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to be gentle is a choice. | sukuna x sorcerer reader !

A/N: so brainfart moment!! im sure someone else will make this way better than i can but just for now hold on w me on this spontaneous moment of what ifs. im willing to challenge myself by making me write everything from sukuna's pov, yay me, nay brain! it's not gonna be cannon compliant tho, im shit at remembering lore.

tags: angst, lying, swearing, slightly suggestive, sukuna is a red flag by itself, guillible reader, sukuna pov, sukuna is bad at feelings, possesive behavior (?), unreliable narrator, tba.

wc: 536 words 2,882 characters

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April 5th, 2016

How long has it been? Around ten-ish months since I've met her, that's a long time. A dragged out and long time since I have been lying to her. Since when do I care about lying? The thousand year old king of curses, turning into a mushy and limp sugar cube for some woman. It's not any woman in my defense, but it's still so annoying. Ever since we met I can't believe how easily I feel myself start to hover over her like some protective canine.

The longer I'm with her the more I dig myself deeper, a side of me is regretful, yet the other is enjoying it in the most deceitful way possible. It's no surprise to anyone that I'm so selfish, especially when it comes to her. Are these feelings normal?

I feel like I want to strangle her everytime she pouts, when she turns over her shoulder and the corners of her mouth drag out to form that chesire smilel that lures me into those glistening eyes.

How is it that the thing I hated the most- sorcerers, has me reconsidering my whole gig of taking over the world and killing sorcerers yada yada.

i think i might... love her

Humans are fragile beings, especially with how easily I can just press them against my index and thumb like a pesky diminute ant. If you ask me personally what humans mean to me, I'll answer honestly.

I hate them. Whiny. Powerless. Weak. Narsiscistic. and overall pesky little shits.

but.

if she were to ask me. God. I'd fold over and have my hand reach to her cheek, caressing it in the most gentle way possible, afraid of the fragility and ephemeral nature of the human species she's sadly a part of. I would've begrudgingly answered "Humans are complex to even have a general opinion on, but if I were to generalize them, I think they're evanescent and self servient. Yet you, transcend my definition, because to me, you're the most kind, precious of incalculable worth, piece of being to ever exist."

To which you of course, had to ask in one of the most vulnerable moments of mine. Giggling and peppering gentle kisses across my forehead like some weakling, not taking anything I say seriously per tradition. You're definitely not the obedient type, Uraume was horrorstruck when I mentioned every incident of tardiness, teasing, disrespectful banter and so on.

God that Uraume, she doesn't get you like I do, it makes me kind of euphoricly selfish. to be the only one who can understand you like this, the one who gets to hear you rant about the measly curses you're facing at the tech, or even hearing you heave my name when you're dry humping my lap.

tell me, my dear and lovely "girlfriend", would you also speak about me like this when I'm not around? would you love me still be here if you knew? even if im your biggest enemy? a menace to your kind? would all your friends try to seal me if they knew?

would you love me all the same when I'm the most cursed yet the most blessed when I'm with you?

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Pg. 1 of Sukuna's Diary.

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Shall we continue this as a series?

[azurevalley]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse thoughts (spoilers, duh)

Well, just got back from watching this masterpiece. God did I love it. The animation was on point, the story was paced perfectly, and the reveal about it being a 2-parter at the end was masterfully done. After the long intro, I was worried about how they would fit in the ending and still have it be paced correctly, so having it go the way it did was a good call.

For me, the return of the visual styling and blending was all I needed from this film, and the usage of live action really added to it for me. the action scenes were on point, and they felt much more fluid scenes from Into the Spider-Verse (ISV) although it’s been a while since watching ISV so that may be an unfair statement. Once again, the stylised sound effects that popped up when a character did a punch or a smash gave me no end of joy, and the spider-tyrannosaurus going “T-SMACK” (or whatever the second word was) is a certain highlight. The only point I feel they didn’t do so well on was the utopia spider base city, maybe it was lighting maybe it was blended scenery.

A small aside though, I went to watch this with my dad and he said that he couldn’t get into it because of the visuals being too much. He has shit taste though, so I’m unsure whether to take this view as him rationalizing not liking the film, or if he is just old and entirely not used to watching animation.

The story was pretty great too, I feel the middle section was a little out there but Gwen’s intro led into the overall themes and shit really well (also I was amused at the trans flag in her room, I wonder if it’ll throw up a shit storm a la celeste) and the section with Miles in his home universe was the best done section in my opinion. That part had the best jokes, although Indian spiderman was nearly as good. Speaking of Indian spiderman, he had some great characterisation in the short time we get to see him, I’d love to tell him about how English treats loan words and why “chai tea” isn’t that big of a deal, but he already has a girlfriend so I’m out of luck.

Dad Peter gave me some big smiles, the Cockney spider was a cunt but an entertaining cunt, and I liked how the leader spider was menacing but they still did some of the meta humour with him. To be honest, the meta humour worked surprisingly well, although that may just be because I haven’t seen any films in quite a while that actually did it especially well so any hits really hit. Also I’m excited to see the noire spiderman again, was a little sad he didn’t get a few lines this film and we have to wait for the sequel. Well done my dude, you solved a rubix cube while colourblind.

[maria-mga2024mi4014]

Texturing a shrine

13/09/2024

Hi everyone! Today, our lecturer requested us to practice texturing an environment using his model of a 'shrine'.

This is a good opportunity for me to try out the model 'baking' tutorial recommended by my friend and to get used to changing colors of textures on substance painter.

My reference for textures and colors: -

Before adding in the textures, I decided to head on over to Pinterest to get some good Japanese shrine reference pictures. I found these 3 pictures to my liking.

Work in progress screen shots: -

These are some screenshots of the texturing process on Substance painter. I took screenshots mainly to see the various textures I've mixed together and the blending mode chioces.

Additional Notes: -

Quick tip for adding the roughness texture onto the model: -

click on the model > Load attributes > aistandardsurface > specular > click on the checkbox for roughness > ...

'Color' and 'Metalness' go to the Base section!

'Roughness' goes under 'Specular' section!

2. Mesh lighting tips: -

Once you select a prop to be used as a mesh light, it's important to click off the 'normalizer' and 'cast shadows' so the brightness increases.

If you want the prop to be seen while illuminating a particular area, click on the 'show original mesh' option. That way, the original prop can be seen. Plus, you will be able to see the light coming through that object.

Work in progress screenshots of the environment coming together! :-

This was quite a long process since I had to go back and forth on Maya, then Substance painter, and then all the way back to Maya. Even after adding all the textures, I still had to get to work with adding the lighting.

Textures -

Most of the textures I used in this environment were mainly wooden and stone like.

For the tall shrine structures and the random vines on the ground, I added wooden textures and added various shades of red and brown as an overlay to get the final look.

The miniature structures were textured with a combination of stone textures and metallic textures I found on Substance painter.

For the lanterns, I added a 'damage gold' texture for the handles and a red fabric texture for the main body of the lantern.

I applied a concrete texture onto the staircase and the main ground and added various colors to differentiate both the structures.

And finally, for the flags I added a 'pure gold' texture for a nice effect.

2. Lighting -

The lighting part was not as time consuming as the texturing part if I'm being honest. For this environment, I used the 'sky dorm lighting' for the overall environment and I used 'Mesh lighting' for the jade miniature structures and the lanterns.

The main difference between the lighting for the jade structures and the lanterns is the fact that I added a cube into the jade lights and didn't select the option of showing the original structure of the cubes. For the lanterns on the other hand, I had to turn on the original mesh selection so that the lanterns could be seen in the render.

Final outcome: -

Over here I experimented with the 'sky dorm light' to see the overall look of the environment. My personal favorite is the blueish grey sky color since the individual mesh lights I added pop up well and you can see some of the textures on the models nicely.

I used more darker blueish grey tones for the sky lighting just to experiment and see if I like the final look. Here, the mesh lights pop up a little too much to my liking, and I didn't have the willpower to individually change the light exposure and intensity again.

That's basically a wrap up on this post. I must say, I'm glad we actually had this activity in class. At first, I was hoping to just get started on the texturing for my environment, but this was a good experimental activity to learn more about texturing and lighting.

Yesterday, I was able to follow through the previous advice for texturing given by Ravindu and the 'model baking' + 'color texturing' tutorial sent by my friend. Now, all these tutorials have been embedded into my brain so I don't think I will have to refer to the notes I made. Overall, I'm happy I dedicated most of my time yesterday to finish off this activity. I've taken quite a liking to 'substance painter'. I think I might texture most of my props on 'substance Painter' itself.

