#non-interactable birds in video games

[moldingtundra]

why sk8rclown (pilby x infected) is OTP 💥💥

Sooo you read the title, so you know what this post is gonna be about!

P.S this is MY personal opinion and if you ship anything else that’s fine! But for the 0.5 percent of ppl who are here for the rare pair I present to you the ultimate explanation on why this ship works so so well

without further ado let’s discuss why the non-bi pan cattipillar and the emo chic dude form the 2010’s would totally kiss!

Ok first of all; what is their dynamic and why does it work so well?

well that actually depends on how you see them, but in general, I think their base dynamic is the scared and soft introvert x outgoing extrovert, as clearly seen by their dialogue and personality documented in the wiki, it’s clear that this dynamic seems to fit best.

It even shows in their limited interactions with one another, yes, I know there’s only technically 3 interactions so far (subject to change in the future) BUT even then you can clearly see the chemistry that bounces off.

This and the other dynamic being old fashioned x high tech of some sorts, example:

Infected: "I c4nT wA1t tO r41Se My Fi5HinG Stat5!! B)"

"Golly.. fishing.. stat?

"That sounds confusing.."

Infected: "Th4t5 My aw3sOM3 Vid30 g4mE!!"

Infected: "I'm TrY1nG to G3t a G0lD3n TenCH!!"

"All those video games and whatnot has got me so confused.."

On top of that, their mindset is actually quite parallel with each other; infected is stuck in the 2010’s, while Pilby is stuck in their old fashioned ways (idk what time era though help)

plus, infected seems like the type of guy to really have a deep care for the ones he loves, with words of affirmation and physical presents and whatnot, and pilby, being a guy with little self esteem and belittles themselves, while also showing comfort in reassuring words, would definitely either get flustered at infecteds compliments or crash like a windows explorers page and go💥💥💥 /hj plus, I’d like to think that he’d get pilby flowers (despite his allergy) just to please them and see them smile super brightly (although pilby would immediately stare in horror at infecteds puffed up face (allergies ammiright)/jjjj

And then there’s my interpretations, obviously this ain’t gonna apply for everyone but I personally believe that infected is the type to show the most affection and also be the caring type while pilby is the two stud tall guy who is a nervous wreck and shrivels at the mention of going out to a party, LOL, ok but no seriously soft caring extrovert and scared little rat dynamic save me save me dynamic.

alright lh, that’s all I have for this section, onto the next!

I think the reason why pilby x infected always stuck out to me is just the thought of it, like wow! A 2010s emo chick and a clown! Sounds like something random but trust me, it works, think of it like the emo and bright pink chic dynamic, just with a few tweaks.

this and also my interpretations of the characters (Alr explained in the previous section) it’s just such a unique take, and I’m a fucking sucker for unique ship types.

heck even their designs actually compliment each other, pilby is soft and round, and infected is bright and bold.

Anyways, more ramblings uhm, I feel like infected, despite being the caring one, would also be reckless, often time getting into scuffs, which worries pilby and brings out his more firm and true side, like a wife having to deal with their husbands shenanigans. I feel like because of that pilby can take the opportunity to show their more truer side, the side that’s not always sad and sighing about their mama, the side that is happy for the little things in life and always takes the time to admire the surroundings, something that infected takes for granted sometimes due to their hyperactive and fast nature, and that alone, would teach infected to slow down as well, to take in the scenery around him sometimes, the warm sun, the falling leaves, the chirps of the birds, flying high into the clouds, setting off on an adventure, it’s the little things that count the most.

and in return, pilby would learn that not everything is all rainy clouds, that they sometimes does need a few push’s outside of their comfort zone to enjoy a few things. Maybe a little skating wouldn’t hurt (or will, depends if pilby falls when infected let’s them go) or saying hi to split every once in a while can actually lead to some funny conversations and thereafter, thoughtful moments to cherish for years to come possibly.

it’s an effect, they rub off each other, they stuck together and learned new things about and for their life, even if it’s little or silly, it’s worth everything to them, and it’s worth it because they have each other. When pilby is with infected, there’s nothing to worry, and when infected is with pilby, he can relax for once and actually chill, seeing the comfort of being simplistic.

And I think that’s fucking beautiful, I think that’s what struck me hard for this ship, it’s so loving and touching ai feel like I could cry just writing this. It’s truly the deep realizations that make these types of silly posts worth writing.

anyways im Uhhhhh getting TOO autistic here.and I have limited time, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK ON WHY SK8RCLOWN IS MY OTP AND MAYBE WHY U SHOULD SHIP THEM IDK I JUST REALLY WANTED TO RAMBLE ABOUT THE YAOI DUO. Anyways uhhh bye ^_^

[headmate-ideas]

Hello there! Can we request a teen regressor and janusian headmate that prioritizes the system over others? If you can, we’d also love if they were non-human and inspired by an aesthetic like 🥬 ☎️🦜🍅 🧩🗼🌿! Thank you!

☎️ HEADMATE TEMPLATE 🦜

✦ Name(s): Red, Andy, Feather ✦ Pronouns: it/its, they/them, x/xs/xself, e/em/eir/eirs/emself ✦ Species: object head (phone) ✦ Age: adult (age regresses to 15-17) ✦ Role(s): janusian, sysregressor, anger holder ✦ Labels: unlabelled ✦ Xenos: birds, music, nature ✦ Interests/likes: photography, bird care, video games ✦ Dislikes: being told what to do ✦ Music taste: pop punk, hyperpop, thrash metal ✦ Aesthetic(s): bastardcore, emo ✦ Kins: parrots, leaves, dragons ✦ Emoji proxy: ☎️🦜 ✦ Details:

Red is a rotary phone object head who values the system's wellbeing over others'. This makes it simultaneously a protector and persecutor for the system. It will do anything it needs to do to keep the system safe, but sometimes they do this by acting aggressively towards people they see as threats to the system. They hold a lot of anxiety, anger, and distrust, and this may come out even in their interactions with friends or other members of the system. Red age regresses to 15-17, especially as a response to intense emotions. This allows them to channel a mindset associated with intense emotions but less stressed by adulthood. Regression activities they enjoy include listening to loud music, playing video games, and drawing angsty art. Non-regression interests of theirs include photography (especially of world landmarks), cooking (especially with vegetables), puzzles (including puzzle games), and birds (especially parrots).

[These can be edited and changed as needed, and headmates will almost definitely not turn out EXACTLY as described.]

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

Ohhhh my kitty loves and trusts me SO. MUCH.

So I've got a new temporary housemate, and said housemate has their own cat (who, by the way, has been incredibly sweet and chill and is not a source of any issues).

I really wasn't sure how Sophie would handle a new cat in the house. She's 21 months old and I've had her since 10 months. As long as I've had her she's been a single cat, but has never reacted to the many many scents of friends' cats I've brought home.

