#Posting it so i can free some space on my pc lol

[distortedplatinum]

found this reference sheet I made for Bruno's jacket some time ago.

#Posting it so i can free some space on my pc lol #hope it's useful since sometimes it's hard to find a 360° ref for him #bruno yugioh #yugioh bruno #bruno borrelli #yugioh #yugioh 5ds #5ds #ygo #ygo 5ds

[awingedllama]

Hi I guess this is my 2 cents on your save file wip:

Usually when I do my own renovation I would limit the packs to just the ones that's related to the world I'm building on (base game + get together if it's on Windenburg) plus essential packs that most people will likely have (Seasons & Pets & free stuff), but definitely won't use the whole catalog of every packs I own in each world.

So, say if a person doesn't have the vampires pack, then they'd be safe when playing with other worlds that they do have access to because all the vampires content are confined to Forgotten Hollow. It will be rather limiting but from my experience it did give me some room to experiment with stuff I won't usually use :)

This is a very good approach! I considered doing this, but since I'm only renovating 1 base game world in the file, I don't want to limit myself to certain objects and not be able to capture the vision I'm going for.

So for anyone who's interested, I've decided to use free CC (where necessary, mainly build CC) to build my lots, instead of doing a bunch of CC-free TOOL magic with a million packs/kits (how I'm used to building). That way I can limit packs to ones with major functionality, instead of having 83,082 kits required because I wanted to use a few plants

Currently I know I'll be using Seasons, City Living, GTW (retail), Dine Out (restaurant), Eco Lifestyle (community space) and Get Together (cafe). *maybe* High School Years if I find the energy to build a school

I'm also using Zerbu's Venue Changes Mod and Spawn Refresh, which allow multi-purpose lots (it is revolutionary), so if people don't have the packs that belong to those lot types, they can still use the lots as libraries/museum, parks, lounges/bars or something else functional!

All the CC/mods needed will be linked in the post when the file's done. And any debug world decorations from other packs I'll make BGC (after all it's just set dressing). My reasoning is that since it's a save file, only PC players can use it anyway: so everyone who uses the save can download CC. But someone who only has the base game can still have 99% of the lots completely furnished and playable, they just have to switch the lot type!

also a sidenote: we're in willow creek now 😎 bc it has more lots than newcrest

and i learned how to edit strings/world maps, so 'Crest Harbor' (working title, don't really like it; suggestions welcome) will have its own special map & loading screen (this screenshot is unedited, i desaturated the BG map as a test).

'Crest Harbor' is also it's own world (though on the loading screen it's icon is identical to Willow Creek, unless i can figure out how to change it, since it's a clone made with Zerbu's Copy Worlds mod)

sorry this is post is so long lol, once i started typing my thought processes i couldn't stop. and posting updates keeps me motivated to keep working on it, so brace for more annoyingly long posts soon

#asks #replies #crestharbor

[51ft]

In regards to BG3's install time estimate literally being 1+ year, that's something I learned recently about how Steam patches games

Basically, in order to update a game, you can do one of two things:

1) Download all the new files and just throw them where they're supposed to be, badda bing badda boom. Super fast, super simple. The problem with this is that, if any of the downloaded files are corrupted for whatever reason or your existing files conflict or don't get overwritten properly, you can end up with a corrupt install and your game just won't work or you'll suddenly start getting a bunch of crashes or whatever

2) Make a temporary copy of the existing game install (literally the whole folder), download the new files to that temporary folder so that they don't accidentally corrupt the stable install, make sure everything looks good once the update is downloaded and applied, and then overwrite the stable install with the validated, updated game install and you're good to go. The problem with this is that, while the download size for a patch may be like 9GB (which goes by super quick if you've got fast internet), Steam will show that the "installing" process (as shown in your screenshot) is creating something insane like 26-130GB worth of "new" data that will take "1+ year" to finish, which is extremely misleading. The underlying (and much bigger) problem with this is that you obviously need drive space to store all of that temporary data. If you have an ssd with a bunch of free space, this is basically a non-issue. However, if you have multiple drives and the only one with enough free space to store that much data is a hard drive, then Steam will dump all the temporary files onto that slower drive which makes the entire file packing and copying process much, much slower. The overall benefit is that it's an automated file integrity check to help make sure your games don't break during updates, the downside is that it's not as graceful as it could be purely because everyone's PC is different

I've run into this issue numerous times with my own games updating and even sent Steam a support ticket like last year or something. I don't know exactly what it was doing at that time, but I think it was doing something goofy like always defaulting to the drive with the most free space, regardless of if the ssd that a game is installed on already has enough room to do the copy/validate process. It was always defaulting to my hard drive and every single game took, like, an hour to install. They seem to have fixed that behavior since I brought it up, but it's still the fallback when you don't have enough free space on the current drive. I'm honestly gonna upgrade to all ssds as soon as I can to rid myself of this particular hassle and a few other issues pertaining to hard drive sluggishness

Not that any of this will help your BG3 install go any faster, but I hope that you (and anyone else reading this) will now be enlightened and know where to direct your frustrations when game installs are slow, lol. I saw some of the replies on your post were being very critical of devs and, while we absolutely shouldn't put up with devs who keep releasing unfinished/unoptimized games (even Larian isn't perfect), it's not always maliciousness or incompetence

oh! this makes a lot of sense and I had no idea thank you for informing me!

bg3 is many things but I think the 130gb filesize is very well deserved haha

#q&a #thank you mr larian for releasing free fanservice epilogue dlc for ME!!! #i was WONDERING what was happening bc the download was finished but the installation was so cursed #thankfully the estimate was just shot and it finished in 2-3 hrs \o/

[iwitch-plus]

Heya :) it's been a while!

Hi, my name is Dolly (she/her) and I've had this blog for quite some time! In the past I've done things like open up free readings, or create discord servers as a way to feel a sense of community, but this time around I think I'm okay with just being here instead of seeking attention and validation. A new era of this blog marks my first steps toward ACTUAL self-discovery and growth.

This was initially a side blog but now it's the main one I use. But since it's technically a side blog, if you see any likes/follows from @ibitch-plus that's me lol!

I just thought I'd make a pinned post sharing a little about myself, and I'll try to keep it brief but I'm bad at that.

The direction this blog is going to be going is ideally going to be personal, intimate, focused on my own growth as a person, and focused on my growth in my practice. I plan on being vulnerable and fairly open but not to the point where it's a burden on followers. I just want this to become a safe space for myself and others to share if they have been feeling like they're lacking in personal growth/their practice. You're not alone! And you're welcome to follow me and join me on my journey to help inspire your own journey!

I'm 23, I'm a Virgo sun, Gemini moon, Gemini rising, and I have an air dominant chart with a Gemini stellium!

I started researching and learning about Witchcraft in 2014/2015, so I guess I’ve been practicing on and off for 8-ish years. Still feel like a baby witch though, and ready to keep learning.

While I do love witchy aesthetics, my witchy blog has always been more dedicated to research, resources, and text posts along with my own personal photos, anecdotes, spells, and journey.

My witchy interests include:

Tarot

Herbalism

Botany

Kitchen Witchery

Astrology

The Moon

Sigils

Glamour Magic

Low effort Witchcraft

Natural products (making my own salves, tinctures, balms, etc!)

Aphrodite

All Greek pantheon, honestly

Spirits/Entities/Demons/Deities of all kinds

Crystals

Pendulums, and most other forms of divination

Mixology

Probably so many more but I can't think of any more specific ones!

My non witchy interests include:

Video games! Mostly Nintendo Switch gaming and cozy games but I play a lot of stuff on PC and some on other consoles, too!

Cartoons! Kids cartoons, adult cartoons, anime. I just like it better when it doesn't have real people in it. I love Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, recently been into Bob's Burgers, I'm just a big cartoon fan!

Cats! I have 2 boy kitties, a little black one and a big ol' orange dude. They're my favorite, and I love pretty much all cats in general.

Piercings and tattoos! I work in a tattoo shop, currently working on my piercing apprenticeship!

Mixology! Again, lol! I find the art of making and creating cocktails to be very witchy, but also just super fun in non-witchy ways.

Fashion! I love clothes and shoes, and I can never stick to one aesthetic

Pool! Like, as in billiards! Super random but it's fun and I've gotten a lot better over the past couple years!

Pretty much any hobby ever! Soap making, candle making, baking, embroidery, hand sewing, cosmetic making, jewelry making, singing, makeup, playing instruments, I just love to do it all.

