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On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?
*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)
*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)
(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )
(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)
#polls#tumblr polls#I'm mostly in the 0/1 - 25$ category. Maybe the rare month is a bit over $25 if there's something specific going on like birthday.#Which I'm NEVER eating in an actual restaurant (erm... covid... plus I just hate restaurant environments. i would rather pickup#the food and bring it home to a peaceful quiet environment that I control lol). But more typically like stopping by a grocery store deli#section or something. I don't have coffee that much. And I can't eat fast food much due to my health issues/diet restriction stuff#so if I'm out like coming back from an appointment and I start feeling really sick and weak. I know that a hamburger will just#blow up my system and cause nausea or something. So I try to pick the breadiest most#neutral looking turkey sandwich at the safeway deli to eat during the hour ride home or whatever lol#I actually kind of wish I could do stuff like get food more often vecause it would take the burden of cooking everything off of me#but.. alas... Money... and Health Things... T o T#I still wouldn't do it ALL the time but like... once a week instead of once a month or something.. or maybe turning into a coffee#person.. I do love drinks A LOT .. i am a drink person who will have 5 different drinks sipping on at all times#But i just have to make them all myself mostly lol#And I cant really have too much coffee since it will make me sick. so like.. teas and juice mostly#When I inevitably become a millionaire by never using social media never networking and only finishing one#sculpture every 5 months which I dont even post about or sell - then I shall... get more drinks..#I will somehow wean my body onto coffee and drink one a day solely for the ritual of it#Though even then... I would still probably just like.. buy the mateirals to make it at home or something#Like if you had a million dollars you could just buy a kitchen grade ice cream machine and other stuff to make your own milkshakes and#coffees and smoothies and bubble teas. Genuinely I think even if I were a BILLIONAIRE I would still look at playing likr $8 for a single#coffee and go .. uh.... I could just buy the equipment to make this and then save that money. PLUS. its in my house now so no need to#have to leave. I can make my own drinks in the comfort of home. .. ideal..#Like no matter how rich I ever got I would still have the lingering scroogey stinginess. like i am NOT paying for that. I will jus#make it myself. Especially if it was an Everyday thing. Anythign thats part of my routine I try to optimize and make as efficient as#possible... ANYWAY.. In an IDEAL world I would get treats. but probably not that much. as on a daily basis it would start to get#to me and I would just save up to buy kitchen machinery if I was rich lol
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My batfam Twitter au idea is that Jason made an official hero account in his robin days for Robin. Obviously it went inactive during his death and for quite a bit later. But one day he just casually replied or retweeted something about him with no explanation, and just kept popping up randomly and semi-rarely
He never makes a red hood account. He just keeps using the 2nd Robin one. He hasn't even changed the icon or title or anything
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uldahstreetrat · 2 months
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Now, I am from Turkey and I cannot speak for all Southwest Asian, North African and South Asian people out there, I can only speak of what I've spotted based on the info I have. But Radz-at-han def has some Turkish influence. The lamps on the bazaar are absolutely same with the ones in Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı). There's meyhane! A win for Turkey Iran and Balkans! Also Akyaali (ak yalı in Turkish) means white beach literally. And not to forget Kapikulu. And the npc names: i have spotted fantasty versions of some turkish names. Oh and... Karniyarik is from Turkey (means belly splitted literally bc you split the belly of the eggplant). Thavnair itself does not look like Turkey at all fauna/flora/climate wise.
Tho South Asian influence is also very prominent in Radz-at-han/Thavnair. I think there's a good amount of Mughal Empire inspo there. But I don't have enough info to talk about it. I'll leave it to South Asian folks! I also think there's Farsi inspo. (Satrap is a title of ancient Persian empire). Like I said, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong!
For Ala Mhigo, I would say it has much SWANA influence overall. Especially Levant is very visible for me. Arak being Levantine spirit for example. And Sumerian Ziggurats. Also "ala" prefix/article.
I've spotted Turkish influence ( imambayıldi being a turkish food)(ala mhigan gown having anatolian kilim motifs)(conquest war against the neighboring nations in the past)(visual inspo from eastern, southeastern and inner anatolia for example: Cappadocia, salt lake area and salt industry. Travertines next to M Tribe and Travertines in Pamukkale. Tho Turkey is not the ONLY visual inspo for the region there are many many other SWANA inspos like i said, for exp: ziggurats).
Disclaimer: No matter how much inspo they have from the real world, Ala Mhigo and Radz-at-han are fictional. The inspos overlap a lot and most of the times they're not clear-cut. And sometimes they do not reflect the real world. I only mentioned of the things I've spotted. However, South Asia, Southwest Asia and North Africa are very diverse and beautiful regions with diverse cultures, civilizations and peoples and I don't have sufficient info to talk about it all so I am sure there are many things I've missed out on Ala Mhigo and Thavnair that my fellow SWANA people and South Asian folks can point out! Also both of these fictional countries have inspirations from other cultures as well (like ala mhigan monks). After all, Turkey is only a part of the inspiration both for Ala Mhigo and Thavnair. But it made me incredibly happy to see it. And i hope the real world inspirations in this game made the others happy as well!