I knew a slow introduction was best. Original plan was the good ol 'smell each other through the door'. We brought New Cat in, let her settle and calm down while Sophie was kept in a non-adjoining room, and then released Sophie to let them sniff through the door.

My God, I have never seen a cat so upset. The second Sophie realized Another Animal was in Her House, every hair on her body stood UP and her ears went FLAT and her back went UP and she let out a low, moaning growl that turned to hissing at ME while I tried to pick her up to retreat.

Back in my room I soothed Sophie and did some more research because WOW that didn't work. I altered the approach:

- I put Sophie in her new harness so that she had a convenient handle and also a distraction

- I stuffed a blanket into the crack under the door so Sophie could no longer see into the room

- I waited by the door with her favorite treats so that every time she approached would be a positive, supported interaction.

And by god, it started to work. She approached the door full bottle-brush, but calmed enough to get a few treats down and walked away on her own. Next time she approached was still wary but less floofed. More treats, some pets. She's still a bit wary of the housemate and very wary of the door, but doing oh so much better. By the time Housemate retired to do some homework and play some video games, Sophie was playing with the laser pointer and excited about the birds in the window again.

The minute Housemate retreated to their room, Sophie nuzzled into my lap and immediately fell into a deep, exhausted sleep. She even managed a purr, which she hasn't done since the new cat came in. Poor girl's been through a very scary and stressful evening but loves and trusts me so so so much 😭😭😭

[am-i-interrupting]

Requesting a Hazbin Hotel Matchup!

I would prefer a male character! (Despite that, I am an ace lesbian. I just wanna indulge my comphet fictional crushes iykwim + i prefer more of the male cast in hazbin. I totally understand if you'd prefer to match me up with a female character) I use she/they pronouns.

A few personality traits of mine would be hardworking, clumsy, compassionate, and playful. I am a workaholic, and often work myself to the bone. Ironically, to others, I try my best to ensure they don't overwork themselves. I'm a bit of a people pleaser to the point where I jeopardize my mental health, but I'm working on it. I'm decently good at appearing mature and socially adept (if a bit anxious) when around strangers, but around those close to me, I admit I am a bit of a baby, being playful.

I have ADHD, a Depressive Disorder, and strongly believe I have Autism. Some jokes, sarcasm, and flirting goes iver my head, but if I notice, I do like to play along. I like cutesy pastel colored clothing in a sort of streetwear style. Like, cargo pants are great but I also love cute skirts. I'm an artist and a gamer. I like to animate and am working towards developing video games! My love language is definitely physical touch and quality time. Hugs are important to me. I like being close to people I care about, even if we're not doing the same thing. Parallel play is peak to me.

My music taste swings around wildly. I've always been a sucker for vocaloid and musical theatre songs. Lately, I've been listening to Epic The Musical and Calliope Mori. I love to sing and play the violin, so any music that I can vibe to, I like. I like plushies quite a bit, even though it's childish. My sense of humor is nonsensical even to me. I laugh a lot, basically, from dark jokes to antihumor.

I'm unsure of my demon form, to be honest. I'd probably have something to do with video games or art, and my favourite animals are small round birds (like the white-browed tit-warbler), jellyfish, and frogs. Feel free to describe my sinner form however you want! (I am short though)

I hope this isn't too much haha I just realized how much I rambled

I don't really want full NSFW headcanons, but some spiciness/non-explicit stuff is good.

Thank you!

-👾 (so i can find this later)

Your Match Up Is. . .

Lucifer!

You probably met him at the Hotel.

Now, Lucifer wasn’t immediately obsessed with you. No, no, he had his daughter to focus on.

However, you caught his attention soon enough.

It was actually while working on the Hotel rebuilding that you caught his eye.

With you darting around from place to place, making sure everything got done while also making sure everyone else took a break, you made yourself known.

Unfortunately, no one made sure you took a break so he took that role upon himself.

It probably took some convincing but eventually he got you to do it.

Over time you two got closer and closer.

It was one of those things were everyone else realized you were both in deep for each other before either of you did.

This is because neither of you recognized when the other was flirting. . . like at all.

It would probably be Angel or maybe even Charlie saddling up to one of you going, “Soooo, when are you gonna ask them out?”

Immediate denial followed up by very intense analyzation of every single one of your interactions with each other because what are they talki. . . Ooooh, you see it now.

It’d be a while before you two got together.

When you did though, prepare for heaven in hell.

Wow, Lucifer sure is a catch.

He is so sweet and so caring.

He is able to recognize signs that your depression is getting worse because of his own and together you’re able to help each other through the spirals.

You’re also able to give each other advice that actually works with you AuDHD brains because there is no way that man is neurotypical.

Get ready to be able to infodump any time you want to and be listened to with the most attention. He is asking all the questions.

You’re making a game? What genre? What animation style? What’s the main story line? What’s that side character that you made too detailed of a background for? Tell him everything.

You like drawing? He likes making ducks. Can you draw him ducks for him to make when he’s in a funk?

And you have plushes! They can be friends with his ducks.

If he hears you listening to a song from a musical, it’s over. You’re not doing whatever it was you were doing. You are now obligated to reenact the scene from him.

He loves dancing with you.

Sometimes though, he can get a bit in a Gomez Addams-like mood and he’ll just start kissing your arms, then your neck, the one thing leads to another.

This man is big on oral.

Cuddles after. Always.

He is a big cuddler.

This man is so touch starved it’s not even funny.

He intends to make up for it so a hand is almost always on you. He is always in your space.

You are never falling asleep without being cuddled again.

[rideroftheoctocorn]

Maybe this is my “I’m from New York so I didn’t choose to live here I was just already here” kicking in but can we actually learn to respect people’s privacy and acknowledge the fact that not everyone who lives in a major city is doing so because they want to be famous or the main character or an influencer or whatnot. I’m so sick of seeing tiktoks go viral that are just plainly stalking or doxxing random people who didn’t ask for attention or fame and are just living their lives. Especially given how many people in NYC are living with a wide variety of mental states, abilities, divergencies, and diversities treating them as a spectacle for your entertainment is deeply dehumanizing. Particularly in the past few years seeing so many content creators move here and gain their fame here it is becoming increasingly frustrating to feel like just existing in my home is not coherent with the burgeoning voyeurism culture that’s growing online. I, nor anyone who lives in a large city, should have to leave their homes every day worrying about the potential of being recorded and ridiculed online for just being a person.

