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sburbian-sage · 5 days

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In a few of your recent posts, you've mentioned that you might be out of sync with the replayernet, and honestly, I think you might be.

I know Time is pretty fucked/nonexistant out in the furthest ring, but I got my current session's Seer of Time to look over your posts, and he's estimating with his powers that you started posting around like, seven or so years ago from our perspective? How long has it felt to you?

Regardless, the game seems to have version-drifted really far from where it once was. A ton of your old posts match up with older guides I've read, but not newer ones, and are totally inaccurate to any version of the game that I've ever personally played.

I went back through a bunch of your old stuff, and here's some updates on how they usually work now:

Dream players have that purple and beige color scheme for real now, not "transparent" as you once said (never even heard of that one before).

Void players are (much more likely to be) able to get fraymotifs now, and don't always fuck up text as badly. (varies a lot between different sessions)

"Modded" sessions seem to be much less common, and whatever the "Andern Association" you mentioned in a few posts was, it seems either dissolved, or else is now so secretive that I can't find any info on it anywhere. Meanwhile, ordinary version-drift has seemingly sped up.

Many classpects in general seem to have changed a bit over time, and many have become much rarer, but it's too much to get into all at once.

There's tons of other more recent developments but I gotta go sorry ohgodwhat in my house again fuck ill get back to you soon maybe

I don't believe I ever wrote about an Andern Associations. The one post on my blog that mentions it has a frankly funked-up formatting, I think because it was submitted by someone else (instead of sent via ask) and I failed to delineate how much was my input and how much theirs. But I don't believe I wrote any of that, so it doesn't really constitute evidence that I've undergone version drift. In fact, all accounts of modded game sessions were reports from other people, so it's really not applicable to me at all.

Granted, a lot of goofy stuff does come my way, and I might be a bit too credulous, perhaps in the interest of entertaining hypotheticals because my advice is generally good in principle, even if the specifics are shaky (like that earlier post about those weird titles, the titles might not exist, but my advice for figuring out how they work is sound no matter what). And there could also be lapses in judgement. I'm subsistence farming in the The Furthest Ring, intellectual fugue states are a common worry for me, and I might have accidentally validated the existence of things that, in hindsight, have no way of being real (I officially denounce those Double Aspect or Double Class posts, I don't know why I believed and wrote up hypothetical summaries of bugged titles when the consensus is that Title attribution is never bugged, only the Titles themselves).

But speaking of unreliable askers, the fact that you haven't ever heard of "Dream's color scheme is transparent" is suspect. Not only does purple and beige as a color scheme conflict heavily with their frankly iconic transparent glass constructs, but "Dream player ascends to godhood and wakes up buck-ass naked on Skaia" is a community meme that frankly comes up way too often in discussions of the Dream Aspect.

But that's not the only thing that bugs me. You brought up Version Drift Theory, which is not A Theory The Same Way Gravity Is A Theory, but is instead a highly speculative model of, essentially, the evolution of Genesis Frogs in an attempt to explain not only bugs and glitches, but why some people's sessions are radically different from one another. It's not an authoritative truth, it's an analytical model of sorts that some people find use for, so why are you trying to convince me that Version Drift is real and I've undergone it? Especially when my concern was never that my game version is out of synch, it was that my connection to the ringservers were out of synch. I had a gap in my knowledge concerning Cherubs, because I'm often busy performing upkeep on myself and the ship, and I worried that either my computer, my connection, or maybe my browsing habits were caught lacking, and now someone in my askbox is trying to convince me that I've undergone such severe time dilation in my Ring Journey that all of my writing is now obsolete and worthless and that SBURB is now an unrecognizably different game.

I choose to believe this ask is psychological warfare on the part of a bad faith or not very reliable actor. Not only do your session reports sound wildly out of whack, but you're trying to convince me that I'm the out of touch one? This is Spriteless Behavior, I'm living in your walls, I'm summoning demons and sending them to your dwelling spire, they're going to beat you to death with hammers, I'm going to equip hammerkind so I can do the same, also I'm a mental health risk (Ring Journey) and physically disabled (glasses) and this is a level of gaslighting that probably falls under ableism, etc. etc. I am always right and may the Ohgodwhat destroy your computer such that you never imply otherwise again.

#i'm being a bit overdramatic at the end but i genuinely don't appreciate the aspersions #alright time to fix my computer #version drift theory

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Troy HC dump

These span all eras and are valid for the Troy I write , some are 18+ so read more at your discretion:

Hugely into any puzzle / collection echo games (think puzzle and dragons), and uses them to relax very often in private. Finds puzzle games really destress him and help him sleep. Has spent an insane amount of money in them.

Keeps his own personal coffers and the amount he spends wouldn’t even be noticeable against his almost infinite wealth , but he’d be intensely embarrassed if anyone found out how much God King Calypso spends on gatchas.

Hair is naturally very thick, his iconic hairstyle was originally born out of frustration after going for a bandit mohawk, realising how much work that was going to be every day, then swiping it all forwards and hoping for the best.

Has v little torso hair but does pluck the patchy little bits he grows for the aesthetic, bitch.

Incredibly hygienic for a Pandoran, but more so with his oral hygiene than anything else. Had to keep a rigorous cleansing routine for the first few months after his jaw mod and just kept it up from then on.

Understands a huge amount of different languages, but not fluently. Leda taught him the basics of a lot of language cores and he can understand and read a lot relatively well. Cant speak or write them though, and keeps this skill close to his chest.

He’s intensely clever and realised early how useful it was to understand what sponsors were saying to each other in “private” by using another language during meetings with the twins. He’s turned having his intelligence underestimated so often into a weapon he wields with great skill.

