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[mochi-kitty]

DAY 4 THE SMILEY IS BACK THANK GOD WE’RE BACKKKK

[hunn1e-bunn1e]

Demon Brothers - With Flirty Male Reader

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So! While writing this ask I've very quickly figured out that I can't flirt for my life. Thus; this ask was translated into Headcannons instead of my original plan of a split between Headcannons and a Oneshot. I hope you enjoy this because that was a half hour of embarrassment that I can't get back. —Benny🐰

                                                                                                   

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☕ You're either very brave or very very stupid; there is no in between. The audacity that you have to flirt with the avatar of pride: Lucifer himself is absolutely appalling. This poor overworked demon goes through full 5 minute factory reset just to understand what the fuck you just said to him.

☕ Stop. Please, just have a normal conversation with him. It can be about literally anything— A dream you had last night, the breakfast this morning, Beel's Fangol practice, your homework, how you think he should send Mammon to rehab for his obvious Kleptomaniac tendencies... Lucifer will even indulge in speaking about those weird captioned images and short videos that you call memes; just, please... he understands that he's handsome, but make it quick; he has paperwork to do.

☕ Do you really think that you can flirt your way out of a punishment? First Asmodeus and Diavolo (after Asmodeus spent some time with him, Diavolo attempted to flirt his way out of his Princely duties to take a few hour break) and now you? Goodness, he's surrounded by idiots. You're going to give poor Lucifer gray hairs, you know.

☕ Lucifer may let you bargain your way out of facing his wrath, though. He finds the image of you being ripped from your flirtatious facade and forced to think about things that you could offer him as collateral as he patiently taps his fingers on his desk to be on of the most amusing thing he's seen in almost 200 years. He won't lie; your nervous figiting is pretty entertaining too.

☕ Though... you might want to be a little more careful going forward, lest you catch the avatar of pride on a day that he's particularly stressed; he might just take you up on one of your occasionally more... lewd flirtatious remarks. Perhaps he'll put an end to your flirtatious ways with a well deserved spanking? Lucifer is sure you wouldn't complain, given your very clear attraction to him.

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💰 You broke him; the minute those words left your lips he went completely offline. Of course; Mammon thought that you were just making fun of him at first and tried to see of you'd slip up and insult him like so many others have. However, you only doubled down and now, the poor, flustered avatar of greed can barely look you in the eyes anymore.

💰 Truthfully, Mammon can't help but compare you to Asmodeus with how seem to need to add some sort of flirtatious comment into every sentence. Though you're not as dramatic and not at all cruel like his younger brother. He doesn't see your flirting as a bad thing but he can't help but get jealous when you start flirting with his brothers, Barbatos, Lord Diavolo and that angel. You're only supposed to do that sort of thing with him! He's your first man, dammit!

💰 Flirting your way out of being roped into a money making scheme? Pretty unlikely, believe it or not. When Mammon gets a hint of money he's chasing it and no amout of compliments will get you out of being dragged along for the ride. However, you might be able to flirt your way into getting him to take all the blame when the plan inevitably fails. All you need to do is lay it on thick and he's sold. This demon is madly in love with you, he will do anything you ask and more.

💰 While your first man is okay with taking the fall for you in any situation; he expects you to nurse his sore body back to health after hanging from the rafters for 6 hours again. You'll convince Lucifer to give him back Goldie too, won't you? Of course you would, Mammon doesn't work for free, after all.

💰 Mammon may or may not practice pick-up lines in his bathroom mirror. While he's confident in the solitude of his bathroom; once he's face to face with you his anxiety skyrockets and he stumbles over his words like a drunk man trying to navigate a dark room. You have no idea what you do to him, do you?

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🎮 Sorry, he's dead. Unfortunately, you had to go and flirt with this yucky otaku demon and he keeled over and died from overheating. Leviathan blushed so violently that he liquefied his brain and he fainted right then and there, bonking his head on various objects on his way down. Ah... poor guy...

🎮 Please, please, spare this poor man, he cannot handle it. Leviathan is too precious so go easy on him or he may just never leave that little hidey hole he calls a bedroom ever again. He's not brave enough to face you when you're like that! You may be his Henry but it feels like he's gone in too deep now, he can't even look at his beloved Ruri-Chan like he used to because you wrestled your way into her place! Just what the hell are you doing to him!?

🎮 You want to escape one of his long winded rants on TSL? All you need to do is give Leviathan a lovestruck gaze and his brain is fried; then you can make your escape. Fat Chance! As if he'd ever willing let you opt out of letting him share his one of his passions with you! Malfunctioning or not; he'll keep on talking; whether it's just to continue the conversation or to distract himself from you, we still don't know. You'll let him right? Or... do you think he's just a gross otaku afterall...?

🎮 If you do ever get into trouble with Lucifer for whatever reason; just pop into Levi's room and hide under the blankets in his bathtub while he's distracted by whatever game he's playing at the time. His older brother will never find out and neither will he until he stumbles upon you when he's feeling tired after an excruciatingly long raid. Of course, even after he finds you, he won't tell a soul.

🎮 Leviathan may or may not be hoarding various cosplays of characters with flirtatious personalities that just so happen to be in your size. How he got your measurements for the alleged cosplays is information that he will take to the grave. (He actually just asked Asmodeus but he prefers to seem mysterious about for some reason...)

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📚 Are you sure you wanna do that? Do you really want to take that risk? Truthfully, Satan knows all he has to do is amusedly raise a brow and you'll be quite as a mouse. But he finds it funny that you try to hide your fear of him behind that meaningless banter that you keep spewing. He's almost immune to your antics due to his abundant knowledge of human psychology and the time that he's spent observing you... almost.

📚 You'll have to either say something very shocking or tie it in with cats somehow in order to have an effect on Satan. He hangs around Asmodeus far too often (a personal headcannon of mine is that the two are actually very close) to be very influenced by flirtatious or suggestive remarks too much anymore. Usually he'll either raise a brow at you or just send you a teasing smirk. Though if you play into his vast knowledge and offer him a risqué fact he doesn't know, he'll be very interested.

📚 Wanna try your hand at flirting your way out of being on the receiving end of one if his wrathful outbursts? Are you a fucking idiot? Do you have no self preservation instincts at all?? You best get to steppin'; or else Satan will rip your face right off in his blind rage. To be honest, if you do go and try that, you deserve what you get in return for your stupidity.

📚 If you ever get into trouble with Lucifer, all you need to do is go to Satan and he'll harbor you in his room so long as you keep your hands to yourself. Make sure to let him know whenever you plan on flirting your way out of one of his oldest brother's punishments; he'll bring himself some popcorn. Not only will he get to see you embarrass yourself, he'll also get to see you annoy Lucifer; it's a 2 for 1 deal!

📚 If you catch him in a really good mood, Satan might just flirt back at you. Resting his chin on his palm and looking at you with the softest eyes as he lets loose words so sweet you'd think he was made of sugar. He can be really suave when he wants to, he just has to be in the right mood, ya'know.

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🛍 Look, I'll be blunt; Asmodeus hangs out with literal sex demons on the daily, he's heard everything. He's the avatar of lust; he is unfazed. So when I tell you that this man immediately thinks your just wanting to either have sex or something close to it, I'm serious. There is no if, and, but or in between; you guys are either doing the sideways tango or making out. If you don't want that, don't bother flirting with him.

🛍 Asmodeus is 100% unfazed by your flirting. No matter how sweet or raunchy you get, you'll never pull a big reaction from him. It'll mostly just be little hums of acknowledgement, his well rehearsed smile or bedroom eyes. I don't know what you were expecting, to be honest.

🛍 You think you can flirt your way out of doing anything with Asmo? Haha, no, you silly little human, you.~ He'll give you an airy little giggle and then drag you along to either his bedroom or whatever place that he needed to take you originally. Sometimes he'll strait up ignore you and act like you hadn't even said anything at all. Other times he'll use his charms and make you feel guilty for even thinking about opting out of spending time with him. It's a lose, lose situation; or a win, win depending on how much you like the guy.

