#the tale of food screenshot

[musicalhistorical]

I just. I can't. He's sleeping so peacefully. I need a minute. hold on.

claypot rice my beloved

[angelicapocalypse]

• WAIT- I GOT HIM?! 😳 •

[fragrantpines]

TINY FUSHOU TINY FUSHOU TINY FUSHOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[thislovintime]

Performing in Houston on October 27, 1979; photo via RockinHouston dot com.

“The Great American Food and Beverage Company is an institution in [Santa Monica, Calif.]. […] A waiter in his ‘30s, older than the others, made his way to the podium, banjo in hand. He seemed strangely familiar in an unusual outfit whose suspenders gave him a whimsical air. He was very thin, with an angular, almost bony face and straight, mid-ear length dirty blond hair that was parted in the middle. That was all fine. But he also had a mustache and bags under his eyes that somehow didn’t seem quite right. […] Then came the memory of who he was. His name was Peter Tork, and more than a decade ago he was one of the four Monkees […]. And now Tork was a singing waiter. I assumed that few would recognize him — and that he’d probably rather not be recognized. So I decided to respect his privacy. But then, on the way out, he overheard me mention to someone that I was a writer visiting California to do some celebrity interviews, and he said to me, just a trace of bitterness in his voice, ‘Hey, how’d you like to do a story on a former great?’ Peter Tork now lives with his wife and two small children in Venice, Calif., […]. His home is a ramshackle duplex with badly chipped white paint on the outside and a gate that’s locked by a clothes hanger. Inside, the apartment has second-hand furniture with wobbly legs and sports bare wood floors of the kind it’s not fashionable to leave uncovered. An old sheepdog with a very doggy smell lies under an even older piano. In 1965, Peter Tork was washing dishes in Huntingon Beach, Calif., for $50 a week when he was recommend for the Monkees by a musician friend named Stephen Stills […|. ‘In those days we were both folksingers, and we were known as the two cats who looked alike,’ Tork said. ‘He turned me on to the situation.’ […] Today Peter Tork is 36. In his three years as a Monkee, he guesses he made a million dollars. Except for a trust he can’t touch until 1985, it’s all gone. ‘It just poured through,’ he recalled, without being at all maudlin. ‘It was like a tidal wave after a drought. The amount was so grotesque that I didn’t know what to do with it. I spent hundred-dollar bills like quarters.’ He calls himself a socialist now and says he’d be ‘philosophically and religiously prone to give that kind of money away anyway. But I dribbled it away.’ And that bothers him. ‘
I lived in Studio City in a big house that cost too much. I didn’t know how good I had it. I had no basis of comparison. I never got competent professional advice (from his producers, on how to invest his money). I’m bitter about that. They didn’t know how to handle a flash rather than someone who’d clawed his way to the top. Now I’ve been on the fringes. Now I know what it’s like to claw.’ Among other things, the fringes found him busted for alleged dope dealing. ‘It was ‘72. I was caught coming across the border from Mexico with some hash in my pocket,’ he said. ‘For a while, they thought they’d get me for a big smuggling rap. I ended up spending just three-and-a-half months in custody. I recommend it to all my good friends.’ After that experience, he worked for three years as a teacher. Then the school closed in the midst of a strange embezzlement scandal. So Tork decided to take another stab at show business. He has reactivated some old contacts and recently tried out at Paramount for comedy spots on ‘Happy Days,’ ‘Laverne and Shirley’ and ‘Mork and Mindy.’ ‘
I’m trying comedy because I know I’m glib, and I know I’m good at it,’ he said. ‘And I’m taking acting lessons. I’ll be glib one day in drama too. ‘Maybe first I can get a walk-on, then some solid comedic roles, then maybe in time a feature role in another series, then films, then maybe I can make enough to finance my music, which is really what I want to do,’ he said, the bounds of his quite sincere fantasy mushrooming in a minute. […] In the meantime, while he waits for a casting call, his show-business career still consists of The Great American Food and Beverage Company, where he has worked since last summer. ‘It’s something to do with my hands while I’m waiting,’ he said. ‘It’s a place where you’re allowed to sing, and everybody uses it to keep their chin up while waiting for their big break — like “The Gong Show” or something.’ A touch of bitterness there, again. ‘It’s just that the people don’t shut up (at the restaurant). I wish they would. You basically have to drown them out. But… it is a chance.’ With that, Peter Tork picked himself up to go to work. It was his turn to wash dishes.” - article by Steve Sonsky, The Miami Herald, February 18, 1979

