#which is a pretty good number for a small server

[orcelito]

I think I'm going to edit my pinned post. To put a link to my vashwood server on there

I don't feel like continuously reblogging a post anymore but I want ppl to be able to join if they're interested

Hm

[gaypanicmode7766259]

But.. what if it isn't a lie?

Avis amberg x fem!reader

Warnings: soft lovey sex a bit of angst sad avis wlw

I wrote this while rewatching Hollywood and dying-

Avis had shown up to the gas station after she had heard Ernie hired some new servers, what she wasn't expecting was to see women working there but oh was she interested, she parked her car to go talk to Ernie and when she came out a shy girl was following her..

"no need to be shy, sweet girl." Avis said softly, side eyeing you as she drove. You only managed to give her a nervous look as you messed with your hands. "Are you new, doll?"

"m..mhm.." you hummed softly stealing looks at her which earned you a small chuckle and a gloved hand on your thigh "don't worry dear I don't bite.. unless you're ok with it of course." Avis said as she pulled into the hotel. "Now let's go have some fun pretty girl." Avis smirked before opening the door to her car and stepping out leaving you like a confused puppy before you realized and scurried out of the car yourself trailing behind avis.

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"aw such a good girl.."

"yes just like that.."

Avis's voice rang in your head as you 'worked' on a car.. "where is your head at kid?" You jumped as you heard Ernies "avis really did a number on you huh?" He grinned "shut the hell up Ernie." You mumbled as you looked back to the car "well she's here for you again" he said making you basically snap you head back to look at him then to avis who was watching from her convertible with an amused grin on her face

Your face glowed red before you glared at Ernie then walked off to avis "hi sweet thing" she said gently as you got into her car. "Hi Mrs amberg.." I said with a soft smile but she didn't look at you.. only ahead, she was an actress but you could still tell when she was acting "ma'am are you ok?" "Fine dear." She replied before you could even finish your sentence.. you stayed quiet after that, following her into the hotel when you arrived.

When you got into the hotel room she practically pounced on you, not doing her usual slow strip or taking her time. She wanted you, and she wanted you now. This wasn't like her and you could feel the tension in her body as she pinned you down on the bed.. finally letting you breath as she pulled away from the sloppy kiss

"Avis-" you choked out, but she didn't stop. You were worried about her.. "be quiet darling.. just let me have this.. let me feel you.. let me feel wanted.. even.. even if it's a lie.." her voice almost broke you.. grabbing her hands you stopped her..

"but.. but what if it.. isn't a lie?.." your voice was vulnerable and that shocked avis, "what do you mean?" Her voice was strict, "I.. I.. I'm.. I'm always.. just so excited.. to see you.. I mean not just for.. the sex, but for you. Just to see you.." you admitted..

Avis suddenly pinned you down again but this time she was less tense less sloppy.. her hands effortlessly ran over your unclothed skin, her lips grazing along your body as she made her way down.. stopping when she got in between your legs.. spreading them and not wasting any time, her tongue dipped into your heat as she lapped a line up to your clit before taking it into her mouth.. two fingers slipped into your heat making you let out a small moan..

You hid your face in your arms trying to hide your noises.. you felt her lips leave you as she came back up still pumping her fingers in and out of you, "don't hide sweet girl.." she whispered as she grabbed your hands gently taking them and moving them away from your face so she could see you, "I wanna hear your pretty little noises.."

Her tone was soft and gentle filled with.. love?.. you could see tears in her eyes.. was she sad?.. you gently leaned up kissing her as her fingers pumped in and out of you still.. you could taste yourself on her lips.. "Avi..." You whispered against her lips.. "I.. I love you.. I really.. really do.."

She kissed you again.. more deeply as her pace quickened and before you knew it you walls clenched around her fingers.. "just like that darling.. good girl.. you're doing so well.." avis praised as she helped you ride out your high

After you came down she brought her fingers up to your lips.. letting you suck your juices off of her fingers as she watched you with adoring half lidded eyes "I love you too angel.."

[mawofthemagnetar]

Father's Day

“So, hold on a minute,” Iskall held his hands up, “back up, because I must have missed that. You’re a FATHER?”

“Well, yeah?” Jevin shrugged, scrolling through his comm, “What’s so hard about that to believe?”

Iskall, by way of a reply, simply gestured at Jevin’s person from his head to his slimy feet.

“So? Okay, yeah, I guess it- is a little hard to fathom. I do, uh, have a certain- aura of coolness around me. But yeah, no, I’m a dad. And a damn good one, too. I mean, a slime-dad, which is a little different than a regular dad. But for a slime-dad, I’m top-shelf. Of course.”

“Uh-huh. And how does a slime-dad differ from a regular dad?” Iskall folded his arms.

“I don’t gotta, uh, chase after my kids as much as you guys do. They’re pretty much ready to go once they hit full-size. I do my bit by checking up on them periodically. Anyway, point is, I gotta go. My kids are throwing a father’s day bash, and I can’t be late.”

Iskall rubbed his temples.

“Okay, couple questions. One, father’s day was three months ago. Two, is there a Missus Jevin you’ve got stashed away somewhere? Or a Mister Jevin? Or-“

“…Why would another person be involved?” Jevin asked, tilting his head with a squish of slime, “Like, literally, why? Who needs help to become a parent?”

“…Uh…you know what? No. You want to learn about the parrots and the bats, go talk to Keralis.”

“Sure, whatever. Anyway, to answer your second question, it’s ‘cause if you try to do father’s day on the actual, like, day, renting a big enough hall is stupid expensive and it’s all just kind of dumb. And a hassle. So we host it whenever.”

Jevin glanced up from his comm.

“Wanna come? Meet my kids, I mean.”

Iskall rubbed his forehead.

“Sure, why not. Hit me with it.”

They tapped their comms together, and Jevin clacked his jaw together- the slime equivalent of a smile.

“Okay, so uh…All my kids know you guys as their aunts and uncles. So if they start calling you “auntie Iskall-“

“-Yeah, yeah, I know. I’m used to it.” Iskall nodded, “Should I wear something special?” 

Jevin waved a hand. 

“Nah, don’t worry about it. You’re fine as you are. Anyway, let’s go. Not good to keep my kids waiting!” 

And Jevin tapped a few options on his comm and vanished. 

<iJevin has left the game.> 

Iskall shrugged, tapped over to his server list, and selected the option for the Hub, with the teleport coordinates visible in the centre. 

He tapped it, and vanished. 

<Iskall85 has left the game.>

When Iskall opened his eyes again, he was standing outside a colossal building, looking like some kind of conference centre. It was made of smooth quartz, with a fake parking lot full of fake vehicles that had clearly taken some builder a long time to put together. 

Jevin was standing there, tapping his sneaker impatiently, the blue slime slosh-slosh-sloshing against the ground. 

“Alright, c’mon, let’s get moving.” Jevin huffed, “We’re already a couple minutes late, and my kids worked really hard to put this on.” 

“I’m coming, I’m coming…” Iskall muttered, brushing off his pants and following Jevin towards the doors.

Iskall was assuming that Jevin’s family would have set up a few tables in a corner. He was a slime; and the way Jevin was talking, Iskall had assumed a big family. Maybe ten kids? That would be a pretty big family. 

Then Jevin and Iskall stepped into the conference hall. 

“HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD!” 

Several thousand slimes bellowed all at once, a wall of sound so deafening that Iskall could feel his bionic eye nearly shake out of its housing. 

He blinked his one eye, darting it around the room in shock. There were hundreds of small tables around which sat an unfathomable number of slimes in all colours of the rainbow. The room was a riot of wild fashion choices, and a deafening rumble of clattering bones and squelching bodies.

“I- I-” Iskall stammered, as he reached up and tightened the nut holding his robotic eye onto his skull’s mounting post.  

“HEY EVERYONE!” Jevin shouted back, “THANK YOU!” 

