#threads. / art & nathan

[thirtecnth]

@ghostsbrokenbyfairytales / closed event starter / nathan dawson setting: huntsville lake

Crossing his arms and tapping his foot, Art waited for his name to be called for his hot chocolate and roasted chestnuts. There were plenty of people waiting and he was definitely fine with that, though as he turned around to see just how many people he was behind, he accidentally made eye contact with who he knew to be the man Edgar had told him all about. Cursing himself, he turned back around with a smile. "Hey! You're Nathan, right?" He asked, offering his hand. "Art. I'm Ed's buddy from when were kids."

[thirtecnth]

Art nodded. He understood not going into detail on it. Respected Nathan a little bit more for not doing so either. Maybe one day Edgar would explain it. "What, like a boxing match?" He chuckled, "Nah, he's not worth the trouble. Smiling while he fucks with me usually pisses him off enough that I'm satisfied."

"bad experience is a tame way to put it but yeah, that's essentially the gist of it." he wouldn't go into details because it wasn't his story to tell, when edgar was ready, nathan was just he'd tell art. "what about tag team then?" he teased.

[felassan]

Snippets. 🐺💜

Nathan: "This team has done some amazing work 😍" [source]

devs Mack Carruthers and Greg Towner worked on Morrigan's transformation in the new trailer [source]

Violet: "🥰 can't wait to share more with you guys 👀" [source]

Violet: "Happy to finally have my first authored blog (with help from my AMAZING TEAM of course!) to share with you guys!!! Check it out and pre-order DATV now! 🥰🥰🥰" [source] [bloglink]

In this thread, Derek highlights a compilation of shots from the trailer that he made, worked on in-tandem with others, or polished

Derek: "And that’s all the stuff from me in the trailer! I feel so incredibly lucky that so much of my work made it into this AMAZING trailer. Can’t wait for you guys to see more. 🧡 I wanna add: it takes an army to make these scenes. While I did character layout, camera animations, animation polish, bug fixing and technical stuff, there’s still a plethora of folks who touched these scenes. Matter of fact, our work still isn’t done. So I gotta thank: writing, level art, VFX, lighting, sound, character art, performance capture, actors, production, and my fellow Cine folks who I worked on these scenes in tandem with. It all came together into one incredible package. 🧡 For anyone who’s curious, here’s a breakdown of what I do: - mocap assembly - scene layout (characters, props, cameras, mocap) - camera work (animations, framing, polish, etc.) - scene polish (character and camera animation polish, bug fixes) - integration - bug fixing" [source, two, three, four] Derek added: "PS: I count these as Cine folks, but to clarify - also huge thank you our incredible Creature and Character animators. They did some really insanely mind blowing shit. Dunno how they do it." [source]

User: "Okay, but is it on purpose that the drink/flask thingie is positioned almost like the stomach in Manfred It's like kinda in the correct area too if I'm not mistaken [image of Manfred]" / Derek: "Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s what character art was going for here 😂" [source]

Dev Tony: "Been hard at work bringing these scenes to life with an amazing team of cinematic artists and designers. Enjoy a small teaser of our work." [source]

Derek: "I worked on a few of [Lucanis'] best scenes. HE OWES ME." [source] / User: "Very much looking forward to seeing where his story goes. I have a feeling it'll be spicy." / Derek: "Oh it’s a doozy." [source]

Derek: "The hair in our game is ASTOUNDING." [source]

Derek: "Our lighting team are absolute MASTERS at this, every bit of work they did was incredible!!" [source]

Derek: "I can absolutely tell you that there are a PLETHORA of dialogue options, major choices, and a huge amount of variability. Trust me - it’s been challenging to work with all the variability LOL" [source]

Carly: "game dev is so collaborative, a lot of stuff in the trailer i've helped out on! most of the work id say i "own" isn't gonna be in flashy trailers, but hope we get to see some of it over the next two months ! :)" [source]

Crystal: "Some really beautiful cinematics shown off in this one. So proud of our team!" [source]

Carly: "ive worked on at least one romance scene for each follower and i still squeak when they flirt with me im With y'all" [source]

Dev Matthew: "👀 This is so hype! Might be a tad of my work in there as well. 😉" [source]

Siggi: "It's so exciting to see the some of the shots I worked on and worked along-side come to life! I was afraid that my work would never see the life of day. I can't wait for October!" [source]

Siggi: "My biggest contribution was the assan work I think. I got to do a lot of look and movement development on him. I even animated his whole intro scene." [source]

Siggi: "Look at my babies! LOOK AT THEM! They're smiling!" [context: Assan and the dragon that rises from the water, and having worked on them] [source]

Carly: "forever grateful to siggi for helping me onboard but okkkk their animation work is sooooo killer, set an amazing standard for the cines !!!!! 🙏🙏🙏 so excited for y'all to see" [source]

Dev Zara: "October 31st!! So excited for folks to enjoy it. And to finally be able to publicly share my animation work." [source]

Camille: "Time for you to meet some of them dragons ! And I don’t think you’ll be able to slay them so easily hehe" [source]

Varric's Bianca: "That’s us!! That’s our game!! 😭❤️ never in my wildest dreams would I have predicted that I’d end up where I am, working on my dream project. I’m so immensely grateful to this amazing team!" [source]

ikhandle: "Congratulations team! This has been an honour to work on! Amazing job all around." [source]

Michael: "the team really, really cares about PC." [source] / User: "The trailer was awesome! How soon do you think we'll hear about PC specific features? 👀" / Michael: "pretty soon! i know its in the works." [source]

