#A lil bit of change to the human tech design

[charleecat-bat]

SLASHER/HORROR AU

So a handful o fyou actually were interested aside from one person by the time i’m making this so yeah uh. look away. don’t wanna be upsetting.

NOW i do want to clarify that I made this in the sense to be a black comedy sort of AU due to watching so many skits and shorts of horror characters in comedic situations, that was my main inspiration. 

my buddy @barsikscorner​ has been helping me develop ideas for this weird lil au.

enjoy below

please keep in mind it’s def not for sensitive softhearted people. I want to entertain with my ideas as weird as they are.

Sonic- A supernatural being who has memories of being alive but doesn’t remember what happened to him or how he died. It took him a long time to understand it but having a ‘life’ of inactivity and seeing so much more bad stuff when you’re not properly alive made him want to take action and he soon learnt how to. He toys with victims and tries to scare them into righting their wrongs but if they’ve done something unforgivable or irreversible or refuse to change, he kills them in a creative fashion. kinda based off freddy kruger but less nasty and gross.

Amy- A slasher known as either the Cupid Killer or the Rose Ripper. Goes after abusive partners and sexual predators due to her idealistic image of love so seeing this sort of behaviour makes her fly into a rage. uses her iconic hammer mostly for her kills. She wears a heart themed mask. 

Tails- a sort of 'cyber' ghost. he had died and his spirit became ingrained into tech and cyberspace. He can sort of 'appear' outside of tech and into the material world but not for too long. Can communicate with people, mostly his victims, through their tech. He targets criminals and terrible people of all sorts online and either forces them to repent for their crimes or just makes their life a living hell until he decides to end it, whether it be for him or making them doing to themselves.

Cream- mostly normal. Has a strange connection to monsters and creature however and hence the chaos. They protect her. Chaos have a bit of a 'yes they're cute but they can be dangerous' reputation in this AU. they definitely have taken care of people that have threatened the sweetie bbies life and safety without her knowledge.

Vanilla- A protective mother who either lost her first child or almost lost Cream herself so she started to become a serial killer who went after child murderers, abusers and predators. She keeps this side of her away from Cream and is a loving mother nonetheless. Her main weapon are garden shears that can be seprated into a pair of blades and her mask is deocrated with flowery designs. 

Knuckles- an undead/ghost like slasher that has become one with the woods he’s connected to, quite literally having roots and such all over and even inside of him (being exposed in old wounds he has). He’s cursed to walk amongst the mystical land that he was murdered on and now protects it and keeps people out. He’s very easy to anger but he’ll never attack people like lost children or people who are obviously not looking to trespass and are lost. Anyone who does trespass and does anything he deems disrespectful to the land or just refuse to leave he handles violently. He tends not to leave the area and hasn't even tried to. He might be able to. Might not.

Shadow- A space-like being that can shapeshift into horrifying forms. He was taken and experimented on a spaceship but grew close to a human girl named Maria on board. They used this to have a chance to study him without the risk of him being aggressive. After she was killed during a government break-in and he was captured and taken back to Earth. He went on a vengeful rampage in the base and now just does his own thing on earth since he can't exactly leave. He was tempted to destroy everyone but now is content on just watching the stupid shenanigans and occasionally tormenting someone he doesn't like. And gossip. Inspired by Pennywise/It and Predator

Rouge- a seductive slasher that has very strange desires and doesn’t really have any motivation other than she wants to. She likes to take bones (and occasionally the blood) of her victims to make accessories and jewellery out of them. She’s not completely heartless though and has standards and there stuff she won’t do. She uses her beauty and appearance to lure victims most of the time, to appear innocent and harmless or sexy and sultry depending on what she wants. She wear’s a beautiful decadent mask, and sports specialised finger blades she created into gloves.

Silver- a mysterious spirit that’s tied to a cursed object. he has telepathic and telekinetic abilities and can burn disturbing images and distort a persons mind and body possibly, even mind control if he wants to need to decide how he functions properly more so inspired by samara/sadako and possibly think of other inspirations like bagul from sinister

Blaze- an otherworldly being that is hinted to used to be a normal person in one lifetime but no longer is. She works by supernatural means and tortures her victims horrifically but doesn’t do it indiscriminately. Mostly only does it when she wants, especially to those that try to summon her and use her power for themselves. Inspired by pinhead mostly but also could take elements of candyman

Big- a wild beast man that didn't have a regular upbringing. He has a werewolf-like condition where he turns into a beast against his control, for his own safety and everyone else's safety he lives in isolation. He as a special connection to animals and even has befriended Froggy who is a monstrous being that can disguise itself as a frog, it’s been named the loveland frogman when caught in one of it’s many forms. His uncle had raised him alone and kept him in the dark about how dangerous he really could be and mostly did his best to keep him safe, so out of all of them he is one of the most innocent as the worst he does is literally against is control and he's unaware of it since the most he'll know is that he'll wake up and just look around adn see blood and gore or see it on himself. He has more animal friends than mobian friends. 

Vector- a justice-seeking serial killer. He worked as a main detective with cops but grew tired of seeing not only horrible people go free and dodge the law and their punishment but even see the people that are 'supposed' to be the good guys be horrible people and letting shit slide. So he decides to take the law into his own hands and goes after anyone who he sees needing a just punishment in his city, dirty cops, abusers, predators, politicians, basically anyone who he thinks are utterly awful people that deserve to be punished. He can be quite sadistic and torturous with them and is very thorough with his research. was initially inspired by Jigsaw but he's not a hypocritical prick like Kramer.

Espio- He’s in a strange state of being an ‘undead’ being. He can’t quite tell if he’s alive but no longer mortal or if hes’ dead but still around on the mortal plane. He's kinda just... stuck in between. It’s a very strange situation. Theres evidence supporting both, he can still bleed the tiniest bit but no longer feels and still occasionally needs to eat and drink but he definitely doesn't have as much limitations he was when he was mortal/alive. Vector had found him when he broke into and ‘dealt’ with his abductor and ‘murderer’, they Vector and Espio got quite a fright when Espio was somehow still alive. Since then Vector has looked out for the lone chameleon despite being confused about his situation. He works as an assistant to Vector and they do have a very 'big brother' 'little brother' bond. He wears an Oni-themed mask. He has strange markings on his body such as his hands his back and chest, he still doesn’t know wha tthey mean but feels they have something to do with what happened to him. 

Charmy- normal mostly but can see ghosts and even repel them in a way but he doesn’t realise it. winds up protecting vec and esp from a lot of unseen danger and also is unaware of this. Charmy frequently will talk to ghosts but Vector is honestly fine with this due to all the weirdness he's run into, and initially, he just thought it was Charmy having imaginary friends. He is not involved at all in Vector and Espios 'business' because they dont' think he needs to know about that. 

Mighty- a murderous and protective spirit. he was murdered by 'accident' (if you call taking abuse too far an accident) by his father due to all the physical abuse but it was made to look like an accident so his father could save his reputation. His little sister was enraged by this injustice and in an attempt to find closure and just to talk to her brother again, his spirit was summoned and he became a vengeful being that wanted to protect her. She unleashed him on their father as a result. Matilda either summons his spirit or he just makes his own way to protect innocent people, mostly children but anyone they feel needs protection… or anyone they just want to suffer. When not angry Mighty is actually still the same form what he was in life, minus a bit of more of a temper.

Matilda- a creepy and slightly unhinged girl that studied the occult. She had done a ritual/seance to summon her brothers spirit again when he was murdeed and now he serves as her murderous protector. or just annoying ghost borther who watches and judges anything she does that he doens't like. Judgemental eyes from the grave from your brother is very annoying.

Ray- ghost boy that got attached to Mighty’s spirit and Matilda. they let him stay as he really doesn't do anything to harm then and is just lonely. He doesn't really do much of anything but can lure mighty to people, startle them to shit or even attack them but he leaves the more lethal stuff to Mighty. (kinda like toshio from ju-on/the grudge)

Nack- a heavily abused slightly mentally unstable hybrid that was abused by his small town heavily until he finally snapped and went on a rampage, killing some and driving the rest out. The village became run down and abandoned very quickly, becoming overun by nature again. The only thing intact is a scrappily made shack that Nack made himself in the middle of the land. He lives on the large property of land and guards it and does anything and everything to keep people out due to still being traumatised and afraid of people and thinking they're going ot hurt him and just not trusting them.  He is proficient with guns and prefers his shotgun but can and will use other weapons, a hunting knife, machete or even a chainsaw. He's shown to be incredibly strong despite his small size, being able to run with a chainsaw in hand. (inspired by leatherface and mick taylor)

Bark- a cold serial known as the Billionaire Butcher that targets greedy billionaires, getting a distaste for them after growing up surrounded by like-minded people. He drains their accounts and steals money and while he does pocket a small amount for himself, he doesn’t keep all of it because he doesn't want to become what they are. Most likely just keep his own regular reputation as good hearted philanthropist by donating a lot of money to good causes. His main methods include using an ice-pick as his main weapon due to experience with the tool. He met Nack in a rather awkward way but they quickly became friends and he was the first person allowed on Nacks property.

Bean- A mentally unhinged boy that has a penchant for fire and burning things. Just a very strange kid. he escaped from a mental hospital and ran onto nacks property and he and bark just let him stay as despite his mental stability of there lack of he was mostly harmless to them.  he doesn't talk a lot about his past but has shared tidbits, including stories of abuse, burning his own home down and mistreatment and abuse from the hospital. he ever has burn scars. He tends to chill out in the attic of their home and just likes to appear out of nowhere. (sort of inspired by billy from black christmas)

Infinite- A telekinetic and telepathic being who was ostracised by a large ration of people in his home town, mostly the religious types due to thinking he was a devil-child. He snapped after thinking he lost his family when his house was set on fire.As a result he went on a rampage destroyed the a huge chunk town with his powers and killing the ones who were responsible. He now lives and deals with a lot demons and strangeness... literally. He’s not aware his family actually survived they just didn’t even give him a moment to hear this and he left before he actually got told. DUMMY (Inspired by Carrie)

Gadget- a victim of a wannabe cult, they wanted to sacrifice him but it didn’t work and he became possessed by an incubus, a demon of lust. He struggles with his urges due to the demon and at first fought it and then finds an arrangement thanks to Infinte, his boyfriend. Actually kills people while doing the deed with it and if needed, feeds on their bodies, not the extent of Storm. (Inspired by Jennifers Body kinda) The demon has a slightly different voice and changes the colour of his eyes when it's speaking through Gadget and Gadget definitely has a demon form that is either physically attractive or purely terrifying depending on the taste. It’s not an entirely pleasant situation btu Gadget learns to handle it. 

Jet- a insecure and pissy lil birb boy that got into a life of serial killing after his cousin got possessed and needed flesh/blood to survive. At first, it was nerve-wrecking but he quickly got a taste for it as he enjoys making people feel powerless and afraid, he toys with them before finishing the job including phone calls, threatening messages and taunting them verbally while going after them. Inspired by Ghostface. He gets mad fun of a lot by the other professionals. 

