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Tips for acoustic noise reduction
Speaking of acoustic noise reduction there are various tips to remember while buoying sound control products for your space. Read the post below to find out the difference between noise blocking and noise absorbing panels and why frequency and decibels should be known to decide the best soundproofing solution for your application.
The very first thing you have to realize while soundproofing a room according to STC noise measurement is the frequency and decibel level of your source of sound. YouTube has various videos submitted that explain these main soundproofing terms. For mid to high range frequencies while absorbing sound is the target, absorption products can be used to eradicate the reverberation and echoes in a room. For louder noises and lower frequencies while blocking sound is the target, sound blocking products should be used.
The following acoustic noise reduction tips are vital to remember while buying sound control products like a wall barrier:
• Every application is unique. Sound blocking and noise absorbing panels are quite different but can frequently be used together to accomplish the best results. It is always better to consult with an acoustic noise reduction expert before buying products to discuss your situation and decide which sound control products will be most efficient.
• Knowing your sound source is the secret. Realizing the loudness and pitch of the sound you are planning to lessen is possibly the most vital step in selecting acoustic noise reduction products that will be efficient in your space.
• Low frequencies are hardest to eradicate. As low frequencies have longer wavelengths, there are quite hard to eradicate completely. It is because their waves travel more conveniently through the ceilings, floors and walls. Be practical while selecting noise reduction products and reflective panels and always consult with a professional if you have any queries about how best you can treat your space.
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Custom acoustic panels- Blending functionality and style
While having bass traps and custom acoustic panels set up in a room can surely enhance the sound quality of the area, many of the materials used in the process might appear a bit too shabby. Nonetheless, some manufacturers now provide acoustic panels that not only make a room more sound effective, but aesthetically impressive also.
Have you heard that a home theatre, recording studio or any other sound production room can only be designed with the plain colors? With acoustic and reflective panels, one can bring life into a boring room, generate some interest, and inspire also. The panel’s work as the canvas and the designs are only restricted by one’s imagination.
Though some would prefer to design the panels on their own, specific manufacturers’ personalization of custom acoustic panels for its customers, provided that the design is in a ready-to print format, this makes sure that the addition of designs won’t impact the quality of the materials, and would only bring beauty and life to the room.
From churches to religious themes to musically inclined designs for recording studios, the design possibilities are just unlimited. Through personalization, anyone that wants to enhance the sound quality of any room type can now do that in a very artistic way with a wall barrier.
If you have slight doubts about your DIY abilities, it is best to talk to a professional to install the fence for you. The results, at least in respect to aesthetics if you want to add other features, may also be quite a bit better than if you were to struggle on your own.
A baffle board is a cost-efficient way to prevent health damage caused by noise pollution. Sound proof panels not only lessen noise but also provide you privacy, making them doubly effective.
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“i want aziracrow to have a proper kiss” this. “what about a sex scene?” that.
fuck it. i want these bitches to hug. just one really nice, really long, emotionally healing hug.
#they need comfort#specifically comfort FROM each other#and i honestly think a hug would do that so well#like a grabs the other out of nowhere and holds on tightly#no more barriers when they touch (*cough* crowley’s arms were like a wall between him and azi in the kiss *cough*)#i want them holding on desperately#so tight that no one could possibly rip them apart#yeah i think a hug would heal them#and also myself tbh#aziracrow#ineffable husbands#good omens#ineffable idiots#ineffable partners#good omens 2
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Core Gems
So when a ghost becomes injured, they have a last ditch defense where they retreat into their core. And I mean, injured badly where their body is rip apart to the point they can’t hold a solid form anymore. And they basically go into a hibernation state until they are strong enough to form again.
Ellie, Danny, and Dan are all injured in a final battle against the GIW. The organization was destroyed and the ghosts were safe but the halfas ended up being so injured that they reverted to core form and then went to sleep for a bit. When they woke up, they were still weak but at least recovered enough to gain consciousness. And realize…they are in some kind of auction…in the middle of a heist. It appeared that two furries (one in a bat costume and one in a cat costume) were ducking it out. And they…they were a necklace. All three of them had been turned into a necklace with their cores as gems accompanied by sapphires, pearls, and opals. And frankly gorgeous craftsmanship as the metal was crafted around their cores as if to cradle them and the other gems.
