#scg meme

[zelterxc]

im going to draw every single one of the beautiful disasters from the post. this is part 2 of probably five but i am DETERMINED. stay tuned holy shit.

featured here are those of: @shaddytheguyislazy @scarfedghostcompany @4-r-y @missyzero @party-cat-anthem @knuxmanic @ghostlover17 @enthusiastic-confusion @war-noodle @littleroundpumpkin 

[solarcyclistgem]

That conflicting feeling when you wish there was a 4th season of TFA but, if it weren't cancelled, the events described in the Allspark Almanac would've sunk your OTP

[scgdoeswhat]

Beckett ;)

Also tagging @buckett-harrington @lady-kato @queen-among-writers @brightpinkpeppercorn because I haven’t been this extra in awhile and I’ve been waiting FOREVER for the perfect time to use that frog meme 😂😂😂

Send me a character and I’ll tell you how I feel about them via memes/gifs

[island-delver-go]

SCG with the relatable content

[scgdoeswhat]

I'm in the midst of finishing a Tyril and Renata fic... and art...

...and a Beckett and Clarette fic...

but send me things!!!

As usual, anon is on.

Fanfic Writer Asks That I Want To Be Asked - also I’m procrastinating on editing so here we are...

1. who is the hardest character for you to write?

2. who is the easiest character for you to write?

3. How do you know if your writing is “in character”?

4. Where do your story ideas come from?

5. Do you tell the people in your life that you write fics?

6. What has been the hardest fic for you to write?

7. What fic of yours makes you the most emotional?

8. What is a scene you wrote that you are most proud of?

9. Is there one character that you refuse to write? why? 

10. When you write fics, how much of canon are you willing to ignore/skip over?

11. Do you prefer to be cold or hot when you write?

12. What is your ideal writing area?

13. How do you come up with your titles?

14. How do you come up with chapter titles?

15. At what point in writing a fic, do you decide to quit?

16. How much of your personal life do you put into fics?

17. What is the most supportive comment you have gotten?

18. What is the most negative comment you have gotten?

19. How do you handle negative comments?

20. What story that you have written makes you the happiest to re-read?

[joan-deactivated20230204]

man the scg scaling back all its content thing really is a bummer bc like. while i know “magic is dying” is a meme & all that. i really really value having the competitive angle of content creation, and losing that does actually feel like it could sunset my interest in magic. my main engagement with the game is through competitive articles, podcasts, videos & so on that go deep into metagame developments and the strategy and theoretical part of the game, bc thats the thing thats the most interesting to me, way more than actually playing at this point. if thats totally lost its gonna be a huge bummer, and if the resulting world is one where 95% of mtg content is vorthos and commander and “community drama” stuff... its just not for me :/

[luthienebonyx]

Does the Aussie Coffee Verse count for the head canon meme? I am slightly obsessed with it.

It definitely counts! I already did some for it here, but here are some more:

6. As a consequence of things I mentioned in #5, Jaime has been to way too many cricket matches, and has had to do way too many unofficial business deals in corporate boxes at the SCG (the Sydney Cricket Ground, not to be confused with Stargate Command) and so he DETESTS cricket. Cersei detests that she was never given the opportunity to detest cricket.

7. Brienne is not going home in the same way that she came to Australia.

8. Brienne’s aunt in this universe is someone who’s been mentioned in canon.

9. All of the stories in this ‘verse use a different Writer’s Month daily prompt as their theme, since it started as a series of prompt fills. After the current story, there are four prompts remaining - or possibly five if I decide to do an epilogue.

10. One of the remaining prompts is “flowers”.

Send me a name of a fanfic I wrote And i’ll give you five facts/headcanons about it!

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

2011-2014 australian tumblr throwback post:

- KISS ME KATUT! RHONDA AND KATUT BEING THE MOST FOLLOWED AD COUPLE FOR FUCKING CAR INSURANCE. YOU’RE HOT! LIKE A SUNRISE! RHONDA!!!!

