sweetjisu

[sakosai]

CEMEFLOWIAN

— a gender connected to snowy cemeteries, wilted flowers, and the faint sound of piano. Can also be related to ghosts/spirits If the user wants it to be.

Pronoun suggestions:

Snow/snows/snowself

Frost/frosts/frostself

Grave/graves/graveself

Rest/rests/restself

Petal/petals/petalself

Wilt/wilts/wiltself

Notes/notes/noteself

Coined by The Presence!

[creativemaniacshenanigans]

Murknawgnibird

A Fusion of: Medibird (TF2 Freakshow), Cawgnito (PalWorld), Murkrow (Pokemon), and Boneknapper (HTTYD)

Gender: 50% Male & 50% Female

Element: Mystery, Neutral, Normal, Dark, Flying, Ghost, Ice, Ground, Fire, Water, Bug, Electric, Psychic, Steel, Poison, Fighting, and Dragon

Capabilities: Insomnia, Super Luck, Prankster, Stabilize, Eject++, the ability to mimic voices, Billowing Flames, Bone Armor, Thunderous Roar, has a silent movement, Armor Sonic, Relentless Attacker, Clubbed Tail, Telepeck, Hooligan, Musclehead, Ferocious, Burly Body, Brave, Lord of the Underworld, Lv. 1 - 175 Lumbering, and Lv. 1 - 175 Fishing

Resident to: Neutral, Ghost, Grass, and Dark

Immune to: Ground and Psychic

Natural Diet: They're Carnivores. Heck! Even before decorating their territories and themselves with bones

Enemies of Murknawgnibird: Meowkstar, Gilgobleye, Gabruittertail, & Scavoarpod. Only to fight for anything sparkly such as gemstones, gold, silver, and platinum

Natural Habitat (Even in NightTime): Caverns, Abandoned Laboratories, Normal Forests, Towers, Nearby Villages, Soaring in the Skies, Autumn-Themed Areas, Mountains, Canyons, in Islands, Cemeteries and Graveyards, Grasslands, Riverbanks, Wetlands, Beaches, Ruins, Prairies, Nearby Towns, Mines, Painted Forests, Rocky Areas, on Crashed Aircrafts, Nearby Bridges, Between Bridges, Abandoned Mansions, Dark Temples, Abandoned Factories, Nearing at Lakes (Along with Ponds, Waterfalls, Fountains, Rivers, Ponds, and Seas), in Parks, Deserts, Arabian Towns, Volcanic Areas, Snowy Areas, & Marshlands

[uncannyarcade]

Snowycemeterygender, Snocemigender, or Snowcemic: A Xenogender that is connected to the imagery or feeling of being in a cemetery or graveyard while it is snowing or from when it has snowed. It can feel cold, dreary, unreal and/or peaceful. It can also be a locogender, biogender, or even a scenegender.

[fizzingwizard]

So I played Snowy Escape this week! It’s my cup of tea! I watched LGR’s review (and Plumbella’s too) and yeah, as usual, I agree with both of them. The pack doesn’t give us a lot that’s really new, especially in terms of gameplay, and I really wish there had been even small interactive moments aboard trains and ski lifts. However, I also agree that it’s a really aesthetically beautiful pack. The way tourists who haven’t gone to Japan yet think of Japan might be like Tokyo Shibuya area, or Osaka shopping streets... but uh, Tokyo and Osaka are only two cities in all of Japan, and pretty much the entire rest of the country isn’t like that. The majority of Japan’s tourist attractions are nature- and history-based, after all.

The big question for me was just how touristy “Mt Komorebi” was going to come across. Sims is pretty noticeably America-centric, and Western culture is the norm. They put out Jungle Adventure and it’s like stepping into a 90s action movie. The most progressive thing you can say about the locals in that pack is that, due to being governed by the same rules that apply to all Sims, they don’t come across “different” enough to be straight up othered. The area they live in, of course, is underdeveloped in spite of the “culture” skill, and very much is meant to be an exotic adventure for Indiana Jones.

