#perks-based

[fearandhatred]

the very first thing i did in 2024 was go insane aka i slept at 7am and among other things i drew these! they're unrefined and only two panels of a much larger thing i'm doing but since that'll not be done any time soon i thought i might as well post these first

panel 8 of panel 2

[newtsnaturethings]

More Trigun Hiking AU!

alpine starts are hard sometimes

[smolestboop]

artists drawing Harry Du Bois with his stray hairs like this is my fav. he gets to telepathically communicate with Kim.

[lovelyrottingcrows]

it's hard being a possessed teen in this economy

[crimeronan]

managed to catch the last twenty minutes of a writing workshop run by a local author whose work i have not read & at the end he passingly mentioned that he does a lot of stuff with invisible illness because of his own autoimmune stuff & so i came up to talk to him very incoherently like "oh invisible illness!! i-!! lupus!!" and he was like "OH AMAZING" and then took my email and is putting me in touch with his professional writing partner who writes and teaches almost exclusively about living with & managing chronic illness & injecting people's illness experiences into fiction :) flapping a bit about it.

[stellastra-scribbles]

December 21, 2023 - Quick doodle concept of my FNV Courier.

Her name's May and despite her RBF, she's quite friendly and charismatically persuasive.

May in-game. My OCs hardly ever look like their in-game selves lol. I might draw her hair up in a ponytail in the future though.

[saccharinescorpion]

things i’m super curious about regarding the original Japanese text of Pokémon Scarlet Violet

- the fact that Arven has a very unique way of speaking where he uses the -chan honorific a lot, for expected things like addressing Mabosstiff (”wan-chan” [”wan” referring to a dog’s bark]) but also for things like referring to the Titans and even the Herba Mystica (”spice-chan”) and even in more abstract ways or using it to modify descriptors (describing a bad situation with the phrase “yabai-chan,” scolding you if you agree to his request without actually knowing what it is while using the phrase “yes-chan” [”What kind of little maniac says yes to something without even knowing what they’re agreeing to?!”]) and if it’s meant to tie into characterization, both in his love of cute things (Floette phone case) but also in his need to try and take control of things (going to Area Zero alone to try and reach the Professor) and act more mature/older/independent than he actually is (talking very casually about skipping school all the time) which pretty obviously stems from being without a guardian for so long

-what the original version of Nemona’s “fruitful battle” thing was

[catboyglover]

“‘What happened to Charlie?’ I’ll tell you what happened to Charlie in three words… he made it. And so will you.” screaming, crying, sobbing, throwing up, clawing at the walls, dramatically sliding down the door

[eldritch-spouse]

This weekend I'll be traveling around some areas of the country because of a uni project, so there's a chance I won't post, gomen. :')

[momhowell]

if anyone really wants to work for dan and phil dragon city's parent company has an open junior marketing position...we could get a phannie on the inside 👀...

[transmairon]

I am still salty about how Bethesda didn't implement the Confirmed Bachelor or Cherchez La Femme in Fallout 4, and just excluded perk based speech in general. Yeah sure, we finally had romance options and all of the companions you can romance are "player sexual", but the lack of including those perks just makes the game feel so shallow in comparison to the Original Fallout games and New Vegas. And unless you romance a woman as Nora or a man as Nate, same sex relationships might as well not exist in their Fallout games.

[kisspire]

i like the idea of like. character A and character B just started dating, maybe they’ve known each other for a bit but they’ve only just made it official, so they’re both still in that phase of being kinda nervous around each other and really wanting to impress the other and not embarrass themselves

so when they’re on a date and A realizes they kind of have to pee… well, it’s not that bad, they can hold it, and besides, they’re having way too much fun on the date to ask for a break (this also works super well if A was already the type to be kinda shy about bodily functions)

and the date goes on… and on… and on

and wow, A’s need is getting worse faster than they thought it would, but they’ve already been out and about for a few hours, surely they’ll be going home soon… but at this point it’s getting really hard to keep still and they really don’t want to squirm in front of B

finally, A decides fuck it, it’s an emergency, i need to find a bathroom—but as soon as they decide to do that, B suggests heading home since the place they’re at is about to close, and ohhhh, A really doesn’t want to hold them up… it’s not a crazy long drive back to A’s place, they can hold it that long, right?