For a while there was an error on the Steam listing of the game's PC specs. it said the recommended PC spec is the same as the minspec. the recommended PC spec is PC spec is i9-9900K. it looks like this has now been fixed [source]

ikhandle: "One of my dragon shots just made the trailer! 🐉🐉 Huge shoutout to the Cinematic team for absolutely crushing it—these are some of the best cinematics I've seen in years. Truly an honor to have the privilege to work on Dragon Age. Congrats to the whole team on their outstanding work!" [source] (context: dragon shot at the end of the trailer when the red one pulls a pike out its body)

ikhandle: "Had a lot of fun animating this big boi. Y’all not ready for him 🦴☠️🪓" [source] (context: the giant skeleton) / User: "Does he have a name? 👀" / ikhandle: "I’ll ask 😂. I’ve named him SeñorBones for now." [source]

The cinematics in the trailer are running REAL time in engine [source]

ikhandle: "Everyone has done such an amazing job… a lot of hard work to get these out. Shout out to the whole team!!’" [source]

Jess: "😎 I'm uncontrollably hype and I work on this….." [source]

Dev Yanni: "Dragons go roar! *internal screaming in excitement*" [source]

Nick: "Nuts to see how far this has come. Way to go to the BioWare team." [source]

[emitheesimmer]

Thread: BHMCAS Challenge

Days 15-27

Day 15 // Black Sitcom - Living Single: (l to r) Kyle Barker, Maxine Shaw "Attorney at Law," Khadijah James, Regine Hunter, Synclaire James-Jones, and Overton Wakefield Jones

Day 16 // 90s: Shawn Stockman (forgot to write down his info smh 🤦🏽‍♀️ but he was inspired by Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men)

Day 17 // Coquette: Renni Ridley / Perfectly Pristine / Good, Neat, Proper

Day 18 // Royalty: Grand Duchess Miliani / Successful Lineage / Proper, Loyal, Family-oriented

Day 19 // City Girl: Kelsie Ruffin / City Native / Materialistic, Non-committal, Out-going

Day 20 // Old Hollywood: Dottie Bryant / Master Actress / Overachiever, Romantic, Ambitious

Day 21 // Mystical: Amina Giles (Spellcaster) / Spellcraft & Sorcery / Creative, Hot-headed, Perfectionist

Day 22 // Black Icon: Sade Adu / Musical Genius / Creative, Music Lover, Art Lover

Day 23 // Church Fashion: Deborah Riggs / Neighborhood Confidante / Generous, Proper, Cheerful

Day 24 // Model/Runway: Sloane Samuels / World Celebrity / Self-assured, Ambitious, Insider

Day 25 // Carnival: Sonya StJohn / The Curator / Dance Machine, Child of the Islands, Party Animal

Day 26 // Black Occult: Nathaneal Owens (Vampire) / Master Chef / Foodie, Hot-headed, Non-committal

Day 27 // Old Money/Vintage: Harper Humphries and Mochi / Fabulously Wealthy / Old Money, Snob, Kleptomaniac

[pavlovianpanic]

an actual rewrite that's accurate to my lis-ud crossover verse (my "main" and primary verse for my life is strange crossover, particularly only for josh, though the details can apply for matt and sam):

my idea for my lis/ud crossover has always been that the timelines add up pretty well with lis being in 2013 and ud being in 2015, as well as oregon and california being decently close in location (depending on where you're from in oregon, ig). from his main estate, or any estate, josh would likely fly to oregon.

in 2013, during the events of lis 1 (october of 2013, so josh's birth month, right around his 19th birthday). josh would have been around 18, the perfect age to be a senior at blackwell academy in the "second year" of the senior program or the "fifth year". the storm is supposed to happen (or does happen) oct. 11, so right before he turns 19.

"For certain prestigious private schools, this fifth year can amount to college credit or can be seen as giving students a leg-up to get into a really prestigious arts education." - source

"Between the events of Before the Storm and Life is Strange: Season 1 (2010 - 2013), Blackwell Academy changes its curriculum and student body make-up. The narrative reasons for this that are explored via secondary plot-lines over the events of Before the Storm. Blackwell's change results in the hiring of famous art teachers like Mark Jefferson and the eventual shift to a specialized two-year extended senior program. Prior to this evolution, Blackwell Academy is a fairly standard private high school with four grades. For certain prestigious private schools, this fifth year can amount to college credit or can be seen as giving students a leg-up to get into a really prestigious arts education.[1]"

josh is born october 29, 1994.

in this verse, josh's dad acts as a fairly new investor in blackwell. he started looking into investing in blackwell around 2010.

josh was enrolled in 2011. he was 16, turning 17 that year, so was in his junior year of high school. when blackwell became oriented towards a "two-year senior program", which josh then qualified for both due to his age and his dad's role as an investor.

depending on the thread, it's usually inferred, implied, or straight-out noted that chris also attends blackwell. where josh goes, chris always follows. while josh is in the arts, chris is in the sciences. why would chris also attend blackwell? isn't that a bit farfetched? yes and no. this is still narrative fiction, but i can see a reality where the reason chris would likely follow josh is that this gives them both independence (on the surface, as in a reason their parents would tell them). but there is more to this "independence" they receive. it allows josh to go to school without his parents being directly there, but he has someone looking out for him, someone who knows him; who knows what his mental health is like. chris is someone to "keep tabs" on josh; he is someone that josh trusts. also, it's a great opportunity for chris, so i think his family would agree given that his tuition is either a) covered by a scholarship or b) covered by josh's family (or a bit of both tbh). also, dorm living is popular at blackwell, people travel to go to school here, including max, so it's not like a "shocking" thing to do. it's preparing them for literally their next phase of life: college. also, this senior program is partially college in terms of what it does academically, so it's not that farfetched to me. josh's opportunity became chris's opportunity... with a caveat via father washington.

josh is mostly affiliated with warren via chris, as well as justin and kate via his own interests. he attends kate's bible study sometimes. he's in more classes with kate than he ever was with chris or warren. he smokes weed with justin almost daily.

he doesn't get along with nathan prescott personally, though they are socially affiliated because of their families; because they are "supposed to be". their relationship is a bit tense, but josh knows how to party, is confident, and isn't one to be bullied by nathan's status given his family's own hollywood / financial standing.

