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fishyfishyfishtimes · 3 months

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🐟 Fishuary 2024 Day Two: Salmonid 🐟

The humble (and hungry) rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss! I wanted to draw one as I will be conducting research on rainbow trout during this year, no doubt I will get very familiar with them :]

I also have a version without the thick outline. I don't usually do it (because usually I draw linelessly), which way looks better?

@fish-daily

#heart-shaped tail fin because they are called O. mykiss <33 #its a sweet name! so far my experience with the fishes has been rather pleasant too so i hope that streak continues #i and my partner will be conducting research to see how the performance of the rainbow trout is impacted based on its water conditions #im SOOOO EXCITED FOR IT eeeee-!!!!#fish #rainbow trout #trout #art #my art #fishuary2024 #salmonid

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politemagic · 11 days

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hey gang if you're in the market for some new ambient, "naturey" metal music, might i suggest checking out the band til fauna?

they're a small band & they've only got 3 songs out now but they're working on a full album! i'm really digging their music so far and i'm excited to see what else they release!! breathe is my fav right now, but honestly all of the songs are good. (also i followed them on instagram and they messaged me to thank me for listening and gang i went 🥺 i think they're really good please listen to them🖤)

#if any of you actually listen to them please let me know!!! i would love to hear what you think #i discovered them literally an hour ago but they FUCK okay??#they're based not too far from me and i'm hoping that if they start playing shows i can go to support!!! i think that would be sick #also lowkey trying to hype myself up to reach out to them about trying to do some video/photo work for them in the future #because that would be so fucking sick & a goddamn DREAM but i feel like its so silly like i'm sure they could do better than my amateur ass #(i say amateur like i don't literally have a mass communications degree in film & professional experience. it's just not in music)#but idk you never know unless you ask or whatever but ohhhhh that would be too much. don't think i can do it.#em's tasty tunes #Spotify #til fauna

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mikkokomori · 3 months

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I'm debating on making one of my Omori AUs into a fanfic at long last, but idk if I'll have the motivation to finish it, but I still want to get it out there? Any thoughts and advice you might have? - Repressed!AU Anon

Ahh, I'm a fairly bad person to go to for advice on fics specifically because of the fact I tend to immediately drop it and delete it ^^'

But!!!! I will say that there is a small method I believe could work since I've been testing it out for a little, and it's been doing okay for me! That is, try to write only one chapter.

It doesn't have to have an ending, nor does it have to be the longest one chapter fic in existence. Just one chapter with the basic gist of the concept you want to work on. After that, if you want you can post it up on any writing website and mark is as complete and see how well it goes with readers, or! You can continue to privately write and not post it until you believe you've reached the end of the fic and then post it up online.

I use the former, and it works better for me than it does the latter. I'll often leave it up and then wait for readers to check it out and see how their reaction to it fairs-- often times, it gives me opportunity to see if they like it and figure out what exactly it is that caught their attention and expand on that. While I do believe this could work better with oneshot series, it's still the better option if you're as impatient as I am when it comes to writing stories (as well as being able to give you a confidence boost and motivation at the same time!)

On the other hand, I have seen some people (I do believe even an anon has popped in saying this) that will write the whole fic down first and then later on upload it, either all of chapters in one go or scheduling when to update them. If you're a patient enough person to write everything down, then you should take this approach, especially if it's supposed to be an AU or original scenario for post-endings that you want to do that have no base to work off on. Though it really depends on how focused and dedicated you are to the fic to be able to finish it all (especially knowing some people have a hard time getting motivated in the middle of it and can put it off for months at a time!).

Of course, this is just entirely based off of my own experiences throughout the years I've been a small fic writer! While most of my fics I have deleted (mostly out of sheer embarrassment lol), I do think that there really is no one way to go about writing a story, and sometimes writing on the go, while the most likely to be left unfinished, is often the best way to go! Considering you can get a lot of feedback from readers, and it is often how writers are able to go far with their stories because of it!

