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nelvana · 1 year ago

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A couple months ago now I was fortunate enough to buy a used switch lite from my friend, and even luckier to obtain a copy of Pokemon Scarlet at the local pawn shop at a very reduced price (plus a couple other things but that's not the point rn). So, we go right from the earliest generation of pokemon to the newest back to back, with possibly just as many bugs and glitches, to my gen 9 team!

Team stats and general gameplay info under the cut:

"Nila", Meowscarada, ♀, U-Turn - Play Rough - Flower Trick - Night Slash

"Quaord", Clodsire, ♂, Poison Jab - Earthquake - Liquidation - Megahorn

"Guache", Grafaiai, ♂, Slash - Knock Off - Poison Jab - U-Turn

"Stella", Luxray☆, ♀, Volt Switch - Spark - Crunch - Ice Fang

"Étoile", Pyroar☆, ♀, Flamethrower - Hyper Voice - Swift - Crunch

"Pharle", Farigiraf, ♂, Crunch - Shadow Ball - Twin Beam - Tera Blast

General Playthrough Notes:

Okay look I need to level with you all right off the bat, I don't like the vast majority of the pokemon introduced in gen 9. They feel like such first drafts to me. I normally go into these games with a team plan but this time I literally had two slots missing going in, I just could not think of what to put in there. And I already planned on using two poison-types and two normal-types! Normally I avoid doubling up on types as much as possible! After a bit I used the codes to get a bug-tera mew and a cetitan and was just thinking "I guess they'll be mainstays??"... then I immediately ran into a shiny shinx. Then a shiny litleo. They happened to slot right into the team and I've never been fortunate enough to use shinies in a playthrough (except my soulsilver randomized apocalocke but shhhhh we aren't there yet), so I put them on. But if they hadn't shown up and essentially saved my ass I would have been hard pressed to fill up a team of six (look I literally just used a mew I'm not in a hurry to use it again, at least it's been a couple years since I used luxray in a playthrough).

Anyways, despite all that, I had fun! I knew going in it wouldn't be too difficult and would have its lion's share of glitches, so I was just along for the ride. I like the friend group you form in this game! I like vibing with koraidon as an honorary team member! It's just a pleasant time.

Back to shinies for a moment, overworld shinies without any sound effects to indicate them is evil. I spent so much time staring at groups of pokemon trying to tell if one of them was off-palette. Thankfully, I never ran into any shinies other than the ones I caught.

The raids are neat, though since I don't have Nintendo Online and no frequent enough local players it isn't super interesting with just the npcs. Caught a few neat fellas though, including a steel-tera breloom and a fighting-tera azumarill.

Speaking of, when I first started playing those mewtwo raids were going on and I wanted to participate in them so bad. I barely missed my window, though from what I've heard I wouldn't have stood much of a chance anyway, haha.

I wish there was more post-game other than the raids. I've redone the tournament like half a dozen times now; I wish there was a battle frontier or something. To be fair, I haven't caught all those ruin legends yet; though the one I have caught I managed to get in the first ball, lol.

Do I have the dlc yet? No! I can't just throw around that kind of money willy-nilly. Maybe someday though.

Picnics are really cute though I wish I could pet my pokemon instead of just wash them. Also why can't I sit down on the chairs that are set up around the picnic table??? Still don't really get the sandwich hype, I might mess around with it a bit though, I want to give it a fair shot.

"Hey Nel, why haven't you talked about the Elite Four? You usually start these notes with them?" The E4 is very unremarkable, sorry. I won't bore you by being the billionth person to rag on how Geeta is objectively the worst champion. Also when I rematched all the gym leaders I didn't have to terastilize or heal my pokemon. They were a bit more impressive the first time around tbh. The gym puzzles were neat though!! Except for Tulip's. Fuck her.

Oh yeah, terastilizing is a thing. Mega evolution is still better.

I wanna hang out with my friiiieeeennnds more, both my irl friends and Nemona, Penny, and Arven. It would be so fun to do raids with them or something like that.

Cold take but the uniforms suck I wanna customize my outfit like Nemona, Penny, Arven and Team Star do

(Normally this is where I'd show a screenshot of me finishing the game, but I'm one of the few weirdos who can't use captchas and haven't found another way to transfer files from my switch to other devices. Have a picture of my cat instead; his name is Prince.)

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worstvideogamesong-poll · 1 year ago

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Worst Video Game Song Tournament - Round 1 Match 45

Versus Giegue - EarthBound Beginnings

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VERSUS

Dragon's Den - Pokémon Gold/Silver

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FIGHT!

I would recommend listening to as much as you can of each song before voting, but how you choose is up to you! Remember to be civil in the tags and replies!

Propaganda under cut:

Versus Giegue:

"i'm going to get tittinus.... oh wait that's on purpose? still hurts"

Dragon's Den:

"Gen II has a lot of my favorite songs but this one. just is a bit too grating...the game boy could not handle it. I'll easily take the gen 4 remake cover over this one any day and I say that as someone who would play with GB sounds on."

Feel free to add more propaganda in the tags and replies, or send it to me in the ask box and I'll try to share it as soon as I can!

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fanfic-lover-girl · 1 year ago

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DBZ Thoughts: Gohan saving Videl from Spopovich is not as romantic as it seems

So I made this post a while back comparing the Videl v Spopovich fight with the Vegeta v Frieza fight. In the blog, I indicated along the lines that Videl's fight marked the end of her status as a fighter. After this fight, Videl was reduced to a love interest and any development her character could have had as a next-gen human fighter was dropped.

I would argue that Gohan's attempted intervention in the Videl v Spopovich fight put the nail in the coffin for respecting Videl as a fighter.

Why do I say this? Let's establish the facts:

Videl up till this point is a very capable and proud fighter, IMO more than her dad Mr Satan. She uses her skills to help people and she shows curiosity for new techniques as demonstrated by her desire to learn to fly. Sure, Gohan has saved her as the Great Saiyaman but she has so much courage to risk her life every day.

Videl is such a proud fighter that she CHOSE to remain in the fight. Remember this is a tournament fight with rules and exits. With two words, Videl can walk away from this fight without any consequences besides maybe a bruised ego. However, even when her head is being squashed, she refuses to concede. I think it's Vegeta's level of stupidity, but I respect her for it.

