#some characters I’ll be selective about if it’s a solo blog

[261garage]

if you’re wanting to be affiliates on here, @killedbilly or @requelfame like this post and i’ll reach out <3

[twilightmalachite]

Timbres of Heaven - One For Two 5

Characters: Hinata, Yuuta, Shu, HiMERU, Kuro, Mao

Translator: Mika Enstars

JP Proofreader: ksts

"…You don’t think so, Yuuta-kun?"

[Read on my blog for the best viewing experience with Oi~ssu ♪]

Season: Spring

Location: Starmony Dorms Common Area

(That night, at the Starmony Dorms common area…)

Yuuta: …

Hinata: (…Yuuta-kun’s been scrutinizing the Timbres of Heaven audition documents for about an hour now.)

(There’s the script, so it makes sense that it’d take a lot of time, but… Silence is so scary!)

Yuuta: —Aniki.

Hinata: Y-Yes?! Yes what is it, Yuuta-kun!

Yuuta: I told you to get me a job, so how come you brought back an audition?

Hinata: I don’t know how to answer that… But, please hear me out!

Just as I promised you, I seriously looked around for a job without relying on YamadaP. But, there weren’t any jobs suitable for 2wink anywhere…

But then HiMERU-san and Anzu-san showed up and told me about Timbres of Heaven.

Yuuta: Excuse me~? I told you to find something on your own. And you relied on Anzu-san?

Hinata: But you didn’t say that I couldn’t rely on Anzu-san! I’m still in the green…!

But without a doubt, if we get selected for the lead role, it would be a massive leap forward for 2wink!

That’d definitely be incomparable to some small project that I busted my butt to find!

Of course, it's highly competitive and we’ll need to pass the screenings, but… If it’s us, I believe we can do it!

I firmly believe that 2wink loses to nobody when it comes to our harmonious acting!

Yuuta: …

Hinata: …You don’t think so, Yuuta-kun?

Yuuta: …

…I have the feeling that works like this are influenced more like the judge’s taste as opposed to the actual quality of the acting.

But I’ll accept it, based on what you said. We won’t know the results of the audition until we participate.

Hinata: Yay! Thanks, I love you sooo much Yuuta-kun! ☆

Yuuta: Yeah yeah. Get off of me. Starting today, Aniki’s my rival in love.

Hinata: Huh? Rival in love?

Yuuta: That’s right. If we’re gonna perform harmoniously, we’ll have to get into the roles we're gonna play.

As for cast… Aniki will play the energetic and agreeable older brother “Amane” and I’ll play the cynical and belligerent little brother “Neiro”. That good?[1]

Hinata: Sounds good. Are you… planning to play the role up until the audition?

Yuuta: Yep. Though we have school and other work, so whenever else possible.

For the time being, though, we have time until it’s lights-out, so let’s read through the script together, Aniki.

Hinata: O-Okay, got it!

Hinata: (Yuuta-kun’s more motivated than I expected him to be~. Still as unwelcoming to me as usual, though.)

(…I’m really happy. We’ve begun working separately more often, since Yuuta-kun started working harder in his solo activities, you know?)

(Seeing Yuuta-kun do so well, I feel as happy as if it were myself, but…)

(It really doesn’t beat working by his side, towards the same goal together.)

Yuuta: Come on, Aniki. Stop your grinning and focus.

Hinata: Hehe, yessir! ♪

Location: Starmony Dorms (Shu, Izumi, Kuro, Mao's Room)

At the same time, in Shu’s dorm room…

Shu: …I have agreed to participate in the Timbres of Heaven audition, however.

HiMERU: The problem is the casting. To start, let us state our respective first choice.

Shu: Alright. If I am to play a role, I would like that it is the older brother, Amane.

HiMERU: HiMERU would also like to play the role of Amane. …HiMERU had a feeling that this was how it was going to turn out.

Shu: I do not wish to call you “Nii-san”. Please, allow me to have the role of Amane, as I am older than you.

HiMERU: You may be older, but that’s only a sole argument, isn’t it? HiMERU is taller than you, too.

Shu: Hmph. Is that not also a sole argument as well?

HiMERU & Shu: …

Kuro: Hey, now. Can you not fight in someone else’s room?

Mao: Yeah~. Let’s stay calm, okay? Peace is number one!

Shu: “Someone else’s dorm room”? This is my dorm room as well, you know.

Kiryuu, you too think I’m best suited to play the older brother, no?

Kuro: …Huh, I wonder. You do have an older brother, Itsuki, so I guess playin’ the little brother wouldn’t be all too bad.

Shu: Kiryuu!

Mao: Now, now. How about we be fair here and do a game to decide?

Kuro: Oh, I like that. How about arm wrestlin’?

Shu: I decline. This arm is of the hand of the Divine that creates art. If anything were to happen to it, it would be a loss to the entire world.

Mao: How about rock-paper-scissors, then?

HiMERU: HiMERU would like to refrain from that as well. It would go on for simply too long.

Kuro: These egoistic bastards… Hold up, I’ll go and draw up a ladder lottery for ya.

Shu: Ladder lottery…?

Kuro: Yup. Quick an’ easy, and fair, right?

Here we go, this’ll do… Here you go. Go ahead and choose which one you like.

HiMERU & Shu: The one on the right—Ah.

Shu: I pointed my finger to the right one first. Accept your defeat with good grace, HiMERU.

HiMERU: —No. HiMERU as if he was meant to choose the right.

Shu: What did you say…?

Kiryuu! Prepare a ladder lottery to decide who will be taking the right at once!

Kuro: Huh? Are ya kiddin’ me?

Mao: I really feel that this would’ve been more quickly decided with rock-paper-scissors…

This might end up lasting quite a while with this mysterious rate of synchronization going on, huh. Ahaha…

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Timbres of Heaven (天音色) is pronounced "amaneiro"!

[mostlysignssomeportents]

20 years a blogger

It's been twenty years, to the day, since I published my first blog-post.

I'm a blogger.

Blogging - publicly breaking down the things that seem significant, then synthesizing them in longer pieces - is the defining activity of my days.

https://boingboing.net/2001/01/13/hey-mark-made-me-a.html

Over the years, I've been lauded, threatened, sued (more than once). I've met many people who read my work and have made connections with many more whose work  I wrote about. Combing through my old posts every morning is a journey through my intellectual development.

It's been almost exactly a year I left Boing Boing, after 19 years. It wasn't planned, and it wasn't fun, but it was definitely time. I still own a chunk of the business and wish them well. But after 19 years, it was time for a change.

A few weeks after I quit Boing Boing, I started a solo project. It's called Pluralistic: it's a blog that is published simultaneously on Twitter, Mastodon, Tumblr, a newsletter and the web. It's got no tracking or ads. Here's the very first edition:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/02/19/pluralist-19-feb-2020/

I don't often do "process posts" but this merits it. Here's how I built Pluralistic and here's how it works today, after nearly a year.

I get up at 5AM and make coffee. Then I sit down on the sofa and open a huge tab-group, and scroll through my RSS feeds using Newsblur.

I spend the next 1-2 hours winnowing through all the stuff that seems important. I have a chronic pain problem and I really shouldn't sit on the sofa for more than 10 minutes, so I use a timer and get up every 10 minutes and do one minute of physio.

After a couple hours, I'm left with 3-4 tabs that I want to write articles about that day. When I started writing Pluralistic, I had a text file on my desktop with some blank HTML I'd tinkered with to generate a layout; now I have an XML file (more on that later).

First I go through these tabs and think up metadata tags I want to use for each; I type these into the template using my text-editor (gedit), like this:

   <xtags>

process, blogging, pluralistic, recursion, navel-gazing

   </xtags>

Each post has its own little template. It needs an anchor tag (for this post, that's "hfbd"), a title ("20 years a blogger") and a slug ("Reflections on a lifetime of reflecting"). I fill these in for each post.

Then I come up with a graphic for each post: I've got a giant folder of public domain clip-art, and I'm good at using all the search tools for open-licensed art: the Library of Congress, Wikimedia, Creative Commons, Flickr Commons, and, ofc, Google Image Search.

I am neither an artist nor a shooper, but I've been editing clip art since I created pixel-art versions of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood glyphs using Bannermaker for the Apple //c in 1985 and printed them out on enough fan-fold paper to form a border around my bedroom.

As I create the graphics, I pre-compose Creative Commons attribution strings to go in the post; there's two versions, one for the blog/newsletter and one for Mastodon/Twitter/Tumblr. I compose these manually.

Here's a recent one:

Blog/Newsletter:

(<i>Image: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QAnon_in_red_shirt_(48555421111).jpg">Marc Nozell</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC BY</a>, modified</i>)

Twitter/Masto/Tumblr:

Image: Marc Nozell (modified)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QAnon_in_red_shirt_(48555421111).jpg

CC BY

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

This is purely manual work, but I've been composing these CC attribution strings since CC launched in 2003, and they're just muscle-memory now. Reflex.

These attribution strings, as well as anything else I'll need to go from Twitter to the web (for example, the names of people whose Twitter handles I use in posts, or images I drop in, go into the text file). Here's how the post looks at this point in the composition.

<hr>

<a name="hfbd"></a>

<img src="https://craphound.com/images/20yrs.jpg">

<h1>20 years a blogger</h1><xtagline>Reflections on a lifetime of reflecting.</xtagline>

<img src="https://craphound.com/images/frnklogo.jpg">

See that <img> tag in there for frnklogo.jpg? I snuck that in while I was composing this in Twitter. When I locate an image on the web I want to use in a post, I save it to a dir on my desktop that syncs every 60 seconds to the /images/ dir on my webserver.

As I save it, I copy the filename to my clipboard, flip over to gedit, and type in the <img> tag, pasting the filename. I've typed <img src="https://craphound.com/images/ CTRL-V"> tens of thousands of times - muscle memory.

Once the thread is complete, I copy each tweet back into gedit, tabbing back and forth, replacing Twitter handles and hashtags with non-Twitter versions, changing the ALL CAPS EMPHASIS to the extra-character-consuming *asterisk-bracketed emphasis*.

My composition is greatly aided both 20 years' worth of mnemonic slurry of semi-remembered posts and the ability to search memex.craphound.com (the site where I've mirrored all my Boing Boing posts) easily.

A huge, searchable database of decades of thoughts really simplifies the process of synthesis.

Next I port the posts to other media. I copy the headline and paste it into a new Tumblr compose tab, then import the image and tag the post "pluralistic."

Then I paste the text of the post into Tumblr and manually select, cut, and re-paste every URL in the post (because Tumblr's automatic URL-to-clickable-link tool's been broken for 10+ months).

Next I past the whole post into a Mastodon compose field. Working by trial and error, I cut it down to <500 characters, breaking at a para-break and putting the rest on my clipboard. I post, reply, and add the next item in the thread until it's all done.

*Then* I hit publish on my Twitter thread. Composing in Twitter is the most unforgiving medium I've ever worked in. You have to keep each stanza below 280 chars. You can't save a thread as a draft, so as you edit it, you have to pray your browser doesn't crash.

And once you hit publish, you can't edit it. Forever. So you want to publish Twitter threads LAST, because the process of mirroring them to Tumblr and Mastodon reveals typos and mistakes (but there's no way to save the thread while you work!).

Now I create a draft Wordpress post on pluralistic.net, and create a custom slug for the page (today's is "two-decades"). Saving the draft generates the URL for the page, which I add to the XML file.

Once all the day's posts are done, I make sure to credit all my sources in another part of that master XML file, and then I flip to the command line and run a bunch of python scripts that do MAGIC: formatting the master file as a newsletter, a blog post, and a master thread.

Those python scripts saved my ASS. For the first two months of Pluralistic, i did all the reformatting by hand. It was a lot of search-replace (I used a checklist) and I ALWAYS screwed it up and had to debug, sometimes taking hours.

Then, out of the blue, a reader - Loren Kohnfelder - wrote to me to point out bugs in the site's RSS. He offered to help with text automation and we embarked on a month of intensive back-and-forth as he wrote a custom suite for me.

Those programs take my XML file and spit out all the files I need to publish my site, newsletter and master thread (which I pin to my profile). They've saved me more time than I can say. I probably couldn't kept this up without Loren's generous help (thank you, Loren!).

I open up the output from the scripts in gedit. I paste the blog post into the Wordpress draft and copy-paste the metadata tags into WP's "tags" field. I preview the post, tweak as necessary, and publish.