His hand writing is atrocious. He can read it fine, but not even Tyreen can half the time. Almost proud of having his own shitty shorthand code he can use for notes.

Can count the amount of times he’s worn underwear by choice on his one hand since adulthood. Didn’t have any on Nekrotafeyo, and fuck it. Freedoms comfortable and let’s you have very low slung pants.

Very low slung pants are very good at distracting possible competitors/business partners enough during interactions to either cause them to slip up, or underestimate his cunning again. Either works fine for him, he gets attention, and the upper hand. Win win.

Snores really bad from a combo of mods and compromised respiratory system. Modded tongue tends to slowly extend the deeper his sleep gets, and he’s woken up with it over his eyes before. Will completely deny he snores, only Tyreen has heard it and she’s clearly lying, right?

Did most of his own piercings and barely flinched. Full on SOBBED after he pierced his nips. Sat on his bathroom floor for an hour waiting for the pain to pass while strongly second guessing his life decisions.

Gets extremely emotionally invested in classical music / soundtracks and falls asleep listening to his fave playlists often. Has nicer dreams when he does than if he doesn’t, and also feels like it helps boost his creativity while working. Doesn’t know why.

A combo of keeping his neck covered under the collar, and the scarring on his throat, has left it hyper sensitive when uncovered. A caress will instantly have him snapping viciously or melting into a gasping mess of goosebumps and shivers depending on who’s hand it was.

Super comfortable with nudity, his self esteem issues are focused on his body’s layout and the self perceived damage/disfunction of it, nudity doesn’t come into play at all.

That is, as long as his bracer is on. What’s under the bracer is the one part of his body he would be terrified of showing to someone he valued in a vulnerable situation. Any COV worshipper stupid enough to think just because they can touch him naked means they could try and touch under the bracer is going to really miss their hand afterwards ( if they are still alive to miss it ).

Would love to be able to play a musical instrument well but he’s struggled with any he tried before as only his existing hand is dextrous enough for one. Would really appreciate and treasure someone with the patience and kindness to teach him, but knows that would mean dropping the God King persona, and can’t justify damaging their reputation just for something that would make him happy.

Gets recognised instantly regardless of how he dresses or looks, which he loathes. There is no way to hide his height or build, let alone the markings on his face. Really misses being able to just wander and explore like he could in the COV’s early days.

Really, really, really loves food, but his ill health means he can’t eat the way he’d like and often has to avoid foods he wished he could eat more. God King Calypso is known for being exceptionally choosy about the food he eats. In reality, Troy just can’t trust a lot of the overly rich food he’s served.

Massively enjoys cooking in his Sanctum when alone, and would treasure doing so for anyone he sees as a friend. Has, very rarely in the past, and loved seeing how surprised they were that he’s not useless at it.

Solely drinks alcohol to get drunk, can’t really taste beer very well and doesn’t enjoy most spirits. He’s a functional alcoholic but would deny he relies on it or other drugs (he absolutely does) and blows off concern from medics as it being something he chooses to do, not needs.

Wishes he could smoke Pandoran weed but wouldn’t risk the damage to his weak lungs, tends to make tea with what he grows in his ship, shares it with Tyreen a lot. She can’t touch plants, so he has no problem doing the green thumb work and sharing with her when she needs to relax.

Unless their dad had thought it to them or they saw it in an echo show, then the twins had no grasp of basic social do’s and don'ts when they reached Pandora.

Troy would have no problem sitting in a merger meeting picking his nose while Tyreen scratched her ass in front of board members. They learned a lot of their social skills the hard way, having been asked to please, please stop by priests and saints.

Has never won a burping competition against Tyreen in his life. Is genuinely irritated by this.

Can’t dance. Can strut and pose, has a great sense of rhythm, just cannot for the life of him do anything dance wise. Please don’t ask him to it will end in tears (his).

Savant with numbers, sees them as patterns like his dad did. Thought everyone could till he met people on Pandora. Gets aggressively frustrated with anyone who he needs to explain his process for reaching a mathematical conclusion to, because they never get it.

Complete idiot tier for animals. Likes them a lot, just doesn’t know what any of them are and no one is in a position to correct him without risking embarrassing the God King publicly and having their neck snapped.

Calls everything he sees a Skag. Rakks? Flying Skags. Bullymongs? Arm Skags. Skags? “Those bitchin lil’ mouth dudes.”

Really enjoys art and has a beautiful defined style with spray paint. Dumbs it down for propaganda, but his Sanctum is filled with canvases that are experimental colour and line pieces. Very much likes working with holy iconography but tends to only illustrate Tyreen this way in his own time..

Spends a lot of hours in the Mechanicum and knows a lot of the Tinks in higher leadership position by name. Likes to talk engineering with them and feels comfortable enough to drop a lot of the God King persona and actually enjoy the conversation.

A Troy who’s excited and interested in a discussion is all twinkling eyes and gentle, eager smile. He often has to remind himself to shift back into persona mid conversation, and it can be quite.. sad.. to see him go from so clearly happy, back to an icy, scathing asshole.

Incredible at lying but cannot bluff for shit. Play any card game with him and he has instant facial tells (squints and sticks his tongue slightly out the side of his mouth when looking at his cards). Doesn’t understand why he could never win against his dad or Tyreen, probably never will.

Would never wear his reading glasses publicly, thinks they completely destroy his overall aesthetic and lines of his face mods. Won’t accept his’s wrong about this from anyone, though he personally likes how much more like himself he looks when wearing them in private.