People should be able to live their lives with the right to privacy. This isn’t to say that certain instances of internet activism shouldn’t have happened; for instance the Central Park bird watching incident (google it if you aren’t familiar but a woman was being racist towards a black man bird watching in central Park and his recording on the incident vindicated him). But instances like those are the exception and not the rule and many cases of publishing interpersonal conflicts/interactions is not from good faith activism or even from an activist point at all. Honestly what sparked this for me was that dumb tiktok that blew up of that girl looking for the person who kept writing “monke” on the whiteboard at her gym and the series of videos she made amassed more than 25 million views as she made a very public game out of trying to find the identity of this person. Some of her tactics included staking out at the gym waiting for this person or even asking the employees at the front desk who the person was. Maybe this person didn’t want to be a viral tiktok sensation and just wanted to write something goofy on the whiteboard at their local gym. Instead, this person has millions of strangers online seeking them out using unethical/invasive methods. All over someone who just wanted to write “monke.” Can we not just be a little silly in public without being at risk of it being the next internet sensation? If you live in a busy metropolitan area is it now your responsibility to make yourself as invisible as you can every time you step outside your front door? I genuinely leave for work each day wondering if I’ve maybe picked the wrong outfit, makeup, or maybe there’s an embarrassing stain or issue with my appearance that someone is going to see, record, and share online. I’ve even now seen TikTok’s of people recording through peoples windows commenting on how they’re living in their private lives now as well (the video in question is of a young woman recording a couple dancing through their apartment window). Even the guy who goes around “turning average people into models” initiates these videos by first taking non-consented photos of strangers on the street. Invasion is not flattery as much as people on the internet might like to think it is.

It is deeply unfair to ask human beings to live their lives in an unending panopticon. We should be able to go outside, make a joke, leave a silly note, have a bad day, an embarrassing moment, an emotional outburst, leave the curtains open with the knowledge that these moments belong to ourselves and are not suddenly (and without our consent) just become something for the masses to consume. Small spats that should remain small spats become global debates, a conventionally attractive or unattractive person becomes the internet’s object of desire or disgust. Let people exist. Let them have their dignity.

[thesakuragarnet]

What The Heart Wants

Summary: After months of working with Hawks, Dabi comes to a realization.

THIS WORK IS 18+ ONLY! S3XUAL TAGS BENEATH THE KEEP READING SECTION

Non-Spicy Tags: Demisexual Dabi, DabiHawks, League Of Villains as Family, Wingwoman Toga, Pre-Paranormal Liberation Arc, Falling in love/lust, sexuality crisis, Toga & Dabi have a sibling dynamic, light humor, fluff, light smut, innuendo

Word Count: 2,775 words

AO3 link

Spicy-related tags: ma$turbation through clothes (interrupted), dry humping a pillow, awkward boners, sexual frustration, awkward sexual situations, fantasizing, mild sexual content

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"Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. This is bad," Dabi mutters to himself over and over again as he paces around the empty meeting room, running his hands through his cheaply dyed hair as if threatening to tear it out. He wasn't supposed to feel things...not these types of things. He'd never...felt things before. Growing up, he had no interest in crushes in school; he had complete tunnel vision on his hero dream. He kept himself isolated. He didn't attempt to make friends. The only people he'd ever talked to were Natsuo and Fuyumi, and even then, it was rare. Since his accident, the only people he'd interacted with were the League members. They'd become his new family. It was the closest thing to familial love that he'd actually felt , but still...it wasn't the same as whatever this was. This was more than a family bond...this didn't feel like a family bond at all. Whatever he was refusing to give a name to that applied to a certain Pro Hero...it was completely novel. In his heart, Dabi knew exactly what it was. It felt disgusting to admit. It felt... feral... the ways in which he suddenly wanted Hawks. He wasn't used to it. They'd been meeting one to three times a week for the past several months. At first, he kept a good distance from him, but, gradually, Hawks had been welcomed into the Paranormal Liberation Front. He'd slept on their couch; he'd played video games with Twice. The only thing he never did was sit in on the private meetings that the Regiment leaders conducted. Dabi had gotten to know him better. And...last night, they'd just been having a regular conversation. Something regarding Best Jeanist's death, Dabi couldn't remember exactly. What he could remember was the genuine laugh that came from Hawks' lips. It sent shivers down his spine and made him stand up a little straighter. He'd heard Hawks laugh before, so he was confused as to what was different. Then, he had a sex dream when he came back and went to bed, and it changed everything. The realization came crashing down on him like an avalanche. Whatever unconscious emotional bond he'd formed having meaningful to meaningless conversations with the Pro Hero...they'd unlocked something. He tried taking his mind off of it; he'd gone down to the kitchen and had breakfast with Twice, only to find himself slipping into daydreams. It felt so real. The dream had felt so real ...and part of him wanted it to be. Hawks was a flirt. He'd had that sort of air about him wherever he went; it was a part of his teasing persona. It didn't make sense. Why now? He'd known the stupid bird for months . 

"God, what the hell is wrong with me," Dabi hums desperately, dragging his hands down his face as he steals a glance at himself in the reflection of the monitor's black screen. Once again, the thought of Hawks pinning him against the wall and kissing him floods his brain, making his eyes soften and causing him to clasp a hand over his mouth. His mind runs wild, desperately wishing to know what Hawks looks like beneath all of his Hero Suit layers. The vision of Hawks whispering sweet nothings in his ear and kissing his neck makes Dabi gasp, and, suddenly, he feels light-headed. His eyes flicker down to his pants, and he feels his face get hot as he gets progressively more flustered. He wants Hawks. He wants Hawks to want him , too. He wants rough. He wants gentle. He wants every conceivable way, as long as Hawks is making him feel loved. He wants to give him everything he can. 

"Shit," Dabi curses under his breath as he collapses on the couch in the meeting room, biting his lip as he covers his lap with a pillow to conceal his erection. He leans forward on his knees, a faint blush spreading on the healthy skin between the scars beneath his eyes and the ones that sweep his cheeks. He groans softly as he unconsciously rolls his hips into the pillow, making his heart flutter that much faster. The faint stimulation feels so good...better than anything he's ever felt because he's thinking of Hawks. The idea of Hawks touching him practically makes his heart stop beating...it would feel way better than touching himself. He harshly bites his lip, stifling a sweet, soft moan as he imagines himself pleasuring his Pro Hero. He didn't care what they did, as long as they were a mess of love and lust. He wants Hawks' lips on his skin...his breath in his ear...he wants Hawks to tell him that he's beautiful. Hawks is beautiful. Dabi doesn't know how he never realized how gorgeous his golden eyes were. Dabi leans back on the couch, pressing his hands flat on the pillow to press it down as he slowly ruts his hips. His mouth hangs open ever so slightly, his breaths coming out heavy and hot. 

" Keigo ," Dabi whimpers, his voice barely audible. It was the first time he'd ever said the hero's real name out loud. He'd known for a while, but...now it tastes sweet on his tongue. Dabi sighs, leaning forward again, elbows on his knees as his eyes practically glaze over. 

“Oh, fuck me, Keigo,” He pants, eyelids fluttering as his arousal starts climbing. He stares at the crack in the barely open doorway, trained on it to halt everything in a split second. 

“God, I want you. I want you so bad,” He whispers breathlessly, his thrusts becoming harsher and less coordinated. His brain fills with Keigo’s soft voice, whispering praise in his ear as they touch each other. He can’t decide what excites him more, the thought of him pleasing Keigo or the thought of Keigo pleasing him. All he knows is that he wants to get off so badly. 