🛍 You think he'll let you flirt your way out of one of Lucifer's punishments? Absolutely not! Or, at least, not without him giving you a few pointers first. Truth be told, Asmodeus thinks you have almost no rizz (he still loves you regardless~♡) and as the avatar of lust, he feels like it's his job to fix that! Or... at least try.

🛍 Truthfully, Asmodeus will keep you at an arm's length (for a while until he figures out your true intentions) like he does all of his sex demon friends. He believes you only want him for what they want him for; his body and looks. He won't ever show it but it does take a toll on him. He can breath a sigh of relief when he figures out what you really want from him.

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🍔 It's like talking to a brick wall; Beelzebub doesn't get the implications of your words. And why would he? He's far too innocent and thick headed (in the sweetest way possible) to understand something like that. Why do you even want to flirt with this precious man? Are you trying to corrupt him, you heathen!?

🍔 If you want a flustered Beel, you'll have to drop the flirting all together. Say what you need to say in clear message so he can't confuse any meanings or insinuations even if he tried to. And boom. You'll get a cute, flustered giant with flushed cheeks and an angelic smile. He'll be like a school girl with a crush; shyly fiddling with his fingers and giddily shuffling in place.

🍔 Trying to flirt your way out of sharing your food with Beelzebub? Don't. Give him a portion, you stingy bitch. Flirting aside— how could have the heart to say no to this man, you monster!? Back on topic; flirting will just fly right over his head, so I wouldn't even bother. Just give him some of your food, it's not that hard. You'll get a cute, grinning avatar of gluttony out of it, so what's that harm?

🍔 You're trying to flirt your way out of a punishment from Lucifer? Well... Beel doesn't wanna make his eldest brother mad... but he also doesn't like the idea of not helping you when you need it. He's so torn! What should he do! Unfortunately for you, the poor man will be so caught up in whether he should help you or not, that Lucifer has already found you and now you're hanging from the rafters. Please don't be mad at him, he didn't mean to ignore you, it was just a really hard decision for him!

🍔 When Beelzebub "flirts", he usually offers you some sort of food item that he really wanted to eat. He'll take occasional glances to see if you've eaten it or not and to see your reaction to it so he knows what you like in the future. Accept it! Don't you dare turn down a gift from this sunshine, you'll make him sad!

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🌌 Hey, so... you remember how he killed you via snapping your spine like a toothpick. I really wouldn't recommend flirting with him in any capacity. I don't think Belphegor would appreciate you waking him up to flirt or if he's already awake, which is a rarity in it's self, he'd rather you be quite so he can nap. He's just here to use you as a pillow, not to hear you run your mouth.

🌌 The best time to "flirt" with this slightly homicidal demon is when he decides that you deserve to take a nap with him. (Read as; when he decides to sleep on your bed and use you as a pillow.) However; said flirting must be soft and sweet. Gentle praises in a soft voice. Comb your fingers through his hair. Belphie will drift off to sleep with small smile on his face. Expect him to be in a very flowery mood when he wakes up again.

🌌 You want to attempt to flirt your way out of stargazing in the attic for the nth time in a row? Sure! You do that! In fact, Belphegor thinks that your bones are looking mighty crushable right now. Don't get too ahead of yourself, he's not above physically holding onto you and keeping you in the attic until he's satisfied. You're not getting out of this one, hun.

🌌 On the run from Lucifer? Belphegor's got you covered! Just head on up to the attic while he goes to Satan for a hex he can place on the door to keep the prideful demon away. Anything to fuck with Lucifer will have him come running, so keep him informed, okay?

🌌 On some rare occasions, when you and Belphie are alone together, he can be real sweet to you. Calling you something romantic like his north star or something of the like. However, he quickly ruins the mood with an obnoxious yawn. Whether he does that on purpose or not is up to you.

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[adventuringblind]

Possessive

Lando Norris x Reader x Oscar Piastri

Dialouge: "You are ours and ours only."

Summary: Oscar gets possessive during a night out.

Warnings: downright Filthy smut, marking, dom/sub, double penatration,

Notes: This is part of my 1000 follower celebration

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Neither Lando nor Oscar would say they are possessive men. They love each other and their girlfriend, and they know she loves them. It's very difficult, however, to remain neutral while watching another man flirt with her.

He started a conversation while she was dancing with Lily and Carmen during their post race celebrations. She'd politely tried to get away from him but the man is annoyingly persistent.

"Should we help her?"

"Can we do it without punching him is the real question."

"But it would be so satisfying if we did."

"Osc, you scoop the spiders up and take them outside. There is no way you can punch that guy."

The Australian whips around to face Lando. A smug look plastered on his face. "Wanna bet?"

Lando, with no alcohol in his system since he Despises the stuff, agrees. The Brit would soon come to learn never to challenge Oscar again.

The woman in question still looks highly unlikely comfortable and getting more agitated by the second. Relief, however, hits her as Oscar appears behind the man pursuing her and taps him on the shoulder.

"Pretty sure she wants to be left alone." His arms cross over his chest but he still looks as unassuming as ever.

Most people would assume Oscar doesn't know the definition of the word violence. She knows better, though. Her and Oscar had been together before Lando. If it's in the name of defense, he won't hesitate to swing.

"I don't see a boyfriend anywhere. Maybe you should go where you are wanted." The stupid man who can't take a hint seethes.

Oscar takes a step closer, invading the others space. "Seeing as I am one of two boyfriends she has, I think you should step away."

There is silence on the other end. Then a brutal look of disgust. "Well if she's used goods then you can have her, pal."

The look she hasn't seen for years only appears on Oscar for a second. The one that has is inner demons raging. The unflappable, sweet, gentle Oscar is seeing Red.

Only a second before the Aussies fist collides with the other man's jaw, sending him reeling backwards. He's always had a nasty right hook.

She says nothing as Oscar promptly takes her hand and guide her to the entrance. Lando trailing them from where he was watching. The Brit looks a mixture of terror and turned on.

The car ride is silent apart from the loud expressions passed between her and Lando and Oscar's fingers wandering occasionally. The last time he was like this neither of them could walk the next day.

The thing about Oscar, the incredibly calm and unfazed Australian, is that he takes all those emotions and puts them elsewhere. Into sex, specifically. Lando learned this the hard way. His teasing went one toe over the line. He ran out Oscar's patience in a series of events over the course of a week to test the limits.

So Oscar likes control more then he shows. It gives him an outlet, per say. He times and calculates and gets some kind of high off it. Plus it resets him to where he can take whatever shit people throw his way without losing his mind.

Oscar doesn't let go even after they are saftley back in their flat. Instead her body is slammed into wall of the entry way.

"Why don't you tell her what you said Lando. What got you into this mess." The voice he pulls out is the condescending one. The one that makes her knees weak.

"I said you wouldn't punch the guy."

"And if I proved you wrong?"

Lando swallows hard enough for her to hear it. Probably see it also, but her eyes are stuck staring at brown ones that are eating her alive.

"That I would do whatever you wanted tonight. No questions asked."

Lando screwing himself is not shocking. Now, Lando actually doing what he's told? That is even more shocking then when he got drunk. Only once before he decided he hated it for sure.

"Then I want you stripped and on the floor in the bedroom." Silently, the Birt pads away to do as told. Oscar loosens his hold on her body and give her some space. "Seriously though, are you okay? We won't do this if you were any kind if put off by that."

"And miss this opportunity? Absolutely not. If anything to sight of you actually punching somebody has me feral."

"Good. Then let's go find Lando."

Lando, to his credit, is following through. He just looks wicked sad about it.

"Lando? You alright love?"

"Doing what you're told is much less fun."

Oscar rolls his eyes at the pouting boy on the floor.

She was going to ask for instructions. But as she opens her mouth she finds there is no need. Oscar is dragging her to bed. Her clothes are litterally (and unfortunately) ripped from her body. The room is cold without layers, but it won't be for long.

Oscar's lips are everywhere. He kisses, sucks, licks, and bites every inch of skin on her body. Every peice of her knows the feeling of the Aussies warm lips. Every kiss leaves her tingly and every bite leaves her wanting.

