#testing if the readmore issue is fixed

[raventhekittycat]

K still kinda irked that he didn't actually reply at all to the pic contents other than putting a shocked reaction on the pic on line :/ dude who looks at someone in a see through tee and underwear and doesn't give a compliment or a thanks or anything????

[sdmsims]

its 2am i am so tired and i am literally not retyping this so im just gonna paste what i wrote on patreon and run

You know, like nya?

I was told this was a bad idea. Unfortunately my catgirl agenda has other plans.

This is a mod that adds animated tail bones to sims! Though these won't actually be visible unless you add a tail rigged for the mod to the sim - I've included a set, based on meshes by Terraxy on gumroad!

The tail has a constant motion, based off the sim's current emotion. The way this was done is incredibly hacky and probably not very good looking to anyone who's actually competent at tuning, and is inherently prone to conflicts. Ultimately, this is a personal experimental mod that I'm releasing or else people would riot. Use at your own risk!!

Caveats:

Not all modded interactions will work. In the case where a modded interaction doesn't, the tail will t-pose.

The tail animation is the same for all actions per emotion, so it will still clip.

This is probably going to conflict with mod(s) that: Override the sim rig, override ANY animation state machines, override the default emotional overlays of sims, or override trackmasks for the face

HOWEVER: There is an included version that is compatible with the most popular mod that modifies the sim rig, as well as it's... animation system. It's the one labeled with _WW at the end, you'll know what those letters mean if you know.

Therefore: If you install this and your game starts being weird, take it out and see if that fixes it before complaining to other modders and giving them trouble.

Instructions:

Download ONLY ONE version of the mod, depending on if you need the WW compatibility or not. Place it directly in your mods folder, no subfolders!

Download the .zip for the tails - they're all under lower back tattoos ingame. Unzip and put the contents wherever you want.

If you'd like to create your own rigged tails: Download the .blend file for a dummy! It's for 2.79 because I'm an old man, sorry.

Finally, this thing gave me a lot of issues during testing, and while I'm... mostly confident I managed to fix things, I may have missed things.

Again - this is an experimental mod, please use at your own risk!

DOWNLOAD BELOW READMORE (ALWAYS FREE. IM ALLERGIC TO PAYWALLS JUST LIKE I AM TO CATGIRLS)

PATREON || SFS FOLDER

[sunny-day-jack-official]

Sunny Day Jack Report 07/11/2023

Wednesday means it's time for our weekly development report, and this one's a nice big one for everyone to enjoy! Those of you who have been following us on Twitter may have noticed that we redesigned our logo for SDJ. The majority of the devlog will talk about our process behind that, so read it for free on Patreon or click the readmore for the important bits!

Unity Demo Version 0.03

Changelog:

Fixed video rendering while playing on the Steamdeck (via Windows Proton Compatibility)

Added missing CGs

Game extended slightly past the kissing on couch scene

Select narration from Y/N reworded for clarity

Macintosh OS compatible version has been added

Known bugs:

Certain voice lines may be missing or cut-off

This update was largely focused on ensuring stability before adding in more content. Those who backed the SDJ Kickstarter can access their beta testing keys via this link, while SnaccPop Patrons who pledge a minimum of $12/mo can access their beta testing key over here.

For our MacOS players, you may encounter issues launching the game due to Apple security, so please follow this tutorial to temporarily disable Gatekeeper (we recommend turning it back on afterwards). We're investigating ways to avoid Gatekeeper flagging the game, so please bear with us! As for our Linux/Steamdeck players, for the time being, please use the Windows version and use Proton Compatibility to play the game.

Logo Graphic Redesign

Like with the previous SnaccPop Studios logo, the SDJ logo was due for a makeover. For starters, the old logo was tiny.

Yes, that's literally the largest size we have on hand for the original SDJ logo source file, and everything else is just blown up bigger in size if need be. Astute viewers may also notice that the Something's Wrong With portion of the logo was also slightly off-center this entire time, as With was hanging off the edge a lot more than Something's. Another issue that came up as we continued working with our translators was the fact that we'd most likely need logos in the target language too; adapting the old logo was near impossible because all we had left of it was a .png file. At this point, making a new logo just made sense.

The new logo largely retains the important elements of the original one. Using the Buddy Belt motif as the background image and the use of two distinct fonts, a formal serif for SWW and a more bubbly sans-serif for the SDJ that essentially captures the essence of Jack's dual personality, were ideas Sauce carried over. Additionally, his signature primary colors palette is much more clear in the text, making this logo more easily identifiable. After nailing down a good foundation and centering the text, Sauce overlaid faint scanlines reminiscent of old CRT display monitors then splashed some blood here and there; all in all, the new logo is a nice visual of the ludonarrative dissonance the game itself aims to achieve.

We'll pass the mic to Gureii here when it comes to the localized logos!

Translation & Localization

Hey there! Gureii (she/her) here. You might know me from one of the previous devlogs posted here on Patreon not so long ago.

 I’ve been asked by BáiYù to present you a tiny (okay, not that tiny) little treat for both the Russian and the Japanese-speaking folks out there who are interested in our upcoming game, Something’s Wrong With Sunny Day Jack.

Let me introduce you to the new localized logos real quick:

One of the most interesting aspects of working on these was the brainstorming session behind both of them. As the Lead Russian translator of this project, one of my main concerns was to come up with the title translation that would be both both simplistic and catchy, hence the name change from a statement to a question. The localized version of the title - «Что с тобой, Джек?» - includes both the questions a player would ask to Jack himself: “What happened to you?” and “What’s wrong with you?”, either depending on their opinion towards him or both of these at the same time.

The Japanese translation team, on the other hand, opted for something much more laconic, to which I was happy to comply! They're only using Katakana to translate the commonly abbreviated title into【サニー・デー・ジャック】, which will be easy for Japanese speakers to read (it'd be pronounced "Sanī dē Jakku"). It's short and punchy, and it's not unusual for Japanese logos to have the English text as well.

Another aspect (a tricky one this time!) was looking up the Cyrillic and Kana fonts that would match the mood of the English logo we got: it gets quite tricky when we talk about anything but Latin fonts, and it gets even harder when we talk about something that is as bold, youthful and bright as it is. For example, with the katakana transcription the Japanese translation team and I had to search for something that would not scare the person interested in playing the game, something much more inviting than the crimson lettering used on the English logo. The bloody Buddy Belt portion of the logo will still indicate to potential players that this is a horror game, so it works out.

By the way, you might be asking yourself, "Why isn't there a Spanish version of the logo?" Both Pierre and Nana expressed that translating the title wouldn't sound nearly as good as the original English title (a literal Latin Spanish translation would be "Algo Malo Pasa Con Día Soleado Jack"). Luckily, both English and Spanish share similar alphabets, so it's as big of a difference compared to Russian or Japanese.

