#theres also ultra so i mean

[om000o]

such a mind blower

wonder by @catfacedcat

[xxplastic-cubexx]

I just got into the very first xmen dating sim ask (I think). Imagine if what makes Charles' secret route even harder, isn't only that he has his self-hatred massively cockblocking you, not only do you have to work against his polite and subtle redirection (you won't even notice his "why are you here? There are better places than my office, silly"), but you also have to be sneaky and smart cuz one wrong move one of the bad ending is you triggering Erik's jealous rage ajfjsjgj

(Would be worth it for me ajfjskf)

-the anon who'd gladly try (and horrendously fail) to fight Erik for Charles' cute cute butt

Also imagine if one of the "bad" ending is you unknowingly playing cupid for Erik and Charles ajfjsjf imagine if there's multiple ending that's literally just them getting together ajfjdjkf

Sorry if I am incoherent, I really like to browse your blog before I go to sleep ajfkskg

its mandatory theres at least like TWO routes that involve erik's intrusion when it comes to charles' route that's so true and REAL

[evandore]

seeing the music genre polls is just making me feel more defensive to genres im not hugely into.

[velvetwyrme]

aHhh okay so the discussions of Titan!Megatron on @callsign-relic's blog have fully. FULLY taken over my brain and ive been drawing stuff for it for like the last few days nonstop

the tl;dr of this is AU is pretty much "what if Megatron got turned into a titan/cityformer as a form of penance/imprisonment and now roams the empty wasteland of Cybertron forever" plus "IDW Megatron has really fucked up internals so... what if that, but as a City?"

and of course since he's a Titan, that also means he has a cityspeaker... or three. One per sub-AU thing. Theres 3 options. 3 flavours of AU.

i have so much art to make. but in the meantime, for more info! check out the #titan au tag on Relic's blog :]!! (also uhh potential ns//fw warning for the link shfjbdkd)

Hi. My battery is running out once again so design and art notes get chucked here instead of an image.

The cuffs and collar are hardwired into Megatron, so I made the lights the same colour as his biolights!

I imagine that on the tops of his shoulders there are solar panels, even if you can't see them here lol.

I really wanted to keep the swirly bits on Megatron's chest from IDW

Other art notes:

The second picture with the seekers is (loosely) inspired by a discussion about whether or not Megatron gets visitors or not. I thought about who would visit him and well... I think this is as close as Starscream realistically gets to visiting him.

Extra detail about that piece is that Thundercracker and Skywarp are keeping watch from above! Also drawing Megatron took me like 8 hours because I was struggling with his legs really badly kshffkbfkdsbdk,, the background went much faster, funnily enough.

Optimus specifically isn't wearing his Autobot badge any more.

This isn't relevant in this series of images, but Ultra Magnus's eye markings are only on the Magnus armour. His other two forms do not have them :] (... until he begins to discard the armour, that is.)

Megatron is roughly 3200m/2 miles tall. Technically he could have clouds around his knees, but I thought this looked a little bit cooler lol.

Also, height chart! Him big. I didn't even attempt to put a human for scale because that'd be. near impossible with this scale.

[rayroseu]

(short post) i wonder what theyre going to do at the shaftlands lol, are they going to be acting in a film??? in a musical??? perhaps modelling???

it makes me crack up that its highly likely that the event will be revolved around entertainment industry and the character line-up makes sense so far like:

Vil, the renowned actor and model from Shaftlands

Jamil, has skills suitable for the entainment industry; singing, dancing, and keeping a face

Azul, a businessman who knows how to make himself look good and recognize the power of influence

like all of them exudes an air of refinement yk what i mean...

and theres our bestie, Ace Trappola 🤣🤣🤣

Gonna crack up if theres going to be a scene from Shaftlands broadcasted live and Deuce will just see his roommate is kickstarting his acting career on television XDDD Its like seeing your goofy friend who likes to play pranks and only knows how to pose with heart hands on fashion magazine JDJAJSJ

I'm so excited for the cards 🥺💕💞💖 especially Ace lmaoo i wonder how he'll pull off a theme like Vil's new SSR?? It looks elegantly dark and sultry lol i could never imagine Ace with those traits,,,, i wonder if he'll still pull off his heart hands pose MJDKAJS

also good bye to ace trappola and yuu (bcs this is a hometown event so theres probably yuu content here ehehe), thoughts and prayers to these 1st years lolol imagine a roadtrip with jamil azul and vil... super ultra surveillance over the inexperienced babies here... 😭😭💔 no time to goof around... 💥💥

[ppnuggie]

💙💙I AWAKE FROM THE DEAD// I saw you were mainly doing MTMTE so here :)) ||

GN reader with trailcutter, skids, swerve, Megatron and roddy [separate] [headcannons], them reacting to reader flirting with them? fluff, crack do whatever I need my Teebs bro,got me feeling empty 😭😭

achoo see you next year prob idk, happy times💙💙

　　　　　　MTMTE x gn human reader

　　　　『　trailcutter ,, swerve ,, megatron ,, rodimus ,, gender neutral human reader    』

