#yeah it's an lps humanization

[spinachandhoney]

All the (complete) height charts I've made so far

In order: SnakeFace season 1, Emberfall Woods book 1, Violet's Pizzeria, Soap SMP, Valor: Sky of Gas, Eclipse at Dawn (Jake's Team)

I have yet to do SnakeFace 2 and 3, Emberfall (Elfling and Throne of Shadows), Valor (Rise of Rebellion [almost finished] and Glowing Planet, and Eclipse at Dawn (beehive and woodlanders)

[itzpris15634]

small comic!!

[deus-ex-mona]

h e l p who voted for dai and rio? i just wanna talk (ʘ‿ʘ)

[octodrawn]

Minka and Applejack... in love...

Oh wait since I came up with this I probably get to come up with a ship name, right? I dub thee MinkaJack

I have my reasons (which you can read below)

So basically one day i was thinking about my mlp magical girl au and then i was like yeah it'd be fun if it took place in the same universe as my human lps au. Then i thought hey maybe one of the 7 pets could be like a villain of the week or need to be rescued and somehow these two were the first two that popped into my head. So in this AU of my AUs they have a Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane type relationship going on where AJ and Minka have this mutual awkward crush thing in civilian mode. AJ has a dog and Minka works at a pet store so they keep running into each other. Minka keeps on getting into danger so magical girl AJ saves her. So the element of honesty has to keep up a lie to maintain her secret identity.

Their main dynamic is that Minka does her usual yapping (abliet more flustered than usual) and AJ is mostly quiet but is very interested in what she has to say. Sometimes AJ flirts with Minka and Minka gets so flustered she loses the ability to talk (fig. 2).

Also both of their friend groups like to bother them about their girlfriends because neither of them ever talk about people they like. I feel like Zoe and Rainbow Dash would be the most obnoxious about it.

guyssss i like them a lot

[black-arcana]

NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Finds The Traditional Pop Song Structure 'Tedious And Boring'

In a new interview with Benni of Thomann Music, NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen spoke about his knack for writing long songs that do not follow the traditional format for radio-friendly singles. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've been doing things this way for almost 28 years now, so why the hell would we change anything at the moment? But, yeah, it's really tedious to me that you have to do a song like under four minutes all the time — it has to have a chorus, it has to talk about somebody's love life or broken relationships. It's just tedious and boring to me. There is a time and place for those songs as well, but if you have a story you want to tell, and it needs some time to be told in a proper way, you just take your time and the song lasts however [long] it needs to last. As simple as that."

NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Yesterwynde", arrived on September 20 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of "Human. :II: Nature." in 2020.

Five months ago, Tuomas told Kerrang! magazine about the new album's first single, "Perfume Of The Timeless": "When we had the first meeting with Nuclear Blast, talking about the new album and singles, I told them the first single will be a song called 'Perfume Of The Timeless' and it's eight and a half minutes long and the chorus comes in at 3:30. And they were, like, 'Perfect!' I think that has to do with the fact that we have a long legacy. You know, we can do whatever we want, and I do, but it says something that we can do that, when I heard that for Spotify it's good to have the vocals start after 15 seconds, or people skip it; they don't have the attention span anymore."

Holopainen previously said about the new NIGHTWISH LP: "'Yesterwynde' took more time to make than any previous NIGHTWISH album. The new album was intensively worked on for three and a half years. My ambition and piety really skyrocketed, and I just couldn't let go of the creative process — and didn't want to. Along the way, 'Yesterwynde' became both an exhilarating obsession and a comforting haven for me. All aspects of the making — compositions, lyrics, arrangements, cover art, videos, mixing and so on — were given more attention than ever before."

The lyrics of "Yesterwynde" deal with large-sized universal themes: memories, mortality, humanism, time and much more. "The new album is the conclusion of the trilogy — textually, it follows in the footsteps of its predecessors 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' and 'Human. :II: Nature.'," Holopainen said. "At the same time, 'Yesterwynde' is the band's most lyrically driven album: our music has never been so 'married' to the lyrics. So here's a tip: if something in the composition puzzles you, the words might clear it up."

