#what coin to mine

[ssruis]

Another beautiful thing abt rui+tsukasa being in 3-C together is that like… Rui made friends with the pandemonium kids but that was near the tail end of the school year. But before that Rui has never been in a class with a friend and experienced the joys of working on a school project with a friend and making the work fun, or passing notes back and forth, or trying to quietly whisper to your friend so the teacher doesn’t call you out, or any other mundane little moments that are typical to the school experience. And now he finally gets to do all of that.

This is of course to the detriment of tsukasa “I am a model student (he is not, he just lacks self awareness)” tenma who just wants to pay attention in class. I think Rui is A Nuisance towards him for the first week of classes and Tsukasa is like “knock it off 😑” and Rui’s like “sorry I was just excited I’ve never had a close friend in the same class before 😌” & tsukasa immediately folds. Lets him get away with any minimal disruption with only a token protest about not disrupting class. Reciprocates all of the note passing & such.

[goldensunset]

it’s a great time to be a brain enjoyer am i right

[cheekinpermission]

hello! I was just wondering, do you have any advice for getting so many gems in Twst? Also thank you for your wonderful art, I enjoy looking forward to see what you draw next :D

Buy them

Just kidding! I've only made one purchase for TWST. It was less than $10 and was way back in the beginning for some kind of deal or something.

My 16k gem stash is the product of two years of grinding and selective pulls. I really wish I could say I had some kind of hack but that's really it. I'll talk about how I approach spending resources in the game, though, if anyone finds that useful.

As per usual, I ramble so it'll be under the cut!

1. Pick a favorite character

HEAR ME OUT I KNOW ITS HARD BECAUSE ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE GREAT! But it helps a lot if you're limiting who you're willing to pull for instead of every pretty card that comes out.

Personally, Riddle is my favorite (+ Grim but he's not really a concern card wise) so I'm committed to getting all of his cards. I'd really hate if I couldn't get one of his cards that I really want because I spent my keys / gems on a card that I only kind of wanted. So that's something to think about if it helps keep things in perspective.

All my Riddles!! (I definitely don't have a favorite Riddle shhh)

For example, I absolutely love Ortho's Fairy Gala card. I think it's one of the prettiest in the game! But I didn't pull for it because Ortho isn't a favorite character of mine.

It works the opposite, too. Kalim, Vil, and Ruggie are among my favorites but I've passed on a lot of their cards for one reason or another. I passed on Tsum Kalim because I didn't like the groovy, I passed on Silk Adorned Vil because I didn't like that it didn't have an attached vignette, and I passed on Camp Vargas Ruggie because I didn't like the event itself. While I really love these characters, I'm picky about which ones I'll pull so I don't miss out on a better one later.

For characters that I like quite a bit (top 5 ish), I'll use their free ten set you get on their birthday to try and pull for them. If I don't get them within those ten pulls, I accept it and move on.

I also want to say that this method has allowed to me to get pretty much every card that I've actually wanted. I can even pull for characters that aren't among my favorites (e.g. Idia who has THE BEST SSRS FOR SOME REASON??) and still have a big gem safety net.

I don't pull super often, I don't think, but I've gotten everything I've wanted so I think it's a fair trade-off.

Given my gem stash, you might be able to get away with collecting for a dorm but it'd have to be one of the tiny ones (Scarabia would be excellent because Jamil has almost no SSRs rip)

2. Plan ahead of time using JP TWST events

One of the biggest advantages of JP TWST releasing events way before Eng TWST is that we know what's coming ahead of time so we can plan accordingly. Obviously, this won't work if you're trying to save gems on the Japanese server.

You'll have to be okay with spoilers for the English server, too. At least enough to know if a character you like is in the event. I like to look at the card art and groovies, personally, as those will influence my decision if I'm on the fence.

SPOILERS FOR JP TWST EVENTS

I know which cards that I need to save for in the future:

Riddle’s Swimear SR

Ruggie’s Clubwear SSR

Rollo's SSR (pending available keys)

Riddle's Bloomquet SSR

Vil's Luxe Couture SSR

Vil and Malleus's Tsum SSR (pending groovies)

While we don't have a definitive schedule for a lot of these, a lot of them you can kind of guess.

For example, Riddle's Swimwear SR is part of Stitch's event which seems pretty summer-y to me. It'll likely come out in June or July of this year. Clubwear cards come relatively quickly so I'm anticipating Ruggie's Clubwear SSR fairly soon, too. Gotta make sure I'm saving right now for those bad boys.