　　-> bots reaction to reader flirting w/ em 🫣

　　— fluff ,, sfw ,, crack

　　— yep ! see ya next year ! :D i mean ,, it will be next year when this is posted 💀 but i am writing it on dec.30 rn 🫣 ughh teebs 😞😞 i just got the part where he dies im so heartbroken ,, my mans ,, 😭😭😭 he didnt deserve alla that ,, smh ,, but tysm for requesting 😏 tbh i might not actually be online for this to be posted ,, bc this is in my queue along with many other things to be posted later 🫣 so theres a little update for not having links updated in the second masterlist 🕺

trailcutter ::

• he’d be quite flustered ,, not sure what to say not only because he was most likely super drunk but also surprised you were flirting with him

• any time you compliment him for something ,, his fans will kick on immediately ,, and whenever you’re not around some mechs might coo at him and make smoochy noises ,, mainly whirl

• he may try to return the compliments ,, though he’ll end up tripping over his words and end up more flustered if you say something about it

• primus help this man ,, hes just ,, stuck dealing with these flirty lines and little compliments whenever you decide to just drop them outta nowhere ,, swerve swears that one day he’ll combust if he has to see this sappy romance continue on for any longer !

swerve ::

• he might brush it off as a joke ,, or a dare if anything ,, because why of all people would you flirt with him ? swerve ? the annoyingly loud mech who doesnt shut up ?

• of course you’d have to reassure him that it isnt a dare ,, or just you trying to get something out of him ,, but that you generally like him

• he’ll malfunction right then and there and then ratchet will have to deal with another bot ,, poor ratchet 😞

• he may try to return any compliment with a horrible pick up line ,, but end up think you’re laughing at him and not the worst pick up line ever to be heard in the universe

megatron ::

• megs would be ,, confused but also flustered ,, because have you not seen him ? dont you know of the things he’s done ? hes megatron ! a feared bot throughout many parts of the universe ,, known to kill humans

• and yet here you are ,, sitting beside him as you read his poetry that you somehow persuaded him to show you with your little secret magic hypnosis ,, and now youre calling him cute

• he’d scoff ,, say that he wasnt cute in his mind ,, but not mutter a single word out loud

• he wouldnt know what to do ,, and instead just sit there in silence and listen to your attempts to flirt with the mech

rodimus ::

• he’d return it immediately ,, but with horrible compliments and pick up lines

• one time he said “ nice shoelace “ after you said he looked stunning with the new paint job after his recent mishap on another planet ,, and he keeps thinking back on it to this day ,, wondering why he said shoelace ,, like he even knows what a shoelace is 🙄

• ultra magnus would be so done with you two ,, because roddy would decide to start flirting with you during the meeting and despite you not returning any remarks or even acknowledging you even heard him ,, the mech continues

• even after megs passive aggressively told him to “ stop with the nonsense “ he only continued ,, only 10x worse this time

[employee052]

[The Stanley Run]

OK IMPROMPTU STREAM OVER SO NOW ILL ANNOUNCE IT A BIT MORE IN DETAIL THIS TIME

Basically, on Steam, my total playtime of The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe is at 278 hours on record (it used to be at 300 but steam took it away for some reason) (it says 276 bc this screenshot was taken before the stream)

that being said, out of sheer spite, total brainrot, and potentially for the meaning of art, ill be keeping TSPUD open on my computer for 1k hours. and streaming at least 1 hour and 30 minutes of it every day if i can of it over on twitch.

Originally i called it the 1k hour run, but i thought the stanley run would be funnier instead, so sdkjfh

ill try to stream again tomorrow on twitch so feel free to pop by and watch my brainrot reach critical levels

(also ik theres probably some meaning to be derived from this, smth smth stuck pressing buttons all day stanley smth smth the end is never the end smth smth the player n whatnot, but idk askjhd)

[youreyeson1y]

now that all the mvs are out, how would you rank all the skz members' solos? my personal favourite has got to be hold my hand because han is my favourite ❤️ do you have or plan to have emoji anons btw?

noo you cannot be asking me to rank all the solos (i cannot for the life of me assign rank because i myself feel bad when i rank something too low) so let's see how this goes 😭 (under the cut as it's pretty long!)

(and obviously this is not a rank based on talent or to determine who's better but rather just my personal preferences and thoughts; if you do not agree with me, that's fine! let us support all the boys and stream hop instead of arguing online <3)

#1 as we are - kim seungmin

easy first spot. i fell in love with this song from the first listen, and when I saw him perform it? i was on the floor. just something about just him and his guitar on stage, plus the set was really really pretty too, so he simply stole my heart. (and i also love that part in the song near the end when he goes "hey!" and the drums start playing and the songs speed up like ugh. pure perfection. i sometimes still tear up listening to it idek why i just admire him soso much)

fun fact: he's actually my lockscreen lol

i can't believe my rant is so long already and i haven't even mentioned the mv, so i'll keep it short lol. but im a sucker for the high school setting (i mean if that doesn't help me romanticise school idk what will atp) and even still his mv is just such a masterpiece.

like it's an actual 2010s coming of age you cannot convince me otherwise. i love how it's so deeply personal and i feel like you can see how he actually cares about what he's creating. just him being himself and playing and singing and just idk existing makes me so happy. and that last panel of him adding the music doodles alongside his player sketch destroyed me. safe to say, someone was def cutting onions.

