#that’s for the input Sid

[yen-sids-tournament]

So...we put up the three Pirates of the Caribbean polls today (where you get to pick the main character) and somehow Dead Man's Chest and At World's End both ended up as 24 hour polls??

that was not supposed to happen and we are 100% sure we checked before we posted that these were all for a week.

We will get back to you on how we will address this simply because we are very bothered by this mistake.

[prismit]

<- their ass has NOT been shiny hunting mew (23 days remain)

[intheupside]

The game has been Crosby’s professional life. It’s who he is and what he talks about. Hockey is his everything. And it’s what matters most to him.

Once or twice a season, when Ray Shero was general manager of the Penguins, he would invite Crosby to his office for a brief meeting that was never brief. “Usually it was about four-hours long. I’d say to Sid, ‘What’s on your mind?’ And he’d say ‘Not much.’ And then we’d talk hockey for hours, usually all afternoon.

“Detailed talk about the game, the team, getting better, training, he has such an active mind. He’s always thinking about everything. He asks good questions. He wants good answers. And often the last thing he thought about — which tells you a lot about Sid — is money.

“One time, just after he signed his second contract in Pittsburgh, I took out a calculator in our meeting. I told him the season was 180-some days long and players got paid by the day. I then calculated how much money he was going to be getting paid each day.

“I slid him the calculator and he said, ‘What?’

“I told him that’s what you’re going to be paid every day.

“He said ‘You’re kidding, right?’

“I said no, that’s the number.

“He just stared at it and said ‘Holy cow. I guess I shouldn’t skip any optional practices.’

“That’s Sid being Sid. It was never about money with him. He’s left a lot of money on the table over the years. But when he saw how much he was making in his first big contract, how much per day, it shocked him. He’d never looked at it that way before.”

When Jimmy Rutherford took over as GM of the Penguins, he made it a point to meet with Crosby almost immediately. “I flew to Pittsburgh to have dinner with him and from the time you shake his hand, and you listen to all his input and all his knowledge, you just walk away and say ‘Wow.’ He’s more special in person than you might have thought he was before you got to meet him.”

“They play their best in the biggest moments,” said Ken Holland. “You saw that with Steph Curry at the Olympics last summer. Ultimately, no matter what the circumstance, Sid drove people to greater heights. It’s not just how they play, it’s how people follow them and jump aboard.”

“How committed are they? How much drive do they have? How motivated are they? How singularly driven are they? It’s not an accident that he scored the Golden Goal. That’s what winners do. And he’s one of the greatest winners of all time.

“Everybody loves Sid. He treats people well. He hangs out with everybody and he’s one of the guys. And the respect level for him, and for the game, is through the roof. When you’re around him you see he’s just a regular person but an extraordinary player.”

Kyle Dubas is in his second season with Crosby in Pittsburgh. Like everyone else who has been around Crosby over the years, he has been taken aback by the dedication he has to practice. “He works daily on the mastery of his craft,” said Dubas. “And he takes nothing for granted.”

But what has impressed Dubas the most is the way in which Crosby interacts with his teammates on a team struggling to find its way.

Kyle Dubas is in his second season with Crosby in Pittsburgh. Like everyone else who has been around Crosby over the years, he has been taken aback by the dedication he has to practice. “He works daily on the mastery of his craft,” said Dubas. “And he takes nothing for granted.”

“Recently, we were in Anaheim and we have a rookie defenceman, Owen Pickering, who was struggling. Sid is purposely hard on Owen in practice, competing full out against him, not maliciously, just showing the kid how hard he’s going to have to work to compete with him. Sid’s mindset is, I have to do this. If he’s going to get better, I have to do this. The kid got a little frustrated by the practice and you could see it was hard on him. He wasn’t feeling good about himself. The next day, Sid goes and gets the kid and takes him for a haircut. It’s a little gesture but on a team looking to build, it’s an important one. That’s the kind of thing Sid does on a daily basis. The kind of thing most people won’t notice.”

Five years ago, during COVID, the Penguins were upset by Montreal in the preliminary round of the playoffs. The disappointed team flew home from Toronto, where games were being played at Scotiabank Arena without fans.

The team scattered, as teams tend to scatter at the end of every season. Crosby didn’t scatter. He went from the airport to the arena. He wasn’t happy with how the season ended.

He got on the ice and practiced alone that afternoon. That was Sid being Sid.

a good day to have fond feelings about sid

[broidobe]

𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔭𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔡𝔢

requested! this is a bit long lol

⁎⁺˳✧༚nu metal masterlist

being treated as "one of the guys," but with a fiercely protective undertone

none of them would let anyone disrespect you, even as they playfully tease you themselves.

everyone has their own way of looking out for you: 

corey being the one to check on your emotional state,

joey subtly making sure your equipment was perfect,

and clown stepping in if anyone crosses a line.

quickly developing a no-nonsense attitude to survive in the testosterone-fueled chaos

but the band loves that about you.

rocking your own unique mask that stood out yet matched the slipknot aesthetic—a balance between eerie and badass.

blowing people away during live shows, proving that you could match the raw energy and aggression of the band.

developing a signature move or stage quirk that fans would scream for, like spinning wildly during breakdowns or headbanging with the same ferocity as mick and jim.

occasionally pranking fans who underestimated you by taking off your mask for a moment mid-set and watching their jaws drop when they realized slipknot’s chaotic lineup included a woman.

bringing a unique perspective to the creative process

with everyone valuing your input because it added a new layer to their intense sound.