Rollo and Riddle will probably come around the same time (Aug-Nov) so I've got a bit of time to build up my collection of keys again.

The others just got released in Japan so they'll take awhile before they reach us and I'm not too worried about them just yet.

SPOILERS DONE!

I think of it like going to the grocery store with a shopping list. Stick to the list and you know you can't overspend!

3. Don't pull for dorm cards

"That's easy for you to say, Cheekin. Riddle is your favorite character and you can get his dorm card for free at the beginning of the game!!"

Why, yes. Yes, you can. Thanks, Riddle!

(Ngl I might've caved and done it for Riddle but ONLY Riddle because he's my fave :D)

Now that all of the dorm uniforms have been released, dorm showcases aren't really a thing but in the event that they do a re-run I would avoid spending keys / gems on them. Same goes for the standard show case. Neither are worth it, IMO.

Dorm uniform cards will always be in the SSR pool regardless of the event, so I think it's better to just take your chances and collect them slowly overtime. Of course, the odds of getting the one you want aren't super high but you'll amass quite a few dorm cards just by pulling for event cards anyways. You're bound to get one you like eventually.

For reference, I've gotten Dorm Idia, Ortho, Vil, Jamil THREE TIMES, Kalim, Azul, Ruggie, Jack, Trey TWICE and Deuce TWICE as a byproduct of pulling for event cards. I wasn't trying to get them but they're here now and I love them for it <3

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And that's about it! Nothing too groundbreaking. The biggest thing is knowing when to stop. Sometimes when I'm on that gacha grind high and I want to pull just cause it's been awhile since I've gotten an SSR, I'll tell myself to do it later because 99% of the time I'll just forget and it'll never happen!

I have been burned by too many gacha games in the past that I refuse to let it happen to me again in TWST (cough Obey Me COUGH)

Here are all my SSRs so you can judge for yourself how effective it is. (Or if its worth it)

I genuinely have no clue what the average number of SSR's a player who has been playing for over 2 years like me has, but I'm comfortable with what I've got. I've gotten all the cards I've wanted and most of the cards I was interested in so I think it's worth it.

tldr: be selective about your pulling, plan ahead, and resist the urge to pull constantly

Thank you for your kind words about my art!! (And if anyone got to the end of all this WORD VOMIT thanks for listening! Reading. Whatever.)

[conticentimp]

can I call you dad while we fuck?

-op is a trans man-

[daily-selfship-questions]

Is it okay to consider your f/o your irl partner? My f/o means so much to me and I really mean it whenever I call him my husband. Is that weird?

No, I certainly don't think that's weird at all, personally! Some people can get very attached to their F/Os, you've probably heard the "Your brains emotional department can't tell the difference between fictional and real, so when you love something, regaurdless of if it's fictional or not it's just as strong" tangent.

But like I said, some people get really close to their F/Os, and so it can be a very real thing for them and a very personal thing, too!! Some people don't want real life romantic partners and just want to pursue their F/Os and that's entirely okay as well. Truthfully I tend to feel the same way about my F/Os, and I'll speak of them as if they're real(ex. "Me and F/O did this today" or "F/O and I blah blah blah"). Some people get uncomfortable when seeing shipart or such of their F/O and makes them feel sick cause it feels like they're seeing their partner with someone else or such.

Get as close as you'd like, consider them a full fledged partner if you wish! My rule of thumb for life is if it's not hurting anyone, then why care? I don't see any harm in this. Get as close and personal as you'd like with your F/O. I'm sure everyone's been told the story of that man that married Hatsune Miku, so really go crazy.

I tried to keep this short, since truthfully I tend to yap a lot and I have a lot I could say here😅

I'd say the only cause of concern would be if you start filling out your tax forms or something with their names on it. But go crazy. Live your life, have fun, kiss your F/O when they go to bed and when they wake up, put their pictures in your wallet and frame their photos on your desk and in your lockets.

I mean, that's what selfshipping is, no? Shipping you with them, F/O stands for Fictional Other, it's right there in the name. They're your significant other(excluding the times where F/O encompasses platonic/familial ones of course). Many people ship characters and talk about how it's sooooo canonical cause did you see how they looked at each other in that one frame?? This is just you shipping yourself with an F/O, same thing. As far as I know and as I've been informed, I don't see a problem here with it.

I mean, that's what selfshipping is! You're just describing a very passionate version of selfshipping! But as I mentioned in the tags, I don't know how universal of a feeling this is, but I'm sure some feel the same

[fictional-men-enthusiast]

Old Flesh + The Parliament is conservatism.