(linking to my original post on this convo so i dont lose it again lmao)
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thank you so much for your thoughts on this anon I really adore hearing about where people have seen their own cultures within the game! I think it's so super cool and im so glad you shared with me!
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evienyx · 7 months
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On the side, I'm working on another story right now, which I'm not going to publish until all the chapters are finished. It's quite a bit shorter than anything else I've written as a result, obviously, but it really doesn't need to be that long.
Anyway, I don't know when it'll come out, because I really wanna structure it carefully, but it's a Time Travel AU, lol.
Never thought I'd write one of those, but this idea has a bit of a chokehold on me, and it'll be good practice for the more concise writing I wanna do with Fractures from now on, too.
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motherforthefamicom · 8 months
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uhhh drawing from today =] love these two sm
#scribbles#pokemon#pokemon kieran#pokemon carmine#idk how to tag pkmn stuff i hope im doin this right XD#pokemon dlc#pokemon scarlet and violet#eyestrain#<- just in case.?????? genuinely idk#furry designs cuz uhm…… its fun 🙃#pretty much the only reason ive ever had motivation to draw humans over the years is for. making object gijinkas#and over the summer i got like realllyyyyyy insecure over my Human Drawing Abilities + lost interest in that stuff for the time being#(does that make sense? my interest in object shows will probbaly never leave but its not like smthn im actively into / thinking abt like#how it was just a few months before. so im not as invested in drawing the characters or making gijinkas…….. plus furries are just more fun#to draw (for me at least XD#uh theyre coati nd badger hybrids or whatever cuz i just picked coati randomly and my sister really#wanted carmine to be a badger for some reason#sorry for the massive paragraphs uhmjhhbhh i never know how much to say on individual art posts#it feels weird posting on here whenever i randomly manage to pop back in . idk why it just does#like its weirdly nervewracking even tho it really shouldnt be??????#lately ive been realizing i fucking hate most formats of posting art. maybe that has smthn to do w it#idk sorry im ramvling t try and get myself to actually ppst this stupid thing cuz i like how it turned out#but also the thought of posting it is making me weirdly nervous i could just Not Post It but i like sharing stuff =(#okay whatever this sounds really stupid now that im typing it out bye
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jaekaicx · 1 year
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concept: amphibia dating sim with the calamity trio, but if you try to pursue one of them the other two will stop you
you cannot actually get with any of them. sashannarcy solos all of you
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thetimelordbatgirl · 9 months
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Generally love how anyone who at least watched a little Horrid Henry agrees on one thing: those parents were beyond shit and Henry will very likely go no contact as soon as he's an adult.
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cryptidofthekeys · 4 months
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You're never ever ever getting rid of me
. . . I hate this TV headed man so damn much /j I want him to explode /silly
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Descriptive Panic Attacks, Angst, Traumatic Flashbacks
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It was a quiet day inside the tent, SMG4 was working on videos, as usual, the rest of the crew was hanging out, having fun, they had pretty much recovered from the whole… Puzzlevision fiasco, thankfully, in fact, it had been a year exactly since that happened, SMG4 and the others had moved on and tried to forget about that whole ordeal with Mr. Puzzles, it was… Admittedly more traumatizing than any of them let on, it seemed to have affected Meggy and SMG4 the most, but it definitely did damage to the others too, the only one who hadn’t been too damaged by it was Mario but well, he was… Stupid.
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Either way, SMG4 thinks about that sometimes, he has nightmares occasionally, SMG3 has been there to listen to him when he needed, and even offered advice in his own way …Of course, when SMG4 thanked him and said he clearly cared a great deal about his friends, SMG3 got really tsundere and punched him in the shoulder a bit, and well, Meggy has also talked to Mario, and or Tari, it might seem useless but Mario could be helpful and he did care about his friends despite his lack of intelligence sometimes.
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All of the crew had pretty much been traumatized in one way or another, some talked about it, some didn’t want to, and some just wanted to completely forget it entirely and pretend it never happened, a whole year had passed since then, that’s a lot of time, SMG4 doubted any of them would TRULY ever get over it but since then, they’ve definitely managed the trauma better, and even damn near healed, they were all back to themselves by this point, sure there were a few nightmares still but nothing NEAR as bad now which was a good thing.
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SMG4 continues to work on his next video, while also looking at some memes for some more good ideas, the others have all gone out except for Mario, who had wanted to stay behind and watch television, it was ironic, but it must’ve been nice for him not to have been affected by that, he can watch TV without worrying, without the paranoia of it potentially being Mr. Puzzles, without having to check the logo of the TV every time to make sure it doesn’t say ‘Puzzlevision’ on it, thankfully, the TV they had was the Soby and it stayed that way.
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SMG4 then hears his door get kicked in which makes him flinch and Mario is… Well, Mario, he teleports around, making all kinds of weird sounds, SMG4, annoyed sighs and greets him “...Hello Mario…” Mario then spins around “SMG4! The TV is broken! It’s got some funny text on screen!” And SMG4’s heart sinks, but… He tries not to assume the worst, after all, he’s gone, he’s never coming back, they beat him, they won, he is GONE… “...W-What um, what the hell are you talking about Mario? What kinda text?” Mario just grabs him by the arm and makes a ‘mmm’ sound as he slides along the ground, dragging SMG4 along who's telling him to let go.