joey occasionally dragging you into the studio at 3 a.m. because he had an idea and trusted you to refine it with him.

contributing either vocally or instrumentally to the dark, experimental vibe of tracks, maybe even adding softer but haunting tones for contrast.

helping to patch up cuts and bruises after wild sets because your calm energy made you a natural caretaker, even when you were just as exhausted.

becoming a feminist icon for slipknot fans, showing that women could hold their own in extreme metal.

facing skepticism or dismissive comments from outsiders but using it to fuel your performances.

getting emotional seeing young girls in the crowd wearing masks inspired by yours or holding up signs that said you were their inspiration.

dynamics with each member cause..yeah there's a lot

corey: treating you like a sibling and having heartfelt talks when things got tough, always reminding you that you were irreplaceable in the band.

you’re the heart of this band, you know that, right? without you, we’d probably kill each other in a week.

people don’t get it—she’s not ‘good for a girl.’ she’s just good. period.

you ever need a break, just say the word. i’ve got your back, always.

joey: sharing a deep bond over music and creativity, with him always encouraging you to push boundaries.

that riff you came up with? insane. we’re using it. end of story.

don’t let anyone tell you we’re carrying you. you’re carrying us half the time.

c’mon, let’s jam—i’ve got this idea, but i need your touch to make it brutal.

clown: respecting your work ethic and intensity, often involving you in his elaborate stage antics.

you bring something none of us could ever replicate. don’t ever forget that.

i’ve got this insane idea for the stage show, but i need you to trust me. you in?

i know i’m crazy, but you’re just as nuts for sticking around. respect.

mick and jim: playfully competitive with you, especially when it came to who could headbang harder or nail riffs with more precision.

mick:

you shred better than half the guys i know. don’t let it go to your head.

if anyone so much as looks at you wrong, let me know. i’ll handle it.

stop showing me up on stage, damn it. you’re making me look bad.

jim:

you’ve got this knack for making everything sound heavier. what’s your secret?

hey, if mick’s too stubborn to admit it, i will—you’re killing it out there.

you ever think about how crazy it is that we’re doing this? and you’re better at it than any of us?

sid: being your mischievous partner-in-crime, whether it was pranking the others or sneaking off for an impromptu adventure.

let’s mess with the crowd tonight. i’ve got a plan, and it’s gonna be wild.

you’re like my partner in crime, except way cooler and less likely to get us arrested.

you think they’re ready for what we’re about to do? yeah, me neither. let’s do it anyway.

paul: acting like your big brother, always looking out for you and ensuring you felt part of the family.

you’re family, plain and simple. anyone says otherwise, they’re not paying attention.

you bring something real to the music. we’d be lost without you.

hey, you okay? i know this life can be a lot, but we’re all here for you.

craig: quietly offering support when you needed it, often in the form of small but thoughtful gestures.

(quietly hands you a pair of noise-canceling headphones before a loud rehearsal.)

you crushed it out there. (simple but meaningful after a particularly intense show.)

i programmed something in the track for you to play with. let me know if it works.

chris: sharing a similar sense of humor, leading to a lot of inside jokes between the two of you.

you realize you’re way too good for this circus, right? but don’t leave—we need you.

i don’t know how you deal with all of us idiots, but i’m glad you do.

if you can keep up with us, you can survive anything.

the band collectively gets into a heated debate over whether to watch a horror movie or a ridiculous comedy on the tour bus.

after twenty minutes of arguing, they finally settle on a random nature documentary about sloths, because sid begged everyone to let him watch it

halfway through, they all end up falling asleep, except sid, who’s GLUED to the screen

the band once finished an insane show, and someone suggested a "cool down" session by doing yoga.

the result is a hilarious disaster of tangled limbs and everyone trying to maintain balance in ridiculous poses.

by the end, there’s no "calm"—just a group of exhausted, laughing band members sprawled out on the floor.

during an especially intense set, the band LOVES to prank the audience by switching up the set list halfway through.

they randomly start playing covers of pop songs like backstreet boys or spice girls, and the crowd’s confusion turns into enthusiastic laughter as the band goes full on with their heavy versions of the tunes.

corey starts fake fights with the band on stage, pretending like they’re not in sync.

the whole crowd gets uncomfortable, but then the band bursts into laughter, revealing it was all staged.

afterward, the audience cheers louder, having been "in on the joke."

[ryunumber]

Does Bradford from Xcom have a Ryu number?

John Bradford has a Ryu Number of 3.

(explanation below)

There's a handful of names when inputted as soldier names in Enemy Unknown that change the soldier into an XCOM Hero that is very powerful (and therefore disables achievements). One of them is Sid Meier.

Meier can also be seen in a civilization leader context in Civilization IV; it's easiest to see (and hear) him as part of the base game's tutorial.

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Hope Morphin Q&A

About a few months ago, I got a message from a surprising source: @hmrphin/Hope Morphin.

In case you don't know, Hope Morphin is a model and makeup artist who the character of Marc was based on. I also made a post about how their friendship with Astruc had ended thanks to the Rising Sun Flag controversy, which they had actually read one day. We talked a little, and they told me to message them on their Instagram to confirm that this is the real Hope.

They said they'd be down to answer some questions, I came up with a few, and I got their permission to post this on my account. So, without further ado, as Sid the Science Kid once said, let's go get some answers.

Question: When did you and Thomas first get to know each other, and how?