I said what I said and I’m not taking it back.

[gerbiloftriumph]

Lost and Found (ao3):

Grandpa’s story of the goblin caves started out familiarly enough, but as he spoke, the story started to twist and change. New friends, new conversations, and new ways to use old items transformed the tale, and the young king discovered new ways to be brave in the dark tunnels beneath Daventry.

(7.5/?) (confused? Chapter 7 went up a little early, missing its second half. Here’s that second half now!)

~*~

The goblin made to stand, and its injured leg buckled beneath it. It fell, and Graham instinctively caught its arm to help. It growled at him, and Graham stepped back, wondering if he should try to carry the goblin in his pocket. Maybe not a great idea. It would probably find the key Graham had shoved in there, and be in prime biting location. But if it couldn’t walk...

The goblin reached for its broken spear before Graham could make up his mind. The pointy metal top was already snapped off, but it was interested in the wooden pole, which it used as a sort of support, like a walking stick. It tried another step, and this time it managed a few trembly steps. The goblin blinked up at Graham, eyes watering and button nose dripping, but it grinned and graveled something at him, gesturing at the tunnels.

“Do you...know a way out?” Graham asked, warily. Still not entirely sure if the goblin could understand him or if it had just like the cadence of the fairy tale.

It shrugged, pointed, gibbered again.

Well. It wasn’t like they could just sit there in the dark forever, either. May as well. “Do you need help?”

It growled again, and put its nose in the air, marching past with a determined air.

“...okay, then. I guess I’ll follow you.”

The fairy tale detritus of abandoned storage continued even here. They crept past more props: cat sized boots. Candelabras with wax dripped all down them. Broken lanterns perfect for runaway princesses to carry into dark woods. The goblin chittered and pointed these out also, like Graham should think about working them into his next story.

At one point, it picked up a smooshy, rotten apple, probably rolled here from a Snow White game above them, and offered it shyly to Graham.

(“While I was incredibly hungry, I was not that desperate,” Grandpa said wryly, eying the mirror king’s disgusted expression. “My stomach rumbled, but I knew that was not edible.”

The mirror goblin didn’t seem quite pleased with Graham’s non reaction. It grabbed the king’s hand, yanked him down to the goblin’s level, and mashed the fruit against his mouth. Gwendolyn yelped, “Ewww!”

“Turns out, beggars can be choosers!” Grandpa laughed. “I chose not to chew!”

“That’s disgusting, Grandpa!”

“I’m just telling it like it happened!”

“I thought you were an unreliable narrator. This story didn’t even have Acorn and Whisper in it originally! You could be unreliable about this part too! I don’t need to hear this!”)

After scrubbing his mouth with the back of his cloak, Graham took the goblin firmly by the free hand so it couldn’t go grabbing more props, and the two of them walked relatively peacefully for a while. Sort of peacefully. The goblin kept up a rousing chatter as it walked, expressing all kinds of probably fascinating things in goblinese, which Graham could only nod along to, occasionally muttering, “Oh, really?” and “Mmhmm,” as though he understood a single word. The goblin didn’t seem to mind one way or the other if he responded, and it kept babbling. And babbling.

(“Hey, Grandpa?”

“Yes, dearest?”

“This part is going on really long.”

“So it is. We’ll skip to the important bit, where I found the dragon egg.”

“The what?”

“Ohoh, that got your attention, didn’t it? Yes, the dragon egg. Although, I didn’t know that’s exactly what it was at the time. It just felt important.”)

It was hard to miss, what with what felt like a spotlight of glowing mushrooms. A bejeweled oval stone, tucked into a soft bed of moss. The goblin kept on chattering, apparently oblivious to Graham’s hesitation—the king had stopped and was staring at the stone, but the goblin kept trying to walk onward, its feet sliding on the floor with no forward motion, its hand still firmly held in Graham’s.

(“That goblin was going on and on. For the first time in my life, I didn’t feel rude interrupting.”)

“Hey, what’s this?”

The goblin said something or other in incomprehensible goblinese, with dramatic arm waving.

“Right, of course. Yeah. Totally.” Well, if it wasn’t nailed down.... And it looked important enough. Graham picked it up, rubbing his hands across it. It felt smooth and scaly at the same time. A fascinating, flawless stone. It glittered in the light as he held it this way and that, nearly iridescent. Very pretty. And, who knew, such things could be handy. Whatever it was. It was heavy, and it was almost warm in his hands. It felt comforting, somehow, to hold it. He slipped it delicately in his cloak.

