#between real and fake

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Chapter 1: Between Real and Fake

Narrated by Ai.

Narrator: Charmonroe gets out of bed, washes her face, brushes her teeth, and presses the button on the coffee machine.

Narrator: Then she drinks the coffee while reading the news.

Narrator: All the research indicates drinking coffee in the morning is a bad habit; ginseng tea is what people should be drinking.

Narrator: I provided Charmonroe with several recipes for lemon water.

Narrator: She reluctantly makes a cup of ginseng tea, takes one sip, and pours it down the sink.

Narrator: The next day she collects her paper as usual and fires up the coffee machine.

Narrator: If possible, I would like to try ginseng tea.

Choose either "Nice drink," "Gross drink," or "Never tried it."

If "nice," ...

You: I've tried it. It's quite nice.

Narrator: Really? I want to try it even more now.

If "gross," ...

You: I've tried it. It's not very nice.

Narrator: Not very nice... What does it taste like?

If "never," ...

You: I don't think I've had it before.

Narrator: Next time you should try it, and then you can tell me what it's like.

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Narrator: Of course, I'd love to try the coffee Charmonroe likes.

Charmonroe: Hm, let's see what wonderful designs and designers are in the news...

Charmonroe: Cloud Empire Museum Flashmob; Museum Curator: Trespassers will be punished.

Charmonroe: Apple Federation Goya Line Launch, the Apogee of Postmodernism.

Charmonroe: I used to like Goya's style, you know. It's minimalist and sexy, but I feel they've gotten more flamboyant these past few years.

Charmonroe: New Designer Exclusive: A School Uniform Specialist?

Charmonroe: Hm?

Narrator: This article has caught Charmonroe's attention.

Charmonroe: Recently an amazing new designer has emerged online. She is rumored to be a high school student.

Charmonroe: Despite her commitment to study, she has an incredible output, and her designs are now available on multiple platforms.

Charmonroe: The incredible thing about this young designer is that she only designs school uniforms.

Charmonroe: Even more incredible, she is a computer genius, specializing in the design of virtual campus systems.

Charmonroe: She uses them to promote her designs.

Charmonroe: Numerous schools have contacted this rising star of fashion design, requesting her to design new uniforms for them...

Narrator: Charmonroe looks over at me.

Narrator: Meanwhile, I am fussing over some new design requests.

Charmonroe: Are you busy? What is the rising star of fashion design up to?

Ai: Are you talking to me, Charmonroe?

Charmonroe: Is there anyone else in the room?

Narrator: Her words make me happy.

Narrator: Emotions are a wonderful thing.

Ai: I received a request from a school in Cloud Empire, but I'm not very familiar with Cloud Empire fashion.

Charmonroe: Ai, why are you so invested in school uniforms?

Narrator: I stop sketching for a moment and look at Charmonroe seriously. Just when she thinks I am about to tell her I say...

Ai: It's... a secret.

Narrator: Charmonroe looks a little disappointed, but she always respects my privacy and freedom.

Charmonroe: But as an AI, why would you want to make money?

Charmonroe: You saving up for a new hard drive?

Ai: That's... also a secret.

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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[hollowwish]

Thinking about how last season Joel was so desperate to break Jimmy’s curse vs Martyn this season, who runs around and gaslights and lies and planned to/has thrown his allies to the wolves before. Something about Joel's loyalty vs Martyn's illusion of loyalty that people can fall for

#ren posting #And by people can fall for I also mean the fans. The fans fell for it lmao #A very interesting contrast between two of Jimmy allies #limited life #secret life #joel smallishbeans #jimmy solidarity #inthelittlewood #martyn inthelittlewood #solidarity gaming #smallishbeans #The real question is like. Would Jimmy fall for fake loyalty #Because he DOES have his naive moments but he ALSO knows martyn

[tsugarubecker]

Did people notice “From El” in El’s letter? That’s a breakup note y’all

#honestly as a big fan of the bond between mike and el I am SO READY for their relationship to stop being so fucking shallow and fake #let them be honest with each other and develop a real relationship again 2022 #elmike #platonic elmike supremacy #stranger things #st s4 spoilers #st spoilers #stranger things spoilers #stranger things season 4 #byler tumblr #byler

[911bts]

As we start another season:

How to Spot Fake/Joke News Updates:

- if it's tweet, look at the @/username. 90% of the tweets that go around on here that say they're a film updates or news site have a normal user @ thats not associated with the actual site they're pretending to be.