“Is that Uncle Iskall?” a deep voice said eagerly, “It’s so nice to meet you!” 

“You have…THOUSANDS…of children. Not ten. Not twenty. Not even a hundred. THOUSANDS.” Iskall stammered. 

“Yeah. I’m, uh, the father of all slime hybrids. It’s not a big deal, to be honest. Some other slime would’ve absorbed a skeleton and decided to think about itself if I hadn’t.” Jevin shrugged. 

“All. Of them. ALL OF THEM.” Iskall clutched his head in his hands.

“Yeah? It’s not that difficult. You just, like, shed some slime on a large enough pile of biomass, it’ll grow into a kid. How is this so confusing for you? That’s probably where humans come from.” Jevin shrugged. 

He rubbed his slimy hands together with a hideous squelch, and started traveling through the room, eagerly greeting each and every one of his kids. 

Iskall staggered over to the snack table, piled high with compost, cinderblocks, and beer. He popped a bottle, and started chugging it.

[rustylizard389]

A guide for people who want to watch Detective Conan legally

Detective Conan is one of my favorite shows out there. Unfortunately in America it’s a little hard to find legal places to watch it. So I thought I’d make this guide to help people out! Keep in mind this is from the perspective of an American. Also I’ll be pointing out some methods that require vpns. If I missed anything let me know and I’ll update this post!

The show

1-123 and 754-current (crunchy roll) [subs only]: probably the most well known source to get episodes of the show. It also adds new episodes every week so you’ll be able to keep up with the show. The only downside with crunchy roll is its massive gap in episodes and no access to the dubbed version.

1-123 (funimation DVDs) [subbed and dubbed] - to my knowledge this is the only way to access the original funimation dub. Some of the DVDs can be cheap if you find them used, but if you don’t want to buy them there’s a good chance your local library has them.

1-510* (Pops anime Asia YouTube channel) [subbed] {vpn needed} - for a fairly good chunk of episodes you can use a vpn to connect to Singapore servers and access the pops anime Asia YouTube channel. At the time of writing this they only have up to episode 510 but they add more episodes every week. One of the biggest downsides to this though is there’s a small water mark in the top left and right corners and you can’t turn the subtitles off. So if you’re trying to get footage for screen shots or videos this isn’t the best source.

1-1129* (billibilli) [subbed] {vpn needed} - once again useing a VPN to access Singapore servers you can use billibilli to access every detective Conan episode with subtitles! (It’s not as up to date as crunchy roll but it updates every Saturday, also it uses the international number system) I only found out about this recently so it was really helpful to know. To my knowledge billibilli is sort of the Chinese equivalent of YouTube/Tubi so it’s free to use! You can also turn subtitles off and the watermark isn’t on any of the footage itself so it’s great for getting screenshots and videos!

Movies

1-26 (Netflix) [subbed] {vpn needed} at the time of writing this the Conan movies are being added to Netflix in certain Asian countries. I know this includes Singapore but I’m not sure where else, I know it’s available in other countries though I just don’t have a full list. The only big downside to this is there isn’t a dub here. Also no movie 27 and obviously no movie 28 since they’re both the most recent movies.

1-6 (funimation DVDs) [subbed and Dubbed] - to my knowledge this is the only way to get these movies in America without a vpn. Unfortunately if you’re looking to buy these DVDs they can be quite expensive. Especially last wizard of the century! However you might be able to find them at your local library, especially if their catalog connects to lots of different libraries.

19-25 episode one special, and the Lupin crossovers (Prime video, i tunes/Apple TV, google play store, YouTube movies, and blu ray) [subbed and dubbed] - Some of the newer movies have recently been dubbed and they are all available to rent/buy on the platforms I listed above. Movies 19-23, the Episode One Special and the Lupin crossovers also have blu rays available. They are out of print but you’re able to get them at a pretty good price via the crunchy rolls store! Unfortunately movies 24 and 25 don’t have blu rays to my knowledge so you’ll have to get them digitally. This version of the dub is pretty solid and keeps more to the original script, unlike the funimation dub which would change names and script elements(I still adore the funimation dub though). Definitely check these out as it seems like we’re going to keep getting new movies every year.

Miscellaneous stuff

Zeros tea time and the culprit hanzawa are available on Netflix both subbed and dubbed. I especially recommend checking out hanzawa as it’s a pretty fun time.

Something else I’d like to include here is games! There’s really only been one game that’s been officially translated but there have been a few games that have fan translations! I won’t go too much into them due to the whole legal gray area of them, but I just wanted more people to know about them.

Mirapolis investigation (Wii)[europe only] - the only official translation of a Conan game and it’s only available in Europe unfortunately.

Conan and kindiachi case files(ds) [fan translation] - highly recommend this one

The mechanical temple murder case (GBC) [fan translation]

Strange rock island (GBC) [fan translation]

Legacy of the British empire (Ps2) [Fan translation]

Definitely recommend finding and checking these out as they’re pretty cool!

Anyway that’s all I got for this post! I hope this helped at least one person find a good place to watch detective Conan. If I learn any more places to watch this show I’ll update this post!

[coatl-cuddles]

What if Sky had larger server sizes?

Well here's a post going in detail about it, because I am deranged

Warning: Long Post! Seriously!

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Boring Basics

HOW WOULD THIS WORK?

Something to note is that Sky is a pretty intimate experience and can be extremely confusing and overwhelming when starting out.   Because of this I think it's best that you can ONLY ACCESS the higher server sizes AFTER completing eden OR after gaining 100 winged light.   I would do this by putting a realm gate or door in Aviary Village (maybe in the old hut where the Season of Revival gear was), where a candle or darkstone is waiting inside to be lit.  Similar to activating which home base you want to choose, you can manually turn this on and off at any time. This way players who want a more minimalist experience can have that, meanwhile players who want a more socially in-depth ( or socially chaotic haha) experience can have that instead!

“How to divide the numbers?

Sky is broken into loading realms, which are broken into areas, which are then broken down into loading zones” - For the sake of the conversation we will be talking about areas as a WHOLE (anything divided by a loading screen or winged gate is up for debate).  We will NOT be including loading zones.  The concept of different loading zones having different area sizes is dumb and would be hell for groups of players going together. So we’re going to pretend like they don’t exist lol.  Like oops sorry little Timmy this loading zone is actually 10 people not 12 you will now be thanos snapped from the group.  So unless it is a COMPLETELY segregated area/realm, the server size will remain the same. (with a few small exceptions)

This is just for theoretical fun!  I am making this post COMPLETELY IGNORING practical game development rules, and what is ACTUALLY possible the server power TGC HAS.  

However, I am going to make this practical and consider each area's strong points and weak points within the community for server sizes!

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AVIARY VILLAGE

Aviary Village townsquare - 35 person MINIMUM

This should be the LARGEST AREA IN THE GAME.  There is NO REASON the main town should be so empty all the time, ESPECIALLY with as many sitting and hang out spots the developers put into it.  The tower, the hills, the grass, etc.   The best core memory of playing mmos growing up was finding a spot where there weren’t a lot of other players and going there frequently to hang out.  Which then means you meet people who regular the same spot.  And you can become friends easier.   Personally I would want it to be 50 people, but that number can be a little daunting.  So for now let's go with 35 MINIMUM. 

Aviary Village Shops - 8 person MAX

It's super cramped in there;  The default size is good.  I just wish the servers actually loaded people in there quicker!  I'd love to see people sitting in the chairs and hanging out.  Especially since there’s such good hang out areas in there. Buuut I also understand why no one DOES hangout in there, BECAUSE it is so cramped!

Cafe - 10 person MAX

There’s 12 seats in there, so 10 is a good max!  I was gonna make it higher, but I was in there while it was full today and oh man!! I don’t know if its an oob or what! But it got crowdedddd!  BUT, since so many people DO use the cafe, I think its best to raise it a little.  And I say that because as someone who did try going in as a group 8 people was just a liiiiittttlleeee too small. 

