#spedrun that shit all day

[ruiiplume]

Happy 17th anniversary Twilight Princess ✨

[bluedandylyon]

I'm conflicted - ARCANE SPOILERS !

On one hand - the 2 expectations I had going into szn 2 were cativi kissing and the full appearance of Warwick - which I knew both were going to happen anyway. I love Arcane bc of what LoL (unfortunately) means to me, and the fact that I've shipped Caitvi since 2014, but I never adored the show bc it just brought me so much pain that I couldn't rewatch it often and brainrot the way I have with She-Ra for example. Visually it's the most beautiful and thoughtful piece of art I have ever watched, but in terms of the story... At some point it just starts feeling like torture porn when shit keeps going horribly sideways with no breaks. So I kept my expectations low.

I initially loved season 2, but by the end of Act 2 I just realized it was impossible to have a satisfying ending to all the shit they introduced. They flew too close to the sun. Season 1 was already BLOATED by the ensemble, but it was character-driven and the pacing was good enough. But now that I have sat a day with season 2 I just feel like they went full spectacle and forgot the grounding power their characters had in the first place.

Don't get me wrong, again, the visuals were INSANE this season. The explorations of different mediums like watercolor, charcoal, utilizing different frames per second blew my lil animation-loving mind. And Fortiche has absolutely perfected the art of "show, don't tell". But the writers were too greedy. This is a show that started as a class critique, an exploration of power corrupting ideals, a tale of two sisters whose circumstances forced them apart and an exploration of the mental toll that leaves them with. We end with an abstract, surrealist take on how love is the root of twisted emotions and how in the search for it, we can lose our humanity in the process.

Which sounds great right? But... those are two different things, two different thesis statements. And two different thesis statements require different characters to carry the message. So in the end, the sisters we started with get completely sidelined for two different characters. Which again, would not be a bad thing unless this is the story we started with, but it ends up feeling disjointed and unsatisfying. Add the torture porn season 1 was already gratuitous with, and you end up deeply unsatisfied if you cared about any of the main characters from season 1.

Gone are the themes from season 1 and so the main character's arcs are cut before they properly finish, because we have moved on to new, shinier themes now! It feels like introspective emotional peaks and lows were spedrun in order to get more scenes of action-packed suffering and spectacle in. There is no room to breathe. When a show gets terrified of "filler", it cuts essential character moments as a consequence.

The more I sit with it, the more disappointed I feel. I had low expectations, but then Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2 gave me hope. I get that Arcane was EXPENSIVE and they probably didn't have the budget to animate more, but then they should've taken that into account when they decided to further bloat the already insane ensemble of characters and plot threads.

Again, I just feel really conflicted.

[hostilemuppet]

okay wait actually. band together's timeline is insane. it opens with the wedding in the morning, jd shows up, yadda yadda. they find the sunset, make it to vaycay island, though the lighting in the jungle looks like midday instead of sunset. they get there and grab bruce, and then go on their way. and that's just the first day in the daylight hours!!! from the funderdrawers to the hustle segment to the golf course is all in a single night. so from the wedding to clay's retrieval is less than 24 hours!!! they spedrun that shit!!! there isn't a super clear daylight period between the golf course and the climax, though, so either a) the bulk of the travel time was skipped over and the climax happened on the second night, or b) through hustle/mount rageous being close by they made it to the rage dome before the sun could rise, meaning the entire movie took place over the course of less than 24 hours. no wonder none of the brothers' issues were adequately addressed!!!

though, to be fair, the twins' and the gridget scenes seem to indicate that there was probably an intervening day, making option A more likely. but still, that's fast!!

