#posting this gif of my own video to try to forget the game playing on my other monitor

[antrea]

[24.09.22] warm-ups @ washington capitals (preseason)

[1whore1gang]

Post MW3 Drabble:

Implied Soap x Reader, Platonic! TF141 x Reader, Potential Ghost x Reader if you squint. (made for f!reader)

SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU HAVENT PLAYED THE GAME

enjoy :)

CW: causing,mentions of death, mental health, grief

It was hard for all of you when it happened. It was so quick, yet everything moved in slow motion as his body hit the ground.

The moment still haunts all of your dreams, replaying over and over in your minds.

It was the worst for you. It took weeks before you stopped crying as soon as you woke up. You’d gotten so used to rolling over and snuggling into Johnny every morning. He was your sunshine.

The first few nights were the worst, staring at the indent in the bed where he’d laid not even a week ago. You didn’t dare touch it, wanting to preserve him in a weird way.

You couldn’t even shower without breaking down. Johnny would always come sit on the sink and talk to you while you showered. It felt so empty without him.

Everything felt empty. Brushing your teeth without his arms wrapping around you. Making food and only making enough for you. Going to bree coffee and accidentally grabbing his mug with yours.

Nothing felt right, and you couldn’t bear it. Luckily you weren’t grieving alone. Simon was struggling just as bad as you were. Johnny was like a brother to him.

Many night the two of you sat in silence in the common area. No words are exchanged most of the time, you both just needed company.

The team all made sure to try to do little things for you. They bought you flowers, took you out for lunches. Price did whatever he could to attempt to keep you from spiraling. He even offered to let you give him a haircut, knowing you’d always make fun of him for how scruffy he was.

Gaz would make you sweets or help with chores around base. He would take you on walks or take you with on errands just so you wouldn’t be alone.

No matter what though, you still had this void in your life. You felt like a piece of you drifted away on that cliff with his ashes. It felt like you had watched your life dissipate into the wind.

He took a part of you with him, and you were afraid you’d never get it back.

You’d spend countless nights looking at old photos, reading old love notes he wrote you. You’d watch videos of him just to keep his voice fresh in your memory.

The only thing you were beginning to forget was his touch. The way his hands would ignite sparks at the slightest graze was slowly leaving you. The gentleness of his grasp was slipping away.

You missed him so bad, and it was beginning to become unbearable.

You were awake one night a couple of days after his death, lost in a rabbit hole of pictures and videos. It was nearly 3 AM, but you didn’t notice nor dare. A knock hit your door, and it creaked open to reveal Simon.

“Hey Johnny have you seen my-“ He looked up at you and realized his mistake. “I’m sorry Y/N…”

It took you a second to collect yourself but you smiled at him. “Hi Simon. Are you okay?” You watched as he began to slightly tear up. Simon wasn’t a cryer, but Soap’s death has broke him to his core.

“I miss him.” He said, his voice breaking your own heart. You looked down for a second, deciding if you were ready.

“Need a friend?” You said as you patted the side of the bed where Johnny used to sleep. Simon nodded but paused.

“Are you sure?” He said, cautious.

“Mhm. It feels too empty in here. It’s too quiet.” Simon nodded again as he removed his mask and sat next to you.

You both sat and reminisced on Johnny’s life. Sharing memories and laughs, you both began to feel better.

“I’m gonna try to get some rest. Just wake me if you need anything okay?” You began to lay down, feeling the bed shift as Simon rolled over with a ‘Goodnight.’

You felt the mattress dip and it’s like your body went into shock. That feeling was all to familiar and your brain was screaming at you to turn over and look for Johnny.

Sniffles began to sound out of you at the feeling and the memories it brought to your mind. Maybe you weren’t ready after all.

“Hey, are you okay?” You felt Simon place his hand on you gently.

“I don’t know.” You sobbed out, not strong enough to look at him.

“Do me a favor, roll over.” He helped you move onto your opposite side to face him. “Trust me?” You nodded and he pulled you into his chest as he held you, brushing his fingers through your hair and quietly shushing you. “I know how bad it hurts and I’m so sorry.”

From that night forward, Simon spent almost every night in your room, just so you both could actually get some sleep. The comfort of having someone there brought you both peace.

Weeks had gone by and you realized something was off with yourself. You woke up and looked at the day and panicked.

You were a week late.

You sneakily ran down to the store a block away and bought a pregnancy test, or two, or three.

Running back to your room unseen, you were quick to unwrap them and take them.

Minutes passed that felt like hours when your timer went off. You flipped each one over, looking at the results.

Positive

Positive

Positive

“Shit!” You yelled, your hands flying to your hair. As soon as the word left your mouth, you heard your door open and Simon enter. “Y/N?? You here? We missed you at training.”

You walked out of your bathroom, quickly shutting the door behind you and standing in front of it. “Are you okay? You look pale.” Simon walked up to you and placed his hands on your face to feel for a fever.

“Yeah I’m fine, I woke up late.”

“No, something’s wrong. Your eyes widened when something’s wrong and your pupils are dilated. Your breathing is elevated too.” How the fuck does he know that?!

“Just panicked about the fact I woke up late.” You shrugged it off, unmoving.

“What’s in the bathroom Y/N?” His voice drew serious. He wasn’t asking, he was telling you to move.

“Nasty stuff really, that time of the month ya know?” He didn’t believe you.

“Let me see. Nothing I haven’t seen before. In fact, I’ve seen worse.” What the fuck? “Please move.”

You swallowed HARD. “I don’t want you to see it though.”

“Y/N. Move. I know better than that. I’m not stupid. Let me see the bathroom.”

It took a lot of arguing before you stepped aside. Simon walked past you and his eyes laid on the tests. “You’re pregnant? This is what you were hiding?”

He turned to you. “Yeah…I don’t know how far along I am.” Simon nodded and chewed on his lip for a moment in thought.

“Johnny’s?”

Although it wasn’t a question, it was more of a statement, it hung heavy in the air. “Yeah, Johnny.”

Simon audibly swallowed as he continued to stare at the positive text on each one. He hasn’t moved hardly past the doorframe, hand still on the knob.

“I’ll help you.”

“Huh?” His words hadn’t registered in your mind yet.

“This is going to be okay. I’ll help you.” Simon turned to you and grabbed your hands, squeezing them. “You’re going to be okay.”

And you were. Simon helped you. You both went to appointments and began to buy things little by little. Simon even applied for housing so you didn’t have to do this in the barracks.

6 months in and it turned out everything was going to be okay.

[siffrin-enthusiast]

// intro post

[Image ID: A monochrome GIF of the main characters from the video game In Stars and Time, created by insertdisc5. End ID.]

hello and welcome to my little corner of the internet!!

more information (including about the music) is below the cut but. the tldr is that i'm a happily taken bodily white 19 year old, auDHD disabled transmasc traumagenic DID system currently fixated on in stars and time, ultrakill, and nbc’s hannibal. word salad i know /silly. i go by kuiper and he/they pronouns :)

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interests

there's..a lot!! i'm currently VERY fixated on nbc's hannibal, but there's also in stars and time, web design, room of swords, coding, rain world, deltarune, slay the princess, pokemon, just roll with it, hollow knight, psychology (my college major!), fnaf, inscryption, generation loss, hades, celeste, ultrakill, warrior cats, oneshot, hunger games, moon knight (show + comics), night in the woods, john constantine and a good thirty more that i'm forgetting.

if you want to talk about any of these please feel free to send an ask/dm!!

tagging system

i do my best to keep it simple because i'm too lazy to do a cool one for convenience! interests are tagged with the name of said interest (#in stars and time), and if they're somewhat newly-out, they get a "spoilers" thrown on the end of it (#in stars and time spoilers). if there's something i post about that you don't want to see, i highly encourage you to block its tag! i won't know or be offended! :)

i’ll tag anything that i think is a common thing to be tagged like death/blood, and i do it in the format of #tw death. if this isn’t the right format or anyone wants me to tag other things that i didn’t think of, just let me know! i do NOT post or reblog 18+ content at all (personal reasons).

there's also a few special tags of my own! asks are tagged with #kuiper important posts for the important stuff (like this intro post), #kuiper favorite posts for my favorites/things i return to frequently, #kuiper asks, posts where i ramble about whatever is #kuiper rambling, posts about my dissociation/system are tagged #kuiper system posting though i don’t post about it much, things about my disabilities are occasionally tagged with #kuiper disability moment! i also write fic and while i tag them with #kuiper fics, i post most of them over at my fic sideblog! (..well i DID before i burnt out.)

if there's ever anything that you need tagged, please let me know!!

requests

i'm getting pretty into making stuff so..if anyone ever wants me to try my hand at something, please feel free to ask! this is pretty informal until i set more things up! edits, pfps, icons, stimboards, userboxes, ask games, fic/drabbles, coding, i'm willing to give it an honest shot!! feel free to ask!

any and all requests will be tagged with #kuiper requests!

contact

the best way to contact me here is my dms/asks because my notifications are a. little overrun!!

don't like tumblr? don't worry! i have too many other sites! ranked from most to least used:

neocities

cohost

spacehey

dni

i use the block button liberally, as should you! it's freeing!

basic DNI criteria. you know the drill. bigots will just be blocked

people who don't believe in freeing palestine/zionists

entirely nsfw or untagged nsfw accounts.

entirely ed/sh or untagged ed/sh accounts. i understand if you're struggling with it, but if it is your entire blog, no.

syscourse. post whatever you want on your blog, just don't bring it to mine (asking my opinion, tagging me in things).

blank blogs. i will think you're a bot.

people who are still giving j.k. rowling money. shoo!!!

radfems, terfs, radqueers, transableds, proshippers, stuff like that.

anyone not on that list is more than welcome here!!

credits

theme and the lil cat popup by glenthemes

music player, playlist

the lovely dividers

in stars and time & gif by insertdisc5

siffrin looping gif

[goodshipskypirate]

I can't say if I plan to live-blog The Messenger as I did Sea of Stars. Regardless, some little bullet points up to Autumn Hills.

Good Lord, this game is slamming the fourth wall and making the narrative device its bitch. The game can't go more than four dialogue boxes without someone, usually the Shopkeeper, lampshading video game conventions and plot points. This initially was my hesitation to play this game based on a YouTube LP I tried to see. It was just... obnoxious. I'm still not sure how to feel, but maybe I'll at least get Stockholm Syndrome or something.

Fun fact: I got a copy of this game years ago when I once donated to The Completionist's IndieLand charity stream years and years ago, which... wow, awkward in retrospect. I didn't really want the game, but it was a nice gesture and it lingered in my Steam account with the assumption I'd never play it. ...Funny how that ended up being.

I was a little afraid I'd find the Ninja obnoxious; he comes across as a lackadaisical idiot with no sense of patience or even sense. But he immediately takes charge of his destiny (even if it likely sates his desire to travel the world) and vows to end the Demon King, so he has a good heart. Probably still a moron though.

I know Sea of Stars takes places thousands of years before The Messenger, which is more than enough time for something to happen that caused Time Shards to just... Exist In Plain Sight. And I am vastly, VASTLY curious on how that happened, because the bloody crystals that only appeared when Resh'an FROZE TIME, is suddenly and readily available in the everyday world that it is not only a common sight, but can be used as currency (granted, said currency is, so far, only accepted by a demon with a time watch and a lady who owns a shop in-between realms, so maybe ordinary people don't accept chronolized crystals in exchange for goods and services.)

Speaking of demons, who gave Quarble a time watch? Why is this particular demon on the side of humans when every other is trying to end human life?

It is devastating to see Mesa Island as the sole respite for what little humanity is left after the massive flood post-Sea of Stars. All those cultures, towns, and people - gone. I take comfort in that this happened thousands of years later though. Some would say Zale and Valere's status as guardians of this world was all for naught, but was it really? Thousands of years of protection from a couple of deities is nothing to sneeze at.