Wave- a dark web guru. She has a massive powerful following on the deep dark web and does a lot of dark illegal things, such as selling body parts on the black market and even doing strange videos and documentation of experiments. She was also not involved initially but due to the situation their cousin got into she quickly did and then quickly found out about how much money they could get and also get rid of a lot of the body parts. Win-win situation in her mind. She has definitely gone a bit crazy due to all her experimenting and the shit she does for the dark web. She wears a plague doctor-inspired mask when recording and documenting stuff for the dark web. 

Storm- While originally only doing little crimes like thievery for money, he also was the victim of the same wannabe cult that Gadget was and it also failed, becoming possessed by a demon of gluttony. It makes him want to devour flesh and blood and he unfortunately had no choice. When he gets to the point where the demon demands for him to consume, he cant eat anything else even if he tries. It just comes right back up and he starves. He’s still coming to terms with it and grew depressed and got a bit of a tricky relationship with food. he gets some help from gadget so shit doesn't suck for him entirely anymore. The Demon definitely is based off of Venom is some silly way. The demon is a bit of a screamer and talks loudly to Storm and since only storm can hear it 90 percent of the time he gets VERY tired of it (i initially wanted him to be food related like a killer chef but god i didn't want him to be a willing cannibal that's just another level of ICK)

#horror au #slasher au #big post #text #sonic AU #content warning #horror #ghosts #slashers #demons #monsters #sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #cream the rabbit #vanilla the rabbit #rouge the bat #shadow the hedgehog #big the cat #blaze the cat #silver the hedgehog #vector the crocodile #espio the chameleon #charmy bee #mighty the armadillo #matilda the armadillo #ray the flying squirrel #nack the weasel #fang the sniper

[mr-saturnnn]

hiii!! i'm here to ask for some headcanons for Shuffle-

i like him!

aanndd your artstyle's very coolI!! love it ㅇwㅇ

thanks for asking, I'm gonna give more headcanons!

general info about Shuffle

about the fusion stuff

just my favorite sketches about it

you can talk to his AI bot :D

Talking about his character, Shuffle does have a balance between being calm & being chaotic, he can be tranquil then easily switch to whatever action happens. It's actually his job, he can be whoever from an interior designer & fashion designer to a TV presenter :D

Why these jobs tho? Shuffle has all the knowledge and skills that Christopher and Kennith have, combined and even upgraded. But Shuffle is still another person with his interests and preferences. Thus, I would say that he has skills in electronics & tech from Kennith but Shuffle is not really a fan of that. He rather prefers to be a TV host (Kennith's skills + Christopher's publicity and oratory), a designer (Kennith's tastes + Christopher's high fashion). In short, it's like this :D

He's a fusion of two people, Shuffle is a separate personality, self-conscious, but you still would interact with two people. I'm gonna explain:

When you seduce Shuffle, then you indirectly seduce both Chris and Kennith

When they un-fuse, Christopher and Kennith will have all the memories that Shuffle had, such as what Shuffle was doing and talking etc.

A friendly reminder of Shuffle's height: 267 cm (8.76). Fusions are tall overall but Shuffle must be the tallest... imagine being a fusion with Christopher who's very tall himself :D

THUS Shuffle has everything proportional to his height. His pink metal bat is around 150 cm, almost a human's tall...

Again, Shuffle is calm and friendly, he's difficult to ruffle so :P

my artwork where he's holding all his stuff

Yes, Shuffle can have 4 arms from the back just like Christopher, also Shuffle has that glitch form (a bit different from the burned Crisp form but)

The glitch form thanks to Kennith

Shuffle's eye color is black but with some burgundy red shades if you want so. I prefer drawing his eyes black. I'm gonna explain again :D

Since the fusion system I'm showing is entirely borrowed from Steven Universe, here Shuffle can change his appearance every time Chris and Kenny fuse and if they want so. For example, they can change the clothing or some colors etc. You can imagine and draw whatever look to Shuffle, I think it's cool to combine Chriskennith's eye colors, other shades and styles etc etc

Shuffle is made of love. Reminds of Garnet, she's so cool

A fusion with Christopher immediately gives +1000 to the self-esteem

Shuffle knows himself well, he loves himself and two his halves

lil bonus

#askbox #Shuffle #Shuffle the fusion #chriskennith #kennipher #headcanons #ghost and pals headcanons

[zeoumren]

"Fazbear MediT cares deeply about all its patients and asks that all patients stay in their specified wards. Thank you for coming to Fazbear MediT we hope your stay with us is comfortable."

Just a lil AU where Fazbear industries branched out into medical care and prosthesis I just could not get the image of Moon out of my head surrounded in a pool of red and saying "I work in the children's ward." and no one batting an eye.

Lots of famous people would come to the hospital, but not many can afford the prosthetics that Fazbear Medi Tech has, but if you can it can be life-changing, they have robotic limbs, eyes, and even certain organs, and no one questions why this industry built on entertainment is suddenly making very functional body parts...but then come the lawsuits, the red tape...and you. a person with an illness that is slowly breaking your body down. and FazMediT just so happens to have a new operation, fully ready to try anything, knowing you could just die as this is an experimental operation that you are signing up for to basically become a human experiment ...but death is worse. you are scared and alone and someone is making sounds in the vents above your cold hospital bed...humming lullabies, speaking reassurances...You think it is your mind deteriorating along with your body...but you start talking to it...your lonely vent friend...on the day of your operation before you fully go out you see a flash of purple overtaken by red, such a deep red.

then you wake up.

A human was back, and they were scared...because that meant a body, that meant blood....that meant HIM. They wanted to get rid of it, make certain it would not become another husk for the scientists to use...another vessel for the glitch...but.

It was so sad, humming soft lonely songs, yet it wanted to live so bad, every breath was a struggle but it fed birds outside its window and greeted children from the adjoining ward. a bright soul about to be coated in darkness like ink, like THEM. they spoke, all of them. it was blunt, thought they were a hallucination from pain, witty, charming, self-deprecating...They were hooked.

They had to make sure you would be safe when you came online. no glitch would touch you...they broke some rules, maybe. fiddled with files, and changed designs...the rabbit motif was a bit too much for them.

you were too bright for that.

a burst of joy, a wish come true

a shooting star, they would wish on you with all their might

they would make sure only you would wake up.

Only you,

starlight.

Star bright.

#Fnaf #security breach #Moon #Fnaf moon #security breach fnaf #fanart #security breach moondrop #Hospital Au #Cyborg time #beep beep boop #medical tw #unsafe medical practices #unethical experimentation #It is Fazbear inc guys. #They are built upon a legacy of child murder. #Also! IM NOT DEAD #JUST BURNT OUT #HAHAHA

[himebushou]

So I watched Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury in 24 hours — some scrambled thoughts below.

Ep 1.  The visuals of The Witch from Mercury... wow.  And I had such chills when Aerial used the shield.  What a gorgeous Gundam!  And ahh — the tomato stuff was so cute.

Ep 2.  The worldbuilding!!  It's amazing that they literally explain nothing to the audience fjdkdm and wow the way they play with gravity is something (though a bit inconsistent).

Ep 3.  I love this soundtrack and WOW PROSPERA IS SULETTA'S MOOOM — I felt sorry for Guel in this ep and I liked the strong stance against AI LOL but wow, Guel taking Suletta extending her hand as an opportunity to propose marriage is just.  BOY.

And phew, the mobile suits are stunning... I really want to know why the Cathedra Agreement outlawed Gundams.  Poor Gundams are always punished for some reason or other.  :(

Ep 4.  Bloody hell Chu-Chu nearly KILLED those girls FUDIKDK

Ep 5.  Some Elan character development and SHEESH IT'S DARK.  Also, I love how diverse the character designs are.

Wait.  HOW is Elan allowed to use a Gundam without people freaking out fhdjd like hello???  And is is a witch anyone who pilots a Gundam?  Who are the enhanced human beings?  What is going on!!!

Ep 6.  Okay I love the little slumber party at Earth House tbh these girlies are so sweet and supportive — WHOA WHAT.  CLONES?  FACE STEALING?  HUHHHHH????

I thought Elan was gonna die in front of Suletta or something but they just killed him??????

Ep 7.  Man, Miorine forming that company and getting investment was really moving... and we finally get confirmation thar Aerial is a Gundam.  Tbh, I'm pretty surprised that the lives of pilots are prioritised so much in this world.  Hmm.

Ep 8.  It was cool to see all the business stuff being taken seriously and to finally get sort of confirmation that a witch is anyone involved with Gundams (honestly the title is a massive chunk of the reason why I picked up the show; it's so cool).  But man, I'm wondering what direction they'll take for the last few eps of the season... that's obviously too short a time to have any significant progress in developing medical tech.

Felt bad for Guel in this ep... and what is Shaddiq's deal, anyway?

Ep 9.  Yahoo, another battle!  All the Grassley House drama was interesting to watch (the name makes me think they should be running a gym in Pokémon).  The nature of Suletta's bond with Aerial seems to be changing... interesting.

Ep 10.  Flipping heck, the new Elan is a lot??  I'm glad that we got this lil timeskip to progress the plot — the prosthetic legs are definitely v. cool.  BUT WHAT IS THIS INTRIGUE with Shaddiq and Nika?

Ep 11.  Hot dig there was a lot happening in this but flipping heck I'm honestly so sad that Suletta didn't get to have lunch... and that might actually impact her piloting skills if she has to use Aerial in the next ep because she needs to be in good physical and mental condition?

Someone save Guel what the heck!

Ep 12.  Wow so much death in this ep!

- Miorine's daddy dies trying to save her (presumably — I don't think he'll live)

- Guel kills his own daddy in a weird twist of fate

- And Suletta???  I'd seen the mentions of Suletta killing someone in cold blood but that was GRUESOME.

What a way to end a season!

Ep 13.  Miorine seems to be keeping her distance following the last ep, which makes sense... Sophie is kind of an annoying character tbh.  I'm wondering how all of these different threads will come together, what with Earth folk vs Spacians, the Gundams' true forms and all the stuff with the Big Three.

Ep 14.  She turned her daughter into a Gundam?!?  What?!?!?

PROLOGUE.  I'm a goof djdjd I skipped the prologue because I figured it wouldn't really add to the story but I just watched it and everything makes so much more sense now fhdj what a dummy

Ep 15.  Man, Guel is shaping up to be a rly interesting character.  I feel for this boyo.

This ep was good; it was interesting to see the Earth stuff (although I am losing track of ppl's motivations).

NOREA IS SCARY.

Ep 16. Guel is back and taking matters into his own hands!

Man, seeing the extent to which Suletta is brainwashed is pretty scary.  I'm glad that Miorine confronted prospera directly...

Ep 17.  Oh geez, that duel!  Definitely emotionally-charged...

I really want everyone to find out the truth about Elan already...

Ep 18.  The Elan reveal dropped like a lead balloon and I'm mad that they didn't do more with that moment.

BUT WOW.  When the Gundam itself is accidentally the villain...?

This anime has so many themes linking to a notion of people only being important when they have utility and it's just so sad...

Ep 19.  I'm feeling a bit frantic because there are only 5 eps left and these chars are so bad at communicating with each other djdjjd like to this point there isn't anyone who knows the full story.