Its bc all the brothers wanted to get away from jd as soon as possible

[nugsanart09-works]

speedrunning my teapot

okay so as my roster's nova, they know damn well on how i go from "gone for literal years" to "bulldozing through every quest available within a day" — the latter being specifically when i spedrun through the liyue quest (that i've been neglecting for years now whoops) for the taste testing teapot event. yep, i have shit priorities and it shows lmao

little note that i believe the aurora bot allows the sunshines what the nova's current status is at the bare minimum unless asked for further information

if your system aurora is a menace, it would report what your current motivation is if its nova don't talk while playing — for extra ammo, it might even go full throttle by telling the sunshines even the most minute detail it can tell them i.e. if you're too busy staring at zhongli's ass and the like

moving on, so after twelve (12) hours of grinding i finally have my teapot at trust rank 4 and im just gonna bullet point it with a bit of chatbox-esque dialogue thingie:

everyone in my main party (lumine, barbara, xiangling and shinobu) are main victims of the entire ride. the secondary team – dubbed as stamina squad – suffered the second half of the day the moment i got the teapot (razor, rosaria, amber and jean)

《— •▪︎{★}▪︎• —》

first half: the archon quest

AURORA [bot]: 【 NOVA [insert username] IS DISTRACTED. PAIMON AND TRAVELER, PLEASE STANDBY AND PAY ATTENTION. 】 Team: *groan* Paimon: not again!

i will admit it now: i was not paying attention the whole time

except for the perfume part. i was relentlessly choosing the fruitiest options possible and having paimon (and likely the other party members) suffer my bs

timeus you lucky bastard– (if you played the recent windblume event then you know why i'm cursing this man rn)

xiangling be going "really? right in front of my stove/dad" the entire time i was with ying'er lol

sorry gurl but ying'er's everything is too hilarious to pass up

TARTAGLIA: nothing personal~ Shinobu, having just released her skill: wait, FUCK—! 【 SHINOBU (LV.20) HAS BEEN SLAIN 】 Shinobu, in the chat: every. damned. TIME. Lisa and Yanfei: *comforting her because they've been through the same thing*

shinobu dies a fuckton and @yeelimso had once stated that the resident inazuman def would not like me for the bs i put her through

take note that she's stuck at the level 20 the entire time that i've been using her

yeah she def hates me lol

no boss battle ends without shinobu at least dying once

barbara desperately keeping the team alive while she herself is on life support

the team suffering my shit coordination with my keys (setting off their bursts at wrong time or the wrong person gets their burst activated) as i lowkey panic whenever i see the ballista's hp going lower than 20%

barely got through that boss battle ngl

fucking fatui

still felt bad for childe tho but eh stinky red poo poo man + such is politics lol rip bozo

《— •▪︎{★}▪︎• —》

interlude: getting the teapot

aka round two of my team suffering my gay ass feat. yanfei

yanfei is so good in this quest like man her big brain holy shit 😳

sunshine yanfei dying inside as her nova gay panics over her earthshine self

there are literally three moods in this quest: (1) yanfei admiration, (2) head empty hours with paimon, and (3) appreciating madame ping's eyebags for some reason

god, im so sorry yanfei 🙇💦

《— •▪︎{★}▪︎• —》

second half: speedrunning the teapot

if you've seen some of my genshin reblogs the past few days then you know that this was a long time coming

deadass prioritized aloy > everybody else

which def would've made her uncomfy if she is self-aware whoops

oh well, at least she has her little outdoor retreat all the way over the corner of my teapot

left my mansion empty until trust rank 2, which caused me to go on a shopping spree

i felt bad when kaeya's lines hit me with "well decorated" and "homey" but there's only a dining set there

now my lobby is filled with bookshelves for days

along with other knicknacks

meanwhile... razor and jean: *material collecting noises in the distance intensifies*

noelle and rosaria are now with him too! because if i do get isekai'd in the "sagau" these people are my to-go to and i need their friendship rank high stat

i fed them so much food you have no idea—

paimon has a room of her own and that is the only other room that is furnished (for now)

she deserves that much after all the bullying i inflicted on her lmao

hmmm... seeing that i never use my sticky honey roast batches so i might as well feed paimon those later

the event is going to end soon so yee imma try to wrap this up to further speedrun

that's it for now. i haven't slept since yesterday and it's, haha, past noon here... yeah, imma continue the gaming later...

i hope you enjoyed!

again, if you want to use my version of sagau, please tag me. other than that, feel free to use it as your base!

[lovestruck-driver]

So, there was this girl I liked like 4 years ago at this point. We worked at the same place with couple other friends, we would hangout a lot all together, then something happened and shit fell apart, like completely.

I went through a nice relationship since that time, that relationship was never made to last, sadly, mainly because of me I think...some of it was her doing too, but anyway...

