefully hear all the dialogue, or to read the quotes on the wiki... which are seperated by character, not scene, and dont give environmental details. this makes it impossible for people who dont want to put in a massive amount of time in to experience the story of the game in one definitive place. so, i propose:
THE PORTAL 2 PROJECT
the end product of this project would be a video, posted to YouTube, that has all of the relevant scenes and dialogue in order. it would play out like a movie, so people who haven't or don't want to play the game can still enjoy and understand the story in its entirety. it would use screen recordings of the game, so you can see whats happening and hear it.
what would be included in the video:
-any moment where there is dialogue (exceptions listed below)
-plot relevant details: for some examples, getting the portal gun, finding a rattman den, introducing a new puzzle element, when cave says that portals can be placed on the moon. (this is to better help people who aren't familiar with the franchise understand what the things they're seeing on the screen are.) (most of these would be short clips: for example, when hard light bridges are introduced, the clip would show chell walking up to it and standing on it, and then the video would move on.)
-major scenes, obviously. an example is when chell falls into the pit or unlocks old aperture.
-small, funny details. (without lingering for too long.) it wouldn’t be portal 2 if you dont show the little details! examples include the borealis dock, the elevator room screens, or when wheatly is monologuing and you can go back and he’ll keep monologuing (”you’re at my mercy! wait- come back! (chell goes back) FOOL! you’re at my mercy, and i dont have any!”
-exploring the enviroment: for example, the screen recorder would stop to look at the awards in old aperture, zoom in on chell’s name for the potato experiment, listen to the optional/hidden cave experiment dialogue, as well as look at old posters and signs that tell you about the dangers of old ap. just so the audience is grounded.
-ive touched on this in other bullet points, but not everyone has the time or willpower to look for the little hidden things in the game. this would make sure that you get a very full, portal 2 experience.
what would NOT be included:
-puzzle solving. some chambers take a few minutes to solve, and there is no dialogue. this interrupts the story. unless the puzzle solving is relevant to the plot, like quickly introducing new mechanics to the audience, it wont be included.
-unimportant dialogue. for example, in the neurotoxin generator area, whealtly will ramble for - i think i lasted 4 or 5 minutes before i left - a while, just trying to convince the neurotoxin generator to shut itself off or something. while entertaining, it takes away from the focus of the project.
an example of the formatting:
i imagine the format to look something like this: (im using chapter 1 as an example)
-full, uncut opening with the wheately escape. the cameraman waits at the door before opening it so you get his full dialogue. ~5 minutes
-chell goes into her old relaxation vault, listens to the announcer, puts a button on the pressure pad, then enters the elevator. this introduces the button/cube mechanic. (this scene comes directly after the last, with no cuts). since there is announcer dialogue and new mechanics, this stays relatively uncut. ~1 minute
-chell exits elevator, hears funny announcer dialogue. the camera looks at the room for 5 seconds so the audience understands the setting for the scene, as well as the act. ~15-20 seconds
-chell presses a button to open a portal. this is the first time a portal is seen. she walks through the portal. this introduces the core mechanic of the game. (~30 seconds) (once the mechanic has been used once or twice, the rest of the puzzle is cut)
that would be the basic format. for things like multiple uneventful test chambers in a row, it would show slow fading shots of the test chamber number so you understand that time is passing. this would be intercut with shots of the setting.
HOW CAN I GET HELP / THIS PROJECT STARTED??
getting all of this footage is too much for one person. editing it... is too much for one person. ALL OF THE FOOTAGE HAS TO COME FROM PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. IT CANT COME FROM OTHER PEOPLES YOUTUBE VIDEOS. For this project, I’ll need people to record the footage, people to help edit the footage, and 1-3 people who know the story well and are willing to go over the game’s plot and determine what scenes and details we need, so the records know what to record and what to focus on. 
Do you want to help capture footage? if so, youll need:
-access to the PC version of the game with LOW LAG gameplay
-a screen recorder program. it CANNOT have a watermark on the finished product. needs to be high resolution footage.
-(the recordings will NOT feature your voice or a face cam.)
-(you do not need mods and please leave the portal gun with its base texture)
-(id be comfortable with each screen recorder person to cover around 1-2 chapters... so maybe 4-5 people, unless i can find more. youd be following some directions on what to record. you do not need to edit, just get the footage.)
Can’t do that? Can you EDIT video footage? you’ll need:
-a video editor. high quality. i dont know the editing industry, i dont know what software exists.
-MUST be able to export it without a watermark and in high quality.
-(each editor will be responsible for a chapter or chapters. then render your final product. one editor will put all of the finished chapters together. this means you can use different software from the other editors, and will have a good amount of control over your assigned part. i dont have a number for how many editors there will be. id like more than one.)