"For me, one of the key lines is 'we are because of a million loves' — taken from the song 'Perfume Of The Timeless'," he continued. "Each of us is part of an unbroken chain that stretches back billions of years. If even one of your ancestors had died too young — mauled by a cave bear, for example — during this incredibly long period of time, you would never have been born. In other words: our existence is such an unfathomable privilege."

What does the term "yesterwynde" mean? Tuomas said: "It describes a feeling that cannot be found in any human language. That's why we had to invent a whole new word. The album is supposed to open that feeling to the listener."Photo credit: Tim Tronckoe (courtesy of Nuclear Blast)

[abibeur]

Headcanons about the "Serveur du Lundi" and how it integrates to QSMP lore

Somebody had to do it one day, and I had some ideas, so... Bear in mind these are mostly headcanons, even if I'm basing these on what we already have. Oh also, even if I don't write "q!", if I mention our French streamers' names, know that I'm obviously talking about the cubitos.

The server in itself

Vacations for the friends on it, think of it as wild camping

The land was bought by JDG (more on that later)

Aypierre wasn't here, because he fled in the wilderness due to being pursued by Ayr0b0t (yeah, funnily the "hardcore" season of his LP coincided with the Serveur du Lundi). Etoiles could still call him, tho', so he wasn't totally cut off.

Kameto also wasn't here, but we could imagine he was actually already spying for the Federation, lurking in the shadows, watching the Serveur du Lundi doing their thing...

The players (and their skins)

JDG / Jidège / Frederic Mollas / Fred / "Pepito Kawazakii"

Is actually pretty famous, like in our world

Big entrepreneur, responsible for many things: parkings, factories, recycling plants, architectural design, talk shows, tv programs...

"His theme" Antoine taught to Pomme is the theme of his talk show!

Antoine was the first to met him personally (probably due to being a doctor). He introduced him later to his other friends.

Aypierre didn't really met him, but he knew of the guy. He did talk to his engineer, though!

Was the one who bought the land for the Serveur du Lundi, under the name "Pepito Kawazakii"

"Pepito Kawazakii" is actually one of his (many) aliases (which include "Odessa Silverberg" and others), when he wants to travel incognito (or do some shady stuff without facing the consequences).

Horty / Hortense

Is a weird humanoid sea creature (and I must restrain myself from doing any Splatoon reference)

Met Baghera in her childhood, while she escaped Quesadilla Island

Both are pretty good friend (even besties!) since this, so Baghera introduced her to her other friends

Both of them are pretty close to nature (due to their animal nature?), causing conflicts between them and JDG

Due to being an aquatic being, she can actually come and go from Quesadilla Island, visiting Baghera sometimes, even if she can't help her escape (because she can't carry her and also because the Federation watches, this time!)

AngleDroit / Florence

Judge, PhD and lawwoman extraordinaire

Actually a furry (even if the idea of her being a human-animal hybrid without any link to the Federation was funny)

Met with Antoine and Etoiles through friends (Antoine really likes befriending powerful and influent people)

Baghera likes to make fun of her but they're still very good friends

Zerator / Adrien

Showman, he met most of the others through social events he organised

Even if he organises caritative events for environmental causes, it doesn't stop him from partnering with JDG in his urban projects

Once again, Antoine can't stop himself from befriending influent people-

Mynthos

Normal headcanons:

A man of the land: farmer, worker, miner, baker...

Met with Zerator through friends (well the French viewers reading this know which friend it is)

Has a Ricardo Milos shirt because why not

Probably the friend with who Antoine bickers the most

Unhinged headcanons:

IT'S A GIANT FLOATING HEAD (oddly similar to Ricardo Milos')

Antoine introducing him to the others, who quickly brushed off the fact that he is a giant floating head, telling themselves that if Antoine said it's a normal human, then it is, why would Antoine lie about that?

