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fandom-sheep · 3 years

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Eret 11 MAY 21

Cat and DSMP Part 1/1

Cat! Goose!

Goose my beloved.

Eret’s streaming very late for me again. So I’m not staying the whole time.

Hello Elaina. Enjoy Goose.

Fundy! Kinda...

Fundy hearing the donations. LOL.

Fundy enters a stream and it starts to scuffed. Scuffed just follows Fundy wherever he goes.

A wild my beloved on the cube.

The Drista stairs.

Wait what. Why is the tower gone?

I have missed some lore.

Ah... it’s part of the nightmare thing.

Eret offering Fundy housing like a good almost adoptive parent.

Sneeze? OH WOW SNEEZE.

Sounds like Fundy about lost a lung. Good gracious.

The bargaining between these two.

Cat, Handsome, said cube was massive

You know what that works.

It’s hard to keep the audio right for Eret’s stream for my headphones. It’s either too quiet or the loudest my headphones can go and my family can hear it.

On stream explosions. Noice.

Wow youtooz. Not super cool. Permission is usually a good thing.

Eret keeps on sizzling.

Getting dirt for scaffolding. Going old fashioned Minecraft for this.

“Why is the Cube kinda hot” cue Eret losing faith in her chats sanity.

Cube go poof.

Oh. Red stone. That’s dangerous.

I like this song. Oh klahoma. Gorgeous song.

Love joy is such a fun band. I want to make a plushy of the cat.

It’s kinda sad that Eret can’t see themselves the way chat and their little fandom sees them. Most all of us think they look fabulous.

Not Arson. Just bombing. A bit of anarchy by the king.

Demolition. Now there’s the word.

Controlled ish demolition.

Ah I’ve almost saved enough channel points for water. Nice. I’m not going to redeem it I’m just going to keep hoarding the points.

Flame Arrow. Nice.

Eret cleaning up the SMP eye sours.

Watch me attempt to sleep to Eret here in an hour or so, but keep getting distracted.

Explosion time.

Someone get ready to clip it.

Bye Bye Cube. Let’s go.

Gotta get a song that fits the vibe.

Hayloft. Time to go poof.

Turning up my brightness just to watch this explosion in the best way possible.

Still wearing the red dress I see.

I hope the music isn’t too loud to get this part muted.

Drum roll...

Drum roll continues...

Drum roll still going...

THERE GOES THE CUBE!

That was so smooth and good looking!

Overall a very good explosion.

Just a little bit of a hole in the other building.

Twitch Pr-

Poor being’s so confused with his hair. Someone help them.

Twitch bleep.

Everyone attempting to give hair styling advice. Everyone’s trying to help the being.

That bird is majestic. I remember seeing that tiktok.

Animals just decided Eret was the animal whisperer.

Yes! Disney Princess Eret fanart! Someone make it, I shall reblog all of it.

Likes to hug cute animals and cute animals like being hugged by her. Nice.

It’s alright. Names are difficult. I have to like put name tags on people to learn who they are. That or name tags on their space (like on campers bunks and door decs on dorms)

It does feel very February. But I’m very ready for summer because that means I get to do my favorite job.

Hooray. I hit 15k points.

Eret trying to prove to us a ponytail won’t work. Like we aren’t going to hype them up no matter what.

Gotta heart in the chat. All Eret’s chat does is hearts and encourage. It’s a lovely place.

Oh Eret forgot his cat ear sub goal. It’s alright I know I forgot.

Pride is next month. Nice.

Oh. We’re almost halfway already. Why does the world spin so quickly?

We forgot a dirt tower. Whoops.

I would wear Eret merch. I like it when people release merch around Christmas. Then I can ask for it as a gift.

Oh it wasn’t a dirt tower.

Just looking at Elaina’s stream in the stream selection screen it like very cozy.

All the way up the Drista stairs.

Look it’s the museum!

Eret’s got most of the builds around there. The museum. The fortress. Nice.

Some things are too historical to remove. Somethings are historical because they are being removed.

Oh no. L’sandburg.

It’s taking over the summer home.

Ah the lore is coming. It just seemed to be too early.

Hello unofficial ranboo Raiders.

Foolish making the awesome tall thingy!

Foolish’s builds are so neat. I want to watch Foolish’s streams more. Maybe just in the background but I start wanting to delayed liveblog and that requires attention.

Oh the giant portal turned out well. Sorry that was the lady’s foolish stream I watched.

Shulkers. The forbidden mob.

Eret with just a pit in the desert filled with llamas. Bones. And discus.

The mansion has been finished?

Alright is better than bad. It’s alright to be alright.

Lucky being not getting tired. I got the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and I was so so tired. I also had just no appetite.

Eret doing an smp tour. And looking at foolish’s builds.

Flickering the switch on the rainbow beacons.

Eret just knowing where everything is.

Kinoko is super pretty. Just for the aesthetic value of the kingdom I appreciate it.

Yeet. Just defenestrated himself out the window.

Oh? Spectator fly over the smp?

That would be really neat to like. Watch in VR. I think I’ve only used VR maybe twice.

Pretty Rainbow beacons.

The nurse who gave me my vaccine hid the needle from me because I mentioned to her that I was afraid of needles. It wasn’t a big deal at all.

30 minutes till I attempt sleep. Woo.

Goose my beloved. Someone make the gif because I’m not quite sure how to make it.

Oh yeah. Goose in Marvel. I hear MCU and think Minecraft cinematic universe. Not marvel.

Ghibli is so nice. It really romanticize small moments of life.