i think the relationship he has with victoria parallels the one he has with emily.

it's unclear how close he was with rachel amber, if at all. it's inferred they might have smoked together sometimes, but that's about it. more, that's all josh seems willing to say.

josh's relationships with max and chloe are thread-dependent. he doesn't really interfere with the "main canon" too much. i think he would get along with max, probably chloe, but he doesn't "have to" interact with them for their story to persist. josh is more an npc for max than anything else.

josh feels amongst his peers at blackwell, though misses his friends back home. by "his peers", it means he's not intimidated by the $$ flow of some of the families in arcadia bay.

because josh wants to go more into filmmaking, planning to pursue psych in college, he isn't really into the whole "taking pictures" culture that's on campus. he takes photography because he has to, and while he appreciates the art of it, there's this insane competitiveness that he already is anticipating in hollywood, even with his connections and advantages, so he kind of stays out of the blackwell drama (while he can stay out of drama).

josh and the vortex club: he's partied with them, was even at the party that kate marsh attended, but he isn't in the club. i imagine he's been offered? he's only allowed to come to the parties for what he can offer, as well as his status in the industry. josh is only popular because of his family's standing in hollywood. hooking up with josh is basically a guarantee into the industry. that's the rumor, anyway. it's not true.

basically, it goes from there. he primarily lives in oregon on campus for the school terms and typically plans to go home for breaks (mostly california, sometimes canada to the lodge for winter and summer occasions, and other various places globally tbh, sometimes cairo, sometimes milan).

i leave it a bit vague if hannah or beth would attend, even with their family's new ties to the school. by josh's "fifth" year, his sisters could be attending blackwell for their own senior program, but we don't know too much about beth or hannah enough to say for sure. again, this will likely be thread dependent, but i imagine he is entirely separated from his family.

can follow LIS’s timeline as a standalone verse or can intermingle with UD canon (LIS’s first-game timeline leads right into UD’s game timeline).

GOING INTO DOUBLE EXPOSURE: now that i have played double exposure, here is the deal with that ... josh just does not fit into that world as well as my other character miles upshur. josh will not have a real "double exposure verse", more that he would be someone max might keep up with on her socials, maybe even text, but realistically ... he wouldn't follow her. so, josh's "double exposure verse" just sort of follows as a continuation from his lis-ud crossover "main" verse for lis.

basically -> josh goes through the first game events of lis, goes back to his canon to go through the events of until dawn, and then from there, based on how the until dawn timeline goes for josh (should he live), he might keep up with max a bit ... but maybe not. they could reconnect, though.

okay, okay ... so why do i associate these two games so much?

a) their location. both are pnw-based. even when i was convinced that the until dawn cast was canadian (and i could still argue that, but now they are actually confirmed cali kids), it still worked.

b) the timeline. it coincides so well. both can exist without interfering with each other, as in both games can go from start to finish and not compromise each other. also, with life is strange's rapidly expanding universe, is until dawn's canon so far out of the spectrum? i don't personally think so.

c) until dawn is the horror aspect of the butterfly effect, whereas life is strange tells a more somber, "life" story that touches on a spectrum of emotions, not just primary deriving of fear and horror tropes. they are both strong games with a similar driving "blue butterfly imagery" premise but are entirely different. i don't compare them. more, i see them almost as "sister games".

d) nice shootin', tex.

e) the song mt. washington on the lis soundtrack? hello?

f) the general themes of grief and acceptance of loss. how changing the past doesn't change the future. death, what happened to the "missing girl(s)", etc. there are some obvious, somewhat shallow comparisons to be made and some that are much deeper.

g) the deer imagery.

[sapphire-weapon]

I saw how you said that you think the Leon/Ada ship has sank & I don’t know if that is true. I think Capcom will still continue with them to some extent.

The fact that people still talk about Ada and Leon to this day, 8 years after their last appearance in 2013 (not including the remakes), strongly contradicts the opinion: “It’s getting old”. (which is one of the most used arguments i hear against aeon) Their relationship is memorable and is among the most intriguing stories in RE.

I’m pretty sure Capcom is aware of their popularity as a couple and intends to keep it a mystery/ up for interpretation for a long time more. Leon is the poster boy of RE, so to finally conclude the Ada x Leon story would make his character less interesting and they wouldn’t want that.

See the Ada and Leon fan art, memes, and video edits for yourself; they need that kind of publicity for as long as they intend to keep those two relevant in the franchise. And that’ll be a long time because Ada Wong and Leon S. Kennedy are iconic names in the video game world.

RE is doing different things too now with new characters and all, so probably when the new set of characters become the new hot deal. They’ll finally put an end to the “will they will they not”.

Oh god, Aeon fandom is here.

So uh. A few things.

People talk about old shit all the time. Dudebros still have the "Asuka or Rei?" argument. FF7 fandom is somehow still debating CloTi vs Clerith, despite CloTi basically becoming canon with Advent Children in 2005. People still ship Goku and Bulma, for god's sake. I don't understand what "people still talk about it" has to do with... literally anything. At all.

Leon is not the poster boy of RE. Chris is. If you think that Leon is the poster boy of RE, you are wildly out of touch with the wider gaming community.

Springboarding off the above two points, shipping/fanart/fanfic fandom plays a very tiny role in influencing future game development. Capcom isn't listening to shippers. Capcom is listening to YT content creators and streamers and games journalists and maybe they'll read a thread on ResetEra here and there -- because those are the people who sell their products. And those people are predominantly the ones who are sick of the Aeon melodrama and hated what RE6 did to Leon's character.

