#people are so creative with tags honestly

[wickjump]

you don't have to turn your inbox off, or even anon, you can just turn images off asks and don't click on any links (<- just a smart thing to do in general). fearmongering amongst communities is something they want. it's all for a reaction and to cause distress in different fandoms. these are trolls. gross trolls, but they are trolls. they want to stir up fear into communities because they have nothing better to do.

don't close off an important part of your tumblr account in fear of attack, that is letting them win. just take measures to prevent these things if you want. you don't even have to do that, nobody's making you do anything.

i personally won't turn anything off because i really do not care about this sort of thing. i've been sent a lot worse over the years ive been in fandoms. my goal is to report any accounts that do anything, but i don't believe they will do anything to my account in the first place.

i feel terrible for people who have been targeted by this thing, and you are 100% allowed to do what makes you comfortable, including turning asks off entirely. i'm not minimizing the shit that people have been sent at all, and spreading the word is good. everyone can do what they want, including turning their inboxes fully off, these are just my two cents. people are allowed to be scared, it's scary, but that fear is what they want.

Hello dear!

Sorry for bothering you, but it's important to remind you to turn off your asks for a few days! Bad things are going to happen on Tumblr soon...

Don t know anything about this but BETTER BE SAFE EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[tagintagout-au]

(Walking into the spacious room, you see Darkness spread onto the walls, an infection consuming the House from the inside.)

(On the opposite side of the room, stands a lone figure, brightly cutting through.)

(Their cloak flows gently with a wind that isn't there.)

🔷️: ...

⭐️: ...

🪨: ...

🔨: ...

🎀: ...

(They have their back turned to you. You could just strike now, and...)

✨️: ...Saviors of Vaugarde.

✨️: I have been waiting... so long...  for you to arrive....

✨️: One year.

✨️: One year...

✨️: Of hardship, of fighting, of a race against time. Against the Universe's will.

✨️: Oh... dear saviors...

✨️: I... I...!

✨️: Do you REALIZE how bored I was?

(Wait.)

✨️: Don't you know it's rude to keep and enemy waiting?

(Did they say this before...?)

✨️: Now, now, don't be so surprised! Even I can have some fun from time to time!~

✨️: But I guess I should introduce myself properly, in case your memory's foggy! None of that "Star" business.

✨️: The name's Antagonist, Tag for short!~ Such a cute nickname, isn't it? Don't forget it!

⭐️: ...Can we, uh, just-

✨️: Can we what? Get on with it? No no no dear stardust, why don't you give me a little more time, hm?

⭐️: Wh- no!

⭐️: I'm not going to let you just... just keep talking, you attacked this country, you've been hurting so many people-

✨️: My, how rude! Honestly, I'd expect you to get a little more creative by now!

✨️: But, I suppose if you're that desperate, sure!~

(For just a moment, you could've sworn the Star glanced over at you.)

✨️: Aaaalright, then! Let's all fight like a wonderful little family~

✨️: And let's see which actor plays their role best!

[sh0jun]

Okay Hideyoshi

No offense

But that sounded more like a group study project rather than discussing war

[a-candle-maker]

not tagging the person bcs i don't want to call anyone out but like,,,, saw this one girl and her post formatting made it even look like a chatgpt generated thing... checked her other stuff to see and they all had that one formatting... thought i'd tell her and like. babe. you turning off asks just about confirms it for me, i mean imma just guess that you noticed lots of asks telling you the same and decided we're sooooooooo mean!! and ignored it

[p1ctur3]

Can't believe it has been a full year since I starting posting AvA/M fanart

so I redrew my first piece of fanart :]

[rgbfall]

ok so, i really like The Day The World Broke by @saladmix, and I am so in love with the description of how the bell monsters sound, it gave me such a vivid sound in my brain, so I wanted to try and recreate it!

This first one is what they sound like from a distance (it's just wind chimes and wind sfx)

headphone listeners beware for this next one, but it's how I imagine them when much closer. it's not exactly the effect I wanted (i wanted louder and clearer bells), but i did scour youtube for a WHILE and sat through some incredibly crunchy change bell ringing, so this will have to do.