Answer: It was years ago, when the series premiered on TFOU. There were a lot of people complaining on twitter that the characters of the show were in 3D instead of in 2D, and I answered one of Thomas' tweets saying that characters' butts looked better in 3D rather than in 2D (yeah, I had a terrible sense of humor back then, glad I don't do that anymore) and he answered "yeah we could say that lol". Then, it became a running gag between us on the web, and we met for the first time at a french convention called Japan Tours, the 2015 one. So yeah, I think it was when I was... 20/21 years old, something like that.

Question: It's okay. We've all been cringe at some point in their lives. Did you two meet up again after the convention?

Answer: Yup. In fact, after the convention, he sent me a friend request on Facebook. Then, we chatted for a bit and he asked me if I wanted to be a model for him, and I met him for the second time during that model session.

Question: How did Thomas approach you about creating a character in his show based on you?

Answer: So, it was after I modeled for him. It happened after S1 has ended, so when we were chatting, he asked me which one was my favorite character. I answered Nathaniel, because at this time I felt quite close to this one (we love the angsty artist boy lmao). He told me that he didn't understand people liking Nath because he found it was a very empty character aha, but then he told me that they were searching for inspiration to create a boyfriend for him. He told me he wanted the persons to be happy that he got a boyfriend and that they would “stop bothering him with Nathaniel”, and as he wanted to take inspiration on someone looking androgynous he thought I was a good inspiration, so I accepted.

Question: Interesting story. Didn't know Nathaniel was so popular before Season 2. Did you have any input in the creation of Marc in terms of stuff like his design or personality?

Answer: Yeah he rather was, I remember a lot of people wanted to see more of him ehe. Not at all, I even though that he was joking on the moment, then one day he sent me Marc's characters sheet. I had the same haircut back in the day. Also, I was always wearing armor rings and I was wearing those kind of rings when I had this conversation with him, and he told me that Marc was going to have one of those as his miraculous. I was also still writing a lot back in the days, so I guess he still did took some stuff there and there in my personality to create him.

Question: You mean this design?

Answer: Yup! I was wearing only black sooo yeah the red and rainbow wasn't in my wardrobe aha.

Question: Do you know why they made the design rainbow themed?

Answer: Nah, he didn't told me :/ My guess is to make him more LGBT+ themed...

Question: Okay, sorry. Next question: What are your thoughts on Marc as a character? What do you think of his relationship with Nathaniel and his respective villain and hero forms, Reverser and Rooster Bold?

Answer: To be honest, when he first appeared, I really liked him. I thought he had a lot of potential as a character, his villain form was really cool and I really liked the ideas behind him, and I liked the relationship that he got with Nathaniel, from enemies to associates ehe. But after that... meh. There wasn't nothing much on the LGBT+ relationship with Nathaniel (we had to wait until the end of season 5 to see them hold hands... wow), and I didn't really find myself anymore in his character. I liked the design of his hero form and I liked the concept of his power, but like the other heroes that appeared during this episode, we didn't see Rooster Bold that much and I think that doesn't really make him feel appealing. I have the feeling that Marc and many other side characters could be way more develop in very cool subthemes but this is never really done in the series. Instead, now, they are just the characters getting out a whiteboard and giving terrible ideas to Marinette for her to date Adrien =="

Question: Just for fun, do you have any personal headcanons for Marc?

Answer: Well of course ehe, I have ton of those :D

Mmmh... For example, I think he is a dog person, that he's also fond of fashion such as Marinette but that he just don't have the patience to learn how to draw and how to design clothes... Also have the headcanon that him and Nath often meet at one of their places to do some little workshops together to work on their series and on tons of other projects :D

Got also tons of headcanon for future!Marc, such as him being a model for lgbt+ brands and Nath designing his clothes, I would love to see this shy patootie being at the front of the spotlight ehe, full of confidence and all :D There's tons of ideas to have with this character, I remember when I saw lots of artists drawing him with alternate clothes back in the day, such as shishitsunari or hazy (will try to find them back but it's been a while lol). I wish those clothing styles would be canon, with Marc rocking those kind of genderless clothes.

Links to fanart of Marc with different outfits: (https://www.deviantart.com/hazydayclouds/art/72918-756895643) and (https://ladyofacat.tumblr.com/post/176231424098/rises-from-the-underworld-marc-is-perfect-i-want)

Question: This one's a little tough, so if you don't want to answer, that's perfectly fine. What exactly went down before Thomas blocked you? Did you have any conversation online or in real life regarding the use of the Rising Sun Flag in "Ephemeral", or did Thomas just block you with no warning?

Answer: Honestly ? Blocked me without any warning. We were talking less and less, and, since I have affective dependancy, I had the feeling that I said / done something wrong. He was often answering only when I was defending him on social medias during these times. But we didn't have any harsh conversation from what I recall. So, I did the tweet about ephemeral, pointing out the use of the rising sun flag, and, well, maybe he had a plugin on twitter that blocked everyone using the term "flag", and maybe it blocked me automatically. The thing is : he has my number, he has my address (well, my old address now, lol). He had many ways to tell me this was a misunderstanding and that he didn't want to block me. He didn't call me, didn't send me any text after that to talk about it, so he clearly didn't want to make anything to sort out the problem. To this day, he still hasn't send me any message to talk about it. He commented on some of my facebook posts I did last year (I posted some makeups I did for my school) just saying it was cool, so... Yeah, not the type of friend I want to keep. I still have him as a friend on FB if I ever get the guts to try to send him a message to tell him everything that was wrong towards me and towards other people, but I clearly have other things to deal with lately.