“Well, what I thought was great was that [Peter] always seemed to be humble and very, very gracious in his actions and his attitude. He always treated everybody with respect. He stayed low-key until we would kick up with a group number and then he would join in. […] Everybody else has been joking about how he wasn’t Pete, he was Peter. You can tell a lot about a person when they do whatever they need to do for their family. And the only thing else that I would add is that the fact that he stayed so humble and so gracious after a lot of us had grown up with him as an icon means a lot.” - D J Barker, Tales of the Road Warriors, 2019 (x)

“I worked with Peter in the mid seventies. A kinder, gentler, gracious and giving human being you could never find. His sense of humor and positivity was a gift to all of those lucky enough to be around him. He loved his life, (in spite of it sometimes!)[.]” - D J Barker, Facebook, February 13, 2023 (x)

“There was a period where I was broke. And I called home, I said, ‘Send money.’ ‘No, sorry, kiddo, you’re on your own.’ So there was a restaurant, a two-restaurant chain, there were two restaurants — a short chain, a very small chain, two links — in L.A. called The Great American Food and Beverage Company. And the trick to this establishment was that you had to be a musician, you had to audition to work at this restaurant. And I really, really, really, really, really didn’t want to work there, but I really, really, really needed the money. Anyway, so I’m standing in the kitchen, it’s my first day, and I’m dressed in this ridiculous outfit, and a bunch of us are lined up. And the coked up manager was marching up and down in front of us like a drill sergeant. And as we’re standing there listening to this madman, the kitchen door swings open, and who should walk in but none other than Peter Tork from The Monkees. And I watch Peter Tork walk by me, take a time card and punch in the time clock and get in line right next to me. And my mouth dropped open. And it became evident at that point that he was working as a waiter at the restaurant. And this is Peter Tork from the fucking Monkees. This man was, you know, as big, if not bigger, than The Beatles in the U.S. at one point in his career. And I watched my whole life pass before my eyes.” - Matthew Wilder, Speaking of Music with Jason Faber

More about Peter's time at the Great American Food and Beverage Company in a second post.

[nickibxby]

I fear he might be my favourite ❣️

[rockymountainqueen2]

New TOH Content From Disney's Chibiverse Valentine's Day Episode!

Since the episode is both A.) Over 22 minutes long & B.) Features numerous characters from various Disney owned IP's; I will only be posting screenshots that contain TOH characters.

Now that's out of the way... Let's get started!

Considering how Lumity heavy this Chibiverse episode is, it amuses me that Hunter is the first TOH character to make an appearance.

He's manning the kiss cam! He takes the responsibility very seriously.

Lumity arrives! On... Stringbean... wearing outfits that they don't wear in Season 3. You know, the season Stringbean hatches in.

I suppose the Chibiverse never claimed to follow continuity, lol.

The episode has a "couples compete against other couples in a game show" set up. Luz and Amity are chosen as one of the couples to compete!

The Chibiverse episodes aren't really much more than the Chibi Tiny Tales shorts complied together, with some new animated content revolving around a wafer thin "plot" being used to connect the segments.

In this segment, Luz is riding a rollercoaster!

And now she's on a ferris wheel with Amity! Mere seconds after being seen riding another ride, lol.

Game show format.

Lumity tease another couple about how they're totally in love with each other despite claiming to be friends by mentioning that they also started out as friends. (And before that, enemies!)

Anyone else wondering why Amity's eyes have been half-lidded nearly the entire time?

Lumity being recognized and used in official Disney licensed content!

Amusingly, instead of it being called their "ship name", it's referred to as their "power couple" name. Lol.

This little point icon thing-y is adorable.

But I think that the little heart with their faces on it on top of it is even more adorable, lol.

Next bit of TOH related content in this episode, the Lumity Date Chibi Tiny Tales short!

I did not screenshot any of it because it can be found elsewhere online.

Question one for the couples: What's your partner's favorite food?

And Amity's favorite food is apparently fairy pie! This makes the fact that she made a fairy pie was Luz at one point even sweeter than it already was.

And Amity loves it! Luz blushes with pride.