(And now I write this, I realize I forgot to mention that while I'm doing the graphics, I also create a square header image that makes a grid-collage out of the day's post images, using the Gimp's "alignment" tool)

(because I'm composing this in Twitter, it would be a LOT of work to insert that information further up in the post, where it would make sense to have it - see what I mean about an unforgiving medium?)

(While I'm on the subject: putting the "add tweet to thread" and "publish the whole thread" buttons next to each other is a cruel joke that has caused me to repeatedly publish before I was done, and deleting a thread after you publish it is a nightmare)

Now I paste the newsletter file into a new mail message, address it to my Mailman server, and create a custom subject for the day, send it, open the Mailman admin interface in a browser, and approve the message.

Now it's time to create that anthology post you can see pinned to my Mastodon and Twitter accounts. Loren's script uses a template to produce all the tweets for the day, but it's not easy to get that pre-written thread into Twitter and Mastodon.

Part of the problem is that each day's Twitter master thread has a tweet with a link to the day's Mastodon master thread ("Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr. Here's today's edition: LINK").

So the first order of business is to create the Mastodon thread, pin it, copy the link to it, and paste it into the template for the Twitter thread, then create and pin the Twitter thread.

Now it's time to get ready for tomorrow. I open up the master XML template file and overwrite my daily working file with its contents. I edit the file's header with tomorrow's date, trim away any "Upcoming appearances" that have gone by, etc.

Then I compose tomorrow's retrospective links. I open tabs for this day a year ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago, and (now) 20 years ago:

http://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/14

http://memex.craphound.com/2016/01/14

http://memex.craphound.com/2011/01/14

http://memex.craphound.com/2006/01/14

http://memex.craphound.com/2001/01/14

I go through each day, and open anything I want to republish in its own tab, then open the OP link in the next tab (finding it in the @internetarchive if necessary). Then I copy my original headline and the link to the article into tomorrow's XML file, like so:

#10yrsago Disney World’s awful Tiki Room catches fire <a href="https://thedisneyblog.com/2011/01/12/fire-reported-at-magic-kingdom-tiki-room/">https://thedisneyblog.com/2011/01/12/fire-reported-at-magic-kingdom-tiki-room/</a>

And NOW my day is done.

So, why do I do all this?

First and foremost, I do it for ME. The memex I've created by thinking about and then describing every interesting thing I've encountered is hugely important for how I understand the world. It's the raw material of every novel, article, story and speech I write.

And I do it for the causes I believe in. There's stuff in this world I want to change for the better. Explaining what I think is wrong, and how it can be improved, is the best way I know for nudging it in a direction I want to see it move.

The more people I reach, the more it moves.

When I left Boing Boing, I lost access to a freestanding way of communicating. Though I had popular Twitter and Tumblr accounts, they are at the mercy of giant companies with itchy banhammers and arbitrary moderation policies.

I'd long been a fan of the POSSE - Post Own Site, Share Everywhere - ethic, the idea that your work lives on platforms you control, but that it travels to meet your readers wherever they are.

Pluralistic posts start out as Twitter threads because that's the most constrained medium I work in, but their permalinks (each with multiple hidden messages in their slugs) are anchored to a server I control.

When my threads get popular, I make a point of appending the pluralistic.net permalink to them.

When I started blogging, 20 years ago, blogger.com had few amenities. None of the familiar utilities of today's media came with the package.

Back then, I'd manually create my headlines with <h2> tags. I'd manually create discussion links for each post on Quicktopic. I'd manually paste each post into a Yahoo Groups email. All the guff I do today to publish Pluralistic is, in some way, nothing new.

20 years in, blogging is still a curious mix of both technical, literary and graphic bodgery, with each day's work demanding the kind of technical minutuae we were told would disappear with WYSIWYG desktop publishing.

I grew up in the back-rooms of print shops where my dad and his friends published radical newspapers, laying out editions with a razor-blade and rubber cement on a light table. Today, I spend hours slicing up ASCII with a cursor.

I go through my old posts every day. I know that much - most? - of them are not for the ages. But some of them are good. Some, I think, are great. They define who I am. They're my outboard brain.

[animearchetypes]

MLP: Pony Life - Is Fluttershy a Yandere?

I have never done an analysis revolving a character outside of anime before, but this tenth episode of MLP: pony Life is hard to not pay attention to.

To start off, yes I am a bit of a pegasister, aka a female brony and yes I enjoy Friendship Is Magic. The G4 series has a ton of references to the anime tropes out there; with Pinkie’s sister Maud Pie showing characteristics of a kuudere and Marble Pie showing characteristics of being both dandere and undere.

More information about the dere types here so I recommend non-anime fans to check it out: https://anime-archetypes.tumblr.com/post/621054439730577408/guide-to-all-dere-types-in-anime-renewed

This time it’s about Fluttershy, one of the main characters in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and the brand new series My Little Pony: Pony Life.

To clear the confusion, MLP: Pony Life is set in an alternate universe of Friendship Is Magic, the Fluttershy in Pony Life is not the same character as the Fluttershy back in MLP: Friendship Is Magic.

Unlike Fluttershy in MLP: Friendship is Magic who happens to be a Dandere, Fluttershy in Pony Life’s recent episode is in my opinion almost a Yandere, with Discord as her target of affection. Granted this is a kids show so there is obviously no homicide involved, but she did have her obsessive moments which is what I’m going to talk about here.

I did a short mention of the MLP: Friendship is Magic version of Fluttershy being a Dandere here: https://anime-archetypes.tumblr.com/post/616687492848140288/dandere-fluttershy

This blog contains “heavy spoilers” so I recommend you watch the episode ‘Discord’s Peak’ before you read this! Clear? Good!

At the start of the episode, Fluttershy organizes a trip to visit the magical volcano known as, Mt. Volcanope. She attempted to convince Discord to join her, even promising chaos and danger, but to no avail.

So the Mane Six were climbing up the volcano, with Fluttershy walking with them in melancholy and is already missing Discord, saying she wishes for Discord to tag along with them and join their Trail Trotter troop. Rainbow questions her and indirectly calls Discord a “walking disaster”, to which Fluttershy replies “but he’s my walking disaster.”

Already there were some signs of affection there. Now when most people show signs of having a crush on someone, they become lovestruck to the point that they even find their crush’s habits and quirks cute, in the picture above was Fluttershy’s awe towards Discord being a “walking disaster”. Fluttershy wanting Discord to tag along was her craving him; and Fluttershy’s love for chaos and recently danger were Discord’s characteristics rubbing off on her, with some of his traits becoming her traits.

What does this have to do with Fluttershy’s yandere signs you ask? I’ll get to that. We’re simply observing her lovey-dovey signs first, which is what dere from the Japanese word deredere roughly translates to. We can see here that she was in a partial lovestruck state, not showing any fear of heights (unlike her MLP: FiM counterpart) and her apparent attraction to danger, since danger is what Discord likes.

Anyone can do crazy things when they’re in love, that doesn’t automatically make them a yandere. A character has to become lovesick and do twisted things in order for their love interest to be with them, and killing is the most common way to eliminate anyone who tries (or even thinks about) to take their love away from them. But like I said, Pony Life is a kids show and I did mention in my other post that not all yanderes have to kill in order to be with their significant other.

Also, just because it’s a kids show doesn’t take away the yandere moments here and there, with some yandere moments from Berry in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, the Kankers in Ed Edd n Eddy, and Pucca in Pucca Funny Love. And boy did Fluttershy cross the line after the mane six have reached the summit of the volcano!

“Just a little chaos...”

“Fluttershy?”

“Enough to get Discord to join in on the fun!”

And that my friends is what I meant about her borderline yan side showing, with Fluttershy’s inner crazy reaching its peak as she deliberately triggers an eruption, putting herself and her friends in danger (and eventually the town). She thought more about Discord joining them (when really she thought about herself) and never once thought about her friends’ safety, that is one of the examples of reaching yandere territory.

Her plan did work eventually and Discord came to their rescue as a result of Fluttershy being in danger (which was her own fault by the way), and he did so by using his magic to stop the pink lava from flowing (yes the lava’s pink don’t question it).

After he saved them, Fluttershy continued to use her psychological tactic the second time to get Discord to join them, in which we viewers know that she really wanted to be close with him. She mentioned how she always knew he was a “trail trotter” at heart. It’s highly likely that she knew he was going to disagree, to which he did and that helped her keep up with her psychological tricks.

She mentioned that he was right and called him a “Solo Scout” with her lovestruck eyes and pink hearts floating around them. Even while lovestruck, that doesn’t stop her from using her tactic, nor did it stop her from predicting Discord’s reactions.

She knew that he would like the sound of what she called him and that he would want her to explain more, and so sneaky Fluttershy explained, “Solo Scouts are a troop of one. They rely on nopony but themselves. But, oh, you chose not to join, so forget I said anything." That last sentence she used was probably to get Discord under her control; she knew his strengths, weaknesses, traits; and used them to her advantage. Thus her plan worked again, with Discord finally joining the Mane Six.

Well, at least she had some form of guilt, and she did express her guilt over trying to force Discord into doing something he does not want to do, so that was at least something, right? While it’s true she experienced guilt, but that only revolved around Discord and not her close friends she put at risk. I call this Selective Empathy. She only managed to put herself at Discord’s position, but not the position of the rest of the mane six.

That to me sounds like a similar situation with most other yandere characters in media. Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki only sympathized and empathized with Yukiteru, but she had no remorse for the people she murdered; the same goes for Satou Matsuzaka, who only managed to sympathize with her girlfriend Shio. Depending on the level of yandere, they mainly express guilt for someone who is their love interest. Of course Fluttershy in Pony Life expressed her empathy for her friends in other episodes, namely Cute-pocalypse Meow when some cat was being a jerk towards her friends.

Conclusion

Ranging from the first episode to this recent tenth episode, it’s safe to say that in my opinion, Fluttershy from Pony Life would be a mild yandere (but of course it's only one episode). But the question is, when Discord appears in future episodes, will we be seeing more of Fluttershy’s novice yandere moments? Will Discord notice Fluttershy’s obsessive love towards him? And how will he react?

We’ll just have to wait and see.

[quorras]

📌🎶💕

hi!! thanks for asking!! :3 this is. a VERY long answer whoopsie 

📌 : how did you find your hyperfixation?

ooh boy this is a long story, but i’ll try to keep it short bc i KNOW the rest of this post will get Very long kfdjsghskdj

i remember seeing promotional stuff for legacy back in 2010, but i didn’t really find out about TRON as a franchise until sometime in 2017, when i saw this piece of art of Ahsoka Tano (from Star Wars) on the Grid by raikoh14 here on tumblr. Star Wars was (and still is) by biggest hyperfixation and source of that good home-y feeling, so I thought it looked cool and shelved the name in the back of my mind. It wasn’t until early 2019 when a friend of mine brought up Legacy one day, and I suddenly remembered that Ahsoka fanart before promptly forgetting TRON again kfdjsghdkf. Cut to summer 2020, I’ve just survived my worst school semester ever, and my newest hyperfixation at the time was Daft Punk! I’ve loved house music ever since I was a kid, so discovering (haha) their music was really incredible. During one of my many wiki dives that summer, I came across the TRON: Legacy section of the Daft Punk wiki page, and I gave the soundtrack a listen despite not seeing the movie yet. I LOVED IT. I listed to Nocturne so many times that week that I convinced myself to read the TRON wiki back to front. And I did! All before watching any of the movies or anything lol. Then August 2020 rolled around and I gave in-- listening to the Legacy soundtrack with no context was. Really weird. And I needed to know more. Not only that tho! I had also just found out that two of my favorite artists of all time, Moebius and Syd Mead had worked on TRON (1982) as concept artists! That was the only reason I needed to watch the movie. 

(above, my favorite piece of art by Moebius)

So on August 13, 2020, at sometime very late at night, I watched TRON (1982). I didn’t like it fdkgjhjfkdsghfdsjk. I was really in love with the visuals, but because I was so sleepy, I didn’t really catch the plot all the way and kind of dozed off when Tron, Ram, and Flynn arrive at the energy spring, whoops. But I was so adamant on fully appreciating Moebius and Syd Mead’s design influences and the gorgeous animation, so I tried again in a couple days. It grew onto me! I got the plot on my second watch, and BAM! TRON (1982) became my biggest comfort movie. I think i watched it over thirty times in that August alone. I watched Legacy soon after, which made me bawl my eyes out on the very first watch. I read Betrayal, watched Uprising, and started reading up about Evolution and 2.0 some time that following September. And then I made this blog! And here we are today! Half a year later, I’m still thinking about this little but mighty franchise, and I’m writing fic, making art, making shitposts, memes, and friends all along the way :’)

🎶:  if your hyperfixation has songs/an ost, what is your favorite song from it?

