#serendipitous timing

[zerolostwalks]

If you receive this, you make somebody happy! Go on anon and send this to ten of your followers who make you happy or somebody you think needs cheering up. If you get one back, even better!

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[randombitsofrandom]

Found this on a walk today right when Love In Paradise came on

[oodlyenough]

dutifully investigating bagel cop and the camera every single time for three games paying dividends rn good god

[daily-hanamura]

[evilfarmin]

fellas is it amatonormativity to tell your brother he smells..

[sysig]

Moving out of concept art and into what’s Actually Done! Showcased here are a couple expressions for both pets so far with their dialogue balloons - mostly pulled from NPC references, but I did get a screenshot of my pet in-game using it in reply, not just in Kinzchat! So cute <3

They’re both introducing themselves here with the names I’ve given them, but I really wanted the process to be as Webkinz-like as possible, with a few extras :)

Which started with being able to pick pet pronouns! Thinking about it now, Webkinz doesn’t ask for player pronouns, does it? :0 But I wanted that to be an option too! It was...something of a process to go from one set of adjustable pronouns to three, especially as I haven’t played with any Ghosts that give you the option to assign both the character(s)’ and player’s pronouns! I had to give it a fair bit of thought of what to check against and how to not have them interfere with or overwrite each other (which did happen early on lol), but I got it! Only took a couple hours of frustrated-sleepily hammering away haha

These screenshots were taken pretty much back-to-back - the only thing changed here is what shell is being used, and shell-checking has come in soooo clutch here ahh, thank goodness ♥ Many and big thank-yous again to @cherryistired​​ for helping me troubleshoot menu shell-switching! Exactly what I needed, am very grateful :D

My original concept sketch of this process was perhaps a little overconfident in what I could accomplish for my first time playing in code lol; I have seen custom pronoun-setting though! And I think I probably could do that, but multiple pronouns... Again, I think I could, but... The name of the game was limiting my scope (lol) to see how many Different things I could implement in short order, so I’ll gladly take my three sets of pronouns and pet names vs. player name and go haha

It’s also a bit funny to look back on this little Diamond - I really haven’t drawn her much! Kind of loosely following Webkinz’ style, her face looks especially silly I think haha

I’ve also got my main menu balloon looking rather fabulous imo ✨ Technically there’s two - More and Back - and most of the features are Very Much in the Coming Soon To A Ghost Near You phase lol, but they’re all {bracketed} up to be filled in as I get their assets made :D There’s still a few placeholder pieces here and there - especially since I haven’t gotten to inter-Ghost communication just yet. Everything in its own time!

I ended up having a lot-a lot of fun with naming and renaming, I went a little silly with Just How Many reactions the pets could have to their names haha

They’ll refuse to be named after any of the Hosts directly, and they’ll give you a side-eye if the name is Close To but not Quite a match haha

The mischievous expression has gotten an awful lot of use already! Although I’ll probably change the “Nu-uh!” expression to something else once I have an alternative that fits better - I need that gradient-to-mad expression set so bad!

And although they won’t accept NPC names, you can name yourself after a Host, and they’ll react! :D There really is so much flexibility for Easter Eggs like this ahh, it’s fun!

All told, I ended up playing the most in Bootend, Menu, Nameteach (hgh), and String, although I’m realizing now that maybe a lot of the stuff I put in String belongs in Word...? It’s all been OnFunctions anyhow, and it’s organized in a way that makes sense to me but is perhaps not as intended lol - nothing says I can’t go back in and move some stuff around, as long as it continues to function properly haha. I’ve kept my error log neat and tidy!! As many times as I’ve broken something, I’ve fixed it thereafter! :D It’s a very satisfying process ♪

[sorceresssundries]

in other news I got this through at pretty much the exact same time as horrible anon.

Sorry lads, looks like you're stuck with me for a while.

[vaperarmand]

I just know Eric and lbf hanging out in CA (!) had Assad going feral but outwardly he’s all “fun show? x” in their texts while biting his thumb nail and bottom lip off. The Armand of it all!

the armand of it all ....... if these elaborate rpf scenarios were a cartoon there would be steam coming out of his ears while he typed this and when they texted back like "yes haha so fun too bad you missed it!" he would have dramatically crushed his phone in his fist

[velvetpantylines]

Support group for people who’s f/o is a total goofball in bed, an absolute weirdo, and very few existing imagines match their unique sexual energy

[lemondoddle]

Tim has a lot of time to think these days, of if things had gone differently. Of the entire ordeal, yes, but mainly if a certain series of events had changed:

If Tim had gotten in his car, lingered with his key in the ignition for just a moment too long and let out a heavy sigh, going back inside to release Jay (maybe just his legs. Hands after they talk.)

If Jay had gotten the upper hand and found the campus first. He would've investigated that chair falling over.

If Tim had investigated that chair falling over.

If Tim had received the voice-mail.

If Tim hadn't left the door to Benedict hall open.

If.

If.

If.

He knows it's not healthy to dwell, to obsess over what's said and done.

But some days he can't help but stare at the no longer functioning camera that he never got around to putting away.

He can't help but stare and wonder what if.

[hazelsluck]

happy boopin'!