#2 youth - lee know & hallucination - I.N

the youth mv just simply blew me away. i was obsessed with the concept ever since the teaser dropped and the mv did not disappoint. i'm in love with his long hair, the boba eyes, his outfits, his acting, EVERYTHINGGG. and watching him perform it live and his interactions and dance alongside the other dancers is just so cute and makes me happy everytime i look at him.

believe me when i say this, but i would be lying if i said i didn't get wrecked by jeongin after watching this performance. this was i think the first performance video i watched from the tour and i was obsessed since the first watch. (i literally learned the choreo of the chorus literally weeks after his performance, yeah) i just love the vibes of this song + his siren like vocals so much. the mv was also so artistic and pretty, i loved it! and the thing is, one of my closest friend is jeongin biased, so i get to obsess over his performance a lot with her lol

#3 so good - hyunjin & ultra - changbin

SO GOOD IS MY JAMM!!!! literally always on the top of my hype playlists and always just gets me so energised and hyped up. same with ultra, these songs just give me the biggest serotonin boost. and watching them perform it is just a spiritual experience. hyunjin's dance break has me with my jaw open and changbin's body roll is nothing short of iconic. i only feel that maybe their mvs couldn't do the songs justice (but they both looked so attractive my god), but theres nothing like a live performance so i get it.

#3.5 hold my hand - HAN & railway - bang chan

han is such a superstar. the song is good, no doubt, but there's something about him performing it live that just makes it a 100x better

and um as a bang chan girlie i know this is surprising but just hear me out okay! it's just that i dont really listen to like smexy songs that often and like you'll only find me listening to this song on very specific times, so thus this ranking lol. the mv was also CRAZY. like goddamn, i think it's time you own up to your grown ass adults songs christopher because the only train i saw was the one with my sanity leaving me apparently. yeah anyway so it's just that i don't listen to this song as much as the others, but it's still such a good song though like sometimes you just wanna feel like that girl? this song with give you that.

#4 unfair - felix

before you come for me, i know. believe me putting his song here is hurting me almost as much as it's hurting you but probably not as much as lix when he was writing this song cause damn brother, who hurt you?? 😭😭😭 so yeah the only reason this is here is because it's a sad song, and i rarely listen to sad tracks because i use music as a way to like uplift and motivate myself, so i just don't listen to it much.

but other than that, this song is nothing but straight out of a fairytale. the whole beauty & the beast backstory works because he looks nothing but majestic performing it at the concert (i think he has one of the prettiest sets) as well as in the mv! i just love lix's voice so much and like i remember making my non-stay friends listen to this shock and could understand their genuine surprise when they got to know that this song was actually sung by one guy. now that i think about it, this is one of my fav overall skz solo songs (one of my favs is also deep end!) but it's low on the list because it's just such a sad ass song lol. (but again I do love a good plot twists in songs heh so i love how the chorus and tone of the song changes after the "meeting belle" part)

so that was that! i would love to talk more about it and learn about your thoughts too!!! thank u for sending in the ask nonnie this was so fun 😭🫶🏻

and no i don't currently have any emoji anons but i would love to interact! my inbox is always open to feel free to drop by if you want 😼💥

[kibibarel]

reading ur recent posts on lusamine and its just like What ive been sayin... my lord. Empty. notjhing. Theres nothing here in this house. Even though we couldve had everything.. having aether foundation as [one of] your favorite things from pkmn is just curse to open websites and see nothing. No interest posts no "character analysis" from "character analysis website" no fanart... yes theres some But not ENOUGH.... how is aether so small in the form of being recognized... despite being so huge in one of the greatest games in the series.. u can say "Oh but so many missed opportunities" "not enough canon explanation" all u want.. but isnt that what we were born to do.. Expand on one ofthe most interesting things in pkmn ever. i can never find ANYTHING for lusamine other than lame porn and dont get me started on my jack shit for the branch chiefs.. Its sucks out here. Hope you dont mind the rambling in your askbox you are just like the only person i follow/have seen who has also complained about how empty it is out here. i love aether its a pain to enjoy aether

exactlyyyyy.......

i mean i get WHY people might not want to analyze Lusamine...she is an abusive parent (and also has a fucked up relationship with fan favorite Male Character Guzma...and she is also A Female Villain who is allowed to live instead of being put down like a mad dog lmao...) so people don't want to even think about her. i get it, that's too raw for some people...but it is kind of a shame how little most people understand her character and how popular opinion on her seems to be either "if you like Lusamine at all, you are a child abuse apologist" or "LMAOOO LOVE TO HATE HER, GIRLBOSS ❤️❤️" and that's like IT...

