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is-the-thing-actually-jewish · 6 months

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are Hanukkah sweaters a Jewish thing? i've seen them before but 90% of the time, they're people trying to make christmas displays more "inclusive." so are they legit Jewish or no?

Rating: Capitalism.

Hanukkah sweaters are a prime example of what I previously characterized as "capitalism's tendency to tepidly repackage any Christmas symbols in literally or metaphorically blue-and-silver wrapping paper to appeal to a Jewish market." As the "ugly sweater" phenomenon has grown more popular, retailers saw an excellent opportunity to widen their market by having "Hanukkah" versions.

That said, there's a wide range of Hanukkah sweaters out there, some of which are more problematic than others. Ones that are literally just recolored Christmas designs with a couple Jewish-y things tacked on, like this "Shalom Gnome" design or this "Oy to the World" design are more problematic than enthusiastically tacky designed-from-the-beginning-to-be-Jewish ones. The former says "Hanukkah! It's Christmas for Jews! Jews! They're just Christians without Santa or Jesus!" while the latter says, "Oh, you're going to walk around with an eyesore sweater full of tinsel and actual little jingle bells as though anyone could possibly forget that it's Christmas season in this country? I see you, I see you, and I'm just going to casually wear this sweater with a menorah and candles that actually light up because Judaism rocks, that's why."

Then there's a whole genre of Hanukkah sweaters with, let's say, more adult content, and people's mileage may greatly vary on how they feel about them. Personally, I find the ones riffing off more secular aspects of the holiday to be largely harmless, such as this "You Spin Me Right Round, Baby" design with dreidels. On the other hand, while some may find it amusingly subversive, I find ones making fun of the religious part of the holiday (i.e., the actual hanukkiah/menorah) to be in poor taste at best. There are a plethora of "let's get lit" Hanukkah sweaters like this one that genuinely annoy me. (For one thing, Hanukkah isn't even a drinking holiday! If you want a drinking holiday, we actually have those but Hanukkah isn't it!) Ones like this that make it into a creepy pick-up line actively disgust me. And this "gelt digger" one is genuinely antisemetic, given the stereotypes about Jews and money.

I would be remiss not to mention what I personally think is the best of the Hanukkah sweater subgenres: animal puns. My fiance owns this Meowzel Tov sweater with a truly garish design. What does "mazel tov" have to do with Hanukkah, you may ask? Absolutely nothing, but hey, cats! Can't be upset about Jewish cats! Similarly, llamas? Not Jewish at all! But Happy Llamakka? Okay, cute pun, cute graphic, I'm reluctantly charmed. Your Menorasaurus would not be kosher for actual use as the candles are all different heights, but you know what, that actually makes me smile.

So, basically: If you get joy out of being loudly Jewish during a season where everything is yelling about Christianity all the time, go ahead and wear your ridiculous ugly sweater to the company party. Just take a close look at the design to make sure it's not actually full of Christmas trees, not pretending something extremely Christmas is Jewish because it's a pun now, doesn't use Charedi men as a cartoon stand-in for anyone Jewish, and doesn't makes being Jewish primarily about not being Christian.

In sum: RIP my browser history, I'm going to be getting such terrible ads for the next several weeks. Click the links at your own risk.

~Mod Leora

#rating: capitalism #hanukkah #hanukkah sweaters #christian hegemony #jumblr #animal puns

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equestriagirl16 · 2 years

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NRC staff and their guardian status with MC~🌹

Notes: personal headcannons cause I absolutely cannot get enough of the NCR staff being caretakers/parental figures to MC. It’s just so wholesome to me, and a lot of this isn’t new info just my take on said renowned info.

Inspired by: @wolken-himmel @hunniepotts @adrianasunderworld @mashed-potato101

Dads: Crewel and Crowley

It’s basically canon at this point that our dear professor would assume the main dad role.

He would have a long history of taking care of “unruly pups”, and having you come around like a lost stray in need of proper training. Well he just couldn’t help himself now could he?

Spoils the hell out of you, yes he would take you out shopping for actual clothes and necessities, yes he would pay for everything, and no you absolutely do not owe him anything in return. Would probably get genuinely upset if you insisted.

Would be the dad to actually remind you, in a reassuring way, that you are in fact a child/young so you really shouldn’t carry the world on your shoulders at least not by yourself.

Fairly overprotective and strict, he only wants the absolute best for and from you. Which means unfortunately you won’t get a sliver of favoritism in class, and no amount of batting eyes or cute little excuses in baby talk is gonna change that. “Well you should’ve thought of that when I specifically gave you a weeks notice before the assignment went out pup.” And then he pats you on the head with his stick(affectionately).

No dating no boys no nothing, in fact no friends. Just spend your time with your loving father figure, he’s sure that’d be much better for your mental health. “I hate men.” “But you are one.” “My point still stands.” He’s spent more time around the student body than you have so he knows, LORD does he know, that plenty of them will leave you worse for wear despite how nice of a person they are. And if anyone, no matter who they might be, leaves his little pup sad and whimpering. He’ll make sure to remind them why he adorns the name of Crewel.

But at the end of the day he absolutely loves you, and you bring a special light in his life too. He may be a little young for it(in his words), but a set of adoption papers happen to make his way on his internet browser more times than he can ignore. Only if you’d like, perhaps he could bring the proposition up in conversation during your next shopping spree.

Oooooh Crowley, honestly this is mostly because he was the first adult to find you. We all know how this man operates, and yet he’ll insist that he takes care of you like his own child! *looks into the camera*

The man is on the complete other end of the dad spectrum. Ya know instead of responsible and nurturing he’s more so flighty and excitable. Literally just- “We gon need nutrition.” “So your kid likes apple juice?” “Oh no they love orange juice, but they’ve been bad this week.” “What grade is your kid in?” “Sixteenth grade.” “That’s not even a grade!-So they graduated college?” “No they…where is my kid??” He left you in the grocery store…again.

Don’t get him wrong though, he can step up to the challenge when need be, he’s still a whole principal. If anything he’ll at least make sure your academics are in line and your school life is decent, and thankfully he does play favorites!

However he definitely values independence, and just tends to think you can handle things on your own and believes a ton in your potential. Much to both your favor and detriment, sure there’s nothing you can’t handle but that doesn’t mean you should handle it all at once!

Does get serious when the situation calls for it. Like if you’re legitimately broken up about anything, or just in a bad place the secret dad switch in the far reaches of his brain finally switch into hyper gear. He can catch the slightest wind of it, and he’ll be the first one there to comfort you which he’s surprisingly good at. Both in physical comfort and advice, it gets you every single time.

He would never let you know this, nor could you really guess, but he would do anything for you. You mixed up his life in a very unexpected and interesting way, and even if he’s not good at showing it he does love you very much. Man would kill for you. Die for you though? Hmm, give him a sec to think.

