#neon-llama

[raincoquteee]

its 4:45 am i have no idea why im not asleep but heres two 2d gays idk

[cupidenigma]

Neon Rot

[steampunk-llama]

[youssefguedira]

joining a different fencing team when i move which will be very sad and i'll miss my little beginner class very much BUT ive heard its a big group so that'll be fun. unfortunately having been in the one team for years and years may well backfire massively when i start making jokes about épée to people who have never before encountered Me and know that i am actually joking about épée being the worst

[fierifiction]

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BEING THE OLDEST, YOU HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO A LOT OF STUFF REAL QUICK. BUT WE GOT LLAMAS! ODD WORDS TO SEE IN NEON. (Guy) NOT ANY MORE, BUT SHE'S STILL MAKIN' 'EM FRESH....wow.

[fieriframes]

[BEING THE OLDEST, YOU HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO A LOT OF STUFF REAL QUICK. BUT WE GOT LLAMAS! ODD WORDS TO SEE IN NEON. (Guy) NOT ANY MORE, BUT SHE'S STILL MAKIN' 'EM FRESH.]

[neon-danger]

ALL THAT LAG HAS GOTTA BE FROM FREE RANGE ANIMALS

[wildbeautifuldamned]

[doronjosama]

Sat/Mon outfits: Cat & Jack Halloween llama tee & glitter vans, black shorts, neon star hoodie; B*tches Before Witches Madoka tee, neon skull & daisy shorts over leggings. #ootd #fafafafafashionbeepbeep⚡ #EverydayFashion #CheapAssChic #ClearanceFinds #AllMyClothesFromTheKidsSection #ComfyClothes #catandjack #everydayishalloween #llama #bitchesbeforewitches #madokamagica #shortsoverleggings #leggings #vans #glitter #neon #stars #skulls #daisies #iwearblackontheoutsidebecauseblackishowifeelontheinside #blackwhiteandgrey #PunkRockGirl #over50style #agingdisgracefully #mystyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CjB3P1WDXPd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lazybug16]

Thanks for the tag Emma!!🫶 @piebingo

Gonna tag @myladyofmercy @missmeganlee @zee-has-commitment-issues @monkey-d-momo @newtness532

[patrickztump]

hello fall out boy fans who sim and simmers who listen to fall out boy, i have a build for you all:

i spent the last few days creating a little home where every room is a different album or ep (soul punk and truant wave included, as i made too many rooms. oops), even the exterior has a theme. i did use a cluster of packs but it’s limited to six, and none are expansion or game packs, so hopefully everyone can place it fairly easily.

ea id: stumpymatic lot name: 412 Phoenix Valley RD

everything is based off visuals and vibes, but i do believe a large chunk of rooms will get the point across. the common thread between them all is that this is a home for plant lovers! every room, minus the basement and kid’s room, have at least a couple plants.

a breakdown of the rooms + their themes and additional photos below the cut:

basement (take this to your grave): this one was a bit hard for me because tttyg isn’t one of my top albums, so i ran short on visual references, but i do believe i got the vibe down just enough. the general basement atmosphere helped significantly. ironically i added the boneyard fish tank without any thought to the theme.

MAIN FLOOR

living room (american beauty/american psycho): this is arguably the most normal room in the house. abap to me is very bright with warm yellows and cozy greens, its summer. tried to tie into the lyrics of “the kids aren’t alright” with the bear chair and photos of (what i presume) those long gone.

bathroom (pax am days): the thing about pax am days is while it’s fall out boy going back to their hardcore roots, they are in a mature state as individuals and an band. so this one ties back to the brick walls of the basement, but classier. it’s also just straight black. because i love dark bathrooms lol

kitchen (mania): this one was hard, and i erased everything i previously typed because i had a different idea and reworked the entire room. the new version is more cohesive than the original and spacious. small references are the obvious purple wall, but also a glass ceiling over the breakfast nook for "i hope the roof flies off."

dining room (soul punk): this one is definitely more stylized and i actually love it a lot, probably my favorite room. i just picture parties where the attire is formal but fun happening in here. if you place this lot for any reason whatsoever, please let it be because i spent at least 20 minutes making the boxes off the album cover out of individual neon lights.