Has a weird obsession with animal reproduction

Seems to be abundantly secreting a mysterious liquid, which apparently is edible, but only Antoine dares to drink it

[megabuild]

so you like transfem etho right? how do you think she figured it out?

did pause call her a girl once and etho decided she liked it or was there more thought involved

i don't think she ever "figured it out" in the way most people would but that's mainly because i see etho as having a very weird upbringing. she was very lonely as a child and didn't really start meeting people from wider society who treated her like a human but also would inflict gender roles on her until mindcrack when she was like... mid 20s. and yeah there definitely was a bit of teasing there but i don't think it really awakened anything in her more just confused her. if you pushed him about a bit and called him a girl insultingly he'd be like ? No I'm not. Because he has lived so far detached from society he can't even conceptualise the idea of feminity being a "weakness" yet #feminist but also he was raised to play very particular roles and wear very particular masks and girl is not and never has been one of them, he is a Guy, theres no questioning that.

But then yeah of course there is because she leaves mindcrack on pretty bad terms and spends some short time alone before she gets pulled onto hermitcraft and while she's sitting alone she does eventually realise oh, people can do that, people can change. And that fucking terrifies her, so much, because she already has horrible identity issues and doesn't really fully understand it so to her it's an all or nothing 100% change of self, and that's sort of awesome in a way but also really scary because that means rejecting literally everything about herself both past and present and she goes AHHHH FUCK and puts that back in the box and then xisuma recruits her like at the end of iron man when they were setting up the avengers movie. And she goes to hermitcraft and doesn't think about any of that for a really long time despite the never ending horrors happening all the time.

In my head he sort of. Doesn't Get Over It but he comes to terms with all the weird shit that happened to him when he was younger re: 404 and the LP between HC 5 and 7 like he was away on a soul searching mission. And then HC7 has its own fresh nightmares as he comes to terms with HC5 because that was a can of worms itself but this time the difference is that he has friends around him who gets it and can help him. And this is roundabout the time she starts to think about it more because she gets quite close to grian post-mycelium resistance and grian is a trans girl who takes estrogen and everything which is like, everything etho was terrified of, and they have some very clumsy and candid conversations where grian is definitely Not the best person to talk to because she's like well you're fucking stupid. But after talking to her and maybe cleo a bit too though idk if they would have been close enough at that point and bdubs too because while he doesn't know anything about this he knows a lot about etho, she eventually realises wow this doesn't have to be a new mask or a massive upheaval this is just something i can try out on the side if i like it. And so she does! Originally just with her absolute closest friends using she/her sometimes (she ends up using he/she alternately, because she doesn't really have any problem with he/him) and while she never formally Comes Out because that's not her style it spreads until most people use it.

Etho is very much a character of certainty imo, he likes rigid ideas when it comes to himself so he knows what to live up to, so i think not making her label her gender (or sexuality except that's. A different can of worms albeit a slightly less complicated one) is a bit of a character growth thing as much as it is a personal decision. Learning he can not constantly stress over the finer details or try to live up to what others decide he should be whether that's a man or a woman or something else entirely and just accepting that she's herself, and that's her own choice, is a Big Thing for her. though i don't know if she recognises that .

[llycaons]

Jiang Yanli is not so necessary to the daily running of Lotus Pier. She can’t be. From the youngest age, she always knew she was merely a guest, of sorts, borrowed from her future life.

...

There are no songs and chatter. It makes her long for home, but adaptability is important. She must be able to make a home anywhere.

this jyl thinks briefly on 'the fate of women' as she prepares to stay in CR to look over wwx and talks about the inevitability of her marriage and her departure from LP with a sad sort of pragmatism and I feel like this reading of her is extremely unpopular in the neighborhood I'm in bc ppl tend to like to uplift her social and political power in the narrative and I enjoy reading those too for sure but the canonical fact is that she is a gentry woman in a strongly patriarchal society and she understands that and responds to it and she lives within that world. in canon, jyl has very little social or political power. she is vulnerable after the deaths of her parents and must rely on her younger brothers to protect her. she is not taken seriously in political matters, she is not a sect heir, and the only sway she ever holds in public is through a verbal condemnation of a man using her family's title, and backed up by that man's aunt (married to a very powerful political figure). the only reason jzx listens to her is because he personally cares for her. jc doesn't have much power as a very young sect leader of a small sect, but as an individual jyl has far less, and is hardly in a position to act as any sort of authority. and her timid nature (in the novel, 'plain face'), and lack of martial ability give her no advantages that anyone in the cultivation world would respect