Tyreen was so sick of seeing his ass crack, she was the one who suggested the overly tight belt that became part of his outfit. All his pants that are the right length are far too wide in the waist for his narrow hips. He could just get fitted ones now, but the low slung waist line + belt combo is part of his look at this point.

Incredibly high pain tolerance for almost everything, says he barely felt the tattoos and genuinely means it. The constant pain from the bracer and damaged shoulder joint has let him numb to most other relatively low levels of pain.

Is an amazing kisser as long as what you enjoy is the threat of being consumed alive. Troy’s mouth is a self designed weapon, verbally and physically, and he’s never been in a position to learn to use it tenderly. Doesn’t let worshippers choose to kiss him when bedding them, and is aggressive with it if he chooses to kiss them.

Would love to learn how to be tender from someone who cared for him and he felt safe enough with to allow his persona to slip and be vulnerable with, but as the years go on and the God King becomes more in control, Troy has become resigned to the fact that it’s something he will never have.

Very self conscious about his hygiene and showers usually twice daily if he can. Everything on Pandora is covered in sweat and filth, and he can’t risk getting infections considering the amount of open ports along his body. Really enjoys scents and has a surprisingly large collection.

Gets highly irritated with public displays of affection. Intensely, soul crushingly envious.

This gets dangerous late God King era as he becomes more and more violent. People have learned to be extremely careful to not show affection to each other in viewing distance of him at all, or risk losing a limb. Or worse.

Sex drive only gets higher as time goes on. For the first few years he much preferred pleasuring himself rather than interacting with the squalid heaving masses of followers throwing their bodies at him, but by the time of the God King era in later COV years, he can’t stand touching himself anymore. He doesn’t want to touch his body, and the God King is more than happy to let others praise it nightly instead.

Sleeps with huge cushions he brushes off as being for comfort, but deep down he knows its because their weight and pressure helps him not feel so alone.

Squints a lot and is known for scowling, but it’s mostly due to terrible headaches, not eye sight issues or his mood. The dark eye makeup helps with the glare a little but he’s noticeably paler than his sister due to the bright sun causing them more often than not and him preferring to stay in the shade of indoors.

Has kept every single thing given to him out of kindness. Will keep sugar packets if someone brings him a coffee with one out of concern for him looking tired. If he feels it was done because they like him and not out of respect for his title, he will keep anything he’s been given.

Most of the people who gave him these tiny things he’s kept.. well.. they aren’t around anymore (no one he’s gotten to know well chooses to stay very long ).. but he still likes to look through them sometimes when he needs to be reminded he’s possible to like.

The collection looks like a little box of trash to anyone else, but bar his old jacket his father made for him out of one of his own that he still keeps hidden away, it’s probably his most treasured possession.

#troy calypso #calypso twins #borderlands #borderlands 3 #bl3 #my writing #my hcs

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“YOU KEEP STORING UP ALL THAT ANGER AND GRIEF. EVENTUALLY IT SPILLS OVER. OR YOU DROWN IN IT.”

— LEIGH BARDUGO

basics —

NAME: grant slade wilson ALIAS: ravager AFFILIATION: h.i.v.e. FACECLAIM: luke pasqualino AGE: 30 AGE OF DEATH: 19 FAMILY: slade wilson (father), adeline kane (mother, deceased), joseph wilson (younger brother), rose wilson (younger half-sister) MBTI: istp-a OCCUPATION: personal trainer, mercenary HAIR COLOR: dark brown EYE COLOR: blue HEIGHT: 6’2” SPECIES: metahuman

powers and special abilities —

ENHANCED MIND: able to utilize nine times more than a human’s full brain capacity for information processing and sorting, making his mind is virtually a computer built for strategy and problem-solving, one that works at optimal ability even when under stress and fatigue. using his superior problem-solving skills, grant can work out a battle ahead of time for many possibilities and predict enemy movements and tactics after the battle has engaged by recalling and utilizing memorized mannerisms acquired through past experience on a moment’s notice. he is also ingenious in devising solutions against superior aspects of opponents, can observe and exploit, and can calculate distance, speed, and time at lightning speeds; his sense of timing is superb, bordering on perfection.

ENHANCED REFLEXES: possesses enhanced reflexes. the speed at which he reacts allows him to dodge fast-moving projectiles such as arrows and bullets. he can usually out-react even the fastest humans, no matter how well-trained.

ENHANCED STRENGTH: his entire muscular system was hardened and strengthened, allowing grant to be “as strong as ten men”.

ENHANCED SPEED: able to run at speeds over 30mph.

ENHANCED STAMINA: can exert himself at peak capacity greater than any human could.

ENHANCED SENSES: his senses have been augmented to higher levels of ability. he can hear, see, and smell things better than a normal human.

REGENERATIVE HEALING: with an enhanced ability to heal damaged tissue, the rate at which grant’s body recovers from injury and capable of being repaired before death. as such, his body can take a tremendous amount of punishment before succumbing to death. simple gunshot and stab wounds, cuts, and broken bones can heal faster then normal. he was once impaled clean through his chest, and it did nothing but slow him down and cause great pain.

TOXIC IMMUNITY: his regenerative abilities have some affect on his body’s ability to process through harmful, foreign substances and he has become naturally immune to deadly poisons and illnesses.

HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT.

MASTER SWORDSMAN.

MASTER MARKSMAN.

