#multiple horn options would be so cool!

[dramarising-replacement]

I know, it's the "in thing" to hate on dusthides in general right now, but I really just cannot get behind this breed at all. so here I am, salt blog, to tear into them and let off some of my frustrations. 

I've tried. I've looked at people who have made interesting dusties, I've tried to mess around with making one of my own, but I just cannot get into their weird heads and the strange shape of them. you can argue from dragonhome and back that it makes sense for a digging dragon to not have any horns or antlers, but it doesn't change the fact that the shape looks really strange, and all too smooth, especially for a dragon that is meant to be at least somewhat armored. the encyclopedia says that they look "rigid," but they don't! they actually look highly flexible! nothing about them screams "rigid!" they look so soft in fact, that they don't look like they have any scales at all. like if I were to touch them it'd be smooth, albeit very dry, soft skin.

everyone argues against their wings and I do, too. if they supported the ball rolling thing, it'd be different--but the backs aren't armored, they're actually meant for FLIGHT even if it's short, and would rip too easy, given their lifestyle. they would also get in the way of the ball mechanic. if they could work in tandem with the tail, it'd be fine, but they have to be tucked IN, under the tail. why even have them, then? especially if they'd be a hassle for squeezing into tight spaces? gosh! "they brace tunnels for cave-ins" HEY BUCKO... WHY DO YOU THINK WE BUILD TUNNEL SUPPORTS.... also I don't care. we were promised the option of very varied body types, and this is the most bog standard "dragon" you can get, even if it's peeled. it would have been SO COOL if the hide on the back was how the secondary gene was expressed, and the primary was on the belly/flank/arms, but... alas.

just... even aethers. I love aethers lol. but their second pair of arms should have been bigger. they should have had more eyes. like. ancients come out too fast, and could probably use at least a little more workshopping.

I also hate their giant singular claw, especially when you consider the fact that most animals with claws like that have multiple toes, instead of one big toe and a tiny thumb. sure. it's meant for digging, but it looks almost painful to have such utter lack of maneuverability, for digging, and ESPECIALLY walking. it like, helps to have toes that flex, not giant shovels for hands! with claws like that, it'd be more suitable for them to lay on their bellies and push themselves forward. the feet also just look strange. I can't get over it. I absolutely despise how, especially on the hatchling, they try to make the feet look "cute" by giving them pseudo paw pads. it looks gross and tacky! I can't stand to look at them!!

at least with breeds like banescales it's just a matter of personal taste, and not really feeling excited about them. it's so sad to me that I actually hate dusthides. man. I know not every breed can be a hit, some things will be a flop, but yikes. didn't expect to actually hate an entire breed. oh well. don't gotta own them.

[pluto-sims-cc-finds]

A very lovely anon asked for some of my favourite accessory creators, and i really enjoy doing this top cc lists, so here we go!

tbh i don't use that many accessories, but the ones I do use, I really love!

@tamo-sim

okay i'm pretty sure most people know of tamo's amazing cc, but i use their stuff ALL THE TIME so it was essential for me to mention them! Their glasses are some of THE most essential cc items in my game, and I adore all of the swatches and the fact that they're available for multiple ages! As well as their awesome glasses, they also have some great jewellery and other cas items to check out, too!

@liliili-sims4

so in general, liliili has some really neat CC - i really love a lot of their clothing items, there's so many fun swatches! But their accessories are really awesome - especially hats! I love giving sims hats but it can be a struggle sometimes to find ones, but liliili has some really cool ones! Plus, a load of great glasses, and their set of accessory tops are SO cool - multiple types of shirts, including collared shirts and zipped up tracksuit ones (pictured above), all with a load of great and versatile swatches!

@tukete

alright i love quirky earrings (more of those after!!), and tukete has some super cool ones! i LOVE the vampire fang ones, and the pumpkins! Their horn rim glasses edit (pictured above) is another MUST HAVE for me, because i LOVE those glasses but always wanted more swatches and non-sunglasses versions! AND! shirt graphic overlays!!! being able to turn any plain top into one with a bunch of fun graphics is SO brilliant, and really helps capture a sims' personality more.

@squasha

i mentioned quirky earrings, right? because squasha's cc is a GOLD MINE of incredible earrings - they do other awesome CC, too, but the earrings are of course my most beloved. sometimes your sims just need little rat earrings, okay? I'm not sure if they're still active on tumblr or not, but you can find their downloads here!

@kissyck

aaaaaaaand rounding this post off with my FAVOURITE nail cc! i hope that we all know by now that i LOVE lots of colour and patterns, and kissyck's nails? PERFECTION!!!!!! SO many options - not just in terms of the swatches (which are AMAZING, BY THE WAY) but nail shape/length, too! honestly, these are another 'must haves' in my CC folder, and my game would be seriously lacking without them.

I hope this helps! Like I said, I don't use all that much accessory CC, but you could never tear me away from the ones I do use, because they're brilliant and add a lot of joy to my sims and my game!

And thank you so much for your kind words? Honestly, it really made my day! I hope you have a wonderful day, lovely anon!