Okay that's enough about me, like I said I'm bad at keeping it brief but there ya go! Can't wait to get back into the community. <3

#witchcraft #witch #witchblr #tarot #tarot cards #wicca #green witch #kitchen witch #pagan #witch craft #witchy #witches #baby witch #beginner witch #witchcore #witches of tumblr #pagan witch #hellenic pagan #aphrodite #apollo #greek gods #greek mythology #hellenic #eclectic witch #diy #astrology #crystals #glamour witch #herbal witch #iwitchplus

[hellcatinnc]

I'm Married & Still Have Husbando's

There is nothing wrong with it I wanted to address this question I have been asked.

So I have had several people ask me how I play so many otome games and write half of what I do on tumblr but am married. Well I figured mine as well put it out there. So my husband plays alot of games like the witcher as well as cyberpunk and more. These games have a very sexual base to them whether sex sounds, or visual the point being this has been getting worse and worse in video games men play. My husband doesn't per say play these games for this reason but they are still there. That being said me and him talked about it and there is no different than me dating how many ever guys in my 2d world especially since most times they are dressed. Occasionally the sexual and spicy things but again ain't no worse than what is on most gamer guys pcs/xbox/ps5.

Anyways outside of that comes the point of how I write smut as well as things that most single people might right about how hot characters are and everything. Tumblr is my little piece of heaven it lets me get out all thats in my head. My husband does not follow my tumblr and we agreed this would almost be like my journal I guess except I get to share it with everyone I don't know in my personal life. No one that lives near me has access or even knows about my tumblr and I'm happy it being that way. This way I can freely express myself with no repercussion. This is I guess so to say my safe space. I have fun and have enjoyed meeting so many of your wonderful people that I have stuff in common with me. Anyone is free to write anything on my posts it can be weird to some and I'm open to it come on most of us have a twisted thought here and there with half the mess anime has in it. Look at all the ones who love yanderes, I'm not per say one of them but I love talk to people about stuff just the same.

I'm older than most otome players and I'm ok with that because so far most the girls I have talked to really don't care about my age. I'm thankful for that because honestly we can all be friends and its always nice to meet people with the same likes as you. I have tried to talk to people in my everyday life about anime and otome and most drown me out in minutes. Especially when I talk about this guy or that guy I'm dating LOL. Anyways I just thought I would answer the hidden question I've been asked. I say to anyone who is in a relationship, is older, has a husband, has kids or anything else you should be able to enjoy anime and otome as much as the next person. Honestly ladies we all know the men in our otome are more affectionate more often, dote on our every whim, super romantic, and perfect in our dreams, fantasies etc. The point being is no man will ever be everything we get with our 2D husbandos and its not like we are leaving our partners for them so live life, enjoy a husbando or two as well.

#probably delete later #ramblings #answered questions #chatter #women deserve 2D men too #marriage and husbandos #relationships

[milascenta]

November 18th 05:03

I'm thinking you're either at comic con or getting ready to go, either way I hope you have a lot of fun and that it takes your mind off of things, because you deserve to have a lil break. I'm so glad you got to surprise your friend with something spontaneous, but I'm sad you had to call off something else due to work. I hope you have fun in Wales, I've never been to a convention or comic con or anything like that yet, I really want to go. We have something called Supernova here (not sure if its anywhere else) and its pretty much comic con but legally distinct haha. I know it must of been hard on the 8th of Oct, it sounded really beautiful the way you spent it though, with all his favourite things. I absolutely love Monty Pythons too, its how my dad and I bond too, constantly making Holy Grail references and everything. I'm really glad you've started counselling too, I hope its going well, it can be really useful. You've been doing really well recently even if you think you haven't, things have been intense and its understandable to feel stressed or overwhelmed, but you're taking the right steps to help you out.

I've finished with the band stuff, had my last gig on the 11th. It went fine, but turned into a single launch last minute which was weird but didn't change much lol. I realise I never told you the band's name, or maybe I did but any its Billy Puntton and the Mental Health Plan, its a mouthful lol. We had a few songs out now on Spotify and youtube. I'm both glad its over and not, it was the only thing I kinda had going, but it wasn't something I liked in the end so its a weird feeling but at the same time I do feel like a weight is off my shoulders, I don't have to worry about it and spending so much money going into the city for practices and gigs, cause it would cost so much.

I'm near the end of my health stuff, blood work was all fine, and now I'm going in for surgery on the 21st, a couple days before my birthday. This will be a small surgery to take a piece, like a wedge, out of my first rib near my sternum to free up some space for my vein and artery to sit, which should fix outlet syndrome. It will be a day surgery too so I shouldn't be in for very long, maybe a day for observations. Then hopefully I can get on with my life haha. Its been just waiting and not being able to do anything, and more waiting recently and its driving me insane. I should be able to get training early next year for a new job and that should help too. I'm not going to make any promises but I hope to get back to streaming soon, hopefully after surgery but it should be around 9-10pm start. I have done some more upgrading and have finished my pc for hopefully a few years haha.

I haven't had much else going I'm afraid so this isn't a very long post. But I hope to have more to say next time. I hope you're doing well N.

"How did it feel when it came alive and took you, out of the black? it broke your skin and shift through"

#her

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hello Steph! How are you? Any plans for this summer? So. The other day I discovered Sherlockbbc-fic on LJ. I love fanfics and most of all I love collecting them on my pc. So I was thinking "damn, I'm free this summer. What if I save some intriguing fics from over there?". So I think I'll use the method you talked about days ago, the copy -paste on Google doc. Do you think this is the best way to do it? And what about the formatting of the page? The fics fills on LJ haven't that much of formatting...

(referencing this post)

Hey Nonny!

Ah, I'm alright. Feeling SO much more like myself now that there's sunshine and my SAD has subsided for the time being. Just looking forward to spending a lot of my summer outside again and trying to get myself back to FEELING better, you know? My mind is slowly getting better with therapy and sunshine, and now I'm looking forward to my distance walking, which I LOVE doing (I'm talking like 20 KM on the weekends). Need new shoes though, LOL.

Ah, plans for summer SO FAR is going to see my sister who I haven't seen in over 5 years because of work and the pandemic. I miss her terribly and very much looking forward to spending a week with her and her husband. AND I'm thinking of taking August off of Tumblr so I can catch up and finish my FTH pieces, and just... not feel obligated to post daily. I usually take some time off in August because it's my birthday month, but I'll see.

Thanks for thinking of my tutorial for finding a method to make your own ePubs, LOL <3 Ah, yeah, by formatting I meant just, like, line breaks and basic bolding of chapter titles, etc. Basically making it so YOU personally can comfortably read it. Google Docs works almost exactly like MS Word, so you can make it look all pretty and nice, hahah. Like, some people put weird spacing in stories, or like if you're copying from FFNet or livejournal, it's also going to copy-over avatars and maybe some hidden content that you'll want to delete before making it something you'll want to read :) That's all :)

PERSONALLY, probably not the BEST way to do it, but as someone who is very particular and picky and I LIKE the strange monotony of cleaning up files, I wouldn't mind doing it as something mindless to do while watching a movie.

So yeah, it's more all a personal thing. Try a few before committing, and maybe you'll come up with a faster, better method! :) I mean, look at my blog, I have a streamlined method to quickly find and rec fics these days because of the initial monotony I spent doing all of that, LOL.

Best of luck with that Nonny, and let me know how it goes!!