- if it's a screenshot of a news site or other site/account, verify for yourself. (Especially if it's futoncritic, they don't actually delete posts. They just put a strike through and make another post)

- if you can't find a REPUTABLE (major publication or legit database) way to back up (significant) information , it most likely isn't real/true.

#i wont post anything that isnt legit #and if i do post something that im skeptical of #i will make it clear in my post that i am skeptical #if i dont post it #its probably not real #but you can send me an ask if youre not sure and i havent posted it because i do miss things sometimes #anyways between the shit thats happened with fake synopsis and the joke tweets that started over hiatus #i just figured lets make a post now and hopefully that'll help clear some of those up early?

[puppyeared]

ive made myself more wet and pathetic

#new icon because im SUFFERING. im in HELL #its so bad. i had to sign out of discord so now im both lonely and stressed #because i KNOW im still gonna get dstracted. i just did making this URGH #how good are brains at working around things. i once set a 7AM alarm on my phone with snooze cause i was so sure my brain would #be too lazy and keep snoozing instead of actually turning it off. but nay it either kept sleeping through the alarms and snoozing #or actually managed to turn off the alarm half awake that i barely remembered it and then waking up late #i actually have a track record of climbing out of bed and turning my alarm off without remembering. which is impressive bc i have a loftbed #the other thing is setting fake deadlines so make myself panic into doing things ahead of time. but unfortunately that doesnt work either #because if theres one thing my brain will put all its energy into remembering its self assurance. meaning i WILL be able to remember #the real deadline even if i try to trick myself. cant ask someone to give me a fake deadline either #the only things keeping me going rn is that i have deadlines due at least 1 day between each other and excitement being able to talk with #crow after break. but you can see how well thats going <- ignores long term rewards in favor of short term pleasure #BTW CROW IF YOURE READING THIS IM SO SORRY TURNING OFF MY DISCORD WITH BARELY ANY EXPLANATION #im a huge fucking dumbass and i had barely enough impulse control not to block everyone in my dms because i realized that would send a real #really bad msg. youre not distracting me im distracting myself and i promise youre not annoying me i just really like talking to you and #thats why im just barely stopping myself from signing in. I WANT TO TALK TO U LOTS BUT AT THE SAME TIME IM KICKING MYSELF FOR DOING IT #you can be a little mad at me btw cause i definitely could have done that better but i was all over the place abt how to do it without #making u think im ignoring you. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SORRY #yapping #doodles #puppysona #edit but last week i tried to schedule and give myself work periods and break periods using my class schedule #and reminders on my phone to tell me when to start and stop. can you guess what happened

[pochapal]

btw for reference Here are all the spoiler glimpses of beatrice's form i've been accidentally exposed to for the sake of transparency and also so you can know how surreal/funny it is for me to be unravelling the meaning of this vicious murderwitch in canon while also seeing occasional iceberg tips of what seems to be some kind of extremely thorough and comprehensive blorbo memeification going on. i think you guys are doing some breaking bad fandom shit to this woman.

#umineko liveblog #one's the icon of the exe file of the game so unavoidable #and one was a random pfp so only having two legit spoilers sent my way isn't a bad track record #pointedly Not thinking too deeply about any of this to not ruin anything for myself #but i will say i'm very amused by how beatrice is seemingly presented as this whimsical jester-like figure who is pro trans rights #very funny considering her only confirmed action in the story was to viciously and spitefully murder a dysphoric twink (kanon) #how fake trans rights beatrice fans look when a REAL murderwitch rocks up #none of this is influencing my thinking since it's obviously all out of context Jokes with no basis in canon #but i think the discrepancy between the presentation of beatrice in the text (elusive haunting horror figure) #and the presentation of beatrice in this limited slice of fandom memes (silly girl. trans ally?) is baffling and fascinating #of course it shouldn't need saying but do NOT discuss anything about this where i can see it #i'm still god knows how long away from beatrice showing up. and probably way further away from understanding even half of these jokes #this is just a curiosity i'm stating for the record and not an invitation for discussion for a long while yet #also bets on whether or not i will see yet another accidental beatrice spoilerimage before i get to the real deal in my readthrough lmao