Ep 20.  Whoa... whoa.  The level of destruction in this episode?  All the feelings being aired?  All the death?  This was so —

And man, I didn't realise that I had been missing out on end of episode illustrations! This one of Norea and the fifth Elan is heartbreaking...

Ep 21.  Petra is alive!  For now, at least.

I cried a few tears when Suletta told everyone the truth about herself — and whoa, the power of Quiet Zero was SOMETHING.  But damn, I think they really wasted the Elan revelation AGAIN: Nika's outburst was so vague and there was basically zero reaction from the others, even when he barged in.  Considering the horror of Number 4's death sceen, they really just... kind of shrugged it off?  Even though there are so many parallels between Elan and Suletta.  Sighs.

Ep 22.  Finally... a conversation between Suletta and Elan, mostly off-screen, but at least it happened.

One thing that's odd is how everyone seems to have a secret Gundam hidden up their sleeve. Like it was weird enough to find out about Schwarzette but Calibarn literally came from nowehere lol

Ep 23.  I feel a bit dopey because a lot of technical stuff happened in this episode and I didn't really follow/understand it, lol... like Miorine recoding the password?  Huh?

Man, when I thought Landa had killed Guel I was SAD but then I was pleased to see Felsi for like the first time lololol

Ep 24.  A very flashy ending — the visuals were super cool!  And things ended well for everyone (except Shaddiq); the epilogue demonstrated that there was still work to do.  Guel working for OG Elan Ceres is pretty hilarious

AND MAN, dead Elan appearing was a welcome surprise!

OVERALL THOUGHTS

Hmm.

So yeah, on the whole, it was a very good and enjoyable show, though not one that really gripped me, I suppose (though I did watch the whole thing in a day, so maybe I didn't give myself enough time to absorb what was happening).  Some things felt a tad convoluted towards the end.

I thought the scenes where the characters were crying or having difficulties in their Gundams were really, really well done. And there was a lot of sweetness between different characters, especially Earth House. But yeah... I guess it felt like there were some missed opportunities (like we probably could have looked at the events of Episode 12 a bit more — there were some viewer theories that "Gain two" was some sort of trigger phrase for Suletta that sent her into a trance and this idea was glossed over pretty quickly, despite Suletta and Miorine having a heart-to-heart in the greenhouse).

The tech was freaking cool, so I enjoyed that aspect a ton!

It might just be that I'm currently on more of a nostalgia kick, lol.

#mobile suit gundam: the witch from mercury

[jaythelay]

The gaming industry would only improve if we gave up on forever pushing graphical fidelity (and story) for spending time on artistry and gameplay.

And while we all would like to believe people to have standards and capability of thought, the reality is people saw the leaked alpha GTA6 footage in stunning 480p and were upset the graphics were bad, not bad as in artistically or to look at, but the fact it was incomplete, people are not smart.

I'd love to say "the consumer isn't dumb enough to solely buy games for the graphics" but believe it or not, people are. They really, really are that vapid and incapable of consuming any media deeper than a facebook post.

But still the reality is that the gaming industry itself pushed this mindset by forcing it on all their games. Remember the 16 bit wars? Still just as pointless, still just as silly.

Lemme tell you something, I have a 3090ti and an i7 something or other, I can play any game, but you know what I don't fucking like? Heat. Which ruins computer parts. The concept of using a giant hammer for the same damn nail, but only works with the giant hammer due to design.

Why oh god why, would I ever launch Elden Ring over Dark Souls when my power bill will feel it? It's just not something that computes in my brain, I get the same amount of quantity and quality, and didn't require this near NASA super computer shit to play it at full throttle.

It's fuckin' gaming. Just let me push the buttons and the lil man go.

That's all it needs man. And I can't stress enough, this just isn't a default mindset. It's not common enough. If you ever wonder why everything is shit and gaming is shit and overmonetized, with companies hiring addiction experts, look no further than 2 events:

Gaming companies lying that the human eye couldn't see past 30fps, and people eating that shit up like the genuinely imbecilic fucks they are, solely to cover for a generation that was utterly lacking in optimization, any pro-consumerism what-so-ever, and competancy in general.

and the reaction to the GTA6 leak.

It's hard to blame one and not the other, they're both beyond critical thought. But of all people actually in charge and capable of changing shit, it's companies. Literally all they'd need to do is make a good game, instead of a good looking game, and nobody could complain.

Not one competent reviewer with dignity or worth nor an audience would dare say "duh gwapix bad" if it's artistically good. I can't stress enough either, as big of a crowd as they are, they're as fickle and manipulable as anyone, nobody's gonna give a shit after a month, and generally speaking, everyone should aim for a better, less drooling audience.

How do you think PS1 inspired graphics are making a comeback? It's not the fucking NASA computer needed to run it.

And of all the most pathetic audiences to give a SHIT about graphics, it's mostly the Console crowd. Sure you get more technical but incorrect breakdowns and have your usual crowd of fools, but the fact that anyone would Dare be a graphics snob and play on a fucking console is beyond pitiable, it's depraved, and primarily the jump to anger is always them, not the dude with a 2007 laptop or NASA computer, they both know more than any console person about tech n graphics, they play at low and high for various reasons, nobody gives a shit. Nobody.

We're in the day and age of SSDs and the most we've truly done is remove some loading screens, not all, not even the length, just some. Because god forbid the game load fast instead of looking pretty but overly greyed and depressed minutes later.

That's one last thing, the fact these games don't even fucking looking good. It's a mess. It's an absolute eyesore trying to see through all the special effects and inconsistent framerates. Motion blur? Bloom? Lens Flares? Chromatic Abberation? God please stop. It's not an actual fucking camera dickhead, I know i'm looking at a screen, I'm trying to be INVOLVED, not a fucking spectator you idiots. Jesus.

And GREY! IT'S ALWAYS GREY! WHY. JUST LET COLOR EXIST, WHAT IS COMPANIES FUCKING HARD-ON FOR THE COLOR GOD DAMNED GREY. When was the last time you played a triple a game that was fucking decipherable, or as playable visually as Mario 64? You can tell what is what with ease, remember locations, layouts, but modern games just squeeze anything memorable out of their lifeless worlds.

Like, oh boy! Oh fucking boy another god damned Realistic Game! Ho Fucking Boy! THAT'S NOT TIRED AND OLD! REMEMBER WHEN YOU GOT SHIT LIKE BATTLETANX!?!? WELL NO MORE YOU GOT REALISTIC SIM BLAST A MAN, OR CARTOON FUCKOLAND.

Oh and the lighting and Shadows, what happened, every game uses the same engine and it's got this generic looking ass lighting. I miss when the textures themselves had to be shaded, because again, you can see, you're not struggling to make out shit through particles and overt vegetation.

And it all comes down to this: What does it even add?

Nothing. It takes away everytime. Maybe it wouldn't if someone with any artistic integrity or where-with-al was in charge, or at least not overbear-en by some fuck named chuck the CEO.

Point is, simply make a game, make it look good artistically, not graphically. Nobody gives a shit about polygons as much as they don't give a shit about bits.

#gaming industry #graphics #gamerz

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I saw a rly cute dtiys on Instagram and I had to join in

#The user is pocket_of_rye_productions btw! #You gotta check her out if you're on Instagram :D! #Technoblade #Dsmp Michael #Dsmp #Fgarart #Wtf is the chicken called again #I'll add it when I remember or something bhghh #2 versions cause the dtiys was like orange-y themed #I forgot what the filter's called hhh #A lil bit of change to the human tech design #Made his nose more crooked :)

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M’Baku’s Love- Chapter 4

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Word count: 3052 After their kiss, Monae seemed to be avoiding him. They arrived and left at the same time almost every day, but she always found her way to her car quickly and was gone before he even stepped out the door. About a week had passed before M’Baku grew sick of it and headed down to her office to confront her on the sudden change of behavior when he almost ran over N’Jadaka.

“Yo, what’s up with you?” asked the prince.

“Nothing.”

“Nigga you walking around here looking like ‘Hulk smash’, what’s wrong?”

M’Baku sighed, not in the mood to deal with N’Jadaka at the moment. He reluctantly gave in, knowing he needed to talk to someone before he did something stupid like barge in on her in her office like he had planned.

“She is not talking to me.”

“Who, Monae? The fuck you do?” His right eyebrow lifted as he eyed M’Baku curiously. The Jabari chief rolled his eyes.

“Nothing! I just- we kissed,” M’Baku sighed. “And she has not spoken to me since.”

“All I’m hearing is you’re a bad kisser,” N’Jadaka smirked.

“...Is your cousin still here?” M’Baku deadpanned.

“Nope, you’re stuck with me and Lil Bit.”

M’Baku started massaging his temples, he could feel the stress headache creeping up on him. 

“Fine,” he gave in as he and the prince ducked out of the hallway and into an empty conference room.

“The issue was not my kissing, the issue is that damn ring on her finger. Sometimes she is hot, sometimes she is as cold as the mountains. I know she is engaged, but I cannot help but want to be around her.”

“Damn, you got it bad. What happened to being ‘unattached��� while you’re here? I was just talking to Neicey, the new Black American history teacher, about you and she seems like she’s down for whatever, if you know what I mean. She might be able to help you get Monae off the brain. Here’s her number.” He handed M’Baku a slip of paper. “You do know how to use your phone right?” 

M’Baku loved the prince like family, but sometimes he just wanted to punch him in his smug face. 

“Yes I know how to use my phone, N’Jadaka.”

“Don't ‘N’Jadaka’ me, I’m trying to help your big ass.”

“You are right,” he conceded with a sigh and looked down at the number in his hand. “You said her name is Niecey?”

“Yup. Go talk to her, she doesn’t have another class until 3. Last time I saw her she was down by the court.” N’Jadaka said while walking backwards and disappearing through the door, leaving M’Baku alone to think about his next moves. 

Of course he wanted to pursue Monae, but he knew that would be a dead end with the way she was treating him now. He decided a little fresh air wouldn’t hurt and stuffed her number into his pocket before heading outside to the basketball court. 

M’Baku saw her before she saw him, and once again Monae ran straight into him. Without even looking up she knew who it was. She’d know that body and that cologne anywhere.

“M’Baku! Hi, I’m sorry...again,” she tried to laugh off her nervousness.”Anyways, gotta jet!”

“Not so fast,” M’Baku lightly grabbed her arm. “Why have you been avoiding me?”

“I’m not-” M’Baku cut her off with an eyebrow raise and a look that made her heart beat in her pussy. “Ok fine I am.”

“Why though?” He pulled her in closer and she backed away.

“Because that kiss should never have happened and if I’m around you too much it might happen again.”

He smirked.

“So you avoid me because you cannot keep your hands and lips off me? That is understandable, I have been told I am irresistible.”

She chuckled, neither confirming nor denying his statement.

“Monae, as much as it pains me to say this, we could just stay friends. That way you keep your honor and I get to keep you in my life without you running away every time you see me. Eh?”

Monae was quiet for a moment, contemplating the proposal. Could she really  be friends with this man?

“Deal.” She reached her hand out to shake on it and he returned the gesture.

“So where were you ‘jetting’ off to?” M’Baku asked her as they walked towards the front doors of the outreach center. 