[fillthedarkvoid]

I know more then one. But I don't want to go. They are scary.

👾 this octopus is trying to scare you. It could also be cheering for a friend or coming at you for a hug.

🤹 could be a juggling. But could also be a guy having 4 thoughts at the same time. All of them are not really related.

🪂 I don't know. Just what it is? Parachute? What is that?

🪵ohhh this is a little bit of wood and you are going to sculpt it. Look at all its potential. It can still take on so many shapes. Imagine.

🕸️ HALLOWEEEN. also a spiders web.

🥮 It is an art version from pacman. See the shape? See the maze? See the little thingy it is eating?

🫙well you could put fireflies in there. But maybe they will not hug you. You don't know. Listen to the song.

🥤this is just soda. But since it is not in a bottle. It will be watered down by way too many ice cubes. Somehow you will still prefer this over bottled soda.

🧂for salty comments

🛞for when someone is inventing something that already existed (is this a dutch thing? I can't rembemer)

🗾well it is a country and it is in love. See the little heart at the bottom? Well I don't know what country this is. (Japan?) It could also be a dinosaur leg that is green and shatered.

🗺️ you send this to someone and point somewhere on this emoji and they should know what the country is. Like a quiz.

🧨 dynamite? Usually it does not look like that right?

🎇 ohhhhhh (sterretjes, sterretjes) <- like the dutch name for that firework for kids.

🥍 advanced device for throwing the ball for your dog, or lacrosse. Whatever.

🃏the one card that will make everyone annoyed when this is how you win the game. Lucky basterd.

📟 what is that? No really? What is that?:

📠 this is a printer. And however nice that may sound. It does not print.

💴 yen. Money for anime

🧮 you still counting like that? This is how you make fun of a friend that is smart but somehow messed up adding 3 and 6.

⚖️ for having a balanced life. Or scale. Well unless the person thinks a balanced life is by not eating so many foods or essential oils or other stupid bullshit. Then you just hit them with this device.

🪢ohhhhh a knot. It is for knotting two ropes of different width together. (I only know the dutch name for this one, we say platte knoop)

🧴old cough syrup. You can interpret that however you want. Like the herbs mix in your moms fridge that has been there at least 15 years that she still drinks, just because it tastes good. Or like from some time back when you could still put chlorine in it.

🧣 this is a scarf but it is a sign that the person wearing it is invisible.

🔖when capitalism starts selling the stars.

📊 statistics. Will tell you how many of these emojis I explained in a weird way (green) out of hyperfocus from the past or now (orange) or just overall not or badly (blue)

📇 book but holding it wrong? What is that?

🔅 ohhh this is the symbol for brightness. You know for screens ( but also the word we use for how smart someone is :))) you can also use it as a cute little sun

✴️ what did they do to this orange? (You are only seeing a little piece. But someone skinned a bit in the shaped of a star)

🎌 to japanese flags. Used for?? Uh declaring you are both japanese?

🧑‍🦰🧌🚏🗻🧾🪆🥻🕙🔏📿⚜️

A selection of rarely relevant emojis

[cubeflag]

Gendermaverick flag

(A distinctly unorthodox (and non-binary) gender experience characterized by a self-determined and autonomous sense of anomalous disconnect and/or independence from traditional binary gender. An identity undertaken/used with the intention of deliberate subversion of society’s sense of binary gender.)

[jaekaicx]

so ive had this idea for an amphibia fangame for a lil while now-

(LONG post)

its based around the idea that sometime after anne got sent back to earth, she decides to sneak out one night to visit sasha and marcys bedrooms and poke through their stuff. this causes a bunch of memories to come back to anne through flashbacks while she tries to process everything thats happened and her feelings abt their friendship.

i was thinking itd be mostly a visual novel type thing. maybe with a few small choices, but the story would be mostly linear. thered be around 3 main story beats: a prologue bit w/ anne sneaking out of her house, marcys bedroom, and sashas bedroom. also one of the main mechanics would be looking at one of their bedrooms and clicking on random objects of importance and triggering a flashback sequence.

it came from the idea that anne will probably try to just shove all her emotions down and try to ignore her feelings abt true colors and everything that went down then. especially with what we saw in the sneak peek, anne will probably try to hide her emotions and bottle them up, which is obviously not healthy. so eventually shes gonna have to work through her emptional baggage and try to process everything.

i havent thought through EVERYTHING just yet, just some more major plot points and maybe one or two ideas for flashbacks. nothing too solid yet. but heres a bit more detailed runthrough of the plot

summary - prologue

so it would start off with anne at home. she and her mom are talking outside annes room. her moms concerned abt how annes been handling everything that happened in amphibia but anne keeps brushing everything off. her mom tries to get her to open up, but she keeps dismissing her and eventually shuts herself in her room. after taking a bit to cool off and think anne decides that shes gonna take the night to just ride off her emotions and stop repressing them for once. she also makes an impulsive decision to sneak out and check out marcy and sashas rooms.

anne goes to gather her stuff in her room, and just as shes about to climb out the window, sprig walks in to check on her. hes still rly concerned abt his big sis but he knows he cant stop her. he tries to go with anne, but she tells him she needs to do this on her own. so, sprig lets her go and tries to cover for her while shes gone.

so at this point i’ll probably give the player the choice of whose house to visit first. it doesnt rly impact the story or whatever, but i guess it might have a small emotional impact depending on whose house u choose to go to first??

(quick note: after this bit, there arent too many specific details for the plot and stuff like that. its largely just an overall idea of how the plot is gonna go. and even then, there isnt much to it. i didnt think that far ahead yet, which is why there isnt as much refinement yet. so far i just have general ideas for how annes gonna get to the bedrooms, with a couple of vague flashback ideas. just keep that in mind; this whole thing is still being thought over and planned as im typing this out)

summary - sasha

with sasha, annes still rly conflicted abt how she feels abt her. of course shes still rly hurt by being backstabbed by her twice and swordfighting her as many times. but as much as she hates sasha she cant bring herself to fully give up on sash. she hates her guts but deep down shes still willing to give sash another chance.

there may or may not be a small sequence where anne has to sneak into sashas house, but eventually she works her way into sashas room. im not entirely sure abt the details of sashas house n her family yet. im probably gonna wait for info from s3 until i solidify anything, but for now i do know that sashas family has a big house n theyre probably rich.

so anne goes into sashas room and its been left pretty much untouched ever since annes birthday, save for the few times someone came in to dust things off. again, dont rly have all the details for sashas room, but it kind of has a vibe of controlled chaos, with organized clutter and a bit of a touch of a rebellious teen girl. one detail i do want to have is a calendar opened up to the month the trio disappeared, with annes birthday circled and highlighted so much that its impossible to miss.

the calendar itself might include a flashback. im thinking of also having a varsity jacket and some old stuffed animal be different “artifacts” that trigger their own memories. there’ll be a bunch more, but those are the only ideas i have so far fjsbndnd

summary - marcy

ok so i want to be rly mean about marcys segment: this is going off the theory that marcys parents moved away while the trio was in amphibia.

anne doesnt know this yet tho, so shes in for quite a surprise when she turns onto marcys street to find a realtor sign on the front lawn. the clues are all there: an empty driveway, sign on the lawn, an overall empty vibe coming from the house. but it doesnt completely register at first. its not til anne actually comes up close does she notice the sign.

anne tries to deny it, and decides to prove to herself that “no marcys parents wouldnt do this. theyre not that cruel. im just gonna check marcys room myself.” the front doors locked, so she just goes over to marcys window and climbs in.

but its completely empty.

ok not totally empty, but a lot of marcys furniture and stuff is gone, except for a few stray toys and other “junk.” the home guys (idk what theyre called????) are still kind of in the process of cleaning everything out, so theres still some stuff left here and there around the house. but its still way too empty. and its yet another gut punch for anne.

anne searches the rest of the house a bit more, hoping that shes just hallucinating. but no, marcys parents are really gone. she tried to deny it before, but now she has more of an idea of how shitty the wu parents are. so anne decides to just mope around in marcys old room, checking out the stuff their parents left behind.

maybe she finds an old blanket marcy liked when he was rly young. or an old rubiks cube from marcys vast collection. a cnc figurine, some cards, a pride flag, and old diary? a couple of other old toys, an old report card or two, or maybe even some stray clothes. whatever anne finds, its all thats left of marcy, at least in LA.