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And then Mario stands SMG4 upright and points frantically to the television and SMG4 hesitates but he shakes his head, he looks at the TV and then he feels relief, it’s the Soby, it says ‘Please Standby’ but nothing about it says Puzzlevision, in fact, SMG4 looks around the screen, looking at every inch, corner, and frame, there’s no hint of HIM… “Okay, just, here, let me try something” He says and walks over to the television, first he gives it a few light taps, it doesn’t work.
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Mario starts crying because of course he does, SMG4 gets more annoyed as Mario demands the television be fixed, SMG4 pushes Mario away from him “Alright! Alright! Sheesh, I’m sure it won’t be that hard to fix it” SMG4 would’ve hoped that, but then suddenly, a loud bolt of lightning crashed nearby outside, and slowly after, the power goes out, SMG4’s eyes are wide along with Mario’s as the two turn to look at each other, before Mario loses it and begins to run around, yelling which irritates SMG4 even further before he realizes how familiar this situation is.
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Mario even turns his head slowly around “No electricity makes Mar-” And SMG4 grabs him with a comically sized hand to which Mario makes an ‘ACK-’ noise at, SMG4 is QUICK to put a stop to that before it begins “Oh no! We’re NOT doing this again, you aren’t going coo coo crazy like the last time we had to turn on the generator” And then Mario looks down sadly “...Ahh poo…” He then agrees albeit annoyedly and when SMG4 sets him down, he’s sitting on the ground crossing his arms.
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SMG4 then looks around, he looks around at the darkened tent, it feels… Eerily familiar but a storm could happen and knock the power out at ANY time, it didn’t mean anything, he shakes his head and tells Mario to come on, and he begins to walk around, grabbing a flashlight to be able to see, the others weren’t… Here currently to help out, in fact, SMG3 texted him and said ‘Hey man, we’re all kinda stuck, the storm’s bad over here, so we might be late’ and SMG4 texts him back, telling him that it’s fine, telling him the power was out here, and also telling him to stay safe along with the others.
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And that was that, SMG4 then puts his phone away and began to head where the basement was, thankfully he reads the sign before trying to do anything “Ah, the sign says-” And before he can finish that, Mario of course begins zooming around, punching at the door, trying to rip it from the ground, kicking at it which makes his eyes go wide and he screams as that hurt, and well, SMG4 doesn’t even say anything at first, just standing there looking annoyed with the chaos, he pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs, listening to Mario yell at the door to open so he can watch the TV.
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“...Mario… …It says to push not pull…” And then Mario pauses, his mustache suddenly gets bigger “Ooooooh…” …There’s a long pause before he continues trying to pull, and SMG4 huffs “Oh god da- Move!” He then shoves Mario aside and then pushes the door, it opens of course and then he shines his flashlight, SMG4 hesitates for a moment, he remembers going down here that one time, and then after that it was… And before he can finish remembering that part, Mario suddenly runs and knocks himself and both SMG4 down those stairs, whom of which yells out in fear.
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As the two crashed down the stairs, and finally fell to the last one, SMG4 rubs his head and groans before looking around, he had dropped his flashlight thanks to Mario and now it would just barely work but it’d be enough, he sighs, listening to Mario say “Ooh, very scary” And then SMG4 just tells him to come on “Th-The sooner we find the generator down here, the sooner we can g-get out of here” SMG4 sounds… Nervous, and Mario picks up on it almost immediately, and while he did have his stupid moments, he felt… Concerned for his friend.
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SMG4 shakes the flashlight to keep it on and he swore he saw a shadow move but he just rolls his eyes, he’s letting some of his paranoia get to him, he continues on with Mario whose calmed down a bit, more like, he’s a bit scared himself at the moment, this basement was a bit frightening in general, after all, aside from it being pitch black down here, there were spiders and not to mention just a year ago when they went down here, SMG4 walks around, shining his flashlight around, he begins to think back as he looks for the generator.
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To a year ago, when the power had went out because of a storm, when a bolt of lightning had fried the TV, and he and all his friends had to go down here to fix the generator and get the power back on, now, aside from Mario going coo coo crazy that night which was a little frightening, it paled in comparison to what happened after, once they got down here to this basement, SMG4 had sworn he had seen a figure looming in the darkness but he had just ruled it off then as him being stressed and freaked out.
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And then once they had found the generator and used Bob’s ‘lightning in a bottle’ along with electrocuting Mario, after turning the power back on, he remembers they all celebrated, but then… After that, that sound, that sound that made his ears ring even when he just thought about it now, he remembers looking over and seeing the TV from upstairs had somehow gotten down there, and then what followed after that, SMG4 didn’t really remember most of it since he had been brainwashed, his memory had a big gap but when they figured out that the TV was an entity named Mr. Puzzles and that he was trying to essentially take over the world.