and since B was the one who picked A up in the first place, they’re also the one to drive A back home, and A is absolutely bursting. restlessly fidgeting in the passenger seat, barely able to chat with B beyond short breathless replies. and poor B has no idea what’s going on! A can’t just admit that they’re about to wet themselves, they don’t want B to ask why they didn’t just go before they left, that would be soooo embarrassing!!!!!

and when they finally make it back to A’s place, A is ready to jump out of the car and run for the door… but oh, god, now B is asking if they can stay over and hang out for a bit! and sure, yes, A would love that, but they only have a few minutes until their bladder completely gives out on them!!!

so what does A do? do they accept the embarrassment that is immediately running to the bathroom as soon as they’re in the door (and possibly leaking on the way)? or do they try to play it cool, take their shoes off, and invite B to sit down before going, and risk the much, much worse embarrassment of having an accident in the process?

[suntails]

the job market truly sucks right now. I'm gonna share my story without doxxing myself in hopes its helpful to you. I got my degree in film making about 20 years ago and have done a lot of free lance work since then, specifically producing reality tv shows so think jersey shore, tlc, etc.

However, as you know in any art/music/tv/creative industry, it's so hard to find consistent work/projects to make a living. When I wasn't finding consistent work, I applied to a state job in the Court system as a clerk and I did that for a number of years. Eventually, I got tired of my court job because it was getting mundane so I left and did reality tv full time. However, I stayed long enough at that court job to qualify for a pension and health insurance so If i wasnt finding work at least I know I have my benefits from my old job.

a few years ago, I left reality tv and went back to doing a state job, this time at CPS. i like CPS because I get to apply what I learned in the film industry at CPS too. with reality tv I interview the stars and with CPS im interviewing people to get information I need. Now, because I have already worked for the state for a certain # of years, i am now vested so my salary is higher then most people starting at CPS. I would still need to do a certain amount of years at CPS before I retire but it wont be the typical 20-25 yrs like most jobs. This would be because I'm already vested in the system here then I can retire.

My point is, apply to state jobs you think your degree is qualified for. You may end up doing something completely then what you went to school for but at least you will have security. and that to me at least is the most important thing a job can offer you.

ik my reply to this is really late but thank u so much anon, this is rly kind of u to go out of ur way to say and it means a lot. i couldn't have predicted my industry imploding but i'm definitely giving this a shot, and ik a few ppl that have gone this route and been much happier as a result, so here's to hoping that something goes thru and works out!!!

[carrionsflower]

🧨IRIS WEAVER — she'll blow your mind! (leslie belongs to @queennymeria) (x)(x)

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Five grains ❌

Five gains 💪

[forcedhesitation]

...just heard about the upcoming perk changes...hmm...yeah. the only good one definitely is the adrenaline nerf. I've wanted them to take away healing off hook forever.

the other perk changes are ass.

ultimate weapon is still outrageously unfair, even if you take away the screaming! to me, it feels like they just saw the uptick in people using calm spirit following the addition of ultimate weapon, and decided "hm, the way to deal with this is to remove the screaming." no! this perks needs to be reworked differently! given a longer cooldown, something! it does way too much for just one perk!

DS buff isn't going to stop tunnelling. strong killers don't care if you stun them, and weaker survivors likely won't even have DS because it's licensed...waste of a buff. just as they should do with off the record, they need to spread out these important anti-tunnel strategies to general perks. it's so unfair that something this important be gated behind a DLC. and no one perk should ever be too strong!

also, I saw otz's commentary on the changes. I could not agree more that certain killers should be nerfed directly, rather than trying to just balance perks generally. not all killers interact with different perks the same... nurse, wesker, huntress, blight, etc do not care about a stun, even if it's increased in length. you need to change them & how their powers work in relation to stuns, so survivors have a chance to get away from them, rather than buffing the perk so that old man ghostface has an even worse time in this dogshit meta lmao.