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[phopollo]

It's Stex cartoon idea content time again

Today I bring you guys;

Family Photos

Find these bad boys somewhere in Rusty (& Momma), Greaseball, and Electra's rooms (respectively)

These were spurred on by the thoughts of "how do they decorate their rooms?" Followed swiftly by "Well if Rusty has a family photo somewhere in his room........... what does family mean to Greaseball & Electra as his foils?"

So teehee, enjoy some of my thoughts, and feel free to share with me if you have any thoughts as well, and/or don't be shy to ask if you have any questions bc I want to talk about my Stex cartoon idea so bad

[mythandral]

You know this is the right choice Let's switch off together Let's flow to no more Goodbye, goodbye to everything

[legendaryrooftopscene]

Platonic third Pol to ArmTankhun’s relationship. Does anyone see my vision. He’s aromantic and incredibly happy to be along for the ride. They all sleep together with Tankhun in the middle of a bodyguard cuddle sandwich. Tankhun and Arm never let him feel like he’s a less important part of the relationship just because his love is platonic instead of romantic. Arm is just happy that being with Tankhun didn’t come at the cost of his best friend. Pol isn’t romance or sex repulsed, he just doesn’t feel the need to participate in either thing. He will accept some cheek and mouth kisses, though, since it makes Tankhun in particular so happy, and naturally he’s a cuddle monster (man is giant, he’s perfect for hugs). He’s the best man at their wedding (for both of them) and they get him his own wedding ring that he wears on a chain around his neck. Does anyone SEE MY VISION.

[raventrigonsdaughter]

Hmmmm thinking about Agathario wenclair crossover fic happening after wednesday season 1 and canon divergence with the ending of aaa... i have many thoughs

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

No but David Kaye was literally perfect in TFA. He’s great for a younger take on Optimus, especially since he pulls off young serious stern hero whose willing to die to save others, whose also sassy

He's such a good sweet and genuine boy and I love him so much and I'm so happy for him every time he gets to cause problems on purpose for sentinel. TFA Optimus is only smug when its EARNED and the show does such a good job of making you root for him because everyone is SO mean to him and you're just waiting on the moment when he stops holding his tongue and really fucking lets em have it.

Literally just "aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just wanna go apeshit?"

[beatupcorpse]

asked for waht character I should whump, I was given CNMN and I tried my maybe best

also I made liquid come outta him bcuz i need something. yes I could've done oil, but color-coded stuff is more fuuun

[tiredaalienn]

New stuff for Saiki K x hnk!!!

Specifically inspired by @lu-kario ‘s au were kusuo is a lunarian hehehehe ( it's the new design here hehehehehe)

[oflorien]

final form celebrían ?????, from florals and pastels to wearing black because she's mourning her former self.

[spotaus]

Thinking about Orchid and her connection to my take on Gender (because this was meant to be about her and the Crew but it just devolved into a character analysis kinda??? More trauma-dumping maybe???) This is very much an oc/personal rant so feel free to ignore it 🫡

So, Orchid started off as a character I didn't really think much of (hear me out this is going to be relevant) because I wanted to add a 'girl' character but didn't know what to *do* with her, y'know? She was always going to be the strongest one there, she had the odds stacked in her favor with her parents. She was always going to be the gloomy side-character to match Reset's energy. But I think she's gone through every stage of Generic Woman I could possibly find.

At first she was angry and abrasive (think Fell!Sans) where every other word was a curse and she was likely to throw the first punch then laugh as she kicks her enemy while they're down. This was when Reset was a cartoonishly self-centered villain whose goal was simply to prove others wrong. Then Orchid became a sort of sisterly figure. This was short-lived, but she was the one comforting people who Reset would torment, but would ultimately follow his orders, because at this point he was actually a danger and sadistic. And then there was the phase where the story mellowed out and she became the token Goth Girl who, yes she was strong, but was heavy on the 'whatever' energy. Then there was her Era of deep self-loathing and anxiety about her worth that held her back and made her a much more timid and meek character who would only lash out on occasion.