Can’t do that? What about choosing the important scenes and details and acting as a sort of ‘writer’ for the plot? You’ll need:
-a good knowlege of the game and its history and fun facts. if youre obsessed with this game and franchise... yeah same. but as long as youre interested and know it well, thats fine
-be able to browse the wiki
-time to review the game by watching lets plays or playing it yourself
-be able to choose the right details and communicate that to the screen recorders and editors. remember my example about chapter one earlier? youd have to lay it out in a similarly comprehensive way.
-take constructive criticism
-must be older than 14 for this. youve gotta make a lot of decisions in this role. ive seen some really creative and talented high schoolers, so thats where im drawing the age line.
-(im hoping for 1-4 of these people, including myself.)
IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN HELPING, SEND ME A DM. IF YOU’RE CHOSEN TO WORK ON THE PROJECT, I’LL SET UP A DISCORD FOR THOSE INVOLVED. IF THIS GETS SOME SORT OF MASS SUPPORT, I’LL SET UP A DISCORD FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN UPDATES.
The purpose of this project is to make it so you can relive the portal 2 plot without having to replay the full game. Other methods do not exist. No one video shows the plot in order with ‘filler’ removed. Voice lines exist in text form, but do not capture the visual aspect of the game, or give context, and are not a full experience. This story is a masterpiece and deserves to be edited so it is comprehensive and all in one place. No one will claim credit for owning portal 2 or writing the story - the video is showing gameplay, and just so happens to be the relevant gameplay. However, screen capture, editing, and direction credits will be given to everyone who participates. This project will allow you to introduce friends and family to the game without sending them a video where only 5 minutes out of the 1 hour video is relevant. I have wanted this project for a while, but I’ve realized that I can’t do it alone. Even if you can’t help directly, please spread the word and reblog.
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Surveys #447-448
(one from yesterday, one from v early this morning)
How did you and the last person you kissed start talking? By both being meerkat RPers on YT back in the day. Do you think someone is falling in love with you? Definitely not. Do you have a bad temper? Nah. What was the last song you listened to? SOBS "Suteki Da Ne" from FFX. If your mom was a teacher, would you want to be in her class? Hell yeah. She actually has been my substitute teacher before, as she worked at my elementary school with the special ed kids. Are you comfortable with people going through your phone? No. I have nothing to hide on there at all, but still... I just don't like it. Do you really care about what toothpaste you use? So long as it's mint-flavored, no, I don't care. Would you like it if the whole world spoke one language? I mean, I think it's pretty inarguable that that would be a beneficial thing. For all humans to understand each other, like in dire situations where information needs to be brought across. However, I don't believe we should actually try to change that now with so many languages already developed. That would be way, way too big a task and not that important. Would mind-reading really be a blessing or a curse? I'd find it more to be a curse. Would you ever get a pet turtle? Why or why not? Nah. They just don't interest me as pets. Do you tend to daydream a lot? If so, about what? Yeah. .-. About a lot of stuff... How I want my future to be, things I wish would happen, how I'd change past errors... What shop/store/brand would you model for, if given the choice? I would 110% model for Cloak if for whatever miraculous reason they wanted me to because a bitch supports her favorite human asdkfajkwle. I'd totally do some goth modelling for Rebel's Market, too. Do you actually read your friend’s surveys, or do you just copy and paste them and fill them out yourself? I read my friends' answers, yes. I like learning obscure things about them. Which is your favorite episode of I Love Lucy? Bar none, the "Vitameatavegamin" one. It's fucking hilarious, man. I love that show. Do you consider yourself a deep thinker? WAY too deep. Name two people who you are closest with? My mom and Sara. Which one of those two people would you eat first, if you were starving? Neither. I would absolutely rather die. No one cares whether or not you believe in love at first sight… but, do you believe in hate at first sight? Well, let's be real. If you witnessed someone being abused or raped or something like that, wouldn't YOU hate the villain immediately? I sure as hell would. When you were a kid, which comic strip was your favorite? I didn't care for those. How do you feel about fake plants? They can look good, they can look tacky, and they make great additions to some animal enclosures, like reptiles and bugs, for cover and new textures. Does it make you uncomfortable when people ask you your shoe size? Er, no? Would you feel guilty about cheating on your taxes if you got away with it? Yes. I tend to have a guilty conscience. Are you happy with your weight? NO. Do you go to church? If so, do you actually pay attention? No. When I was forced to go as a kid, I never paid attention. As a very young adult when I super rarely went, I would try to, but my attention definitely wavered. Would you rather have your nose or tongue pierced? Tongue, if it just didn't damage my damn teeth. :( I miss my snake eyes. Ever peed in your pants after