“Home, actually. I know it’s early but my sister, Jazz, is in town and I want to spend as much time with her as possible before her break is over.”

“Oh, well, have fun and give her my best.”

“Will do.”

And with that, they parted. Monae headed to her car and peeled out of the parking lot while M’Baku watched with a smile on his face. Friends? Who was he kidding?

Shaking all non-platonic thoughts of her out of his head, he finally made his way to the basketball court where he noticed Niecey heading right for him.

“M’Baku, right?” She asked, clearly knowing the answer already.

“Yes, and you must be Niecey.” He took her hand and kissed the back of it.

“I am. So N’Jadaka tells me you’ve had your eye on me...I thought you were feeling Monae for a minute there.” she laughed.

“Monae? She is engaged. So, would you like to go to dinner tonight? You pick, my treat.” he tried to play it off and change the subject. Luckily it worked and her face lit up at his proposition.

“Ok, it’s a date.”

_______

“Look, she is a nice girl, but she was so...dull. I had to try way too hard to engage her in conversation.”

“Maybe she was nervous?” Shuri asked, only halfway listening as she examined the communication device designs her highschool aged students came up with. 

“For what? It was only dinner,” M’Baku sat down in a huff.

“Some people get nervous around people they like, M’Baku, it’s normal,” the princess said defensively.

“Ohhh, the plot thickens,” said N’Jadaka as he entered the room. “They didn’t like the flowers?”

M’Baku and Shuri answered at the same time.

“What flowers?”

“Shut up!”

“My bad cuz, I thought that’s what- you know what? Imma go-”

“Actually I would like to talk to you after we discuss the princess and her crush.” M’Baku added teasingly.

“They’re not- ugh, fine.”

“How did you meet?” M’Baku asked her, desperate to talk about anything other than his boring date with Neicey.

“I met them at a conference for Teens in Tech at UC Berkeley. They’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen, but they barely know I exist and I didn’t send the flowers because I chickened out. There, happy?” she rolled her eyes and went back to her work.

M’Baku grinned, finding her nervousness a nice change of pace from her usual arrogance. 

“Ah, young love. I do not miss it,” he mused.

“Oh like your situation is any better? At least my crush is single.”

“At least I can talk to mine,” he said under his breath.

“Not without her fiance coming up to the Center,” Shuri pointed behind M’Baku to a tall thin man in a nice suit heading down the hallway towards them.

“Derrick, my man. How’s it going?” N’Jadaka put on a fake smile and tried to dap him up, but Derrick wasn’t on the same page so it ended up being more of an awkward fist bump.

“Going good, going good. Just here to see my girl,” he turned and stuck his hand out to M’Baku. “I don’t think we’ve met. Derrick Jones, attorney at law.” M’Baku stared at his hand a little too long before shaking it.

“Lord M’Baku, Chief of the Jabari,” he introduced himself with a sly smile.

“Oh a chief? That’s awesome man, I bet all this is boring as hell to you huh?”

“Quite the contrary.”

“Cool...cool...well, I gotta go find Momo. See you all later!” 

Shuri gagged as he walked away and they all looked at each other in disgust at the nickname.

“‘Nae’ would be so cute, but ‘Momo’?...For an adult human? Absolutely not, I don't know how she stands that man.” Shuri rambled on about her disdain for Derrick. “Did you see how he deflated when M’Baku introduced himself with his title? He thought being an attorney was such a big deal? Ha!”

M’Baku couldn’t help but laugh and agree with the princess. Even without Monae in the picture the man was insufferable.

“And he didn’t even acknowledge you.” N’Jadaka added, shaking his head.

“Nope, just the men.” Shuri smiled sarcastically before turning to the chief. “If it’s not clear already, I’m on Team M’Baku. Fuck that guy, Monae deserves better. Even if it's not you, she doesn't deserve...that.”

“I agree...and thank you, I knew I would grow on you eventually.”

“Yes well it would’ve gone quicker had you not insulted my intelligence when we first met. This ‘child’ can hold a grudge.”

“Oh I am aware.” They smiled at each other before M’Baku’s assistant found them and interrupted.

“Excuse me, M’Baku?”

“Yes, Deontae.”

“There’s a phone call for you from Abiola, he says it’s urgent. Something about a snow bank...”

“Ah yes, thank you. Udakus, I will see you both later.” M’Baku saluted them in jest and was on his way to handle his business when he overheard two people arguing in a conference room.

“You don’t have to! I make more than enough money!” said a man whose voice M’Baku couldn't quite place. He continued down the hall with Deontae typing away on his tablet, but stopped in his tracks when he heard the other person. They both looked up at each other, recognizing Monae’s voice immediately.

“But I want to! What part of that don’t you get? I like being here with these kids a-and these people. The Wakandans are amazing and-”

“I’m sure they are sweetie, but this neighborhood is dangerous and I don’t like you being here. Do you know how many kids are probably downstairs trying to break into my car as we speak?!”

M’Baku rolled his eyes and he and Deontae shared a look. No matter how nice his car was, it wouldn’t attract anywhere near as much attention as the Wakandan technology in the Center. 

His disdain for Derrick grew as he realized he had just mentally defended the useless gadgets of the lowlanders. 

“Nobody wants your stupid car Derrick! There are literal hovercrafts in this building, nobody cares about your Audi.”

Deontae stifled a laugh.

“Wow, so it's like that? Why are you lashing out at me?”

“I’m not lashing out at you, I just want to keep my job that I love and you didn’t even ask me about moving first!”

“I figured if you didn’t want to go with me we could do long distance. LA isn’t that far-”

“Yes it is.”

Derrick let out an exasperated sigh.

“I’m taking this job whether you're coming or not. You need to figure out your priorities.”

Deontae’s jaw dropped and he wasn’t able to pull it back in time when the door swung open and Derrick pushed past the two of them. When Monae looked up and saw them her face turned to stone. She was horrified that they had just witnessed her in such a vulnerable state.

“My apologies, we were just walking by and-”

“We didn’t hear anything!” Deontae forced out. M’Baku gave him a look and he shrugged. He wasn’t good under pressure.

Monae wiped her eyes and M’Baku felt so helpless. All he wanted to do was hold her in his arms and make everything better...that and beat Derrick senseless. 

“It’s ok, we were uh, pretty loud,” she said, avoiding eye contact with M’Baku.

“What do you need from me?” He asked her, his voice soft as a pillow. Deontae’s head tilted to the side as he took in the scene before him.

She thought about it for a moment, not able to say what she really wanted, which was to crawl into his big strong arms and never leave.

“Just some time,” she sniffled and cleared her throat. “Are we still on for lunch?”

“Of course-”

“Great, see you then!”

Monae breezed right past them and towards her office, and Deontae turned to see M’Baku’s dejected face.

“Wooooooow,” he started with a laugh. “Woooow… you like her don’t you?”

“Keep your voice down,” M’Baku whisper yelled, looking around for any possible prying ears.

“You got good taste, I’ll give you that. Shitty circumstances though.”

“Yeah, tell me about it…” M’Baku’s shoulders slumped as they made their way back to his office.

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“You have barely touched your burrito.”

Monae looked down at her plate and noticed he was right.

“I guess my appetite isn't too big today, too much on my mind.” She sighed and pushed her plate forward.

“I know it might be weird, but as your friend you can always talk to me about anything.” M’Baku knew he didn’t want to talk about Derrick, but he would do anything to make her feel better.

She looked at him for a few moments before she began. “I don’t know how much you heard, but Derrick got a job in LA and wants me to move with him. He’s always hated that I work here for some reason...I just wish he would have discussed it with me first, you know?” She twisted the ring on her finger and bit her lip nervously. M’Baku nodded to show he was listening, but his eye kept being drawn down to her ring. That little silver band with the fancy rocks in it that meant so much to her.

“He just- he means well, he does. He wants what’s best for me-”

“But should that not include what you want?” he asked in earnest, trying very hard to remain friendly. “If he is to be your husband, ask yourself if you can marry a man who doesn’t listen-”

“M’Baku”

“-to what you say you want. What do you see in him? He treats you like a child-”

“M’Baku, stop! Ok, I didn’t ask for this. It’s more complicated than that.”

“It doesn’t have to be…”

She looked at him as a tear escaped. 

“It’s been seven years M’Baku, I can’t just throw that away!”

“So you would rather waste a lifetime being miserable all over seven measley years?”

She stared at him with a silent fury in her eyes.

“I knew this was a bad idea.” Monae called the waiter to bring her a to-go box and her check, refusing to let M’Baku pay for her this time. 

“Monae, I-”

“Don't bother. I’ve had enough men telling me what to do for one day.”

M’Baku had never meant to make her feel that way, and as she left the restaurant his heart sank. 

The walk back to the Center was a blur, as was the rest of the day. M’Baku couldn’t get her words out of his head. He decided to give the one person he knew he could come to with this a call, hoping they would answer.

“My son, how is America treating you? You have not seen any police have you?”

“Just in passing, mama.”

“That is still too close for my liking with those killing machines they carry everywhere. Are you eating? You look thin. I will send some stew with the king next time he goes to the Center.”

M’Baku smiled warmly at his mother’s unnecessary concern. He was eating just fine and hadn’t lost a single pound, but he would never in his right mind turn down his mother’s cooking. 

“Thank you mama, I would love that. How are things?”

“I will be happy when you come back and I can retire again. The council is driving me crazy. This week the big issue is snow bank height. Can you imagine? Arguing over damn snow banks.”

He chuckled, missing his mother’s animated voice. 

“Now, you have not called me all week. What is wrong?” she abruptly changed the subject.

“Why does something have to be wrong?”

She sucked her teeth and he could already picture the look on her face. It’s the same one he gets when he senses bullshit.

“M’Baku, I raised you. I know you, now talk to me.”

He let out a deep sigh, contemplating how much he should tell her.

“I met a woman here, but she is engaged to a man who does not treat her well.”

“Engaged? M’Baku I raised you better than that-”

“I know mama, but I did not know at first. Apparently here the women wear rings to signify they are betrothed.”

“Just the women?”

“Yes, it is quite an odd culture.”

“I can see that...well son if you truly have feelings for her and this man does not treat her the way she should be treated, what would it hurt to make your feelings known?”

“That is the thing, mama. She knows, we-” he sighed, knowing this wouldn’t go over well. “We kissed.”

There was silence on the other end of the line before a slow chuckle turned into a belly laugh, leaving him confused and speechless.

“Mama, are you done?”

“I am sorry son,” she said, wiping the tears from her eyes. “You just reminded me so much of your baba. You know, we were in a similar situation. He was in your shoes, and I was the young lady. What is her name?”

“Monae.”

“Such a pretty name, I am sure she is just as beautiful.”

“Even more so.”

“Hm, I bet. Anyways, long story short, your baba stole me from my betrothed.”

“He what?!”

“I was supposed to marry Hodari-”

“The head fisherman?”

“That is the one. Our parents had arranged for us to be married, but my heart was not in it. Then along came your baba, all tall and handsome, and I never looked back. My point is, if it is meant to be then it will be, but you cannot just give up if you truly think she feels the same way you do.”

“I do not want to give up, mama, but I do not want to push her away either.”