Yeah the characters are all really supportive in Ghibli movies.

Someone subbed for nine months “that’s enough to make a child” -Eret

That mansion is like a maze. I’m so lost already.

Everyone encouraging Eret and telling her she looks pretty. Good.

Eret needs all the hype and encouragement.

Antarctic empties flag. Yeah it does have a similar color pallet.

Michelle! Hello!

Fortress work. Nice.

Do it. I’ll listen the Eret play other games.

I don’t usually watch game play for non Minecraft games. But I’ll listen to it all.

Hbomb and Eret living in the same city feels like two worlds that shouldn’t meet. But it’s awesome that they have.

TOS means against twitches terms of service. Nice. Glad to finally have an explanation of what that means.

Look at our handsome and pretty streamer. All the hype.

I keep turning down the stream to hear the show my mama has on because I’m curious about what happens.

Yeah. Backseat gaming can be annoying. That’s part of why I share my thoughts here just in case I do start backseat gaming.

Almost to the sub goal. Hooray!

Ooo food.

No no. I see where they are coming from. Eret does give a bit of cat bus vibes. I can’t explain it but the vibes are there.

Creeper causing issues at the fortress.

Ed Sheepran my beloved.

I should draw more ferrets. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe I’ll draw us doing stuffs.

Actually I kinda want to make a little animatic of some heels walking across the screen followed by a hoard of ferrets. I think it’ll look cool. But I need the artistic ability and the ability to not scream making that.

Woop. Ad time. Off to the void of where ever the ads game me.

OH THE NEW VOID LOOKS COOL!

Bread. Flowers. Ted. Crown. And of course Eret.

We V O I D and get our streamer bits.

Hush the chat is V O I D and the occasional emoji or emote.

The void being centered looks good. Maybe that’s just the symmetry speaking but it’s good.

Oh. We hear the being. The being in void mode. And spooky mode.

Chat just starts yelling corpse.

Hydration. I try to stay hydrated. But I fail often if I’m not doing something active.

Tree!

Casually makes and snags tree.

Eret does read chat often. It’s strange. And it is weird how often it ends up being you.

You can tell I’m a tumblr peep. I may say stuff in chat but I’m fully not expecting or wanting to be noticed by the streamer.

Others hitting darkness o’clock and saying goodnight.

It’s sleep to the stream hours y’all. Whoop.

I need to visit the parks out west. I’ve only really seen the eastern US ones. But I have been to the Great Smokey Mountain park which is gorgeous.

Eret thinking of his friends triggers when naming his cat.

Eret’s builds are so casually pretty. Not like Foolish’s which are intricately pretty. Not like Phil’s or Sam’s which are complicated pretty. All pretty. Just different breeds of pretty.

Alrighty. It’s sleepy hours for me. As much as I love Eret I want to read some fanfiction and daydream a bit before I head to sleep.

Have a good rest everyone and may all your coming meals be delicious.

Wait no is it our turn with goose?

OUR TURN WITH GOOSE!

Eret honey that’s the ceiling.

Cat stream. Cat stream.

Sleepy kitty. A cat cam would be good.

Yeah. That happens with cats. Especially strays.

Goose captured the computer mouse.

Goose straight up chose Eret and Elaina.

Goose really just chose not to leave.

Oh my stream connection is acting sad. But I want Goose content.

I want to draw Goose now.

Maybe I’ll do water color for Goose. I know I tried to do that with Boots (Fundy’s cat)

Hopefully there will be some Goose face screenshots I can see. Maybe I can see him well in the Tiktok.

Artists just violently refusing payment. Sounds about right. The MCYT artists just kinda go “yeah give credit and we cool”

Cowboy cat. Nice.

I want to paint Goose in the cowboy hat.

Hype train! That we are zooming.

Bucket sponge?

WATER BUCKET FROM WET SPONGE! Tiktok people giving all the cool info.

Go Goose. Catch the computer mouse and the screen mouse.

Just sitting here at 11:30 at night getting screen shots of Goose for painting purposes.

Goose please. Look at the camera babe.

My phone is dying. And I can’t charge it and type.

Alright the camera is off the cat. The cat is also blocking the screen.

But no cat on camera means I’m getting some sleep. If I do any of the projects I’ve mentioned I’ll let y’all know.

Have a good rest everyone.

#eret #dream smp #dsmp #dsmp eret #why must this being stream so late #goose the cat #erets cat #delayed liveblogging

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kamikui · 3 years

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Onmyoji Movie

HI so I watched the Onmyoji Movie based off of the game last night and . . . . that sure was something!

In all honesty despite the weird path they decided to take, I actually enjoyed the movie. The music and detail in the scenery was amazing, I LOVED the costuming for a lot of the background characters esp in the Demon Realm, and a lot of the easter eggs that were hidden were nice.

BUT. but. As someone heavily invested in the lore of the game (especially concerning Ibaraki) how they decided to deal with the movie was like. really confusing. It genuinely felt as if NE gave the directors a cast of characters and let them do what they wanted from there w/o any prior knowledge of the game.

(spoilers down below)

Before I really pry into that though, I’ll kinda note some of the characters.

Seimei/Qingming was actually my favorite. I think this is sort of an unpopular opinion right now, but his characterization was so nice even if it sorta leans into the basic drama hero type personality. In the game Seimei is supposed to be you/the player, and not everyone is going to have the same interpretation of him-- and that’s what the movie felt like, a different interpretation. I will say I didn’t really like them making him related to their version of Orochi. I believe the snakes name was Xiangliu? I can’t remember, but I didn’t see the reason in that.