SECOND FLOOR

main bedroom (folie à deux): this was like mania in as much as it was kind of a bad decision, but i think i made it work. references: color (obviously), butterfly photo ("disloyal order"), baseball bat ("headfirst slide"), mirror ("pavlove"), black dress ("tiffany blews"), and of course, the gnome in the bear outfit (which i affectionately call the "folie gnome" and try to remember to place in most of my builds).

master bath (truant wave): this is all color palette vibes. i just kept picturing the cover and love a brown toned bathroom with pops of green. but also the lights over the sinks, so you can have your own spotlight.

hall bath (so much (for) stardust): again with the black bathroom theme, but this time with pops of pink and touches of yellow. plus dog art! gotta have dog art. used the string of pearls light fixture again because a) love plants, and b) bubble-like.

kid's room (infinity on high): was absolutely bless with the photos that came with this album. it's not exact by any means, but it's similar. no sheep or grasshoppers in basegame, but we have a couple llamas and some ladybugs for replacements.

teen's room (from under the cork tree): to be honest this was a struggle to find the right vibes with the wallpaper and paints, but i ultimately like it. references: made sure to use a bed with proper bedposts, yes there are 16 candles on the dresser, postcards, and more!

shared bathroom (lake effect kid): this one is like the master bath, color vibes more than anything.

EXTERIOR

landscaping, etc. (save rock and roll): of course i saved my favorite album for my favorite part of building <3 lots and lots of red, layers upon layers with the flowers. apple trees to tie back to the videos for "young volcanoes" and "just one yesterday," as well as the pickup truck, and of course a fire pit*. all tucked away within a classic picket fence – which is the entire reason i created this, had "miss missing you" in my head then thought to myself, "i do love the picket fence in the sims.." and here we are!

*the fire pit that should be functional (it's one i pulled from another build i made and it did work), just have you sims light the tiny fireplace in the middle.

(the halls are very generic, to give the illusion that this is a normal house lol)

just a photo of the dining room because i need you all to see the boxes aksjfs

a few final notes:

• place with move objects ON • packs used: – my first pet stuff – backyard stuff – romantic garden stuff – desert luxe kit – blooming rooms kit – holiday celebration pack

info again, for those who made it this far: ea id: stumpymatic lot name: 412 Phoenix Valley RD

[steampunk-llama]

Putting this beast in Situations

[youssefguedira]

the problem with trying to write about fencing is i have a lot of personal terms for pieces of kit i've either been using since i was small and misheard something OR that i use specifically to annoy my coach (or both) and so for someone who has been doing this as long as i have i have to google the names for things a worrying amount

[actnod]

and i heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts and i looked, and behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 ; primera parte del décimo segundo capítulo.

No es difícil echarse al pesimismo cuando un misterioso mensaje del Sabbat llega a oídos de los vástagos locales, mensaje hasta demasiado pasivo agresivo para cualquier oído cuerdo sólo ensombrece más lugar que se ha rodeado de pesadas sombras en pleno invierno. Con un temporal que drenaría la energía de cualquiera y unos vientos que hacen más lentos el paso, sólo queda recurrir a la poca fuerza de voluntad que se pueda encontrar para llegar hasta el lugar. Los guardias continúan merodeando con sus ojos tan desafiantes como toda la semana, pero sin orden directa alguna parecen simplemente dejar a criaturas de la noche desfilar hasta el lugar.  

Invitados a un parque de diversiones abandonado, donde las risas de antaño ahora son sustituidas por el silencio y la decadencia, los vástagos del Sabbat han organizado un espectáculo inusual: las Carreras de Demolición, uno de los tantos juegos de instinto decididos por los sacerdotes de manada para mantener la capacidad depredadora de sus chiquillos. Decisión es cuestionable cuando están en el punto de mira luego de lo sucedido en la fiesta de fin de año, pero poco les importa a quienes gustan demostrar su valentía e inflar el pecho ante cualquier situación.

La locación desierta se ilumina con el destello de neones que titilan intermitentemente y con demasiada suavidad como para realmente ayudar en el camino oscuro. En la pista improvisada, donde antes niños se regocijaban, ahora se alinean coches robados, listos para ser consumidos por las llamas y envolverse en las pulsiones violentas de quienes se crean dignos de ganar. La noche está cargada de anticipación y adrenalina, mientras los miembros del Sabbat, con shovelheads como invitados de honor, se preparan para el ritual.