“Then let her come to you.”

Next Chapter

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#cecewritessometimes #black panther fic #m'baku #m'baku x oc #black!oc #m'baku's love

[sparkmender]

THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE: MUN & MUSE

Fill out & Repost ♥ This meme definitely favors Canons more, but I hope OC's still can make it somehow work with their own lore and Lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multimuses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.

Tagged by: @ifthearmorfits -- thank you opo!!

MY MUSE IS.   canon / oc / au (...in-canon au, because transformers) / canon-divergent / fandomless

(I will be getting into spoiler territory with this, but given that you all are following this blog, you’ve probably stuck around long enough to already see what’s up haha.)

is your character popular in the fandom?  YES / NO.

is your character considered hot™ in the fandom?  WELL… / NO / IDK. (evidently a lot of people have it bad for the nerd but I don’t do NSFW on tumblr, so lol)

is your character considered strong in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK.

are they underrated?  YES / NO.

were they relevant to the main story?  YES / NO.

were they relevant to the main character?  YES / NO.

are they widely known in their world?  YES / NO.

how’s their reputation?  GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL. (Given Rung’s quantum forgotten status WHO KNOWS)

HOW STRICTLY DO YOU FOLLOW CANON?

Putting it bluntly: Functionist alt. dimension Rung has a whole lot of plot holes. Swiss cheese boy. I’ve made liberal changes here and there so that he can play with a majority of muses in the MTMTE/LL community, but I’ve also taken a lot of free reign giving Rung’s general lack of backstory in-between spoiler/plot beats :P

SELL YOUR MUSE! (aka try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutual.)

Rung is a very rare type of character, being an ostensibly ‘masculine’ character (in regards of a human binary lens) who prides himself on empathy, understanding, and caring for others’ physical and mental wellbeing in ways that often linger in more ‘feminine’ realms (again, in approx. to the human binary); it interests me to be able to explore such concepts in a territory where, considering lore and implied history, there’s no societal concept of (human ideal culturally-imposed) gender. He’s a creator ‘deity’, he literally produces souls, but nothing about his design is meant to emphasize a human sense of reproduction/fertility/etc. Most people would never look at him and conclude who and what he is. There’s also the fact that he’s been methodically documented, experimented on, taken apart, and then tortured for approx. 2 million years and yet he refused to let that break him. Rung is unflinchingly kind, willing to reach a hand out to anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on even when he has nothing of his own to offer. Hell, he studied medicine and philosophy so he could build the foundations for the Cybertronian method of behavioral psychology because even without memories of being Primus, Rung wants to take care of his creations. ...And then you add in how absolutely adorable it is to watch this old man dodder about with his puzzles and models and big googly glasses and I love him so much okay--

NOW THE OPPOSITE! (list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?)

To be honest, Rung can be kind of a Mary Sue/over powered character in some people’s eyes. Like, what, this random character who’s new to the franchise and made specifically by the author is actually Transformers God who suffered amnesia? And is friendly and polite to everyone but also has a streak of keeping a grudge and survives literal untold horrors because his body can just heal itself?? And he spits out crystals that make up sparks??? OH AND HE’S MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD AND DID I MENTION HE’S GOD SOMEHOW AND THEN HE STRAIGHT UP JUST DIES TWICE IN CANON, WOW

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO RP YOUR MUSE?

H,,,, Him round,,,,,,,, No really I just loved his design that much. Him round. Also both my mom and my granddad are shrinks so I have, like, a basic grasp on psych stuff after reading through their textbooks and watching my granddad’s old research films and study tapes, so it was familiar territory I settled on writing Functionist!Rung in specific because I sympathize with having weird + painful medical shit inflicted on you all the time and because the idea of someone so genuine and careful being the core of a revolutionary movement is really,,, makes my heart squeeze.

WHAT KEEPS YOUR INSPIRATION GOING?  

hell if I know I’m just kinda here forever lmao

SOME MORE PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE MUN.

do you think you give your character justice?  YES / NO. needs more weird eldritch tech woogies but I’m terrified of alienating people

do you frequently write headcanons?  YES / NO. (mostly as they get yoinked by the fandom at large and then my notifications break my phone)

do you sometimes write drabbles? YES / NO.  

do you think a lot about your muse during the day? YES (to an extent because I write a lot of different muses and I’m constantly making/doing/playing something to keep my hands busy, so it’s inevitable) / NO.

are you confident in your portrayal?   YES / NO.

are you confident in your writing?  YES / NO.

are you a sensitive person?  YES / NO.

DO YOU ACCEPT CRITICISM WELL ABOUT YOUR PORTRAYAL?

Criticism is the best way to grow as a creator, tbh, but I will say I think the biggest complaint is just how goddamn slow + forgetful I am hahaha,,

DO YOU LIKE QUESTIONS, WHICH HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR CHARACTER?  

Sure! I have a tags specifically for weird Cybertronian biology quirks and for Rung just rambling about things, and it’s fun to get to reveal bits and pieces of the backstory I’ve created for him.

IF SOMEONE DISAGREES TO A HEADCANON OF YOURS, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?  

........I mean lmao you can tell me why you disagree but at the end of the day this is my personal portrayal of a specific version of a character who only shows up for like three issues of a 70+ issue long comic series.

IF SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH YOUR PORTRAYAL, HOW WOULD YOU TAKE IT?

There are several other fantastic Rung writers out there each with their own interpretations and understandings of the character, so like. Godspeed. Go, find the god your heart desires, and whatnot.

IF SOMEONE REALLY HATES YOUR CHARACTER, HOW DO YOU TAKE IT?

Do you hate my portrayal of Rung, or just Rung in general?? I know a few people who just straight up dislike any version of Rung at all, so there’s that.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH PEOPLE POINTING OUT YOUR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS?  

English hard, hebrew and yiddish and spanish and romanian and german only. More seriously I was raised in an extremely weird house where English was the primary language but I was being taught by older people who never remembered which language they were using at the time. My first word was Mickey Mouse. I don’t know what’s happening. I went to art college. Please be gentle with me, sir.

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE EASY GOING AS A MUN?  

Oh most likely. There’s only like... one or two things I will go out of my way to discourage or avoid + I’m generally just kinda here to make other people happy haha

#ooc|moon above

[saint-yaint]

Petrichor  Chapter 7: All In An Evening

"Oi Dervish, the hell Bev and Grissy went?" Oracle comes up to Dervish putting her head on the much taller woman's shoulder. Adjusting her white faux-fur boa she scans the room and her eyes perked up as she landed on Roman walking up to Dean talking to him. Clutching to Dervish's shoulder she looks up and starts to speak. "Hey-"

Dervish looked at the men her pale blue eyes locked on them, she straightened her sky blue hair her smooth Persian accent mirroring the beauty of their surroundings. "Rollins is not there with them. We move in to approach them, Beverley's absence is accounted for Eileen called upon her, but Griselda is gone and I am concerned that Rollins got in contact with her again." Looking down at her shorter counterpart she whispered."Let's introduce ourselves shall we."

Dervish glides through crowd her blush gown sways as her lengthy legs make her leagues ahead of Oracle whose shorter legs scampered to catch up the resistance of her vinyl dress hinders her more. Dervish slows and comes to a halt and began to introduce herself. "Hello I hope you enjoying yourselves, I am Xandria Avery." She looks over her shoulder as Oracle finally meets up with the three human pillars before her, quietly catching her breath Dervish took the initiative. "And this is Christie Warren, she is modelling as well as doing DJ work. You two look quite new to the scene, so introducing ourselves seemed appropriate.

Roman initially taken aback by Dervish's presence she stood to toe and eye to eye with him. A tall strong woman certainly not phased and Roman can't read her, which is highly concerning meaning she is another mystery in the looming uncertainty the future brings. He stares at the shorter woman too she waved when seeing Roman analyzing her, then turning her attention to Dean. "I am Reigns and this is Jon Moxley, nice to meet you."

"For some newbies ya' clean up quite nice." Oracle finally having enough breath to speak, her posture now proper actually standing like a model should. "So ya'll's like tech dudes, investors? Guys like you don't come here just to be seen or look at the looks like most people who come." This especially directed at Dean she tucked some loose hair behind her ears and put her hands in her hips with the crinkle of her vinyl dress not too far behind."Well hmm."

Dean saunters a bit to close the the gap in the group. "Well we are in finance actually lil' missy and we are actually here to enjoy the fashions even though some are a bit, ahem, avant garde." Looking her up and down confused pointing. "You're wearing a plastic dress and a fishnet top underneath. Ain't you hot it's breezy outside but nowhere near cold at all."

"I'm just fine actually Jon also this is a 100% recycle and biodegradable pinafore dress from Atelier Monsoon, and I'm wearing a bodysuit underneath not a top." She gets a bit more cocky. "If ya'll're going to hang 'ere ya gonna learn about style types and designers. Ya'll got looks a lot of them but you gotta have the knowledge so you won't get clowned out 'ere." Oracle got in Dean's face grabbed his tie and adjusted it. "Was ya' lookin' like this all night. Bein' cute distracts most people doesn't it eh?"

Dervish looks Roman straight in the eye softly smiling. "Yes, it certainly does." Then putting her hand on Oracle's shoulder pulling her away from Dean. "But such distractions lead can lead to calamity."  She hears a familiar pair of steps coming close and looks over her shoulder. "Ah you looks so good my babies!"

Thierry and Gossamer come behind the two women, hugging them and patting them on the back Dean rolls his eyes and curses under his breath. Roman braces himself to hold back any fighting parties. "Hey y'all sweethearts miss me?" a hoarse, raspy voice inquired. All six people turn around do see a heavily tattooed dark skin woman with highlighter hair in a crop top and shorts holding out her arms. Gossamer and Oracle run to her hugging her. "Aye aye aye don't fucking squeeze so hard eh! Yul! 'Dria get over here and hug me, don't treat your sis like a customer!" The aforementioned duo went to hug her aiding the formation a intense huddle. They speak among themselves catching up and flagging a waiter for drinks.

The hugging commenced, Dean and Roman processing being abandoned by their two rivals and two admirers. "Dean well looks like Miss Warren has a crush on you and she is friends with the guy that wants to kick your ass,nice going playboy."

Dean cuts his eye at Roman, waving his finger in his face. "You can't say shit about me when you had a woman stare you in the eye like she was going to make you her's. That's way more that what Warren was doing, are you telling me you could not feel the sexual tension at all?"

"Avery was not doing any of that"Dean was floored and threw is arms up."Honestly I couldn't get a read on her so I don't really know what the fuck she was doing."

"She was undressing you with her eyes that's what the fuck she was doing, and if you couldn't see that she might've done outmatched you in the mindfuckery department." Dean shrugged

Roman took a sip of his drink."Dean shut it and stay alert they Avery is coming back over."

"My apologizes for just leaving so suddenly. I am going to be hanging out with my friends so good night to you both." She sticks her hand in her small purse and hand Roman a card. "This is for you, a parting gift. Well enjoy your first fashion week you two hope to see you again." She turns around and goes back the oddly unique group of people who later leaves the building

"As I said before she wants you." Dean snatches the card from Roman. "Well her room number is 1240. 'Hopefully this will allow me to see you soon', well can you analyze and decipher what the hell this mean smartypants?"