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And that's all we got for this week. Thanks again for your continued support of SnaccPop Studios!

[pixiel]

Tumblr Post Width & More (OTD+ Userstyle)!!

Finally out of Alpha and available to the public! This Usersyle REQUIRES the use of Old Tumblr Dashboard (Userstyle) and must be manually edited to work!

You need to have Stylus installed. So if you don't have it:

Install the Stylus Firefox Addon or the Chrome Extension (You can install Chrome Extensions on Edge as well)

Once it's installed into Firefox/Chrome/Edge you can proceed with adding this style or any other.

Make sure Old Tumblr Dashboard (Userstyle) is installed and on!

To add the style, follow the instructions:

Go to this link: https://userstyles.world/style/15745/tumblr-post-width-more-otd-userstyle

Click on "install".

Style will open a tag with it and in the left side you'll have a button that says "install style", click there. (Step-by-step copied from the lovely dorothyoz39 who wrote this in a reply!)

Be sure to check for updates regularly and if you'd like, consider supporting me on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/pixiel !

To update click the Manage button on Stylus and click the check for update button below then click again to install!

!!!BEWARE!!! updating will reset your settings so be sure to note them down before updating!!!

New Update: 29/06/24, 18:46PM BST V8.4

Make sure you're on at least version 12.5 of OTD v8.0: This userstyle is finally available publically and out of Alpha testing! It may still have a few bugs or issues.

THE CREATOR OF THIS USERSTYLE SUPPORTS THEIR TRANS SISTERS. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

Check the readmore for the instructions on how to manually edit the userstyle, the changelog, & known issues!

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Each setting is now controlled by using the configure menu for your convenience! To access the config click the stylus icon and then click the cogwheel next to "Tumblr Post Width & ..."

Make sure to read the instruction carefully before editing the config!

I highly recommend clicking the 'on change' button to see the changes to the dashboard in real time, without the need to save to view changes!

Example:

This is the setting for the Global Content feed positioning, right now it is set to 0%, the default position - Which looks like this;

If you change the number to a higher positive number by moving the slider to the right, it will move the content of the page to the right! Like so;

likewise, if I move the slider to the left I can move the contents of the page more to the left. Like so;

If you want to change it only a little at a time you can use the up and down arrows to change the number by 1 each time!

If you make a mistake and want to revert to the default setting, click the X that appears next to the slider or menu and it will revert it back to normal!

If you want to revert ALL settings back to default press the Reset button and all numbers will return to their default and make the dash look like its unedited version!

Below where it says /*EXPERIMENTAL Features - May have issues*/ is a lot of, well, experimental features! This includes the Communities pages, Labs Patio, Icon hider, as well as the Masonry Search view! These features currently work but may have a few bugs or be broken by Tumblr updates.

Make sure not to touch any of the code under where it says; /*Dont Touch below code*/

And I hope this helps you understand how to customise OTD+!

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Known issues:

The settings page looks weird, this is to make it so the textbox actually scales with the width changes without looking Awful.

Search bar moves out of place sometimes when using No Sticky Header! Working on finding a way to fix this.

[blucifer08]

A lore dump about my new OC Jules.. I'm copying this over from where I was rambling on twitter, so apologies for any formatting issues. Idk if I've mentioned this here, but through a lot of nonsense, Jules winds up pingponging between the thirteenth, the First, and the Source. There are a lot of time shenanigans involved in that..

Anyways, jules lore below the readmore

VVVV

Jules was born on the Thirteenth but grew up on the First. And there they were taken in by a small, close-knit Hyur family. They grew up alongside their young son, whom they became the best of friends with. Despite the coming end--the two kids had a relatively nice childhood and made the most of what they had together. But as resources became more sparse and the damnation of the Star more evident, Jules' adoptive parents looked to anything they could for hope. Unfortunately, they became wrapped up in a group of people attempting a primal summoning. Using light harnessed here in Ahm Araeng where the Flood was stopped, they attempted to create a Primal who could fix things. How? They weren't sure. But regardless, the summoning /worked.../

Jules and their adoptive brother were there when it happened. How delighted everyone was when the summoning /worked/ only to have their minds ripped from them. All except Jules, blessed with the Echo. Jules hid and cried, unable to stop the oncoming onslaught, and..The primal soon consumed all who had summoned it, and slayed Jules' adoptive brother. Jules was young, and powerless to save them, and at the time, too fearful to even attempt anything. And from this birthed Jules' insatiable desire to get stronger.. no matter what it takes.

It also brought about their interest in primals, which Jules thought of as an actual God at the time. It's not until they make it to the Source in ARR that they get corrected on this. But, they wish they could go back and save them so badly.

It acts as inspiration for them as a summoner, to harness the power of primals and use it for their own purposes. They go a bit far with it, testing the limits of summoning and even testing the limits of what magic their own body can handle.

[starlightnavis]

hello mmd question (This can be answered privately if it is easier)

how does one get the models to uh.. work. i tested it with the makoto/minato model you use but my issue is that its not a pmx or pmd file. did you convert yours to one of those files or am i just doing something wrong?

ALRIGHT SO i use blender with some plugins to convert my models, blender can be a bit tricky to figure out (it took me a while to figure it out akljhsahd) so i'll try my best to explain it akjshsdh

and also i'll make this public since i figured someone might find this useful :3

i'll put this under a readmore bc its kinda long but i hope it helps!! i'm terrible at explaining things aljksasd (i think learnmmd might have an article on this too)

SO. the plug ins i have: mmd tools & xps tools

SO i delete the scene first and then import whichever model i want to convert (xps for this model, but as u can see u can import basically any type)

drag this arrow on the side OUT to reveal the mmd plug in

u get this. click on 'convert model' and then click 'ok' to convert it

'export' will now be available! this works for .dae and .fbx as well, but for fbx u can also use metasequoia if u can afford it (it has a month trial iirc)

they will now load in mmd!! i had to zoom out bc i havent fixed him up in pmx (u WILL need to do that aljsld) but he works :>

also, if they have extra things like this model, removing them in pmx is much easier than in blender (at least for me)

i usually nab the face off of elina002's models for my minato, yu, and yosuke conversions since the xps conversions dont include facials

i'm not sure if converting lazyspongies fbx models in blender will keep the facials because i used meta to convert them, but its worth a shot!!

ALSO i mentioned needing pmxe; u definitely need it for conversions since, as u can see, he is SHINY. he is not supposed to be shiny alusakdhasdkhsd

i can also make a little tutorial for how i fix up models if u want but its incredibly basic (apart from like connecting the face i nabbed to the new model.. that can be a bit difficult sometimes)

[cliponindustries]

The cement industry has exceptional difficulties that make upkeep errands more intricate. These provokes are basically because of the particular idea of concrete plants, which are much of the time situated in distant regions and work under outrageous circumstances. These outrageous circumstances incorporate high temperatures and high residue levels, which can speed up the mileage of the hardware and gear utilized in these plants. The distant area of these plants likewise presents calculated difficulties, for example, obtaining spare parts and concentrated upkeep faculty.