Nest - 8 person MAX

Oh my god please keep it at 8 people max.  It would be extremely funny if it was 10 people.  But as someone who has had the limit in her house before oh my god its SO CROWDED.   Absolutely nuts no more people please.   (Though it would be funny if it were a higher server size) (just not practical)

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ISLE OF DAWN

Isle of Dawn - 20 person MAX

Note: Remember this includes everything as ONE LOADING ZONE. We are getting rid of loading zones here. Which is a BAD idea, but we’re gonna do it anyways! The only area not included in this would be the Cave of Prophecy!

Anyways- I would make this one of the bigger areas in the game considering how OPEN and LARGE IT IS.  I would also make itone of the largest, because of how often players actually DO hang out in Isle of Dawn.  For those unaware the Season of Gratitude area CONSTANTLY has players idling, sleeping, or hanging out.

So in order to allow larger groups to hang out, WITHOUT going to the Season of Gratitude concert tech, I would make this area larger.

Cave of Prophecy - 16 person MAX

“But its so cramped in there??” Yes, it is.  But I would rather dodge Sky kids raining down from the wind paths and from the cavern corridor, than let little moths or solo players who need help go unattended!  And as someone who goes to the trials daily, quite frankly a lot of people come in groups (myself included occasionally!) and don’t have time to stop to help newcomers!  So when you have SO many different people going in 4 different directions I think it would be best to raise this to 16 people. I would say 12 people to make it more manageable, but I feel like that number would be too low to make the impact that it needs to. So rahhh battle royale lobby time good luck kings

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DAYLIGHT PRAIRIE

Daylight Prairie Main Zone - 16 person MAX

Note: This includes the prairie lobby, butterfly fields, birds nest, prairie caves, the village, and the temple! Matching with Wasteland for the most popular lobby to hang out in; Daylight Prairie I would raise to 16 people!  That number is definitely quite large, especially for the caves, BUT with the consideration that there would only be one loading zone per AREA, then the likelihood of players sleeping or afking makes this much more possible.   Especially in areas like the caves where the bonfire is AND the back cave corridors are down to the boatsman.  So it wouldn’t be as bad as you would think.  And again we are encouraging people to SPREAD out and hang out in spots other than just in front of the dressing rooms!  And this size would encourage that. Remember: this would not effect moths.  There will not be 14 moths running up to you with a white candle.  You are safe.  For now. 

Ancestors Table:  10 person MAX

I am begging the devs to raise this.  I am sorry, but the amount of times there has been ONE AFK person that ruins it for everyone else has been astronomical.  Especially when it comes to getting OREO TO WORK. And don't even get me started on the hackers jumping to the top and dooming everyone at the bottom omg. Raise the default limit by two and solve all worlds problems.

Sanctuary - 16 person Max

Okay I debated on this one for quite a long time, mostly because Sanctuary is SO LARGE that it should truly be getting the Isle of Dawn or Aviary Village treatment.  HOWEVER…. Have you ever been to geyser when every. Single. Person. Is active.  No afk. No slackers.  Everyone is moving.   Cause oh my god it is a battleground.

So for the sake of everyone's sanity (even though I really would want there to be 30 people flying around at a given time) we’ll make the limit 16 people.   It's still gonna be hell, but not nearly as unmanageable.  

Prairie Peaks - 25 person max

This would earn the title of second biggest area in the game considering there's NOTHING TO DO HERE.

No candles. 4 Spirits 3 Winged lights

It is a barren wasteland where the only thing to do IS HANG OUT.

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Hidden Forest

Blanket statement of raise the cap for every single area to a 12 person MAXIMUM

Forest is not built to withstand any more people than that.  Hiding spots from the rain, grandma's table, the caves, etc.  There wouldn’t be enough room for any more than that.  It just wouldn’t be practical I’m afraid.  It would do more harm than good to raise the numbers here.  Especially if a skykid fresh from eden gets caught in the rain and there’s no room by a recharge post to stand near. Yeah definitely not.  12 is the maximum capacity for ANY area here!   Also yes, I’m also including Treehouse in this, because even vets still deal with the rain here (I don't blame them I hated doing the quests post-season release.)

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WIND PATHS - 20 person MAX

Another extremely large area with insane amounts of hang out spots and flying room.  Paired with Isle of Dawn this will be another large area to hang out in (as it rightfully deserves i am wind paths #1 supporter) 

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Valley of Triumph - 10 person Max

Another extremely tricky one.  And another blanket statement unfortunately

Due to the way races work and how absolutely narrow some of the side passages are near the Village of Dreams and Performance stage I sadly have to give Valley the Forest treatment.

Not because people are gonna die here if there’s too many people, but because it’ll just get INSANELY annoying to deal with.   Like it just straight up will break stuff if we go any higher.   You could MAYBE go 12-16 if you wanted to treat the ski lift boats in the Village of Dreams like a pubg lobby where you have to fight for your life to get on one.  That might kind of fun.

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GOLDEN WASTELAND

Lobby - 16 person minimum

Wasteland is very lucky to have the largest lobby among Sky.  From the bonfire, to the dressing rooms, to the switch cave, to the pillars in the clouds when you're coming from Valley, to the bridge and towers bordering the lobby.  It is ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE and should be taken advantage of.

I once saw someone stick a bonfire on one of those pillars near where you come from Valley and it was the coolest thing I ever saw.  Waiter!! Waiter!! More of that please!!!!

Truthfully I feel like 20 is better, but for the sake of keeping things practical we’ll do 16.

Abyss - 12 person Max

Going right from the lobby and straight to the right.  Abyss absolutely needs more people.  Not because it's a great hang out spot, but because it is an absolute nightmare getting to kids when they’re krilled and we NEED more people to cover more ground.  Seriously, if you get krilled in the abyss you’re basically screwed.  And if TWO people get krilled? Actual nightmare to deal with.  It's SO HARD saving other sky kids you have no idea.  

The Wastes - 12 person Max

Anything after the tornado at this point should be 12 people.

Will this make things kind of messy when it comes to hiding from krill? Yes.  BUT does it mean there’s a higher chance to be SAVED if you ARE hurt.  Double yes.  Also since loading zones don't exist people are gonna be PRETTY far spread out when it comes to the krill introduction area and the graveyard since those are both the same AREA.   So it’ll be fine.

The Forgotten Ark - 12 person max

I was going to make this higher, but there’s literally no reason for that.  Especially since you can buy spells in Aviary now.  Same verse as the first, the new server size is 12 people.  Also prevents people from being split up when they try and go to the arc via boat.  Try not to think too hard about the logistics of 12 people sitting on the same transportation boat. 

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VAULT OF KNOWLEDGE 

Vault Main Sector / Elevator - 10-12 person Max

Raising it a little, but not by much.  There’s not enough room on that elevator for more hahaha

Starlit Desert - 20 person max

The amount of tea parties, musical concerts, and sleepy little guys I have seen here is astounding.  There’s enough room between the gloating narcissists concert hall, the rose garden, library, king’s isle, and lighthouse for the number to rise considerably.  Also plenty of flying room.

Repository of Refugee- 8 person max

It's way too damn small in here for 8 people, let alone more.

Secret Room - 10 person max

Honestly we could keep it as 8 people, but it's fun to make it 10.

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EDEN

We are raising this number to fucking 12 people MINIMUM.

I do not care that it will make hiding behind rocks harder.  I am so sick and tired of groups of vets flying by in bundles and leaving moths alone to rot.  I cannot be the only solo mf loading in to help them. SOBBING.  WE NEED MORE PEOPLE PLEASE I CANNOT KEEP ESCORTING +3 MOTHS AT A TIME. 

Anyways, the same goes for Orbit. 

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Yayyyy there’s our changes for the sky server limit.