Dean's sneering finally breaks Roman. "Fine Dean I guess you're right. Give me back the damn card."

Dean taunts Roman with the card. "You're going to see Avery? You should."

The card returned to Roman and he looked at it. "Fine I will see her, but I am keeping my guard up we are still working you know."

"Well Sheena I didn't expect you to actually be here." Dervish crosses her arms as the group goes outside.

"Well I didn't expect to be here either but Lena suggested it, sounded like boss lady needs as many hands as possible." Sheena fluffs her neon hair and takes off her glasses.

Gossamer get's in front of Sheena and examines her face closely. "Your eye, what happened?"

"Babe I know. I had to get the replacement ok, it works well it just looks fucking weird. I rather be odd eyed than half blind." Sheena relented.

"Long as you are ok, I don't care what you look like." Gossamer put his arm around Sheena's neck and began walking. "Well Oracle, did the chief tell you Thierry almost whoop your boy's ass?"

"Goss you really gonna bring that up huh?"Thierry called the cars so they can head back to the hotel."He wouldn't put his hands on me anyway he fucking know better that's not including I'll fuck him up."

"My boy?" Oracle looks confused and scratched her head "Who in the hell is my boy Goss?" Her confusion amplified.

"Dean girl Dean, that's who's your boy!" Sheena playfully hits Oracle's arm. "You up there feeling on the damn man but you can't even remember him! Sad thing he looks like your type too, I'm surprised." Sheena's laughed

"Oh him! Well he cute or whatever but I'm working." Oracle pointed at Thierry. "Are the rides anywhere near? We need to speak to Bev and Kiwi, more importantly my feet hurt and my tits are sweaty, I need to bathe."

"Well the rides are pulling up now and another thing never ever tell me about your swampy tits ok? I really don't need to know that shit." Thierry opened the car door."Well Sirens your chariot awaits." Oracle sent him several obscene gestures getting in the car.

Oracle gets in followed by Dervish who pulls the door closed."Thierry are you three coming straight to the hotel or going to take a detour?" Dervish quickly asked.

"Lena is meeting us at her brother's place, then we head on to the hotel. While I was making rounds I saw Veronique Donnadieu and Jimena Marroquin, so I think one of our people is here early."

"Angela's sister and mother? Why the hell would they be here?" Dervish became concerned. "Knowing Marroquin she maybe trying to something. Well thanks for the information it will be relayed."

"Talk to you later." Thierry gives the driver a signal to leave and the Sirens pull off from the curbside. He turns to get in a large black suv with his two friends. "So with Lena here means the Knights are back huh?"

"Well T it sure seems like it. What was you and D talking about back there?" Gossamer faces Thierry closing the door behind him, the truck taking off quickly after.

"Well I told her that Donnadieu and Marroquin are here, meaning Kallo has to be too. So we need to see if they are meeting earlier than intended." Thierry huffed.

Sheena in between the perked up at the news. "Alright that's fucking awesome!"

"What?" Gossamer was bewildered by Sheena's answer."It's not good we will have too many unknowns."

"Babe, it is great! Them coming early will give us a head start, because Saldana and Hernandez will be here in the morning." Sheena grabs the two men's hands. "So we have a head start." The ride

"What? Head start? I'm guessing Lana,Lena, and you found some info, nice." Thierry nodded off as the tiredness sets in.

Gossamer wide awake looks at her. "Ok that changes things but getting a head isn't bad but still why do we need one?"

"Aye we here you two. Thierry wakey wakey! We getting out."Sheena shakes Thierry and points out the window.The trio pull in front of an small apartment building surrounded by low lit bars, people drunk people and their more sober friends aiding them through the streets. Thierry sluggishly tumbles out the truck walking to the front of the building. Sheena jumps out followed by Gossamer.

She leads going up front stairs and taking out her phone. "Lena, baby doll we here could you buzz us up."

"Okie dokie, it's apartment 14C, shoot a text so I can let you in." The line goes dead immediately after.

Gossamer opens the door looking around, kicks aside a pair of shoes left in the hallway approaches the elevator door holding it open for Sheena and Thierry. "What floor babe?"

"Fourteenth floor doll." Sheena presses the '14' button and the elevator shoots up. "I found the info about the Carlos' and Leon's plane schedule but Lena must'e found something big if she needs us to come here."

"Hmm Lena rarely does that she just give info when she gets it. Why is this time so different?" Gossamer holds Sheena's hand. "Thierry you know Lena better than we do so what is your take on it."

Thierry looked over rubbing his eyes. "We might have more trouble heading our way, she hates giving bad news over the phone."

The couple looked at Thierry's stern, tired face devoid of any motion or emotion. A sharp 'ding' cut through the silence, elevator doors sliding open. "Ladies first Sheena." Thierry stepped aside letting her go.

The two men follow her down the hall, just shuffling stopping when Sheena pulls her phone out as she waits in front of a door. The door opens and Lena stood there in her beige snuggie, looking down both ends of the hallway waving in the trio. "Glad you three made it. Sit down please, I will get some food for you out the kitchen." Lena skips to the fridge getting jam, almond milk and butter.

Sheena gets to the kitchen reaching for the bread and peanut butter. "You wanna me to help make toast?" Lena looks up and nods happily, plugging up the little Easy Bake oven that hid in the cabinet. "So Lena how much shit is coming our way?" Putting bread in the toaster oven, grabbing a bottle of water.

"Well my brother went back to Nice, so he no longer lives here." Lena got paper plates and was applying jam and butter to the freshly made toast.

Sheena takes the plates putting them on the dinner table. "Oh the brother that wanted you to work with him?"

"Yep the very same, but I found out who he worked for." Lena grabbed more plates and toast making peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. "He works for Interpol. He wanted me there as a white hat hacker."

Thierry got up quickly going to the dinner table. "What? Interpol?"

"Yeah, and well obviously we are not really not fans of them." Lena brings the sandwiches and milk wedged in her elbow to the table. "Gossamer come over here with us!"

The well worn Ikea couch creaks as Gossamer gets up. "Alright I'm moving" Finally sitting and pulling up to the table. "So your bro works for Interpol." Grabbing a piece of toast biting into it. "I am guessing you found some shit out."

"Don't talk with your mouth full!" Sheena points at him with a glare. "So Lena is he on the right track?"

"He is. My brother basically oversees the movements of various field ops it's a tad bit technically involved but not by much. So knowing he was moving I did a remote hack and that there are four agents coming here in two days time."

Thierry swallowed his toast and grabbed more. "So the Hounds called in backup? Hmm well then, guessing Sheena was right about us having a head start. So how do we take advantage of this?"

Lena left the table went in the bedroom and brought out two heavy suitcases. The group turned and watched Lena lift up Rheinmetall MG 3. "Well we just get them before they get us! Fortune has gave us a way and we must take it."

Gossamer, Sheena, and Thierry stood up joining Lena, the four people took a deep breath beginning to chant. "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini tuo da gloriam!"

*"Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini tuo da gloriam" translates to " Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give glory"

@adriennegabriella @superrezzy00 @writinglionqueen

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[attina-the-responsible]

1, 4, 8, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 45, 50 - All, or whoever speaks to you for each one

jesus fucking christ.

1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?

Belle: Belle Marie Beauton – belle bc it means “beauty” and also, tech, her mom’s name was charisse which means “grace” and she was like into a #theme. marie bc it sounded nice, is also probably maurice’s mom.

Simba: Onyango Simba Lyons – onyango bc it means “born in the morning” and simba because it means “lion/warrior”. 

Toulouse: Toulouse Henri Bonfamille – why did ber get hector’s name as his middle name and not lou? /waves hand lou was named after the artiste of course! tres bien. 

Bambi: Bambino Daryl Basurto – bambino is basically like “my little one”, it’s an affectionate italian term tho it’s also used in other parts of europe. daryl means “deer” sooo his full name lowkey translates to “little deer of the forest”

Perdita: Perdita Mariel Faye – all of perdy and her sibs are named after shakespeare characters bc her mom is #obsessed. edmund, perdita, rosaline, and ophelia. perdy was named after her mother’s first role on broadway. mariel is jewish – it is a variant of mary, which means “wished-for child/bitter” soo

Sweet: Joshua Strongbear Sweet – named joshua because his parents liked it. his middle name used to be quietcub, but after he came back from his spirit quest it became strongbear after the animal that guided him. (also look i looked up if spirit quests were still a thing in the tribe sweet comes from and they ARE so don’t @ me pls)

Maui: Maru Akalana – he doesn’t have a middle name. maru means “correct” apparently, but in the original myths of maui maru is one of the names of maui’s brothers. (or it is his name when he is human before he gets abandoned i foRGet it’s been a hot minute)

Hercules: Hercules Odysseus Persaud – herc doesn’t know where his first name came from, only that his birth mother gave it to him. he was named after two greek heroes, ofc cuz his mom is a big nerd.

Attina: Attina Morgan Triton – attina is a derivative of athena and morgan means “sea chief” or “sea defender” and since she would be in line for the “crown” so to speak, it made sense.

Akela: Akela of the Seeonee Wolf Pack – seeonee is the name taken from the area where the pack sort of officially “formed” and akela means LONELY LMFAO i just looked it up that’s hilarious.

Peach: Peach Blossom Clearwater – literally constructed her name. she just liked the idea of peach blossom–and she made her fake mom have a flower name too. and clearwater she straight up stole from harry potter.

4. What is their relationship with their parents? What’s a good and bad memory with them? Did they know both parents?

Belle: well, belle never really knew her mother and her relationship with her father is estranged.

Simba: big ole momma’s boy. he loves his mom, though their relationship is a little tense these days. loved his dad a lot, his Biggest Hero, but his dad also put a lot of pressure on him and basically brainwashed him oops.

Toulouse: loves his mummy, tho he has a deep seated resentment towards her that is just now coming to light, but general he is like #mustprotect. had an extremely contentious relationship with his father as a child, the best thing for their relationship was not living together lol. lou can tolerate his father for short periods of time and even gets along w him 90% of the time, but he has a deep seated resentment towards him too lmao

Bambi: ughhhhhhhh he loved his mommmmm his mom was his best friend they did everything together. they were never apart. esp bc he was homeschooled a good bit and he was sick. she doted on him and i cry. he is still getting to know his dad but he loves him.

Perdita: really contentious relationship w mom. she was verbally abusive and neglectful, held perdy to a hire standard than her sisters. when perdy rebels abigail just like cuts her off, punishes her in the worst ways. made comments about her weight/clothing/etc. total daddy’s girl tho, she loves her daddy.

Sweet: momma’s boy. he tends to shut her out a lot tho bc he knows things in his life would hurt her and he wants to protect her from that. didn’t really know his father but he treasures the memories he did have.

Maui: dad was verbally/physically abusive. real Macho Man–which obviously made him kind of a dick. but maui’s mom is the sweetest ugh i love kai.

Hercules: loved both his parents BUNCHES AND BUNCHES but then he found out that they lied to him for 22 years and he is still reeling from the betrayal.