Uncles: Vargas and Sam

To me he comes off as someone who definitely cares about you but doesn’t show it on as intimate of a level if that makes sense. He’s a gym bro, he shows his affection more in words of motivation and making you run just a few more laps. Cmon, he believes in you!

Obviously he values your physical health, but also because he knows that can translate into mental health. He may not be there for everything but he does what he can in the time he has with you.

Honestly he probably just figures that you already have a lot of people looking out for you, and he doesn’t want to overstep. So he’ll stay in his lane and make sure you’re working at maximum efficiency.

Of course that doesn’t mean he won’t be there for you when you need it. Is also ever so slightly protective, but aims to lift you back onto your feet more than anything. He knows your someone deserving of respect so he’s gonna remind you of that every time he has the chance, and won’t stop until your confidence is through the roof. “Come on, you’re really gonna let them tear you down like that! Remember what I taught you, no one’s strong like Y/N!”

But if you need a hug then maybe, just maybe, he’ll sweep you up and jostle you around until you’re too dizzy to even remember you were sad. You’re a rarity in this world, and you’re just as capable as anyone else. As long as he’s around he’ll never let you forget that.

Also, head pats for days and 100% calls you kid.

I feel like I barely have to even explain this one. It’s Sam, he’s younger and more extravagant. Not rly dad material, he gives off more older relative/big brother vibes.

He’s got his own stuff going on plus a shop to run, he may not be around you 24/7 but would definitely encourage you to stop by and visit literally anytime. He absolutely loves your company and showing you all his little tips and tricks.

You can guarantee he’d sometimes let you’d off the hook when paying for supplies, for no particular reason at all of course. “I’m closing up shop for the night anyway, now run along little imp ‘fore the shadows get ya!”

Likes teasing you, just playful little pranks and jabs to keep you on your toes. Would never dream of doing anything remotely malicious, even does check-ins if your reaction isn’t the happiest.

Speaking of check-ins, I feel like he’d ask you about how things are going every single time you visit him. Since he’s on the younger side too he’d definitely be more in the know about how to deal with certain things, and give you more down to earth advice. The jump from free spirited shop keep to serious guardian is wild.

Also for any of my black/poc MCs out there, he has your back(especially if you were homesick). Another fully welcomed slice of culture, I have a personal headacannon that he’d be extremely helpful on hair days too. Not to say no one else is, but he would take pride in you sticking close to your roots(heh, get it). As well as picking out really cool styles for you. Maybe even have some spells to let you color it, the possibilities are endless.

A little protective but he doesn’t outright distrust anyone neither believes in shielding you. You gotta fight you’re own battles, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be there every step of the way. When you’re knocked down he’ll pick you right back up, now equipped with a few new tricks up your sleeve. And perhaps on some days many may notice that you have more than one shadow following behind you.

Loves you to death and beyond that, he’ll make sure everyday is full of laughs and you have what you need to stand out from the rest.

GRANDPA TREIN

This man has gray hairs, years of wisdom, and put multiple kids through college. He has earned this category.

I want to say since he already has a family of his own he wouldn’t completely take you in, but he’d definitely put you under his wing. Simply put he owns most the brain cells between all the staff, so he’d know not only how to but for your own sake that he should take care of you.

The amount of times he’s had to steer you away from the advice of a certain principal, and to be the guy to refute the extra baggage anybody put on you is ridiculous. “But Crowley wanted me to get the supplies from the town this weekend, and then I have to host a tutoring session with the guys, and run another errand-” “You’re not doing that.” “But-” “No buts, none of it. Now sit down and finish your tea, I fear you’ll collapse if you think for another second.” Firmly believes no one as young as you should be dealing with the sheer amount of bullsh!t you deal with. And trust that he’s seen a lot of it in his time working at that place.

He’s the epitome of responsible caretaker, will set your priorities straight and be very transparent with you. If your getting too distracted to focus on your academics, or putting yourself last after everything/everybody you have to deal with. He won’t hold back, you’re apart of the equation, the most important part.

He’s also very well versed in the emotional aspects of a young ones life too. Sure he’s not the most touchy feely type, but on like a psychological level he understands and gives arguably the best and most proactive advice.

This isn’t his first rodeo, honestly a lot of it is just second nature to him. He just has a lot of sympathy for you and your situation, and despite his demeanor he’s not one to leave a literal stranded child to fend for themselves. He’s a professor not a monster, and of course you remind him a lot of his prime parenting days. Which he’s secretly very fond of.

He won’t say it out loud, well at least not in front of other people. Perhaps during a nice quiet evening in his office he’ll tell you how genuinely proud he is of you and your progress. You’ll always have a means of support in him, but don’t misunderstand him he doesn’t play favorites.(yes he does)

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lizaluvsthis · 3 months

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PART 2 HYPERFIXATION FOR SMG4: Mario looks at SMG4's browser history

Okay last one...(f-cking photos has a limit)

Previous hyperfixation (read first)

So it is true that SMG3 does torture SMG4's life by ruining his day(come back from the episode you used to be cool where smg3 said "usual")

Since the word "usual" is used from SMG3's statement after we learned from that episode where he "considered killing" him. Directly to smg4.

SPOILER...

Seems like SMG3 DOES love to put out a good show where he still makes smg4 suffer the most mildest things with apparent reasons of constant teasing for the man and Three just enjoys it.

(If SMG4 did things to ruin his life so badly, by smg4 doing so in purpose, then so should SMG3 WILL and would ruin his day back.)

Worst thing SMG3 would think of, is forgiving SMG4. Because why in hell would he do that after everything?

Not only... SMG3 hides behind his secret, and mentioning WOTFI 2021 where SMG3 said something along the lines with "try and make him cry" is and definitely puts on that SMG3 still concealed himself from his inner shell as his emotional break down to cover up the sensitive emotion he has.

And that it'd be so out of character and sudden to forgive smg4 just like that, he'd be in the usual doings of "Hell no f-cking way I'd do that just now, why would I forgive this assh-le for ruining my life?"

Because thats an emotional baggage for SMG3 to cope on, he livestreams himself on twitch to play random ass games for his stress relief because of him. SMG4 has been stuck with him for like- a decade now and this is sh-t ass ruining him

if you all shouldve noticed just now, smg4 hasnt apologized EVERYTHING to SMG3 yet. Because he wasn't sure how "emotions" and "actions" could play out from his character after he did those "assumable" things to break SMG3's dreams.

Thats simple. He's a very difficult man to comprehend with his own self thoughts, he's overwhelmed at himself to where it breaks him. If SMG3 is socially awkward to talking or making new friends, then so SMG4 is the one whos difficult to solve the problem with his causes (like saying sorry wasnt very easy for him to put out)

Cause all smg4 did was focus on his meme contents from doing what he loves, he broke three for being famous, and his cafe, with also his dreams on starting his own production, not to ALSO mention his damage to SMG3.