Ok i know this questions asks for songs specifically but i’m going to count movie sountracks too because OH BOY!!! TOO MANY!! All of it, honestly? But here’s a few select current favorites--

Journey ~ Only Solutions (movie extrended vers.)

Journey ~ Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Wendy Carlos ~ Creation of TRON

Wendy Carlos ~ Love Theme

Wendy Carlos ~ Tower Music

Wendy Carlos ~ The Light Sailer

Wendy Carlos ~ Break In (For Strings, Flutes, and Celesta)

Wendy Carlos ~ Anthem for Keyboard Solo

Wendy Carlos ~ Ending Titles :’)

Daft Punk ~ Outlands, Part II (my favorite!)

Daft Punk ~ C.L.U. (and Reflections)

Daft Punk ~ End of Line

Daft Punk ~ Father & Son (this makes me cry SO MUCH)

actually the entire extended Legacy soundtrack goes SO HARD, it matches the movie So Well, and I just love those funky french robots so much :)

💕 : tell us about one of your favorite characters and why you like them!

already answered this here, but i’ll take this chance to expand on a few other characters I hadn’t mentioned too much about before :) • sam flynn - similar to the quorra thing i mentioned the precious reply,, i kind of got more interested in sam’s story through fanon interpretations of what happens post-legacy rather than his story during/before legacy. although, rewatching the movie while keeping sam specifically in mind is a Wild Ride, i really feel bad for him and im super intrigued to see how his story continues in canon one day (hopefully!) • alan bradley - i love alan. so much. i think he’s one of the more well rounded characters, in the way that it’s really easy to see his likes, dislikes, comforts, and struggles. its a little strange because he’s one of the few characters that i don’t really care what happened before 1982 for him, but everything from 82 onwards is SO INTRIGUING. he’s just a normal man! who misses and loves his friends! he’s the kind of character who i’d love to know in real life haha (also he’s a good subject to both fluff and angst IN CANON and thats the real deal maker here) :) • kevin flynn - man. in similar ways to alan and tron (mentioned in the previous reply), he’s got a LOT of potential for angst and depth which i think gets explored but not fully enough in canon. i really loved him in 82, he’s a nerd with an amazing taste in interior decor and music, and i love that. legacy kevin is Really tragic and makes me really sad, but for some reason, that just makes me even more interested in who he is as a character :)

media hyperfixation ask game here!

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how do you get into roleplaying on a ff server? like how do you do it and how do you know if your character is lore compliant? ;A; pls youre a big inspo to me

*Hugs Nonny* Getting into RP on a FF server can vary; I don’t actually RP much these days, outside of some friends I already have connections to--and that in itself can be difficult just due to Life! It can take time, and patience, and some fits and starts.

And this gets...really really long, so buckle up and go below the cut, please. :)

The cut got broken by an edit. Sigh.

In game there’s always the RP status tag, and just doing RP with folks in public spaces. There may be trolls now and then, but they can be ignored. I personally find Balmung’s Quicksand area too busy and anxiety inducing and not actually all that conducive to actual RP, even “meet at a tavern” walk-up type. But unless you already have a ready-made group of friends/FCmates willing to RP more than some random walk-ups with you, it may take some legwork to find folks you can and want to write with.

Social Media There are a couple of RP community blogs, like @mooglemeet​ and @ffxiv-crystal-rp​  and plenty of server-specific ones. There’s also some Discords for these communities. They host and advertise events and reblog people who are looking for RP contacts. Some of them have running gdoc calendars and in game linkshells and fellowships as well.

Shofie has a good post about Tumblr/social media RP blogging.

@shofie-ffxiv

It’s a fact now that social media outside game is a way to make contacts, or even a medium for RP itself. There are few centralized websites/forums for server RP communities anymore. Making connections over your social media, like Tumblr and Twitter, can help find RP. You can’t just throw your own character info out there or reblog prompts hoping others bite, though; you have to put in some work and show interest in others, too. This can be difficult and even scary. That’s OK.

RP is about collaboration and creating with other people, which means finding folks you can write with, and who see you as someone interesting but also interested in them and their OCs. If you want to keep it a solo endeavor focused on your own OCs, write fanfic (which I’ve actually made friends and gotten RP interests that way too through comment interactions, so hey).

If you reblog a prompt from someone, see others on your dash reblogging prompts, if people reblog that prompt post from you? Send them asks! Alternatively, don’t wait for prompts, just send asks, comments, or chats saying hello and things you notice or like about their blog/character/posts they make. Try to form connections with people you think are genuinely interesting and might be fun to talk with. Social media should be, well, social.

BUT respect boundaries, too. Don’t try sarcasm or jokes with people you don’t actually know, it tends to go over poorly. Unless someone’s specifically posting a naughty meme/prompt, keep stuff you others send clean and polite, especially if it’s unsolicited and you’re not already friends (doubly so if you don’t know how old they are IRL, there are laws you do not want to break). Respect if people aren’t open to random asks or chatting with new followers, or say “no” to RP, and know it’s not personal--it’s just what they have time, energy, and emotional/mental capacity for. Don’t give up on other people, though. This stuff can take time and effort to find those you click with.

Respect and communication with RP partners is pretty key.

Do curate your feeds and don’t be afraid to unfollow/mute/block folks, either. I’m selective in who I follow and remove as needed, too, for my own mental health. I miss so much of the discourse and drama and that’s fine by me. Also it costs nothing to not step in on a lot of the drama when it does pass in sight.

Profiles I have static RP profile pages for my girls here on Tumblr (and a lot of other static links and pages, but I’m weird about organizing like that). This way, if people want to write with me, send me prompts, if I sent them prompts, or they want to otherwise interact with my characters, the information is handily available. For some folks, this makes all the difference in who they choose to interact with: how easily can they find even basic info about your OC?

Some people make Carrds. Some folks have gdoc links, or use Dreamwidth, etc. Just keep the links in the blog’s sidebar menu, and/or in the blog desc so people can see ‘em on mobile. There are templates out there, or you can make your own. Feel free to snag mine if you’d like. A lot of times people also copy their profiles to rebloggable posts when looking for RP contacts. Profiles are a good way to let folks know just the at-a-glance basics about your character(s).

I picked a simple theme with a simple layout that makes it easy to add and show off links. I put them in the blog desc to make them easy to find on mobile, too.

[Images: links from my blog sidebar menu showing how over organized I am]

RP, Stories, Lore Post some stories or RP logs (with permission of others involved) or even just random little blurbs and headcanons, as well as any screenshots, art, aesthetic posts for your OCs. Have something of interest to show for your character, too, so some of those folks your interacting with have something of their own to see and ask about!

If possible, try some light RP with friends and FC Mates who are amenable. Go to events, even if just to lurk at first. When you do get up the nerve to talk to people, don’t try to throw a character’s entire backstory at them, or try to steal the limelight--RP is collaboration, back and forth, and a lot like real conversation. Maybe come up with little light things to talk about if asked; a recent adventuring job, a silly shopping incident, etc. They can break the ice or just give you something to reply with for a few minutes.

Lore Compliance is Variable. Some people really want lore compliance, others are OK bending it here and there, while still others throw it out the window entirely. If you want to be super lore compliant...read. There’s a LOT of information, in game and out, for finding lore; from official publications and website material, to tools like Garland Tools site, to compilation blogs like @mirkemenagerie.

Note what’s important for your concept. Narrow it down. Characters aren’t going to know or be or do everything, so only worry about what’s necessary for the base idea. And be flexible; it’s SE’s sandbox, we just play in it, and they can change things any time. They usually do it in the guise of characters not knowing/having all the correct information, at least, but also some places just don’t exist in game yet so we don’t have info.

I’m unspecific about a lot of elements of Aeryn’s childhood, for instance, other than “traveling merchants near Thavnair.” I don’t have to be super specific. I can keep most details vague, and focus on her family and those relationships.

Dark, as my first character, has a fairly simple backstory that I’ve expanded on and adjusted over time as I learned and came up with new info. I also bet no one remembers I originally said Dark was from the North Shroud. I’ve changed things (now from East Shroud, due to the proximity to Gyr Abania and its Hellsguards) as I learned more about the world and my character. You don’t want to change things willy-nilly, but sometimes being flexible and smoothing down some rough edges and making small changes can be fine, especially as one gets more lore over time.

Iyna has a pretty detailed backstory, that came from a basic idea, and checking dates in the pre-Calamity timeline. I based her being taken and trained the way she was not only on what info we have about Garlemald’s imperial practices with conquered provinces, but borrowed a bit from real life and the re-education schools many Native Americans were forced into (though I haven’t gone into detail on that yet, either). I tied the turning point in Iyna’s life to a major event that wasn’t the Calamity, and have left plenty of space in between for me to fill in as time goes on and I learn more about her and the world.

The world isn’t static, and is bigger and more diverse than what can be shown in the game. There’s space in the margins for plenty of weird stuff and contradictions or unusual cases. So read up on what you can, ask questions, and then find where in those spaces your OC fits. Then, find people who enjoy similar tastes in lore compliance (or non-compliance), and who enjoy playing with you and your OCs, and not worrying about the rest. Can’t please everyone, nor get along with everyone, so don’t try; just find what works for you, and who works with you, and don’t police anyone else’s pretendy fun times, either.

There’s no magic answer on the “right” amount of lore compliance, or how to quickly and easily find RP partners or break into the broader RP community.

I hope this helps at least a little bit! Good luck in finding your niche for RP, and maybe I’ll see you sometime at an event :)

[luuxxart]

i made like four pieces of concept art for a stranger things/star wars AU so as promised here’s the actual notes behind them (+ like a small stoncy sketch at the end)

whats the plan?

Originally, it was gonna be a fanfic(might still be) but im considering a comic format? but moreso in the style of Homestuck/MSPA bc im shit at keeping up w a background

so if i did that itd probably be a side blog 

but i have like

so many projects on backburners and idk enough abt star wars to even pull it off

i watched uhhhhhh 1,3,4,5,6,7, and 9, solo, and the mandalorian

so like what the hell is the plot anyway?

when it was going to be in a fanfiction format, i was going to make it revolve around Robin(naturally, she’s my favorite character) and Steve(who is my second favorite) so it revolves around them, but i might change that 

anyway

Missions start flooding a local bounty hunter guild concerning reports of kids being taken from planets by a group of people nicknamed “Scoopers” to be pitted against one another in an underground fight club. The mission to uncover the operation falls on the head of the guild, Hopper(who’s a washed-up Mandalorian bc i said so). Robin, a rookie bounty hunter, catches wind of the operation and persuades Hopper to take her with him on the mission.

Meanwhile, Steve(a spice runner) is on his way to his next client, who just so happen to be the “Scoopers”. 

they all meet at the base and things happen. cant spoil jic this is something i end up pursuing

so what are the robin notes

ngl fam i got shit for robin haha shes just the everyman trope for the story

probably an orphan in this story? but def not a Mandalorian of any sort

her suit is a combo of Samus’ light suit and Valkyrie’s costume from Ragnarok. (and in a way, metal sonic and mega man bc im trash)

she really wants a T4-M33 navigator droid

you got any steve notes?

BOY DO I EVER!

you’re just in luck bc *slaps the roof of this post* this baby can fit so many steve notes in it

on his homeplanet(its probably named Hawkins), he underwent knight training along w Nancy and Jonathan.