•*french accent* budget... budget.. *aussie accent* budget love, budget direct insurance!” and people trying to figure out that weird “relationship” between the “french” woman and the “aussie” guy in that ad

•the iconic “dad why did they build the Great Wall of china?” “to keep the rabbits out. because there’s too many rabbits, in China.” for telstra broadband internet.

•gifs of every Chris Lilley character ever.... but mostly jonah takaluah and j’amie king.

• gif compilation posts of every dumb thing that Today show host Karl Stefanovic said or did on live tv. also some videos, like that shark report one and the “big stick thing” conversation where Karl and the newsreader stand in guy Ben Fordham (I think) had to walk off set bc they couldnt stop laughing. also that gifset of Karl chasing seagulls at like the SCG or something and his co-hosts Lisa and Richard (the celeb gossip guy) were like “he’s chasing his dreams down there, isn’t he lisa?” “no richard, he’s just chasing the gulls 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄” (Karl is finally leaving the today show as of 2019.)

•oh, gifs of the today show’s weather man Stevie Jacobs always getting attacked by animals on set. poor guy had to quit (or at least I think he did)

•Steve Irwin gifs- especially the gifset where he’s bitten by a snake and goes on like nothing’s happened.

•dangerous aussie wildlife posts/masterposts

•thewisepickle and haaave-you-met-ted were the premium Australian humour blogs

•also tumblr users pizza and australiansanta

•obvs night blogging being blamed on aussies

• Australian tumblr post collections done in parts

•that south Australia vine with a dude with an akubra (aussie hat) on, dancing drunkenly in front of a huge sign saying “welcome to south Australia”

• Australians ominously adding “HAVE YOU EVER, EVER FELT LIKE THIS? HOW STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN WHILE GOING ROUND THE TWIST?” to random posts

•the whole of tumblr (bar aussies) who were freaked out about our weird kids shows like “round the twist” having an ep where a dude fell in love with a tree (weird enchanted tree episode) and another ep where one of the kids had a fish dick that helped him win swimming carnivals or whatever

•Australian being mortified about no one in the world apparently knowing what fairy bread was/is

•the various political leadership spills we’ve had over the last few years.

•that “if Harry Potter was set in Australia“ post

•those 10,001 different posts having to explain aussie slang. people writing big passages in Australian slang and people being like “are... are you sure that’s in English?????” and there’s a gif from finding nemo with dory and marlon holding each other

•oh yeah: “fish are friends, not food.” and the like catchphrases. possibly memes from “the castle” or posts about being forced to watch it during English or legal studies in years 10 to 12, along with Muriel’s wedding.

•speaking of school, HSC & ATAR memes from kids who did hsc and received atars in the timeframe covered in this post

•the world being mortified that aussies called McDonald’s “Maccas” and the like 40th anniversary ad of maccas being in Australia having to be explained bc no one understood what it meant bc they used words like “ambo”, “Ute” and idk the name “Damo”

•OI CIGGY BUTT BRAIN! and it’s related video

•anons asking aussie blogs what “bogan” meant

•aussie capital city aussies vs other countries pronunciations posts

•that totally notorious and untrue “we’re only here to fuck spiders” post. I’m aussie LITERALLY NO ONE SAYS THAT! THAT WAS A FAKE POST!

•Australian weather posts- like that one day where some places got up to 50 degrees centigrade and some presumably American blogs told us to calm down until they realised that 50C is equivalent to like 128F or whatever. and then the Americans were like “how the FUCK aren’t you burning alive, my dudes?” and the aussies were all like “sheer persistence, mate.”

•that “australians don’t fuck.... they MATE” post

•actually that post about australians being prisoners bc they were convicts or what-the-fuck-ever it was and then a gif of Sheldon from Big Bang theory saying “it’s funny bc it’s true.”

•gifs/screenshots etc of the original Kath&Kim. especially the “baby JESUS kim! NOT BABY CHEESES! 🤦🏻‍♀️” scene. another main one was Sharon going to the freezer for a billabong and kim saying “none left” and Sharon saying “nothing goes right! 😭”

•people screenshotting random australian police department posts bc they’re funny and meme related. then posting them on here. (this still happens)

•idk probably some other weird/clever Australian tv ads are thrown in the mix somewhere aside from Rhonda & katut, the budget direct ad and the Telstra ad mentioned at the start of this post.