Unfortunately, they were too weak to take a form properly, they could still feel the strain on their bodies. But at least they could still communicate through their auras. Then the cat lady punched a hole in the glass container surrounding them and grabbed their necklace.
However, the bat grabbed the other end and it resulted in a sort of tug-a-war. Meanwhile, Danny, Ellie, and Dan were having a back and form commentary on the situation and what they should do. Completely unheard by the other party.
In the corner of their eye, the three halfas finally noticed a third contender. Some kind of clown who was…hold on…holding a gun?! And it was pointed straight at the two fighting furies who had yet to notice him. The ghosts’ protective instincts went into overdrive and they frantically tried to shout, yell, move. Just do something to warn the two but their cries fell on deaf ears. All they succeeded in doing was faintly glow which immediatly caught the attention of the fighting duo. The two turned to look at the strange necklace but right at that moment, the clown fired and a gunshot rang throughout the auction room. Having no other options, Danny and the others poured every ounce of ectoplasm they had to try and phaseshift, making the two furries intangible as the bullets passed right through them, but in their shock, the two jumped away in opposite directions and accidentally ripped the necklace apart. Gems and pearls went flying and the three cores bounced along the ground.
Luckily, the two finally noticed the clown and went to deal with him and his minions who had appeared. Seemingly putting their fight on hold and forming a temporary truce. The three halfas could only watch as the battle finally wound down, ending with the cops barging into the place and arresting the clown and his grunts, the cat managing to escape with half the scattered gems and pearls from the broken necklace along with a few other jewelry pieces (none of their cores though) and the bat leaving through a skylight.
The auction continued and in the end, despite being broken, their necklace seemed to have caught someone’s interest. A man named Bruce Wayne bought up every piece of the shattered jewelry wear. The auctioneers appeared relived that the item managed to sell in the end and gratefully gave it to him.
Bruce had no idea what happened at the auction, but he could have sworn that some of the gems faintly glowed right before he and Selina were shot. If the necklace was some sort of magical item, then he needed to understand exactly what has been brought to Gotham. It was unfortunate that Selena had taken some parts of the necklace but he utilized his vast wealth to make sure all the other parts ended in his possession. Now he would take them back to the mansion for examination.
#Dpxdc#dcxdp#kizzer55555 ideas#Bruce thinks the necklace is magical. He’s technically not wrong.#When he gets home he immediately puts each gem in a glass container to examine them. For the longest time though nothing happens.#They all look like normal gems except for the main three of the piece. He can’t identify what kind of gem they are.#The gems are perfect spheres with various shades of blue (with hints of green and white) swirling around.#The colors almost look like they are moving in slow motion. Still. Nothing happens as he examines them and no strange events happen.#That is until one day he decided to take the gems to be examined by a professional and a villain attacked.#A piece of building was about to crush him when a wall of ice appeared as a shield over him. After that he took them back to the cave.#Bruce looks up thousands of documents about enchanted necklaces and artifacts but finds nothing. He even calls in favors from JLD.#Zatanna doesn’t recognize them but feels some kind of power coming off the gems however it doesn’t feel malevolent (at least for 2 of them)#(The last gem is neutral.) Also Constantine was unavailable (*cough* hiding from responsibilities *cough*)#The other bats get interested in the gems. Tim has a theory that they are some kind of protective charms. Damian agrees.#(Everyone is shocked Tim and Damian agree on something). So while Bruce is continuing his investigation the other bats decide to do some#‘Field testing’ and take the gems out. Consequently the gems end up saving their lives and they discover a few things they can do like make#The wearer invisible. Intangible. Create green barriers/constructs. Create ice. Vibrate when an enemy is coming. And much more.#The bats fashion them into new individual bracelets/necklaces and think they are the coolest thing. They have powered up protective charms!#The halfas just wish these kids would STOP PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN DANGER! What are they MORONS?!#Most of the ectoplasms they recover is used to protect the bats and nearby civilians.#(Dan also trolls people and is mostly protective his siblings though)#People notice the new power ups. A rougue gets his hands on a gem and tries to use it ONCE to attack something but the gems didn’t respond.#Then it froze the rough’s legs to the ground.#Much time later the gems are swapped between the bats and alternated and have just become a new item in their belt#(batman was not pleased but eventually got used to it and begrudgingly accepted that they were useful. Especially when they save his kids)#They come to a Justice league meeting and Constantine finally sees them.#His mouth drops in shock and he frantically asks where they got GHOST CORES?! And this is when the bats finally realise what they have.#And are horrified to realize EXACTLY what they are holding and that these ‘gems’ were technically ALIVE.#Meanwhile the three Halfas have been kinda chilling but also working their butts off to keep this family alive. It was a fulltime job.