#sorry if nothing made sense i am not very smart in giving advice or anything since i feel like #most of the time im just rambling random nonsense #i only offer things that i know have worked for me so far based on experience and not on “what is correct and incorrect”#ofc im a very absentminded person who dissociates a lot so a lot of my own methods are based on focusing what others like #since i tend to value other peoples opinions its usually my way of staying grounded and focused on the story im writing #ofc this may not work for you since not everyone has the same difficulty on gaining motivation and focus!!!!#anon asks #repressed au anon #miko talks

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waywardsalt · 1 year

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my grievances with botw

Breath of the Wild is... undeniably a fantastic game, but it is very genuinely not the kind of game I like, and since I started playing it I’ve been enjoying it less and less so... I have a pair of problems with it that I’d figure I’d go into, as well as some stuff that, while weak in botw, were executed better in past loz games.

(small shoutout to @zeldanamikaze for encouraging this and having some points that i agree with and had some examples that i hadn’t thought about much initially)

Again, Breath of the Wild is an objectively impressive game, and I’m not trying to sit here and convince you that it’s a bad game. I’m just trying to point out things that detracted from my enjoyment of it, especially compared to my enjoyment of other Zelda games.

Before I get into the big stuff, I’ll just shoot off some quick little things that I think could’ve been improved:

- The dungeons generally felt like glorified shrines, and while they had cool mechanics and ways to access them, they were short and more or less pretty simple and all have similar visual and musical identities.

- Side quests and their rewards didn’t feel worth doing half of the time. I barely remember any notable ones off the top of my head and the longer ones just gave mostly generic rewards, which I suppose makes sense considering the limited amount of truly unique items in botw.

- Seeing the same enemies over and over again made the combat feel more like a chore than something to really engage with, not to mention that there is hardly any difficulty scaling beyond just making the enemies more durable.

- The story is fine, but in my experience, even seeing people go into more detail about the meanings of events, I never really cared for the events or the characters presented, since you don’t actually have to directly interact with any of that to play the game. Hell, you don’t even need to interact with the story at all to beat it, so the focus certainly doesn’t feel like it’s on the story.

- It would be a lie to call the soundtrack bad, but it’s sparse usage makes it hard to truly appreciate and the fact that most of it is meant to be more atmospheric generally makes them a bit less interesting to listen to on their own, though I will admit there are some fantastic tracks in botw, usually being some of the boss themes.

- While the Sheikah slate runes are cool, they feel very bland after a while, especially compared to the varied items seen in previous games. They’re good tools for an open world, but not much fun otherwise (the bombs were good though, since they had a variety of uses).

And that’s the quick stuff- again, mostly courtesy of @zeldanamikaze, since these are the examples I’ve seen her mention.

I have two big points that kind of encapsulate why I dislike this game and still adore the older games, that being: the minigames and the items and their relationships to dungeons.

Breath of the Wild is a very different game than what came past it, and I am very aware that it is a vast departure from those other games for a reason. However, this leads me to view it not only simply as a game not up my alley, but also as kind of inferior in some aspect to those previous Zelda games. Breath of the World is first and foremost an open world game, seemingly putting a focus on gameplay enjoyment above all else (not to imply that the ‘else’ is bad because of this, but I do think that the ‘else’ suffers in comparison to other Zelda titles.)

It may also be worth mentioning that the other Zelda games I have played is the following: LoZ NES, Link’s Awakening (Original and Remake), Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Phantom Hourlgass, Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, and Triforce Heroes. I have also played both hyrule warriors games as well as loz 2, wind waker, and minish cap, none of the latter 3 i have finished or currently have access to.

1: The Minigames

Minigames are common in Zelda games, so of course botw has a few scattered around it’s world. Botw’s minigames are very different than the minigames seen in past Zelda games, mostly due in part to the limited array of items and unique gameplay gimmicks available in botw. Botw’s minigames usually focus on different forms of archery, gliding, or rune usage: all things integral to normal gameplay. At best you get rupees or cosmetic items from most minigames.

Botw’s minigames are just slightly altered situations of normal gameplay. The bowling is just using stasis except this time the game has a special little arena for it. Pretty much all of the archery games are either just counting how many deer you can kill or if you can just hit some targets on horseback. There’s one race I can think of and one gliding activity I can think of.