[ocshowandtell]

go-to picrews for visualizing characters

here are some of my favorites! they are pretty popular already but it's nice to have options baydews

diverse and fantasy skin tones, eye colors

fun ears, horns, teeth etc

fantasy and modern clothing

classic, reliable, simple, good visual

a few options like head coverings, vitiligo

does not have multiple body types

more feminine

potatolord

diverse and fantasy skin tones, some wings

lots of hair options, has facial hair

cool teeth, hats, accessories, several options like wheelchair, head coverings, vitiligo

variety

mostly modern clothing

does not have multiple body types

two kinds of ears

no eye colors, no horns

black centered picrew

wealth of diverse skin tones, has fantasy options

many eye colors including fantasy

many more feature shapes, treasure trove of different kinds of hair, has facial hair

ears, horns, wings,

options like wheelchair, head coverings, vitiligo

two body types and clothing to match

mostly modern clothing

lots of accessories

some parts are very specific

style suits some things better than others

fantasy icon maker

multiple skin tones including fantasy

many face shapes including animals

3 body types with clothes and accessories to fit!!

multiple eye colors including some fantasy

multiple ears, horns, animal ears, wrinkles, freckles, tattoos, makeup, facial hair, chest hair, cleavage, wings, weapons

animal companions

variety of backgrounds and effects

modern and fantasy clothing

style suits some things better than others

sometimes facial features don't seem to work together

ummmmandy girl maker

variety of skin tones, no fantasy

some head coverings. several chest options!

lots of clothes

several background options

fun hair options

more feminine of course

two body types, but they are very similar. a few face shapes.

limited but does what it does well

honorable mention: RPG husband maker

a few, mostly fantasy skin tones

muscles, 2 body types

fantasy ears, horns, noses, eyes. wings

facial hair, chest hair, scars

fantasy and modernish clothes, accessories

variety of backgrounds, details

some suggestive elements

incredibly specific niche

just masculine

so fun

if you have any good ones, please share!! (specifically i would love a fat fantasy picrew please......... please....)

[2kyo7]

𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐌; 𝟎𝟎

metkayina!reader x avatar 2

TODAY WAS MOVING especially slow, you'd already woken up a few hours later than intended and were feeling extremely sluggish, so much you had no aspiration to swim. Instead opting to lay stomach-first on some high rocks located not too far from your clan's entrance, bathing in the sun's warmth and counting each fish that jumped from the water's surface.

Eventually you would soon grow bored of even this, no longer paying any mind to the aquatic wildlife—now fiddling with the pearls that decorated your braids. Maybe I could bother grandmother to make me something to eat — the fruit she picked always tasted sweeter then finding them yourself — or maybe Tsireya and Ao'nung will dive with me?

Many options scoured your mind as your body submerged  into the cool oceanic water with ease, senses singing with delight when your skin would finally make contact.

After resurfacing, Rotxo could be seen a ways away on one of the many sand docs, motioning you to come towards himself and return to land. Upon noticing his form you quickly began the trip to him, but from the corner of your eye, you could see something—multiple somethings approaching high in the air.

Strange you thought, only moments had passed and already were you sitting on the docs of sand with Rotxo standing beside you. He too wondered about the odd sight, head peering upwards high into the sky. "Why are those Ilu flying that far from the ocean?" Rotxo squinted his eyes, as if that would somehow help him see better, all you could do was shrug, having the exact same question.

But that question would soon be answered as the Ilu (which weren't Ilu at all) approached, coming into view were the deep blue Na'vi riding on the animal's backs—about 5 of them to be exact. A horn was blown loudly to signal their arrival as their "Ilu" flew around the islands. Many scurried to hide at their appearance.

You stood tall, ears twitching wildly in mild curiosity, but also annoyance. Their group would land only a sand doc away, a crowd of warriors already gathering to meet them,  why are they here? "Rotxo! Come, we must know why they have invade our clan!" At your sudden proposition, he quickly nods, but his response didn't matter much either way as you began your journey to the doc.

[autumngracy]

Can we appreciate how inclusive the character options Larian gave us in Baldur's Gate 3 are??

You're not limited in any romance options due to characters' genders, and your companions will treat you equally in terms of potential interest (which you're not obligated to return, of course).

You can pick and choose any combination of biological traits and gender identity that you want! For example, you can have a female body type with a male gender and/or male voice, and vice versa. You can have female character with facial hair.

You can also choose whatever genitals you want, regardless of what body type you've chosen (and yes, they even added multiple options for how your bits of choice look).

This is a game where playing a trans or intersex character isn't just a "tastefully leave it to the imagination" scenario, but actively planned for and encouraged. (And on top of that you can be gay, bi, pan, and allo/asexual or romantic as you please, though the game never forces you to outright choose or lock yourself into these options.)

Additionally, aside from gender coding, you can pick (with most races) if you want a smaller or larger (read: taller and more muscular) body type.

Plus, the amount of options for skin tones, hair color (including highlights and greying), freckles, wrinkles, scars, hairstyle, and race specific traits like horns and crests is insane. You can even give your characters heterochromia or vitiligo!

They also have a huge array of additional options for makeup, tattoos, and piercings (though we should probably take some points off for incorporating a few appropriative indigenous tattoo designs; though I'm sure they thought they were adding inclusive representation. If it bothers you, there are already mods to replace said options with different designs.)

Now, there aren't sliders for most things in this game, so you are stuck with a limited amount of face models you can choose, and you can't edit your character's weight/height beyond the "make them big & buff or skinny" option. But with the amount of wearable items, cutscenes, and wildly different racial body types, this is somewhat understandable.

Overall, I'd say this is one of the most inclusive games I've ever seen.

Besides the lack of choice in your character's weight (which I don't expect them to change tbh), one thing I think would be feasible/cool for them to add would be some prosthetic limb options, especially since you'd be faced with a lot more risk to life and limb in a setting like the Forgotten Realms.

[sleepysomnia]

Top 26 things I want to see in the sims 4 CAS. This is just me complaining because I'm a pathetic console player who can't get CC

1. Heretochromia- If pets can have it- humans should have it too.

2. More on the eyes, Let normal Sims have Occult eyes. Sometimes I just want my sims to have funky eyes with nothing else.

3. Vitiligo, while it's amazing that birthmarks are being added, I wish they'd make a splotches that resembles Vitiligo.

4. Non-human features. Specifically stuff you can give to normal sims. Sharp teeth, horns, pointy or nonhuman ears. Man I just want more nonhuman options tbh

5. Prosthetic limbs. Even if it was just a skin decal it would be so amazing and gives just a bit more for storytelling.

6. More hair colors. Honestly they should make it like the skin tones. Have a base color and be able to lighten or darken it. That would allow for more customization.