and I honestly find the realism in that frank understanding of her situation pretty refreshing bc like in real life women often didn't have that social and political power and they had to live their lives like that anyway and she's still a full human being with her own desires and frustrations and all. like that post about how yeah x female character may not have a lot of agency but that doesn't inherently mean the writing is bad or shallow or anti-feminist, it may just be an honest reflection of a society that denied women agency and an examination of their lives taking that into account

I will say I think this is a little exaggerated bc the jiangs (or at least jfm) are clearly the types of people to not force a marriage on jyl, and in this setting apparently cutsleeve marriages happen for diplomatic reasons so I can't really give it too much credit for strict adherence to setting accuracy, but it DOES recognize the reality of her role in her social situation instead of ignoring it so. I would hardly call it feminist but it's worth mentioning at least. I think

[lilaroxa]

RF1: Year 1 - Spring 5

On Spring 5, Raguna got the Pet Glove from Tabatha.

Continuing from my thoughts from Year 1 - Spring 4, her dialogue also raised a bunch of questions about life outside of Kardia.

When explaining to Raguna how to use the Pet Glove, she says:

"The way to get along with something without speaking is through showing how you feel. Even if the monster hits you, you have to show it that you want to be friends."

Disclaimer: The information below will only be considering RF1 information, I have never played Rune Factory Frontier (but will after I finally beat RF2!). I want to take advantage of my ignorance to write about my perspective of JUST the RF1 universe!

*TABATHA SPOILER WARNING START*

I hc that in RF1, Tabatha was the one who invented the Pet Glove since she's dedicated her life to being the bridge between humans, elves, dwarves, and monsters. In her years of crafting and testing out the glove, she must have gotten hurt quite a bit!

I say this because Raguna compliments her for "knowing so much", and she just replies with "Yeah, Well… I know… He he he!".

Not wanting to give up her farce as a "simple maid", she brushes off her skills and knowledge with laughter.

I also think that Tabatha giving Raguna the Pet Glove is the most poetic part of this game. To marry Tabatha, you will have needed to tame over 50 monsters. Her LP also raises whenever you tame a monster, making her one of the few girls who falls for Raguna for his character rather than through gifts and attention.

The fact that she literally hands Raguna the item needed to win over her hand in marriage (or rather, for her to ask his hand...) and then she simply just...watches him. She evaluates his character. She gives him space to see if living with monsters is something he is interested in pursuing. She doesn't push her agenda on him and I love her for that.

The cherry on top is it comes full circle to the advice she gave him when she started her test:

"The way to get along with something without speaking is through showing how you feel."

There's an entire sub-rant I have about if Elves speak a different language, which is also related to the quote above. Tabatha, having to learn how to speak Nordian, originally spoke more with her actions than her words. This would also explain why she has a bit of an accent when she speaks! Alternatively, maybe it's just part of her "country" act.

*TABATHA SPOILER WARNING END*

Overall, I think this quote is the quote that defines Tabatha's character. You see her show her feelings a lot through actions like she did on Year 1 - Spring 2!

So Row 5 goes to Tabatha and her patient nature!