the age of 10? It's very embarrassing, but yes. A few years ago, I had this very strange period of premature incontinence when I slept. I had to be put on some medication and a schedule to wake up in the night to use the bathroom. It oddly just... vanished as randomly as it started. Had any surgeries? What kind? I had tubes put in my ears as a baby, and then at the start of 2017 (I think), I had to have a cyst removed from my butt. :^) Ever told your parents you hated them? I've told Dad that, yes. Are you sober? Yeah. Do you have a crazy side? Not really, no. I'm boring. Do you have siblings over the age of 18? All of my siblings are. Do you think that downloading music illegally is immoral? Yes, and yet... I do it anyway. :x Have you ever sworn at a policeman/woman/cop? No. How far do you agree that the mother is more important in a child’s life than the father? I Don't agree with that. Would you ever let one of your children enter a beauty pageant? If they were old enough to make their own decisions, I'd have no say. But as a little kid, no. I do not support those damn things. What was your favorite Pokemon as a child? Charmander! :') Do you have a favorite name? What is it? Alessandra. It's so beautiful. What was the topic of the last assignment/essay you wrote? Toxic masculinity. I got SO into that essay. What’s your favorite type of juice? Probably peach mango. What was the hardest language you’ve ever tried to learn? LATIN. Like holy shit. What’s your younger sibling’s name? Nicole. What kind of cookie is your favorite? Chocolate chip. What would you do if your ex contacted you? I would just be... so happy. But also scared of where it would lead. What age would you like to have a child? No age, because I never want any. Are your parents wealthy? Definitely not. My dad SEEMS decently well-off, but he is most certainly not rich. Have you ever asked someone out? Yes. Your ex tells you they want you back, what do you say/do? I know I'd say yes, very quickly. -_- Do you know anyone that smokes weed? More like she's addicted to it. Is there one person you look at and automatically smile? Oh, that's Mark for sure, ha ha. Especially if he's laughing. It's game over for me if he's laughing. What’s your favorite hairstyle on a guy? Don't even fucking @ me, I love the emo hair swoop alskdfjalkwje;kjrwklejarwe Do you know anyone who’s won the lottery? No. What’s the name of the last cat you pet? Roman. What have you been up to today? Anything interesting? The only thing I've done today that deviates from my normal routine is I had to get blood drawn for some tests for my upcoming check-up. I don't know what was up with that needle, but it hurt this time. Are you the type of person to dwell on the past? I live there. Did your grandparents teach you anything? Not really, no... besides being old-fashioned is not an excuse for being an uptight... er... this answer is so mean, given the grandmother I'm talking about is dead, oof. Do you want/have a Bachelor’s degree? I wanted one... but I don't have one and never will. Are you a fan of penguins? Yeah, they're mega cute. Who do you think about most constantly? Why? Anyone who reads these can answer that very, very easily. Have you ever considered yourself to be something other than heterosexual? Yeah; I'm either bi or pan. I think pansexual as of very recently, but for simplicity's sake and also for almost all of my family to not think I'm crazy, I really just say bisexual. Have you ever been in love? With who? Yes; Jason and Sara. Dolphins, whales, sharks, or narwhals? Dolphins or whales. Have you ever gotten anything amputated? No. Have you ever tied your tooth to a door to lose it? No. What do you do on the computer? Oh jeez... I'm pretty much, well, always on the computer, so I do a whole lot. I watch/listen to YouTube, write, clean out my dA notifications and browse artwork, scroll through Facebook, play World of Warcraft, edit the Silent Hill wiki, do way too many surveys, talk to Sara on Discord... Anything your parents should know about? No. Do you have a life? It sure as hell doesn't feel like it. I do nothing noteworthy. Do you have a microphone on your computer? It's built-in, but it doesn't work. Does your mouse light up? Yeah; red normally, blue when it's charging. Then it's also purple sometimes??? I have no idea what it means. Were you ever physically abused? No. Verbally? No. Sexually? No. Do your teachers like you? Not to brag or anything, but all my teachers loved me. Do your parents like you? I know they love me. Do your siblings like you? I don't feel like they do half the time. :/ It's my own fault for not knowing how the fuck to interact with them. Did you have a tail when you were born? At first I saw this question and was confused as shit, but then I remembered this was actually a thing, ha ha. But no, I wasn't. Do you enjoy school? I hated it. Are you shallow? No. Greedy? I don't think so, no. It feels good to share. Do you have a piercing in an inappropriate spot on your body? No. A tattoo? Well, I have a tattoo over my heart, so it's on my breast, if you wanna count that? Are you stubborn? God, am I. Are you incestuous? Fuck no. Do you respect your body? Meh... Yes in some ways, in other ways no. Have you ever been to therapy? Did you like it? I've been in therapy for most of my life, and yes, I find it helpful. Have you ever used Duolingo to learn another language? No. Are you unhappy at the moment? Yes. I usually am. Do you have any gay friends? Yes. Have you ever watched iCarly? Yeah, I used to enjoy it. Who’s your favorite Disney character? Probably Dory. What was the last thing you wrote in a word