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press four for more options. | part one.

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Pairing: levi ackerman x f!reader (attack on titan / shingeki no kyojin) Word Count: 4.6k Summary: After seeing your ex with his new girl at a work party, you take the not-so-smart advice from a friend to call a sex hotline to get over him. Your match? A baritone bossy dom named Levi.

Warnings: 18+ MINORS DNI - alternate universe (modern), slow burn, eventual smut, sex work, phone sex, dirty talk, dom!levi, light dom/sub Credits: dividers by @saradika-graphics

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“Thank you for calling the Scout Services Hotline. You’re only a dial away from your wildest fantasies with the sexiest singles near your area.”

God, even the automated voice sounds porn-y.

A breathy feminine voice straight out of a 1975 VHS tape croons into the dead air of your small apartment bedroom, setting your nerves on edge.

God forbid the noise travels through the walls into your next-door neighbor's bedroom. Harriet and Miro do not need to hear what you’re up to this Friday evening.

Maybe, up to this Friday evening.

You haven’t decided yet, though one could argue that calling was half the battle.

Dressed head-to-toe in an emerald cocktail dress with a face full of tear-stricken makeup, you feel utterly ridiculous sitting at the foot of your bed — not even the edge of the mattress, but the goddamn floor.

Even your black heels, now scuffed from someone stepping on them on your way out to fetch a cab, remain dangling at your toes.

(As non-committal as your last relationship, ironically enough.)

The experts say don’t shit where you eat. Dating someone you work with typically goes up in flames as fast as a rogue wildfire — and you should have listened to all of the warning signs, but Porco Galliard had been so damn charming that you’d forgotten just about everything.

Including your dignity, apparently, since you seemed to conveniently forget the part where he has had an on-again, off-again relationship with Pieck Finger well before you got hired at this place.

Not exactly side chick behavior, since he technically didn’t cheat, but the sting of being second place before the race even started lingered deep.

(Didn’t you know? He always chooses Pieck. It’s just one of those things.)

Well, no missing that now.

Especially since the two of them were so cozy at the annual shareholder event — right in front of your fucking salad.

The event’s slated to end at eleven so you’ve been nursing a wild array of drinks since seven, with little breaks.

In retrospect, the napkin with scribbled chicken scratch that Annie Leonhart, your closest colleague, shoved into your hand in the midst of your brooding at the bar may have been a joke:

You need to loosen up. Call this stupid sex line and get that stick out of your ass.

She wasn’t kidding.

Every muscle in your body is too taut, including your brain.

So you took a cab, stumbled into your apartment, and landed — here.

Your phone sits right in front of you next to one of your half-worn heels, on speaker at the lowest setting.

Maybe it’s best to let the pre-recording list the entire numerical menu.

Maybe it’ll deter you from pressing anything at all.

“If you already know your match’s extension, press one.”

Yeah, that wasn’t happening.

You tap the napkin carelessly against the stem of your glass of wine, contemplating exactly how Annie Leonhart managed to find the information for this service to begin with.

Did she already have a match?

Did she regularly call them to blow off some steam?

She's always so chill. It would make sense.

There’s a chance this is a nasty prank at your lowest moment, but you don’t think Annie cares enough about other people to plan such a masterful takedown.

At the work event, she seemed pretty serious about the legitimacy of Scout Services Hotline, and honestly?

Even if you had been drinking all night at the event, you were going to need way more liquid courage to even consider trying your hand at calling a sex line to quell weekend loneliness.

So naturally, you opened a new bottle of wine.

At the first glass of wine, you still weren’t ready.

The second? The napkin sat adjacent to your laptop as you played compilations of sad break-up songs further aggravating your spiraling depression.

The third was the charm to get you to pick up the fucking phone to see what the fuss was all about.

“If you’re looking for someone specific — whether it’s the man, woman, or person of your dreams — press two.”

Tempting.

Your finger reaches out for the ‘2’ on your screen, but you wait it out.

“If you don’t have a preference for your delicious match, press three.”

“You could’ve done without the delicious part,” you mumble to yourself, picking up the glass of wine to take a generous sip. An involuntary grimace tugs at your cheeks.

“If you’re looking to speak with one of our representatives or need more assistance, press four for more options.”

For a solid five minutes you wait.

Contemplating.

Deciding.

You could press the red circle to hang up and go to bed.

It wouldn’t be the first time you rubbed one out and called it a night.

After all, what’s one more lonely weekend?

The spiel starts up again on a loop with the same seductive, breathy feminine voice.

“Thank you for calling the Scout Services Hotline. You’re only a dial away from your wildest fantasies with the sexiest—”

You smash a button, but you’re not sure which one you’ve clicked.

Before you can lean over to see on your screen, a different feminine voice comes over the speaker.

It’s a little higher pitched than the menu screen voice, but it’s still inviting. Warm.

“Thank you for choosing the Scout Services Hotline. You’re speaking to Petra. May I have the pleasure of knowing the name of the person I’m speaking to this evening?”

A name.

You should give a name that isn’t your real name.

But technically wouldn’t your name be on the credit card if you go through with this anyway?

“You can give a nickname, too, if that makes you feel better,” the woman named Petra adds as if she's a mind reader, breaking the running silence on your end of the line. “A lot of our clients like giving a fake name for security and anonymity.”

“Doesn’t that break once you put in your credit card information?” you blurt, not realizing the thought has spilled on your lips.

Petra laughs musically.

“Technically yes, but if you prefer to be called something, then we’ll be sure to add that to your profile. I take it it's your first time calling.”

Why are you doing this again?

“Painfully obvious, right?” you lament, staring down at the scribble on the napkin.

Did Annie have a fake name with this service?

“Not painfully at all,” Petra promises. “It’s a learning curve. So what may I call you?”

Real or fake?

Committed or just testing the waters?

“Scarlet?” you suggest, wincing immediately at the on-the-nose literary reference.

Letters, passion, blah blah love — it’s about the only creative thing your wine-addled brain can muster.

“I like Scarlet,” she hums, and immediately your brain is set on fire.

Are you going to be seriously this easy?

“Are you female, male, non-binary, genderfluid, prefer not to say…?”

“Female.”

"Pronouns?"

"Um, she and her."

“And you’re over eighteen?”

“Definitely over eighteen.”

“Perfect. So, Scarlet — did you have a preference on who you wish to speak to today? If you have a fantasy you wish to fulfill, then I can select someone for you.”

You want to scream.

Neurons fire as you try to come up with a cool and collected answer, only to allow the elixir of truth on your tongue to spill the beans.