If smg3 would even still forgave him for doing all of that om purpose without even realizing. But to smg3, he didn't want to say he'll forgive SMG4 instead. He still recovers from each and everything from that.

Because he'd seen how fragile SMG4 is at this part. SMG4 could only rely with making his contents to get money off from youtube, to THEN paying the expenses for whatever waterbills, electricbills, his loans from the property he's paying for, foods from groceries.

Literally EVERYTHING.... he's been trying to provide and same this goes on with SMG3 where he started his coffee shop, the one who works two jobs as a twitch streamer and a cafe owner. (The reason why SMG3 gets money from thats how he could afford everything just by double timing his job)

Since smg4 doesnt know sh-t with jobs, SMG3 is up ahead him, smart enough to think. While SMG4's knowledge is a bit too unstable without any of his college experience since he didn't like school then he hates studying.

Studying helps you learn countless of things even tho its a hard challenge to try, you still need to learn either way to know bits of facts. SMG4 dropped out and didn't graduate from college, but did SMG3 continued college?

That remains unknown, but we do know for a fact he is twice as smarter than SMG4 and Mario. (God what a fabulous b-tch.)

The reason why college is important is that you can set a course of what you'd want to get a job you'd be capable of loving from. And knowing that SMG3 pays atleast too many stuff by marketing and selling or trading or who knows what from the internet to make him get that much of advantage to get enough money.

SMG3 improvised his skills to survive

And so if SMG4 could do the same he'd probably have the same braincells as his boyfriend/j

- (whoops I just realized that I moved the topic to college but eh-)

Anyway following on with our focused topic.

If SMG4 couldnt admit that he'd say sorry to SMG3, then there would be a constant loop of the friends not understanding each other.

I still have a feeling that SMG3 could almost understand, like he could see through what SMG4 has been feeling. But he couldnt show that emotion to four- it'd look WEIRD. for him. Better yet is that- SMG4 would most likely be the optimisstic one to show symapthy, but still- SMG3 is an empathetic man for SMG4.

Just so is SMG4 when he cant understand how his actions can cause consequences like smg3 for example, SMG3 didn't even do much damage to SMG4 after everything. Because what SMG3 thinks is that he- deserved it. Everything to him from what he had done to smg4- willl be always pointed at him as he only sees himself as the bad guy.

Like oh man- how assumable can smg4 be when smg3 gets something that he finally wishes to have for? Attention. And he's been the one saying "thats what we do for each other right?" When SMG4 did it his way while SMG3 has finally moved on. Like SMG4... I see you as the person who've been causing a lot by i mean ALOT. Of problems.

Four suffers because of this cause he never understands how relationships or just by general actions work, because he never had someone close to him to guide his way for understanding.

They both were literally born from a USB and then came down there to explore their new selves.

Not even once SMG4 thought about- "why did I do that to him? I should say sorry... If only I didnt destroy his cafe nor even his productions"

Its because FOUR WAS SO AFRAID. In repeat. Lets repeat this again.

Three cant forgive SMG4 because he's been having alot of thoughts from his head that would lead to the death of him.

And SMG4 cant apologize cause he's unaware of what would happen if he did. He would overthink about this... and better yet- Three's motions are unrecognizable so Four would keep on missing his chances if he'd want to say it. He wondered that if he told sorry to smg3, he'd be the one to blamed more and three would be more pissed. Because they both wanted to forget the past.

But the past is already apart of them, a memory they both went through together...

So... well- theres my fixating- :)))))

@b-r-i-n-g-x .

#smg4 #smg34 #smg3 #smg4 smg3 #lizafixates

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ranidspace · 5 months

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"I cant switch to firefox because..."

"It's too much effort to switch"

If you install firefox, it will ask if you want to import your browsing history, bookmarks, saved passwords*, and in a as of october of this year your extensions as well.

*dont use your browsers built in password manager. they're very much not as secure, even firefox's. read about passwords here

You can't import cookies for security reasons, but external tools can do that for you (try to avoid this. if you do have some data you need moved over, usually websites have their own "export data as file" option)

Everything else that you may need to fully complete the switch will come up naturally over time, the initial setup can be half an hour, or if you're happy with how it is at the start, less than 5 minutes.

"They don't support [website]"

Firefox is entirely up to date on current HTML, CSS, and Javascript standards. Theres a bunch of websites that compare all the features that firefox supports compared to chrome and stuff and they're often just, wrong? I've used some MANY of the features that firefox supposedly doesn't support. Plus they're constantly updating it for added support of new and old features. anything they refuse to add is due to security reasons, and nobody uses those features anyway.

In my experience i've never had to switch to chrome to avoid a website breaking. Sometimes it was because of an extension* but thats a very easy fix. Firefox has profiles built in and really good troubleshooting features.

*(stop using privacy badger/possum, please, it's built into firefox now, most of all privacy addons are completely useless because firefox already does it for you!!! ublock is safe tho i love u bbg)

If a site tells you "switch to chrome to see this site as intended" they're lying, and you can use a user agent switcher to trick them into thinking you're on chrome

"i need chrome for work or school"

i'd say 4 times out of 5 you don't, they say you have to use it but in reality it's just that they have better control over what you can do with it.

My high school had a shit ton of extensions automatically installed on chrome, including some shit that was literally spyware, it reported to teachers and staff all of your tabs you have open at any given time, and they could force shutoff tabs and force things open. They had absolutely no control or ability to monitor me when i switched to firefox, and there werent any problems that arose from it.

You can also just use chrome for school/work and use firefox for your personal web browser. separate your work life and personal life, you can do this with two different firefox profiles as well.

"I don't like change"

The only thing that's different about firefox in a day to day usage is the bar at the top, which is entirely customizable. Right click, customize toolbar, and you can mess around with it to make it the same layout as chrome. you can also get rid of those weird empty spaces to the left of the search bar they add by default for some reason. mozilla pls fix. You can further use themes to make it even look even more similar to chrome, I did that with my school profile to differentiate them.

When I switched, there wasn't anything I missed, I didn't have any of the "ugh i dont like how [blank] is in a different spot", or "ugh they dont have [this]". it just worked. It's a web browser, it works and does everything it needs to be. I didn't miss chrome at all, nothing felt different and the adjustment period to the new browser was LESS than what i felt when chrome updated the design in 2018.

"I have no reason to switch"

If you care about privacy at all (which you should), i could list hundreds of reasons why you should switch. Google removed "don't be evil" from their code of conduct for god sake lmao. Every new change they do is a ploy to get as much data from you and feed you as many ads as possible.