Question: So he blocked you and didn't say anything else?

Answer: Yup, exactly, blocked me and didn't say anything else :/ After years of supporting him lmao.

Question: I'm really sorry to hear that. And you still haven't heard from him after all this time?

Answer: Well, apart from some comments he made on my facebook posts (I posted my makeup from my makeup school and he commented "very nice!") nothing at all. But honestly I'm not too bothered by that. I heard new stuff that he did prior and I really don't think it's a good idea that I interact with him again. I keep him in my facebook friends because maybe one day I'll send him a message to try to confront him, telling him that he had a very terrible behavior towards me and other people... But not today, I have other stuff to deal with.

Question: Despite everything that's happened between you and Thomas, do you still keep up with Miraculous Ladybug? If so, what do you think of it?

Answer:

Well, I've kept up with it because I still have lots of friends who are watching it (for example Octolady, Kogenta and Candy...), and they help me keep a little hype.

So I watched the episodes... There are some stuff that I like. There's good LGBT+ representation, and I like seeing an international known cartoon doing that (especially a french one since we have lots of far-right rising lately).

But honestly, I don't have the same hype as before. At the beginning, I was hyped because S1 looked awesome and had lots of cool fights, lots of wholesome characters and all, but the animation problems and differences are really making me bothered. Also, I have the feeling there's a lot of characters who could be more elaborated and who aren't, and... That's kinda sad, because there's a lot of topics that could be explored thanks to them and not just brushed off in one episode.

Plus, to be honest, I didn't really like the ending of S5. And I don't like the idea of it going on for seasons and seasons and seasons, milked until there's nothing more for it. The fewer the better in my mind...

I also seen the movie and didn't really liked it. Too much fanservice and didn't really made sense. The animation was nice, though.

Honestly, I love the writing team, they are wholesome people and they are doing their best for this show, but people like Thomas and Zag are the kind of people I don't want to support anymore. So yeah... To sum it up : still watching it from afar to see if nice stuff is happening, been pleased with some little stuff, displeased with a lot more, but I don't think I'll keep watching it both because I'm not that hyped up anymore and because I don't want to support anymore these 2 people. I supported Thomas too much before, was too attached to him and was a terrible person towards fans who didn't deserved it because I was too blind, so yeah, won't happen anymore.

Still, I'm glad there's still some people who are fans of Marc and who felt helped thanks to this character. I really hope he will have a better representation in the future (clear relationship with Nath, maybe even some trans / non-binary representation ?) in order to inspire young people.

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I'd like to personally thank Hope for being willing to answer my questions, and I highly reccommend giving their Instagram a follow.

[scuderia-piastri]

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✮⋆˙ summary: it’s media day for the first race of the season and eyes are on the rookie for ferrari

✮⋆˙ warnings: none!

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there are maybe seven different t-shirts laying out in front of her. seven, and somehow she still can’t choose? on a normal day, she wouldn’t even have cared so much to pick out 7 options.

but the media day for the first race of her debut season can’t just be any day. the only glimpse the public had of her officially since she joined with ferrari was the livery reveal, where she got to don the signature red racing suit for the first time. and surely she’s overthinking it, but this outfit has to be curated perfectly to set the first impression. not trying too hard, like the dress she just discarded onto the floor, but not just showing up in a team kit and calling it a day.

she looks through her options one more time, willing herself to just choose one, before being snapped back into reality by the knocking at her hotel door. maybe she lost track of time and housecleaning was waiting for her to get out.

“give me a minute, sorry!”

“yeah, no worries, take your time.” the brit behind the door calls back.

freezing for a moment, red looks back at the door and inhales. of all the times for her teammate, a 7 time world champion, to visit her, this has to be one of the most inconvenient.

scrambling to the door and almost stumbling on the suitcase she forgot she put there, she opens the door with probably what seems to be an unnaturally big smile, trying to block lewis’s view of the room which has clothes thrown everywhere and makeup covering the tables. “lewis, hi, didn’t expect you to be here.”

“yeah, just thought i’d check in before we’re in the paddock. the first day tends to be stressful from what i remember.” if he noticed anything amiss, he didn’t give any sign of it, just smiling back with his hands in the pockets of his well-styled media day outfit.

she let herself relax. “thank you, i really appreciate it. just a bit nervous, as one would expect, but i’m excited. probably one of the biggest days of my life.”

“yeah, mate, i can imagine. don’t stress too much, alright? i’m sure you’ll do great. see you out there.”

“thanks, i’ll try not to. see you there.”

“and for the first time in quite a long long time, we have a female racer here to race with ferrari, as well as the first indian one to do so. what’s your input, karun? you seem to be pretty excited about this one.”

“i really am, crofty. it’s nice to see a woman competing at the top level of motorsport, but it’s also amazing to see it’s a woman of color. representation is important in this sport, of course, and she looks promising. ferrari chose a great line up, all things considered with the surprises from last year.”

“surprises indeed! to see the former ferrari golden boy now driving a red bull is quite jarring, to be honest. i suppose 2025 is the year for surprises.”

“and one of our most anticipated rookies this year, here we have red, who will be joining ferrari this year and teaming with 7 time world champion lewis hamilton. red, how are you feeling about the weekend ahead?” the reporter handed a microphone to red, who smiled nervously.

“well, obviously nervous but quite excited as well, as i’m sure the other rookies around will also tell you. if i’m being honest, it still feels like a dream,” she laughed, shaking her head. “it’s an unbelievable amount of support that i’ve gotten, and i appreciate all of it. can’t wait to prove myself this season.”