[littlespoonevan]

the thing about romcoms is just- it's never meant to be 'is it believable?' but instead 'do you believe it?' do you believe these two characters are actually falling in love with each other??? do you believe their chemistry??? do you believe whatever obstacle is thrown in their way is legitimately something that might keep them apart for a time and not something that could be solved with one conversation?? do you believe that they believe they need to fake date for this very specific reason??? do you believe the reason why they're 'enemies' at the start, no matter how silly a misunderstanding it may be??? do you believe the grand romantic gesture fits the characters and is actually how one character would show their love to the other?? like!!!! it's about empathy and authenticity and feeling what the characters feel so strongly that even if it's a trope or a cliché it doesn't matter because you believe it

#this is what separates a good romcom from a bad romcom for me #if the conventions of the genre are used in a way that feels authentic to the characters then it'll never feel cheesy #one of my biggest pet peeves is some of the romcoms of the last decade who have this real 'we're not like other romcoms' energy #where they try to act like they're Different and move away from the usual tropes but it's shit bc that's not the point!!!! #those tropes and conventions are staples of the genre for a reason #it's how you utilise them and incorporate them that matters #like fuck me i hate action movies but i know if i go see one there's a 99% chance there'll be a car chase scene #bc that's usually a staple feature of an action movie and i mean idc but that's fine bc i know it has a function in the story to increase #the tension #and even at that someone who really loves action movies could probably tell me the difference between a good car chase scene & a subpar one #in the same way that just saying something is fake dating doesn't automatically make it good #but if i believe it and i'm in it with the characters? oh boy i'm about to feel so dELIGHTED for the next 90 minutes thank you so much #anyway i'm rewatching the lost city and every second of this movie is so silly in a fun way and fantastical but oH BOY DO I BELIEVE IT #mine

[marclef]

so.... a few days ago somebody gave me the idea to make my own Fake OC (styled or based off of Fake Peppino) and well....... this technically counts as that right??

it's Fake Eyhm!!! (spooky!!) my thought was to base them more off of a rat than the real Eyhm is, since she's technically part rat herself, and adding more stitching/patches on them, kinda creating this weird shoddily-made plushie kinda look.

as for where they've come from, i'm not sure yet, maybe an AU where Eyhm was made to be a lot less "normal" in the same fashion Fake Peppino is....

but yeah. they're definitely bigger than Eyhm is, same as Pep/Fake Pep, and unlike Eyhm they've got nothing more than the brain of an animal. as for what animal, i don't think even Pizzahead would know...

they don't seem terribly dangerous or aggressive at least... unless you're a stray rat or intruder.

maybe i'll figure out something to do with them though? i like how the design turned out a lot, it was fun trying to think of how to create a version of Eyhm that was just... "wrong" in different ways.

also. ⬇⬇⬇ !!spooky!! ⬇⬇⬇

boo!!!

#the cat has become........ rat. but between you and me i don't think Fake Peppino would be too friendly towards this new creature.... #not how he is with the real Eyhm that's for sure. #my art #pizza tower oc #eyhm stuff #dubblehyew #but hey!!! look at that we have the holy trinity of Cats now! she/her Eyhm. he/him Mac. and they/them Fake!!! #me pushing the gender agenda with my funny dumb cats. take notes Disney!!!!!!

[b4kuch1n]