The dumping of Manifest V2/dynamic filtering not only makes most adblockers useless, it makes any sort of content blocking worse. Blocking trackers, malware, intrusive and annoying website features, these are things ublock does for you which chrome is doing its best to get you to stop doing. They want you to be exposed to predatory ads and malware so they can get more money.

If you have issues with ram usage and performance issues, firefox includes a lot of (lesser known) features to monitor RAM and CPU usage. While it seems as it may use more RAM, it automatically releases it when more ram is needed by other programs, effectively using less. It also uses much less ram in total in cases where there's 10+ tabs open.

Firefox can automatically block sites from auto-playing videos whenever you go on them

As mentioned firefox has so many more customization features than chrome, allowing you theme and move around everything to your hearts content

While on desktop, Chrome and Firefox are very close in functionality, on mobile, Firefox is working to add full extension support to mobile, it already has a small catalogue of extensions you can use, such as uBlock Origin. It has all of the desktop privacy features as well.

Firefox, only has about 3% of the market share. Other than that, chromium controls over 70% of all browsers, with apple controlling over 20%. The less people use firefox, the more control TWO companies have on the very act of using the internet. The Mozilla Foundation is a fully non-profit organization, with full ownership over the mozilla corporation, they don't have shareholders, and prioritize an open, safe, and private internet. Don't let them die.

"but what about..."

there's probably other reasons but the last of my advice:

you can have multiple browsers at once, install firefox and don't get rid of chrome. try firefox, see if there's anything you don't like, and try to fix it, and whenever you feel the need to, you can go back to the browser you already had.

#firefox #mozilla #mozilla firefox

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sixohsixoheightfourtwo · 3 months

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15 people 15 questions

tagged in this meme a few weeks ago by @isaksbestpillow!! here we go

1. are you named after anyone?

My first name is the name of a specific figure from UK history! someone a lot of uk people have heard of, but it's unusual to actually have this as a name. I get some incredulity and some people who politely ask where i'm from. I have to say i'm not 100% sure what answer they're expecting.

My tumblr url is a B-52s song which seemed somehow relevant back in uhhh 2013 or whenever it was.

2. when was the last time you cried?

I thinkkkk possibly when i was doing my taxes back in january. These days I tend to cry from stress and anger and frustration but it's really bad for me because once I start I find it VERY hard to stop, it makes my emotions spiral, I get more and more upset, so I really have to squash it down. For me crying is not cathartic, it just ruins the day.

3. do you have kids?

No - BUT - I have a lot of much younger cousins - and I babysit them & help with childcare fairly often so I am quite used to kids. Fortunately my cousins think i'm super fun

4. what sports do you play/have you played?

I am extremely noncompetitive! I was terrible at team sports at school and also had terrible hand-eye coordination. I have been at times an OK swimmer and I played a lot of table tennis in my last couple of years of school with the other four or five people who'd been deemed too useless for netball etc. As an adult I do youtube yoga, I periodically do app-based running stuff like Zombies Run or Nike Run Club. Ideally I'd like to go every day on like a 5 mile walk in an interesting location with a reasonable amount of ascent and descent but in a city it's hard to orchestrate that. Also I put my little cousins on my shoulders and get them to direct me where to go so they can learn the difference between left and right

5. do you use sarcasm?

I think I actually don't! Maybe a little bit sometimes. I tend to me more uhhh. pedantic and literal. tend to deconstruct .

6. what’s the first thing you notice about people?

uhhhhh probably skin texture . or haircut . or I look at their clothes. i don't know . sounds creepy. sorry.

7. what’s your eye color??

I think if you average it out it's brownish / greenish . think filippo berio bottle . maybe a bit browner / greyer than that. I tried to take a picture but it only confused me. Also when you look close enough at someone's eyes you might get flecks of like eight different colours.

8. scary movies or happy endings?

I do watch and enjoy scary movies and I have learned that I have a higher tolerance for them than some people BUT if I must pick between the two - I am team happy ending.

9. any talents ?

Little bit doublejointed! Can play a little bit of ukulele. Good memory. Good cook. Can make cocktails .

10. where were you born?

London, UK

11. what are your hobbies?

cooking, language learning, walking. Tumblr . opening new browser tabs . I'm getting some wine qualifications which is partly work related partly hobby.

12. do you have any pets?

no but my sister & her partner just got a dog and I do feel I am now an auntie

13. how tall are you?

167 cm I think? i think that's 5 ft 6? normal amount.

14. favourite subject in school?

probably languages ........... honestly I don't remember. unfortunately I had a thirst for knowledge and enjoyed most subjects.

15. dream job?

What I do now (print media production work, magazine production work) is pretty good for me

I'm going to do what @isaksbestpillow did and tag the last 15 people in my notes, that seems fun. no obligation obviously! @rociopath @fizzbuzzbananagram @magicmarker @autisticmisabel @starburger @the-omnishambles @itsmapes @youvegotaluckyface @misterhaderach @jestershark @lanninglurksnomore @sirquacklesdefoof @tracybaconnnn @321claratin @alien-ally

#deciding this is the year of doing the memes ppl tag me in . 2k24 the year of participation. fuck it we participate #tumblr life #tumblr memes #15 people 15 questions

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hyperfixations-and-hecticness · 2 years

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Hihi! since you're doing an event i figured I'd send in a request for a fic idea thats been brewing im my mind forever. levi (from obey me) with an isekai reader, specifically the reader is a datable from an otome game similar to obey me that only levi knows about. how will he react to meeting one of his biggest fictional crushes? and then to find out hes their fictional crush too?? (sorry if it doesn't make sense)

Isekai AU - Levi

His brothers did not get the appeal of otome games. But for Levi, they were amazing. In the games, he was smooth. He used the in-game lines and had characters falling for him left and right. More people loved him in-game than loved Asmo IRL! Especially in his favourite game, Heed Me! But his favourite in-game character was you. You, unlike all the other dateable characters, weren’t a total normie. You invited his character to watch shows and play games and made references to non-copyrighted spoofs of stuff that he always understood. He was in love. And best of all, you liked him back. Urgh, and when you got jealous of the other dateables for spending time with him? It was weirdly attractive seeing you indulge in his sin. But, in typical otaku fashion, you were just his 2D crush.

You also loved otome games. Specifically Obey Me. It was just so fun, seeing demon brothers and literal princes of Hell fall for you to the point you were practically running a shadow government. But your favourite was the nerd who’d blush whenever you went near him. He may call you a ‘normie’ more than he called you by your name, but he was still adorable. You wouldn’t even mind sleeping in a bathtub with him! Even though you did not understand how his back survived that every night. It was probably the Ruri-chan body pillow. Sadly, however, the game was only that. A game. You couldn’t win the heart of a blue-haired otaku outside of the pre-written lines that made him swoon.