Komorebi’s not that bad though. I was impressed at first by the amount of detail there seemed to be. I never expected we’d get space heaters and kotatsu and nabe in-game without downloading CC. Taking off your shoes to go inside, using chopsticks, sliding doors (which I’ve wanted more of for SO LONG), are all true to life as well as modern and also just nice to have. There’s some weird bits, like how when sims sit at the kotatsu they don’t sit on their knees, their legs just disappear into the floor... I guess we can assume there’s a hole underneath (which is the case with some kotatsu just not usually the at-home kind). I also would have liked more every day interactions, like doing homework at the kotatsu or watching TV or even taking a nap.

The patterns for yukata/kimono are pretty awful though. The more understated ones I can live with, but anything with a splash of color is a fashion disaster.

The look of the houses in the towns are really nice. The interiors, not so much, but that’s easier to fix than the facade and landscaping for most of us. The non-interactive backgrounds areas really do look like Japan. It’s a pity we can’t explore it at all. (I would have LOVED just one interactive conbini. That’s one Japan staple that it’s simply weird to leave out. They probably figured conbini wouldn’t have anything the vending machines don’t have, but personally I’d rather have conbini than vending machines. Unless they made it rabbit hole, in which case fuck it)

Also liked the snow festival and the lights festival. It’s true there’s not a lot to do at them, other than take pictures, and it was really hard to get good pictures with my sims in them... When I went to snow festivals, you could do things like light candles in little snow cubbies, or have a meal in a kamakura, etc. That would have been nice. Otherwise it’s just look at the pretty sights and make normal snowmen. Same with the lights festival - it’s gorgeous, but... They do have food stalls but the variety is limited. You can get four different kinds of yakisoba and ramen but no okonomiyaki, no ikayaki. There’s no festival games. I’m currently festival-starved due to covid-19 so my hopes were a bit higher. Still... like I said, I enjoyed them. I guess I just like pretty things. And I do spend an inordinate amount of time just taking pictures of my Sims doing things anyway xP

The Youth festival is pretty dull. It seems more like a not!Pokemon festival than anything else. The crepes, however, are great. Also it’s really WEIRD that the koinobori (the carp flags) are out all the time, like a normal decoration, in the city. That’s one culture thing that I think got confused.

So as far as it goes... it’s not as touristy as I expected it to be. I give it props for that. It’s definitely still got a vibe of “non-Japanese foreigner goes for a visit,” as in, I think if a Japanese company made a Sims game with Japanese players in mind, they’d have done a ton things differently. But we got a more robust cultural depiction than we ever have before, so, nice.

The winter sports are fun! I weirdly didn’t get bored even though like LGR says, it is just watching the Sims do the same thing over and over again without any player interaction. That does suck but is also par for the course with Sims 4. Since I play multiple Sims at a time, it’s easy for me to stick one on the bunny slope and just let them ski until they level up while I do something else with another Sim :P (Sims is more fun when you cheat!)

The onsen is a let down. It’s nice, sure. It’s just a spa though. And it’s WEIRD that you can have sex in the onsen while other people are in it, even children, and they are not freaked out, but you can’t skinny dip in front of children. All they get is an uncomfortable moodlet afterwards because now the onsen water is dirty x’D I wonder if that’s an oversight that will get tweaked in the future...

However, onsen is very pretty too. I would have liked a smaller building and better landscaping with two or three hot springs to pick from. Also, there are gendered entrance curtains, but they don’t actually divide Sims by gender and all lead to the same place... I guess it’s good to have for pictures at least. If you want to put in the ladies room and mens room doors you could easily make his and hers as well as a mixed hot spring baths. I think this is one we just have to let the Sim builder greats take on.

So HIKING is awesome! I loved it! It’s relaxing for me. Some might find it dull, but it’s really just so pretty, and for me brings back a lot of memories. Hiking in Japan is pretty much like that (although a lot more mountainous of course). It’s somewhat dependent on your graphics settings - mine aren’t that high so like the bamboo forest vanishes as I cam through it.. can’t get that sense of really being inside it. Also when I came across the cemetery I had my spellcaster try to Necrocall the one grave that has interactions, but it didn’t work, even though the option came up. ?? I was expecting some sort of cool ghost. Oh well.