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KEEP THE DANGER OUT // KEEP THE DANGER IN
#billie bust up#bbu billie#bbu fantoccio#robin’s art#2024 art#COMPANION PIECES BABY!!! started these last year (month) and finally finished em!!! :33#i could write an ENTIRE essay abt billie and fanto and their parallels and stuff#which actually i love tumblr tags. lets do some of that here!#okAY IM NOT GONNA GO INTO EVERYTHING BUT HERES A BASIC RUNDOWN OF SOME OF MY THOUGHTS#let’s start by looking at goatshire + the lost city of magic !!#both places have some kind of border around them keeping SOMETHING in/out#goatshire’s wall keeping the trolls/other danger out; keeping the villagers inside safe#and the city’s barrier keeping the curse inside; while keeping everyone outside safe from it#but in turn it’s also keeping billie and fanto trapped in their respective places#one moreso than the other i guess but ahahaha. haha. heh. OKAY MOVING FORTH#unrelated but how sick would it be if the barrier broke and let the curse out. just sayiiin.. a lil theory thats been on my mind recently#anyways back to THE POINT#okay this parts gonna sound insane BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT HERE#goatshire citizens / the cursed city citizens.#billie and fanto both kinda stick out in their respecitve homes; fanto being the only uncursed guy and billie with their magic#so theres like. a real disconnect between them and others there. u get what i mean.#theyre both outliers and like something something allegory for neurodivergence and struggling to connect with others probably#SORRY GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. idk how to explain it BUT DO U GET IT!!! DO U UNDERSTAND!!!!#also they were both abandoned by SOMEone stares at arthur#okay specifically whoever fanto’s cretaor was left him behind but u know me im such a fanto elmtwig jak#something something loneliness and being left behind and having ppl around you who kinds understand u but also not totally. kicks rock#someone get these siblings some THERAPY!!!!!!!#this was a very disjointed explanation bUT HOPEFULLY I GOT MOST OF MY THOUGHTS ACROSS GOOD. IM BAD AT EXPLAINING THINGS SORRY#someone order me a yappuccino!!!!! BYE!!!!
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✈️ ACNH Airport Set ✈️
57 items | Sims 4, base game compatible, some extra swatches added by me 💗
All the items you'll need to recreate the Airport from ACNH, Dodo Airlines, in your TS4 game. Most items came with only 1 swatch each. Some items I have added extra swatches for. *The Monstera Plant that goes inside the airport has already been made in part 2 of the Paradise Planning set. Everything is always posted with the option of pick & choose, so they are easy to find and one-click download.
The floor for the interior is 12 swatches, like a puzzle, can be put together for any room size.
I do not use DX11 with my game. If you are using DX11, run the DX11 batch fix with Sims 4 Studio before starting your game. For those that have never done it, do not fear for it is very simple and will update any CC in your mods folder that needed it. I know the new DX11 API causes issues having something to do with the walls build items, that I know of. If you do not have Sims 4 Studio, here is a link about how to install it from their official website. (And of course, if you need help please send me a message).