So what is the impact of Gohan trying to save Videl?

If Gohan interrupted the fight before Yamu, he would have been disqualified from the tournament. Videl wanted Gohan to be in the tournament so I don't think Pre-fight Videl would have appreciated Gohan being disqualified.

Gohan is basically disrespecting Videl as a fighter. By intervening, Gohan is unintentionally demonstrating his need to save Videl from her own decisions. Videl is too dumb to save herself due to her pride so Gohan has to step in as her knight in shining armor. Remember, Videl does not need saving! This is not a life-or-death battle like with the Frieza forces, just a very violent tournament match. That Videl can walk away from HERSELF.

The audience is being told that Videl can no longer depend on her own skills and needs to rely on the big (Saiyan) boys to protect her. Videl does not get a chance to swear vengeance against Spopovich or to use that moment to motivate herself to become better. Instead, what we have is Gohan stepping in and swearing vengeance on Videl's behalf and Videl asking Gohan to get back at Spopovich for her. Nothing is wrong with a male loved one protecting you and I find it sweet of Gohan. But this just further robs Videl of whatever agency she had left as a promising female fighter.

Gohan is unfortunately the worst thing to happen to Videl's character as a fighter.

#videl satan #videl is crushed #videl vs spopovich #videl deserved better #videl's potential was flushed down the drain after the spopovich fight #son gohan #HanVi #hanvi critical #dbz females deserved better #spopovich stomped the tomboy out of videl #dbz #dragon ball z #dbz thoughts #gohan and videl are probably one of the cutest couples in dbz but i wish videl could have been explored more as her own character #imagine if krillin or tien stepped in during goku's fight with piccolo jr in db and ruined goku's chance to finally be tournament champion?#why doesn't videl deserve the same respect?#oh it's because she's a girl so she needs a boy to save her :(#buu saga

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autumnaaltonen · 2 years ago

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Imagine alucard’s confusion with the gen z obsession with renfairs and those TikTok’s that are like “when thou is in a tavern throwing it back with thy fellow wenches to gain the attention and approval of the knights in the corner”. Like he grew up in that era so he knows how much it sucked arse, but here’s these teenagers glorifying it and larping the worst years of his life while dressed as fairfolk lmao 😭 (not hating on renfairs, they’re amazing)

The only time I ever see Alucard entering a LARPing fair is becuase it is for a mission. But there is always fun to be had where there is mead and turkey legs, yes?

This was probably one of Alucard's more daring missions

The year is 1990, and Integra is 13-years-old (note: this was likely before she would be knighted)

This would be the first official mission Alucard would complete under the orders of his new, prepubescent, Master

And of all places to go hunting for a rogue vampire, it was in a bloody Renaissance Faire

The target was staging as a black knight in the duelling competition, using his newly garnered vampiric strength to cheat his way to the top

Pfft, nerd

Unfortunately, this nerd was also causing serious injuries and killing his competitors behind the scenes when they upstaged him in any way

So something needed to be done about him, fast

The discussion Walter had to have with Alucard in regard to what renfair's actually were was entertaining to say the least

"Human's actually recreate the Medieval Period for enjoyment?"

"Yes, it's really becoming quite popular these days. Common activities include theatrical arts, costume making, and mock-jousting."

Alucard is baffled and intrigued at the same time

What little memories he can recall from his mortal life are not one's of enjoyment, and are usually accompanied by the stench of blood and shit

Will people be throwing the contents of their chamber pots out the windows? Will there be bloody duels outside of pleasure houses, fighting to the death and leaving a stinking corpse out in the alley? CAN HE STAB SOMEONE CUS HE WANTS TO?

When Integra decides to accompany Alucard to the fair for educational purposes, she plays the part by dressing top to bottom in noble silks, jewels and fencing sword on her hip

That's when Alucard begins to piece things together

This is a glorified beauty pageant, and he was going to draw attention to himself if he walked in with his long red coat, glasses and sunhat

With Integra's permission, he quickly slips into his Vladcard form to better fit in

Chain mail armour, tattered cape, crucible steel kilij, and that sexy sexy stash 😏

Unfortunately for Alucard and Integra, this achieves the exact opposite intent

Everyone is all over them in an instant, wanting to admire Alucard's "hype threads" and super realistic sword

Everyone assumes that the two are doing a guardsman and princess cosplay, which pre-teen Integra quickly refutes with a swing of her also super realitic sword

After begrudgingly posing for a number of photos, and having a many number of ladies (and men) shooting their shot with smexy Vladcard, the pair finally make their way to the duelling competition, which was scheduled for midnight

The plan was to enter him in, make his way to the top two (too easy), where he would fight the vampiric black knight and 'theatrically' end his un-life

Alucard has never taken out a target with his kilij before, so he was actually beginning to enjoy this little excursion

That was until he read the Yee Olde Rules

"No metal weapons allowed"

There was a barrel next to the sign filled with foam swords and dulled pull arms, ready for any new competitors who were without their own prop-weapons

YOU AREN'T ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO HURT PEOPLE???

Alucard his done. He's so done. This is bullshit. Why bother to hold a tournament at all?

Integra has to pep-talk him into the game, convincing him that this would be the cleanest way to kill the target with all the people around, so they'd just think it was part of the show

But how was he supposed to kill the vamp with a foam sword?!

This is Alucard we are talking about

He could turn a ball-point pen into a deadly weapon

Alucard actually has to go easy on the pimple-ridden teenagers that lead up to the final fight, dodging their measily plastic swords with ease, before *bonk*ing them on the head with what could be considered a pity swing of his foam blade

It was very boring for both him and the audience, ending each match in 10 seconds flat

By the time he is finally facing the target in the final 1 V 1, Alucard picks up one of the dull-pole arms as his weapon of choice

Integra adorns it with a lily wreath she pruchased as a joke, giving Alucard her 'favour' with a wink and a smirk

With enough force and precision, Alucard is able to drive the blunt end of the polearm into the black knight's heart, impaling him 15th century style

The audience is initially stunned silent, not used to seeing fake blood being added to the mix of things, as well as the audible *crunch* of the pole arm snapping when it makes contact with the black knight's rib cage

Integra has to cheer and applaud dramatically, breaking the awkward silence and giving everyone the green-light that this was "just a part of the finale!"