Additionally, the apparatus utilized in cement plants is in many cases complicated and interconnected, making recognizing shortcomings and diagnosing issues troublesome. Any issue in one piece of the hardware can rapidly affect different regions, making it pivotal to have a profound and careful comprehension of the framework's activity. This is a huge test that requires inside and out information and cautious preparation.

One more basic component that enhances the difficulties in concrete plant support is the age of the hardware. Certain hardware in concrete plants can keep going for a long time, adding to the intricacy of the support cycle. The more established the gear, the harder it becomes to track down appropriate extra parts and fix manuals. This presents extra difficulties while keeping up with such hardware in ideal working circumstances.

Understanding these difficulties is critical to creating powerful support systems. It's tied in with responding to breakdowns as well as forestalling them in any case. This is the embodiment of protection upkeep - a deliberate way to deal with distinguishing likely issues before they grow into additional difficult issues. With the right systems, concrete plants can altogether decrease upkeep related margin time, expand gear life expectancy, and keep up with ideal efficiency and proficiency. In the accompanying areas, we will dig further into the particular difficulties of safeguard upkeep in cement plants and investigate useful systems to beat these difficulties.

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[ofsavior]

I've had a lot of mutuals asking me for help on distinguishing what beta vs legacy editors are and how to tell which one you are using, so I'm making a post. If you are coming off hiatus or still don't know what this talk of editors is, here you go.

Legacy Editor

This is what the legacy editor looks like. You can see the green toggle in the upper right corner that indicates it is currently in use.

Not everyone is able to use legacy editor. All new blogs starting I think Nov of 2022 are automatically beta only, so a lot of folks have in their rules or pinned posts that they are using beta editor.

LEGACY EDITOR AND BETA EDITOR ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITHOUT WEIRD FORMATTING ISSUES.

Everyone will be phased into Beta editor over the next few months, so tumblr is accepting feedback and comments to help with fixing bugs or issues. I HIGHLY recommend everyone who's still on legacy take this time to toy around with beta and submit your feedback because you won't have another option in the near future.

Beta Editor

Beta editor uses more of a toolbar style for formatting, and it works out pretty well but it's SUPER buggy. A lot of folks are upset about the inability to cut posts without using the new xKit, and this still peeves me as well.

My personal complaints with beta so far:

readmores break really easily.

text doesn't delete without weird highlighting system???

it is not hot key compatible yet (i.e., cntrl + shift + - does not make small font)

be on the look out for quality of life features you will miss come beta no longer being tested!

[institute-of-dolls]

literally the same announcement as usual. Dolls to help, sick again, more progress on the medical issues, family shit in the way. I need more motivation or energy. Maybe I need to start doing polls again. Or maybe i should start asking all you lovelies to send asks or something for me to interact with. Maybe i should let the combat doll i take care of make a blog too. It didn't want to originally (its first experience in a doll centric space went weird and its origin makes it nervous), but its loved seeing all the dolls and dollmakers around so its revised its position.

vent below this point: but BossLady cant remember how to add readmores sooo Also: i fucking swear i am going to snap at the next doctor who gets confused why my doll isn't happy being told all its test results come back clean. "Isn't it a good thing? Your results are good" well my doll is still fucking sick so all it actually means is we don't know fucking why still, the clean results don't suddenly make it stop being horribly nauseous all the time and having random foods make it sick, they just tell us what its not. Of course its not fucking happy, its been a year and we still don't know anything more then symptom management. The good news is symptom mamangment is really starting to help, its sick now once every 12 days compared to every other, and we do think we know whats wrong now so hopefully that test will fix that problem.

Well hello lovelies. Hello staff and dolls and all you delightful observers. We are back! We do apologize for the absence. We've been a tad occupied helping some of our personal dolls, and a few personal medical issues. Hopefully we can get back in the swing of things here

[sodomitecastiel]

Do you have any recommended spn fics? To be restored is consuming all of my non fenario brainspace

This is in no way an exhaustive list - @jewishcharliebradbury is the one to go for that - but these are some favorites of mine, please always heed their tags just in case!

Putting it under a readmore because I'm a wordy bastard:

Sky Verse by starandrea: Angelic civil war! The crispest, most in-character dialogue! Vast, sprawling worldbuilding! Dean and Cas get together and are very bad at it for a long time! This series obsesses me the way other people are obsessed with dta (which I have not read for fear of commitment but fully intend to eventually).

To Be Restored by serenetyfails: You mentioned this one already but it's worth repeating - it's my favorite trans spn fic that I didn't write myself. Cas's transmasc identity is handled so carefully and so competently, Dean flips out in a way that's both in character and still kind to him, and Sam and Rowena are wonderfully fleshed out. I think many people would look at the premise and worry it's either misogynistic or fetishy, but it's neither, it's such a love letter to Cas's well-earned masculinity. Also, I'm obsessed with Rowena knowing and being buddies with a lot of trans women witches :)

Talk Therapy by shara: This is one of my favorite 'Dean is bad at asking for things' fics, it deals with his inability to want things past what he can give to others really well. I also appreciate that not everything in their relationship is fixed just because they're together, although the amount they love each other is always obvious.

Epilogue by JayneL: A weird little time travel story that is NOT a fixit for endverse, but is exceptionally kind to endverse Cas anyway. It aches very badly. I remember it being pretty trippy but also having to sit and look at the ceiling a while after reading it.

The Love Story of the Runner Up by Margo_Kim: Cas dates a normal human man with a good soul for a little while before he gets with Dean. Both of them know it isn't for forever, but they look after each other anyway. Told through the lens of story-swapping between gay friends and written with so much care & love. (You can thank @okologie for finding this one and making me read it despite my reservations.)

where the weeds take root by deathbanjo: Everyone recommends this fic but it's for a reason. Probably the best post-retirement fic there is, and definitely helped me form the neural connections to write Fenario, haha, I can't recommend this one enough. The complicated Dean and Sam issues are held with just as much weight as the Dean and Cas ones, although both are handled gently.

you and me in the war of the end times by stickthelanding (@tallahasseemp3): Alma knocked it out of the park with this one. THEE shotgunning fic. I've reread it more times than I can count, it has the loveliest atmosphere. I want to gnaw on this prose, said with love!

A Drinking Song by Balder12: Endverse snapshot. This one is mostly just bone hurting juice but it's one of my favorite characterizations of them - sometimes I find that endverse stories either make Cas way too soft or fucked up in a way I find goes too far in a direction I don't agree with, this one feels pitch perfect.