(you might notice some similarities between his outfit and the ones Mike and the other kids wear in the previous post)

Steve and Nancy were very much together, and they were the top knights in the program. Both were up for the position of the prince’s personal knight. The identity of the prince, until coronation, was unknown to the public, and so when Jonathan selected Nancy for his personal knight, Steve skipped town, and eventually, skipped planet altogether. 

but he didnt plan ahead, almost got his ass handed to him by some ex-hutts, and scrambled back to Hawkins. Joyce, who i think would be accurate to describe as the Queen Matron of Hawkins, gave him a chance to work at least as a top officer. 

during his return to Hawkins, Nancy gave him a pretty cold shoulder, only adding to Steve’s sense of displacement. 

he was given the task of hunting down some spice runners who’d stolen a bounty from one of their quarries, and fueled by resentment, he joined them instead. 

on one of his spice runs, he came across a rather wealthy Wookie family. he noticed, however, their son was rather sheltered, and took a keen interest in the business Steve had come into

it took him exactly three weeks for him to realize the kid had snuck onto his ship. the disappearing rations didnt occur to him until the packs were near empty.

he decided to take him with him on his spice run when the kid expressed extreme turmoil at home with his magnate family. but Steve sees himself more as the babysitter friend than the mom friend, having made a silent vow to return the kid(which was promised to himself after one adventure, which turned into five, and now they’re up to fifty. It’s been a couple years.)

so now he just does spice runs w dustin bc every story needs a lone star and a barf— i mean a han solo and chewie

god will anyone ever think of the children

no bc the teens are more interesting in s2-3 imo 

except eleven, she’s always great

but since u asked

Mike, Will, Lucas, and Max are all going through knight training on Hawkins. Lumax is a thing, and Byler is starting to be.

i dont get caught up in those ships too much and just try to go w whats canon since they’re kids for the most part

the whole plot kicks off w Mike and Will getting kidnapped(well, mostly Will and Mike just so happens to be there so he’s taken too)

and Lucas and Max go after them.

At the underground fight club they’re taken to, Mike befriends the top fighter who’s named Eleven because she’s the 11th force user they’ve managed to find. and eleven is,, dare i say,, unusually strong in the force

Nancy can use the force, Jonathan and Mike can’t. Will is force sensitive.

i guess i should mention if its not already obvious but Lucas is a Rodian and Max is a Twi-lek

ok yeah thats cool but what about billy

nothing about billy. or kali. for now

or barb

but they do exist in this au.

theyre also wips tho haha

so what now

nothing. for now

if u wanna know more drop me an ask and i’ll elaborate

until then i’ll probably do something for this once my robali fic on ao3 is finished.

anyway thanks for readin my nonsense heres a stoncy sketch for ur troubles

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Below the cut are a lot of updates I wanted to combine in one post. Most of these are the results of the polls I ran the last two weeks, but there are a couple of smaller updates to things like the points shop or minor rule updates. I tried to be as concise as possible to keep the length from getting out of hand, so if there are any questions left unanswered, I will be happy to address them! I’ll try not to throw any major updates at everyone for a while unless I absolutely have to!

This has been a lot to change, so it’s possible I may have missed a thing or two on certain pages, so if you notice anything I overlooked, please message me and I’ll fix it!

AOA has been removed from Lipstick’s past discography

There are no longer any AOA songs in Lipstick’s past discography. These have been replaced mostly with older Girl’s Generation and After School songs, including “Genie”, which has now been specifically stated as their breakout hit. Two non-AOA songs were removed, but they’ll likely be released in the future, and “Catch Me If You Can” has been moved later to be their first release after their former main vocal’s depature. A vocal position was added to the main rapper and a sub vocal position was added to the maknae. You can find Lipstick’s new discography here and their old discography here in case you want to compare the changes.

Park Duri and Zhao Tian both had MV role past claims in AOA songs that are no longer possible, so if the muns of these muses would like to change to a different MV claim, please message me!

Lip Gloss has been updated and their past discography now consists only of Orange Caramel songs. Instead of receiving backlash at the end of 2017 for releasing a song meant for Lipstick following Goeun’s departure from the group, they received backlash for releasing “Lipstick”, amid fears of the name suggesting the sub-unit would be replacing the full group as fans were unsure of Lipstick’s future as a full group at the time. You can find Lipstick’s new discography here and their old discography here in case you want to compare the changes.

Queendom will be staying with Lipstick using Nine Muses/After School/SNSD-inspired stages, based on votes, and information about Queendom has been updated on Lipstick’s, 7ROPHY’s, and Aria’s monthly schedules.

IZ*ONE has been added to WISH’s future discography

This does not affect anything in the past or present, but WISH are planned to release their first IZ*ONE release next summer. The line distribution has been updated on WISH’s page.

Gugudan and Laboum have been added to Aria’s future discography

Again, this does not affect anything in the past or present. Aria are planned to release their first Laboum release next summer. The line distribution has been updated on Aria’s page.

iKon has added to Alien’s past and future discography, B.A.P has been removed

iKon songs have replaced the B.A.P songs previously in Alien’s discography, and Alien are planned to release their first future iKon release next summer. Alien still debuted with the concept of aliens from different planets coming together, but it’s mentioned that the concept wasn’t a big part of their group concept after they debuted. Alien’s success at debut was higher than previously described, with them being widely anticipated to become a top boy group until their lawsuit, at which point their domestic success greatly suffered and they’ve been working to recover since. A sub vocal position has been added to the maknae. You can find Alien’s new discography here and their old discography here in case you want to compare the changes.

Mamamoo has been added to Silhouette’s past and future discography, Fiestar has been removed

Mamamoo songs have replaced three of the four Fiestar songs previously in Silhouette’s discography. The other one has been removed without being replaced. Silhouette are planned to release their first future Mamamoo release near the beginning of 2021. A vocal position has been added to the main rapper position. You can find Silhouette’s new discography here and their old discography here in case you want to compare the changes.

Astro and VICTON have been added to Impulse

Astro and VICTON songs will now be released by Impulse in addition to GOT7 songs in the future. This does not affect their past discography, but positions have been updated to more accurately align with all groups and line distributions have been updated. No taken positions have had their assigned positions changed. Impulse will begin to be affected by Astro and VICTON schedules next year and they are planned to release their first future Astro release near the beginning of 2021.

Two Knight positions have been updated

Knight’s main dancer/vocal position has been partially merged with the former maknae/lead dancer/rapper position. This makes the latter position now maknae/main dancer/rapper/vocal. This has been discussed with the mun of the muse currently taking that position. The former main dancer/vocal position is now a vocal position. This is to more accurately reflect the fact that, with Lay’s absence from recent EXO release, that former position wasn’t getting highlighted as a dancer in the group with any of Knight’s three model discographies anymore. I did consider bringing Knight down to eight members, but having over a fourth of the group on permanent hiatus then felt like a little too much.

Photo shoot claims are no longer limited by face claim

Muses may now claim magazine shoot references outside of their face claim. These photo shoots must still be idol-appropriate. The claims rules regarding them have been updated, so those should be read before sending in a magazine claim, please!

Foreign acting claims have been added to the points shop

Foreign acting claims have been added to the points shop due to demand. This claim is available for acting in China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, or the Philippines in roles played by current or former K-pop idols in real life. Again, there are very specific rules for these, so the new foreign acting claims rules page should be read by anyone interested in making this claim. Prices and waiting period are higher than domestic acting claims due to being cast in foreign dramas and movies being rarer and solo overseas activities like that being more of a conflict with group schedules.

The nation’s title claim is once again available with a checklist and a list of claimable titles

The claim has been reinstated with the checklist I’ve already shown to anyone who asked, with only the addition of a required solo magazine cover and a bullet point about scandals being kept to a minimum or the requirement of significant additional image-shaping through claims being needed. There is now a definite list of available titles to keep titles realistic and limit the overall number of nation’s titles possible.

As mentioned to those I’ve already spoken to about the claim, the checklist is to ensure several factors including, but not limited to: significant development into individual fame for a muse, mun dedication and development of a muse (to prevent frequent claiming of and then dropping of titles), and title’s importance to character development.

Muns are still required to discuss their muse’s path with the main before trying to claim a nation’s title.

There are specific age, gender presentation, and career limits for some. Available titles may be added as seen fit. There is also now a set rule limiting the number of potential nation’s titles per group instead of a vague general guideline.

EDIT: There are tentatively three spots for “original” titles that haven’t been given to anyone in real life or are not listed as pre-set tiles, but these will be selective and must receive admin approval. They should be comparable to existing titles without directly overlapping with any. If it’s hard to find original titles that can be approved, this option may be removed.

Muses may now only claim an MC special stage the first time they MC a show

Since the special stages are meant to introduce MCs, they may now only be claimed the first time a muse MCs for that specific music show.

Conflicting information on points blog regarding creative claims on canon features has been fixed

I noticed there was conflicting information on the points blog regarding whether creative claims were available on canon features and have hopefully removed all conflicting information. Creative claims now can’t be claimed on canon song features, but any previous claims of this nature will not be affected if I had allowed it.

Points-claimed OSTs must now be claimed before a drama begins airing

A drama will now close off to OST claims once it begins airing like it closes off to acting claims.

A Youtube song promotion claim has been added

These types of videos were previously unclaimable and considered nebulously headcanonable but not able to be made explicitly canon or claimed as viral moments. Since some interest has been shown in being able to claim them so they can be further claimed as viral moments, I’ve added the ability to canonically claim a Youtube song promotion bundle of up to four videos. Please make sure to read the rules regarding this if you plan to make a claim for this!

Only one muse per mun may now have past acting claims

This does not affect muns who already have multiple muses with past acting claims, but from now on, only one muse per mun may take up a past claims acting spot, even if they have multiple soloist muses. This is to allow more muns to possibly include that as character backstory for a muse.

Two-point playlist requirements have been updated

The requirements to collect two points for a playlist have been updated to more accurately reflect what I’m looking for. The playlist can include either a 100+ word explanation or, only if the lyrics are directly applicable to the playlist, such as if you make a playlist of songs that lyrically describe your muse’s personality or lyrically describe their relationship with another much, highlighted lyrics may be used.

Songs should also not be repeatedly used over multiple playlists so that muns aren’t making very similar playlists in theme and/or content to stock up on points. There is some margin for error here as not everyone is expected to keep up with every song they’ve already used in a playlist, but please do your best to avoid this.

The weekly chart explanation on the Exclusive blog has been updated

Nothing has actually changed about how charting is calculated, but I attempted to remove information that wasn’t really helpful and overall better explain the factors that come into play.

[swordwizardofdoom]

Steam Key Giveaway!

I have a bunch of extra game keys from purchasing the Humble Conquer Covid-19 bundle the other day, and after giving away a few to some friends, I have a bunch more I would love to offer to you folks here. c:

The only conditions are it’d be nice if you’re already following my blog, and if you’re not, that’s okay too, but preference is given if you already are. Otherwise you just need to PM me with which key you want, and promise me you will play it at some point and enjoy it!!

There are a few PRETTY DANG NICE games on this list, SERIOUSLY, so just let me know what ya want, and have fun.

Edited to show what’s left, and what’s already been claimed:

*UNDERTALE* ... most folks know what this is of course, and really if you haven’t played it yourself, it’s so good. Ignore the fandom (or don’t) and enjoy this one, it’s such a fun and investing game.

KILLING FLOOR 2 ... I literally don’t know what this game is, Jessie apparently already has it and it’s got shockingly high reviews, so? ?? If you want a gory, violent solo or co-op FPS this may be the game for you! Description of gameplay reminds me of Black Ops zombies, or something. Waves of enemies, currency to upgrade stuff, things like that. If that’s your jam, this could be a entertaining! Edit: I’ve now watched some friends play this extensively, it’s a lot of fun in co-op, not sure of the single player. It’s very fast paced and FUN though, check this one out if that sounds up your alley!

LOSTWINDS ... Looking this one up ’cause I don’t know much about it, seems like a super cute and friendly platformer. Was originally a wiiware game, but folks say the port is nice. It seems like a relatively short one, but it could be a relaxing and fun game to finish in an afternoon. c:

ALIEN SPIDY ... Not sure what to say about this one! Seems really goofy and family-friendly, and it has a spider which is always great! It’s a bit older, 2013, and seems to suffer from unforgiving difficulty progression and imprecise controls, but it could be a fun game to putter around in, and it is kinda cute.

STEALTH INC 2 : A GAME OF CLONES ... A sequel to a game called ‘Stealth Bastard : Tactical Espionage Arsehole,’ to give you an idea of what kind of a game this probably is. Nothing guaranteed though, this game originally came out for the Wii U (remember that?? We have one of those. It was honestly super fun!! So underrated! But I have no idea how well a port of a Wii U game will fare) and I’m not sure what to make of it.

ZOMBOTRON ... This one looks pretty cool!! Graphics are neat, and this dev was apparently pretty well known on a lot of those old flash game websites, like newgrounds and such. The style does feel pretty familiar, and this game has VERY high reviews and seems like a really fun one. Check it out and let me know if this would be something you’d enjoy.