More teasing!

Amity also looks weirdly like a cat in this 'shot, lol.

Second question for the couples: What is your partner's favorite color?

Turns out, Amity's is lavender!

(Also: Glyphs apparently work in the Chibiverse.)

Only that's actually... wrong?!

As it turns out, Amity's real favorite color is... periwrinkle.

Luz & Amity try to argue that lavender & periwrinkle are so similar that they might as well be the same color, but no sell.

Yet more teasing. This is the main running gag for the episode, and yes, by this point, it starts to feel like it's overstayed it's welcome.

And now it's time to watch The Amphibia House Chibi Tiny Tales short!

I don't know what this short has to do with "love" (Since all of the shorts are supposed to revolve around it in this episode), but maybe it considers Luz and Anne's new friendship to be a form of platonic love or something. Lol.

Time for the final question!

What does your partner want to be when they grow up?

We never actually get to see either Luz or Amity answer this question.

Because they tie with another couple and thus "win" the game show basically by default, lol.

But we do get to see them kiss on the kiss cam!

I literally just included this because Luz & Amity are both blushing.

Enough Lumity! Now let's get some eleventh hour Huntlow!

I love how this is how we finally got an official Huntlow kiss, lol. Hunter is about as shocked as I was to see it!

And that's all folks. Hope you liked my rundown!

[quitealotofsodapop]

So, I've been stuck thinking about the hunters and poachers on Flower Fruit Mountain again. How did they know there was anything on the mountain?

The island has been burning for centuries and protected by its ruler(s) for even longer. It's not easy to reach, either. This alone should have kept people away for a while, not to mention whatever legends and rumors there are. Yet, not long after the fire stops, entire hunting parties appear—not just one or two explorers or a single hunter investigating. This means they knew there was something of worth to them on the mountain despite everything. They were prepared to since (I'm not a hunter, so I could be wrong.) you don't hunt monkeys, especially demon monkeys, like a normal animal. Not to mention, some of these monkeys were trained fighters, including the marshals. Some monkeys knew human language, yet not a single poacher hesitated.

This suggests they were informed. Not only did the humans know how, when, and where, but they were unafraid of demons and legends. Plus, the type of apathy needed to kill something that looks and acts human the way Flower Fruit Monkeys do; whoever informed them knew who to give the information too.

If this was the Camel Ridge Trio, or other parts of the brotherhood for non-LMK AUs, that spread the word...

Found an older post discussing this too.

I feel part of it was that the attack from Heaven + possible Samadhi Fire caused by shoving Wukong in a Furnace for 49 days. An ember from the Furnace canonically created the ever-on-fire Flaming/Gaochang Mountains PIF has to keep and eye on).

My hc is that the damage from the war was so bad that the barrier protecting Flower Fruit Mountain/Huaguoshan from the outside world was broken.

I ended up checking out the banishment chapter again to try and wrap my head around the numbers and I discovered something interesting:

(above; screenshot from the Jenner translation.)

I misread from the wording of the Wu translation that the hunters descended two years after the fires, but it seems to actually mean that the kidnappings and hunting have only started within the last wo years of the story i.e the rough amount time Wukong has been freed from the Buddha's Mountian

The first wave of hunters were accidental. They saw what they thought was a new island explode out of the horizon, and thought it would be cool to check it out. They see a monkey desperately foraging for grass seeds and try hunting it. Justice was dealt swiftly, the injured Marshals and King's Warrior protecting their own fiercely.

Not to mention if Erlang and his Plum Hill Lads, feeling immense guilt for the fires, protected the island from invaders while it's King was detained. Hence why Wukong thanked him when they met up again.

The island is given a wide berth from humanity for some time, allowing the monkey population to slowly begin healing.

Most trespassers in Alolai's waters are chased off rather than killed outright. It is far easier to rip fish nets and send castaways on their way than to kill an unfamiliar face and face retribution.

Some of those saved from the waves were even so kind as to ferry yaoguai to the mainland in search of food and allies.

However, this very same mercy allowed tales of a scorched paradise to reach more unscrupulous ears...

The second wave of hunters come prepared to hunt for monkeys and other beasts of the ashen island.

But they were not prepared for demons.

Macaque is far more ruthless than any of the Marshals or surviving soldiers. Any human with a bow or net or knife is swallowed by the shadows before they can emit their death cry.