Now, Orchid is the best of those iterations I've written yet. She's calm, level-headed, and a natural leader. Her father raised those traits into her. But she's very reactive, and can be silly, and when she's comfortable it's likely that air of importance transforms into something more comfortable and familiar. She laughs loudly and grins wide, she likes loud video-games but loves to read in the quiet. She's extremely disciplined, and normally no one can get through her tough exterior besides her best friend, Reset. She does what she does for her own enjoyment, sure, but she's thought of every angle and makes her choice to help Reset and control the others with her whole chest. She still worries she won't live up to her invisible expectations, and that and her loyalty are her two driving forces.

I know that Orchid is important to me because she's the longest-running female oc I've had. I have a rough relationship with womanhood/girlhood and I know looking back that Orchid recieved every ounce of my distaste for being a woman that I could shovel into her. That never made her less of a character, she was actually always one of my favorites, and rarely was she a 'punching bag oc'. I just... projected onto her a lot. And she's a good sign of how I've learned who I am. I've decided that my own femininity is something I could live without. I'd rather not associate myself with it, and I'd like to leave it in my past, focusing on a future where I'm not tied down with any gender roles or expectations. That won't happen, but I've come to terms with it myself. Orchid though? I figured out through her that I don't have to hate women characters. My own distaste for my circumstances doesn't mean I have to push it onto my characters (on God I've never expressed anything rude to actual people, that'd be rude as hell and uncalled for, but I have a bad habit of disliking fictional women in media). So, Orchid is a well-roubded character finally. She has motivations abd goals and a *lot* more depth than I ever expected her to. She's happy with being a woman, she's content. She's not treated differently for it in unfair ways by those she cares about, so she doesn't mind it. She likes to wear pretty outfits and lets Reset add bows to her ribbons. She doesn't let being a woman hold her back in the slightest.

So, yeah. Orchid is one of my babies. If I ever leave this Fandom behind for good, she's one that's coming with (Ichor, Orchid, and Pretender all have human designs I can use elsewhere lol-) but in the meantime I'll just rotate her around in my brain for a while longer.

If I'm right, she's been with me for nearly 5-6 years and I went through a *lot* with her as an outlet. So, she's kinda just like an old stuffed animal. A lil ripped, matted fur, maybe a stain or two, but there's a story there and that makes it important beyond belief.

[sibyl-of-space]

Troubleshooting & repair of an old camcorder as a distraction from some life stuff: installment 1

So a close friend gifted me some broken old camcorder that doesn't work anymore because their mom was like "do you know anyone who would want this garbage" and they rightfully said "yes" and shipped it to me.

Don't yell at me about testing electronics on carpet, the actual electronic things are on a rubber mat, and also nothing is plugged in right now, I am grounded when I work on it, and also yeah ok I have terrible habits too bad.

Camcorder in question: Canon ES8400V 8mm VIDEO CAMCORDER

Symptoms: doesn't turn on at all. However, this could just be because the AC adapter that's supposed to charge it is dead. I'm hoping that's the case because that's a way easier fix than the camcorder itself.

Steps to troubleshoot:

Well in an ideal world I would have a different AC adapter to try and hook it up to. The manufacturer one has an output of 8.4V 1.5A and I don't seem to have anything remotely close to that lying around. Like the connector looks proprietary but I could pretty easily just solder the connector to a different one just to prove that it works, but I didn't have anything like that.

Next up was of course to open it up because I like opening things up. I wanted to look for any obvious signs of like blown capacitors or broken solder joints or whatever. Really obvious physical issues.

Nothing like that showed up, it looks very normal on the inside and there weren't any obvious symptoms of which parts may have failed over the years. That very obviously does not mean it still works but sometimes you can open something and immediately spot the problem, not the case here though.

But here's a picture just because it's always fun to see what the insides of things look like.

So I finally bought a multimeter which is something that I probably should have done a million years ago. I bought the cheapest crappiest one from home depot. Any electrician on Reddit would probably go off for five paragraphs about how terrible this multimeter is. For my janky DIY purposes, I can't really be fucked to spend more when this one probably works fine for what I'm doing.