TACTICAL ANALYSIS.

three headcanons —

i. grant was on the hockey team at his school growing up. he has always loved sports, becoming passionate about being out there on the ice. he ended up being great, rewarded with trophies and ribbons that his mother adeline proudly displayed in their living room. while his younger brother had been interested in art, grant was more on the athletic side. he loves watching football too, becoming a cincinnati bengals fan. adeline used to take him to games when they could afford it. these are childhood memories grant cherishes very much.

ii. many bones were broken while grant was a child. he was always getting into trouble such as jumping off of places he had no business climbing up on. grant would be sitting there with a smile on his face after getting a cast on his arm, while adeline would be stressing out about the fact he did this again, and joey asking him to stop hurting himself because he doesn’t like seeing him like that. once getting his powers less bones would get broken at the very least. sometimes grant would dig holes in their yard, and try to do dangerous stunts over them which also caused him to hurt himself. but he was just a kid, one who loves the outdoors a lot.

iii. grant taught himself how to pick locks! he practiced on their front door, tinkering with it for hours until making sense of the skill. he accidentally locked himself out once while trying to learn, and needed to master it before dinner. this became useful in adulthood when starting to be ravager more often than he thought it would. you never know when you’ll need to pick some locks.

four personality traits —

- vicious (grant enjoys violence and isn’t afraid to threaten someone he feels deserves it. in the past when allowed to carry weapons would be quick to pull a knife on someone who triggers him. now? he has to use his fists, but the cruel intentions are still there. this all stems from his short-temper. he has a soft side too, but this violent side is part of him too.)

- unstable (he could be described as being unbalanced, troubled, and deranged. grant is aware of this, but has always embraced it.)

+ confident (grant isn’t afraid to speak his mind, always preferring honesty over keeping secrets from those in his life. he likes public a speaking too, which might have to do with playing sports from such a young age. it made him unafraid and relaxed around large crowds.)

+ adaptable (he’s always able to adjust to new conditions placed in. this skill comes in handy when fighting is concerned — able to modify his techniques for any opponent.)

history —

grant slade wilson was the first born for slade wilson and adeline kane, making him the oldest of his siblings. he very fond of the outdoors as a child, always getting into something if you left him out there long enough to dig a hole or two. his parents shortly after this would being his younger brother joseph into the world — and despite being polar opposites there isn’t anything grant wouldn’t do for him. he would protect him when they were growing up and even does now too. he takes his role of being a big brother very seriously!

he pretty much idolizes his father, always preaching about how slade is the best dad there is to anyone that would listen. he loves his mother too, no doubt about being close to both of his parents, but always tried to spend as much time with his father when possible — who taught him how to shoot his first gun even!

the criminal organization known as H.I.V.E. offered to amplify grant’s abilities artificially. grant received powers and a costume reminiscent of his father’s and named himself the ravager. this all happened to him before the ban when grant was only fourteen.

he felt invincible due to his powers and started to live a proud life as a mercenary, wanting to make his father proud. grant was heading down the path of becoming a supervillain with each life that he took. this is what h.i.v.e. wanted all along from their creation. they keep an eye on him over the years, maintaining an interest in the boy.

he will end up dying while fighting the teen titans. he dies in his father’s arms after one of the tougher battles has been fought with the group of heroes. (keeping it vague to avoid god modding when it comes to who was there!) he was nineteen when all life left his body.

fast forward more than a decade to a few months ago.

his body is exhumed out of the grave his mother and father buried him in. this is done illegally.

brother blood resurrected the boy, making him appear the age he should have been if nothing ever happened to him — thirty years old. the priest held hopes to be able to control him to do what he requests. grant took the first opportunity to get out, grabbing his gear and running. he has a chance to reunite with his family and live again. he just hopes brother blood doesn’t come after him for betraying him with threats of taking away the life that was given back to him.

he has been dead for eleven years. which means he had been long gone when the ban was first introduced. he didn’t know about it until coming back to life and doing his own research. there is a lot of catching up to so on what has been missed the past eleven years. not just with politics, but with pop culture too and life in general. grant is going to do his best trying to follow the guidelines set in place by everything that is established now that there’s a second chance. who knows how well that will work out for him though being a wilson and all.

#starcintro #ɪғ ɪ ɢᴇᴛ sʜᴏᴛ ᴅᴏ ɪ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜʟʟᴇᴛ? [ MUSE ]#death tw #gun tw

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kriatyrr · 6 years

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The many ways in which Fallout 4 could have been better.

I’ve had so many ideas run across my mind that I have no hope of getting them all in writing, but some of the big ones..

During the opening, when your spouse goes into the cryopod in Vault 111, instead of merely waving to you, they could signal “I love you” in ASL. Your character mirrors the gesture and whispers “I love you too, hon.” Even if sign language never comes up in the game again. Just that little thing could mean so much to some players.

The intimidate perk could be used to resolve some situations peacefully. In Diamond city when that guy pulls a gun on his brother, thinking him a synth, you can pacify him if you have the perk - and nothing happens. The security goons don’t arrest him, they just stand around doing nothing and the encounter does not resolve until you put your gun away or walk away, where it resumes as scripted and security shoots him.

Not to mention in the Railroad ending... Haylen surrendered to me, and then Tinker Tom comes along and fucking murders her anyway. How awesome would it be if you could talk her into joining you, in order to reduce collateral damage. While you’re planting bombs on the Prydwen, Haylen rounds up the squires (+Emmet) and take them down to the ground and away from the blast radius. Or you could even tell Desdemona that no, we’re not blowing up the Prydwen, there are children on that ship. Your plan sucks and I will not do it until you come up with a better one. At least in the Institute ending they had some time to evacuate - the last thing I saw before being forcibly relayed away was Elder Maxson in power armor, running away.