#steph replies #chatting with nonnies #my blog #about me #epubs #fandom things

[sejanuspiinth]

tysm for ur public packs i am living for the last one you posted 🥹 do you usually gif in batches or one by one? just curious because your packs always have so many gifs and i wonder how you make them so quickly

i'm so glad you like them!! i've been working and studying remote so with all the screen time i get, there is more to come!! i'm not sure you mean by batches, but i make them by screencaps and i like to get every second i can (i get itchy if i don't and usually have to go back to get the missing scene lol); if i'm musey/in dire need of the gifs for that fc, i usually can't rest until i've finished the pack & lately i want to free up some pc space so i'm trying to gif as quick as my laptop/body will let me lol. i don't think i'm very fast myself, if anything i wish i was faster because of all the unfinished projects i have planned but your words are soo appreciated

#i rambled but when do i not

[starsidexiv]

my thoughts on the games from the xbox and bethesda 2022 games showcase that caught my attention

Long post ahead so be ready uwu

Redfall looks so cool tbh, probably gonna get a new Xbox so I can wreck havoc with some friends and be crackheads (Redfall, 2023)

SILKSONG GAMEPLAY BUT NO RELEASE DATE, COME ONNNNNN (Silksong, day one on Game Pass ayo)

It's weird, I like it (High On Life, October 2022)

I honestly thought Riot Games were bringing their stuff to Xbox, but it's all PC or mobile with pretty much everything unlocked for each game, not bad. (LoL, LoLWR, Teamfight Tactics, Runeterra, Valorant, Winter 2022)

MOTORSPORT BAYBEEEEEE (Forza Motorsport)

Ayy flight sim, new planes and...IS THAT THE PELICAN FROM HALO??? (Microsoft Flight Sim 40th Anniversary, November 2022)

Okay some more Overwatch 2 stuff and, wait, free to play? I don't remember that- (Overwatch 2, October 4)

HOT WHEELS IN FORZA HORIZON 5, WHERE'S MY SERIES S- (FH5 x Hot Wheels, July 19)

ARK 2 ON GAME PASS??? DAY ONE??? (ARK 2, 2023)

Flintlock looks really coooool, THAT COMPANION IS SO CUTE (Flintlock The Siege of Dawn, Early 2023)

NEW MINECRAFT GAME??? BRO I SUCH AT STRATEGY (Minecraft Legends, 2023

4 PLAYER FURRY CO-OP GAME, LOOKS VERY CUTE (Gunfire Reborn, October 2022)

The Last Case of Benedict Fox looks WICKED (The Last Case of Benedict Fox, Spring 2023)

I heard about this game a long time ago, I feel like this game will break me emotionally or if I'm playing with 7 other people, we make stupid decisions and laugh from them (As Dusk Falls, July 19)

Full game for Grounded is done??? I'll give this a shot with friends (Grounded, September 2022)

DIABLO 4 LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

AYYY SEASON SEVEN OF PIRATE GAME (Sea of Thieves, July 21)

Ravenlok looks ADORABLE (Ravenlock, 2023)

Highly requested at Atlus...YALL BRINGING PERSONA TO XBOX???

NEW PARTNERSHIP??? HOW BIG IS THIS GONNA B-Holy fucking shit, Xbox and Kojima, no fucking way.

WHERE'S STARFIELD?????

YES FINALLY, EXTENDED GAMEPLAY LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god

THE MAN HIMSELF TODD HOWARD

BRO THIS ABOUT TO BE MY KIND OF GAME HOLY SHIT

DID I MENTION I LOVE SPACE???

Dude this game looks so fucking good

OH MY GOD THE CUSTOMIZATION NO WAYYYYYYYY IM GONNA BE ON THAT SCREEN FOR HOURS

IM DONE, I CAN WHAT???

BUILD MY OWN SPACESHIP ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??? AND FLY IT???

im gonna sob, this is about to be my new favorite game holy shit dude im going to cry

THANK YOU TODD HOWARD OH MY GOD

How big is the game?

...

I'm speechless. This man said you can land anywhere on a planet in this system. And not just this one, but over one hundred systems and one thousand planets.

...I'm having No Man Sky flashbacks but that game was procedurally generated , this COULD be different, but I'll keep my expectations real.

Starfield, Coming 2023. Looks like I'm getting a new Xbox/PC. DAY ONE ON GAME PASS.

VERY GOOD SHOW, GREAT SHOW

#starside speaks #xbox #bethesda #video games #forza #minecraft #starfield #overwatch #persona #redfall

[felassan]

Dragon Age development insights and highlights from Bioware: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development

Some really tasty factoids here.

Cut for length.

Dragon Age: Origins

The continent of Thedas was at one point going to be named Pelledia, a name initially floated by James Ohlen

“Qunari” was a temporary name that ended up unintentionally sticking, much like “Thedas”

Mary Kirby wrote the Landsmeet. To this day, nobody understands how it works, except possibly her. If she’s “really really drunk” she can explain how it works. There’s as many words in it as Sten’s entire conversations put together

Concept art for Thedosian art - as in in-world art - draws heavily on Renaissance-era portraiture, the Art Nouveau movement, religious styles and media like stained glass, and favorite pieces from the golden age of illustrations in the early 20th century

Andrastianism in-world (art-wise) is depicted in wildly different methods depending on who in-world made the art in question. “One religion, 3 different lenses”. There’s the Chantry take, the Orlesian take and the Fereldan take; each with its own different interpretations, different mediums and different stories

The stained glass images were drawn by Nick Thornborrow for DAI, to decorate religious spaces in that game “and beyond”

irl Viking art influenced Ferelden

Greek and Italian art influenced Orlais

The book also had other insights into and anecdotes from the development of DAO, but I’ve transcribed them recently as they’re essentially the stories DG has recently been relating on the awesome Summerfall Studios DAO playthrough Twitch streams. (On those streams he provides dev commentary while Liam Esler plays through DA. The ones with DG are currently once every two weeks. Check them out! Here’s a calendar where you can check when the next one is) Instead of repeating myself I’ll just provide the link to the first transcript. From there you can navigate to the subsequent parts. Note these streams are ongoing. At this point I will also point you to a related post which is cliff notes of the Dragon Age chapter in Jason Schreier’s book Blood Sweat and Pixels.

Dragon Age II

DAO had the longest development period in BioWare history. In contrast DA2 had the shortest

Initially DA2 was going to be an expansion to DAO. A few months in EA said “Yeah, expansions like these don’t sell very well, so let’s make it a sequel.” So it suddenly became DA2 and they had to make it even bigger, although they still only had 1.5 years of time in which to do this

Production of DA2 officially lasted only 9 months, and at the time the team was still supporting live content for DAO! They finished development that January after the design team crunched all the way through the holiday period that year. Then it went to cert 9 times

The limited time they had is why the story takes place mostly in and around 1 city, and over 7 years (so it was temporal, rather than over physical distance, because a more expansive world would have taken more irl time to make)

They had no time to review even the main plot. Mike Laidlaw pitched the idea of 3 stories taking place at different points in the PC’s life, tied together by Varric’s recollections of events. DG rolled with this and made 1 presentation on the idea. This presentation was then approved and off they went

As they were writing DG realized that there was going to be no oversight and that everything was going to be a ‘first draft’. “Because nobody had time.” He sat down with the writers and said “Look, here’s the conditions we’re working under. A lot of what we’re putting out is gonna be raw. We’re not going to get the editing we need. We’re not going to get the kind of iteration we need. So I’m going to trust you all to do your best work.”

Looking back, DG has mixed feelings on DA2. “A lot of corners were cut. The public perception was that it was smaller than DAO. That’s a sin on its own.”

Despite this he thinks DA2 has some of the best writing in the series, especially character-wise. The DA2 chars are his favorite

The pace with which production progressed may in some ways have helped. “When we do a lot of revision, we often file away [as in buff off] some of the good writing as well. Somehow DA2′s whirlwind process resulted in some really good writing”

The pace meant chars landed on the writers in various stages of completion. For example Isabela was fairly defined due to appearing in DAO. In contrast Varric at the start was just that single piece of widely-shown concept art

Varric was conceived as a storyteller not a fighter. His skills are talking and bullshitting. Hence the question became, so what does this guy do in combat? The direction was to make him as different as possible to Oghren, so not a warrior. He couldn’t be a dual-wielding rogue in order to differentiate him from Bela. But you can’t really picture this guy with a bow. “For a dwarf, it would probably be a crossbow. We didn’t have crossbows, or we only had crossbows for the darkspawn. And they were part of the models. We didn’t have a separate crossbow that was equip-able by the chars. They had to like, crop one off a darkspawn and remodel it. And that became Bianca” (quote: Mary Kirby)

“Dwarven mages are exceedingly rare.” [???]