“and there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, ferrari’s new driver for 2025,” the reporter turned back to the camera and smiled. “many exciting things coming up this season, and i’m sure we’ll all be tuned in for every bit of the action. i can tell this one will be a good one.”

tag list: @sid-is-gr8 @mellowarcadefun @justadesirebel @foreveralbon

[opposums-love-arson]

Scream Queen Book 1: Conventional Final Girl

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Stu Macher x Reader x Billy Loomis

Okay so basically let's just cut to the chase, the main character "(y/n)" is Sidney Prescott's little stepsister, yeah? Well, what happens when she takes Sid's place as the final girl? A whole lot. Disclaimer: All rights reserved to the copy righted owners of the Scream franchise. The only creative input I had in this fan fiction was the part of (y/n), almost everything else can be found in the movie. Follows the movie very closely. I mean the actual movie, not the script. Obviously switching out some parts to fit the narrative. It takes a couple of chapters to really get it kicking but I promise it gets good. *NO SMUT* these are still high school students and I do not want to overtly sexualize KIDS! And if you make the argument of "I'm not a kid" I'm 18 been there, done that, don't try it.

  "Hello, who is it?" I asked into the large telephone. 

"No one in particular..." Sounds like another one of the boys' prank calls.

"Okay Mr. No one in particular, any reason for the call?" 

"No reason in particular, just wanted to talk." 

"Hmm okay then talk," I said as I swiveled around in my chair.

"What's your favorite scary movie?" The raspy but oddly pitched voice asked. 

"Oh I've got plenty but you might want to sit down, it'll take a while." 

"I've got time." 

"Ya know, stuff like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw. Then there's creature features like The Thing. B-horror like Slumber Part Massacre or Sleepaway Camp." I finally finish my rambling when I hear my step sister and her boyfriend in the other room. 

"Do you really like scary movies?" 

"Oh yeah definitely but I think it's mainly because of my step sister's friends?" 

"Oh yeah?" 

"Yeah, I mean I always liked horror but they really got me into it. Especially our friends Randy, Billy and Stu, they're crazy about that stuff!" I said as I flopped down onto my bed. 

"What's a pretty girl like you doing with all those guys?" 

"They're not a lot of guys, if anything it equals out our group," I said, completely avoiding the whole 'pretty girl' thing... that was kind of weird. 

Hearing a knock at my door completely startled me. 

"Oh um hey I have to go but feel free to call me back anytime," I whisper into the phone quickly placing it back on the body. 

It was obvious the person on the line was saying something before I hung up but I didn't bother to listen 

  In popped Neil's head from the other side of the door. "Hey kiddo who ya talking to?" He said as he looked around. "Hm? Oh no one, what's up Neil?" I asked, now back in my desk chair. Neil was a good guy, I'm glad he and my mom started dating, they actually just got engaged! I think I was more excited about it than my step sister, Sindey, she's still grieving. "Just got done talking to your sister, I'm going to hit the sack, remember I'm not back until sunday. Cash on the table and call if you need anything," He said waiting for me to say something. "Alright got it Neil, have fun at the expo!" I waved him off before he closed the door. 

  My mom and I didn't move to Woodsoro until she really started dating Neil. It's always just been her and I for as long as I can remember, but it feels good to be part of a complete family again. I missed our old home at first with all my friends and family but Sid quickly took me under her wing. I met all of her friends including Stu, Tatum, Randy and Sid's boyfriend Billy. I'll admit it was weird at first because they just saw me as the little step sister but once Randy and I went on a ranting debate about which was the real pioneer of Slasher; Texas Chainsaw or Black Christmas, it got a lot easier. Even though Stu and Billy were pretty cute I'll never be used to Stu's wild energy, nor Billy's slightly shady behavior.

  The next morning didn't go quite as expected... There were reporters, cameras, and news vans posted up all around school. Sid and I were freaked the moment we got off the bus. She was looking around bewildered by everything going on until we spotted one woman in particular, Gale Weathers. To say the least, Weathers was a total bitch towards Sid's mom's name. 

"Can you believe this shit?!" We heard a voice pop up from behind us. Sid totally jumped. 

"Tatum, what is going on?" Sidney asks, waving her arm out to the school. 

"Yeah, since when was Woodsboro flooded with reporters?" I looked over at Tatum, crossing my arms over my chest. 

"You don't know?" Tatum asked both of us, a hint of amusement on her face.

"No," Sid and I said in unison, still confused. 

"Casey Becker and Steve Orth were killed last night," She said with a harsh but light tone just above a whisper. 

"What?! No way!" Sid softly exclaimed. 

I was too shocked to say a single word so I just listened. 

"And we're not just talking killed, we're talking splatter movie killed. Ripped open, from end to end," Tatum talked about it with entertaining ease, like it was just gossip. 

I think I'm going to be sick. 

"Casey Becker, she sits next to me in English," Sid said looking over at her best friend. 

I think you mean sat, Sid. I thought. 

"Not anymore," Said Tatum with a wobble of her head. 

She went on saying, "It's so sad, her mom and dad found her hanging from a tree. Her insides on the outside." Shoving her hands near her stomach. 

"Oh my god," Sid said as she reached for the back of her neck, probably to feel the goosebumps that appeared. 

"Do they know who did it?" I finally asked, feeling the urge to know. 

The two looked over at me with Tatum saying, "Fucking clueless, I mean they're interogating the entire school? Teacher, students, janitors." 