Attina: athena was her best friend. she told her mom everything and wanted to be just like her when she grew up! was obviously devastated when athena died. loves her daddy, but does think he needs to chill out some.

Akela: hates them.

Peach: never knew them and never will (spoiler alert: they’re dead.)

8. Did they have pets as a child? Do they have pets as an adult? Do they like animals?

Belle: Philippe! fun fact: had another horse named Royale when she was a child, but her father sold him for cash before he left. now she has: vincent the cat, philippe, and shuck! she isn’t a huge animal fan, but she likes them well enough. doesn’t go out of her way.

Simba: his mum had a persian named guinevere growing up. she was a bitch. simba and her did not get along. esp cuz simba was a handsy child lol. he begged and begged for a dog for his entire childhood, but never had one. has two beautiful goldens now–bowie and simone– and they are his literal children. loves all animals–except cats, snakes, and spiders, those are the devil’s creatures.

Toulouse: never had a pet growing up. marie has dauphine now and he’s kinda helping coparent simone. tbh should get a dog. lou ADORES animals.

Bambi: lol

Sweet: never had pets, doesn’t have time, likes them well enough

Perdita: didn’t have any pets growing up. doesn’t really like animals they’re dirty. viola has made her change her mind somewhat.

Maui: no, no, yes.

Hercules: his mom has a cat named baset after the goddess. herc loves animals, horses esp 

Akela: lol

Attina: likes animals in the abstract sense? loves sea creatures. never had a pet as a kid. has a long list of stipulations for pet as an adult.

Peach: has never had a pet. will buy a cat probably. the cat will run away bc she’s irresponsible. she will be devastated. she loves animals, except ugly ones.

14. Do they have any specific memories of food/a restaurant/meal?

Belle: all the food she ate in bournemouth was?? so good??

Simba: ugaliiiii, it always makes him think of kenya

Toulouse: frozen grapes are his fave, he is a picky eater lowkey

Bambi: food is the bane of his existence cuz he’s allergic to EVERYTHING

Sweet: not particularly

Perdita: misses the russian tea room in NYC it was her fave brunch spot

Maui: misses the fresh fruit in hawai’i

Hercules: one of his fave thigns to do at the places he lives is eat at the local restaurants. 

Akela: eh not really

Attina: also not particularly

Peach: eh

21. Do they have a temper? Are they patient? What are they like when they do lose their temper?

Belle: yes but it is VERY hard to trigger it. and she like??? throws things or hits u if she is really mad. she’s not gonna like punch you in the face but she’ll shove or pinch. if she yells it’s all like teary and voice cracking and pathetic. 

Simba: yes–and it’s easily triggered haha. when he’s angry he gets loud. can throw something down if he is holding it (like a dish in the sink or something) but he isn’t really physical w his anger–he’s v conscious of that fact that he is like a big bloke and that could be rly scary and his anger is scary enough. but if u really piss him off his anger can be p cold.

Toulouse: cold and scathing. lou is a master of converting his anger into like the smallest space possible, which is why he’s so good at just delivering cold, cutting lines designed to just destroy you. his father had like Big Loud anger and lou refuses to be like that. 

Bambi: doesn’t really have a temper, like–at all

Perdita: screaming/yelling/throwing/hitting–throws a tantrum when she is really pissed off.

Sweet: he has a temper but it is rarely seen. he will get Loud and Angry though. but it never lasts long. he gets more annoyed than angry.

Maui: literally like?? never gets angry–too chill.

Hercules: cries. lmao. if he is angry he just cries and like “why would u do that” sniff sniff puppy eyes

Akela: cold and level-headed anger

Peach: rarely gets angry–and if she does she’ll smile to your face and then fuck you up behind your back.

24. What is their sleeping pattern like? Do they snore? What do they like to sleep on? A soft or hard mattress?

(i love sleeping questions why?)

Belle: rn it’s shit, she barely catches a few hours. when she was sleeping reguarly she gets a good 6-7 hours. doesn’t have trouble falling asleep unless she’s trying to solve a problem. has a lumpy old mattress tbh. also she does snore a lil bit but like cute snores and only when she’s sleeping really deeply. also she normally wears like ratty tees and silky or sofie pajama shorts – in the winter like sweaters and fleece pants bc she gets cold, tho not as much of a problem now lol

Simba: sleeps in the nude. can fall asleep in .5 seconds. wakes up intermittently from nightmares–usually exacerbated by stress. wakes up at sunrise naturally almost every morning. gets like 4-5 hours usually and cat naps. idk his mattress is prolly middle ground wow do u think simber argued about their mattress bc i bet ber is a wimpy soft-mattress boi

Toulouse: has a really hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep. a ridiculously light sleeper. wakes up several times in the night. has night terrors. sleeps in, but not that long most mornings. sometimes goes days without sleep if he’s having a manic episode. soft plush mattress w lots of pillows and blankets. wears silky fancy pajamas to bed bc he’s fancy (it’s my hc that he has like adorable pjs that he wears on the lowkey with like fish patterns or something ridiculous little duckies.)

Bambi: can sleep anywhere, would sleep 20+ hours a day if allowed. growing teenage boy. snores (allergies man), will sleep on any mattress. is used to an uncomf one bc his mom couldn’t rly afford a good one.

Perdita: before the babies perdy didn’t have trouble sleeping. would totally sleep in on the weekends and such. her mom would yell at her if she slept too long. now she takes naps throughout the day to survive. hard mattress, tbh. wears fancy pjs

Sweet: sleeps in boxers/t-shirt most of the time. sleeps wherever, whenever, what is a good night’s sleep? he doesn’t know.

Maui: will sleep anywhere. in any position. in any level of undress. sleeps in briefs usually. 

Akela: sleeps in the nude tbh he like barely wears clothes anyway. can sleep a decent amount of time but never for more than like 7 hours.

Peach: a princess. she actually has a lot of trouble getting to sleep but sleeps hard once she is. wears cute pjs. likes a soft mattress. lots of pillows, only one sheet thou.

28. What is their biggest fear? What in general scares them? How do they act when they’re scared?

Belle: being inadequate/being overbearing/annoying/stupid/worthless – she doesn’t get genuinely frightened that much tbh but she’s like a gasp-clutch-at-the-chest overdramatic kind of scared lol she fights through it tho

Simba: not being Good enough, in the sense of like…a good person. he also lowkey doesn’t like the dark. and he gets angry when he’s scared he confronts fear face on.

Toulouse: being pointless/irrelevant–also does not like the dark lowkey prolly sleeps w a night light lmao – he internalizes his fear, but will freeze up when confronted w something scary.

#this is old af and has been #sitting in my drafts #for so long #but u can have it #im not finishing bc it's oLD #but #voila

[upiapp-blog]

Unified Payments Interface  UPI, India – An Introduction

1. The essence of a payment transaction

Actors:

Suresh, the sender, who needs to send the money

Ramesh, the recipient, who (obviously) receives the money

Props:

An amount, a certain quantity of money (which happens to be with Suresh)

A piece of cake, (which happens to be with Ramesh)

Action:

Suresh hands over the amount to Ramesh.

Ramesh hands over the piece of cake to Suresh.

End of scene. What you just saw was a payment in (bad) poetry followed up by a service delivery in lieu. Simple right?

2. The payment plot gets thicker…

Long time ago, with the advent of banking, people began to entrust the banks with their money and instead of directly making the payment (as you witnessed in the previous scene), began instructing their banks to make payments on their behalf. These instructions would mostly be in a written or printed form.

Now, banks by design had to deal with a lot of customers. So, they had to come up with some way to ensure that whenever Suresh asked them to move his money through a written instruction, they would be able to know for sure that it was indeed Suresh who had asked them and no one else.

For a good part of banking history (even now), bankers (and the legal folks) relied on what is known as a ‘wet’ signature. That is, Suresh would take out a pen and draw a scribble that was supposedly unique to his hand. The bankers would visually match the scribble with the scribble they had on record (whenSuresh had ‘signed-up’ for the banking service). If the bank employee handling the written instruction deemed there was a match, the bank pretty much followed Suresh’s instructions and made the payment on behalf ofSuresh.

3. And thicker…

Then came the computers, the internet, data-centers and the age of digital banking. PINs (Personal Identity Numbers) and Passwords got introduced as the shared secrets between the banks and its customers in place of the signature scribbles.

So now, Suresh on his computer would open up a website of The Scissor Bank, fill in a form providing Ramesh’s account number, say:11223344 (more on this coming up!) as the recipient, the amount and his secret PIN/ password.

The Scissor Bank would then digitally match the secrets and move the money to Ramesh’s account.

Suresh and The Scissor Bank have to be triply sure that no third party gets to know his shared secret PIN/ Password. Why? Because if even one more entity gets to know it, it no longer remains their super special shared secret! Right?

That brings us to two more lil’ issues as well.

One, Ramesh has to reveal his unique financial identity (account number: 11223344) as recorded by his bank to Suresh for Suresh to be able to pay him.

Two, if Suresh happens to have an account with The Scissor Bank (the shiny new bank round the corner), there is a need to have a mechanism to first move money between The Scissor Bank and The Rock Bank and then for the banks to individually move money to the designated accounts (not necessarily in that order). This introduced the need for Ramesh to specify additional routing information to Suresh.

Not that this was not partly solved. Card networks (Visa, MasterCard et al) and other switch and settlement providers put the plumbing in place but individually, each left atleast one gap in their service. While one under-rated usability, another killed convenience and another sacrificed security.

4. Enter, the untrusted hero

Then came the online merchants. Shops began to get replicated in the digital world. Suresh could now visit Ramesh’s online ‘piece-of-cake.com’ shop and order a piece of cake and Ramesh would send over one of his delivery boys with what else but a piece of cake.

The Rock Bank and The Scissor Bank were of course happy, since Ramesh had agreed to pay them extra for enabling Suresh (and thousands of others likeSuresh) to buy from his ‘piece-of-cake.com’ shop. Secretly, Ramesh was their hero but they could simply not trust him!

5. The one tiny little big problem

Remember the fact that Suresh and The Scissor Bank had a shared digital secret?

It so happens that when Suresh pays Ramesh on piece-of-cake.com, he has to provide his financial id (account number: 99887766, The Scissor Bank). Which was kinda ok. The scary part was that, for a good while, he did not have to even provide his shared secret to authorize his payment! Which meant that Ramesh (or the evil digital pirate hacker Kruresh) could easily use this information to make Suresh pay for things Suresh had no intention to pay for (like buying a pirate ship).

So The Scissor Bank had to take Suresh’s shared secret and make sure that no one, not even Ramesh could see it. They achieved this but ended up with so many page hops that the payment experience ended up more like a trip down the adventure park. Why? because no page other than The Scissor Bank’s page could be trusted to fetch this information! So the experience ended up looking something like: Ramesh’s cake page hops to a generic payment gateway page, hops to a Scissor Bank page, which then hops to a bank confirmation page and then back to Ramesh’s payment receipt page. Whew! Each hop increased the chance of Suresh, simply dropping off.

Obviously, Ramesh wasn’t happy about it. Suresh certainly was not. Secretly,The Rock Bank was not happy about it and neither was The Scissor Bank.

6. Um… This was supposed to be about something called the UPI right?

Patience, my young friend.