Unfortunately, his desires are completely dashed. The familiar silhouette of his masked comrade passes by, stopping right in front of the door, and Dabi immediately sits up straight, pressing down on the pillow to hide his erection and keeping his hips still, his fingers curling into the plush fabric. 

BAM!

"Heya, Dabi! Watcha doin? Obviously, you want some privacy. My apologies ," Twice exclaims as he bursts through the door. Dabi stares at him, breathing heavily through his nostrils as he tries to keep his cool. He swallows thickly, not finding the words as he wracks his brain for some dumb excuse.

"Twice! Didja find him?!" Toga's voice lilts from down the hallway as she skips into view, but she sees right through Dabi immediately. Toga gasps, dropping her knife, and it clatters to the floor as she smacks her hands against her cheeks, holding them there as she stares. The thin bead of sweat on his forehead, the look in his eyes, the color in his face…Toga knows love is in the air. Twice immediately zips to her side, picking up the knife and presenting it to her as he kneels down like a knight handing a queen a sword. 

"JIN! GO AWAY! I NEED TO TALK TO DABI!" Toga suddenly cackles maniacally, snatching her knife and shoving her best friend out the door before slamming it shut, leaving her and Dabi alone. Dabi gulps, shaking as he feels his arousal slowly melting away, and he finally gets a grip. His heart is racing as Toga stares at him before throwing herself over the arm of the couch, resting her chin in her hands. 

"So...who is it?" Toga giggles childishly, kicking her feet in the air, and Dabi feels faint. 

"I don't know what you're talking about," He lies, coughing as he chokes on his own spit. Toga rolls her eyes before poking him on the tip of his nose, and Dabi snorts, eyes flashing with anger. 

"Who is it? Is it Skeptic?" Toga pries further, and her guess makes Dabi gag. 

"EW!! GOD! FUCK! NO!" He snaps, recoiling at the mere thought. 

"HA! LIAR! YOU DO LIKE SOMEONE! YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Toga retorts, pointing at him aggressively. Dabi rolls his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest. Toga leaps up onto the couch and starts shoving him. 

"YOU HAVE TO TELL ME!" 

"I don't have to tell you anything," Dabi scoffs, before softly adding, "I...don't even...I'm not even sure what's...happening."

Toga cocks her head to the side, slightly confused, before her eyes widen. 

"Oh. My. God. You're having an awakening aren't you?" Toga mutters, and Dabi raises his eyebrow. 

"What?" He sniffs, and Toga rolls her eyes. 

"You boys don't know anything about love or sexuality. It's so boring ! You know, my bisexual awakening was Ochako. I saw her, and I just felt it. Something was different," Toga admits, but Dabi still isn't following. 

"I...What...I... Fuck ," Dabi sighs, running his hands through his hair as he leans forward. 

" Spill . Let me help you figure yourself out," Toga huffs, holding her hand behind her ear to show that she's listening. Dabi shudders. Should he dare speak his thoughts aloud? He's not even sure how to exactly describe it. 

"I...I'm...I'm not used to having these types of... feelings ," Dabi admits slowly, and Toga nods. "I've...I've never been close enough with anyone to have feelings ."

"So you have to be close with someone to have feelings for them?" Toga asks, trying to understand. Dabi shrugs, holding his hands up in defeat. 

"I don't know...I guess," He huffs, cracking his knuckles as his leg bounces. 

"So...who are you crushing on suddenly?" Toga presses, determined to get it out of him. Dabi's mind fills with a certain pair of crimson wings once again, and his blush deepens. He swallows thickly, fingers gripping the plush fabric again as he presses it down, worried that he's going to get aroused again just by the mere thought of Keigo Takami. 

"It's...you have to swear you can't tell anyone, Himiko. Not even Jin," Dabi orders, shooting her a dark look. Toga whines, but when he glares at her, she nods. 

"Fine," She mutters, tapping her long, clawed nails against her cheeks, "Now tell me."

Dabi takes a deep breath.

"It's...It's Hawks," Dabi forces the words from his lips, and Toga gasps, her expression unclear. 

"The bird ?!" She snorts, "The hero ?!"

"I know! I know it's bad," Dabi stammers, wishing he could hide in a hole and never see the light of day again. Crushing on Hawks was against everything he stood for. Yes, he insisted that he sympathized with the PLF cause, but part of Dabi still didn't fully trust the Pro. Despite this, it's irrefutable that he's fallen head over heels.

“Why? What do you like about him?” Toga sniffs, suddenly intrigued. Dabi sighs, thinking to himself as he rests his hands on the pillow, tapping his fingers on the edge. Should he really be this vulnerable with her? After all, she just wants to help. 

“You say a word of this to anyone, and I’ll fry you,” Dabi snarls under his breath, and Toga nods vigorously, rolling her hands to tell him to get on with it. Dabi blinks, pulling from the depths of his brain. 

“He’s…he’s funny, and sweet…and compassionate in a way that’s disgusting but is so fucking cute. His voice gives me goosebumps. When he teases me I feel like I’m on cloud nine. He’s…he’s so fucking hot. I-” He stops himself before clearing his throat as he feels the lewd thoughts entering his mind once again, and Toga notices. 

“Oh, you’re down bad ,” She giggles, “I didn’t know you were such a romantic, Dabi.”

“I’m not ! That’s why this is weird for me,” Dabi stammers, and Toga’s nose twitches. 

“You should ask him out,” She says flatly, and Dabi snorts. 

“I-I-I-” He stutters, feeling the blood rush to his face. 

“Maybe he likes you back! You won’t know until you ask!” Toga exclaims, and Dabi gulps. 

“How would I even go about doing that?!” Dabi screams.

“Well-”

Knock. Knock. Knock. Creeeeak. 

Dabi and Toga both freeze as the door slowly peers open, and none other than Hawks peeks inside, sticking just his head in as he grips the door with his glove. 

“Hawks! Uh, our meeting isn’t for three hours. What are you doing here?!” Dabi blurts, trying to act natural. Toga’s eyes light up, and she dramatically looks from Dabi to Hawks with a wide grin. 

“Yeah, I know. I just thought I’d come by early. I’ve got something I actually wanna ask you. I wanted to give you time to think on it,” Hawks says sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. Toga covers her mouth almost like she’s trying not to squeal. 

“I’ll leave you two alone,” Toga giggles before skipping out of the room, allowing Hawks to slip inside; the door is still slightly ajar. Dabi straightens himself up, feeling sweat drip down the back of his neck. 

“Ahem. Uh. I was wondering, if you wanted to…go get dinner after the meeting?” Hawks asks, a dull blush dusting his cheeks in a way that makes Dabi’s heart flutter. 

“What?” Dabi blurts, not sure that he’s awake. 

“Do you want me to go get us dinner after our meeting tonight…and…and hang out?” Hawks repeats, wringing his hands. His feathers are puffed up as if he’s nervous. 