[miss-couch-potato]

Found footage of the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Hardluck Bears show!!!

Here's all the footage of the hlbs

And here's the full video. Insane how that video is 8 years old and no one had found it.

[lazaruspiss]

my sibling is starting to write fic and it's so. like they've been drawing for forever and never seem insecure about art. but writing is still new to them! so the fic isn't working how they want it to. i got to point at their pile of like, 20 something filled full size sketchbooks and go, look, you've made all this art, practiced all this time to be good. and how many things have you written? 3? you keep going! you keep doing it and it will be countless one day!

[starflungwaddledee]

hello!! its me!! in your inbox again!! Ive gotta know: what kind of thought went into Starstucks design? do you have any beta designs, early sketches, or has she always been so cute?!

HELLOOoooooo yesssss quality asks from moonie!!!! i am always so excited!!! i'll pop this under a cut because it got long, but the short answer is: sadly i'm boring and predictable 😂

i am SO embarrassed to tell you that very little thought went into her design, at least on any sort of... cerebral level. the reason for this is because she is my sona, though she does now have a story of her own, and i personally have an extremely rigid set of personal iconography! both irl and online

i joked with my gf and some friends who know me beyond kirby that if you knew me outside of here you would spot me a mile off because my aesthetics for sonas or personal representation have been rock-solid consistent for almost a decade!

i'm always pink and cream and ice blue, always have star themes, always have grey-blue/pink eyes, always have freckles (often white constellations) over big pink cockatiel cheeks, and always have huge bows 😂 also often i have flower crowns but she avoided this by being All Head. i did accessorise her festive outfit though!

so really... she couldn't have looked much different to how she does. i did add the stars on the bottom of her feet (hidden stars are a typical design choice for me tho) and the heart shaped face marking after drawing her a few times on the blog! i just thought the heart shaped marking added a little interest at the time, especially above the eyes; maybe because i was used to drawing bandee who's bandana covers that top edge of his face marking!

now that some time has passed, of course parts of her design tie into her lore in fun ways ("oh she has stars on her feet!" "what makes the constellations on her cheeks move!" "wow her bow looks a bit like wi-!!"), but that was entirely unexpected when i designed her. i never intended to develop her as much as she has been because the interest from others was frankly so unexpected; but i'm having a total blast doing it!

i also chose a waddle dee rather than any of the other aliens on offer because i personally tend to just... feel pretty average! not impressive or significant enough to be a knight or a puffball or anything like that! waddle dees resonate with me, they're just easily spooked little critters with zero defensive mechanisms doing their best and i can relate to that

though i suppose that it's now rather clear that starstruck is not an average waddle dee, if one at all.. so i guess time will tell

sorry if this is a bit of a let down 😅 the unfortunate answer is that she's based on Me and how i look/feel/dress/etc irl. my hair is that shade of pink. i have an exceptionally comprehensive collection of flower crowns and comedically oversized bows. i am very small and very round. i do have intensive freckles in constellation patterns. sadly, alas, my eyes are only grey-blue. so there was only ever so many variations she'd be able to draw on from my rigid set of aesthetics haha!

[buttercup-barf]

Under the cut are mostly self-insert doodles of decreasing quality. Again, not much directly tied to Team Fortress 2. Might as well toss these out while I have no access to my puter. Much yapping under the cut and in the tags incoming.

Another self-insert, this time less of a "here's me as a tenth class" and more of a "here's my game experiences translated into the class I would take the place of". The Cleaner. Although I guess they could still be wearing either suit. It doesn't matter that much.

That one Convict's Case taunt with Backup would be extremely funny, because the man would be on the verge of a breakdown (he does not want to go to jail so bad you have no idea). The second image- I owe no explanation. You know what I am. You see the pattern with my favourites.

The duality of the man. Resting face versus "just heard you express interest in religion/Russian folklore" face. He's not that hard to make friends with, when you pull him away from all the explosions.

Some doodles of trying to figure his face out. Unfortunately, the more I stare at him, the more I worry that he looks like A Certain Guy With The Last Name "Kazarin", and the fear of never being original in my life caught up to me.