document? This survey, actually. It's how I format it and save my progress. What did you last take painkillers for? A headache. Are there any hobbies you want to get back into? Drawing. :/ Have you ever been on a date with someone you met online? How was it? Yeah; when Sara and I were together and I went up to visit her, we had a breakfast date once. :') Do you find it difficult to get rid of material possessions? Yeah. I hold a lot of nostalgia in many items. What sort of games do you like to play? Horror and fantasy, mainly. They need a story, too, and I ESPECIALLY enjoy games with multiple endings. Then I also play WoW, which is an MMORPG. Do you know anyone who is deaf? No. Have you ever been married? Nope. What is your favorite thing to dip fries in? Ketchup. Do you still talk to anyone you went to high school with? Just Girt, really. Have you ever had to dispute a charge on your credit card? I've never had my own credit card. Quick! Choose pink or purple. Pink, duh. What's your favorite book genre? Fantasy. Would you say you’re generally fit and healthy? Why/why not? No. :/ I'm trying to change that though by going to the gym. Would you ever want a job working with animals? My main aspiration is to be a wildlife photographer, if that counts? Sara also wants to be a ball python breeder, and we talk all the time about it and how I'd love to be like an assistant and help with my own future snakes. Most recently, I will definitely have to have experience with them as pets first and see if I can handle it, but I've considered breeding tarantulas on the side. The hobby could ALWAYS use more breeders to prevent wild-caught specimens being taken from the wild, and it would help lower their prices. I've gotten so passionate about those furry bastards that I would really enjoy helping out with that. Do you believe in your horoscope? Even if you don’t, do you still read it? Not at all. I don't, because it feels like a waste of time if I don't even believe in it. If a couple is married, do you think there should be any legal punishment if one person cheats? No... I am firmly against cheating, but that sounds extreme. Do you enjoy Tim Burton films? Which one is your favorite? Of course! My favorite is Corpse Bride.
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Was the last book you read for fun, or was it for some type of assignment? It was for fun. Do you think you would be a good match for your celebrity crush(es) assuming you have one? Why? If you don’t have one, who was the last person you saw that you found attractive? No, honestly. He really doesn't like seeing people not pursuing their utmost potential, and, uhhhh, look at me, lol. I'm in no way good enough for that god of a human being lmao. How old were you when you had your wisdom teeth removed? I still have them. I only have two, and my mouth has enough room for them. Do you wish you were taller or shorter? My height's fine. Where was the last job application you filled out sent to? Food Lion. Have you ever been fired from a job? No. I quit way too early for that to ever happen. .-. What poster is hanging closest to you? My big Metallica one. Which cuisine do you like the least? I honestly haven't experimented enough with foreign foods to decide on one specific cuisine I really don't like as a whole. Are there any foods you dislike because of the texture? There are A LOT. I am very, very sensitive to textures. Which type of chocolate do you like best? Milk chocolate. Do you let your pets sleep in your bed? Absolutely. Well, obviously not my snake Venus, but Roman? Yes. This is his house, too, and he deserves a comfy space to sleep. If you wear makeup, what are your preferred brands? I don't have one. Have you ever made sun tea? I have no idea what that is. Do you prefer powdered or liquid coffee creamer? I don't like coffee. Did your school have somewhere for girls to get emergency pads/tampons? Yes. Do you think they should make a movie about Hatshepsut? Now here's a question I haven't heard before, ha ha. I actually think that would be quite interesting and certainly empowering to women. Do you like to go to the movies alone? I actually did that for the Warcraft movie, and it was pretty chill. I prefer going with others, though. Have you ever dried down any flowers to keep them? No. What is your favorite thing that you have made by yourself? Probably my Pyramid Head/Halo of the Sun drawing. I worked my ass off on that, and I love how it came out. Do you like using clay and/or peel-off masks for skincare? I don't use those specifically, no. Have you ever made a pillow out of an old T-shirt? No. If you want to be cremated, do you want your ashes scattered anywhere? I haven't really thought of this, but I know I want them to be scattered somewhere. I don't wanna be cremated and have no lineage to cherish the ashes so I just end up thrown away or scattered in someone's backyard or something like that. I guess the desert would be pretty cool, if it was one with meerkats. Would you ever have a deceased pet stuffed? No. I have mixed feelings on taxidermy, but doing that to your pet just... seems wrong somehow. Like I feel that there'd be an unhealthy attachment to a dead body, and it feels like you're not allowing your beloved pet to truly, fully rest. Even if there is nothing beyond death, it's just a respect thing to me. Would you ever have a pet cremated? Teddy was cremated, yes. I WANTED to cremate my first ball python and Chinese water dragon, and both were in the freezer for a long time, but it just... never happened. It's not cheap. Mom also had Cali (her dog) cremated, but didn't keep the ashes herself because of