Until, of course, you woke up one day in a council room with some random redhead telling you you were in the Devildom. And after a lot of expletives, and a serious mental breakdown when you wondered if you were going insane, you’d almost gotten into the swing of things. Except for the fact that it was surprisingly difficult to talk to your now concerningly 3D crush. Why was he avoiding you so badly, dang it? The script says he’s meant to fall for you. He didn’t even challenge you to the TSL quiz. Which was especially hurtful considering you’d binged the series since arriving here and were now fandom-fluent in it. Though, to be fair, it was probably for the best that you hadn’t talked to him too much yet. There’s no easy way to approach a man you’ve read fan-fiction about.

Of course, little did you know that Levi was having the exact same issue. What in Diavolo’s name were you doing here? And, more importantly, why were you 3D?! He could barely even look at you without turning bright pink and running in the opposite direction, much to the amusement of his brothers. But what was really worrying was that you seemed to be making an active effort to try and talk to him. After a very long time spent gathering his courage, he decided to approach you. Maybe you just looked like the character from his game, after all. Maybe the only reason you’d been seeking him out is because you wanted to borrow one of his DVDs. Yeah, that was probably it. There was no way you were a self aware otome character come to life to mock him for being in love with a fictional character. Hopefully. He really hoped being isekai’d into his world wouldn’t allow you access to his browser history. He did not want you reading the fan fictions he’d read and/or written.

“Hi, MC!” He said, waving you into his room. Oh no. He knew.

“Hey, Levi. It’s nice to meet you.” Diavolo this was awkward. “Oh, is that Henry?” You had always wanted to meet Henry.

“How did you know his name?” Asked Levi, paling. He’d mentioned having a pet in the game, able to type in the name of his pet. You couldn’t really be that MC? But there was no other explanation! There’s no way his idiot brothers would waste time with you talking about HIM. You were panicking.

“You mentioned it before.”

“Nice try! I don’t talk to people.” He spluttered. “You’re from Heed Me!”

“Whaddya mean? What’s Heed Me!? You’re from Obey Me!”

“Wait... you don’t know what Heed Me is? It’s a - uh - a video game. An otome game.”

“What?! I’m not from an otome game, YOU’RE from an otome game!” What?! He wasn’t -

It took a solid hour of explanations, halfway through which you happened to spot one of his posters of you that he’d forgotten to hide. Man, the 2D you was hot. Apparently Levi had a crush on your character, who was a streamer in an otome game called Heed Me about a demon summoned to Hollywood who lives with a group of celebrities in various industries. It was nice to know that in at least one universe you were famous.

“One final question. How popular is my character?”

An- I hope you liked this. I got a bit carried away with the buildup lol. Reminder that requests are open (I also have an event on) and comments are appreciated 💛

#obey me x reader #obey me #om! swd #obey me stuff #levi x reader #levi x you #levi fluff #leviathan x reader #shall we date leviathan #leviathan x you #swd leviathan

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Idk if I'm onto something at all, but I think I connected two dots of frustration just now.

Okay so, I'm fucking around in my phone. Still hype that FTP is built into the file explorer. Genuinely, that's a solidly good thing and it's a damn shame that doesn't exist for literally every file browser. But when I go to look for photos, I realize it doesn't match up with the filesystem. All of our pictures in the "bonibel" album in our gallery are just scattered haphazardly throughout DCIM and Downloads. And when we use another app (Element in this case) to pull up a picture, it's using yet another method of fetching files, unless we go through 2-3 extra screens to get to the file explorer.

And when I was explaining this annoyance to my gf, I recalled a Tom Scott video where he talked about how gmail's labels work and took the place of folders there. Recall ofc is hazy and needs plenty of salt, but what we remember was that the way emails are organized in gmail is that they're all just in one spot and labels are attached to just filter them out.

And I'm just like, really annoyed by these two instances of taking our directories away. Directories/folders are, if not the best way of organizing stuff, the way that all modern operating systems are built upon already. Organizing stuff into folders (for us at least) is incredibly intuitive since that's how it's done in every other computer that's not an appliance. (And it's done in these appliances too, they just don't let you get into them)

Idk, this is a bit of a late night ramble, but I'm frustrated, annoyed, and downright worried about the way tech is going. Corpos don't want us owning anything. They don't want us fucking with our devices. They want you to replace your computer/phone/console/tablet with a new one instead of any ability to extend its life yourself. Everything is locked away and obfuscated so they can keep you on the thing the way they want it. Cloud services. Subscriptions. Forced automatic updates that install adware. App store monopolies. It's all this shitty capitalist takeover of quite possibly the greatest invention in human history.

#faye post

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Hey. I saw your Krillin and 18 fanfiction history post and was wondering if you knew which site "dolls that breathe" by Swiss army knife was? I love how dark it was and was bummed out they deleted their dbz work. By the way, you you have any recommendations for K/18 fics that are more....darker? Thanks.

Thanks for the ask. It takes quite some time to go through my favorited fanfic sites so apologies for the wait.

Unfortunately, I cannot find the said fanfic in my favorites and after some digging failed to come up with it. I will; however, try to give you and everyone some resources to dig up some old K18 fanfics. I'll separate them into still functioning sites and sites that require Wayback Machine.

Still working sites:

These sites still work, with the first link being Neishia's Krillin Family Shrine and the second Juuhachigou's world.

Neishia's Krillin Family Shrine is a famous K18 & Marron shrine back in the days. Upon entering, your browser will automatically download something called Krillin's theme, which is a music file. Don't worry, since this file does not hurt your computer I believe. In the Fan Section, you'll find Is This My Destiny and in fanfics section are tones of other stories (I know its weird that stories can be found in two sections of this web).

https://www.oocities.org/hotchic_48162/index2.html

Juuhachigou's World contains a lot of DBZ fanfics written by different authors. In the Fanfiction section, 3 authors have written K18 stories. First author and also the web hostess is Trixie and you'll want to find One Life Lost, Another Gained (this is also on fanfic net I believe). Second is Son Goten where all 3 fanfics here are K18. Third is Android 18 and story's name is Fallen, which is pretty dark so anon might like it.

Also in Juuhachigou's World is a Lemons section. There, the only K18 story being The Truth Behind Those Puppy Dog Eyes written by Android 18 (this one is a very famous K18 lemon back in the early 2000s). There is also another fanfic called Obsessive Love by Android 18 but this is NOT K18 even though on the description said it's K18 lemon. Be warned, you DON'T want to open this.

Sites that require Wayback Machine:

For these sites to work, you need to open Wayback Machine, which is an online archive storing quite a lot of no longer existing sites. Since a lot of old DBZ shrines are hosted using the domain: Geocities, when it got taken down, all the shrines disappeared with it. To use the links below, copy the url and then paste it on Wayback Machine's search bar. you should see not just one page though, but all of the captured versions (literally called captures on the top) of said site (this is important because some fanfics are not included in earlier versions but some later versions have broken links).

