#not all memes are created equal and some are probably less likely to get you in trouble however i wouldn't put it past someone

[wizard-laundry]

QUICK REMINDER

In the US: threatening government officials is a felony under federal law (the president in particular is protected under 18 U.S.C. § 871). Even memes.

be careful with your jokes if they spill over to active officials.

[killian-whump]

KW Does Shit So You Don't Have To

I know there's a lot of arguments and debates about AI generated art and how horrible it is, both for the artists it rampantly steals from and in the quality of art produced.

But, you know... I'm a curious person.

So I went and plugged Colin's name into a bunch of these things just to see what would happen and... absolutely nothing worthwhile happened. I mean, stuff happened... and you can hit the Keep Reading link to hear about it, but... I dunno, man.

These things have no clue what Colin actually looks like. It's bizarre. None of them got him right, yet they ALL seemed to get him... equally wrong? Like, there's some guy out there that AI thinks is Colin, but isn't actually Colin at all, and he looks about like this:

They did no better with Killian Jones, Colin O'Donoghue as Killian Jones or even Colin O'Donoghue as Killian Jones from Once Upon a Time. In fact, at that point, I was pretty much just throwing words at them that they were entirely ignoring.

Admittedly, one of the sites (Craiyon) actually got relatively close to Colin's appearance, but they also looked like they weren't making art so much as cutting and pasting his face onto art and blurring the edges. That, and they seem to think he has glowing blue laser eyes for some reason, and I swear I didn't tell them that but I kinda wish I had, because that would be a fun rumor to start. Anyway, this is the best approximation of Colin I was able to create on that site, using "Colin O'Donoghue as Killian Jones from Once Upon a Time" as the prompt:

I mean, that's not... THAT bad. But it sure as shit isn't about to take the place of fanart any time soon. And, mind you, this was the BEST of the bunch. The rest were... Well, here's a less-good example with the laser eyes in full effect:

Apparently, Once Upon a Time is now Game of Thrones and Killian Jones is Baelish and Colin has blue laser eyes pew pew pew. Again, the face is kinda spot-on, but I feel like that's because they just copy/pasted his actual face in there. Even the image quality and color depth differs on the face versus the rest of the "art". They just literally stuck his face in some art template and gave him laser eyes.

Mind you, my side piece (Tom Payne) fared no better. They seem to have him confused with that kid who played the elf-like boy in... Game of Thrones. Actually, I feel like all of these things are stuck in some kind of Game of Thrones time warp where that's all that exists and everything they don't understand must surely come from that... and there is very, very little they DO understand.

Now as a litmus test of sorts, I stuck Keanu Reeves' name in some of them, as well, and they did all seem to know what he looks like - so if you're looking to play with the face of some uber famous celebs, this might be fun for you to play with. But anybody with fewer than 5 mainstream memes devoted to them probably just makes the AI go, "Who? Must be someone from Game of Thrones."

Which makes it completely useless for those of us gathered here, even aside from the obvious ethical quandaries of art theft and the devaluing of human-made artwork.

As a final test, I asked Craiyon to show me "Colin O'Donoghue as James Bond" and it basically returned the exact same results as the Killian Jones prompt did. Though it did hilariously encourage me to try, "handsome scottish actor colin o'donoghue dressed in a tuxedo and carrying a gun as he attends a james bond movie" which is definitely not what I was looking for, but bonus points for creativity, I guess? Also, carrying guns in movie theaters is bad form and super illegal, even if it is a James Bond film, but I guess AI doesn't know that. And Colin isn't Scottish.

But he does have laser eyes. This is a rumor I'm starting right here in this post on this blog. Laser eyes. He's got 'em.

[ferinehuntress]

◈　NAME　 ⋯ 　Panda, Panda Bear, Nessie

◈　PRONOUNS　 ⋯ 　she/her

◈　MOST ACTIVE MUSE(S)?　 ⋯ 　Caitlyn, Vi, Karlach, and Aylin. I only keep active muses ^^

◈　RP PET PEEVES?　 ⋯ 　Hmmm, so one would be one way roleplays. When someone doesn't help push the story along. I don't want to sit here, debating on how I can encourage some reactions or what not. So I always try to give something to reply to whether its by an action, a question, a response that can be added to, etc... I also don't like when I reply with several paragraphs and someone only gives me 1-4 sentences. I do not expect mirror reflections of my post, but I do like quality. Quality does not equal quantity, but can still give absolutely plenty with a couple of paragraphs. And lastly, not communicating. I know sometimes it can be hard, some days your mind literally has no ideas or process. or if your distracted (I know a few people have that with me right now cause I'm playing BG3 XDD) but when you just, don't communicate, how can you write with each other? Its why I always try to send out welcome messages and encouarge the first step of communication.

◈　EXPERIENCE / HOW MANY YEARS　 ⋯ 　I started roleplaying when I was 11 on a site called Avidgamers. So its been a good.....24 years ish?

◈　FLUFF, ANGST, OR SMUT　 ⋯ 　Hands down, Angst is my go to. I will, without a doubt, love angst. Its never too much for me, i could have a bunch of angst going and it doesn't wear me down or anything. That being said, I don't like certain kinds of angst, like person versus person (example, my character and your character getting into an arguing and hating each other, or break ups or things like that). My kind of angst tends to be two people versus a situation, or where one is trying to save the other cause they are cursed, or trapped, being tortured, etc....Angst comfort too is good. I do like smut, but I tend to like to write it with people I talk to often and we have a good dynamic between our characters. Fluff is a bit harder for me, I can't do domestic cutesy things as I tend to get a little bored after awhile.

◈　PLOTS OR MEMES　 ⋯ 　I prefer plotting, plotting helps get a dynamic down (as I do not write first meetings or encounters) so this allows me to get a development of what are muses are like together. Its also a nice little platform of security to know what is going to happen in a thread. It isn't step by step plotting, but just enough of like 'okay, tehy are going to this place, its probably going to have a fight, and this is their objective'. Really simple plotting that allows for the comfort of stability while still allowing the flexibility of a character to control teh flow of the scene. Memes I tend to use after we've done  some plotting because I understand dynamics better and I know what to write or ideas to creat.

◈　LONG OR SHORT REPLIES　 ⋯ 　I'll never give short replies. the shortest you'll get from me is about 2 paragraphs. I don't like gives just a skeleton writing and I tend not to follow people who do one liners or small less then 5 sentences writing. I'm in this for the long haul, I want stories and adventures and fun paragraph form writing.

◈　TIME TO WRITE　 ⋯ 　While I'm online almost all day, its more then likely you see me writing about 10-11pm CST. Writing at night is a lot easier then it is writing during the day. Don't know why, I'm a weird little night owl XD.

◈　ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S)　 ⋯ 　I tend to write characters I associate with in some form or manner. Karlach for example, her absolute love of animals, and Caitlyn's more reclusive nature, or Vi's heart on her sleeve, and Aylin's protectiveness. I like to think I am in some way like them which allows me to bring them to life even more through this connection.

❥ 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘　 ⋯ 　@apalestar, @c-leric, and others who said 'steal this' XD ❥ 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆　 ⋯　@shimmerbeasts, @jynxd, @necrophcge, @never-surrender, @bubblybabins, @bakrahispul, @clara-eternal, @zaunseye, @lunarrepel, @lunawish, @lordliing, @hellscaress, @goldenfists, @governoir, @gauntlets-shot, @fereldensheroes, @dalishflame, @shldmaidns, @sanguisarcana, @starbvund, @arcanecast, @piltover-sharpshooter, @playgroundmonsters, @undercity-merc, @ruinouss, @runes-menagerie, @warwaited, and anyone else who wants to.

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

Fuck Zionists and liberals, they are equally fucked up, Zionists are sadists and liberals are ignorant

Not only has the number of people interested in Gaza decreased, but I also have to meet this parasite (because I won't call you people anymore)

And my Internet randomly stops working…

Liberals will probably bash me in the comments anyway, because their level is like that of a fourth grader, because how come you hate Harris and Biden? You must be a Russian troll or some shit! (Because it wasn't because I saw children torn apart, people carrying body parts of loved ones in plastic bags and a father who went out to get a birth certificate for his twins, only to come back to find out that his wife and children were murdered by a bomb 100% supplied by the USA…)

Yes, liberals and Zionists piss me off, they're on the same level of being disgusting people

(Okay, I replaced the USB, but I will have to find a new USB because I use a mobile host)

Now that I have your attention:

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Yes, an additional entry under the collection links, it doesn't appear very often, I'm aware of that

Remember that Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga are silent about Gaza (And also about Sudan and Congo)

Also, fuck Rowling, but she knows a lot (Only the HP fandom will defend her…)

The actors and screenwriter in "Stranger Things" turned out to be Zionists, so if you want to watch the series, I recommend illegally, because legally you will give money to people who are disgusting bigots

(Okay, USB change worked, Internet doesn't crash every second)

But yes, lately it's been getting harder and harder to raise money because fewer and fewer people are interested in Gaza, which is depressing on many levels…

By the way, a liberal chimed in, I'm in the middle of writing a post and yes, what could be worse than rapes and the torn bodies of children? Besides, in Yemen he has the death penalty, so you can send him there, you know, there is a way to get rid of Trump, with Harris and Biden it is not so easy (Although Biden is old… Maybe he will die on the way)

But Harris? I don't know, some crazy person would have to show up, although I don't support assassination attempts on presidents and such (But yes, she would either have to lose or leave the elections, I have no idea, because she's too young, so the chance of her leaving would be like waiting for the death of Queen Elizabeth… I know she's dead, but with Elizabeth's death, dead memes about her immortality)

I have no idea what to do with Harris, because Trump can be sent to Yemen, and Biden will either die in many years or lose the intellectual capacity to rule the country (No, sorry, both of them probably won't live long, they are men, not Queen Elizabeth)

By the way, Putin doesn't look young either… 71 years old, you know what the average age of men is

Literally, retirees lol

I doubt Biden, Trump, or fucking Putin will live to be a hundred

So this text "Trump is worse" sounds even funnier, because he is 78 years old, and you know that in a year he may suddenly be incapacitated, because old age has that effect (It's already visible in Biden's case, Trump, with all this stress and everything, probably won't live long…)

In addition, if we take into account the diet in the USA and CO2, because Americans must have a million cars, you understand, an additional shortening of life

I have more doubts about Putin, because he doesn't live in the USA… But considering his age, it's only a matter of time before the effects of aging catch up with him

Hey, Benjamin is 74 years old, although this fucker is probably worse than Trump (Sorry, I had to parody liberals), and seriously, it's terrifying when liberals talk about how evil Trump is, but they remain silent about the genocide because of their white American privilege is more important

Okay, attack from liberals and Zionists in 3… 2… 1…

Coming back to the collections, this is the only way for them to arrive, unfortunately, I can never guarantee that it will happen, and that sucks, because many families live on the edge, because they never know whether they will be the next victims of an Israeli attack… And many collections last for many months and often stop at a certain amount, which means that few collections reach the very end :/

And only being angry can increase the post's reach or tagging to many tags (Because I will not give money to a Zionist company, sorry, but not only do I not have a bank account, I also do not earn money, and I would prefer not to give money to a company that pays Zionists to interacted with people fighting for Palestine)

As I mentioned, I'm worried that fewer and fewer people are talking about Gaza, and this makes it difficult to reach people, even the Palestinians themselves have a big problem with it (That's why they often put tags unrelated to the post, unfortunately, they risk having the post with the collection removed for spam…)

It doesn't help that Tumblr shadowbans tags about Palestine (Fucking Zionist yohoo, but what do you expect from a company that showed off transphobia?)