it, once again, being expensive. Personal cremation costs more than a group one. Do you believe in the existence of parallel universes? Nah. How many times a day do you brush your teeth? Once. Collect anything? Any and all meerkat stuff and Silent Hill merchandise. Can you stick your fist in your mouth? ... I'm not about to try that. When was the last time you were high on anything? Never. Ever had a bloody nose? Yes. Have you ever caught a fish? Yes. Ever been up a mountain? Ugh, I wish! What are you listening to right now? I'm watching Gab Smolders play Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Do you have any birthmarks? Yeah; it's on my right forearm, near the elbow. Have you ever been slapped? I've been spanked and slapped on the arm by my mother when I was younger. And sometimes not so young. What do you want pierced? My collarbones, nostril, way more in my ears, and possibly my back dimples if I shrink down to a size where you can actually SEE them clearly... Do you like taking pictures? Of nature and animals. Sometimes people. Do you like getting your picture taken? Hell no. Have you ever started a rumor? No. Do you have your own pool? No. What do you want a tattoo of? You're asking someone who wants to be COVERED in tats, ha ha. I have a billion ideas. Have you ever been skinny dipping? Nah. Have you ever been chased by cops? No. Do you ever wear shirts do show your belly? OH FUCK NO. What about cleavage? I wear tank tops more than anything, so some. What theme does your room have? It doesn't have one. Do you like cows? Awwww, I love cows. :') <3 Which slow animal is your favorite? Sloth, turtle, or snail? Turtles aren't that slow; it's tortoises you're thinking about, so I'll consider them instead. Regardless, I think I find snails the cutest. If you had to create an app, what would it be for? I have zero clue. What is one television finale where you were upset with how it ended? I don't know. Other than mandatory lockdowns, have you had to quarantine at all for CoVid? No. What steps would you take in order to track down a thief? ... Not many, tbh, given JUST how afraid of confrontation I am, ha ha. What is something that one of your family member collects? Dad collects Cleveland Browns and Carolina Hurricanes sports stuff. What are some questions that you would ask your favorite celebrity? I've... never thought of this, believe it or not. I'd be too busy blubbering about how important he is to me and thanking him for everything he's ever done alskdjfkla;wje Have you ever legitimately forgotten to do homework? Yes. That was very, very rare, though. Depending on where you live, why might a day of school get canceled? If there was a 1% chance of half an inch of snow. :^) Everyone flips their shit here when that happens. Also, hurricanes. What types of transportation do you think we will see in the future? Besides possibly flying cars, idk. Which freaks you out more - clowns or porcelain dolls? aklsdjflajdsALSKDFJA;LWJE D O L L S. Porcelain dolls creep me out, man. Do you like salami? Yeah. Do you know your mum's first pet's name? I actually don't, no. Do you like car racing? No. I think it's stupid, honestly. People can get and have gotten seriously hurt, or worse. Who hugs you the most often? My niece and nephew, probably. Has your favorite actor ever been stuck to a project you dreaded watching (e.g., stuck on a bad TV show for years)? No. When you were a child did you wish you were named something else? What sort of fantasy life did you imagine for yourself if you’d only had this other better name? Bro I shit you not, I wanted to change my name to "Dory" because of Finding Nemo, lmao. I never thought about how my life would be different, though. Are you a plant person? How do you feel about the trend of owning many, many houseplants? Nah, plant maintenance isn't for me. I don't care how many plants you own so long as you care for them. It seems pointless to buy plants and just neglect them. What are you sick of hearing about? Anti-vax bullshit. Do you wish that you had more followers on any platform? Do you even pay attention to how many likes/comments/followers you have? The only places I really care about that are my photography Facebook page and deviantART because ffs I TRY to make progress as a photographer lasdkfj;lawe but neither move very fast at all. Are you currently working on an art project? No. :/ I need to draw something for once. If applicable, what color are you planning to dye your hair next? I have three in mind: lilac, pastel pink, or silver. Do you have a sibling who looks like your twin? No. My older and younger sister look remarkably similar, though. People have confused them a lot. Do you think you'd make a good actor or actress? God no, I'd feel far too awkward. Do you believe you have a lot of potential? Ugh, I don't know, dude. Would you like to be rich and own a vacation home? Who wouldn't? Have you ever walked through a labyrinth? No. What eyeshadow color do you think looks best on you? Black. I only wear black. Do you shop in the girls, juniors, or women's section at the store? Women's. Do you play video games? I haven't played a game other than WoW in a long time. :/ I only have a PS2 and Wii, and most of the games I want to play are for newer generation consoles. Is your house more than two stories tall? It's not even two stories. Have you ever had the flu? No. *knocks on wood* Have you ever been unfaithful in a serious relationship? Nope. Would you ever get a lip tattoo? No. I want tons of tats, but that sure isn't one of 'em. Has any place hired you underage for a job? No. Have you ever carried a concealed weapon? No. Does eating