Course, I have no idea WHEN the flooding occurred (maybe the game will tell me later), but I'm going to assume it only happened without a small time frame compared to the overall many, many years the Guardian Gods have kept the world safe.

Will The Messenger explain how the flood occurred or is Sabotage Studio hoping to tell that story later in the future, if they want to?

Coincidental, of course, and very much a product of Ninja being, well, a ninja, but some of the gaming mechanics (the Cloud Strike for instance) gave me major Specter of Torment vibes. I say this not to compare (it is very obvious Ninja Gaiden was the main inspiration for The Messenger) , but on how it lends a nice familiarity to one of my favorite games of all time. And, well, Specter Knight was a ninja in all but name anyway, including the obligatory ninja dance.

Never forget.

[melodraca]

~ Introduction Post ~

(Via: Outofcontextanimash)

Hello there, and welcome to my blog! My name is Gabriel, and I've been on this site for way too long

Mutuals, new followers, etc. feel free to reply to this post and tell me about yourself, infodump, talk about ocs, etc. I'm always happy to chat!

One like on this post = one high-five

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Don't forget to kiss the mezuzah on your way in!

(Via: Frankfontainecalloutpost)

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Check out the links below to see my about, and to find me on other sites!

About Me

Linktr.ee

DeviantArt

Art Fight

Toyhou.se

Flight Rising

Twitter

Warriors Sideblog

(Mobile-friendly "About Me" under the cut)

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ABOUT

Hello, I’m Gabe! I’m a queer, Jewish hobbyist artist/writer with a ceaseless obsession for character creation. I’m a trans man, and I exclusively use he/him pronouns :)

I live in Canada with my roommate/best friend/RP partner/guy I bother, and my rancid little budgie Genji, whom I love terribly. I have a nasty habit of creating tons of characters and then never doing anything with them, kind of like a dead-beat father

Outside of art and character creation, I love dragons, video games, hiking, literature, film, paleontology, and animals/zoology. I’m currently in university, double majoring in English and biology!

Autism/ADHD/OCD/anxiety and physically disabled as well. I’m terrible at messaging people first, but I am always delighted to get messages <3 I’m awkward, but I love chatting. Also feel free to ask me to tag things!

On testosterone since July 25th, 2015

Post top surgery since October 26th, 2017

Post hysterectomy since August 6th, 2020

Currently on the wait-list for phalloplasty!

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HEADS-UP

This isn’t really a DNI or a BYF, but more of a heads-up about the kind of content I reblog and my general takes on things. I don’t engage in discourse on here, like ever, but I figured I should include this anyway

This is probably a given, but I block conservatives/terfs/bigots/etc. on sight

I identify as queer and I use the (reclaimed) f-slur pretty frequently. I don’t tag reclaimed slurs

I do tag triggers as thoroughly as I can (nsfw/nsft, blood, transphobia, etc.) Please let me know if I ever forget to tag a trigger!

On that note, I’m an adult, and I frequently reblog/discuss things with mature themes (mostly jokes tbh). I also swear a lot. This isn’t an nsfw blog or anything, but y'know

I’m a furry, and I reblog (sfw) furry art. I may be cringe, but at least I’m free :3

I love the horror genre, and I sometimes reblog horror stuff. I tag anything with blood, gore, injuries, or body horror, but I don’t ever reblog legitimate/intense gore

My general political take on things is that every human deserves basic human rights, and violence or bigotry of any kind (transphobia, racism, antisemitism, ableism, Islamophobia, misogyny, homophobia, etc. etc. etc.) is bad, actually

For my own mental health, I don’t answer inflammatory asks, or asks about topics I’m not comfortable with

Ask games are totally okay! I don’t really do “send this to 5 other people” type ask games, but I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless ^_^

Oh yeah. I should mention that I love MCYT (Minecraft YouTube), specifically Hermitcraft and the LifeSMP, and I post about it a lot, including shipping content. I feel like I need to clarify that I’m shipping the characters, not the Real Human Guys playing them. This is a super minor note, but like, y'know, just in case

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INTERESTS

Feel free to check out my top tags to see the topics and fandoms I enjoy! I’m trying to tag things more comprehensively, but sometimes I forget so please, like, bear with me <3 I frequently post…

Animals (birds, dogs, bugs, etc.)

Dragons :D

Photography and nature

Paleontology and biology

OCs and art

Jewish stuff

Whatever I find funny or interesting on my dash

Posts that give me an excuse to info-dump or ramble

Occasionally politics/social justice/current events

In terms of fandom, some of my favourite things are…

The Magnus Archives/Protocol

Minecraft and MCYT (Third Life/Hermitcraft mostly)

Pokemon

Fallout

The Elder Scrolls

Flight Rising

Breaking Bad

Dungeon Meshi

Severance

Baldur’s Gate 3

Fullmetal Alchemist

Jurassic Park/World

Nope (2022)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Invincible

Fire Emblem (mostly Three Houses)

Infinity Train

Definitely more I’m forgetting right now

[busghost]

I posted 1,299 times in 2022

198 posts created (15%)

1,101 posts reblogged (85%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@cloud-ya

@flyingfudgenuggets

@caydencrypted

@valliass

@snow-n-cream

I tagged 1,195 of my posts in 2022

Only 8% of my posts had no tags

#honkai impact - 1,082 posts

#raiden mei - 149 posts

#kiana kaslana - 138 posts

#fu hua - 120 posts

#herrscher of the void - 76 posts

#senti - 61 posts

#murata himeko - 57 posts

#bronya zaychik - 48 posts

#bianka ataegina - 48 posts

#hi3 lore - 43 posts

Longest Tag: 136 characters

#and i feel bad cause new players don't get all the events that were so fun and really made the 6 st. freya characters feel like a family

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Pardo in lore: I cannot fight, I am weak like a small baby

Pardo in gameplay: I have replaced half the elemental supports in Memorial Arena

231 notes - Posted April 28, 2022

#4

Happy Pride Month to Honkai Impact

Kiana and Mei

Bronya and Seele

See the full post

248 notes - Posted June 1, 2022

#3

I dislike that the recent reveal has led to some people calling Kiana K-423, so they can call Bianka Kiana instead. They both already have names you know?

252 notes - Posted February 4, 2022

#2

do we know what honkai beast each flamechaser has in them?

Not every single one but for quite a few!

Kevin has genes from the Emperor-class Honkai beast Parvati, the boss in MA and the Honkai beast Theresa killed when she was only 1 year old. Parvati has ice powers thus all the red/black ice Kevin uses and the -30°C body temperature.

See the full post

257 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

You know about those? I have so many questions...would you be willing to expand on that chart?

The post in question, in case anyone missed it.

I'll just go down the list and start explaining every one I know in a sentence or two.

Welcome everyone to busghost explains the joke.

The first box is pretty self explanatory. Lobby 1 belongs in hell though. I once saw somebody say "use my tongue as your toilet paper" and that's the quality of statements said in Lobby 1 NA.

The Second Box begins getting a little more interesting.

Brilliant Light Fu Hua: there's a scene in the bunny girl video where Senti temporarily takes over Hua's body and feels up her own ass.

Dvalin: has a cameo in chapter 17 when Otto looks across the multiverse.

I dunno daily accounts, maybe it means playing every day.

LE/HoT/HoF Armada support: You always set your friend support as one of them because they give MASSIVE starting sp to people, unconditionally in LE's case.

Theres'a creation: This is just the Theresa Chronicle. She's a clone of Kallen with genes from the Honkai beast Vishnu. Otto was trying one of his many schemes to get Kallen back.

Genshin Appropriation: Genshiners™ only care about Honkai for the bare minimum it can provide them with Genshin Theories, don't actually know/care about the story, and treat it like a stupid little side game to the Holy Relic that is Genshin. "DAE HIMEKO IS DILUC'S MOM???" "OMG DILUC IS A COOLER HIMEKO" You've probably heard these phrases before.

Idk what the Otto homophobia is, probably people who think that Otto wanted to pursue a romantic relationship with Kallen and ignored the fact that she's gay. That opinion kinda misses out on all the nuance of Otto and Kallen's relationship.

Kiana flies herself to the Moon: I mean, she does. Characters do it a few times actually. Also Fly Me 2 the Moon was Mihoyo's first game and it's main character is Kiana.

The Day You Vanished with the Stars: The event that has broken everyone's hearts by making you watch the Captain try to save Kongming over and over and endlessly failing. A really good event, most people's favorite in the Captainverse.

"She will never forget the promise to go to the beach with her friend": Bronya promised to take Seele to the sea but then Seele got quantized and trapped in the Sea of Quanta. Very sad, won't be fulfilled for years.

The Third Box

A-303: Theresa is clone serial number A-310. Otto made her fight A-303 but Theresa refused to kill her. A-303 grows up to become Amber. (idk why she grows up and Teri doesn't, or why Amber is a cyborg)

Fu Hua's taxes: this a great meme from tumblr where somebody asked how/if Fu Hua would pay taxes all the way at Mt. Taixuan. https://busghost.tumblr.com/post/665322989875806208/well-the-answer-is-simple-does-fu-hua-legally

APHO Project Bunny: Project Bunny 19C has retired in APHO so Bronya gets a new gun from Theresa and she names it Project Bunny 0019

Schicksal is the Catholic Curch: I mean that's exactly what it says. The leader is an Archbishop, the Valkyries used to dress like nuns. There are crosses everywhere and Kallen mentions that they're supposed to follow the "Good Book" a name for the Bible. They also talk about "holy" this and that and there are churches everywhere. This makes it VERY funny that Schicksal's cover story in the modern day is as a religious charity/ idol company that calls their idols Valkyries.

Unfinished stories is to general for me say anything about, I'm certain there are unfinished/abandoned plots in Honkai.

Lesbian Jesus: After Kallen dies people start regarding her as the Holy Maid who died for our sins to save everyone... Sound similar to certain Christian religious figure?

Joachim Nokianvertanen: The name Welt Yang was given by his parents. He adopted the Name Welt after taking up the responsibilities of being the Herrscher of Reason. Yang is his mother's maiden name.

Honkai Tumblr: You are here.

Fetus Mobius: not 100% sure but Mobius spoke her first words minutes after being born, so that's pretty funny. The question is also posed that if Mobius died enough times will she revert all the way back to a fetus?

Adam x Mei/Bronya shippers exist: self explanitory and gross! they really did go "unlesbians your gays". Also Adam is a minor.

Durandal's Age: the origins of Bianka are known now but before the only thing we knew about Bianka's age was that Jan 1st, 2000 was a placeholder since she had no memories. This led to plenty of people calling Rita a pedophile for being in a relationship with, even though Bianka is clearly not 16-17. It's over now, We know how old she is, 19 nearly 20.

Fourth Box

Kiana B: Bianka is the original Kiana. Rearrange the letters in Bianka and it spells Kiana B. The other Kiana...

See the full post

262 notes - Posted February 12, 2022

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[artufex]

Living Up to the "Leftist" Part of My Blog Title, or: Late Stage Capitalism Steals Utility from Us

TLDR: Marx was right. Capitalism's focus on profit maximizing has infiltrated everything, makes products worse, and makes us unhappy and more mistrustful of each other.

I hate how late stage capitalism incentivizes everyone to monetize everything.

I was trying to listen to an album I bought on my computer and Windows' modern Media Player doesn't let you skip tracks or play whole albums. Like, WTF? I have to go back to the legacy player to play music albums. Who would want to lose that feature? What does the new player even do that makes it worth using?

I know the legacy player is there and it's still free, but I wonder, then, what's the point of the shitty modern player? It seems like it would only drive you to either a better open-source or a better paid alternative.