This makes sense, considering that there are a handful of other non-minigame activities to engage in, but these minigames feel... hollow. None of the minigames feature gameplay exclusive to those minigames or feature gameplay only used in certain parts of the game. They all make use of readily available mechanics in botw, so they’re like tests of skill- but otherwise not really any worth giving a second-thought unless you want to see how good of a glider or archer you are or grab some extra rupees.

But they aren’t very... worth it or generally fun within the context of botw. It’s just another way to do something that is available to you pretty much all game. They don’t feel unique, they just feel like a task.

Previous Zelda games (obviously) have archery minigames and allow you to use archery when you get the bow and from that point onward. And yet the archery minigames are made unique from the rest of the archery in the game; ocarina of time’s archery minigame is simply just shooting at targets, but the possible rewards and the simple fact that not often are you going to be continuously shooting arrows at enemies make it a bit of a novel experience within oot. The minigames in past zelda games take advantage of the items and area-specific mechanics: they usually include item-exclusive mechanics like bombchu games, or take advantage of more specific mechanics, like the minecarts in skyward sword, the masks in majora’s mask, or being able to control gongoron in phantom hourglass.

They also gave genuine rewards- empty bottles, quest items, ship parts, new masks, heart containers or pieces, kinds of stuff that are hard to get and very valuable. They’re worth doing for reasons outside of just a little activity. The minigames in other Zelda games do really enhance the experience by taking advantage of situational mechanics or giving a unique usage for some items.

You can probably get every item in botw without playing all of the minigames. They have little actual purpose. But in other zelda games, they have a purpose in the greater game and provide novel experiences within the game.

2: Items and their relationships with the dungeons

Obviously, compared to past games, botw’s ‘dungeons’ kind of sucked. They’re fine in a vacuum, with interesting gimmicks and the like, but they’re really little more than glorified shrines with four different-but-similar bosses at the end.

In my opinion, one of reasons why the divine beasts just... fell flat compared to other zelda dungeons is the lack of unique items in general. The runes in botw are cool and useful but you get them at the start of the game and never get anything new. You are give every tool you need to beat all of the dungeons the moment you finish the tutorial.

Older zelda games’ dungeons being tied to their respective items is a big part- to me- of what makes those dungeons so good.

Obviously, the theming, musical themes, and larger layouts and more varied puzzles make them objectively better experiences, but the way they interact with item acquisition makes the whole thing even better.

Even in a link between worlds, where you can get every item whenever you want from Ravio, each dungeon is still tied to one of those items, and one of those items is needed to successfully complete that dungeon.

The dungeons in past Zelda games are practically complex tutorials on how you can use your new items. They are where those items shine and they are designed so that those items are used to their fullest potential within. And then you must then use that item to defeat that dungeon’s boss, and you usually have no chance of beating that boss if you don’t make use of the dungeon’s associated item. It’s like a final test for the item, seeing if you know how it works enough to complete the dungeon and use it against a boss’s weaknesses.

The most recent example, and probably one of the best, is needing to use the whip to tear off koloktos’ arms in the ancient cistern, but the classic scenario of the bombs for king dodongo works well enough, and the bosses of majora’s mask requiring you to understand how the transformation masks work. There are definitely some bosses that require no use of dungeon items (moldorm in the tower of hera, either ghirahim fights), but the item’s usage is still showcased prominently in their dungeons.

Outside of the dungeons, too, the progressive acquisition of items makes more areas and secrets available to you, giving a much more palpable sense of progression through those games’ worlds.

In botw, you get every tool the moment you are released into the rest of hyrule, so while figuring out what to do with those tools can be fun, the sense of progression is dampened by having every item from the start and nothing you gain beyond that being needed for anything aside from a nice little ability to make things easier.

I’m not really too sure exactly why I never found botw fun the way everyone else does, but I think lackluster minigames and the general lack of items that aid a sense of progression are parts of it.