Set contains: Buy: -Card Stand | 3 swatches | 1682 poly -Carts | 1 swatch | 3470 poly -Cart (single) | 1 swatch | 1736 poly -Chair Bench (middle table has slots) | 1 swatch | 2752 poly -Clipboard | 1 swatch | 302 poly -Computer Decor (glows in dark) | 1 swatches | 1158 poly -Control Tower Piece | 2 swatches for window transparency level | 954 poly -DAL Wall Hanging | 2 swatches (one Simlish) | 368 poly -Dock Fence | 1 swatch | 556 poly -Dock Fence Pole 1 | 1 swatch | 74 poly -Dock Fence Pole 2 | 1 swatch | 902 poly -Dock Fence Pole 3 | 1 swatch | 134 poly -Dock Fence Pole 4 | 1 swatch | 14 poly -Dock Fence Rope 1 | 1 swatch | 410 poly -Dock Fence Rope 2 | 1 swatch | 74 poly -Dock Fence Rope 3 | 1 swatch | 242 poly -Dock Flag | 1 swatch | 552 poly -Dock Side Piece (slotted) | 1 swatch | 2208 poly -Door Frame (interior) | 12 swatches | 58 poly -Doorway Ramp | 1 swatch | 46 poly -Faux Window (interior) | 1 swatch | 140 poly -Faux Window (outside) glows in dark | 1 swatch | 108 poly -Feet Position Sticker | 5 swatches | 6 poly -Flapper Gate Closed (light glows in dark) | 4 swatches | 710 poly -Flapper Gate Open (light glows in dark) | 4 swatches | 710 poly -Hanging TV (glows in dark) | 3 colors for hanger, 4 for screen, 12 total swatches | 464 poly -Life Preserver (wall) (this one is for outdoor if desired) | 1 swatch | 906 poly -Life Preserver (wall) 2 (this one is for the indoor hallway) | 1 swatch | 498 poly -Model Plane | 1 swatch | 626 poly -Outdoor Lights Left & Right (2 items) | 1 swatch each | 334 poly -Outside Wall Vent | 1 swatch | 248 poly -Pencil and Eraser | 1 swatch | 88 poly -Pen Cup | 1 swatch | 310 poly -Plane (requires Island Living, bobs in the water) | 4 swatches | 7164 poly -Plane (BGC) | 4 swatches | 7164 poly -Pole Barrier | 8 swatches for ribbon | 320 poly -Poster Chocolate | 1 swatch | 20 poly -Poster Map | 2 swatches (one Simlish) | 28 poly -Posters Hallway | 1 swatch | 180 poly -Posters Travel | 1 swatch | 70 poly -Potted Cactus | 1 swatch | 628 poly -Potted Snake Plant | 1 swatch | 755 poly -Potted Yucca | 1 swatch | 1539 poly -Reception Calendar | 1 swatch | 772 poly -Reception Desk | 2 swatches | 135 poly -Reception Name Tag | 2 swatches | 32 poly -Reception Rug | 1 swatch | 30 poly -Reception Shelf (slotted on top) | 1 swatch | 4118 poly -Sign for Roof | 3 swatches (one Simlish) | 627 poly -Sign for Roof (V2 glows in dark) | 3 swatches (one Simlish) | 625 poly -Sign Stand | 3 swatches | 132 poly -Suitcase | 1 swatch | 2402 poly -Wall Speaker (music player) | 1 swatch | 278 poly
Build: -Floor Tile | 12 swatches (they fit like a puzzle) | Tile -Floor Wood | 2 swatches for wood direction | Wood -Wall Interior | 1 swatch | Wood
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You know it's the putting the glasses back on that really breaks me...
#good omens#good omens 2#good omens spoilers#Crowley closing himself off from Zira - putting that barrier between them back#only not... it's not that Crowley is putting it back - he's recognising what Zira isn't - that ~Zira has built the wall between them again#so Crowley is simply - reluctantly - accepting that truth#returning to where Zira has put him - behind darkened glass - his true self obscured and tainted and not clearly seen#he ~wants Zira to see him - to see ~them - for how they really are - and for how they could be#but Zira can't/won't#god it's so perfect i want to cry
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back on my bullshit
#rambling#idv#identity v#lily barriere#idv cheerleader#matthias czernin#idv puppeteer#modern au#they're siblings in this au#ik i've mentioned it before but yeah#lily's not like. officially adopted bc she still has her bio family and doesn't wanna leave simon#but she's basically part of the family#whereas matthias was adopted shortly after the theater fire#so around like. 14#sorry i'm banging my head into a wall over this au currently
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Hairo is a feminist in spirit because he’s very vocal about equality for everyone, but I’m not sure if he’d call himself one simply for the fact that I don’t think he really recognizes gender stereotypes? It’s not so much as the ideas of chivalry Kuboyasu has so much as that he thinks that he should be doing his best to look out for everyone period.