El sonido gutural de los vehículos arreglados por manos cainitas indican el inicio del espectáculo, llamando la atención de aquellos que se encuentran esparcidos por el recinto perdiendo el tiempo entre diferentes actividades, esperando el verdadero espectáculo. Las llamas danzan bajo la luna, encendiendo el asfalto como un precursor siniestro de lo que está por venir. La tensión es palpable mientras los conductores ajustan sus manos sobre los volantes, la adrenalina siendo la emoción conductora de quienes mirada brilla por la promesa de caos, listos una vez más para promover valía entre sí mismos . Después de todo, no podrían perdonarse que aquel resulte un bien escaso. 

La habilidad para maniobrar se vuelve crucial para quienes conducen, copilotos siendo sacudidos a merced de estructuras metálicas mientras estas se convierten en extensiones de habilidades vampíricas. Algunos sacrifican la potencia de fuego por la agilidad, buscando esquivar los embates enemigos. Otros, cargados por la furia, optan por el ataque como estrategia para llegar en pie hasta el final. Para los transeúntes que se han acercado (sea por temerosa obligación, curiosidad o ganas de delatarlos con contraparte dominante) hay algo seguro: deben tener cuidado por cada lugar en el que pasen.  En las anchas y extensas calles, nunca sabes cuando puede pasar una dupla de autos a toda velocidad, o cuando una de todas esas estructuras de antaño pueden ceder ante los repentinos movimientos sobre la superficie. 

Lucha no es sólo contra los coches enemigos, sino también contra la oscura tentación de abandonar aquellos deteriorados vehículos para evitar ser calcinados o heridos de gravedad. Al final, las reglas son claras: quien ceda y huya primero será el perdedor. Una metáfora para la vida y algo tan a flor de piel para quienes deban forzarse en aquel destino. Cada choque, cada explosión, es un recordatorio de que en este juego, solo los más despiadados y astutos prevalecerán.

Típico del Sabbat, el objetivo es demostrar la valía de cada uno que forma parte de sus líneas, y también alinear a todas esas cabecitas que aún no están seguras de dónde se paran, buscando lealtad de parte de seres al que les han dado vuelta la vida. ¿Serán intimidados los shovelheads de participar en esto? Entre tantas personas inseguras de sus líderes sean del lado que sean, ¿habrá alguien que de la voz por aquellas estructuras en las que se ordenen sin siquiera cuestionarlo?

𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐎𝐂.

¡Bienvenides a la decimoséptima actividad, murcielaguitos! Durante esta actividad  los vástagos han recibido una invitación por parte de los Lasombra, la cual resuena como todo menos eso y cualquiera podría interpretar como una convocatoria casi obligatoria que la hace más tentadora para los curiosos. Otro ritual del Sabbat será disfrutado bajo la luz de la luna, con menor protección por parte de los antiguos y más ganas de verlos hacerse valer. Todos los miembros de esta secta deberán participar, y los Shovelheads serán invitados a hacerlo también. Incluso si no saben realmente lo que sucede, es bastante obvia de quien es la mano dominante las últimas semanas…

Más allá de observar este espectáculo tan arriesgado, los otros vástagos deberán estar atentos de no interponerse en el camino de ninguno de los autos ni meterse en el local equivocado del gran parque de diversiones. Después de todo, han pasado más de dos décadas desde que ha sido abandonado, y sus condiciones están lejos de ser las mejores.

Algunas locaciones que pueden encontrar en su camino son: una cafetería abandonada, donde las telarañas abundan y el aroma de humedad en la madera puede sentirse en el aire. Justo detrás de ella, la rueda de la fortuna no sirve para más que mover sus partes oxidadas con el viento, provocando fuertes chirridos en todo el espacio cada varios minutos. Subir a alguna de sus cabinas que están cerca del suelo sólo servirá para huir del ruido caótico por fuera.

Considerando la poca protección que les han brindado esta vez, quienes cuenten con suficiente empatía aún remanente en sus cuerpos serán los indicados en encargarse de las curaciones en el área designada para quienes sufrieron más heridas.