Ada's name is not iconic in the video game world. At all. AT ALL. Not a single person who doesn't play Resident Evil knows who the fuck Ada Wong is. She's not Sephiroth or Master Chief or Nathan Drake or Lara Croft or Bayonetta. She's not even Jill Valentine. Hell, even Leon's name was only iconic up until about 2010 when Chris took back over and then RE6 shit the bed. When RE4 was a cultural phenomenon, people knew who Leon was. It's been eighteen years. They don't anymore. They know Chris and Jill, if they know anyone from RE at all. And Lady D. Because of course they know Lady D. If you're having trouble discerning who in the video game world is iconic and who's not: ain't nobody on the goddamn planet was clamoring for Ada (or Leon, for that matter) to be in Smash Bros.

Capcom clearly disagrees with your assertion that not having Ada in Leon's story makes him less interesting, considering that the last three original RE storylines that they released with him in it (Vendetta, ID, and DI) didn't feature or mention her at all. If Leon and Ada never met again after RE6, I don't think a single person outside of Aeon and/or wider shipping fandom would even notice.

There's not much time left for Capcom to "keep the mystery going." Leon turned 46 this year. By the time RE9 comes out, he'll be 48. Ada will be 50. How many more titles do you realistically think those two have left in them? RE9 will probably be the finale for most of the legacy cast, if not all of them. And not a single piece of supplementary canon (lookin at you, CGI movies) leading up to RE9 has been setting up Leon and Ada's relationship to be a thing that's going to be addressed at all. The conclusion of Leon's story is going to deal with his relationship with the government -- because that is the thing that's actually fueling his character arc; not Ada.

If Capcom was truly still interested in pursuing a romantic angle between Leon and Ada, then why did the Remakes turn out the way that they did? Why remove the declaration of love? Why have Leon hold Ada at gunpoint and say he never trusted her? Why create such a hostile, antagonistic dynamic between them in RE4make? Why set up Wesker to be at the heart of Ada's character arc this time around instead of Leon?

I just. I appreciate the cordial tone of your ask. I do. I recognize and appreciate the fact that you seemingly did not come here to pick a fight. And I don't want to fight with you guys, either.

But I need you guys to actually get in touch with the reality that is the games industry and understand that, despite women actually being in the majority in terms of the statistical numbers of video game players, video game publishers still largely listen to male voices in the fanbase -- because those are the people who generally tend to make it big as streamers, content creators, and journalists.

I need you guys to play video games other than Resident Evil and gain some perspective on how insignificant your ship actually is. EagleOne fandom is very self-aware about the fact that our ship, despite having a canonical romantic angle in RE4make, is never going to be pursued outside of the one title that it's featured, because it isn't important and it doesn't fucking matter. We are waiting for our Aeon brothers and sisters in Christ to join us in the self-awareness that is the fact that ships are not what sell Resident Evil games. Aeon isn't moving units -- and was, in fact, one of the contributing factors to RE6 being deemed a failure. People don't play RE for the romance. They play RE for spooky atmospheres in which they can make badass characters do sick wrestling moves on giant fucking monsters and blow shit up with rocket launchers, and if anything gets in the way of that (like Aeon kind of did in RE6), the wider fanbase wants it removed.

But what I really need you guys to do is just... let it go and let people have fun on their own time and in their own spaces. Aren't you tired? All you do is invade other people's Twitter accounts or TikToks or Reddit posts or Tumblr ask boxes (hi) and try to push some Aeon agenda that no one outside of Aeon fandom cares about. You look like out of touch boomers just clinging to the good old days. You do.

And this is coming from the queen out of touch boomers. I am basically the embodiment of the "how do you do, fellow kids?" meme, and even I'm like "you guys need to live in the now."

Like, be honest, man. Did you really think that coming into my ask box -- me, of all people in this damn fandom -- and simply stating "um actually Aeon is super important" was going to make me go "you know what, anon, you're right, and I'm stupid for not seeing it sooner"?

Come on.

I just want you guys to be better than this. I'm tired. I'm exhausted. I don't wanna fight about this anymore or ever again. I'm here to analyze the story as it's written while taking into account wider game industry trends and practices and also provide shipping content as it pops up within the text that I'm analyzing, and that is it.

If you wanna talk about actual scripting and cinematography and the intended themes and messages of the Remakes and shit like that, I'm more than happy to have that back-and-forth with you. In fact, I would love that. I become a better analyst and critic by having those discussions with people who disagree with me.

But this? This ask?

I can't do a goddamn thing with this.

[cursedliabilities]

Ezrah Ryder. 45. care of magical creatures. former cross. single-father. intro. •  face. • bodyclaim. • headcanons. • threads.

Skylar Ryder. 21. magi technology. 3rd year. cross. head boy. intro. •  face. • bodyclaim. • headcanons. • threads.

Nathan Gray. 39. magi archeology. former katzenagen. intro. •  face. • bodyclaim. • headcanons. • threads.

Viktor Lascaris. 30. transmutation. former lovecraft. intro. •  face. • bodyclaim. • headcanons. • threads.

Prince Ruthledge. 21. tba. 2rd year. lovecraft. intro. •  face. • bodyclaim. • headcanons. • threads.

Felix Whitlock. 42. defense against dark arts. former bloodwood. intro. •  face. • bodyclaim. • headcanons. • threads.

[playedbetter]

Nathan McDonald Info

Name: Nathan Mcdonald

Alilas: Ropeman

Gender & Pronouns: Trans Man (He/Him)

Orientation: Bisexual

Age: 19

Background

He came from a middle class family with a stay at home mom, Martha, and office employee dad, Jonathan. Quite frankly the modern white picket fence dream. His parents were both very loving and did everything they could to give him a good start in life. His mom took him to all sorts of events, he went to a good preschool, and all of it was well documented.

Entering proper school, Nathan struggled a lot and took a massive hit to his confidence as a result. Martha eventually figured out that he had ADHD that the school refused to accommodate in any helpful way. So she pulled him out and started homeschooling him.

Through the homeschooling community he met Emma Ezra who'd become his best friend. He also had the time to focus on his growing passion for fashion, sewing, and design, which his parents supported.