The banking gods in India of course wanted to solve all the woes of all its people. So they decreed into being a not-for-profit super entity called the NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India). Its initial job was to provide a backbone for the inter-bank transactions, which it executed by creating the NFS (National Financial Switch).

Then it took on an even more ambitious product called IMPS (Immediate Payment System). This was a set of pipes that allowed 24×7, instant inter-bank transactions. Only a handful of countries have a payments infrastructure of this stature. Judging by its output, NPCI is evidently led by a set of really fine professionals.

Then, attempting to find a cure-all to all that ailed payments, in one shot, they gave software architecture rock-stars (these folks were also the tech forces behind the colossal UIDAI project) Pramod Verma and Sanjay Jain, among others, pretty much an open canvas to paint the picture of an ambitious piece of national payments infrastructure that would be a cure-all of sorts. Thus was born the Unified Payments Interface a.k.a. UPI.

7. Now back to the story

While UPI is capable of a lot of things related to payments and funds transfer, this story will only focus on a few things that are at its core. (Also, please be aware that these are the early days for UPI and my understanding may need improvements :). Anyway, here goes:

7.a. Introducing: The PSP

A PSP (Payment System Player) in the UPI ecosystem is a certified and trusted entity that acts on behalf of a bank (in the future, should technically be open to non-banks as well who are authorized to hold deposits). The PSP is actually the technology platform provider. Could be the bank itself or it could be an entity which works with a bank/ on behalf of the bank.

So, assume for now that The Rock Bank has a PSP named Rock and The Scissor Bank has a PSP named Scissor. The PSPs are the payment end-points as far as NPCI is concerned.

7.b. Introducing: The virtual address                                                            

Remember the problem where Suresh and Ramesh for various reasons had to make known to each other, their financial identities? While that by itself might sound benign, there are many situations where revealing one’s financial identity might be dangerous. For sure it is cumbersome.

So UPI talks about this thing called the virtual address. A virtual address takes the simple form of address@provider

For example, if Ramesh’s account with The Rock Bank may simply be calledramesh@rock and Suresh’s account may simply be called suresh@scissor

This is a simple format similar to email ids. Where this gets interesting is:

Suresh could have a virtual address suresh@rock even though his bank isThe Scissor Bank!

The validity of a virtual identity is absolutely flexible. So if The Rock Bank(which is the provider for @ rock addresses) so enables, this might be a permanent address or just a Monday address or even a one-time-use address or an address for only loose change! The definition and implementation is completely left to the provider. Neat!

Now, tokenization services already exist, especially where cards (ATM/ Debit/ Credit) have been involved, for similar reasons.

The virtual address concept however is fundamentally superior due to the following reason: While the token system is required to be provided only by the issuer (the entity which has issued the original card/ instrument/ holds money on your behalf), virtual address is a token service that is loosely coupled to the original issuer. Thus any PSP could issue a virtual address for any customer with any bank and on top of this, implement any business rule for its access. Also, the addressing scheme is much more inclusive and human-readable.

7.c. Introducing: The Common Library

Remember the fundamental ‘one tiny little big problem’ we talked about a bit earlier, due to which no one could ever safely collect customer’s shared secret except on the original issuer’s own interface?

UPI solves this by providing a mutually trusted interface. It does this through a common client library (currently provided as an Android SDK) that each PSP could embed in its customer facing app. The job of this piece of software is to provide a user interface to securely collect the user’s credentials (PIN/ password/ biometric) such that no one except the original issuer could decipher it.

Assume a case where Suresh is sending money to Ramesh but using a third PSP called Paper belonging to The Paper Bank.

[Recall that Suresh’s bank is The Scissor Bank and Ramesh’s Bank is The Rock Bank, it is eminently possible for Suresh to use neither of these two PSPs but a third one while still using the same underlying bank account! Why? Just because Suresh seems to like it so! – such a level of choice is customer empowerment by design]

The common library provides the underlying (acquiring PSP) Paper’s app only a context locked and encrypted credential block. Paper can only pass it on to NPCI through the UPI RequestPay API ‘as is’. The UPI framework will of course pass it on further to the original PSP (Scissor) for authentication along with the rest of the transaction payload.

There is another neat little trick up the sleeve of the common library. PSPs using the common library expose a deep linking hook (upi://pay/…) to merchant apps and web services that need to simply collect payments, without worrying about the implementation.

Imagine a merchant app JustAnotherKart which wants to collect payments, it simply has to invoke the deep link on the phone and the phone will display a list of all PSP apps available. The customer can then choose one and authenticate the payment.

7.d. Asynchronous by design

The most delightful thing about the way UPI has been constructed is by making everything asynchronous.

Most other online payment systems are synchronous request-response systems where the transaction acquiring system sends a transaction package and waits for a response. Asynchronous systems on the other hand are pretty cool. They send the transaction request and then chill out and do other stuff. Once the servers and other parties have processed the transaction, they call back on a designated API end-point exposed by the requesting party and simply update the status of the transaction. This enables robust implementations.

8. The creamy layer

Very interestingly, Upi App is a set of services that sits as a layer on top of existing national financial pipes put in place by the NPCI. So it acts as a value adding layer, the creamy layer which does the following core functions:

a. Provide a layer of secure communications. By incorporating a cryptography protocol that requires each trusted end point viz. the PSPs to be able to communicate securely to the UPI APIs it ensures that a transaction is securely transmitted end-to-end.

b. Provide an address translation layer. Enables resolution of virtual addresses to the underlying financial addresses.

c. Provide a protocol for transaction request and response flows.

d. Provide a framework for liability, settlement, risk and issue resolution. This comprises of things that take place behind the scenes to make the actual flow of funds between the banks.

9. The end, almost

All in all, Upi App is a futuristic payments infrastructure designed for India.

It makes it easier for people like Suresh and Ramesh to participate in the new digital economy.

It opens up the underlying banking infrastructure to payments and systems innovators to make apps and products that would otherwise never have seen the light of the day.

It helps the banks to stay relevant in these times by decoupling the storage and movement of value from the interfaces that could enable it efficiently.

A short-sighted view would be that it helps the banks compete with the new-age wallets. The better perspective is that it creates a more inclusive and inter-operable ecosystem comprising of all stakeholders (wallets will also be allowed in the near future, we are told).

It empowers the customers by giving them choice. No longer will a customer of bank A be locked into using a sucky mobile banking app provided by bank A. It essentially decouples transaction initiation and collection of authentication from the banks’ interfaces.

Improves the UX for merchant app checkouts. When implemented, this should be better than the page hop-skip-and-jump routine being imposed for securing transactions today.

Presumably, it lowers the transaction costs because of its superior design, interoperability, scalability and systemic risk reduction.

In the end, it is good to remember that all that Suresh actually wanted was to eat a piece of cake and all that Ramesh wanted was to keep baking them! Banking, wallets and all the technology built around em are pretty much a bunch of necessary evils. The best that they can aspire to be is to become as invisible and trust-able, as soon as possible. UPI seems to be pointed in that direction.

 Source: http://bit.ly/2m3E3nK

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Diary of a Madman, Page 25

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I. New Content

It’s been quite the week for new content here at Humanizing Tech HQ. Lest we bore you with prose, allow us to get right into it.

Amazon’s Secret Self-Driving Car Project: didn’t think trade craft mattered in tech? This piece might change your perspective.

Robot Operating System, v2.0: a bit more technical post for the engineers in the audience. Hope you’re clockin this one. It’s going to matter in 10 years that you did.

Unpacking Facebook Versus YouTube Battle for Consumer Eyeballs: this one went straight to being featured in the tech channel of The Huffington Post.

How To Lose Weight Without Moving: it’s now over 200 recommends and still climbing a week later. Give it a look if you didn’t the first time.

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Facebook’s Video Strategy & Our Video Channel: deeper analysis, sooner than what’s given away publicly to other publications like HuffPo.

Samwer Brothers eCommerce Growth Strategy Summarized: looking at building a modern-day retail business and want the playbook in about 30 lines? You got it.

The Next OS That Will Matter After Cars: you probably weren’t tracking this one, and you probably hadn’t seen this tactic for uncovering what the biggest tech companies are secretly working on.

Detailed CES Notes from The Information: we sat in on their conference call and took some notes. A few of their thoughts surprised even us. Quick hit bullet points make it easy to skim.

AI’s Match Stick Moment: it’s fun to say, isn’t it? Either way, we’re seeing signs of deep learning’s limits beginning to rear its head. And it’s not just us saying it. It’s happening behind closed doors.

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II. 12 Tech Theses of the 2030s

Bookmark the 12 Tech Theses if you haven’t already.

Video as an App: Apple is making original video content to help sell Apple Music. Sure, they don’t care about getting hollywood or broadcast TV on Apple TV at all, do they.

Music as a Control Mechanism: showing off what making a soundtrack for your everyday life looks like from Lil Buck, mobile music’s first step,

Biologic Intelligence Disrupting AI: how brain cells wayfind, World Economic Forum says a math equation is the biggest existential threat to humanity (ok guys!), wait til they get a load of Biologic; open-source quantum computer from DWAVE.

Space as a SAAS Platform: SpaceNet satellite imagery on AWS, SpaceX landed the things on the stuff this weekend (nice), impressive new leader at DSI, Moon Express raises $20M to be the first private company to travel to the moon.

Automatic Health Optimization: phase 1 biosensors are already underway, health detection through the body too.

Personal Hedge Fund: innovation follows a power law, which is why VC returns do too; total VC funding for AI is now at $1.4 billion, an increase of +40% over last year; Betaworks voice accelerator costs 1% more equity than YC for the same investment, Apple broke its 52-week high last week, 5-year time limit on investing all of Softbank’s $100B is Brewster’s new millions.

Personal Power Stations: watches powered by heartbeats, Apple’s head of solar energy is on the new federal committee for self-driving cars, giving us more smoke for Apple’s car fire.

Self-Organizing Biorobotics: using biologic thinking to figure out the next step in nanotechnology, $17M seed round for local delivery robots, Facebook is building brain interfaces DARPA style.

Autonomous Internet of Things: don’t call it a comeback, the John Deere x NASA collabo been around for years, just add self-driving water to this open-source electric car, don’t underestimate Toyota.

Reality Retail: YC wanting to build a city reminds me of Atlas Shrugged for 2017.

Interstellar Sports Wearables: Nike Flyknit Racer, a precursor to space shoes, in other news strong yet light new materials matter.

Superhuman Modifications: biohacking our genes.

III. Thoughts of the Week

Stats: We’ve grown our number of subscribers by 8x in the last 8 months.

New Features: we have a new page design for our Biologic Intelligence page. Check it out, there’s plenty more to come.

Throwback: Ex Machina’s mansion, complete with Pollock No 5, 1948

Jobs: Head of Product at Code for America

News: Snapchat adds a search feature. But if the brand = disappearing content it doesn’t quite fit now does it? Snap becomes Insta whilst Insta becomes Snap.

Magic Card: 3 ♣️

Design: how mobile ticketing apps should work

Quote:

Clothes: art you live your life in.

Music: soundtrack of your life.

Tech: art you interact with but none of it is timeless. Yet.

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