So going back to the legacy player in all of its Windows 7-era glory reminded me of how we used to get extras like minesweeper or solitaire or that awesome pinball game in XP as part of our purchase. Now, the pinball game is gone, and you have to watch ads to play solitaire or pay a monthly subscription to avoid the ads they force on you, no way to just pay a finite amount for stuff.

I miss Web 2.0 when there were like a million different websites and you could find so many different communities, when Google search worked and wasn't just a vector for search-engine-optimized ads.

I remember going to one of a million different Flash game websites and playing games that people just made for others to have fun. I miss going to websites that would do cool services for you, like letting you turn your handwriting into a computer font for free.

Now, I'm not saying there's any problem with wanting to make (or actually making) money from your work, of course not, but I think there is a problem with every interaction with another person or their work needing to be some kind of monetary exchange. I think Marx has a specific term for this, but it's been a minute since I've reviewed him.

Anyway, part of the reason that all changed was because of capitalism's drive for endless profit leading to corporations nickel-and-diming everything they can, like Adobe not letting you just buy and own Photoshop for one purchase anymore, or AAA game companies not allowing you to own everything in a video game after paying your $60 or $70 or whatever the sticker price is.

Along with that nickel-and-diming came squeezing more and more profit by paying workers less and less, making our jobs more precarious so we have to have a side hustle, we have to scrimp and save and we have to use social media to gather fans whose attention we can monetize through ad revenue and selling merchandise.

Because our sense of security is so unstable, because so much has been robbed from us, because we have decaying--and in the U.S. basically nonexistent--social safety nets, we are constantly having to look out for scams, to ask each other for mutual aid, and being forced apart. Like Marx argued, capitalism is alienating: It alienates us from each other, it alienates us from ourselves, and it alienates us from the joy of creative labor. (I might be forgetting a fourth kind of alienation. Again, it's been a minute since I taught theory.)

In the past, like my childhood on the internet mentioned above, people did things--and they still do things--for free because we like making stuff, thinking up ideas, and showing off our stuff and sharing our ideas with each other. That's why social media is popular: we're a social species! Marx argued our species-being, our human nature, is to work: is to create, to labor more than what is necessary for the propagation of ourselves and our species. That is, we do more than just eat, sleep, and fuck. We draw, sing, write, dance, play, talk, make longwinded blog posts at 12:35 in the morning instead of sleeping, etc.

People did this "free labor" more often in the past because people had a greater sense of security. They had this greater sense of security because their basic needs were being met. In Marxian terms, they were earning enough to meet their means of subsistence.

And with that greater sense of security, borne from having their base needs met, came more trust in broader society. It's less risky to trust people if your needs are secured. It's also easier to trust people won't scam you because there's less incentive to scam if they are secure.

But now that we see our institutions failing, crumbling around us while the state bends to the will of capital and ignores the will of the majority of the population (weed legalization? minimum wage increase?) people come to feel they can't trust those that are different from them. Social order and social bonds become weaker and, again as Marx predicted, capitalism is sowing the seeds of its own destruction.

I started writing this to complain about how Media Player sucks, and of course it's because of capitalism. I hope I did a good enough job of linking the two. It's not just an aphorism to say "capitalism caused it". I could go more into how capitalism uses the state to prop itself up and this merging of the state and business exacerbates fascism, but I'll save that for another post.

[loafymeat]

pinned post (yayyy)

Hello im LoafyMeat but can call me Loafy and i post about my most recent interest and maybe a random thing from time to time

This is my sona, he is in 3d, i used him in non-fandom drawings

These are the tags i use:

#my art :I recommend checking this one out since my blog is a mess

#duskwell : a hollow knight ttrpg with mausritter mechanics

#oc :just a easy way to find the OClist, no nned to check this one atm

Online Games i play

TF2 and Gmod: these are the ones im play atm, since i knew about TF2 i wanted to play and now that i can(with the lowest resolution posible) is so fun and i dont have to stress about winning (like in OW2) and Gmod is such a wonder to explore community maps and try things from the workshop

Fortnite: right now im not playing that much, but at some point i will play for like 4 seasons and then leave it again

Minecraft: an amazing game that i cant enjoy because i know to much, i will love to forget everything about minecraft and start again a world with the scare and wonder of a new player

Roblox and Ponytown: in these two game i do exactly the same, i join a server, i walk around and interact with people with the least speaking just movement like jumping on their head or hide behind them, i dont play Roblox because i dont have a lot of customization, but i sometimes play Ponytown almost always when im to bored to see more YT videos and to tired to make anything creative

Here are some projects

Duskwell: a ttrpg based in the world of hollow knight, nothing serius just to play with my friends a more easy ttrpg with a world that we already know (working on it)

Frostbitter: a Minecraft server with mods that i will be doing, is kinda of a big idea so is going to take a while (also im open to anyone who want to help me)

Starburn: a project of @bagf1sh that i just did some 3d models of some starships :P, go check her out, she may have another project

List of OC's: im making the list, is a little hard to write down some character cuse they may be a little edgy in the way i explain them, but it doent matter, i will updating the list with more OC that i recall in the moment and, if i have corage, put more details of their story

Future projects

Insects ttrpg: my own ttrpg without the need of using other people lore, right now its just an idea and i want to work on it when i finish duskwell

this pinned post will change over time when I know how to organize it better

Old descriptions

I won't leave this world without screaming and scratching

I would have thrive here when i was little, but it doesn't matter, that little kid still within me, i just need to stop thinking too much and just LIVE

My God i have Social anxiety, fuck

[imaginefan]

Argument For The Ages

Damon Salvatore X Reader Jeremy Gilbert X Reader

Word Count: 966

Requested: Anon

Request: Jeremy is compelled to forget you cause Damon is selfish and wants you for himself. Reader tries everything she can to break it but it doesn't work, she goes off on Damon for what he did and ends up taking the compulsion away. Interactions with all 3, reader is a human. One shot.

You sat with your feet over Jeremy's legs as he played a game, you scrolled through your phone giggling at posts from your friends and occasionally showing Jeremy something that is until your phone rang "Hello?" You asked.

"Hello gorgeous, you want to come and get a  drink with me?" Damon asked. "I can't." You answered, "I'm doing something." "Who?" He asked. "Haha, very funny" You faked a laugh "I'm hanging out with Jeremy." "What you were with little Gilbert yesterday, come hang out with me," Damon whined and you frowned as you rolled your eyes. "Damon, I'm busy." You dismissed him. "Maybe next time." "You keep saying that." He grumbled "whatever bye." "Bye Damon." You said before hanging up the phone. "What did Damon want?" Jeremy asked. "Wanted to go for a drink." You answered, looking at the screen to see that he was waiting for a match to start. "You don't want to go?" He asked. "Hmm no not really, I like hanging out here." You answered. "You do?" Jeremy asked and you nodded. "Yeah it's nice here, nothing trying to kill us, just sitting here and doing nothing is nice sometimes." You explained. "Whenever we go to The Grill something happens." "That's true," Jeremy agreed. You spent the rest of the night messing around and watching movies before you knew it you had to make your way home, Jeremy saw you out and watched until he couldn't see you anymore, he turned to walk back into the house and stopped at the sight of another body in the doorway. "Hi, little Gilbert." Damon greeted him. "My name is Jeremy." He glared at him as he pushed past him. "Yeah, whatever." He waved him off as he followed him into the house. "What do you want?" Jeremy asked as he walked into the kitchen to find something to eat. "I wanted to talk to you about (Y/N) . I really think that you're bad for each other." He said and Jeremy looked at him. "No, we're not." Jeremy dismissed him now trying to ignore the vampire altogether. "Look, just leave her alone and we won't have a problem." Damon shrugged. "I'm not doing that." He answered. "Well then I'm going to have to take matters into my own hands," Damon muttered.

The next morning you decided that you were going to get Jeremy up and out of the house for a couple of hours, even if it was only to get breakfast, you knocked on the door and waited "Hi can I help you?" Jeremy asked as he looked at you. "Well, I was thinking we could go for breakfast." You shrugged "before you spend the rest of the day playing video games." "I think you're really pretty but I um... Do we know each other?" He asked and you looked at him and frowned. "Jeremy we were hanging out yesterday." You said hoping that this was some kind of joke but his face didn't change and your worst fear was confirmed someone had compelled him and you knew exactly who, you started regurgitating facts about his life and showing him pictures that you had taken with him but you were sure that you were just freaking him out, you realised that the only way this was going to be fixed is if you went to see Damon.

"Damon!" You yelled as you walked into the house that he had come to call home, he looked over the back of the sofa and smiled. "Hello, Gorgeous." He smiled and you frowned. "Fix Jeremy, now!" You ordered. "I didn't do anything to him." He smirked. "Oh, he just forgot who I was on his own?" You asked. "Maybe he got sick of you." Damon shrugged, you shook your head and glared at him. "I don't need you to admit that you did it, I just need you to fix it!" You ordered and he looked at you. "There's nothing to fix." He answered confidently and you nodded before turning away from him. "Then I guess I'll just forget about you then." You began to make your way out of the house and he stood to stop you, he appeared in front of you. "Where are you going?" He asked. "As far away from you as possible." You answered. "(Y/N)-" "No Damon, you can't control who is or isn't in my life, and you're not my Dad and your not my boyfriend so how about you stop messing with my life!" You pushed past him and out of the door as he watched you go. Damon honestly thought that you should have just forgotten about Jeremy if he wasn't in your life but this had backfired completely.

Damon waited a few days to see if you would cool off but you never came back around, he decided that it was time to fix what he had done since it only seemed to make things worse. You however were sitting in The Grill downing drink after drink as you tried to think of a way to fix Jeremy without Damon's help "I think you've had enough of those." Jeremy said taking the drink from your hand and down the rest of it before ruffling your hair. "Jeremy?" You asked. "Is this some kind of drunk hallucination?" "No, he fixed it." Jeremy smiled. "You remember me?" You asked. "Of course I do, we hung out yesterday," Jeremy smirked, holding up his phone to show you the picture that you took yesterday after he complained that he needed another lock screen. "So I know I missed breakfast like three days ago but what about dinner?" "That sounds nice." You smiled. "Am I still pretty?" "You're drunk." He smiled as he helped you balance "but of course you are."

Requests and general question!

[watchmegetobsessed]

Never Have I Ever - Harry Styles

this is very random and just a lil somethin’, bc i secretly dream about being on one of these shows and meeting one of my crushes lmao, not me pretending to be at an interview in my own kitchen, hah, not at all!

hi hello so im adding this after this was posted. i randomly turned this into a series so you can find further parts for this in the series masterpost!

word count: 1.8k

pairing: Harry x actress!reader

SERIES MASTERPOST

masterlist

“It’s so good to have you here, it’s been quite some time since the last time you sat in this chair, am I right?” Ellen asked with a warm smile as you nodded.

“Yeah, I’ve been busy, I guess,” you chuckle tugging your hair behind your ear.

“I mean, of course. You starred in two movies since then and even got nominated for an Emmy as well for your role in The Umbrella Academy!” she lists and the audience starts cheering on your successes. “Of course you’ve been busy, but I’m glad you had time to drop by for a talk. So, let’s talk about your upcoming movie. You’ll be co-stars with Zendaya and Finn Wolfhard, it’s a quite interesting cast.”

“Yes! I’m very excited to work with them, I just met Zendaya the other day and though I’M yet to meet Finn I’m sure we will get along well.”

“What was your first impression about Zendaya?”

“Oh, she is very sweet and funny, I think working with her will be more like just a fun activity,” you admit chuckling and Ellen nods in agreement.

“I bet. Alright. So let’s talk about quarantine, it was a rather huge part of the year, where did you spend it?”

“I went home to my family, so I quarantined with them in my hometown.”

“And what did you do mostly?”

“We played a lot of board games and my mom taught me to cook,” you admit with a shy chuckle.