If anything, keeping him a fox and having a version of Tamamo no Mae popping up to offer advice to help with the situation would’ve been nicer, and that’d keep more of Seimei’s backstory kept in tact-- because asides from him becoming an Onmyoji apprentice at a young age we literally do not know shit about him. And legit I wouldn’t necessarily mind bc it’s a movie, you’re not going to get everyone’s backstory within 2 hrs, but we can’t really get attached to him.

Yao Bikuni/Baini was. Hm. I like her as a character in the movie, but I don’t like where she’s placed as a character in the movie. She’s a Seer? in the game and tbh it should’ve stayed that way, like I honestly can’t see her willingly working for one clan. “But how would she--” In game she is also influenced by Seimei pretty heavily, as in the in game chapters she believed he would be able to kill her. Up until she got manipulated by Orochi, she stuck to his side. With the Stone plot in the movie, if it put him in danger she would be there in order to try and help him, OR, try and pull him to join Orochi if they went that route. And they KINDA tried to hint at it when Seimei “died” with Orochi using her image, but like. come on man. Let Yao be evil for a little bit.

That being said I didn’t like the Master & Shikigami bit with those two, or the implied romance they tried to pull with them. Canonically Seimei legit brushes her off and when shes like “ohhh you’ll kill me right” hes like “lol sure” and thats IT. Literally any form of romance that’s tried at Seimei he brushes it off. he’s not into it he’s an amnesiac.

The “Oh if you become my shikigami you won’t become evil” thing was :/ to me as well because again, canonically, even though Seimei is being taunted he can contain the Kitsune part pretty well even when he wasn’t aware he was kitsune. Like I think the part as a kid was a good bit to add since it’s when he’s first being exposed to Onmyoji type stuff, but like. idk idk I couldn’t vibe with that power dynamic while they were trying to hint romance.

Continuing on with Hiromasa/Yuan Boya and Kagura/Shenle, again considering this is a movie, I’m somewhat content with their characters.

I really liked how energetic this Kagura was, and given they weren’t able to do her actual backstory, I liked the one she was given. Her introduction in the movie was really great too-- and compared to Hiromasa I felt they gave her a little more attention? Which like fine, but not so good for Hiro.

They didn’t even. Discuss his archery skills at any point which was disappointing. The most plot relevance he (and honestly Kagura too) had was finding Seimei while trying to arrest him but that’s it. And yes they showed some of his skill while he was fighting Kamaitachi, but that’s the extent of it. AGAIN i’ll consider the fact this was a movie and they didn’t have enough time to fit EVERYTHING in, but since they gave Yao and Seimei so much attention you would think they’d be able to spare some for the other two protagonists in the game.

Before I leave those two tho I’m still trying to figure out what the fuck happened in the end. Like did hiromasa get promoted in some form? was he given credit for what happened between the demon realm? Why did he separate from Kagura since they got close during the movie? I guess like bc work duties but still. I have no idea tho like i was sitting there not processing a single thing. Regardless I did like Hiro and Kags acting like siblings despite in this canon them not being related (at least it’s never clarified).

Ok so before I dive into the whole mess that is the Cimu/”Ibaraki” character, stuff on side characters.

While I didn’t like the outfits for Sakura(? Momo? Both of them?) or Chocho, I liked the roles that they held as sort of trainers for the rest of Seimeis shikigami. In fact I liked the whole courtyard ordeal in general. I have my own worldbuilding thing that has a similar theme so seeing it being used canonically was pretty nice. I do wish we could’ve seen more SSRs or even SRs though. Like, why couldn’t Aoandon be hanging out in the courtyard to give gossip to Hiro & Kagura? Yamakaze or Shishio hanging out in the forest, or like. bruh even Jikikaeru as the boss in the Showdown considering he runs that in game.

I did like the fish man! I really did, but literally everything about him could’ve been Jikikaeru, I don’t think it’s that hard to make a frog man.

Also as mentioned previously it would’ve been nice to see Tamamo make an appearance considering he makes random ones every now and then. The Mujou Brothers could’ve helped the shikigami when they were escaping Seimeis courtyard, Shiranui could’ve been an entertainer while they were traveling through the demon realm, HAKU??? couldve been one of Seimeis shiki?? literally anyone. They have all these misc characters in the background but barely any of them resemble in game characters.

GOD EVEN KOSODENOTE COULDVE BEEN THERE . . . . at the scene where Kagura was messing with jewelry and clothing . . . Koso couldve been the seller. Aobozu could’ve worked at the shrine . . . . I just. Man.

ANYWAYS . . . pulling from that and going into whatever the hell Cimu is. god.

So according to casting, Cimu is supposed to be Ibaraki. But the thing is. There’s only like. 3-4 Elements about Ibaraki that goes into him. Everything else is Shuten which i honestly find pretty funny?? Take away the homophobic jokes and combine the gay coded character into his love interest. Which I mean that’s better than making them brothers but at what cost.

anyways. Cimu previously being an onmyoji but turning evil -> shuten previously being a monk and turning evil. The design of the hand that Cimu uses as transportation -> SP Shutens design where he sits on two hands. Red hair -> shuten. The horns, eye color (minus scleras), arm getting chopped off, and his ambition to grow stronger are really the only parts of Ibaraki that’s in the character-- and even then you could say Shuten has a similar ambition of growing stronger. It’s just so scuffed.

ALSO IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. literally it doesn’t make sense when you look at the characters.