7. More on hairs, let little kids have funky hairs. What if the green hairs natural for the family. Keeping it limited to natural colors, limits stories you can form

8. Underlayers. They've given us Binders but they 1: don't actually flatten the chest and 2: can't be worn with other tops. It's just a different style of Crop tops tbh. Let us have underwear that can have clothes layers over them

10. Speaking of underlayers. Let us layer clothes. It would give more variety, and would genuinely make for some beautiful clothing combinations.

11. Stop having Occults move every 10 seconds; I'm looking at you werewolves.

12. Non natural skin markings, this honestly could go with number 3. The new skin markings don't really go well with non natural tones, like the ones found with aliens or some of the vampires, and mermaids.

13. More unnatural skin tones, give me all the nonhuman features.

14. Sort of game play, but let the Plantsims be a permanent option for sims, like one you can choose in CAS.

15. Have something else besides Traits for things like lactose intolerant. I hate that a medical condition is considered a personality trait and takes up up the 3 slots we have.

16. There should be more than just 3 trait slots, it just kind of limits our sims.

16. Drink and food preferences would be really cool to go with the music preference

17. Let us copy makeup over each outfit

18. Better eyelashes; need I say more?

19. This would probably be too difficult to add, but wheelchairs or crutches. It would be great for inclusiveness, and help Simmers better create themselves

20. More eye colors, have them be on a color slider. Or at the very least give us more options

21. Height slider, let me have short or tall sims. It's very frustrating to have a character who's supposed to be short, next to a character who's supposed to be tall.

22. Some better makeup would be great. Stuff like graphic eyeliner, or better lipstick that isn't weirdly shiny.

23. Hair accessories that aren't attached to the hairstyle. Sometimes I love the hair color, but despise the accessory. Or I want an accessory with a particular hairstyle

24. Let us choose the color of the hair dye. I sometimes want a black hair that ombre's into a purple but it's not an option. Let us choose the colors it changes into.

24. Let us layer necklaces, also give us more types of piercings. Industrial and helix peirces exist.

25. Let us have multiple tattoos on the same arm. If they don't directly overlap, we should be able to add them

26. More options for guys. The men deserve rights too.

[arcplaysgames]

Literally the best character in the game. I would be friends with Kanji IRL. I like that he's very hotheaded about everything, including defending ladybugs.

Also I very belatedly realized that the summer vacation days had no music and instead have the bug sounds. Which, maybe I am stupid but is Inaba in, like, the Kansai area? Is it meant to evoke that? I don't know enough on this topic, I know a few of the signifiers but not enough to be certain.

I remember the Tim Rogers video on Boku no Natsuyasumi (which is my favorite film of all time) and there's multiple points of meditation on the idea of cultural signifiers of childhood that feel universal to you but are completely unknown to others. The horned beetle thing is to me so deeply strange, and I remember when I was younger, playing Animal Crossing New Leaf, I was sort of going "why are all these games obsessed with beetles, this isn't real" but it is, it's just a deep-set, obvious part of someone else's childhood, a signifier I don't share. My summertime dogwood snow would probably be very strange to other people. But they all have the same tang of nostalgia.

Anywayyyyy.

Oh fun Rise can now shout out a weakness in battle. She will not specific which enemy, and her info will not be added the enemies' card, but. Cool.

Like, for real, I miss Fuuka so fucking much. Fuuka's scans took a random amount of time, usually 2 to 3 turns to happen, but they ACTUALLY TOLD YOU SHIT ABOUT THE ENEMY so it was a good trade off. The way Rise and Teddie both function as in-game notebooks of all the shit you already trial-and-errored is my least favorite thing about the battles in this game. I am sooooo bored of starting EVERY fucking fight with mabufu/magura/maragi/mazio just to fucking catalog shit. It sucks.

Fuuka was the best.

The kind who are boys. Sorry, Rise.

I'm working on Marie's SLink again bc I was told I have to max it out and I dunno if there's a deadline on that, and she literally called me out for not hanging out with her. SORRY, I was maxing out Magician and (soon to be) Emperor and Priestess!

Meanwhile, Chie is very focused on Yukiko which is very cute but also I know from Yukiko's SLink that it's.... not as reciprocated? As you would hope? Like, has Yukiko even mentioned to Chie her plan to skip down the day of graduation and leave? Jesus christ. I feel kind of bad for Chie honestly? She.... feels like the spare to a lot of people? 8C

lmao kanji that's--

>It's very elaborate.

KANJIIIIIIIII

why isn't he a romance option honest to god. why is atlus this cruel to me specifically. kanji would be GREAT at wooing someone lemme tell you. fucking lightning bruisers, you cannot contain their power.

Final notes, I did some running around to gather materials and YOSUKE AND TEDDIE HAVE A JOINT ATTACK. GOD THIS MAKES ME EVEN MORE ANGRY THAT RISE CUT OFF WHAT YOSUKE WAS GONNA SAY. smushes them

also when Teddie is in a dungeon and you give him an outfit that makes him appear human, he does the exact bouncy animations as if he were still a bear and its adorable

Impeccable.