remember when Lusamine first got added to Masters and i had to block like 5 people on Day 1 for clogging her tag with character hate....she can't even BE PRESENT IN CANON without people getting mad on a personal level, i'm not surprised few people want to study her the way we do........but come on...you don't have all the facts...she's a tragic monsterfucker who paid a guy to recreate god in her basement! THREE TIMES!!! that's fantastic 😭😭

Faba and Wicke are secondary characters who don't play much of a role in the story so i also get why they aren't very popular...but they Could Be That Deep if you believe in them...Wicke basically double crosses Lusamine by helping Gladion and Lillie get away from her while still continuing to stick around as Assistant Branch Chief? she's the one who works with Interpol on the Ultra Beast Nonsense post-game? she used to be a trainer and went on a Pokéjourney through Kanto once? Faba runs a self-help blog??? come ON

[itsoverfeeling]

my non-comprehensive, sometimes inconsistent approach to ultra biology

disclaimer: im just having fun, this is all bullshit, theres no singular biological headcanon i agree with here, i just pick and choose whatever i think works best for the thing im making. yay!

mantles and shells

ultras are like invertebrates to me. i think if there was one way to summarize my ultra hcs, its invertebrates. i may be biased because i love bugs, but lets ignore that for now.

many ultras (specifically m78 ultras) share a couple of common traits. the rubber suit, the silver/metallic faces, glowing eyes, and occasionally they might sport a bit of armor. now ive seen some works that imply this armor is removable. to me i think its more appropriate to compare them to... the humble mollusc!

now, molluscs are diverse like any other phylum and their traits do not manifest in a singular anatomical diagram like this might imply..

that being said, i like this diagram for discussing ultra biology. as you can see, there is a pink layer between the shell and the rest of the body. this is called a mantle. the mantle covers the organism's visceral mass (this is a particular soft region that contains internal organs). its also responsible for creating mollusc shells. snail shells, for example, are formed due to the mantle.

now i'd also like to quote this bit from wikipedia: "The four most universal features defining modern molluscs are a soft body composed almost entirely of muscle, a mantle with a significant cavity used for breathing and excretion, the presence of a radula (except for bivalves), and the structure of the nervous system."

so. how much of this do i think can be referenced for ultra biology?

ultras, by default, have these soft bodies. the only exceptions, across all ultras, is their metallic face. i imagine this is the main shell grown by their mantles. relatedly, these harder structures tend to be located around the head and torso region, meaning to me that this mantle-like organ is located on the upper body. it can also form a secondary shell on their chest, like with zero here. that being said, these shells are like body parts, so theyre Not removable unless you want them to bleed out..

on some level, i think of mantles being spacium-based but im not fully sure how to articulate that yet.

crystals

so if i think these shells are similar to mollusc shells and produced by the ultra-equivalent of a mantle, do i believe this is case with forehead crystals or body crystals?

well, i think of crystals as a separate growth. the main thing that separates these structures from the previously mentioned shells is that they're evidently more light-based than the primary/secondary shells. so much so, that they're how some ultras generate beam and light-based attacks. i generally think of crystals as internal structures that have grown outwards into external structures, almost like tusks. they're basically hardened light-based structures, not quite light and not quite shells.

petrification

we see ultras being turned into stone more than once. beyond the actual in-canon reasoning we receive, i like to think this is a natural reaction similar to the other forms of biomineralization i mentioned.

the mantle and shell(s) are a more physical set of structures than the rest of ultra's biology. i would say its an ultra's light/life-force that usually regulates this function. so when an ultra is weakened, and therefore their light is diminished, this physical function would keep running, even without their consciousness present, until the entire body is covered in this shell-like growth. the mantle theoretically can form a stronger, less refined (no longer smooth space metal, but rock-like texture) layer, at the sacrifice of other functions.

internal anatomy and mouths

i think that, largely, an ultra's internal anatomy is vestigial. they likely have typical organs such as stomachs and intestines and reproductive organs, but they just sort of sit there. with some genetic lines, some of these organs and systems have started to be lost with each generation, while others, curiously, tend to remain no matter what.

based on absolutely nothing, i love to imagine that in many ultras, the species-equivalent of their esophagus is gone at this point. their stomachs tend to stay behind, but physically they couldn't possibly eat without some major alterations.

of course, i do think these still-existing vestigial systems can come back "online" so to speak. i think this is a major consequence of merging with other species and beings. for a moment, they experience/live with instincts/behaviors/biological traits similar to their host/form. this can impact them physically and mentally in the process and most ultras don't come back the same. sometimes their bodies can adapt well to the sudden changes and sometimes they can't.

technically, they can use their mouths despite the metallic surface, but since most ultras grow up without learning to move those structures, the "muscles" there atrophy over time. your average adult ultra can't open their mouths without physically pulling them open with their hands.

their teeth are.. somewhat based on molluscs too actually. the OG ultraman suit has sort of human like teeth (if i recall correctly) and i think thats awesome, but i also think THIS is awesome:

this is the radula. think of it like a tongue covered in teeth!

heres a diagram of how it works. theyre not biting or chewing the way humans use their teeth, but its more like theyre scraping food into their mouth. i think this is sick as hell. i have no reason for why i like to imagine this, i just think its awesome. idk if i'll ever incorporate it into my work beyond just thinking it, but i wanted to mention it either way.