"They think someone at school did it?" Sid asked

"They don't know, I mean Dewy was saying this is the worst crime he's seen in years. Even worse than-" Tatum paused when I nudged her side, "Well, it's bad." She finished. 

The bell signaling the start of the first period rang.

"C'mon Sid, we gotta get to class..." I said as I lightly grabbed her hand, giving it a slight reassuring squeeze. 

"Yeah, alright..." She responded, removing her hand from mine. She's just going through a lot right now. 

  Sitting through the first period is weird when you have a seat that was right behind a dead person. Not Casey Becker but Steve Orth. He'd ask me for a pencil or notes every day because he forgot his. Claimed it was because of football practice. Soon enough the five minute bell for next class rang. A class that didn't have any dead students.

  Walking to my locker to rotate my books I was blocked by none other than Stu Macher. 

"Hey, (y/n)," He drawled out my name with a big smile, "Whatcha up to?" 

"Getting my books Stu, same thing you should be doing." 

"C'mon, you're not still upset with me, are you?" He asked with a fake pout 

"Yeah actually I am Stu!" I shouted in a whisper 

"I couldn't help myself, I mean look at you?" He said as he squished my face. 

Swatting his hand away I said, "That's no excuse!" 

"You can be such a prude," he said as he leaned his head on my locker. 

"No, it's called being a good friend with a balanced moral compass that can see when her friend's boyfriend is about to cheat with her." I huffed as I slammed my locker door. 

"C'mon, (y/n)! You can't stay pissed forever! You'll come around eventually!" Stu shouted after me. 

"Like hell I will!" I shouted back. No matter how abundantly clear my feelings for him are, I would never do that behind Tatum's back.

[canmom]

'a series of interesting choices', as Sid Meier famously said, is certainly one important aspect of a computer game.

however, perhaps more specific to the medium in my mind is that a game is about defining a space of possible interactions: an object that responds to you in various complex ways. a game is defined through the contours of the constraints it imposes on movement and actions. it teaches you a 'language' of interactions available at different moments, which you come to grasp intuitively as you spend more and more time playing with the game.

in this regard, a computer game is something like a toy, or a musical instrument.

perhaps we could regard these things - 'which way do I move', 'do I jump here', 'what type of attack to use' - as choices. in a sense they are. but I think they're a different type of choice than strategic choices - or at least, broader than strategic choices. you're not necessarily trying to discover the optimum path to a goal, but to act expressively, to experience the feeling of pushing on a system and the system pushing back in its specific ways, of acting and receiving sensory input in response. and perhaps you do have a goal, but that goal is kind of like a grain or texture, an additional layer shaping the feeling of interaction with the game - the satisfaction, for example, of your efforts coming together in an impressive trick.

this is not completely unique to the medium. sports have a very similar quality, in fact: becoming deeply, intimately familiar with the ways that, say, a ball or a skateboard move - and of course your own body, which is common to all of these things, refracting every interaction.

there are certain types of game - action games, movement games, fighting games, rhythm games - where the state of the game transforms quickly in response to your input, and the feedback loop between your actions, the game state, and your senses is very tight. and there are others like strategy and puzzle games where the game waits, and the transformations of its state are more discrete and deliberate.

either way, though, i think computer games fulfil our urge to mess with something and see what it does. we devs create an intricate structure, and the invite you in to fuck around with it, poke around its corners. so to return to the sid meier quote, an interesting game is one that rewards this process - where the more you get familiar with it, and with your own ways of interacting with it, the more you find there is to discover.

[are-they-therian]

Rin Hoshizora - Love Live! School Idol Project

animal/creature: Cat

reasoning: She meows like a cat and would sometimes wear nekomimi accessories. Her friends know her as The Cat Person and compares her to cats at times. Also, in one of the School Idol Diary stories, she straight up wished she can be a cat, and find it upsetting that she's allergic to cats and that the cats don't see her as one of them, comparing it to a one-sided crush that's destined to fail.

extra input: 2 links with the story mentioned in the reasoning, translated to English: https://www.tumblr.com/phantato/166913610980/sid-05-rin-and-kitties-pt-1 + https://www.tumblr.com/phantato/166948231716/sid-06-rin-and-kitties-pt-2

[robertfripp]

"On the first day [of rehearsal in 1972 (after Peter Sinfield was fired)], [Mel] Collins duly presented a piece to the seated Fripp. "I wasn't brimming with confidence anyway, but I put it down in front of Robert. It certainly wasn't finished and it was just a couple of ideas but Robert would not play the music I'd put down in front of him. Wouldn't even attempt it. Obviously he didn't think it was good enough and he wasn't going to give it a go and so I fled from those rehearsals in tears."

~ From In the Court of King Crimson by Sid Smith

"It's true: I hoped for writing input from other members. I remember Mel's contribution, and it wasn't Crimson. I'm not suggesting it was 'bad', only that it wasn't Crimson."

~ Robert Fripp

"As Collins fled, [Ian] Wallace and [Boz] Burrell were outraged and at they saw as Fripp's high-handed attitude and accused the guitarist of being hypocritical. A furious Wallace put down his sticks, told Fripp he'd had enough and quit on the spot, followed by Burrell. Fripp packed up his guitar and left without a word."

"It had been quite a day; a new incarnation of King Crimson had come together and folded before even completing its first rehearsal."