•that gifset of Hugh Jackman at a red carpet event where he accidentally stumbles into one of his old PE students who was a cameraman at the event.

•aussies randomly running into either of the famous Hemsworth brothers in Queensland on their off time with family and people being like “do y’all just find the Hemsworth’s out in the wild????”

•speaking of the Hemsworths: that post that reminds everyone that action man Chris “I’m Thor of asgard and the avengers!” hemsworth starred in saddle club, a tween show about the bitchy world of equestrian club girls. 😂 ~HELLO WORLD THIS IS ME!!!~

•aussie men being like the hemsworths or Hugh Jackman or steve irwin... and apparently being super attractive and funny. nope.

•Margot Robbie appreciation after the wolf of Wall Street. cate blanchett getting some mentions, probably. there’s probably some posts floating around about how either of them started on either of the prime-time soapies of the 90s & 2000s: neighbours (I think that’s Margot) or home&away and now they’re bad ass women in Hollywood kickin ass and taking names. I can’t remember though.

•DROP BEARS/KOALAS!!!! HOW THE FUCK COULD I FORGET DROP BEARS/KOALAS!!!!????

•also that audio post that had the sound of kookaburra call and every tumblr user that wasn’t aussie was terrified and the aussie’s were like “ah, just like home. it’s not that bad”

•when tumblr and/or buzzfeed found out about the quokka

•people being surprised that aussie public schools had school uniforms. (probably idk) 🤷🏻‍♀️

okay idk what else... feel free to add more!

[zelterxc]

My goodness That sonic oc meme has over 3000 notes. I wonder how many other oc abominations it has inspired.

I’ve seen a lot more and I have half the mind to do an abomination compilation Part Two ™ if I can dig them all up

[scgdoeswhat]

Beckett ;)

Thanks for the ask @lady-kato 😘

Send me a character and I'll tell you how I feel about them via memes/gifs

[beardfulstrix]

Making the cut - ‘the Big 3′

As per my previous post, I’m giving serious consideration to ‘settling down’.  Currently, I have at least six viable, established modern decks I could pick up (rising to about 10 with a bit of creativity and making a few key purchases).  And the temptation to keep running them all in some sort of random rotation has proved too hard for me to resist thus far.

But I want to be a better player.  Part of that is just being a better player ... studying more, learning more of the cards that I don’t play with but that are features of the decks I’m facing.  Slowing down in making my decisions.  Reading my opponent’s cards more thoroughly so I understand their impact beyond just the current board state.  Acknowledging which cards in my opponent’s deck I’ll need to account for in sideboarding - and making a note so that I don’t blank when it actually comes to sideboarding.  I need to do all of these things better - because, I am not a very good Magic the Gathering player at the moment.

The other thing I need to do is to become proficient in the decks I’m playing.  And that means narrowing my ‘go-to’ decks to the ones that I either really, genuinely enjoy playing (even if they aren’t the strongest decks in the meta), or those decks that I feel have a chance of posting a winning record, and that I have some experience in playing.

So, how to choose.  Firstly, it’s worth categorising the decks I have access to.  I’m using three categories:

1)  Fun (decks I just enjoy).  These may have win equity but I like them mainly for their play style.  Mostly, non-tier.

2)  Solid (decks that can post wins in most fields).  Usually acknowledged archetypes or decks that have free-win percentage against certain other decks.