[bluepuppethidinginafilingcabinet]

here we go y’all

this weeks silly little (probably actually quite long) puppet history notes/commentary

this weeks woosh caption: “an echo of a dinosaur roar from the cretaceous period” spooky

hi maya

oh we’re putting ryan in shackles now huh

classic mario kart story tbh

professor getting flashbacks over here

i’m very excited about this topic

i fucking love paper. imagine inventing paper. that’s so cool.

paper is an s tier invention. i’m right.

vietnam seems chill.

wow the professor really said okay leave then

i really want it to be a frog plague

it’s not a frog plague :(

it’s a new dynasty. because history.

evil echoing laugh is back

i thought it was before common era……..

yo this man out here excecuting his sons and grandkid

“would y’all ever kill your own-“ PROFESSOR NO

i love when a wholeass river changes course. multiple times.

the professor snores huh

uhhhh you’re in the theatre fake professor

oh boy a tax increase

ummmm there’s a lot of glitching

the box is suspicious as always

i swear if they put taxes on tea that’d be funny

did i misunderstand the question or did they? who knows

salt and fish were apparently the answers

the horse wife is back. even though she should be dead. and in puppet purgatory.

this is a fun little ad

the professor just standing there like 🧍

i wanna build a watcher kingdom. shame i have no money.

i’ve decided to stan these two sisters. this may not end well for me considering history.

that’s a very you joke to make ryan

ryan wants to be a product of the immaculate conception via shaq apparently

these two are slaying

oh damn that’s a tiger. damn.

it has 3 eyes

an 18 did nothing???? huh

she really just attacked with kale. and lost a hand.

(items falling in background)

oop bye bye head. that’s unfortunate

THEY HUNG HIS BODY FROM THE GATES?????

or maybe they didn’t. welp. who knows.

boooo patriarchy

we’re assuming he’s dead. got it.

i love a war pyramid scheme

if you wouldn’t do war with your friends what’s the point? like are you really friends?

also this lady slays. i love her.

what is the professor on?

claiming immortality apparently

four things she promised. huh. okay my guesses. revenge. salt. gold. and cotton candy. because why not.

damn i want a country wide lazy river

edit: THE PROFESSOR KEEPS IGNORING THE LAZY RIVER MENTIONS

okay if the make out sessions start now. how do you fight the war??

slay okay. revenge. restoring lineage. avenge death of husband. attain goals. uhhh okay. sure.

well if it works it works i suppose

little devil horns on ryan is fun

15 JELLY BEANS EACH???????

ah yeah a swing of the hips wins the troops over. sure ryan.

trung be slaying

IM SORRY THIS LADY OUT HERE GIVING BIRTH AND CONTINUING THE FIGHT?????

ah yes an army of women swinging babies around

women can in fact kill too. so true professor.

no taxes? that’s… a choice…

i too am waiting for the other shoe to drop

boooo i don’t like this

yeahhhhh well that’s unfortunate

they still slayed

oh the bigger entity takes out the smaller huh ryan?

okay so the options are, they die, they die, or they die

oh we don’t know. okay. well. i’m starting to think that we don’t actually know when people die.

kinda baller that they never surrendered

imagine being dragged up to heaven by your ankles. that’d be an experience.

history is in fact petty

the women really be getting things done in this story. as they should.

damn that’s a speech right there

this is such as slay

the tiger is back. very pretty puppet. fluffy.

ryan does have a point when he called it a johnny cash tiger

“and now i’m fucking dead” that’s so awkward for you tiger

he’s very upset about this huh

professor be ignoring the algorithm again

professor you can’t just call people supple

egg professor has eyebrows

this is so odd

so shane. what. is. going. on.

[girlbob-boypants]

HIIIII time for me to add more headcanons to my headcanon of "au ra should all be giant breastless dragon people instead of being heterosexuality made manifest"

So firstly I've decided that women should tend to be taller than men. Think like what they did with the viera but if it was meant to be good design instead of a half assed "look now nobody can criticize how our other races are designed or say the fem hrothgar look bad" move.

While every group of au ra have their own cultures regarding how gender and sex define roles within their groups, tallness is typically seen as feminine. Which makes my WoL wearing heels even MORE gay, thank you.

Yes the lack of titties means either long incubation times or eggs. I have no preference for either but I do think the idea that baby ras eat meat is funny. My darling Gunk born yesterday he needs steak. Just throwing this out there cause everyone procreates but also while writing this out I went "there's chance someone's gonna try and be weird about this aspect in my inbox." I don't care about the kids but they fuck nasty. Except Magnai he cries during sex.

While their biology evolved to let them be omnivores a long time ago, meat is more necessary. Regardless of whether it's sheep herding (Xaela), fishing (Raen), or other options like hunting, au ra meals tend to be heavy on the protein. This could even result in au ra cultural meals being known for their "you won't want to eat tomorrow" heaviness. Large meals meant to be filling so you don't have to eat as often but have plenty of protein.

This also means they tend to be more muscular than a lot of the other races. Active lives and lots of protein means a tendency towards bulk.

Hair is a bit more mane like. With many having hair that tapers at the base of the neck. This is just cause i think it's cool idk how it'd affect actual in game models and would likely be cut during development.

Scales look more like dragon scales. None of this "they're actually descended from demons" bullshit cause it sucks. They're dragons and dragons are aliens so they're half aliens. This is either one of the biggest mysteries on the planet to Midgardsormr, or he views the au ra as kin of his kin. Perhaps blood rituals were involved. Perhaps Azim and Naama were dragons who escaped the planet's destruction and visited earth. Maybe it's something else. Truthfully idc rn it's late.

I still really just DONT like the horn ears. I feel like small humanoid ears with multiple horn sets that tend to cover them just makes for a better design but eh whatever it's the only unique thing about them in canon. Mixed bag. But I also feel that miqo and viera ears would be better if they came out of where human ears do just so that way we don't have to consider the fleshy blank spots there but that's neither here nor there both of those races are fetish designs lbr

Obviously this would mean that Yugiri would be fucking huge. I think that's funny. Manlet Hien and his two titan bodyguards.

Horns in the hair should be more common. Just. In general. Spines and manes type aesthetic. There's a few masc hairstyles that do this in game and frankly there should be femme ones as well.

[rdo-constance]

Happy one-year anniversary of rdo being declared dead! Here’s a list of things that will never be added or fixed/finished now! Yeehaw

The Land of Opportunities. We’ll never get a proper conclusion to the Mrs LeClerk storyline.