Roses and daisies are thrown down to Alucard as he takes in the cheers and praise, giving a noble bow before exiting the ring

That was definitely a nostalgic experience, who knew he missed that stupid era so much?

#hellsing #hellsing ultimate #alucard #hellsing alucard #sir integra

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best-fe-parent-tournament · 2 years ago

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I totally respect putting the fates dads in here for baby realms crimes, it’s your poll, do what you want.

But I think it’s so blatantly just a plot device that for a lot of the dads it doesn’t feel like an actual like extension of the characters? Like are there dads who would 100% be absentee? Yes. Does it feel like a coherent choice that these characters made and should reflect them as people? No.

Baby realms are dumb and bad tho so again I’m not trying to come across as rude or arguing they shouldn’t be there, I’m just pointing out that i think most of the confusion comes not from people not realizing the baby realms are bad but because the baby realms are so insanely bad, it’s OOC for most of the characters and doesn’t feel like something they would have chosen if they were real people, it was the writers.

If any of that makes sense

Ultimately I agree, the Deeprealms were the best excuse they could find to include a second gen in Fates (which feels like a last minute addition in and of itself since it has no relevance in the actual plot), damn if it didn't make any sense for the characters. (For example, Corrin would never have their child grow up alone and secluded in a sole spot like they did and there's no way the Awakening Trio would put their children through the trauma of growing up (mostly) without a parent unless they had a good reason for it. Heck, some of the characters probably wouldn't even consider having a child at the present time)

For the parents it feels so disconnected compared to the way they normally act that if it weren't for the Deeprealms, they'd be pretty decent at worst. Heck, some of them would be reasonable candidates for the Best FE Parent Tournament, that's how disconnected it feels!

There's a good reason why many people, included myself in my main blog, just pretend the Deeprealms aren't a thing.

But ultimately I decided to still include them because while for most of the parents it feels completely disconnected, most of the children are written such as they are deeply affected by the way they grew up. For example Kana has severe abandonment issues and Percy is so mad at Arthur for never visiting him that in his join chapter he literally tricks a group of mercenaries into beating him up.

The Deeprealms may make most of the parents extremely OOC (if only for the idea they'd put their child there), but ultimately that's what happened, and it had consequences for the children so... It felt a bit disingenous not to put them there, at least in this first edition.

If I ever redo this tournament, I'm going to exclude any of the parents whose sole fault is the Deeprealms, if only for making room for worse candidates that are added in future FE content or couldn't make it for this one.

#ask replies #Anonymous #fire emblem #worst fe parent poll

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onepiece-polls · 2 years ago

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Favorite Worst Gen member - tournament!

#Monkey D. Luffy #Trafalgar Law #one piece #tournament #worst generation #worst gen tournament

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crystalelemental · 1 year ago

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“megazardx2: Sword and Shield’s DLC did have the Galar Star Tournament added in, so I don’t think the main story’s cast is quite done yet. Then again, who really knows? With these games, it’s a roulette as to what they get right and wrong. Nothing is consistent.“

I’m expecting exactly nothing. I don’t even want to deal with it. I’m so annoyed. Like, I’m sure there will be some kind of new endgame content, and sure, the cast will probably return a little bit. They’ll definitely put out a much easier way to farm Tera shards, fixing the problem they made by selling it back to you as a solution. But do I expect anything interesting at this point?

...I actually don’t know. Gen 8 DLC actually is a huge improvement. Getting Isle of Armor early, and having that whole bit with Kubfu, does add a lot to the base game which felt fairly empty. Having Crown Tundra wasn’t all positive, I don’t love the Dynamax Raids, but the rest is solid introduction of a bunch of Legendary Pokemon that are always available now, and extended battle with the cast. Doesn’t add a ton to them, but the DLC for those games were actually kinda good.

The problem is Gen 9 doesn’t have the same issues as Galar did. Galar’s problem was feeling empty and not having enough in its base. Paldea has plenty in its base game. Its problems are not having anything past that. There’s zero endgame content. Something like an Isle of Armor content wouldn’t really help Paldea, which already suffers wildly from being easy to overlevel (see: “Geeta’s the easiest champion ever”). But more post-game-centric stuff? How much of that is going to be these trash-tier raids? Because Galar doubled down on their dens. I doubt Paldea won’t follow suit. Which sucks, because the raids are actually the worst and I hate them. If that’s going to be a big gameplay focus, then fuck it, I don’t want it.

#megazardx2

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bard-llama · 1 year ago

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WiP List Time

Because why not? This is gonna be super long, so I'm gonna separate it into sections under a cut.

Gen fics (71)

The Tournament of Kingship (published): Toph enters a tourney to determine the King of Omashu, who is supposed to be the Greatest Earthbender in the World

Actions Speak Louder Than Words (unpublished): Zuko apologizes to the Gaang through actions, rather than words

Come to the Good Side, We Have Cookies (published)

Spontaneous Combustion (unpublished): In Ba Sing Se, Zuko investigates a rash of spontaneous combustion cases

Early S3 AU (unpublished): During The Runaway, Zuko is touring the prison facility Toph and Katara end up in. When they escape, he chases them - because they're the only possible hope of stopping his father.

Choosing Nonviolence (unpublished): Aang sees Zuko’s Scars, but still refuses to kill Ozai. Zuko feels betrayed, but nonviolence is important to Aang and he tries to explain

What is Forgiveness (unpublished): Aang was right about Katara needing to forgive. But what does that mean for him facing Ozai?

Truth Serum (unpublished): While facing Azula during The Chase, they all somehow get exposed to some kind of truth pollen shit

De-aged Zuko (unpublished): s1!Zuko ends up as a little kid. The Gaang does not know what to think.

Flower Language (unpublished): Aang offers friendship through flower language. Zuko does not understand.