"Lando, come here. I think people need to be reminded that she is ours. Would you like that baby? Do you want people to know you are ours and only ours?"

Her brain is too far gone to respond coherently. Lando has already got to work, claiming her where Oscar hasn't already. The Australians voice is gentle, but it's demanding. There is a need burried within it that says he needs people to know she's taken.

"I swear you're just too pretty. Everybody wants you. I'm tired of them not knowing you're already spoken for." Oscar is the next to shed his clothes. Lando's hands have gone from stagnant to touching her like she is the air he breathes. Both males are staking their claim on her tonight. A shared feeling of want for people to know she chose them passes between the two.

Mumbled pleads escape her. Some kind of contact where she's sensitive needs to happen or she might combust.

"Think you can take both of us in the same hole love?" Back to gentle. His need to care for her outweighed the need and desire to have her like this. It makes her agree so fast she gets dizzy from nodding her head so much.

Lando gets to be underneath her. His lips are still attached to her skin. It muffled the moans and tiny whines he's letting out as she sinks down onto him.

"Yiu know, Lando. That guy said our girl is used goods. What do you think? Do you agree with him?"

Lando detaches, his mouth agape. "I can barely get into her mate. I don't know how you're going to. Feels good to me."

"But aren't I used?" She whimpers.

Lando's hand reaches around her front to play with her clit. His large nimble fingers send shockwaves through her body.

"You are not 'used goods' baby." Lando says into her skin. His warm breath sticks to her shoulder. "We love you. We're keeping you. Fuck anyone who says shot like that."

To say she's gushing at this point is an understatement, despite that fact Oscar decideds lube is a smart idea. Now she's even more wet and sticky that she was with just her own self made lubricant.

Oscar takes it incredibly slow. To slow for her liking. But the second he's sliding into her, the friction with Lando, the stretch and positioning of everything. Yeah - it hurts.

Her teeth sink into Oscar's shoulder. Lando's hand is caressing her cheek and wiping away the stray tears that slip down the sides of her face.

It is ridiculous, really, the situation she's in right now. But she can't think as Oscar is cooing praises in her ear and Lando is meticulously puting his hands on her.

They spiral quickly after that. The tension that was in Oscar's shoulders releases as he is finally able to take what he needs. Lando has decended into a mess of moans and thrusting hips.

She is completely at their mercy. A mess of movment. The symphonic melodies of their voices fill the space of the bedroom. Hot breaths stick to her skin over the already present layer of sweat.

The ache in her bones and coil in her stomach rapidly approach a breaking point. She can't even warn them as everything in her snaps and leave her body a flailing mess. The two boys stutter and sink further into the mattress.

Then a silence. An amazing thread connecting all three bodies together.

They stay like that for the next ten minutes. Unmoving. Listening to the sounds of breathing and heartbeats.

"That was eventful."

"No kidding."

"Sorry if I was to rough."

All of them laugh. "Maybe you should apoligize to the guy at the club."

Oscar pulls out slowly, and then Lando lifts her gently off him. Then they actually collapse. Arms outstretched to hold each other close. "We need to clean up."

"We also need to look at your knuckles, Osc."

"I still can't believe you punched him."

Oscar rolls his eyes. "Well it ended well didn't it? I don't hear you complaining."

"Remind me to never challenge you again."

[peonysgreenhouse]

-`♡´- this too shall pass. (lucifer x reader)

summary: the revelation that you might be responsible for lucifer's lost memories weighs heavy on your mind.

tags: lucifer x gn!reader, hurt/comfort, spoilers for chapter 37 of the original obey me!

It was a frightening feeling, knowing the three worlds were collapsing in on themselves because of you. Because of some power you had no control over. It felt like a joke when Lord Diavolo had suggested it, you were still just a human, despite all your connections. Having control over them didn’t mean a thing, you yourself weren’t powerful; demons, angels, sorcerers all had their power from within, you had to rely on others to protect you.  

All this so-called power and what does your body do with it? Destroy.

Not only the three worlds collapsing in on itself; but your own little world here in the Devildom. The world you created through pushing your way into the demon’s hearts; giving yourself wholeheartedly to them that were dismissive of you at best, cruel to you at worst. Over time, they opened themselves up to you, but helping to fix their problems was draining in a way you had never experienced before. Back then, you often wondered what they saw you as: a therapist, a dead sister or a friend?

You knew now of their love for you but…

Pushing a hard reset on everything you had worked to accomplish was painful. Even if it was just losing your pacts, they were an eternal bond that was proof of your capability. 

As if all that wasn’t bad enough, they were slowly losing their memories. Lucifer had already lost his, who’s to say Mammon wasn’t next? The one person who has always been on your side, hurt because of you.

After you had bid Lucifer goodnight, you carry your tired and aching body up to your room. When Diavolo had hugged you earlier you had nearly collapsed. Such a gentle gesture was like tapping at fractured glass. Now you couldn’t ignore the swell of emotions within your chest, tightening like a vice as you traipse out onto the balcony.

The cool air of the balcony stings against the tears forming in your eyes, chilling to the bone. You fall into one of the chairs out there; you can’t recall the amount of times you and someone else had gazed up at the stars together.

It makes you numb for a moment, but then the reality that the stars weren’t out that night hits you; were they hiding from you? Scared that you might pluck them down one by one? 

You pull your knees to your chest, unable to control the tears that fall freely, now that you were alone.

A knock on the balcony door. You grit your teeth, trying to wipe your eyes of tears, it didn’t help, you were gasping for air at this point.

Who is it that knocks?

Lucifer opens the double doors without any acknowledgement from you, as if the first knock was just a courtesy he was affording you. The night air feels familiar in a way he doesn’t understand, like he had been here many times but couldn’t quite place when. It was frustrating, stumbling through the dark when it seemed all you needed was someone to reassure you. He knew he wanted to be that person.

And then he sees you, so small, trying to control your frantic breathing. You look up to him with watery eyes, he feels a part of him start to choke up. Just one look from you and he feels himself soften.

Did you truly have this effect on his other self?

“What’s wrong?” He asks gently, cheeks flushed as he kneels down in front of you. Maybe his other self would cradle you in his arms, he feels the itch under his skin to do something more, but he settles for not crossing a boundary he wasn’t sure of. “You spend all night comforting me, and then leave to spend the night alone?”

His body might know you like a lover, but what about his mind?

“I’m sorry,” the apology leaves your lips before you can think. Lucifer brushes his thumb against your knee. “I didn’t want to bother you.”

His grip tightens. “You’re never a bother to me." For a moment he sounds like himself again. “I may not remember anything concrete but… I know the man in this body loves you. More than anything.”

You blink back tears, “I know. I know.”

“So, why don’t you tell me what’s wrong?” Lucifer pouts, “is it about the…? Your powers?”

You take a moment to compose yourself, breathing deeply through sore lungs. “Yes… I’m destroying so many things and I can’t help it. Even you losing your memories is my fault. Aren’t you mad at me? I’m destroying everything you love!” You sob harder, unable to hold back.

“It’s through no fault of your own,” his eyes look deeply into yours. “In fact, if what they say is true, I believe we have some blame.”

A pause. “But if it wasn’t for me-“

Lucifer smiles, leaning up to cradle you in his arms. “I have no memories of this world. Destroy it if you’d like.” His fingers trace through your hair. “Just let me hold you for a minute. Everything will be alright.”

[glitchy-npc]

51 from the whump prompts?

Lady Argent pays Ricardo a visit after hes been gone a few days. 1021 words, content warning for alcoholism. [A03]

51. “I thought I was better.”

Los Diablos, August 2019

Lady Argent patiently listened to the sounds of multiple locks clicking open on the door to Ricardo’s apartment. After she had asked it so nicely it only felt fair to wait and it was willing to oblige, despite its programming. Machines were often easier to talk to than people, more polite for one, straightforward, and they rarely left you to worry about them. 

Unlike Ortega. 