Already Claimed:

**HOLLOW KNIGHT** ... I WILL BE SELECTIVE WITH WHO GETS THIS KEY. Seriously this game is so fucking amazing. One of my favorite games of all time. If we didn’t already have a copy I’d never part with it. This game has it all. Incredible story, unique, BUGS, immersive worldbuilding, BUGS, gorgeous art, BUGSSS, solid gameplay, and did I mention everyone is a frickin’ invertebrate? It’s amazing. It’s such a good game. Please someone who already knows what this is and has wished for it, lemme know, your time has come.

*THE WITNESS* ... I haven’t played this but Jessie says it’s a really fun puzzle-y kind of game. It’s VERY pretty and seems relaxing. By the same folks who made Braid, which I’ve also heard is quite good. This is $40 regular price on Steam and has 9/10 ratings. If you’re looking for a pretty, immersive, relaxing walk-around puzzler in these trying times, then this one might be for you.

*BROKEN AGE* ... Okay, I remember when this game first came out and it was a BIG FRICKIN’ DEAL. This was Tim Schafer’s first return to games like this since Grim Fandango, which is also an EXCELLENT game that I highly recommend. This is a very family-friendly, beautiful (it’s all hand animated 2D) point-and-click style game that reminds me of a lot of Double Fine’s classic stuff. The characters are very cute and charming, the story is nice, and I remember getting pretty invested in it. Without spoiling much I remember the ending being very disappointing, but if you take it all with a grain of salt it’s such a nice game. 

A MORTICIAN'S TALE ... This one seems too sad for me right now, but it could be nice for someone looking for a brief, cathartic emotion-cleanser who isn’t as nervous about preparing stylized 2D dead folks. It seems to be very death-positive/neutral and probably a really nice game, but it’s a little much for me right now. It does look very pretty though and people say it’s a good game. If you’d like to play through this one and tell me what you think, lemme know!

DARKSIDERS WARMASTERED EDITION + DARKSIDERS II DEATHINITIVE EDITION ... The first and second Darksiders games, with ALL DLC, prefer they go together but I guess if you only want one that’s cool too!! I don’t know much about these even though Steam shoves them in my face all the time. Edgy third person hack-and-slash with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as the focus. Published 2010 and 2012 respectively so I expect these to be a little wonky/unpolished but they look pretty cool. And even if they aren’t I mean come on I’m literally giving these away for free, why not try them out, or give the keys to someone you think might like them?

MAGICKA ... I recall this was a pretty nifty game, reminds me of MMO style combat, it has Very high reviews for such an old game, and the trailer made me chuckle. It’s also single player OR co-op, and you get to be a wizard! And that’s always a good thing.

REBUILD 3 : GANGS OF DEADSVILLE ... Sort of a top-down management-style game, which is one of my favorite genres. It’s a strategy sim game with zombies and dark humor, and if no one wants this game I’ll just keep it myself!

SO THAT’S WHAT I GOT. I’ll update this post as folks claim them, just PM me if you’re interested and I’ll send you the steam key. Check the notes first to make sure I haven’t already given it away first!! Have fun, and stay safe folks. <3

[lgcmanager]

MODELING MISSION 001

SCHEDULE TYPE: TRIMESTER SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: Cannot be paired with another trimester schedule, unless stated otherwise

on JULY 5, HEO AECHA has summoned all the TRAINEES CONFIRMED TO JOIN THE MODELING MAIN CAREER PATH late in the morning. she greets every trainee entering and close the door behind the last one. “finally, our models!” she  says, fondly. “you all had a chance to meet me, but barely. i am the head manager of LGC AGENCY, i oversee the careers of not only the company’s models but also our other talents. which implies that i’m a busy woman and we won’t meet all too often, unfortunately. on a day to day basis, you will be taken charge by your own manager; mister nam jinho. this arrangement might come to change in  the future.” she stares at each of them one by one. “i have a lot of  subjects to touch up, so let’s get to it!”

DORMS

“the dorm situation is sorted out. you may move in to your new dorms or out of the dorms starting from today. those who are confirmed to  leave them can do so from this week. fair warning; it’s not because you  aren’t under watch 24/7 that you should start acting harshly. should we  hear of bad behavior, you will be brought back to the dorms. this  privilege isn’t given to you so you can fool around with your friends  and hide us some relationships. it’s not because you’re away that we  won’t keep an eye on you. i hope i’m making myself clear.” she takes a  moment to look at all the trainees concerned.

SNS

“since you are models and sns are now used as portfolios by many in the industry, you presence on sns is important. therefore, you are now allowed to have PUBLIC INDIVIDUAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. while you do not have to go through the same waiting period as the rest under LGC Agency, this doesn’t mean that your sns account isn’t a privilege. should you fail to comply to the rules or cause trouble, access to your account will be removed.”

DEBUT CONTRACT

“your modeling debut is right at the corner which means new legal grounds to cover. you will all be handed a contract that will need to be signed and returned as soon as possible. i’ll let you read over them on your own.”

MODELING MISSION PART 001: P WHY

“now that all the administrative things are behind, i can share your schedule for this trimester. back in the days, lgc entertainment’s boygroup dbsd used to be models of a fashion brand with a chinese girl group. the brand is called PTWHY (comparable to stylenanda, with also a wide section for men). since its creation in 2010, the company has worked with idols from both china and korea until now. however, to revitalize the brand and remain competitive, they have decided to work with less idols and more models. and that's where the five of you come into play; you’ve been selected as the new models for the brand, joining 3 female and 2 male idols based in china. each of you will have one full day of photoshoot per week, either for clothes or makeup. you’ll also be walking the runaway to present the fall/winter collection of the company on august 3rd. finally, on the same evening, you are invited at the opening of their new store in seoul. should you do well, the contract will be prolonged another three months. for those curious about their pay, you are paid 1,3M won per work day before company split, therefore 650K won at the end of every week will be deposited in your accounts.”

MODELING MISSION PART 002: PAIRED WORKSHOP

“while you already jump in this with a paying job, the company considers that your training as models isn’t over yet. as mentioned earlier, you’ll be only working one day a week. the rest of the time, you’ll be training at the company.” she explains. “since we want you to be aware of not only what’s happening in front of the camera, but also what’s happening behind it. you are tasked to work in teams of two; one will be the model, while the other will play the photograph/director. the person behind the camera will have to come up with a clear concept, and the person acting as a model will have to follow their direction as if this is a real assignment. before the end of the trimester, you will need to have acted as a model and a director at least once. the pictures taken will be presented to me. you are allowed to do the two parts with two different partners.”

REQUIREMENTS

make sure to use the hashtag lgc:modelmission for everything related to this event. you have until OCTOBER 2 to complete the following requirements

PTWHY (photoshoot): write a 300+ words solo or a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with a partner happening on the photoshoot set +6 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE + 5 NOTORIETY !

PTWHY (fashion show/store opening): write a 300+ words solo or a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with a partner happening on the day of the fashion and store opening +6 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE + 5 NOTORIETY !

WORKSHOP (model): write a 300+ words solo or a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with a partner where your character is the model set for +8 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE !

WORKSHOP (photographer/director): complete a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with a partner where your character is the photographer/director for +8 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE !

to validate your skill points and collect your notoriety points, please submit the following form ONCE on the points blog before OCTOBER 3 11:59EDT.

TITLE: MUSE NAME ∙ MODELING MISSION 001

- PTWHY (photoshoot): +6 ( skill points distribution ) +5 notoriety [ LINK ] - PTWHY (fashion show/store opening): +6 ( skill points distribution ) + 5 notoriety [ LINK ] - WORKSHOP (model): +8 (skill points distribution) [ LINK ] - WORKSHOP (photograph/director) : +8 (skill points distribution) [ LINK ]

[firecpals]

SHIPPING     INFO     !!

ANSWER     THE     FOLLOWING     FOR     YOUR     MUSE     SO     PEOPLE     KNOW     HOW     SHIPPING     WORKS     ON     YOUR     BLOG. REPOST DO NOT REBLOG!!!

WHAT     IS     YOUR     OTP     FOR     YOUR     CHARACTER?: hmm. . . i have many characters on this blog and most of them actually don’t have too much canon romance? a couple i like are dickbabs and reddie, but i also have some really good stuff planned w people that i’m excited for! 

WHAT     ARE     YOU     WILLING     TO     WRITE     WHEN     IT     COMES     TO  SHIPPING?: anything really!! i love romantic dynamics but i also love antagonistic and friendship dynamics. i also love unrequited and enemies/lovers tropes.

HOW     LARGE     DOES     THE     AGE     GAP     HAVE     TO     BE     TO     MAKE     IT UNCOMFORTABLE?: anything that is minor x adult makes me uncomfortable for obvious reasons. other than that, i guess i’m indifferent? not personally a fan of huge age gaps when it comes to my own muses so it probably won’t be happening here

ARE     YOU     SELECTIVE     WHEN     SHIPPING?: honestly not really, so long as the dynamic is there i’ll probably be into it. and if i’m not into a romantic ship i’m always open to something nonromantic. 

HOW     FAR     DO     STEAMY     MOMENTS     HAVE     TO     GO     BEFORE     THEY     ARE     CONSIDERED     NS/FW?: idk i guess i go by the obscenity test where you know porn if you see it? i won’t be putting any explicit nsfw on my dash simply because i am shy but anything where muses are naked in a romantic sense seems like nsfw territory to me! regarding nsfw i am more open to talking about it than rping it, but if we’re close and comfortable with one another then i’d be open to it on discord

WHO     ARE     THE     OTHER     CHARACTERS     YOU     SHIP     YOUR     CHARACTER  WITH?: *cracks knuckles* i’m open to ships w all of my characters but the ones i like that are somewhat based in canon material are mallory/michael, babs/dick, eddie/richie, sheva/jill, megan/tommy, yue/sokka, and solo/illya/gaby! 

DOES     ONE     HAVE     TO     ASK     TO     SHIP     WITH     YOU?: i love to plot out ships so we’re both on the same page but if chemistry naturally develops i actually love spontaneous shipping! but also i am much too shy to ever do this to anyone so if you want to ship with me it’s probably better to just ask

ARE     YOU     SHIP     OBSESSED     OR     SHIP     MORE-OR-LESS?: lowkey obsessed ,, like i love romance 

ARE     YOU     MULTISHIP?: oui

WHAT     IS     YOUR     FAVOURITE     SHIP     IN     YOUR     CURRENT     FANDOM?: um ,, i guess my current fandom is friday the 13th since it’s my current hyperfixation? and romance is not a really big theme in the movies/game so i’m gonna go with the future ginny ship i have planned w a pal :) 

FINALLY,     HOW     DOES     ONE     SHIP     WITH     YOU?: fill out my interest tracker and i’ll send you a message about it! or you’re welcome to send me one! seriously i love to ship so just lmk and i’ll most likely be down for one w you <3 i have many muses

TAGGED     BY:   @chaoswon ♡

TAGGING:   anyone who’d like to! 

[babbushka]

Babbushka’s FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Hello everyone!

I thought it might be helpful for you all to see my answers to some frequently asked questions that I receive.

PLEASE CHECK MY BLOG DESCRIPTION TO SEE WHEN I AM ACCEPTING REQUESTS!

1.The Basics

Hello! I’m Babbushka, I’m a fanfic writer for the ADEU (Adam Driver Extended Universe). You can find my fics in my Masterlist, or on my AO3. I have a personal AU/self ship with Flip Zimmerman, which you can hear about or avoid, using the tag ‘personal au’. I am very anti-reylo.  

2. What do you write?

I write reader insert fanfiction for the Adam Driver Character Extended Universe. The characters I write for are:

Kylo Ren in a variety of AUs

Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (Any ‘canon’ Kylo Ren content is from a Canon Divergent!AU that I have, where Kylo has crushed the Resistance and reigns as Supreme Leader with his Empress (You))

Mob!Au

Medieval!AU

Edwardian AU aka BB!Kylo 

Biker Gang!AU

Ancient Emperor!AU 

Bond Villain!AU

Criminal Prosecutor!AU 

Flip Zimmerman 

Pale (from Burn This on Broadway), 

Clyde Logan 

Charlie Barber 

Paterson &, and/or Paul Sevier 

Sevier Twins AU

Various Saturday Night Live characters (like Cameron Bissel lol)

If a character isn’t listed, like Adam Sackler, Matt the Radar Tech, Jude, etc., that means I don’t write for them. Please do not ask me to write a character that is not listed here. 

3. What will you not write?

I will not write reylo, nor do i want any of my writing to be associated with reylo. Please don’t tag my fics as reylo if you reblog them, and please please please don’t insert Rey into the reader, it just makes me so incredibly uncomfortable and the ship fully disgusts me. I also will not write “””bendemption”””, any fics about “””Ben Solo”””, or any fics set in the D/LF canon of TROS. 