Just a rock. A pretty rock. Probably.

(“Ehehehehe,” Gwendolyn squealed. “Why don’t we have a pet dragon in the castle, Grandpa? Where’d she go? She definitely hatched, right?”

“You may find out, with patience.”)

The rest of the walk was uneventful. Once you’ve seen one moldering goblin-sized princess dress on a headless mannequin, you’ve seen them all.

Graham set his last glittering bean, and was about to suggest that they turn around, that his path marking had reached its end, when the goblin yelped in delight, tugging hard on his arm, pulling him toward...a door in the wall. It was properly buried under fairy tale detritus, in such a way that Graham probably wouldn’t have seen it if the goblin hadn’t pointed it out. It sort of looked like goblins just threw broken props through the door and shut it again. Out of sight, out of mind.

He pushed aside the props gently, trying to avoid getting hurt on splintery wooden wizard staffs, trying not to further break already cracked crystal balls. Bells rang, shoes clattered, and at least one very real mouse squeaked and ran for cover. The goblin clapped excitedly, pulling a small hand-carved...something or other from the pile. Maybe a donkey. It had four legs, sort of. It was badly done, whatever it was meant to be, but someone had lovingly painted a smile on it anyway. The goblin dragged it back and forth across the floor in a vague cantering motion, making cooing noises.

This was sort of like a puzzle, he thought, as he tried to balance things so they didn’t fall on his head as he worked.

(“This part of the tale gets a little rocky,” Grandpa said, watching the mirror king balancing a bucket on top of a ladder, which was already teetering unsteadily on a pile of stones.

Gwendolyn sat up. “Oh, no, don’t—”

The pile of rubble collapsed with a ringing clatter, burying the mirror king, who gave a strangled yelp as he disappeared beneath a pile of trash. The goblin, on the other hand, leapt safely out of the way and watched dispassionately. A tarnished silver plate bounced and rolled past.

“That goblin’s armor was slate of the art,” Grandpa announced proudly.

“Wasn’t this originally supposed to be a bedtime story or something,” Gwendolyn said grumpily. “You’re not going to scare me to sleep, if that’s what you’re thinking.”

The puzzle reset in the mirror, as though nothing had happened. The mirror king tried something else, and again, the pile of rubble slipped loose and buried him. His hand clawed at the air for a second before a bucket clanged over it and he was gone completely.

“All I wanted to do was dig myself out of that hole!” Grandpa said.

“Grandpaaa.”

“Oh, am I bouldering you? I know what you’re thinking, that I’m out of rock puns, but give me a second to dig up some more.”

“Seriously, next time I need help sleeping I’ll just get warm milk instead of coming in here for a story.”

“Craters gonna hate.”

She groaned.

“Okay, fine. We should stop this story before it erodes any further. I didn’t stop to marble at my surroundings: I solved the puzzle first try.” And the little mirror king did so, this time, carefully scooting all the trash out of the way safely.)

Graham brushed aside a moldy piece of stage curtain, pushed open the door, and found a long tunnel. “This?” he said to the goblin. It chittered something, and it pushed him forward through the door.

The door led onto a steadily sloping path leading upward, well illuminated by the mushrooms. Newton stayed happily in his pocket, likely napping, and Graham and the goblin walked together. It was strange, Graham thought. To be walking peacefully with one of his jailors. Mostly peacefully—the goblin was still talking a million miles a minute, one hand holding the self-made crutch and the other moving the hand-carved toy up and down. Really, it was more like a child than anything else.

And it had been oh so easily distracted by a story. That was something well worth remembering.

Once they reached the top of the ramp, they pushed through a little gap in the wall, and Graham realized they had come out near the Frog Prince stage. He never would have spotted this entrance in the shadows. He might have been able to come here at any point—and in a route much less fraught than his discovered crack in the wall and slide down into darkness. Ah, well. Based on how forgotten it had seemed down there, Graham suspected the goblins didn’t particularly remember it existed, either.

He and the goblin parted ways, then, the goblin scarcely glancing at Graham as it hurried off to do whatever goblins did. And Graham, with his newfound coins, scurried off in the opposite direction, eager to finally get his hands on the best prize he could imagine down here.

“Merchant! How are you holding up?”

“These suspenders are helping.” The Merchant pulled himself up by his suspenders, and his very short shorts.

Graham made a face and sighed. “...thanks for that.”

“I mean, look. Our options here are 1: Buy, 2: Talk, 3: Move along. We don’t have infinite options here, okay? You want cute conversation, you go find that baker or something.”