3)  A bit of both (decks that I enjoy playing but that also are known decks with reasonable win chances)

In camp one (1) I have access to:

- Colussus Hammer combo - Eldrazi & Taxes - Death & Taxes (Mono W) - GW Hatebears - Martyr Proc (mono W) - RG Eldrazi (Eldrazi obligator) - Polymorph (transformative sideboard)

In camp two (2)

- UW control (T3feri / Narset / JTMS) - Esper control (Esper Charm / Snapcaster / Cryptic) - Jeskai Saheeli (Saheeli Rai / Felidar combo in Jeskai control shell)

In camp three (3)

- Eldrazi Tron - Mono G Tron - RG Ponza

The first thing you’ll notice is that there are no, what I’d call. ‘obvious’ choices - with maybe the exception of Tron.  What I mean is there are none of the decks that you regularly see competing in the finals of GPs or SCG-tours etc.  No ‘Humans’, or ‘Death’s Shadow’, no ‘Prime-time’ decks or ‘urza’ builds.  That’s due mainly to my bias of not wanting to play ‘tier decks’ and not being a ‘try hard’.  A strategy that I realise I’ll need to overcome if I want to develop a winning record at this game.

You’ll probably have noticed that camp 2 - those decks that are ‘good and solid’ and capable of winning, but aren’t necessarily what I’d call fun - are where I list the control strategies.  Fair to say then, that whilst I appreciate the power level of a good control deck, I don’t consider myself a control-mage.  I’m neither skilled enough to pilot, nor enjoy playing it enough as a strategy, to overcome this skill shortfall.  Safe to assume then, that control decks won’t make it into my shortlist.

Of those in camp 1, I am willing to concede that ‘Colossus Hammer’ is purely a meme deck, so won’t be in consideration.  As for the combination of ‘Taxes’ and ‘Hatebears’ decks - they are capable of winning games but they just seem to be under-powered in the current Modern meta-game and again, I’m not a skilled enough pilot to overcome that shortfall at present. (Shout-out to the taxes decks though for being the ones that taught me most about how to use the stack, and instant speed activation).

Which leaves Martyr Proc and RG Eldrazi in contention for the shortlist in Camp 1.  Both are decks that are hugely enjoyable to play.  ‘Martyr’ being a grindier play style, looking to go into the mid / late game; whilst RG Eldrazi wants to curve into threats such as TKS and Reality Smasher early, paired alongside efficiency from BBE.  All whilst having answers such as Lightning Bolt and Dismember available.

From Camp 3, I think all are reasonable choices.

Mono-G Tron (or big Tron as I call it) is basically an ever-present in Modern.  It has some great match-ups and some not-so-great match-ups.  That will always be the case, but becoming a true Tron-pilot and ‘knowing’ the deck and its match-ups, and having a solid sideboarding guide will be massively helpful in increasing its win percentages. 

Eldrazi Tron is currently right at the height of its success - posting 5-0s online with regularity, having a good deal of representation on the pro-circuit and having some success, even in the face of Amulet Titan.

Finally, my RG Ponza deck.  I have to say, I really enjoy playing Ponza.  I think ... that what I really enjoy are tempo plays.  But, proactive tempo plays, rather than the reactive ones.  For instance, gaining tempo with a Utopia Sprawl feels great.  Whereas gaining tempo through a wall of ‘nope’ in the way of counter-spells doesn’t feel great.  I don’t know why, but I guess this is why people gravitate to certain parts of the colour-pie and certain decks and archetypes.

What I also like about Ponza is that the list is customisable.  Both in terms of being able to play a suite of cards that you ‘like’ - or being able to switch up elements of the deck to respond to a changing meta-game.  Bone-crusher Giant in favour of Scavenging Ooze or vice-versa.  Three Seasoned Pyromancer ... four Seasoned Pyromancer ... no Seasoned Pyromancer.  Stapled on to this flexibility is the core of the deck that is ‘free-win’ against some decks.  Turn 2 Blood Moon, Turn 3 Stone Rain is just too good for some decks on its own.

So what do I do?  Not playing RG Eldrazi means turning my back on my Noble Hierarchs.  Not playing Eldrazi Tron means not having access to maindeck Chalice of the Void. Not playing Martyr Proc means no more full art foil (HOU) Plains ... truly the best looking card art in all of Magic. And not play Big Tron means no more turn-4 Ugins or Ulamogs.