I deleted deviantart (some time ago) because it turned out that it belongs to an Israeli company (This explains a lot why there are so many disgusting Zionists), I have a blog on tumblr because I can't find an alternative, and on this blog my art gets lost, which makes it difficult with colored OCs because it may result in changing complexion, and we all know how people react to it…)

I also noticed that many Zionists use Jewish tags (Which sucks because they promote that every Jew is a Zionist, which is not true), so yes, more and more Zionists will be found there, I don't know what Jews supporting Palestine feel and see Zionist shit, but I know it must be depressing on many levels (You are strong, you have to deal with them anyway, but the fact that you have the courage to fight for Palestine is a sign of strength, the Zionists are weak, you are strong)

I doubt anyone will read it all to the end (Knowing liberals and Zionists, they will start writing insults)

[papakhan]

🍒🍐🥑 for FLEABAG

YAAY Fleagbag time >:)) THANK YOUU these are so much fun link to the meme

🍒 [CHERRY] Who is your OC’s perfect companion?

This one I haven't decided yet.... Fleabag gets on well enough with people like Sun and Violet but I haven't thought someone whos their Match yknow? I think if they ever met Antony the houndmaster of the Legion he'd probably be the closest thing to it and they'd also have the weirdest gay sex ever <3

🍐 [PEAR] What is their current social standing? If they could change it, would they, and to what?

OOH okay so like. I think the social hierarchy of the Great Khans is kind of all over the place. This is because it was recently destroyed and rebuilt by people previously on the bottom end of the hierarchy. A lot of your social standing in the Khans is from merit and how skilled you are and less to do with who you are and where you came from, take Melissa Lewis for example whos a very skilled scout who was born in the NCR.

Anyway all this is to say that despite Fleabag's family being a political "enemy" of Papa's, Fleabag themself has pretty decent standing due to their skill as a dog handler and trainer. Of course it helps that they're one of the people caring for an iconic Khan breed of dog created by The Deathhands, and that they're also kind of against the things their dad was all for. Being friends with Sun helps too, I think the one thing care about in equal amounts to merit is your proximity to Papa Khan and how much he likes you, or how much the people he likes like you, etc.

Would they change their standing? Probably not. They can see from Sun that having a "higher" standing doesn't seem all that fun and having a "lower" standing would just mean they weren't a skilled dog handler anymore.

🥑 [AVACADO] What will they never back down about, even if it makes them seem bad?

Probably something to do with dog training that I don't fully understand. I think while Darion loved his dogs and carefully refined the dog breed created by his father, he still passed down some toxic training techniques. To put it vaguely I guess Fleabag will never back down on reward being a better motivator than punishment, which they apply to a lot of life. Probably tells people to stop punishing themselves and buy a lil treat. Get a friend like Fleabag <3

[sunriseverse]

WRITING PROCESS QUESTION because of that ask meme: your characterization is always so on point. i love them. do you have any advice on developing that? what's your process? how d you capture character voice?

and this is a long shot but: do you have any advice for people who don't speak the language specifically? is there a good way to approach character voice when theres a sort of barrier?

first of all: it makes me very very happy (and bashful) that you think my characterisation is so accurate! it's one of the things about my writing that i'm truly proud of :) hmmm, let's see. i think to start with, i have to say that, in my experience, "in character" writing isn't just about dialogue. if you're writing a pov character, staying in character means using descriptive phrases and inner monologue patterns that create the image of the character in the same way that camera shots, wardrobe, lighting, etc, would do this work for you in a show/film. if your pov character has certain defining life experiences, they're more likely to speak or think a certain way—are they more formal, or more casual? are they uni-educated, or do they work a blue-collar job after scraping by with a high school diploma? have they experienced trauma that's caused them to be bitter and cynical, or do they, in spite of trauma, cling to humanity and kindness?

another thing that i find helps a lot when characterising characters is figuring out two things: what they want, and what they fear. these can vary based on the period of canon—for example, dmbj characters are probably going to have more variations of wants/fears over time than characters from a single-series show like tdj. to use dmbj as an example: in sha hai, wu xie wants to bring down the wang, and give xiaoge a safe future. what he fears is this plan failing. he'll go to any lengths to make sure it happens the way it needs to—will use, and destroy, and manipulate, and lie as much as he needs to for this to work. obviously, though, that's just the barebones picture—in canon, we also see him being kind when he could be cruel, and merciful when he could be deadly. what does that say about him as a character? there's many interpretations, and all of them are more or less equally valid—but, in the end, more accurate than a characterisation which doesn't take any of these things into account.

i know meta is a bit of a dying art in recent years (well, it feels like i've been hearing and saying this sentiment for the entire eleven years i've been involved in online fandom, so maybe recent isn't the best term), but i truly believe that, through reading, or writing your own!, analysis of characters' actions and mindsets, based on canon's evidence, is a key factor in understanding and accurately portraying characters. and, don't get me wrong, you don't have to do this in a formal, or even public level! a lot of my breakthroughs with relation to characterisation have come at one in the morning in dms with my friends. and you don't always have to agree with other peoples' meta, either; disagreement is just as valid a way to react; what matters is that you then try and figure out why you disagree—is there canon you think contradicts it, is it based on canon that's been retconned or altered since its initial creation, or is it just a theory/read you personally feel squicked by, even if there's canon proof?

to connect this to your question about foreign language media: i'm probably not the best to ask this, since what i write for is largely (only?) for languages i'm a native speaker of, but i've been getting more into kdramas lately, and my korean is............very basic (i can say anyeonghasaeyo and gamsahamnida and that's about it), but i'm planning on writing fic for at least one kdrama some time in the future, so while you should take this with a grain of salt, my best advice is two-pronged: one, seek out materials written by fans who speak/have knowledge of the language of the media you're wanting to write for (this helps a lot for cultural context, and errors with english subbing; tdj seems to drop a good number of referentials in the english subs where i'm watching it, and english subs for cdramas are kind of hilariously bad about endearments/nicknames/titles, not to mention translating the name into english, rather than leaving it in pinyin), and two, pay attention to the spoken language. you might not be able to understand what's being said, but watching through a second time and only paying attention to the words rather than the subs can help immensely to get a feel for the tone and vibe of a character's speech patterns—are they prone to being loud? cheerful? do they crack jokes a lot? and so forth. if you combine these two with what i've mentioned above, about considering the character's background, and then the way they interact with other characters, and what they want and fear, while you'll probably not be perfect at characterising the characters in the same way a native speaker would be, you'll be flying a great deal above a majority of the fandom, and neatly elide the "they would NOT fucking say that" reaction in most cases.

(thank you for letting me ramble about this, i love talking about writing <3333 i hope some of this was helpful!!!)

[rametarin]

The 'man or bear' thing is deliberate shit stirring, yall.

They used to pull shit like this all the time back in the day. The ultimatum is deliberately skewed, because the entire conversation is a stupid illusion of choice. It's the sort of bullshit that gets passed along the Babby Radfem chain because it sounds clever as a meme.

The sort of radfem meme where eventually it culminates in some adult talking to them about it, and it ends with the radfem pouting and going, "I just wanted to have a convuhsayshun about important social issues. :C :C :C :C"

Because if you haven't noticed, Phase #2 has been "UH, TMI. WOMEN ARE ACTUALLY CHOOSING THE BEAR-" (allegedly) "- BECAUSE RAPE CULTURE AND PATRIARCHY."

And there it is. Boom goes the dynamite. You've been lead into a shitty, ideologically slanted conversation that has the same flavor as some ethnosupremacist trying to, "make a point," about how The Jews control everything. Just, switch out Jews for, "white people and capitalism."

The premise is that some random dude in the woods is an unknown and the woman is justified in thinking the statistical probability that she'll be beaten, killed or raped just for being a woman around a strange man, and then not believed, means they're somehow safer with the bear. That they're justified in thinking that way, allegedly, because of the consequences.

And then that absolutely stupid, pathetic "Gotcha" permutation that has come out recently, where they swell up with air and puff, "HAHA, ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW THEY NEVER EVEN TRY TO DEFEND THE MAN!? ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE TELLING ON THEMSELVES!"

There's nothing to tell. Statistically some dude in the woods isn't going to be a fucking rapist or murderer. Just, straight up facts. Statistically, that dude in the woods won't be a rapist or murderer. They exist, yes, and it's always a possibility, but just from the get-go we're taking this conversation from the perspective of a sheltered, gynocentrist perspective where a woman's safety and security is the only factor that matters, and a man's life and worth is entirely disposable.

Statistically, that dude in the woods, if a single father, is still roughly only 25% as likely to murder his own children to get out of the responsibility of taking care of them, as a single mother. And what, 40 times less likely to do it as a single father with a girlfriend, than a single mother. So take that statistic and blow it out your ass.

And a funny thing happens to rape statistics when you consider a strapon or dildo to be synonymous with rape, or list rape as violent sexual assault the equal of just using a strapon. Suddenly women take up a vast amount more of the % of rape statistics, instead of what their behavior is called being different because it doesn't involve a biological penis. Suddenly even coming on a strange WOMAN in the woods approaches the supposedly overbearing risk of STRANGE MAN.