Blood Money. Yes blood money was 99% a letdown/absolute joke but I still wanted to see some kind of conclusion to stealing the gems.

Also just more smaller blood money contracts. Those little 3-part missions were fun and y’all can argue with the wall idc

Expansions to ALL the roles, like rockstar promised.

Meeting the VDL gang. Idk, it just bothers me that many of the strangers in online are antagonists and/or the creepiest strangers you could possibly have picked (im looking at you, aberdeens). Seeing the gang before the blackwater incident, even if it’s in a very small/limited way, would have been a million times more interesting. (and probably brought in a lot more players)

(putting the rest below because this got rather lengthy and i’ve been adding to it for a while)

Fixing all the shit broken with the naturalist role. Legendary animal spawns are inconsistent as fuck, the Protect Legendary animal free roam event has a 50/50 chance of bugging out and not finishing, i dont remember the harriettum animal transformations ever working properly, etc, etc.

Minigames! I wanna play five-finger filet! I wanna get absolutely destroyed at dominoes! (i still have no idea how to play dominoes) High-stakes poker out on the riverboat!

solo/private lobbies!

all the unreleased colour variants of the quickdraw club items. (i would pay so much gold for to get my grubby little hands on different variants of the rowberrow shirt).

Alternate gunbelts. I just.. I hate the way the off-hand holster sits. It’s ugly, looks impractical (i read somewhere ages ago that a holster like that is meant for when youre on horseback/sitting and need quick access, but dont quote me on that), not to mention how badly it clips through the character model, so i would gladly have paid a lot of gold to get a gunbelt that has both the holsters at the hips instead of ...that.

More horses? All the story mode characters’ horses, and the sable champange foxtrotter, the reverse few spot appaloosa, and whatever the fuck old man jones arabian is. Just... I would have loved to see some of the exsting breeds get the foxtrotter/turkoman/mustang treatment with some new colours and improved stats (ESPECIALLY the non-multiclass breeds, who only have 2-3 colours and rockstar tend to forget exist)

while on the topic of horses - more saddles and stirrups and customization options in general. I wanted some stirrups that give the +2 speed/acceleration that dont look like a huge hunk of plastic. And more colourways for the collector saddlebag. And the option to have the lantern harness without the actual lantern. And more loose/unkempt mane colourways that actually match more than one or two horses. And- And-

Properties :’( I imagine they were probably meant to be added together with the conclusion to LeClerk’s story, ending with us clearing our name and unlocking the option to buy a homestead of some sort. (Idk how fun properties would even be tbh, but i hate that it’s just never happening)

speaking of things that everyone and their mother were yelling at rockstar about since the dawn of time: HEISTS. Proper ones. That have multiple steps and multiple ways to do them. That pay well.

Some sort of gifting system between players. A shared lockbox for your posse where everyone can deposit and withdraw items or money. Actual trading. Idk, just let me give my low level friend some ammo dang it.

Revamping some areas of the map that would have been cool to see “before” how they were in story mode. Like Colter and Hanging Dog before it was abandoned, or Van Horn before the sheriff’s office burned down. They could have done a bunch of interesting things w the map if they had done more of a time skip between online and the main story.

A proper photo mode for online. Plop us into a temporary solo session and let us fuck around with poses, props, camera settings, lighting etc etc.

Also just... fix the photo booth maybe?

In general, if they’re not going to do anything with rdo, they could have turned it into more of a sandbox thingy/situation and have ended things on a better note and still opened it up for people to make their own fun.

I'll shut up now.

[marcusoseman99]

Songs of the Isle pt 32

Apollo: Apollo.

Frey: Why are you touching me.

Apollo: Do you know that you are dead.

Frey: I am not dead far from it I am Frey one of the best Sailers to ever be put onto the earth.

Apollo: Thats very neat but id close my eyes for this next part.

Frey: what are you talki-

*But as Frey opens his mouth the hammer hits him and launches him off the boat while Apollo hangs onto him for dear life as they slam into the water Apollo looks down to see his gem is glowing and he starts swimming down till he bumps his head onto nothing, he looks confuse before punching at the invisible force till he bursts through*

*The scene cuts to Vick sitting in his room vaping and shuffling his tarot cards*

Vick: Just relax Leander did what he had to do I mean Papa trusts him so I can but Apollo and Reegan aren’t bad, are they?

*Vick sits up and starts walking to his window while vaping leaving the cards scattered on the floor*

Vick: God I just want to be on the right side of whatever this “fight” is but everyone is just a… cunt. At least I can get the day to think with Leander going through the forest.

*Vick lays on the bed for a couple moments before shooting back up*

Vick: FUCK.

*The scene briefly cuts to Papa and Debbie looking up at the celling where Vick was yelling*

Papa: He is probably fine  

*Vicks starts to rapidly get ready and then starts running out of the door of the house while Papa and Debbie watch*

Debbie: Vick is somehow getting weirder.

Papa: He is probably going to hang out with Leander leave him be.

Vick: Fuck if Leander finds Stefan’s body then he’ll probably find the fortress and I can’t let Reegan get caught even Apollo doesnt deserve that.

*Apollo starts forcing himself out of the ground covered in watery mud, blood then lays on the ground while the hole from the watery hel closes*

Apollo: I know I wanted to do this but FUCK Hermans in his fat fringing mouth.

*Apollo starts to get up while grunting like an old ma he stands up then spots a died body holding a chest next rest on a tree. Apollo holds the tracking gem up and it starts to glow stronger than ever before*

Apollo: Bingo......hopefully.

*Apollo walks over toward the man with the chest trying his best not to look weak (it isn’t working) Apollo crouches by the man*

Apollo: You aren’t from here friend I hope your gods were kind to you.

*Apollo plucks the chest from the Dead body then takes the horn from his side but before he can call for his ride a chilling voice echoes out from behind him*

Hel: Boy.