“Just someone who’s got their shit together, honestly.” You exhale an awkward laugh. “I don’t know. I’m just calling because — I mean, I know you don’t care, but I like… um, deep voices? Stronger voices. Honestly I have no idea what to—”

“I have just the person.”

You pause.

Blink.

But you didn’t even describe anyone, not really.

A voice, maybe, if they cater to kinks of that nature.

You can only imagine they do — it’s a sex hotline, for crying out loud.

“Wait, you do?”

“Mhm!” she perkily states. “Is a man alright for this evening?”

A man with a deep voice who allegedly has his pretend shit together.

Granted it isn’t the opposite of Porco, he’s fairly capable at his job and out living his life just fine, but maybe you were just looking for a copy.

(Or a clue.)

“A man is… fine,” you hesitate. “Wait, so when do I give you my credit card information? My friend hooked me up with this, um — I don’t know if you have her name or if I should even say it, I know there’s probably some confidentiality—”

“Hold that thought,” Petra interrupts cheerfully. “You get the first fifteen-minute session for free, actually — you called just in time before our first-timer coupon expires.”

You can’t hide your surprise.

“Really?”

“Really!”

Ha, your fucking luck.

“If you're enjoying the call, just tell your match and we can set up your card and keep it going. All we ask is that you take a survey after your session. Then you’ll be in our system with this phone number! We’ll never solicit you for calls, but it’ll make the process faster the next time should you call our hotline again.”

You drop your head back on your mattress, sighing heavily.

“...okay, yeah. That sounds great.”

“Yeah?”

“Sure.”

“Give me one moment, Scarlet,” Petra giggles.

You hear something shift on her side.

Maybe she’s swiveling her chair. Are they located in an actual office building?

God, an office where people just do this for a living sounds larger than life.

“I’ll connect you with your match in a moment.”

Then the line cuts out to the opening notes to Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, and you’re pretty sure you’re this close to chugging the rest of this bottle in one gulp.

“Is this seriously what you do on weekends, Annie?” you mumble to yourself, enduring the brutality of the waiting music while Petra connects you to your alleged match.

A man with a deep voice who has his shit together.

Is that even a real kink?

Has the bar really gotten that low?

Should you have described someone’s appearance? It wasn’t like it mattered over the phone.

As soon as it gets to the high note of the song, the line cuts again — silence.

Immediately you scramble to sit up taller, your hands fumbling to grab the phone from the floor.

You bring it up to your face, cupping the device in both palms to muffle the noise if it becomes downright pornographic in seconds.

Moment of truth.

With bated breath you wait — the person on the other line sighs, heavy and deep, before answering with the most nonchalant tone.

“Thank you for calling the Scout Services Hotline. You’re speaking with Levi. May I ask whom I have the pleasure of speaking to?”

Holy fuck.

Immediately you forget your own voice listening to the hum of the receiver.

While you’ve only joked in passing that you have a voice kink, it’s screaming in neon lights here and now: this man’s voice may be monotone, but there is a growl to it.

A rumbling.

At this very moment, you completely forget that this man is on speaker phone and you’ve just returned home from the worst work event in the world.

You don’t have an ex-boyfriend.

You don’t even know your home address.

You’re simply… existing, lips parted, taking in the sheer tingle rolling through your torso.

“You there?”

Right, you’re meant to talk back.

“Huh? Oh — yes! Yeah,” you recover poorly. “Hi. It’s, um, it’s Scarlet.”

“Mm, Scarlet… Scarlet, Scarlet, Scarlet…”

The way the name drags along his tongue nearly makes your mouth water.

His voice — Levi — is smooth, like the velvet on your dress you’ve yet to take off.

“A pretty name for a pretty thing like you.” Something ruffles and Levi makes a small noise on the other end, likened to a cut-off hum. “Tell me what you look like, Scarlet.”

All you can do is stare at a chip in your wooden dresser directly across from you, listening to him speak.

“I’m…”

What do you even say?

How come you have to say anything at all?

Can’t he just read a takeout menu to you and call it a night?

Before you can answer, there’s an amused huff. “Someone’s nervous.”

Your face turns — well, a certain shade of scarlet.

“Ha. Sorry, I’ve—”

“Never done this before?” he finishes for you.

How mortifying.

“Is it that obvious?”

“It’s cute,” he relents, and you feel your face turn a degree hotter. “Don’t worry — I’ve been told I’m a great teacher, so you’re in good hands.”

“You’ll have your work cut out of you, trust me,” you breathe, feeling like you’ve been injected with an overdose of a truth serum. “Because I just got home from this stupid work event. My ex-boyfriend brought his new girlfriend — who also works with us — as his date — yay, me — except I feel like I was the side-piece-in-waiting for them. So he’s off getting laid and I’m calling a complete stranger on a random Friday because my work colleague recommended this phone sex hotline for a quick solution.”

Silence.

You blink twice as dread settles in your cut. You tap the phone off of speaker and push the device close to your ear, balancing it with your shoulder.

Did you scare him away?

Was that too much of a depressive dump?

You suddenly want to crawl under your bed frame and hide there forever.

But then — a gentle chuckle sounds from the other end of the line, and arousal shoots straight to your lower belly.

“Good thing all of the dirty talk is my job, then,” he muses. “You’re supposed to lay back and listen.”

“Listen?”

“Yeah, unless you weren’t looking to get bossed around.”

It isn’t the worst idea you’ve ever heard, that’s for sure.

“If I’m honest with you, Levi, I don’t know what I’m looking for,” you confess, running a hand down your face.

“Then let me figure it out for you. We have time.”

The man calling himself Levi pauses on the other end.

“Did you want to get fucked, Scarlet?”

Well, shit, he didn’t have to say it like that.

“Yes,” you blurt without thinking, then fumbling to recover. “I mean— Sorry, clearly I called thinking about sex, and your voice is extremely lovely and actually very hot—”

“Oh, you think so?” Levi interrupts, honey-smooth voice humming with amusement with that same hum that’s going to make you scream.

“Absolutely. Completely. Are you serious?” you sputter. “You’re like an ASMR wet dream.”

“A what?”

“A wet dream?”

“No, the other thing — ASMR?”

“Um, like when people make really niche quiet noises to a microphone with their mouths, and it gives you the tingly sensation in the back of your head.”

“Interesting,” Levi says. “So are you saying that’s what I do to you?”

For the umpteenth time, your brain blanks.

God, you could scream into your pillow.

If you weren’t so afraid you’d forget to mute your microphone first, then you already would be.

“Yes! — I mean, yes, but — wait, can we just pause this for a second?”

For a moment he doesn’t answer, but the tone of his voice shifts: still just as sultry, but with a hint of confusion and a dash of concern.

“Of course. Is everything alright?”