I will not write heavy angst (such as breakups or divorce between reader and the character, infidelity/cheating where the character is cheating on reader or vice versa, torture or violence against the reader, MCD/reader death, hurt-no-comfort, dub-con, non-con). I also won’t write ddlg/daddy kink, breeding kink, monster aus, or a/b/o.

4. WHEN IS [INSERT FIC HERE] UPDATING???

Whenever it’s ready to be updated. Please stop asking me this question you guys lol I do this in my free time for fun, I have a lot of factors that affect the timeliness of fic/chapter updates. I am so grateful that people like my writing but I am just one girl who is doing her best. I really appreciate everyone’s patience!

5. Can we send in prompt requests/submissions for Sinday?

YES – please check my description for when I am accepting prompts. Please don’t ask me if I’m accepting prompts if the description says I’m not. I keep it updated, I promise.

While I am always accepting prompt requests or submissions, I reserve the right to deny or delete any prompts I don’t want to write. I will usually always respond to the ask saying that I won’t write it, so you don’t have to wait around for something that never comes, because I do believe in being courteous.

Any prompts that request themes, tropes, kinks, or characters/ships that I have listed above will be deleted and you will be blocked. Please give me the respect of reading through my guidelines, if you wish for me to make content for you.

6. I’m confused about some of the terms you use and events you have on the blog. What’s sinday? Is it different than After Hours or Sleepover? What’s the difference between requests, headcanons, and thots?

Sinday = On the first Sunday of every month I open up prompt submissions. I always make an announcement post when sinday has arrived, and now with the new pin feature i’ll be keeping those announcement posts pinned to the top of the blog when it’s the appropriate day.  If you’re ever unsure, the description at the top of my blod says either “prompts are open!” or “prompts are closed”. When in doubt, just check there and you’ll know if I’m accepting submissions! 

Zannah After Hours = This is usually a part of Sinday, where later in the evening I post the nsfw/smutty content. This means prompts that people have sent in, oneshots that i’ve written of my own accord, and any art i’ve made that I want to share. But Zannah After Hours can happen any day of the week lol, especially during sleepovers. 

Sleepover = A chance for us all to hang out! I reblog a bunch of ask lists and ask games, people send in questions, or they send in asking for advice, or telling us about their day, or anything else they’d like to share. We talk about all sorts of things, it’s a great way for us as a community to just hang out and spend an evening together. I often will like put on a face mask and get snacks or something, or have a movie on in the background to help make it feel like we’re all sleeping over at my house and giggling together! 

Prompt Submissions (also called Imagines) = These are scenarios that you guys send in to me, that you want me to write. It’s usually only a sentence, an idea you guys have, and then I get inspired by that and write out anywhere from like 500-1k words based around the idea. These can be sweet, silly, angsty, or smutty! For example: “what would happen if Flip heard someone catcalling you?”

Headcanon requests = These are topics you guys send in that you’d like for me to go into some detail on in a casual way. It’s not fully fleshed out prose writing, but is instead a series of bullet points listing how I think the characters would respond to a scenario, or how they feel about a topic. For example: In what ways does Pale show he loves you?

Thots/General Shenanigans = These are just opinions that you guys have that you want to share with the world! It’s not expecting writing from me, it’s just you guys shouting out into the void and us all shouting back! For example: Clyde Logan is so thicc and I want to climb him like a tree.

7. Do you have a taglist for when you upload new writing?

Yes! Please see the link in my description, which will take you to a google form. You can select which characters you’d like to be notified for, as well as what type of writing (chapter fics/oneshots/prompt fills). 

8. Can you help me develop ideas for my fic?

While I am very flattered that you would consider me, I’m going to have to respectfully decline. I spend so much time developing ideas for my own professional writing and my hobby fanfic, that my brain tends to be fried and I’m of no help to anyone lol

9. Will you be my beta author?

Again, while I am very flattered, I will have to decline. Editing takes up most of my own free time, and I’m afraid I’m fried by the time I would be able to edit your stories.

10. Do you do RP threads?

Generally speaking, no.

11. Can I send you writing that I’ve done through the inbox/submissions box?

No. While I am flattered that you’d like to share writing with me, I really prefer to be tagged in a post you’ve made yourself, rather than posting your writing for you. You can tag my directly via the @ function, or you can use any of the following in the # section of the post:

for babbushka

userbabbushka

babstracks

I track these tags so if you include any of them, it’ll show up on my feed :)

Please understand that just because you tag me in something, doesn’t mean I’ll automatically share it. I only reblog writing I really enjoy, because I’m not really willing to compromise my personal standards lol. That’s not to say that if I don’t share your writing that it’s bad!! It’s just not for me, and that’s okay :)  

12. Do you have a masterlist?

Yes! I have compiled an ultimate masterlist that has links to my individual character masterlist posts. You can find those here, or via the link in my description if you’re on mobile, or via the link on my blog if you’re on desktop! 

13. I’m not sure if you’ve written this before but -- 

Please, please, please check the masterlists before sending in something if you’re unsure. Chances are, I’ve written it and you can read it right away, rather than wait for me to tell you it’s already been posted 6 months ago lol <333

[cranehusbands]

Big old Apex Legends worldbuilding post

So, I’ve been thinking on my headcanons for the games and how they function from a ‘makes sense narratively but is similar to its gameplay’ standpoint for the past few days, and I think I’ve managed to pull some things together. So, bare with me - long post here. Feel free to use these as well, by the way!! I’m gonna be using them for future fic, as and when it will be released >:3 Also feel free to ignore these and call me a dipshit, whatever!! It’s a free world baeby! And of course, as more info about the world is released in game, I’ll be adjusting these accordingly, but for now. Here they are.

(Sorry if these are in a rlly odd order as well, I’m on mobile and am also very stupid)

Logistics

The games are used as a blood sport for entertainment, this much we know. But I’d like to thing it’s very heavily monetised and capitalised as an annual thing, with seasons taking place about a year apart and lasting over a good few months, games occurring around 2 weeks between to allow recovery of the players.

Qualifiying Rounds

The games that we play and see with the Legends we know and love are not the first games to be played. In fact, it’s a sort of Big Brother-esque set up in which there are a handful of televised qualifying rounds first to establish the Champions that will return for the Legends games, by winning their qualifying matches and then possibly being asked to return if the viewings on those games and fan response to them are high enough. These qualifying rounds do not have respawn technology - when you die, that’s it. It’s rare for a full squad to win, and that’s why it’s so easy to pick a Legend to return.

For character headcanons relating to this, I would say that Mirage, Wraith, Caustic and Bloodhound were solo champions. Pathfinder, Octane, Lifeline and Gibraltar all survived with a teammate intact, and Bangalore managed to survive with her full squad. Wattson was let in on a special case.

Squad Selection

Squad selection is based on a combination of fan voting and specialist selection by gamerunners. Legends may input and say who they may like to be paired with, but it is mostly out of their hands. Squads remain as such for the entire season, unless there are major complications.

Revival & Respawn

This one is a small one, but the needles used to revive your teammates contain an adrenaline-stimulating agent that acts very quickly and exits the body just as quick as to not cause harm, possibly by dissolving into the blood or through sweat. However, these needles are limited and are placed on a small belt that a Legend must carry on their person, similar to their banners.

The death boxes are not canon, as we’ve seen from the cinematic trailer, and instead banners are held on the inside of the arm. Upon death, competitors are reconstructed according to the data on their banner with aches and pains but no damages, and are to wait on the dropship circling the arena for their teammates below to place the banner into a beacon. From there, the dropship will fly to the beacon location and drop the corresponding competitors down. Beacons are shut down after one use, and two banners can be pinged in a beacon at once. While in the dropship, ‘dead’ players may communicate to their teammates below, but cannot see anything above a bird’s eye view.

Fandom

I really like the headcanons in this post, in which the Legends are considered celebrities and are regularly asked for interviews and treated as we see celebrities in the real world - paparazzi, invasive questions and all. Each Legend would have their own army of fans, and fans often have blogs dedicated to talking about the games (much like our own here on tumblr dot hell). If you don’t tag spoilers three anons will come and snipe you. There are a Lot of uncomfortable thirst posts. Almost everyone has seen at least one. There for sure has been one of those tumblr answer-esque things before.l

Outside of the Games

While the arena of King’s Canyon is used for the games, because of the annual nature of the competition - qualifiers and all, which do cost a lot of money - there is an extension externally for tourism, including a small shopping complex for merchandising (complete with a food court) and housing for those associated with the games, including gamerunners, arena engineers and workers, and of course, the competing Legends, with separate and permenant facilities for the champion legends away from those using temporary residence for the qualifying rounds for a few months each year.

Etiquette for the Legends outside of the games is to remain strictly professional with their co-workers/teammates/rivals, but who listens to a bunch of uptights in dusty suits, right?

[ahnmakes]

devlog # 9 // life updates + new systems (UI, character stats, turn-based system)

so, I’ve been away for what feels like a year - there are a million things I could share.  first, let me update you on life things, then tell you a bit about what I’ve worked on in-game. as far as life things, I have been t i r e d.  and with autumn (my favorite season) here, the desire to cuddle and sleep all day is strong.

part of what’s been keeping me so tired is also that I both started uni studies and have a new job.  in the last blog, I mentioned I was thinking of going to university for further studies in computer science and all.  well, thanks to a few people’s generosity (and many, many phone calls, emails, etc), I did get signed up in time!  I have been absolutely in love with the things I’ve been learning in my first computer science class ever; even though it teaches Java, I have found that everything I’m learning is very easy to translate into C# and what I’m building in Unity.  each day, I feel more confident in my coding, so much so that nearly everything I’ve done in the past month has been entirely from my mind, just free-coding, without any tutorial or other guidance.  it is really amazing to feel like I can code up a system in my mind, even when I am away from a computer, and then sit down and type it out and it run exactly as I intended. while my studies and my new job (not especially difficult, but asks but for many hours each week; consider supporting me on Patreon so I don’t need to work as much?) keep me busy and often fatigued, I have been reclaiming time to code things I love and am really excited about - and I’d like to share with you a couple of things I’ve recently built. (edit: I just realised that a lot of the images are blurry :( will think on a fix for this)

where we left off with the last devlog, I was working a lot on the systems to build up the physical world: tile generation, interactables, biomes, and the like.  I did actually work on some other parts of the world and visuals (will share that in a near future devlog!), but more and more lately, I’ve been feeling like what will really keep me excited and focused, to feel like I’ve reached a solid checkpoint in my development, is being able to actually *play* the game.  even if it’s repetitive, only one area, or without animations, being able to press play and move characters around and interact is something I know will excite me.  so, that’s what I’ve been working towards. there are a handful of pieces I can identify between where the game was last devlog and what it needs to be minimally playable: - a basic UI that shows character stats - a system to calculate and update the stats to be displayed - a system to keep track of turns automatically - for the UI or world to display player choices accurately - at least a couple interactive actions the player can take, besides moving (damaging health, defending, etc) I started with making a basic character stat UI and a behind-the-scenes calculator. note: since we’re working mainly on systems in this devlog, I’m going to be sharing a lot of code talk.  but maybe you’re into that sort of thing.  also remember that my focus in each of these pieces is not to make something gorgeous or especially well-organised; my focus is to make something that works (though I am always thinking about optimisation and other possible patterns along the way).

so, this is what the first UI for character stats looks like!  I modeled this as a basic idea of how you might make a UI for creating a character and being able to preview their stats - both the base ones (like might and agility) and also a few of the compound ones (health, stamina, mana).

in this version, a player can choose an inheritance (what other games call “race”), a birth sign, and a primary class (though you won’t be able to choose it from the start like this in the game).  each of these choices contributes modifiers which change the stats, which is calculated altogether when you press the left or right buttons.  (again, these are not all the inheritances, signs, or classes in the game)

here’s a bit of the magick code that makes this happen:

as you can (hopefully?) see, I’m calling methods (CalculateClassValueMIT, etc) to get the relevant stat values and multiplying those against a magic number (eep!) and the character’s inheritance scaling.  what you might you also notice here is that these calculations are hard-coded to a given attribute (might, dexterity, intellect, etc); along with MIT, each of the other five attributes has its own calculation method.  I really hate this because I know there has to be another way to do it, but this is the way I know how to do so far - feel free to message me other patterns! (for example, I’ve seen people make a Stat class, but I don’t really get that yet?) then, while I was feeling a bit playful with UI and stats, I thought I would spend a day making a prototype of a “charisma interaction” system.  by this, I mean that - in the game - characters will be able to use their interpersonal skills to be able to navigate certain quests, get more information, and the like.  charisma pairs with each of the other attributes to give a certain way of interacting; for example, charisma and might could be interpreted as aggression, intimidation, using one’s size or boldness to gain favor.  pairing charisma with will could render an interaction more focused on relating, understanding, and empathising.  you can see some of might interaction here.