It's a scenario deliberately cooked up from that snide gynocentrist position that puts a woman's safety and humanity many notches higher on the valid ladder than a mans. It argues that you should always listen and believe a woman when she makes accusations, always, in all circumstances, no matter how improbable, above and beyond when men accuse others (falsely or not), that women do not lie or exaggerate about rape or violence accusations, that society should automatically treat what they say as truth or they just hate women, and the expectation should be any accusation made sticks regardless of evidence or due process or trial, or society just hates women.

It creates an unreasonable expectation of security and protection that no one, especially not capital S society, can ensure. You cannot police peoples thoughts or actions proactively, you cannot indoctrinate out the desire to rape or hurt from someone that is already broken and bent on doing that, and this stupid conversation or some variation on it crops up every few years to pose these stupid questions and make foregone conclusions based on how they perceive thing.

Inevitably it tangents into the conversation about rape, where the people that whine about bears or men in the woods will makesome soapbox speech about how rape only happens, not because people are mentally broken and monstrous individually, but that rape is a societal problem. Caused, "because we live in a PATRIARCHY that says this is okay!"Offering women this ridiculous, romantic delusion to grasp onto and feed, because it gives them both an explanation they hope to be true because it offers what seems like an obvious "solution." Clearly, "men aren't being taught not to rape!" So they willingly engage in this fiction that the only reason rape happens is because those evil men allow other men to do it or nobody told them it's bad, because, "women are hated and feared in this society."

So they entertain the stupid idea the only reason rapists exist is because they, "aren't taught about consent," and then order more fucking teachers and propaganda courses to do their little songs and dances about it. Which helps about as much as high priests ordering people be sacrificed to a volcano to stop an unpleasant, dangerous natural process. It doesn't help at all, and the mental salve of trying to project a problem onto something else you can control doesn't work to resolve it, but it may give the Volcano Priesthood more power in society.

And that's what this is. The people that stand to gain by more women fearing men screaming for what sounds preferable as a reality and to have people magically fix the problem. Clearly, the solution is to "fix Men" (capital M. The platonic, abstract concept of Men. The collective demographic Men.) so they don't or can't rape. They're told "destroying the Patriarchy" will do that, so they're incentivized to share that delusion.

They genuinely appeal to women that already have suspicions and distrust of males and men and give it a rationalization on why that's okay and "the truth, actually." A whole platform and mythology on and for it, the how and why. Women eat that shit up, then they decide to treat men based on this. And those women repeat their fictions as truth to try to MAKE it normalized and true. And it's no different than when it happens to anybody else, be it forms of racism or bigotry.

The people that study this kind of shit for a living or a hobby just decided that it fits their goals if men are made open season acceptable targets for the same treatment they would consider to be prejudiced and bigoted towards any other demographic, because it suits their ideological and political needs. The same technique of social infiltration that people like the Nazis (and Soviet communists, but that's less important righjt now) used to badmouth and scapegoat the Jews for everything. Little jokey-jokes and stupid conversation openers like this stupid scenario of bear or man.

See it for what it is, and treat it like the bad faith method for results that it is. But remember it, and what it was used to do. It'll be back from the exact same people under another form in as few as 20 years.

[magiaburst]

Definitely not gonna answer all of them, but here are those I will answer:

Which oc has the best sleep schedule? The worst sleep schedule?

Probably Nova, but it's more because of the timing on earth being different.

Which oc has never had their first kiss?

Nova, Selene and Zero. Nova and Selene never had a partner, Zero's died in his arms before they ever had the chance to.

What oc has the best music taste? The worst music taste?

If I give my OCs music taste, then it's often equal to mine. So I don't know how to answer this one.

Which oc has the most cohesive color pallet? The craziest color pallet?

Craziest I'd say Selene. Her hair is blond, her shirt is gray, her pants are light blue, her shoes dark blue and her eye color is a gray-green.

Cohesive, I'm going with Cyril, Dark and Etaine. They do have a darker color scheme in clothing/design in general.

Which oc prefers flowing clothes? Tight clothes?

Cyril: Flowing

Etaine: Both

Selene: Both

Lucy: Flowing

Zero: Flowing

Raiden: Both

Nova: Flowing

Dark: He's a Sonic OC, his only clothing are gloves and shoes.

What is one universe/story an oc would fit in to besides the one they live in?

Zero is a general character, but he has his origins in the Madokaverse, so I gues that.

I'd say Etaine and Cyril would both fit into Princess Tutu's context, while Lucy and Selene definitely would fit into Miraculous.

Which oc is the biggest romantic?

Lucy. She is a seductive dark magical girl, she can't help it.

What’s one canon character all of you ocs LOVE? One they all HATE?

Love: A peaceful life.

Hate: Injustice.

What oc is the best at dealing with stress? How do they deal with it?

Probably Etaine. She's relatively chill and if she is stressful, then she either goes dancing, or hangs out with her boyfriend or her bestie.

Which oc makes their bed every morning? Which one thinks it’s a waste of time?

I think they all do.

I think Dark thinks it's a waste of time lol.

Which oc has the most friends?

Lucy. Followed by Selene and Cyril.

Which oc has the most admirers?

No idea. Maybe Lucy since she is somewhat of a mysterious-seeming beauty? I really dunno.

Which oc likes country music? Which oc HATES country music?

Some don't care about it, the others hate it. There is no one that likes it.

Which oc has has the most lovers/flings/partners?

Also here, no idea really. Though, while this definitely doesn't count, I'd like to mention that Cyril is a character that is compatible with a few canon characters. The final pairing is Cyril/Jessica, but someone I know in Discord ships Cyril/Chloé, so...

Which oc gets crushes the easiest?

Cyril! I mean, he crushed on Lie-La Rossi before...

Etaine follows.

Which oc is the most practical?

Probably Selene.

Which oc got excited when taylor swift came back? Which oc got excited when MRC came back?

Cyril likes Anti-Hero, but in general no one of them cared about either lol

Which ocs believe in ghosts?

Lucy. She has a spirit raven as familiar.

Which oc pronounces it meh-meh instead of meme?

They all pronounce it as "meme".

Drop a fun fact about your oc!

Cyril: He was originally created as a rogue/mysterious miraculous wielder. I dropped that idea in favor of a more straight forward OC in the end.

Dark: He originally had a much different backstory. He originally was meant to be a completely black hedgehog and would have been mortally wounded. He would have been "reborn" through the Chaos Emeralds which would also have given him the purple elements of his fur.

Lucy: She was originally meant to go into a more antagonistic route in a Juliette-esque fashion (tho less brutal). Without a Trubel-ex machina.

Zero: This boy went through a thousand backstory changes that I will not go through now.

Nova: The idea for his creation came out of nowhere when I was outside with the dog.

Selene: She originally was named Asuka and had a more upbeat personality.

Raiden: His backstory and the fact that Merlin is his father came through a joke.

Etaine: As a supernatural being, she has a final form that is all cosmic and ballet styled.

If all your ocs were to get into a giant, mcu style fight, who would win?

Zero would win, given he's divinity. I think closest would be Lucy (as Lilith), Dark (super form) and Etaine (final form).

OC ASK GAME!

* indicates that the asker should mention a specific oc

which oc has the best sleep schedule? the worst sleep schedule?

which oc has never had their first kiss?

what oc has the best music taste? the worst music taste?

which oc can cook? what’s their favorite thing to cook?

what was an oc’s first slow dance song?*

which oc prefers to dip someone? to be dipped?

which oc has the most cohesive color pallet? the craziest color pallet?

which oc prefers flowing clothes? tight clothes?

what is one universe/story an oc would fit in to besides the one they live in?*

which oc is the biggest romantic?

what’s one canon character all of you ocs LOVE? one they all HATE?

what oc is the best at dealing with stress? how do they deal with it?

which oc drops the hydroflask in class?

which oc makes their bed every morning? which one thinks it’s a waste of time?

which oc has the most friends?

which oc has the most admirers?

which oc likes country music? which oc HATES country music?

which oc cried during the lion king and SWEARS they didn’t?

which oc has has the most lovers/flings/partners?

which oc gets crushes the easiest?

which oc is a lightweight? which oc carries them home?

which oc likes to read to their partner? which oc prefers being read to?

which oc dog ears pages? which oc thinks that’s an ABOMINATION?

which oc hates the taste of water?

which oc is the most practical?

what is your oc’s favorite art movement?*

which oc loves scary movies? which oc only watches them to cuddle?

which oc would start a podcast? what would it be about?

which oc would have a successful music career?

which oc dresses the best? the worst?

which oc got excited when taylor swift came back? which oc got excited when MRC came back?

which ocs believe in ghosts?

which oc has the most genre awareness? which oc has the least?

which oc is chronically online?

which oc pronounces it meh-meh instead of meme?

which oc has the best skin care routine?

which oc has the best handwriting? the worst?

drop a fun fact about your oc!*

who would be your ocs celebrity crush?*

if all your ocs were to get into a giant, mcu style fight, who would win?

[northwestofinsanity]

Band Incorrect Quote/Scenario -“Frencho-Fryo Time” 1

This is set in the same cursed, crackfic vet hospital AU setting as the Daylight Savings Time special that was “It’s Too Early For This”. Placing under a “keep reading” for that reason in addition to length, but I’ve decided I’ve got no shame when there’s equally wild and cursed memes in different forms floating around here. This time, featuring members of both Styx and Squeeze, as the main bands I’ve done this AU with (though a few one-off members of other bands have been in it in all my documents).

*“Frencho-Fryo Time”, or alternatively, “Going Frencho-Fryo” is slang for the point of overtiredness where everyone starts getting silly and giggly over everything. (Synonymous with being “loopy”, “punchy”, “crackhead hours”, or “going cuckoo for cocoa puffs”, etc). Shenanigans ensue!

-It’s about 4:30 in the afternoon, and there is a gap in the schedule due to a traffic accident on one of the main roads, leading several appointments to be late or cancelled. This has created a lag in-between mid-afternoon appointments, so everyone is getting chores done in the downtime, and the stark difference and loss of momentum after a very hectic morning has everyone feeling a bit silly-

Glenn Tilbrook: *In the surgery prep corner, cutting paper drape material off a boxed roll, lined up to guide tapes on the counter marking the proper size, and then accordion-folding the drapes so that they're ready to wrap inside packs with the surgical tools*

Tommy Shaw: *At one of the treatment tables/“tub-sinks” with the big clean laundry bin, working on folding a bunch of it*

Jools Holland: *Comes strutting through the swinging door from reception into the back treatment room and leans against the counter with a smirk, side-eyeing Tommy and Glenn mischievously, as if just trying to see how long he can get away with being there staring them down before someone says something*

Glenn Tilbrook: *Looks up from very meticulously folding a drape to make it perfectly lined up, as he would be alright with doing nothing less, and looks over to Jools* “Finish the drug inventory in the front closet, or did you just get bored with it? Because if you’ve found yourself bored with it and in need of something else to do, I believe Tommy could probably use some help with folding the laundry!”