#loz #legend of zelda #botw #salty talks #i feel like im swinging at a hornets nest by suggesting that this game isn't perfect #cuz everywhere you look this game is praised incessantly while its like. i think its fine at best tbh #because it's really not to my tastes #i highly prefer the experience that the other loz games provide and botw dropped off for me while i still enjoy those games #like. open world games arent really my thing and a game packed to the gills with just as much shit as possible is a major turn off for me #this was going to have three points but playing totk exhausted me mentally and i dont really care any more. i dont find these games fun #the tutorial islands felt tedious after a bit and like. idk. good game but i have yet to find myself actually having fun with it #it kinda feels like its fun in concept but the fact that it doesnt necessarily feel got to play to me and progress is slow and based on #like. slow exploration? its fine but its not something i actually enjoy. its not teh difficulty bc i like elden ring and hades n stuff #like. i have more fun with ph than totk. idk. playing totk was like. entertaining? but it kinda ust felt hollow to me #granted i just like. unlocked the first tower and did some shrines but like. idk. good game. i don't think i actually like it too much #i really think these two points kind of maybe explain why these games just fail to click with me #things in older zelda games have specific purposes and can be more situational than pretty much anything in botw/totk so far #it feels. better. to find an item that fits a specific purpose in older loz games. they're more gimmicky.#i feel that open world games (similar to botw/totk) are dragged down by the sheer freedom they allow to me at least #there's too much to do and you're allowed to do whatever so it all feels kind of. standard theres not much purpose to it #the tedium of botw/totk is much more grating than the tedium i experience in skyward sword's lanayru desert #because you HAVE to go through and figure out lanayru desert to continue the story get new items find new dungeons #botw/totk you kinda just get some items and maybe a lackluster quest or some fucking environment thing #long post #idk. im not too far into totk while writing this but rn in a weird way it and botw feel empty to me in a way i cant express #i enjoyed botw at first but after beating it and all it just felt kinda boring and unsatisfying to replay

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wayward-sherlock · 10 months

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Karen Wheeler was one of the many people that Joyce Byers helped during her days working as a domestic dispute center volunteer (Mike was often brought along and got introduced to Will, Joyce’s shy son)

years later, after the sudden death of Joyce (due to a super-villain related attack), Karen and Mike show up at her funeral. Karen tells Will that Joyce changed her life and got her out of a toxic marriage and saved the family that she wanted.

Mike sits in silence with Will as they both mourn the amazing woman that Joyce was. they’ve stayed connected throughout the years, if only virtually, but Will still feels like Mike knows him better than anyone (except for the fact that he’s spiderman). it’s why he lets Mike comfort him at the gravestone of his mom.

#wayli’s feeling sad today. sorry guys.#spiderman au has been swirling in my head for weeks and somehow this is the best thing that’s come from it so far.#slightly based on irl experiences. sigh #🫧🪴#byler #stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler #wayli writes #spider will #mj mike wheeler #💛💙#🕸️#angst #cw domestic violence #sort of not really #but just to be safe #i may…continue more of this later #realized i can do more than one spiderman au while tagging this hooooly crap

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modwyr · 6 months

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awake and still thinking about tyranny but i love how hard it is to be a good person not just mechanically but there are so many choices and factors that seem like they're there to make you trip, all while giving you enough room that you can insist to yourself that you're being good even as you assist the conquest, then that room gets smaller and smaller until you realise you're not being a good guy

#based entirely off my experience so far #i was like ooh i'll help the rebels as much as i can #and now im like fully in a disfavored playthrough and most of the rebels think im the worst #caoimhe plays tyranny

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applejuiceyjuice-art · 1 year

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twitter and tumblr started out pale, both ended up with vacillating pitch-pale crushes on reddit somewhere down the line and are now pitch for each other. the quadrant dynamics are mapped out in my brain

dude. yes exactly

reddit criticizes everyone but is also cring in his own way so idk if anybody would wanna be in a quadrant w them now

#ask #socialstuck #i haven’t thought abt it that much so far #i have very little experience on social media #i mostly based my ideas on how users of the site act and how the site functions

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