breakfast make you sick? No. I'm one of those people that wants to eat right when I wake up. What four states in the USA would you most like to visit? Which four countries would you most like to visit? States: Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, and some southwestern state where I can visit the desert and maybe see wild tarantulas. Countries: South Africa, Germany, Canada, and uhhhh idk. Would it bother you if your boyfriend hugged other females (think hypothetically if you don’t have one)? Why or why not? No? Hugs can just be a friendly gesture. They don't have to have underlying romantic implications. If you had snow-days as a kid, how did you spend them? Do you like the snow, in general? Oh man, snowy days were the epitome of joy when I was a kid. The #1 thing I wanted to do was make a snowman with Dad and my sisters if the snow was the right texture to pack. We loved snowball fights, making snow angels, watching the cats play... and you CAN'T forget making sugary snow cream. Do you know anyone who does hard drugs? Would you ever befriend someone that did? No one that does hard drugs now, no. I honestly don't know how I'd respond to wanting to befriend a hardcore druggie... Like I'm totally aware drug addicts are not innately bad people, but it can be dangerous to associate with them. So idk. Do hospitals make you nervous? Why or why not? Do you have any bad hospital experiences? Yes. I do NOT like being in hospitals. I've never been treated badly in one or anything, but I just have way, way too many ER memories from being suicidal and just stripped of everything that could somehow be interpreted as a "danger." Even books had to be approved. Technology of all kinds, forbidden. All I did was sleep on that godawful bed and wish I was dead. But I'm rambling; point is, I really don't like any health care establishment just because of negative memories. Do you still talk to the first person you ever dated? If not, would you want to? Why or why not? No. We just don't. I wouldn't be opposed to knowing what he's up to. What do you like most about your favorite animal? Their loyalty and bravery are purely astonishing. Do you need a job? Yes. I'm a leech in my house. I serve no financial purpose to assist my mom in paying bills and all of that. I'm a full-grown adult that should be benefiting humanity. Who do you love the most in your life? My mom, cat, and best friend probably top the list. What is your mom doing right now? I hope she's asleep, but she tends to sleep very badly and is frequently tossing and turning around this time. Where does she work? She's on disability. For the type of cancer she had, she automatically got it with her diagnosis. It's recently been a year since her last chemo session, but let me tell you from witnessing it: It takes A LOT out of you. It was actually torturous for her. She's still regaining her strength and healing before she can wisely get another job. Do you have Netflix? Yeah. What was the last thing you quit doing? I don't know. Have you ever read a book that changed your life? No. Who did you last talk to before you went to bed last night? Sara, if through text counts. Have you ever taken Xanax before? Yes; I was prescribed it for quite a while. Have you ever suffered from anxiety or depression? Try both, buddy.
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Last Monday of the Week: 2021-02-15
Busy week with a lot of new things. Good for everything but creativity.
Listening: The Session 0 and 1 for LoadingReadyRun’s Vampire game. I’ve never played Vampire before but it has always sounded rad and the second best way to get into the basics of a TTRPG is to observe a game. I’m listening via my podcatcher but they do video talking heads on YouTube. LRR is great, I only got onto them a year or so ago because of a friend on IRC. I don’t watch their streams because I have no interest in video game streams.
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Reading: Finally got around to Worm. It’s pretty compelling so far, although it is funny to read a detailed description of what browsing a wiki is like. I haven’t gotten to the meat of the story yet but I’m looking forward to it. It has been in my To Read bookmarks for like two years. Contains a depressingly accurate vision of high school so far.
Also a bunch of misc fanfic I’ve had open in Firefox for a while. I went on a tag read, no I will not tell you what it was.
Watching: Space Sweepers, new movie on Netflix. Korean sci-fi space adventure. Pulpy, ridiculous, incredible. Go watch it.
Playing: Played a couple sessions of Eliza, that Zachtronics Visual Novel. It’s a story about a programmer who worked on a team developing a psychologist AI, burnt out for a few years, and is now working as a proxy for said AI, serving as a human face for people who are seeking treatment from the AI. It’s a very specific experience that I don’t know much about, the only hard-core burn out megacorp who hire a lot of programmers around here is Amazon so while I’ve heard the horror stories, we don’t really have a Seattle.
I’ve had Eliza in my steam library for a while but it (along with a couple others like Into The Breach) had weird bugs on my Nvidia graphics card so I’m only getting to them now that I have the AMD card.
Making: A lot of soldering and wiring and junk for $dayjob, some pictured here. I haven’t done much practical work installing industrial automation so that was a fun learning experience all things considered. I have spent two weeks watching packaging machines and reporting back on how they break, but I didn’t get to fiddle with anything more complex than the general UI.