The Duke Learns to Read (unpublished): Zuko teaches The Duke how to read

Working Together/Mission Fic (unpublished) s1!Zuko and Aang get captured by slavers and have to escape with the other captives

Zuko becomes Fire Lord at 13 AU (unpublished): During the Agni Kai, Zuko fights back. This changes everything.

Toph Joins S1 (unpublished): During the Pirate encounter, Toph mows them down and Iroh and Zuko end up surrounded. Zuko refuses to surrender.

A Scarred Foundation (published): Zuko wears makeup to hide the worst of his scars

Muzzled (unpublished): The Gaang and Iroh rescue Zuko from Zhao, only to find him muzzled and unaware. It's been days.

The Long Road to Recovery (unpublished): When the Gaang refuses to let Zuko join them, he goes searching for Uncle in Ba Sing Se - and ends up captured and horribly tortured. Now the war is over and he has to figure out how to recover.

Trusted with Weapon (unpublished): Zuko realizes the Gaang trusts him

Body Swap (unpublished): In Ba Sing Se, Zuko and Aang wake up in each other's bodies. Iroh is very confused and concerned.

Gifts (unpublished): When they discover it's Aang's bday, the different ways their cultures view gifts are explored

Katara POV Zuko tortured by Fire Lord (unpublished): Katara is glad Aang is unconscious and can't hear Zuko's screams

Ozai finds out Zuko joined the Avatar (unpublished): Ozai is very annoyed that he didn't just murder his firstborn long ago

Kanna (unpublished): Gran Gran stands in judgement of the firebender her grandkids adopted

Gyatso Runs Away With Aang (unpublished): s1 AU with added Gyatso

Dad Convo (unpublished): Zuko and Hakoda have a convo about dads

Shaking it up down South (unpublished): Katara is not the only woman annoyed when the post-war negotiations in the Southern Water Tribe keep ignoring them. The men don't intend to be sexist, but it doesn't mean they aren't.

Something to Live For (unpublished): when your whole world is pain, you have to find something worth living for

Keeping the Avatar Alive (unpublished): After fucking up and almost getting Aang killed, Zuko takes his responsibility to protect the Avatar very seriously

Self-Harming Zuko (unpublished): Zuko doesn't know why he hurts himself, but he does

Haunted Toy (unpublished): After the news of Lu Ten's death, Zuko discovers that the toy crow that Lu Ten had given him now speaks with Lu Ten's voice.

Animal Transformation: Zuko is a finch-hawk (unpublished): s1!Zuko gets turned into a bird and ends up getting taken care of by the Gaang

Time Travel Zuko 2: Electric Boogaloo (unpublished): s1!Gaang come into contact with an older man calling himself Fire Lord Zuko. s1!Zuko is not impressed.

Toph and Zuko’s Life-Changing Field Trip (unpublished): Toph brings the Fire Lord with her to go visit her parents. This has an impact on her parents' plan to marry her off.

Crossdressing Gaang (unpublished): Who doesn't enjoy playing dress up?

Nerd Lords (unpublished): Kuei and Zuko bond over being gigantic nerds.

Fight Club (unpublished): while on the run from the Fire Nation, Zuko has an eye for identifying where the underground fighting rings are in any city of the Earth Kingdom.

Instinctive Bending (unpublished): Zuko has always found the rigid firebending forms to be unnatural and uncomfortable. He's terrible at them. But when he lets himself bend without thinking about it... he's not proper, but he's good.

Drugged Zuko Rescue (unpublished): Sokka and Aang rescue a drugged Zuko from the Dai Li

Bad (?) Reputation (unpublished): the Gaang is surprised to learn that there are those in the EK who are disappointed the Avatar is back - because it means the Fire Prince won't investigate their corrupt officials anymore.

Silence (unpublished): Aang hates silence

Hidden Communities (unpublished): If the Sun Warriors are going to hide the dragons... then why not surviving Air Nomads and Sky Bison too?

Gyatso adopting Aang (unpublished): Adopting a student is a big deal to Air Nomads. But none ever felt right for Gyatso - until Aang.

Crooked World (unpublished): Zuko knows his world doesn't work the way it does in scrolls

Fire, Water, and Government (Know Nothing of Mercy) (published): Zuko becomes a pirate. This affects the Southern Water Tribes greatly.

Time Loop/Loop Zoop (unpublished): When Zuko's ship blows up, it starts a time loop that he can't figure out how to get out of.

Southern Water Tribe Mixed Children (unpublished): as the SWT fleet made contact with the world, it makes sense that some might fall in love and choose to leavethe fleet. That doesn't mean they don't want their kids to be part of the tribe.

Brother (unpublished): Azula is not okay with Toph claiming her brother. Zuzu is hers.

Blue Spirit Reveal (unpublished): After The Boy in the Iceberg, Sokka asks Aang about being saved by the Blue Spirit.

Zuko's Odyssey (unpublished): in the years before the show, Zuko decides to sail across the Western Ocean, said to be full of monsters and mysteries.

Accidental Shaman Zuko (published): Zuko learns how to be a shaman while searching for the Avatar. This has a ripple effect that changes everything.

Balance (published): Zuko bends both water and fire. He may not know why - but he's learned to be pretty good with both. Now it's time to leave the Northern Water Tribe settlement near the Northern Air Temple and find an earthbending teacher for Aang.

A Second Chance at Family (published): When Azula's lightning hits Zuko, he expects to die. He does not expect to wake up several months earlier in a different world.

Agni’s Little Flame (unpublished): There was one little flame that Agni had a fondness for

Unyielding (unpublished): Zuko believes in never giving up without a fight

Zuko adapts other bending techniques (unpublished): Zuko's never been a great bender. Which is why he needs an edge if he's going to be able to face his family. Adapting techniques from other bending styles may be wrong, but it works.

More gen, bc apparently tumblr has a limit

Fire Control (unpublished): It takes a lot of control to keep fire from burning wildly

Those Who Tell Stories Rule the World (published): Zuko learned a lot of stories while researching the Avatar

The Consequences of Breaking The Rules (published): Zuko needs to know what the punishment will be when he messes up. Not knowing is worse than the certainty of pain.

Nightmares (unpublished): Zuko has nightmares. Katara tries not to notice.