Everyone Is Trying to Get to the Bar by Balder12: All time fave angel true form fic!!! It's deliciously weird and fun, definitely a mind-melter. I only read it the once but sometimes I think about it and get a funny little shiver.

Tall Grass by aeli_kindara: This is another 'universal favorite', but also for good reason. Extraordinarily tender, it's my personal favorite Cas-grows-a-garden post canon story, especially because it manages to write a jealousy plotline that doesn't make me want to bite and kill. Dean's voice is exactly right and everything unfurls with this tender inevitability, idk how else to describe it! It also ends on a final image that's so lovely it's seared into my brain.

Dean (and Cas') Top 13 Zepp Traxx by pantheon_of_discord: Nobody does vignettes like supernatural writers. I love the way the road feels in this one, and how carefully picked each moment is. A string of pearls, this fic.

There's Only One Sure Thing That I Know by blinkiesays: Dean and Cas get trapped in the midwest by a curse that doesn't let them leave the state, and they want to break it until they don't. Being trapped gives them an excuse to want to settle down, but the route they take to get there is, of course, circuitous. This one hurts a little because it takes place while Sam is dead, but it isn't gratuitous in its sadness. Sweet and melancholy.

the taste of gravel in the mouth by deathbanjo: FAVE FAVE FAVE FAVE. I push this one at everyone I can. I'm extremely picky about 'Dean's self loathing' fics, mainly because I think it can veer easily into melodrama, but this author weaves Dean's self hatred and his anger together very seamlessly, in a way that feels real to the show. Also, Cas is perfect.

sweeter coming from my hand by perilously: A story that I liked before Nov5 and withstood the test of time!! Dean and Cas get married/soul-bound in order to both remove the Mark of Cain and fix Cas's grace. Features a formative scene for me where Cas expresses worries about if he has a soul and Dean raps knuckles on his chest, going, "knock knock, sounds like a soul in there." If you like this one, perilously has many good fics that are just as in character.

On Labor by a_good_soldier: I very nearly couldn't finish this one, but not because it's bad, haha. The premise just makes me want to tear my clothes in mourning - Dean knows Cas is in love with him, after getting him back from the Empty, and decides that he should give him what he wants without realizing that he wants it too. Dean performatively dating Cas while trying to talk himself into liking it (not knowing that he does actually like it) is exactly the kind of convoluted bullshit Dean's internalized homophobia would do to him. Nauseating and spectacular. Sticks in your brain for weeks.

canticles by 2street2car: An excellent 'weird girl best friends' fic. After striking out at the brothel, Dean decides to treat Cas to the "first date experience" himself, since the guy might die the next day. To sum it up succinctly: the rituals are intricate. And dirty dancing is referenced!

we shovel all the ashes out by xylodemon: As the author states themself, this fic is a love letter to California - it's a road trip casefic that's so rooted in place, the setting is rich and lush and the atmosphere makes me ache, and not just because it's set in my home state! I saved this one for last because this is another prolific author who has many stories I come back to again and again (Sweet Home and Love: A Retrospective are particularly good), they really don't miss. Usually when I read fic, it's a mad dash to the finish, but I took my time with this one. I highly encourage you to do the same :)

[nuttyrabbit]

Giovanni Conti Bio

“Nutty, are you only going to show up to post about Archie Sonic and your OCs?” Yes, yes I am

Anyways, I decided to throw together a quick bio for Gambit’s dad because hey I figured his stuff out and I’m doing shit with him now.

Shoutouts to @pidgeonspen​ for doing his design for me.

Anyways, as always, everything’s under the readmore

Name: Giovanni Conti (Real name Brando Romilla)

Age: Approximately 50 years old

Height: 3'4"

Occupation: Auto mechanic/Conman

Location: Unknown, last confirmed sighting in Westopolis. Originally born in Lugaio, Spagonia.

Sexuality: Bisexual, though greatly prefers women to the point of denying any male attraction

Personality: Giovanni's personality is what one would expect from a seasoned conman: charismatic, self-serving, and conniving, the weasel finds success in his trade thanks to his natural talent in dealing with others. To his victims, Giovanni appears to be a charming, compassionate, smooth-talking individual who seems to go out of his way to help others in their time of need. But of course it's all a farce, a way to con unsuspecting victims out of their hard-earned cash. In reality, the man formerly known as Brando Romilla is the exact opposite. A selfish, grumpy, and temperamental weasel "behind the scenes", Giovanni finds himself unwilling to engage with the world around him outside of whatever con he's cooked up or to get out of whatever mess he's gotten himself into this time.

Giovanni's most defining personality trait however, isn't his sardonic attitude or his smoothtalking ways, but instead his paranoia.  Giovanni has spent the majority of his life on the run and it shows.  He often finds himself looking over his shoulder both figuratively and quite literally, hoping that his latest victim hasn't found out about him or that the law or the mafia or whoever he's crossed hasn't tracked him down to enact their revenge.  As such, Giovanni is extremely hesitant to give out his name unless absolutely necessary for the con, even going so far as to make up fake names in emergency situations, though the truth eventually comes out.  In addition, he trusts absolutely nobody and almost always looks for a way to backstab/escape any sort of partnership he's found himself on the receiving end of, willing or otherwise.

All of this being said, it isn't *all* bad for Giovanni personality-wise, for when the weasel finds something he actually likes, one can see a softer, more eager side of him come out. Despite his professed hatred of his previous job, Giovanni has a rather deep appreciation for the intricacies of vehicles and vehicle repairs, even going so far as to sneak into antique car shows to gawk at the new vehicles and reminisce about the "good old days" before it "got so complicated" in terms of technology. Oddly enough, he also loves vinyl.

Skills: Giovanni is of course, an incredibly skilled con-man, imploying a variety of cons and scams to trick people out of their money, ranging from simple "tourist trap" tricks such as "no change", "toll booth", and "free gift", to more complicated ones such as "flat tire" schemes and even reselling stolen/counterfeit items at a significantly marked up price.  His variety in terms of cons is helped by his ability to sell them thanks to his smooth-talking charismatic persona that he puts on during them.  As a result of his occupation he's also extremely adept at pointing out other cons/knowing when he's being duped.  Not only that, but he's even picked up some basic lockpicking/hotwiring and ID forging skills, though they aren't quite as honed as his other talents in the area.

Surprisingly enough, again despite his professed dislike of his childhood job, Giovanni is an incredibly skilled mechanic, being able to assess the issues with (mostly older) vehicles just from a few minutes of observation and testing alone and fixing it in record times. OF course he'll complain about how he's "too fuckin' old" for it, but he'll do a damn good job...and even enjoy himself somewhat.   He claims he would be unable to work on "new-fangled" vehicles such as Extreme Gear but if he were to get the chance, would find that he'd be a natural at it.