Don't look at me, don't perceive me, I refuse to explain any of my actions to you.

[thydungeongal]

#I don’t like encumberance bc i find it a little frustrating to do it in EXACT numbers however still within reason#i think tbh as long as your players are engaged and having fun that’s what’s important#some rules still are relevant but tbh what’s we play for is for the story so as long as the story is engaging and interesting#(which my last dm did FANTASTICALLY)#then it’s fine to use or not use whatever rules you like. that’s the whole point of the game - you can use or change or add what rules#you want to for your table!!#dnd is just the system and i disagree that you need to have dungeons. dnd is just the system and you can do what you want with it#that’s the beauty of trrpgs and why dnd is so popular imo. dms can change what they want#add in new mechanics that suit their worlds and characters and whatnot

These tags just demonstrate the issue that this post is about: people think D&D is a completely unopinionated game that you can just take whole systems out of without altering the gameplay. But D&D is a game that is opinionated about many things, resource management being one of them, and once you remove the resource management out of it you end up with a worse game with no tension and DMs suddenly having to fix a bunch of new problems that arise out of that, like having to suddenly figure out ways to challenge their party when tracking resources (this includes stuff like spell slots and daily uses of abilities) is no longer an issue except on a per-encounter level.

And honestly "DMs can change anything" is not unique to D&D. If I wanted to run a game that doesn't care about dungeon-crawling and resource management I would much rather run a different game. And I wish people in the D&D playerbase realized this as well, because not only is it bad for their game and its play culture, it also stifles creativity within the hobby.

All of which is to say: if you don't like resource management there are hundreds of games out there that don't care about resource management.

Running D&D in 2024 is like, the player community collectively convinced each other that dungeon crawls, resource management and attrition are bad, so now everyone runs games where characters can expect to get into one or two fights a day and characters are never stretched for resources, and most Reddit threads about D&D are GMs asking for help challenging their groups because of said ignoring of the resource management aspect and getting told that a good GM could make it work so obviously they must be a bad GM.

[goldentigerfestival]

I love the vocal nuance in this exchange, but also posting this for my differences posts because this is one of the changes that infuriates me the most. Yuri didn't threaten Ioder, did not threaten him with a weapon, and just said he'd punch him in a lazy, half joking voice (half joking as in, he really doesn't want to hear that - that's just his way of saying so; but that's not the voice of someone who is super angry and threatening).

My other huge grievance is that this is a recurring issue between them in the dub. Yuri is pretty much always vocally rude to Ioder. Ioder has done nothing to wrong him or anyone and has only ever done good for the people where he's able to.

Yet despite Ioder being nothing but sincere, honest and polite with Yuri, in fact even happy to see him here and there, dub Yuri is outright tonally rude to him leading right up this scene where he threatens Ioder in this dark voice. Meanwhile he's actually just supposed to be… lazily telling Ioder he'll punch him in his Yuri Lowell way of saying "I don't want to hear that".

The dub really just wanted to turn Yuri into this dark edgelord and I hate that for my goofy, silly boy.

[papyrus-onlyblogokay]

i love your blog, thank you for reblogging papyrus for me to look at!!!!!!!!!

💚💚💚!!! Of course! I love papyrus and i love sharing papyrus! I think out of every blog i have ever made, this one is the most worth it for people like you💚! Cheers to the coolest skeleton!

[throwaway-yandere]

in all seriousness, your fics and especially your murder mystery fic is SO friggin amazing, it’s definitely inspired me since I have my own ARG I’ve been making with a friend and seeing the gepard fic show up onto my recommended just, it just connected, You’re awesome! Keep doing what you’re doing!!! ^^

(The yan!gepard murder mystery fic)

( ⚈̥̥̥̥̥́⌢⚈̥̥̥̥̥̀) i never thought I'd actually help inspire someone with their ARG, no matter how small that influence may be– feels like I've done something good for once ;;;--;;; it's comforting to know that fic was appreciated since it's my fave out of all the things I've written.