Striding into his apartment the door slid back into place, locks resetting. It didn’t take long to find Ricardo, the soft snoring a dead giveaway. Staring down at him where he laid sprawled out on his couch, the former Marshal looked nothing like he did at HQ, the cocky confidence he always wore when in uniform, and even less like his airbrushed counterpart from the covers of magazines. Here he looked…fragile. Disheveled hair sticking to his forehead, a day or two's worth of stubble on his jaw, expensive shirt creased in whatever shape he had collapsed in. The smell of alcohol made her wrinkle her nose. 

The sight of him made her heart twinge. It also pissed her off. 

She made no attempt to quiet her footsteps as she stomped towards the kitchen throwing open the cabinet door with a loud enough bang that it should have woken him but didn’t. She filled a glass to the brim with tap water and when she returned to the couch, dumped its contents squarely onto his face. 

She didn’t flinch at the string of spluttered Spanish curses or the lightning that danced around his knuckles as Ricardo jerked back to consciousness. Attempting to wipe water from his eyes it took him a moment to focus on his assailant.

“Angie? What the hell…?” There was far more confusion than heat in his words.

“I think that should be my line.” She crossed her arms over her chest, still standing. It wasn’t often she got to loom over him and she was going to make the most of it. 

“How…did you get into my apartment?” He glanced over at the door that had betrayed him.

“Your security isn’t as good as you think.” She tapped clawed fingers against her own arm, not caring if the sound made him wince.

“So to what do I owe such a nice, unexpected visit?” He tried to push wet hair back from his forehead and throw on a smile, neither of which were very successful.

“Don’t get cute with me Ricardo-”

“You think I’m cute?” This time the smile fit. But Argent wasn’t going to fall for it. 

“You know damn well why I’m here!” She needed to pace if she wasn’t going to slap that stupid smile off his face. “Herald and I have been pulling double shifts because you haven’t bothered to show up to work in days!”

“Ah…sorry about that.” He at least had the decency to look guilty but that only pissed her off more.

“Sorry!?” She stopped pacing to give him an incredulous look until he looked away. “The entire team has been worried about you and picking up your slack and all because you’re what…getting day drunk at home!?”

“Listen…”

“No, you listen! No one wants to go through this shit again! I thought you had quit.” That was only half true. Cut back maybe, at least had it under control. Self control was something she understood intimately. She expected better from him. Maybe that wasn’t fair but what is?

“Look I didn’t exactly plan for this I just…” He trails off, leaving her to pick up the pieces. This isn’t a conversation he wants to have but he's getting it anyway.

“What happened?” Her words are sharp but she sits down on his coffee table to face him directly, no longer looming. “Talk to me.” She added, softer. 

Ricardo’s sigh was heavy as he started to worry at the emitters on his hands. Nervous, vulnerable, Argent wouldn’t want to be in his shoes right now but he got himself into this mess, he can at least try to get out.

“I…thought I was better but…I thought I saw him again…my old partner.” The admission is barely above a whisper.

Argent sighed heavily through her nose. So that was it, a relapse, enough to induce the hallucinations again. It stung more than she thought it would. How long can you watch someone you care about destroy themselves over a pain you can’t share?

“Ricardo…”

“I know what you’re thinking but I swear I was stone sober at the time!” He tried to meet her gaze, to will her to believe him. 

“So what's this then?” She kicked the tequila bottle next to the foot of the couch, finding it empty.

“That was an experiment…a stupid one.” He scratched the back of his neck, looking even more sheepish than he had before.

“I won’t argue that, but you're going to need to explain it.”

“I guess I thought that…maybe if I was drunk I could force it, prove it wasn’t real. Just my brain playing tricks again.”

“You’re right, that is stupid.”

“Y’know with the whole tough love thing there's supposed to be a little bit more of the latter…” He chuckles a little and it doesn’t sound fake.

“That I’m here is proof of that.” Matter of fact, no need to get mushy about it.

“You’re right and…thank you Angie, for checking in on me. I’ll get my head back on straight, I promise.”

“I’ll hold you to that.” She reached out to touch his knee, giving it a gentle squeeze. She wasn’t normally one for physical contact but he needed it. Maybe so did she. 

As she rose to make her way to the door she looked back over her shoulder, the fond smile on his face making her heart twinge again. “You better show up early tomorrow, I plan on being late. I’m sleeping in.” 

“Yes, mam” He replied in as military a voice as he could muster. Argent snorted and rolled her eyes as she left, hoping he’d keep his promise.

[personwithatophat]

Intresting concepts, I love where you're going with that idea. I needed some expansion on that ngl and you fully cooked there /pos (Also hi Tophat)

What thoughts do you have on the idea Austin can see everything/the fact he either has no filter or a broken filter? Why would he be given this ability by Showfall besides the idea of an entertainment asset?

Hello! o/ thank you and good followup because austin is my crutch so i appreciate making me take it head on. (feel free to challenge my theories it helps me build them! :] ) As for austins filter being broken, I think the theory is good but incomplete. Austin does have a filter and has involvement, but it clearly works differently. in fact most of the 'filter items' have their own rules that they go by, its not a uniform model.

and a bit of this has to do with just how the show works sneegs hat isn't wired into his skull because he takes it off a couple times during the show or moves it around charlie has some kind of base program where he can run multiple items at once since during episode 2 he was wearing the glasses and the headphones and there are theories that details like this such as placement, hardware, etc have an effect on the items' limitations. for example, sneeg doesn't have surgically implanted hardware so he can't run two items like Charlie can and when they try, it shorts out and we get the ep 2 hat scene. or that other cast members couldn't be 'The Hero' since ranboos mask is necessary and capable of more complex sequences. that being said I've seen people speculate that Austins item is his jacket, which is entirely possible but it makes it confusing when he actually takes it off in the dressing room. so I'm going to pivot to the theory that he doesn't have a formal item. "so he doesn't have a filter?" not what I said. During the beginning of ep 2 before sneeg gets soft rebooted he doesn't actually have a filter item either and is still very much in character, he doesn't even recognize ranboo, we have hard proof that this is possible. and we know Austin is filtered/playing a character just by how he's acting in general. Austin as a showfall media victim has no reason to lie about having a wife and several children. why wouldn't he have a formal item? maybe because he was originally written to get double-tapped in Nikki's place in scene 1. Its very up for interpretation still but I believe a lot of this stems from the way that Austin is compared. Specifically how he gets compared to ranboo and sneeg when Ethan dies. i would like to counterpoint this with the way that Austins character is built for the episode. desperate, afraid, ......straight. but at the same time, he stalls to catwalk in the closet, mouthes off to puzzler questioning him having children, and is also very gay. so I think there might be some difference in writing. So yes, Austin is the only one who has a normal and more aware response to Ethan's death. Austin is also the only one there that isn't 3 layers deep in meta.

during this moment Austin is the only one freaking out but consider the company. ranboo is an NPC at this point. he got factory reset and basically has a cap over free thought, right now the only thing in his brain is the objective to go through the show. Austin is still in his role of character trying to escape this actual saw trap he's stuck in, his panic is as warranted in character as it is out so he panics and when the others don't it freaks him out more. sneeg on the opposite side of the spectrum is knee-deep in lethargy. sneeg is actually the one seeing everything how it is and can't respond to any of it so he doesn't care about anything anymore. after his soft reboot sneeg can still see but he's confined to the roll, I want to make a separate sneeg post because he's actually the one I think people view Austin as. so yeah I think that Austin has something going on but I think it's a step to the left of the current theories. sneeg is where the real awareness is feel free to ask me for any clarification on this since I jumped around a lot or if you have other questions/theories because this is epic :D -Tophat

[aspiringwatcher]

Thoughts on Warframe Reworks - Chroma

So, let's talk about Chroma.

Before I get into the details, there's something I'd like to bring up: Chroma did, in fact, get a few tweaks. Most of them were a direct consequence of general changes of how Warframe plays in general (for example, Vex Armor getting buffs on melee/ranged kills was a consequence of Overguard being created), or necessary QoL tweaks like making him able to set his colour in-mission and getting him an actual passive.