Likes: Antique vehicles, wine, the feeling when he pulls of a con, vinyl records, fresh pressed suits, rare steak, expensive cigars, older women, working on antique vehicles.

Dislikes: The law, organized crime outfits, his ex-wife, his kid, getting caught, prison, cheap beer, "new" technology, people who talk too much, his grandfather, working on vehicles (his relationship with auto repair is..complicated), staying in one place for too long.

Backstory: Brando Rombilla was born into anything but normalcy:  born to a pair of younger Spagonian lovers, the result of a tryst gone wrong, he was abandoned on the steps of his paternal grandfather, the widowed mechanic Angelo Rombilla, who would raise the weasel as his own.

Angelo was an old, stubborn, hardworking man who had spent his entire life toiling away as a mechanic, even coming to own his own shop...yet despite it all, he never quite had a lot to show for it, and Brando grew up in not quite poverty, but in...less than modest means

Despite this...unusual situation, Brando would, at least for a time, grow up as any other child would, going to school, making friends, and living as a normal Spagonian child would--at least until he hit the age of 12-13, where his father suddenly and inexplicably ground his childhood to a halt, pulling him out of school and telling him that he was going to be a "working man" from now on, that he'd have to help out at the shop and help put food at the table--and that is indeed what happened.

From then on, Brando found himself working at the modest repair shop, working the front desk, doing oil changes, and learning the ins and outs of auto repair--and he fucking hated it.

Not just because he'd been robbed of the experiences his peers were getting, but it served as a constant reminder of the (at least to him) pathetic conditions in which they lived and worked. In addition, it only served to exacerbate his sheer irritation at his father's stubbornness and near-perfectionist standards.

But over time, as he aged and saw his peers move on to bigger and better things, he realized something else: all this work, all this "good, honest, hard" work he'd been doing, that his grandfather had been doing, that he wanted him to inherit, it was getting them nowhere

The both of them spent years and years doing the same shit over and over, and they were no better off than when they'd started. They still lived like shit, ate like shit, and worked like dogs, and the idea of doing this his entire life revolted him.  Yet when he'd bring this up, he'd just get shouted down, beaten down, and told to get back to work. He loathed it all.

Then one day, around the time Giovanni hit 19--it all changed. In a moment of what his grandfather would call laziness and what Brando would later call ingenuity, he accidentally charged a customer for something they hadn't done--and with it, more money than he should've had.  It suddenly hit him, his way out, his way to actually do something about all of this. It started off slow, an overcharge here, a useless job done there, a job not done this way or that, even some front product sold off of lies.  Before Brando knew it, the shop was actually making money for once, and more than that, he was making money.  And the best part was, that for once, Angelo seemed like he didn't have a stick up his ass. He seemed...happy, over the moon really that things had begun to look up.  Things seemed to finally be getting better!

....until Angelo caught Brando in the act, after which the mother of all shouting matches ensued, of the grandson and grandfather screaming at each other about this and that, about everything--and saw Brando being thrown out of the shop, out of his grandfather's home--and out of his life

Out on his ass with only the money he'd pocketed and the clothes on his back to his name, Brando  by all rights should have been terrified about his future, livid about what had happened, but instead he found himself excited. Now that his grandpappy or his stupid shop wasn't a problem anymore, he could finally do something with himself, and he knew exactly what that'd be--putting to use the same bullshittery that'd gotten him here to begin with.

And so the young weasel found himself hopping all over Spagonia, honing his craft. Whether it be through  pinching wares from stores and selling them nearby at an outrageously hiked price,  snatching and selling bootleg items, or even using his mechanic skills to craft "wonder items" that were quite literally just old scrapyard junk,  Brando soon became quite adept at the art of the con.  However, with that adeptness came attention, and with that attention came the watchful eye of the law, which attempted to crack down on the weasel multiple times as he traveled about Spagonia.

Soon enough, his face and name were plastered on wanted signs, in local papers, and in time, he couldn't run any longer, finally being booked on fraud charges and placed in prison for ~ 3 years at the age of 22.   Upon getting out,  Brando realized that he couldn't exactly do his work here anymore, lest he get thrown back in for good.

But Soleanna wasn't exactly appealing either, especially since the SPD were notorious for cracking down on fraudsters.  He was at a loss at what to do, until he managed to catch a TV broadcast talking about Empire City and it hit him- EC would be the perfect place to disappear and get a fresh start.  It was big, it was far away, and it was full of suckers just waiting to be parted with their money Forging himself a new identity (quite literally) as "Giovanni Conti" , he smuggled himself on board a ship and soon found himself in Empire City, where he almost immediately got to work--and found the results to be not what he expected

While the toursts were complete suckers as expected, the residents were anything but, and he found himself on the run from the law once more--and in addition, the various criminal orgs that made their homes there and had no tolerance for being scammed.   Needless to say, the whole thing frustrated him, and with no other way to vent his frustrations, he turned to drinking, and with it, found himself at a small bar in downtown EC, drinking away his frustrations...and chatting up an equally frustrated, and rather attractive young woman. He didn't catch her last name, but certainly caught her first- Artemis

What should have just been a simple one night tryst suddenly got a lot more complicated once the young woman had tracked him down almost a week  later with some soul-crushing news: She was pregnant, and it was almost certainly by him.  To make matters worse, Artemis was an up and coming politician, someone in the running for the EC City Council, and she would be DAMNED if it came out that she got knocked up in a one night stand, that would ruin her career! Despite Giovanni's attempts at arguing otherwise, she also insisted on keeping the child, claiming that if word got out she got rid of it, it would ruin her career. Threatening to hand him over to authorities, she blackmailed him into sticking by her side for the following 9 months, appearing in front of the cameras as a pictureesque pair of parents-to-be, Artemis embracing the newfound attention and Giovanni absolutely loathing all the eyes on him, and not only that, but also moving in together to her (admittedly) lavish apartment.

This continued up on through the end of the pregnancy and into the birth of their son, who Artemis named "Tai", a (perhaps ironic) homage to an old Apotosian patron of Luck.  From then, things continued normally, well as least as normal as could be for the unwitting parents-to-be, up until the child was around a year old, when Artemis went on a sudden vacation.  Left alone with the child and feeling helplessly trapped, Giovanni contemplated making a break for it, perhaps faking his own death and figuring out the details later, when a hooded figure burst into the home and attempted to shoot both him and the child dead.  Through a near-miraculous stroke of luck though, the intruder's gun jammed, giving Giovanni the chance to brandish a knife and stab them in the jugular.  His heart pounding, his mind racing, Giovanni quickly put two and two together: someway, somehow, Artemis had tried to get the two of them whacked.  Quickly disposing of the body and without really thinking about it, Giovanni grabbed the child and made a break for it, bolting from the apartment and leaving Empire City under cover of darkness, trying to make sure he left no trace that he had left--or was even still alive.