Tommy Shaw: *Blushes and hides a silent giggle behind a king-sized bedsheet he is hardcore struggling to fold neatly, due to only being able to hold it up but so high off the ground, and doing it alone rather than with anyone to hold the other end while he lines it up. He groans when while trying to drape it over the tub sink to help line it up, he accidentally knocks a muzzle down into the tub through the gap in the removable grate top*

Jools Holland: “Oh, there’s lots of excitement to be had in the supply closet! My favorite is when someone hasn’t screwed the lid back on a bottle properly, and you go to pick it up to check the expiration date and spill the pills everywhere! It’s a fantastic frenzy, I must say. Though it’s not a very good time to pick it all up.”

Glenn Tilbrook: *Looks like he’s trying not to giggle, then gets a rare, devilish grin on his face* “Are you telling me you were the one to spill the pills all over the floor in there and cause the big shout we heard yesterday, Julian?”

Tommy Shaw: *Does a double-take* “Jools, I didn’t think you liked being called by your full name, or if anyone was allowed to!”

Jools Holland: "I'll tell you that you wouldn't be entirely wrong. It depends on the situation. I do find most of the time, I actually prefer it from my mates who knew me before my nickname was a thing”

Glenn Tilbrook: [Pulls the last bit of drape paper off the roll in the box, gets this silly grin and light in his eyes, pulls the cardboard tube out, holds it up, and shouts into it with a projection like he's announcing things] "JULIAN..."

Jools Holland: "Ai-yi-yi..." *Shakes his head and walks back through the door to up front giggling*

Larry Gowan: [Walks in past Jools with an Australian Cattle Dog mix on a leash, and carrying a bag of supplies, as the dog has just arrived for boarding, and grins, gesturing grandly toward the dog as he stops beside the treatment counter and sets the bag down]. "This is Ted!"

Glenn Tilbrook: [Walking across the room with the tube, and tips up like a megaphone again, booming into it as deeply as he can make his voice go] "TED!"

Tommy Shaw: *Folding laundry on a tub sink, and catches a fit of the giggles over this, between Glenn with the tube, and the fact that he thinks Ted is a funny name for a dog*

Glenn Tilbrook: *Also starts laughing, and puts the tube into the recycle bin beside the break room door*

Tommy Shaw: “No, don’t throw that away yet -let me see that!” *Finishes folding a sheet, puts it down, and goes over and grabs the tube out of the recycle bin, then tries to bonk it hard against the break room door frame with an anticlimactic thud* “OHHH, that was SO disappointing -it should have bonked LOUDER than that!” *Raises the tube up to shout in it* “Booooo!” *Shoves it back down in the trash*

Glenn Tilbrook: *Nearly trips on his way back to the surgery counter when Tommy does this and goes into one of his wild, gut-cackles*

Larry Gowan: *Standing there, laughing while waiting for a technician to come free and do the check-in exam on ‘Ted’ the dog* “The tube is too narrow, and the walls are too thick! We need to call the manufacturer and tell them to change the design of it! We deserve some fun after cutting and folding all the drapes that come out of that if you ask me!”

Glenn Tilbrook: “Why, you tell them that, alright! Somebody needs to!” *Pulls the new box of drape material that was staged in the cabinet of surgery supplies, decides that he’s had enough of making drapes for now, and goes over to help Tommy fold the laundry*

[aimeelouart]

I posted 1,192 times in 2021

958 posts created (80%)

234 posts reblogged (20%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 0.2 posts.

I added 1,869 tags in 2021

#ask - 579 posts

#written reply - 401 posts

#story asks - 159 posts

#aimeelouart - 151 posts

#aimee shush - 135 posts

#ff7 - 92 posts

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#digital art - 91 posts

#cursed to strife - 86 posts

#humor - 83 posts

Longest Tag: 133 characters

#if the bad guy will just straight up miss me because i don't move or in any way try to run for it then i'll be the only one who lives

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

HA!Cloud chugs seven redbulls and cures poverty is my existemated amount of feral! Personally!

The line between feral adopted cat and feral adopted teenage time traveller is a very thin one

219 notes • Posted 2021-01-02 23:45:05 GMT

#4

Gast is professor cloud's favorite student so the H&H boys try to kill him for that spot, probably getting foiled by lucrecia by accident or cloud on purpose and it probably just ends up like spongebob's boating school episode with patrick

Some Professor Strife lore, as facilitated by the server and @sheseesinthedark​

Cloud went far enough back that Gast and Grimoire are faculty-age along with him

They both like Cloud’s maverick ways and are very surprised that he can actually be quite pleasant...sometimes.

Particularly if they bring bribes when they need to speak with him

Lucretia is unquestionably his favorite student, much to Hojo and Hollander’s irritation

When Shinra finally manages to start producing SOLDIERs, basically the entire Science department has taken a class or five with Professor Strife

“Hey...Didn’t Professor Strife’s eyes look kinda like...?”

When they see it again at some academic thing, his eyes are startlingly obvious. 

This only makes them more terrified and/or awed of him

Professor Strife becomes an academic meme.

You can get an entire auditorium of undergrads to yell Rule #2 in unison, much like irl you can get an entire auditorium to yell CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION. 

It works shockingly well at keeping idiots from sticking their dicks in the science

He frequently tells stories about idiots who disobeyed rule one or two. The Rule #2 stories have been known to make grown-ass adults grip their balls in terror

His student make him art about Rule #2

He has a whole collage lovingly arranged in his office around the very first art he was given: a giant poster hand-lettered with Rule #2

Admin tried to get him to take it down, but the students nearly rioted and they gave up

There is a competition, unofficial but quite ferocious, to draw him something that makes him cringe

No one has managed, though they have made many of their fellows "eep"

The one and only time anyone has ever seen him make a pained face (including the time he got literally stabbed on campus) was when one of his former students named him as their greatest inspiration in science

That student was by then known as Dr. Hojo

Hojo then went on to cure cancer

He is by far the coolest and most popular Professor on campus, much to his own consternation

This has consequences over time

One time ShinRa considered kidnapping him since he was pretty damn obviously mako-enhanced.

 All of Science threatened to quit. 

Cloud heard about this and had an existential crisis

He teaches shop and swordsmanship on the weekends

Admin told him he needed to look “more respecible”

He put a tie over his sleeveless ribbed turtleneck

They stopped asking him for things after that and the Rule #2 poster incident

He now has tenure and is unstoppable

Yes, his sword is with him during every lecture

He never gets any less dangerous.

One time Lu tried to put her hands over his eyes and do that sing-song “guess who!”

He almost suplexed her

He has helped babysit fellow Professor’s kids when they’re on campus

The kids love him

This includes Professor Grimoire Valentine’s son

This also includes eventual professor Lucretia Valentine’s son

Lu and Vincent got married because, thanks to Strife hammering home the point about not charging in like an idiot when you’re excited, Lu never got Grimoire killed

Hojo was the best man at their wedding

Cloud attended. It was the most bizarre experience of his entire life. He drank as much has humanly possible that day. It didn’t help things make sense.

The unexpected friendship trio of Lu, Vincent, and Hojo may or may not have occasional three ways.

Cloud doesn’t want to know. 

Cloud DOES NOT want to know

263 notes • Posted 2021-05-16 19:23:08 GMT

#3

I don't know why, but I got the image in my head of Tanuki!Cloud being up to something in the background as the Firsts are talking to Rufus and trying desperately to figure out how to grab Cloud without drawing Rufus's attention (all while being unaware Rufus knows Cloud, knows he's there and probably just handed him a new knife and told him to have fun).

@CC Rufus: why did you do that to your hair bby???

Edit: in reference to this

289 notes • Posted 2021-01-18 01:22:18 GMT

#2

An (Everything But) the Kitchen Sink group photo. Fear the might of Babalanche!

Final time clocked: 18 hours

As always, click the image to see it in HD rather than Tumblr-standard potato quality

335 notes • Posted 2021-04-26 01:34:45 GMT

#1

It could be interesting to start a AU in which either Cloud goes back and "prevents" the two "scientists" from getting their degree... or, he somehow teaches them the right way to doing things.

Oh god now I have this idea in my head of Hollander and Hojo being shitheads trying to impress professor Strife and Cloud hates every moment of it. 🤣

812 notes • Posted 2021-05-16 17:23:05 GMT

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[lorei-writes]

Hmm... You know, I suppose I shouldn’t say what’s on my mind now, but maybe that’s the sign that I precisely should.

As we all can see, reblogs to likes ratio is usually in favour to likes. Comments to likes ratio... Yeah. And sure, that can be an issue for a creator, it means the work isn’t spreading through fandom, yada yada.

But honestly? I’m so annoyed whenever I see all those ‘Fandom is dying because you don’t reblog’ posts. It’s guilt-tripping and it forgets that not all reblogs are equal.

Allow me to explain.

Example A: Your blog is generally just memes and otherwise random content. You rarely engage with fandom A, but it’s a negligible amount of posts on your blog.

Will this create reach? Not necessarily. Most likely not.

Example B: You have a fandom blog, on which you post some content on your own. You decide to start a side-blog specifically for reblogs.

Will this create reach? It... Depends. It will depend on how active you are on your reblogs side-blog, how many followers you will accumulate there, whether you reblog exclusively to it (or whether it’s some to your main fandom blog, some to your side-blog), how early on you started it, whether you have it inter-linked with your main fandom blog, and probably some more.

I’d like to stress that I don’t mean to tell anybody how to manage their fandom activity. Everybody needs to curate their own experience and find what works for them - especially since generating reach for others is hardly the only function of a reblog side-blogs.

It is only that some of those side-blogs provide reach that’s much, much smaller than the main blog itself - and some provide exactly none. I mean to stress that not all reblogs are equal and some are exactly worthless in regards to increasing reach.

How come? Well, I happen to have a reblogging side-blog too. However, it’s main function is to serve as an archive for me. I do not reblog much content on that blog, so it’s fairly dead. It is not hidden, though, and it has whooping 8 followers. It also generated no notes in the last three months.