“Yeah, we had the luck to see parts of that,” Ellen chuckles as a video of you and your mom in the kitchen appears on the big screen behind you. It was posted to your Instagram when she attempted to teach you how to make her famous meatloaf. “It seems like you are a natural talent in the kitchen.”

“Well, I haven’t burned it down, so it’s going fine,” you chuckle.

“Alright, and what else did you do? Seen any good movies or discovered some new artists in the world of music?”

“Oh, absolutely. I definitely watched everything I’ve been postponing and I got to listen to new music, so now I have a few new favorites,” you admit smiling.

“Have you been listening to Harry Styles lately?” she asks and you find the question a little odd and very… specific.

“I mean, yes, but it wasn’t anything new, I really like his music,” you admit truthfully. “He is a great artist for sure.”

“Have you been at any of his concerts by any chance?” she asks and you notice that the audience is getting a little excited over something, but you don’t pay too much attention to it.

“Not yet, but I hope it’s gonna happen one day.”

“Well, I think I can get you tickets to see him,” a voice speaks up from behind you and immediately, the audience starts cheering as your head snaps around and you see none other than Harry Styles standing behind you. Your mouth hangs open as you feel yourself blushing, he is so tall and handsome, dressed in a bright blue suit with a silver shirt underneath, smiling down at you widely as he walks around the armchairs to greet you.

“Oh shit, I was not expecting this,” you breathe out as you stand up and hug him shortly before he moves over to greet Ellen as well.

“’M glad you like my music, Love,” he smiles as he sits in the armchair next to you and you swear you see him wink at you.

“We thought you wouldn’t mind our other guest joining in,” Ellen explains Harry’s appearance.

“Not at all,” you smile shaking your head. Harry has been your celebrity crush for quite a while, but the two of you just never crossed paths, until now.

“’S very nice to meet yeh,” he nods in your way.

“Same goes for you.”

“Okay, so now that Harry is here, I thought that we could play a little game,” Ellen announces reaching for something next to her armchair.

“Oh man,” you breathe out earning a round of laughter from the audience. “Last time we played something you asked me the most embarrassing burning questions!” you whine thinking back how you had to admit that you sleep with your lights on when it’s raining outside.

“We’ll do something similar this time too,” she chuckles before handing out two round boards to you and Harry as well.

“Oh fo’ fuck’s sake!” Harry groans making the audience laugh again. “Not this!”

“I know you loved it when we played it the last time,” Ellen grins as Harry hides his face behind the board that’s now showing his I HAVE sign towards the cameras. “We’re gonna play Never Have I Ever, I think you both know the rules.”

“Yes, this is why I want to run away now,” you mumble under your breath.

“I’m going with yeh,” Harry smirks at you finally letting his board drop to his knees. Seemingly, the audience is enjoying your misery.

“Don’t be babies, it’s gonna be fun!” “For who? Not me!” Harry exclaims making everyone in the studio laugh. “Should’ve asked what we’re gonna do before I said yes.”

“Too late, Harry. Alright, let’s start,” Ellen announces as she takes her card in her hands, picking the first one and she reads the lines on it. “Never have I ever had a crush on someone I worked with.”

You huff as you turn your board so the I HAVE side is facing the camera, while Ellen has the same side showing, but Harry shows the I HAVE NEVER.

“Never?” you ask Harry.

“Well, what do yeh mean by working with?” he asks with narrow eyes as he taps on his chin.

“Anyone you had any relations with through a job.”

“Well then…” he sighs turning the board, earning some cheering.

“Okay. Never have I ever drunk texted someone and regretted it in the morning,” Ellen continues with the next question.

“Oh, too often,” you blurt out holding up the I HAVE side.

“What did yeh write?” Harry asks with a cheeky smile while he holds up the same side.

“Well, there are just too many, I can’t choose,” you admit laughing. “I often tend to write down my feelings when I had a little too much to drink and then send it without a second thought.”

“Then I better get yeh drunk to find out what yeh think about me,” Harry teases and you hear a loud “ooh” coming from the audience while you can only hope your make up covers the blush on your cheeks.

“I’d need your number for that to happen,” you say arching an eyebrow at him.

“That’s something we can easily fix,” he smirks.

“Okay, before the two of you go on your first date right away, let’s finish the game,” Ellen jokes and you both turn to her. “Never have I ever kissed someone I didn’t know.”

“What do you mean by knowing someone?” you ask to clarify.

“Let’s say you didn’t even know their name,” she adds and as you think about it, you hold up the I HAVE NEVER side first, but then flip it over.

“Oh, something popped into yeh mind?” Harry teases while he holds up the I HAVE side as well.

“I guess I just want to forget about it, but I can’t,” you admit chuckling awkwardly.

“Were you drunk or you just didn’t care to ask for their name?” Ellen questions.

“I’ve had quite a few drinks if I’m being honest. But I think he told me his name, I just didn’t catch it,” you admit.

“Poor guy, he is completely forgotten,” Harry chimes in shaking his head in a dramatic way.

“Alright, we have two more questions. Never have I ever had a friend with benefits.”

“This game sucks!” you snap as you hold up the I HAVE side, making the audience laugh. “You’re making me look like such a bad person!” you whine to Ellen.

“Don’t feel so bad, Harry is in the same shoe!” she chuckles and turning to the man on your right you see that Harry has the same side showing and a very cheeky smirk on his lips.

“How did it end?” you ask out of curiosity. You know how yours ended, in a horrible fight, because he wanted more, but you were in it just for the fun.

“Not in the best way, if I’m bein’ honest,” he clears his throat leaning back in his seat. “How about yours?”

“Same,” you nod chuckling.

“I guess it was a learning lesson for the both of you,” Ellen smirks before reading the last question. “Never have I ever ghosted somebody.”

“Shit,” you mumble, trying to hide your smirk as you hold up the I HAVE side. Harry thinks to himself before doing the same. Leaning forward he checks yours and your eyes meet for a moment.

“I think it would be an honor to anyone to be ghosted by yeh,” he teases you making you roll your eyes. “Wha’? ‘M telling the truth!” he chuckles.

“Wanna get on the list of my ghosted people?” you joke raising your eyebrows at him and he immediately holds his hands up.

“Would rather not.” He places a hand over his heart before smiling in your way sweetly. “Tha’ would break m’ heart.”

“Oh come on!” you chuckle feeling the heat crawling up your neck and cheeks as the audience lets out a soft “aww” at his words.

“Alright, thank you for playing, I think we found out some interesting things about the both of you.”

“Thanks for embarrassing us,” you add mumbling as you hand her back the board.

“It was a pleasure,” she chuckles. “We’ll be right back after a short break, please stay with us, we have more from Y/N and Harry coming right in your way, so stay tuned!” she announces as the crowd cheers.

“Friends with benefits, huh?” Harry asks smirking in your way as you fix your dress. You just shrug your shoulder trying to look casual when you feel so intimidated sitting next to him.

“Had to try it, I guess,” you admit.

“I get it,” he chuckles. “So, if I were to ask for yeh number, would I eventually be ghosted as well?”

You have to bite into your bottom lip to hide your growing smile at his attempt to flirt with you.

“We’ll see. You gotta ask for it first,” you tell him with a knowing smile, hoping to look flirty and light, not the nervous wreck that you truly feel like talking to him.

“I think my dressing room is two doors down yours, so expect me to drop by after this,” he smirks, making your heart skip a beat before Ellen starts speaking and the taping continues.

NEXT PART

[bryan360]

Here’s my note before I’ll get started….

(DON’T YOU EVER COPY FROM MINE OR MY FRIEND’S WORK, CHARACTERS, AND STUFF IF ONE OF YOU ARE IMPOSTERS WHO HAD HABITS OF PLAGIARISM! I WILL BLOCK YOU FROM MY BLOG IF I SEE YOUR POST WITH MINE OR MY FRIEND’S ORIGINAL WORK BEING EDITED ALL OVER! I’LL EVEN SHARE IT ONTO MY BLOG SO IF EVERYONE WILL SEE THAT YOU TRYING TO COPY MINE OR MY FRIEND’S THINGS FOR NO GOOD REASON WHATSOEVER! That will be all….I mean it.)

Daddy Bongo Time ♂️👨🥁

🇵🇷Me: It's finally arrived, everyone! After celebrate Mother's Day from last month, today's the day where all fathers can get to shine; or in this case showing their moves. While knowing our dads, (though not knowing my dad to remember) they can be hard workers like building stuff, cooking food, doing taxes for doing support. However that doesn't mean they're less having fun to enjoy. Take note for my latest art post I've been saving, but apologizes if I would've finished this from yesterday before somehow accidentally deleted my past progress and started all over. Anyways, here's for my Dad OC 🐰📚🍌Scottie and my P-Pal's @murumokirby360 🐰Bonn Speedster as they both decided to have some gaming time together for this year's Father's Day. Thought they deserve a "private" break after getting their work and repairs done or something. 😅

🐰📚🍌Scottie: At least it worth to wait when me and Bonn are playing video games together for fun; thanks to giving me my own DK Bongo controller since 2020's Christmas. 👍🏼 Funny thing though, I do happened to save my other bongo controller for Bonn as well. I got it from online shopping not too long ago that I hope to give him. Nevertheless, at least we'll still be able to play some music rhythm game on my video game console; for you know some Father's Day thing.

🇵🇷Me: Something like that. Also let's not forget while wearing your normal clothes that you even give to Bonn as a gift since last year's Christmas; included some slip-on sneakers to show for the first time. At least that it still comfort your foot while having a quality time with him.

Link Here

🇵🇷Me: Hope everyone and our fictional dads a Happy Father's Day of 2022! 😉👍

[mandu-17]

Blooper | Kim Jisoo x reader

Requested by: anonymous

A/N: how come whenever i write for Jisoo, it’s usually about playing games lol

This has been a mistake all along.

Making a fool out of yourself in front of your girlfriend was bearable at this point, but filming it and posting for the whole world to see?

That was just on another level.

Sitting in Jisoo’s chair in front of a camera, while your fingers were clumsily trying to help your character in the game, you started to wonder, why did you even agree to it.

“Stop laughing! You’re not helping.” You whined, hearing another fit of giggles from the girl on your left.

“How can you be so bad at this?” Jisoo asked, her hand trying to cover her amused grin.

The truth was, watching your girlfriend play was always entertaining. She made the game look so easy, with her skills.

You had no idea, how hard it actually was not to get killed every few minutes.

“It’s not my fault, they’re all professionals.” You glanced at Jisoo with a pout, causing her to chuckle.

“Baby, this is one of the easiest servers.”

“Oh, shut up.” You rolled your eyes, imagining the smug look she gave to the camera.

“Be careful, there’s someone shooting from that building.” Moving the mouse, your eyebrows frowned, as you tried to detect the source of bullets.

Key word, tried.

Seeing your confusion, Jisoo leaned closer, pointing to the guy aiming his weapon in your direction.

“Quickly, hide over there.” You did as you were told, now trying to shoot him from afar.

After few missed shots, you finally got your first kill.

“Yes, finally! Did you see that? Oh my gosh!” You rose your hands up in victory, smiling from ear to ear.

“Good job.” Jisoo complimented you, with soft eyes.

“Pretty sure, I deserve a kiss now.” Pointing your cheek with your finger, your hands quickly came back to the keyboard, continuing the match.

With a smile of her own, your girlfriend planted a chaste kiss on the corner of your lips.

Feeling warmth spreading in your heart, you mentally promised yourself to stay focused and make your girl proud.

Even though your intentions were good, your skills still weren’t.

After some wandering around the place, in search of more items, someone shot you from behind, causing you to groan loudly.

“How do you do this?” Your eyes watching Jisoo closely, as she’s choosing another server for you to join.

“I’m just good with my fingers.”