Soon arriving in Westopolis, Giovanni and Tai found a small apartment to squat in for the time being. Quickly settling in, Giovanni quickly fell back into his old ways, and found the people of Westopolis far more vulnerable to his schemes than in EC. Still, the weasel wasn't happy. His "new start" that he'd hoped for had fallen apart before it'd even gotten the chance to get off the ground because of *her*, Artemis. Giovanni's frustration gnawed away at him--not helped by the tiny weasel at home, his little boy--the *mistake* that'd gotten him into this mess.   He often found himself verbally and physically taking out his frustrations on young Tai, even more so when it turned out the little brat wasn't even good enough to help him on cons.  He wished he could get rid of the little bastard once and for all, but for some reason, he just couldn't bring himself to kill him despite his best efforts.

Years went by, but nothing truly changed for the pair, until young Tai was 8 years old and Giovanni found himself on the bad end of a con gone wrong, having inadvertently found himself attempting to swindle an undercover cop.  Rushing back to the apartment he and Tai shared, he quickly grabbed whatever tools he could and attempted to disappear, leaving the young Tai behind for good.

Throwing himself out of the frying pan and into the proverbial fire, Giovanni had managed to disappear and evade the cops---and run right into one of his "victims": "Downtown" Ebony Hare--a "made man" in the Carnades, one of the major local outfits--and someone who he'd given a shoddy brake job.  Ebony recognized the weasel almost immediately and motioned to off him for messing up his car, but after Giovanni pleaded for his life, Ebony spared him-- on the condition that he work off his "debts" to him and the Carnades.

Faced with either paying his dues or paying with his life, Giovanni made the obvious choice and ended up doing quite a few small jobs for Ebony over the course of the next decade and change (approx  13 years) not only fixing his car but also fixing the other vehicles in the outfit--and giving a disgustingly large portio nof the proceeds from his other "work" directly to Ebony.  Once again, Giovanni was trapped doing the very thing he'd been stuck doing since childhood and not only that, but also indebted to a mobster who had no intention of letting him go.  He desperately tried to find a way out, but it was to no avail--until a near miraculous stroke of "luck".

The Black Arms invasion decimated a significant portion of Mobius, especially Northamer, and no place found itself worse off than Westopolis. For most living there, it seemed like the end times as  the city burned around them. But for Giovanni, it was an opportunity to finally disappear--and never come back.

The invasion soon ended, the repairs soon begun, and the Carnades began to operate once more--but Giovanni was nowhere to be found. Despite a thorough search of the city, the weasel had just...vanished, presumably killed by the aliens or escaping to parts unknown after.  

Giovanni's current location is unknown and those who know of him believe him to be dead, but there have been some apparent sightings of the aged con-man.  Some say they've seen him on the outskirts of Sand Blast City, others say they've seen him working his trade with another individual down in the Southern Baronies, and some even say that he's still in Westopolis, working his craft, and sticking close to the headquarters of the East Side Pack, a noted rival of the Carnades.

[sdmsims]

SIMS 3 ANIME HEAD REPLACEMENT/OVERRIDE

It's finally over...! This is something I've been working on pretty solidly for the past month! It may not be perfect, but it was something I could learn a lot from!!

This is a total overhaul of the head in the Sims 3 - an overhaul that makes sims stylized in an anime-like manner! Keep in mind that unlike the heads for TS4, these are an override! They will effect every sim in every save unless removed! Please read the disclaimers for other important notes!!

All you need to do is drop SDM_TS3_animehead_v1.package in your overrides folder! This BONUS DLC.zip includes some extras as well ^^

DOWNLOAD IS AT THE END OF THE POST!

Contents overview

It's... kind of what it says on the tin. The head meshes and sliders have all been overhauled! For every age and gender!

Basegame makeup and beards have also been overridden!

BONUS DLC FOLDER -- the 'original morphs' package file adds some NEW morphs specifically for the head! You will likely have to use a mod to increase your slider limit (like xcas or mastercontroller) to use these!

BONUS DLC FOLDER -- Topical details for a few nose styles (freckles) and a mouthline (moles)

BONUS DLC FOLDER -- The gotchagotcha eyes I did for TS4, as defaults for TS3! They're the eyes used in the previews

Important disclaimers

THE HEADS WILL NOT RESULT IN A PERFECT ANIMU-FICATION OF PREMADES. Premade townie sims will more likely than not look kind of screwed up, and potentially require adjustments if you can't handle it. The head is more intended to be used with creation of your own sims suiting of the style.

TYPES OF CC THAT ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THESE HEADS INCLUDE: ALL EYESHADOWS, ALL EYELINERS, ALL LIPSTICKS, potentially custom beards and skins, custom face presets/sliders. Certain hairs may also not play nice!

These are higher poly than the vanilla heads! Lod0 is 6,379 tris across all parts, while lod1 is 3,155 tris.

Lod2 and Lod3 are effectively like PSX meshes in vanilla and are untouched by this override.

While I have not encountered any issues while using 'very high' sim detail, it may differ if your sim detail is lower! I have been able to sustain multiple 4+ hour play sessions while using the head though, if that's any reassurance.

Some of the makeup looks screwy but honest to god this head is making me lose my mind so I'm literally not fixing that now

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(simfileshare will be added later, currently missing due to SFS having issues as of writing orz)

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CREDITS AND GRATITUDES

Greenplumboblover, who's TSM>TS3 head was the core inspiration and who's packages were used for studying! Simplelife and Carversims, who's default replacements for makeup/facial hair were used as points of reference! Whiteglove, who helped a lot with testing and suggestions!

[duskroads]

Angie build update Part 3

Part 1 Part 2

Oops haven’t been updating that much, but here’s how far I am! I haven’t closed any of the loops because I’m not gonna permanently attach things until everything’s painted which is why there are extra wires everywhere.

My Dad is still working on the internals so I can’t work on the head or finish the neck just yet.

Close ups and trials and tribulations under the readmore

Close ups first!

Hands, the fingers aren’t glued in yet so they kept falling out as I tried to get this shot.

Upper and Lower arms, I’m still debating the order of operations on the cuffs on her wrists, I think I’m going to add the worbla after I varnish them but before I paint. Maybe. We’ll see.

Legs

And Feet, I put down the sand paper down to stop the terrible glare that’s on my table and it was the closest thing available, but it confused my camera about colours, the feet are the same colour as everything else, not weirdly blue.

And the torso

Now for all the issues I had with getting this far.

First off, the original hooks I had in the shoulder sockets were way way way too long. Unfortunately I only figured this out after I had put a few layers of clay on it.

And knowing myself I wouldn’t be satisfied unless I fixed it, so

Here’s a comparison of the old piece to the new

So a significant difference, and honestly were I making her again I probably would have gone even smaller, but uh, not redoing it again from here.