Furthermore, you'll need to copy the url of these sites quick since if you are too slow, the browser might redirect you to yahoo or some other sites.

First one is a site created by Crazy Retasu (still on fanfic net with all his stories intact) and the link is http www dot geocities dot com slash crazy underscore retasu (just in case the link below takes you to yahoo). In the Poems & Fanfics section, there's A Belated Observation and The Searching. Unfortunately, both story links do not work here so you are better off reading them on ff net. Still, for those interested in this old site, feel free to take a look.

This next one is the real treasure trove here. The Family Photos - The K&18 Page is an old K18 database housing a lot of contents, including missing works from Swiss Army Knife. In the FANFIC section, you'll want to click on March 8, 2005 version (capture) which contains all of the fanfics. Here, you'll find Swiss Army Knife's A Fading Ki, Half My Soul, Little Guy, Lingering Pain, and Lost Souls. Unfortunately, the specific story requested by anon: Dolls that Breathe cannot be found here. II would also like to recommend: I Wouldn't Change it for the World by Leia, which is a very sweet and kind of dark story that ISN'T featured on Leia's ff net profile.

I hope this helps and happy digging. Also apologies to original authors for sharing the links here. I realize some of these stories are deleted perhaps for a reason but I simply cannot let good stories get forgotten. If anyone find stories they do not like, please also refrain from complaining or flaming the authors.

#krillin #android eighteen #dbz #fanfiction #k18 #android18

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elamarth-calmagol · 1 year

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I posted 4,067 times in 2022

That's 1,054 more posts than 2021!

93 posts created (2%)

3,974 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 4,052 of my posts in 2022

#lotr - 1,525 posts

#funny - 1,239 posts

#fanart - 1,190 posts

#art - 308 posts

#analysis - 298 posts

#pride - 268 posts

#nature - 211 posts

#cute - 177 posts

#history - 171 posts

#politics - 154 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#for some reason i have nightmares about having ten books checked out that i'm supposed to be reading to give the librarian feedback

I sent 1 gift in 2022

My Top Posts in 2022:

Iceland, forgot which lake.

I tried to take these picture to show fellow drop-off-fearer @plaguedocboi the slope here, but you can't really see it. Also, it was only about 45 degrees, that's just a lot by my standards. Sinkholes are common where I live, but I guess they're easier to flatten out into a shallow lake than volcanic calderas are.

The slope starts at my toes and continues at the sane grade.

See the full post

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I just want to be able to breathe through my nose again. I want to be able to cuddle my ferrets. I want to go back to work on Monday. I'm beyond ready to be done with this.

Sad ferrets:

26 notes - Posted July 15, 2022

Fun moment today: I was looking up older third gender pronouns (specifically ones coined in or before Tolkien's day) to use in a fic, and I ran into a problem. Several sites say that ae/aer was created in a 1920s science fiction novel, but all the sites I found ultimately traced their information back to a Psychology Today article that doesn't even provide a quote of how the pronoun was used in the book.

So, being slightly obsessive once I get an idea in my head, I borrowed the ebook version from my public library, opened it in a browser window, and searched "ae" until I found the definition of the pronoun.

(Surprisingly many words have the letter sequence "ae" in them.)

Here it is! A Voyage to Arcturus, by David Lindsey, first published 1920, ebook published 2012 by Duke Classics. And no, you can't make me write a formal citation.

I'll add an image description when i get to my computer tomorrow, unless someone else wants to do it.

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Have we ever figured out why Orome was the one to discover that the Elves had awakened, not Namo (Mandos)? There must have been plenty of dead Elves in the few thousand years they were awake before he found them. Morgoth’s forces were already attacking them, and they literally had to learn how to hunt, forage, and make fires entirely by themselves. Because of the Sleep of Yavannah, they wouldn’t have many food options and wouldn’t even have many animals that they could watch for ideas on what to eat. And Tolkien says that they were a lot more like Men in those days, so they probably couldn’t survive for long periods of time without food or survive food poisoning. So I can’t imagine a scenario where no elves had died yet.

Were their souls not going to Mandos? Maybe Namo didn’t start calling for them until he knew they existed. That makes it unfair that Tolkien says that Elves who stay in Middle Earth after their death are “marred” or evil. (I mean, I think it’s unfair anyway, but even more unfair.) Maybe once Namo became aware of Elves, those who had already died were allowed to go to him? But I seem to remember Tolkien saying that Elves in those days really wanted to get away from Morgoth and wanted to go to Mandos to be safe. So... when did that happen?

So were the souls of Elves going to Mandos, but Namo just didn’t tell anyone? If any of the Valar would keep their mouths shut about that, it would be him. But I’m not sure why he would want to keep that a secret.

Or maybe he just built his halls and then didn’t visit them again for thousands of years, and came back to find them full of Elvish souls who had no idea where they were, just that there wasn’t anything evil here. Now that’s a scenario I’d like to read a fanfic about. @galadhremmin maybe?

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My #1 post of 2022

OK, so you guys know I’m not happy about the Amazon show, but I’m going to defend politically ambitious Elrond here. People are saying that it doesn’t make sense because he was a healer and refused to be high king. But that’s after the Last Alliance. After Gil-Galad dies, and Elendil, and probably hundreds of people he knows. After he established Imladris as a home for refugees. After he experiences what it’s like to be second in command to the high king. It’s called character development, y’all. Let him have his politically ambitious phase.

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #Mine

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this is big hush hush irl, but i really need to vent about it

i’m 26 afab. grew up catholic. lost my religion.

i’ve identified as bisexual since i learned what that word meant.

a girl at my catholic middle school had a rumor spread about her that she was a lesbian and my first thought was “they got the wrong one” )then i went “lol jk” to myself).

so late that night, i snuck down to the computer and made an internet search.

as i cleared my browser history, my world was changed.

i knew something my parents wouldn’t tell me. i got to read what people my parents would never let me talk to had to say.

i was adam and eve, daring to discover illicit ideas for the first time.

i never wanted to rock the boat though. i'd grown up doing the "my way or actual literal hell" way, so i was a good girl (tm)

the first boy i kissed was the one my mom liked the most

the first boy to see me naked made me feel special

by then, i'd been selecting who to crush on and deciding to have feelings that i thought that was normal.

i do like attention. i like being implicitly told i have value in the fucked up system we live in because i'm attractive. that feels good.

not much ever felt not-good enough or in the right way for me to question my attractions.

i've always know that i love women. girls were always my favorite characters. i wanted to be near them and know them. the feelings simply existed.

i fell really hard for a girl in high school that was still hung up on her ex. i didn't have to decide. i didn't have to think about it. i didn't care how it would "look." i didn't care if she liked me back.

