#thank you for joining me on this adventure

[putschki1969]

🇹🇭KEIKO Bangkok Pilgrimage🇹🇭

Imagine my surprise when I saw that the latest Niku&Choco fan club magazine contained a two-page feature of Keiko's private trip to Bangkok earlier this year. I had originally planned to spend a few relaxing days in Thailand with the one or the other more eventful activity but seeing all the things that Keiko had done, I naturally felt inspired to do the same stuff. First I needed to find out what exactly she had done, where she had gone and what she had eaten. I put on my Putschki Holmes hat and started researching right away. After some initial difficulties I was able to figure out almost everything. My friends helped provide some additional info and were of course kind enough to play tourist guide for me in some of the more confusing locations.

From what I can tell, Keiko must have stayed either around the Siam area or a little further out around the Sukhumvit line. Her activities were mostly limited to Siam Paragon (a big mall at Siam station) and Central Embassy (another big mall at Phloen Chit station). She also visited the Talad Noi district near Bangkok's famous Chinatown. Without further ado, let's get to it〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

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Talad Noi

This area is famous for its gorgeous street-art. Keiko took lots of pictures in front of some of the more extravagant pieces. I tried posing in a similar manner but oh boy, I totally failed. It's almost embarrassing how horribly stiff I look in most of these...And you know what?! I ordered these exact pants earlier this month but unfortunately, they didn't arrive in time for my trip 😔How cool would it have been to take these pictures wearing the same pants as Keiko! *sobs* A huge thank you to my friends who joined me on this little adventure in Talad Noi. I never would have found these specific murals without their help. Also, kudos to us for taking approximately five million pictures in the sweltering heat. It was so hot and humid that day💦

Siam Paragon & Siam Center

Had a great time at Siam Paragon. The food court was amazing. A shame that I couldn't try everything in a single day. I decided to try the frozen yogurt from Yolé and a shabu-shabu set at Hitori Shabu. Wanted to try McDonald's too because I was curious about some of the Thailand-limited items but there was just not enough time for all that extra food. I only took a picture in front of the Fire Tiger place at Siam Center (not much of a smoothie person to be honest).

Central Embassy

Lots of yummy food to choose from at Central Embassy. Keiko did nothing but eat there it seems. I was only there for half a day so I honestly had a hard time deciding on what to try. Eventually I ended up going to the shaved-ice place "The Dessert by Kaithong Original" because I was craving something cold. I cheated a little bit with "Somboon Seafood" because I only went there to take some pictures with my acrylic Cakey but I didn't actually eat anything at the restaurant until a few days later. Went to another more popular branch with some friends and we ordered the famous crab curry. I also only took a few pictures outside of "Din Tai Fung", it's a shame though because I would have enjoyed some dim sum but honestly, that shaved ice thingy almost killed me

Airport

Last but not least, a final picture at the airport before it's time to fly back home.

[fractal-quadrilioquy]

Zhaitan | Mordremoth | Kralkatorrik | Primordus | Jormag | Soo-Won

Soo-Won! I'll be honest, I wasn't planning on making Soo-Won - the other 5 Elder Dragons had pretty solid concepts/mechanics that I wanted to play with, but I didn't have anything for Soo-Won, as anything I came up with felt like an imitation of Starlight Seeks Its Form.

I am not kidding when I say that the solution came to me in a dream. I woke up after finalising most of the other boards and had an entire concept ready to go. Was it balanced? Absolutely not. Is she balanced in this state? Let's be real, probably not. But it's undeniably fun and sorta keeps up with other Spirits, so I think that's a good sign!

Power Cards! You Get One Use. Good Luck!

Shoutout to my sibling who rigorously plays Starlight for helping me test this. The amount of feedback and data I got from our games helped me refine this a lot.

(Lore descriptions and thoughts under the cut!)

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Currents Flow And Spiral

Protean and ever-shifting, Currents Flow And Spiral morphs and warps to the whims of whoever observes it. It often invites other Spirits - and occasionally, Dahan - to dance with it in its endless spiral, infusing and trading with them the secrets of the land or essences of the self, before breaking away and swirling elsewhere once again.

The Invaders care not for its whims, barely able - or willing - to perceive its invitations. Although Currents Flow And Spiral can see and witness the threat that they pose, it is against its nature to fully stop their advancement - But there is, and always will be, time yet for it to change and adapt.

Play Style

Constantly changing, but almost completely focused on helping other Spirits, with little ways of dealing with their own board, at least at first - Whatever Powers it may find itself picking up can change this in a myriad different ways.

Elements on Power Cards will heavily influence the forms in which it helps other Spirits, with the intent that they can later help them back.

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Similarly to Mordremoth, Soo-Won was difficult to pin down because of outside influences. While Mordremoth absorbed much of Zhaitan's magic in Heart of Thorns, we don't see much of Soo-Won that isn't corrupted by the Void. That would've been an interesting way to go, come to think of it, but I'll be honest, basing Soo-Won around corruption feels like a disservice to her as a character.