#he’s not exactly fighting against gender barriers so much as just completely obliterating them by walking straight through that wall#…because he doesn’t realize there is a wall to begin with LMAO#Hairo would annoy me irl because he’s yelling all the time but I think even then I could appreciate the need to have people#like him in the world#saiki k#fluffy cooks a headcanon
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do you have any audio/video of fig and lou meowing..I must hear their voices
omg their little meows are so precious you have no idea but actually I only have videos of them yelling about food for the most part but
here he is yelling to be let out of baby jail, even his little shouts are small and cute (i let him out after this because he sounded so sad and he immediately snuggled up on the couch)
#baby jail is just a big barrier wall we put up to divide the living room in half#all their stuff is inside for when we need to leave them unsupervised rn#eventually im gonna dismantle it and instead use the panels to block things they. shouldnt get in to#but right now they are so small and mischievous that they must be contained#lou#sonboys allowed
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my sunshine
#lobotomy corporation#lobcorp#carmen lobcorp#carmen lobotomy corporation#she makes me so... emotional? ive never gotten so emotional over Chatacters before. there always felt like there was this barrier#just watching. observing. understanding rationally and logically but i never felt connected to much. people or fiction. sure there are#parts that can move me. but just Carmen. Carmen makes me so emotional. all of lobcorp does. felt like the barrier was shattered in a way#the wall between the feeling and it all. and i cry when drawing her now. its so silly. but i just Love Her. ahh this all was crafted so wel#shes so.... ahghh she takes my words away. nothing i could do could ever fully capture her. its pointless to try to but i just Wish i could#to communicate it all. because. carmen!!!???!?!??#anyways the way i worded it all feels very inept and childish. totally could've made it sound less rough and stilted wording wise#but who cares. CARMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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the first time you go to bufos classroom and the second time
#there was no reason for it to go this hard can someone throw me at the wall like a wet towel#wizard city#adventure time#not art#love the vague DON'T. sign#just don't. d. 🤚 no#occult containment barrier. what is that thang. whyd they just leave it there for so long.#i love how Day One of classes they are 1. still marking out where choose goose's body was lying in the crime scene and 2. leaving these dan#dangerous things just on the floor everywhere. wizard schools must be an absolute travesty of safety violations fr.#kids with unregulated abilities just running around.
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#jerking my low wall or sturdy barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.........#htlaw
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60's - 70's Roger doodles?? (Also one from the wall LMFAO)
Sorry for my absence, my drawing between Floyd stuff and just OTHER stuff (Furries HAHAHAH- its mostly commission work) are unbalanced. Been extremely busy + stressed out abt going to collage + work pretty soon,, UAHDGSHG,, this chapter in my life is fucking ROUGH ======================== ALSO: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMMISSIONING ME EITHER - OC ART - A CUSTOM DESIGN - OR JUST POSSIBLY PINK FLOYD RELATED ANYTHING!! Please feel free to contact me here or on Instagram under the same name ^^ Marshall's Commissions (marshsgarage.carrd.co) ========================= Anyways, to keep calm. Draw roger for no fucking reason <33 Peace - Marshall
#pink floyd#floyd#pink floyd fanart#dark side of the moon#the brainrot is real#roger waters#roger waters fanart#oysters transcend national barriers#60s#60s music#70s#70s music#gay floyd#roger waters freaky#moai#horse#pink floyd the wall#pink floyd piper at the gates of dawn#pink floyd piper at the gates of balls#rogers broken balls#freaky#oysters#i need help for tags idk how to get reach for more floyd fans LOL#The realest floyd fan#shitpost#digital art#artwork#art#drawing
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This continues to be one of the best shots in the entire show and I will never shut up about it