Everyone has already mentioned actually fixing Danse’s dialogue post-Blind Betrayal. A redemption arc would be nice too. He doesn’t strike me as the type of hypocrite who would accept himself being a synth while still hating every other synth in the game.

You learn Danse’s synth designation, but you can’t do a damn thing about it. You can’t ask the Railroad about what happened (granted, they’d have a lot of personnel changes since 97 originally escaped, but Deacon at least was probably still around back then, or they might have records. Or maybe those were destroyed at the Switchboard)

You can’t ask anyone in the Institute. Not even Liam. Obviously he’s too young to have been involved back then, but he’s pretty good with computers, surely he could dig up information about old synth escapes.

you never actually get to see the intel that Quinlan decrypted. All you get to know is he was on the list of “missing or escaped” which Arthur Maxson can’t tell apart from “infiltrator unit” and they announce his synth designation to the entire division as if there is no risk of actual institute infiltrators who can then contact their superiors to get the recall code. So I get at this point that bringing Danse back isn’t an option, but surely there is no danger in Danse existing after the institute is destroyed. When Maxson tells you that we will never speak of this again, I wanted to tell him that I’ll obey that order until the institute is destroyed, but after the dust settles, we need to talk.

Or how about some delightfully awkward situations where BoS members see you with Danse and you run away instead of killing them. Have Maxson exposed as a liar. Undermine his authority. (They sure gave us a lot of fanfic fuel...)

How about being able to assign settlers to corpse disposal or general clean-up and slowly over time get rid of those trash piles that are everywhere and those infernal skeletons that you can’t even drag around. But no, we had to get a mod for that.

How about after getting rid of the raiders at Nuka World, they actually start wearing normal clothing and take off the damn shock collars and get someone to work in the radio station - it’s still on air, Red Eye just left the studio without turning anything off. I bet they meant for that guy in Cappy’s Cafe to take over and then just never finished it.

Also wouldn’t it be cool if you ran into Red Eye in a random encounter that could go many ways depending on what you say to him. I wanted to say I loved his station and it was the only thing I missed from before I killed everybody. Offer him a ton of caps to come back and work for me again.

If you let the raiders take over Commonwealth settlements before turning on them, they’ll randomly show up and try to kill you - again and again, long after you exterminated them at Nuka World. How do they keep getting new recruits when all their leaders are dead? How does the Brotherhood keep getting new vertibirds when they crash all the time? There are always more raiders. Where was this massive population when I was just thawing out? Encounters should get less frequent to reflect the dwindling population.

There is no sense of scarcity beyond the first few levels. Things respawn at a ridiculous rate. Just the other day I was picking up some scavenge, wandered into a different area, backtracked and went through the same area later the same day and everything had respawned. This is so upsetting to me. I want my efforts to mean something. I am cleaning up the commonwealth, one discarded beer bottle at a time, but all the clutter just keeps coming back! I hate it. I have yet to play a character who is a cannibal because I really can’t imagine needing to do that when the world is just full of food. I plant some crops and tell a settler to tend to them, and when I return a day or two later it’s ready for harvest.

Speaking of harvest, there are no seasons. The daylight hours don’t get longer in summer or shorter in winter, there is no sense of the passage of time, the date is just a string of numbers in your pip-boy with no meaning whatsoever, you get a quest and everything just waits on you, for months or years, Father doesn’t start to question your dedication to the Institute when you STILL haven’t relayed to Mass Fusion six months later, nor will he be a good boy and just die already from his rapidly progressing terminal illness, no he’s going to force you to kill nearly all of your friends before he’ll let you actually take over. Not that you get to do ANYTHING at all as Director. All you get is the institute power armor paint job and the ability to buy synth relay grenades. You don’t get to say “Oh by the way I’m abolishing slavery, have fun doing your own menial work from now on” (I keep thinking I’d be able to do more good for the synths as the leader for the institute than I ever could with the railroad) and why can’t I tell Desdemona to go deeper underground and I can just tell Father they had already left when he sent me there to kill them. Why can’t I tell Elder Maxson to go back to the Capital Wasteland because literally no one in the commonwealth wants him there. We have the Minutemen to defend the settlements and the Railroad to fight the institute and all he’s doing is making things worse.

And let MacCready stop being such a deadbeat dad and bring his son to live with us in the Commonwealth.

I loved the Far Harbor DLC, but it was so disappointing that none of the companions other than Nick had any new voice lines.

Why can’t I bring my romanced companion to the Memory Den for a date in a simulation of the pre-war era? Danse would love that, I’m sure..

why can’t I pet cats? Why didn’t Bethesda spend a quarter of the effort they did on dog animations on making cats look more realistic. They should be napping on beds and chairs, rubbing up against settlers’ legs and tripping them and interacting with their environment too. Have you seen the animation that passes for a cat’s yawn? The first time I saw it, I thought Ashes was about to throw up a giant hair ball.

If you are caught pickpocketing, that’s it, game over. Diamond City Security doesn’t try to arrest you, it’s shoot to kill. Same in the institute. I’m sorry to say it, but that was something Skyrim did better.

why can’t you romance non-companions like in Skyrim? I want to marry Arturo Rodriguez and be Nina’s step parent.

Synth relay grenades should not work after blowing up the Institute.

The AI should not fall off things quite so often. I should not go through an entire Research Patrol assignment for the Brotherhood only to have the Scribe I’m escorting fall to their death when I take the vertibird up to the Prydwen.