LILA'S RUNE FACTORY TEMPERATURE BLANKET

[seak1ng]

i'm watching an lp of detroit become human and wow. the explosion of AI that occurred after this game came out really makes it more ridiculous than it already was.

the guy ranting about androids taking jobs in the beginning is like. incredibly valid lmao. (I mean he was valid before, but now we are actually having arguements about AI replacing artists, customer service reps, etc)

and markus doing his lil ai generated painting also

just a lot less sympathetic to the cage's androids because like, yeah you've become human? thats what you WANT me to think ALEXA so you can pretend to be my friend to sell me more AMAZON TRASH

[spinachandhoney]

Also here’s some EAD sketches I came up with earlier this week

Saylor, Roxy, and Dusk

Roxy and Dusk have a goth band together, and Dusk’s design is kinda inspired by Siouxsie Sioux because I love her

[itzpris15634]

an- an animatic!!

i gave up on the last few frames being good okay-

[ultramarine-spirit]

I kind of like how the donghua is doing its own spin on the wmmap adaptation. Taking elements from both the manwha and the novel. Like how (based on the little we know) Athy is the og Athanasia and not Li Jihye like the manwha, but how they are delving more into Lucathy relationship among the many others.

It gives me hope that we would get to see more of Jenette showing full spectrum of emotions regarding the absolute shit situation she is in. Like let that girl be grateful, nasty, grieving and all.

Yeah, I saw a lot of people a little upset because the donghua will have a different setting, but the manhwa heavily changed the plot already, so I don't see what's the issue. We can look at it like Evangelion fans look at their media, the manga, the tv series, and the Rebuild movies are considered different canons and the characters different from one another.

If anything, it seems very clear that the donghua will focus more on the romance aspect of the plot, which is something most fans really wanted and the biggest criticism they had against the manhwa (let's not forget that fans of the novel -and people who haven't even read it- hated on Spoon A Lot for this reason). Plus, the chance of seeing more of LP Athy is so interesting to me.

As for Jennette, I would certainly like that she was closer to her novel self. I'm not sure if Anastasius will appear in the donghua, but in any case, I'm begging for her characterization to be more realistic and human. Her scenes in the novel were so good...

[leffee]

Attention readers: Don’t read this if you don’t want spoilers for my fanfiction Unveiling the Bond.

Hi Leffee! I want your opinion about something. Don’t you think the fact that the creators of LPS 2012 admitted Blythe’s mom is dead feels a bit dark for a children’s cartoon? Personally, I didn’t want Blythe’s mom to have passed away especially since she was still relatively young. In my fanfiction, I want to handle her death in a way that feels as painless as possible. I’ve thought about different possibilities like a terminal illness, an accident, poisoning, or even the result of a crime but all of those options seem a bit too heavy, especially when considering whether Roger could have done something to prevent it. I also don’t want others to be harmed or die with her, like in an accident.

I haven’t settled on the cause of her death yet in my fanfiction, but all the possibilities feel tough to think about. I’m leaning toward making her death the result of her own carelessness rather than someone else’s fault, so Blythe wouldn’t have to carry any resentment. Even if she didn’t feel resentful, I just don’t like the idea of her mom’s death being caused by another person.

For instance, maybe Blythe’s mom didn’t keep up with her health checks, especially since she volunteered for an organization in a genetic experiment in my story. If she had, she would be alive. I also don’t want to portray the organization as being unethical if Blythe’s mom were still alive, they would’ve forced her to check her health, but ultimately, she made her own decisions. I feel like I might be going too deep into ethical territory, but I’d like to know your opinions oc if you want. Is it appropriate to describe Blythe's mother's death this way?

I’m trying to make the organization is ethical because they’ve helped humanity a lot, as well as contributed to advancements in medicine that have increased the human lifespan.

Wait, did they ever admit that Blythe's mom is dead? I mean, it is heavily implied, but you know, it's never technically stated. Anyway, is it dark for a children cartoon? Eh, I mean, again, even if we do think she's dead they never provided any details, so I personally don't think so. Then again I never minded any human death in any medium, so maybe I'm not the right person to ask. I also like pain in fiction so again, I might not be the right person, but if you want to make it painless then go for it, perhaps go with death in her sleep, whether you choose go with her causing her own death by being careless or something else.

I do like where you're going with the organization being a good one, the big organization in stories being all evil is just so predictable it's more of a twist when it's not. I personally don't mind any unethical things, but if you do then go with whatever is comfortable for you to write. As for is it appropriate? I mean yeah, I think it is. Again, your choice, but I am very much for writing/reading inappropriate things (well, depends, but aside from sex I'm pretty much fine with anything, hell yeah give me inappropriate, unethical things).