what’s shown in this is that Joseph, the unit kind enough to help with our testing, responds to your might interaction attempt with various phrases.  behind the scenes, Joseph has their own inheritance, signs, and other traits, and when you click, these + a random roll are used to calculate *how* Joseph responds.  in this case, Joseph has a primary sign of Aries, which inclines them to respond well to your might-based attempts (you’re in luck!).  even when Joseph declines your attempts or chooses to stop talking about a subject (just wait some days for them to open up again), they will tell you that they mostly like how you’ve approached them, even if it didn’t work this time - a character with Virgo as a primary sign, however, might tell you off on your first attempt and refuse to interact further with you. rather than just a few pre-programmed dialogues, I am interested in the game having a more procedural, somewhat organic feel.  also, in the actual game, Joseph will have slightly less patience; you won’t be able to keep clicking, only able to make an attempt twice in a day before the character closes that interaction. while the gif above shows many of the responses and reveal that there are just a handful of phrases this character will use, a player won’t see these in succession like this, so hopefully, the organic, personal feeling will be maintained.  and again, in the future, I intend to make this more complex, not just button pressing. here’s some of the behind the scenes to how the aries sign is built.  each sign is a scriptable object with these same parameters.

the basics of how a sentence is formed:

and what happens when you press the MIT button:

and the last thing to share today is about the turn-based system.  I knew this was an important step in moving us closer to a playable version of the game.

take a look, and then I’ll explain.

feel free to rewatch a few times, since there’s a lot to notice.

first, I approached this system by defining exactly what makes up a turn.  during a turn, the player will have four basic opportunities for choices: a first movement, an action, a secondary action (if the first was a half-action), and a second movement (if the character has any remaining movement).  these are the phases that the character sees and directly interacts with. then, beyond/around that, each turn also needs to initialise a player and update any status effects (status phase), figure out who’s next and adjust each character’s place in the list (priority phase), and see if the battle conditions have been met or if a next turn is needed (check phase).

here’s a closer look at some of the phases in code:

the basic setup is that the player interacts by pressing buttons when their input is needed, then the code moves through the phases depending on numerous factors: if the player used up all their movement, if they have action remaining, if they have a status (sleep? paralysed?) that will skip their turn, which phase it is currently ..

I have seen other approaches to coding a state machine (which I guess is what this is?) that I didn’t understand very much at all, and I am excited about this code because I know it came from me and all the things I’ve learned over my short time coding.  importantly, i am excited because it works.

whew.

so, what’s next?

well, I’ve built these systems solo (separate from the rest of the game systems) so that I could really polish them (as much as one polishes prototypes :p) before moving them into the fray. so, a next step is to integrate both the stat UI and the turn-based system into the rest.  to make it so that a player can pull up a fuller UI with a key press.  to show a constant UI indicating which units are involved in an interaction, maybe with some predictive stats (chance of hit).  and to have the player’s “movement button press” actually be them choosing which tile to move to, calculating automatically if that is their full movement range, and a much prettier (radial?) UI for selecting actions .. let’s not get ahead of ourselves.  one thing at a time.  I will keep working at it, with my plan being to get a workable version running this weekend, so maybe check back soon. and if you’d like to support me or get some behind the scene insights or help with building your game, do check out my Patreon - I would love for you to join my party: patreon.com/ahnmakes ✨✨ otherwise, I’ll see you in the next devlog! with love and need for a long, long sleep, ahn

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Divine Me A Masterpiece Challenge

♦ About

Welcome to my 1000 follower challenge!!! With there being a lot of seasonal challenges right now I thought I’d do something a little different. I thought that maybe we should get in touch with magic that’s in the air right now ;)

So for this challenge we are looking at tarot! First I’ll go over the rules and expectations, then gloss over tarot, and finally round out this post with the characters and prompts. So let’s get started :D

♦ Rules

To Enter

You must apply through my ask box so no anons. If you are using a side blog and don’t want your main shown to the world tell me so in the ask and I will not post it publicly. 

Every entry needs to be inspired by a Major Arcana card and must be focused on a character or ship I listed.

Each card is limited to one person!

Entries must be sent by ask and will be posted publicly!

I have bonus prompts listed at the bottom of this post; you need to use at least one (1) and you are limited to three (3) total! Sentence prompts are all first come, first serve! The majority of the AU prompts have a two person limit.

What your ask should include - the tarot card you wish to claim, the character or ship you wish to write for, and 1-3 of the prompts/AUs I have listed (You need to use at least one from the list).

All angst must have a happy ending and no cis-swapping.

I am accepting - fics, fan art, moodboards, edits, and playlists (you need to make a cover for it).

Note: I work second shift so please don’t panic if I don’t respond in the afternoon/evening hours.

November 24th, 2018 - I currently am just shy of 1000 followers and will not be posting a due date for these until I get 1000 followers. I will tag all who entered when that happens.

When Posting Your Work

All entries are due on February 22nd, 2019. Please do not post before then.

Make sure to list - the character/ship you wrote for, any warnings, and if it is nsfw.

Tell me how you interpreted the card for your work.

Make sure to tag me @goingknowherewastaken and @jiminthestreets-bonesinthesheets (Ashley is my assistant during this challenge)

Please use this tag within the first 5 tags - #DivineMeAMasterpieceChallenge

If your work contains nsfw content please make sure to tag it accordingly.

Please send me the link to your work through my ask box!

♦ About Tarot

We’ve all seen the decks of cards with beautiful designs used for helping find possible answers to questions we may have, but not everyone knows what’s going on with them. I will gloss over the bare minimum of info here, but I encourage you all to read up on tarot if you are unfamiliar with it.

Tarot cards are used for uncovering possible answers to questions we have about our lives - from love to career. Cards can be drawn and placed in a certain layout (spread) and are then read in a specific order. They are meant for enlightenment and what they tell in the spread is not set in stone - they are cards and you can ignore their take if you wish.

There are two ways to read the cards depending on how they appear in a spread - upright and reversed (upside down). If the card is revealed to be right-side up you are to read the card as is and if it is reversed then it’s meaning is reversed.

Depending on the deck, the description of the card can vary slightly, but overall they are similar. Also, the meaning behind the card is affected by the other cards in the spread. For this challenge you will only have to worry about the card you selected.

Because there are in total 78 cards in a standard deck (divided between the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana), we will only be using the Major Arcana which totals 22 cards.

Please read up more on the card you select!!!!!

The Tarot Cards (the words listed are just brief overviews of the cards that I gathered from Biddy Tarot)

Fool - @haveyouseenmymind 

Upright - beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit

Reversed - naivety, foolishness, recklessness, risk-taking

The Magician

Upright - power, skill, concentration, action, resourcefulness

Reversed - manipulation, poor planning, latent talents

High Priestess - @frostingsfics 

Upright - intuition, higher powers, mystery, subconscious mind

Reversed - hidden agendas, need to listen to inner voice

The Empress

Upright - fertility, femininity, beauty, nature, abundance

Reversed - creative block, dependence on others

The Emperor

Upright - authority, father-figure, structure, solid foundation

Reversed - domination, excessive control, rigidity, inflexibility

Hierophant - @bsotstory 

Upright - religion, group identification, conformity, tradition, beliefs

Reversed - restriction, challenging the status quo

Lovers - @the-goddamn-queen 

Upright - love, union, relationships, values alignment, choices

Reversed - disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values

Chariot

Upright - control, will power, victory, assertion, determination

Reversed - lack of control and direction, aggression

Strength

Upright - strength, courage, patience, control, compassion

Reversed - weakness, self-doubt, lack of self-discipline

Hermit - @auduna-druitt 

Upright - soul-searching, introspection, being alone, inner guidance

Reversed - isolation, loneliness, withdrawal

Wheel of Fortune - @kjs-s

Upright - good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point

Reversed - bad luck, negative external forces, out of control

Justice

Upright - justice, fairness, truth, cause and effect, law

Reversed - unfairness, lack of accountability, dishonesty

Hanged Man

Upright - suspension, restriction, letting go, sacrifice

Reversed - martyrdom, indecision, delay

Death - @captainsbabysitter-blog 

Upright - endings, beginnings, change, transformation, transition

Reversed - resistance to change, unable to move on

Temperance

Upright - balance, moderation, patience, purpose, meaning

Reversed - imbalance, excess, lack of long-term vision

Devil - @bookcaseninja

Upright - bondage, addiction, sexuality, materialism

Reversed - detachment, breaking free, power reclaimed

Tower - @haveyouseenmymind 

Upright - disaster, upheaval, sudden change, revelation

Reversed - avoidance of disaster, fear of change

Star - @filatarcangelus

Upright - hope, spirituality, renewal, inspiration, serenity

Reversed - lack of faith, despair, discouragement

Moon - @resistance-is-futile81

Upright - illusion, fear, anxiety, insecurity, subconscious

Reversed - release of fear, unhappiness, confusion

Sun - @and-i-cant-resurrect-you 

Upright - fun, warmth, success, positivity, vitality

Reversed - temporary depression, lack of success

Judgement 

Upright - judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution

Reversed - self-doubt, refusal of self examination

World  

Upright - completion, integration, accomplishment, travel

Reversed - lack of completion, lack of closure

♦ Characters And Ships

Characters (for reader inserts)

Jim Kirk (AOS)

Leonard McCoy (AOS)

Spock (AOS)

Scotty (AOS or TOS)

Steve Trevor

Steve Rogers

Bucky Barnes

Clint Barton

Bruce Banner

Thor

Peter Quill

Skurge

Owen Grady (Jurassic World)

Nicholas Devereaux (The Princess Diaries 2)

Cinderella’s Prince (Into The Woods)

Bernie Webber (The Finest Hours)

Jack Ryan (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit)

Toby Howard (Hell Or High Water)

FDR Foster (This Means War)

Dr. Alex Murray (A Wrinkle In Time)

Robert the Bruce (Outlaw King)(I can’t help it he’s too precious with Elizabeth!!)

Eomer

Vaako (The Chronicles of Riddick)

Gavin (Pete’s Dragon)

William Cooper (RED)

John Kennex (Almost Human)

Vincent Stevens (The Loft)

Kirill (The Bourne movies)

Ships

McKirk

WonderTrev

Jim Kirk x Eomer

Jim Kirk x Vaako

Jim Kirk x Scotty (Scirk)

Owen Grady x Charlie Weasley (from Harry Potter)(I know no one will use this ship but I have to have hope ya know?)

WonderKirk

Napollya (Napoleon Solo x Illya Kuryakin from (T.M.F.U.)

Merthur

I have expressed interest in other crossfandom ships in the past that involve one (or some) of the characters listed above so if you have an ship in mind ask me about it and I may grant an exception to it (no sp*rk though so don’t even try that)

♦ Other Prompts

Sentence Prompts (gathered from around tumblr)

“I…think I’m in love?” - @the-goddamn-queen 

“Are you scared? Don’t be. ‘ll protect you from today onwards.” @haveyouseenmymind

“It’s crazy, isn’t it? Two complete strangers who know nothing about each other being brought together like this.”

your car slid into a snowbank and i’m the mechanic that comes to tow you

i hate the holidays more than anything in the world and you drive me nuts because you love the holidays more than anything in the world and this is why we aren’t friends (enemies to friends to lovers hello)

i’m constantly dragging all my friends to your hockey games because i think you’re so much fun to watch and i don’t think you’ll ever notice me

you knit me a sweater for christmas and i realize i am in love with you @bsotstory 

your birthday lands on christmas so no one ever remembers except this year i’ve asked everyone to delay their holidays to throw you a proper birthday bash

I build a fort in the college courtyard and have been throwing snowballs at people passing by and you are not impressed

our first date is spent walking around our small town holding hands and talking as soft snow falls around us @resistance-is-futile81 

I mean life is full of surprises. You could find the love of your life tomorrow, but you could also wake up bald. @the-goddamn-queen 

Will you press pause on your SHIT for 5 minutes? @the-goddamn-queen 

“Let’s not confuse healthy eating with a hot dog.”