#iwtv spoilers#interview with the vampire#interview with the vampire spoilers#iwtv#the storytelling conveyed in this single image???? delicious. incredible.#how long have they been sitting there. did they take these positions because the sun cut that line#or did the sun rise to shine through the curtains and create a wall that was already there but invisible before#and it’s an illusion of equality and an illusion of limitation#because Louis can’t go through it without being hurt but Armand can#Armand is the one framed as being behind this metaphorical wall#this imaginary cell door#but Louis is the only one trapped by it#or is it the distance that the betrayal has caused between them?#the same sunlight that killed Claudia now forcing them apart in the same scene#that Armand says he will make it up to him. wanting to cross through the light that will not harm him#and Louis says he’ll never make it up to him. on the other side of this line that to him is actually impenetrable#does time heal all wounds. the sun will move eventually. the line will shift and disappear#is this ever something that can be erased#maybe it could have been if what Armand told Louis in this scene was true#that he could not prevent it#that’s the impression Louis was under that allowed him to keep Armand in his life all this time l#but no. Armand directed it. he created that barrier#it will always be there#incredible incredible shot I love this show
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I think Dream in prison was always going to go poorly because it would require Sam to be as infallible as Pandora's Vault itself, and he's not. He has way too much personal stake in what Dream is doing, and in trying to force himself to be an emotionless machine that abides only the protocol he became a hypocritical wreck that only indulged his vindictive emotions and spiraled out of control trying to keep the situation steady. That's not even addressing how keeping someone in the prison would never be ethical because it's a psychological torture box designed by the psychological torture guy
I mean, I can see the argument that it would've been hard to like. Not make Pandora's Vault unethical, considering the size of the server and the fact that he was the only prisoner etc leading to a situation where yeah, he would've been left alone for long stretches of time no matter what, solitary was kinda inevitable, etc. Like I can see an argument for that. But on principle I feel like the influence that protocol had on the prison arc and on c!Sam specifically tends to be heavily overstated...because a significant portion of the prison arc, honestly, is making the point that the protocol was entirely based on what c!Sam determined.
Like, sure, the prison was always going to suck. c!Dream was never going to come out from it entirely unscathed. But there's a huge fucking difference between what he was prepared for (isolation + shitty food for an unspecified amount of time) and what situation he ended up in (his life at the mercy of two people that showed absolutely no damn qualms about literally torturing him). I think it's very fair to say that yeah, c!Sam was far from an unbiased party, and he was very much emotionally affected to his detriment during the prison arc. But...ultimately? I feel like we really don't see c!Sam struggling to maintain protocol over the course of months only to slowly break down. I don't think we see him "snap" and "lose control." necessarily, in the way that people often act is the case. (The strongest argument, in my opinion, in favor of c!Sam being greatly affected by some stressor that then has him turn to extreme cruelty has little to nothing to do with the prison itself and more to do with his brief stint with the Egg, but with so little attention drawn to that as a cause in the story of the prison itself, I feel like this mostly remains in the realm of speculation.)
Like, if we look at the facts, c!Sam's behavior day one was already weirding people out. Day one and c!Dream is already throwing himself in lava and c!Sam does not seem to give a damn. Of course, both of their behaviors had a myriad of reasons behind them, but it's important to note that there's like literally never been a single moment in the prison arc where c!Sam hasn't been, like, off.
We never see any of c!Ranboo's actual prison visits, but we know these happened very very early in c!Dream's imprisonment and that they were terminated quite early as well, once c!Sam discovered c!Ranboo writing in ender in the prison contracts. However, considering how the inside of the prison was the same between his dream and the real world, it is reasonable to say that c!Sam's behavior in the dream could've also been taken from reality, and "he knows what happens [when he disobeys]" is a hell of a statement to make.
c!Bad's prison visit is when things seem to be seriously off. Even if you consider c!Dream's behavior in this stream as entirely an act, c!Sam is noticeably tense after the prison visit and very demanding about what c!Dream said once c!Bad leaves the cell. c!Dream commenting on food being withheld is consistent with what we know happened in the prison arc later on. c!Sam says that c!Dream has been tossing himself in lava for attention. Several comments are made about "behaving" and "behavior," c!Sam is looking into the installation of an automatic feeder, and visitation is facing restrictions.