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Trying to get the ‘perfect five star rating’ and in doing so, brainwashing and traumatizing him and his friends, SMG4 would never forget that, luckily for them, they had managed to defeat him in the long run but it was a long grueling process of hopping from channel to channel, trying to get his own five star rating, and then the final battle, SMG4 doesn’t believe he could ever forget that even if he tried, he remembered letting his anger and frustration out by grabbing Luigi The Meat Mallet and pretty much smashing Mr. Puzzles’ screen and busting it, sending him flying away.
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SMG4’s breathing changed, and he hadn’t even realized he had paused in his movement until Mario spoke his name loudly which caused him to jump back in fright, he was about to yell in annoyance but he could see Mario’s genuine concern “. . . SMG4? Are you okay? You spaced out…! Come on, Mario wants-a to get outta this basement, it’s creepy…!” SMG4 sighs, and nods, rubbing his face with his hand “...Y-Yeah yeah, I… I’m alright… L-Let’s go then, the sooner we find where the generator is, we can get outta here” SMG4 begins to walk, a bit quicker this time.
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He walks with Mario staying by his side, still looking at him with concern before looking around the basement, and at some point, while walking SMG4 begins to complain “Jeez I don’t remember the basement being this BIG! It shouldn’t be taking this long!” He just wants to get out of here at this point and then he freezes when he shines his flashlight up ahead, he swears he saw a figure again, and his breath hitches, however, the flashlight goes out almost immediately and he quickly bangs on it to get it to come back on, by the time it does, he sees nothing, SMG4’s eyes are wide and Mario seems to have not seen it.
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Even as SMG4 asks, Mario shrugs “I think we should get out of here before you go coo coo-a crazy” SMG4 sighs, he feels… Unnerved now, anxious, he swore he saw a figure for a split second just… Just like that night, he breathes a little shakily “...Y-You’re right, Mario… …C-Come on then” And now SMG4 speeds up, he moves quicker, his breath heavy at the moment, his chest feels tightened up, he hopes he isn’t about to have a panic attack, he’s just… Thinking too much about that night, he needs to keep his mind off it, he thinks about anything else, his friends, more memes, video ideas, ANYTHING but that night, anything BUT Mr. Puzzles.
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And thankfully it does help him calm down, even Mario helps him by keeping him distracted, occupied, as Mario may be stupid but he knows that SMG4 needs help to calm down and well he cares about his friends and would do anything to help them, even if some of the things may annoy them, even the annoying things he’s doing helps pull SMG4 out of his near panic, and then finally, after what felt like hours, they FINALLY found the generator, SMG4 sighs in pure relief “Finally, damn, it felt like we’ve been down here forever, c-c’mon, let’s get this over with so we can get out of here” Mario nods and the two of them zoom over to the generator.
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Mario mostly tries to hit the generator, slapping at it, yelling for it to turn on, trying anything and everything stupid, he kicks it but then his eyes go wide and he falls over, holding his leg and going ‘Ahh’ repeatedly, SMG4 sighs, he literally grabs the switch and flips it while looking at Mario with disappointment, and then the power flickers back on, SMG4 glances up around the now lit up basement for a moment before looking back down at Mario.
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But then he gasps and does a double take, he swore he saw another thing, he shakes his head “T-That’s it, I… I’m getting out of here now! Come on, Mario” And SMG4 begins to quickly make his way back up the stairs, dropping his flashlight in the process.
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Mario follows quickly behind his friend, his eyes squinting in concern, he hadn’t even seen anything the entire time, but he can tell SOMETHING has freaked SMG4 out pretty badly, he follows him up the stairs and then watches as SMG4 slams the basement door shut, he even locks it which he rarely ever does before also putting a heavy object on the door along with several other objects and it’s this point that Mario stops all his shenanigans entirely and he stands there, he looks shocked and also extremely concerned, he can tell SMG4 is becoming really stressed, in fact he can see the signs of a potential panic attack.
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Mario immediately and slowly walks over and he places a gloved hand on SMG4’s shoulder, watching him flinch at the suddenness and this is how he knows his friend is definitely close to a panic attack, he can see his eyes are wide, he’s paranoid, he’s breathing heavily, and shaking a bit “SMG4… It’s-a okay, come on…! Let’s watch some TV, or play some games! OR we could react to some more Nintendo Memes”
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And well, this makes SMG4 smile somewhat, while watching television at the moment might not be… The best for him given what he’s panicking about, he appreciates the sentiment “...Yeah, let’s… Go… Uh, watch some Nintendo Memes”
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Mario makes a ‘yahoo!’ sound before grabbing SMG4’s arm and speeding off to his room, SMG4 yells a bit as he’s dragged along super fast and then plopped at his desk.
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Mario grabs a chair and sits down next to the monitor and waits for SMG4 to pull up some Nintendo Memes, of course, he does so, the storm is still going on right now, the thunder and occasional flashes of lightning happening outside, for the next hour or two, both SMG4 and Mario react to the funny memes, laughing and having a good time, and slowly but surely.