Half of his kit still sucks, though.

So, let us continue with the dragon hunter who became one, Chroma.

Chroma's biggest issue, as I've said, is him having essentially two useful abilities, both of which are on the same duration. You press 2, you press 3, you recast them when they end. His 1 is a dead slot and his 4's applications are extremely niche. Sure, extra mobility is cool, but Chroma is very tanky and do you really want to take that -50% to Armor for a local credit buff?

Passive

Right now, Chroma gets an extra double/bullet jump. When he does it, wings sprout from his back. I personally think it's fine, even though comparatively weak. We'll get back to this later, but for now I don't think we need to say anything else.

Spectral Scream

Two cents on stat-sticks: I don't like them as a concept. I personally believe that more frames should go the way of Garuda and have a default fall-back melee weapon which their melee-inherit ability scales off. (Wait, does Garuda even have a stat-stickable ability? Who cares.)

Wait, neither does Chroma. But this wasn't about stat-sticks. It was about exalted and pseudo-exalted weapons and his 1 is a mockery of a flamethrower.

Chroma's Spectral Scream is now an exalted flamethrower that can be modded like all other exalted weapons.

It keeps its 100% status chance.

The chaining is quite nice, but IMO moving it to an augment would make sense because making 1 an exalted weapon would actually spike its potency.

Elemental Armor

Elemental Ward and Vex Armor have the same duration and the same gameplay loop: just recast them as they run out. What if we combined them?

Elemental Ward and Vex Armor are now one ability.

Tap 2 to cycle the elements. Hold 2 to activate it.

Elemental Armor is a channeled ability.

The ability bestows a bonus dependent on the current emissive colour (Heat bestows a Health increase, Electricity bestows a Shields increase, Toxin bestows a Reload speed increase and damage boost on Holster, Cold bestows an Armor increase). Said bonus applies to all allies in range, and fades away like per current augment.

Whenever Chroma takes damage, the Elemental Armor reacts, reflecting [...]% of damage dealt to the attacker and increasing that value by [...]% with [...]% status chance, and increases his Armor/Damage just like Vex Armor did.

The above boost to Armor/Damage also happens on melee/ranged kills.

Keep the Guardian Armor. I think it fits.

Greed

We need a new ability, and since I'm planning to ditch Effigy, I think abstracting its credit chance increase would make sense. Dragons are known to be greedy.

Greed is a channeled ability.

Whenever Chroma kills an enemy with Greed active, there is a [...]% chance to roll on the loot table again.

Unlike Nekros' Desecrate, the cost is continuous, not per-corpse, and only works on fresh kills that Chroma himself scores.

The ability's augment could be something similar to the older Spare Parts effect, dredging up specifically rare materials at a low chance, or it could be something that would provide stat growth over time. (I'm personally leaning towards Efficiency.)

Dragon Aspect

As I've said, we are ditching Effigy. In exchange, Chroma takes flight.

Press 4 to activate Dragon Aspect. While it is active, Chroma gets +[...]% parkour velocity. Furthermore, his passive grants four extra jump resets, for six total.

While Dragon Aspect is active, tap 4 in the air to hover. While hovering, using melee will make Chroma dive bomb (like Zephyr), and he can bullet jump out of hover. Of course, you can shoot your 1 out of it.

Spectral Scream and Elemental Armor's range is increased by [...]%.

Hold 4 to deactivate the ability.

The augment could make Dragon Aspect make all kills restore some energy to Chroma, I suppose.

You can notice that this 4 would be significantly stronger in open tiles and weaker in cramped corridors, but think about it: dragons struggle to take flight in cramped spaces, and you still get the room-clearing range on your 1. Meanwhile, in open tiles, you get to dart around in the air and bombard the puny grounded troops with whatever element your 1 is set to.

I hope this write-up makes sense and would result in improved quality of life for those who choose to play Chroma.

[mercurial-space-case]

hey you mentioned in the tags of a post that stopping doing compulsions isn't the only recovery option for ocd, could you elaborate on that?

Absolutely! Caveat that I'm just one person, and while my therapist did approve this it's not really something I've heard talked about outside of my experience. I am not a therapist, following this advice could potentially be dangerous, I recommend trying the usual method first.

Under a cut for my comfort. Warnings for coping with intrusive thoughts/delusions without reality checking, magical thinking, etc.

This will not solve the problem of having intrusive thoughts; this is about accepting they're a part of your life and coping with it.

I tried the typical method of breaking them, and sometimes it works! Not usually, but it's worth trying for specific compulsions that are harmful or dangerous. The problem for me is that it doesn't change the way your brain works. I still had the thoughts that the compulsions were helping, but without any way to keep them under control or any way to cope with them. I, without fail, developed different compulsions to cope with them.

The typical therapy approach recommends I just keep doing it! Again, I'm sure that works for some people. It wasn't worth it for me. I wasn't sleeping, I wasn't eating, I was inconsolable and all I could think about was all the terrible things I knew were going to happen because I didn't follow through.

I have 2 things that have helped me. Spirituality and understanding my brain.

Spirituality for me is very different from what I've heard most people describe. Magical thinking is a core component of OCD, and religion can make it worse, or be its focus in the example of religious OCD. If thats part of yours this one probably won't work. For me, though, I lean into the magical thinking. I trust that the universe wouldn't put more on my shoulders than I can handle, and other people with rituals will pick up any of my slack. I still do the things that help, because I genuinely believe they prevent the things I'm worried about, but when I can't (I'm in a rush, I'm in too much pain, they would hurt me or someone else,) I put my faith in something greater to make up for it. For me, I believe when I get random spikes in rituals when I'm not in a rushed or stressful situation, I'm picking up someone else's load, and this brings me a lot of comfort.

The above method, I imagine, could be very dangerous if you have severe schizotypal symptoms or are not good at double booking. I'm very good at double booking, which is part of why this works for me. It doesn't really treat the root problem, but it prevents the spirals caused by being unable to fulfill a compulsion.

I haven't had any success with this one (partially because of the spirituality coping mechanism!) but if you have a way of making a new compulsion manually, do a reset one. It will save you so much pain and suffering trying to do something just right when, inevitably, you are human and don't do it perfectly. Just reset and try again. (ex. I have a compulsion of counting my steps in 3s, but with so much going on in my head I miscount sometimes. A reset might look like "stop, tap your toes together 3 times, continue" and then start over your counting. It should be something easy you can do almost always.)

2nd is something I learned in ADHD coping mechanisms! Understand your brain and work with it. When are your compulsions worst? Typically the answer is in stressful situations, as well as places or times or around items/people that trigger them. Why do they happen? They're a coping mechanism! Get other coping mechanisms, avoid the things that trigger spirals when you can, bring comfort objects with you (I highly recommend having an accessory, a very light jacket, and a winter jacket for this if possible) that calm you down. Bonus points if you can assign protective qualities to them, or compulsions! (ex. I am safe when I wear my jacket (DISTINCTLY *NOT* I AM UNSAFE WITHOUT IT), my jacket keeps me safe from intrusive thoughts, my jacket makes up for it when I can't do compulsions)

I'm gonna say this again so it really hits home, this is what I've tried and has worked for me. You've asked me to share and I am, but if you have access to a therapist I highly recommend getting it approved by them first because I don't know how these methods might interact with the way you work. Please please please be careful.

[wardenswateringhole]

Cross with reader on his lap while he’s doing paperwork and reader falls asleep ehehe

No rest for the wicked many would say. That went double for Joseph Cross, the mafia king of New York. The entire state was his kingdom, but kingdoms still took loads of paperwork. Especially ones ran by a criminal enterprise. Money had to be laundered, hush money and bribes swept under the rug, alibis kept air tight, wet works and cleaners to be paid and coordinated. It was a lot of moving parts.

Cross took it in stride. It was what he had signed up for when he took the demon’s deal. He had power, wealth, and prestige. Everything he could ever want was ready for him on a silver platter. A few late nights signing forgeries and cooking the books was a small price to pay.