Those who do manage to get away spread tales of the horror of an island populated entirely by demonic monkey-like beings that fought from the darkness.

And when the Monkey King's pilgrimage becomes common knowledge among demon and celestial kind...

It's likely that both cruel humans and spirits alike took the King's confirmed absence as an easy way to make some money and/or attack the King non-directly. The subjects were caught off guard because they haven't been attacked continuously all those 500s years.

Though I doubt the Brotherhood themselves, for all their disgust at Wukong "betraying them for Heaven" (incorrect), wouldn't be so cruel as to attack FFM (thats Macaque's territory too, even if he's taken a sabbatical) or leak knowledge of it to outsiders.

However, other demons/celestials do not have the grace of having been the Monkey King's sworn kin all those years ago...

Not to mention of those "hunters" are even human to begin with!

It's very likely many of the hunters are in fact demons/celestials - taking advantage of the smallest gap in the island's defence to attack and attempt to conquer the legendary island for their own territory.

And ofc, it is only when the Island's rightful King returns and brings the pain does the attacks stop. No hunter or fiend would be stupid enough to try that again!

Not to mention the pain thats about to come to those who kidnapped, enslaved, and/or ate the Monkey King's subjects...

That is of course unless Macaque has gotten to them first. The Warrior's bond with his King may be fractured, but the monkeys are his subjects too. Using his connections in the entertainment world to seek out and free those stolen to be jesters for mortal and immortal courts.

As for the non-LMK aus it is even more unwise to attack the island!

Why?

Cus if it's in the Hero is Back verse - the Six Eared Macaque has been it's staunch protector this entire time! And the King is literally running home the moment Liuer frees him from the mountain/crystal!

In the Monkey King Reborn-verse it's also pretty stupid to attack the island, since "Smokey" is clearly the more bloodthirsty of the Wukongs and has no qualms crushing anyone who dares hurt his people.

Netflix? Even worse! He grew up with the troop being constantly harassed and hunted by the Havoc demon! Even if he doesn't care/know the monkeys personally, he would still jump to kick hunter butt in their name!

But again, some people really are that stupid to try. *shrugging emoji*

[barbwritesstuff]

Self promo post incoming. If you're burnt out on weirdly sinister fast food ads, feel free to keep scrolling.

About a year ago, I decided to bite the bullet and try to teach myself how to make games using Ren'py. And the result was...

...spectacular.

I loved this game so hard. I still love this game. A Fairy Tale is short, silly, and so fucking stupid. Also, optional cannibalism. It also got the glow up of the century with the help of @gwygle.

But while that glow up was in progress I made another game with Ren'py.

I love Something A Little Super so much.

It was inspired by two of my favourite superheroes of all time: Superman and my mum. It was also a test to see if I could make Ren'py do what I wanted it to do... which was make more interactive fiction.

I think I proved you can, which leads me to:

Mermaids Motherfucker! (fun fact: that was actual original working title of Drown With Me).

The game is so very incomplete, but still so very dear to me. It's mermaids vs pirates, with cannibalism.

I promise I'm normal about cannibalism guys. Don't worry about it.

I'm also super in love with the main menu, but to see it you have to download the game, because screenshots really can't do it justice. It's weird and spooky and the exact vibe I go feral for when it comes to mermaids.

This time last year, I didn't believe I'd ever be able to make a game with Ren'py. Now I have three. And sure, they're short, and janky, and weird, but I love them all the more for it.

Plus: They're all free!

So, if you haven't checked them out yet, you totally should.

Anyway. That's it. That's my self promo post. How'd I do?

💙

[dragon-appreciator-fray]

I spent most my entire day yesterday playing Tales of Mistria. (For the first time.)

For context, none of the other Farming Sims have really done much to convince me to buy them. And I don't even go back to my modded Stardew Valley saves.

You all have no idea how much I needed a fantasy farm game with a Dragon Guardian spirit and a Dragon themed Tavern.

The cast of characters that actually feel like a community remind me that the number of people I actually play and share video games with has shrunken dramatically since coming out as trans.

The main sibling I talk about Stardew with has been kinda unavailable lately. So you're gonna receive my posts instead.

The pixel art, customization, and how immediately available the community's resources are really appeal to me. No needing to upgrade a house to start cooking.