Apollo: Please tell me that is the voice is one of a really chill ghost.

Hel: I wouldn’t say that.

*Apollo turns to face Hel*

Apollo: I’ll take a guess and say that you are Hel.

Hel: Very observant

Apollo: I mean it’s kind of obvious; you have a distinct look.

Hel: Yes I have heard.... now please put down what you have taken and leave my realm before I put you back into Hel.

Apollo: Any other option as I am so fucking tired of this place but I really want to get paid.

Hel: You are pathetic.

Apollo: Yeah ok scar face today has not been my day but I’m still not leaving without this chest.

Hel: Ok

Apollo: Really?

*Hel walks up to Apollo and lifts him off of his feet then slams him into the tree*

Hel: You dirty little bastard

Apollo: Oh I thought you were cool.

Hel: I would never lower myself to help a lowlife that comes into my home and starts to unravel everything.

Apollo: well *choking* ok I have nothing.

*Apollo blows the horn and the eight-legged horse appears in front of him he gives a small snarky smile to Hel before rushes toward the horse still trying to hide his injures.

Again poorly but as he is about to reach the horse the land changes under him multiple pieces of land are lifted and start to float in the frosty mist around Apollo unnaturally stretching and contorting the land.

With the piece of land with the horse at the very end of this Apollo looks to Hel after watching this strange landscaping project to see the mistress of the unworthy dead smiling ear to ear*

Apollo: Honestly expected something more violent.

Hel: I’d rather break your mind first before I mangle your weak body.

Apollo:  how nice

Apollo: Am I into this…...yeah probably.

[amagicdoctor]

If Azazel came now and saw Kurt with horns, I think he'd be laughing his ass off and with pigeon!Warren, he'd probably be the one to bring social media access on Krakoa just so people could publicly roast Angel. In all seriousness, they should probably check on Azazel to see if he had any involvement in their condition or if he isn't affected by it like Kurt is: That would've actually eliminated the option of it being due to resurrection (cuz he's immortal) instead of having Sinister shoot Kurt.

Aaahhh so many good points here, I would love to see all of it tbh.

Azazel is so sneaky and goofy but is he really gonna effect all of Krakoa just to troll with Kurt? That's why I sorta agreed with the anon who theorized the gene issue could be related to Sinister, between the two, Sinister seems more like the guy to work with genetics and test multiple iterations of something. So he's cool with the fact that the genes are effecting a small group before he adds something worse to the mix. I feel like Azazel would approach the issue in a different way, but I can't describe it right now😅

If it just so happens that Azazel is involved in this too I wouldn't have a problem with that! In LOX this series really teeters close to magic/supernatural/spiritual. They dealt with gods, higher powers, and now they're getting into magic with Margali. It could be a really cool opportunity to pull Azazel in! Krakoa already had a major plot with Mystique I really don't see why not let Azazel do something stupid too.

Plus I think it would be insanely cool if Azazel is a mutant who does get effected by the new mutation. He and Kurt could be twinsies! Or... What if his new form is more angelic 😯🫣aaah I wish I was really good with character design I would totally test some stuff out 😭💙

[knotheaddesignstudio]

Multiple Projects in Flight

I won't have any completed projects to show you this week but that does not mean I haven't been busy - I have multiple projects in flight at the moment. Today I will give you some progress updates. Then in a future blog post we can see how drastically the final products differ from where they started from. Project 1 - Member Showcase Submission This one is due mid November and I am probably the least far on it. Oh well. I will discuss in a separate blog post how I decided on this piece based on the theme for the showcase but for now the focus is on the fact that I am making 3 owls. One of the owls is already complete and was highlighted in a previous blog. The second is started from a slab of elm that had cool lichen on the bark.

Owl out of Elm I am already on the 3rd version of the neck and head and still don't like it so stay tuned. This one will likely be a great horned owl. The third owl is not started at all yet - other than sweet talking my husband into routing out some of the wood in the middle. I plan to have an owl hiding in the slab. You can even see the outline of an owl in this piece of locust.

Locust slab

Example owl Project 2 - Woodland Headboard Commission My second project is a large 7 ft spalted elm slab that will become a headboard. I don't have great pictures of the entire thing but hopefully you can see from this photo how much movement is in this piece of wood.

Spalted Elm Slab My goal with this piece is to pull the images of animals from Wisconsin that I see hidden in the wood and build up some dimension and artistic license with felt. The first image I found was a moose.

Moose Nothing is attached yet but the antlers are wired so I will be able to pull them away from the wood for some perspective. The next animal I found is an owl (go figure). You can start to see me laying out some pieces here.

Moose and start of owl Picture the owl hunting, like in the photo below. I have been working on additional updates since but haven't photographed them on the wood again.

There are also walleye, snapping turtle, badger and rattlesnake images that I have coaxed out of the wood. I have completed the structure for the rattlesnake but the images are extremely phallic and I don't want to get flagged as a porn site so I will just wait on those until construction is a bit further along. :) This piece needs to be completed by the end of November so I will be probably be posting final pictures while eating some turkey. Project 3 - Weimaraner Commission This final project is a commission to create the bust of a beloved pet Weimaraner. These are beautiful dogs that are grey in color (that can run from silver to more taupe) and have amber colored eyes. The requestor was familiar with my recent work of integrating animals into the wood and gave me permission to do that. I knew I would need the perfect slab so it started consuming my thoughts. In fact, it was 4am and my husband woke up and caught me staring at pictures of wood. My obsession paid off!