I’m interested in climbing. I don’t have Fitness Stuff so I never did it before. It’s way more boring than leveling the winter sports though. But I think the mountain climb will be worth it.

There are little kodama and sprites you can come across and interact vaguely with. I’ll accept that as a Ghibli nod. It’s more cute than cultural but it’s also a bit of fun surprise, though I haven’t noticed any real effect beyond a moodlet. (Was told one gave me a present but I couldn’t find it in my inventory so I think it was just the moodlet.)

Also the bugs!! That’s very Japan! And you can buy insect repellent hahaha that’s a level of realism I didn’t ask for but will take

I’ll talk about lifestyles and sentiments too. I don’t need them personally. The sentiments are kind of nice to see, but they’re predictable. You get the same ones if you do certain things. They give you a moodlet when the Sim shows up, which I guess I do like, but... tbh it’s damn inconvenient sometimes. For ex, I played by Tsubasa family to explore Mt Komorebi, and I noticed many conversations were inexplicably becoming “awkward.” The reason was - even though no one was saying or doing anything flirty - Kurogane and Fai were getting in the mood by just looking at each other thanks to sentiments, and Sakura and Syaoran were like -___-; I mean, it’s hilarious, but also annoying!

Lifestyles... eh. So far all my Sims just get the same ones. They all seem to get Adrenaline Seeker just for playing winter sports. Also I find the pop-ups warning me when a Sim’s going to lose their lifestyle annoying, and if a Sim gets a lifestyle I don’t want for them, it’s annoying to watch their mood change for dumb reasons like “didn’t spend enough time outdoors today.” It’s the same concept as traits. It’s kind of nice that you can change them around by doing different things, and since we’re limited to three traits I won’t say no to more (for example, instead of giving a Sim the “Loves the Outdoors” trait, you can try to get the Outdoorsy lifestyle and use the trait slot for something that influences their personality more). But all in all I find my Sims still just act the same as usual and the gameplay is all in pop-ups, so it’s just not exciting for me.

Also had a glitch where Sakura would take off her shoes to go inside but when she went out, she put on a pair of snowboots that I never even equipped her with, and she wore them with every outfit. Editing in CAS didn’t help. A reboot did though.

So pretty much, I definitely think they could have done more with this pack, BUT that’s been the case with literally every pack since the base game. There are no expectations for me anymore, that’s why I really just genuinely like this one. I’m happy they picked North Japan rather than Tokyo or Osaka, I think we got a lot more detail because of that.

[kcrabb88]

What if Raoul de Chagny was a woman?
A series featuring the major events (and a few things in-between) from the Phantom of the Opera, with a gender-bent, lesbian Raoul (and a bisexual Christine). ALW based, with Leroux elements.


Scene 8: Christine and Philippe worry for Raoul’s safety. As anxiety mounts, Raoul and Christine lose themselves in each other. Christine goes to see her father, looking for a way to move past her old teacher and the grief that has long kept her in the shadows.


Except, someone’s waiting for her, and that someone has been watching.


(Or The Graveyard, pt. 1).


She gazes around at the silent stones marking the dead and steps inside, making for the simple tombstone near the front of the cemetery, Gustave Daae etched into cold marble. She kneels in the snowy grass, putting down the flowers and running her fingers across her beloved father’s name. It should be warm because he was warm, but graves are not warm things, even if her memories are nothing but. It’s strange, how graveyards are such quiet, cold places, when the people they’re meant to memorialize were so full of life.

“Hello, Papa,” she whispers. “I need your help.”