Me and my ex went our separate ways couple months ago, we still talk since we do the same stuff with the same friend group.

I couldn't get over her, especially last month, shit was hitting me hard every night, every single night...it went so far I cried myself to sleep one time.

Then, on a cross-office teambuilding event this ling lost girl invited a part of the old group to tag along, they did cuz we're all still borderline alcoholics..

So we met up, again, 4 years later, completely different yet strangely same people. Following week or so we hanged out whenever we could, not just drinking, but having fun mainly, going stargazing, talking till sunrise, then having to go to work with 2 hours of sleep and 150 mg of caffeine...

Then after couple days I really started to like her again, like a lot. Couple days of hanging out 1:1 together, being a good friend to her (I genuinely was being a good friend, no sleezy shady shit) and..

One evening after we dropped the rest of the group and drove to her house (we live a 5 minute car ride apart) we just sat there, not talking much, then, she kissed me then we talked about how we both liked the other mad that there definitely is somethin, but it needs time...I may or may not have cried tears of pure dopamine on the way home.

The next evening after I picked her up from work it was too windy to hang out over the city so we went to watch Mandalorian in the car and suddenly we're waking up together in my bed (I'll let you fill in the part between).

If there ever was a main character feeling, this has to be it... the world around wss stopped, only thing that mattered was me and her.

I felt as if I spedrun the 4 years I felt lost to time in a week, suddenly I felt as of the 4 years didn't happen, nothing, we just went from underage drinking to having actual fun and healthy relationships.

I can't lose this one, I'll never find one like this again...I cannot fuck this up

[cynicallyoptomisticdaydreamer]

I went through a teen Titans phase in middle school when I realized Boomerang was playing the show 2 episodes a night at like 11 chronologically and that I could record them and watch after school the next day then delete. I managed to hit the show early in season 1 but not at the pilot and got to watch it loop around to the pilot. I am still haunted by two things from this shows production.

1. They really just ended on a cliffhanger that was clearly supposed to be a multi episode arc

2. Starfire “the closest word we have to nice back home is weak💀” the take no shit bamf of the pilot switches with no explanation or transitions to the “let us enjoy the popped corn friends ✨:D✨” we all remembered and loved in episode 2. Like I thought Boomerang messed up and skipped an episode the change was so abrupt. I liked both versions of her but I still want an explanation on how she spedrun character development

[gray-anxiety]

No Sympathy → Levi Ackerman Chapter 5 → Sandwiches and Parties

Read the rest of the chapters here!

    The day started out normal — well, as normal as it gets for Aella now. Having a roommate that wasn’t here just last Sunday was pretty weird, though Aella surprisingly adjusted fast for someone that was living alone for two years. Aella sat at the table ready to rush every assignment out but was surprised to find most of her assignments done. Aella’s eyes widened knowing there was only one person that would ever do her homework:

    “Levi…Did you do my homework last night?” Aella looked over to Levi, who was cooking breakfast since he was once again awake before Aella at 5 AM. Levi turned his head ever so slightly to make eye contact with Aella before grunting out a ‘yes’ and turned back to focus on the task at hand. The smell of French toast filled the apartment and soft sizzling was heard against the frying pan from the many greases and oils being heated — in the other frying pan was two omelets cooking just the way the two roommates liked; Aella was fairly surprised to know they liked the same type of omelet, nevertheless knew Levi had enough time to learn how to cook. Aella furrowed her eyebrows and cocked her head to the side moments after Levi’s confirmation.

   “Why?” Levi directed his gaze towards Aella and narrowed his eyes after plating each omelet and toast for the starved duo. Levi picked up both plates and set them in front of the mess that was Aella’s side of the table before grabbing two mugs of freshly brewed tea. Levi clicked his tongue and motioned for Aella to remove the shit that was spread all over her side of the table; papers littered everywhere around here — even on the damned floor. Levi pushed Aella’s plate and mug towards her and then took a bite of his steaming omelet before replying:

    “Because you were on the verge of a mental breakdown and we’re only on the third day of school. ” Aella sighed and heavily regretted taking all AP classes with the amount of homework due already during the first week of school. Aella took a bite of her omelet followed by one of her three pieces of French toast — turns out Levi is an excellent chef; had he not have been a gangster, he could’ve easily made a successful career in the food industry. The duo ate in silence, the only sounds being the occasional scrap of a knife or the poke of a fork on a glass plate. For the first time in years, Aella had a proper meal that wasn’t something instant made or fast food aside from the fruit she always had. Immediately after Aella finished eating, she bolted to the bathroom in a panic — she was going to be late if she didn’t hurry up; they had to leave for school in 30 minutes and she didn’t even shower yet. Aella practically spedrun getting ready and bolted out the bathroom door to see Levi sitting on the couch with his backpack at his feet; Levi looked up from his phone and let out a mumbled ‘you’re late.’ — Aella simply flipped Levi off, bolted into her room, and slammed the door. Though, Levi being Levi, dragged her out of her room just so he could make sure she didn’t dirty anything yet — leaving a squirming Aella in his arms. Levi glared at Aella, put her down, and threw her her backpack and opened the door; letting Aella leave first. Levi turned around and closed the apartment — locking it with his new key Aella gave him earlier. The duo walked beside each other to Karanese High, never once stopping for anything out of fear for Levi being recognized. Just as she was about to go into the school, Aella felt Levi’s hand on her shoulder. Turning her head with a questioning gaze she stopped walking. Levi sighed and handed her a mini knife just small enough that she could fit it in her pocket.

    “Keep this on you at all times. You’re affiliated with me now, which means you’re likely going to be in danger one of these days without me there. I do take it that you know how to fight with a knife?” Levi raised his eyebrow. Aella scoffed:

    “Of course I know how to fight with a knife, Levi. I’ve always had the burden of almost living on the streets for two damn years. I’ll see you in fitness, Dumbass” And with that, the duo parted ways for the time being. Later, Levi somehow managed to convince Aella to skip lunch with him to go to some fast food chain a mile away, walking through the drive through without a car. When the worker looked out the window to hand Levi their food, she raised a brow seeing two teens — one of which was sitting on the curb playing on her phone — without a car that ordered food. Levi glared at the worker having a silent argument with her saying ‘We’re paying fucking customers. Don’t judge us.’ the worker in turn simply handed Levi their food with a nod after taking his money. Levi turned around and looked at Aella:

   “Let’s go, Idiot. If we run back we’ll be there in five minutes. We’re eating on the roof.” Aella grabbed Levi’s arm and walked beside him until they were off of the fast food’s parking lot. Aella smirked and poked Levi’s cheek; earning a turn of his head and a glare.

   “Race ya, Bitch!” Aella laughed when Levi realized she was running off to the school without him. Aella bolted down the street and turned around to see Levi speeding past her with no effort whatsoever — leaving Aella in the dust and evidentially shocked. Aella screamed out a ‘hey!’ and attempted to catch up to the raven, but ultimately failed. That man could run fast as fuck. Levi slowed down and turned around to face the panting Aella meters away leaving Levi smirking like a fucking fool. Levi walked back to Aella and sighed. They were so close to Karanese, but Aella didn’t seem like she was going to make it even running — she sprinted fast and for a long time nevertheless.

   “Jump on, Idiot.” Aella looked at Levi like he was crazy.

   “You’re seriously telling me you’re going to give me a piggyback ride?” Levi gave her a look of ‘what the hell do you think you lazy bitch?’ leaving Aella to give in and jump on Levi’s back — groaning in the process when she hit his back too hard.

   “Jesus Christ, you’re like a fucking rock, Levi!” Levi rolled his eyes and snarked back:

   “It’s called muscle, though you wouldn’t know that by the looks of it.”

   “Oi!” The rest of the two-minute walk consisted of endless banter between both parties until they reached one of the side entrances to Karanese — Levi decided he carried Aella far enough to drop the bitch; so that’s what he did. Aella let out an ’oof’ as she hit the ground with her ass — groaning out a ‘that was so uncalled for, Levi.’ Levi walked in and immediately went to the stairwell that lead to the roof, looking behind him to find Aella following behind complaining about her injured ass the entire time. Their footsteps echoed in the stairwell due to the ceiling being so high up; when they reached the latched metal door, Levi grabbed the handle, pushed the button with his thumb, and pushed out so the door would open — revealing the roof of Karanese High and evidently a view of the entire district. Aella looked around and turned her gaze towards Levi.