No, this entire night is weird.

If you don’t say something, then this is going to just keep looping and wasting his time.

“Okay,” you start, mustering the courage to get through your speech, “I know I’m spoiling the first-caller coupon for a free call and I’m sorry, I’ll totally pay for the session since you’re great and sound insanely hot and I’m sure you’re amazing at your job, but I just…”

You trail off, collecting your swimming thoughts.

“...I’m something like six or seven drinks in, I am craving potato chips, and I’d really like to just talk to someone for a few minutes.”

There.

It’s out in the open, your confession to the liminal altar.

You half-expect him to hang up rather than wasting his time with someone like you, but to your surprise, there is no click. No call ended. No new automated message.

“Six or seven is a lot,” he comments, and you can picture a brow furrow even if he doesn’t have a face. “Does this mean you handle your liquor, or is this a one-off rager?”

“I think I’m only still functioning because I ate my weight in dinner rolls at the party.”

“Do you have a glass or bottle of water near you?”

The switch up lessens the tension in your shoulder blades in an instant.

His voice is just as crooning, deep and inviting, but it’s nice to simply be asked.

“Nope.”

His voice sharply changes, authoritative and firm. “Then go get one.”

The demand does something to you.

Without thinking twice you begin to rock up on your heels, standing at full height.

“Okay, Mr. Bossy.”

“Isn’t that what you wanted?” he asks with a sprinkle of sarcasm. “Someone who has their shit together, if I read the notes right.”

“They write that stuff down?” you ask genuinely, minding your step as you pad barefoot across your apartment to your fridge.

“It’s your session,” he reminds softly. “We do whatever it is you want to do.”

“Even if it’s just to talk?”

“You’d be amazed at how many people call just to talk. Though I can’t say it’s my specialty.”

“No?”

“No. I’m not much of a small talker.”

The refrigerator door swings wide. “What’s your specialty, then?”

“Kink play, mostly. Dom and Sub. Guided masturbation. Edging. Making decisions for people who want to forget about making them for a while.”

One second the bottle of water is in your hand.

Next it’s on the floor.

“That’s, uh… a wide array of specialties,” you say. “And your rate, it’s…?”

“Not cheap.”

“Got it. So I’m really flubbing this free call.”

It’s small, but you hear a chuckle on the other end. “You said you wanted to talk, Scarlet, so we’re talking.”

Bending to grab your water bottle, you untwist the cap.

“Does this bother you, wasting your time talking?”

“You’re not wasting my time, Scarlet,” he says with such a promise that you almost believe it’s genuine. “You have a pretty voice, and you’re funny.”

“Shut up.”

“You do, and you are.”

“Uh-huh. And do you talk to a lot of people during your shifts?”

“That’s confidential.”

“So a lot.”

“Confidential.”

“And the length of calls,” you test, “are they hypothetically confidential, too?”

“It’s per minute, so.”

“Per minute?” you gawk. “Jesus, I’d go bankrupt talking to you.”

“Well, premium members receive bills per half hour,” he explains. “More bang for your buck.”

“Quite literally," you mumble. "And what’s a premium subscription get you?”

“Didn’t you check out the website before calling?”

“I told you I stumbled out of my cab and called the number on my napkin, Levi,” you chide. “I didn’t exactly do my research in my sexually frustrated state.”

“Fair, can’t blame you there.”

There’s something of a grunt on the other end, like he’s stretching his arms over his head.

Maybe he’s sitting in an office chair, too, going through the motions of his profession the same way the Petra lady had been.

You keep wanting to imagine what he’s doing on the other line, but you realize you haven’t asked the titular question yet.

“Hey, Levi?”

“Yeah, baby?”

It’s breathy, a roll of thunder in his tongue.

Instead of an office chair, you imagine a man lying on his bed.

Maybe his tie is half-done, hanging loosely around his neck.

Button-down open, exposing the planes of his chest; dress trousers unbuttoned and loose around his hips, so he can easily slide a hand—

Whoa.

You stop walking back to your bedroom and blink twice. “Oh, so you like pet names.”

Your face, in miraculous humiliation, grows another degree hotter at how amused he sounds with himself. “I never said that.”

“Sure,” Levi replies with a smirk to the concession. “What is it, Scarlet?”

(Maybe you’ll permanently change your name to Scarlet after tonight if it sounds this good on a man’s lips.)

You finally unzip the side of your dress and wiggle out, before finding a cozy spot in the middle of your mattress.

“How much time do I have left on this freebie?”

“Approximately three minutes.”

Time flies when you’re too busy gawking over someone’s voice, apparently.

“Can I ask what you look like?” you finally decide, playing along.

“I’m surprised it took you this long to ask,” Levi responds, returning to that same seductive tone he’d used when he first picked up the line. “Black hair, guess it’s a little shaggier than usual. Undercut.”

You squint to your ceiling. “I’m thinking of Dimitri from Anastasia right now but with black hair.”

“I have no idea what that is.”

“You’ve seriously never seen Anastasia?”

“It’s a movie?”

“Oh my god, Levi, I’m so sorry for your childhood.”

“It’s an animated movie?” he scoffs. “Even worse.”

“You wound me,” you joke, pressing a hand over the cup of your beige bra. “What color are your eyes?”

“A gray-ish blue,” he tells you. “Sharp nose. High cheekbones. I’m a daily gym go-er, so I’m mostly lean muscle. I can probably pick you up, easily.”

So a fit man with an undercut hairstyle with gray-blue eyes and a relatively sharp face.

Now you have a face to the image of a man lying on his bed, still in that button-down shirt and dress trousers.

His happy trail is probably dark, too, disappearing just under the waistband of his boxer briefs.

Or boxers?

Maybe nothing.

Your hand moves on its own accord to the waistband of your panties, toying with the fabric.

Contemplating.

Wondering if it’s wrong — when it really shouldn’t be wrong at all.

“You sound handsome,” you murmur. “I wouldn’t mind being picked up.”

“Wouldn’t be the only thing I’d do to you,” he flippantly states, and your brain blanks to pure putty. “You sound a little more winded than before. Doing alright over there, party animal?”

“It’s late,” you lie even when you damn well know you don’t have to lie. “Lots of drinking, first water of the night, lying down…”

“Better make it two waters before you fall asleep,” Levi states. “That’s an order, Scarlet.”

“Uh-huh.”

Your hand dips under your underwear, testing the waters.

But—

“Final sixty seconds,” he adds. “Any last words you want to get in before the line disconnects?”

“Only one minute left?” you protest, ripping your hand out of your underwear to pull the phone away from your ear.

14:02

So it really had been a fifteen-minute call.

God damnit.