it really doesnt leave anne in that much of a better emotional position. she already felt conflicted enough about what happened in true colors and what she found out abt marcy. but seeing even a small glimpse of what marcy was dealing with, it just makes her more confused. marcy was such a sweet kid! theres no way they couldve done anything wrong. yet here anne was, betrayed by both of her childhood friends.

only now is anne really taking the time to process the fact that marcy essentially kidnapped her and sasha with the calamity box. he didnt mean to do it, and theres no way they couldve known the box would actually work, but it doesnt completely excuse marcy. his actions still hurt anne and sash, and while they meant the best of intentions, it didnt rly come through that way.

and now marcy was dead. stabbed in the back by the newt king.

and now annes curled up in an empty bedroom, wrapped up in one of marcys old blankets, trying to wrap her head around her feelings about marcy while reminiscing in the past.

summary - extras/epilogue??

i kind of like the idea that anne ends up drifting off in which ever bedroom ended up being the second one she visited. she slowly comes back to consciousness, with her surroundings feeling somewhat familiar, only to wake up in horror bc “OH SHIT I FORGOT TO GO BACK HOME” im not completely sold on the idea tho bc it feels a bit abrupt and like too much of a tone shift?? idk it doesnt feel exactly right

but anyways, im also playing around with the idea of a small epilogue scene with the calamity trio hanging out in annes room, a good amount of time after amphibia ended. dont know what theyre doing in there, but theyre just chilling and feeling a bit nostalgic i guess.

but uh yeah thats pretty much what ive got for the overall idea. it doesnt feel too out of reach, but somethjng like this would definitely be ambitious. i could mayyyybe handle writing out the vn and drawing the character sprites, but i have no idea how to code a vn or draw detailed backgrounds, both of which would be pretty important to this fangame fjsndj. so i might consider having help with this.

THIS ISNT ANY SORT OF PROMISE OR WHATEVER. id rly love to follow through and make this fangame a thing, but im not making any guarantees. i have no idea if i’ll actually follow through, but i would definitely love to.

who knows. maybe in like a couple years this might actually become a thing. but for now i have no idea

[symphonicmetal101]

Okay so I really want one of these crack match ups for obey me just to see how messed up I actually am

For starters, my friends all think I’m absolutely unhinged. I bring up random animal/biology facts in conversation (crocodiles store their babies inside their mouth for traveling purposes!!) and eat frozen french fries straight out of the bag. I’m insanely clumsy (almost broke my knee falling down the stairs type of clumsy). I’m also kinda the type of person people don’t really talk to because I look super unapproachable and use a lot of sarcasm? I don’t get along with a lot of people but I have a few close friends I’d literally get into a full-on fistfight for and they’d do the same for me!! Otters are objectively the best animal because they scream a lot, have grabby hands and arm pit pockets for storage for their favorite stone to open clams with. I have a very weird relationship with the color pink because I didn’t want to be like „other girls“ when I was young. I was kind of a scene kid in school and I had a really bad Vampire Knight (train wreck of a manga/anime!!) phase where I drank a lot of cranberry juice and sat around at home with the blinds all the way down because I tried to convince myself I was a vampire. I stole a beyblade from my moms best friends kid once when I was like 10 and haven’t recovered from that. I just took it with me and kept it inside my bag for a week and then threw it out because I didn’t want to get caught?? Sometimes I act like I’m asleep just so people don’t try to talk to me tbh. I went over to a friends place a while ago for his birthday and went up to his room to change clothes and looked under his desk and I,,, just saw like, a random big ass Buzz Lightyear toy laying there,, shrouded in darkness…… and I couldn’t stop hysterically laughing to the point of crying and choking for 10 minutes straight. There’s a weird Christmas tradition where you hide a Christmas ornament that looks like a cucumber on your tree and whoever finds it gets to open up the first present. I randomly got a Christmas cucumber from my coworker and decided to put it up on my moms tree to see when she’d notice. But I left the packaging out in the living room and when she came home from work she started relentlessly questioning me about why I had a cucumber and where I hid it while she frantically looked for it all over the apartment („If I find that FUCKING cucumber on MY Christmas tree I’m gonna kill you“). I was laying on the ground in tears because I was laughing so hard. Also I really hated Lucifer when I started playing and I feel like I’d still give him ice cubes made of Hot Dog water if I ever had him over at my place just to mess with him. My ideal type of fictional guy is either a total uwu cinnamon roll that can do no wrong, a himbo, or most commonly: the most unhinged and messed up one I could pick out! Objectively worst possible choice ever because red flags are super hot apparently!!

Aight...ok...

Oh god

SOLOMON and THIRTEEN

I...I cant go through this ask and pick out individual things like Ive done with other ones?? Its just the overall vibes???

Ok I guess Ill start with Thirteen and Sol- I know she hates his guts but tHaTs kInDa SeXy tHoUgh

All three of you have chaotic stories to tell each other, and you likely all laugh halfway through trying to tell them. (Also Thirteen totally snorts when they laugh and you cant convince me otherwise)

Sarcasm and dark humour is a language you're all fluent in, and overhearing a conversation where its purely that is cause for many a demon to avoid you three in sheer confusion and uneasiness, but its ok because as long as you guys have each other youre set xjsjxbxjsj.

If Thirteen finds out you didnt like pink because you didnt want to "be like other girls" shes gonna get a little huffy "and you think I am???!!!" Before trying to convince you to match her hair. (If you dont agree, Solomon will cast a spell and will not reverse it til you bribe him because basically youre stuck with two little shits)

Gsjsvsjs sorry but the three of you just pretending to pass out as soon as you see Lucifer cracks me up. Just to make him mad. And because you can.

When it comes to committing "crimes" like stealing a beyblade Thirteen is a terrible liar and runs her mouth a lot because if she commits arson and whatnot its fun!!! Its something to brag about!!! Almost nobody was hurt or seriously maimed so its fine!!! Which means when you three are in trouble for something, Solomon IMMEDIATELY silences Thirteen. She will try to talk but it she physically cannot open her mouth. So guess what, she'll learn to speak with her mouth closed- so then you'll have to keep her quiet while Solomon covers for you three...except his normally cool demeanor does take a hit when his S/Os are trying ro distract him. Even if its not to get you three out of trouble, if hes talking to Lucifer to convince him to pact him and you and Thirteen are goofing off behind Luci, he's gonna get a little flustered trying to talk vdksvskhdj

The cucumber ornament tradition will spiral so be prepared for many phallic looking items to be hanging on your tree. And to never let Luke help decorate the tree. Sorry bby.

Ok, hopefully you liked this!!!

[fandom-sheep]

Eret 11 MAY 21

Cat and DSMP Part 1/1

Cat! Goose!

Goose my beloved.

Eret’s streaming very late for me again. So I’m not staying the whole time.

Hello Elaina. Enjoy Goose.

Fundy! Kinda...

Fundy hearing the donations. LOL.

Fundy enters a stream and it starts to scuffed. Scuffed just follows Fundy wherever he goes.

A wild my beloved on the cube.

The Drista stairs.

Wait what. Why is the tower gone?

I have missed some lore.

Ah... it’s part of the nightmare thing.

Eret offering Fundy housing like a good almost adoptive parent.

Sneeze? OH WOW SNEEZE.

Sounds like Fundy about lost a lung. Good gracious.

The bargaining between these two.

Cat, Handsome, said cube was massive

You know what that works.

It’s hard to keep the audio right for Eret’s stream for my headphones. It’s either too quiet or the loudest my headphones can go and my family can hear it.

On stream explosions. Noice.

Wow youtooz. Not super cool. Permission is usually a good thing.

Eret keeps on sizzling.

Getting dirt for scaffolding. Going old fashioned Minecraft for this.

“Why is the Cube kinda hot” cue Eret losing faith in her chats sanity.

Cube go poof.

Oh. Red stone. That’s dangerous.

I like this song. Oh klahoma. Gorgeous song.

Love joy is such a fun band. I want to make a plushy of the cat.

It’s kinda sad that Eret can’t see themselves the way chat and their little fandom sees them. Most all of us think they look fabulous.

Not Arson. Just bombing. A bit of anarchy by the king.

Demolition. Now there’s the word.

Controlled ish demolition.

Ah I’ve almost saved enough channel points for water. Nice. I’m not going to redeem it I’m just going to keep hoarding the points.