“Don’t you always get dinner with us and hang out?” Dabi raises his eyebrow, but Hawks shakes his head. 

“No. Not with everyone. I meant just me and you…like a date,” Hawks clears his throat, stumbling over his words, and Dabi feels like his world has turned inside out.

“A date?” Dabi echoes, eyes widening. “You’re asking me out?”

“Yeah. Yeah, I am,” Hawks grins, puffing out his chest. “So whaddya say?”

Dabi feels like his heart is going to burst; he can’t believe what he’s hearing. His throat feels dry. He takes a deep breath. 

“Yes,” He breathes, barely audible. Hawks raises his eyebrow. 

“What was that?” He chuckles, and Dabi nods vigorously. 

“Yeah, I’d really like that, Hawks,” He admits, smiling more than he would’ve liked to. 

“Great. I’ll…see you later?” Hawks smiles broadly before slipping out the door. As soon as he leaves, Dabi sighs, swooning back into the couch. Toga bursts through the door, squealing and bouncing up and down. 

“OH MY GOD!!! I’M SO JEALOUS! WHY CAN’T STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO MEEEE!!!! AHHH!!! WE HAVE TO PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR FIRST DATE!” She shrieks, grabbing Dabi by his jacket collar and shaking him. Dabi growls, shoving her off of him as he brushes his leather jacket off. 

“Leave me alone. I’m just gonna wear exactly what I’m wearing now,” Dabi scoffs, rubbing his eyes. 

“What?! You’re not even gonna change for your date?! Not gonna clean up a little more?!” Toga protests, crossing her arms over her chest. 

“I got a shower this morning. Think that’s plenty. Why should I try to make myself someone I’m not?” Dabi huffs matter-of-factly. “If the idiot doesn’t like me like this then he doesn’t like me.” 

“I can’t believe he asked you out. Dreams really do come true,” Toga sighs wistfully, clasping her hands together. She skips out the door, closing it behind her, leaving Dabi alone in the empty meeting room. He sighs, hands pushing down the pillow once again as he imagines Hawks’ soft lips pressing against his own. Dabi’s eyes practically roll back into his head. Maybe it would happen tonight. Maybe Hawks would kiss him under the stars. Maybe…maybe it would be more than a kiss. Suddenly, his phone rings, jolting him out of his fantasies. He pulls it out of his pocket and answers it.

“The fuck you want?” Dabi snaps.

“If you’re going to dry hump a pillow, do it in the privacy of your own room, you fucking animal,” Skeptic’s grating voice scratches through the speaker, and Dabi pales, looking up and squinting to see the faint blinking red light of a security camera. 

“Maybe you shoulda made the surveillance levels clearer, weirdo,” Dabi retorts before hanging up as his face turns beet red, embarrassed out of his mind. He throws the pillow at the camera before stalking out of the room and walking to his quarters. He slams the door behind him and falls face-first onto his bed, rolling over and staring at the ceiling.

“Okay…time to clear my head before…this… date .”

[cassiesdevblog]

Pyo as... Adaptation? Homage? Clone? Thing?

Hey paisanos! I've been doin a lot of work lately helping @zombielesbean finish up their project Grey Area, and I wanna write up a big post about my contributions (including a really big exciting secret one!) once that's done, but the original warioware just hit the switch and with that comes Pyoro >:3

If you don't know about Pyoro, you can get the gist by watching a little bit of this epic video:

Of course, Pyoro on switch means I've got my game Pyo on the mind too. I mean, they are...

...similar games... 'w';

So similar that sometimes I worry Wario is gonna come to my house and beat the tar outta me. Wario, if you're reading this, I can explain

In 2020, when I finally found out you could download DSiware games on the 3DS--not for long tho :')--I immediately remembered a game I had on my DSi as a kid: Bird & Beans, a standalone version of Pyoro (and Pyoro 2!) with 50% more floor space to maneuver in. I bought it and absolutely fell in love with it! It became a sort of hyperfixation of mine for a little while, and so naturally, as one does, I started thinking "alright, but what if this was a platformer?"

See, I think arcade games and platformers mix really well. Platforming is often fun to do all on its own, and a lot of arcade games have sort of non-linear goals. It's a great combination if you wanna break platforming gameplay out of the usual get-from-A-to-B design, which is something I'm always wanting to do. Shoutout to any good boss in a platformer btw

One thing leading to another

So my immediate thought was like, what if you could just jump up there and pop the beans yourself? You could bounce off of them and get a combo going!

And so, if the beans themselves hitting your head is no longer a hazard, naturally the pits they create should be how you lose the game. In Pyoro they're functionally walls, but in a platformer that doesn't even make sense

But wait, if you pop beans just by touching them, can't you stand in one place forever and the ground under your feet will be safe for eternity? Ok, there'll be a special, extra dangerous flavor of bean that sends explosions left and right when it hits the bottom of the screen

As you can see, a lot of the game's design just flowed naturally from solving the problems caused by turning it into a platformer. Just by changing these few things, the game is already pretty distinct from its inspiration, but I took it a little further

Taking advantage of the genre

Beyond just patching holes in the design caused by that one change, I wanted to change other things in order to better take advantage of the focus on platforming

This is where @bisthefairy comes in. While ground in Pyoro is restored by eating a white bean to summon an angel to fill in nearby holes for you, I wanted to encourage the player to use platforming to get high up on the screen. I also wanted ground to be stackable, because that could spice up the platforming and even lead to unique, creative strategies

This led to the idea of having something like the angels from Pyoro flying around up high, so you'd have to bounce up there to get them to drop their block, pit or no pit. I gave the role to my friend Bis since they're small and they fly around

This desire to get the player to bounce up high also led to the creation of the worst feature in the game, the "clear line," which was quickly cut. As you'd rack up a big combo, a horizontal line would start rising up from the bottom of the screen. If you fell below it, it'd kill your combo and clear all the beans off the screen. 0/10. Having to play on half the screen and barely having time to react to incoming beans suckssss

Seriously. One of the worst aspects of Pyoro is that you get huge score for nabbing a bean right as it comes onscreen, so the best strat is to just keep spamming your tongue out hoping to get lucky. No idea why I thought making you play near the top was wise. The best interactions happen near the ground anyway, where you can skid and bonk into blocks

Also, stripes!

Not sure if this counts as a connection between the two games, but I feel like it's also worth mentioning a very indirect source of inspiration: the color banding on the sky in Pyoro. See, in Pyoro, the screen is divided into horizontal slices, and eating a bean from a higher slice gets you more points. I remember thinking the color banding on the sky should indicate the different slices, but it just doesn't! I think that put the idea of stripes conveying information in my head though, and that's probably unconsciously where Pyo's distinctive pit-indicating stripes come from

So, will Wario harm me?