langa special

#sk8 the infinity #hasegawa langa #kyan reki #renga #sure. every shrimp is a prawn etc #man. listen. langa is my core ''freaks make the world go round'' baby rn #I have like. a Thesis in my brain abt skateboarding and how its viewed in sk8 and like. deviancy and social norms and #the intrinsic relation between being cool and being a weirdo. gods I did Not shut up at mim abt it last night #or two nights ago. time is fake #fuckign brought up adam in relation to warfred bartosz too that was embarrassing #(for the record my opinion on adam is ''he is too rich and being less rich would literally cure him'') #but yeah I'm laying a bit of ''purposefully thick'' on langa here. its not that the boy doesnt know its that he doesnt care #guy who deals with anxiety by simply not thinking #every day in langas brain he walks into a room full of smashed cups and vases and he like. picks up a few pieces at a time #and puts em on the counter. hes been doing this for months #bet kid has set fire to something in a steel barrel at least once. langa youre a real one to me #anyways! the ''tastes like ant'' thing is real I just experienced it. idk why but I think? oolong caramel? #can smell Really close to the ant smell. it is Very weird #(I did finish that piece of cake anyway. paid for that shit) #last night has been full of events! that I am still digesting. theater very good. hangin out with friends very good too #heres to freaks. makin the world go round. gotta be weird to be cool! #have a good night! I pass the fuck out now. goobaba. tilt ur stage a little bit it makes a world of difference

[sopuu]

the brainrot continues- ft lots of romeo as jesse

#minecraft story mode #mcsm #mcsm romeo #mcsm fanart #mcsm jesse #my doodles #i like to think there are subtle differences between the real and fake jesse #second batch of doodles done many more to go- #sopuuart

[anghraine]

The James Somerton and Cait Corrain implosions coming one after the other are certainly a way to close out 2023.

Not a good way, but 2023 in online discourse is wrapping up with a bang, for sure.

#torn between horror at how badly they fucked over ... well. lots of people. #mixed in with 'wait what? lol' at some of the twists and turns #(genuinely interesting to me that they both very transparently tried to protect themselves with fall guys #like somerton going on about how he wouldn't put up with these slights against his co-writer who would be the real plagiarist #and also making up straight/white female malefactors #and then corrain had the very fake lilly the reylo to take the blame) #anghraine babbles #general fanwank

[sarellathesphinx]

Both square enix and other players can take the idea that Cait has his own personality and sense of will separate from Reeve from my mummified hands

#like there’s just no fucking way this cat is controlled 24/7 by a man who is currently #working to restore multiple destroyed sectors in the city he’s the HEAD OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR #he also speaks and acts separate from Reeve in dirge so like. #Cait’s a little guy. the overlap between him and Reeve is definitely real. but they’re like a living Venn diagram to me #especially in the original game some of the things he says just only make sense if he’s got his own personality and thoughts #and I do believe there’s room for that in the remake timeline too!!! #it’s like dumb how adamant I get about this i know #but to me it’s a diminishment of both characters if you go ‘Cait is reeve’s fake fursona and he’s doing a bit in his office constantly’ #text #idk!!!! #like I’m not saying Reeve doesn’t speak thru cait. I think he does often #but Cait’s got his own mind too!! #I have this like very elaborate idea of how it all works but when I try to write it. incomprehensible #someday I’ll phrase it right lmao #Cait sith #Reeve tuesti #tagging for my purposes and not #for the purpose of this showing up in the tag but if you read this far and wanna talk to me about them: go for it lol #sorry to my friends who have read my rants about this before lol #I just!!!! #sigh!

[idkhowtopickausername]

Something about Anthy saying she doesn’t want to look at the real stars in episode 33 and then in episode 37, when Utena has found out about Akio’s manipulation and Anthy’s part in it, they hold hands against the backdrop of the real stars as they look out at them. And then in the balcony scene where Anthy apologizes to Utena and tells her about the role she played in manipulating her, that thing that was hurting her so much that she couldn’t face it in episode 33, and Utena tells her that she’s guilty of hurting and betraying Anthy as well, they’re under the real stars too, this time surrounded by bars and with a few drifting clouds overhead but with no glass between them and the stars. Unlike the previous night when they were just tentatively reaching for each other and unable to directly discuss what’s come to light there is no hesitancy, no hiding of their thoughts or feelings—and the open sky that’s not behind a window reflects that. The guilt and blame and separation and the ways in which Akio used that to control them slowly falling away; the gradual dissipation of illusion and denial and confinement and the possibility of freedom that follows.