Pretty crucially, we see that c!Sam is very comfortable with making changes to the prison. Major changes to the prison, even. Installing an automatic feeder isn't exactly an easy process? And it obviously wasn't outlined in any kind of preexisting protocol. But c!Sam is perfectly willing to change this, just as he's perfectly willing to make all kinds of rules on visitation and limiting visitation because of c!Dream's behavior, etc, (which can reasonably be inferred as not being preexisting rules because that would mean that c!Dream, who allegedly helped with the creation of all of these rules, would be intentionally sabotaging his chances of visitation...when he very evidently wanted people to visit? like sorry but that doesn't make any sense) because he's the Warden and therefore the sole authority of Pandora's Vault and allowed to do literally anything he damn well pleases.
Further, sure, c!Dream might be acting in all the prison visits. Sure, he might be acting In General during this time, etc. But despite disobedience (disobedience with the explicit expressed purpose of trying to get c!Sam to spend more time with him...?) I would hardly characterize almost anything he does during these early days as being anything for c!Sam to be reasonably vindictive over. Even if you consider hopping into the lava (something c!Sam could've solved literally as easily as just raising the netherite barrier), tossing the clock into the lava (also preventable if c!Dream can't access the fucking lava????), and a couple alleged escape attempts (the only one that we know of being him trying to use the lectern to create a nether portal, something hardly easy to do and an attempt that c!Sam very evidently put down quite easily)--like. I can understand him being angry because of what c!Dream had done in the past, and obviously being angry because of c!Dream telling him about exile, but c!Dream early on in the prison arc hardly behaves badly. (Not that bad behavior would justify abuse, but you know.)
By the time of c!Sapnap's prison visit, c!Dream isn't the only one acting weird. c!Sam is strange in ways that are never fully explained and uh heavily imply shady shit??? He's not abiding by protocol when he suddenly interrupts the process of helping a visitor out of the prison by forcing c!Sapnap to respawn in order to check on c!Dream for Some Reason. He's once again very persistent about the question of whether or not c!Dream "said anything" and then reacts strangely when c!Sapnap was able to get him to say a word. He's replaced like a quarter of the obsidian in the cell with crying obsidian, which again, is an instance of c!Sam making BIG changes to the prison without protocol or anything dictating his actions. At most you can maybe make the argument that he's being moved by the spirit of the protocol, that being security should be prioritized over everything (hence potatoes instead of steak, hence no courtyard, hence--in this case--crying obsidian to make the escape attempt ineffective) but it's clearly nothing that they explicitly wrote down.
Also, around this time (I forget the exact date) he explicitly bans c!Ranboo from visiting. Also something we can reasonably assume isn't something that was included in any protocol that c!Dream wrote considering his uh, vested interests in continuing to have an informant.
c!Tommy's visit and that ensuing debacle, of course, is one of the first times we see c!Sam clearly, explicitly acting AGAINST the protocol that was established. The protocol outlines that c!Tommy should have stayed in there for at most a week, and c!Sam explicitly denies him from leaving when the time comes??? Even if you argue that he's doing it "for security", he's doing it in a manner that is going directly against the letter of the law of the protocol that he created with c!Dream. This is a clear demonstration that c!Sam sees himself, and acts as if he is above the law of Pandora's Vault, because, of course, he is the law. He is the Sole Authority. He is the Warden, and he answers to no one but himself. c!Tommy's death obviously ensues in quite the emotional fallout for him, and wanting revenge on c!Dream for this matter motivates his actions later on in the arc...but it's important to consider that mistreatment beyond the scope of what c!Dream expected long preceded this point. c!Sam, immediately after c!Tommy dies, describes himself as thinking that c!Dream's will was too broken to do anything like that. Describes himself as having punished c!Dream in every manner that he could think of. He doesn't go in to feed c!Dream for WEEKS after c!Tommy's death, directly leading to c!Tommy himself being isolated and starved post-revival. He bans visitation. All of these matters hardly seem like matters that c!Dream would have included in the prison protocol that he created when he was planning to be put in that prison, where he specifically had a vested interest in keeping himself (and the book) safe + having, like, FOOD + being able to have visitors in a safe manner + NOT being abused?