So much of the cast shows up for each little stage of progress. Characters drag us from scene to scene as we ask other members of the community for help. No dialog will play as the dog walks up to my avatar, receives pets, and returns to his lil cushion all independent of the unfolding dialog. It's just a cute thing happening on screen that sells the world and its characters.

I can even get perks that make my cooking sometimes considered a universal like by the townsfolk. Which means a lot to me, because I like to cook food I like to eat and share it with others.

I'm really glad this game exists.

I think I might be playing a lot of it.

Hopefully no one minds if I share a lot of my experience with it.

I... really like taking screenshots but don't wanna drown my partners' DMs.

Anyway, here's my cute little horned Fray (She/They) with the progress I have made on my home throughout the first season. I've got a new bed and rug pattern. I have just yet to set aside the personal time needed to craft them when my focus has become breeding chickens and expanding the amount of farmland available for Summer crops.

[fromtheseventhhell]

IDK if it's exactly what you wanted but your recent post about Mirri came "in time" for what I've seen.

Here are some screeshots of tags from this post

To me it seems like they try to critique the writing but as always, tend to blame the character. Plus, they sprinkle some lies (that Dany forced Mirri to save Drogo, that she refuses to engage with history), they project onto GRRM (that he wants to critique violent intervetionism with her), they ignore his statement about the "white saviour" accusations (which fair, you may not find them satisfying but still, take his intentions into account), they take away acountability of what the slavers did (bc THEY turned Slaver's Bay into a "hole of death" and was that long before Dany arrived) and not saying why "she allowed slavery to continue", which is a convenient way to frame her as immoral because after the masters of Yunkai attacked Astapor, and because "gently born" people, anticipating the struggle in Meereen, ask her to let them sell themselves back into slavery :

"My queen?" Daario stepped forward. "The riverside is full of Meereenese, begging leave to be allowed to sell themselves to this Qartheen. They are thicker than the flies."

Dany was shocked. "They want to be slaves?"

"The ones who come are well spoken and gently born, sweet queen. Such slaves are prized. In the Free Cities they will be tutors, scribes, bed slaves, even healers and priests. They will sleep in soft beds, eat rich foods, and dwell in manses. Here they have lost all, and live in fear and squalor."

"I see." Perhaps it was not so shocking, if these tales of Astapor were true. Dany thought a moment. "Any man who wishes to sell himself into slavery may do so. Or woman." She raised a hand. "But they may not sell their children, nor a man his wife." (ASOS, Daenerys VI)

I mean, she does this because she wants to respect their choice and she makes sure no one is forced to be enslaved. I don't think she should have allowed it but I understand why. It was not out of mallice. (here is a meta about how she is not a slaver X , X )

Plus the tendency to blame Daenerys fans for pointing out how the situation with Mirri was grey, that Mirri indeed killed Rhaego, but they can defend Mirri and acuse us, Dany stans, of being racists and whatnot.

Ironically my post was about conversations on Twitter (I know) where people were demonizing Dany and I found out this post was actually what started it all, so my post was unintentionally a response to this one. I'm gonna talk a little bit about this conversation and the overall conversations about racism in this fandom but I don't mean it as a direct reply to OP's post. The only thing I have to say specific to their post is that it does stand out to me that they acknowledge the issue with Mirri's writing, which is that it's part of a trend with how characters of color are written, but they fail to actually talk about said characters. Their main point isn't even about how Mirri is handled, it's on the subject of Dany's whiteness.

The thing about discussing racism in asoiaf is that it's a more complex and nuanced conversation than a majority of people are willing to have. Often times it just gets devolved into justifications for disliking a specific character and this was the same attitude people had towards the show. If there's racism in the writing, then that's a factor that affects how the entire series is written, it doesn't just reflect poorly on a single character. People definitely act like that's the case though.