As a preteen he became aware his dad was struggling with his own mental health and had relapsed into alcoholism that had formed when he was in university. His parents tried to keep him out of the loop, but he knew there was a problem. He vowed to cheer up his dad and be the best kid possible.

Unfortunately there was only so much Martha or Nathan could do. When Nathan was fifteen and returning home from a hangout he found his dad dead in a closet. Nathan, in a state of shock and disbelief ran. He ran until he found himself in an abandoned building that turned out to be an art studio.

There he cried his eyes out and passed out. He had a strange dream of a recently dead hero, Muse, who tried to comfort him and told him that she wanted him to succeed her. He woke up thinking little of it, and returned home to his mom.

Six months later he realized he had gained powers. While on a stroll with Emma she lost her balence while walking on a wall. He reached out to grab her and accidentally used his powers to create a rope that caught her by the ankle. Both were astonished.

He decided to become a superhero and dubbed himself Ropeman. Well aware of the risks involved he begun by just doing public service and diaster relief, slowly working his way up to crime fighting after getting some training from various other heroes.

Having graduated he's moved into an apartment with Emma, and thanks to his connections and talent, has become a tailor for the hero community, creating and repairing their costumes.

He has a lot to lean though before he's ready to become the next Muse.

Personality

Nathan is an incredibly upbeat and positive person. Friendly towards anybody at first meeting, and generally willing to give people second chances. He's a massive goofball with a self depreciating sense of humor. In general he's always trying to lighten the mood and inspire others to be their best selves.

This covers massive insecurities about things like his intelligence and competence; depression which formed after his dad's death; and feeling like his own problems are a burden to others and that he's responsible for the happiness of the people around him.

Ultimately he is a heroic man, brave in the face of his fears and willing to put himself at risk for others. He genuinely believes everybody deserves the chance to live.

Powers

Fabrikinesis/Filukinesis: He can control natural fibers (plant or animal based) that by common sense would be considered fabric, thread, or rope. He can move it (maximum distance unknown), alter its physical properties (such as toughness, fire resistance, colour), create it, or destroy it out of existence. This takes mental energy from him and some level of focus. Material like steel cable or polyester is immune to this.

Enhanced Fashion Design: He has a supernaturally good eye for design and ability to implement it masterfully. The worst anyone could honestly say about his designs are that they aren't too their taste.

Inspiration Inducement: He can induce inspiration into others, allowing them to overcome creative blockage or burnout. He has no control over what this creative energy is used for.

Limitless Imagination: While he can have trouble accessing the ideas based off his mental state, he will never run out of ideas of how to apply his craft.

Flight: He is capable of unassisted flight, and able to reach speeds of 60mph while flying.

Vacuum Adaptation: He can survive in space and without oxygen.

+ More as his story develops.

Abilities

Hand To Hand Combat: He has basic Judo training. Against anybody with training without other factors he'd lose against them.

[da-ill-spot]

Saturday July 27th • Panic39 25th Anniversary • Doll Hut • Anaheim, CA • TIX

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>>> AREA 1

1:05am - THEE-O

12:25am - REZA

12:00am - ANDRE ATLAS

11:30pm - MADAM FILTH & WERD & SLIM

11:00pm - APX1 & APAULO8

10:30pm - SUBLIGHTYEAR & JTEC & CHEMISTRY

10:00pm - MIKE GEOMETRY & JB & CASTOR POLLUX

9:30pm - BC RYDAH & KWEK

9:00pm - THUNDER & DETN8

4:00pm - BBOY BATTLE

Hosted by M.P.ART

Judges are CYBER YOGA & STUNTMAN

With DJs FRANKIE FLAVE & PSYCHO & FLO

>>> AREA 2

1:25am - SAVAGE

12:55am - 2MUCH

12:25am - MADD HADDER

11:45pm - FX LOGIK b2b METAPHASE & JTEC

11:15pm - TONEZ

10:45pm - SPRANKLES

10:15pm - MICHAELOVE

9:50pm - PICKLES

9:25pm - FRANKIE FLAVE

9:00pm - NATHAN PHILLIPS

8:30pm - 5th ENCOUNTER

4:00pm - POPPING BATTLE

Hosted by DEVIOUS

Judges are PANDORA & LIL WIZ & TRONICK

With DJs HAZZE & ROXSWIFT

>>> AREA 3 >>> (21+ area only)