an alternate idea i have is similar to sea lamprey mouths except more human-like. so i sometimes imagine ultras with multiple rows of thin sharp teeth surrounding a fairly normal tongue. very cool and awesome.. but my main rule with the mouth region is that 1) theres some crazy shit happening in there 2) we probably wont see it because they just dont open their mouths.

communication

i loveeeee linguistics. so i think a lot about how ultras communicate. in fights, humans are implied to hear ultras' grunts and shouts, so i think ultras, despite not physically speaking, still make involuntary, close-mouthed sounds.

they communicate telepathically and i think that would change the linguistic landscape significantly. instead of being limited to words, ultras can convey more subjective meanings with even more clarity, such as emotions and feelings that might carry over mentally. i also imagine "thinking out loud" could be very literal for ultras and children would have to learn very quickly how to keep their thoughts to themselves. i wonder if ultras like geed would struggle with this since they never grew up learning this themselves?

i also wonder if there are certain tones/meanings, such as formality and status, that could be conveyed with telepathy and outside of literal words. maybe you could just send out some vibes and everyone would be like "wow what a polite young ultra" <- and in this case it could become very annoying if everyone just Knew something because you couldnt keep it in your brain. that would Suck.

anyway. those are my general ideas i have. sometimes i use them, sometimes i dont. sometimes theyre contradictory to what is "canon", but i just follow my heart...

[weirdmageddon]

davejade is so zelink

at first i was like “theyre nothing alike fym. i mean i can see dave and link but jade and zelda seem so different” but then i thought about it

the girls living in a tower have a strong personality and love science technology and flora and fauna but are so tangled up in being lonely ultra powerful plot devices. also im pretty sure jade’s dream self being awake on prospit the kingdom of light for as long as she could remember and staring into the clouds of skaia that forecast events is something idk

chill impassive “just some guy” knight with a “flair for the absurd” who has to send his broken legendary sword, that’s said to defeat a big tyrannical muscly green guy, back in time to unfuck it to complete a timeloop. and constantly breaks swords

also he drops the g off of -ing sometimes so it’s like -in’. and whatever this mhm yep mhm stuff is. and gaslighting people for fun

btw link would probably fuse a snoop dogg snow cone machete if given the opportunity. also unreal air is absolutely something he would deploy ad infinitum for a vertical boost or just grind down rails on and then ragdoll when it breaks into artifact dust

he dies—or almost dies—in her arms (interestingly while she wears a strapless dress) and gets revived later

theres a frog at one point

theres plenty of differences though these are all rather superficial. narratively they’re very different which is why i was like “huh…i dont see it” at first

the biggest major difference in terms of arcs is that jade never harbored an attitude or jealousy towards dave at any point. shes not really a jealous person, and she doesnt take dave’s cool exterior seriously she just humors him

and when she did once compare her progress to theirs it was never with resentment. but also dave reassured her really damn quick about it while link’s lack of communication allowed zelda’s doubts to fester

even though i love them both jade’s just plain more agreeable than zelda haha. she’s not like “augh it comes so easy to him” she’s like “wow that’s so cool that comes so easy to him!!!”

edit: oh fuck the yearning we gotta talk about the separation and yearning

[maddestmewmew]

HI IF ANY FNAF FANS ARE READING THIS THE TAGS ARE HERE FOR BLOCKLIST NOT FOR. TRYING TO REACH FNAF FANS…THERES NO HATE UNDER THE CUT ITS JUST ME BEING REALLY FUCKING CONFUSED ABT FNAF LORE

ok now thats out of the way. JESUS CHRIST have i just entered a fucking. rabbit hole?? OH MY GOD??? i was a massive fnaf fan in my preteen years, as was everyone ever in the 2010s..ive dialed back my enjoyment of it, ill watch playthroughs of the mainline games and ive seen the movie but thats kind of it. this being relevent bc i watched an into the pit playthrough, and then saw some tweets about it. MOST of them i understood, until i hit a tweet talking abt some kid named andrew?? and how hes not an sci??? and i was like Hold On. maybe its been some years but i cant be THAT behind can i. i know all the important names..michael afton and cassidy and charlie and what have you..

so i look up the wiki for this kid andrew, and it leads me to a story about a ghost kid attatching himself to william aftons spirit and torturing him and shit. i was a bit confused bc like. isnt that cassidys thing? but Whatevs. also the stories seemed weirdly bizzare to me, like not in a hateful way but like. why is william afton getting an exorcism. anyway it brings up a couple (A LOT) of names i dont understand, but what my brain latches onto is this kid jake, who is described as forcing andrew to Stop torturing english willy, at the cost of Now Hes Stuck Possessing An Endoskeleton. okayyy this is fnaf to me. i didnt know this but its abt what i expect from five nights at freddys.

so i head to jakes wiki out of curiosty, and find out he is from, no joke, one of the most fucking depressing stories ive ever read? i dont mean in terms of fnaf, i mean, FUCKING EVER. JESUS. CHRIST.