If DAO was a classic fantasy painting, DA2 was a screenshot from a Kurosawa film or a northern Renaissance painting. (Here Matt Rhodes was commenting on art style)

John Epler: “In any one of our games, there’s a 95% chance that if you turn the camera away from what it’s looking at, you’ll see all kinds of janky stuff. The moment we know the camera is no longer facing someone, we no longer care what happens to them. We will teleport people around. We will jump people around. We will literally have someone walk off screen and then we will shift them 1000 meters down, because we’re fixing some bug.” John also talked about this camera stuff in a recent charity Twitch stream for Gamers For Groceries. There’s a writeup of that stream here

Designing Kirkwall pushed concept artists to the limits of visual storytelling, because it has a long history that they wanted to be present. It was once the hub of Tevinter’s slave empire, so it needed to look brutal and harsh, but it also then needed to feel reclaimed, evolved, and with elements of contemporary Free Marches culture

The initial plan was for DA titles to be distinguished by subtitles not numbers, so that each experience could stand on its own rather than feel like a sequel or continuation. (My note: New PCs in each entry make sense then when you consider this and other factoids we know like how DA is the story of the world not of any one PC). Later, DA2′s name was made DA2 in a bid to more clearly connect the game to its predecessor. For DAI they returned to the original naming convention. (My note: so I’d reckon they’d be continuing the subtitle naming convention for DA4)

DA2 was initially code-named “Nug Storm”, strictly internally

The Cancelled DA2 Expansion - Exalted March

This was a precursor to DAI

It was meant to bridge the gap between DA2 and DAI

It focused on the fallout from Kirkwall’s explosion, with Cory serving as the villain

Meredith’s red lyrium statue was basically going to infest Kirkwall and it would end up [with what would end up] the red templars taking over Kirkwall and essentially being Cory’s army

To stop him Hawke would have recruited various factions, including Bela’s Felicisima Armada and the Qunari at Estwatch, forcing Hawke to split loyalties and risk relationships in the process

It was meant to bring DA2′s story to an end and end in Varric’s death. DG was very happy with this because all of DA2 is Varric’s tale. The expansion was supposed to start at the moment Cassandra’s interrogation of him ended in the present. “And we finished off the story with Varric having this heroic death.” It tied things up and would have broken many fan hearts, something BioWare writers notoriously enjoy. But between a transition to the new Frostbite engine and the scope of DAI, the decision was made to cancel EM, work any hard-to-lose concepts into DAI, and in the process save Varric’s life. DG has talked about the Varric dying thing before

Concept art for EM explored new areas previously not depicted in the DA universe, with costumes that reflected next steps for familiar chars. Varric was going to war, what would he have worn? With Anders, if he survived DA2, the plan was to present a redeemed Warden

A char that vaguely resembled Sera in DAI was first concepted for EM. This fact was mentioned near this concept art (see the female elf) and this concept art of Bethany with the blond bob

The writers sketched out plans to end it with Hawke having the option to marry their LI. This included alternate ceremonies for party members like Bethany and Sebastian if the player opted not to wed. There was even a wedding dress made for Hawke. This asset made it into DAI (Sera and Cullen’s weddings in Trespasser). The dress can also be seen in DAI during an ambient NPC wedding after completing a chain of war table missions

The destruction of a Chantry was explored in concept art as it might have happened in EM. This idea ended up carrying over to the beginning of DAI. (My note: Lol, the idea that DA2 could have had 2 Chantries being destroyed in it 😆)

World of Thedas

Sheryl Chee and Mary Kirby started with “a disgusting little dish called fluffy mackerel pudding”. In the middle of DAO’s busy dev period one of them (they can’t remember who) found a recipe online for this, scanned in from a 70s cookbook. “I don’t understand why it was fluffy. Why would you want fluffy mackerel pudding?” MK says. “We loved it so much we included it in a DAO codex.”

This led them to create more food for Thedas, full recipes included, like a Fereldan turnip and barley stew from MK and SC’s Starkhaven fish and egg pie. The fish pie became Sebastian’s favorite. “To me it made sense for it to be fish pie because a lot of the Free Marches are on the coast”, SC says, “It was something that was popular in medieval times, so I thought, let’s make a fish pie! I looked at medieval recipes and I concocted a fish pie which I fed to my partner, and he was like ‘This is not terrible’”

For WoT the whole studio was asked to contribute family recipes which might have a place in Thedas. SC adapted these to fit in one Thedosian culture or another, including a beloved banana bread that localization producer Melanie Fleming would regularly bake to keep the DA team motivated. “Melanie’s banana bread got us through Inquisition”

DAI

It says part of DAI takes place in or near the border with Nevarra [???]

This game was aimed to be bigger than DA2 and even DAO in every conceivable way

The first hour had to do a lot of heavy lifting, tying together the events of DAO and DA2 while introducing a new PC, new followers etc in the aftermath of the big attack. DG rewrote it 7 times then Lukas Kristjanson did 2 more passes

DG: “Our problem is always that our endings are so important, but we leave them to last, when we have no time. I kept pushing on DAI: ‘Can we work on the ending now? Can we work on the ending now? Can we do it early on?’ Because I knew exactly what it was going to be. But despite the fact that it kept getting scheduled, whenever the schedule started falling behind, it kept getting pushed back... so, of course, it got left til last again.”

“The reveal of the story’s real antagonist, Solas, a follower until the end, when he betrayed the player”. “Solas’ story remains a main thread in Inquisition’s long-awaited follow-up” [these aren’t DG quotes, just bits of general text]

Over the course of development they had 8 full-time writers and 4 editors working on it. Other writers joined later to help wrangle what ended up being close to 1 million words of dialogue and unspoken text. While many teams moved to a more open concept style of work for DAI, the writers remained tucked away in their own room, a choice DG says was necessary, given how much they talked. All the talking had a purpose ofc as if someone hit a bump or wall in their writing they would open the problem up to the room

As writing on a project like DAI progresses, the writers grow punchier and weirder things make it into the game. This is especially the case towards the end of a project (they get tired, burned out)

Banter and codexes require less ‘buy-in’ (DG has talked about this concept a few times on the Twitch streams) from other designers. DG liked to leave banter for last as a reward because it was fun. Banter begins as lists of topics for 2 followers to discuss. These may progress over time or be one off exchanges. One banter script can balloon to well over 10k words. “The banter was always huge because we were always like, laughing, and really at that point, our fields of fucks were rather barren, so we would just do whatever”

The bog unicorn happened pretty much by accident. It was designed by Matt Rhodes and was one of his fav things to design. They needed horse variations and he had already designed an undead variant which was a bog mummy [bog body]. irl these are preserved in a much different way to traditional mummies. When someone dies in a bog their skin turns black and raisin-like. The examples we know of tend to have bright red hair for whatever reason. It’s a very striking look and MR wanted to do a horse version of this as he thought it’d be neat. 5 mins before the review meeting for it he had a big ‘Aha!’ moment, quickly looked up a rusty old Viking sword, and photoshopped it through its skull like that was how it died. “And I was like, ‘I just made a unicorn. Alright, in it goes!’” It got approved. “So we built the thing. It fit. It told a little story”

With the irl Inquisition longsword, one of the objects they tested its cleaving ability on was a plush version of Leliana’s nug Schmooples

The concept art team explored a wide variety of visuals for the Inquisitor’s signature mark. It needed to look powerful and raw but couldn’t look like a horrific wound. In some cases, as cool as the idea looked on paper, they just weren’t technically feasible, especially as they had to be able to fit on any number of different bodies

Bug report: “Endlessly spawning mounts! At one point during development, Inquisitors could summon a new horse every time they whistled, allowing them to amass a near infinite number of eager steeds that faithfully followed them across Thedas. “You could go charging across levels and they’d all gallop behind you,” Jen Cheverie says, “It was beautiful.” Trotting into town became an epic horse siege as a tidal wave of mounts enveloped the streets. Jen called it her Army of Ponies”

The giants came from DA Week, an internal period when devs can pursue different individual creative projects that in some way benefit DA. They also had a board game from one of these that they were going to put in but they didn’t have time. It’s referenced though. It was dwarven chess

Josie’s outfit is made of gold silk and patterned velvet, with leather at her waist. She carries “an ornate ledger” and she has “an ornamented collar sitting around her neck, finished by a brilliant red ruby, like a drop of Antivan wine in a sunbeam”

Iron Bull’s armor is leather. His loose pantaloons and leather boots give him agility to charge

On DAI in particular, concept artists took special care to make sure costumes would be realistic, at least in a practical ‘this obeys the laws of physics and textiles’ sense. “While on Inquisition, we thought about cosplay from a concept art perspective. Given how incredible a lot of [cosplays] are, I now am not worried about them. In fact in some cases in the future I want to throw them curveballs like, ‘All right, you clever bastards. Let’s see if you can do this!’”