You burst out laughing, realizing what she has actually just said. After a moment of realization, Jisoo also started to giggle.

“Guys, I didn’t mean it that way. Don’t think of weird things.” You buried your head in her shoulder, body still shaking with laughter.

“Will it make it to the video?” You asked almost breathless.

“No, it’s going to be a blooper.” Shaking her head with a grin, Jisoo finally picked the server.

While waiting for the game to load, you poked her cheek lightly. Your girlfriend raised an eyebrow in a joking manner, before biting your finger. You smiled at her lovingly, before getting ready for another match.

It was really embarrassing how fast you died this time.

Literally seconds after joining, somebody attacked you unexpectedly.

Whining again, you dramatically nuzzled into Jisoo’s side. She kissed your pout away, lips softly moving against yours making you almost forget about being filmed right now.

“Will that make it to the video?” You voiced, after she pulled away with a smirk.

Her eyes warm, as she leaned in for another kiss, making you smile.

“Blooper.”

[maneslion2]

Mildly fixating on The Quarry. Watched all of Jacksepticeye's playthrough and I agree with his general review at the end that a lot of the characters lost so much of their intrigue by the end of the game. Other people have already mentioned it but not seeing any character interactions post game is disappointing and unsatisfying and the credits podcast is just bad, but I still enjoyed watching gameplay overall.

I have a lot of thoughts about the game's narrative that I want to get out of my brain, so very very long rambly review under the cut. Fair warning, spoilers below.

Overall I liked the game! It was fun to watch Jack's playthrough and watch videos on the different possible endings. I liked the concept of the game a lot, the monsters were cool (when you could see them, please stop making games so damn dark I'm begging), and I overall enjoyed reading and exploring the different story paths you can choose as the player.

But I just can't help being disappointed by the writing of the game as well..

Laura and Travis were the best written characters in the game and made the most interesting story impact in my opinion. The player's choices on how to handle their relationship from the very start actually changes the course of gameplay and story progression which I think is really the appeal of these types of open ended games! It was honestly my favorite part about the story and the choices presented to the player.

Both Laura and Travis really carried the narrative forward with simple but believable character motivations that parallel each other. Both are willing to make sacrifices and protect those they love by any means necessary, even if that means killing someone else. They create interesting foils to each other in that they are incredibly alike and yet have different moral outlooks on the situation. The game does well in creating this interesting dynamic and then leaving it in the hands of the player to either turn it into uneasy cooperation or hateful violence.

Laura in particular goes through such an intense character arc from the moment we meet her in the prologue to the very end of the game and I love how she develops throughout. The hunted becoming the hunter is such a fun trope and is a classic for a reason! She's easily the shining star character of the game with overall clearly understood decisions she's made and solid character growth to reach the point at which she rejoins the story at the halfway mark. She's my favorite overall tbh.

By extension Max, while on his own is not as strong of a character, benefits from his interactions and relationship with Laura. They play off of each other in a way that is more thoughtful and realistic, something I think many of the other character interactions lack overall. We can feel the history they have together in the way they talk with each other, giving them both more emotional depth and granting the player insight into their lives prior to the game.

By the time Laura had shared her story with the other counselors I cared about them. I wanted to see Laura succeed, I wanted to see her survive, I wanted to see Max healed of his curse, I wanted to see them try to reshape their relationship, I wanted to see them keep holding on to each other after the night was over, to see them changed for the better in the light of day.

Travis as a character is complicated and sympathetic. He played the part of a red herring excellently from a narrative standpoint. He also forces the player to confront the reality that awaits those who survive a werewolf bite, to consider the lives of the werewolves outside of their curse. We want to feel sorry for him because of the situation he is living in, stuck in a cycle he can't break out of. But we also cannot forget the actions he's committed and choices he continues to make to maintain that same terrible cycle.

Travis wants nothing more than to defend the people he loves even when they are hurting him, even when they ask him to hurt others to protect them. I pity Travis, he is a character of tragedy and the damages of familial abuse and toxic relationships. But I cannot forgive him for the decisions he's made, regardless of circumstance, as he's used his position of power to maintain his family's personal freedoms at the cost of human suffering. I do not like the type of person Travis is, but I love what his character provides for the story as a whole.

I desperately want to like Ryan more than I do, but I quite simply don't much care about him on his own. His character really did not change or even show much depth throughout the entire game, despite the fact that he has one of the most story impactful decisions to make in the late game in what kind of ending the player will achieve.

The concept of the character is great and his role in the story makes sense, it just feels like so much of his dialogue and actions don't follow through with what his character was supposed to be for the other characters and needed to be for the emotional impact of the story. I do not at all blame the actor for this as it really just feels like poor writing. (I've seen Detective Pikachu and Justice Smith was a fantastic lead actor in my humble opinion.)

I think Ryan's character would have benefited from showing stronger conviction and emotion. So much of his character is reactionary but only when he is forced to be, and it feels like he's just performing actions without any personal investment in the outcome. It feels like he's being directed through actions with no agency of his own, being puppeted along as a means of pushing the narrative. Ryan is supposed to be a major force in the games narrative, a character the player spends a lot of the game with, and he's so tragically hollow of personality.

Ryan is one of the few characters who cannot die until very late game, regardless of player decisions. All the screen time just allows the bad character writing to linger with us longer. I really wish he had more emotional impact in the story's final act, especially considering he's being confronted with the horrific secrets of his mentor, who it is implied he shares a strong familial relationship with. But even then, it honestly feels like he wasn't even emotionally present during that moment.

[Side note: I know a lot of people read Ryan's character as autistic. I definitely understand that interpretation and don't want to invalidate anyone who subscribes to this particular headcanon! However, I personally believe this is an unintended side effect of poor directing/writing. He's described by other characters as mysterious, broody, and stoic. The game developers try to build Ryan up as a sexy lone wolf type at the very start, but he comes across as awkward and emotionless through almost every single interaction after that. I genuinely believe this is the game directors/writers failing to present the character they wanted to portray and why I have a hard time connecting with Ryan's character as a whole and personally don't read his character as being autistic. But I do not in any way want this to be interpreted as a personal attack on anyone who likes that particular reading of Ryan's character! These are just my own thoughts.]

As a character I thought Kaitlyn was really cool and had a lot of really badass moments. A lot of player decisions that affect character survival happens with Kaitlyn as the acting character, which I really enjoyed seeing. Brenda Song is a fantastic actor and brought a lot of life to the game as a whole through her performance. Kaitlyn is expressive and clever, acting as a grounding force during intense moments, pairing well with every character she is with (especially Dylan, but I mention that more later).

But I think most importantly, her character is consistent and fulfills the role she's put in. I never felt like her character was pushed down a narrative path that didn't make sense for her own arc in the story. Kaitlyn's core personality doesn't change throughout the night, but I don't think she needed it to for her to be compelling as a character. The only thing I think she truly lacks narratively is a final scene (depending on her survival) with the other surviving characters after the night is over. Though, the same can be said for all of the characters and the story in general.

Emma had cool moments and interesting chemistry with the other characters and played a strong driving force in the first and middle acts of the story. You can't ignore her influence on the other characters, and I enjoy how self motivated and driven she is overall. She is bold and fearless, knows exactly what she wants and doesn't crack under the pressure of the night's horrors.

I honestly think the most boring ending for Emma is if she is never infected and survives the night partnered up with Abi (the worst written character imo). Their scenes prior to their potential last encounter with Kaitlyn are honestly forgettable. The most interesting interaction happens if she reunites with Jacob in the woods. This scene is probably the most satisfying ending you can achieve with Emma, as it ends her part of the story with a stronger character development and closing scene. I really only wish she'd had more to do while surviving the night in the lodge, but that's more a failing of the overarching narrative.

Both Nick and Jacob as characters suffer from having no strong story impact in the late game, but I don't think it's a bad thing with Nick. I didn't really care much for his character aside from Abi's interest in him; he's incredibly average and not terribly memorable on his own. I don't know if there's a specific trope name for it, but Nick's character does not do much outside of serving a critical narrative role in moving the remaining survivors forward in the story.

Nick is the first bite victim and explicitly displays the consequences of the werewolf infection to the other characters and the player. We see first hand how his mild personality changes with the infection taking over until his violent outburst and transformation. Nick serves as an important narrative device and motivation for the other characters. I do wish he'd been a little more interesting during the pre-infection screen time he had, but I think his character very cleanly completes the role he is meant to play even if he's kinda boring overall.

But Jacob, oh you poor sweet fool. The reason we're even in this whole mess. I like Jacob a lot. He's a very realistic character in terms of motivation and one I empathized with a lot while he bumbled his way through the night time and time again. He doesn't want summer to end, doesn't want to believe his relationship with Emma is over. He doesn't want to believe that his feelings aren't mutually returned, doesn't want to believe he was nothing more than a summer fling. We don't know what waits for Jacob when he returns home, but we can see he's not ready to return to it, not ready to let go of the love he thought he'd found with Emma.

This is such an intrinsic piece of the human experience, a potent mix of fearing change and the unpleasant reality that those we love may not feel the same for us. It serves as a very believable narrative device for the setup of the game's story. He is literally and literarily the fool of the story, the narrative embodiment of how we as humans cannot foresee all the consequences of our actions. His character is one of tragedy, and I have a fondness for tragic characters.

It is because of Jacob's critical role in the set up of the story that I'm so disappointed by how his character is written out of its narrative conclusion. Jacob is a key player in many early chapters of the game, affecting multiple character choices and interactions. But as soon as Jacob is truly on his own, separated from everyone else, it's like the writers didn't know what to do with him. The player is given many decisions that affect his final outcome at the end of the game during the middle and final acts of the story, but his character ultimately has no impact on any of the game's branching conclusions.

Outside of a single easily missed scene (with some variation depending on player choices), Jacob doesn't even get the chance to admit that he's responsible for the counselors being stranded at the camp. I genuinely think this was a missed narrative opportunity for the game and the story as a whole. Giving the player the choice to determine Jacob's fate through the actions of the other characters would have been a very fun and interesting point of storytelling and gameplay.

Does Kaitlyn defend Jacob, admitting she helped him sabotage the van, or condemn him, saving her own reputation by pushing him under the bus? How would Abi react, now knowing Nick was not a victim of bad luck but of Jacob's misguided actions? Does Dylan blame Jacob for (depending on player choices) his own werewolf infection or missing hand, or does he try to diffuse the situation as the group's jester and peacemaker? How does Ryan (depending on his survival and player choices) react, having lived through the horrors of the Hackett house, knowing his friend Kaylee is dead, all because Jacob couldn't let go of his summer freedom?

Or imagine if he'd joined Ryan and Laura in confronting the Hackett's in their home! He's physically strong and could have been utilized as an ally in their fight for survival. Maybe because of player choices he's helping Laura in her search for Chris, or helping a wounded Ryan escape from Bobby, or maybe he gets separated from them and has to try and find them again in the big dark house? Maybe he gets restrained and is used as a human bargaining chip by the uninfected Hackett's, what if he's killed by them as a result? What if Jacob was confronted by a supernatural beast who was his good natured boss for the last two months and has to decide if he has the conviction to pull the trigger?

What if he has to choose to sacrifice himself for Laura and/or Ryan's safety? That ending for Jacob would have been so terribly tragic and emotional but also so damn impactful for the player! Jacob, the cause of them being stuck in the woods and enduring the horrors of the night, giving his life to allow Ryan to survive his own mistake and give him a chance at ending the curse permanently would have been such a satisfying conclusion to his story arc! He started the night selfish and refusing to let go, but he ends the night by giving everything he has left to ensure the others can survive and be free of the werewolf curse. Like!!! Fuck!!!