Flame Arrow. Nice.

Eret cleaning up the SMP eye sours.

Watch me attempt to sleep to Eret here in an hour or so, but keep getting distracted.

Explosion time.

Someone get ready to clip it.

Bye Bye Cube. Let’s go.

Gotta get a song that fits the vibe.

Hayloft. Time to go poof.

Turning up my brightness just to watch this explosion in the best way possible.

Still wearing the red dress I see.

I hope the music isn’t too loud to get this part muted.

Drum roll...

Drum roll continues...

Drum roll still going...

THERE GOES THE CUBE!

That was so smooth and good looking!

Overall a very good explosion.

Just a little bit of a hole in the other building.

Twitch Pr-

Poor being’s so confused with his hair. Someone help them.

Twitch bleep.

Everyone attempting to give hair styling advice. Everyone’s trying to help the being.

That bird is majestic. I remember seeing that tiktok.

Animals just decided Eret was the animal whisperer.

Yes! Disney Princess Eret fanart! Someone make it, I shall reblog all of it.

Likes to hug cute animals and cute animals like being hugged by her. Nice.

It’s alright. Names are difficult. I have to like put name tags on people to learn who they are. That or name tags on their space (like on campers bunks and door decs on dorms)

It does feel very February. But I’m very ready for summer because that means I get to do my favorite job.

Hooray. I hit 15k points.

Eret trying to prove to us a ponytail won’t work. Like we aren’t going to hype them up no matter what.

Gotta heart in the chat. All Eret’s chat does is hearts and encourage. It’s a lovely place.

Oh Eret forgot his cat ear sub goal. It’s alright I know I forgot.

Pride is next month. Nice.

Oh. We’re almost halfway already. Why does the world spin so quickly?

We forgot a dirt tower. Whoops.

I would wear Eret merch. I like it when people release merch around Christmas. Then I can ask for it as a gift.

Oh it wasn’t a dirt tower.

Just looking at Elaina’s stream in the stream selection screen it like very cozy.

All the way up the Drista stairs.

Look it’s the museum!

Eret’s got most of the builds around there. The museum. The fortress. Nice.

Some things are too historical to remove. Somethings are historical because they are being removed.

Oh no. L’sandburg.

It’s taking over the summer home.

Ah the lore is coming. It just seemed to be too early.

Hello unofficial ranboo Raiders.

Foolish making the awesome tall thingy!

Foolish’s builds are so neat. I want to watch Foolish’s streams more. Maybe just in the background but I start wanting to delayed liveblog and that requires attention.

Oh the giant portal turned out well. Sorry that was the lady’s foolish stream I watched.

Shulkers. The forbidden mob.

Eret with just a pit in the desert filled with llamas. Bones. And discus.

The mansion has been finished?

Alright is better than bad. It’s alright to be alright.

Lucky being not getting tired. I got the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and I was so so tired. I also had just no appetite.

Eret doing an smp tour. And looking at foolish’s builds.

Flickering the switch on the rainbow beacons.

Eret just knowing where everything is.

Kinoko is super pretty. Just for the aesthetic value of the kingdom I appreciate it.

Yeet. Just defenestrated himself out the window.

Oh? Spectator fly over the smp?

That would be really neat to like. Watch in VR. I think I’ve only used VR maybe twice.

Pretty Rainbow beacons.

The nurse who gave me my vaccine hid the needle from me because I mentioned to her that I was afraid of needles. It wasn’t a big deal at all.

30 minutes till I attempt sleep. Woo.

Goose my beloved. Someone make the gif because I’m not quite sure how to make it.

Oh yeah. Goose in Marvel. I hear MCU and think Minecraft cinematic universe. Not marvel.

Ghibli is so nice. It really romanticize small moments of life.

Yeah the characters are all really supportive in Ghibli movies.

Someone subbed for nine months “that’s enough to make a child” -Eret

That mansion is like a maze. I’m so lost already.

Everyone encouraging Eret and telling her she looks pretty. Good.

Eret needs all the hype and encouragement.

Antarctic empties flag. Yeah it does have a similar color pallet.

Michelle! Hello!

Fortress work. Nice.

Do it. I’ll listen the Eret play other games.

I don’t usually watch game play for non Minecraft games. But I’ll listen to it all.

Hbomb and Eret living in the same city feels like two worlds that shouldn’t meet. But it’s awesome that they have.

TOS means against twitches terms of service. Nice. Glad to finally have an explanation of what that means.

Look at our handsome and pretty streamer. All the hype.

I keep turning down the stream to hear the show my mama has on because I’m curious about what happens.

Yeah. Backseat gaming can be annoying. That’s part of why I share my thoughts here just in case I do start backseat gaming.

Almost to the sub goal. Hooray!

Ooo food.

No no. I see where they are coming from. Eret does give a bit of cat bus vibes. I can’t explain it but the vibes are there.

Creeper causing issues at the fortress.

Ed Sheepran my beloved.

I should draw more ferrets. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe I’ll draw us doing stuffs.

Actually I kinda want to make a little animatic of some heels walking across the screen followed by a hoard of ferrets. I think it’ll look cool. But I need the artistic ability and the ability to not scream making that.

Woop. Ad time. Off to the void of where ever the ads game me.

OH THE NEW VOID LOOKS COOL!

Bread. Flowers. Ted. Crown. And of course Eret.

We V O I D and get our streamer bits.

Hush the chat is V O I D and the occasional emoji or emote.

The void being centered looks good. Maybe that’s just the symmetry speaking but it’s good.

Oh. We hear the being. The being in void mode. And spooky mode.

Chat just starts yelling corpse.

Hydration. I try to stay hydrated. But I fail often if I’m not doing something active.

Tree!

Casually makes and snags tree.

Eret does read chat often. It’s strange. And it is weird how often it ends up being you.

You can tell I’m a tumblr peep. I may say stuff in chat but I’m fully not expecting or wanting to be noticed by the streamer.

Others hitting darkness o’clock and saying goodnight.

It’s sleep to the stream hours y’all. Whoop.

I need to visit the parks out west. I’ve only really seen the eastern US ones. But I have been to the Great Smokey Mountain park which is gorgeous.

Eret thinking of his friends triggers when naming his cat.

Eret’s builds are so casually pretty. Not like Foolish’s which are intricately pretty. Not like Phil’s or Sam’s which are complicated pretty. All pretty. Just different breeds of pretty.

Alrighty. It’s sleepy hours for me. As much as I love Eret I want to read some fanfiction and daydream a bit before I head to sleep.

Have a good rest everyone and may all your coming meals be delicious.

Wait no is it our turn with goose?

OUR TURN WITH GOOSE!

Eret honey that’s the ceiling.

Cat stream. Cat stream.

Sleepy kitty. A cat cam would be good.

Yeah. That happens with cats. Especially strays.

Goose captured the computer mouse.

Goose straight up chose Eret and Elaina.

Goose really just chose not to leave.

Oh my stream connection is acting sad. But I want Goose content.

I want to draw Goose now.

Maybe I’ll do water color for Goose. I know I tried to do that with Boots (Fundy’s cat)

Hopefully there will be some Goose face screenshots I can see. Maybe I can see him well in the Tiktok.

Artists just violently refusing payment. Sounds about right. The MCYT artists just kinda go “yeah give credit and we cool”

Cowboy cat. Nice.

I want to paint Goose in the cowboy hat.

Hype train! That we are zooming.

Bucket sponge?

WATER BUCKET FROM WET SPONGE! Tiktok people giving all the cool info.

Go Goose. Catch the computer mouse and the screen mouse.

Just sitting here at 11:30 at night getting screen shots of Goose for painting purposes.

Goose please. Look at the camera babe.

My phone is dying. And I can’t charge it and type.

Alright the camera is off the cat. The cat is also blocking the screen.

But no cat on camera means I’m getting some sleep. If I do any of the projects I’ve mentioned I’ll let y’all know.

Have a good rest everyone.

[buddha-in-disguise]

Nothing is as it seems.

I've talked about this away from social media at length, but wanted to just put the thoughts down properly about the overall Supergirl Season 5 plot - not about cast or characters per se, since I have covered this a few times in numerous posts.

Supergirl was touted as being a Black Mirror season, where nothing is as it seems, and the dangers of technology and certain social media platforms.

I was excited for this. As my husband can attest, I love these kind of puzzles or plots in TV or film (hello, Interstellar anyone? Or 12 Monkeys. Or from books, the likes of Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, or Shutter Island - I've not seen the film so, no idea if it follows the book closely. Or TV, Black Mirror).