1:35am - EDIFICA

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https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240227_MorningMonarchy.mp3 Download MP3 Fani fantasy, retro games revival and Stardink danger + this day in history w/Penis Man, the vulgar graffiti vandal and our song of the day by Jezus Martinez on your #MorningMonarchy for February 27, 2024. Notes/Links: Image: JEP & Evan Dando in the parking lot after the show at KTAOS https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/691406830282211370/1211050212186136576/IMG_0194.jpg?ex=65ecc966&is=65da5466&hm=19b47a5ac6b73d47bdee090c30869031f975c2db5f981c972f4ea1f794e1e7c6& Media Monarchy 2023 Baseball Caps https://newworldnextweek.com/products/media-monarchy-2023-baseball-caps BuzzFeed to Lay Off 16 Percent of Its Workforce In Major Cuts https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/buzzfeed-layoffs-new-restructuring-1235831847/ Trump Wins South Carolina Primary; Haley Vows to Stay On; Trump cruised to victory in the Palmetto State, with the race called moments after polls closed. Haley, however, has vowed to press on despite the result. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/live-updates-south-carolinians-head-to-the-polls-for-gop-primary-5594298 President Trump Releases Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1742670648433090764.html Nathan Wade visited Fani Willis’ neighborhood before hiring, cellphone data indicates; This contradicts previous testimony from both Wade and Willis, who maintain their relationship did not begin until early 2022 https://archive.is/1XkUv Fani Willis Demands Judge Reject Cellphone Evidence Suggesting Relationship With Fellow Prosecutor; Fulton County DA Fani Willis is demanding the rejection of new evidence filed by Trump attorneys that suggests she lied about her relationship with Nathan Wade. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fani-willis-demands-judge-reject-cellphone-evidence-suggesting-relationship-with-fellow-prosecutor-5594327 Video: Cellphone data could show that Fani Willis, Nathan Wade lied about relationship timeline (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZIqtI2j7M Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Fani Fantasy’s ‘XXXV’ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/983208466481029191/1212071030143852685/20240227_MorningMonarchy.jpg?ex=65f0801c&is=65de0b1c&hm=cc5e109230200ff2da75c0489585c060b80bcb88a237dadd50edc0f34853d9ad& Google AI chatbot mocked and ridiculed for generating bizarre woke images excising white people from history https://www.theblaze.com/news/google-ai-mocked-woke-white Google AI Tool Gemini Is Accused of Racism for Refusing To Create Images of White People https://reclaimthenet.org/google-ai-tool-gemini-is-accused-of-racism-for-refusing-to-create-images-of-white-people 🚨#BREAKING: Google has apologized after its new Gemini AI program refused to show pictures and achievements of white people https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1760425346304790886 AI models preferred to launch nuclear strikes in wargames test https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/02/22/ai-models-chose-violence-and-escalated-to-nuclear-strikes-in-simulated-wargames EU Extends Mass Surveillance of Private Messages on Facebook, Instagram, Gmail, and Xbox Until April 2026 https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-extends-mass-surveillance-of-private-messages Japanese Politician Wants to Preserve Retro Games https://gamerant.com/preserve-retro-games-japan/ Video: Retro games revivalーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVyckz5FVSk AT&T Reveals Cause Of Major Outage, Not Caused By Cyberattack It’s Called “Human Error” https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/att-reveals-cause-major-outage-not-caused-cyberattack Japan’s moon lander makes ‘miracle’ response to signal from Earth https://news.sky.com/story/japans-moon-lander-makes-miracle-response-to-signal-from-earth-13081546 Odysseus Sends Moon Landing Photos Home With Time Running Out https://archive.is/km2XW WFMU: Astronomer Sam Lawler on the danger of Starlink satellites https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136860 MP3: WFMU – Astronomer Sam Lawler on the danger of Starl...

[comparativeoracle]

Firefly. Art by Jackson Nathan, from the Etherea Illumination Deck.

#2: FIREFLY Sign: Taurus Gift: In Flow Shadow: Out of Sync

Gift: In Flow When you remember the fundamental magic that resides within you, all of life opens up and you're able to be in harmony with the energetic flow of everything around you. Synchronicity becomes the thread that holds all of life together for you. You surrender to life itself and allow your receptive, feminine energy to receive, allowing your inner sense of direction to call the shots. With that, your aura expands and prompts others to live in accordance with their true essence as well. You are the conduit and the firefly. The more you trust in flow, the more those rivers churn. As you remember your greatness and the energetic fabric that connects all things, simply being is enough - there is nothing to do, only to be. Your enlivened presence breaks the barrier between you and the other, which allows you to take the reins as a natural leader for those willing to follow.

Shadow: Out of Sync When occupying this shadow, you might feel lost or out of sync with the greater whole. Everything is energy, everything is ONE, but the illusion of the physical world forces our perception in the opposing direction: separation. We then distrust in the universe and believe the falsehood of our visible experience. The illusion of separation draws us in and makes us believe that we are not an essential part of the collective, when, in fact, we are always contributing energetically to the world around us. When overtaken by this shadow, there is a tendency to act in ways that disregard our interconnected e s s e nce, leading to an experience devoid of purpose. You might believe that the actions you take have no consequence beyond yourself, a denial of your inherent power. As part is to the whole, you as an individual have incorporated into the world and now have the opportunity to see past the illusion, thereby harnessing your greatness.

Themes: leadership + perspective + vision + trust + timing

[tangent101]

Okay. Let's actually consider this for a moment.

First: Mark Jefferson is a crack shot with his pistol. He knows how to use it and land a shot, even in a dark or shadowy environment - seeing that he got a forehead shot on Chloe at probably 10-15 feet. And trust me, having fired pistols before, it is difficult to pick out a bullseye without regularly having fired pistols in the past. Now, if he'd hit her in the chest? Believable. That's hitting the target, if you're aiming and know your gun, you're not going to miss the entire target. But he got a headshot, while moving and without having prepared - in short, he knows how to fire a gun usefully rather than just hit a target while wearing ear protection while in a shooting range.

Mark Jefferson may in fact be ex-military. He has an art degree and most likely has a Master's in Art or Education - and the best way to get a degree without going massively into debt is going into the military. He might have been Air Force or even in the Navy, but he learned how to shoot, and he was quite dismissive of David, which makes some sense if he's himself a veteran and looks down at the Army or even at David's inability to even clear a room.

He also didn't flinch in the least at killing Chloe. It's strongly hinted that he'd previously killed Nathan, and if Nathan and Chloe were his first deaths... he'd be acting differently. But he's cold. Calculating. In fact his potential killing of Victoria just drives home that this man is a repeat killer. He is a serial killer who toys with his prey. And yet he also twists his words to make it sound like he does not accept blame for his actions, that his victim was responsible.

What did he say about Rachel? That she was 'looking in the wrong places' and the like? Well, let's consider that for a moment. Rachel was a young con artist. She manipulated and grifted on certain people and left each person seeing something different, with the exception of the overtly suspicious (like the truck driver and David). Now, she wasn't pulling anything serious, nothing more than buying alcohol or the like. But it's a game for her, listen to a guy and after a tiny bit you know what he sees you as because guys are often shallow while women often are more suspicious but once you get under their skin they are easier to understand.