Well, I got pretty bold using a bird and some "beans" in my game. I could have used the classic trope of a horse and some babies. Honestly, I used a bird and beans because I was sketching up ideas for the game and really liked Margie as soon as I drew her, and I liked the beans too much not to use them

"What about the name?" I hear you say, complaining you've not been able to tell which game I'm talking about this whole time. Well, I found the "Pyo" part of "Pyoro" really satisfying to say, so I put it in as a placeholder name, intending to change it later. Then I decided the sound of that syllable was so satisfying that Margie should say it every time she pops a bean, and by then it had grown on me so much I, once again, couldn't resist. It's all ok though, because baby chickens say "pío" in Spanish, and Margie is a chicken!

Well, I've baited some mouse traps with garlic just to be safe, but honestly, I think Pyo stands on its own two talons

Its inspiration is extremely obvious, but I think everyone agrees that, after the first passing glance, it has an identity all its own, in terms of both gameplay and presentation. I might even say it surpasses Pyoro in a few aspec--Oh fuck guys he's here

[marshgremlin]

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[talenlee]

February 2024 Wrapup

Hey hang on, this month normally fits nicely into the schedule with standard numbers! Who put an extra day in this Smooch Month? I guess that means that this year, the year is just a little extra smoochy! But those four weeks and an extra, they are past us and now it is time to reflect on what happened this month, and what I wrote.

If you check this blog periodically, you might have missed all sorts of interesting articles just because, you know, discoverability is hard.

For once I wasn’t completely hosed trying to come up with smoochy games for Smooch Month! I actually had other things that I think I’m going to bump to next year’s Smooch Month and they’ll be, like, still relevant, how cool is that?

Dream Crush, a voting board game that makes that venerable game mechanic really interesting.

Ouendan (Video), a video article on my beloved videogame Ouendan. This is an update and expansion of an older article. I made a flag transition in this one!

Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a TTRPG about inclusivity that made me feel alienated in how reads and presents its player actions.

Hinedere Beat, a lovely little parkour platformer that made me think about a lot of words I don’t use. This one winds up talking about the Nazis!

That’s not all though, because if you check the Talen and Fox playlist, you’ll find that we also played through The Secret of Monkey Island! We selected that one because, even as a 90s point and clicker, it still represented an interesting take on a character relationship, and a girl who is interested in a boy and it’s clear why.

There were also a bunch of story pile articles, talking about smoochy movies and anime!

D.E.B.S., part of our Positronic Collection viewing. It’s a movie about silly spies, and it’s also actually factually about a queer couple!

Tomo-Chan is a Girl, an extremely mid anime that I appreciate because of how much better it made other mediocre anime look!

A Tail of Love, a Hallmark movie, with Fox as guest spot, which we’re happy to watch this time because it’s just boring and doesn’t feature dog theft.

Insomniacs After School, an anime I really love about two people with a common, down to earth problem, and the way the world looks when you can share it with just one person.

That’s not all the articles you can read (or watch, or listen to!) here on press dot exe! I also wrote about a whole range of other topics, and I think these articles are worth a second look if you missed them!

As it was Smooch month, I wrote about a bunch of stuff relating to romance. I checked out some old media’s examples of that, like in the Transformers episode The Girl Who Loved Powerglide, or the Animorphs shipping couple of Tobias and Rachel in Can A Bird Love a Falcon. I feel like that joke is a little too subtle. I also reflected on a romantic anime of my youth, and how modern discourse are replicating old conversations with The Ranma 1/2 Subreddit is Repeating History, and that then built out idea space for a consideration of the commonality between Homestuck and Ranma 1/2 with Homestuck 1/2. And since we’re talking anime I reflected on how much I liked the anime Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie because of how it represented non-het, non-mono romance even though it absolutely does represent that with The Unhinged Performative Heteronormativity of Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie.

Rounding that out and with a slightly darker take, I also wrote about my experience observing fundamentalist churches interacting with some of the hardest experiences couples have with Fundie Divorce, and then reflected on the way we’ve been ‘told’ relationships should work with an article about the history of Remote Romance.

Finally, I spent some time on D&D related stuff, looking at Sanders and Danube from Cobrin’Seil as places who could represent Yuri, and the strange commonality of Love Potions as purchaseable devices and what that meant about the world and its economy. I also wrote 4e for Two, as an article about how you might want to arrange the game for a two player experience.

Also, if you’re a fan of my custom magic cards, I put out two articles about this year’s Magic The Gathering set Vox Maxima: cards and story.

This month I made a shirt that tried to wed my familiarity with overly ornate stained glass from Wealthy Church Members’ doors and high-up windows, and also my love for easy geometry.

If you want, you can get this design on a sticker, or a shirt!

February is the last month of summer here, and the weather has become more extreme. Hot days are hotter, and then they’re punctuated with heavy, rainy days. The humidity in my area is a constant part of summer days, because I’m near two bodies of water. The sun hits the water, the water fills the air and the temperature can’t get too high because of that. Means the weather report says ‘oh yeah it’s like 29 degrees’ and that’s not so bad but then you check and it’s 80-90% humidity. The result is now that weather forecasts in my area include the stat ‘feels like’ and that has hovered around the mid 30s pretty consistently.

It’s not like it’s the hottest place in the world — I can just imagine people assering ‘well it’s over 40 in’ — and I don’t care. What I care about is how not being able to sleep has messed with my everything. Sleeping and eating are the two things that I keep thinking about when it comes to this time – I don’t do things that involve cooking heavily in the oven, because of the weather and all, and sometimes I’m up until 3 in the morning just because I can’t sleep and then I spend that time being unhappily watching biblical documentaries. I guess in the context of food I’ve been eating a lot of lentils? I got that point where I stopped buying canned lentils and started buying dried lentils (in a mix) and just keeping a little tub of them in the fridge soaking in water so any time I want to make A Food, I will just grab some of the lentil mix and use that instead of like, minced meat or chicken.

I have however, spent every week of this month aggressively getting words into my literature review, which I glibly call to my friends ‘The Word Pit.’ Every week has had a section drafted, with the attempt to make a schedule that gets my production up to pace for when the semester starts. I feel good about this pace of change, and I feel good about getting this kind of progress going, but it does also mean that every day I feel like I wake up and I have to generate two piles of words and this blog is the much easier one to generate.

Friends have gone through some rough stuff this month. Not putting their stuff on the streets, but it’s happened and I’ve been trying to be there for my friends while also acknowledging that I need to generate a few thousand words a day for an incredibly important project.

Check it out on PRESS.exe to see it with images and links!

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[tenaciousdecapitator]

Short list of reasons why Borderlands 2 is more fun (and in some cases better written) than Fallout 4:

-The male ex military main character in F4 has a wife who is literally and figuratively Fridged for the sake of plot. Axton the Gunner is an ex military main character who loves and respects his still alive ex wife, who at least somewhat still likes him since she saves his life in the Son of Crawmerax DLC story.