Mock up of Weimaraner piece I found a walnut slab that had movement that looked like the muscled neck of a Weimaraner. I got sign off from the customer and started building the armature for the head. You know, now that I look at that picture again, this one looks really phallic too. Who knew felting would be so erotic? - hee hee The final two pictures show the armature and one of the ears that I wet felted. I was worried about how I was going to achieve both the color and sheen of the weimaraner. Hearthside fibers had peduncle silk top that was perfect. It felted nicely with some merino wool for the ears. I will likely just needle felt the silk fibers onto his head but I like having options. The grey stain of the wood also exactly matches the silk. This will make the integration of the head and neck look beautiful in the end. Can't wait for this one to complete. Technically, it has to be ready before Christmas but I am hoping to find time to complete it sooner.

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[ifihearanothercainnabeljokeistg]

Fucking memories unlocked after I saw a tiktok posted on on here about some fandom terms dying off and people being afraid to be cringe and if I do not get it out of my brain I'm going to die.

So now you get to suffer this information too. :) All of this lasted the 3 years of middle school I had before I was sucked out of these fandoms and smashed into the holy trinity among various others.

I was part of like 3 intermixed friend groups, some people weren't in one or 2, but like one friend and I were in all three.

One of these friend groups called everyone by Homestuck characters. I was not part of the fandom, they gave me one and then my curiosity betrayed me. (They called me Aradia cause I was the only Aries in the group) I was slowly sucked into the fandom and I never recovered :) (one came to school with horns on 3 days out of the week and then during an event came in cosplay including full gray bodypaint. None of the rest of us did and she didnt talk to us for 2 weeks because she expected us to do the same even thOUGH SHE NEVER ASKED)

The second friend group, of which I was apart of the fandom already, called each other by Hetalia Characters. We made the dumb rule of 'hey you can't choose which you are, the others get to discuss and then assign 💚' which went. great.

They made me Germany, and occasionaly Canada cause sometimes I came to school and just didnt talk (got that 'tism babyyyyyyy, overSTIMULATED), but first they made me Russia. Not at all based on personality, they decided it based on me being the tallest of the group, my protective nature (? like kinda tracks tbh) and the fact that I was either in a giant coat half the year (winter where we lived was about half the year give or take a couple months on each end). After the first year they fully just dropped the Russia and started the Germany (and Canada)

The shortest friend, and the only one with red hair, was designated South Italy (apparently North didn't fit her personality, which was a factor for Everyone Else). The others were decided to be Australia, Scotland, America, England, and France.

FUN FACTS TIME

I have a yearbook from my last year where South Italy friend sighed as South Italy.

I was actively pushed by the group to start a relationship with the South Italy Friend, and, when being called Canada, with the America Friend. Didn't, but got peer pressure to do it monthly, and sometimes weekly.

As a birthday present the France Friend got me a red Maple Leaf hoodie and then yelled at me the next school day when I didn't wear it, and told me I should start wearing it on the days I didn't want to talk. I wore it once on a specific occasion. I avoided it at all costs, it had a bad texture.

The England friend decided to argue with our lunch ladies (fucking bless them, they were so sweet and I felt so bad every time she started it) on multiple occasions that she needed them to serve tea as a beverage option or they were refusing her her rights as an English woman. (she was not English, or a woman, she was an 11 year old Norwegian Italian.

(yes specifically, her family was Very into their family tree and made their heritage an important piece of their household (honestly very cool, her mom was so sweet and let me see all their records and stuff and showed me traditions and the handed down recipes they did)))

The specific occasion I wore the Canada hoodie was at the end of our 8th grade year, at the America Friend's birthday party. It was a sleepover. It was possibly the best AND worst decision. Best because I was able to just throw headphones on (I HAD A ZUNE IT WAS FUCKIN SICK)

Worst because as soon as their parents confined us to America Friend's bedroom they wanted to play Truth or Dare. After 3 rounds of like each person doing one they got to me and overruled my Truth call and Dared me to go into America Friend's closet, with America Friend, until I said we would start dating.

I had a panic attack because as soon as the doors of the closet were closed and locked America Friend pinned me to the wall and started trying to kiss me, and kiss my neck. The only words I said was please don't give me hickeys, my parents will kill me. She did not listen ✌️

She let me out 2 hours later when the others started trying to open the doors cause they got impatient and wanted to play on the wii with us. I left the room, went into the kitchen where I heard their mom, and asked her to please call my mom, I'd like to go home. America Friend tried to get me to stay even after my mom came to get me and I was in the car.

South Italy Friend was the only one not there, and was the only one who continued to talk to me after that.

And then high school started and I was in 2 friend groups and all Hetalia and Homestuck names stopped and instead I was called Dean ✌️

And also Mori as in Ouran High School Host Club but we don't need to talk about that

:)

[viperionexe]

a poorly drawn mc ita bag concept !! (that’s not fully done because I’m sleep deprived):

long story short I’ve been lurking over peoples shops because I wanted some obey me things cause why not, added a bunch of acrylic keychains, pin/buttons, and enamel pins to my cart, realized I didn’t have a ita bag to display everything because all of mine currently ones are filled, searched for one, couldn’t find one I liked that wasn’t sold out, said fuck it threw together an ita bag for obey me mc style, and now here we are.

now for da fun part here me out because it’s long and i know I’ll lose some of you:

…..bag…..

*please ignore the colors it’s just the first round of the drawing and the colors on some of the things are very much so going to change 💀*

1 : if you look at sheep drawing labeled one you will see said bag, the white portion of mcs face has a clear window so you will be able to see inside the bag and your displayed pins. without the insert you will just see mcs face like shown

2: drawing number two is just the bag with the white insert, so no mc face just sad empty white space 💔

3: drawing labeled three is the back of the bag, I was a little conflicted because I really want this to be a backpack however I know people love crossbody/over the shoulder bags so I made it interchangeable so it can be both! my only concern is that I don’t want it to be a bulky bag if you’re wearing it over the shoulder.

4: drawing labeled 4 is an example of the blank insert for the bag, im probably gonna add different color options like pink, black, and any color that works with the bag. as I was creating it I thought it would be interesting if I could make an insert with the 7 brothers symbols but I’m not sure it might be rough.