Tapping the speaker icon once more, you stare at your phone and press your tongue against the inside of your cheek.

“What’s your extension?”

Because you have to know.

Even if you don’t call again, it’s a comfort to have it on hand.

Levi waits a moment before responding.

“Two-five-one-two.”

2512.

You swipe away from the call to quickly pull up your notes app, tapping the number down with a noted reminder: the guy with the hot voice!

“Are you going to call me again, Scarlet?”

You open your mouth, but you struggle with an answer.

(You only have a few seconds! Think, idiot, think!)

“I’m not sure if—”

Click.

“Hello? Levi?”

“Thank you for calling the Scout Services Hotline. Please stay on the line for a quick two-minute survey so we can better serve your fantasies in the future.”

Out of time.

You drop your phone to your stomach and groan.

Instead of calling back, you close your eyes — and, not before long, fall asleep to a dream of only one voice.

— —

Saturday is a wash.

You wake late, missing an invitation to brunch.

For the better half of the day, you wonder about him.

Levi.

Your arbitrary match that doesn't feel so arbitrary anymore.

(It's placebo effect, you tell yourself. They're supposed to make you feel wanted.)

Punishing yourself for your excessive liquor and stupid plans, you trudge to your local gym and do your best to stay focused on your workout.

Every nameless person with dark hair that walks past you on the sidewalk from your apartment; anyone could be him.

The man waiting in line at the coffee shop.

The man who accidentally walked into you while you were switching the song on your playlist at the crosswalk.

The man weight training in the corner of the room, fringe cascading down his face as he drips sweat.

You keep the napkin in your gym bag, then transfer it to your purse as you run errands.

You could call.

It isn’t like you’re strapped for cash at the moment.

Granted it’s very wish fulfillment and it isn’t like he’s actually into you, but the attention is nice.

Besides — you haven’t thought of your ex once since you woke up.

Annie texts you twice within ten minutes of each message, which is unheard for her.

[A. LEONHART]: So? Did you call?

[A. LEONHART]: Hello, earth to moron. At least like my message to tell me you’re alive. I’m not being interviewed by Dateline for you.

(Ah, there she is. Classic Annie.)

[YOU]: Yeah, I called. Not sure if it’s my thing.

[A. LEONHART]: Sometimes they match you with a dud. 2nd time’s the charm ;)

[YOU]: Do you ever use someone’s extension?

[A. LEONHART]: Duh. I’m a regular of one guy.

Okay, so she talks to a guy. Something grips your stomach as you type your reply.

[YOU]: Can I ask his name?

[A. LEONHART]: Why, so we don’t eiffel tower this?

[YOU]: jfc annie

[A. LEONHART]: lmao his name is Bert

So not Levi.

For some odd reason, you breathe a sigh of relief as you close out of your messages.

Maybe you're one of a million, but at least you're not sharing with Annie.

Once you return home from your errands, it's close to dinnertime.

You cook something simple for yourself, occasionally glancing over at your purse like you can x-ray vision through the fabric to see the napkin.

Then again, it isn’t like you actually need the napkin.

The number is already in your phone.

Pulling out your device, you set it on the kitchen counter and draw a slow, calculative inhale.

One more call can’t hurt.

Levi may not even be working.

Hell, he could be talking to someone else.

A regular.

Several regulars.

For over five minutes you stare down at your most recent calls list, willing yourself to just get brave for one second to press the button.

(It isn’t like Porco’s going to call you.)

The soured thought propels your hand without thinking, fingertip pressing the green phone icon faster than you can think.

You brace for the ringtone, fists balled tight on the cool kitchen surface.

“Thank you for calling the Scout Services Hotline. You’re only a dial away from your wildest fantasies with the sexiest singles near your area. If you already know your match’s extension, press one.”

You continue staring.

Are you really doing this?

It isn’t like it means anything, which is exactly what you need with the upcoming work week.

A distraction.

A very expensive distraction, but hey — you’ll avoid takeout for a few weeks.

How bad can it get?

“If you’re looking for someone specific —”

You press one.

Author's Note:

Thank you for reading part one of my zany little 'Sleepless in Seattle' modern au! This has been a bluesky idea for a while now, and I needed a little reprieve from my other angsty Levi longfic silver underground, so I hope you enjoyed the ride.

There will be actual smut in part two, but as a Reader!Writer I had the thought of 'would I be suave enough to do the first phone call flawlessly or totally waste my free coupon'? and this chapter was born, lol. I promise this is not Porco slander.

Thank you for likes, and even more love to those who choose to reblog this to help spread the word of this new series or reply in the comments. ilu xo

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Computer Lab Series 1

This set is inspired by: early 80s computers, my dad’s office when he taught electrical engineering, and VHS tape artifacts. Many of the pieces in here are stylized versions of real-life things, which I’ve included more info about under the cut.

This set contains 11 new meshes and features 2 retro computers, a desk chair, a desk, and lots of retro clutter items.

Download link (SFS): Separate packages or ZIP of the whole thing.

Here's some fancy promo GIFs!

Set contents:

Electronics:

Carapro II Portable Computer: Based on the Kaypro II Portable Computer (1982) // 4 swatches (including wood grain/rainbow!), 789 polys

BBC Micro Computer: Based on the BBC Micro Computer (1981) // 4 swatches (including wood grain/rainbow!), 329 polys

Furniture:

Steelcase Desk Chair // 5 swatches, 746 polys - has 1 LOD

Retro Desk // 4 swatches, 264 polys

Clutter/decor:

Floppy Disks // 2 swatches, 734 polys

Stapler // 3 swatches, 152 polys (has 1 LOD)

Caradex V (Rolodex) // 1 swatch, 834 polys (has 1 LOD)

Desk Caddy // 2 swatches, 1580 polys (has 1 LOD)

Computer Manual Posters // 4 swatches, 20 polys (resized EA soccer poster mesh)

Cassette Recorder // 4 swatches (including wood grain/rainbow!), 212 polys

Cassette Tape // 4 swatches, 202 polys

Here's everything you get:

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Credits:

Images for the poster set are taken from the manuals for the Kaypro and BBC Micro; thank you to folks who upload these online!

Fonts used in the textures are Nootrasim, Uni(versity) Llama, and Simlish Crayon.

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Technical notes/known issues:

Sims’ hands slightly clip into the computers with angled keyboards; this is not something I can fix due to how the animations are set up.

The computers don’t have mice (they wouldn’t have had them at the time), so the Sims will move their hands around as if they were using an invisible mouse.