Good at Bending (unpublished): Zuko is not actually considered to be a good bender, much less a master.

Healing Fire (unpublished): It's just a trick Zuko figured out to help soothe his aches and wounds. It's not really healing. Iroh isn't sure he agrees.

Sibling Rulers (unpublished): Zuko approaches Azula with an offer: they can rule the Fire Nation together, as equals.

Crew bonding: First time they see Zuko breathe fire when frustrated (unpublished): Zuko is supposed to be bad at firebending, but none of them can figure out the Breath of Fire. He makes it look natural.

Katara hating on Zuko (unpublished): Katara is completely justified in not trusting Zuko. Being justified doesn’t mean she can’t put her foot in it, though. And it turns out, she doesn’t actually know much about this boy who chased them across the world.

Thrice Cursed, Once Broken (published): Zuko is captured on the Day of Black Sun and subjected to his father's personal attention. But then Ozai is defeated and the Fire Nation needs a ruler. Zuko would do anything for his people.

Zhao's Retribution (published): After the Blue Spirit rescues the Avatar, Zhao knows who to blame.

You Become What You Needed (published): Batman!Zuko adopts a ton of kids, because they need somewhere to go. Now he has to figure out how to actually take care of them.

Viva la Resistance (unpublished): Zuko's crew isn't so pleased about being stolen by Zhao

Aang in the Iceberg: Dreams (unpublished): While stuck in ice, Aang dreams of living in a world where he's the only person - until one day, Zuko shows up as a newborn baby. They grow up together, with Aang unaging - but then Zuko gets sent to find the Avatar.

Angst Coma Time Travel (unpublished): While in his angst coma, Zuko ends up in the iceberg with Aang, before Aang ever awoke. He thinks there's something weird going on - but Aang is just desperate for a friend to play with.

Punishment (unpublished): Zuko knows he messed up with Sparky Sparky Boom Man. So he approaches the Gaang, ready for his punishment.

Zukaang (40)

I'm Your Fire, Your Desire (published): Zukaang get together at the Western Air Temple

Shirtless Sparring (unpublished): p much what it says on the tin

Return to Pohuai (unpublished): roleplay sex with the Blue Spirit

Our Love Become a Funeral Pyre (unpublished): Zuko is actually Kuzon reincarnated. Both of them love Aang.

Gay Bar (unpublished): Zuko and Aang meet in a random gay bar in Ba Sing Se. It's totally not awkward.

Airbender Blow Jobs (unpublished): Aang can hold his breath for longer than the average person

Ozai at a conference (unpublished): He's annoyed his idiot firstborn made friends with a blind Earth Kingdom kid (Azula made friends with someone useful. But obviously Zuko couldn't be that helpful)

Fluff for Cricket (unpublished): Zukaang bonding after the dragons

“My heart feels like it’s dancing when I look at you.” (unpublished): Zuko thinks there's something wrong with him. Aang doesn't know what to say.

Fealty (unpublished): Aang tries to show his devotion to a newly crowned Fire Lord Zuko

Aang Approaching Zuko Morning After (unpublished): Aang goes to the teashop where he happened to run into Zuko, hoping to find Zuko again. Instead, he finds Iroh and has to try to explain why he's looking for Zuko

Dreams/Nightmares (unpublished): Aang dreams of Zuko chasing him. After a comment from Sokka about picturing the villains in his dreams in their underwear, Aang ends up having an uncomfortably pleasant dream

Pampering Zuko (unpublished): Aang convinces Zuko to go to a resort where he can actually relax and shit

Treasure (sequel to Pearl) (unpublished): Aang decides who he wants to give his black pearl to

“I’m in love with your voice” (unpublished): While Zuko has Aang captive at the North Pole, they end up talking for a bit

First Kiss/First Time (unpublished): When Zuko kisses him, Aang runs away - all the way to the South Pole. It's Fire Lady Mai who comes to get him, much to his horror.

Pao’s Teashop Office Sex (unpublished): who hasn't always wanted to break into their boss's office to have sex on their couch?

Rope Burns (unpublished): Aang decides to ask Zuko to tie him up in a show of trust

Blue Spirit Tagalong (published): Zuko is haunted by the Blue Spirit, who is a little shit.

Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You (published): Zuko is always staring at Aang

Sexytimes – Voyeurism (unpublished): Aang ties Zuko to a chair so that he can't touch

Gossip (unpublished): Toph and Aang gossip about Aang's new relationship

Frottage (unpublished): Zuko and Aang end up hiding in a closet in the Fire Nation palace. Naturally, this leads to sex.

PWP Genderbent Aang picks up Zuko without Zuko knowing (unpublished): what is says on the tin

Blue Spirit x Avatar Aang (unpublished): Fire Lord Zuko is more than a little annoyed when his people all think the Avatar is dating the Blue Spirit

“We need to stop dancing around it. All it does is hurt us both!” (unpublished): Aang dreams about his enemy a lot. So when he wakes up in a cave in the North Pole with his enemy wrapped around him, he naturally assumes he's dreaming. He thinks nothing of kissing Zuko - until his friends show up and turns out it's not a dream????

Identity Porn (unpublished): Aang doesn't know who the Blue Spirit is, but when he runs into them in Ba Sing Se, he's willing to go for it. Zuko doesn't know what to think.

“I can’t stop thinking about you. When I wake up, when I’m about to fall asleep…” (unpublished): Zuko can't stop thinking about Aang. Aang doesn't mind.

Soulmate Potential (unpublished): Anyone had the potential to be your soulmate. Even your enemy.

Blue Spirit/Avatar Aang (unpublished): The Ember Island Players put on a play about the epic romance between the Avatar and the Blue Spirit. Aang is not amused.

Zuko writes about the Fire Lord and Avatar’s Bond Thru Time (unpublished): Zuko writes an academic paper about the connection between the Fire Lord and the Avatar

Action, Inaction, and Consequences (published): After the war, Ozai is put on trial. He tries to invalidate the Avatar.

Justice, Served Cold with a Side of Vengeance (published): Zuko becomes the Spirit of Vengeful Justice aka the Blue Spirit

Zuko's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad (Yet Kinda Awesome) Destiny (published): Zuko gets chosen by the Masters to continue to line of dragons. He is not delighted about this.