Unless anything changed, reblogs do not show up in tags. The reach will depend on the number of followers who view it.

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Ehh. I probably do not have the right words now, but this narration keeps on increasingly annoying me. It is always you who are to blame, the mystical bad fandom, bad followers, bad something, all clear cut, all simple.

Who am I to tell others what to do? Who am I for others to owe me anything? Is interaction even worth anything if it was enforced through me demanding it?

The truth is, I do not know why any of you decided to follow me. I do not know how many of hundreds of you are still active. How many stick around just because I’ve become a familiar part of your dash, and it would feel weird if you didn’t scroll past my content.

If I know so very little, then who am I to get angry at my followers for not acting a certain way?

I cannot control you.

The most I can do is reblog content myself. Sometimes comment (honestly, it takes so much energy to verbalise the thoughts you have - people who comment frequently are the real MVPs out there). Frankly, I do think that part of the issue is some content creators engaging less with content made by others (or content outside their circle), and thus sharing it less. It’s certainly an issue with me.

I suppose that for most of you, I’m a grey face, or perhaps some far-away person. You don’t reach out, and I don’t necessarily know how to either. Is it even necessary for you? Am I intimidating? All I know is it could be awkward... But honestly, smaller amount of reblogs doesn’t bother me at all compared to this weird formalisation of fandom interactions.

Ultimately, however, I have no answers.

[monsterkissed]

I'm quite late to that emoji ask meme, but how about... 😅🍦🎯👀🧠

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

genuinely, honestly? i don't think i am embarrassed about my work. there is more amateurish stuff i made when i was less good but i can't fairly be embarrassed about that, and there are works that are Indulgent to a large degree but i know that all of that is probably equally Indulgent to someone out there. my tolerance for embarrassment is incredibly low! i do not think i could keep doing this if i were truly embarrassed by it. sometimes i might be like "oh my god i can't believe i wrote something like That" but then i always remember: "ah, but people read it"

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

i don't really write a lot of works that are centred on fluff or otherwise Typically Sweet Content... probably Go Places? domestic crime guys sharing living space? there's only one murder in it! Two Stone Rings is some guys visiting a nice wedding! there's only one murder in it! you see my problem. Fidelity is about learning to move on thru wlw feelings! the murders are mostly just implied!

sweet stuff in fics that are not entirely sweet... would have far more contenders, but would reveal far too much about the kinds of things i think are sweet and how much of it involves characters justifying murders to each other.

🎯 Have any of your readers accurately guessed major plot points? Care to share which?

gee i wonder... if there's a particular example here..... a really juicy significant one about a pretty well-liked wip...........

oh! duh. obviously it's the time i left I Think We're Alone Now on a cliffhanger involving doppio eating some home cooking and while multiple people were firmly convinced that he'd been the victim of a murderous poisoning attempt, my good pal naem immediately realised that that was not nearly enough of an upsetting way for him to be murdered, and it was probably just sleepy meds to knock him out for something worse. so many warm fuzzies honestly

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

at the moment i am hoping to get Gasoline out and done at a quite rapid clip because the chapters are a lot shorter than i usually run (and i can actually say that instead of just boasting with hubris and inevitably regretting it bc 95% of the first draft is Done) and it's got a lot of pre-VA stuff i am very hype to put out including one moment that will definitely be a contended for the Sweet Scenes category above and it will probably be Obvious when it comes lol. and there is a very good reason i didn't want to post it until act 3 of bngn started...

🧠 Pick a character, and I'll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

wait u did not pick a character... or am i supposed to pick a character and now you have to tell me a favourite headcanon... perhaps we can trade?

i feel like outside of the ones in my own work, "bruno is trans and he zipped off his boobs" has just resulted in too much stylish art. nobody can prove he didn't do that and nobody can argue it wouldn't be sick as hell.

now u: pick a pink family member. or your best drakenier headcanon but only if it would enrage at least one fanbro terribly

[maxwell-grant]

Speaking of Tod Slaughter... any thoughts on Grand Guignol theater..?

Looking back on it, the first time I encountered the term Grand-Guignol was also the first time I looked at Fantomas, when I picked up the book above titled The Theater of Grand Guignol, which is all too fitting as Fantomas is Grand-Guignol to it's core. It's also a term that I've seen applied a couple of times to The Spider as well as some darker fan reinterpretations of Batman. Like film noir and sword-and-sorcery, it's a term for a type of storytelling that's associated with dime novels and pulps, influenced and was influenced by them in return, but isn't really the same thing and is, in fact, a separate "genre" (not quite the right term).

Indeed, if the common cultural association of pulp is that of something trashy and violent and darker than it's contemporary culture, one can see Grand-Guignol as perhaps the darkest of it's adjecent family, the Dario Argento to pulp's John Carpenter, the cracked mirror to all that exists.

Short and full-length plays were based on the hot topics unseen onstage at this extent before, from graphic scenes of murders, tortures, sexual violence to psychological thrills like resurrections of the dead, incest, suicide, characters being hypnotized, trapped or guilty of their loved one’s deaths. In most cases, it was a combination of several of those themes in one piece, which of course, multiplied shows’ popularity - AngryFishTheatre's article

‘At one performance, six people passed out when an actress, whose eyeball was just gouged out, re-entered the stage, revealing a gooey, blood-encrusted hole in her skull. Backstage, the actors themselves calculated their success according to the evening’s faintings. During one play that ended with a realistic blood transfusion, a record was set: fifteen playgoers had lost consciousness. Between sketches, the cobble-stoned alley outside the theatre was frequented by hyperventilating couples and vomiting individuals.’

Despite of its scandalous nature, for France Grand Guignol was more than a theatre: it was a tradition, an institution, and an attraction like the Eiffel Tower or the Folies Bergères, and Maxim’s... It was then highly fashionable. Celebrities of the day, South American millionaires and errant royalty went there assiduously to be scared out of their wits.

Going to the Grand-Guignol was less a social act than a private one and certain audience members preferred not to be seen. Some witnesses reported that the iron-grilled boxes in the back of the theater encouraged a certain ‘extremism.’

The cleaning staff would often find the seats stained - — Mel Gordon, The Grand Guignol: theatre of fear and terror.

It lasted almost the exact same time period as the American pulp era (from the late 1880s to 1950s), and even in it's origin, as the theater itself was built out of the ruins of a church, and it would attain fame and legacy as the shadow opposite to Moulin Rouge's glamour and spectacle. It's original intent on being focused on naturalistic theater led to breakthroughs of horror that made it the whole selling point, and much like the pulp lords of terror I talk about, their staged and spectacled terrors were still no match for the horrors of reality that followed.

“We could never equal Buchenwald,” the Grand Guignol’s final director, Charles Nonon, told TIME magazine that year. “Before the war, everyone felt that what was happening onstage was impossible. Now we know that these things, and worse, are possible in reality.”

And of course it goes without saying that the Grand-Guignol's influence on storytellers long transcended it's original lifespan. Gore for gore's sake is hardly something I enjoy, but I've definitely enjoyed many, many films that reached to extremes of horror and violence and gore for horror and comedy alike. I would not claim the Grand-Guignol started this because I could very well be missing out on something, but they are undeniably a huge part of the history of horror as we know it, along with the German Expressionist works of the 1910s that were as well both inspired by, as well as influential, on the Grand-Guignol.

Time and time again we see the pattern emerge, of creators or outlets or mediums that emerge as cheaper and less critically-reputable alternatives to the mainstream attain extraordinary and influential success both in their circles as well as those who would never admit to looking at them for inspiration otherwise. In fact, you could very well argue that it’s alive not just through films and comics and so forth, but in newfound forms of media created by people with all the freedom to put together whatever their imaginations and limited resources and lack of restraints can create.

Like Youtube Poop.

Now maybe I'm biased here because I grew up with YTP, but really, the main intent behind every YTP is to twist the media it's using to provoke a new reaction from you, every YTP is varying levels of a rollercoaster of jokes and edits and little narratives stacking up and flowing together, references and poop jokes and murder jokes and slurs and parody and criticism and SuS and literally anything the creator thinks is gonna get a reaction that wasn't in the original material. And it doesn't even have to be exclusively about jokes, there's a lot of YTPs that are centered on horror or drama or even are just completely original narratives using the assets at hand, sometimes even clocking in at almost movie-length.

There's no filter or censors or teams making sure it's tested to the audience, it's just as much chaos as someone with video editing skills can manage to create, and more so than anything else nowadays, it's the medium that abides and amplifies the same principle that ruled and defined Grand-Guignol: "The Hot and Cold Shower"

Grand Guignol, was not the inventor of this concept, but probably the first performing arts company that used it as its main programming principle. Every evening at the theatre was programmed with plays heavily contrasting in their nature. In the 6 plays presented on a regular night, every 2 horror plays were followed by a light comedy and the light comedy by another horror play or two. Using this contrast the creators aimed to give their audiences a fuller range of emotions. They called it a "hot and cold shower".

You could also make a similar argument for creators that used Garry's Mod or Source Filmmaker to create Youtube content, many of whom either followed the styles of YTP or created their own which ended up influencing others in return, and you can definitely see how YTP as well as these have influenced our current generation's taste in comedy as well as the editing styles of many prominent creators. It even seemed for quite a while that GMOD and SFM content of this type was dead, but it definitely seems like it's gotten a revival recently, and really just never went away. Likewise, a lot of people think YTP died circa 2012 or 2015, which is completely false, it just changed a bit, as things tend to do if they are to stick around.

The entire approach of extreme hot and cold, extreme horror and comedy shuffling per second and extreme absurdity overriding is something you definitely get nowadays a lot more out of these newer forms of media than anything that film and television's capable of giving, and just as Grand-Guignol started out relatively ordinary (focused mainly on naturalistic horror) before it completely spiraled into a perpetual race for excess, we've gotten so desensitized so quickly to surprises that you can see in real time the growing needs for content that's faster and more chaotic and funnier and more dramatic and more absurd and more well-produced but also worse produced and, yeah.

I definitely wonder how we may see future filmmakers and cartoonists and creators be influenced by, not just the above, but also the rapidly changing landscapes of meme culture and social media and the gradually less-funny theater of the absurd that reality's become. I definitely imagine we'll be in for some interesting times.

Y'know, if we make it that far.