-Two other main playable characters in BL2 are Maya, who’s AlloAce, and Zer0, who’s non-binary. Both of these are canon, albiet mostly through interactions in DLC. The aforementioned Axton is also canonically bisexual because his flirtatious revive assist line was originally only supposed to play when reviving Maya, but a coding error resulted in it activating for any character. Gearbox decided to work with that and gave him lines about liking both men and women in the Dragon Keep DLC.

-Despite having their main enemy type be hordes of “Bandits”, Borderlands 2 has several points where they discuss that the Bandits are former Dahl or Atlas employees who were left to die by their employers on the barely hospitable wasteland of Pandora. Fallout Bandits are bad because they take drugs or something, who cares.

-Handsome Jack is inarguably one of the most memorable video game antagonists of the 2010s, not as much as GLaDOS but close. He overstays his welcome in the games afterwards, maybe, but here he’s in his prime, a villain you love to hate and Damien Clarke clearly has a blast voicing him. Shawn and Elder Maxon have the combined charisma of a wet paper towel.

-In Borderlands 2, getting legendary weapons or gear is almost always a significant and important moment, a stroke of luck that rewards you with a valuable addition to your loadout. In Fallout 4, most of the non-story-given legendaries you find have a good chance to be either weak equipment or have useless bonuses, or both.

-The first human character you meet in Borderlands 2 is Sir Alistair Hammerlock, a gay man who’s an expert big game hunter (which, on Pandora, means he’s a double amputee) and he survives through the game’s events into 3, in which he marries another prominent gay character in the Guns, Love & Tentacles DLC. Some main NPCs in Fallout 4 are gay, but you need a specific perk to date them.

-Borderlands 2 made me mourn the loss of an NPC (former PC)’s pet bird more than Fallout 4 made me invested in avenging my wife’s death.

I think the reason I respect Borderlands 2 more than any of Bethesda's Fallouts is because BL2 doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is. Fallout 3 and 4 want you to think they're these deep, dramatic, morally complex epics when all you're really doing is running around an open world and shooting stuff with the barest suggestion of a plot. BL2 says "hey, welcome to our open world where you can shoot stuff" and then surprises you by actually having pretty memorable and fun characters and some legitimately funny jokes.

[hardynwa]

2024 Grammy Awards: Full list of winners

This year’s Grammy Awards was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday. Disappointingly, no Nigerian artiste was announced as winner at the 66th edition of the awards ceremony. David Adeleke, aka, Davido; Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy; Ahmed Ololade, aka Asake; Olamide Adedeji, aka Baddo; and Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr; all lost out in their combined 10 nominations across different award categories. Here is the full list of winners: Best African Music Performance Amapiano – Asake and Olamide City Boys – Burna Boy Water – Tyla WINNER Unavailable – Davido Featuring Musa Keys Rush – Ayra Starr Best Melodic Rap Performance Sittin’ On Top Of The World – Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage Attention – Doja Cat All My Life – Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole WINNER Spin Bout U – Drake & 21 Savage Low – SZA Best Global Music Album Epifanías — Susana Baca History — Bokanté I Told Them… — Burna Boy This Moment – Shakti WINNER Timeless — Davido BEST RAP ALBUM Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage Michael – Killer Mike WINNER Heroes & Villains – Metro Boomin King’s Disease III – Nas Utopia – Travis Scott PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II Jack Antonoff – WINNER Hit Boy Metro Boomin Daniel Nigro SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Shane McAnally Theron Thomas – WINNER Justin Tranter Best Global Music Performance Shadow Forces – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily Alone – Burna Boy Pashto – Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia WINNER FEEL – Davido Milagro Y Desastre – Silvana Estrada Abundance In Millets – Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) Best Album Notes Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – WINNER I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel Gieo For The Birds: The Birdsong Project – WINNER Inside: Deluxe Box Set Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition Best Music Film How I’m Feeling Now -Lewis Capaldi Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour – Kendrick Lamar Moonage Daydream – David Bowie WINNER I Am Everything – Little Richard Dear Mama – Tupac Shakur Best Music Video In Your Love – Tyler Childers I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles WINNER What Was I Made For – Billie Eilish Count Me Out – Kendrick Lamar Rush – Troye Sivan Best Song Written For Visual Media Barbie World What Was I Made For? – WINNER Dance The Night I’m Just Ken Lift Me Up Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Call Of Duty®: Modern Warfare II – Sarah Schachner Hogwarts Legacy – Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers “Sea”, composers Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab WINNER God Of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary, composer Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Montaigne, Tripod & Austin Wintory, composers Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny – John Williams Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson WINNER Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt The Fabelmans – John Williams Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Aurora Barbie The Album – WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Best Comedy Album I Wish You Would – Trevor Noah I’m An Entertainer – Wanda Sykes What’s In A Name? – Dave Chappelle – WINNER Selective Outrage – Chris Rock Someone You Love – Sarah Silverman Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Desire, I Want To Turn Into You History Jaguar II – WINNER Multitudes The Record Best Immersive Audio Album God Of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack) Act 3 (Immersive Edition) The Diary Of Alicia Keys – WINNER Blue Clear Sky Silence Between Songs Best Historical Album Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – WINNER The Moaninest Moan Of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922 Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition Best Tropical Latin Album Voy A Ti – Luis Figueroa Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo… – Rubén Blades… WINNER Niche Sinfónico – Grupo Niche Y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia VIDA – Omara Portuondo MIMY & TONY – Tony Succar, Mimy Succar Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así – Carlos Vives Best Gospel Album I Love You – Erica Campbell Hymns (Live) – Tasha Cobbs Leonard The Maverick Way – Maverick City Music All Things New: Live In Orlando – Tye Tribbett WINNER My Truth – Jonathan McReynolds Best Roots Gospel Album Tribute To The King – The Blackwood Brothers Quartet Echoes Of The South – Blind Boys Of Alabama WINNER Songs That Pulled Me Through The Tough Times – Becky Isaacs Bowman Meet Me At The Cross – Brian Free & Assurance Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light – Gaither Vocal Band Best Rap Album Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage MICHAEL – Killer Mike WINNER HEROES & VILLIANS – Metro Boomin King’s Disease III – Nas UTOPIA – Travis Scott Best R&B Album Girls Night Out – Babyface JAGUAR II – Victoria Monét WINNER What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) – Coco Jones Special Occasion – Emily King CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP – Summer Walke Best Remixed Recording Alien Love Call New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix) Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) – WINNER Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix) Read the full article

[axvwriter]

hi hi I would like to ask questions about Bobo! I would like to ask for number 15: What would they consider a waste of time– other than school or work? and also number 2: Can they take care of a plant? What about a pet? What about a child?

Hi Ryker! Since you didn't mention that it should specifically be the Twst version of Bobo, I'll answer these as Bobo, the princess of the Mycelind kingdom.

Question 15: What would they consider a waste of time– other than school or work?