On the subject of Mirri and her treatment, it's rare that people discuss her character without using her as a means of bashing Dany. The screenshots you provided highlight this. We're supposed to believe that Mirri's actions towards Dany are justified and that Dany's actions towards Mirri are racist solely on the basis that Mirri is a WOC, but it's not that simple (Also note that it's always "Mirri was right to do what she did" but they never talk about what specifically she did, which was force the abortion of a 14-year-old bridal slave. Somehow saying exactly what happened doesn't make her as sympathetic). What makes the writing racist isn't the situation itself, it's the idea of characters of color being disposable in service of white characters' arcs. But this situation is often talked about as an isolated event, in a vacuum. The logic applied just doesn't work. If race is such an important factor, why was Mirri right to kill a child of color over a prophecy she was ultimately wrong about? There are plenty of racist connotations in the "brute" narrative surrounding POC, specifically men of color, but people eagerly justify his death because of the hypothetical harm he could've caused. They also completely ignore that the prophecy wasn't about him, so the justification is that a child of color can be murdered if people assume they'll cause harm. There were also the others in Drogo's Khalasar that Dany couldn't help because of her situation. Eroeh suffered a horrible fate before her ultimate death, but Dany would've conceivably been able to help her if she hadn't been incapacitated. So does the fact that Mirri's actions harmed other POC, and not just a white woman, factor in at all? Or are we not supposed to care about them because they are, however positively, associated with Dany?

That also leads to the question of what exactly would be the right way of handling this situation. Dany's whiteness is the biggest criticism but her being a woc would come with its own racist connotations. Dany's life of poverty and being sold as a slave would've had other implications when contrasted to the other primarily white, high-born female characters. So what would've been a better way of handling the Dothraki and other people of color in this series? Whether Dany is white or not, the problem isn't solved. Somehow that's never a conversation being had, despite the number of people who supposedly care so much. It also seems as though Dany's suffering, and only Dany's suffering, is considered justifiable through her whiteness. If Dany had been the one to die instead, it still would've been a child bridal slave being killed. How is that the "better" option for people supposedly concerned with racism and misogyny? With almost any other female character their suffering is never justified regardless of who is causing it.

There is just...a different set of standards people have for Dany than they have for any other character. Someone brought up the point that Robb's part in the war caused incredible violence to the smallfolk, yet he is considered one of the noblest characters in the series. We see firsthand the devastation the Northerners are responsible for through Arya's POV, and many women and children specifically are harmed. We hear about countless women being raped and killed from the fallout of Robb's actions but somehow that's not Robb's responsibility. On top of that, there are plenty of smallfolk who have actively anti-North mindsets. Robb, who isn't trying to bring about systemic change or actively focused on fighting for the smallfolk, isn't responsible for the damage he causes them. Dany, who is trying to overthrow a violent system built on subjugating people, is the most evil character in the series because she interacts with characters of color more than anyone else. But then...people seem uninterested in discussing privileges and harm caused when it isn't related to bashing Dany. It's damn near taboo to refer to certain characters as classist, even when that's how they're written.

If you want to discuss racism in the series and fandom though, let's do it! Let's talk about the depiction of the Dothraki vs. The (white) Wildings and the difference in nuance and empathy they get, let's talk about how the current generation of Starks benefit from colonization and the eradication of the children of the forest (who are very much indigenous-coded) and how that's not framed as a bad thing, let's talk about women of color who are already being enslaved before Dany was sold to the Dothraki, let's talk about Alayaya + the senseless violence she faces and how her pain is used to give Tyrion angst, let's talk about the various background women of color portrayed as sex workers and how that could play into the jezebel trope, let's talk about lack of prominent characters of color outside of Dany's pov, let's talk about how D&D wrote a former Black slave dying in chains, how they portrayed the slaves exclusively as people of color despite slavery not being based on race in the books, let's talk about how they played into the Dothraki's racist writing and portrayed Dany's people as "scary foreign invaders" that the North looked down on, let's talk about how everyone justified the Northerners (and Sansa specifically) being scared even though Dany came to help, let's talk about how people in the fandom were laughing at Missandei's death and saying she deserved to die for being "rude" to a white woman, let's talk about fandom's habit of portraying Jon and Arya (considered the uglier, feral starks) as dark-skinned in comparison to their "white" siblings, let's talk about how the hotd writers made characters Black and then diminished their roles and importance, let's talk about how routinely characters of color are ignored and turned into props by fandom, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT! But no, the only capacity people are interested in talking about racism is when they can use it to bash Dany.

TL;DR/summation: There's nothing wrong with having good-faith conversations about racism in the series or disliking a character because of it. The issue is that that's rarely what happens. Instead of having constructive conversations about race, the pain of characters of color gets turned into props and given no nuance outside of that.