its like. in the middle of a fazbear frights book. fazbear frights being these scary stories to tell in the dark type books where its collections of spoooky stories that will shape the minds of children everywhere, but like. fnaf themed.

this story is called “the real jake” and i Highly reccomend you read the wiki instead of hearing it from me like. fourth hand. like im retelling a retelling here. but if you want that ultra telephone sypnosis, here you go:

“the real jake” follows a nine year old boy who is bedridden. with cancer. his mother is dead and his father is overseas. jake is taken care of full time by a nanny, margie.

jake likes to talk with a boy in his cupboard, named simon, who is really his father over the phone, through a walkie talkie. at first, jake and “simon” talk about what jake has done that day, but jake cannot leave his bed, so jake gets frustrated that all his stories are so mundane and depression. so one day simons like, okay, tell me what the REAL jake has done. and its a little game of pretend, where jake tells these silly little stories about what the “real jake” did that day. one day, jakes friend tries to get him to sneak out to go to the arcade, and tries to get him there by dragging him in a wagon, but jake is too weak to make it to make it to the wagon and collapses and throws up, and he explains to margie he wanted to be the real jake for a day.

at some point jake and margie are playing chess, and jake gets super frustrated that he cant see straight. margie calms him down and jake tells her that he loves her, causing margie to break down, and then she Later Finds Out The Doctors Are Ceasing Treatment For Him, which makes margie realize she loves jake as a son.

AND THEN MARGIE GETS THE CALL THAT JAKES FATHER WAS FUCKING KILLED. and she has full custody of jake. she cant bring herself to tell him his father died, so she says simon wont be able to visit for a while.

AND THEN JAKE FUCKING DIES.

AND THAT IS IT. THAT IS THE END OF THE STORY . THEY JUST MOVE ON AFTER THAT. HOLY FUCK??? IMAGINE BEING LIKE 9 AND PICKING UP THE LATEST FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS BOOK AT THE SCHOOLASTIC BOOK FAIR AND THEN READING A STORY ABOUT A LITTLE BOY COPING WITH HIS CANCER AND THEN FUCKING DYING ALONE. FREDDY FAZBEAR WASNT EVEN THERE.

[kittyplushy]

Ok. Furverse thoughts n pet peeves (hehe)

Mainly talking about bttwns' furverse but also my interpretation of furverse in general

1. Dyed fur and hair are possible imo. Some hair is either long enough fur to create the illusion, some hair is hair. Characters like Cherry and That news reporter are just built different lol. No one has different or unnatural colored fur, so no pinks or blues unless it's Really There. There's prolly cosmetic surgery out there in the 2000s that lets you permanently dye parts or ur whole body.

2. On the food size and portions- while everyone is still normal sized and their heights are just slightly altered to reflect their species (Charlie is still short like That bc hes a mole, and Nigel/Lola would be maybe a lil shorter? In that case girl just Step on him). I exaggerate their heights and bodies to reflect their actual species so still having that kinda morphology they'd need to still intake what their animal would need. Perhaps the government prescribes a standardized sizing system for Extra large, large, mean, and small critters? This demand would change depending on location if a city or town or village. The price for bigger food might be a lil more? So most would opt to buy medium food, or if it'd help them save, large.

3. On size dynamics, a huuuuge pet peeve i have regarding relationships that really lean into it, i'm not a fan of how ppl write that smaller animals are practically helpless and that bigger ones are always the caregivers. I mean in some cases it would be needed..but i just dislike this culture or ultra dependence on the bigger guy to get jobs like cleaning n cooking done

I wanna help too!! I'm not helpless but I do like the idea of gettin taken care of. Being held and allowing others to do stuff for me but yk!!????!?! Its just Weird to me. Maybe im just worried i'd be considered a bigger animal due to my body type but cats aren't that big compared to maybe a jackal. Uhhh

3rd one is a lil venty bc theres a certain artist i just. Dont like that leans too much into it. YOU take care of ur partner too dummy idk...

[grizzlyplays]

Hello grizz!! Your world-building and storytelling really inspire me in riptide, and as an aspiring dm I have but one question!!

How did you prompt the players to write their pc's backstories at the very beginning? Since they're all super interconnected with locations and actual people from their backstories, were those connections planned from the very beginning and did the players know about it??

I guess my point is that I want to write a campaign that has similarly linked characters, but I don't know how I should go about it. Write a story first and blend PC backstories into it, or make players write backstories and write the story around that?

(I'm not sure if this is like secret dm and player behind the curtain info that you can't share and in case it is that's fine, thank you for still taking the time to read this haha :]!! )

There isnt a right way, but I think after you DM for a while, youll learn what works for you and your table.

You can have your players make their characters, and then build a world around them, or you can build a world and then have your players make characters in the world. Regardless, I recommend making your players build their characters together or at least have a session 0 where everyone agrees on what they want out of the game and other table rules. It helps so that you dont have characters who dont get along, which can end up in players not having fun. You can also look up character building questionnaires to send to your players, that will help them flesh out the characters, and give you stuff you can use in the game. Important family member NPCs for example, or greatest fears for another.