after that, i kept calling myself bisexual "because the way i feel about people of different genders is different."

i know for sure that is true. i feel differently about people related to their gender identity.

when i started dating in college, i was working at the mall.

i had a massive crush on one of my coworkers. i didn't pick one of them out or decide which would be the most appropriate, i just had feelings.

at the time, my coworker identified as a cis lesbian. by the time he broke my heart, he'd tried on a nonbinary identity and realized he was, in fact, a man.

i tried to deny it, but my feelings changed with each identity.

maybe it was just time, or i was changing too. he still treated me the same.

maybe i was just being a bad girlfriend or a bad ally.

i said and did some shitty things, but never because i didn't believe he is a man. i didn't know how to say what i actually meant.

i still can't name those feelings.

what if 7th grade me was right? what if i am just a lesbian? maybe just being homoromantic bisexual is most accurate?

i'm engaged to a cis man that i care about. it's complicated.

am i repeating my self-destructive habits? do i self-destruct my life to save myself?

i have so many questions that only i can truly answer.

a good girl would shut up and do it. but i already postponed the wedding once. i was never going to be the good girl forever.

#lgbtq #lesbian #bisexual #sapphic #questioning #religion #religious trauma #christianity #catholiscism #late bloomer #late bloomer lesbian #mine #text post #sexuality

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was-it-really-worth-it · 2 years

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Game 199 - GayBlade by RJBest Company

(happy pride from your bi poly friend who plays games so you don't have to!)

What did I think it was at first? I found this while hunting down abandonware games that could be fun or that I remembered from my childhood. I couldn't emulate it directly on my computer, but you can run it in browser here. It looks like an old school RPG flavored gay!!

Apparently there's a Netflix episode about it? I haven't watched it.

How was the character creator? You roll for characters kind of like D&D. The fantasy races are a fun touch, and all of your classes are based on LGBTQ+ stereotypes. I ran with an ogre drag queen, dwarf lesbian, and two humans (a queer and a guppie)- though I had difficulty randomly rolling any of the other classes. You also get to armor your characters and pick their spells.

How was the game? Has it aged gloriously? No. However, it is really cool to see a piece of history like this.

The game itself is a pretty standard dungeon crawl. You roll up your little gay babies (I consider myself pretty up on queer history and I still had to look up a guppie), outfit them with condoms, tiaras, and lighters, and head into the dungeon.

All of the enemies are folks like cops, preachers, and rednecks, which unfortunately are still a thing. It feels like a pretty standard dungeon crawl, but with a Barbie color palette.

Your little gay babies die pretty frequently, so it's no matter to find the start of the dungeon and take them shopping.

I really liked the writing for this game - even the error messages are kind of funny.

What did I not love? I think this type of game just doesn't translate too well for modern audiences. We're spoiled by more engaging and enjoyable things. I can imagine, however, if this was my only queer content I could access, I would have poured hours and hours into it because I am a fucking nerd.

The spell system was difficult to parse and I found it annoying how my people would get poisoned all the time for no reason at all.

At 1 hour and literally nothing, was it really worth it? Is it a good game? Not today. However, it's a cool piece of history and I'm glad I got to see it. I'm so glad our gay games have evolved beyond this - I hope to make a post about that soon!

#gayblade #c reviews #gaming #rjbest company

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helpfulbug · 11 months

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hii luna!! 😢 and 💖 for the music emoji ask!

hiiii lulu.....this took me sooooo long but here we gooooo

😢 A Song that makes you cry:

its liquid smooth by mitski. i literally cant play that shit in public its sooo over for me every time. also テリフリアメ (The Rain from Light and Shadow) by ichiko aoba, its not a sad song but i listened to it a lot in my mental spirals so now its like a tear jerker for me. i still love it and the entire album a lot tho.

💖A Guilty Pleasure song:

now. i normally just say you like whatever music you like but. recently i rewatched buffy the vampire slayer (idk. i dont think you can tell by looking at my blog at all.) and that means i also rewatched the musical episode of buffy. i WILL say it IS a good musical episode but to me musicals are something i listen to 2000000 times a day or something i dont wanna hear and is so cringe to me. so i kept listening to the buffy musical songs on the private browser bc i dont want them in my spotify history im sorry musical fans i cannot commit and become a true theater kid idk why im shy i guess.

also idk how but i have schlager on my most listened songs now (sorry this wont mean shit to you if youre not german) but WHY. is mickie krause on there.

for an actual answer to this one tho. i recently spiraled and listened to style by taylor swift one billion times. its soooo nothing and 80s nostalgia baiting but so lame but also. something about it is.....captivating

(ask game link)

#help. the second answer is so incomprehensible #i get so crazy over music sorry everyone #ask #luna.txt

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If you’ve followed this blog over the years, then you know that i have a strong affinity for the Fate franchise. I love that sh*t! From Stay Night to Heaven’s Feel. From Extra to Extella. Prototype, Requiem, Zero, Type Redline, Hollow Ataraxia, Apocrypha, and Strange Fake are all great. Apocrypha gets special consideration because it was the entry which gave me Semiramis and my absolute favorite Servant in the entire franchise, Mordred. I even enjoy the side stories like El-Melloi II, Prisma Illya, and the Carnival series. I have a particular fondness for Today's Menu for Emiya Family. Slice of life starring characters from one of my favorite stories, based around delicious looking anime food? Sign me up! I have been on this Holy Grail War train for damn near two decades, since the original Visual Novel dropped way back in the early Aughts. Suffice it to say, i am the target audience for Fate/ Grand Order.

FGO is the very first Gacha game i ever subscribed to, strictly based on my adoration for the Fate franchise and Type-Moon as a whole. The second it was announced, i was in full lust for that sh*t. Seriously, Fate narrative on my phone with nifty little Noble Phantasm animations? I’m all over that! It took a few years for it to find it’s way across the ocean but literally the day after it released, i was playing that nonsense at work. Listen, any time Type-Moon drops new Fate content, i gobble that mess up. I am a fan of lore and Nasu has some of the richest, deepest, most creative canon out there. FGO promised to deliver little bite sized Stay Night level plots with each new level released. I was neck deep in brand new Fate lore for years, absolutely committed to this game in so many ways. I played this like i played a Final Fantasy, Persona or Mass Effect. I wasn’t a whale by any means but i did have a Fate/Grand Order budget every month. I put actual dollars aside to buy Saint Quarts to make a run at the many, many, Limited Servants that caught my eye. Of course i did. It’s Fate. For five years, i was all about this game. For five years, i poured my time and dollars into this thing. And all that equity was lost in a matter of seconds.