God I wish this was real. Honestly. Personally.  would prefer if the server cap was a MINIMUM of 20 for every region and say fuck game stability but i know others would hate that HAHAHAHAHAAHAH. Ok post over this is probably really dumb but i am cringe and i am free weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[talenlee]

Meet The OC: Juusan

This is an explanatory writeup of one of my Original Characters (OCs). Nothing here is necessarily related to a meaningful fiction you should recognise and is shared because I think my OCs are cool and it’s cool to talk about OCs you make.

When you walk in a city of giants, you have to do a lot with what you’ve got. Juusan, the adopted son of Keiko, spends his days instructing in martial arts and his evenings delivering pizzas for his boss, Jo. And then, at night, he dons cowl and picks up his staff, and goes out to fight the kind of crime that falls beneath the notice of the ‘big’ heroes.

‘Juusan’ is not a registered hero. It’s not a name on many records at all. There are some police districts that have a name jotted down, suspect numbers, maybe even unregistered super #4133, or something like that. Juusan is a name known to a small number of people as the actual name of a tall staff-wielding vigilante ninja. It is a name known mostly just to his family – his brother, his mother, and a few people around them.

That man also works pizza delivery (which gives him freedom to go places), and teaches martial arts as a relief teacher at his mother’s dojo, which is part of a strip mall. To anyone who meets him in that capacity, he is an unremarkable, if tall, fairly nice and friendly guy who can immediately melt out of the memory the second he’s not being the active centre of attention.

This is because Juusan is a conspiracy.

Mechanics

Oh heady day. Juusan was created upon the release of staff melee, where I found that it was a very strong set for fighting low level missions, what were sometimes called ‘CEBR’ farms.

These farms worked on a few kinda broken principles in the games at that point. Inspirations are these short-term personal buffs that you get for defeating enemies; it’s a control mechanism for how you deal with surprising problems, and they’re a bit of a broken mechanic under the hood. Basically, if you’re good at killing large mobs you get better at killing larger mods and you can escalate in a way that characters who can’t kill large mobs don’t get to.

Anyway, you could eat a bunch of inspirations right by the entrance to a mission type, then run into that mission, find a big mob of enemies to fight, and then have a huge advantage against them. Missions that were designed to be played at level 2, by characters who did good damage in large groups meant there were ways to get from level 1 to 50 in maybe a day of reasonably convenient farming, and then use that to farm other characters.

The best things to do this with were Claws Electric Brutes, hence CEBR, but I explored ways to do it with other sets that could be similarly cheeky. Basically, ‘how quickly can you get multiple area attacks and what can you do with that?’ I found I could make Juusan’s build work with this and so he rushed up the levels as an experiment.

Juusan back on live was a Staff/Invulnerability Brute, and my memories of what he had and how he played were a bit vague because it’s been ten years. I would assume if I would build him today he would be pretty cracked, and in fact, it’s why I bring him up; we have a new page (a patch) on the Homecoming server, and it gooses the numbers to make Staff a little better.

I am curious.

History

Juusan is the adopted son of a woman known only as Keiko. Keiko’s story is a known mystery, and not worth delving into at this point in time, but the basics is that Keiko is, well, a vigilante detective and martial artist who has been working in secret to fight a vast sprawling conspiracy run by remnants of her family. To be a registered hero would involve making her identity known to the government and that might open her up to potential attack from corrupt officials, and so, she keeps under the radar, and has taught her family to be just as secretive.

Juusan is his name, because that’s the number thirteen in Japanese. That was the age he was when Keiko adopted him, at least, according to him. He’s often remarked that he may have been lying as a child when that happened, which creates just further problems for reconstructing his past. It isn’t like Juusan likes dwelling on his past, though – he’s much more focused on going forwards and living up to the standards his mother set for him.

Juusan is scrupulous, kind, honest, thoughtful and conscientious. He is a detective of excellent skill and high standards. His ability to piece together puzzles and divine the hidden movements of criminal material is peerless (except, he will point out, his mother). He’s a firm believer in the proper way for people to do things, and tries to stick to the rules. Except you know, criminal tresspass and assault, which is where the vigilante element kicks in.

He is, in Keiko’s family, the Good Son. He is the golden child, the one who has never done anything wrong and who Keiko never has had to correct in front of his younger siblings.

Which is why it is an enduring question as to what it means that he disappeared one day, only to appear in the Etoile doing the same work, without talking to his mother or his brother or sister. This rift has been the source of much strain, and his return to Paragon was not hailed as a returning member of their network, but with distrust and concern.

As for a reason? Well, he needed to. In his mind, he needed to be something other than a subordinate part of his mother’s plan to fight the Ko. As long as he was replicating her approach, he feared that he would always replicate any technique the Ko had against Keiko, and he needed to do something new. Unable to communicate meaningfully about it, he instead just went, and figured he’d sort it out later. After all, that was the optimal way to do things, right?

He’s still not sure how to apologise to his mom.

So, Juusan is Nightwing? Right? Like, Keiko, and her connection, date back to live service times of City of Heroes. Keiko is a Batman analogue (Batmanalogue) and the Ko are the League of Shadows, invented when Keiko’s player got access to City of Villains and invited me to come play the game. That’s how I started off in the game. Juusan took some time to follow, but he’s the Nightwing to Keiko’s Batman. The rest of the Batfam around that are all in the same analogous space, of ninjas that are doing Batman stuff against a conspiracy, and have every reason to avoid other, larger sources of infrastructural power.

I love Juusan to bits. This big straight laced, extremely hard to stop, determined vigilante, who is nonetheless a big nerd for Following The Rules and Making Mother Proud, expressed in someone who is always using layers of masks to protect information. Paranoia and spycraft that runs so deep that he can’t help but be cautious about telling his mother he needs to leave because what if she interprets it as an infiltration attempt by an outsider!?

You should try and be a fan of your friend’s OCs. Maybe your OCs will find a best friend, or you’ll find something wonderful that inspires you to create.

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[sixshotsinatumbllr]

Rating Good Omens Characters by whether I would employ them in my IRL cafe or not.

Aziraphale: 100% would employ. He'd be on service, taking orders and running them out. Also, we have a small retail book corner, which I am currently failing at making work, so Aziraphale can also get that going (he'd be great at sourcing books, not so great at selling them). He is not allowed to perform his magic act though, which makes him sad. Sorry Azi.

Crowley: Absolutely yes. That (infernal being) knows their coffee. The ywould be a shit-hot barista. Sadly, they get fired after a week because the only person in my life that is snarkier and grumpier than Crowley is my husband (the actual owner of the cafe, I'm just along for the ride). They get into too many arguments and Crowley quits majestically. But we really appreciated the handful of times they yeeted someone off into another dimension when they were difficult customers.

Nina: Obviously. She has the experience for the job (unlike probably all the other characters); and she has the personality for it. She'd be the one that gets all the good gossip from the customers and be able to handle it be stupid busy. She'd be our number one reliable employee. My husband and Nina would also fight and snark but they'd both feel refreshed by it.

Gabriel: NAH.

Jim: Also NAH, but we'd probably put him on for a week of work placement through a job placement agency to help him out a bit, because he clearly needs it. Unfortunately, he becomes a liability because he drinks too many hot chocolates on shift and that costs us too much in stock.

Beezlebub: I'd really like to, but the council food inspector won't allow it with all the flies that come with zir.

Famine: I think Famine would be a food rep. These people come around from food wholesalers to introduce us to new products. A lot of these seem pretty questionable. I reckon Famine's taken Ciao on the road after the Notpocalypse for something new to do. He's a very polite and enthusiastic rep, but we politely decline his products. The following week, a critical potato shortage hits the market and we have trouble sourcing good quality chips, a key menu item in the cafe.

Furfur: I wouldn't give him a job even though he appears to have a solid set of organisational skills, because he personally irritates me. But then he becomes a regular customer, coming in for a large cap everyday, pays in the low-denomination coins, takes up an entire table of six for two hours, and then asks for a bag of coffee to be ground in the middle of the lunch rush.