In Riptide I didnt have a world built when we started, so there wasnt a story there. The concept of pirates vs navy isn’t original, it was just a starting point and gave the world a cohesive theme. I built small adventures and conflicts, and how the players reacted in character was how the story was told. Now, however, theres a lot more fleshed out, which means the world is going to change, whether they have a hand in it or not, and the story will be the characters perspective and lives throughout the ever changing world. The heaviest theme of the story right now is choice. Whose ideals will win? Whose choices will be remembered?

Id really suggest having a concept and an overarching plot at least so that you can integrate your players into it quicker and easier. An overarching plot might look like world alternating NPC motivations, like coming up with an antagonists plan long before the players are introduced, and have that plan effect the players directly, no matter what their backstory is.

For example, if you had a world that was in endless war fought by orphans raised to be genetic super soldiers, your players would have a jumping off point to write their characters. Your first few sessions might be exploring the live of these young soldiers, and then you throw the ultra plot twist at them like all of a sudden the world powers declare peace as long as all the super soldiers are eradicated, and then what was going to be a campaign of fighting war for the world or something, is now a campaign about being on the run from the world that created the characters. Not saying this idea is good, its just a silly idea to give quick example.

[syrupspinner]

i just beat Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy

at least i think so? i beat princess and evil lord 30, and ive been told thats supposed to unlock knight 30, but it just kinda didnt. i wanted to do more of the side modes but i guess since i completed the main campaign i can say its beat? whatever i cant play any more

so yknow how xbox won the 7th gen console war right? the wii focused on a casual market, so its only competition was with the ps3. fortunately, the ps3 cost 599 us dollars (my internet is fucked right now but i promise thats over $1000 today) and was built in such a roundabout bullshit way that yeah you could technically get higher specs, but 3rd parties had no idea what they were doing, so all commercial comparisons made it look bad. i bring this up for irony's sake, because considering that the ps3's fatal flaw as inaccessibility, the psp was a hotbed for indie games. it was popular enough to attract creative devs, but not popular enough to attract shovelware, and digital distribution taking off right about then means that its off to the fuckin races

enter half minute hero, which would later be released as half minute hero super mega neo climax ultimate boy (which ill be calling HMHSMNCUB for short) on steam. congrats on landing the lucrative supermega sponsership!

the main mode is called hero 30, and it works like this. each level is basically an ultra-condensed jrpg. random encounters last like one second, you can usually cross the entire levels map in like 15 seconds, and itll usually that about half a minute to level up enough to beat the levels boss. which is great because every level has a time limit of 30 seconds. theres like a statue you can pray to for more time, but it costs more money each time, and you usually only need to use it like twice max

yeah, the first thing that tipped me off to this being a handheld game is the level structure. you ever notice how few handheld/mobile games there are with long levels or open worlds? the exception is genshin-style gachas, which only really took off to keep up with how phones are powerful enough to emulate a ps4 now. if you ever wondered why luigis mansion dark moon was the only one in the series with a short mission structure, its because its the only game in the series native to 3ds. its to match the ethos of "play a little then move on" that most in-your-pocket games find success with. itd be awkward if you were in the middle of a triple-a cinematic moment when your bus got to your stop

anyway! the game is fun enough. it fulfills the niche its trying to fulfill pretty well, i think. i can imagine busting this out on a steam deck (i dont have a steam deck) on a road trip or something, busting through a few levels. a lot of the levels near the end (im talking level 30 out of 31) took way too long in my opinion, the punishment for failure being that you lose like 20 minutes of gameplay is like a jumpscare in a game that was so fast-paced until then. but other than that, target hit, congrats game

it does a lot for replayability too, which was super important when it came out and still underappreciated now. i was a pretty poor kid, so i ended up just replaying levels in mario 3d land over and over again. games with seemingly endless content like final fantasy tactics a2 were like a godsend, you can just keep playing and playing forever! nowadays i feel like people value shorter games more then ever, but that might just be that im an adult with spending power, so ive got a life with errands and shit AND ive got like a million other games on my backlog.

but i digress. there are titles that you can earn based on your performance in a level, some of which are mutually exclusive. they mostly exist to point you towards scenarios they accounted for and dont want the player to miss out on. like, theres a title for if you reach a village before lava is meant to destroy it, which gives unique dialog. theres also a bunch of equipment in each level that you usually have to go out of your way to grind for, and you dont have a lot of time to waste in this game so it asks for juuuuust enough strategy.