I just... I just wish Jacob had played a bigger part in the ending of the game's story. Granted, I'm not a game developer and have no way of knowing how much more extensive the final scenes would have become with Jacob present. I imagine it would have greatly changed the potential endings for the game. Doesn't make it any less disappointing though when it feels like it wasn't even considered as an option.

Off of the topic of Jacob but still on topic for missed opportunities we have Dylan. If you spend any time in the game's fandom spaces or consume fan made content it's easy to see he's a fan favorite. He's awkward in a way that's endearing for the audience and maintains an upbeat attitude despite all the shit thrown at him throughout the night. He shows himself to be intelligent while also saying and doing some of the dumbest shit. He fills the role of a jester amongst the group, providing moments of lightheartedness between the horror and gore and providing a break in tension between other characters.

But despite all of this I think his character is hindered by the poor writing of Ryan's character and the general lack of closing scenes after the story's final confrontation/climax (which varies depending on player choice).

A lot of Dylan's early motivations are influenced by his romantic interest in Ryan and desire to be emotionally closer with him. They share a lot of scenes in the first arc of the game, which should naturally allow for growth in their relationship, whether that's platonically or romantically is dependent on player choice. But because of Ryan's weak writing it doesn't feel like the relationship develops in any meaningful way. They're cute at a distance, but because of the writing their chemistry is stilted and heavily dependent on Dylan.

What little growth they do experience is then completely cut off and never explored again when Ryan partners up with Laura, leaving the rest of the counselors fates entirely in the hands of the player as they are no longer essential and do not impact the final confrontation of the story. Dylan has more emotional interactions and relationship development with Kaitlyn than he does any other character throughout the whole game, and I think this is indicative of both the good writing of Dylan and Kaitlyn as characters and the weak writing of Ryan's barely existent character arc. We could have seen them bonding over trauma or explore a budding 'we almost died and don't want to waste our chance' romance, but now we can only hope fanfiction writers will take up the challenge and give them the relationship they deserve.

And finally we have Abigail. I'm disappointed by Jacob's character arc because of his lack of any meaningful role in the story's final arc. I'm disappointed by Abi's character because of her lack of personality and agency and overall uninteresting character development. Abi is friendly if a little shy, a talented artist, and has a crush on Nick and not sure how to make a move because she's shy. And that is basically the extent of her character traits.

Other than Ryan, I think she is one of the weakest characters when considering the writing of the game. She has a strong introduction, with her and Emma having a fun setup with their opposites attract dynamic. But soon as they meet up with everyone else Abi's character starts to lose all the momentum she had only just started to build up.

Everything about Abi soon as we see her with Nick starts to just feel kind of boring to be honest. They're in that awkward state of "will they or won't they" crushes on each other, which usually presents fun romantic tension for the audience. But it feels bland and a little hollow when compared to the breakup tension growing between Jacob and Emma and the far more charismatic Dylan and Ryan's edge of a romantic breakthrough tension (as weak as it may be). They just feel like the same kind of nice guy and shy girl romance we've all seen dozens of times before. They don't have the character depth built up over time or compelling charisma established from the start to really keep me interested in their flirting.

But the true downfall of Abigail's character starts as soon as Nick gets infected. Her entire personality and all of her actions revolve around Nick, and while she does show some unexpected resolve when she calls out his increasingly aggressive behavior that's the last bit of interesting personality we ever really see from her again. After she no longer had Nick to fret over it's like she just didn't exist outside of being there for the other characters to protect.

I honestly forgot about her several times after she didn't have Nick to react to anymore, only remembering she was there when she was visibly in the scene. I could not tell you what her and Emma talked about in the storage cellar or in Chris's office, I do not remember. Even in the ending where she lives and can help Kaitlyn kill Caleb it felt less like it was a conscious character choice and more like she was filling in the role of an actor for a plot point that could have been done easily by anyone.

I liked Abigail when she was introduced alongside Emma, and the moment that was over I couldn't stop comparing her to any number of shy girls with colored hair who look cute and say just enough to try and convince you they're interesting but in the end they don't actually contribute anything substantial to the plot outside of being a mechanism to push the narrative of the other characters. She feels like a stereotype and a bad movie trope, not a fully realized character. And that sucks.

The last character I want to mention is Silas, the wolf boy. Honestly, my biggest criticism of Laura's writing is her hesitation with killing Silas at the very end, as up to that point she, and the player, really didn't know much about him. We get some teasing throughout the game, but I genuinely feel like I missed something when it comes to the foreshadowing of the White Wolf and I'm not sure if it's an inconsistency of the writing or my own poor memory.

Ryan mentions the White Wolf after Travis reveals that Chris was not the first to be bitten, but that it was actually Caleb who was bitten first by the true originator of the curse, Silas. But I genuinely can't follow this exchange when Travis stands up and demands if Ryan has seen it, because I don't remember him ever encountering Silas at all before this conversation happens. I don't know, that may be on me for missing something. Regardless I don't think Silas was given enough compelling foreshadowing within the game's narrative, despite being the source of the werewolf curse itself.

I think this also plays into a general feeling of distance from his character. The story really doesn't give the player much time with Silas to sympathize with him. We're told he's a tragic character. Through implicit and explicit clues we learn that he was treated like an exotic animal displayed for the amusement of visitors, a freak in a carnival under the supervision of his mother. But we don't ever really see it for ourselves outside of a scene prompted by a hidden collectible and the final confrontation at the very end of the game. Other than the cage and implied trauma of his upbringing we really don't know much about Silas as a character and I don't personally feel strongly one way or the other about his potential death.

It's just confusing honestly. Multiple characters call Silas a boy, but when we see him as a human he looks at the youngest to be in his late teens. He's not done anything spectacular to win over Laura's sympathy other than be a tragic victim of his circumstances. But no one know where the curse came from, we don't learn how Silas became the wolf boy. If there had been more explicit evidence or interactions with Silas indicating that he is not truly at fault for the situation they're all in then maybe I can understand the writer's decision for Laura's hesitation to kill him. But,,, we don't have anything like that. It feels like a moral dilemma shoehorned into the moment to make the player really think about their final decision. But at that point, true only thing it's telling me as a player is that there is another ending to explore, but I have no personal investment in the character to want to choose that option.

Silas as a character feels a little incomplete when compared to the rest of the narrative and the other characters. The parts that matter for the story set up and plot are there, but there's not much beyond that.

I don't know, I really did enjoy watching let's plays for the game, despite my overall negative criticisms of the game's writing. Not sure how to end this post now, lol just like the ending on the game.

I guess the TLDR is that I watched gameplay for The Quarry and couldn't help but think, "I could fix them."

[thatspookyagent]

Meeting and dating Kyle Spencer and Jimmy Darling headcanons (Male!Reader) would include...

Requested: Yes! My first ever imagines request which was made by @darlingkitt !!! 😸✨💕

Warnings: None!

A/N: I decided to combine the request I received and do both of characters that were asked! I haven't written for Kyle Spencer yet so this is my first time writing him! I hope you don't mind me doing the Pre Death, Post Death, and Fixed versions! And of course, these headcanons are with a Male!Reader! :))

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Important: Whatever the reader says is in italics!

Kyle Spencer (Pre-Death)

Surprisingly you and Kyle didn't meet at a party, those hyped up social gatherings were honestly just too much for you so you found yourself meeting him at Tulane University's library instead

Since Kyle volunteered as an SAT tutor from time to time, it was pretty easy to encounter him because God knows you needed help with it

You two hit it off pretty well despite your shyness, eventually the library and study hall became the prime hangout spot for the two of you

Kyle insisted that he should come over to your house regularly, claiming that his own was too boring, so you obliged which allowed you to become closer to him

Of course he would get some really homophobic comments from his fraternity brothers

"What are you like, a princess or sumthen?" "Yeah, I'm the prettiest bitch in the land and that makes you the fugly step mother."

He often spends a lot of time with you, whether its to study, play video games, or just snuggle, no matter what you two were doing he claimed it helped him forget everything else and focus on the only thing that truly mattered to him: you

When it comes to video games, Kyle isn't overly competitive but sometimes the frat boy in him leaps out and he'll make it his mission to beat whatever high score or time you have

Of course you don't mind, you love watching him get excited over little things like that and totally allow him to win just so he can feel good

You were glad Kyle was such a chill dude especially since your parents had been skeptical of him at first but even they began to invite him over from time to time for dinner

Eventually your parents let you go to a little mini carnival with him, you ruffle his blonde curls as he throws the last basketball into the hoop, having not missed a single shot

"Turn around (Y/N)!" "Why?" "Come on! For me?" Laughing at his pouty face, you sigh, and do as he says. But you soon found yourself erupting into a fit of giggles as he tickles you from behind, you turn to face him, and see him holding a little stuffed bear carrying a big red heart

"I wuv you (Y/N)!" Kyle says as he shakes the bear from side to side while inching it closer to you. "You're the bewest boyfwend evwa!" You can't help but chuckle at the little voice he's doing and softly take the bear from him. "Yeah well, I love you to Mr. Bear!"

Kyle's definitely the big spoon whenever you two cuddle but when he's feels down in the dumps, he is the little spoon

There are some days were he just doesn't want to be touched, and no matter how many times you try to convince him that he can tell you anything, he just shakes his head

"Don't worry (Y/N), it's nothing...just the frat boys getting on my last nerve." "You sure?" "Yeah, nothing to worry about babe."

He'd give you a kiss on the forehead then go lay down for the majority of the day, not even lifting a finger in order to study or race against you in Mario Kart

One day Kyle decided to go to one of those wild parties that him and his fraternity enjoyed so much, you nearly went but elected to stay home that day, not knowing that it would be the last time you'd see him alive

Kyle Spencer (Post-Death)

You had learned about what happened to him via the news and cried your eyes out for days, hoping, pleading that one day he'd come back to you, not caring how or why

Then one day you got your wish and he showed up at your door, but he didn't look the same, not even all of his parts were the same

Luckily by then you had moved out of your parent's house and into a cozy little downstairs apartment, which would somewhat allow you to be discreet about things

Occasionally Kyle would stare up at you, his facial expressions blank and empty but you'd swear that he was trying his best to smile

Taking him out of his raggedy clothes and attempting to pull him into the bathtub, you noticed his various scars, as if someone had stitched him back together

Your boyfriend sat in the fetal position while you tried to scrub him down, he frequently flinched when you brushed over certain areas, and he only grunted as a response whenever you asked him questions

"Close your eyes." Kyle blinked at you, not comprehending a single word you said, you decided to coax his eye lids shut as you used your fingertips to try and slide them down and he let you as you washed the soap out from his hair

A couple of tattoos were on his body, which made you shiver internally but you had to focus on more important things at the moment like taking care of Kyle

After washing him off, you put him into some of your own pajamas which were kinda tight but it would have to do for now as you rummaged through a pile of clothes not too far off from your bed

You suddenly felt a set of hands softly grab your waist and a pair of tender lips peck your cheek, your boyfriend was behind you and for a moment you felt as if everything was back to normal like it used to be

But it wasn't.