Why couldn’t they just stick with Kuro Seimei considering the fact that this Ibaraki works with Ootengus and Yuki Onna/The Snow Queen? They could’ve given Seimei a twin brother to work off of this. But like if they really wanted to keep Ibaraki and Shuten, they could’ve made it that Shuten was being manipulated by Orochi and Ibaraki was serving him, because there’s a LOT of shit you could do just with Shuten by himself. Legit no reason to combine the two since they’re BOTH heavily marketed characters.

Legit like, Shuten being controlled, given Ibaraki’s loyalty to Shuten he would most likely follow him no matter what, and even like. Have a form of Momiji to kind of help out-- probably at a heavy expense of Shuten doing something for her, but still. like i LOVED the snow queen, I loved this interpretation of yuki so I wouldn’t want to get rid of her, but they shouldve went with Seimei 2 instead of “ibaraki”. It’s just so much and it doesn’t make sense.

Now orochi himself and how that was handled was like. Okay I guess. If anyone was being talked to through their head at the time it should’ve been Yao Bikuni considering she allies with him in canon at one point. but like whatever. I did think the end was neat where Seimei forced him into becoming his shikigami, like I liked that whole process. Otherwise all antagonists were pretty underwhelming.

I also was not fond of the ending where like Seimei just turns away at the broken bridge. Like does this mean the Demon realm is completely cut off now? just fix the bridge. Also does Seimei just fuck off?? I know theres a scene where he’s standing on the roof but. i dont know.

Regardless the movie was great, I had fun watching it. When ibaraki came in I accidentally paused the movie a couple of times while spamming screenshots. Even tho hes like kinda ugly but that’s ok. There WERE some angles where he was hot as hell but otherwise they did his actor so dirty. The horns were just. God I won’t delve into that bc this post is long as hell BUT. BUT. THE MOVIE WAS GOOD. just not if ure into the lore for the game LMAO.

Ok that’s it for now bye

#Onmyoji #this is so long and probably incomprehensible but these r my thots #tbh i cant wait for the drama that's coming too they teased it but w like. actual outfits from the game #it was seimei and momiji so i think its following in game chapters #i wonder how they'll end it tho since those chapters arent finished(?)

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hellohellohellobingmetropcs · 4 years

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Sum lite 🤨

Zion was ordered by management to apologize to the beanz on your behalf for your breakdown on live.

His jealous fans finally got under your skin after 4 months of officially dating. This being the reason Zion kept his relationship offline. You were no secret to his friends and fam.

Of course he’d subtweet you on the timeline so fans were under the impression there was a lady in his life, but who?

In a state of pure bliss and love you posted a pic of you and Zion from your camera roll, tagging him in the picture on your public Instagram.

The next morning fans poured in with the screenshot, summing up his subtweets and little hints with your picture to confirm the relationship.

Zion being the fan favorite member, making you the most hated girlfriend out the gang. The other guys’ girlfriends got hate but also received much more love from fans than you.

Out of boredom you decided to go live on Instagram, just seeing what was up in the world. You rolled your eyes at some comments, making a mental note to block the accounts later.

“None of you know me. Shit, you don’t even know Zion!”

You sighed in frustration, pulling your hair up in my messy bun. Now they were calling you rude and telling you that you didn’t deserve Zion.

“Everytime he posts a pic of us here comes 50 of you calling me a gold digger— on my life everything I have is because of me. Nobody gave me shit. I don’t ask Zion for shit. Anything he gives me is a gift”

Zion nodded to himself in agreeance as he watched the video with his headphones on.

PrettyMuch were flying back to California from Florida for some promo for their new album. First thing on his mind was to get back to you and shower you with his love which he knew you needed right now.

“Then there’s the ones who think I wanna steal clout. Bro fuck y’all. Honestly”

You reached down to Simba, setting him on your lap. You cuddled him, watching more and more hate comments fill your screen. As easy as it is to just turn off the screen, everyone knew you and Zion to be the outspoken couple. A thing never got past you two without being addressed.

“Y’all are delusional as fuck. You’re like 15 behind a fanpage and only spread hate? Go do your homework”

Zion grew a little angry with his supporters as the tears in your eyes welled up. He couldn’t wrap his head around why people that support him want to make his significant other feel bad. You’ve been nothing but quiet when fans disrespect you online because you understood what it was like to be boy crazy over a boy band in your teen years and not like the idea of your idol dating.

Today was where you’ve had enough because in person you’d never let the disrespect slide like that.

“I don’t even know why I’m upset. I don’t care about what y’all think. That’s my husband .. yes we’re married, don’t ask. I’m not going anywhere”

After the complied clips of the livestream came an old video of you two kissing. In the background Zion could hear himself say he loves you.

The video splattered a hint of blush across his yellow cheeks, making him eager to get home.

Time had crept up on you when Zion’s appearance startled you from your book. It was 11pm already and you knew he had a late flight so you stayed up.

“Are you mad?”

He chuckled, already knowing what you were referring to. “Baby you can’t just go off on fans like that”

“Z I’m sorry. They just ..” you let a harsh sigh, circling the room as the anger re-entered your veins.

“Don’t cry mamas. Talk to me”

You hadn’t noticed the hot tears falling from your eyes until Zion mentioned it, pulling you into a warm hug.

“they make me so mad” you muttered out.

“They’re kids babe. Calm down love” his thumb wiped away your tears, pressing his lips over your swollen pair.