Las sillas voladoras a pocos metros del patio principal, desde donde ha partido la carrera, sólo sirven como hamaca, ¡pero ten cuidado de no subirte a la equivocada y que las cuerdas se rompan!  Los autos chocadores y las tazas giratorias funcionan…si alguien te empuja de atrás con un buen uso de su potencia. Pero ten cuidado con la electricidad, que la fricción con la que funcionaban aún puede chispotearte en la cara.   

Luces que llaman tu atención son aquellas que recubren carrusel, caballitos se muestran tétricos si pones suficiente atención e incluso chirridos ocasionados al realizar el ir y venir de animales podría asustar a cualquiera, sin embargo, es espacio que regala mayor iluminación en todo el recinto, no es el mejor si tus intenciones son mantener discreción.  Iluminación de foquillos que aún no se encuentran rotos alcanzan a rozar zona donde juegos de suerte estaban ubicados, tal vez puedas atinar el arito en aquella botella rota o encestar el balón desinflado en la polvorienta canasta. 

No es extraño que en el parque se haga uso de esa pequeña parte de la costa a la que se orientan, y botecitos de pedales abandonados no son más que un paisaje pictórico que podría rememorar sobre el pasado a quienes alguna vez pasearon allí. Pero considerando lo cerca que está la montaña rusa y lo mucho que se nota que se está deshaciendo, por no decir que cada tanto pedacitos de plástico se avientan en tu cara. Esperemos que nada peor caiga de arriba… 

⦾ Este evento se dará el 13 de Enero para los vástagos. Para inspirarse, pueden ver más fotos de la locación en este tablero de Pinterest. 

⦾ Se desarrollará a través de starters abiertos. Apreciamos la reciprocidad por lo que antes de abrir un starter recuerden responder al menos tres publicaciones que ya estén en el blog, una vez alcanzadas las notas deseadas, son libres de eliminar la publicación de dicho apartado. No olviden rebloguearlos en el blog de starters. 

⦾ Durante esta actividad, el código de vestimenta será libre. Están invitados a publicar lo que están vistiendo sus personajes y luego rebloguearlo en el blog de ediciones. 

⦾ Queremos recordarles que, a pesar de ser un grupal de temáticas sensibles, nuestra prioridad es la comodidad de todes nuestres usuaries por igual, así que les pedimos tengan cuidado con la manera con la que se abordan estos tópicos en el dash ya que se trata de un espacio compartido y pedirles, por favor, que no hagan caso omiso a la lista de triggers que se encuentra actualizada para que puedan hacer uso correcto de cada etiqueta. 

⦾ La selectividad, rol burbuja o parecidos permanecen estrictamente prohibidos. De sentirse afectade por alguna de estas situaciones, por favor siéntanse libres de acercarse a la administración.

⦾ Para las personas que aun no lo han deshabilitado, les recordamos  que sus buzones deben de permanecer cerrados para los  mensajes anónimos en todo momento y hasta nuevo aviso.

⦾ Durante esta actividad, no se permitirán los privados ni los flashbacks.⦾ Por último y no menos importante, la actividad tendrá una duración de 10 días. El fin de la actividad en su totalidad será el día 8 de FEBRERO a las 17 hs GMT-6, mismo horario en el que se publicará la siguiente.

[neon-danger]

That's fine, I fell asleep not long after sending that anyway lmao. Yeah, it does.

It's weird the worlds you can and can't swim in. They're all Sulani and later which, fair, except not all worlds after Sulani can be swam in. Can't swim in Glimmerbrook for some reason, but you can swim in a river in fucking Henford-On-Bagley. I guess Alex is a freshwater mermaid, god. Glimmerbrook would be NICE as I made Jack visit his parents there to make jewellery as I think that pack pairs nicely with Realm Of Magic's look and he's still a spellcaster underneath the scales, and he needed a job that Alex doesn't also do, but fate said no swimming allowed. Glimmerbrook has a fucking river too, but I guess it's just NOT GOOD ENOUGH to swim in! I have legit gotten on rants about swimmable water in this game with one friend and I have no idea how I can expend so many words for such a basic concept lmao.

Hope you slept well, cause I didn't, solely as I kept thinking about everything I sent you last night.