Fate/Grand Order cant be tied to a Facebook account like Azur Lane or downloaded to an external device like Genshin Impact. There are no unique identifiers to make this thing YOUR account, specifically. You need a Transfer Code to go from one device to another. If, for some reason you don’t get one, like you forgetting to before updating your Browser Emulator, you effectively lose access to your account. Obviously, that’s what happened to me. Thanks, Blue Stacks. I spent an entire month trying to reclaim my account. I sent these assholes all of the information they asked for to the best of my ability but, come on? After five years, why would i remember the name i chose for my Master character? That dude is irrelevant. I did give them an extensive list of the Servants i had and their levels, i remembered that because of how often i used several of them, but it was incomplete so it didn’t count. I answered every question i could, one of which was “What was your Transfer Code?” I wouldn’t even be talking to these f*ckos if i knew that. Another was “When did you download the game?” Now, i had that data. I was able to get it from my Google history. You’d think that was enough, right? Nope. Not even that. I had the actual receipt of download for the game and several for the Saint Quartz i spent actual money on, and even that wasn’t enough. Five years worth of investment, gone in seconds because Type-Moon was too dumb to institute a f*cking Password login or a means to tie this sh*t to an email address. Like, who thinks erasing the entirety of game data hen going from one device to the next, was a good idea?

I mourned my dead account for months. I lost it Christmas day of last year and the final judgment came down in late January. It’ been eight months since I've even thought of trying to play this thing again. Eight months of me mourning the ridiculously overpowered Mordred i painstakingly built. Eight months of missing content. Eight months of lamenting how stupid the Transfer System is for a game. Eight months of me stewing in my frustration but i am tied of the melancholy. I was also curious. I wanted to know hat it was like to star a brand new Fate/Grand Order account, five yea into the game. That is a lot of lore, a lot progress, to just toss a noob into. Now, let’s be clear, i am not a noob. My old account was substantial. I had over two hundred Servants, a third of which were max level in both Bond and Ascension. Hell, my Mordred was peak everything. Mas Level, Max Ascension. Max Bond, Max Noble Phantasm; She was the nuclear option for my roster and i relished having her as an option. I have a ton of experience with this title so I'm not ignorant of it’s ways but, as a cat starting a new account, i was curious how the game would treat me. Bad. The answer is bad. I’m three days in and the luster of Fate/Grand Order has definitely tarnished.

Before i start absolutely sh*tting on this “game”, i want o give credit where it’s due. There are a few things i still enjoy about FGO, even if I've soured on the game as a whole. The narratives are still solid as hell. A few of them have been adapted into fantastic anime but i recognize those stories started here in a goddamn gacha. I love a lot of the new Servants released in my absence. I’m all about the Avalon le Faye Servants and treasure Zenobia. I’ve been a fan of Caenis for a while, despite her being a horse girl, and even Kriemhild, though she’s a Berserker. Archetype: Earth is even available now and that is just plain wild to me. I love Tsukihime and Arcueid is my favorite of that series. Having the opportunity to roll her on a Banner in full True Ancestor mode is absolutely titillating. I also found a bunch of technical additions appealing as well. Level cap increases are always welcome but it looks like you can add Passive Skills to your Servants, on top of equipping other buffs, too. I like the fact that Pure Prisms are a thing. To be able to just outright buy Ascension Materials instead of having to grind out f*king Dragon Teeth or or whatever, should have been an option from the jump. There seem to be many “quality of life” improvements made to FGO in my time away but most of those don’t matter to a new player.

Getting into FGO, brand new, in the year 2022 is a goddamn hassle. Of the top, you’re forced to start this game from scratch with no option to skip the Singularity content. It’s not even adjusted for level. You have to grind this sh*t out like everyone else did. Five f*cking years ago. That means, before you can access any rerun events, which net you so e laughably powerful Servants in the gacha, you have to complete SO much content, with next to no resources. Admittedly, the cost to catch up is substantially lower than when i first started but time sink is still a thing. Other gachas tend to have a speed up option or just start you where the narrative is currently, with a character powerful enough (but not too powerful) to actually make the game fun to play. FGO kind of does this but not really. You get a Four star Servant and single full Ascension option but this doesn’t take you to max level. Speaking of Servants, a lot of them are locked behind Story Progression.

For example, my darling Mordred isn’t even available to roll until after i complete the fourth level of this game, the London Singularity. I am on level one, the Orleans Singularity. That sh*t is mad bogus. I’ll have to waste SO much time and Saint Quartz building up my roster, just to be able to compete in the higher levels of this game. You would think, after so long, the entirety of the game would be available at the star but nah. You get to traverse five years worth of content from day one, because f*ck you! And the game isn’t even kind about it. I’m looking at a rerun banner right now for Kama and i can’t even attempt it because the prerequisite is to have completed Lostbelt 3! Bro, i am still on the very first Singularity! It’s mad ridiculous to me that i can’t play this game, because i still have so much of this game to play! It’s mind-boggling as hell to me that, a game which has been around for half a decade, would do something this absurd! Hell, even if you have to add a pay-to-win option, that should at least BE an option, you know? Azur Lane sells these packs that will immediately level your character to seventy, which isn’t a max cap but you can buy as many as you want, and level as many characters as you need to get a solid start. Not FGO! No, they’re like struggle and crawl, peasant! How dare you play our game in the first place!

Fate/Grand Order is a sh*t game, man. I can’t recommend anyone picking it up and playing fresh like this. I mean, you can, if you’re a fan or if you’re okay with being teased of much better sh*t locked behind progression but who would want that? Just to get there is going to be arduous. The narratives are dope and the little NP animations are fun but the actual gameplay loop is trash. Literally just “set it and forget it.” Also, the grind is excruciating. As a returning player, it’s borderline insulting. I’m four days in and just constantly reminded of everything i lost, how far i have to go, and how adversarial the game is to making that happen. Nothing comes chap. Not Saint Quartz, both awarded and paid. Not Mana Cubes. Not Ascension Materials. Nothing. It’s a whole ass exercise in masochism to come back to this game after so long, after losing my five year old account. It’s just not fun. FGO feels so far behind it’s gacha peers, it’s sad. We live in a world of Arknights and Genshin Impact. Granblue Fantasy and Dokkon Battle. Raid ads infect every Youtube video I see and even Square has a few of these predatory ass entries. If you think I'm not about to play the absolute sh*t out of that Final Fantasy one, you're out of your mind. Hell, Diablo Immortal is a whole ass, AAA title, if you can avoid the mortgage necessary to build a character, and FGO still has a f*cking Transfer Code system to move between devices. After five years. I’ll always love the Fate franchise and, yeah, I'll probably keep at my new FGO account. I’m curious how long I'll last until i abandon it but, in the meantime, you’ll have to excuse me. I got some Wisdom Cubes to burn in Azur Lane.

#Fate/Grand Order #TYPE-MOON #FGO #Some ol' bullsh*t

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