[vestaclinicpod]

Oh, I have another question! Hopefully not a silly one. From what I've observed, Sec usually cannot "see" anything that isn't on his own screen. We've heard him interact with various microphones, and even the venacraft's imaging systems, but I don't think we've heard him interact with cameras?

Fae's willingness to explain what things look like for him is of course convenient for the audience, which I assume is the foundation for this decision. But on an in-universe level, I'm curious (if I'm not just wildly misremembering/misobserving), whether or not he *can* interact with cameras (missing drivers etc.) or if there just aren't any around for him?

Not a silly question at all! A great question and something I had a big think about when first writing the show!

As you have very correctly noted, Sec can access a range of different systems including the scanner and other imaging. Anything that he can connect to, you best believe he is peeking at! (RIP Dr Underwood’s emails)

And, yes, it is convenient for characters to describe what’s going on because we’re working in audio! However, the main reason Sec doesn’t have a camera feed running at all times is because he’s in a clinic room and patients are in there all the time in various states of undress, having various bits +/- pieces prodded +/- poked! Even if most alien species have wildly different opinions about nudity as a concept, Sec was installed by a human who wanted to protect their patients’ dignity as they understand it.

I also think that Sec has such a vast array of information at his disposal at any one time, he really doesn’t miss 1920x1080 pixels of the same clinic room every day! But, certainly, he has a built-in camera, he’s just been advised to not use it unless requested or the humans will get twitchy!

Thank you so much for asking!! We love a bit of Sec lore!

[rozugold]

If-if Di!Tommy and Dream are the same height, and Di!Tommy is the SHORTEST of the Tommy's. Is. Is Dream SHORTER than Tommy?

Okay, well my original answer was no but now I’m really considering saying yes… Not only is their height difference a little funny, it’s also just really heartbreaking to me cuz it just shows how much Tommy shrinks into himself when he’s around Dream, to the point where he’s shorter than him when it’s usually the other way around…

[wizardfvcker]

JAY stopping by to say i love u & to comment on how stronk and powerful you are AND to let you know that im proud of you!! also to fight you for grunkle stan but thats a separate matter

HIII ELISE

THANK YOU THIS IS SO SWEET....... ;A; cherishing you and your words so deeply

ALSO AOWNAHVAGWHEHDHHF it's okay stan has 2 hands..... and also a twin broth(i am immediately shot)

also this is unrelated but i must apologize for ransacking ur hxh tag there Will be more of this in the future though

[paperlovesadness]

No, because I'm not over processing "Now & Then" and freaking out about what a perfect epilogue it is for the Beatles, but also what a perfect homage it is to John & Paul's friendship. And how much it feels like destiny.

The words "Now & Then" have so many strange ties to these boys. Because:

-> John's last words to Paul (during a meeting that no one could expect was their last) were: "think about me every now & then old friend".

-> John was murdered in December 1980. In February of 1981 a friend of Paul's - fellow musician Carl Perkins spent a week with him, participating in a recording of a song for his album. To thank him and Linda for their hospitality during the time, the night before he was meant to leave, Carl sat down and spontaneously wrote them a song titled "My Old Friend". He played it to them the next morning and Paul started crying and had to leave to gather himself. Linda McCartney then assured Carl it was okay and thanked him for helping Paul, because he had problems facing his emotions about the attack before that. And then she stopped and asked him "but how did you know?" and Carl had no idea what she meant. She explained that the only people who knew what John's last words to Paul were was her and Paul himself. And then she revealed what those words were. Carl had no idea, but he ended up accidentally including them in that song.

The chorus of that song went as follows:

My old friend, Thanks for inviting me in My old friend, May this goodbye never mean the end And if we never meet again this side of life In a little while, over yonder, Where it’s peace and quiet My old friend, Won’t you think about me every now and then

Paul then insisted on recording that song with Carl Perkins, which they did - and recalling that story later Carl said that Paul felt like that song was sent to him by John through Carl.

-> By now we all know the story of how this "new" Beatles song came to be - After John's death, Yoko found a demo tape of songs he never completed, that she then handed over to Paul so that him, George & Ringo could record the last new Beatles songs in 1995 as part of an anthology that was being released. (they wanted to record new material, but had promised never to do so without all the members included. So using these demos was the only way).

There's lots of places that claim the tape with the demos had "For Paul" written on it by John - but admittedly, I haven't actually seen a source quoted. Still - the fact that one of the songs on that last demo of new material they ever got from John was titled with some of the last words he ever said to his best friend? The lyrics of that song being what they are? Come on.

(It very much also just felt like a song for Paul to me. With how complex that relationship was - how intense all the emotions were - through love and diss tracks to still calling each other best friends while they weren't on good terms. Missing each other).

Then - destiny working the way it did, not allowing them to record that one track in 1995 because of the awful quality. Making it so that it was their actual last song in 2023. Because only now did the technology allow for seperating those vocals and fixing them up so that they can actually be used.

Like are you kidding me??? It was that one. The one that felt most special.

-> Bonus fact. The back of the record sleeve has a photo of a special art piece on it - from George Harrison's collection. One that provides another serendipitous moment in connection to these words:

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And I'm just supposed to be alright with all of this?????????

[jimmyspades]

Rehearsing a scene for a first-season ep of The Blacklist