[1800duckhotline]

Uncommon OC questions

Ok so these are so many questions I fear the post may become literally as long as a greek epic so. I decided to screenshot the ask, and I will be breaking up the answers in different posts/parts. Took me so long to get to these because I'm... complicated and fun<3 (had no energy/focus elsewhere)

TY FOR THE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THOUGH THESE ARE REALLY GOOD. Be ready my oc warriors much food ahead.

Part two with all Adona answers here!

Part three with all Rina answers here!

Part four with all creator answers here!

Part one: Salice

2. How easy is it for your character to laugh?

Genuinely not too hard if you get her sense of humor, which tends to be on the more grim and "boomer" side for lack of better word. Another factor may be whether or not she has drunk any alcohol prior to the conversation or not. If none of those things are applicable to your situation, chances are it's impossible to make her laugh, at least genuinely - it's easier to see her laughing to make fun of others, or if she is swelling with pride for something she's done or a reaction she's provoked.

5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

To be fair, she hardly trusts anyone by principle. So it is extremely easy for you to enter "absolutely untrustworthy" territory if you make the smallest mistake at her expense, if you are barely acquaintances. She picks people she trusts and relays on with extreme caution.

6. Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

Definitely flexible... when you know how to bend them right. Which is convenient for her, since she is a lawyer... and has done this a good amount of times before, for her benefit, or her clients'.

7. What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

Salice loathes nostalgia - it makes her feel weak. But for her what tends to trigger nostalgic episodes the most is smells... both specific and generic ones. Unfortunately, smells are very easy to come by, which means she's stuck in a bad mood whenever she feels a longing for the long gone days of her childhood. Living nearby the sea doesn't make it any easier, as she associates the briny maritime smells the most with her dad & Venice by association.

8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

What wasn't she told to stop or start doing the most as a child? Between a father who wanted the perfect son and a mother who wanted the perfect doll, she heard often contrasting versions of the same tale. However her dad and mom often agreed on one thing to reprimand her most often for: touching dead animals.

This is something she unlearned by force when she moved away from Venice, but it is a itch she gets still from time to time, as is natural for a necromancer to get that instinct - she picked it up from her grandmother who encouraged her often to not be afraid of death.

15. How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

Salice has a really big mouth and tends to not care or think much about what she says (outside of job and court environment). She tends to be really sarcastic and cynical with others, though she has a layer of care underneath the mean shit she says whenever she talks to Adona and Allen (sometimes, it's hard to tell, to be fair).

In a natural, out of work environment, she will say about anything that comes to mind without giving a fuck about the consequences - which is what gets her in so many bar fights to begin with... Of course she does a complete 360° when she's at work or has to participate to court proceedings. It's really easy for her to flip the switch.

16. What makes their stomach turn?

It is a very broad question... I would say that the thought of not being able to keep practicing necromancy is the one thing that makes her feel nauseous.

18. What embarrasses them?

People who don't know what they're talking about - pompous assholes with no regards for others (pot calls kettle black) - Adona (when they are in social environments together because Adona has the unfair talent of being able to render Salice speechless with very little effort) - having feelings.

29. Do they usually live up to their own ideals?

Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind of... it's complicated. She didn't have many ideals to begin with: she wanted to be rich, and she wanted to be respected by many. Unfortunately neither of those things are approved of by her dad, so for what it all is, it's useless (not that she'd ever admit it, but her subconscious has some strange priorities like that).

38. What memory do they revisit the most often?

Her dad telling her bedtime stories when she was really little; her grandmother letting her read her notes and studies on necromancy while still little. She really loves those memories of just being talked to... without any kind of animosity or condescension to it.

40. How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

If you point out her flaws, she's going to blow up on you. I'd say very. Imagine your dad being extremely uncooperative when you tell him that he should clean up after himself instead of forcing you or/and your mom to do it: same kind of reaction even if for a different problem.

42. How badly do they want to reach their end goal?

She would be willing to give up everything to do it. Alas...

[angelicapocalypse]

• Birthday Wishes From Lianhua Blood Duck 🥹🖤💗💕 •

• Part 1 •

[verooquieremimir]

HELP Ahmed and his Family to stay alive in GAZA

Ahmed (a young palestinian from Gaza) contacted me via Instagram to ask me to donate to help him and his family in Gaza. After seeing that I had tumblr, he asked me to share his campaign over here. I haven't found verification, but the photos are authentic and his instagram profile is very telling (@4e._.93). He started that account in 2019 and he has posted many pictures.