Bobo's schedule is packed so she takes care to plan for free time, even if that means she may miss out on some sleep in order to keep on top of her duties. For her she feels that playing games and reading non-fiction books are a waste of time. She doesn't mind if others play it, she just feels that if she allowed herself to try any of them, it would take too much of her time away. In fact the only game Bobo knows how to play is chess and that's simply because nobles from her sister kingdom believe it's the only valid board game.

Bobo is not all that great at chess. She doesn't care much for it and only plays it an important figure from her sister kingdom insists on playing. This doesn't mean she'd be terrible at video games, I do think she could pick up on them relatively fine. Her kingdom is a bit more technologically advanced than other kingdoms. While Bobo would like to try video games, she simply doesn't feel like she has enough time to spend her free moments on trying new things.

She spends her free time playing music and exploring.

Question 2: Can they take care of a plant?

Bobo knows a lot about mushrooms, but not really much about general plants. With her knowledge, she could raise just about any mushroom. With a plant, she'd have to do some research first. Depending on the difficulty of the plant or mushroom will affect how well she can care for it. Low-maintenance ones she can handle just fine. Those that require more, well she'll hire a gardener to care for it on her behalf.

Question 2: What about a pet?

As for a pet, Bobo would most likely have to hire someone to take a good deal of care for any. She doesn't have time nor the knowledge to train a pet or really play. Bobo has no interest in having a pet anyways. If she were to have a pet, she may take in a small bat. As her kingdom is underground, bats are a lot more common than birds. A small insectivore bat would be the type of animal she'd consider having as a pet.

Bobo actually has a fear of large animals. Goats aren't quite large enough to freak her out, but she is a bit weary of them. This is mostly thanks to the few times a goat has charged at her. She's fine with small animals, but doesn't really know how to actually interact with them. Animals as large as horses and bigger tend to scare her. This is mostly because animals as small as horses tend to be quite violent in her kingdom.

Question 2: What about a child?

I'd like to think Bobo could take good care of a child, but I don't know how accurate that would be. Bobo has always wanted younger siblings and plans to have several children of her own when she reaches that point in her life. She has possibly interacted with kids at festivals and other huge public events that she's attended, but overall Bobo has grown up mostly surrounded by adults.

She doesn't even have anyone her own age to interact with much less anyone younger that she could potentially care for. Bobo could probably take care of a young child, but maybe not any that are still in diapers or/and need to be bottle-fed. She has no knowledge of how to change a diaper nor how often a baby may need a bottle. For young kids she does understand that she should be gentle and kind with them. She understands she shouldn't yell or be harsh with any of them.

Really she'd treat kids based off of how her own caretakers treated her before her parents passed away. Now that doesn't mean her caretakers became mean, but there was a shift when her parents' died and she choose to take over the throne.

I'm now realizing this likely means Bobo would give a kid any sugary sweets they want since her caretakers would give in whenever she gave them the sad puppy look. They really did spoil her with sweets. Bobo understands a lot of sweets isn't healthy, but she does feel a part of childhood is getting to eat a bunch of sweets.

So uh, Bobo can care for mushrooms, she probably can't care for a pet, and she'd do pretty okay caring for a kid that's at least old enough to not need diapers anymore.

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Well I guess as with any new account I should make an introduction post,

*warning my posts in here will probably end up being on the “mature” side so if you are a minor, do not interact with those posts, they will be flagged at the top, my non mature posts will be co-posted on another blog if I remember to but this one specifically will be a no minor area.*

Hello all, My irl name is Hayden (but if I ever hear you call me that on here I will find you) for now ill go by Drowsy on this page, a good gender neutral name(?). Im 19 as of June 10th but due to….issues… I definitely act older than i am at some points so dont be alarmed if i suddenly start talking about 70s-80s era stuff like old tech, i fucking love old computers.

I mention gender neutral because I am currently questioning, but I am most likely either genderfluid and/or nonbinary. I am admittedly male by birth so if you want to use what would be most familiar towards me then he/him is fine for my pronouns, but really anything is fine, I’ll never hate on someone for misgendering me as I don’t even know what my gender is.

My sexuality would best be described to my current knowledge as somewhere between pansexual and omnisexual as I will love someone no matter what their genitals happen to be, but I will still like them for it, it just wont be one of the things I consider for whether or not I like someone in the first place.

As for romantic affiliation, I would like to consider myself as polyamorous as I am completely fine with having multiple partners, and my partners having others as well. However if I were to date someone monogamous I would respect that and stay with just them, polyamory is only fine if all partners are consenting to all other partners in my opinion

(I am currently single tho so sadge)

Now that the identity situation is explained, I would like to describe myself as a person beyond my gender or sexuality, I am a very obvious nerd, I like video games, model kits, and tabletop rpgs. I’ve been in love with fantasy and sci-fi for as long as I can remember.I used to do bad in elementary because i would spend all my day drawing dragons and armor and weapons and anything else that could possibly be considered fantasy. Even now, I am constantly writing down new ideas for home-brewed rpg creatures and monsters. This page even will eventually be used to post about my upcoming worldbuilding project “the forged world”(WIP title liable to change).

I like planes, and birds, and really anything that flys through the air, it’s honestly starting to become a problem with how much I’m distracted by a random bird flying by. Im currently going to college for aircraft maintenance so that one day i will be able to work on them with my own hands, i cant wait.

Ummmm so….. Name(:/), age, gender, sexuality, nerd, planes….. i dont think i missed anything. I probably did but this is geting long so ill end it here. Thanks for reading all the way down here if you did, love ya💜🤍

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Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

Grand Theft Auto III is a keystone piece in video game history. Prior to Grand Theft Auto III, the series is played through a 2D top-down or bird’s eye perspective, exaggerating detachment between the playable character and player. On the onset of Grand Theft Auto III, the player now has the ability to roam the actual streets and interact with people and objects within a 3D environment. The camera angle is switched to a third-person angle, allowing the player to have a direct investment on the protagonist on the screen. With that said, this graphical switch not only augments the visual aesthetics but also the gaming experience. Non-playable characters, vehicles, and landscapes all of the sudden bloom to life, as Grand Theft Auto III further extrapolates the realistic capacity of video games. The general theme of Grand Theft Auto becomes more obvious as well: violence.

The title “Grand Theft Auto” infers that the game will involve theft, however in Grand Theft Auto III, the crimes committed by the player go beyond grand theft auto. In fact, robbing a car evolves as an inconsequential and normalized crime, and the focus shifts to murder and prostitution. Due to the graphics modification from 2D to 3D, the game mechanics are intentionally rearranged as well. Watching the streets from a 2D top down perspective is similar to seeing an animated map, which complements the objective of the game, which is to commit grand theft auto. However, the 3D environment dissolves this singular objective because there are more moving pieces integrated into the game, as such, solely stealing vehicles undermines the shiny new technology that can push the game to develop more methods for inducing violence. Weapons are no longer limited and are expanded, so there are more ways to destroy property and kill people.

Grand Theft Auto Reference Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQStKto_n4