But you didn’t sign up for that. You had fell for the mafia boss and become his partner in love, not in crime. You wanted him happy, healthy, and beside you. Not hunched over a desk and rubbing his brow by the pale yellow light of a desk lamp.

One night, you tried to put your foot down, as well as you could in the face of this giant of a man anyway. He towered over you as you told him you expected him in bed beside you that night and not doing paperwork. He smirked. It wasn’t a mean spirited one. He obviously thought your efforts to order him around was cute.

He made no promises. He was a busy man. Things needed to get done to keep his fortune flowing smoothly. He admitted how he missed holding you at night as well. Your body was always a welcome cool temperature against his burning skin. After some back and forth between the two of you, a compromise was reached.

Cross once more sat at the desk, his hand tapping away at the typewriter in front of him. He rubbed his face into the top of your head. You sat on his lap, laid against his chest, long lost to Morphius’s charms. Not even the sound of the typewriter being reset would wake you. Cross hummed as he pressed a kiss to your scalp. You must have been tired. How much sleep did you lose from him not going to bed with you? Was it that big of an issue? He smiled. It was nice to feel that someone needed him like that.

Cross’s mouth broke open in a wide yawn. The demon’s smoke filled voice rose in his head. “Joe. You can go to bed.”

“Nah, I’ll go after I’m done here…”

“Look.” The demon began. It’s voice was not mirthful in the least. “My powers grant you a measure of superhuman abilities, but I am not a super powered cup of joe… Joe.”

Cross huffed at the poor pun. The demon continued. “Besides, are you really going to deny that sweetness in your lap right now?”

“But—”

“Go sleep. Hell, sleep in tomorrow. Take the whole damn day off.”

“I can’t do that.”

“Joe.” The demon’s voice lowered to a conspiratorial whisper. “Who the hell is going to stop you?”

Who indeed? Cross would get so caught up in the hustle that he often forgot that he held all the cards. Only the mentally challenged would dare stand against him. They surely wouldn’t do so over him taking a nap.

Nodding, Cross pushed back his chair and carefully positioned you in his arms. He tried very hard not to wake you. He froze when you stirred, snuggling your face into his red shirt. He could feel the tell tale wetness of where you had drooled. He wasn’t angry. Far from it. He carried you up the stairs and soon joined you in bed.

Tomorrow, he was going to give you the world. After you both caught up on some sleep, of course.

[sneakyscarab]

grab yourself a drink and some popcorn for this one, this is by far my longest post yet and youre gonna want to be prepared :P

nina's thoughts on Touhou 11 - Subterranean Animism

Subterranian Animism is probably one of my favourites in the series so far, it has a ton of really cool aspects both in gameplay and story. the majority of the big changes to gameplay come in the playable characters themselves, but theres a few system changes too. faith comes back from MoF but now it only goes down if you die, resetting to the initial value, which may sound broken with how many points you'd get, but lives are different now. lives now are gained by collecting 5 'life pieces', little pink stars that drop from mid-bosses, boss fights, and the occasional strong fairy whenever you beat one of their phases without dying or timing out. life gains are much more consistent now, but the fact you only get life pieces if you dont get hit is a bit strange, as it means a player having trouble will get even less lives to help while a good player has tons of lives that they dont need since they dont get hit. bombs are handled the same way as MoF, sacrificing a weapon option (which you now only get 4 of instead of 5), but unique bomb effects are back depending on your moveset.

speaking of those movesets, SA again only has Reimu and Marisa with 3 movesets each, but with a twist! instead of being simple weapons, each of the movesets represents a youkai from a previous game teaming up with Reimu/Marisa, reminiscent of Imperishable Night. each combo has unique weapon mechanics not seen before, a bonus skill, and unique dialogue through the story, making for a lot of variety based on your choice. all 6 are really cool and i wanna talk about them all, so prepare for a big wall of text here :P

Reimu + Yukari: Reimu's first combo is with her old partner from IN, the gap youkai Yukari. This moveset is somewhat reminiscent of Reimu's typical needle attacks, but with some unique elements. Yukari's needle-shooting options are constantly orbiting Reimu, and if the option would go off the left or right edge of the screen, it instead wraps around and keeps shooting on the other side. the special skill of this combo allows Reimu to do the same, if you double-tap a direction into the side of the screen you will zoop in and come out on the other side! its a really funny move, and probably has some insane use cases, but i never could make good use of it myself. their bomb is pretty nuts, having Reimu slip into another dimension where shes completely unaffected by bullets for a few seconds, and then fully clearing the screen when she reappears in reality.

Reimu + Suika: Reimu's next partner is the drunk oni Suika who debuted in one of the fighting games iirc. Suika's weapon acts as this games homing option, although the actual homing aspect is pretty weak. interestingly though, her bullets are also piercing in addition, which makes her great at punching through crowds of enemies. her special technique is that if you let go of every button on the controller it magnetizes every item on screen to you no matter where you are, which is a pretty huge QoL buff and is really helpful for grabbing life pieces without putting yourself in danger. her bomb creates a circle of protection on your position like the MoF ones, but any enemy bullet that enters is turned against the enemy instead of simply being negated, which can deal some nasty damage. i played Suika's combo the least, but it actually ended up being my 1cc somehow lmao.

Reimu + Aya: Reimu's third partner is the high-speed newpaper tengu Aya! this was my favourite of Reimu's partners. her weapon is reminiscent of Sakuya's B set from PCB, where the direction of Aya's shots is tied to the direction Reimu is moving in, with focusing locking the angle in place. unlike that set though, Aya shoots both in front of and behind Reimu, and can spin full 360 degrees, which gives her great versatility and surprising utility against certain bosses. Aya's special ability is also really fun, if you let go of the shoot button Aya lets you absolutely schmoove around the screen. this combos really well with her bomb, which surrounds Reimu with a circle of destruction that stays locked to her as she moves and negates any bullets that enter. popping a bomb and then rocketing all around the screen deleting enemies is insanely fun, and if used at the right times can even give you a full power refund through the enemies you defeat with it!

Marisa + Alice: like Reimu, Marisa's first partner is her IN companion Alice. Alice's weapon is fairly simple, a collection of lasers that either shoot in a inward angle or an outward fan depending on if you're focused or not. the interesting part comes from Alice's special ability, which is that you can stack weapon options up to 8 instead of just 4. at full power, if you hit an enemy with all the beams at once it can deal nutty damage, although at the risk of moving unfocused. plus, 8 options means 8 potential bomb uses before you need to refill! it sounds great, but as a compensation Alice's bomb is pretty bad. one of her dolls shoots a thin line forward from Marisa's position for a second, dealing damage and destroying any bullets that touch it. the damage isnt bad, but the screen clearing is abysmal. at least you get the universal i-frames for a bit after activating.

Marisa + Patchouli: more magicians! Marisa's second partner is the library witch of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. her weapon is a very technical one, and inherently tied to her special ability. instead of one weapon, Patchouli has 5 different shot variants that fire at different angles, that you toggle through by pressing the shot and focus buttons simultanously. there's a lot of potential in Patchouli's moveset, and much like Aya her ability to fire in almost any direction is surprisingly useful against some bosses. unfortunately, her bomb is pretty basic, being pretty much exactly a MoF bomb but slightly larger and dealing good damage if something gets hit by it. the bigger problem though is that pressing the button combo to switch firing modes gets tiring on the hand once you're deep into a run. very ironic that Patchouli of all people has the most physically exhausting special move :P

Marisa + Nitori: Marisa's last partner is the kappa nerd from MoF, the outlier of the group as shes not a magic user. probably the most basic moveset of the game, Nitori's attack is shooting high-power missiles that slowly fly up the screen. her special ability ties into her bomb: when you use your bomb initially, a shield appears around Marisa. the shield lasts for a few seconds, and if you're hit at any point then the shield breaks and fully clears the screen. if the shield fully wears off though, instead you get a 50% refund on the power you used to activate the bomb in the first place. returning the resources for a bomb that you didn't need is a neat concept, but the fact that her bomb deals no damage at all is a hard sell, and ideally you aren't using a bomb unless you really need to anyways, making her a pretty weak choice if you already know what youre doing.