Pulling a stuffed teddy bear carrying a large red heart from the mass of clothes on the floor, you couldn't help but beam from ear to ear as you presented it to Kyle

He patted its head gently before staring up at you as if confused on what to do next, "Bu-air!" You enunciated the words in hopes that he'd remember you and one of the happiest moments of your life with him

He blinked a few times but then went to kiss you again, which you returned back before stopping him and giving the other male a melancholy look

Kyle's lower lip trembled, most likely thinking you were disappointed in him, he wrapped his arms around you tightly, and you couldn't help but feel for him

"No no! It's okay, really it is! I'm not mad at you honey...just...I know we'll get through this together. We're strong like that." You patted the side of his back as he laid his head against your shoulder, wondering what the world could possibly have to offer next

For a few months you would go on to teach Kyle as much as you could, using computer programs that would aid him with relearning everything he had lost

Kyle was learning his colors with the help of a tablet when you heard a knock at your apartment door, a girl with long dirty blonde hair was standing there with a look in her eyes, something that told you that you needed to invite her in immediately

She introduced herself as Zoe Benson, and then went on the explain what happened to Kyle just as long as you didn't think she was crazy which admittedly was your first thought but Kyle being right there in front of you was proof enough

You knew that you couldn't keep sheltering Kyle while balancing your own personal life for long, so you allowed her to take him back to the academy that she claimed was home to plenty of witches that could help him as well as keep him out of trouble

Your undead boyfriend left your apartment, not without whimpering and crying, as he exited with the long haired girl you caught one last look into his eyes and closed the door, then when a few minutes passed you slumped to the ground in a blubbering mess as Mr. Bear sat silently on the end of your bed

Kyle Spencer (Fixed)

It had been quite awhile since you last saw Kyle, you hadn't even explored the possibilities of dating someone else because deep down you still considered him to be your boyfriend, no matter what

Breathing in and out slowly, you approached the gate to Ms. Robichaux's Academy which had recently became public about the existence of magic and witches, thanks to the current reigning supreme Cordelia Goode

Zoe was waiting outside for you and happily opened the large metal gate, giving you a surprise hug which you didn't mind giving her back

Upon entering, you scanned the huge interior of the building and smiled, you had learned much about what they did here since Kyle was staying and appreciated their work since they gave plenty of young witches a new purpose

You passed Queenie who you stopped for a minute in order to catch up on how she was doing which she was greatfull for, eventually Zoe lead you up the stairs and to one of the closed rooms

"He's been really nervous to meet you again, like so much that he tried practicing a speech and everything!" You couldn't help but chuckle, the thought of Kyle going through lines warmed your heart but not only because of the fact that you reuniting with him meant so much to the other male but also that he was back to his old self, just about

Slightly opening the door ajar, you heard the sound of feet landing readily to the ground then that same pair hurrying towards the door and soon enough you saw the face that they belonged to

Kyle Spencer peeked out from behind the other side of the door, a huge smile across his face as he opened it fully, the two of you embrace in a tight warm hug that moved into the room

"(Y/N!) (Y/N), I missed you so much!" It was such a relief to hear Kyle's voice again, especially the first words since the night that he left being your name, it was enough to bring tears to you eyes, and it did

He currently cupped your face in his hands softly, wiping away any tears that fell as you fumbled with a brown paper bag that you had brought with you

"R-remember this?" You stuttered as you pulled a somewhat worn teddy bear from the crumbled bag, letting it fall to the ground as you shook it back and forth while inching it towards Kyle

He laughed while grinning and as you gave him the teddy bear, he started moving it around in mock dance moves "Mr. Bwear, heweer to remind you that (Y/N) is the bewest boyfwend evwa!" You gave Mr. Bear a couple of noogies on the head and smirked up at Kyle, a smirk that was adjacent to the same one you gave him that night at the fair

"I can't believe you waited so long for me..." Kyle glanced down at his shoes, drawing circles on the floor with the tip of his sole and you couldn't help but feel a rush of grief hit you

"And leave behind the best person in the world? Nah!" Your blonde boyfriend perked up and reached out to hug you which you quickly accepted and wrapped your own arms around his torso, you could hear a soft sniffling noise near your ear, and you couldn't help but tear up again yourself as you got to hold the most important man in your life within your arms again

Jimmy Darling

You were quite apprehensive to attend a freak show performance since it was your first time going but you ended up considering it the best decision you ever made in your life

Unexpectedly you saw one of the most handsome men you'd ever laid eyes on, he wore a red button up shirt and had a very quaint hair style that you would distinctly remember when you came back to the circus grounds in search for him

One of the freaks directed you towards to his caravan and you found him walking around and muttering to himself, most likely practicing his lines for the next show

You felt a rush of heat come over you as the two of you made eye contact, his round white face beaming from ear to ear as he recognized you as one of the audience members who came just the other day

The brown haired male introduced himself as Jimmy Darling, a name you'd become well acquainted with as the both of you began to hang out more and more as time went on

One of your favorite hobbies to do with Jimmy was go to a small pond not to far away from the circus and feed the ducks that frequented the area

Sometimes you would bring bread with you and feed them, Jimmy would attempt to throw a few pieces which he always managed to accidentally toss onto the duck's backs and cause a mini food war

"Jimmy! You know that makes them fight and peck at each other!" "Let the feathers fly!" Softly smacking his back and laughing, after tending to the wild life, you would find a comfy patch of grass to lay your blanket on and relax under the sun

You'd listen to stories about Jimmy's life all day as he'd rant to you about his experiences as a freak, some heart breaking while others heart warming

He didn't seem too bothered by the fact that you were a man and obviously interested in him, he even seemed to reciprocate a lot of your feelings, especially with his habit of giving you forehead kisses

But you were equally accepting of his hands, which you would claim were the most beautiful pair in the world

He'd scoff at your compliment but melt as soon you asked to see them, taking them within your own hands, and shaking your head in awe "Flawless."

During extremely stormy days when the two of you couldn't go out to the pond, you would just hang out with him all day at his trailer and help him with any anxiety that he had about his performances

"D-do you think I'm good enough (Y/N)? I mean its just...I don't wanna be klutz on stage yanno?" "Sssh" Leading him over to the edge of the bed, sitting him down, and looking straight into his brown eyes, your own (E/C) ones seemingly soothing his bad nerves

"I really don't get how the most talented man on Earth, could be so nervous?" You placed your hands on the sides of his head and grinned "You've got absolutely nothing to worry about sweetheart." Aiming to plant a kiss onto his hair, he pulled you down so that your lips made contact with his own

The pattering of the rain outside seemed to halt as the sound of Jimmy's soft kisses making contact with your skin filled the trailer, not a care in the world, or shred of anxiety that could harm the love radiating between you two

[not-majestic-bluenicorn]

Cravity’s League of the Universe Theory UPDATE

Season 3 Hideout: Be Our Voice & The Awakening: Written in the Stars

Hello! My name’s Ori and I write k-pop theories and fanfics and today I’m revisiting my Cravity theory cause apparently I didn’t update for Hideout Season 3 even though I thought I had lol This is going to be a mini update since there isn’t much to add, but let’s get right into it.

Arc 1: Hideout Season 3 Main Plot Points

During the prologue of Season 3 we finally get to see more about Woobin, Seongmin and Minhee. At the beginning they hear their names being called by Wonjin, who’s probably using his power to convince them to meet the others. Then we get to see a little of their private lives.

First Woobin is studying in his room when he spots a dead butterfly and revives it. He then tries to take the elevator to leave his apartment building but he ends up getting too scared and gives up; the instagram account also confirms his fear of elevators. He then presumably leaves to spend some time at the arcade. From Minhee, we get to see how carefully he cleans and takes care of his room, making sure even the smallest object is in place, before his alarms sound and he has to get ready to leave. 

[Gif: Woobin picks up a dead butterfly, the scene cuts and we see the butterfly flying again.]

Seongmin is at the bus stop at night, waiting for it. We know from the Instagram posts he doesn’t want to go home so ends up choosing to go to the arcade and he forgets his cellphone. Minhee finds the cellphone and upon touching it discovers Seongmin’s plans and goes to meet him there. At the arcade, Seongmin struggles to play with the dart, but when he closes and opens his eyes again, suddenly he’s nailing every single shot.

[Gif 1: Minhee picks up Seongmin’s cellphone at the bus stop and has a vision of Seonming playing with darts and failing all his shorts.

Gif 2: Seongmin is at the arcade playing darts, he closes his eyes and after he opens them he does a perfect shot.]

Minhee arrives during this and gives Seongmin his cellphone, which is when they notice they both have similar stones. Woobin also notices this and joins them. They notice Seongmin’s injured hands and Woobin heals him, revealing his power to them.

[Screenshot: Woobin standing with his back to the camera. His arm is up as he shows Seongmin and Minhee his stone.

Gif: Woobin grabs Seongmin’s injured hands in his and his hands start to shine as he heals Seongmin. The scene fades to white with the light coming from his hands.]

After a cutscene, we see the other six at their hideout. Wonjin is explaining that Seongmin and Minhee are a year younger than them and that Woobin is his and Hyeongjun’s classmate. He also mentions already calling them and Allen adds that he’s dreamt of them as well. Finally, the three of them arrive and introduce themselves.

[Instagram screenshot: A picture of a table with pictures of Minhee, Seongmin and Woobin sprawled on it. The caption reads “The friends from Allen’s dream that he talked about. Friens that Allen introduced to me. I’m sure they could hear my voice will they? Finally today! #photo taken by Hyeonjun

Screenshot from Epilogue: The nine members sitting around a table in their hideout.]

In the epilogue, they’re all spending time together at the hideout. Wonjin and Taeyoung are talking. Seongmin is repairing something for Hyeongjun. Serim, Jungmo and Minhee are with Revue when Jungmo tests Serim’s power by asking him what is the color of the third cloth in his wardrobe. Serim correctly guesses it’s a purple hoodie. We also confirm Jungmo’s ability to communicate with animals. Finally, Woobin is asking Allen if he can predict which team will win tomorrow’s game, to which Allen responds that’s not how his power works, before they’re interrupted by Seongmin asked to be healed by Woobin.

The scene cuts to them playing a board game. Taeyoung tries to cheat by freezing time but Hyeongjun discovers and stops him. Suddenly, Allen looks up and all the lights around them begin to turn off before they look at the camera and the final light goes out. Then, Allen wakes up to Woobin calling him. Finally, in the Hidden Film we see all but Seongmin and Minhee celebrating their graduation.

[Gif: The members look around as the lamps they were using for light start to turn off on their own.]

What is happening?

Before we update the character profiles let’s talk a little bit about what’s going on. First of all, they’ve finished reuniting and Hideout is over just as we had predicted. This means the stasis stage of the story is over and now we need a trigger. While I think that The Awakening: Written in the Stars is sort of a little break while they work on the next part of the story, because we didn’t get any films or updates on the Instagram account, I also think that the title has more meaning to it than that.

First of all, the simple phrase “the awakening” already feels like a trigger because the word itself alludes to the start of something. I also think it might be literally referencing Allen waking up from the vision he has in the Season 3 Epilogue. Yes, I’m pretty sure the whole last scene is a vision, and while it’s a little different, it does preserve that 4th-wall-breaking aspect we’ve seen in some of his visions before, so it’s not a stretch.

What does this mean for them? Well, simply put, danger is coming, and whether they like it or not, they might have to start learning real soon how to better use their abilities. To be honest, I’m still not sure Starship is gonna go full superhero on them, because most of their powers are very passive, but we’ll see!

Updating the profiles

Now that we know a bit more about our last three characters, let’s summarize what we know and then make a list with their powers.

Minhee

He is an extreme perfectionist, to the point that every single thing must have its place and it seems that he has a very detailed routine to keep order in his room. We can also see that he has quite a lot of alarms that establish the order of his day. He doesn’t seem to have an adverse reaction to disorder though, and simply seems to enjoy the act of keeping his space clean and perfect, because we don’t see him do that with the hideout.

[Instagram screenshot: A picture of a perfectly organized shelf with the caption “Neat and tidy. Finished cleaning up my room.”]

Seongmin

Seongmin hates being home, to the point we don’t even get to see his house in any of the videos. He doesn’t mention it in the videos but he’s pretty verbal about it in the Instagram posts. It is quite likely he has a bad relationship with his parents and he seems to wander around a lot. He is also extremely prone to getting injured apparently. Someone help the lost puppy.

[Instagram screenshot: A picture of Seongmin sitting on a bench at a bus stop with the caption “Not yet... don’t wanna go home like this, should I go there again?”]