The Fire Lord and The Avatar (unpublished): The story of the Avatar and the future Fire Lord, starting with a surprise meeting in Ba Sing Se

(Going) Down and Out in Ba Sing Se (published): Hookups in Ba Sing Se end up very much affecting Zuko's decision in the Crystal Catacombs

Ba Sing Se Boyfriends (published): Zuko and Aang end up dating in Ba Sing Se

Seduction of the Innocent (published): Zuko starts to make a life for himself in Ba Sing Se. He attends University, writes a thesis on the Air Nomads and the Water Tribes, and becomes famous for a serial comic about the Gaang that he and Jin write together

Two Lovers, Forbidden From One Another (published): When Aang propositions the Blue Spirit after being rescued, it changes everything.

Multi-bending Zuko (unpublished): Zuko is secretly an airbender. And a firebender. He wants to know why - and the Avatar, the only remaining airbender in the world, might have his answer.

Zutaraang (11)

Untitled future PWP in the same 'verse as I'm Your Fire, Your Desire (unpublished): Katara (somewhat reluctantly) agrees to have a threesome with Aang and Zuko.

Inspired by Zukaang art by littlegingermochipie (unpublished): Zuko blows Aang while Katara watches

Zutaraang Sparring (unpublished): Aang has a religious experience watching Zuko and Katara spar

Zutaraang Lap Sex (unpublished): Zuko is surprised when Katara summons both him and Aang to a room in the Western Air Temple - and then pushes Aang into his lap, climbing on top of them both.

Katara and Aang decide to pursue Zuko (unpublished): post-canon, Aang broaches some Air Nomad ideas about relationships and gives Katara time to think about it.

Crystal Catacombs (unpublished): When Aang runs into Zuko in Ba Sing Se and asks him on a date, it manages to change everything. Zuko has to make a choice underneath Ba Sing Se - and he chooses Aang. Katara doesn't know what to think.

Sparring for who gets to take Aang (unpublished): Katara and Zuko like to compete for who gets to take Aang first. Aang is baffled.

The Southern Waterbending Line (unpublished): Zuko talks to a newly married Katara and Aang about bending genetics and how they can each revive bending amongst their people

A Royal Heir (published): when Zuko realizes he has to get married and have an heir, he and Aang ask Katara.

A Seat at the Table (published): during post-war negotiations, it comes out that MANY communities are missing from the negotiating table. The Gaang decides to invite them all.

Hope for the Future (published): When Aang has a dream about a hopeful future after the failed invasion, he believes that it might still be possible to have a happy ending

Other (13)

Retribution (unpublished): the Gaang pays Zuko back for the shit he pulled

Crowd Shy (unpublished): Zuko's biggest trauma happened in front of a crowd. What better way to balance that than with a good event in front of a crowd? Zuko's more than a little dubious.

“Seduce” You to the Good Side (unpublished): The Gaang kidnaps Zuko during early s3

Oviposition PWP (unpublished): Zuko x Dragons

Reading Lips (published): The Gaang kiss Zuko to ring in the New Year. Zuko doesn't know what to think

To Weave a Tangled Web (published): Aang has the bright idea of uniting the EK and FN through Kuei and Zuko's marriage

Commitment to Balance (published): The Gaang decide to get married. For Balance.

Zuko navigating 10 (billion) relationships (unpublished): Zuko as the fandom bicycle boyfriend. He's just trying to do his job as Fire Lord.

Aang loves his friends (unpublished): post-canon, Aang misses his friends

Everyone is in love with Zuko: He catches a clue (unpublished): When Zuko realizes he's in love with his friends, his wife spends an awfully long time laughing at him for taking so long to catch on

I Still Dream About You (unpublished): The night of Zuko's 30th bday party, something happened with the rest of the Gaang. He can't stop thinking about it.

Political Marriage (unpublished): post-canon, Toph realizes that marrying Zuko could fix their diplomatic issues with the Earth Kingdom

S3 Hookups (unpublished): aged up!Toph and Zuko end up hooking up at the Western Air Temple

Holy hell, that's a lot of WiPs wtf

#atla #wip list #wips #fic planning

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hot-take-tournament · 1 year ago

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On the original poll, the question is whether MM-DD-YYYY is the worst option.

Here, it's whether YYYY-MM-DD is the best.

HOT TAKE TOURNAMENT

TOURNAMENT OVERTIME #154

(PART 2)

Submission 477

the ONLY good date format is YYYY-MM-DD

[JUSTIFICATION UNDER THE CUT]

Propaganda is encouraged!

Also, remember to reblog your favourite polls for exposure!

i sure fucking can. LISTEN. picture a world. a world where YYYY-MM-DD is in use everywhere. no more writing out the full name of the month to be unambiguous. no more wondering if 08/05 is august 5th or may 8th. if you start with the year you KNOW the month comes next. no culture fucking uses YYYY-DD-MM. (and if you do i guess it's just to explicitly cause chaos and suffering so i can respect that a little.) personally i hate MM-DD-YYYY the most because it's not monotone increasing or decreasing. like you knew you'd have to specify the month and day and then you sloppily tacked on the year???? what????

like at least DD-MM-YYYY makes sense. it's like saying [street address], [city], [province], [country]. you tack on the bigger containers as they become necessary.

however. i will die on the hill that even DD-MM-YYYY is not as good as YYYY-MM-DD. and this is because of how numbers and alphabetizing works.

you see i had to analyze some data once for an internship. the spreadsheets were named with the date. and SOME of them used MM-DD-YYYY while others used YYYY-MM-DD. and you know what? the MM-DD-YYYY formatting was such a bitch to work with that I made a small simple program JUST for the purpose of renaming every single one into YYYY-MM-DD format.

because you know what happens when your sort anything but YYYY-MM-DD in alphabetical order????? you get all the fucking December dates lumped together across your entire year range. or all the first days of the month. it fucking sucks. relatedly i fucking hate 12-hour time with the AM PM stuff.

in conclusion YYYY-MM-DD with 24 hour time is a mercy to anyone that uses the date in their files. and literally anything else is data scientist cruelty. thanks and have a nice day /gen. hope you consider switching to the best datetime format today.