Alternatively you could also argue Jackass is also a modern Grand Guignol and they just cut out the narrative middleman to get straight to the "people getting fucked up for your amusement" part, but at this point I'd just be inviting a retread of all the "Is -X- pulp" questions I got for "Is -X- Grand Guignol", and I may have stepped straight into a rake with this one.

[tigerkirby215]

5e Aphelios, the Weapon of the Faithful build (League of Legends)

(Artwork by Pan Chengwei. Made for Riot Games.)

(Shit meme by yours truly.)

Yes I hate Irelia so much I’m genuinely making an Aphelios build before her.

But I really don’t get the “Aphelios too confusing 200 years” memes. Don’t get me wrong his kit’s weird and certainly overtuned but it doesn’t take that long to figure out what his guns do. Calibrum has long range and fires a skill shot, Severum has lifesteal and attacks fast, Gravitum slows and roots, Infernum attacks in a cone for AoE damage, and Crescendum attacks very fast and creates a turret.

Just because I understand this does it mean I can play Aphelios? Fuck no. Did I learn all this from Legends of Runeterra by playing Labs with Aphelios? Yeah kinda. But all I’m saying is that if my stupid support-main ass can do midway decently as Aphelios on free-to-play rotation I really think the hype around him is overblown.

That’s enough hot takes from me. He’s the point where I list 5 goals for this build instead of 3 and make 200 years jokes.

GOALS

Calibrum - We’ll need a long-ranged weapon to harass our foes and pick them off when they try to run.

Severum - If enemies get too close or we get too low we’ll need a way to keep ourselves alive in a 1v1.

Gravitum - We’ll need to control our foes to always stay in an advantageous position.

Infernum - AoE damage is always useful to deal with crowds.

Crescendum - To take down the toughest of foes we’ll need to unleash all our firepower and even get our weapons to fir themselves.

Basically we need literally everything, all packed within 20 levels of D&D and 200 years of game design.

RACE

Aphelios is a human... but ellipsis means that another race makes more sense. Aphelios has his sister advising him wherever he goes in life, so to play two spirits in one a Kalashtar is a good choice! Your Wisdom score increases by 2 and your Charisma increases by 1. Alune’s Dual Mind grants you Advantage on Wisdom saving throws, and her Mental Discipline lets you resist Psychic damage. Alune also keeps you Severed from Dreams, meaning that you’re immune to spells that require you to dream (like the Dream spell) but not spells that require you to sleep (like Sleep.)

Aphelios doesn’t talk (unless you want him to) but Alune can make a Mind Link to speak telepathically with others! You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see that’s within a number of feet of you equal to 10 times your level. You don’t need to share a language with them, but they must be able to understand at least one language. You can also use your action to give that creature the ability to speak telepathically with you for 1 hour or until you end this effect as an action. To use this ability, the creature must be able to see you and must be within this trait’s range. You can only give this ability to only one person at a time however, as it ends when you give it to someone else. Oh and speaking of languages you know Common, Quori (which no one is going to have outside of Eberron lol), and one other language of your choice: Celestial probably makes the most sense but you can pick whatever you fancy.

ABILITY SCORES

15; CHARISMA - You’re a kpop pretty boy, because Aphelios has more guns than body types in League of Legends.

14; WISDOM - I mean you get advantage in Wisdom saves anyways: may as well make the skill good too?

13; DEXTERITY - You are a marksman but we aren’t really using DEX for combat. So in other words: something something Medium Armor.

12; CONSTITUTION - You are one of the squishiest ADCs in the game but you do have enough sustain to keep yourself alive.

10; INTELLIGENCE - You were trained spiritually, as opposed to academically. That being said Religion is an Intelligence skill for some reason.

8; STRENGTH - I mean look at Aphelios’ arms; kid’s a freaking twink.

BACKGROUND

Aphelios fights for him and his sister’s faith in the Lunari... bit unorthodox, but you’re certainly quite the devoted Acolyte. As an acolyte you get proficiency in Religion but I’d replace your proficiency in Insight with Medicine, which you’re probably used to after drinking so much poison. You also learn two languages that you won’t use because Aphelios is mute. (But yeah pick whatever you think will be useful and if you want to feel free to swap your languages for tools or something. A Herbalism Kit or Poisoner’s Kit actually works rather well given your favorite drink to keep close to your sister.)

Alune may be in the Shelter of the Faithful but you can return to the temple from time to time for solace. You and your adventuring companions can expect free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established location of Lunari faith (you have to provide any material components for spells though.) The Lunari will support you (but only you) at a modest lifestyle in the temples.

If you’re near your sister’s shrine you can ask the chosen Lunari priests for assistance, provided the assistance you ask for is not hazardous and you remain in good standing with your temple and your sister.

(Artwork by SixMoreVodka Studios. Made for Legends of Runeterra by Riot Games.)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - SORCERER 1

Starting off as a Sorcerer for proficiency in CON saving throws lol, but also for proficiency in Arcana and the Insight skill we skipped from our background. But Sorcerers get to choose their subclass at level 1 and to get closer to the Aspects grab a touch of the Divine Soul. As a Weapon of the Faithful you are Favored by the Gods, letting you add 2d4 to a missed attack roll or saving throw once per Short or Long Rest for a touch of Alune’s guidance. I’m going to mention now that a death saving throw is technically a saving throw, and I mention it because your AC is 11 and your health is 7. Level 1 ADCs, am I right?

Anyways: Divine Souls get Divine Magic for one extra spell from the Cleric spell list: technically you’re supposed to take one of the ones they suggest to you but I’d recommend Guiding Bolt for Calibrum’s Q: a long ranged shot that lets you shoot the target more easily afterwards.

And of course being able to cast spells implies that you have Spellcasting! You can learn four cantrips from the Sorcerer or Cleric list which means you can grab Guidance for a bit more of your sister’s help. You can also grab Word of Radiance to attack everyone near you with Severum’s Q, Acid Splash for some AoE damage from Infernum (should it be doing fire damage? Yeah probably), and Light to see with your dumb Kalashtar eyes. You can also learn two leveled spells like Sanctuary to protect yourself or your allies as long as they act peacefully, and Ice Knife for a more ranged AoE blast from Infernum.

If you want you can grab Mage Armor or something because your AC and HP are kinda uhhhhhhhhhh... trash?

LEVEL 2 - WARLOCK 1

Hopefully you didn’t die as a level 1 Aphelios with 7 HP and 11 AC; we didn’t even get 200 years of damage yet! Warlocks get to choose their subclass at level 1 as well which means you can shape yourself as the Fiend the Solari see you as. Dark One’s Blessing grants you temporary hitpoints equal to your Charisma modifier plus your Warlock level whenever you slay a foe for Severum’s lifesteal and passive shield.

You also get Pact Magic, which is like regular Spellcasting but your spell slots are funny! You can learn two cantrips from the Warlock list like Eldritch Blast to blast while you eldritch, and Chill Touch for some Grievous Wounds. You can also learn two Warlock spells like Burning Hands from the Fiendlock list to blast your foes with Infernum, and Hex to mark your foe for death under the moon.

LEVEL 3 - WARLOCK 2

Second level Warlocks get access to Eldritch Invocations like Agonizing Blast to agonize your blasts, and Lance of Lethargy to slow your foes with Gravitum. You can also learn another Warlock spell like Unseen Servant for some extra sisterly help. I mean, you’re probably going to replace these all next level anyways.

LEVEL 4 - WARLOCK 3

Third level Warlocks can choose their Pact Boon and truthfully? Just about any of them work. Pact of the Blade would be the most “in-character” but your Strength and Dexterity are both kind of bad and you don’t need to use weapons. Pact of the Chain will let you personify Alune on your person and get a shitty version of Crescendum’s turret but Aphelios doesn’t have a pet. Pact of the Tome lets you get Aspect of the Moon which is funny in its own right and more cantrips are universally useful. And hell: even Pact of the Talisman is useful for your sister to lend her aid to someone else in the party. Basically this is an elaborate way for me to say that your Pact Boon doesn’t matter much for this build, as we won’t be using any of the abilities or invocations from your Pact Boon much. So pick what you think will be useful and fun and make your own Aphelios!

With that being said: you can also learn second level Warlock spells now! Shadow Blade will serve as Crescendum’s blade that you can throw at the enemy, but it is based on your DEX which is kind of... bad? Well at least you can replace Unseen Servant with Misty Step, because a summoner’s Flash is more useful than your sister’s unseen help.

LEVEL 5 - WARLOCK 4

Man isn’t it fun to wait until level 5 to not die when the enemy support breathes on you? That uneven Dexterity score was done so you could grab the Moderately Armored feat for +1 to your Dexterity and proficiency in Medium Armor and Shields. Grab both to get hit less, basically!

You can also learn another spell like Hold Person for Gravitum’s root. And another cantrip like Minor Illusion for your sister to summon some props that you can hide behind.

(Artwork by Jennifer Wuestling. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 6 - WARLOCK 5

Hey that Medium Armor doesn’t really fit your outfit: how about the Mask of Many Faces invocation to put on some skins?

Third level spells are also useful! Vampiric Touch will let you heal in close range by damaging your foes with Severum.

LEVEL 7 - WARLOCK 6

6th level Fiend Warlocks get more guidance from Alune. The Solari may call it the Dark One’s Own Luck but all it lets you do is add a d10 to an ability check or saving throw once per Short or Long Rest. I mean hey: if you want a load of saving throw insurance this plus Favored by the Gods basically means you’re adding +10 to a saving throw!

You can also learn another spell but the only ones I’d want have very expensive components. Basically I want a Tasha’s summoning spell for Crescendum’s turret, but you’re going to be replacing it with...

LEVEL 8 - WARLOCK 7

4th level Warlocks can learn Summon Aberration which is a little more than just a turret! You can choose between a Beholderkin turret, Slaad tank, or Star Spawned Aspect! I’m not going to go too deep into this spell as you can read up on it for yourself but the point is you’ve got some backup now!

Alternatively if you want I think your sis could use some friends: Banishment will send them up to the temple where they’ll have to sit around and chat peacefully with Alune. Or if they’re not from the plane you’re in they’ll just be sent home.

Oh and you can also get another Eldritch Invocation like Eldritch Spear to keep your range with Calibrum.

LEVEL 9 - WARLOCK 8

8th level Warlocks get another Ability Score Improvement: you should probably increase your Charisma for more damage and accuracy with your weapons.

Speaking of weapons Dimension Door will let you head back to fountain to buy more weapons, or get out of danger and in range to use your weapons.