The good thing this taught me is that this clay is super durable because it was a huge pain to try and break it away so that’s good at least?

Fast forward a few more layers of clay and things that I realize that cracks that I’ve been trying to patch as I’ve been adding clay in other areas actually go all the way through to the inside.

Most of them aren’t too concerning, except for this one. 

At this point I’m just keeping an eye on it and making sure it doesn’t grow larger. This is foreshadowing for later issues.

But for now let’s look at the limbs for a bit.

What I did to keep all of the limbs separate was to cut some marks into the end of the wires that are eventually going to get cut off after I wrap them around to close the ends.

I did this because otherwise I was probably going to get the pieces mixed up extremely quickly

The next big issue was with the fingers, I realized that this clay wasn’t going to be able to do fine enough detail for me to sculpt them directly from the clay, so I decided to just make a blobs of clay and dremel them into shape.

The issue is, I made this decision while I was adding the second layer of clay to them (there was no way I was going to be able to scuplt it without at least one layer of base to keep it from falling apart as I tried to get details in.

However, this stuff tends to form air pockets in between layers, this fact has become the biggest frustration with this clay, and here is where it starts to become really apparent.

so at this point my options were

1) continue with this set of fingers, knowing that they are full of air pockets and would need some serious patching afterwards

2) create new blobs all in one layer and then dremel them down again

3) switch to polymer clay, which is much more fragile, but much better at detail

I ended up going with option 3 there, option 2 probably would have gone fine as well, but chances of success were much more sure with the polymer clay.

Don’t be fooled by my sudden jump to all 10 fingers this took like 3 days of not doing much else other than sculpting fingers to get done, I am not a professional with sculpting so I am taking extra time to get it to look right.

At this point I’ve got everything up to the neck on the torso sanded down, and there’s some stuff to patch. That in itself is not a surprise, however, I realize that an area that I’ve been trying to patch has a giant air pocket in it. Yup that issue again.

I pulled off everything that was flexing when I pushed on it, but you can see from the pencil line just how far I’m estimating the pocket goes.

Once that was patched and sanded back down it seems to be alright in that area at least but that was a bit of a scare.

However, the more times I put this thing in the oven, the more cracks are appearing in the same locations. And I realized that, because this piece is too tall to fit in my oven and I had to lay it down and do a front layer and then a back layer for every layer I put on, the cracks were appearing along those lines, and the ones where I did the shoulder surgery.

The cracks aren’t all that easy to see in the photos so here they are both plain and with me drawing over the photos so you can see where they are.

And while these cracks are fairly fine they go all the way through to the hollow inside. The chicken wire inside should keep things together alright, but what I’m going to do is after I varnish it I’m going to put some strong glue in there and paint over it, just to be safe.

I dremeled down the shoes, (needed some patching on the toe of this one) and I was planning to hand file down the design on the top of them, just to prove I could.

but of course there’s an air pocket under the raised portion of one of them that I find out about once I’m half way through filing. You can see it’s under the center of the design, and by the fact that the spoke I was working on just fell off.

I dremeled them off, I’ll be using 3D fabric paint for them when I get to the painting stage.

After that I hand sanded down the fingers, because the dremel would be too aggressive on the polymer clay and leave behind so much scraping that it might show through the paint, and that took a few days to get done.

Before and after sanding

That’s where I am right now.

Next steps are paint tests (already started) and in between the 600 years of drying time on those I’m working on the mock up for my shirt.

I’m gonna try (try, no promises) to give more frequent updates even if I haven’t gotten a huge step done just so I don’t end up doing such a huge dump of stuff every time.

[regrettablemeasure]

THAT BEING SAID, heres my list of criticisms for CP2077 so far because i’m not just blindly praising it. under a readmore for a few spoilers, one major character spoiler so if you’re playing don’t read this until youre finished with act 1

this isnt bringing into the account of the criticisms console players are talking about bc im on PC, but i completely agree with frustrated console players about launch being a mess.

the fact that they cut you being able to take jackie with you to go meet with meredith is really frustrating. i wonder if they lost time and it broke something because it was in the gameplay demo from a while back.

on the same vein, t-bugs ‘death’ was so sudden and fast that i didn’t even register it as her supposedly dying until v brings it up later in the level. i thought she had just gotten hurt and booted from the program. if she’s actually dead i’m going to be incredibly disappointed and its going to be one of my few genuine sour notes on the game.

the romances are laughably inserted and shouldn’t have even been part of marketing in my opinion. from my understanding it looks like they’re all sidequests and there’s only like four of them total anyways. dont bother if your v isnt into one of the two options they have and just pretend youre kissin whoever you want lol

takemuras introduction was amazing but i feel like i missed a dialog somewhere that explained why he ended up getting chased by arasaka so fast after the events of act 1. i know his motivation but am a little confused about whats going on.

in the same vein, some optional dialog choices don’t actually feel optional if you don’t want to feel like you’re missing context for whats going on. i don’t mean this in a lore way, i mean this in a basic narrative way. 

i like that v clearly has their own personality that you kinda tweak and manipulate through your own actions, like with geralt in the witcher series. however i completely understand if people were lead to believe they’d be getting COMPLETE FREEDOM and are let down by the reality of V being a slightly less mailable character. as someone who likes witcher and the dragon age and mass effect series i’m okay with my oc having a pre-ordained personality but marketing could easily have misled people to believe otherwise and thats a totally valid complaint.

i love jackie to DEATH and hes one of the most likable videogame characters ever. however i do wonder sometimes if he suffers from ‘bilingual people don’t talk like that’ syndrome. it can get kinda muddy given how translators work in this universe.

in the same vein i think some of the calls for the game being transphobic or misogynist are overblown but i feel like part of it is the game might not be properly relaying that the overly sexual, violent, objectifying advertisements in 2077 is actually part of the lore and not CD trying to be cheeky ala Saints Row. Its a crit on consumerism and how desensitized the populace of the future gets to hatred, violence, and sex that it has to be overblown to the point of ludicracy. it might not translate for someone who hasn’t taken the time to look into the lore or familarize themselves with the vibe of the series before picking up the game. YES it is incredibly gritty and dark, but thats the point. However I think that fact needed to be communicated better because it just won’t be palatable for some people. Its stuff like this that makes me think we really need content warnings ALA fanfic for... all media, really. its a good idea. i could see the ‘fuckable piece of meat’ line being genuinely terrifying for some people and it comes out of nowhere. I like dark media and content but i don’t know if the game properly conveys beforehand that this is a BLEAK. world. BLEAK. 

i also think, unfortunately, its clear the team was crunched and ran out of time for a lot of things they wanted to add into the game. i feel like tying gender to v’s voice was the most elegant solution they had considering all of the voicelines in game. not saying it’s the best solution, but i’m glad they did that rather than tie it to body type or genetalia.

that being said i wish you could have a biotic pussy or dick in this game just bc that would be some cool transhumanism. same in general i wish you could replace limbs or eventually get more cyberware options that changed how you look.