A very small amount of embroidery. Spent a while sorting some pigeon and bug photos I took over the past few weeks so those will come up soon. The fool’s gold beetle is one of those.
Handed off a backup battery thing to my brother so that he can keep his internet connection going during power cuts, which have become a little more frequent here as generators are taken offline for maintenance.
Computers Slot: Not a lot of software this week, but shouting out the general concept of Trackballs. They’re good! Great if you don’t have a lot of space on a desk, or if you don’t use mice very much and want something you can just butt right up against your keyboard so that you can reach it without moving too far. Note ideal for gaming, especially wireless ones, but otherwise great. I picked up a new one this week because the old one was making an annoying high pitched noise.
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The wireless link on this one is a little finnicky, I need to see if that’s my fault for orienting it weirdly in the USB hub or if it’s just bad and I need to send it back. When it gets a clear connection, which is most of the time, it’s a wonderful little thing. 2.4GHz has been misbehaving in my room in general lately, so I might have to see if there’s crosstalk between the wifi and this mouse. Positively festooned in buttons.
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Mr Brown’s Bookshop and Cafe
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(I know this is a Father Brown modern au but I didn’t think Father Brown would be a priest and own a book shop all at once so I decided he would be Mr Brown just this once)
Building on this post by @dracoisthebae​
Arthur Brown owns Kembleford’s favourite bookshop. (I know according to Fandom Wiki his first initial is J but I felt Arthur suited him more than any J names I could think of) The books that he stocks are definitely a reflection of his own literary tastes, but he likes to think that this is what keeps his customers coming back. He is always happy to see Lady Felicia when she hosts her book club; it may only have one loyal member at present but he’s sure word will get round, he always tries to mention it. There was one week where membership appeared to double, however this later proved to be her ladyship’s own doing. Her niece needed to "learn some hard lessons about life" and so naturally, being brought to the bookshop so that she could get a job serving teas and coffees was the perfect solution.
Bridget McCarthy is most definitely in charge of the shop's adjoining cafe, thank you very much. Although she does consider Bunty Windermere to be most helpful. And if she makes suggestions about what to serve that prove to be very popular indeed, well, that’s just a bonus. John Goodfellow (I think the fandom has collectively decided that this is his first name) is quite the regular to the cafe, he will sometimes be sat in a corner nursing a pot of tea with his book for Lady Felicia’s discussion group; other times he will be set up with folders of paperwork and his laptop and headphones for what Mrs McCarthy assumes is some of those “Zoomy” meetings she’s heard about.
Sidney Carter has helped Mr Brown in his shop for as long as he can remember. It had first been encouraged in his early years as “something to keep him entertained and out of trouble”. He still enjoys the free scones that are provided, well, free so long as he is quick enough. And he can often be found restocking the shelves nearest the cafe so that he can keep an eye on what sweet treats are on offer and when they look the most unguarded. He will also chat with Bunty about the eligible patrons who visit the shop, and they often help each other to strike up conversations with the objects of their affection for that particular week.
On on particular day, Goodfellow is sat in the back of the cafe, near the fiction bookshelves, and can be heard chipping in to conversations about deadlines and work loads and the like. Sidney is reshelving some mystery novels (a particular favourite of Mr Brown to order in) and half listening to hear how John’s meeting is going. Suddenly his ears prick up: “Yeah, Tom, they do have quite a lot of detective books; I’ve seen some first editions too. Was it Towards Zero that you need? I spotted it the other day” It was obvious that Goodfellow had probably gone out of his way to browse the shelves at some point for his friend clearly looking to add to their Agatha Christi collection. Sid smirked at this, people who collected first editions of any sort were always quite endearing customers to chat too. He decided to visit Bunty at the cafe counter and if that happened to take him behind Goodfellow’s chair and so able to quickly glance at what this “Tom” character looks like, well that’s just the layout of the shop now, isn’t it?
Thomas Sullivan had only really started listening to this meeting when John had mentioned the book he was looking for. Then his attention to the conversation was lost again when he spotted a tall young man with a charming smile walk past in the background of Goodfellow’s chat window. He quickly pulled himself out of his daydream in time to nod and agree to sorting out another set of email enquires that he really hadn’t wanted to do (”damn it!”). But as the meeting drew to a close he managed to ever so casually double check with John where this bookshop was in Kembleford and promised that he would stop buy to support the small business and add to his mystery novel collection.
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(I had quite a lot of fun writing this, I’ve not really thought of much of a plot that could go on as yet but yeah, I’ve like the “world building” side of things; anyone and everyone is free to take these ideas and run with them for fics if they so desire, I love seeing everything the fandom comes up with)
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Healing Crystals at Each Stage of Your Connection
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Presently, an increasing number of men and women are converting to alternative healthcare, yoga exercise, homeopathy, and similar healing methods. You may have listened to other folks focus on stunning stones, observed them in outlets or at different festivals. But you may possibly not understand what these beautiful gemstones can offer you. There are many forms of crystals, each having its individual healing expertise. But they should all market the circulation of great vitality and cost-free the mind and body from negative electricity.