(Artwork by SixMoreVodka Studios. Made for Legends of Runeterra by Riot Games.)

LEVEL 10 - SORCERER 2

We’ve gotten all of out basic auto attacks: now I want some of Aphelios’ finer abilities. Second level Sorcerers get a Font of Magic for Sorcery Points which currently do nothing other than let you get more spell slots. You can melt down your Warlock slots however to get more Sorcery points, which will be useful later.

And of course you can learn more spells, but we’re going to wait for...

LEVEL 11 - SORCERER 3

Third level Sorcerers can finally learn Metamagic to empower their spells! You can take Quickened Spell for some Attack Speed, or Seeking Spell for some armor penetration to deal with higher AC enemies.

You can also learn second level spells like Icingdeath’s Frost (UA soon to be in Fizban’s hopefully) to blast foes with Infernum then Gravitum, or Dragon’s Breath to blast Infernum all throughout the fight.

LEVEL 12 - SORCERER 4

Would be good to cap off that Charisma, so go ahead and do so with your ASI.

You can also learn another spell like Spiritual Weapon for a turret you can move around a bit, and a new cantrip like Mage Hand for your sister’s help reaching the top shelf.

(Artwork made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 13 - SORCERER 5

5th level Sorcerers can get some Magical Guidance from their sister to reroll ability checks, because she’s been reading up on Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.

You can also learn a new spell like Fireball... I mean I really shouldn’t need to justify this. It’s Fireball. Blast them with Moonlight Vigil for a burst of Infernum’s fire!

LEVEL 14 - SORCERER 6

6th level Divine Soul Sorcerers can use their Sorcery Points for Empowered Healing... wait you have healing? Well whenever you or an ally within 5 feet of you rolls dice to heal from a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll any number of those dice once, as long as you’re not incapacitated. This technically doesn’t work with Vampiric Touch (since that spell does damage and then heals you based on how much damage it deals) but if your support heals you or a nearby ally there’s no reason not to give them an extra pick-me-up!

You can also learn another spell but I’m going to hop back to second level real quick for Mirror Image. It perhaps doesn’t fit as well (which is why I didn’t take it until now) but it’s very good to keep yourself alive, and as a squishy Lunari boy it’ll be very helpful to make it harder for the enemy to hit you.

LEVEL 15 - SORCERER 7

7th level Sorcerers can learn 4th level spells like Guardian of Faith for a turret that actually stands still! It shoots at anyone who comes close, and when it runs out of ammo it disappears. But what’s cool about this spell is that it lasts for 8 hours, which is plenty of time to rest through the night while your sister watches over you.

LEVEL 16 - SORCERER 8

8th level Sorcerers get another Ability Score Improvement or Feat: seeing as you’re mostly casting War Caster would be a good pickup to keep your Concentration with your bad Constitution and also hit those who come too close with magic. Or you could just get better Constitution maybe since it’s a bit late for War Caster tbh...

You can also learn another spell like Death Ward, for a Guardian Angel that you’re probably going to need seeing as you still have less than a hundred health.

(Artwork by Francis Tneh and West Studios. Made for Riot Games.)

LEVEL 17 - SORCERER 9

9th level Sorcerers can learn 5th level spells like Teleportation Circle to recall back to base or to your sister’s temple. If you know the sequence of sigils to go back to a teleportation circle you can use this spell to link yourself back to it. You can also create a new circle over the course of a year. (And by spending a lot of gold.)

Basically this is my way of saying that we got all we wanted after level 16 tbh and I’m kinda just going through the motions of grabbing your last few levels.

LEVEL 18 - SORCERER 10

10th level Sorcerers get their third Metamagic option! Hurrah! By this point you have enough spells that force saving throws that Heightened Spell is a good option to make it a lot harder for your opponents to resist 200 years of magic!

You can also learn another 5th level spell like Hold Monster for Gravitum’s root against a ganking Fiddlesticks. And another cantrip: I somehow didn’t take Prestidigitation until now, so grab it for all sorts of basic Lunari magic.

LEVEL 19 - SORCERER 11

11th level Sorcerers can learn a 6th level spell! This is going to be your final, highest level spell; your ultimate ability! And I’d consider an ultimate from a fed Aphelios to be a Circle of Death. It’s a huge AoE that does a lot of damage: a simple nuke for a simple ADC that isn’t remotely confusing.

LEVEL 20 - SORCERER 12

12th level Sorcerers get one last Ability Score Improvement or Feat... I’m going to be honest: this doesn’t fit Aphelios but you likely have around 100 HP. Do yourself a favor and grab the Tough feat for 40 extra health.

FINAL BUILD

PROS

For every phase, a weapon - Wow who would’ve guessed building for versatility makes you versatile? You have a huge variety of spells for just about any occasion: AoEs to deal with crowds, single-target spells to take down big foes, crowd control to keep enemies in place, summons to keep enemies targeting them instead of your allies, and of course more than enough damage to shake a stick at.

In your hand; from my heart - Sorcery points also give you plenty of flexibility, notably in your ability to greatly increase damage output thanks to Quickened Spell on Eldritch Blasts and Seeking Spell to reroll missed Eldritch Blasts. But being able to turn your Warlock slots into ammo for your more useful guns is extremely useful and allows you to better adapt to various situations.

I am with you... shining above - Medium armor goes quite a long way! A Breastplate and Shield gives you a solid 18 AC, and if you’re willing to have Stealth Disadvantage upgrading to Half Plate gives you a respectable 19 AC!

CONS

You make yourself a weapon, so you do not have to feel - Skill proficiencies are reserved for those who don’t spend 200 years on damage. You have two skills from your background and two from your class and none of them are particularly great. Sure your Insight and Medicine skills are fine enough but you’re going to be beaten in Arcana by a Wizard and Religion by a Cleric also a Wizard, because Religion is an Intelligence skill for some reason.

Your life upon the altar, brother... - Even with the Tough feat your health is extremely poor. d6 hit die hurt and anyone with Power Word Kill can easily execute you. While I did give you good Wisdom for roleplay’s sake you could (and probably should) opt for Constitution instead.

An omen in your grasp - Your low health is kind of a problem when a lot of your spells force you into close range. There are ways to use spells like Burning Hands, Dragon’s Breath, Shadow Blade, and Vampiric Touch without getting too close (those methods being the Distant Spell Metamagic which we didn’t take; you could totally replace Seeking Spell if you wanted though) but Severum and Infernum are balanced around their low range. There’s no reason you can’t throw balance out the window to take spells that will likely be more useful.

But you are a weapon, sworn to carry your faith and show the world the light in the darkness. Your task is to slay those that deny the right of your people before they even know you are there... Sure confusing them as to what you are even doing is also effective, and I guess it doesn’t matter if your abilities make sense if they’re all dead. They’ll have 200 years to figure out how you killed them: I’m sure that’s plenty of time to read your ability descriptions.

(Artwork by @NAOMM29 on Twitter.)

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Sims will not kill others that they have a 15% positive relationship with You can exclude certain sims from participating in the tradition from the mod's option's menu.Click on a sim - Extreme Violence - Options - Autonomy - Disallow/Allow Sim To Participate In The Murder Holiday Tradition. Ripping A Sim's. The Gender Preference mod lets you change the preferences Sims have for romantic partners of particular genders (in The Sims 4 currently that’s just two, female and male). You can adjust the numbers to set your Sims to prefer one gender to the exclusion of the other, to prefer one but also like the other, or to like both equally.

For a manga series that began way back in 1987, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has managed to remain relevant and influential in pop culture like few others.

The Sims has been around for a bit less time. But it’s also basically the life simulation title. Everyone loves The Sims – and that includes Jojo fans.

Considering they’re so good on their own, why don’t we mix up some JJBA and TS4?

Here are some of the best Jojo’s-themed CC that the Internet has to offer.

15. Yoshikage Kira Suit

The main villain in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure’s fourth part is Yoshikage Kira, a psychopathic serial killer with a slick fashion sense and a deeply disturbed mind.

In other words, it’s a Japanese Hannibal Lecter.

If that sounds like one of your Sims, you’d do good to get them this Yoshikage Kira suit. It’s the perfect outfit for the clinically insane to pass as a regular law-abiding citizen.

You could also create the perfect Kira clone and set him loose on your Sims.

14. Josuke & Okuyasu CC Set

Since you’re already getting the villain, don’t miss the chance to introduce protagonist Josuke Higashikata and his enemy-turned-bestie Okuyasu Nijimura to your Sims game.

This doesn’t only include their distinctive outfits, but each character’s hair. It sure wouldn’t have made sense to include Josuke without his treasured pompadour hairstyle.

These items are all very detailed and true to the original material.

They’re also shadowed in a way that makes them fit into TS4 perfectly while also retaining a little bit of the manga look.

13. Jolyne Cujoh Outfit + Tattoo

Since Part 6 hasn’t seen an animated adaptation yet, many people don’t know the bad-ass female Jojo – Jolyne Cujoh. Now, you get a chance to bring her into your game.

You’ll have to get this one in parts. You can get the top here and the pants here.

It isn’t exactly accurate to the manga, but it’s clean and high-quality.

Ideal for cosplaying Jolyne, but your Sim could technically wear it anywhere if they’re brave enough.

12. Suzi Q CC Set

Everybody loves Suzi Q, a ditzy maid working for Lisa Lisa when the events of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency unfold.

She doesn’t get much screentime during Battle Tendency. But after marrying Joseph Joestar, she goes on to appear in Stardust Crusaders and Diamond is Unbreakable.

This CC set includes her maid uniform and her flowery hat (to which the hair is attached for convenience).

It’s one of the best-quality sets out there, bringing content from one of the best Jojo’s seasons.

11. Jotaro CC Set

Jotaro is probably the most recognizable Jojo. He’s in video games like Jump Force, countless memes, and even gets made into mods from time to time.

This CC set includes his hat and hair, shirt and jacket, shoes, and even earrings.

It also features a turtleneck top similar to the one seen in Diamond is Unbreakable.

These all come in several interesting color variations. You can choose colors that make the outfit more closely resemble his Part 4 look, or emulate Josuke and Giorno’s color palettes.

While the outfit’s colors and style are reminiscent of his Stardust Crusaders look, the proportions are more in-line with what you’d see in Golden Wind flashbacks.

10. Polnareff & Avdol CC Set

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For a more complete Stardust Crusaders gang, you should also get Polnareff and Avdol.