I did not sleep well I have work I. Forty minutes and I only just got out of bed (I’m closing)

Also a lot of the newer worlds absolutely horrible for finding collectibles bc they’re either so far apart or there’s just not as many

Base game worlds are your best bet for that, but also the flea market in San Myshuno has a place where you can buy crystals

[omegalomania]

Wait I wanna hear your thoughts on the Mania mv =0

the young and menace music video expands on the themes of the base song in an absolutely harrowing way that not enough people give credit to because a) young and menace as a single was very jarring for a lot of folks and b) people thought the llama suits looked dumb. both were rather silly reasons to brush off what is a very earnest piece of art but it is what it is. i still see hostile attitudes towards mania and towards young and menace in particular because of how polarizing a song it was and i could honestly go on forever and ever about how bad and pointless and shitty and racist a lot of the discourse there was. but instead i wanna talk about the video.

right out the gate i want to make it clear that the video did wonders, leaps, and bounds for mania's aesthetic marketing. for all that people will shittalk mania, make no mistake: it had an EXTREMELY strong aesthetic foundation right out the gate. the video gives us some very potent imagery as it plays out, all of which tie strongly into the albums overall theming, marketing, and lyricism. the crashing beach waves, the star-swept night sky, the violet-drenched neon cityscape - they all get exemplified here.

but more important than that is the story it tells. young and menace is a song that really concisely portrays a manic state. from a purely sonic standpoint, it is jarring, it is full of peaks and troughs. the low opening guitar chords slink along so gradually you can easily miss the beginning of the song if youre not paying attention. the whole opening of the track stalks along with this eerie, charged dangerousness that you can feel building and building and building until it detonates spectacularly, escalating into an electrified breakdown that nearly ruptures on itself before bouncing back to its initial, calmer baseline. lyrically, its a song that discusses what it is to be an outsider. petes discussed how the song is reflective of how he felt growing up - like he didnt quite belong, because he and his family didnt look like anyone else in their (very white) neighborhood. the video takes that theme and ratchets it up to 11.

young and menace depicts a young biracial girl who lives in a house fraught with domestic abuse. young and menace is about what it means to be othered and it portrays the othering this girl experiences to its absolute extremes. she feels like a stranger in her own home to the point where she visualizes her parents as inhuman monsters - sort of a reverse "where the wild things are". she escapes into a city populated by people, but speaks a language no one else can understand. she wanders into a dimly lit club where everyone is dancing at a show, but the loud music sends her skittering back outside until she collapses in what looks like an overstimulated daze. and there isnt any closure for her either. the video ends on this kind of grim and upsetting note, because shes back home by its conclusion and has no choice but to reconcile that her parents are just people, the same way she is.

its a video that embodies what it is to be Othered in so many different ways that it all compounds on itself and becomes impossible to bear.

it depicts what it is to be othered in the literal sense and beyond that. the girl is not just a human in a world of monsters; shes also a human that none of the other humans can understand. to me it encapsulates what it feels like to be biracial very very succinctly, that feeling of intense unbelonging, that feeling of being stranded between two worlds, neither of which understand you and neither of which you entirely resemble.

it depicts what it is to be othered in the familial sense. it depicts how it is to grow up in a home where you dont feel you belong, where your home is literally not a safe place to be, to the point where running away feels like the best possible option.

and on top of that, this is the lead single on the album entitled MANIA. the whole record embodies that concept, from its soundscape to its lyricism it depicts what it is to be manic - which again comes from pete, who has been very very open about being diagnosed w bipolar pretty young. young and menace is MANIAs whole ethos in microcosm. the song and the video are so so so representative of that, bouncing between eerie quiet and choppy, jittery chaos. and theres no resolution. there is no being "fixed" or "cured" of this, of any part of this. there is no escaping being what you are. sometimes the most you can do is ride the wave and hope you make it out on the other side.

young and menace is a really really earnest depiction of how all those different aspects of oneself can intersect. i think a lot of the controversy of the "new sound" for fall out boy overshadowed how important the video was. this was a narrative about a biracial black girl in an abusive home environment, told by a biracial, bipolar, black man whos had his notable struggles with finding a community he felt accepted him. the video doubles down on the overall themes of the song in a really harrowing but i think deeply effective way. its heartbreaking in its vulnerability and for someone like me, a mixed race kid who grew up with unchecked mental illness in a toxic home environment, it meant the whole goddamn world.