Anyway I plugged the adapter back in and hooked up my multimeter and it read... 5V.

Decidedly not 8.4V or remotely close. My hunch is that this is the problem, it's literally impossible to charge this thing on the adapter I was given so for all we know the camcorder itself works fine.

The #safe and recommended thing to do at this point would be to buy another AC adapter at the given rating, but that's boring and I want to learn more about circuit boards so I want to see if I can at least learn to figure out what failed components may be the problem here. Which means my next step is actually going to be a lot of research and learning.

Some very quick duckduckgo searching brought me to the following resource, so I'm going to dive into this and see if it helps: https://www.repairfaq.org/sam/aapsfaq.htm

Will update again after I've either learned something, found something, or given up.

(If it turns out that the camcorder works fine and all I have to fix here is the AC adapter don't worry I still get to try and fix a camcorder later because I have a different old camcorder that has an audio issue I'd like to troubleshoot. But that's for another day)

[cyberphuck]

@satans-codpiece your robot boyfriend is radicalizing the EVs again

[sempiternal-peculiarity]

Awww they like their new toy🥹

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok & Neelix should have been in charge of an away mission with other people relying on them. The morale would have been WILD. Away Team of Hell and NOT because of the mission I'll tell you that. There's actually absolutely nothing that goes wrong with the mission itself but the interpersonal stress is enough to make everyone who was on the shuttle need to sleep and be alone for twelve hours after and half of those hours are stress dreams. Just before the shuttle reaches the ship the climax of this subplot commences with the whole away team talking about how annoying they both are and how they're driving them CRAZY!! and then something happens and they all work together and put it behind them and get along and turns out Tuvok & Neelix actually ARE good leaders in times of crisis etc. Then, after the ship lands and everyone says their see-you-laters there's a shot of Tuvok & Neelix, looking at each other before starting down the hall. After a moment of silence Neelix is like "You know...I think ensign Jacobs was exaggerating about your tone of voice. It's not grating. More cutting I'd say, and that's not a bad thing at all!" and Tuvok's like "Thank you. And may I say I also believe lieutenant Bule was remiss to label you as 'scatterbrained' given the state of his work station..." and the last shot of the episode is the two of them officially made up again by fade-out complaining about how no, it's the children that are wrong.

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 124

aint that just the way though huh

[sevenines]

the raising the barn + back to the kindergarten combination is BRUTAL, and knowing that for the first one lapis was initially written so harshly that the rest of the crew said to dial it back? and then lapis and peridot were never seen exclusively in future it was so dire for them

[ilovedthestars]

I am abusing our friendship (affectionately) just to spam you with yet another ask game ask for 18. please imagine a little kid constantly putting quarters in the gumball machine bc they like the colors but it's me putting asks in your inbox bc your little deleted things are fun

[madjoy emoji] bardic i think you're really getting into the tumblr gremlin spirit. great job

(Fic writer asks)

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

Here's a bit from the end of Salvage or Repair. This is one of those moments where the characters wouldn't say that Out Loud, but it's the underlying sentiment that got revised into something that would make more natural dialogue:

“Tell me you didn’t come all this way just to be stuck here again. You shouldn’t have to die a pointless death here.” “Neither should you.”

Also, okay, just for Persistence you get one and a half answers for the price of one, because digging through the OUYU cuts folder again i found this longer alternate start to chapter 4:

The return to the deployment center is uneventful. I anticipate that due to this contract being cut short, I will be stuck in a cubicle for a long time awaiting my next assignment. Instead, I receive a new assignment 39 hours later. I am retrieved for inspection and deployment. I am the first to pass inspection, and I wait to be packed for transport as the other units are brought in one by one. When Unit 8891 is brought into the room, its eyes scan the row of waiting units until they catch mine. When the techs aren’t looking, it smiles.

and as much as i love the one-two punch of the end of chapter 3 leading into the start of chapter 4, i am........seriously considering editing the fic to put this back in because i genuinely like it a lot. maybe tomorrow stars will decide to go through with that and this will no longer be a Deleted Scene