I’m glad they’re gonna fix the epilepsy trigger but I’m also surprised and disappointed no one caught that might be a problem earlier on. I wonder what play testing was like.

Also glad the dev team isnt going to be treated like the new vegas team and they’re getting their bonus regardless of the game’s review score. that’s some stupid bullshit but every publisher does that shit unfortunately.

the fact you cant change your makeup, cybernetics, or hair after the start is dumb and i hope they fix that.

the c key being for crouching AND skipping dialogue is inelegant to say the least. you can fix it in settings for skipping dialogue to be ‘hold c’ but it shouldn’t have been an issue in the first place.

ai definitely wasnt finished and it shows. largely in how theres clearly no AI driving and how cops feel half-implimented.

managing stash is CONFUSING. so is the hacking minigame until you get used to it.

it is a LITTLE apparent that you’re going to go into Cutscene Time because characters tell you to sit somewhere specific. However once you’re in those locked scenes the game is still super immersive and beautiful so it’s not too bad.

i don’t understand why youd buy a car when you have one already and a motorcycle but i’ll still probably shop around for funsies

combat definitely feels floaty but ive played bethesda games and nothing can be as bad as those so its fine for me.

i know there’s more but thats what i have so far. I’m having a great time but those are my Thots.

[9mkseveralprogramssite-blog]

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[scruffyhappaboreherder]

I can only rank the SW movies by evolving weird complicated scenarios in my head, like: you are on a flight and can only watch one movie, and all of the movies are Star Wars, but what if there are technical difficulties and you can't watch your first choice?  Or you have three hours to kill while your car gets fixed, and there is a movie theater next door, but it is only showing Star Wars movies, and you have to pick one that whose showing time aligns with your block of three hours.

So, this is the order in which I personally would choose a Star War to watch, if I could only pick one.  This ranking is based on how I feel about the feelings-journey the movie takes me on and whether or not I feel like there is a sense of getting a complete story.  I talk about that a little more under the readmore.

Rogue One

The Force Awakens

A New Hope

Return of the Jedi

Empire Strikes Back

Attack of the Clones

Revenge of the Sith

Rise of Skywalker

The Last Jedi

Solo

The Phantom Menace

If someone who has somehow never seen a Star War is in such a weird complicated scenario, I'd probably put A New Hope ahead of The Force Awakens, and Solo ahead of The Last Jedi.  The last two are really close to being a coin flip.

If for some reason you want a detailed explanation of my feelings, keep reading.  >.>

Rogue One

Diverse cast with great performances, narrow Bechdel test pass, introduces you to the universe, can be watched as a standalone. Only flaw is the CGI on fake young Leia in the coda, and you can probably live with that.

Solo

Decent movie about Han Solo, and yet not really a Star Wars movie.  L3 was fabulous and no one in the galaxy is good enough to deserve her.

Prequel Trilogy: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith

George Lucas is a bad director.  Fight me.

The best part of the prequels is handmaiden culture.  It's underexplored.  The worst part of the prequels is that you can watch them and legitimately wonder if Anakin is Jedi mind tricking Padme into having feelings for him.  This is because George Lucas is a bad director.

More Padme POV, done well, could have made these movies epic.  Groundbreaking.

Also casting someone as young as Jake Lloyd was a mistake.  Not because he was bad at acting* but because the age difference with Natalie Portman makes it basically impossible to foreshadow the romance without being creepy.

*George Lucas was terrible at directing him.  And he had his issues as a writer too.

The second-best thing about the prequels is that in TPM Liam Neeson was the only person in the cast to have his own hairstylist.  His hair is fabulous and probably should have gotten its own credit in the cast.  Liam Neeson's hair as itself.

Original Trilogy: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi

Where it all started.  It's basically impossible to articulate my feelings about it?  Especially with “All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets” echoing in my head.  Thanks for nothing, Kevin Smith.  But I guess I'll try.

Okay, yes, there are funny animals and funny aliens and corny lines and not-so-corny moments that have become cultural touchstones.  But the reason to watch these movies are to see people saving eachother.  Specifically various combinations of Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, and Chewie, but also the Rebellion and members thereof trying to save the galaxy.

IMO you watch these movies with your feelings, and that's where the prequel trilogy falls down.  You can't really suspend your disbelief and watch it with your feelings because George Lucas is a bad director.  No, I will not stop saying that.  Or, I will stop saying it when it becomes relevant.

The Sequel Trilogy: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker

Oh, dear dear dear.

So.  I loved The Force Awakens.  I saw it in theaters like 10 times.  Watch with your feelings?  A+.

If you've been existing on the internet in the last 5 years at all you probably know that this trilogy sowed division.  But almost everyone assumed that there was a plan, that there would be coherence.  That's why there was a story group, right?

Well.

It turns out that bringing in a different director for each segment of a trilogy and letting them realize their personal vision is not a viable plan.  The original trilogy kind of pantsed it and got away with it.  The prequels at least had a plan and stuck with it.  The sequel trilogy ... um.

I loved The Force Awakens.  I liked The Last Jedi, but in a different way.  Call it a B- movie.  People are allowed to make mistakes and people do fail.  Even heroes are human.  That's what I took away from the first two movies.  Well, not the only things, but if I had to distill them down to single phrases, there you are.

Then Rise of Skywalker came out, and it became painfully apparent that there was no plan, or at least not one that was robust enough to survive the unexpected death of Carrie Fisher.

There are rumors that J.J. Abrams asked if he could make the third movie into two movies and was told that he couldn't.  I sort of believe that because there are characters whose ostensible motivation is insufficiently supported by the text.  I'm mainly thinking of Zorii, and yes I know that's strange, but think about it and you'll probably agree that I'm right.  Yes, there are characters with bigger roles whose actions required more in the way of an explanation, but that's been discussed elsewhere, over and over, and I don't want to get into that.

If you feel inclined to give the filmmakers a pass, then there was a lot of deliberate ambiguity, and they expected the readers to resolve things on their own.  Except, I don’t think that’s what was done, and so I am inclined to say that they didn't work because the filmmakers made mistakes.  Big mistakes.  Now, maybe some of this was executive meddling ... we can suspect that but we don't know.

I did/do kind of like Rise of Skywalker, but only because I did a lot of fixing it in my head.  Like, pretending that Poe's newly introduced spicerunner past happened because he was on a mission for the Resistance, and also that the movie ended with Jedistormpilot being canon.  And that all the Kylo Ben and Rey content is symbolic of the relationship mistakes that many young women make in their first romantic relationships.  Much appreciation to @oranges8hands, who doesn't even go here but has listened to me yell about Star Wars a lot.