Even though outcomes of utilizing healing crystals usually are not officially established clinically, many individuals should not be allowed to do so and truly feel their strength and good influence. Even so, it is very important to be wide open and know the results of the natural stone you might be enticed not only to due to its beauty but additionally because of its power.
Summary of preferred Healing Crystals
Healing Crystals are regarded as the principal healer. It is known to improve vitality by soaking up, saving, and issuing it necessary. It helps awareness and recollection, stimulates the human being's immunity process. It is additionally used to support power inside the operation of other stones. It can handle and energizes the sixth and 7th chakras.
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Personal-proper care and well-getting can be tough to browse through. Whether or not you’re with a faith-based experience or just attempting to ingest two servings of drinking water each day, you can find a million things to consider. From yoga exercise to meditating to deal with face masks, it might seem you’ve used it all, but wait around! The following is yet another thing to include in the list: crystal therapies.
Indeed, healing crystals , rock and roll school one percentage gamers, might be best for you as well as your partnership. No matter if you or individuals you already know have attracted them purely for beauty or full of energy healing properties, healing crystals are becoming well-known and they are often promoted as a cure for each of the disorders of lifestyle. Even so, Heather Askinosie through the Power Museum gives us to the world: “If a person feels a crystal is beginning to change their life, they may be really disappointed,” she claims.
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Heather Askinosie will be the founding father of the Energy Gallery, a web-based shop for healing crystal products, author of CRYSTAL365, and co-author of Crystal Muse. He has analyzed the medical and spiritual facets of energy for up to three decades.
Yikes. Okay, so maybe they won’t completely make positive changes to life, but if you’re a believer and utilize them effectively, Healing crystals can help floor oneself and bring excellent power towards the juju, in the event you will - to you.
Askinosie, founding father of Energy Muse (with Timmi Jandro) and article writer of Crystal Muse: Every day Rituals to Track into the True You, says that crystals function as an actual physical note of your respective interior intentions and may help always keep us focused and grounded, which is often helpful in partnerships.
“Sometimes it’s challenging to get chats moving or reach a location where individual wishes to get susceptible,” Askinosie says. "When a partner (or both individuals) puts a crystal in their heart, it may help to grab your coronary heart and speak a lot more kindly, which usually will help discussions flourish."
Once you find a crystal that suits you, clean it by letting it sit either in moonlight or sunlight or stain it with sage, it’s time to plan it.
“Use whatever your idea program, contain the crystal inside your hands, and give your crystal a task,” Askinosie affirms. Educate your crystal, "I'll software you ... [far more craziest hopes and ambitions just for this]" in order that the moment the thing is that crystal, bear in mind what you need it to help you with.
“It’s not really that you’re likely to dress in a crystal and deal with the adore in your life in 2 days and nights,” she claims. "But what is going to occur? Whenever you put it in addition to a crystal, you're prepared to entice a person, ready to accept moving there, and a lot more ready to accept taking additional time for yourself," he claims. "It's just an instrument it is possible to remember to hook up to anything you need to convey." Allow me to share the exact crystals to match your relationship:
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For a lady looking for “one” or even simply the upcoming belching, rose quartz will help draw in a partner. It is an adorable rock — Askinosie says females use it on the bras before taking a day or wear it as precious jewelry. Dudes, malachite is definitely the natural stone to suit your needs.
Strengthening the established relationship
As soon as you’ve discovered your partner and want to put durability for your partnership, mixing amethyst or azure sapphire by using a room increased quartz ball will help you connect to you. Azure sapphires possess a track record as being a natural stone of devotion, so using this next to your bed furniture you could consistently cheat.
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When you’re willing to have two of you come to be three children, it’s a moonstone. Askinosie claims it helps females come back to their feminine energy which is helpful for virility. Need to have affirmation? When she was wearing a moonlit lined bridal gown, she came into this world in her wedding ceremony night. Possibility? I don't feel so.
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When you’re prepared to have two of you become three youngsters, it’s a moonstone. Askinosie claims it can help ladies go back inside their womanly electricity and is good for virility. Need to have affirmation? When she was wearing a moonlit lined wedding gown, she was created on the wedding ceremony evening. Possibility? I don't think so.
Reigniting fire
Sexual recessions may be as actual as psychological. Pull your self from the dried-up spell with the sunstone. Put together with garnet or carnelian, they work together as serious revitalizing rocks to increase a woman’s libido.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_healing
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/17/healing-crystals-wellness-mining-madagascar
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