“I’m gonna lay down and die for like a half hour okay?”  @auduna-druitt

“So MacGyvering this out of my tuckus right now.” @captainsbabysitter-blog 

“I just did some calculations, and I’ve been able to determine that you’re full of shit.” @frostingsfics 

“You screw with me, I’ll screw with you.”

“i’m pretty good at providing distractions.”

“Why is there a picture of Steve Buscemi in your bathroom?!”

“These stars are nothing compared to the ones I’ve seen in your eyes.”

“Are you ready to dance with the devil?” @bookcaseninja

hey i just moved into the house next door and i just wanted to let you know that your dog keeps getting into my yard an - wait what? what do you mean that’s a cat????? that’s not a cat it’s fucking huge!!!! (turns out it is a cat, it’s just really big and fat) @haveyouseenmymind 

The postal worker delivered your package to my place accidentally and I was expecting something so I totally didn’t look before I opened it and… wow that is um… quite an interesting thing you bought and I’m here to return it

our dogs are in love with each other and it’s making things awkward at the dog park AU

I injured myself doing something stupid at a holiday party and you’re the doctor at the emergency clinic AU

I just moved into a new apartment and went to buy groceries, but I bought more than I could carry back. I’ve stopped to catch my breath when I hear someone asking if I need help and I look up and the sun is literally making you glow like a damn angel. @and-i-cant-resurrect-you 

where one person is actually famous and sets up a dating account with their real picture and the other sees it and is like, oh dude you are not fooling anyone with that picture and when they actually meet the other is pissed because DUDE YOU’RE THAT FAMOUS PERSON and the other is like, yeah, i mean, i thought you knew…

i have a soft spot for cats so i always feed the fat one that’s always hanging out in the hall with treats and now it started hanging around me fuck i’m so sorry i didn’t mean to accidentally steal your pet @filatarcangelus

“ur just a random stranger and i’ve been ranting to you for like 20 minutes about how much i hate this one band but now several groups of people came up to you asking for pics and autographs, and oh shit it turns out you’re in the band i’ve been going on about” au

You’re a famous viner and I constantly witness you doing the weirdest things AU

“I went to see you live in concert and was front row and you went into the crowd and I grabbed your hand, but started freaking out so much that I was touching you that I couldn’t let go to the point where security had to physically tear me away from you and now you’ve invited me backstage literally what” AU

AU Prompts (each of these (baring the Soulmate AU) has a two person limit)

Soulmate AU (there will be no limitations on this prompt) - @frostingsfics 

A/B/O AU

Shop AU -

Book shop,

flower shop,

bakery,

coffee shop/cafe,

ice cream shop,

boutique/antique store

Professors/Teachers AU

Wings AU - @bookcaseninja 

Supernatural Creature(s) AU

vampires,

werewolves,

fey,

shapeshifters,

Ghosts,

demons,

Angels

merpeople

Magic/HP AU - @haveyouseenmymind 

Celebrity/Famous Face/Hollywood AU

Fake Relationship AU - @captainsbabysitter-blog 

Youtuber/Viner AU

Circus AU - @kjs-s 

Roommates AU - @auduna-druitt

Historical AU

Fairy Tail/Disney AU

Spy/Secret Agent AU

Royalty AU - @and-i-cant-resurrect-you 

Classic Novel Pride & Prejudice AU

Tagging those interested: @musicmandy1991 (tumblr won’t let me tag you????) @haveyouseenmymind @outside-the-government @tardisoftheshire @bookcaseninja @miraclesoflove @exiledtime @cynically-optomistic @frostedej

[ryuukia]

Some sort of Christmas Present thingy (I guess?)

If you’ve checked my blog these days then you might have seen my proposal. Since the Christmas spirit is slowly taking over me, I decided to take on one translation request, winner generated through random number generator. (It ended up more with tsukiuta than tsukipro, but please read the rules for tsukipro)

You can look up this list below read more, choose one item you want me to translate and send me that through ask. The limit date is 20th of December!

Before that, here are a few rules:

You can send only one ask (please don’t try to cheat using anon ask, I left that available for those who want to participate but don’t have tumblr accounts)

You can send the ask either directly or as anon (but respect rule 1 and send only one ask)

You can select one thing from the list or send me a title of your own if it’s not listed below and it’s not translated by someone else (I didn’t really add tsukipro CDs since I don’t really know which were translated, but I have a slightly idea)

I tried not to add things that were translated before, but if I did end up doing that please let me know and I’ll remove it from the list

For now I’m decided on only one winner, but if there are more than let’s say hmmm 35 requests? I’ll choose 3 winners

Feel free to ask me any questions about it

No, I won’t share the CDs or scans

Might add more rules as time passs?

Now here’s the list (sorry I gave up on naming them like halfway)

Tsukiuta 2nd season (duet CDs)

>Tsukiutaya shop smartphone case short story tokuten:

-Datte Mada Mada Avant-Title -Koi Wasuregusa -Inocencia -Hajimari no Haru -Rainy Day -Tsuki to, Hoshi to, Maboroshi to -Childish flower -Kimi ni Hana wo, Kimi ni Hoshi wo -DA KAI -Awai Hana -Sing Together Forever -Celestite

>Tsukiutaya shop bag short story tokuten:

-Datte Mada Mada Avant-Title -Koi Wasuregusa -Inocencia -Hajimari no Haru -Rainy Day -Tsuki to, Hoshi to, Maboroshi to -Childish flower -Kimi ni Hana wo, Kimi ni Hoshi wo -DA KAI -Awai Hana -Sing Together Forever -Celestite

>Tsukiutaya shop pouch short story tokuten: -Datte Mada Mada Avant-Title -Koi Wasuregusa -Inocencia -Hajimari no Haru -Rainy Day -Tsuki to, Hoshi to, Maboroshi to -Childish flower -Kimi ni Hana wo, Kimi ni Hoshi wo -DA KAI -Awai Hana -Sing Together Forever -Celestite

Tsukiuta 3rd Season:

- Kisaragi Koi [Radical Lovecal] Mini Drama (ft. Iku)

- Kannaduki Iku [Lost My God] Mini Drama (ft. Koi)

- Joint Live Intermission: Kakeru & Rui's MC corner

- Joint Live Intermission: Haru & Kai's MC corner

- Joint Live Intermission: Arata & You's MC corner

- Joint Live Intermission: Aoi & Yoru's MC corner

- Joint Live Intermission: Koi & Iku's MC corner

- Tokuten for buying all 12 volumes: Joint live's backstage entrance

Tsukiuta Female Solo 2nd Series:

- Momosaki Hina [Kono Koneko no Ko] Drama Part

- Terase Yuno [My Longing] Drama Part

- Motomiya Matsuri [Tawamure Hayashi ni Koikogare] Drama Part

- Asagiri Akane [Sepia] Drama Part

- Tokuten for buying all 12 volumes: Girls' live backstage ~Let's have lunch!~

Unit Singles:

- Six Gravity Unit Song [Gravity] Short Story paper

- Procellarum Unit Song [ONE CHANCE] Short Story paper

- Interlocked Purchase Short Story paper "After a certain live is over" (ft all 12)

Anikuji (CDs):

-Six Gravity Anikuji B-1 Award: Hajime & Haru

-Six Gravity Anikuji B-2 Award: Arata & Aoi

-Six Gravity Anikuji B-3 Award: Kakeru & Koi

-Six Gravity Anikuji B-4 Award: Hajime & Arata

-Six Gravity Anikuji B-5 Award: Aoi & Kakeru

-Six Gravity Anikuji B-6 Award: Haru & Koi

-Procellarum Anikuji B-1 Award: Shun & Kai

-Procellarum Anikuji B-2 Award: You & Yoru

-Procellarum Anikuji B-3 Award: Rui & Iku

-Procellarum Anikuji B-4 Award: Shun & You

-Procellarum Anikuji B-5 Award: Kai & Rui

-Procellarum Anikuji B-6 Award: Yoru & Iku

Other CDs:

- Tsukiuta Ikebukuro Tsukineko Monogatari

- Uduki Arata's Rabbit Fair: "Tsukiuta in Wonderland" Special Tokuten Drama CD

- Tsukiuta Koi & Arata's tokuten Tsukiraji Bussiness Trip Edition

- Tsukiuta Tsukipro Festa in Stuffing Oshi things (ive no idea how to word this lol)

- Tsukiutaya Shop antenashop kaiten kinen manezu eigyou tour ☆ tennai housou CD

- Tsukiuta nenmatsu jump kuji D-Award " AGF 2014 Tsukiutaya Naration CD"

Books:

>Super comic city 25 Charity Book: Kimi ni hana o ageyou (this on features tsukipro characters too)

> Tsukitomo Animate Set Booklet

> Monthly Tsukiuta 2014 Special Edition:

-One year anniversary roundtable discussion: Seniors ver

-One year anniversary roundtable discussion: Middle group ver

-One year anniversary roundtable discussion: Juniors ver

-Cast Interview: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12

- Goddesses talk

- Tsukiuta diagram 12-5 Men + Women

- Interview with Jiku-sensei

- January & February interview (about their songs): Men + Women

- Dorms plans ft March representants

- Tsukiuta diagram 1-12 Men

- More interviews with staff members

> [AGF 2014] Monthly Tsukiuta 2014 Special Edition:

-Two years anniversary roundtable discussion: Seniors ver -Two years anniversary roundtable discussion: Middle Group ver -Two years anniversary roundtable discussion: Juniors ver -Cast Interview (Men ver): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 -Cast Interview (Female ver): 1-12 - Christmas talk between the juniors - Christmas talk between Gravi, Procella and Fluna - Festival of seven herbs discussion ft Middle group -Adult day (?) discussion ft seniors - Tsukiuta Poll (men & women) // basically top lists for stuffs like "who do you want to have as you boyfriend/girlfriend etc - To you who meets us for the first time (convo ft juniors) - To you who meets us for the first time (convo ft middle group) - To you who meets us for the first time (convo ft seniors)

>Tsukiuta Summer Holiday (Diary with one entry for each day)

>Tsukipro Dark Stew short story booklet

>Tsukipro Dark Stew 2 short story booklet > [Focus] Solids Fanbook (for this prob interviews) > TSUKIPRO SHOP in HARAJUKU Item Line-up SEXY☆SENSE mini story paper > TSUKIPRO SHOP in HARAJUKU Item Line-up Tokyo Love Junky mini story paper

Solids:

>Character Songs:

- Vol.1 Animate ss paper ft shiki

-Vol.2 Animate ss paper ft Rikka

-Vol.4  Animate ss paper ft Dai

Growth:

>Kachoufuugetsu

- Tokuten for buying all 4 volumes (mini drama CD)

SOARA:

>Kachoufuugetsu

- Tokuten for buying all 4 volumes (mini drama CD)

Magazines:

MY☆STAR Vol.3 -Cross Talk (Gravi & Procella) -Question for leader (Hajime & Shun + Kai & Haru) -More questions (Junios/Middle Group) -SolidS interview -Growth interview -SOARA interview

MY☆STAR Vol.8 - Love song for you - Special Interview (Arata, Aoi, You, Yoru) - Let's Sing a love song!! SolidS side - Let's Sing a love song!! QUELL side - Let's Sing a love song!! SOARA side - Let's Sing a love song!! Growth side

Dengeki Girl's Style (October 2015 issue) - Tsukiuta 3rd Season Kisaragi Koi [Radical Lovecal] - Interview with Koi's voice actor, Masuda Toshiki - Tsukiuta 3rd Season Kannaduki Iku [Lost My God] - Interview with Iku's voice actor, Ono Kensho

Dengeki Girl's Style (November 2015 issue) - Tsukiuta 3rd Season Satsuki Aoi [Harukaze to Hibari] - Interview with Aoi's voice actor, KENN - Tsukiuta 3rd Season Nagatsuki Yoru [Yuuyake Days] - Interview with Yoru's voice actor, Kondo Takashi

Dengeki Girl's Style (December 2015 issue) - Tsukiuta 3rd Season Mutsuki Hajime [Aa. Kami wo Nadete, Hoho wo Nadete, Omae wo Aishite yaru] - Interview with Hajime's voice actor, Toriumi Kousuke - Tsukiuta 3rd Season Shimotsuki Shun [Monochrome Sky] - Interview with Shun's voice actor, Kimura Ryohei