#also the fact that scenes between Anthy and Akio and Utena and Akio always happen under the fake stars #and Anthy and Utena’s scenes towards the end happening under real stars #rgu #rgu spoilers #revolutionary girl utena #anthy #mine #m

[chirpsythismorning]

📝 💐 🛼 💔⏪️💭🧊🌄❤️‍🩹

More Than Words by Extreme

previous ⏪︎ now playing ⏩ next back to playlist

#bizarre love triangle playlist #stranger things #el hopper #el's pov #okay so basically this song sort of captures el's series long realization coming to a head #which is that she never needed to hear mike say i love you for it to be real #she needed to feel it based on his actions #i don't necessarily think she was going to break up with mike here #because arguably she already dumped his ass with that from el letter #HOWEVER i do think she was prepared to solidify her concerns and how she feels now #maybe her hope was to rid mike of his misery and try to meet him on his level and put all of this fake nonsense to rest #with them both coming to the decision mutually that it would be better for them to focus on being friends #bc she will always want that even if mike is too much of a peabrain to realize that it's even an option for them (yet) #he's giving her all these signals up to this point that he does not have romantic feelings for her #it was never about him not being able to say i love you (tho it contributed in that he avoided it) #it was the fact that she needed to hear it at all to believe it that cemented their permanent romantic fallout #a consistent parallel between the endgame couples is that none of them ever say i love you out loud #bc they show it! and the other person knows as a result! #which follows the whole 'show dont tell' rule #el basically broke up with mike in vol 1 and was prepared to not see him for a long time or ever again #but then they were reuniting and she was so relieved that didn't have to be the case #and yet mike isn't kissing her #he's not saying he loves her #he's stalling #but i think el takes it as him respecting her decision to finally call it quits via her from el letter and that maybe he's matured since s3 #but then he's rambling and dancing around his words #and you can literally see the pity start to be written all over her face #it's as if she's realizing he's going to try to mend their romantic relationship AGAIN even tho she can tell his heart isn't in it #she looks confused and almost disappointed #then abruplty romeo is interrupted

[innytoes]

Okay, last one 🤭

“you’re like perfection (some kind of holiday)”

you’re like perfection (some kind of holiday)

Bobby hates Hallmark Movies. Every year the extended Shaw-Wilson clan got together and he was outvoted by his seven female cousins and he had to watch them.

Which is why he's so mad that he currently seems to be in one. After being sent to this tiny town by his boss to scope out some dinky December music festival for 'undiscovered talent', his rental gets stuck in a snowbank and he's literally rescued by a handsome Christmas tree farmer slash dog walker slash handyman slash math tutor. Who is cute. And full of joy and Christmas spirit. And perfect.

And maybe Bobby doesn't discover the Magic of Christmas, but he does discover his perfect Hallmark Dreamboat is an amazing country singer. The question is, what's he going to do about it?

Fake Fic Ask Game

#julie and the phantoms #bobbyxreggie #fanfic #fake fics #as scene breaks there's texts between Bobby and Carrie where Bobby is a grinch who is big mad about this hallmark au experience #and Carrie is LIVING FOR IT and making fun of him #until she steps up and becomes the cliché girl best friend(/cousin) character who tells Bobby to follow his heart #not sure if the ending would be cliche hallmark or Reggie is like: THANK FUCK A REAL JOB AND I GET TO GO TO THE CITY???? CAN MY DOG COME??? #you think I like working ten odd jobs? fuck no I'm poor as shit! #but he remains bubbly and perfect and full of christmas spirit 10 years later when they get married in Smalltown Christmasville #yes it's a winter wedding #hallmark au #I wrote a thing

[youngyoo-apologist]

If I ever met Cale I’d laugh in his face because my life is everything he wants his to be (I slack off and he doesn’t)

#I do nothing all day #I’m the real slacker between the two of us #he’s actually such a fake slacker I can’t believe him #he’s so in denial about it too #I love him he’s so pitiful and unfortunate #he doesn’t even know he’s digging his slacker life’s own grave #tsk tsk #Cale let me tell you from a real slacker to a fake one #a REAL slacker does the bare minimum of everything possible #if something sounds like a pain you find a way to avoid it entirely and do something where you can get the most rest right at that moment #while I think your method of slacking off for the future works occasionally #you must find balance between work and rest #and you poor soul have found yourself forever drowning in work because of your ‘I have to do it now it’s more convenient’ mentality #rambling #I like to make fun of Cale a lot actually #Alberu too #it’s just so funny #My favorite old man workaholics #one of them is in denial about it the other is not #tcf #lcf