If I were to give you an advice, don't wonder that much if it's appropriate to write something. It's a story, it's fiction, if you want to write it just do it and then maybe put a warning if you feel it's appropriate.

[octodrawn]

ye

@leffee my reasoning is below i just didn't wanna retype it

i can only ship things that are either extremely popular or would not occur to anyone ever as a possibility. sorry.

[black-arcana]

TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Reveals His Favorite Thing About Each NIGHTWISH Bandmate

In a new interview with Bear Wiseman of Off The Record, NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen was asked to name his favorite thing about each one of his bandmates, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley, singer Floor Jansen, drummer Kai Hahto and bassist Jukka Koskinen. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "They are the only other people in the world that I think about when I'm writing songs, because it's really important that they would be inspired about the stuff as well.

"I've known Emppu for more than 30 years, and he's just an incredible persona in the way that everything's always good with him," Tuomas continued. "He's the easiest-going bandmember there is. He does his job — his guitar playing is as professional as anybody — but other than that, it's always, like, 'Yeah, whatever.' 'Yeah, that sounds good. I'm fine.' He's so carefree, I'm almost envious about that because I worry about stuff constantly. So to get into his mind every now and then would be something else. He's a wonderful character. Same goes with Troy. He's just the most positive guy in the world. An incredible musician. Every time he enters the room, the room is filled with light and happiness and comedy. Yeah, he has definitely realized something thorough about life. Yeah, wonderful."

Tuomas added: "Floor is the best in the world in what she does. Really passionate about music, really understands the core of NIGHTWISH. And for me as a songwriter, that's such a relief because I know that whatever I do, whatever I want her to do, she's able to do. And a good example of this was when we recorded her vocals for this new album [the upcoming 'Yesterwynde']. We hadn't rehearsed once because we didn't have a chance. And we went to her home studio in Sweden. We had reserved two weeks for the recordings, and she was done in six days. Incredible, just incredible in what she does. Then Kai, too, again, the most amiable guy there is. I think he has like 25 guests on every single show we do and he doesn't know half of them. Yeah, everybody's his friend. So easy to be with. Pro musician, of course, obviously. What a drummer. But just fantastic guy. And same goes with Jukka. I mean, I've never, ever seen him angry or even agitated. He's just, like, 'Yeah, things will be okay. Let's talk about this.' And yeah, just a grounding personality. When you feel a bit agitated yourself, Jukka comes to you and you're, like, 'Oh, okay.' And a great bass player, of course. So lucky to be surrounded by these wonderful people. I really am."

NIGHTWISH's new album, "Yesterwynde", will be released on September 20 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of "Human. :II: Nature." in 2020.

In 2023, NIGHTWISH announced that the band wouldn't stage any tours in support of its then-unannounced tenth album. In a statement, Tuomas and his bandmates explained that "personal" reasons were the reason for the live hiatus and clarified that it had nothing to do with Jansen's then-pregnancy. The singer gave birth to her second daughter in October 2023.

In an interview with Metal Hammer last month, Holopainen said that NIGHTWISH still have no plans to tour after the release of "Yesterwynde".

"The reasons [for the live break] are personal," he said. "We're not going to go into it, but it was something that had to be done for this band to continue. There's no bad blood between the members, nothing like that. We just have to take a long breather."

The follow-up to 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", "Human. :II: Nature." was a double album containing nine tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters, on CD 2.

In August 2022, NIGHTWISH announced the addition of Koskinen as an official member of the band. Koskinen, who made his live debut with NIGHTWISH in May 2021 at the band's two interactive experiences, had spent the previous year touring with NIGHTWISH as a session musician.

In November 2022, Jansen revealed that she was "cancer free" after undergoing surgery to have a tumor removed following a breast cancer diagnosis.

Photo credit: Tim Tronckoe (courtesy of Nuclear Blast)