Maggie: she'd be in charge of the playlist. (at least, after Crowley quits in a fury, up until then he'd hogged the spotify and dictated all of the music- and miracles it to continue even when he's not on shift. There's slightly less Queen than there is on our playlist currently). She'd be a day barista one or two days a week. I reckon Maggie and Aziraphale would be the Monday server/barista duo.

Every now and then, the playlist gets possessed for a few hours and none of us can do anything about it but let it pass and see what Crowley's digging musically these days.

The Metatron: Absolutely not. In fact, he's banned from coming within 500 metres of us and our oat milk supply.

[buggy-selfship]

trafficsona (? is that the word?) thoughts

- has been in all the seasons

- overall a very risk taking player. always has to watch the drama and its own hubris leads to its downfall

- not particularly good at pvp but also doesn't have the patience for traps

- loves making hidden bases. and if it doesn't want to be found, it will NOT be found

- rarely ever goes all in with allies. it is determined to survive and it will leave teammates behind if that gives it a better chance. the major exception to this was double life, cause they are literally connected

- third: was part of the red army. its final death was slain by scott during the last session

- last: started more than average lives but quickly lost them on stupid things like placing bets and antagonizing reds. i don't really have ideas for its day one alliance this season sorry. but it does team up with mumbo for a little bit when they're both red and they become absolute menaces with end crystals. in the end it's another casualty of the wither incident. never got boogeyman

- double: at the beginning it talks with scar about the odd one out (because there's an odd number of people) and he throws around a lot of ideas. is whoever it is alone? are they part of a throuple? or something more? are there two sets of soulmates linked up? is the WHOLE SERVER linked up? and at that point grian chimes in and says no, or else the season would be over already. a bit later, bug tries to kill some pillagers with impulse and bdubs when joel and etho arrive. joel tells etho to stop taking damage but he insists it's not him. bug hears that exchange and realizes™ and runs up to them to tell them that boat boys has a third boy. at first joel is miffed to be down to just a third of a healthbar but he gets over it when he realizes bug also has a grudge against scott. and of course you already know how it goes out this season

- limited: solo for the most part. it wasn't a clocker but was allied with them. its role in the family was wine aunt who comes over every christmas and birthday to shower the kids with gifts. it DID get boogeyman this season. its final death was chased down and killed by team ties

- secret: went red pretty early on and made a competing team to the big dogs called the small cats. got several people to meow. it watched the entire season 7 infection and made bets with martyn about who would die next and as i'm writing this i'm realizing how badly i need a littlebug rivals to lovers arc. in the end it was eliminated by the shinyduo camel of death

- wild: one of the tuff guys. it used weaponized innocence to get away with SO much theft. built a bamboo tower (according to the golden ratio, of course) which promptly got burnt down. so it and tango definitely have that in common. its final death was slain by zombie mumbo (then came back as a zombie in the final session)

[burstfoot]

AGGHH hElp it's four months into me starting Arknights and i just found out about how incredibly cool Rosmontis is... but I also, in great pain, found out what being a 'Limited Operator' entails

Hey, uh, do you have any advice/experience when it comes to saving for characters? And dare I ask, is it worth it?

Limited Operators are PAIN I'm still suffering over no Skalter... So on Limited banners, you can buy a unit from a previous anniversary/CNY/summer event if you do 300 pulls on the banner, giving you a token currency you can spend to recruit them from an event-exclusive shop. On global, our anniversary events are the CNY and Summer events because of the 6 month gap between servers, but for claritys sake in this post I'm referring to the Chinese server anniversary events or what are called 'Celebration' events on Global. The current event going on, Zwillingstrume im Herbst, is a CN Anniversary/Celebration event. Previous limited operators do appear on the pool of these banners and also have a higher rate up (5x a regular non-banner unit) on the banners, though it's still pretty unlikely to get them because the chance of non-banner operators is 35% on a Limited banner rather than 50%. As well, limiteds get their 5x rate up chance removed after a while, and Rosmontis just got hers removed on the banner for the current anniversary event (which just ended yesterday) I saved to get Specalter from the wait between Texas Alter/Penance to the Ho'olheyak/Muelsyse banners. The good news is that it is totally possible to save to spark a limited operator in the time between anniversaries entirely free to play - I bought the monthly card (5$ a month for a 10 pull worth of orundums every month + some bonus sanity potions) but you can get to 300 by saving if you make sure to pick up the headhunting tickets you can buy for approx. 250 yellow certificates in the store (buy them all at once to get the maximum number of tickets - 3 ten-roll tickets and 8 regular tickets, resets monthly), yellow (or officially called Distinction Certificates) gotten from pulls or duplicates from recruitment. The next time she'll be sparkable is the Wis'adel/Logos banner in approximately November, and we just finished the current anniversary event. The bad news is that the upcoming banners are REALLY stacked with some of the strongest operators we've ever seen in the entire game (Degenbrecher, Shu & Ela especially, the last being a True Limited collab unit who isn't available outside of that current collab), so skipping those is going to be pretty rough. Likewise, Rosmontis is a great character but she's not a particularly strong unit - one of the weakest 6 stars because her mechanics are based around multiple small damage hits and the way damage calculation works means that she very easily gets stonewalled by even mediocre defense stats (and as the game goes on, medium-high defense enemies become more and more common). Of course I'd always go for a character I like over the character that is the strongest, but it makes it hard to say 'start saving now!' for her and missing out on those characters. Also, since you're still a fairly new account, skipping out on getting new 6 stars (even old operators) outside of Top Operator tags or 6-star welfare units for 6 months can be pretty detrimental to building up a solid squad for clearing out the main story/events while waiting for Rosmontis to come. However, in the next banner she'll be sparkable in, the Wis'adel/Logos banner, Wis'adel and Logos are both almost gamebreakingly strong operators, so being practically guaranteed to get both with 300 pulls alongside picking up Rosmontis isn't a complete loss.

All that said:

Rosmontis' spark count is going to be reduced after the Wis'adel/Logos banner down to 200 pulls! So I would actually suggest pulling as normal for now and beginning to save for her AFTER that banner in November, because 200 pulls is a lot more manageable than 300. On Global, the banner that she'll gain the reduced spark cost on (the next .5 CN anniversary) will be coming in approximately one year, late-April/early May 2025. While saving pulls for her then, you should still be able to pull on a couple banners if your luck isn't terrible instead of skipping out on every banner for 6 months: and your account will most definitely be built with very strong operators by 10 months of playing's time, so events/main story won't be a struggle.

[dearabby1990]