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This distracts SMG4, he begins to forget why he had been panicking in the first place, he was just having a good time with one of his friends, and even better, SMG3 texts him and said ‘the storm should be clearing up in thirty more minutes, so we’ll be coming back hopefully’
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SMG4 texts back and says that’s good, and for them to stay safe, that they got the power back on here with the generator, and then that was essentially that, he continued watching the memes with Mario who would laugh, make fun of them, or sometimes have no reaction to the unfunny ones, and then after a few more moments, SMG4 hears a couple of noises behind them but he just shrugs them off as being a part of the storm outside, he was having fun right now and didn’t want anything to interrupt that, and after about five more minutes, Mario says he’s thirsty, and asked if SMG4 wanted anything to drink, he said to just get him a soda.
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And well, before Mario could even get up, suddenly… …A ringing that was progressively getting louder and louder with each second could be heard by the two, SMG4’s eyes go wide and he freezes in place, he can hear the ringing growing louder and louder, he knows that sound all too well, it’s a specific kinda ringing, one that a television does if it’s got that colorbar error or if the program is telling you to ‘PLEASE STANDBY’
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And SMG4 can feel himself beginning to sweat, his hands going clammy, his breathing slowly getting a bit heavy, he turns to look at Mario who shares a look with him as well, both of their eyes widened, and well, this time Mario DID hear this, he was hearing it right now along with SMG4.
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And… The two slowly turned around, the chairs creaking as they slowly spun around, and SMG4 thought he was going to have a heart attack when his eyes immediately locked onto what was sitting so casually on his bedroom floor, there it was… It was a television, an old tube TV but not just ANY television set, no no… He could see it almost immediately, both on the bottom of the television and on the screen, the words he didn’t want to read ever again...
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“. . . P-Puzzlevision… …O-Oh God…” Mario goes ‘mama mia’ softly, in shock and a little worried, his gaze focused on SMG4, he’s worried about him because this time he can’t… Stop the man’s panic attack.
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SMG4 can feel himself shaking, his hands clammy, he’s sweating, and well, the ringing is so loud, he doesn’t know if it’s just the television set or if his own are ringing now, his vision is a bit darkened on all sides, his mind racing, how did the TV get back here…? Why is it here? He literally hit him as hard as he could with Luigi The Meat Mallet! He broke his screen, and sent him flying off to god knows where! He COULDN’T be back, but when he looked over at Mario, there’s… No way this could be a dream, and also he wasn’t just seeing things, clearly the other man was too.
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And then his attention snaps back to The Puzzlevision TV, and he flinches when he hears a grotesque sound, he watches as two arms shoot out from the sides, slamming onto the floor…
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The sounds were awful, they sounded like bones cracking and a gross squelching sound as the TV suddenly grew an all too familiar looking body, the screen was repaired and showed static, the static was loud as the figure began to slowly stand up, SMG4’s breathing got heavier and heavier with each passing moment, the ringing was growing louder in his ears as he stared up in horror at the TV headed humanoid who stood to his full height.
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And then, he watches as Mr. Puzzles reached a hand up and turned one of his dials, and there was that one really creepy looking face of his, those realistic eyes looking around, the realistic mouth gritting its teeth.
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Before his face changes into a simple smile, showing no signs of anger, he just calmly looks down at SMG4 and Mario “Ah… Did you REALLY think you could get rid of ME so easily~?” Mr. Puzzles teases, tsking and wagging a finger, his tone held a calmness, which was even more scary than the anger he could’ve been displaying, Mr. Puzzles giggles for a split second before composing himself
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“...Oh, silly SMG4 and… Eugh, Mario…” He rolls his eyes before continuing, his screen flickering into that demented looking grin “You’re never ever ever getting rid of me~!” And well, SMG4 was panicking, without waiting a moment longer, he grabbed Mario’s arm and shot up and bolted.
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He hears Mr. Puzzles say ‘nuh-uh!’ and then hears a snap of his fingers and suddenly, SMG4 finds himself paralyzed in place, his eyes widen and he tries desperately to move, he doesn’t wanna deal with this again, he can’t deal with this again, what’s worse is he didn’t have the others, he didn’t have his friends to help him out, and there is no way he could take on Mr. Puzzles with just himself and Mario.
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And then as Mr. Puzzles begins to take a few steps closer to them, a smug look on his face, Mario can manage to move, he moves and hits the TV headed humanoid square on who falls back and huffs angrily.
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Mario tells SMG4 to run, to go get the others, and well SMG4 hesitates, he says he doesn’t wanna leave him behind as he can’t fight Mr. Puzzles on his own! Mario was about to grab SMG4 after stretching his arm comically out but then the TV headed humanoid turns a dial and suddenly, the TV screen goes to static and it begins trying to suck the pair in like a portal.
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Mario hadn’t had time to grab anything so he’s about to get sucked in when SMG4 grabs onto him and grabs onto the door of his bedroom, Mario yells and screams to not be let go, that he doesn’t wanna explore death.
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SMG4 then speaks over the loudness of the room “I-I’m not gonna let you go, man! Don’t worry!” And he holds onto Mario with all his might, he even tries to pull him back out of the bedroom, trying with all his might, to get himself and Mario out before Mr. Puzzles can do anything, and right as he manages to get out of the bedroom, Mario’s grip had loosened a little too much and he gets sucked into the static-y portal while screaming, and it’s then that the room goes quiet, at least for SMG4 it does
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The only sound is the sound of his heartbeat in his ears, gradually picking up as time goes along as he watches his friend get taken, SMG4 can feel his hairs standing up on end, he feels goosebumps spreading across his arms, his eyes are wide.