The BBC Micro computer has a medium decor slot on top -- perfect for cute plants, books, clutter, etc. In testing, I noticed that if you place something there that trails down the sides, Sims will not want to use the computer (you have to make them sit in the chair and then interact with it). Most items don’t seem to do this so I’m leaving the slot in - just know if you put trailing stuff on top, this might happen.

The cassette recorder has a decor slot in the perfect place to actually put the cassette tape in it, and I love it! I’d recommend picking the cassette tape you want before putting it in; once it’s in the recorder, I couldn’t figure out an easy way to get it out again. You can always delete the whole thing and re-place a cassette recorder.

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I've also created a companion "further reading" post here, which goes into more detail about the research and references I used for these

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Deltarune Chapters 3-5 secret bosses predictions

Wrapone (Chapter 3) - I thought an analog horror secret boss would be funny since Toby has technically done it already with SVN. Wrapone is basically a VHS tape which was put away after VHS died out for being so shitty. You' can open his tomb and awaken him in the Tenna Tower's basement. He has longed to be used again

Melo (Chapter 4) - She's a viola. I'm the least sure about this one honestly (mainly design wise) but it sounds the most probable as of now if the church dark world is music themed. She was frequently left out from the group of instruments in that world, but one day she met Gaster and then realized she needed "light". She resents Kris and probably the other Lightners for having this "light" and that's why she fights you.

Apple Girlington (Chapter 5) - This one is a character my friend theorizes will appear in the Flower King Dark World. We agreed that apple fits the discarded theme due to them being either eaten or thrown away when they turn bad. In this case Apple Girlington is a bad apple that was later thrown away. Then she met Gaster and became a cannibal (she eats apples) in order to live as a zombie. She's actually very sweet, but she does suggest weird/creepy shit to the gang

For the record, Chapter 6 would have been a 3D glitch entity named... well, Entity. Chapter 7 is the Annoying Dog himself

That's all

#deltarune #wrapone #melo #apple girlington

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Wait how did you do the eddsworld vhs tape and may I do it too

Ok first off im not associated with eddsworld, so im not really one to ask if you Can. Technically it is bootlegging, but as long as it remains something you only have for personal use i dont think they'll care too much. Like its vhs, no ones profiting off of vhs bootlegs anymore. Multiple members of the crew saw my tape and I've received zero cease and desists

I documented the entire process so i plan on making a video out of it eventually, but in the meantime here was the basic idea

Its actually pretty easy to record footage onto tape. It's just Very finicky. all you need is a specific hdmi to av adapter, a vcr, a tape (obviously) and a computer

I used this video for learning the actual recording process, which was pretty useful given this was my first time trying anything like this. They also link the specific adapter in the video so you can get it there.

A few tips

Keep footage under 2 hours. If you're using a blank tape that's usually the limit unless you record in LP/SLP mode, both of which will give you worse-looking footage

Crop everything down to fit a 4:3 aspect ratio, then stretch the footage back out to fill the screen. When you're recording on the tape it captures your entire screen, and will simply squish it all down to fit the aspect ratio. Even when I set my computer monitor to the same ratio it still left me with black borders, so stretching it out is your best bet

Save the video at 60fps. While i havent had issues with it myself, I've been told that anything lower can cause issues with the visuals. I had mine set at 60 and i had no issues, so if possible I'd suggest that

Have a blank section at the beginning and end of the footage. The greatest enemy you'll meet in doing this is having the stupid media player menu pop up and botch the whole recording. Having a few seconds of nothing at the beginning gives you time to make sure the menu goes away before you hit record.

I also had a few seconds of dead air inbetween episodes, which helped greatly because i actually had problems with the audio getting out of sync. Rather than start over from the beginning i was able to start over from the beginning of episodes without there being a noticeable cut

That should be enough i think. As a whole the project was pretty expensive, just coming over a hundred bucks when you combined the prices for the case, sticker, tape, etc. I probably could've saved money buying cheaper stuff (or not shipping it all to me) but regardless, personalizing the tape further than just slapping episodes onto a tape is gonna cost some cash. Just as a warning

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Pirating Music and Film Without the Internet

Today pirating film and music is incredibly easy, you kids have it easy, you don't even have to deal with actual film, I say as if I didn't grow up in this era. Today all you need is an internet connection and a working finger, and I guarantee you that you all have at least one of those. Back in the old days though, we had analog technology that was surprisingly common. For example, remember how people would wait at the radio with a cassette tape ready to record music directly from the radio broadcast, that's technically piracy, and so is recording a movie onto a VHS tape, in fact that is exactly what the major studios were worried about when tapes were first coming out.

The best quality pirated films often come from copies stolen from the studio. There are stories out there of studio employees just yoinking copies out of the office. At the same time there are cinema owners who would keep copies of film that the studio would have otherwise destroyed. Granted these would only be sold to people rich enough to maintain a home theater. There was also a sense of preservation with this form of piracy. It is well known that during the silent era of film, there were so many movies that were just lost to history. This will be a reoccurring theme, a lot of the lost media that was found was only because of pirated copies saved onto a VHS tape, or a lost reel in someones attic, or sometimes even the trash.

I found this information from the link right here about a theater owner who pirated reels he got from studios, give it a read, it's an interesting story.

Gizmodo

Music wise, it is the same sense of preservation that permeates every other form of piracy. Before Edison invented audio recording, piracy was just copying sheet music, any marching band geek will know that this form is still kicking around today. Audiophiles before cassette tapes took rare and discontinued recordings and copied them.

I already touched on the cassette tapes being hated by the studios who tried to say that home taping was illegal. Some musicians even encouraged home taping by putting in blank tape along with their own copy to stick it to the man.

Here's a timeline on music piracy over the past few centuries:

Ranker

Everything changed when the computers attacked. If you had a computer with an optical drive you could easily just take any CD and rip the files in order to make endless copies. Itunes had this ability built in and it is not hard at all, it only took a couple clicks and you could go do something else as it downloaded. You may need an internet connection to initially get the software, but after that you can disconnect and go wild.

There you have it, a quick bit on piracy with film and music before the internet. As you can see, these two are the easiest for piracy, there isn't much protection and the technology has almost always been made available to the public. Game piracy is a whole different beast so I won't be covering those parts today, and it is a whole lot more fun with all the hoops to jump through. For now though, just remember that for legal reasons I don't endorse piracy and I definitely never did it myself.

#duckyfruitbat #rambling #piracy #film #music

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fuckyeahvanhalen86-95 · 2 years ago

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Boxed Set Introduces Four Newly Remastered VH Studio Albums With Sammy Hagar, Plus Rarities Recorded Between 1989 And 2004

5-LP And 5-CD Versions Arriving On October 6

PRE-ORDER NOW direct from VanHalenStore.com

Van Halen will release a new boxed set this fall spotlighting the band's second incarnation, with singer Sammy Hagar, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony. The upcoming set includes newly remastered versions of four multi-platinum studio albums, along with a selection of rarities recorded between 1989 and 2004.