2 geese that nested on the office building and had chicks were named Ganders and Arishonk (it wasn’t known who was the mom or the dad). Other possible names were Carver Honke, Bethany Honke, Urdnot Pecks, Quackwall, Cassandra Pentagoose, the Iron Bill, Shepbird, Garroose, Admiral Quackett, Scout Honking, HChick-47 and Darth Malgoose

Bug report: “The surprising adventures of Ser Noodles!” DAI was the first time the series had a mount feature, meaning this had a lot of bugs. A lot of the teams’ favorite bugs were to do with the mounts. There was a period of time where the Inquisitor’s horse seemed to lose all bone and muscle in its legs. They had a week or so where all quadruped legs were broken. It was a bit noticeable in things like nugs and other small beasties but the horse was insanely obvious. “The first time we summoned the horse [for this] and started running around, the entire QA exploration room just exploded with laughter.” Its legs flapped around like cooked fettucine, leading testers to lovingly nickname it Ser Noodles. At galloping speeds the legs almost looked like helicopter blades, especially when footage was set to classic pieces such as Wagner’s Flight of the Valkyries

For DAI the artists were asked questions like “What would Morrigan wear to a formal ball? Can Cassandra pull off a jaunty hat?”

On DAI storyboarding became the norm. John Epler: “Cinematic design for the longest time was the Wild West. It was ‘here’s a bunch of content, now do it however you want’, which resulted in some successes and some failures.” Storyboarding gave designers a consistent visual blueprint based on ideas from designers, writers and concept artists

Quote from a storyboard by Nick Thornborrow (the Inquisitor going into the party at the end of basegame sequence): “Until Corypheus revealed himself they could not see the single hand behind the chaos. A magister and a darkspawn combined. The ultimate evil. So evil. Eviler than puppy-killers and egg farts combined.”

A general note on concept art:

In the early stages of any project, before the concept artists are aware of any writing, they like to just draw what they think cool story moments could be. It’s not unusual for the team to then be inspired by these and fold them into the game as the project progresses

– From Bioware: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development

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[jadequeen88]

Incel Tomura

I couldn’t think of a good title for this, so... I just went with something real blunt. Anyway, this was inspired by a friend and how she actually met her IRL boyfriend.

PAIRING: Incel!Shigaraki x egirl!reader

TW: face sitting, degradation, mommy kink, reader basically bullying Tomura (he deserves it)

3.2k~

AS ALWAYS MY FICS ARE STRICTLY 18+

“TCH!”

Tomura scoffed at the screen of his laptop. The Discord server he helped admin had gone to shit since he let that idiot Dabi loosen the requirements to join. It was one thing when Toga joined. He knew she was a decent gamer. But you? With those stereotypical cat-ear headsets, perfectly done make-up and short skirts? Please… He saw right through you. Just another fake ~uwu~ e-girl trying to pretend they knew what they were talking about.

It didn’t end with you being annoyingly informed in the gaming chat, either. You were always in the anime and manga chats, too… Suggesting different ones that there’s no way you actually enjoyed.

But the WORST part of you being in the server? Spamming the picture chat with selfies and outfit pics. No, it wasn’t against the guidelines and yes, you got lots of compliments (of course, you were clearly hot), but it made Tomura livid. Where there used to be pics of half-built PCs and screenshots of character upgrades, now there were endless pictures meant to tease and bait the guys in the server.

Today’s picture is what sent him completely over the edge. Your hair was put up in two messy space buns, signature pink cat-eared headset perched on your head. Your black, mesh top was straining against your tight, hot pink bra, barely hiding your cleavage and your slender neck was adorned with a chunky, black collar with a large, silver ring hanging from the front. The icing on the cake, though… the thing that broke him, was the face you were making. Eyes crossed, little pink tongue lolling past your perfect hot-pink lips, it was an obvious ahegao face. The caption read:

“New collar! Thank you for da gift @XxXknifey_wifeyXxX”

Followed by a bunch of annoying ass emojis.

Tomura shifted in his gaming chair, his growing bulge making his sweats tight. He gritted his teeth and opened his DMs…

******

You snickered as you opened your text chat with Dabi. Poor Tomura… He had no clue his friend was an old high school buddy of yours and sent screenshots every single time he bitched about your presence on the server. At first, it was just a couple of snide comments, but you quickly decided to turn it into a game. You’d add more emojis than you normally would, flirt shamelessly with Toga in the chat, and be very vocal with your opinions. Then it progressed with more and more selfies, pics showing off your new skirts, and pics of your pink, girly gaming setup. Today you pushed it with the ahegao face, you’ll admit. It was pretty out of character for you, but you couldn’t wait to hear about Tomura’s reaction from Dabi.

It was everything you hoped it would be:

Decay_666_

So can we give those bitches their own chat or what? Seriously, I’m sick of seeing their shit everywhere. Did you see her ahegao face selfie? This server was supposed to be for ACTUAL gamers, not fake e-girl sluts spamming the chat with their bullshit…

Cremation_Daddy

Lol, damn dude, calm down… we can make a separate chat. You’re the only one on the server complaining. Y/N really fucking you up that bad?

Decay_666_

Oh, fuck off… she’s just being an attention whore and it’s getting on my nerves.

Cremation_Daddy

Yeah, whatever you say. Prolly jerkin it to that selfie right now

You didn’t know why, but you kinda had a crush on the skinny loser. Knowing how worked up he’d get over the smallest things you did thrilled you. You wanted to know just how badly you affected him and today was the day you’d find out.

*****

Tomura heard a ping from his monitor alerting him to a new DM. expecting it to be Dabi giving him more shit, he scowled and clicked over to his Discord tab. When he saw that it was you DMing him, it was like someone had poured a bucket of ice water over his head. He could barely type he was so nervous.

Y/N

Hey :)

Decay_666_

Hi

Y/N

How did you like my new collar?

Tomura panicked. Had Dabi said something? There’s no way he’d do that. How did he even respond to that? He decided to feign ignorance.

Decay_666_

What collar?

Y/N

*image*

He audibly gasped. You sent him the selfie you’d posted in the chat earlier. Somehow, it was even hotter than the first time he’d seen it. Probably because you had sent it to him. You wanted to make sure he saw it. The thought alone made him painfully hard. He typed out a shaky response:

Decay_666_

Yeah… you look really pretty :)

He grimaced. He couldn’t think of anything clever when he was put on the spot like that. Plus, how long had it been since he’d spoken to a girl one on one? Much less a hot one? Never. That’s when.

Y/N

Aww, you’re so sweet :) wanna see it in person?

Now Tomura was wondering if he’d died and gone to heaven. Did she want to meet up? Wearing that fucking collar? There’s no way… He stared at the screen for a good ten minutes before another ping brought him back to reality.

Y/N

I’m free now if you are. Plus, there’s a new episode of *insert favorite anime* out and I didn’t wanna watch it alone.

Decay_666_

Yeah. Sure.

His response was almost uninterested but inside he was panicking. When was the last time he showered? How much time did he have to get ready? Did he even have any clean clothes? He leaped from his chair and ran to the bathroom to brush his teeth. Another ping rang out and he raced to check his DMs to see that you’d sent your address. To his surprise, you only lived a short walk from him. Another jolt of excitement shot through his spine as he quickly responded.

Decay_666_

Be over in 30 :)

He turned on the shower then started picking through his pile of clothes finding the ones that smelled the least offensive. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d been this nervous and excited at the same time.

*****

 Tomura shifted from one foot to the other, nervously scratching at the side of his neck. He caught himself before the skin there broke and he ended up having to deal with a bloody neck on top of already being a nervous wreck. He’d only been standing outside your apartment for a minute or two, but it felt like an eternity. He kept checking his phone to distract himself. Just as he was starting to question if this had been a good idea, the door flung open.

His eyes widened and his mouth turned into a thin line. You answered the door in a fucking towel. He began opening and closing his mouth like a fish that had been plucked from the water. You giggled innocently like it was perfectly normal to answer the door nearly naked.

“You’re here a little earlier than I expected! I just got out of the shower. Come on in,” you moved to the side to give him room to walk through the door into your small apartment. You were sure to not move completely out of the way so he’d have to almost brush against your chest. You could feel him stiffen and hold his breath as he passed by.

This was going to be so much fun…

*****

Tomura’s dick had been painfully hard the moment he’d seen you in that towel. Luckily, when you’d gone into your bedroom to get dressed, he was able to position it in his waistband so he wouldn’t be pitching a tent in front of you. The thought of you noticing him popping a boner just by looking at you in a towel was mortifying. 

However, what you decided to change into didn’t help his situation. Your baby pink terry cloth shorts would have shown the curve of your ass had it not been for the little row of ruffles around the bottom. Your tank top, the same baby pink color as your shorts, was pulled tight across your chest (holy shit, were you not wearing a bra?!). A fleeting glance at your chest proved to Tomura that you definitely were not wearing a bra.