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zapphattack · 2 years ago

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Abandoned: Dogs See Dogs - Modern AU [Clara-centric, gen]

the title may give you preconceived notions but i assure you this is not anything you'd expect from me. this is from a defunct modern au of gorkhon that i used to sketch stuff for during class, not much to say for myself given how i don't think of it much anymore

Clara was in trouble. Nothing she couldn't settle, of course, she was adept at solving issues, it was the sole reason she was still alive. Probably. She honestly couldn't recall clearly most details of her life leading up to this moment. Either way, she needed cash, because she was almost certain she'd be turning 18 in a few months and she knew what happened to kids in shelters who became legal adults. She had to leave her foster parents at some point in the near future, the Saburovs didn't need her brand of trouble on top of their already notable pile of responsibilities managing the hellscape that was the school year-round.

The campus was quiet as she lurked, dawn threatening to break in the next hour or so. Gorkhon University, funded by Olgimsky Enterprises and built by the Stamatin Brothers and Co with direction from the Kain Institute of Science and Education, headed by the Saburov Group of directorial principals. A private school with unorthodox practices like open program learning and an overpriced list of extracurricular coursework, public access libraries and laboratories alongside private collections of anything ranging from artwork and literature to patented chemical formulas for pharmaceutical drugs, student housing going from absurdly cheap studio aps to bizarrely expensive lofts, and sporting a passable high school campus as well as a very well-rounded college education program.

It was conceptually utopic and functionally a mess of bureaucracy all the way up and down the chain of endless systems keeping it all from crumbling under its own weight. At least the three pillars kept each other in check, and consequently themselves busy enough to make loitering the grounds a minor offense overlooked at most times.

The architects that made the place opted for the baffling design choice of having as many alleyways and pavilions between buildings as there were open streets and elevated walkways connecting everything, like a freaky attempt at an architectural nervous system. Worst of all, it worked like a charm to maneuver places easily without crowding the main pathways between building sectors. Clara thought that the librarian, or whatever position Lyuricheva held officially, deserved more credit for being the glue to the Stamatins' barely cohesive vision for the buildings. planning all the roads seemed like a nightmare when taking into account the creative decisions Peter Stamatin adamantly defended and Andrey Stamatin made a reality.

As it were, Clara was glad for the elevated footpath she took, because it led her to the most fateful piece of glossy A4 paper she encountered up to this juncture of her life. It was in a graphic artstyle with neon colors highlighting the text “Diamond Dogfight: Battle of the Bands!” at the top of a rather crowded poster. Below there were cut-out pictures of people singing into microphones or playing what one could presume to be sick guitar riffs. Alongside the images were a few blocks of text reading “Participate in the newest talent scouting efforts of the Ace of Diamonds Theater and Circus Troupe! Sign up today with at least two other bandmates and compete in a tournament-style round-robin elimination competition. Impress our panel of judges to win a grand prize of 100,000 rubles!!” and she spotted a QR code at the bottom corner alongside an email address and phone number labeled “Ace of Diamonds contact info”.

She barely registered her phone in her hand, mind running wild thinking about how neat and tidy this solved all her problems as she scanned the code, which led to a sleek website sporting a huge block of logos at the top she could imagine was a list of sponsors. In that list was the clock of the Kain Institute, the bull of the Olgimsky Industries, the bold S of the Saburov Group, as well as some smaller icons depicting the Steppen symbol of the Khatanghe Initiative Fund, the geometric logo of Polyhedron Project and the blazon of the Town Hall. Clara was almost amused by how the three big logos competed for attention, the two at the sides raised a bit above the one in the center, clearly a design choice settled on after a long argument by the families as to how to make them equal in the layout.

She skimmed over the introduction page below that had the same text as the poster before tapping on a tab labeled “Rules and Sign-Up”. A much less cluttered page listed numbered rules about band size (3-10 with two categories for smaller and larger bands), song lengths (3-6 minutes barring extraneous circumstances), set decoration and costumes (irrelevant for scoring), the validity of cover songs (valid, but evaluated on different grounds compared to originals), going for about 20 bullet points. The interesting part was the List of Clauses, an additive ruleset about optional gimmicks in the competition.

Clara’s attention honed into a topic called the “Dog Eat Dog Clause”, which stated the following: “a band may only add members during the competition if they are from another group the band defeated previously, but a member can only be added if they were the last group defeated by the stated band; only one member may be gained each round, and this clause is only valid if all parties agree to the partnership and the resulting band does not exceed the member limit of their given category. The Board of Judges will not be mediating disputes between bands, and any deals involving splitting the prize or other such topics are not to be brought up to the organizers.”

Now, Clara knew she wasn't exactly the epitome of popularity, so this rule opened some doorways for her to advance in the competition without having the strongest starting lineup of players. If she could just get two halfway decent musicians to join her for the first set, even if one left in the middle of the tournament she could still convince her rivals to lend her a member.

She scrolled until she reached the sign-up form, skimming it halfheartedly until something caught her eye. In small print at the bottom of the form was printed the phrase “Only participants of the student body or junior faculty members are eligible for the cash prize. This includes Gorkhon High and Gorkhon University students and faculty. Outside competitors are eligible for a scholarship negotiated with the Gorkhon Board of Directors if chosen as winners.” She vaguely heard the sound of metaphorical doors closing at that moment

Having a teenage girl wander around the university campus was never an overly common sight, but it wasn't bizarre enough to warrant comments, so Clara trudged the halls on what she had decided to call a scouting operation. She wanted the prize, she really did, but there were a few issues with that. Specifically the fact that she was never officially enrolled in either the High School or the University division of Gorkhon.

She was morally the foster child of the Saburovs, but she had no documents proving her legal existence, so she couldn't enroll in school very easily, and she was only taken in recently, so it'd be weird to ask to enroll at this point, especially since she had no recollection of prior school experience necessary for an entry test. The Saburovs let her have total freedom outside of the house, and she could leave whenever she wanted, so it never came up and they were rather neglectful in regards to such things, in truth. Sure, they fed and housed her, but after she was deemed independent they let her do whatever she wanted.