THE COLLECTION II will be available on October 6th on 5 Vinyl 180-Gram LPs for $124.98 and 5 CDs for $49.98. Pre-order both versions HERE. All the music in the set was mastered directly from the original master tapes, a process overseen by the band's longtime engineer, Donn Landee.

The new set is the long-awaited sequel to THE COLLECTION, a compilation released in 2015 that focused on the six studio albums recorded by the band's original line-up, which featured singer David Lee Roth. THE COLLECTION II picks up where its predecessor left off and covers the four consecutive #1 albums released during the Hagar era: 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991), and Balance (1995).

The journey begins with 5150, Van Halen's seventh studio album and the band's first to claim the top spot on the Bilboard 200. Certified platinum six times in the U.S, the record treated fans to hits like "Dreams," "Love Walks In," and "Why Can't This Be Love" which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group returned two years later with OU812, a quadruple-platinum smash that delivered four Bilboard Hot 100 hits, including "Finish What Ya Started" and "When It's Love."

The accolades continued with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, which earned Van Halen its first Grammy® Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album. Debuting at #1 and staying there for three weeks, the album achieved triple-platinum certification. The record produced an incredible seven singles, including hits like "Poundcake," "Top Of The World," and "Right Now."

In 1993, the band released its first live album, Live: Right Here, Right Now, before returning in 1995 with Balance, its final studio album with Hagar. The album was another commercial triumph, debuting at #1, selling more than three million copies, and earning a Grammy nomination for "The Seventh Seal."

THE COLLECTION II concludes with Studio Rarities 1989- 2004, an exclusive compilation that assembles eight gems from the Hagar era for the first time. Among these rarities is "Crossing Over" the B-Side to Balance's "Can't Stop Lovin' You", and the band's only non-album B-side.

The compilation boasts other exceptional highlights, including the band's cover of Little Feat's "A Apolitical Blues" and the instrumental "Baluchitherium" which were left off the vinyl versions of OU812 and Balance, respectively. Additionally, the set features two songs the band contributed to the Twister Soundtrack "Humans Being" and the Grammy-nominated "Respect The Wind."

Rounding out the set are "It's About Time", "Up For Breakfast", and "Learning To See" which were recorded during the band's temporary reunion with Hagar in 2004. All three debuted that year on Van Halen's second greatest hits collection, The Best of Both Worlds.

Sammy & Mike share their excitement:

Sammy Hagar: "Mikey and have been waitinga long time to get these remastered Van Halen records from my era. They did the whole nine yards. This stuff sounds SO GOOD!

These records were recorded before (without) ProTools or digital recording: it was analog on real to reel tape recorders. There's a very special sound to that type of recording. We were careful not to destroy any of that, but to re-master with more modern technical equipment to bring out that wonderful magical sound. It's never sounded better.

I know you're gonna enjoy it. There are some special bonus tracks in there. A Box Set. It's the whole Van Hagar era. All remastered. Finally! It's About Time! BOOM!"

Michael Anthony: "So excited about our Sammy era box set coming to ya!! Our longtime studio engineer Donn Landee remastered these albums and they are kicking ASS!"

Track Listing:

5150

Good Enough

Why Can't This Be Love?

Get Up

Dreams

Summer Nights

Best Of Both Worlds

Love Walks In

"5150"

Inside

OU812

Mine All Mine

When It's Love

A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)

Cabo Wabo

Source Of Infection

Feels So Good

Finish What Ya Started

Black And Blue

Sucker In A 3 Piece

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Poundcake

Judgement Day

Spanked

Runaround

Pleasure Dome

In 'N' Out

Man On A Mission

The Dream Is Over

Right Now

316

Top of the World

Balance

The Seventh Seal

Can't Stop Lovin' You

Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)

Amsterdam

Big Fat Money

Doin' Time

Aftershock

Strung Out

Not Enough

Take Me Back (Déjà Vu)

Feelin'

Studio Rarities 1989-2004

A Apolitical Blues

Crossing Over

Baluchitherium

Humans Being

Respect The Wind

It's About Time

Up For Breakfast

Learning To See

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moonybyte · 7 months ago

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I would love what the majority of people imagines this means.

Because I am the generation of child where people most naturally had mix tapes from recording off the radio. Where people had VHS, recorded from TV. CD burners in almost every computer to make your own music albums.

All of that is technically piracy, but none of it would a random mom or dad deem as illegal. They paid for the VHS player, and the tape, and they pay for cable. Recording it for another day isn't illegal, it has advertisement on it in contrast to buying the actual VHS, etc.

I really would love what the age of every answer is, to thus judge if their parents were pirating, and with how much awareness.

Did your parents watch pirated media with you as a child ?

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amarantose · 9 days ago

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PSD — @/waatsoned

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 * star spangled teen

OOC. I don't know if I would label these " headcanons " because she's literally my baby BUT!!!! below are some facts about estelle I wrote when I was bored ヾ⁠(⁠*⁠’⁠Ｏ⁠’⁠*⁠)⁠/

• Her nickname is "Elle" - - TECHNICALLY a name one would default to upon hearing her 'Steven-given' one although it means a lot to her being that the only people who call her "ESTELLE" are her father and maybe her father's friends, you'll tend to notice her respond to terms of endearment far often than her name.

• Her father is Steve Rogers - - it's a well known "fact", yes but mun needs their excuse to write on their relationship ... Estelle does not hold any MALICE towards her father but does find him overbearing as any teenage cosmic entity would, he already shields knowledge of her powers and doesn't allow her to do the reckless endeavors she regularly plans to do, how dare thee, naturally she tends to gravitate towards Bucky Barnes due to this.

• Her hair isn't real! - - funny thing about Estelle being a cosmic entity it doesn't come with the most accepting comments about her shiny—sparkly galaxy like hair, it'd be pretty to dote on from afar until you start to question how this human has a cluster of stars ☆ on their head, so to shield this Estelle almost constantly wears a wig one inspired off of her favorite James Barnes! Short and brown, just how she likes it.

• Bad at selfcare - - IT'S A SHOCKER for a not quite living concept of something to be outted into this human body, thankfully sleeping and eating is not a priority ( although she still enjoys her naps with alpine ) due to wearing wigs constantly she forgets to take care of her ACTUAL hair that despite not being natural does tend to get matted and doesn't flair too well with the earthly atmosphere, she needs constant reminders of this in order to continue on with her day cause if not she'll just brush her wig and throw it on.