So much to my husband's annoyance I often will catch onto clues long before he does when watching things (I do try to keep quiet when I watch things with him so as not to spoil it, but I slip up and suddenly say 'did you see that?' As he gives me a bemused look and the 'no.' falling from his lips with practiced ease). I might not always know the full relevance to certain things, but I see cohesion that I can then map towards a conclusion, or it helps me understand if an ending is more open to interpretation.

Supergirl this season has left me struggling to catch any clues or their relevance. Sure they're there. Hope offering to kill Kara even though her prime directive was to do no harm in episode one for goodness sake, as an immediate red flag went up for me, plus Lillian and the Earth they controlled comment to Lex suggesting she wasn't Earth 38 Lillian, particularly with Lex's reaction, Leviathan leader is female - not a surprise if they're following the comics, but it feels far more weighted as a clue than that. Lena decidedly working against Lex (including appearing to press the button on the cube as he walked away, facial expressions as he leaves or has left etc). These are the most immediate things just off the top of my head.

So I know if I'm struggling to bring things into any cohesive threads, then I can only imagine some are struggling to do even that and can't get anything of the whole season plot from the episodes thus far.

I think this would be fine over a short run, but the problem seems to have become 2 fold.

The first is, Black Mirror or most films of a similar ilk only last around 60 to 90 minutes on average. Perhaps a little longer, sometimes less.

That's all well and good, but to then try and bring that over to around 20 hours of television?

Think of this another way. Black mirror has had 5 seasons. The same as Supergirl. However, it has only had 22 episodes in all that time, so only one seasons worth of episodes compared to Supergirl. Each Black mirror episode was self contained. Plus any Easter eggs or themes they brought into later episodes were done in such a way, that knowing earlier episodes wasn't essential for understanding any new episode.

While the premise was sound for Supergirl, I think now the execution has suffered because it is over too many episodes.

Add in the Crisis episodes and then 2 hiatus' coming in almost on top of one another, and that has been compounded. It has made it far harder to remember nuances that might have been given in the early episodes, that would now make more sense. Because they haven't been outright smacks over our heads with a piece of 2x4 in terms of how clues have been given, or even which scenes might actually be relevant and others have no real meaning to the later plotline.

Behind the scenes, they know how this is going to play out (or at least, they have a broad arc outline), but the viewer doesn't have that. It is one thing to watch back once all pieces are in place, to understand it. It is entirely another when you expect an audience to understand what you are trying to achieve when there is so much that is confounding people.

This is leading to frustration. Add in other issues being raised, and it can only compound the situation.

Truly I want nothing more than to be able to get the full season screened, to look back and finally understand what it all entailed, and hopefully say: Shit okay, so that was how it was. Well done. It frustrated me all to hell, but damn you pulled it off. *applause*

But honestly, to have it over a full season feels excessive. I think it would've been far better served to have more of Crisis in the lead up into those episodes, and allow the 2nd half of the season deal with everything else. Just compact it up a bit more. It feels far too complicated for far too long.

Plus I'm also just not sure how they're going to be able to bring it together with the number of episodes left, especially if it is a shortened season number as being suggested.

Remember I am saying this is as someone who loves this kind of thing!

We are now at the stage of the season where we need more than subtly on how this is going, but good solid moments of momentum that we know are part of the ending somehow, even if we still don't have full context. Otherwise I sense the discomfort for viewers in not understanding what is trying to be shown to them will become even more discord.

Right now it feels messy. I've not felt this adrift on the overall plot in previous seasons of Supergirl as I have in this one. Sure we know, nothing is as it seems. We have some puzzle pieces outlining certain things. We know Leviathan are involved. We know Lex has a part to play. We even know Lena has a part to play (you can tell she is looking to take Lex and Lillian down, let alone the other problems with Kara that are nowhere being addressed either). We know Brainy has a part to play. We know the broader strokes. But the middle is still a jumbled mess of pieces that have nothing that looks even remotely like the picture on the box.

I want nothing more than the season to succeed. The earlier half of the season had overall solid views. Since Crisis it has suffered (and let me tell you, if you think SuperCorp can reach across a 200k to 300k drop in viewership *after* the last episode began airing, you are completely blinded by your desire to blame them for everything. It might be a big fandom, but it is nowhere that large. Step back and at least acknowledge that is not logical or feasible).

So. I think they had a great idea, I really do. I think though the length of time to try and make it come to fruition has been detrimental overall.

I truly hope the rest of the season pulls back what it did earlier, and it solidifies the whole season as it reaches its conclusion.

[amandapelay-blog]

1. PEN (NO PAPER)

I decided to use the energy received from the coffee that once resided in the cup, to create the pen work on the outside if the cup. The lid, cup slip, and underside were also scribbled on to completely use the ink in the pen. 

2. COLOR: BODY AND ENVIRONMENT

3. COLOR: SWATCH

The color swatch choice was gray mostly because I do not own a lot of “rainbow colors” per se. I prefer neutrals, therefore I found a neutral location to match with my neutral outfit for this assignment. 

4. COLOR: COLOR AS BRAND AS MEME

The names for my swatches came about from just looking at the colors and creating a name from the first thing to come to mind. For example, I named a shade of green “tax return” because at the time tax returns were being given out and the shade of green reminded me of money. 

5. CAMOUFLAGE/DISSOLVE: 10 IN-BETWEEN SPACES

I mostly chose spaces that intrigued me. I did choose some more challenging locations and some more simple locations. I was also considering how simple it would be for me to display the artwork on the locations I was choosing. 

6. CAMOUFLAGE/DISSOLVE: PROCESS

I found the process harder than I imagined it to be. Since I shared my box, I now had a flatter object to place on a sturdy surface with gravity working against me. Also, achieving the exact locations of the stripes, and shades were also challenges. 

7. CAMOUFLAGE/DISSOLVE: FINAL

I am overall happy with the final result. I do not enjoy the fact that I could not properly hang the object considering the flatness of it, but I believe I was successful with the color matching process. I would have taken more time for presentation if I could go back. 

8. THE EVERYDAY AND THE VISIBLE: SOURCE

I chose to use a baby blanket mostly because of the context use could create with this type of object. I new the blanket lent itself to a narrative due to the history of such an item. This item came from a closet in my home mixed in with towels and sheets. 

9. THE EVERYDAY AND THE VISIBLE: OUT OF PLACE

A baby blanket practically looks out of place everywhere but inside the home, making this assignment fun and not so challenging. I tried to pick “gross” locations that would contrast the sweetness and purity of a baby blanket. 

10. THE SKIN OF THINGS: PROCESS

I decided to attach newspapers, bills, a debit card, and self care tips to the baby blanket to set the stage for a young adult narrative. The sporadic placement was to indicate that this young adult was struggling with their newfound adulthood. 

11. THE SKIN OF THINGS: FINAL (NEUTRAL SITUATION)   

I used a table in the classroom covered in a dining table cloth to set the scene for a messy dining room table. I also brought in a plate, utensil, and some food to have it appear as if a person was just part of the artwork. I also placed my wallet and key on the table to make it more realistic. 

12. THE SKIN OF THINGS: IN-PLACE 

Unfortunately, I do not have a crib in my home. Therefore, I placed the covered baby blanket in my washing machine, in a basket, in the dryer, and on my bed. These are the only places I feel like a blanket is “in place.”

13. FLAG: IDEOLOGY AND PUBLIC SPACE

After reading the article, I was inspired by the look of the “three flags” piece and also wanted to create a piece that was relevant to society today. Being that I work in a mall and often deal with people of all ages attempting to spend money they don’t really have, I made a piece featuring statistics about money saving and displayed it in the same mall I work at.

14. EVERYDAY MONUMENTS: 10 OBJECTS

I found all of these objects in the personal space of my room. On top of my dresser more specifically. This is because I found it challenging to find objects under 3 in in places in my house not in my room. I mainly brought in tiny personal items. 

15. EVERYDAY MONUMENTS: PROCESS

I found this process very difficult, mainly because of the difficulty of the chicken wire and the overall size. I realized I was the only person making a cube, causing my piece to be awkward and very large. It was also the most time consuming process I’ve had to go through in a while due to the drying of the media used. 