Part 12 of She Was Bound to Love You

[mexican-frankenstein]

Get To Know Me Tag ❤️

I was tagged by my love @baepsaeyoung​ vuv

nickname: I don’t really have one lol I do like going by my initials tho cause it honestly sounds similar to my name

gender: demiflux/demiboy

zodiac: Libra

height: 5'1

age: 24

time: 6:10pm

favorite bands/ solo artists:  MCR, The Beatles, Marilyn Manson, BTS, BIGBANG, 2NE1, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Biosphere, In Love With A Ghost, World’s End Girlfriend, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Sisters of Mercy, Depeche Mode, London After Midnight, Paralysed Age,, I mean bottom line, I’ll go from old shit to edgy to classical music to kpop to those lo-fi chill beats videos you see all over youtube in a span of 1 hour alkdsfjaklf

song stuck in your mind: Agust D by Agust D

last movie i saw: Hercules

last thing i googled: dnd player handbook 5e pdf

other blogs: I have too many side blogs lol let’s see.... I have an art blog, reference blog, art vent blog, 2 aesthetic blogs, inspiration blog and sideblog my wife and I run about Jin which is @myloveforseokjin​ for anyone interested lkasjflj

do i get asks: not really but on the occasions that i do it’s nice vuv

why i chose my username: It’s a mix my two interests (mystic messenger and bts lol)

following: 551

average amount of sleep: depends,,

lucky number: 3

what am i wearing: t-shirt + jeans

dream job: in art or music, maybe even film, anything where I can create be happy with my job you know? To just get paid well and be financially stable and have a house with my wife lol

dream trip: I don’t really have one to be honest, I mean anywhere outside of the US really lol to get to see and experience a new place you know?

favorite food: Lasagna

play any instruments: guitar, piano/keyboard

favorite song: currently Outro: Tear

play(ed) any sports: only in PE back in grade school

hair color: dark brown, looks close to black but you can see some light brown bits when I’m in the sun

eye color: brown, not super light but not dark either if that makes sense?

most iconic song: oh man,, I’m not sure tbh,, but Bohemian Rhapsody is coming to mind so I’ll go with that lol

language you speak/ are learning: English, Spanish, I took 3 years of french I only retained like 20% of what I learned lolol and I’m currently learning Korean, I still got a lot to learn but I’ll get there lol

random fact: I got my driver’s license on a Halloween

describe yourself as aesthetics/things: quiet rainy days, loud stormy days, cloudy windy days in the evening that makes everything look like a pale cold blue, quiet forests, carnival lights, blue, purple, or red LED lights, snowy cemeteries, lavish victorian mansions with dark or pastel interiors, spiked jewelry, a garden full of different types of flowers and greenery, empty parking lots at 3am, autumn leaves, sweets, museums.

I tag: @ghostqveen

don’t have to if you don’t wanna of course ^^

[clownguy]

holiday tag meme

i was tagged by @matchangel thanks son i lov ya

Rules: Tell us your holiday favs and tag 10 people!

Name/Nickname: jason

Gender: dude

Favorite Cold Weather Drink: hot chocolate

White or Colored Holiday lights: colored, duh.

Favorite Winter sport: i don’t like sports

# of blankets I sleep with: one or two, depending on the weather. my room is above the garage, so it can get really cold sometimes.

Preferred Holiday Confection: PEPPERMINT BARK BABY! and i know confections are sweets but latkes are so fucking good brah.

What I’m currently wearing: i’m wearing my pajamas, which are a blue sweatshirt and grey pants.

Preferred snowy weather activity: do snow days count? it’s fun sleeping in late and watching tv with my sister while eating warm food.

Last thing you baked: i baked depression cake but god that was a while ago. it’s called depression cake because it’s a recipe that was used during the great depression NOT because it’s something you make when you’re depressed.

Homemade gifts or Store bought Gifts: store bought

Favorite Holiday Movie: elf is the only holiday movie i really like besides the nightmare before christmas, but i consider that as a halloween movie. we watch that 24 hour marathon of a christmas story every christmas and it’s not my favorite but it’s certainly not christmas without it.

Open Presents Morning or Eve: morning. we have a really set routine every christmas where we open presents at my aunt’s house, dad and i go to the cemetery, and then we head to my other aunt’s house for more fun and food!

Favorite Holiday Song: all i want for christmas is you, but the my chemical romance version because i’m an emo bitch

i’m not gonna tag anyone since i don’t like choosing who to tag so if you wanna do it just say i tagged you!