• She loves vintage things - - EVERYTHING from the 40s to the 80s is her go-to Estelle finds herself collecting litters of vhs tapes at a time completely clueless to what's been recorded onto them but if it's a FLIM you best bet she's gonna watch the whole thing regardless of what it is, she tries to catch herself romanticizing the older days when she's knee deep in an old 60s romance fanfiction but she can't help but find a guilty pleasure in at the very least wanting to experience it occasionally, time travel is definitely on her to-do list ... Other than that she studies the fashion of these times periods, mannerisms, slang, common things in relation to back then and honestly any antiques she can get her hands on, she always harps about needing money when there's a pile of unused nitnacks next to her bed she could resell for a fortune.

#OOC.#“lets watch peak!” then she digs through a box eith her eyes closed and pulls out 5 hours of cooking shows vhs tape #ESTELLE NOBODY IS WATCHING THAT #i need to make a tagging system i fear #sumn shmn EST⭐LLE #marvel rp #mcu roleplay #mcu rp #marvel roleplay #forgot tags again sigh. *ash baby gif*

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tapetransferexpert · 5 months ago

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Transforming Memories: The Shift from VHS to Digital

In the age of high-definition streaming and digital storage, many of us are grappling with outdated formats like VHS tapes. These relics from the past, once a staple for recording and watching home videos, are now at risk of being lost forever. The shift to digital not only preserves these precious memories but also ensures they remain accessible and high-quality for future generations.

Why Convert VHS to Digital?

VHS tapes are prone to degradation over time. The magnetic tape inside them deteriorates, leading to fuzzy images and poor sound quality. Converting VHS to digital is crucial for several reasons:

Preservation: Digital formats don’t degrade over time like VHS tapes. They remain clear and intact, ensuring your memories stay vivid.

Accessibility: Digital files are easy to share, edit, and back up. You can watch them on various devices without needing a VHS player.

Space Saving: Digital files take up less physical space compared to bulky VHS tapes.

The Conversion Process

Converting VHS to digital involves several steps. Here’s a simplified breakdown:

Gather Equipment: You’ll need a VHS player, a capture device, and a computer. Some people also use specialized conversion services.

Connect the VHS Player: Connect your VHS player to the capture device. The capture device usually plugs into your computer via USB.

Transfer the Video: Play the VHS tape while the capture device records it onto your computer. This process may take as long as the tape's duration.

Edit and Save: Once the transfer is complete, you can use video editing software to trim and enhance the video. Save the file in a digital format like MP4 or AVI.

Choosing the Right Method

You can either convert VHS tapes yourself or use a professional service. Each option has its benefits:

DIY Conversion

Cost-Effective: It’s cheaper to buy a VHS-to-digital converter and do it yourself.

Control: You have full control over the quality and editing of your videos.

Professional Services

Convenience: Professionals handle everything from transfer to enhancement.

Quality: They often use advanced equipment to ensure the highest quality conversion.

Tips for Quality Conversion

To ensure the best possible outcome, keep these tips in mind:

Check Tape Condition: Make sure your tapes are in good condition before starting. Dirty or damaged tapes can result in poor quality conversions.

Use High-Quality Equipment: Whether you’re doing it yourself or choosing a service, high-quality equipment ensures better results.

Backup Your Files: Always create backups of your digital files. Digital media can be lost due to hardware failure or accidental deletion.

The Impact of Digital Conversion

Converting VHS to digital isn’t just about preserving old home videos. It has broader implications:

Historical Preservation: Many families and institutions have valuable historical footage on VHS tapes. Digital conversion ensures these records are preserved for research and education.

Cultural Significance: Old video recordings often contain unique cultural and personal moments that are invaluable. Digital conversion helps retain these pieces of history.

Recent Developments in Conversion Technology

Recent advancements have made the conversion process more efficient and affordable:

Improved Software: Modern software tools offer better noise reduction and image stabilization.

Affordable Equipment: The cost of VHS-to-digital converters has decreased, making it accessible for more people.

The Future of Digital Storage

As technology continues to evolve, digital storage methods are also advancing:

Cloud Storage: Provides secure and easily accessible storage for digital files.

High-Definition Formats: Newer formats offer even higher quality than traditional digital files.

Final Thoughts

Converting your VHS tapes to digital is more than a technical process; it’s a step toward preserving cherished memories and historical records. Whether you choose to handle the conversion yourself or rely on professional services, the shift to digital ensures that your valuable footage remains clear and accessible for years to come.

Investing in this transformation not only protects your past but also prepares it for future generations to enjoy. Embrace the digital age and give your memories the longevity they deserve.

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salamanderinspace · 9 months ago

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what was a favorite song when you were a teenager?

When I was 13 I was really into Nirvana but I was also really into like. The Sailor Moon and digimon movie soundtracks. I'd just gotten past my extremely lesbian Spice Girls obsession and developed an (oddly enough) more bisexual anime obsession so there were a lot of anime tracks I would listen to on repeat by playing those animes on vhs tapes. My dad was very into classic rock and my mom was a bit into folk but mostly not into music (I think she may have audio processing issues), so I knew a bit about that music, but I knew very little else because we didn't have cable and my computer didn't have a sound card. At the time it would have been pretty unusual for a kid to have a good music downloading setup at home, even though it was the heyday of Napster, because modem speeds were slow and storage was limited. It was kind of a rich kid hobby, but my dad was a computer guy and we put our heads together and I think I burned a single CD of weird anime music which I still think about to this day. It had Aoi Hitomi on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K541-kOzay8

When I was about 15 I started getting more into metal, like particularly really dark stuff. I mean, Nirvana can be dark as fuck, so that was already inside me, but I had friends who had more access to music that would help me and take me to shows and burn me CDs. My favorite song then was Rapist Eyes by Dog Fashion Disco, which I have a lot of complicated feelings about but still regard as a powerful and technically impressive anthem for … whatever I was going through emotionally at the time, particularly with that friend group. I still go through it, from time to time.

Around age 18, after I'd moved out on my own, I got really interested in straight edge subculture and listened to a lot of corresponding punk and hardcore. I worked in a record store for awhile so I had better access to music. At age 19 I fell in love with Lil Kim and I still stan her to this day, even to the extent that I support her in her (probably fake) rap beef against Nicky Minaj. Absolute Queen Bee. Dorothy Parker of hip hop. No skips.

#music #memoir

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massivecheesecakewolf · 11 months ago

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That give me an idea that is probably funny that Danny still technically summoned but it requires a very specific power.