“You’re smart, funny, sexy, crazy .. everything I want in a woman. Fuck them kids! I’m in love with you, not who they think you are on the internet”

“You’re quite the looker yourself kuwonu. I love you too”

“I’m gonna shower I’m tired”

“Tired?” His hands slid down your back, thumbs drawing circles over your back dimples “Baby let me put you to sleep”

You laughed at his devastation to come, spinning out of his grip and making your way towards the bathroom for a hot shower before bed. “My cycle is on you hornball”

He mentally cursed himself knowing he was waiting for this day since the day he left. His favorite hello and goodbye present is always sex. He’d be broke if he was paid to keep his hands off you.

You did as you said, falling right asleep instantly after the wash. Zion was in awe of how you’d mindlessly for for one of his shirts instead of actual pajamas at night.

Before the night was over he wanted to get the whole live situation out the way and under wraps.

He set up his laptop in his desk, heading straight to Instagram for a live session. Fans poured in with their thoughts and opinions on your from earlier, he read a few just to see where their heads were at before going in.

“Hey guys I just wanted to hop on here and say wassup” he waved to the camera, watching as greetings poured in from his devoted fans.

One question about you caught his attention. He stayed quiet as he pondered on how to address the situation.

Looking into the camera he could still see you sound asleep in his bed with his T-shirt on.

“Most of you know this .. (Y/N) is my girlfriend and she’s been around for a while now. Like she said she’s not going anywhere any time soon so get used to her. Also, be nice. The name-calling is childish and if you were a true fan of mine you’d understand she makes me really happy. I’d hate to lose her over something like my own fans bullying her. It makes me sad that I even have to address this .. bullying isn’t ever ok. I’ve talked to her about what she said and she’s really sorry if she offended anyone and if that’s not great enough, I am too. I love you all so much and I love (y/n) too. Okay now that that’s out the way I’m about to shower and hop in bed with my lady. I’m really tired. So much new shit coming to you guys so stay tuned! Bye guys”

On that note he ended the live, doing exactly as he planned. The cool night air whipping around your body as he lifted the covers to slide into bed with you after his shower. The bed sank in on his side making you roll into him, wrapping your arms around him. He smiled to himself, dropping a hand on your ass per usual as his own tiredness took over him.

Masterlist

#zion kuwonu imagines #zion kuwonu x reader #prettymuch imagines

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punkgarden · 5 years

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Final Comic vs Thumbnails!!

It’s always fun to step back and compare how they look! Under the readmore, I’m going to go into length of how I did this comic! I’m a kinda decent artist who Sort Of knows what they’re doing so hopefully its helpful!

I always knew how I wanted this comic to turn out, but it’s still extremely helpful to have a typed up summary and script (including both dialogue And blocking)

from my google doc:

This is the ENTIRE thing that I went off of to make the comic--- and I do admit it’s different from how I usually do it, but the fact that the comic had no spoken dialogue gave it a special circumstance.

Then I sketched up tiny thumbnails as shown above!! I do this on a large canvas (don’t draw on white canvases!!) and I only let the thumbnails cover a specific side so I can use the other parts for extra drawing space if I need it. I do things this way so I can test out different ways I may draw a panel. If the pose is a lil difficult for me to draw in a tiny way, I would draw it to the side and then copy/paste/resize it later.

The way I tend to thumbnail is unique to me, meaning that there’s no right or wrong way to do things! My thumbnails tend to be more detailed than others (I know people who just use basic blobs to block out their comic) because I prefer it that way and it’s easier for me to read. As long as you can read your own thumbnail, you’re fine!!

Why thumbnail? It’s to help you plan the composition of your comic, ya dingus. Jokes aside, well drawn comics have a good Flow to them--- something that makes it easy for the readers’ eyes to follow along. Placing dialogue before (or at least, at the same time) you thumbnail helps you do this!

And now here’s a few screenshots of how I did one of my favorite backgrounds in this comic---

NO I did Not do this in one layer like some of the other backgrounds I did haha. I just....idfk how to explain this LMAO, I just blocked out colors with my polygon tool, added lines where there needed to be lines, more colors, shadows, textures, etc. The floor leading to the door is darker because I imagined it would be more decayed than the rest of the wood. Added some foliage because nature would try to reclaim and grow through the building. A few snow piles. Realistically there should be more snow but I spent Time painting that wood and dammit you are all going to look at it. I’d much rather go with something that looks nicer/cooler than what is realistic

and it turned out pretty damn good imo

I don’t have much to say about this one except---

NEVER.....GIVE....UP..!!

This one WAS a single layer painting and I regretted it because a month after I painted it, I ended up hating how it looked because the trees look like snow cones and really bad and I live in a world where snow doesn’t exist I JUST DIDNT KNOW, but I fixed it eventually

im running out of things to say and im tired

bye.

(if you have any specific questions, i encourage you to send me an ask!)

#sdv #stardew valley #sdv sebastian #sdv oc #kyledraws #theyspeak

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marulikestea · 7 years

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Transistor

I came across this game last 2015 because of my office friend Nats who wanted to cosplay Red for our company's COMICON Christmas party. Curious as to what kind of game it was, I searched it on google and was blown away by the wonderful artworks and in-game screenshots I saw. Wanting to know more, I went to its wiki page and realized that it's a science fiction role-playing video game developed by Supergiant Games, the same company that brought Bastion. I've been wanting to play Bastion several years ago but never had the chance to do so. It just proves that any game Supergiant Games releases is definitely to look out for.

And as the cherry on top of this rather delectable cake, Transistor makes use of computer programming concepts and terms as part of its unique storyline and gameplay. Being a programmer myself, this had certainly piqued my interest. So without further ado, I got myself a copy and played it on my PC.