Help him please by sharing and donating (if it's within your means)!

Here is his story:

Ahmed’s story from GAZA is a poignant tale of survival against all odds. Displaced multiple times, he now lives in inadequate conditions, struggling to access basic necessities like water and food. The devastation caused by the conflict has left him homeless, separated from family and friends, and unable to continue his education in coding – a dream that has suddenly been shattered. Ahmed’s call for help is a desperate plea to help his family of 13, including 3 children, and also his brother who is still trapped in the north of Gaza, surrounded by Israeli bombing with no food, no water, completely alone. Your donation can make a huge difference in providing them with essential resources during this crisis. Every contribution can relieve their suffering and bring hope to a family enduring an unimaginable tragedy. By supporting Ahmed, you are not only helping a young man in need, but also contributing to the resilience of a community torn apart by conflict. Your generosity can help rebuild shattered dreams and create opportunities for a brighter future. Donate today to stand by Ahmed and his family, offering them a lifeline in their time of need. Your compassion and support will make a huge difference in their lives. Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

€228 of €50,000!!!

Screenshots of the authorization to post his campaign on tumblr:

[angrybatgaming]

More tales from Fear & Hunger!

So I played again today, and chose Enki this time. Not having Devour kinda sucked, but the runs/attempts I made on my laptop before it went kaput (update made it unable to start up properly) had me finding lots of food. So hunger wasn't too bug of an issue.

WHAT KEPT GETTING ME, HOWEVER, WERE THE WOODEN BOARDS WITH A NAIL IN THEM LAYING ON THE FLOOR. I eventually memorized where they were and managed to avoid them.

Made it down to the mines and befriended Moonless. Also met Pocketcat, but more importantly I GOT CHASED BY CROW MAULER!!! 🎉 Finally got to meet the bird boi! 🎉 But didn't try to fight him because I only had Moonless in my party. Pretty sure it's easier to beat him if I had more or a full party. (Wasn't finding ghouls to kill and revive until my run on my brother's computer. Fun story about the one I recruited there.)

Didn't make it far in the mines unfortunately. Accidentally aggro'd a Yellow Mage and forgot that you're supposed to run up to them when they start dancing. Died shortly after.

On the run on my brother's laptop, I found LESS food and let myself die to infection after stepping on another nailed board. But I found a ghoul later and added him to my party. I named him Bob. Because I'm great at names. Well, BOB'S A DUMBASS AND GOT ME KILLED BY A PRISONER GUARD BY SEVERING HIS OTHER ARM.

So yeah. Fun times. Lol Also I got my arm chopped off by a different guard because I missed when attacking his weapon arm. Because of course I would. Probably going to be a while before I play again unfortunately, but we'll see what happens this week.

Couple screenshots. Me saying hi to the bird boi, and laughing at how Troture looks like he's contemplating his life choices. Did you know beating his dead body results in a dialogue stating his head is soft and squishy? 😬 Ew.

[nickibxby]

Even more tale of food character profiles

[islith]

I'm Thistling!

Hello! I used to be incredibly active on Tumblr several years ago, particularly for the roleplay scene in Guild Wars 2, but I haven't dipped my toes into it since then. Twitter, sadly, seems to be a sinking ship in many regards and several of my good friends have since made the official plunge into Tumblr. I'm fairly convinced I should come along with them. I suppose I wanted to make a little intro post to say hello to everyone who might follow me back. I'm Thistling! I was/am @dravanianlily on Twitter, and my characters are mainly Islith Wynter, Seraphione Gorsevaunt and - on occasion - L'lhaski Dinhe. I mostly take gposes (modded more often than vanilla, though I have a soft spot for vanilla screenshots!) and do casual gameplay for now. I don't really roleplay anymore but I do spin tales, and I'm quite invested in the overall story of the game as well as that of my characters. They're not Warriors of Light, but they're full of life in all its ups and downs. They're people with complexities, favorite foods, fears and desires. I sometimes gush about them. Anyway, it's lovely to meet you all and I hope I'll catch onto Tumblr a little more!