And even if we dismiss all of this as c!Sam acting in the best interests of security because c!Dream told him that the security of the prison is more important than anything else (which, even though we know that c!Dream did have this perspective to some degree, still doesn't eliminate c!Sam's responsibility as the one carrying out the existing protocol and making all of these Big Decisions and Big Changes etc to the prison) -- the decision to let c!Quackity into the prison stomps on all of that. That decision completely goes against not only the letter of the damn law that they established together, but the spirit of what the prison was ever meant to be in the first place. He compromises the security of the prisoner and the prison on the DAILY by letting in someone in full gear! With items! And plays a game with chance with c!Dream's life (and the revive book) every damn day. He hardly had enough of a system in place to keep c!Quackity from taking c!Dream's life, and he was certainly unable to stop c!Quackity from landing what would've been a killing blow on c!Techno before he got tp-ed out, like. He completely fucks over EVERYTHING that Pandora's Vault was meant to be, and that was...entirely his decision. Sure, c!Quackity manipulated him, true, but he was not beholden by any protocol or any element of his duty when he made this choice.
This isn't to say that c!Sam wasn't very much emotionally affected and making clouded judgements--he was! Especially if you factor in the stress of other events such as the Egg, etc. But I hesitate to ascribe any element of c!Sam's...c!Samness in the prison arc as him "cracking under the pressure," so to speak. The implications of mistreatment just start too early and are too calculated for me to say that he was simply reacting badly to stressors. I think he was absolutely trying his best to keep the situation "steady," in a sense, but keeping it steady never meant simply being an emotionless guardian to an impenetrable prison who couldn't cope as everything began piling up--keeping things steady, as early as that first month, meant breaking c!Dream into something docile. That was intentional. That was something he was making an active effort to do. Nor do I think that the claim that c!Sam was simply abiding by protocol holds any water, as I outline above: c!Sam has always acted above the protocol established in the prison to the point where even from the first time we see him acting as Warden during that first damn questionaire a specific point is made that he is the ultimate authority on the grounds of the Vault and his word is law. He acted within protocol when convenient to him and trampled over it when convenient to him, and I feel that people can overemphasize the role that protocol played in the decisions he made the same way that he himself did when he was shifting the blame of his own abusive actions onto c!Dream when he had the power, and always had the power, to amend the protocol established in any way he damn well pleased.
Of course, this isn't to say that the protocol was good. It, uh, wasn't--and plenty of people have criticized c!Dream for them even though the prison, as it ended up being used for his plans, was never anything more than a place for him to put himself because of the danger that the rest of the server presented, a base for him to hide in after the prison arc because of its security measures, and a "just-in-case" measure for them to hold their enemies if need be (which he never actually does, even when given golden opportunities to do so: inconsolable differences and the finale come to mind. Even if we're talking about his saw trap in the finale, the plan was to kill one and let the other go free (????????) while also giving them the exact items that could've easily been the keys to their escapes. after c!Tommy and c!Tubbo kill him. but I digress). But c!Sam goes so damn far beyond the protocol established by the "psychological torture guy" that he literally wasn't even beholden to when he was the Warden of the Vault on account of said guy being his prisoner. I don't really see any arguments about c!Sam's behavior having to do with him being too fallible of a man for the job he was given--he does exactly what he wants to do, how he wants to do it, using the job that gives him the power to do so. It's just that "what he wants to do" is not exactly what c!Dream had in mind when he and c!Sam were coming up with the plans for the prison and the protocol that they worked together to create because what he wants to do is, apparently, own a guy and keep him in his hell box. You know?
(i hope this didn't read too aggressively!)
#my asks !!#c!sam critical#long post#apologies on the essay i just have very strong opinions on the use of protocol to justify what c!Sam does#if c!Sam gave a single damn about protocol we would've seen him actually abide by protocol#and meanwhile this guy won't even use the literal built in security measure of the netherite barrier#to solve the problem of c!dream's 'misbehavior' early in the prison arc#when it literally could've solved ALL OF THEM#(jumping into the lava. throwing the clocks into the lava. trying to use the lava to start a fire to start a nether portal)#but then goes BEYOND protocol to install a goddamn glass wall later on just. because#like ??????????#at the end of the day c!sam's actions aren't in line with what pandora's vault was supposed to be mostly just bc he had a different vision#for the prison and the prisoner#and he's c!sam so he's able to justify any amount of human rights abuses in order to do what he thinks is 'right'#including of course killing and murdering his own romantic partner
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