Through Hell or High Water Part 3

The date of your date came quickly you have the entire house unpacked and decorated making it feel more like a permanent home now the scent of lemon from you cleaning & the smell of your favorite sandalwood candle burning in your bedroom as you steam your dress a tight fit black short bodycon dress with long sleeves with a low cut v neck paired with a pair of chunky black heels and your leather jacket. You jump into the shower using all your favorite scented things. Afterwards curling your hair and teasing your bangs a bit before starting on some heavy black liner and a gray and silver glittered smoky eye paired with a dark blood red lipstick. Going through your jewelry box you pick out your favorite silver small hoops and in your second and third ear holes go your diamond studs from your sweet 16 in your ruby birthstone color and the guitar pick earrings you made yourself last summer with an old family friend. Just as your were spraying on your Chanel number 5 thanks to your aunt and her over the top Christmas gifts you make your way to the door where Gareth stands dressed in what look like brand new black jeans a red button up dress shirt and a black tie with his converse holding a bouquet of red roses and a stuffed Siberian tiger “Wow you look stunning” he says cheeks as red as the flowers in his hands “thanks gare you look absolutely handsome come in” you gesture him inside “these are for you” he smiles “aw thank you and how did you?…” you look at him puzzled “oh hahaha Dustin said you told him that’s you’re favorite animal and I saw it and just couldn’t help myself” he says digging his one toe into the flooring “well she’s gorgeous we’ll have to come up with a name by the end of the night for her” you put the roses in some water and grab your purse “ready pretty girl?” You giggle “yeah let’s blow this popsicle stand” he takes your hand leading outside as you shut & lock up behind yourself “HAVE FUN LOVEBIRDS!!” You both look to see Eddie waiving from his trailer as you both laugh and Gareth opens your door for you before hopping in and starting the car & heading out for a night on the town. It wasn’t a very long ride but a fun one filled with laughs and slight touches fingers brushing or when you’d hit a bump you’d get scared and grab his thigh which he very much enjoyed pulling up in front of a beautiful bricked building with a red awning that read La Bella you pull up and the vallet takes the car to the parking garage as Gareth takes you inside “wow it’s so beautiful in here” “not as beautiful as you thought” he whispers in your ear causing you to blush the woman at the front desk motions you both forward “Uh Emerson party of 2?” She looks through her book “ah yes right here I see right this way” she grabs two menus and walks towards the round tables towards a small stage where they’re playing 50’s and 60’s music he pulls out your chair table covered in a black cloth with a lamp and flower centerpiece and a gold ashtray “my uncle is friends with the owner so we have the special menus plus he agreed to one glass of wine each so make it a good pick gorgeous” you smile “thank you gare for tonight I’m having a lot of fun” he smiled taking your hands from across the table “good I’m glad and it’s only just beginning” the waiter comes “my name is Rocco I’ll be your server may I start you out with some drinks?” You look up at the waiter “I’ll have a glass of moscato and a glass of water with lemon please” Gareth turns to Rocco “I’ll have a glass of Merlot and a glass of Dr Pepper thank you” the waiter nods “I’ll be right back with that and your special appetizers complements of the chef” you look surprised as Gareth takes in your beauty when the waiter comes back he has all of your drinks and a very large tray of a few different things “your drinks & here we have some fried calamari, some homemade breadsticks in a garlic sauce, Parmesan shrimp skewers and homemade mini meatballs” both of you went wide eyed “enjoy I’ll be back around in 20 with your soup and main course” “thank you” you both said at the same time.

Causing you both to giggle as you both sip from your glasses admiring each other from across the table. His eyes are so beautiful you think to yourself and those freckles like a constellation of stars across his handsome face. You both playing footsie under the table as Rocco arrives with a tray with soup and your dinners “And here you guys go some wedding soup and the main is shrimp Alfredo with spinach and roasted peppers” both content with your meals you thank him as he walks to tend to other tables. “You really do look absolutely stunning” he says making your face completely flush from his compliment & the wine “thank you Gare you look extremely handsome” you shoot a quick wink at him that causes him to smile looking down at his lap. You head to use the ladies room as Gareth handled the bill when you come out he’s waiting for you at the entrance arm out for you & instead you take his hand linking your fingers together & peck him on the cheek “okay handsome what’s next?” You both head to the car as he looks like he’s on cloud 9 “well we can go to the theater & pick something one of those horrors you were talking about?” You smile “I think I have an even better idea if you wouldn’t mind me sharing?” He twirls his keys “anything gorgeous you name it” you giggled “well how about instead of going to the movies we bring the movies to us?” He looks confused “what do you mean love?” “I mean like why don’t we goto the video store rent a few movies stop for snacks & if you want to… you don’t have to if you don’t wanna but my moms out of town for the next two weeks helping my aunt with her new baby so maybe you’d wanna spend the night or weekend.. but remember you don’t have to feel obligated because I asked we can do the movies if that’s what you really want to do” he smiles opening the door for you to get into the car & shuts it & hops in the driver seat at first you’re hearts pounding because you’re nervous about his answer he turns to you “family video it is then we’ll stop at Bradley’s and get whatever we want. Ready beautiful?” You feel a waive of relief “yeah I’m ready” you take his spare hand as he drives to the video store “and to answer you’re other question id love to spend the weekend with you I just have to grab some clothes first if that’s cool?” You blush “yeah totally” “cool”. You pull into the video store parking lot & both head in holding hands going straight to the horror section grabbing poltergeist, Halloween and nightmare on elm Street before heading to the counter “hi I’m Robin can I get you two anything else?” “No just these three thanks” gareth answered as he pulls out a $5 bill to pay for the rentals. “Thank you for shopping with us have a good night” you both wave & hop back into the car “why don’t we get your clothes first & snacks are on me” he smiles “alright let’s go then” he blares the radio as you cruise the beautifully lit streets he pulls into the driveway “I’ll be right back love” “okay” he runs straight inside & not even 4 minutes later is scampering back out with a duffle bag he tosses into the back seat “okay snacks” as you both head to Bradley’s big buy to get snacks for the weekend grabbing a cart he offers to push. You both get a lot of stuff. Ice cream, popcorn, chips, candy, things for meals since you’ll have company & head to checkout but when you goto dig into your purse & pay Gareth already beats you to it “sweetheart I said I’d treat you” you pout “I know that but it’s our first of a lot of things I wanna make it special” “it already is now come on Romeo” you both load the car with the bags & head to your place. Pulling in you both see Eddie outside smoking a cigarette and holding a beer on his steps he watches as Gareth’s vehicle pulls in but when he sees you both unloading groceries & sees Gareth’s trusty overnight bag he starts to giggle like a girl before full belly laughing “damn love birds don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!!! Or would do!! Ahahaha!!” Gareth shoots Eddie a death glare “zip it Munson!” Before you laugh too pulling Gareth inside & shutting the door.

[star-struck01]

Pudding and Whiskers Pt. 1

You meet someone cute at your work and your friend gives them your number

Masterlist | Pt. 2

Kenma Kouzume x GN!Reader

The sound of meowing filled your ears as you unlocked and quickly shut the door to make sure no cats escaped behind you. You made your way to the staff room, practically dancing over the furry fiends so as not to trip; it truly was a skill to behold. After you changed into your uniform, you greeted your coworkers and the cats that rubbed against your legs. It really was a skill to have, being able to not trip over the small furry creatures that covered almost every surface. The cafe had a lot of stray cats. Your coworker Hina switched the sign from CLOSED to OPEN and moved to stand beside you at the entrance to greet the customers as they walked in, and your coworkers led people to the free tables or booked-out rooms. The cafe you worked at was pretty popular, which meant that with so many people coming in, the building had to get bigger to hold more people. At this point, the owners should just buy an office building to really hold everyone who wants to come in. The cafe also had rooms for parties or big groups, and that waitlist was quite long today, though they had one of the high school volleyball teams. If you remember correctly, it was Nekoma, which was kind of funny since this was a cat cafe. This was the topic of Hina and your conversation this morning.

"I heard that their team is full of good-looking players." Hina gushed to you with a small flush on her face. Her eyes lit up as she remembered something. "I also heard that one of their players is half-Russian and half-Japanese!" You hummed to show that you were still listening as you petted your favorite calico cat, Yui. She was this little thing with gorgeous golden eyes. As you were petting her, you heard the door chime. Standing up, you looked over and saw a big group of people wearing matching jackets. "Hello and welcome to Pawsitive Café! You must be the Nekoma volleyball team, right?" You wait for confirmation before both you and Hina start leading them to the room they booked. You didn't really look at any of the members when they first walked in, but once you had looked up as you unlocked and opened the door for them, you saw the towering captain (a lot of social media accounts that came up on your feed said he kind of resembled a rooster) and a small man beside him. The smaller man's hair was two-toned, and it kind of reminded you of pudding, with his gold eyes that were almost identical to Yui's. Although the man looked like he really didn't want to be there, you realized that you were staring and that the man had caught you staring. You felt your cheeks flush and quickly turned your face away, just missing the confused look on his face. Hina saw the whole interaction, and a smile that you would call maniacal spread across her face before she quickly turned it into a sweet smile. "I'm Hina, and this is Y/N, and we'll be your servers today. If you need anything, this little button will alert us to the devices on our belts." Hina pointed at a small circular white button with a little gray phone on it that was attached to the wall, while you pointed at the one on your waist. The two of you begin handing out the stack of menus you were holding to the sides of the table that you were assigned to. "While you guys are deciding on what to eat or drink, Y/N and I will go fetch some cats." The two of you smiled before Hina grabbed your hand and pulled you out of the room. When you got far enough from the room, she started asking questions. "What was that?" "What was what?" You looked at her confused, not knowing what she was asking you about.