But back to the issue at hand. She could try to forge a student ID with the level of access her foster parents had. She almost did that, but she had looked at the panel of judges on the website of the competition and immediately shot down the idea. Student Body President of Gorkhon High, Victoria “Capella” Olgimskaya Jr was one of the main judges, and she'd get caught in an instant if she were to pretend to attend, and it's in the middle of semester, so not even the transfer student excuse would work. Therefore, she would attempt the boldest, most unexpected maneuver of all: convince Gorkhon U students or junior faculty that she was totally a student of some obscure college and they should very much trust her and join her band.

She'd been wandering for about an hour, and there were some noteworthy candidates, but she needed to be subtle in her choices. Her bandmates needed to be quick-thinking or skilled enough to pick up an instrument and play it alongside her, but gullible enough to take part in her scheme. Potential business partners needed to have motivation to win but not demand too much compensation, so either someone meek but skilled or an arrogant talent that could be easily swindled.

It was 7 am by the time she strolled around a dark corner outside the science lab building, where she spotted a figure hunched over in what she could see as a biology or medical sciences lab littered with papers, books and various sundry chemicals. Whoever it was had been there for a long time, and their shoulders were hunched shallowly over a microscope, left hand scribbling furiously on a notepad without raising their eyes from the tool. She decided to do some recon.

Daniil Dankovsky had spent all night trying fruitlessly to make some kind of breakthrough in his research into human vitality and death. That's what she could gather from observing him from outside after she came back from her extended reconnaissance. At this point he seemed to just be analyzing chemical components of random solutions he found in the lab, noting cell behavior and whatnot for the hell of it.

Med school alumnus, pathophysiology consultant and researcher endorsed by the Kains, he had the run of the lab until morning classes started without supervision, which was somewhat remarkable in itself. Apparently he was also dead tired, as his writing was decreasing in quality from “cursive doctor handwriting” to “not picking up the pen from the paper and gliding every word together like lopsided fairy lights”.

Clara poked her head into the lab from her position on the window, which was brightly lit by the morning sun. The thin curtains drawn over the windows fluttered in the breeze and ruffled the man's hair as he muttered unintelligible things under his breath. She knocked on the glass, watching as he stopped his ministrations to push his dark bangs away from his pale face. He looked objectively terrible, and the girl cleared her throat to no avail in a futile attempt at being acknowledged. Nothing. She slid over the windowsill and dropped soundlessly into the room, smelling the sharp tang of chemicals and coffee from the bench where the Bachelor of Medicine worked.

Clara had been elaborating a game plan for the past two hours, debating what kind of people she should recruit to get what she wanted. She had settled on students from an area not directly involved with the arts, as to not be overthrown by her bandmates. Alongside that, anyone in the field of psychology or sociology might be curious about herself and her supposed major, and that was dangerous if she wanted to keep up her ruse of being a student, as well as the more sociable students of such fields possibly not accept her as a classmate if they don't recognize her. Her final choice was a field of research technical and precise enough to have decent musicians but eccentric and busy enough not to question her presence in the school. Med students.

She hopped onto the table where the man worked, decided on who to try to recruit. Clara probably wouldn't get very far with this one, but a test run of her script wouldn't hurt. She had seen him working since she started scouting, and when asked about him the staff and assorted students around the block informed her of his habits and name, and she brought up as many files as she could access about him from the directorial database. He was a maniac.

“Muttering gibberish, are you? Perhaps you should vacate the lab soon, your time's almost up anyway, Dr Dankovsky. Get some rest.”

The man startled next to her, and he jerked his head towards her in a manner befitting a spooked lizard. Or perhaps a snake. He looked her up and down before speaking “It's not gibberish, it's latin. And I don't have a doctorate.” His eyes narrowed at her. “Which you would know if you knew my name. Who are you, little girl? Why are you here?”

Interesting that he'd seem offended by her using a title above his station with him. Most men that entrenched in their own work would preen at being overestimated. Still, she had to answer. “I heard you were hoarding the lab, thought I might come in and burst your science bubble to let you know. A favor, you could say.” At his suspicious look she added “I'm Clara.”

“Daniil Dankovsky, Bachelor of Medicine and founder of Thanatica.” Thanatica. She'd seen that somewhere before. “Although you already knew my name. How did you get in here? The door is locked, I don't like being disturbed.” he added, almost as an afterthought. She looked back at the window, then at him. He gaped for a moment before schooling his expression into a look of disbelief. “We’re on the second floor.”

“I didn't say anything!” she quipped, smile in place. This was turning out to be more fun than anticipated. “Anyway, regardless, you might need to vacate the premises in a few minutes. I was hoping to take up a little of your precious time to make a proposition.” Dankovsky looked dubiously over her before she added “business proposition, that is.” which didn't really make a dent in his expression. She stifled a giggle as he shrugged, a gesture that seemed uncharacteristic of somebody who put so much effort into seeming competent and intellectual, but he was fresh off an all nighter, so it's to be expected.

The Bachelor picked up his things, shoving a comical amount of hardcover books into his bag alongside three separate notebooks filled with sticky notes and tabs. She busied herself with the microscope, fiddling with the dials and cataloguing every fidget she could draw out of Dankovsky with her callous handling of delicate equipment. As he closed his, frankly, extremely unwieldy oversized handbag, he snapped at her “Stop messing with that! You'll break something and I'm the one who'll pay for it.”

Clara was a little taken aback by the silence as they trudged out after Dankovsky locked the lab back up. She curiously followed in his steps, wondering when he would finally ask what she wanted, but wanting to see where his steps would lead. They were going the scenic route to some place, she could tell that much, as he followed brick pathways through patios and wove his way through elevated walkways in the vague direction of either the joint campus cafeteria or the Gorkhon Library. She periodically stepped on the backs of his leather shoes, successfully removing one entirely on her third try. He tripped but managed not to fall on his face, turning towards her with a murderous glare. Clara smiled crookedly and brought her hands up in surrender.

“You're a little pest, girl, and you're successfully lowering my willingness to listen to your proposition with every passing moment.”

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