Thank you for sending this, I hope your ARG goes well!!! The most important lesson in my entire writing career is that Google forms is a very fun tool to mess with people /j. I'm not a good coder but if your ARG has a tumblr, you can try editing your blog that leaves clues and such on headings, background, etc. Hehe, ARG sounds super fun. May you continue doing what you love as well! Keep that flame running, trailblazer <3

[whoredmode]

god okay i’m gonna talk about the johnny and troy subplot of my srtt rewrite real quick bc it’s the only thing on my mind rn

so troy rejoins the saints right after they go after loren. troy realizes he can no longer protect anteros and the saints from behind his desk in stilwater anymore, so he quits. and he’s so fucking happy about it; this was a long time coming. so he shows up in steelport, much to anteros’ delight. unfortunately, anteros is quite literally the only person glad to see him. 

at this point the saints are really on the rocks. one of the most crucial notes of my rewrite (at least for the first act) is that at this point in their lives, the saints are really goddamn sick of each other. the limelight has exasperated so many issues but they’ve been forced to keep up appearances and unable to get time to solve their problems. so the return of troy is not helping things, especially for johnny. johnny is the most vocal critic of this, immediately about to punch troy in the jaw, but anteros gets in between them. they back off, but johnny is fucking pissed. shaundi is on johnny’s side, though less visibly angry since she doesn’t have a personal connection to troy. pierce tends to be on anteros’ side with things, and he’s still trying to be, but even this, from what he understands, is kinda suspect. still, anteros vouches for troy and continues to do so. troy tries to explain himself as well, and the whole thing ends on a very tense note. 

fast forward a bit. they take out loren, saving oleg in the process; he was being held prisoner in the building (not the DNA cloning stuff; it’s a different plot as well, but i digress). oleg obviously joins the saints and tells them about some people who could help (or at least have info that could help) with taking down the syndicate. to their surprise, troy’s actually heard of them before. kinzie’s whole story of being kicked from the FBI was something he’d heard about when it happened several years ago. it was some interesting workplace chatter. zimos was a pretty big-name pimp in the area decades ago; way before his time, but he’d heard about the guy from older folks he’d worked with. and angel? very casual wrestling fan. more of his older brother’s interest but he’d seen some fights. troy tells them that if they give him some time, he could help oleg track down these three much faster. oleg appreciates the help, so they get to work.

obviously they track them down, and when it comes time to assign lieutenants to tasks, johnny volunteers to take down killbane. he thinks the fight will be fun. anteros agrees, and assigns troy to help him out. johnny…very loudly takes issue with this. after some back-and-forth, johnny eventually just ends the discussion with a “whatever” and leaves. 

so at the start of troy and johnny working together (along with angel, but angel is mostly keeping to himself/training atp), things are seemingly okay? things seem pretty standard between them and they honestly appear to be getting work done.

it’s late one night, and johnny’s driving them back, just him and troy. he goes down a different way, and suddenly they’re on an empty bridge. it’s the middle of the night, foggy, and eerily quiet. johnny stops the car and says he sees something out there, and asks troy to take a look. troy hesitates, but ultimately agrees and gets out. he says he sees nothing, and as he’s about to turn around, he hears the click of a revolver. johnny’s gonna do what he should’ve done a long time ago. and he’s not gonna miss this time. troy’s shoulders relax. he’s not gonna stop him, and he’s not gonna beg for his life, but he says that if johnny was gonna do it, he would’ve done it already. he’s not the type for big speeches with this sort of shit. so what’s stopping him?

johnny lowers the gun. even he realizes he’s hesitating. 

to say johnny had been struggling since the events of sr2 is an understatement. aisha’s death had signaled the beginning of an internal downward spiral that had only worsened in recent years, due partly because of his newfound status as a celebrity. he never wanted any of this. you think he likes parading around being some fucking poster boy? he’s not meant for that kind of life, but it’s what the saints were now, so what was he supposed to do? he can’t hate the saints. right? but that’s where troy came in. troy was easy to blame. he was easy to hate—he was supposed to hate him. he betrayed them. even if troy had no attachment to his old job, even if he was never helping the SPD/old ultor and was ultimately doing what he could for the saints, he still lied to them. and johnny knew deep down that he didn’t actually hate troy as much as he said (yeah he still stands by trying to kill him the first time, but now? all these years later? what’s the point), but troy was a living figure he could direct these feelings towards, and it made sense. he wasn’t a saint, so it was fine. but then suddenly he’s back in? what the fuck is he supposed to do. 