(It's in parts because tumblr won't let me post the whole thing)

[thecoolerliauditore]

Hey, I'm that one anon from a few weeks back who was pretty skeptical about rats 2, so i thought it would be nice to come back and share how is it going

So first of all, the negatives. Yesterday was the 1st big event of the season and I did not enjoy it too much. The story itself was okay i guess, typical halloween ghost story, but it had the minecraft server - typical problem of some people speaking way too loud and over others. I was watching from Martyn's pov and he had to mute everyone twice bc of the overstimulation, and spent lots of the event in his own or in small groups

Apart from that, honestly pretty happy with the smp? It has returned to the communal vibes of rats 1 instead of dividing everyone im groups, which is great bc it s almost imposible to log in and not meet everyone else who is logged in at the moment. That was one of pirates s worst sins imo. Also, it has small missions for the players to do, which are not that interesting tbh, but they don t take far as much time as the ones in pirates which enable the players to mostly hang out and vibe. Also the whole running away from humans is a very fun premise. The whole concept of the smp is honestly just a reprise of rats 1, which brings the question of if it is really necessary, but by now it s being fun sooo i guess it gets a pass (by now)

The environment is very chaotic, but apart from the event it doesn t usually feel like too much. The one problem is that it distracts the players from actually building lol. Talking about building, they have had lots of technical issues with the chisel and bits mod, so they have changed tl another mod which seems tl be working better, although now the players have to relearn how to build in that size. But ngl, some of them are going crazy with the building, Sniff, Eloise, Scott, Sausage and Ros mainly are CRAZY

About the players, I am only following closely a handful of them, but it s generally being a blast. Having them roleplay as rats is just silly and brings good vibes and bits. My one hot take is that although I think he's a very talented builder, I find Sausage kind of annoying in smps, and also one of the loudest during events, but that's probably a me thing. Apart from him, Tubbo and Ros have done a cult and it's delightful to watch, the Martyn and Ren duo is super fun as expected, Oli is once again the funniest fucker alive, El and Bek are amazing. A creator I didn t know too well until now is Watermunch and she's great, his laugh especially gives me seratonin

So yeah, not everything is great or super interesting but it's fun and chaotic and as much as I bash in pirates, Ros and Water were great aditions to the cast so I am glad it exists. But pleeeease someone tell them to keep calm during moments with lots of people, it's uncomfy for the watchers, some ccs get overwhelmed and others can barely speak. Another problem I ve seen is that a portion of Tubbo s chat keep metagaming, which is annoying af, but whatever ig

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it! I definitely have heard good things about treebark rats (I do think renrat having a wife is the one of. maybe the funniest things to come out of SMPs good god martyn im so. im so sorry martyn) and even though i wasn't a fan of the original i did have fun watching garbage rat clips. That impromptu music number he did with the camera angle changes is like. genuinely high art to me.

also good on martyn for knowing his limits. I can imagine it's a rough choice to make in the moment what with the pressure to perform and whatnot.

o7 hope those rats keep ratting

[omniblades-and-stars]

WIP Whenever I Don't Care You're Not My Real Dad

I got tagged by @korblez for this. So I'm gonna post something that is 100% absolutely his fault. I haven't written a ton this week, so this is what I have to offer today.

I'm brain dead for real after the week I've had work. So you, if you're reading this, I have tagged you. Yes, you! Go forth, share with us.

Without further ado snippet of the thing I'm working on (sorry, not sorry):

BLOOD & GRENADINE

The pair walked casually to a small table set in a corner. It gave them a good view of the entire ballroom. And the view of the ballroom?

It was like someone watched far too many ancient vids about old Hollywood parties, with the old art deco style with the dark walls and solid line accents to break it up, but instead of stylish gold, they embedded weak cyan lights into the wall. The effect was like looking at old computer chips except it gave you a migraine if you stared at it too long. The lights cast strange shadows.

Across the room on the far side were rows of floor to ceiling windows and glass doors that led to high balconies with large ferns planted in cement planters cast with thick, angled lines to further ape a time long since passed. Those Zaeed couldn't find any faults with. Maybe a drink or two in, he might have been willing to even say that he liked them. Three or four and maybe he'd put on a trilby and start talking like an old school mobster for shits and giggles, schee?

“Too many goddamn windows,” Zaeed muttered.

“We'd be sitting ducks if there was a sniper out there,” said Garrus at the same time.

Negative one.

They sat across from each other and Massani wasted no time in perusing the drink menu. Fancy wines, over-priced liquor, cocktails that cost enough to feed a family for one night. Ah well, when in Rome and all that. He was going to get a drink. Just add it to the tab for Red to reimburse him for.

“Are you really going to drink tonight?”

Zaeed raised his eyes only scooch off of the menu to respond with a wink, “You want people to believe this is a dinner date, or what?” Usually, he just drank his liquor straight, whiskey, bourbon, vodka - shit, it didn't really matter. That burn as it went down was what reminded him that he was still breathing. Taste didn't really matter when you were often scraping the bottom of the galaxy's barrel running hither and yon chasing down assholes for credits. Didn't mean he was a man without taste, he just knew how to turn it off, measure his expectations. “'Sides, one drink isn't gonna do anything to me except cost me enough credits to buy a new scope for the old Mattock.”

Garrus' mandibles fluttered briefly as he considered the wisdom of Zaeed's defense. Or more accurately, considering just how often he'd seen him with a tumbler of some brown liquor or another during the years that they'd been working together now. Given the truly unbelievable number of bottles left over as evidence of Shepard and Zaeed's contest (the number of which could have killed a krogan), it was within the scope of belief that drinking one cocktail wouldn't make a dent in the man's sobriety.

Having decided that Zaeed was correct, Garrus picked up the menu to peruse it himself. The offerings of dextro safe wines and liquors were unsurprisingly small, and included dual-chirality options that were just right out. Those were never good. He'd be better off chugging a bottle of rubbing alcohol based on taste alone.

“Good evening, gentlemen. I'll be your server tonight,” a chipper young woman with curly hair interrupted their ponderance of booze and its variations with a broad smile on rosy cheeks. “Dinner will be served in about fifteen minutes. May I get you something to drink while you wait?” She was a pretty girl, with masses of curly brown hair that were barely wrangled into a braid, and doeish, brown eyes that looked far too happy to be living on Earth post-near-apocalypse.

Zaeed heard a rumble in Garrus' chest, that same one that always came before he made a bad joke. And coupled with the daring glint in those baby blues of his, Zaeed knew that it was on. “Hm, I don't know. Darling, what looks good to you?”

Even.

“For you, love, the Brandy Alexandrus. You have quite a sweet tooth,” Zaeed practically purred without looking up from his menu. Blue was going to have to try a lot harder than that if he wanted the merc to crack. He sat through Shepard's god awful speech before hitting the Collector base without so much as cracking a grin. Besides, he'd definitely been to dinner with a helluva lot worse than the likes of the smug turian across from him. At least he was reasonably certain that Vakarian wouldn't try to kill him by the end of the night.

[emeraldblossom254]

Hello again, little critters! ^^

So to those who saw my previous post, thank you for taking the time to read it and for the likes and reblogs and comments.

Now to the good part.

The link will be given to you lot to individually put in your discord to join in, but first, a small rundown of what you’ll need to do when you join.