~ From In the Court of King Crimson by Sid Smith

[weilaverdui]

Riddles in the Dark, Prologue, page 1

Wreving is a place, where science and wonder walk on the same streets. Meet Lorraine, Cedric, Thomas and Percy. It will take them a while to get to the point on this image.

Guess who panicked.

Am I biting way more than I can chew? Yep. Do i have ANY prep work done? Nope. At least I know the whole story, roughly. Art by me. Story by @masterofrecords with input from wonderful Veles, Qunder, Sid and, for a while, Tan.

[phati-sari]

Hi, PS. I just re-read your one-shot "Blossom + Kiss + Arnav" and wanted to let you know how much I absolutely love Arnav’s advice to Arav. It really stood out to me. However, I do have mixed feelings about the overall story, and I want to share them with you. Just to clarify upfront, I’m not criticizing your writing- just expressing my personal feelings and thoughts.

1. I felt disappointed that Arav and Aman didn’t consider that Khushi could be of help. It honestly made me feel for Khushi. It almost gives the impression that she’s only there for their amusement, and when something serious arises, her family members-including Arnav-don’t seem to value her input or think she’s capable of being of help. I’m relieved that at least Arnav recognized that Khushi has the right to be involved in her daughter’s life, though.

2. Arnav was acting as if he had never been in a relationship. The way he reacted made it seem like he had always been in serious relationships. Given his past, I would have expected a more balanced reaction.

3. Arnav’s judgment of Sid felt unfair to me. He was expecting Sid to apologize or check on Geeta after being physically aggressive toward him ?? It felt like an unreasonable expectation. I was like, “Give the guy a break, dude! He is the same age as your daughter. Why expect him to act all serious ?"

4. Arnav’s double standards were glaring here. I’m sure if Khushi had reacted in a similar way, Arnav would have argued with her about respecting Geeta’s privacy and would have told her to let Geeta make her own decisions. But here, He felt justified in confiscating Geeta’s personal belongings and showing a dismissive attitude toward her ability to make her own decisions.😏

5. Arnav, who has always believed that if two people like each other and are happy together, there should be no problem,reacted so strongly here. He never cared about his family’s approval in his own relationships, so why was Geeta’s partner suddenly required to seek his approval ? If Geeta said Sid made her happy, why the overreaction ?

Anyway, What was your thought process while writing this one-shot ?

Do you think their kids would believe in marriage, or would they end up like Arnav(and Khushi has no input in any aspect of their lives) ?

I’ve noticed in your FFs, there are always Arnav-Arav moments or Arnav-kids moments, like Arnav advising Arav or them playing together. However, there are never any Khushi-Arav/ Khushi-kids moments that feel as sweet or touching. Is it because you feel Khushi can’t be a good parent due to her background ? I'm just curious about your perspective on this.

Hello!

Thank you so much for reading the story, and for taking the time to write!

I don't think Khushi would be a bad parent! I think she is an excellent mother. The draw of writing Arnav and his daughter comes from my interest in exploring the double standard men tend to have around when it comes to this exact issue. Men will excuse and justify their own behaviour when they are pursing their partners but punish their daughters when their time comes. It is a common refrain from men that they don't trust teenaged boys because they were young once too. This behaviour is socially conditioned and generally accepted in both western and Indian cultures (at least, in my exposure of them). And writing about Geeta and Arnav is intended to explore exactly the things you have noted, is intended to evoke a sense of injustice.

Arnav was written in IPKKND as exactly this kind of fool. And so that is what my stories show.

The glorification of this behaviour in men (especially in fanfiction), the overprotectiveness of male leads when it comes to their daughters, the normalisation of this double standard so that it is common trope in the romance genre, is exactly what I want to address with the piece. Men don't seem to remember that their love interests are someone's daughter too. (And I abhor the way we need to reduce women to their relationships to men to give them any significance, but that's a rant for another day.)

Khushi is absent from this story for a very practical reason: the one-shot specifically requested Arnav and Blossom. But there's another reason -- Khushi's presence robs Arnav of the chance of growth. Khushi would have served in the story as his conscience, she would have pointed out exactly the things you wrote about and generally been the voice of logic and reason, she would have stressed about her daughter and unprotected sex and just ... added a dimension to this one-shot that I didn't want. I wanted this to be about Geeta and the men around her, about how her father and brother and uncle navigate the realisation that she is no longer a girl but a woman. I missed seeing Shashi navigate this pivotal moment in the serial, so I wanted to write a shadow of it with Geeta.

I think Khushi and Arnav's kids would grow up seeing a kind of Great Love that most people don't find, and I think it would skew their perceptions of love. I think there are several plausible responses, including looking for love in everyone you meet or holding your partners to such a high standard that it's unlikely anyone would match up. So, in my little headcanon, Aarav and Geeta have unique struggles with love as young adults simply because the love between their parents could move mountains.

[freebooter4ever]

"Maybe it’s just the jet lag, but Malkin, especially, appears to have picked up some bad habits while he was away. It’s just one game, so I’m not going to panic, but if he keeps this up we’ll need to have a little video session and show him some things he has to do better. But he’s very good that way. He’s receptive to feedback. He doesn’t fight your input."

geno picking up bad habits from canada? couldn't possibly be sid's fault

[midnigtartist]

Your tav is so cute!!!! What do they appreciate the most about Astarion? And fun oc question: If they got to eat an irl treat, which would be their favorite? (Candy, cakes, snacks, etc) 💜💕

Thank you sm!!