Woobin

Woobin lives in an apartment complex and he seems to be a good student. The one thing that definitely stands out about him is his fear of using the elevator. It’s still unknown if it comes from any particular elevator-related trauma or if maybe he has major claustrophobia caused by something that isn’t specifically related to elevators. However, he’s pretty terrified of them and although he’s been trying to overcome it, it hasn’t worked for him at all.

[Instagram screenshot: A picture of Woobin’s hand as he presses the button to call the elevator with the caption “Please, just for today...”]

The powers

Finally, the list:

Serim - People-focused psychometry, he obtains information about others, seemingly by accessing their knowledge and memories. So far his ability has only been seen with the members.

Allen - Precognition through dreams, he has dreams in which he’s able to see the future. All dreams seem to be tied to the members so far.

Jungmo - Animal Telepathy, he’s able to understand and communicate with animals.

Woobin - Accelerated Healing, so far we’ve seen him heal small injuries and bring back to life small creatures.

Wonjin - Telepathy, he can communicate with others through the mind, even if they’re far away. So far his ability has only been seen with the members.

Minhee - Future-focused psychometry, this one is still in doubt since we’ve only seen him use it once, but he seems to be able to see the future of the person who last touched the object.

Hyeongjun - Legit, no idea, what is your deal, child?

Taeyoung - Time stopping, he’s able to completely stop time for everyone else except Hyeongjun. He can continue moving and doing things normally when he does it.

Seongmin - Enhanced accuracy and precision, again this one is still in doubt since we’ve only seen him use it once, but he seems to be able to perfectly nail every shot he makes.

Conclusions

Cravity might actually be in danger, depending on what Allen’s vision meant. One thing is for sure though, the story is starting to move forward. On the other hand, someone help me with Hyeongjun, I accept suggestions.

[slade-neko]

Saw this video game tag thing pop up on my dash a few days ago. Wanted to do it.

1. First game you played obsessively? Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I believe I was 5yo. Still waiting on that FF7 Remake treatment.

2. A game that has influenced you creatively? Writing, drawing, etc. Well if I play a game and like it, then I'll create sims of it. Does that count?

3. Who did you play with as a kid? My brother from the day I was born.

4. Who do you play with now? My brother FROM THE DAY I WAS BORN.

5. Ever use cheat codes? I wasn't lying when I made this post. {link}

6. Ever buy strategy guides? Yes! Mainly to look at the artwork though. (Don't need no guide!)

7. Any games you have multiple copies of? Lots of games, most being Left 4 Dead with 6 copies (3 Xbox 360, 1 PC case, 2 PC digitally.) What can I say, its a GOOD GAME!

8. Rarest/Most expensive game in your collection? Gold cartridge Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (maybe that's rare?)

9. Most regrettable purchase? I don't regret my purchases, but I have received games I have never played like Cubix (PS2) no clue where that game came from, but I have it somehow. Madagascar (Xbox 360) came with my Xbox 360, never opened it from its case. And Monsters Inc. Scream Arena (Gamecube) or something... it was a gift.

10. Ever go to a midnight game release or stand in line for hours? No, because then I'd have to interact with people.

11. Have you ever made new friends from playing video games? I'm only friends with people BECAUSE of video games, so yes.

12. Ever get picked on for liking games? No, that'd be ridiculous.

13. A game you’ve never played that everyone else has? Probably a lot, I'd say Call of Duty, but I technically played CoD 1, 2, and 4. The campaign mode was alright, but I don't really care for CoD games at ALL.

14. Favorite game music? Koji Kondo and Grant Kirkhope are two BIG ones.

15. If it was a requirement to get a game related tattoo, what would you pick? Triforce is the most basic option, but I'd rather not get a tattoo.

16. Favorite game to play with your friends IRL? Super Smash Bros. Brawl with hacks, but that was over a decade ago.

17. Ever lose a friend over a game? No, that'd be ridiculous.

18. Would you date someone that hates gaming? No, that'd be RIDICULOUS.

19. Favorite handheld console? PSP. 3DS is great, but PSP Monster Hunter has ALL of my portable gaming memories. Like playing in school after End of Grade tests with my friend.

20. Game that you know like the back of your hand? Sims 4 I like to think I know everything about Left 4 Dead. Quite a bit about Monster Hunter, more so of a series though than a specific game.

21. Game that you didn’t like or understand as a kid but love now? I'd say Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. I loved it as a kid, but had a lot of complex pen & paper RPG mechanics that I never understood. I understand a lot more of it now, but its still complex as all heck. I just know you hit things, they die.

22. Do you wear game related clothing/accessories? That's the only thing I wear.

23. The game that you’ve logged the most hours into? Not sure so I'll list a few. Sims 4, Smash Bros. Brawl, Monster Hunter (its a series though), or Left 4 Dead

24. First Pokemon game? Leaf Green

25. Were you ever an arcade game player? No, don't like paying to play.

26. Ever form any gaming rivalries? No.

27. Game that makes you rage? I don't get mad at games, but I had a custom modded Hard Eight mutation in Left 4 Dead that is absolute bullsh*t!

28. Ever play in a tournament? No, because then I'd have to interact with people.

29. What is your gaming set up? A giant wall of video game consoles spanning from NES to Switch, 4 TVs, but I sit at a desk with a PC.

30. How many consoles do you own? "I own every console that's ever existed." - I Don't Play Games When I Play Games (My STRENTH) original song by Smooth McGroove BUT no seriously I own 32 consoles including handhelds.

31. Does the 3DS and/or Virtual Boy hurt your eyes or give you headaches? Yes. 3DS gave me headaches though I only really played with the 3D feature in Ocarina of Time 3D. I think my eyes broke because I couldn't get my 3D to work very well after.

32. Did you ever play a game based on your favorite show/cartoon/movie/comic? Sure I play games based on a lot of things. Literally any anime game. If I had to pick Dragon Ball Xenoverse is kinda like a dream Dragon Ball game. Oh, Attack on Titan 2 is pretty neat too!

33. Did you ever have any bootleg games or plug-n-play games? Some SEGA plug-n-play thing once. Played it like once and now its lost to time (or my closet.)

34. Do either of your parents play video games? Yes. Mom and Dad played NES Super Mario Bros. My Dad went HARD at that game until he saved the Princess. Then he quit forever.

35. Ever work in a game store? Or do you have a favorite game shop? "Hi. Welcome to Gamestop!"I never want to hear that again, but it was my main store until I went full digital/ online orders.

36. Have you ever shed actual blood, sweat or tears over a game? No, I don't tend to get upset or emotional, but Bill dying in Left 4 Dead made me pretty pissed.

37. Have you played E.T. for the Atari 2600? Do you think that’s the worst game ever, or do you have another nomination? Never played it. I don't really play "bad" games, but maybe Sims 4.

38. A game you’re ashamed to admit that you like? The Sims 4

39. A sequel that you would die for them to make? Dragon's Dogma 2 WHICH I think is actually in development, so I'd have to say Fallout New Vegas 2. C'mon Bethesda you cowards, hand the keys back over to Obsidian so they can make another good Fallout game!

40. What to you think of virtual reality headsets or motion controls? Two part question, two answers. VR Headset to immerse in world, yes. Motion Controls, no.

41. A genre that you just can’t get into? MOBAs and MMOs. I don't like paying to keep playing.

42. Maybe it wasn’t your first game, but what was the game that started you on your path to nerdiness? Nintendo 64 opened me up to what video games could be as a kid. Sad to say my parents' NES didn't really do that for me. And years later Fallout 3 was a big game changer for me too.

43. Ever play games when you really should have been concentrating on something else? Every day of my LIFE.

44. Arcade machine that has consumed the most of your quarters? None. I'd rather emulate.

45. How are you at Mario Kart? Pretty dang good. 3-STARS MARIO KART WII, BABY!

46. Do you like relaxing games like Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon? Yes, both of those. I preferred when Animal Crossing had more character to it. New Horizons looks so pretty, but feels so bland compared to classic AC.

47. Do you like competitive games? No. Not really. Usually amongst friends or if I can get competitive against AI Bots. I love my machine bot friends cause they don't cry like 10 year olds when they lose.

48. How long does it take your to customize your player character? Too long. I've seriously restarted games because I wasn't happy with my character's appearance.

49. In games where you can pick your class, do you always tend to go for the same type of character? Yes, I am always the magic man, my brother is always brute warrior, and my friend is the ranger.

50. If you were a game designer, what masterpiece would you create? I don't really know. Honestly, I'd rather mod already good games to make them better than create something completely new.

51. Have you ever played a game for so long that you forgot to eat or sleep? No, that'd be ridiculous. But I've had a friend fall asleep playing games at my house 3 different times and currently dozes off during our Minecraft sessions. So, maybe that's not a completely ridiculous thing after all.

52. A game that you begged your parents for as a kid? Kirby 64 apparently. My brother tells me we had to count out pennies to buy it. I must've been too young with no recollection, but I believe it.

53. What’s your opinion on DLC these days? It's good if its not in the game's files from the beginning and is actually developed AFTER launch... and pre-order bonuses should be standard DLC a month or two later. Some games have content lost to time because of that pre-order bullsh*t.

54. Do you give in to Steam sales? Of course. If you want a game and its on sale then why not? I typically wait just for Steam sales to get games.

55. Did you ever make someone you hated in the Sims and did mean stuff to them? No? I typically make people and characters I like in Sims. I've made villains like Dio, but he's an anime villain and I don't really HATE him despite the horrible things he's done.

56. Did you ever play Roller Coaster Tycoon and kill off your guests? No. Never played that game.

57. Did you ever play a game to 100% or get all of the achievements? I try to for all the games I really like.

58. If you can only play 3 games for the rest of your life, which ones do you pick? The Sims 4, Skyrim, & Fallout: New Vegas. Mods make them live forever. Left 4 Dead and Monster Hunter are good choices too.

59. Do you play any cell phone games? Those aren't games.

60. Do you know the Konami Code? No? But I'll take a guess. Is it make an IP and forget it exists?

61. Do you trade in your games or keep them forever? Keep forever... even the bad ones.

62. Ever buy a console specifically to play one game? PS4 Pro for Monster Hunter World. It was basically for early access since the PC version was being developed and releasing after PS4, but I don't like waiting.

63. Ever go to a gaming convention or tournament? Sort of. Been to anime cons and walked into the gaming tournament rooms only to walk out less than 10 minutes later.

64. Ever make a TV or monitor purchase based on what would be best for gaming? No, but I'm going to be doing that soon, hopefully.

65. Ever have a Game Genie, Game Shark or Action Replay? Did it ever mess up your game’s save file? GameShark for N64, PS2, Gameboy, and Action Replay for Gamecube, DS, 3DS. And no not really, I would cheat responsibly... but there was this one time at school my friend and I borrowed another friend's Gameboy game, loaded it up with my Gameshark, tried playing, it crashed, loaded it back up, save file corrupted... we just stared at each other jaws dropped, "Here's your game back, dude. Make sure you don't play it til you get back home!"

66. Did you ever have have an old Nokia with Snake on it? No, but I remember seeing them on billboards in the game DRIV3R on PS2.

67. Do you have a happy gaming-related childhood memory you want to share? Every game I play is filled with happy memories (mostly.)

68. Ever save up a ton of tickets in an arcade to get something cool? These tiger plushes. My brother got white and I got orange. They were the coolest. Got a butt load of tickets from some jackpot spinning light game thing as I was good at the timing with repeated jackpot hits.

69. In your opinion, best game ever made? I've played quite a few masterpiece games, but to pick one, I'd say Fallout: New Vegas

70. Very first game you ever beat? Super Mario 64. I was a mere child on a Sunday morning and ate celebratory pancakes made by my Dad.

Wow, that was long... I get the feeling this was supposed to be a "send me ask with numbers" thing, but answering all at once is more fun.