“Alright, fine, option one, please.”

“Aah, what’re ya buyin’?”

Graham glanced over his shoulder before leaning in, whispering, “The good stuff.”

“It’s all good stuff.”

“Okay, the illegal stuff.”

“Me? With that? Never! Cross my heart and pray to all the saints and gods! Shame on you, boy, for asking for such things. Does your mother know?”

“Stars, Merchant, I just wanna buy that bow.”

“Oh. Right, right.” He plonked the case on the wooden slab between them. “Six shiny gold coins, eh? You got?”

“I got.” Graham spilled the gold out of his pockets.

The Merchant eyed the old coin with the queen’s profile warily. “It ain’t shiny, but I guess it’ll spend as well as anything,” he said, shoving it into some unknown depths in his trousers. “For your pleasure, Majestic, enjoy it. Don’t shoot your eye out.”

Eagerly, Graham grabbed at the wooden bow. It was rough, and ugly, and he missed Achaka’s bow all the more. This bow wasn’t worth six coins. It might not even be worth one. He tested the string with his thumb, tied it tighter, pulled the draw back, thought. He didn’t care for how it felt under his hands, and there was only one arrow, but with patience and a whole moat-full of luck, he might manage to make a single shot. Maybe. “I’m not going to be storming any castles with this,” he muttered.

“No refunds.”

[raayllum]

the thing about pip is 1) we know TDP crew works on seasons simultaneously, so it’s not like they were knee-deep into planning S3 and realizing they needed to back track but couldn’t at all and 2) it’s absolutely not a theory they can just come outright and confirm, so of course they have to deny/beat around the bush for it, and 3) pip gets out late late S2. like well after we’ve had all the scenes of the boys mourning harrow and dealing with that fallout, deciding to have ez come home to be king. that’s already set in stone. the book one novelization that has viren’s dark magic eyes coming out of harrow’s room is even further into the process than that, well into development for S4. why not omit the clearest hint of something happening if they truly didn’t want to do something with it?

and on that note, 4) if they really weren’t planning on doing anything with pip past that point... why have him fly away at all? why not have ezran “he can talk to animals” and is sleeping in harrow’s room the next season come home and have a scene with pip and it’s clear that everything is ordinary. it wouldn’t have taken that much more time and that’s how to effectively squash the theory in canon show anyway. but no, literally the only reason to have pip fly away from katolis in his one scene in S2 and in the S2 finale is so that he can’t have a scene with ezran. 

do i think harrow is in pip? i don’t know. that’s certainly the implication and would have great on the nose ironic symbolism to boot. harrow being in pip also wouldn’t mean ezran wouldn’t still be king (as there’s likely not a way to reverse that), just that bird-dad (if harrow’s consciousness is even still there) is a counsellor option. but i think whatever happened with pip or what he witnessed happen between viren & harrow will be important and hasn’t been dropped as a plot line. it just might be beyond what we’ve guessed thus far

[spherekuriboh]

the difference between the triumph in 'i found you!' and the shame in 'you've found me.' is proof enough!!!

[ssruis]

43 cans left and I’m only like t560… ohhhh we are gonna have to use crystals aren’t we. I do have one more big wish gem I could use to +1 MR someone + I can farm some coins to upgrade wxs items to up my gains… and finish farming nene&meiko trust rank and start farming emu&meiko trust rank for 2 more energy cans… i got nene to cr41 and can probably get emu there too… i can also upgrade someone’s skill level as loathe as i am to waste the gold skill up books…

[arttsuka]

Can you believe this coin is 98 years old?

[r0semultiverse]

Two Truths & a Lie Round 10

For people who can't see polls: Pick the lie.

I've gotten my hands on a 2 dollar coin when working retail as a cashier.

I've came close to 20 times in one session.

I've gotten a partner off with Scout TF2's voice.

[talkorsomething]

I can't sleep again.

[shrekshugebadussy]

started playing The Arcana again bcuz i forgot it was a thing and i never finished it (only got halfway thru Asra’s route) & i got very curious about Lucio’s route since he’s practically the dead one & how that would work and let me tell you when that motherfucker opened his mouth… yeah i knew i was in trouble 🙃

[heroicleader2763]

But Coiny! Don't you want to test out our theory? So what if you two get combined, you're practically the same person anyways!

noo! he'll know all of my secrets!

[desperatecheesecubes]

Me bitching about people gate keeping comics at the same time someone is bitching about people refusing to read comics whoops these are actually unrelated events