So, instead I switched tracks a little. The various water spirits that already exist tend to flow and move a lot on the island itself, whether themselves or others - River Surges In Sunlight, Ocean's Hungry Grasp, and Shroud of Silent Mist have this feeling of flowing on the island itself - but we don't actually see much of this in Soo-Won. Rather, her aspects of Water and Life revolve around nurturing or otherwise assisting others, and she was the one who created all the other Elder Dragons, so having her constantly shift/adapt/filter Power Cards while lending out assistance to other Spirits felt in character, and kept the feeling of cycling and swirling.

Lore-wise, I don't think Currents Flow And Spiral created the other spirits, but it's a possibility - We learn from both Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island and Shifting Memory of Ages that there are old, old spirits, and that the larger/more powerful a Spirit is, the slower they tend to perceive the world, where a generation passes in a blink. It's also why only certain Spirits can impact the island - Volcano Looming High mentions other spirits of vulcanism that are too slow for the Invader threats, and the Second Wave scenario mentions that the spirits that once defended the island had grown too large and too powerful to be of much help, save for setting up the island beforehand, and helping exactly once in Stage III.

However, Memory willingly forgets most of its knowledge in order to experience the slower timescales again, hence why it, too, starts with 4 Power Cards like the rest - but Currents Shift And Flow, rarely increases the amount of Power Cards. They change and shift, yes, but very rarely loses nor gains a net amount of Powers. So it's possible that she has been around for ages, but never approached the threshold of being too powerful due to constantly shedding and trading knowledge.

...I may spend way too much time thinking about Spirit Island.

I also had a lot of fun with her Growth options - Four choices that go to different biomes and do distinctly different things. It's something I've sorta wanted to do but couldn't quite fit it into any of the other spirits - but if you don't need to ever Reclaim, this becomes a lot more viable!

Her innates and growth track kinda go hand-in-hand - her fast innate helps Spirits with things relating to the self, dealing with symbols and power cards. Defend also needs to be fast, otherwise it's generally irrelevant. On the other hand, her slow innate helps Spirits affect the board directly - moving, healing, or dealing damage. I also had fun splitting each opposing pair into each category (Sun/Moon, Fire/Water, Air/Earth, Plant/Animal), though trying to figure out what each one could do thematically was a bit of a puzzle, while keeping to the tenets of Fast=Self, Slow=Board. Again, endless thanks to my sibling for helping me with this.

There are also two little easter eggs here, hidden in her first five power cards.

One is in the cards' names, the most evident being Point of Interest; but the others all refer to another in-game aspect of the world - renown hearts, fractals (and/or [x] Rushes), events and vistas.

The other is in the cards' effects - Each card referring to one of the other 5 Elder Dragons, matching most of their elements, and reflecting an aspect of themselves - Zhaitan returning presence and containing the land, Mordremoth marking a place as a Point of Interest to focus on, Kralkatorrik boosting damage, Primordus moving presence with some extra firepower, and Jormag freezing a location.

[trashratsaws]

An Intro Post?! Yeah!11!!

Welcome to the trashratsaws tumblr experience.

Call me Rat, I’m 21, I’m a sequential artist and illustrator! (✨He’s a runner he’s a track star ✨)

What do I post about?

Thank you for asking that. I love you.

My main gig is Hermitcraft, but I also do a bunch of these!:

Trolls

Ava/m

Minecraft! In general!

ResE, mainly 4,7,8

Whatever else strikes my hyperactive fancy at the time!

Tag guide!

I post a lot of nonsense. But I tag most of it accordingly, so here you go lost one!

#my art - self explanatory

#rat rambles - text posts usually. Though some asks as well

#rat’s askbox - asks

#rat writes - fics and certain posts where ‘rambling’ didn’t really cut it lol

#commission - yet again self explanatory. You can also find commission info here!

Speaking of Commissions!

They are OPEN!

I am constantly upating the info and example sheet but there is NOW A NEW AND IMPROVED GOOG SHEET!!! (Oooh, aaaaah)

You can commission me here! :]

You can look at any of my most recent work for examples, and pricing is in the sheet! Gosh it’s all just so nice and neat. Why didn’t I do this before.

Anyway here’s some of my art!!!

[highflyartist]

Why I like/love about Digital Wonderland

Hello!

¡Hola!

Hallo!

Today I got into deep detail on why I like this AU. Here we go!

The Story - So far, based on what it is shown, Digital Wonderland is a mixture of the original and two disney movies combined into a Digital Circus Alternate Universe. The very unique aspects based on the comics are that everything is retold like we're in the modern era (or somewhere near the 90s/2000s) with old televisions, old desktop computer screens, even the clothing choices of the real world match the aesthetic during those eras. It ropes you into the story because a sense of nostalgia is rushing through your heart and that's what happened with me.