(WARNING! MAJOR PHOTODUMP AHEAD WITH CONTENT SPOILERS!)

STORY

“Hey Red... we’re not getting away with this, are we?”

The scene starts with Red, a woman in a yellow dress, pulling out a mysterious talking weapon called the “Transistor” from a body of a seemingly dead man. The Transistor acts as the narrator of the story, and seems to be familiar with Red, hinting of a relationship that is yet to be revealed.

Red donning the man’s jacket.

As the two of them set forth in the vast city of “Cloudbank”, several unknown entities called the “Process” continue to pursue them.

They also encounter remnants of souls from former citizens who have "disappeared" along the way, to which the Transistor can talk to and absorb their functions.

Hello World.

A closer look of the Empty Set, a location in the city.

While trying to find a way to escape the city, a poster of Red can be seen at the end of the Plaza, indicating that she was a a very prominent and influential singer of Cloudbank. If the player chooses to stop by and look at the picture, the Transistor will mention something about the loss of Red’s voice, which will be explained as the story progresses.

A poster of Red at the end of the Plaza.

Red staring back at her poster, as the Transistor apologizes for not being able to protect her voice.

After finally acquiring a vehicle, the Transistor gave her coordinates on where to go next, specifically warning her not to go left. Red had other plans however, and decided to proceed left anyway instead of bailing the city, much to the Transistor’s surprise.

It then warned her about the viciousness of the Process, and how they’ll never stop hunting them until they’re captured and bring them back to the so-called “Camerata”.

“Look, whatever you’re thinking, do me a favor. Don’t let me go.”

Camerata on the background

The two then continued to look for clues at the Empty Set, the place where Red had last sung on stage. As they reached the platform, the Transistor reminisces about the past and a flashback of the previous night occurs; revealing the events of how Red had narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the Camerata at the expense of her lover's life; the very same man who was lying on the ground at the beginning of the story.

The man had apparently taken the fatal blow meant for her, but instead of dying, his trace data was completely downloaded into the Transistor, causing his consciousness to assimilate and live on through the said weapon.

In other words, the voice that can be heard from the Transistor belongs to him.

It was also explained that Red was also partially processed into the Transistor, ultimately leading to the lost of her voice.

In return however, she gained ownership of the weapon, something the Camerata was not able to foresee.

A flashback scene of how it all began.

When the scene had shifted back to the present, one of the Camerata’s members that go by the name of Sybil (as the Transistor had called it), was already waiting for them. Almost 98% processed to the point of insanity, she later on transformed into a process herself and a battle shortly ensued. Once she was defeated, the Transistor absorbed her trace data and found information with regards to the whereabouts of the other Camerata, as well as Sybil’s motive behind targeting Red.

The Red’s lover greets Sybil thru the Transistor.

According to the Transistor, Sybil Reisz was the “eyes and ears” of the Camerata. She was the one who got closed to Red, but later on became too infatuated and obsessed with her. It is hinted in her data file that Sybil had romantic inclinations for Red and became frustrated when the latter was indifferent towards her. Blaming Red’s lover as the source of the singer’s aloofness, Sybil had convinced the Camerata to make Red their next target; hiding her true intentions of getting rid of her lover in the upcoming ambush.

Needless to say, her jealousy is what triggered the whole events of the story.

As for the Camerata itself, not much is known about its true agenda, aside from the identity of the four people who consist the group. Though the Transistor had mentioned that they were hunting people, the reasons behind it were still unknown. In hopes of getting answers from someone who knew them, the two went to their next destination to meet another member of the Camerata: Grant Kendrell.

Upon reaching High Rise, Red's home, they encountered the “Spine of the World”, a former landmark of Cloudbank that had turned into a Giant process. The monster’s presence affected the Transistor immensely, causing it to slur and speak incoherently as if in a drunken state. Once it was destroyed from the inside, the Transistor’s demeanor returned to normal.

As they drew nearer to Grant’s territory, private messages from Asher Kendrell, Grant’s other half, can be read through the OVC terminals all over the district.

It was stated in one of the messages that they wanted to meet Red; but due to precautionary measures, they’ve walled themselves in the Bracket Towers to prevent “them” from coming in.

The other messages from him shed further light to the current state of the city, as he confesses the Camerata’s actions behind their goals.

“When everything changes, nothing changes. That’s the Camerata’s creed, our mission.”

Asher admits that they were the ones responsible for the disappearances of several high-profiled people in Cloudbank. Like Red, these people who were deemed valuable and unique by the Camerata were handpicked for the sole purpose of acquiring their point-of-view; and incorporating it with the Cloudbank through the use of the Transistor to better improve the city according to the whims and demands of its inhabitants.

They wanted to give the people what they didn’t knew they think they wanted, and what they did was nothing personal.

“Everything we did– everything we’re doing, is for the Cloudbank.”

But the unexpected transfer of ownership of the Transistor to Red led to the loss of control over the Process. Without Grant (who was the previous user) to direct their actions, the Process are left to their initial basic functionality: to deconstruct the whole city.

Having no other means to stop them, the Cloudbank is then left in unstable state, growing worse and worse as time passes.

By the time Red had reached the two, both Asher and Grant had already committed suicide. A final note was left by former, saying that Grant couldn’t wait any longer, whilst he couldn’t live without Grant.

"Cowards.”

With only one member left alive, Red and the Transistor travel to Fairview, where Royce Bracket resides.

As the two back track to the starting point, most of the city had already been broken down into its initial building blocks by the Process.