16. EVERYDAY MONUMENTS: FINAL (NEUTRAL SITUATION)     

Due to the time constraints my piece does not feature every little detail of an iPhone charger. However, I think the piece is highly recognizable and the size is impressive. If I had more time, I would have done all the details and made sure the piece was smooth. 

17. EVERYDAY MONUMENTS: IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE (VIDEO)

Overall, I am very happy with the final video. I chose to keep it short and succinct because I did not feel like it needed to be too long to get across the narrative I was creating. I was telling a short story of a girl who lives in this alternate reality where technology has completely consumed her. She is so delusional that she goes looking in a park for a way to charge her phone. The filter is to help transfer the viewer into the world the subject lives in. 

[truthbeetoldmedia]

My First Time Watching 'Captain America: the First Avenger'

Part I in the My First Time Watching… the MCU series, in which contributor Alyssa watches all of the Marvel Universe movies in chronological order.

So, I haven’t seen any Marvel movies. I know! I promise I haven’t been living in a bunker. Superheros have never been something I was interested in, so I’m going into this almost blind.    To be honest, all I know is that Chris Evans is really good at twitter and that him and Jenny Slate used to date. Anyway, let’s do this thing!

Okay, it's snowing, and it looks like the beginning of an alien movie I’ve seen, don’t remember which one

Ohhhhhhhh the shieldddddddddddd

Okay, 1942, interesting

Captain America is from the 40s right? I HAVE seen many a tumblr gifset about this

Pro tip, if the first shot of a character is their boots walking on cobblestones with menacing music in the background, they’re bad news

Why does Mr. Filch care so much about this skeleton

A……….. cube?

And an Odin mention? This is already A Lot

Ah, a vaguely threatening blue light

Okay, I might be giving away my lack of knowledge of the film industry here, but how exactly did they make Chris Evans look like that

He does not look right my dudes

His…. head is strange? Is he literally supposed to be like four feet tall? Like, I get he’s pre Captain America here and should be pretty underwhelming but… I’m sorry, moving on now

Sebastian Stan?

Who else was creeped out by him in I, Tonya? Major yikes

CLARA?!

Awww Jenna Coleman is in this! for like 30 seconds, but still

Mustache dude looks a little like Eric Forman from That 70’s Show

I know enough that this dude is Tony Stark’s dad, be proud everyone

Got a feeling that Stanley Tucci is gonna be important here

Honestly, when is Stanley Tucci not important in a movie?

Trust me Steve, it’s totally okay to kill Nazis

Ya know, I miss the days when the Nazis were actually portrayed as the bad guys. Sad!

Okay, the strange blue light is some kind of power source

YAS PUNCH HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE GURL

Okay, that flag thing was pretty clever

I’m so sorry, but when Peggy said “My grandmother has more fight in her, God rest her soul” ALL I could think of was Gordon Ramsay’s legendary “My gran can do better, and she’s dead”

I’m Very Upset that they have Peggy using “ladies” and “girls” as insults though

Hey, Trump fans, please pay attention to Stanley Tucci talking about how Hitler got his start

Are they gonna mention that Hitler was actively looking for Atlantis during WWII? It’s real, look it up

SOMEBODY GET THAT KID A SANDWICH

Oh wow, that machine even managed to perfectly oil his chest, impressive

Peggy is so funny omg

Okay but WHY is there one vial left? That seems so stupid? Like use them all or don’t put it in there?

AWW THE OLD LADY

How many weeks of eating only chicken breast and asparagus did Chris Evans have to commit to for this?

I love that they’ve succeeded in this crazy medical experiment and the FIRST thing they do is have him sell shit, thanks so much Capitalism™

Okay, so he’s gonna go save Bucky

Love how he just… casually jumps out of a plane that’s being shot at

You know, they’ve all been acting like he’s brave and I’m starting to wonder if he’s just dumb

WHY does he have that dumb shield

He honestly should just have a giant sign that says “I’M SNEAKING IN”

Wow what a coincidence, he finds Bucky

Was Bucky being like, experimented on?

Me, drunk on Christmas, when the cousins I haven’t seen in ten years show up

Ohhh this dude also got the serum???!!!

Nice, red Voldemort

It's not a superhero movie without a dramatic “he really never should have made that” jump over a fiery explosion in slow motion

Natalie Dormer is also in this????

And she’s not afraid to go after what she wants lmao

Is.. is vibranium the stuff from Black Panther?

Bucky seemingly falling to his death WOULD be very sad, but I know he survives this in some kind of capacity (again, thank you Tumblr)

Even if I didn't know he survives I would have guessed it tbh, that seemed like a really anticlimactic death scene  

Wait, when did they capture the doctor guy? Did I miss that?

Oh, this is the plane he was found in in the beginning of the movie huh

This is a good time to mention that being thrown out of a plane (or anything) at an extreme height is like, my worst fear

That and the current political climate

Ohh, I see, he crashes it on purpose

He couldn’t have like, landed it gently somewhere? Or parachuted out of there? I feel like there are a lot of other options

This is gonna be unpopular, but why does he have her picture? Like, they never even dated? Did they even really know each other?

There was definitely a level of cheesiness in this movie that made it less enjoyable for me, not gonna lie  

I guess that’s pretty common with superhero movies though?

Oh, they found the blue square of death, good

And he wakes up in the modern day, how absolutely terrifying

At least he didn’t wake up post 2016, can you imagine explaining THAT?

Overall, this was just okay. I’m sorry! Don’t hate me! Maybe I’ll me a Marvel superfan after this, who knows? Anyway, remember to punch your local Nazi everyone <3

Alyssa’s rating: 🐝🐝🐝

[college-girl199328]

No more drink garnishes, meal choices on government planes after $100k catering bill: officials

Drinks on government planes will no longer come with a twist, one of many new measures revealed to "flabbergasted" MPs to reduce the cost of in-flight catering bills after an "unacceptable" $100,000 tab, including $1,000 for lemons and limes on a recent trip by the governor-general.

“We recognize that the system that we had in place was not delivering the kind of oversight and control that Canadian taxpayers deserve,” Stewart Wheeler, Canada’s chief of protocol, told frustrated MPs on the government operations committee Monday.

He was one of six high-ranking public servants from five government organizations called to explain again why an eight-day trip from March 16 to 23, 2022, to Europe and the Middle East for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and 29 guests racked up a nearly six-figure catering bill, as first reported by the National Post in June.

The trip cost $1.15 million in total. Many of the public servants were grilled by astonished committee members on the staggering food bill in September, admitting that some of the costs were "problematic" and the overall tab was "unacceptable."

But they also denied that the meals were lavish or luxurious, telling MPs that they were no different than the fare on a regular Air Canada flight. "The costs were really shocking to all of us. We had eggs! "We had omelets!" said Christine MacIntyre, the deputy secretary to the Office of the Governor General’s secretary.

During the same meeting, officials told MPs they could not provide detailed receipts for the trip. But on the same day, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation provided the National Post with all the catering receipts obtained via an access to information request.

The receipts revealed staggering costs, such as nearly $1,000 in lemons and limes on the plane, $110 for four liters of apple juice, and hundreds of dollars for ice. Royal Canadian Air Force Commander Eric Kenny said some of the fees were tied to catering companies having a monopoly at certain airports, allowing them to charge whatever they like.

The receipts showed that there was in fact one meal that was an omelet, but others consisted of beef wellington, beef carpaccio, or “apple and cranberry stuffed pork tenderloin, served with oven-roasted cubed squash, sautéed Brussels sprouts, and a maple gravy.”

The fact that officials denied being able to detail travel costs all the while receipts were being made public by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation irked MPs, who voted to summon officials back for three more meetings this month to explain themselves as well as the detailed costs of the trip.

Monday, Bloc Québécois MP Julie Vignola and Liberal MP Anthony Housefather in particular excoriated officials for not providing receipts to MPs in September. "We have multiple departments there." I’m sure you were equally embarrassed to see in the press the information you came to testify about in detail but couldn’t provide to Parliamentarians. "Has there been some accountability?" Housefather asked officials.

Kenny said there was no intent to “deceive” or provide the committee with “false information," but that the information was not at his “fingertips” at that point in September.

Housefather said he was “flabbergasted” by the response and insisted that the public servants’ lack of transparency in September was “not OK.”

Vignola said the flight catering costs were particularly egregious at a time when inflation is forcing increasing numbers of Canadians to turn to food banks. "There is 15 percent of their population that goes to the food bank.” And having needed that myself, I can tell you that it’s tough. “It’s hard on the ego, and I don’t even have one," she said gravely. "How can we make sure this never, ever happens again?"