She saw what he wanted and gave it to him. She was the subject that gave him exactly what he desired... but he realized it wasn't genuine and he blamed her for "tricking" him. She was just using him to get his contacts, she deserves to pay for what she's doing. Teach her a lesson. Yes. A lesson...

And so it's set. Nathan plays his part perfectly, he catches his fish with ease, brings her to Jefferson, and then Jefferson goes and doses Rachel earlier and orders Nathan to. And Nathan overdoses her even as he did nothing wrong. And this is his first death. Nathan is horrified. We've seen that horror before, if you actually do that truly horrific thing and murder Chloe, he basically freaks out. And Mark Jefferson ended up having to dose Nathan to calm him the fuck down, and then drives the two idiots (well, one idiot and one corpse) to American Rust and because Nathan is out of it he doesn't even have to dig the fucking hole, he does... and he poses them once. It's blackmail, and revenge. Jefferson is more than a little tempted to bury both together. But he's not quite ready to cut all his threads. Not just yet.

tl;dr - Mark Jefferson is a serial murderer who killed before events in the game, he likely has military training but looks down on David for having been in the Army. And he was behind Rachel's death because she reminded him of the shallow models back in California and took her out for her "imagined" crimes against him.

another post related to rachel.

now that i rewatched life is strange as an adult, (it came out when i was a teenager) i feel like mr. jefferson was way more involved in her murder than he told max in the dark room. i remembered him commented on how rachel was “always looking in the wrong places” while he was taking pictures of max while she is physically and mentally vulnerable to defend herself from him.

it made me think about how her death might have been intentional. the dark room was under 24/7 surveillance, and perhaps rachel was waiting for mr. jefferson to take pictures of her, and she began looking through the room to explore. only to come across the red binders and see the pictures of blackwell students having their photos taken of them without their consent. she more than likely freaked out, (as anyone would have) and made an excuse to not meet up with mr. jefferson to process what she had saw. before rachel could even expose him, her life was snuffed out since he saw through the cameras that she was looking at “the wrong places.”

what are your thoughts on her death? do you think it was a complete accident or was it intentional?

Okay, first off, I really like your headcanon about Rachel looking in the wrong places. That's super neat!

As for Rachel's death, you can read it a lot of different ways. Mark doesn't have an issue with one of his victims dying. He seems to enjoy the idea to a certain level because he taunts Max that she's going to die, and he claims that it was wonderful to see Kate's spirit break down if she jumps. So would he be willing to kill Rachel? Yeah.

But willingness doesn't mean that's what happened. In fact, the idea of it being an accident is genuinely implied by Mark at one point.

Now, Mark Jefferson sucks, but we don't have reason to think that he was lying here. While he's a liar in general and we know he wanted to frame Nathan, he was also under the impression that Max was about to die at his hand. So I don't know why he would bother constructing this story when he didn't think Max would be around to tell it.

So here's my take on what happened: Nathan accidentally killed Rachel and they got away with it for six months. This pushed Mark to being more okay with his "subjects" dying as he thought that he would get off scoot free. Rachel's death and disappearance inflated his ego and made him more dangerous then he already was.

That's what I think, but I do like to hear peoples interpretations of this because you could make a lot of different arguments about what happened that day.

[familiaanteomnia]

If you knew when to look, or were more than lucky to see a glimpse beyond the sharp barbed wire walls- there was some downright interesting things to be seen. For example, he sure didn’t look like he wanted remotely approached and was scowling. However in the shadow of the tree; tucked into his lap was a case of colored pencils underneath the not immediately seemed to be an sketchbook. Given he also was presently using a regular pencil; it’d be easier to assume he is doing homework. Or writing some messed up shit down. Instead the red clad figure was sketching the outline of something not his usual go to. Being in a good mood plus no chronic pains going on. Also just not where his mind was presently at.

[sadatomicponystatement]

Putin has started the war with Ukraine(with the help of Lukashenko). A lot of Ukrainians were woken up at 5 am by explosions.

Countries will be holding peaceful protests, here is a list of the ones that I know of with the date and time(the time specified, is the time in that country/state).

If you choose to go to a rally, please remember to stay safe, COVID still exists! And all the Russian's be careful of the police, if you have pets or children leave them with someone, there is a large chance you won't be coming home in the next few days! Wear dark comfortable clothes, that you will be able to run away in!

Here is what I have found so far(I will be updating the post with any information that I've found):

Finland:

26 Feb, 1-3pm - Marsalkka Mannerheiminpatsas, Helsinki.

Spain

25 Feb, 10-13 - near the Consulate of Russia, Barcelona

25 Feb, 2pm - near the representative of the European Parliament on Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona

25 Feb, 6pm - Square Catalonia, Barcelona

Feb 26, 12pm - Plaza Universidad, Barcelona

Feb 27, 12pm - Catalunya Square.

England:

24 Feb, at 5 pm - outside Downing Street(London)

26 Feb at 12 pm - at Russian Embassy in London.

Canada

24 Feb, at 5 pm - Nathan Philips Square(Toronto). Here is a link to a telegram chat of people that are planing to attend it: https://t.me/joinchat/GsW0VAcNhd6XeyjX

24 Feb, 12pm - Vancouver Art Gallery.

Feb 24, 3pm - 15 a Rue Sherbrooke 0, Montreal

USA

24 Feb, at 10 am - 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

24 Feb, 4pm - San Francisco City Hall.

24 Feb, 1 pm - Colorado State Capital.

24 Feb, 12pm - State Capitol Building, Austin, Texas

Feb 24, 4pm - Space Needle, Seattle.

Feb 24, 11 am - The State House, Boston

Feb 24, 1pm - 136 East 67th Street, NYC.

Lithuania

Feb 24, 6pm - Russian Embassy, Vilnius.

Feb 24, 6pm - Unity Square in the City Center, Kaunas.

Feb 24, 6pm - City Center, Klapeida.