She likes that he pushes back against her, it makes her feel like a person instead of an object of devotion. She like that he challenges her decisions she likes that they disagree sometimes

She’s always really valued his input (even if she doesnt always agree with him) and trusts him more then any of the other companions basically since they first met (insane)

The whole playthrough i never left Astarion at camp once so theyve basically spent every waking moment together since they met lol

If shes the defacto leader then he’s the second in command (terrifying)

And for treats? Sid’s a dark chocolate girl

[sailfish-serum]

Sorry I need to rant for a minute

Being pregnant is weird because I'm congratulated then scolded, then told I'm too young and I'm never going to sleep again once he's born but that I can't sleep now either because of pain but all this pain is tooootally normal. Totally.

You have a living being writhing around inside you and it feels weird, and there's so much to do before the baby even shows up but nobody will help you figure it out and it's all really confusing.

Not to mention everyone assuming he was an accident and going "haha looks like SOMEONE should've been more careful!" And then getting all awkward when we tell them he was planned because I have a medical condition that I have to get a hysterectomy for after I give birth and this was the only chance we had to even have a kid whether it failed or not. Treating our relationship like a joke and not even bothering to check in on us yet demand to see the tatertot as soon as he's born like it's a right not a privledge.

Trying to talk to other parents is hard because all the older moms are super judgey and the other young moms are mean and call you stupid for having a loose birthplan instead of a 20 step plan that won't be followed at all because that's not how birth works, but nobody even gives useful advice either. "Hey how do hospital bags work?" "Erm hospital bags aren't even nessicary I never used them I just gave birth at home 🥰" then your input does not matter?

Good lord don't get me started on all the antivaxxer crunch moms. "My baby doesn't need the RSV vaccine it causes autism 🥺" NO IT DOESN'T and then they're shocked when their baby gets RSV at a whole 2 weeks old because they pass their unprotected baby around like a toy :')

You're expected to work the whole time if you have a job despite it being some of the most painful shit in your life for 9-10 consecutive months and you're worried about growing an entire future adult and recieve critisism for taking leave early because it hurts too bad.

Your own parents shit down on you behind your back and you have no help whatsoever and it's so incredibly lonely. It is probably the loneliest time of your life even if your partner is closer than ever because they can't empathize with you or how it feels.

It's painful and exaughsting, I haven't been able to eat a full meal for the past 3 days until this evening because of the symptoms. Can't sleep because of heartburn and nausea, can't eat because I throw everything up since my stomach is being squeezed, my back and hips hurt so bad even lying down it feels like my body is being ripped in half, I CAN SMELL EVERYTHING, I'm so tired I sleep half the day and then can't bear to get up because it hurts to move, the migraines are horrible and my glasses make me feel weird because my EYEBALLS changed shape??! The swelling is the worst and there's so much purely put on the birther it isn't fair.

We have to find a pediatrician and make sure insurances go through, you have to figure out whether or not you can produce enough milk to feed the child or if you'll have to spend 50 dollars or more on a single can of formula, you have so many things you need to get and you have to make sure they'll be safe and healthy because even a single hair getting wrapped around their finger can make it get cut off!

You have to find out what to do about your hair if it's long so it doesn't get ripped out by baby paws, worry about sensitivities so you don't hurt their little tummy and make sure they don't die from what's literally called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome???? Where they can just die for no fucking reason?????

If you don't give them a pacifire it ups the chances of SIDS but if you do it can make their latch worse and if you can't ween them from the paci fast enough it can ruin their teeth and gum pattern. Scented detergents hurt their skin but so do some scentless.

There are so many things running through my mind i'm going to lose it but i can't talk about it or i'm simply told i'm just not ready to be a parent. I dunno man i feel like worrying about helping my baby NOT DIE is parentlike.

My mom and stepdad keep shitting on my and my husband to be and disapprove that we're having Virgil at all and that really bothers me. I can't even have my own parents give me a hand up because of how horribly bloated their egos are despite neglecting and abusing all 6 of us growing up, 2 of which are barely teens now.

We're stuck in a house with my wifey's family and their massive dogs, 2 of which hate eachother and fight everytime theyre around eachother. Today blood was drawn and now there are 2 dogs with bite history on humans in this house which will be somewhat near my infant son. I've seen how they shred their toys and i am so scared something horrible will happen and they'll do that to him. I just get shut down when i express this and told that it would never happen but all it takes is one time,,,

I've never been more uncomfortable and stressed before, even when i was actively being abused by my shitlord parents.

I have a five mile long list of shit to do and only 6 weeks left until he's here IF he doesn't come earlier than 38 weeks. I don't even have his crib ready or his clothing washed! This house is disgusting, a dog is currently dealing with pink ear and smells disgusting, another dog got bit on the head and is bleeding from his ear because they won't stop touching it no matter how many times i clean it out, my wife and i got my 10 year old brother in law thrown in my lap as my responsibility because the 18 year old can't be bothered to help him get ready for school and eat on time or hang out with him while their dad is on vacation

I'm so sick of it i want to scream and cry, i feel so useless and overwhelmed and overworked at the same time. The pain won't stop no matter what i do i can't breathe i can't sleep i can't even move anything to help because i'm stuck on bedrest.

I'm a 20 year old freak thing with a hot wife but no friends, stuck on a mountain with no way off without hot wife who works a lot and no ability to nest or prepare for my baby without help of other people who keep shoving it off. I'm broke, lonely and ready to just rip all of my hair out at any given moment because of how agonizing it all is

It will all be worth it to see his sweet little face and have him in my arms but it's exaughsting and i can't bring myself to do anything at all anymore.