First, the welcome mat

You won’t have to click back and forth if you can remember the order in which to go after you agree to the rules pop up. From the landing pad, head to the Rules and guidelines. There will be a server password and a security question I will ask you, so be sure to read the rules carefully.

Now, to the roles!!

I will make a kintype/theriotype roster for everyone also, but these two are just an example of what I have set up. There’s your age, gender and your pronouns area,

Then your Hobbies and your colors for your name. There’s a verity of colors for you, some dark, some bright, it’s your pick.

The introductions channel is self explanatory. In there you’ll have your intro, no matter which format or style you chose to make it in.

In your intro, you are required to put the server password in it. Once you’ve got the password in, I’ll ask a security question about one of the rules.

Excited already? Me too.

But first, let’s look at these spots.

The forums can have multiple conversations in one spot, which is a perfect nesting spot for conversations about- pretty much everything. Theriotypes, kintypes, gear and quads and everything of the like.

There’s just one rule with these forums. Either Ven or myself make the conversations for everyone to join in.

In the plural forum, it’s similar, except, anyone with the plural role gets a conversation of their own for everyone to be able to talk in and speak with them. Questions you may have for them, weather about their system or their interests…

Just one big important rule there- no forcing questions. Let people answer questions in their own comfort level. That’s all.

In the Arts n Crafts category, everything you’ve got here is exactly what you’re able to get to. These channels are not alterhuman chat specific, but- nothing says a playlist or a few quad videos in the category isn’t allowed.

So far, that’s all we’ve got, but as the numbers grow, so too will the server itself.

Here we go. I think it’s about time you obtain this golden ticket you’ve been waiting for.

The Nonhuman/Alterhuman/15-20+ discord server is waiting for your arrival.

First, see if this link here brings you to it

https://discord.gg/dnzh3RUagF

If that doesn't work, send me a message on Discord at RavenEnya254 and ask for the invite to the Nonhuman SafeSpace. We'll get you in in no time! ^^ Until we meet again, little critters! ⠀⠀⠀⠔⠢⠀⡄⠢⡀⠀⠀ ⡠⢄⡰⠀⠀⣦⠁⠀⡇⡠⢄ ⢇⠀⠱⠣⡴⠥⢦⡔⡎⠀⢸ ⠈⠒⡸⠎⠀⠀⠀⠱⢕⠐⠁ ⠀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠆⠀ ⠀⠀⠑⠠⠔⠒⠢⠤⠊⠀⠀

[pepsiiwho]

Oh, you KNOW I was made for the hate wins ask game. Could I get uhhhhhhhhhhhh 1, 5, 6, 7 & 16, please? <3 I would ask you more, but I feel like that's excessive, and I need to get to work now. Okay, love u, bye, see you when I get home <333

sigh. Don't touch me.

I don't have a single fandom I'm known for or particularly attached to right now, so ill just jump around as i feel.

THE CHARACTER EVERYONE GETS WRONG

I am self appointed idiot who makes every character i get my grubby little hands on ooc. Because of this, I can't say for sure that any characterization I see of my faves is objectively WRONG because my own ideal version of them is surely not right. Now, having been an adult and saying all this I can say with the utmost confidence this award must go to Claude Von Riegan [FE3H] just by virtue of how he's probably one of the more popular characters i adore and as such gets the brunt of the bullshit.

I hate when people write him as this flirty, overly charming guy. Claude cannot flirt his way out of a clear bag and he is paranoid as shit. He isn't seducing your white prince and dragging him down to the dark (ha) side. He also doesn't strike me as someone who's deeply curious about other house's gossip because he actually cares. Claude stays in the know because not knowing is a blind-spot he can't allow himself to have. Screams. its whatever.

5. WORST DISCORD SERVER AND WHY

Worst discord I was ever in ... hard toss up between the ye-olden HQ discord servers or the one dmcl one I was in? Surprisingly, as far as I experienced it, both had very nice people in it on the whole. But the sad truth is too many cooks in the kitchen fucks up the simple soup-- which is to say, having so many other fans with different [WRONG] interpretations was annoying.

I can't deal with not having complete control or like, a general understanding with the people around me in fandom discussions so these servers were just, by their own nature, places I was never meant to be in. [Spits] What do you mean CLAUDE would wanna join the BL class. Go to hell.

6. WHICH SHIP FANS ARE THE MOST ANNOYING? WHY?

Short answer? sylvix. Long answer? Regardless of the fandom, the fans of the biggest most accepted ship [canon or otherwise] will always be the loudest and most annoying imo.

When you've never had to work for your food you get comfortable fast and complain more. Its a natural byproduct of being lucky enough to deeply enjoy the lowest common denominator. In most cases, regardless of fandom-- whatever reigns supreme brings the biggest headaches with it. But If this is still too general then... mmm.. people who ship objectively canon ships because their imaginations can be too small and they'll find rare-pairs odd, weird or even stupid to be into. Many a time I've had someone tell me "they've never even spoken tho.." as if that was a needed component of every ship. They're tiresome people with tiresome arguments. But it's whatever <- she is the most annoying bitch alive.

7. WHICH CHARACTER DID FANON RUIN FOR YOU?

This one is really interesting honestly. I'm usually pretty ambivalent about anyone that isn't in the blorbo pile or the poison pit.... but.... maybe Dedue or Ferdinand? Dedue because f3h fans racism and Ferdinand because he was always someone shipped with Hubert and little else. I think its sad, both ,men have so much going for them too. I'll put Tsukishima on this list as well because he was my number one and ruined by fandom. Actually no put like 90% of the HQ cast here actually hq Fandom sucks ass and ruins every cool guy. it's a bitch.

16. YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE THIS THING

God. I'm such a hater.,... this could really go on forever... Okay, I swat at the hornets nest for this one. fics over 100k. 9 times out of ten, they're not good. Quantity/=/ Quality. Usually most of the word count is just used for shit you didn't even come to the story for. That's fine, I respect any writer who can even make that much of ANYTHING, but people who can read it (and more so ACTIVELY search for it) are odd to me.

I've been worrying on this for a few days and mellowed out since I started so nothing is tooo grating or bitchy here. Look guys I'm kind and sweet forever. Enjoy. Huzzah.

[lord-shitbox]

sigh

doing that thing again where i get miserable over the attention that i feel my art gets & I know the internet numbers are mostly "does this art align with a fandom i am interested in" and not 'is this Good Art' but also like. hardly anyone FUCKING talks or acknowledges my art in the one art server i'm active in & that's really discouraging + I put art I was really proud of in a really small art show/competition thing and didn't even remotely win, again. something about knowing the people im competing against makes it worse. there were only like 8 of us & I didn't win which sucks but I didn't even get an honorable mention either and that's WORSE. three out of fucking EIGHT won something. at absolute best that means im fourth out of 8 and i may as well kill myself at that point. (i acknowledge that this is unhealthy and abnormal thinking). what have i spent the last several years of my life doing? my self esteem is chronic dogshit so I pour everything i have into being good at a select few things so im worth fucking SOMETHING at least & theres absolutely nothing worse than not being good at those things. fucking dark night of the soul or whatever i dual-skill art & math so I have that at least but rn all the math ive got is really hard exam prep shit because the sink-or-swim everything-i've-done-in-the-past-two-years-comes-down-to-this exams are in a week. it IS rewarding to spend all my time on that but it's also pretty difficult & even less people are interested in hearing me talk about differential equations than about my art. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least people think kabrugatory is funny jesus fucking christ.

gave myself a break day yesterday because I got the news about the art show results & i knew i would not be functional. and i wasn't but I at least managed to have a good day despite it which is good. fuckingggggg. hhrhghghdhghhdhgghg FUCK god damnit i cannot tell if I think my own art is good because there are objective good qualities to it or because im just fucking egotistical and insane and a massive idiot. i experience one rejection & start second guessing every good thing anyone's ever said to me huh.