Hungary

26 Feb, 4 pm - Russian Embassy, Budapest.

Austria

26 Feb, 3-5pm - Platz der Menschenrechte, Vienna.

Germany

24 Feb, 5pm - Schadowplatz, Düsseldorf

24 Feb, 2pm - Neumarkt, Cologne

24 Feb, 6pm - Schlossplatz(in front of Commerzbank), Stuttgart.

24 Feb, 6pm - Market Square(Markt), Leipzig

27th Feb, 4.30pm - Fishmarkt, Cologne

27 Feb, 4.30pm - Russian Embassy, Berlin.

26 Feb, 6pm - Russian Embassy, Hannover

25 Feb, 6pm - Markplatz, Geldern

27 Feb, 4pm - Roncalliplatz, Köln

25 Feb, 5.30pm - Prinzipalmarkt, Münster

26 Feb, 2pm - Kornmarkt, Nürnberg

Feb 28, 6pm - Saporoshje-Platz, Oberhausen

Feb 25, 4pm - Rathaus, Bielefeld

Feb 25, 3.30pm - Rathaus, Bochum

Feb 26, 2pm - Schadowplatz, Düsseldorf

Here is a link to all the German marches:

Australia

Feb 25, 12pm - Martin Place, Sydney.

March 6, 12pm - King George Square, Brisbane.

New Zealand

Feb 26, 12 pm - at the Octagon, Dunedin

France

Feb 26, 3 pm - Place de la Republique, Paris

Feb 27, 3pm - Place Bellecour, Lyon

Georgia

Feb 24, 7pm - Republic Square, Tbilisi.

Switzerland

Feb 24, 4pm - Bundesplatz, Bern

Feb 26, 12pm - Schützenmatte, Bern

Russia

What to take to the protests:

Feb 24, 7pm - Pushkin Square, Moscow(Пушкинская Площадь, Москва)

Feb 24, 7pm - at Metro Gostiny Dvor, Saint Petersburg (У метро Гостиный двор, Питер).

Feb 26, 1-4pm - intersection of Popov Street and Hohryakov street(Hohryakov street 10 in front of "Palladium), Ekaterinburg./ Перекресток улиц Попова и Хохрякова (во. Хохрякова 10, напротив БЦ "Палладиум") - ЕКБ.

Link to a Twitter thread that has details about upcoming rallies in Russia:

Sweden

27 Feb, 12 pm - Gustaf Adolf Torg, Gothenburg

Greece

24 Feb, 6pm - Syntagma, Athens

Czech Republic

Feb 25, 5pm - The General Consulate of Russia, Brno

A lot more countries/states will be protesting that I've mentioned, these are just the ones that I am aware of. You should be able to find if your city has something organised by Googling in your mother tongue your city and protest/rally/demonstration against war/for Ukraine. A good place to find information will also be Ukrainian Community Groups on Facebook/Instagram/Reddit.

Here are the links to places that have information about some of the rallies:

For Russian Speakers here is a link to a Telegram Channel in which you can see the dates and times for rallies in European Countries:

Map with past and upcoming rallies:

[taldigi]

Is this artbook wiki site like a personal collection for yourself including your headcanons so other people know where you're coming from when talking about classic LB? Or do you mean it as a list of facts? Because if it's the latter then I'm curious where it was mentioned that the PV had the Null storyline. Also, wasn't there an era (storyboards) where Alya knew Marinette is LB? Where would this be put in the different phases? To me Nathan and Quantics Felix seemed to have different body types.

it's meant to be a collection of concept art and prerelease media, loosely put together via threads of themes and designs in order to categorize them into different "eras" of development. It's not for me specifically- it's for anyone who feels like it's a good reference and good way to get a grasp on.

I use some headcanon and fandom interpretation as glue, or for labels. But the ultimate goal is that.. I'm trying to just make a little library of useful information that can be easily accessed.

It's still having things added to it as I uncover it. By all means, I'm new to the Ladybug Classic/Ladybug PV scene so what older fans might consider common knowledge might be totally new or unknown to me.

PV was never, explicitly, stated to have the null storyline, but it holds the same designs and lineup as to what I, personally, consider to be "Ladybug Classic". Which includes, specifically, Felix and Marinette's designs + Richard Sphinx w/ independant villians/mercs Le Mime and Mr. Pigeon. Besil, Mimic, and Null itself are, yes, notably missing. But I, personally, think that, they exist more as story twists later on like "oo whaaa?! Evil Faeries?!" and werent needed to summarize the idea of what LB Classic was about- which is what the PV was about.

yes, Alya/Alina or an alya-adjacent character existed... roooughly around the QK era. I think she may have existed at the tail end of that phase of development because she exists in the storyboards, and while LB and CN seem to have that same, QK look, the QK are noticeably absent.

Development isn't like, cut and dry into perfect segments, things overlap. Ideas leave and come back. But from sorting it all, there are clear cuts where things have taken drastic shifts.

Nathan is, for all intents and purposes, QK Chat Noir. To be fair, the canon show can't keep the character's body proportions correct, and they're in 3D ffs. Joking aside, I see what you're saying. But idk, like I said, it's fluid- as development is meant to be.

[purenonsens]

Hey guys,

I haven’t seen it talked about here, but maybe some of you are aware of the crypto art / NFT discussion that’s been around lately. I’m strongly against it and decided to share few articles and threads you might want to read:

The problem of CryptoArt by Joanie Lemercier (I don’t agree with all the points, but it’s worth a read)

HERE IS THE ARTICLE YOU CAN SEND TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY “BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?” by Everest Pipkin (it explains the whole thing pretty well!)

A few threads by Jackie, Artyom, Nathan, isyourguy.

Long story short: the whole ordeal is dreadful and it’s getting even more depressing now that Big Names (and long-loved illustrators) are jumping on the bandwagon. I lack the energy to voice my own thoughts at this point, but I wholeheartedly agree with witnesstheabsurd’s take on this.

If you considered to do this shit... please don’t.