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His heartbeat grows louder and louder… And louder, his heart is racing, he’s got goosebumps, his hairs are all standing up on their ends, and his chest is tightening up badly now.
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As Mr. Puzzles captures Mario, he turns that dial back and his smug face appears “Ah, one day, one more to go~!” SMG4 realizes he has to get out of here, find the others, and then he and them could save Mario, he quickly bolts now that he can, he slams the door shut behind him to buy himself some extra time as he runs, he runs to the front door of the tent.
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And as he gets to it, it’s locked, no matter what he does, how hard he pulls, pushes, kicks, and beats the shit out of it, it won’t budge, he figures this is Mr. Puzzles’ doing, whom of which is casually stepping out of the bedroom.
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He’s humming a tune “You know you can’t run forever, SMG4, there isn’t a place in this tent, outside of this tent, or ANYWHERE in this world that you can go that I won’t find you~! C’mon, it isn’t SO bad being one of my puppets-” Mr. Puzzles slightly bangs his head which makes his screen static as a laugh track plays before going to that creepy grin of his “I mean-! One of my actors~!” He rolls his ‘R’s’ as he says the word actor, Mr. Puzzles tries to talk SMG4 into the pros of this but well, he knows better than to believe a word, after all, the TV headed humanoid is responsible for him and his friend’s trauma.
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SMG4 runs around the tent, he tries each and every exit he knows but none of them will budge, no windows, no doors, nothing will budge, he hears Mr. Puzzles taunting him and he knows damn well if the TV headed humanoid wanted to, he could easily just appear in front of him and snatch him up, he knows the entity is just playing with him, playing a game, SMG4 eventually freaks out, he runs back to the basement.
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He first closes and locks that room’s door, and then he literally grabs all the stuff and barricades it before running down the stairs, falling down them slightly before switching the lights off and running off into a darkened corner of the basement.
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SMG4’s heart is rapidly beating, he clutches his chest, his breathing is heavy and ragged, his entire body is trembling and he can’t think properly he can’t breathe properly, even though his breathing IS heavy and ragged, it feels like he’s not getting enough air, his chest is tightening up to the point where he feels like something heavy is on top of him, crushing his chest in, suffocating him.
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He uses his hands to grip onto the sides of his head, covering his ears and blocking out any sounds for the moment, he tries to calm himself down, he remembers what SMG3 texted him, that they wouldn’t be home for another thirty minutes and that’s IF the storm died out.
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SMG4 had no one to help him right now, he was all alone, trapped in what is essentially his home with the TV headed humanoid that essentially kidnapped and brainwashed all of his friends and forced them to go through so many things, forced them to perform, and everything… SMG4 tries to calm his breathing down, he tries to think positively, that maybe SMG3 and the others were on their way right now.
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Maybe the storm had cleared up fully, he tries to calm himself down, trying to ease the tightening feeling in his chest, trying to breathe normally, he feels guilty for letting Mario get taken but there was nothing he could’ve done at that moment.
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SMG4 tries to steady out his breathing and eventually he manages it, he does manage to do so but then, he hears a lot of clatter upstairs, he can assume Mr. Puzzles is breaking into that room, which is so unnecessary, it pisses him off, it makes him angry that the entity is just…
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Toying with him, SMG4 feels around, he knows there’s a lotta crap down here in the basement, he feels a crowbar and he grabs it, he’ll at least be able to defend himself he hopes, SMG4 begins to quiet down his heavy ragged breathing, he more so hopes that he can just get out of here somehow, he clasps a hand over his mouth when he hears the basement door get pushed open, the door opened slowly, making a god awful creaking sound which further added to his distress.
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SMG4 can do nothing but wait with baited breath now, he can hear footsteps coming down the stairs, and he hears Mr. Puzzles humming a tune, he can see the light of the TV screen coming closer, down into the basement’s darkness, it isn’t super bright so SMG4 isn’t worried about being spotted immediately thankfully, he can see the faint and soft glow of it before finally he sees Mr. Puzzles’ face in the darkness, it's horrifying.
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Despite the fact he’s wearing a simple smile, his default face “Hmm, come on out SMG4, there’s no way you can get out of this place~! I made sure of it, and you know I’ll find you, no matter where you are, like I said~! You cannot escape from me”
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Mr. Puzzles’ screen flickered, showing that demented grin “...And besides, you could be making this SO much easier on yourself and me too by just coming out, after all, I’m not going to harm you…! That would be… Counterproductive, c’mon, didn’t you have a grand ol’ time with your friends? You got to star in MY TV shows~! You got to be a star on television! …Okay sure, the whole kidnapping and brainwashing thing …And perhaps a few… Other instances, but, oh well, who cares about those minor details…!”
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SMG4 keeps a hand clasped over his mouth, the other hand gripping the crowbar tightly, hearing Mr. Puzzles talk so lightly about the harm and trauma he caused to him and his friends REALLY pisses SMG4 off, it makes him grip the crowbar even tighter, he wants to smash that TV headed freak apart, he watches as Mr. Puzzles slowly moves through the basement, using the light from his screen to guide his way, he’s looking around, slowly, he goes back to humming his tone after a brief look of annoyance crossed his features, presumably annoyed with SMG4’s resistance.