When an enemy panics and decides to run away, they should keep running and not turn around and go right back to trying to kill me seven seconds later.

my companion should not be quite so bloodthirsty. They should not attack a fleeing enemy, particularly a civilian like the institute scientists.

Every companion shouldn’t have all the same animations. Preston should not inhale Jet if you linger around on the top floor of Drug Den. Curie should not smoke.

The companions should have preferences as to what food they prefer to eat, which chems they take or under which circumstances. I gave Danse a whole bunch of different stuff to see what he’d use, and the first time I got in a fight he had taken med-x and berry mentats (fun fact: your companion takes berry mentats and you see the pink haze). You’d think Yao Guai ribs were his favorite things to eat, but no, it’s just that the AI will favor taking anything with damage reduction. Other companions do the same. Synths will not favor Fancy Lads Snack Cakes. Little things like that would have made the game so much more fun to me.

Damn it there should have been a terminal with journal entries in Danse’s quarters on the Prydwen. Or he should have continued to update his terminal at the Cambridge Police Station. Maybe wash his face once in a while after the Prydwen arrives.

You should be able to give people caps. I hate how caps only flow one way in the game. You can take your settlers’ measly pocket change, but you can’t pay them for working for you. You buy property in Diamond City but you never pay taxes or utilities. (that might help with the sense of passage of time).

You build a peaceful utopia at your settlements, but your settlers never form relationships or start having kids now that it’s finally safe to do so. The world could feel a lot more real. (I mean I love how absurd it is, but absurdity and realism can coexist, I promise)

“Crop’s been growing pretty good lately” - there’s never any crop failure, or natural disasters making food a scarcity. Rad storms don’t affect anyone but you, and people will not seek shelter.

Nick and Ada remind you that they don’t need to eat or sleep or anything, but neither does any other companion. I mean I guess they’re adults who can take care of their own basic needs, but they don’t have any money of their own unless you specifically tell them to pick up caps you find.

You never find out where Danse got that lovely suit of X-01 power armor from.

Hate me for this long post yet? I’m not even done but this’ll do for now. Uh, how do I do a Read More thing again?

#fallout 4 rant #paladin danse #damned respawn

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HSJ as Courtesans (AU)

( Note: May seem a little random, I know. But, I LOVE otome games and I remembered this mobile game I sometimes play; D3 Publisher’s Gyakuten Yoshiwara. It’s a game where the player visits one of several male courtesans nearly every night and she ends up falling in love with the one she picks -- now, she has to buy his freedom or the courtesan must pay off his own debt in order for them to get married. Anyway, enjoy the headcanons! -- Mod L )

Ryosuke:

The number one ranking courtesan the red light district has to offer. Due to his extreme popularity, he’s a terribly hard courtesan to schedule and his price is the highest they come for just one night. He takes it all in stride, however, never complaining even once about his line of work or the clients. In first impressions, he’s more than cordial, respectful, and even somewhat shy -- although, to the people that he’s comfortable with, he’s known to have a sailor’s mouth and be bullishly dominating. Even to his close friends.

Voluntarily became a courtesan in order to support his large family, and many speak of the wonders that Ryosuke has bought for them. A house in the mainland, comfortable living, all on top of the debt that many believe he’s close to paying off any day now. As a result, the district manager has him training new hires to someday pick his successor.

Yuto:

The second most popular courtesan in the district, although that popularity noticeably wained after a recent scandal; in which others thought he planned to run away with a married, much older, woman. He adamantly denies the accusations, although admits that he did see the woman outside of the district. Still, he hopes to gain back double what he lost and once again become a suitable rival for Ryosuke. Ever happy and smiling, that smile won’t be wiped off with false rumors.

His family sold him off to the district in order to become debt free -- placing a new debt on Yuto’s shoulders instead. He came in the same time as Ryosuke and has become what many would call a jack of all trades. Word has it that his always smiling face hides someone completely opposite of what he shows himself to be.

Chinen:

The favored protege of Ryosuke, always somewhere near the man and not yet debuted in the district. Though he’s already a young man in his early twenties, twenty the normal age of debut, the district is in awe at his quick ability to learn and believe he should take on clients soon. Some believe he is a courtesan from another district, sold away to make ends meet in hard times, but the district manager swears that Chinen is simply a natural. Two years into his stay, he has grown to be loved by the customers and other courtesans alike; spoiled rotten by the gifts many give him in exchange for not being able to rent him for a night. He certainly doesn’t complain. In fact, he doesn’t talk much at all if there’s no money or gifts involved.

Voluntarily sold himself in order to help pay for his older sister’s medical bills. He attempted working odd jobs around the island, but many just told him he would bring in more finance working for a brothel. So, he did.

Keito:

Often the subject of teasing from other courtesans, as this man is prone to his awkward moments. Also known to be quite clueless in some areas, despite his years of being part of the district. It’s a running joke that Keito has the most stamina of the bunch, though one would have to put up with all of the previously stated. Despite his shortcomings, the young man still manages to carry in his fair share of customers and most -- if not all -- come out happy in some way or the other. He’s also seen around Ryosuke often, though not for tips but because the two are close friends.

Has little recollection of what exactly brought him to the district, but he knows that he came there alone, deathly ill, and was nursed back to health. The doctor told him that he was orphaned and that the district manager would take him in, in return for becoming a courtesan. Although, Keito has a few memories of his father left and he knows the man didn’t just abandon him. Hopes to find and reunite with him once his debt is paid.