“You can come on back,” you beckoned from the doorway of your bedroom, “I thought we’d be more comfortable in here…”

He gulped and rubbed his sweaty palms on his jeans before nodding and rising to walk towards you. Your room was foreign to him. Decorated with all shades of pink and purple, soft, plush bedding, and a soft pink glow emanated from the LED strip lights that lined the walls. Tomura stood awkwardly, looking around for a chair to sit in when you flopped onto your bed and began pulling up the streaming app on your tv. 

You looked up at him sweetly and patted the spot on the plush comforter next to you. “Come sit, Tomu! You don’t have to stand way over there. I don’t stink, ya know,” the wink you gave him made his knees buckle.

“Umm,” he chuckled nervously, “No, of course not. You, uhh… you smell…”

No, you were way too close. This was bad. There’s no way he would be able to string together a coherent thought, much less hold an actual conversation with you. You pout and lean in even closer to him.

“Tomuuuuu!” fuck, he hated that he loved that stupid nickname, “You think I smell?!”

“What?! N-no, not at all. I was trying to say that-”

Before he could finish his sentence, you tilted your head to the side offering up your neck for him to smell and he swears his eyes crossed as he tried to absorb what was happening.

“I even wore my new perfume! Go on, smell. Tell me what you think,” you smirk looking out of the corner of your eye.

Fuck.

You were teasing him, he knew you were, but his dick was so hard that he was completely at your mercy. He leaned in to take a tentative sniff and his eyes wandered lower. His breath hitched when he noticed the outline of your hardened nipples peeking through the thin material of your tank top. Before he knew what was happening, you turned your face forward and put your mouth next to his ear.

“Are you looking down my shirt, you pervert?” you purred. Tomura made some sort of incoherent noise and pulled away.

You laughed and pushed his shoulder playfully, “Geeze, I’m just kidding! You’re wound so tight.” you pause making a thoughtful face.

“Oh, I know how to help! Come on, over here,” you pulled him between your spread thighs and proceeded to rub his shoulders, working out all of the knots in his lean back.

After a few seconds, Tomura began to relax into your touch, slumping slightly and letting out a tiny sigh. He was deathly still the entire time you massaged him. He was terrified if he moved too much that his raging boner would free itself from his waistband. When your hands left his shoulders, he started to move away just to be pulled back into your lap. His head landed in your cleavage as your hands trailed down his chest. 

“Hmm, so tense, Tomu,” you whispered into the crown of his hair, “Is my massage not working?”

He wanted to yell that of course he was tensed up. That his dick is the hardest it’s ever been in his life and if he doesn’t hold as still as possible, he’s scared he might start humping the air like a pathetic dog. Before he can answer, your hand trails down to the waistband of his jeans, and he freezes. The tips of your fingers brush across his leaking tip and Tomura lets out a low, needy moan before he can stop himself.

“Just what I thought,” you purred as you began to trail your fingers up and down the hard bulge in his jeans, “Pathetic. Look at you, so fucking hard for me. And all I did was rub your shoulders.” He wanted to defend himself, but all he could do was whine as his eyes rolled in the back of his head while you continued touching him through his jeans.

“And to think, I never thought you’d want anything to do with some fake bimbo like me. Because I only game and watch anime for attention, right?” you squeeze his cock through his jeans, causing him to yelp. “Well? What do you have to say for yourself, incel? Wanna tell me why your dick is this hard for me if I’m so annoying to you?”

The realization that Dabi had told you everything flitted through the back of his mind, but he didn’t have room in his brain right then to be mad at him. He had to do whatever he needed to do to keep you touching him.

“I, ahh... I’m s-sorry,” he stuttered pathetically. The front of his jeans was wet from your teasing and the denim was rubbing him raw through his thin boxers, “D-didn’t, fuck, didn’t mean it like… ahh, l-like th-that.”

You loved how easily you could wreck him. You pet his hair back from his sweaty brow as you cooed at him lovingly.

“You know,” you removed your hand from the front of his jeans and he whined from the lack of friction, “You really hurt my feelings, baby. I thought you were so cool and the whole time, behind my back, you said just mean things about me.”

He sat up and turned to face you. His pathetic, needy gaze shot straight to your core. The power you held made you drunk and you desperately wanted more.

“No, no no no…” he grabbed your hands and you realized how clammy they were, “I’m-I’m so sorry. Please! Please…”

“Hmm,” you studied him for a moment, “Well… There might be a way you could make me feel a little better.” you tucked a strand of hair behind his ear, “You were so mean to me.”

“Anything! Please! I-I’ll do anything for you!” desperation started creeping in, thinking you’d leave him hanging with no relief. Little did he know, you had no intention of letting him go any time soon. Your plush lips curled into a devious smile. A soft hand reached up cupping his jaw.

“What a good boy, Tomu,” a tremor passed through his body. You reached over to your nightstand and pulled out the collar you’d taken the selfie in. 

“You know,” the collar danced between your painted nails, “This also came with a leash. I was thinking,” your lust-filled eyes meet his, “If you wanted to be a good boy for me… You’d let me see how pretty it looks around your neck.”

Tomura hesitated, his eyes rapidly moving between your eyes and the collar you held. After a moment of consideration, he nodded. You giggled and clapped your hands together excitedly leaping off the bed. You returned with a short, chain-link leash.

“Now,” you leaned in and fastened the collar around his neck. Your bodies were centimeters apart and Tomura thought he might pass out, “When you’re wearing your collar, you don’t call me Y/N,” you nudge his ear with your nose and whisper, “You call me ‘Mommy.’ Do you understand?” you feel him nod against your face.

“That’s not how good boys answer their Mommy. When you answer me, you say, ‘Yes Mommy’ or ‘No Mommy.’ Is that clear?”

“Y-yes… Mommy.”

“Mmm, what a good boy,” you placed a soft kiss on his neck and he let out the most delicious whimper. You hooked a finger through the ring on the front of the collar, “You’re gonna go sit in Mommy’s gaming chair and let her use you as a toy. Okay?” 

Tomura’s head was spinning and he almost couldn’t answer until you jerked him by his collar, “Y-yes, Mommy. Please, please make me your toy.”

You stood and dragged him over to your chair and made him sit, “What a polite boy you are! Saying ‘please’ without being asked. If you keep that up, you just might get a reward,” his belt buckle rattled as you worked his jeans down his narrow hips. 

A ragged breath escaped his chapped lips as you removed your tiny shorts revealing a black, lace thong. You straddled his lap, your dripping slit hovering a centimeter over the angry, leaking head of his cock. His hands shook as you placed them on your hips and slowly moved your thong to the side. Descending an inch at a time, only teasing his tip, was causing him to come undone underneath you.

“You’re already so close and I’ve only put the tip in. You better be a good boy and not come until I tell you to or you’re going to be punished,” you pushed another couple of inches inside and he nearly wept.

“I-I’m trying, M-mommy! I wanna be a good boy!”

“Mmm, I know, baby. You’re doing so,” another inch, “So…” and another, “Well.” you were fully seated on his cock now. Tomura knew he wouldn’t last. Your velvet walls were sucking him down harder than anything ever had before. It made his fleshlight feel like it was made of sandpaper. You had ruined him for anything else. 

With a few rolls of your hips and some high, airy moans, he was about to bust. “Mommy! Mommy, please! I-I’m g-gonna…”

“Tomu,” your voice was authoritative now, “If you come in Mommy’s pussy, I’m going to make you clean it out with your tongue then I’m going to sit on your face until I come as many times as I want.” your hand wrapped around his throat and you started bouncing on his cock. Your filthy words and aggressive motions catapulted him into an orgasm.

“You bad, BAD boy,” a smack to his cheek broke off his moans, “You disobeyed me! Did you do that on purpose?” your hand around his neck flexes, “Are you just a dirty incel that wants Mommy to get mean with you? Answer, Tomu!”

“Yes, Mommy!”

“Tell Mommy what you are…”

“I-I’m a-a… dirty incel.”

“And what do you want?”

“W-want… want Mommy to b-be mean to me…”

You lift him by the collar and attach the leash. He’s thrown onto the bed and you waste no time hovering your dripping slit over his face.

“Now,” you jerk the leash, “Clean up your mess.”

Tomura knew he should be disgusted right now, but his dick was getting harder by the second. With each lick inside your sloppy hole, he shamelessly moaned against your skin. The vibrations were going straight to your clit, causing you to ride his face harder. This went on until you’d almost reached your peak.