Wheeler replied that a working group of public servants was assembled in the summer to review past and future flight catering costs and had already introduced a series of measures to reduce fees and flag “exorbitant” prices.

He assured MPs that the days of lime or lemon wedges garnishing drinks are over. "Certainly, drink garnishes will be eliminated from service," he said. He said passengers in the "main cabin" will no longer have a choice between two meals, resulting in a "significant reduction" in meal coverage.

Menus will also be taken “as-is” from caterers and will not allow for changes or special items outside of dietary restrictions. The measure seems meant to address the fact that the government paid 188 euros ($247) for a “special request” of arugula and wild rice salad during the March trip, which led to a $329.22 “concierge fee” as well.

In addition, he said, “minimal” snacks will be offered to government flyers, and soft drinks will be purchased in bulk in Canada and stored on the planes during travel to avoid having to purchase them from catering companies.

[cubeflag]

Proxvir flag

( 1)A gender relative to male, but is something separate and entirely on it’s own. It is not outside the gender spectrum. 2) Masculine gender similar to boy, but on a separate plane and off to itself.)

[digitrenndsamr]

Bag-in-Box Containers Market to Incur Rapid Extension during 2027

Transparency Market Research provides key insights on the global bag-in-box containers market, in its newly published report, for the forecast period of 2019-2027. In terms of value, the global bag-in-box market is projected to clock a CAGR of ~ 5% during 2019-2027. This is due to several factors, about which, TMR provides key insights and forecasts.

Key Factors Influencing the Bag-in-box Containers Market

Bag-in-box containers are a type of packaging containers that comprise a bladder (plastic bag), generally made up of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), ethylene vinyl acetate, etc., and are placed inside corrugated boxes. The overall bag-in-box container assembly consists of a bladder, corrugated box, fitment, tap, etc. Bag-in-box containers are widely used for the packaging of food & beverage products, household products, and industrial liquid products.

There are various factors that are expected to drive the global bag-in-box containers market during the forecast period. Rising demand from the wine industry is catapulting the demand for bag-in-box containers, globally. Wine producers are inclined towards the use of bag-in-box containers for wine packaging, as they offer various advantages over glass bottles, are easy to pack and distribute, and cost-efficient too. Also, the oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of packaging is a prime factor in determining the overall quality of wine. Bag-in-box containers offer a low oxygen transmission rate over glass bottles, and thus, are widely preferred by wine producers across the globe.

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Bag-in-box containers are 30–45% more cost-effective as compared to conventional liquid packaging options such as metal and glass. Bag-in-box containers are lightweight, which, in turn, reduces overall transportation and handling costs. Also, high barrier films are used as bladders in bag-in-box containers to help food & beverage product manufacturers extend the shelf life of their products. The extended shelf life of products allows retailers to increase shelf display time and help minimizes product wastage. The aforementioned attributes are collectively expected to drive the demand for bag-in-box containers over the following five to seven years.

The factor that might hamper the growth of the global bag-in-box containers market is the use of alternative solutions in the market. One such packaging product is a cubitainer. A cubitainer is a cube-shaped liquid handling product made of LDPE. When empty, a cubitainer is in a collapsed flat shape, and inflates into the shape of a cube when liquid is poured into it. Cubitainers are best suited for liquids, condiments, and other similar products.

Target Regions to Capture Bag-in-box Containers Market Growth

Europe is expected to represent prominent revenue growth during the next eight years. Also, Europe is expected to hold a prominent market share in the global bag-in-box containers market throughout the forecast period. The well-established wine industry in European countries such as France, Italy, the U.K., and Sweden is expected to be the major contributor to the high consumption of bag-in-box containers in the region. Also, the rising trend of luxury packaging in various industries such as cosmetics, personal care, food, and others is pushing the bag-in-box containers market growth in the European region. North America is also an important consumer of bag-in-box containers, closely followed by Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific region is expected to create high revenue growth, owing to rising industrialization, changing consumer preferences, and growing trend towards different packaging formats in bag-in-box containers packaging. India and China are the major countries to focus in the region. The surge in the demand for bag-in-box containers is expected to be fuelled primarily by increasing disposable income and per-capita spending power of upper middle-class families.

Bag-in-box Containers Market: Competition Landscape

The TMR report includes a detailed competition landscape, which includes the profiles and assessment of key players operating in the global bag-in-box containers market. Key manufacturers of bag-in-box containers profiled include Smurfit Kappa Group, DS Smith, Amcor Limited, Liqui-Box, Scholle IPN, CDF Corporation, Vine Valley Ventures LLC, Parish Manufacturing Inc., TPS Rental Systems Ltd., and Optopack Ltd. among others.

Bag-in-box Containers Market: Segmentation

The global bag-in-box containers market is segmented as:

Bag-in-box Containers Market by Capacity

Less than 5 Liters

5 - 10 Liters

10 - 15 Liters

15 - 20 Liters

More than 20 Liters

Bag-in-box Containers Market by Material Type

Paper/Paperboard

Corrugated

Solid Board

Plastic

LDPE

Ethylene Vinyl Ace

Metallized-PET

Ethylene Vinyl Alco

Nylon

Others

Bag-in-box Containers Market by End Use

Food & Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

Wine & Spirits

Beer

Others

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Fruit Juices

Sports & Energy

Iced Tea & Coffee

Dairy Products

Water

Sauces, Vinegar, & Flavouring

Liquid Egg Products

Others

Industrial

Chemicals

Detergents

Floor Cleansers

Lubricants

Oils

Adhesives

Inks

Cosmetics & Personal Care

Creams & Lotions

Shampoo & Conditioners

Others

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Bag-in-box Containers Market by Region

North America

Latin America

Europe

Asia Pacific (APAC)

Middle East & Africa (MEA)

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Studio - Glassware Shoot

08.02.2022

In yesterdays studio class we had the opportunity to shoot more glassware shots for the brief. This was my second shoot and I brought in various objects from around my house - a triangle prism, a sphere globe, a wine glass, a glass candle holder and a coloured glass plaque. I had the vison of sitting my objects on a sheet of glass I brought with me. I spent time experimenting with these objects separately and grouped a few together. I had to ensure cleaning of the glass objects not to leave dust or finger marks. Overall it was a really fun shoot. 

Equipment 

Canon 6D with 70 to 200mm lens

Trigger

Light Meter

Studio Lights x 2 (1 beauty dish and one snoot)

Flags

Tripod studio stand 

Below is a contact sheet of my top images 

I focused on a white background with my shoot in the morning and then developed this in the afternoon by rearranging my set up to bring my set up further away from the background, opening up my flag poly board arrangement and using one one light source on the right hand side. The light was turned right down between 1 and 2.5 then my camera settings were changed to a lower F stop range between F4 and F5.6 at ISO 100 and kept 1.125 and focal length 200mm. 

During post production I used my RAW files and made a few basic corrections, noise reduction, straighten and crop until I got the look I wanted. I then exported these as jpgs. 

Top Picks 

I love the highlights in this one from the top of the glass on the right hand side down to the curve of the stem on the left and into the front. 

This one is a bit moodier but you can still see the subtleness of the highlights. 

This one I put in a cubed ice glass shape. I think it looks quite elegant and I love the lighting on the background. 

I then added some clear water to the glass with the ice glass cube. I love how the colour has changed and appears darker. There is a few highlights on the front of the water though, it reminds me of a flower, like a tulip. 

In Photoshop I added a warm red photo filter and adjusted the gradient to 40%. I love the red wine warm glow it gives the image. 

This was a more exposed image taken before I shot the others. I quite like the contrast between the two and how different the lighting much brighter has made the glass and shape look. 

I also experimented with form and shape through my shoot by turning my objects upside down. With this one I like both highlights and the leading lines. I also wanted to focus on the crest of the brand JPChenet on the lower stem of the glass. I changed this image from colour to B&W for a different viewpoint and experiment. 

Behind the Scenes

[smilesthroughfandoms]

Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes in One Sentence (Season 3 edition)

Star Comes to Earth: Princess Cinnamon Roll that Could Kill you comes to earth and meets Misunderstood safe kid.

Party With a Pony: Spoopy Wardens hunt for the glitter pony while Star gets ice for Marco’s sweaty back.

Matchmaker: In which we learn it was probably a bad idea to give Star the wand in the first place.

School Spirit: Star misunderstands football and Marco tries to get Ferguson to blow his whistle not in that way.