These two are the “multi-cultural” component of the Stardust Crusaders, given they’re from nations other than Japan. Polnareff’s French origins bleed through his romantic nature and precise movements, while Avdol looks like an Egyptian mystic from miles away.

This set includes both their outfits and hairstyles, so you can correctly port them into your game. No detail was too small to fit – and even Polnareff’s earrings are just like in the original material.

9. Giorno Giovanna Poster

When I was younger, I dreamt of decorating my home with bigger & more tasteful versions of the anime posters that plastered my bedroom walls.

Of course, life had other plans – as did my girlfriend back when we were sprucing up the place.

Still, the dream lives within me. And I’ve found a way to scratch the itch by adding this Giorno Giovanna Poster to my Sim’s abode.

Acronis true image 2020 build. It’s Giorno’s face on your wall. It’s perfect.

This lovely piece of wall décor comes in four swatches for different frame colors, so it’ll look fantastic wherever you decide to place it.

8. Various Jotaro Hats

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A great way to show off your Jojo fandom both in real life and in TS4 are themed hats.

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This set of Jotaro hats is based on what the character wears in every one of his incarnations. There’s a black Stardust Crusaders hat, the white one from Diamond is Unbreakable, and also a multi-colored one based on the Stone Ocean manga.

While these hats will look amazing on anyone with a daring fashion sense, you can also use them for cosplay if you pair them with our next entry. Network controller driver windows 10 asus laptop.

7. Various Jotaro Outfits

Made by the same user as the CC above, this “Various Jotaro Outfits” set includes everything else you need to dress up as Jotaro from either Stardust Crusaders, Diamond is Unbreakable, or Stone Ocean.

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He wore a mostly black Japanese High-school uniform as the main character of Stardust Crusaders, a very similar but white-colored outfit in his mentor role in Diamond is Unbreakable, and a colorful, mostly purple one in Stone Ocean.

These are by no means the most detailed and accurate outfits for Sims 4 CC.

They’re more of an adaptation than a copy, so they look right at home in vanilla TS4.

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6. Jojo Lines

If you’re trying to turn your game into a sort of Jojoverse simulator – or if you want your Sims to look more “anime-ish” – then you have to try Jojo Lines. Apne tv serial drama.

This tattoo pack comes in seven different styles and color palettes to give your Sims the ultimate Jojo makeover by adding lines reminiscent of the way faces are drawn in Jojo’s manga.

Since it works for all ages and genders, it has the potential to change your entire game into the most laid-back, uneventful Jojo’s episode to date.

5. DIO – Shadow Version Set

If you like Jojo’s and playing with vampire Sims on TS4, then this DIO CC set is something you need right now.

After all, who could be better to lead your vampire household than the most powerful vampire on the face of the earth – DIO.

This rendition of the dastardly Jojo’s villain is just perfect. War thunder account for sale. It even includes the Joestar birthmark on his back from his Stardust Crusaders incarnation.

If you’re not interested in accuracy, you’ll enjoy the 18 alternative color palettes for the outfit.

4. The World Outfit

Of course, DIO isn’t complete without his Stand – ZA WARUDO.

The World is one of the most potent Stands ever to appear in Jojo’s. It excels at close-range combat, but that’s ultimately irrelevant considering it can just stop the flow of time and close the distance to beat you up.

This outfit will turn a Sim into The World, so you can take great screenshots of Stand User and Stand side-by-side, or to keep a The World Sim around in your Jojo’s-inspired household.

3. Jotaro Outfit

We already took a look at a CC set to dress up as Jotaro from Stardust Crusaders.

But this one is likely better in every way.

Its appearance is faithful to the manga, and the model is of extremely high quality. The hat/hair is perfect in this one, and it comes in seven color combinations, whereas the rest of the suit is available in 15.

As expected, these alternative color palettes include a black-and-white one similar to his look in Part 4 and other funky options.

2. Star Platinum Outfit

Much like DIO, Jotaro wouldn’t be himself without his Stand – Star Platinum.

Like The World, Star Platinum excels at close-range combat and can move so fast, it’s almost like stopping time. In fact, Star Platinum eventually manages to copy The World’s ability, which ultimately leads to DIO’s defeat near the end of Stardust Crusaders.

This outfit will turn your average Sim into a towering wall of purple muscle. It comes in four different colors and looks strangely at-home in TS4.

1. Bucciarati’s Gang CC Sets

After looking far and wide, I couldn’t get a complete set of Part 3 or Part 4 characters, but Golden Wind is another story.

Thanks to fantastic creator Drosims – responsible for many entries on this list – we get the entire “Bucci” Gang for our TS4 game.

You can now see what Giorno, Trish, Abbacchio, Mista, Fugo, Narancia, and Bucciarati would be like if they didn’t have to spend so much time killing Stand Users.

You can also get some secondary characters like Risotto Nero and Prosciutto from the same designer, if you want to go all the way.

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Please tell me about the Tim Curry phenomenon?

Hoist on my own petard! Okay.

So just in case what I said was unclear, when I said “Tim Curry as a phenomenon” I didn’t mean that there was some Thing That Happened, like [rummages in ancient tumblr lore] mishapocalypse or something. I just mean what Tim Curry has come to signify in popular culture for certain kinds and generations of people. I would not consider myself a Tim Curry expert, I don’t know a ton about his life and filmography, but I do experience him as that kind of icon or signifier, so all I’m going to be talking about is that (and for this reason I have determined I am not going to look anything up). (@tafadhali​ I’m going to need to you let me know how I did when this is all over.) So:

Tim Curry is an actor. He is probably best known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, Muppet Treasure Island, Home Alone 2, the 90s miniseries of It, and maybe now that one clip of him that circulates online from time to time where he’s yelling about going to space and trying not to laugh. The key facts are:

Tim Curry has incredible presence and charisma. He is not an actor who “disappears into the role.” He is a very skilled performer--it’s not like he plays the same thing in every role, and if somebody else could do what he does, many more people would be doing it--but he’s the kind of actor who gets used as a shorthand to describe characters, or other actors. “A Tim Curry type.” He works in Muppet Treasure Island because he’s in no way naturalistic, and so he can play off puppets no problem. We could comparatively describe this as The Jack Black Factor.

Tim Curry has a very distinctive voice (speaking and singing) and way of delivering lines, such that his accent comes off as almost put-on or parodic without ever quite going over the top. (This is true when he’s actually putting on an accent and when he’s not.) His delivery has unusual emphases that make the lines stick with you. These qualities are equally suited to comedy and creepiness, and he reasonably often does both at the same time. So he easily becomes a kind of factory for references, a meme factory before we called things memes. We could comparatively describe this as The Christopher Walken Factor.

Tim Curry has been in a lot of movies. These movies’ quality ranges from “hilariously bad” to “not good by mainstream standards, but objectively incredible at being the kind of movie it is” to “beloved hit, but nobody would call it High Cinema.” (If Tim Curry has also been in prestige films recognized as such,* I do not disrespect them or him, but I don’t know about it! And that’s part of the Tim Curry phenomenon!) I have not come up with a comparison for this--it’s less a distinctive thing than something that becomes important in combination with the first two.

Tim Curry always does an incredible job in these movies, whatever their quality. And he always seems to be having a great time doing it. One of the top YouTube comments on that clip I linked reads, “A reviewer once said about Tim Curry: ‘For every 1-star movie he's been in, he's the reason that movie got that star.’” He delivers a specific feeling of intense talent being directed, with great pleasure, to a purpose that is, on some level, inexplicable. (No one else would say this line this way! Why is he doing that! Because he’s Tim Curry, and that’s good enough, dammit!) This creates a sensation that somehow combines “admiration” and “this is hilarious,” but in a different way than you might admire a great stand-up set. It’s on purpose without feeling deliberate. It’s cheese being executed at the level of high art. It’s ridiculous and it’s fantastic. IT’S CAMP, BABY. Put that together with the ability to walk a knife-edge between hilarious clown and scary villain (he played Pennywise, hello), in the context of what the film industry outside of Very Special Episode morality tales has been for most of his career, and you have a recipe for a queer culture icon. I give you Frank-N-Furter.

So Tim Curry at this point means a certain quality or texture of zaniness--but one that’s not maniacal or exactly cartoonish, just like, orthogonal to what’s expected or normal. You get Tim Curry for a role when you want things to feel a little too much but in the best way; when you want to sit right on the line between “this character is out of sync with reality” and “telling the audience this is a heightened reality.” This is assuming you’re a good filmmaker who knows what you’re doing. He is the best thing in some bad movies because he reliably creates this delightful sensation even when the movie doesn’t have a clear purpose for it; he can make objectively bad material fun to watch because the things that made the writing dumb or the costuming bad are campy and fun in his hands. This is kind of what I meant by an inexplicable purpose: it doesn’t need to make sense to work. This is also what I mean about being on the line between “is the character acting nuts or is this the kind of world the movie is setting up”--when it’s not what the movie is trying to do, but the movie is failing at what it is trying to do, Tim Curry suddenly makes that fun to watch because whatever he’s doing is both of quality and basically ineffable.

So this is why we live in a world where, say, Justin McElroy can build a whole bit on MBMaM around just repeatedly spitting out the words “CHEESE! PIZZA!” in a Tim Curry voice, or Tim Curry appears on The Simpsons. At this point Tim Curry is not just a man or an actor, he’s a mood. And because that mood is hard to describe, we mostly only invoke it by referring to him. But it’s a wonderful thing that has a lot of room in it to be enjoyed in different ways, whether it’s about queerness or comedy or surrealism or performance craft that isn’t smothered by the uptight standards of “naturalism” or “realism” or “subtlety.” And Clue is one of the best venues for it because it is a good movie made by people who did know what they were doing, and what they were doing was aimed exactly at creating the Tim Curry Experience: it’s clever and artful at being campy and cheesy, and its darkness and funniness are wrapped together in so many layers you can’t separate them.

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Evidence of Tim Curry’s skill as a performer: look at him Not Being Tim Curry on SNL here with Eddie Murphy, maybe the one time I can think of that he’s in the “straight man” role. (An FYI more than a warning: The sketch is poking at racism--I think it holds up really well, but it’s deliberately pushing ~the line.)

__________________________________ *I know a lot of Film People etc. now consider Clue a genuine genius classic--for good reason! it’s incredible!--but it wasn’t received that way, and to the extent that it has gained this recognition it’s by that rubric of “succeeds at what it’s trying to do, which is more important than whether what it’s trying to do is be Citizen Kane Paddington 2.”