“Oh, baby,” you’re making Mommy feel so, so good, “I-I’m gonna…”

Tomura grabbed your ass and moved you back and forth on his face as he sucked your clit into his mouth. Your orgasm hit hard and fast. You lifted your body giving him a moment to breathe before sitting back down, earning a startled mumble from him.

“Don’t think that’s all,” you laughed and humped his face, making his eyes roll into the back of his head, “Be a good boy and mommy might even let you come…”

Tomura only nodded as he began to eat you again like he was starved. Maybe all the stuff you posted in the Discord server wasn’t so annoying anymore...

#Shigaraki #tomura shigaraki #shigaraki tomura #shigaraki x reader #shigaraki tomura x reader #shigaraki x you #bnha smut #tw // mommy kink #tw degradation #tw face sitting #jade writes smut

[mensajeroseis]

how do u get fo3 to run on pc . ive tried damn near everything and ur the only fo3 enjoyer i follow

im honored to be the fo3 enjoyer u follow....so onto the topic at hand.

my first general recommendation is to buy fo3 on GOG and not steam. Steam's version is literally so fucked on various levels, GOG's fixes a lot of the issues it has (defunct GFWL, memory space issue, plus its drm free !). Supposedly it also runs fine thru XBOX PC gamepass, if that's an option for you that youre open to trying.

now some PCs can run it just fine out the gate w/ GOG. Mine did not lol, but also my laptop is almost 6 years old saur... I'll be real, I don't even remember what I did to fix it. I was maddogging the fuck out of suggestions and googling possible answers, trying everything. Like u...

my general suggestions are :

the multicore fix ; get into Documents>Games>Fallout3 and make sure you change bUseThreadedAI=0 to bUseThreadedAI=1 and add iNumHWThreads=2 in the FalloutPrefs.ini ; it really doesn't like more than 2 threads. Running it in WinXP/7/8 SP3 compatibility mode as an Administrator may also make it work. Also install the Win10 compatibility mod on nexus. Look thru this thread for suggestions. There's a general post on the fallout subreddit of ways to get all the games to work, but I can't find it so when I do. I'll add it. I'll probably come back later to add more things I can think of. For the sake of everyone who wants to play fo3 on PC 😌

A lot of people suggest just playing it via TTW (the option is always there). I haven't personally, I played fo3 on console for years. So I wanted to solely play it unrelated to FNV also. Once I got it running, it ran perfectly fine. The only crashes I ever have are related to mods (which is why ive been too lazy to go back and fix it for a few months LMFAOO)

unrelated note : here is a personally curated mod list i made (i also run the game from my mod manager rather than thru the launcher)

[borealtwilight]

hokay, homies

i am Doing Serious Researching into the laptop model i want, because i want to be comfortable in my choice, so that i'll wind up with a machine that will meet my specs, which are as follows:

1a) must. be. a relatively powerful laptop. this is imperative. i have no room for a desktop pc. i do not want a chromebook (useless) or a 2-in-1 / 3-in-1 / Some Other Fancy Thingy.

1b) i need at least 8GB RAM, and a decent processor. graphics card optional; not a dead set requirement. i'm not looking to play Halo or Dead By Daylight or whatever the fuck fancy graphics game; all i'm after is a machine that'll allow me to play Minecraft (modded or not), or The Sims 3, or modded Sims 4, and run discord at the same time (my current machine used to be able to handle one video game, modded or not — albeit somewhat slowly — but i had to shut every other app down, first. i want more juice in my new machine)

2) IDGAF about battery life. not my concern. knowing me it'll wind up almost constantly plugged in lmao. however, vents are a priority, so i don't have to buy an external cooling system of some kind

3) portability isn't entirely an issue. aka idc if it's heavy; most laptops are relatively light these days, anyway.

4) screen size has gotta be 15"+. i like to be able to See Things. oftentimes i watch bideos on my laptop; i also like my bideo games full screen; again, so i can See Things. that, and generally speaking, laptops with bigger screens tend to have bigger frames, and therefore, bigger keyboard layouts. i dont want to cramp my hands on a keyboard that's too small for me (phones are a different story lol)

5) having a CD drive isn't a must, but it's definitely a plus. saves me the hassle of finding an external one

6) OS. i dont want WIN11. i would prefer if it has WIN10 installed. i don't like any other operating systems because they're foreign to me (except OSX, but OSX can get fucked as far as i'm concerned)

7) i need at least 500GB, and operating with an SSD. less than 500GB isn't enough storage space for me, and i'm fucking done with HDDs

the preferred brands i will buy from:

Asus

Lenovo

Dell

avoiding at all costs:

Acer

Apple

Alienware

HP

Googly Windowsy Chromebooky Surfacey Hoo Haa

TL;DR: i need some opinions / suggestions on what laptop model to buy. i'm an australian, and my budget is $1,000-$2,200 for a machine with Relatively Juiced Internals

thank u for ur time 😌; feel free to reply to this post, IM me, or DM me if u have my discord with any suggestions

#natty rambles #pls halp if u can #i dont know a lot of things #i have a couple models in mind but ehhhh #im not exactly after a gaming rig as such #but if it's in my budget and meets my specs than i'm all for it

[storiesbyjes2g]

 Check In Tag ✔️

@mamabearssims tagged me for this one.

Why did you choose your url?

The short version is because that is what you’ll find here, stories by me, Jes2G. The longer version is this has been the name of my WordPress blog for the last few years (despite the URL being jes2gstories.com....I’m not always so smart). No one has time for the full version lol.

Any side blogs? If you have them name them and why you have them.

I have a side blog I call “the shopping list.” I reblog cc I want to download to there when I’m on my phone or work laptop so I can find it easily when I’m back on my PC. It’s called jes2gfinds, I think lol.

How long have you been on tumblr?

I originally joined under another name when this game came out 9/14. I didn’t know what Tumblr was, but I knew there were simmers here. 

Do you have a queue tag?

Not sure why the queue would need a tag, but I do have tags for all my stories which are always queued.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I started posting my first legacy here, but my game got corrupted and I had to toss all my saves. When I started over, I went back to what I knew: WordPress. I decided to give Tumblr a fair shake in 2018 I think, and I was only here for the cc and to share my stories. Then I met all you wonderful people.

Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

I figured since the blog is named after me, I should make my simself the icon. She finally got a makeover lol.

Why did you choose your header?

Same reason as above. Plus I recently rebranded my WordPress blog, so I brought the same images and colors here. Yes, I miss being orange!

What’s your post with the most notes?

Oh, I have no idea. [does quick investigation] In the last 3 months, it is my create a minor sim challenge.

How many mutuals do you have?

Stop asking me questions I don’t know the answers to! LOL [does more investigating...why is this not easier to find out?!] OK! I have 97.

How many followers do you have?

I have 809!! Crazy! You guys have been following me like crazy lately, and if this keeps up, I seriously think I’ll hit 1000 this year. I’m already planning what I’m going to do for you. 🥰 It’s gonna be fun! 

How many people do you follow?

I get overwhelmed easily, so I only follow 176.

Have you ever made a shitpost?

*clutches pearls* I beg your pardon! There is nothing but high quality content on this blog, thank you! 🤣 (no, but seriously...what constitutes a shitpost?)

How often do you use tumblr each day?

I plead the 5th. 😅

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

Nah, fam. I like to stay away from drama.

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

I roll my eyes as I promptly ignore them. I don’t like people telling me what to do with my things/spaces or telling me how I should feel about something. Everyone is here for a different reason, and that should be respected. Period.

Do you like tag games?

It depends on the game. In general, I don’t mind them. But I don’t like answering the same questions over and over. And I don’t want to constantly be doing them. Plus I’m really private and some of them are way too personal for me.

Do you like ask games?

I love being asked about my characters and stories.

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Oh, that’s easy. It’s Dear Abby @mellindi! 🤣 

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

I have a girl crush on @ladybugsimblr! 😃

Tags?