The Inclusion - This AU, when I first found out about it, was really eye-catching but soon I found out that it was both for the canon and non-canon. I could add my digital circus oc into the world and that's what tempted me to bring back my OC: Celta. I haven't pulled her out of the shelves in a year but I had the chance to revive her and give her a well needed backstory. Along with everyone else's OCs, I love the fact that we can include our lovely characters into the mad wacky world of wonderland.

The Character Designs - Flawless. Beautiful. Stunning. Wonderful! The designs for each of the characters are really beautiful! Even for all the Wonderland inhabitants created by other artists, they all have wonderful designs to them! (Ex. Smiley from @yunfox00 and Toyger Lily from @laurenashleysparks ) Each design is unique in it's own aspect and I can't help but stare at Pomni's cute little dress, IT'S ADORABLE!

The memories and inspiration - This AU blasted me back to the past when I was a little child, watching Alice In Wonderland on VHS. I smiled happily as I watched Alice go on her cute adventures and now I smile happily as I read through Pomni's Adventures in this digital Wonderland. This AU also inspired me to go through with my plan of rebooting my Alice Adaptation that I haven't done in almost a whole year.

This AU is honestly the most amazing thing that has ever existed and I can't wait to see what this story will show more of in the future.

Thank you Endo for making such a beautiful AU that we can all join, laugh and smile as we all fall down the digital rabbit hole into Digital Wonderland. ✨⌚

If I may ask… and if it sounds selfish to ask then apologies 😅

But I want to grow this au’s story more and more for you guys and genuinely interested in seeing how I can make this au a bit more interesting and entertaining for yall.

So let me ask you this..

What do you like about Digital wonderland?

And what intrigues you and how can I make this engaging for you all?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Fishing Interlude

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[pumpkajelly]

You know what. I think this could be the tagline for the whole game

A++ no notes

[jollyscribbles]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BENNETT!!!!!!!🎉🎉

[paladinkit]

oh, your soup looks absolutely delicious 🍲 I'm a huge fan of pureed squash/root veggie soups, but I haven't done one since sometime in September. Soup for all!

...and in pursuit of that, Dagda Pot #2 is complete and stored ❤️

we got three quarts total - I split one quart into two pints for use cases that need less stock. This goes into the freezer now, and I finally go into bed! Thank you all for joining me on my powerful broth adventures today, and remember - things might not be fixed if you have a powerful broth, but they'll probably be better.

countering the first snow of the year through the making of Powerful Broths

[front-facing-pokemon]

[rebornofstars]

Hey! How do you feel sepfember is going? I've enjoyed seeing all the lovely art and writings. Hope you're doing well!

luna!! hi!! thank you for the ask 💞

sepfember is going more brilliantly than i ever could have hoped. it's been absolutely wonderful seeing people coming together to create things! i've been trying my best to express my joy in the tags of my reblogs, but i'm not sure anything ever could! it's been truly wonderful. i have loved every minute of it so far - writing the prompt drabbles every day, and checking the tag for other people's work to reblog, and sniffing out beautiful art for the queue... a couple of times people have pinged me on the LU discord too, to show me sepfember art, and it entirely melted my heart. and i can't tell if it's coincidence but i'm seeing more sepfember-unrelated/untagged female focused art on my dash too!

in a franchise that caters a great deal to male gamers (and in my own linked universe bubble where all of our main characters are men), my only wish for this event was to balance the scales just a little - create a little bit of brainspace in our minds for the women. show more people who they are and what their names are and what they do! spare a moment to wonder about their goals and motives and characterisation. because they do exist! there are more women in this franchise than even i thought before this event! and i think they're worth celebrating, don't you?

[madamairlock]

i wanna tell them - [03x11 - bsg, the eye of jupiter]

saturnalia in space from scratch [The Complete Carol]

~ a bsg christmas calender by @madamairlock & @lalalauraroslin 💜💜

25. Merry Christmas

[disabled-dragoon]

Well that was fun (?)

I had the sudden urge to watch 28 Days Later. I'm 16 minutes in and now I will subject you all to my thoughts. Enjoy :)

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Props to whoever was fleeing the hospital and thought "I'll slide the key to this room under the door on the off chance he wakes up"

Never have I seen such blatant pepsi product placement. Tut tut. For shame

This is just how I play survival games. Get up, find/change armor, steal supplies, explore the abandoned building to the possible detriment of my own survival etc. The carrier bag really sells it.

Why are you picking up money. I mean I get it. But have you seen London right now?? Do you think it will be useful??

Love that the first 12 minutes is essentially just music

Yes say hello to the corpse pile in the church. That'll work out well for you

[pjsk-story-summaries]

woagh…. 500 of you… that’s crazy…

[is-deltarune-chapter-3-out-yet]

We are nearing day 300 chat

Aint that exciting

Chat is this real?

[gemwolfz]

more rare digital frogs yippee :)

[tetzoro]

omg!!! 💋 I'd like to know what eyeshadow I am :)

jules !! ♡⌒(>。<) omg ofc !! anything for u ^_^

mooties ! send me a 💋 and i’ll tell you what eyeshadow color reminds me of you ᰔ