Monster Arm: “Not my bowels! I love my bowels!”

The Other Exchange Student: Star is jealous of the meatball man from Bakersfieldville.

Cheer Up Star: “It’s supposed to be ironic!”

Quest Buy: Very accurate depiction of what it is like to work in retail.

Diaz Family Vacation: Both Marco and Star see new sides of their dads but that’s not necessarily a good thing

Brittney’s Party: Star and Marco party with someone who hates them while Ludo hijacks a bus

Mewberty: Star gets horny and snares boys in her web but not in that way

Pixtopia: Marco messed up and Alfonso marries Ferguson’s rebound

Lobster Claws: “… You can’t eat children.” “Really? Not even the annoying ones?”

Sleep Spell: “Camera Phooone!”

Blood Moon Ball: We’re suppose to ship them now, right?

Fortune Cookies: Love is never the answer kids

Freeze Day: Father Time offers Star and Marco some mud before riding away on his wheel-mobile pulled by giant time-hamsters I am not making this up.

Royal Pain: King Santa Claus destroy mini-golf

St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses: Princess Prison sure is a nightma–OH MY GOD ARE THOSE CLUBS?!

Mewnipendence Day: No wonder monsters hate Mewmans so much.

The Banagic Wand: Star still doesn’t get Earth and like all of us, Marco is always hungry.

Interdemensional Field Trip: Miss Skullnick fears the “Big Change” while Marco sends Jackie cat memes

Marco Grows a Beard: Ludo is out, Toffee is in, and Marco will probbaly be terrified of beards forever

Storm the Castle: “SURPRISE!”

My New Wand!: DIP DOOOWN

Ludo in the Wild: Wait, since when did Ludo become badass?

Mr. Candle Cares: “Star and I have recently become smooch buddies… On the lips.”

Red Belt: Marco searches for a meaning in life and Star searches for hammer.

Star on Wheels: *epic remix of Marco saying Star is in trouble*

Fetch: Marco can’t open juice and Star runs away from her problems and sending thank you cards

Star vs. Echo Creek: Star gets high and destroys a police car

Wand to Wand: Both Ludo and Star are terrible at magic also major ship tease

Starstruck: Star and her idol Sailor Super Saiyan destroy a park and Marco is 100002% done with this shit

Camping Trip: King Butterfly has a mid-life crisis and tries to control an eagle

Starsitting: They’re gonna be great parents some day.

On the Job: Buff Dad is best dad and buff babies are adorable

Goblin Dogs: “You might think this line is long, but listen to my goblin song!~”

By the Book: Ludo and Star still suck at magic and Glossaryck is a bigger troll than Alex Hirsch

Game of Flags: Queen has no patience and legs.

Girls’ Day Out: Janna is back and is still awesome btw

Sleepover: “TRUTH! STAR HAS A CRUSH ON MA–” *cube gets crushed*

Gift of the Card: R.I.P.  Rasticore Chaosus Disastorvayne… He couldn’ get his fucking chainsaw to work

Friendenemies: Star becomes one with Christmas tree while Tom and Marco go on a date and sing a romantic pop ballad.

Is Mystery: Meatfork is apparently a family name and Ludo is really starting to freak me out tbh

Hungry Larry: “He’s still hungry…”

Spider with a Top Hat: He tries and he is awesome and that’s all that matters

Into the Wand: SPAAAAADESS!!!

Pizza Thing: Marco is OCD about mushroom and Pony Head buys skinny jeans

Page Turner: Glossaryck is awesome and how did Moon miss Lizard-Loki in the orb?!

Naysaya: Tomco friendship confirmed and Marco finally asks out Jackie while Star the supportive noodle armed friend cheers on

Bon Bon the Birthday Clown: Starco fans cry, Jarco fans rejoice, and Ludo now has the book god dammit Nefcy

Raid the Cave: Glossaryck is the true neutral asshole.

Trickstar: Weird Al is a treasure and I’ll mes up anyone who makes Marco cry!

Baby: *glances around nervously* So… Star is similar to Eclipsa, huh? *Nervous laughter* Great…

Running With Scissors: Marco gets a new edition to his shipping harem and she is so cute!!!!!!

Mathmagic: Don’t worry Star, I can’t math either.

The Bounce Lounge: Marco is definitely the mom friend.

Crystal Clear: The Chancellor guy is amazing and Rhombulus just needs a hug and wAS THAT ECLIPSA IN THE BACKGROUND?

The Hard Way: “SURPRISE!” 2.0

Heinous: Oh, so that’s how Marco got all that money.

All Belts Are Off: “Jermey is the biggest dick…. around!~”

Collateral Damage: Marco how do you not know what a possum is?

Just Friends: I’m fine! *blows up sign to prove just how fine I am*

Face the Music: Moon=Badass, Star=Why?, River=Loving Husband, Marco=Shocked, and we got to meet Ludo’s family so pretty cool episode overall.

Star Crushed: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH–remember when we though Bon Bon the Birthday Clown was the end of the world?–AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

BONUS ROUND! BATTLE FOR MEWNI EDITION!!!!!

Return to Mewni: This is… just an exposition filler. Not much else to say….

Moon the Undaunted: B4! B4! B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4!

Book Be Gone: “I hate that fucking book!” -Ludo, at some point probably.

Marco and the King: *Party music intensifies… and then slowly dies down*

Puddle Defender: They’re bonding and getting so big and I am so proud–Star you idiot don’t go alone!!!!!!

King Ludo: The mime stole the show.

Toffee: I can’t…. I just… how do you want me to react?! To much happened and I mean…. what do you want me to say? I’m still processing just…. What do I say? *slowlys ponders how I will survive until November*

Scent of Hoodie: Huh, so Ponyhead can be written as likeable, who would’ve thought?

Rest in Pudding: Ish da Glossaryck! And he’s Globgoring all over da place!

Club Snubbed: I literally yelled “Phrasing!” whenever they dropped the title

Stranger Danger: "Something like that” whY WOULD YOU SAY THAT IF YOU WERE ON THE SIDE OF GOOD?!?! SERIOUSLY GUYS THIS BUGGED ME FOR WEEKS--

Demoncism: Tom is a wonderful baby boy and Ponyhead is written as likeable, part 2!

Sophmore Slump: *sobbing* Jackie deserved better, dang it!

Lint Catcher: Introducing a Lavaboe! He’s pure and wonderful and deserves a raise and did I mention I love him?

Trial by Squire: I think the writers were all like” You think these guys will ship anyone with Marco?” and decided to test that theory.

Princess Turdina: I got more lore out of this episode than I thought I would.

Starfari: Welp, she makes me uncomfortable.

Sweet Dreams: *Sailor Moon-ing intensifies*

Lava Lake Beack: Proof that this fandom will ship anyone with Marco at the slightest inclanation

Death Peck: Rich Pigeon is my new favorite birb and Ponyhead is written as likeable for the third time

Ponymonium: Well, it was nice while it lasted.

Night Life: The writers made so many new ships they had to get rid of an old one!

Deep Dive: “Chicken butt”

Monster Bash: ........ Well, that explains the cheekmarks. 

Stump Day: I think they just made an episode based around a picture from that bookcover, not that it was bad.

Holiday Special: *insert every cheesy Christmas/Holiday episode trope here*

The Bog Beast of Boggabah: The title is fun to say and the episode is average at best.

Total Eclipsa the Moon: Seriously, I’m supposed to think she’s an ultimate villain.

Butterfly Trap: In which we are all Sean, don’t lie we were all him at the end

Ludo, Where Art Thou?: Dennis is best brother, hands down.

Is Another Mystery: *sniff* I got more emotional over this episode than anyone else did and I’m not sure how I feel about that

Marco Jr.: I... I just... Why? What’s the point?

Skooled!: Epic advertisment fakeout combined with wonderful character development and lore with a shock ending makes a 10/10 episode.

Booth Buddies: Old Man McGucket ships Starco, proceed to react accordingly

Bam Ui Pati!: Ponyhead is kinda likeable in this episod--nevermind she’s back.

Tough Love: Oh man, it’s happening! It’s happening guys here we go!

Divide: We are going to war everybody--And they’re all dead. That was quick.

Conquer: So Glossaryck has upped his trolling antity and turns out Eclipsa’s probably evil, Meteora’s a baby again, and Globgor is her husband and imprisoned in crystal... Idk about you guys but I’m going to go scream into the void...