in some ways, johnny can’t help but feel as if the saints failed him. and in some ways, they did. aisha’s death was avoidable. he and the saints should’ve been able to save her. but why couldn’t they? why did he feel so alone these days?

troy takes a step towards johnny. and all he can say is. i’m so sorry. and he is. he’s sorry for everything. all that’s happened has haunted him every day since; he took anteros’ return from certain death as a second chance. and while anteros had been the true object of his desire, the most important thing he wanted to protect, the saints were just as dear to him. all of them. they were his friends. and he would go through hell for them. and now that he’s back, he’s ready to do whatever it takes. but he can’t do it without johnny.

they look each other in the eyes for the first time in a long time. johnny says they should head back; anteros is gonna get worried about them if they’re gone for much longer. 

so after their confrontation on the bridge, their relationship gets much, much better. they’re back to bantering like old friends, and things are really starting settle. it’s around the halfway mark of the plot at this point, and thankfully the relationships and mood within the saints is leagues better than it was at the beginning of the story. everyone’s working as a team much better, and the addition of new faces honestly helped a bit in keeping things together. 

i kinda talked about it in that one post but johnny and troy and angel do the murderbrawl fight together; johnny as the stilwater butcher and troy as the referee (but really just there to keep killbane’s backup off them). johnny had fun, troy’s not a huge fan of being absolutely drenched in blood, but you think johnny’s not gonna use a chainsaw on a bunch of guys?? they succeed in humiliating killbane, and johnny will get his chance to actually kill the guy a little later. 

--

lmfao @ myself. talking about them “real quick” yeah sure 

i think the themes of lost friendships and betrayal that’s prevalent in angel and killbane’s lore is fitting for what johnny and troy have going on. more specifically though, i think killbane’s death speech is arguably much more fitting for johnny to hear. because killbane is giving johnny what he wants for the first time in literal years. he feels like a saint again, not some cheap fucking brand with saints colors. he feels alive again. 

also idk if this is even an unpopular reading of johnny but like. i think he should be allowed to criticize the saints. i think he’d feel hurt by them. genuinely. after what they’ve become? after all that’s happened? there’s a line from johnny tag of all characters, a clone of johnny from the sr2 era, where he says the saints failed him. and if he’s from 2011, what else could he be referring to? johnny feels as if the saints failed him when it came to aisha. but how is he supposed to grapple with that? johnny is so painfully conflicted in srtt, and it’s a crime we don’t get that introspection in the game. even sriv does a slightly better job of this, with johnny reliving aisha’s death over and over in his mind. johnny gat is fucking haunted. but so is troy. and i think ultimately they’d find some much needed solace in each other. troy’s been in a similar boat for years, so it’d be good for them to have each other to rely on. there’s lots to get outta the way first, but in the end i think they’d be thankful. even if neither of them are the best at expressing it.

[lotussimscc]

My Favorite Downloadable Sim Creators!

If you are anything like me, you end up putting a lot of effort into your main character sim, but don't really have the energy to create the rest of the town. The townies the game creates just don't fit the world you created in your head, so you end up disappointed. Well, a great solution is downloading other people's amazing sims and using MCCC to populate them in your town! No more random ugly townies, now you have pretty people with their own stories! Here is my list of favorite sim creators (in no particular order) and a brief description about what they make:

@wildfairies (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match, CC-Mid. Makes a nice blend of regular and occult sims. They all look unique and pretty without being too overly detailed or distracting while playing! Most available sims have one outfit each.

@sunnyssimming (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Mix, CC-mid. Makes gorgeous female sims (and one guy). She makes mostly Maxis-Match, but some hair or makeup might dip into the alpha category. Available sims have one outfit each.