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SMG4’s heart rate begins to speed up again, the closer and closer Mr. Puzzles gets, he can tell the TV headed humanoid is getting more and more annoyed with SMG4’s hiding and resistance, he eventually even says with that creepy look on his face for him to come out, NOW… And well, SMG4 continues to hide in the corner, he can see Mr. Puzzles getting closer, and then finally, the light from that TV screen begins to illuminate SMG4’s legs, and his breath hitches in his throat, he can see Mr. Puzzles pause in his walking, his screen flickering into static for a moment before back to that crazy grin.
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“Ah… I found you, my precious little puppet…~ It’s-” And then his screen flickered to show a Game Over screen from Mario 64, it even plays the ‘Game Over’ sound effect, and then as Mr. Puzzles looks up, his light slowly trailing up to SMG4’s face, the man suddenly charges forward as he shot up, he yells and winds up hitting Mr. Puzzles square in the screen with the crowbar, it winds up cracking the screen which makes Mr. Puzzles stumble back and scoff.
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“Ack! You brute! I’ve cleaned this screen TOO many times dealing with you and that pesky plumber! You’re coming with me whether you want to or not!” And then SMG4 tries to run, he keeps the crowbar with him but Mr. Puzzles has clearly had enough, he twists a dial quickly and that portal appears, and well.
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SMG4 winds up stumbling because of the strong wind trying to capture him and take him through that portal, he has nothing he can grab onto, he had just barely made it to the stairs of the basement, his heart races, his breathing heavy now “N-No… Nononono! NO!”
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SMG4 tries to grip at the floor, digging his nails into the floor of the basement, of course it does no good since it’s just concrete, he keeps slipping further and further, getting pulled closer to Mr. Puzzles’ his eyes are wide “L-LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU TV HEADED FREAK!” SMG4 yells in anger, and he just hears Mr. Puzzles cackling maniacally, an insane laugh, and before he knows it, he gets sucked into that damned screen once again.
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He yells out “Your TV shows suuuuuck!” As he disappears into the screen, and then, Mr. Puzzles continues to laugh for a few more moments before, he turns his dial and then his body disappears back into the television, it falls to the ground with a loud thump.
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Annnd done, and I wanna say, you think I wrote him scary here? Lmaaaooo oh just wait til you see the Y/N horror story :) but either way, this story is done- again,, its... Longer than expected, you know im legit just gonna stop sayin im gonna write short ones bc i cant do it lmao but I hope y'all enjoy
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strawglicks · 4 months
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People are already whining abt the flag on grahams plushie be for real 💀
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hecksupremechips · 6 months
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Shinjiham is cute when it’s romantic but tbh I think i vastly prefer the idea of them being best friends instead. Like, neither of them really saw it coming and weren’t really looking to get another best friend (Shinji has Akihiko, Kotone has Junpei and Yukari respectively) but it happens anyway. Kotone takes a liking to Shinji much faster than she does anyone else and I’d say a big reason is just the fact that he’s so reserved that it allows Kotone to do most of the talking while he just listens and they love this arrangement cuz Kotone doesn’t get to talk about her own interests very much. Though I think some of her needs to talk to Shinji stems from this insecurity that he isn’t happy in the group and she has this people pleasing problem and wants everyone to be happy so she makes a much bigger effort to talk to Shinji. And it’s very unfortunate because Shinji intentionally acts cold and distant because he doesn’t want to form any attachments because he wants to die soon, but aaaaaaaagh dammit this girl just keeps talking to him and being sweet and encouraging him to engage in his interests and share them with the others and he just can’t seem to say no when she’s got those damn puppy eyes. And Kotone is just able to get him out of his shell by being persistent but not in an overwhelming way, she’s very cheerful and supportive of him. And Shinji is able to offer her support by encouraging her to talk about herself and by making sure she’s taking care of herself. They just click really well and make such a positive dent in each other’s lives and it’s all about basic acts of kindness going a long way you know?
#persona#persona 3#kotone shiomi#shinjiro aragaki#i uh. probably didnt do much here to prove that their relationship is best when its platonic akjsks i mean idk how to convey it#that these two are just so good for each other but that im just not feeling it romantically#and why should i honestly like cant a guy and a girl just be platonic soulmates like me and jackie aljsks#plus i just have other ships with these characters i like better ahem akishinji and mitsuham yall already know#and i just feel really comforted by their relationship being best friends cuz it makes the pocket watch a lot more power of friendship#and it just. irks me the idea that its romantic love that saves shinji and its romantic love that gave him a will to live#cuz first off you can save him without romancing him and also like if you think kotone is the only person he wants to live for#youre just wrong like in fact its very clear in his social link that he feels this strong love for everyone#its literally like why other characters are so ingrained into his link he loves everyone and they love him back#its just kotone who organizes the time for them all to get together plus like idk when ppl say shinji only wants to live after romancing#kotone its like. well hes not gonna have a good time post coma then huh#and i suppose the point being made is he has to learn to live even if his gf isnt there but again like. shes not the only thing he has#idk i just hate this like pedestal romantic relationships are put on and i hate the implications that like#akihiko has been trying for years to protect shinji and his love doesnt matter cuz it isnt some heterosexual romance#grrrrr it just irks me is all and yeah i just think theyre besties who do everything together#kotone is like shinjis emotional support animal that guides him through the scary crowds and shinji is off putting enough to scare away the#meanies that come their way and they have a dress up montage and make cookies
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mariyekos · 4 months
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My logic/HC for why Lady dresses the way she does is that she figures any demon who hurts her will be able to hurt her regardless of whether she's wearing armor or not, so she might as well go for something with mobility to keep from getting hit in the first place. No point in wearing something that would restrict movement if a demon claw could tear your leg off whether you're wearing clunky armored pants or some easy-to-move-in shorts!