5 + 6 : drawing labeled 5 is a side view of the bag so you can see the zipper and slots (didn’t add the fluff and horns so you can see it properly), there’s the window pocket which is the very front zipper, and the back zipper is for the inside of the actual bag, I want it to be big enough that you can at least fit your wallet, essentials, and anything extra like a Nintendo Switch. I carry a lot of shit around because im like the mom who has everything in her purse so I love a bag with lots of room !!

drawing labeled six is the bag zipper and bag straps.

the straps are adjustable!!! we here love adjustable straps!! the bag would come with both pair for when you want the bag to be a backpack or over the shoulder.

as for the bags zippers I was trying to decide if it should be a big bell or a the little devil point card, I was worried there might have been too much bell, ya know? I might change it again if I’m honest.

7: drawing labeled 7 is my FAVORITE PART. the bell bows!! The bell bows would be interchangeable too!!

the bag would come with the original light purple bow but you could get the different color bow for your favorite brother, in the picture I used yellow just for funzies, I wanted it to be an example, but you would be able to change them out when ever and I might add different color options as well!!!

As for the bag it’s self I thought it would be cool to have different color sheep bag bases like black and white (which I will probably post later). Then you could have the matching color insert for that bag ect.

for the inside of the bag (which I will also post later) like I said I want it to have enough room for multiple things. It will also have an inside pocket zipper as well and that zipper I’m thinking of making a star or a devil point. so that will add onto extra storage!!

I actually also came up with a concept for a wallet that looks like a ddd and a coin purse shaped like a grimm coin (which I probably will also post later) I had to strongly use my imagination on them so if it’s ugly I’m not sorry I tried telling you but both would had straps on it so you could hold them on your wrist and they will infact fit in the bag!!!

that’s all for now 💔

please feel more then welcome to drop suggestions and what not I’d appreciate anything one says !!

[yuurei20]

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----- Transcript Part 2 ----- (part 1 here)

Crewel: Moving on: Ignihyde Dorm. Based on the world of Hercules. The housewarden, Idia, is an introvert, who stays inside his dorm room a lot. As I’m sure many people have noticed, there are plushies on top of the bookshelf in his room based on “Pain” and “Panic” from the Hercules movie.

Kalim: That’s a point that can make you smile.

Crewel: You really have to look closely. And now, Villains Quiz! Who told Hades, the god of the land of the dead who was vying for Zeus' position, that he would lose if he fought Hercules? This one might be a bit difficult, so let’s do multiple choice. a) adorable angels, b) the fates, or c) beautiful mermaids?

Kalim: I am going to have to answer this based on a hunch.

Crewel: The people who told him that he would lose…it’s because they knew he would lose

Kalim: They know…they know. And that means it was fate!

Crewel: And the answer is…?

Kalim: The answer is B!

Crewel: Good boy!

Kalim: You’re very kind

Crewel: The Fates: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos can see the past, present and future. And now, moving onto the final question.

Kalim: I’ve been a pretty “Good Boy” thus far.

Crewel: Yes. You’ve already surpassed the goal. But let’s try to get as many correct as possible. Last: Diasomnia Dorm. Inspired by Sleeping Beauty. The housewarden, Malleus Draconia, is a descendent of fairies, and is one of the strongest magic-users in the world. He is conspicuous even at Night Raven College and, due to his particular aura, other students keep their distance from him. The player-character refers to him as “Tsunotarou”, though, and he is kind to them.

Kalim: Looking at him, all there is to say really is “Tsunotarou”. He’s got horns (tsuno) after all.”

Crewel: The player character really isn’t afraid of anything.

Kalim: Malleus himself was surprised

Crewel: This is what the outside of Diasomnia Dorm looks like. There are briars all along the walkway to the entrance. And now, the final Villains Quiz! What is the name of the raven that serves Maleficient, the witch who cursed Princess Aurora? This is hard.

Kalim: But, option C: Diago? Maybe that was based on Iago? So…I think C is wrong. That’s us. Diablo or Raven…which one do you think it is?

Crewel: Raven sounds a lot like “Raven”. (this is hard to explain but the Japanese-language-pronunciation of the English-word "raven" is close to "reibun", but choice B is written as "reiban", which is closer to the American pronunication of the word "Raven", so Itou is trying to draw the connection between the two pronunciations of the same word for Furuta)

Kalim: RAVEN!

Crewel: Wait wait wait wait wait

Kalim: I was so sure that that’s what it was. What does “Diablo” mean?

Crewel: Something sounds kind of magical about “Diablo”

Kalim: I think it’s B!

Crewel: Incorrect.

Kalim: Diablo really does sound magical—the perfect name for Maleficent’s partner

Crewel: “Raven” is the name of the raven owned by the evil queen in Snow White.

Kalim: Well it’s a raven, so it’s not like I wasn’t close…

Crewel: Unfortunately, that was incorrect. But, in our last episode, we said that you would receive a present for getting at least four answers correct. So you have succeeded! You got 5 correct answers out of 7 questions, so you will be receiving some Kalim merchandise. And, apparently, I am also going to get a present as well, for my role as the MC of this show. Ah, I have to go get it myself? A Qposket Crewel! Thank you! I am going to display it.

Kalim: Let’s open them! Oh, it’s great! What do you think?

Crewel: Yes, cute and yes, cool. Shall I hold it up?

Kalim: Look at the back, too!

Crewel: They’re very detailed. And now—we are out of time. We have now completed the quiz that introduced the seven Disney movies that inspired the dormitories in the game. How was it?

Kalim: I’ve seen all the movies, of course, but there were parts that I forgot, so I think that rewatching them would make the game even more enjoyable.

Crewel: This was Itou Kento and

Kalim: Furuta Kazuki.

Crewel: Let’s meet again.

Both: Good boy!!