if it wasn't clear by all that, the movesets in SA are really cool both flavor-wise and in their actual mechanics, and its hard to pick a favourite. i love all the different character interactions that take place in the dialogue across different runs, and theres one more bonus thing related to your moveset choice that ill get to later. its about time to talk about the new characters!

i have to start with Yamame, the earth spider youkai. you love to see another bug-type youkai show up! unfortunately, much like Wriggle, she has stage 1 boss syndrome. barely any relevance to the story, and pretty much never shows up again in the games. sad! bug youkai getting the short end of the stick again. i sure hope this doesnt happen to another buggy character like 5 games from now. #justice4bugyoukai!

the real standout characters of SA are the Komeiji sisters, Satori and Koishi. Satori is a mind reader, using her third eye to see into the heart of others, look through their memories, and discern what theyre thinking. its a pretty freaky power, which has made her a complete outcast, living alone in her mansion with her two pets. her ability makes holding a conversation awkward, as Satori already knows what you're thinking before you say it, and unfortunately she can't stop herself from knowing how you really feel about her. she seems to genuinely not Want to constantly be reading people, even apologizing to Reimu about it after their fight. speaking of the fight though, Satori has probably one of the coolest moves in the series. partway through her fight, Satori will look into Reimu or Marisa's mind, and copy moves from their memory. Specifically, she copies old moves that your chosen youkai partner used against you in previous games! its such a sick concept integrating story and gameplay together, and honestly this moment is one of the reasons i wanted to start writing out my thoughts about these games cause it was so cool to me i HAD to talk about it somewhere. also while im at it, i havent really mentioned the music much in this series cause its pretty common knowledge that touhou music is good, but Satori's theme in particular is an absolute banger, please give it a listen. man, what a good fight, and she's not even the final boss! she's stage 4!

Koishi is another great character from SA, who is unfortunately flanderized a LOT in fanon, often being depicted as either a head-empty goofball or occasionally an edgy serial killer. its a shame, because Koishi's actual character and backstory is honestly heartbreaking. like her sister Satori, Koishi is a mind reader. or, more accurately, Koishi WAS a mind reader. reading the minds of anyone and everyone she talked to, being hated for her powers, and being forced to Know that everyone hated her, even if their words said the opposite, broke her. she decided to try and turn off her powers by closing her third eye, and she succeeded, but not without a cost. Koishi became a creature of the subconcious mind, with others not being able to percieve her existence unless she's directly in vision, often forgetting about her as soon as she's gone. despite it all, she seems happier after closing her third eye, being very cheery and free-spirited, and trying her best to make friends even if she's liable to be forgotten shortly after. adorable and tragic.

wow that was a lot! i had a surprising amount to say about Subterranean Animism, which i guess makes sense as this one took me the longest time to finish of them so far. it took me almost 2 weeks of attempts to finally clear SA, compared to most previous usually taking a week at most. there's a lot of stuff to like in SA, and as i mentioned way back at the start im tempted to call it my favourite entry in the series at the moment. the characters, the mechanics, the music, its all really good and they come together to make a real home run after the slight disappointments of MoF. now if only Wriggle came back as one of the youkai partners, then it would be the perfect game :P

to those of you who read all the way here, thanks so much for reading! i dont plan on making future posts quite this long again, but i cant make any promises. the fact that you care enough about a random girl's touhou ramblings to still be reading now is greatly appreciated, and i hope you have a great day! :>

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Monopoly Go is concerningly bad

Every time you open the game you get a popup asking you to spend money. Every time you run out of dice you get 2 popups asking you to spend money, and a 3rd asking you to invite friends. If you accidentally click to purchase something when you don't have enough in game currency, you get a popup asking you to spend money. Unlike any other interface in the game, none of the money popups can be clicked past (as in tap on the background), you have to click the comically small x button to get rid of them. I ended up installing a 3rd party navigation bar that you can force to always stay open even in full screen apps so that I could hit the back button to exit out of these popups instead. (That's a double win for android, being able to have a back button, and still having some customizability of the device, although not as much as there used to be.)

The game does a lot of scummy things to encourage you to pay money. Here is a one hour limited event where you only need 5 more dice rolls to earn 100 dice! Well, the only way to get those 5 more dice rolls is to spend money. The way the dice regen works is also uniquely bad in a way I haven't seen before. You gain 7 dice an hour up to a cap of 50, however, if you reach or exceed 50 before that hour timer ends, it resets. So you could be 12 seconds from 7 more dice, trigger an event that gives you 50 dice, and effectively lose 7 dice for no reason and completely outside of your control. Also, 7 dice every hour to 50 means you have to be watching this game every 7 hours or you will miss out on dice, RIP your sleep schedule.

The only way to really gain money is via the heists, which have a random chance of occurring when you land on a railroad. I do not think the odds of this are known since no one cares about these awful mobile games but lets just assume it is 25% chance. There are 40 squares on the board and 4 are railroads, so there is a 1 in 10 chance of getting a railroad. This boils down to an average of 40 dice to earn any meaningful amount of money. The money that you earn on the other 39 rolls seems about equal to the amount you earn from one heist, and the vast majority of that is from the other railroad occurrences (shutdowns). This effectively makes 90% of the game a pointless waste of time while you wait for a railroad and hope you get a heist so you can finally get some money to upgrade your property. It takes multiple heists to unlock anything, so you will be sitting there waiting for the dice to go down.

Monopoly go is a miserable game that aims to maximize wasting your time and/or money and I highly recommend you never play it. Only a few more hours of watching this car go around the board to hope it lands on railroads to hope I get a heist to hope I get a high roll enough times to buy enough property to go on to the next board and repeat this forever. I am only playing it so a small streamer I watch gets 19 dollars.

[sdyuteiaok]

All right, gave it one last shot after three drafts in a row yesterday netted -1 notch. Well, we got stuck with RW again, and as always, it didn't pan out. Only got two wins, and now we're basically out of resources, and the format's retiring in a couple hours, so might as well just save my last expendable 10k on a Duskmourn draft. The only problem is I'm so highly ranked, I'm going to be stuck playing with format experts off the bat here, and then when the season resets ranks, I'll still be pretty high up, in my traditional Platinum plateau, if I'm not mistaken. So it woulda been nice to hit mythic, so at least getting this highly ranked felt like I accomplished something, but now we're just on the cusp of mythic, yet not actually there, so it's kind of the worst case scenario. The RW deck felt like it had potential, but I could never draw my lands as I needed them, or as always, you draw the heroics but not the spells or the reverse. Supremely annoying. The one pick I second-guess is I got an Akroan Crusader over a double-tap Adventure 2/3. I already had one or two Crusaders, and was definitely looking for targetting spells, but I figured I'd be able to get more targets later. Clearly someone else was RW at the table, cuz I never saw an Anax or even the +3/+3 divisi instant. I also passed on a third protection spell land, and maybe I shoulda just gone for it...but definitely felt the absence of Anax and Cymede--that card really makes everything, all these dopey little guys serious threats, or at least pushes enough damage that all little guys become must-deal-withs in subsequent turns, often prohibitively. I had one of the 2/2 hast heroic scry girls, which might have got me set into RW too early, but I also had three Crusaders and even a Wingsteed Rider, but the enablers just weren't there enough. So as always, a disappointing end to a format--I don't think I've ever not ended a format run on a positive note except for like...I don't even remember...there was definitely a set where I ended on a strong finish, but that is pretty much never the case. It's always some dinky bomb out, and then there's barely even enough resources for another draft if I wanted to draft. I've been trying to hang onto enough gold to get the FDN land pack, but I might just burn through that so I can get at least one DSK draft in. I also need to get to platinum in constructed, too. It's been great drafting so much--including this record three-draft marathon yesterday--but that also means I haven't been leveling in constructed. So I should get on that...also might be good to buy time while we load up on gold...though I also feel like I should be giving that massive Jump-In set some time, too.