(Yes I know the real reason is that the devs like sexy minimally-clad women but let's just imagine it's the in-universe explanation okay)
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seaweedstarshine · 4 months
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RIP Krakoa 🌹 I can’t lie I’ve been kinda behind since midway through Fall of X I’m gonna catch up before my first SDCC this summer but I hear Vulcan didn’t see much action anyway. Anyway my hand slipped and I found myself looking into the eyes of my canonically psychotic son the best Summers brother who’s never done anything wrong in his entire life, (he’s done lotsa wrong things but I love him more for it)
#canonically psychotic = he canonically has psychosis. (not in the ableist way in that hes evil. which he is. lemme enjoy problematic rep)#Gabriel Summers#art by seaweed#words by seaweed#X-Men Red#the Gabriel hate during the Krakoa era pffffft. was 100% from ppl who didnt read the Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire#“he attacked Storm” hes also a genocidal dictator who tortures ppl for catharsis. drunkenly coming at Ororo is the least bad thing he did#“he's a douche” mother of all understatements. now get this man back w his boyfriend who he forced to be his best man under pain of death#Gabriel fans LOVE that Ororo beat his ass. he deserved it. it was a fake discourse made up by a certain segment of goddess!Ororo fans#I say as an Ororo fan! Shes my fav A-list x-man🥰 yes Gabe was at a mental low but Ororo didnt know that. that was Scott's responsibility.#psychotic Emperor Vulcan is what we call a problematic mentally ill villain trope. I love him SO much. (okay lets talk)#we don’t know much about his childhood but we do know he spent 2 years in a fugue state after escaping slavers when he was like ten ):#as an “adult”-ish he's uh “mentally” 15 or sumn according to the calculations claimed to him by his hallucination of his actual child self#and apart from THOSE hallucinations. he’s very paranoid to the point of killing his advisors because he becomes convinced-#that they’re plotting to kill him. they aren't. he relies on Calseye to ground him thru his paranoia. and then of course in the Krakoa era#he believes his energy constructs of Petra and Sway who drink with him till he blacks out every single day are real. he isnt consciously#creating them; but he sees them- and bc he’s a godlike mutant his subconscious makes his hallucinations visible. making everyone uncomfy#Charles tries to use telepathy to FORCIBLY reality check him. which of course triggers his trauma. and GABE is punished for it?#(oh plus our finding out Gabe got brain surgery done on him by some gods outside the universe offpanel. he never does well with tampering)#and now the writers who pushed Hickman out (also RIP Sabretooth & the Exiles. RIP Hellions) want us to be SAD Krakoa is gone?#yes Gabriel is the mentally ill villain trope. but Krakoa never cared for mutants who couldn’t fit in. who were traumatized. disabled. etc#Alex OF ALL PEOPLE should understand that. ALEX should’ve been there for Gabriel. (why wasn't he. did he hold a grudge for past torture.)#Alex also w Murder-Enjoying Disorder but it was actually treated as an illness and those in authority presented as wrong for excluding him#instead of helping him. which v flawed but Hellions was one of the best mental illness comics? like Zeb Wells was conscious of the genre#but Gabriel was just… cast out. for panicking when his prime traumatizer Charles invaded his mind. he deserved help too#and all because his family were annoyed at him for drinking all night and throwing up and passing out on the floor? for being delusional?#And like- all of the summers brothers are nd (Scott's brain damage; Alex's dissociative episodes; Gabriel's psychosis)#I have nothing to say about Adam X ((I highly doubt he's neurotypical and/or mentally healthy)) ((nothing to say abt him tho))#and Gabes paranoia is 100% rooted in his issues of being made to feel like an outsider. like YES the obvious MUTANT identity but also#he thinks his father abandoned him to be a slave. he's not Summers enough for Scott. hes not Shi'ar enough for the Shi'ar
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sigchimera · 3 months
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Gay gay homosexual gay
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okay fuck it actually heres a drawing from the other day
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cheriboms · 1 year
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doctober day 12: train tracks
fact: their favorite bedtime story is 'how mom, dad, and clint eastwood stole a locomotive and saved the space time continuum'. source: dude trust me
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charlataninred · 1 month
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Sometimes I worry my sister is getting a bit too close to some terf rhetoric
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