Good choices are never easy.  And so, at least for now, I will go with:

- Martyr Proc - Ponza - G-Tron

As a triptych, I think it offers range.  A scope to adapt to changing meta.  

Tron is the deck I have most experience in piloting and the deck I know best.   It will always be good in certain situations and not in others.  Drawing the right half of its deck, knowing how to mulligan and seeing the right lines of play (when to tick Karn up, versus when to tick him down etc.) will help even in those unfavourable match-ups.

Martyr Proc is very under-rated I think.  There are some passionate aficionados, but outside of that it seems to be considered ‘meme’ more than ‘fringe’.  Of course, I’m not saying it’s a Tier deck, but with recent additions such as Ranger Captain and Winds of Abandon, it definitely has game.

My limited experience with it is that it’s great in mid-range match-ups (of which there seem to be many now).  It has reasonable answers to ‘Titan’ and ‘Valakut’, with mainboard ‘Ghost Quarter’ and ‘Fields’ - as well as the ability to bring in Mindcensors and Leylines from the board.  Plus, crucially, it’s really fun to play.  Sure, there are those games where you curve Martyr into Serra Ascendant and just win.  But there are also those games when you have to use Mistveil Plains to endlessly loop Squadron Hawks as chump blockers until you find your sweeper or have enough lands to forecast Proclamation every turn.  And now, it comes with a built in combo potential thanks to Heliod (THB).

And then Ponza.  With it’s insta-win Blood Moon potential and flex spots.  Another deck that’s really fun to pilot, whilst having the potential to be actively ‘good’ in the hands of someone skilled in its nuances.

As I finish up here, my instincts are that Martyr Proc will be my current ‘A’ choice - allowing me to capitalise on the current ‘mid-range’ prevalence at my LGS, whilst refining the card choice and becoming a better pilot.  And I’ll interchange with Tron and Ponza, to keep up my reps with alternate strategies, but also acting as a nice foil for when the folks at my LGS start to bring specific sideboard hate for Martyr Proc.

Over the next few posts, I aim to share more detail of why I like these decks - my current builds (in a kind of ‘primer’ style approach, albeit with the caveat that I’m not an expert), as well as updating on my FNM results.  I may even fire up my MTGO account again.

Thanks for reading.

Beardful Strix.

[scgdoeswhat]

Sophia Alves

Thanks for the ask @lilyofchoices 😘

Send me a character and I’ll tell you how I feel about them via memes/gifs

[scgdoeswhat]

Jake "nine minutes" McKenzie

Thanks for the ask @zaffrenotes 😘

Send me a character and I’ll tell you how I feel about them via memes/gifs

[scgdoeswhat]

I'm starting my Blades playthrough.

Quick heads up to blacklist 'scg plays catch up' if you don't care.

Also, when typing this up, my autocorrect is always good for a laugh:

Smh lol

ETA: And whoops if I happen to post already done reaction memes 😬 I mean, I haven't been on so I don't know lol

[zelterxc]

i am going to Self Destruct 

presenting: ??????? THE ??????S?? from the ever growing sonic character generator meme oh my god

I dug up and drew as many as i could i know i missed a ton but featured here are those of: mine, @squeakybat @criminalcrow @plebiantologist @rauthrraven @veggiemadness @drawloverlala @fini-mun @spiritsonic @shinyzango @squigglydigglydoo 

they’re all horribly beautiful disasters and i unconditionally love all of them

id Love to shade and highlight these but  No

If you ever do your own, tag it Sonic Character Generator so I can see! or SCG Meme for short!

[zelterxc]

reimaginings of @spiritsonic ‘s SCG Meme result, Spade bc i am in Love. I tried to make him more matching? less crazy colour palette in the 2nd iteration. then for the third i just? Spade the Toxic... toxic warning colours, poison dart frog colours.

I see him as a somewhat shy boy that loves everyone and everything but he cant touch anyone or anything bc his skin is toxic. even his gloves and shoes get corroded so hes left with fashionable glove/sock remains. he can spit poison and tends to get melty in situations of stress. He was probably meant to be someones weapon but that didnt work out so well.