[byemambo]

💕Positivity prime time! Share five things you love about yourself, four things you're excited about, OR three people you care deeply about and why. Pass this along to someone whose posts make you smile💕

Anon this is so cute and sweet cause I actually needed this right now because my depression is kicking my ass :) It might be a lot post but it's ok cause my yapping is welcomed in my own space:

Five Things I Love About Myself (And I'll Write from Second Person):

1) I love how you have such a strong passion for life despite the struggles you face behind closed doors and through hushed silence. Even though you still have a hard time asking for help because it sometimes sends you through anxiety attacks you don't even call by name anymore (but your psychologist begs to differ), I love how you still make the effort to try. Sometimes, that's all you can do and I admire your courage to do so even when it scares the shit out of you.

2) I love how you are so drawn to learning and constantly double checking yourself and your work. Whether it's watching and listening to informative videos of varying topics such as mental health awareness, TED Talks, motivational podcast episodes, or simply to meditate and reset, whether it's constantly looking up definitions of words you know you know their definitions not because of ignorance but because you want that particular word to get your point across the best. I find it admirable that you admit that you might not know things and try your best to not beat yourself up over it (of course some days are easier than others but you don't allow it to ruminate over your head for long periods of time). I think it's so cool that you live life either "knowing it" or "haven't learned it yet".

3) I love how you're so sure of yourself, especially when it comes to the things you actively choose to care about. Like when it comes to broadcasting or pitching your favorite tv shows, your favorite music, your favorite books, your favorite YouTube content, your favorite types of social media posts, your favorite things about life itself: all with awareness in whether or not it would suit the person on the opposite side. Knowing that despite feeling like your energy can overwhelm people on the other side of it, you've been met with nothing but people telling you you make them feel seen, you make them feel heard, you give them hope, you give them a reason to try.

4) I love how you can connect with almost anyone and find ways to resonate with them without feeling like you have to fake it. Having such a strong push and pull with the capability to draw others in isn't just a skill, you've developed out of survival because you grew up in a world that never felt like yours to begin with, but it ended up becoming your greatest gift that never just served itself on a silver platter but because it was your calling you managed to tap into.

5) I love the way you truly care, especially in a world that feels like it's deprived of care every waking moment from all aspects and angles. That despite the world feeling like it's always two seconds away from falling apart, you still actively choose care over detached, you actively choose intentionality over disregard, you actively choose to wear your heart on your sleeve instead of shielding the skeletons in your closet. I admire the level of strength and courage you pour into yourself to the best of your ability, even if it becomes the most difficult thing to do during your most vulnerable moments. I admire that no matter what, you always choose your authenticity over ever being willing to fabricate yourself. No matter what, you always choose yourself.

Thank you again anon, this really made me happy and I hope I'll continue making posts that'll return that same happiness tenfold! 🤍

[kyle1]

Sweetheart,

what you don't seem to realize is that I don't want to talk to anyone but you.

I will talk to our Father always, and I will communicate effectively in all social situations like work, errands, and the like..

But...

I really don't want to make eyes at other girls

I don't want to oggle the things I can't have

I am so over and beyond window shopping...

I'd rather just pick "One," and give [her] a forever home already-!

& You know I choose you, -Like Pika-chu!

but Honeycakes, I don't want to pretend they are just another reaching tendril of the real you, hiding behind a face they found,

I don't want copy & paste, I want theTrue

So this is my Ctrl + Alt + Del <double tap> resetting the system memory in a blink, and clearing out whatever has been making that damnable stink.

-whatever the case, till you snap out of all this, I will shine as your lighthouse with my own beaming face.

theres nowhere I could go to staunch my own passions,

but Love Dove-

I don't want to talk to anyone anymore, if that anyone isn't specifically [You], and even then- what a waste to dribe even one more word if we make no point of doing it face-to-face, expressing in real-time, and talking true..?

my love cannot be stifled.

my love cannot be contained.

my love cannot be throttled,

or carburated..

but it can be read (I am an open book, Babe) and it most certainly shall be- in-full, repaid.

So quit the charade and quit hiding right in my sights so plain.

I love you, I love you, I love you.......

but each day we remain apart is clearly-

driving

us both

a tiddy-bit inn-sane <.<

stir-crazy,

pent-up and frustrated is what I am saying....

(or maybe it's just me.)

Why else would you get such a Nonny-esque love letter, from me, this early in the morning?

(I havent slept, again)

-much less one so formatted into these silly shapes, and written with such weirdy-o wording?

in any case , I hope you slept well,

and since its been so long since I really said it to [you] as (in)directly:

good morning! <3

[simlicious]

This is my go-to method to decimate all kinds of CC. It's very clean and you can exactly decide where you want to keep denser geometry and where to reduce! To make this process faster, there is a nifty way to select every other edge loop to quickly decimate the loops by 50%, which is especially useful for clothing meshes that have a tubular shape (use it on sleeves, pants, tops, shoelaces, jewelry chains...) Remember to first convert the mesh into quads using alt+j as bellakenobi mentioned or it won't work. Depending on the structure of the mesh, the loops might not get selected all the way through automatically and some manual selecting is necessary to finetune the result, but it's worth it. I don't find this method takes an unreasonable amount of time, and it gives such great and clean results that it makes working with the meshes much easier too since you do not get faces randomly deleted like with the decimate modifier. This is a helpful video tutorial that explains the technique: how to select every other edge loop!!

Once the loops are selected according to the video tutorial, you just dissolve the edges (x -> dissolve edges). Remember to also dissolve some of the edges going into the other direction (if you dissolved the vertical loops, also dissolve horizontal ones) to reduce overall density! As bellakenobi mentioned, with one or more parallel loops selected, you can double tap g to enter edge slide mode to re-adjust the remaining edge loops. This is not only very convenient and less prone to cause issues, because it just slides along the surface of the mesh, not elsewhere, but edge slide will automatically adjust the UV map for you too to reflect those changes, which means less work for you.

Tips for fixing topology: Selecting edge loops works best on quads, but there are several ways that you can edit and alter a face. for example, by selecting two vertices and pressing j, you can quickly cut a new edge between the two vertices. It's like a quicker version of the knife tool (which is very good to use too!). With the dissolve options (press x), you can delete unwanted vertices, faces, or edges, depending on what you want. I sometimes dissolve several faces next to each other and then cut out new edge loops in a messy area. Just experiment a bit! It helps to periodically triangulate (ctrl+t) some areas with n-gons (faces with more than 4 edges) when you dissolve a larger area of faces to "settle" them so you do not lose the overall shape of the mesh. You can then convert the area back to quads afterward (ctrl+j). After these edits, you may want to reset the normals in areas with dissolved topology since they may get wonky in the process. But with Mesh->Normals->Average->Face Average you can reset them and make them smooth and gorgeous again. A really helpful tip is to look at the Blender manual which explains a lot of techniques and provides shortcuts, or videos that explain small features that can have a big impact, speed up your workflow, and improve your meshes. I recommend BlenderSecrets, a YouTube channel that offers lots of quick tips for Blender that make life easier.

Tiptorial: manually reducing the poly from hair (if you're crazy enough and have a lot of free time)

First of all, get rid of the undersides and remap the whole mesh to the proper ts3 hair texture size;

Select one strand, revert the selection with ctrl+i and hide it all with H, to isolate the strand we want to work (do not separate it into another object, if you do that you'll mess with the strands order and will have transparency issues!);

We need to convert the tris into quads, for this, press alt+J. This strand had almost no issues converting it, but some might present it, then you'll have to select each square manually and dissolve the faces to turn it into a quad. It's easier to do that in the UV map with sync selection by selecting it like a checkerboard, then dissolve everything, then select one tri and press shift+g and select polygon sides, this will select everything that was not converted and then you can dissolve it.

After everything is in quads, alt+click on a edge to select the whole edge loop, then dissolve the edge. You can also press G twice to slide the edge along the mesh to better adjust it.

When the strand is like you want it, you can select it and assign to a vertex group so you can easily select all the dissolved strands to better work with the whole mesh (remember, do not separate any strand!)

And now you'll repeat the process with all the other strands 🫠

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