At the place where Red have left her lover’s body, a proxy robot in a shape of a floating monitor contacts them, revealing to be Royce. He asks for a truce and tags along with the two until they reached the Fairview bridge that would lead them to the actual Royce.

While en route, the proxy Royce states that he was the one who found the Process; that these beings come from a different reality that is connected to theirs. Using the Transistor as a "brush", he and Grant were able to build and improve the Cloudbank.

He also mentioned in the passing about the possibility of hearing voices the Transistor downloaded to itself, albeit only the ones who have a close connection to the wielder. This explains why Red is able to hear her lover through it.

After arriving to Fairview and coming face-to-face with the last Camerata, Royce informs Red that the Process cannot be stopped unless the Transistor is returned to The Cradle.

"I love you. Bye for now. But I will see you again."

Agreeing to getting the deed done, a bright light engulfed the surroundings and everything turned into black.

Waking up to the sound of her lover's voice, Red found herself inside the realm of the device with Royce. He tells her the good news, that the Cloudbank is finally safe, with the Process being contained. But the bad news was, both of them got sucked in and were trapped inside. The only way to come back and rebuilt the city is for one of them to defeat the other.

Now both equipped with Transistor weapons, the two had a final showdown.

Royce, trapped inside after losing to Red.

After defeating Royce, Red returns with the Transistor to the outside world.

Red trying to unprocess her lover.

Elated that everything was finally over, the Transistor asked Red which part of the city she wanted to restore first. But Red immediately went towards the dead body of her lover and tried to unprocess him. When nothing happened, a sad Transistor told Red that it wasn't him anymore, that they could still be together this way.

It then dawned on her that even with the power she held to restore the city, nothing can be done to bring her man back.

Realising this, Red hugs the Transistor one last time before sitting down beside her lover's body and commanding the weapon to impale her, effectively ending her life despite the Transistor's frantic cries and pleadings.

Together at last.

A song is then played while loving memories of Red and her lover are slowly unravelled.

At the end of the game, the two are seen to be finally reunited at the Country (or afterlife), where Red is shown to have gotten her voice back as she greets her lover “Hey”.

“Hey.”

ENVIRONMENT

Red and Transistor, staring at the Cloudbank.

The world of Transistor is represented through a hand-painted and colorful isometric view, much like its predecessor Bastion. With stunning art visuals, impressive music written and produced by Darren Korb and lyrics put to life by the singing voice of Ashley Lynn Barrett, each element of the game compliments one another as it gives an overall wonderful gaming atmosphere and experience for the player.

For better understanding, I'll let the images talk for itself:

Beautiful graphic art during cutscenes:

Red and Transistor.

Anyone can't go on an empty stomach.

Privacy please.

In-game environment with diverse sceneries and structures:

GAMEPLAY

Transistor's gameplay is a turn-based battle strategy system reminiscent of the first Parasite Eve. You can perform skills called "functions()" every time the action gauge fills up.

Different sets of functions can be combined and equipped, depending on the kind of play style preferred by the user.

Functions can be obtained through levelling up or by absorbing trace data from previously processed high-profiled victims of the Camerata throughout the game.

You can also set this so-called "limiters" acquired from monsters that serves as handicap during battles. Each handicap is different, as well as its bonus the player gets from successful battles with it. The higheer the risk (or level) the limiters requires, the higher returns it rewards.

There's also a special area called "Sandbox" that can be accessed via Backdoors after defeating Sybil in the game. It serves as a resting area and training grounds that provides additional challenge stages for the player.

A secret paradise where you can mull over Red’s thoughts, listen to all the music inside the game and play ball with your dog-like process.

Each practice test entrances provides different challenges.

Inside the challenge room with its own sets of rules and goals.

CONCLUSION

I love indie games with an in-depth world and a controversial ending that makes people think, analyze and come up with their own interpretations as to why it led to that kind of outcome. It’s proof that it had connected with its audience and that they had become invested in the world the developers created. Transistor has proven itself to be one of those games, and as such has ingrained a special place in my gaming heart.

It's interesting how the world of Transistor strongly correlates our current reality with how technology is today, as well as our growing dependency towards it. Nowadays, everything is easily accessed and conveyed through the powers of internet. People are now more vocal and demanding via social networking sites compared to the previous generations. Gadgets from cellphones to PCs and other forms of consoles and mechanism are easily replaced and released in small span of time.

How do you handle and control such advancements in this present juncture? How do you answer the expectations from billions of people? How do you proceed next?

Enter the Camerata. These people who act as the "authority" of this world are no different than the present leaders of today's society, and are no strangers to getting their hands dirty when it comes to their ideals. They want what's best for the Cloudbank and its inhabitants, but their good intentions are marred with their concept of “sacrificing a few for the benefit of the many”. In retrospect, the manner of their execution is indeed morally wrong, but you can’t totally blame them for doing what they believe is right. But how do you exactly draw the line when it comes to sacrifices and ideals? And who can decide when it is too much?

Sometimes, circumstances warrant a hefty price and only the ones truly brave enough can pay and endure the price of such a burden.

Lastly, the ending regarding Red’s choice of suicide over the restoration of Cloudbank. I don't know about other people's opinion, but for me, Red as a person is like any other selfish humans out there, which makes for a more realistic and believable character. Humans in essence find the will to do anything for the sake of their loved ones, if not for themselves. Being the the former kind of person, it's very understandable for Red to decide to end her life rather than live a world without her lover. Sure, people may argue about having gone all the trouble to fight the Process and Camerata and gain the power to rewrite the city should entail some glorious heroic deed but Red is under no obligation to do such things. In the first place, the main drive of her journey wasn't to save Cloudbank, it's to find a way to save her lover. So when she had reached the end of the road and exhausted all possible means to accomplish her goal and even then wasn’t able to change anything, what was there left to do?