@m0ckest (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match, CC-Free (she has a page with default replacements she uses if you want the sims to look one-to-one). She releases townie makeovers, brand-new sims, and lots. I'm honestly pretty impressed with how good her sims look without using CC!

@pearlean (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match/Custom Art Style, CC-Mid/Heavy. She has her own art style which I would say is closest to something like Telltale's Walking Dead game, which is aided by her beautiful GShade preset. Some base sims and some with one outfit.

@nikatyler (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match, CC-Lite. If you want a full catalog of available sims, you'll want to check her out (seriously, 29 pages of Sims 4 downloads alone, and she has stuff for Sims 3 as well). She has townie makeovers, brand-new sims, lots, and a good mix of regular and occult sims! Most downloads have all outfits included.

@seyvia (Tag) - Maxis-Mix, CC-Mid/Heavy. She has a more cartoony art style with large eyes and expressive faces, which is right up my alley! She has also remade the Stardew Valley bachelors/bachelorettes and even has some CC-Free downloads. Downloads have all outfits included.

@puppycheesecake (Tag) - Maxis-Match, CC-Mid. They have some really creative ideas for sims, with a lot of horror/occult/fantasy-inspired ones (although there are plenty of regular sims, too!) Some downloads have all outfits, some have one, but it is labelled which is which on each sim.

@youngcozyboy (Tag) - Maxis-Mix/Alpha, CC-Heavy. Anime/cartoon-influenced, with some more NSFW downloads/pictures sprinkled in there. They have a large catalog of downloads/townie makeovers and plenty of fantasy-inspired sims (which is something I always love to see). They are Korean, so you'll have to rename the sims once you've downloaded them if you don't speak it, but that isn't a big deal. Also, their screenshots are so expressive and pretty, it really captures each sim's personality! Most sims have one outfit included.

@ladychaos (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match, CC-Lite/Free. She has her own save file that you can download and use, but she also posts everything to the gallery and her Patreon! Her lots and households all have a cozy look/feel to them and have their own stories to tell. I particular love her Strangerville ones! All downloads have all outfits included.

@bansheeso (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match/Mix, CC-Mid. If you are looking for some pretty occult boys (and one girl), then she is the person to go to. I love populating my town with some occult/fantasy sims, so her creations are great for my world! Their household names are in Ukrainian, but that's not a problem since they can easily be renamed. Each download has one outfit.

@fallstaticexit (Tag) - Maxis-Match, CC-Mid. Some nice looking townie makeovers along with some retired sims from their stories. Really solid additions to any world! If you do check her out, be sure to look at her Children of the Forest story, I'm very invested in it! Some come with all their outfits and some come with one.

@acuar-io (Tag/Patreon) - Maxis-Match, CC-Mid. He makes some great, unique-looking sims and makeovers. No same-face syndrome here, each sim has their own distinct face structure with some wrinkles, moles, and other details that I feel like get overlooked too often to make the most beautiful sim. Unique sims have one outfit and makeovers have all outfits.

@kharssims (Tag) - Maxis-Match, CC-Mid/High. He focuses on male sims and they look great! The perfect amount of facial details like wrinkles, freckles, and moles to keep them looking unique and like an actual person you could come across. Each download has one outfit.

@thebramblewood (Tag) - Maxis-Match, CC-Lite/Mid. While they may not have a huge catalog, I think that they have a great selection of maxis-match sims, both makeovers and originals, to choose from. My personal favorite of theirs is Bridget Bledsoe from their Occult Sim Dump! Each sim has one outfit.

Some Honorable Mentions!

@occultradio (Tag) - Maxis-Match, CC-Mid. They don't make sim downloads often, but I love the ones they have available so much. Their Mothman is one of my favorite sims in my entire gallery!

@mothelette - They don't have their sims up for download, but I gotta point out the witchcraft they perform to make their beautifully-stylized sims. Their creations are amazing.

@nefarrilou - They don't have their sims up for download, but they do create beautiful lookbooks. Occults, townie makeovers, and recreations of popular characters in media, they'll have something you'll enjoy!