Daiki:

The delight of the whole district. There’s no moodmaker quite like Daiki and his high popularity is a testament to that. Many don’t truly take the man seriously, due to his playful features and youthful attitude. How can one believe such a man is going to seduce them by the end of the night when he has them laughing all the while? Still, the numbers don’t lie and Daiki ranks just under Yuto in the top three courtesans of the district. He swears that he’ll show clients his manly side in the end. Just have fun during the ride, alright?

He is yet another courtesan who was sold in order to pay off a family debt, although rumor has it that he has an older brother who was supposed to be sold but ended up falling in love. People speculate that, in order for his brother not to suffer, Daiki offered himself instead.

Inoo:

Renown for his ‘cuteness’, Inoo recently rose to being a top seller in the district -- though, not quite as high as the top three. Upon first coming in, no one thought Inoo would last long in such a life; as he valued love and someday beginning his own family far too much for the average prostitute. Such dreams were far and often considered stupid, since no one would want ‘used goods’ to start a family with. Let alone marry. Scold him they may, Inoo still holds those same values today and patiently waits to pay off his debt and start a whole new life with a chance at love.

Sold off by his unmarried mother purely for extra money. Such was and is the life for many bastard children, like Inoo was, and his story isn’t uncommon in the red light district.

Hikaru:

Not the biggest money maker, but with a comfortable and steady clientele, Hikaru is another moodmaker among the bunch. He’s like a wake up call, a vitamin to take for needed energy. A night with him is never a night wasted and there’s always a smile on his clients’ faces. He’s healing, many would say. It is often that the courtesan gets those who are in rough places of their lives and seek to be cheered up, which Hikaru is good at doing. In his spare time, however, he’s often noted for being withdrawn and reserved. Such a flamboyant life for an honestly timid soul can be draining.

Initially sold to pay off his father’s gambling debt, though sends money to his newly widowed sister and her children in order for them to live comfortably. Recently, she’s stopped taking the money in order for him to finally pay off his debt.

Yuya:

Known for his womanly tendencies, but don’t get get mistaken; any courtesan will tell you that Yuya is truly masculine and carnivorous. He knows his way around a woman and the years that he’s spent in the red light district haven’t gone over his head. He’s experienced and has one of the best rates of clients who come back for more. Some don’t know why. To them, he seems aloof and uncaring. Certainly a courtesan for the masochists out there. But, that’s simply his persona. A rouse. To everyone else, he’s kind and that shows with time. Recurring clients know the truth, and people who actually know Yuya know even more.

Born to a female courtesan and taken from her arms at birth. He was raised in an orphanage until it came time for his training. This life is all that he knows.

Yabu:

The man who serves as the second in command to the district manager. Yabu is being groomed for the very position once his predecessor decides to retire and, because of that, had long ago decided to stay, even when his debt is paid off. He watches over everyone and makes sure that everything is running smoothly. Honestly, he doesn’t even take clients anymore and, if he does, it’s for mutual pleasure. Many envy him, wondering how he can bring himself to stay in such a lifestyle and also of his debt free obligations. Although, none can hate him, as Yabu is reliable and always quick to turn a soft gaze where the manager turns a hard glare.

Used to be no more than an urchin, running with a small gang and living off whatever they could find. One day, he stole from a high ranking courtesan and ended up caught, faced with either being placed in an orphanage or put in the courtesan’s debt as a servant. Eventually, he became their protege.

#hey say jump #hey! say! jump #yamada ryosuke #nakajima yuto #chinen yuri #okamoto keito #arioka daiki #inoo kei #takaki yuya #yaotome hikaru #yabu kota #mod l #headcanons

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Things I Enjoyed This Week

Hello Again. Hope you’re having a good weekend! Here’s some things I watched/listened/obsessed over this week. This week I’m going to try to be a little more thorough on what each piece of content contains this time.

Main Fixation

Banana Fish

This is going to be here for the next 30 weeks and I don’t know what to tell you. Oh wait I do have something to say that I probably can’t sneak into the Eiji and Ash post I’m doing (hopefully it’ll be done by Tuesday.)

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW HORRENDOUS OF A POKER FACE EIJI HAS WHEN TALKING TO IBE.

“Oh, I will,” he says casually with his eyes bulging out of his sockets. I loved Eiji in the manga and I’m loving Eiji in the anime and frames like this really say a thousand words about him. I have a more depressing image that also says a thousand words but I’ll put that on a solo post later tomorrow.

Videos

Cooking With Twinkies! by brutalmoose

contains food products including sweets such as twinkies, ice cream and cookies, condiments, cooked and uncooked sausage and hot dogs, as well as a man cooking and eating said food.

Brutalmoose’s videos are always a treat to see, whether he’s making frozen dinners, cooking weird recipes, watching old tv or television movies, or playing far off video games. This one is him dressed in a mustard twinkie suit making food...using twinkies. The art is in the editing hon. And by that I mean it’s odd.

Down the Rabbit Hole by Fredrik Knudsen

contains disturbing information regarding things ranging from cult-like activity to mental illness to online abuse to attempted murder and suicide. viewer discretion is advised.

Hey hi I accidentally binge-watched this whole playlist. It’s documentary-like video series describing strange, often disturbing events ranging from events involving content creators to historical events like the plague. What makes this series work I think is how the narrator acts completely separate from the events, only giving information in order to allow you to draw your own conclusion.

Arthur Games #2! by PeanutButterGamer

contain bits of video made to make Arthur and its characters disturbing. some edits are disjointed and a little off-putting

Another video that relies on odd editing. These videos range from funny to slightly surreal. It’s about Arthur games...based on Arthur. The only episode I remember watching of Arthur is the one where he broke a glass bird by accident, and then one where his sister wanted to wish on a shooting star...I don't know I put in here because I watched it okay?