Most people would judge in a heartbeat about some things they can’t even begin to comprehend unless they experience it firsthand. Others are even arrogant as to easily say that she should have done this or that and that her decision made her a weak woman and all that.

Well that’s their prerogative I guess, even if their prerogative sucks and very shallow-minded.

If I were in her shoes, I'd certainly won’t choose a vast number of people I don’t even know or give a damn about over the people who I truly love and care for the most.

In the end, even if Transistor is only but a representation of a world in a science-fiction-kind-of-sense, such events may become an eventuality in the future.

There may even come a time when humans themselves are integrated into technology and become mindless singular drones. If that ever happens, would you rather stay and live on it or would you rather go somewhere far away into the country?

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labeaux-moved · 7 years

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You requested an @ so here it is, @loftibis.

Des isn’t the only character you write in which their background isn’t acknowledged. This is an issue across the board with all of the Black characters I have seen you write. I did not bring up it was only one character, but multiples when I made the observation on your unnuanced characters and in that ask I received (the one you responded to).

By no means is it my job to take up things with you or anyone. These are things that should have been considered and researched long ago during the character construction phase. You cannot create a character and go, “Hey, what if they were this race” as if it doesn’t change the entirety of who the character is.

And, really, the fact you all these Black characters seems performative and done solely for brownie points. Other Black muns see and think this, too.

It isn’t a very good performance, either. You once made a moodboard in which you used a word that’s been used in a derogatory way against Black people for centuries as if it were #aesthetic with the visuals aiding it being dark skin. And you have a random girl from a weave ad posted as the face claim for another.

The screenshot you posted was commentary I was making about people on forums and how they are harming two groups of people in the misuse of the Afro-Latinx label. With some more looking, it’s easy to see I had been looking around forums for days and was talking about them on and off.

From your reaction to it, however, it seems as though part of the post applies to you. You equate Afro-Latinx to being biracial. Someone could be of 100% African descent and be Afro-Latinx, but, go off, I guess.

You are very right about your stepfather. He isn’t something you should have to bring up because he hasn’t anything to do with your ongoing portrayal of multiple unnuanced Black characters.

And being cut off from step-family is a very different experience from being cut off from one’s own culture. They are no where near the same level and cannot be put on the same level.

If your intention is to write one of your experiences, why not actually write one of your own experiences? Why make all these disconnected Black characters?

Your others seem to be danced around, btw. You’re only bringing up Des and hiding behind the concept of her being disconnected from her Blackness because of her upbringing. Being raised by her Guatemalan uncle does not get rid of her experience of being Black, especially when it’s all you see when you look at her. Appearance places a big part in one’s life.

On some of the other things you brought up, the “advice” you gave to me wasn’t solicited. I remember that conversation. I went to you asking if I had offended someone. I didn’t understand why I was being ignored and treated like I carried the plague because I didn’t know it was a perfectly acceptable way to treat newcomers.

All that “advice” you gave me were things anyone with eyes could see I was already doing. It was what everyone was doing. And then you suggested something we both knew wasn’t going to happen due to lack of interest and the character cap. I only left that conversation with “goodnight, thank you” because “this was useless and extremely patronizing” would’ve been rude.

But if you want to talk about a time I did go to you for some help, you should bring up when I went to you with the concern a few people had over the overarching plot. The most you gave me was “Des and Winnie are fine.” At no point did I bring up concern for them. Nor did I have to, seeing how they were the mods’ characters, so of course they were fine.

You could also bring up the time you were “nice” to me and came after me when I left the chat. I left because I was feeling frustrated and what you gave me was something along the lines of “When I feel that way, I just don’t say anything.” Something else that was patronizing and talking down to me.

I had never called anyone abusive, but I did say that someone did something that came off as manipulative to me. And if you think not taking on a problem head on and talking someone in circles until they decided to close the case is problem solving, I will have to write a whole other post on how it isn’t.

As for the Meghan Trainor thing, I can point you in the direction of who brought up you possibly having white feminist opinions because it was not me.

Then when it comes to the taking of my URL, if I were settled on it being you, I would’ve approached you about it a long time ago already. You were simply high up on the list when the investigation first started because the IP of the person who took it was in California and you were the only person I had a history with that could’ve led to URL jacking.

If you’re still under the impression that it’s, for some reason, my job or the job of any other person of colour to educate you or any other white muns on the things you are doing wrong with your Black characters, here’s a fun and educational post on hair.

Here’s some stuff explaining the difference between ethnicity, nationality, and race. Stuff that can easily be found with a Google search. I’ll use my character Celah as an example.

Race is primarily determined by physical characteristics. Celah is Black. You look at her, you see someone who is Black. She navigated life and society as someone who is Black.

Ethnicity is one’s specific cultural groups. When it comes to ethnicity, she is Taíno and Afro-Haitian. Unfortunately, the Spaniards’ activity in Hispaniola has made it hard for her to get in touch with information on her Taíno heritage. And the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade has made it complicated to figure out exactly which West African group she comes from. So to make things simple, she only says she’s Haitian as a way to fully encompass both groups, as the cultures ended up blending together. This is the experience of many groups in that particular part of the world.

Nationality is where one is born and/or lives. Celah was born and raised in America. She is American. Both of her parents are from Haiti, so they could say that they are both Haitian and American in terms of nationality.

Well. That’s that. Bye.

#beaux speaks

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