oh yeah, the dialog. this game has a pretty irreverent tone. it likes to parody jrpg conventions, with the villains pointing out that their apocalypse spell will kill them too, and npcs in distress snork mimimimimi snork mimimimi. sorry i dozed off for a sec, im just kinda sick of irony. i feel like i dont have to tell you that it kidna sucks when something is afraid to take itself seriously. that said, i feel like the game does a good job at keeping the tone consistent and keeping it from being annoying. believe it or not, this game doesnt wanna waste your time, so it keeps the quips brief. also the skip button is lightning fast. all in all, not to my taste, but it does what it sets out to do well, so its hard to really insult it for that

theres also, allegedly, a ton of additional modes to unlock when you beat the main game. they shake up the gameplay WAY more than i was expecting, they have totally different fundamental mechanics. evil lord 30 is about summoning different minions suited for different tasks to defeat enemies, like a real-time strategy instead of a jrpg. i love the magic circle mechanic, its so simple but it does a great job of building risk/reward when the time limit is still a major factor. then theres princess 30, which is a fucking shoot em up? theyre all complete with 30 levels and stories that are just as fleshed out as the main campaign (for what thats worth), although there arent the same depths of branching paths and optional equipment. i was VERY presently surprised

but uh... thats where it ended for me. theres supposed to be knight 30 but it just kinda didnt unlock, even though it says online its supposed to show up after you beat the first three modes, which i did. its a shame i couldnt play around with it, but im not unsatisfied with the experience i had. it used to go on sale for like 3 bucks but it hasnt budged from the full $11 since last year, so... i guess i lucked out? personally, i think thats a prefectly acceptable asking price if youve got some space change on you, especially if youre more of a completionist type and you know youre gonna squeeze the extra value out of getting all the titles and shit. for everyone else, its worth a shot if you dont mind more repetitive gameplay loops. if you dont die and skip all the cutscenes and everything you could probably beat this game before the refund window is up, so there ya go

half-minute verdict. i had fun, but i dunno if i would buy it for 10 bucks. humour was meh but i liked the gameplay gimmick and i really like the replay value. wish it didnt screw me outta knight 30

[goferwashere]

wait srry if asks rnt open but im a chismoso so hopefully this is OK to ask ;; is the little character in ur banner and pfp ur sona ? they r so silly looking i love it sm but also why is it chowing down on a hotdog bun filled with butter . DONT ELABORATE IF THERES A PERSONAL BACKGROUND ATTACHED TO IT PLS but i srsly think it's so cutesie and ive been curious abt it 4 a hot min ✝️

SAW THE NOTIFICATION AND I ROSE FROM THE DEAD BUGGY U JUST OPENED THE GATES OF HELL /POS

ALSO ASKS ARE ALWAYS OPEN!! UNLESS THE BUTTON IS GONE FEEL FREE TO SEND ME ASKS ANYTIME I LOVE GETTING THEM :DD

ASHSHSSH THANK YOU !!! Yes this is my sona her name is RB 😋 she has lore and comes from her own world but I use her like a persona :3

Here’s the OG image along with a couple others of her :D

Also her as a character can’t speak so she uses ASL to communicate (hence the banner she’s holding) so I don’t use ASL but I do use a website when I draw her speaking

funny ass gif lawllll (she’s signing ‘I am not a crook’) (yes TV Girl reference) the frame rate is too fast but I can’t fix it now

ALSO ALL OF THIS ART IS OLDER. NOTHING NEW FOR THESE GUYS FOR A WHILE I NEED TO MAKE NEW ART FOR THEM 💔💔

auughhh and her lore if you wanna read below but I understand that OC lore isn’t everyone’s thing

OKAY SO she comes from a universe where her kind are robots made by a company to terraform planets for the ultra wealthy. So if you have the funds you can purchase a whole planet and whole armies of these little bots will shape it however you want.

BUT. While on the assembly line, before even recovering her directive, a portal opens up and throws her into this odd pocket dimension, which is just a half built city floating in a bright void. (Also when I say half finished I mean more like brutalist aesthetic with just concrete and no glass on the windows)

This place (named ‘Gearsky’ by locals because massive floating gears are the only thing that exist here outside of the city itself) is full of people from their own dimensions just trying to get by. She explores, and comes across a little bear being picked on in an alleyway. (The lil green bear [party bear] in the pics above)

She saves him and then it subconsciously becomes her prime directive to help Party Bear get home/care for him. So they set up base in one of the empty apartments and she just sorta takes care of him.

NOW. How do you get home you may be asking? Well it’s easy. You just need to beat someone in a deathmatch.

Enter the only form of entertainment on this island. The man who is the dictator of this place and subsequently the host of this game, aptly named Host, loves running this game. The rules are simple. 3 people enter, and two can leave alive. Only one needs to die, and the other two can get sent home. The only thing is, you have no idea who you’re going up against.

Now, RB, being a bot made to terraform, has some power behind her with her explosive abilities. But Party Bear has no defenses. So RB tries to strike a deal with Host.

She offers to kill both people in the ring with her for multiversal travel.

Host is intrigued by this offer, and accepts. After wiping the floor with her opponents, she’s granted access to all dimensions. She’s obviously excited and goes home to try and let Party Bear go home, but is heartbroken when she discovers that she’s the only one who can travel using the portals.

But this catches the attention of someone else.

Her future boss.

Another robot, by the codename TB-89.

He took note of her deal, and approached her with a job offer.

Man’s long story short she works for him as an assassin!

There’s so much more I wanna say but I know I can’t ramble on forever lol if you read all this then thank you so much for sticking it out 🤭 I hope you enjoyed it I love gushing about my characters