Dave Smith ( an OC I just made up with a power to grab the person from a recorded medium like radio or a VHS in the very moment they are recording but can't fully pull them out and has to put them back to prevent any time paradox) is confused about the tape recorder that was summoned instead of the ghost king that the defeated cultists are trying to summon, while the other heroes are getting information from the cultists, Dave walk up to the tape recorder,and after looking at it closely, put his hand into the recorder and after trying to feel someone, grabbed someone and pull his head out. Danny is confused as he was grabbed during his recording of the message for any future fruit loop and when he saw the man who grabbed Danny is studying his face and ask what date is, he replied ( 9 months-ish earlier) and before being let go and pulled back to his present by the time logic, he learned that he is pulled into the future so a hero can learn what the ghost king looked like and when he made the recording.

No Longer In Service

Okay

hear me out

Ghost King Danny Summoning!

The heroes fail to stop it, everyone is panicking, they feel like they’ve truly failed to stop it. etc etc

EVERYONE is ready to fight for their final life.

They’re as ready as they can be to go against something so evil JLD are scared of it.

SO when the dome that was sealing them away from the summoner finally shatters they are expecting some huge eldritch being, something made of pure nightmares… Only…

Only to find an old tape recorder in the middle of the summoning circle…

Everything is dead silent. No one moves…

Then it clicks on and makes a loud noise.

The noise?

It was the no longer in service beep.

“We’re, not, sorry.” a teenage voice began after the beep ended, startling everyone as they weren’t expecting this at all “But the Ghost King you are trying to reach is no longer in service or rather King anymore. Thus any big evil world ending plans you have made will not be approved during my reign. Please, get a life and try to actually live it because I will not be ending anyone’s or mass genocide anything… Also to the really insane Fruitloop that tried summoning a being with the warning of “will cause the end of your world”. I am the Ghost King now, eventually everything and everyone will enter my domain regardless of who, when, how, or why. That is something I can wait for, I got no reason to speed it up…. So have a pleasant day and enjoy being arrested or ended for doing this dumb summoning if you decided to do this in front of like everyone in your world or something… Goodbye!”

The world went silent after that.

That…

None of them were expecting that at all.

#Danny Phantom #DPDC #dp x dc #dcxdp #ghost king danny #danny phantom dc #Danny trolls those who summon him #but there is someone who can pull him out of the recorder.

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ANIMATOR #1: Simon Tofield

Meeting Shelly was the spark that ignited his love for drawing and later on animating, cats.

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Simon learnt to animate by creating flip books using characters from his imagination. (Video with one of his flipbook animations👇)

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Interview that explains more. Time stamps : 2:40-3:31, 7:05 - 7:33

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Timestamps: 1:02-1:56

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Simon started off as a traditional animator (with flipbooks) but since the times were changing, the industry was getting technical so he had to move to digital platforms. He had to get used to Adobe Flash. To practice he wanted to create a little animation.

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Narrative 1 :

Simon’s love for cats stems from him meeting his first ever cat, a tortoiseshell named Shelly. Simon would watch Shelly go about on her little cat adventures. As he follows her around he sees the nature and all the movement and sounds around him. The birds chirping as they fly away from Shelly, the leaves rustling as they make way for the rambunctious little cat, leaves falling from the trees, the little purrs and meows Shelly makes as she navigates her surroundings. Little Simon Tofield absorbed all of this like a sponge and this was how his passion for animating sprung into action. He learnt how to draw by tracing picture books. He would trace and draw animals, mostly birds and dinosaurs. His very first form of animating was flipbooks! He would watch a lot of cartoons, his main target being Transformers. Simon would record the show on VHS tape and analyze each and every frame, calculating how long the animation would take to convey one action. Later on, after being forced to having to switch from traditional to digital animating methods, Simon had to learn how to use Adobe Flash, which was a popular software for animation at the time. To get used to it Simon decided to create a little animation. This led to his very first digital animation “Cat man do” which features his cat at the time Hugh. The simple animation was based on Hugh just pestering Simon all morning, trying to get Simon to give him food. Little did he know the short animation would get a lot of hits after he posted it on YouTube, which he was hesitant to post on due to it being a young platform at the time. Simon would go on to expand on his newfound creation, which he named Simon’s Cat. Later on he published books on Simon’s Cat and eventually founded Simon’s Cat Ltd, where he and his team work on the popular series Simon’s Cat.

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Simon Tofield, who lives with his 6 cats is the creator of the popular cartoon series “Simon’s Cat” and is the founder of Simon’s Cat Ltd which is the studio that now works on expanding the world of Simon’s cat. You could say the foundation of Simon’s Cat would be Shelly, his very first cat. Ever since then Tofield was a hardcore cat lover and would grow up to even work with shelters and adopt cats. “I didn’t mean to end up with 6 cats” - Simon Tofield. As a kid he would master the art of making flipbooks, analyzing cartoons he saw on the telly. One particular show he mentioned was Transformers. Simon would record and analyze each frame and calculate how to capture the same motion and timings. His main inspiration for the animated series, his cat Hugh, was what started the whole show. Since Simon wanted to practice his transition from traditional animation to digital on Adobe Flash, he challenged himself to create a small animation. He wanted to keep it simple while having a good storyline so he ended up creating a little comedic animation based on his cat Hugh and his little cat tantrums. None of them expected the video, “Cat man do”, which was his first digital animation to blow up. Of course Hugh didn’t expect that because he just expected Simon to give him his food. Simon had to keep up with the growing popularity of his cartoons, thus “Simon’s Cat” was created.

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It all started with little Simon in his barn. It was there that he met his first pet cat Shelly. Shelly is curious and bounds forward. Little Simon also gets curious as well and he moves his hand towards the little kitten. His hand moves closer and closer and his hand connects softly with Shelly’s head. Shelly purrs and starts kneading the hay. Little Simon stares as the kitten before him transforms into the iconic white cat, the star of the animated series “Simon’s Cat”. Simon finds himself in front of a computer, where he’s posting his little animation on YouTube. Aka “Cat”, jumps out of the frame and rubs against Simon’s legs. Simon looks down in surprise as he feels his life changing drastically and very rapidly. His animation blew up as he started gaining views from all over. Simon feels overwhelmed, and Cat who was watching him sees this and moves away as the scene transitions into the golden YouTube plaque for hitting 1M subscribers. Cat knocks down the plaque as the scene cuts to Cat doing the iconic move where he points to his mouth to ask for food. Simon sighs and they walk to get the food. As the two of them go to get the food, Simon finds himself walking past all his milestones of his journey as an animator. Founding Simon’s Cat studios, publishing his books, YouTube animations, his first animation. (Simon grows younger as the scene continues but Cat stays by his side) The final scene they stop at is young Simon making flipbooks. He looks behind him to look for cat but finds Shelly instead.