#what a stream huh

[justaleksey]

*opens old af word file labeled "Wingdings Translator"* i knew my Undertale au obsession would come in handy one day!

so for those who don't know, the weird squiggles (haha) we all saw were in fact in english, just in a different font, wingdings, that exists in word and turns all the letters and numbers into more obscure symbols that aren't in the standard ASCII table.

coincidentally, this font was also used for an easter egg in Undertale, and is spoken (presumably) only by a secret character that exists only in game code by the name of W. D. Gaster (WD stands for wingdings, also presumably). you can google more if you want to, but thats the general idea

so i wanted to decipher what the symbols said to try and see if there was anything interesting (spoiler: no, not really)

the instruction sheets supposedly are the same as the original mouse trap's (i'm not familiar with the game so i just don't know, also we got to see only the first three pages properly). the symbols are sometimes hard to see and understand but i translated the first picture and all the positions with numbers and some of the other stuff and it didn't contain anything sinister:

PLUG HOLE TAB SLOT TAB

1. BASE A 2. GEAR SUPPORT 3. GEAR 4. CRANE 5. GEAR 6. STOP SIGN 7. LAMP POST 8. SHOW (the page says show, but maybe it was supposed to be shoe?) 9. STAIRWAY 10. BUCKET 11. METAL BALL

and then there's stuff that Mr. Squiggles has said, which is also just something you'd probably expect:

Ah it's simple you just have to find the cage

The cage was in Charlie remember?

Another piece is in a jar of something sweet ;)

The last one comes at a price :/

so yeah just stuff ig

this is my translator which is not perfect by any means also it doesn't have punctuation symbols and you can make it yourself in word in like 10 minutes but use that if you wanna

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[marblegroves]

The pirate with many titles and even more hats

[vaguely-concerned]

just had the thought 'in the end the most important thing varric taught rook was how to make a home for, with, and in other people' and then I had to go lie down on the floor and clutch at my head in unceasing agony for a few hours, as you may well imagine. hawke and the kirkwall crew........ in the end you kind of saved the world a bit in the most characteristically indirect and chaotic of ways. not by anything in particular that you did or achieved or accomplished (lmao imagine!), but just by -- having existed, and by the love that was always there, despite it all, in all its imperfections, even when no one was saved by it in the end. you're not here right now and you're not quite haunting the narrative but I hear your voices bickering and arguing and laughing from the other room. (and so, I think, does varric. all the time.)

'did you think you mattered, hawke? did you think anything you ever did mattered?' yeah actually, varric says with da2 and keeps saying through the series. you were here. and I loved you. and as it turns out that mattered more than almost anything in the world, no matter how long it lasted or how fucked up it was at the time or what else happens, because varric manages to pass that feeling, that intangible... home, that echo of you all as you were together, that love, hopefully the best parts of it, on to someone else for them to bring with them on their journey, with their family. and maybe the world will be kinder this time. you never know. merrill's line of 'Everything affects everything. We were born, a bunch of things happened, and now we're in a mess with our friends.' varric's greatest fear of becoming his parents. even through the wreck and the ruin of the world, ghosts upon ghosts upon ghosts of love -- malcolm hawke, who we never even see, but his life touched hawke's and hawke's touched varric's and varric's touched rook's and rook is passing it on to the family they're creating. the unbroken legacy of love shines through in ways that are stronger and stranger than any magic. help

[girlcomputers]

silly gnome stream finale doodles before the. THAT happened.

[rainymess]

Welcome home, Juanaflippa...?

[minceraftyuri]

gem: its a hot tub stream now

pearl: yup. two women in a hot tub. just chillin. great

gem: its not pride month yet

pearl: -almost!

gem: we're not there yet

[hana-bobo-finch]

realizing i haven’t really been posting art much uh oh errrmrmmm quick here’s a leif and muse that I drew a couple days ago and then forgot about before I could finish it

smoochin his lil hand awww they make me ill 🥰

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

In sally and poppy's character page it says "Sally and Poppy are often depicted together and, according to recovered material, could potentially be best friends."

and to that i say, best friends my ASS!! those are lesbians right there

oooo i actually talked about this in the update stream when i was reading the updated bios! to restate!

a common Cover for lesbians used to be "best friends". why are those two women living together? why they're best friends, so why not! why do these women spend all their time together? they're best friends! why are those women so physically affectionate - well! they're best friends! an excuse that would never fly with gay men is perfect for lesbians.

and you still see this in recent years! remember all of the posts making fun of facebook moms / grandparents seeing photos of lesbians and going "well they seem like a lovely pair of Best Friends!" this still happens! i'm sure there are people today seeing lesbians and thinking that they're best friends. the amount of times i've pointed out to my own parents "they're gay" and gotten surprise and sometimes even denial is response because they genuinely thought these blatantly gay people were only friends

to me and my current knowledge, this addition to Poppy & Sally's bios is evidence worth considering with this context. a tally in the "canon Popstar?" box!

[shiro-daemon]

?????

[yellowocaballero]

what do you think about boruto? Do you ship naruhina and sasusaku?

Do people out there like Boruto? Does anybody out there enjoy Boruto? 100% of my enjoyment of Naruto is predicated upon middle school nostalgia. The only thing I know about Boruto is that I read how Naruto ended, was so incredibly offended that even thinking about it pisses me off, and that there's a sequel series. Are people watching Boruto? Is it good?!

Naruhina is fine, it's cute. Hinata's another great female character who was completely misused by the narrative. Sasuke was the worst thing to ever happen to Sakura and the fact that they got together was so actively insulting to her character arc and growth as a person.

[deus-ex-mona]

scrolled a little too far back on mogetwt and found pure gold:

[cheese-water]

I think he wishes “I think he just wanted to be her uncle and messed up.”

”Sure… Can’t hate him forever…”

You sh “Gegg is gegg. Feel how you feel. That is bobby and that is good.”

I really hope you make it B

[crabknight]

OMG THEY'RE HUGGING

CARL AND STEPHANIE ARE HUGGING

[smallgear]

So apparently this is possible in vroid studio

[soars22]

Can’t wait for tomorrow for both Phil and Fit to experience the horrors!!!! I’m definitely not terrified/distressed at all (birthdays…. Why is it always birthdays…….)!!!!!!!

I’m sure that everything will be fine!!!!!!!!!