Sure, why not. As always, feel free to ignore. @ladybugsimblr @maladi777 @therichantsim @bridgeportbritt @cantseemtohide @digital-deluxe @cinamun

#tagged #check in tag

[shenlongshao]

GG Strive: Highlights pt.1

Hi hi!^_^ This post will be about my thoughts and reactions to the info from the GG Strive livestream and from the website. I decided to split this into parts because I’ll be going into detail. I’ll start with the general news. The first is the release date of Guilty Gear Strive for PS4, PS5, and Steam(PC) is officially announced! Yay! Details about the versions can be seen from this link.

https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/wordpress/wp-content/themes/ggst/img/buynow/ggst_sku_rev.pdf With what’s known and shown about the GG Strive so far, the standard version will include. -  5 Battle stages(not including the 2 areas within each one from wall breaks. If including those, then it adds up to 15 stages) - The usually expected content like Story Mode, Training Mode, Online Matches, etc.(and possibly whatever new modes) -  The amount of playable characters at launch will be 15. And...

Here we go, lol. XD  This is a huge no-no for me because it’s heavily inspired by the monetization practice from many mobile App games and/or MMOs(Massive Multiplayer Online). Things like

- Continuously release content whether it’s story-related, cosmetics, etc. that players pay for.

- Purposefully implement an in-game problem so the player gets impatient or feels compelled to buy the solution. (An example is limited storage space in an MMO, so he/she has to buy more space) - Have premium type service that provides a list of benefits for a while until you have to renew the service or buy a new one; each varying in price.

- Purposefully lock certain features behind a paywall, advertise the locked content to the player via pop-ups in the game, etc.  For mobile and MMO games, it makes sense because there’s so many of them that are free to play. For example, players don’t have to pay for episodes of an MMO’s story or stages, etc. They just pay for extra things like pets, costumes, etc. that may benefit the gameplay. Since there’s so much competition in these genres, some will give a better value and pricing than others. Games like MMOs are designed to go on forever like the Energizer Bunny, XD. However, it’s an issue when fighting games do it because  - They’re not free to play - The environments of fighting games aren’t expansive, open worlds that players can pick up various items and have Raids(large groups fighting a boss for equipment).

- Main stories in fighting games aren’t constantly updated. It has predetermined scenarios with only a selected few deemed important while other characters are treated as an afterthought. There’s no sidequests that give special focus to a character, etc; just a quick Arcade Mode and a brief ending.

- Too many fighting games have the bad habit of making mainstay characters since their debut into paid DLC. Despite how heavily monetized MMOs are, one thing they don’t do is suddenly making you pay for something that was previously free in a new update or version of the game.

- Season Passes in fighting games is basically a premium service like you would see in MMOs. For example, here’s a link of the premium pack from Phantasy Star Online 2, a very popular MMORPG. http://www.bumped.org/psublog/pso2-jp-premium-set-perks/ Both Season Passes and Premium Packs have a similar concept. But premium packs/services in MMOs at least have some extra benefits etc. to the game along with the extended storage space, etc. Some of them actually do give a good deal.  Whenever a company announces a Season Pass 1 way before the game comes out, what they’re really saying is “this is a list of content we’re blocking you from until you pay”. So the character roster in GG Strive isn’t the real base one, 15 is what you’re “allowed” to play along with the other things on the list. It’s the same with other games like Granblue Fantasy Versus., 11 was the amount of characters you were allowed to play while the real base roster, which was 16, was blocked behind a paywall. Season Passes aren’t really giving benefits. -The last part is there’s not really compelling goodies yet to justify the pricing from the different editions of GG Strive. For example, you get a “special colors” of Sol and Ky if you pre-order the game.

I really like it,  but to me it isn’t worth preordering the game. A better preorder bonus would be have Sol and Ky in their original GGX costume with some new moves. I think there’s a better way to do it  instead of just “gimme your money!” XD - Season Passes should really not exist anymore in fighting games. But if it must exist, I would prefer it being a one-time buy where you don’t need to keep buying upcoming DLC characters, but you still need to buy individual colors separately. - Other 3D fighting games like Mortal Kombat 11 have done this, but GG Strive should put actual costumes as payable DLC and not just different colors. Costumes like the characters’ original look, holiday and seasonal themed outfits, etc. The pricing should be $3. - Characters that haven’t consistently appeared or were only NPCs should be DLC. An example would be Raymond/Judgment from GG Judgment since he only appeared once in a game or Gabriel since he’s NPC, but story relevant to the series. Mainstay characters like Baiken, Johnny, Dizzy, etc. shouldn’t be paid DLC unless there’s a special version of them like an EX or Gold version, etc. - Give some of the stages weather and night/day cycle effects. For example, make the ruins area have random occurrences of rain and at night. Make some stages from previous GG games paid DLC with the breakable wall mechanic. For example, like the cemetery stage from GG Isuka. - If extra parts of the story are now going be a paid feature(I hope it isn’t, though), then bring back the aspect of alternate endings. Have the extra stories be truly focused on the character a player picked and have it be interactive with multiple choice, able to choose what battle to participate in, etc. Not just a generic, 10 minute Arcade Mode with 2 cutscenes XD - For other editions like Ultimate, etc., it would be nice to have extra goodies like the hard-to-find GG source material in the past to be available and bundled with the game. Things like high quality statue figurines, accessories like coats replica of the characters’, etc. would be worth getting the Deluxe or Ultimate edition. - People who get the Standard edition should also have access to the Open Beta and also PC players too.  But how it is now and how it may go doesn’t look good....this doesn’t mean, “boycott this game! HATE AND DELETE!” XD I just don’t like it when game franchises I like fall into the trap of bad business practices to make more money, especially when it doesn’t need to be. It’s why I included some examples of what I think would be better options that would be more reasonable.  The “Smell of the Game” is a little stinky! XD Please stay tuned for part 2 of my highlights!

#guilty gear #guilty gear strive #gg real talk

[vetschoolstudy]

Hey everyone! By popular demand, I’ve made a list of the apps I use as a “paperless” student in graduate school. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but these are some of the options available to those who are interested in going paperless in the new year! ☺️ Disclaimer: I am a student in the US using Apple products. I apologize in advance if any of these apps are unavailable in your country or for your device!

🌿 Scheduling / Time Management / Focus

Google Calendar - Super easy to use and customize to look exactly how you want it. Free and available across all your devices! This app is great if you’re looking for a no-nonsense way to schedule all of your classes and events.

iStudiez (Pro) - This app is great for students with a lot of classes, tests, and assignments. It’s helped me keep track of what assignments I have coming due and what tests are around the corner. This is the app I currently use for the majority of my scheduling and it’s been a life-saver!

BeFocused - an alternative to the popular Forest app. I really like all the data I can pull up about which tasks I took a long time on, how long I studied over x number of days, etc. The Pro version allows me to sync my data between all of my devices. It uses the Pomodoro method to keep me studying for longer without getting burnt out.

Noisli - I’m the kind of person who can’t study while listening to music, so I use this app to create some white noise when I study outside my house. It’s really nice and has a variety of sounds— I currently prefer brown noise + fireplace. ♥︎

🌿 Scanning / Document Management

ScannerPro - I have this app on my phone so I can quickly and easily scan in any textbook pages, handouts, etc that I would like to have for my notes. I like this app (and have actually used it to scan in a 1000+ page textbook lol) because it offers OCR, which means I can search for the text within the documents if I need to. There are other apps out there that perform similarly, this is just the one I use!

Files - I like the native Apple app to keep the semester’s documents available across all my devices. At the end of the semester I move them to my Google Drive.

Google Drive - I’m lucky that my school gives their students unlimited storage space on Google Drive. I store all my old semester’s work on Google Drive. Google docs / sheets / etc are also a great way to do group projects!

🌿 Taking Notes

Notability - Great for taking notes on PPT lectures or for taking notes by hand. Vertical scrolling, split-screening two notes, and the ability to search through all the notes in the app at once (including handwriting!) set this app apart.

GoodNotes - this is the app of choice if you want maximum flexibility with the type of paper you take your notes on. It’s also my app of choice for keeping all of my textbooks at my fingertips.

OneNote - If you’ve seen my post on how I take notes, you know I use OneNote to type up all of my review outlines after each lecture. If you’re using a PC as a part of your paperless system, this app is a great alternative to the above two apps!

🌿 Relaxing / Fun

Neko Atsume - A cute game where all you have to do is fill up some food bowls, set out some toys, and wait for the cutest little cats to drop by to play. 🥰

Stardew Valley - If you’ve ever played Harvest Moon or another similar farming-style game, you’ll love Stardew. It’s a laid-back open-world style game where you can spend your time doing anything from farming to fishing to foraging to building a relationship with the townfolk. I like this game for my study breaks because each “day” in the game is ~10-15min long, so it’s perfect for a quick distraction before getting back to work!

I hope this helps! Happy studying!

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