   “It’s so quiet up here… I didn’t expect that.” Levi nodded and lead Aella to the edge of the building — sitting down in a way that his legs dangled over the edge. Levi took their sandwiches out of the bag and handed Aella hers as she sat down right beside him. Levi bit into his sandwich and looked at the scenery surrounding him; the wind gusted a gentle cold breeze, kissing their cheeks and messed with their hair. The trees around the high school swayed just enough to have cherry blossoms be swept up in the breeze — two of which landed in Levi’s lap. Levi looked down and saw the delicate pink flowers, eventually picking them both up and handing them to Aella.

       “Nature wanted you to have this, I suppose,” Levi mumbled, finishing his sandwich. Aella smiled and put the two blossoms in her hair and finished her sandwich as well. Levi grabbed both paper wrappings and threw them in the trash, recycling the plastic bag they came in and walked back — sitting next to Aella once more. Levi checked the time to see they had ten minutes left before lunch was over — noting that they got sandwiches and ate them in only twenty minutes — not bad at all. Levi turned back and saw Aella still focused on the nature around her — Levi shook his head and stared at the scenery as well. He didn’t need a blunt to relax, he had this to look at. Aella sighed and rested her head on Levi’s shoulder — not giving a damn about the glare she received from her now pillow. The two remained like that until Aella groaned about going back to class after a relaxing lunch. The two parted ways once more for the rest of the school day — eventually meeting up after school to walk home together. As soon as Levi opened the door, Aella threw her backpack across the floor and jumped on the couch — leaving Levi to cringe at how she was damaging the couch and already making a mess of the living room when they had just got home.

   “Could you at least keep a damn room clean for a day, Brat? Now I’ll have to clean the entire damn apartment again.” Aella cackled and turned on the TV — she had taken the day off thanks to Levi’s recommendation after finding out she never took a day off ever since she started working two years ago. Though, it wasn’t necessarily a recommendation as it was a no option suggestion where Levi would get his way and make Aella take a day off; Aella didn’t feel like pissing off the gangster more by saying no after making a mess of her homework that morning. Aella curled up in a ball with two blankets wrapped around her now potato self and proceeded to watch Dr. Phil roast the hell out of some dumbass people. One point, even Levi stopped to watch Dr. Phil as he flat out ended some e-girl’s career. At some point when Aella was watching Dr. Phil, she grabbed her homework and computer and started to work on it as well, eventually finishing most of the projects leaving her without any homework that she didn’t need Levi’s assistance for. When Levi finished cleaning, he begrudgingly sat by Aella and gave her ideas for finishing her 10-page essay as he watched the TV. Though, when Levi didn’t hear the soft clicking of Aella’s keyboard, he turned his head to find Aella napping; Levi checked the time to see it was only 7 at night, so he got off of the couch and made dinner while the sleeping Aella was off in dreamland — only to be woken up by none other than Levi.

   “Oi, Dumbass.” Aella groaned and buried herself deeper into the blankets — Levi sighed, tonight was the night he was going to bring up the party Arlert mentioned.

   “Get the fuck up. I made food.” Aella’s head perked up after hearing there was food. Aella yawned and stretched her arms out before walking to the table with a blanket still wrapped around her. Aella didn’t bother heading back to the couch knowing Levi would’ve had a fit if she tried eating there.

   “Thanks.” She mumbled and started eating the parmesan Alfredo Levi made until Levi began to talk.

   “There’s a party Saturday — we’re going. Don’t give me the ‘I’m too broke’ excuse; I’ll pay for whatever things you need to get to not look like you obviously haven’t been to a party for years. Some chick named Sasha is throwing it and it’s supposedly paid for by mafia members.” Aella practically dropped her fork when she heard Levi. Blinking a few times from shock, Aella looked at Levi like he went insane. Aella sighed knowing she was going to be dragged there either willingly or not.

   “I assume I can’t get drunk off my ass if we go?” Levi snorted

   “Hell no. You’re not drinking shit when we’re there.” Aella nodded and pursed her lips together.

   “We’re not only getting me stuff, but you stuff too then. We’ll go tomorrow.”

   “Fine by me, Dumbass.”