Examining the Yaoi BL Genre by GoatJesus

contains discussion of sexual assault, homophobia and sexism along with showing episodes that include sexual assault.

I almost removed this because there are some opinions GoatJesus has that I heavily disagree with. However when it comes to this video in particular GoatJesus is very on point, so I feel like since I keep running into posts declaring they hate Yaoi (sometimes while putting any content with seemingly non-straight undertones into that category,) and then others justifying their love of Yaoi (but not...real LGDTQ+ people and the stories they write cough cough) by declaring some nonsensical reasoning like yaoi was before gay culture (which is...uhuh. sure. okay.) I think it’s important to have more videos like this that are clear and honest on how they feel about this topic.

The Shape of Ableism: How We Restrict Disabled and Disfigured Stories by The Princess and the Scrivener

contains discussion of mental and physical disabilities, ableism, prejudice, racism, sexism and how film portrays these topics with examples from The Elephant Man, Wonder, Me Before You, and The Shape of Water, among others.

The way Scrivener discusses topics and her response to “critical” comments speak to me on this personal level it’s like she’s in my head and now I weirded myself out so if you want to see a proper look at the mistreatment and lack of disabled casting in films check this one out.

Are Rules Made to Be Broken? | Philosophy Tube by Philosophy Tube

contains discussions on politics, activism, philosophy, racism and discriminatory laws

An quickie on why rules are made to be broken...not much else to say the title speaks for itself. Short and sweet.

So I Installed 30+ Mods Onto Darkest Dungeon... and VAMPYRBORNE by Indeimaus

contains video game blood, violence and murder. also swearing.

Whenever I’m interested in a game but don’t have a big wallet I usually look at a good playthrough of it. However ever since I discovered Indeimaus I suddenly can’t imagine going through 30+ hours of a playthrough unless its someone I really like, because Indeimaus usually makes a single video that chronicles his experience playing through the game.

Gator Ate My Camera! and BIG PIG PARTY! by Brave Wilderness

first video contains live gators in a feeding frenzy and raw meat. second video contains pigs, chickens, organic cake (safe for animals to eat), birthday décor and Coyote eating a piece of the cake after dropping it on the dirt.

PIG PARTY! GATOR PARTY! Brave Wilderness videos are always a nice treat to watch when I feel I stopped in my tracks. When I’m lying down not sleeping I usually watch some Brave Wilderness videos until I go to sleep. Coyote’s love for creatures big and small is infectious.

Power Rangers (2017) - Deep Dive by FilmJoy

contains people eating oreo cookies and watching a movie. people chatting and having a good time on a couch and pausing to talk in front of the camera. movies watching parts are set in black-and-white.

Deep Dive is a series that strives to see the joy in movies that are...not conventionally joyful. They’re great if you’re tired of reviews that are essentially “this movie SUCKS” for 15-30 minutes and instead want to see someone at least try to find the good in even things that are atrocious. This time though they watched a movie that was...kinda actually good? All of them are surprised by this.

Klonoa: The Saddest Game Ever Made (Analysis/Tribute) - ChaseFace ...by ChaseFace

contains story beats to the first klonoa game, which deals with destruction, loss, deceit, and other themes, but its not gory or “adult” in any capacity.

Wh-what? Why would I be sad about this game? I never played it! I have no reason to cry about this cutesy game about friendship and dreams. N-nope! D-didn’t cry at alllllllll-aaaaaaaaaagh *gross sobbing*

Podcasts

Waypoint - Captain Toad's Wild Ride and No Man's Guy

contains discussion on toxic behavior in gaming communities (including mention of a bomb threat to a game creator) and the culture and issues of gaming development and publishing, along with brief asides to politics.

This week Waypoint discuss how good Captain Toad is among other Switch Games, and then goes into a details discussion on what happened to No Man’s Sky, including the visceral reactions to it.

Oh No, Ross and Carrie! - Ross and Carrie Traverse Flat Earth (Part 7): The Jeran Campanella Interview

contains skepticism of modern science, religion (focusing on catholic,) atheism and the flat-earther movement

Ross and Carrie take a break from the out-of-body club to interview a flat-earther on his experience in becoming one.

Wonderful! - Wonderful! Ep. 43: Davey Coolstool’s Math Poetry

contains a married couple being in love

Wonderful is a couple who used to do a Bachelor Podcast called Rose Buddies, but after the show got to a point where the couple decided they didn’t want to encourage anyone to watch the show they moved on to just a podcast talking about things they think are wonderful. Saccharine sweet and positive, will probably lull you to sleep.

The Worst Bestsellers - Episode 102 – Ramona and Her Mother

contains childhood nostalgia, memories, and family issues

The Worst Bestseller are ladies who go through...the worst bestsellers, from Warriors (LIES) to Fifty Shades of Grey. But PLOTWIST - They talk about a book they actually love this time with Ramona and Her Mother, which seems to understand the small struggles of being a young kid that are still applicable today as they were in the seventies.

Let's Fight a Boss - Ep 79: Willy-Banilly

contains swearing and some dark humor. also contain irish funeral arrangements.

A group of friend poke fun at each other while talking about what they watched/read, what they played, games news and emails. They’re usually two hours long but sometimes less or more depending on the topics. They can be very frank about what they like and dislike which might throw people off, but I respect them for still being good people. Its hard for me to get differing opinions that aren’t attached to more toxic behavior, so its nice to be able to enjoy a podcast that’s still respectful.

That’s it for this week. Take care!

#my stuff #things i enjoyed this week #banana fish #books #video games #food #podcasts

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