#but there's a strategy to it my dude

[gasmeros]

"please update" what if i said no ._.

#really i don't get that bothered by please update comments #but i dont think these commenters actually understand how much of a nothing sentiment it is #like. im telling myself this every day bud #if you're trying to encourage an update out of me this does absolutely nothing #where was that post about how 'pls update' doesn't make you think about your story #whereas a comment about the reader's actual reaction to the contents of the story gets the creative juices pumping #like comments are absolutely a way to encourage updates into existence #but there's a strategy to it my dude #you are wasting words and liking putting bad tastes in author's mouths with 'pls update' comments #literally just a short 'loved this' would probably get you closer to the update you want #also i think the idea of responding 'no' to these comments is super fuckin funny #say no and ghost the story for a year #if i had the guts to scare someone like that #likely i'll just respond no a day before i post an update #couldn't habdle actually making someone think they're the reason a story they liked and were trying to support stopped updating #i know these comments mean well #even if they're a bit oblivious #anyway #pewsonal uwu #tumblr hates that tag and refuses to autofill it for me despite it being a frequent tag i use #furry discrimination :/

[mxntio]

HE WON!!! BY 0.2%, proud of everyone that voted. have some mew mew attire, as a treat

#ink has key marketing strategy #bro sans by 0.1% and now this #NERVEWRACKING #anyways!! this was fun #i havent got to touch one of my original fixations in awhile. let alone post abt them #undertale has a forever place in my heart. same with this dude #tumblr dragged me down that hellhole and look at me now #FELLSWEEP #underfell #underfell sans #underfell papyrus #ink sans #error sans #the entire surviving population of underfell enjoyers #so many characters #// mint doodles

[sanguineterrain]

save me jason todd competency kink. jason todd competency kink save me. save me ja-

#not even rly in a sex way just #oh my god do y'all ever think about how intelligent and sharp and DEADLY this dude is #he could kill his s/o but he doesn't <3 cuz he loves them <3 and he's a big ol softie who needs smooches #but good lord also his tactical skills #his physical prowess #his smarts #his strategy #babygirl your field work makes me hot under the collar #ok I'm done #ramble on #Jason todd

[triangle-strategy-notes]

Archibald's reference/concept art! Also included is the drawing of Kamsell referenced in Ikushima's note. Translation notes under the cut.

The note that says, "Sad✅" is one I feel really unsure about, in part because the handwriting and angling makes the middle character a little hard to make identify, and in part because there's just not really a lot of context to go off of. I ended up saying that it was a phonetic spelling in Japanese for the Chinese synonym of 鬱 (you can see this particular spelling listed as the "On" pronunciation), because all the other more obvious options (mainly the word "cow" or a word that meant something like, "ulp! [nervous exclamation]," didn't really make sense. That said, I don't think that sort of spelling is used very often (or even possibly at all), so there's a pretty decent chance I just misunderstood that one.

Related to that, I'm kind of going with the theory that since "Sad✅" definitely reads like a joke in English, that might have also been the intention in Japanese. That could explain the unusual spelling, the same way we might write something like, "I guess you could say it has a certain jen ay say kwah" and phonetically spell/misspell "je ne sais quoi" for comedic effect.

And as far as the checkmark goes, that came from the circle symbol at the end of the original Japanese caption. From what I can tell, circles can represent a few different things in Japanese: they can reference the actual word "circle"; they can mean something like a blank (e.g., it happened in the year 20XX, but where English puts Xs, Japanese puts Os); or they can mean "correct" in the same way a checkmark does in English. Circles are also sometimes shorthand for ロ, so it might have meant something related to that as well. I ended up going with the idea that it was a checkmark.

The "God of War" note was a little hard to make out for some reason, and I feel a little unsure of the exact meaning--mostly, I'm not sure whether they were saying that the God of War was Archibald/Kamsell, or whether it's more the person/bear that they're sitting on top of. I ended up just leaving it kind of vague, but there's probably some nuance I missed there. If I learn more when I translate the Kamsell page, I'll make an edit here.

"Strong brow and eyes" might also be translated as "prominent and intense brow and eyes." I used "strong" because it felt like a more natural way to express that concept in English, but I feel like it loses a little nuance in the process.

As an interesting note, "Archibald" in Japanese is something more like "Arch bolt," so there's a little bit of wordplay going on with it.

#triangle strategy #triangle strategy artbook #ts character ref sheets #archibald genoe #kamsell pharant #archibald is such a funky little dude!!! love him #I'm also really psyched that they gave us his age!! #I've been reworking my 'this is how old everyone might be' doc recently #and I continually go insane over how little we actually know

[zainmalik]

i’m just so annoyed about it because not only did he spoiled the fun we were having, but he’s also alienating his own fandom. a fandom that’s still recovering from the “i’m straight” image

#this is not a good strategy my dude #logan.txt

[johnbly]

[FIC] to be royalty

Summary: 

House Wolffort has successfully driven back Avlora and the Aesfrosti army, yet Roland is still troubled. Frederica finds him deep in thought and the two discuss support and strength.

Word Count: 1,501

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Excerpt:

Roland can’t sleep.

He stares up at the ceiling of his room in Castle Wolffort. It’s not unfamiliar — several times as a child he’d spent the night in Serenoa’s home — but he’s used to this sight being by choice, not necessity.

Yet it’s not entirely by necessity, isn’t it? If the others had simply listened to him when the Scales were brought out, his view would be of…well, he’s not sure where Gustadolph would’ve put him, but the view would’ve undoubtedly been different.

And that’s why, instead of all the other reasons that have caused him difficulty in sleep as of late, he cannot rest tonight. After the vote, after his initial fears of the troubles their decision would bring, Roland had thought he was ready for the inevitable battle.

He’d been wrong.

It’s stupid, because they won. All things considered, the losses could have been far worse. They didn’t even have to use any of the fire traps. But it’s knowing what could have been: any one of his companions killed, him being captured after a long and bloody battle for naught, homes of civilians burned for nothing more than a desperate grasp at an advantage. All in his name. All because the world has determined he matters more than anything and anyone else. 

Yet while it could have been worse, many still lost limbs or lives. The fact that even one drop of blood had been spilled in his name when it didn’t have to be hurts like a physical wound. No doubt his father or Frani wouldn’t have been bothered like this. As if Roland needs any more reminders that he’s not ready for — let alone worthy of — the throne, providing there’s even one left at the end of this for him to take. Providing he survives.

And what right does he have to be disturbed when Cordelia is still at Whiteholm?

#roland glenbrook #frederica aesfrost #triangle strategy #tristrat #triangle strategy fanfic #my writing #i should probably be concerned by how easy it is for me to write characters beating themselves up internally but [shrug emoji] #anyways this was in my head for ages after my second playthrough with the scene where frederica is like. dude. we're with you. #but i didn't get around to writing it until this third playthrough #we'll see if any of the other tristrat fic ideas that lived in my brain for a bit will emerge some day

[goldensunset]

I BEAT CYNTHIAAAAAAAAA

#AHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA I CAN’T BELIEVE IT #90% of the damage done to her team was either residual poison; rocky helmet; or recoil #i was juggling my team with revives and spamming toxic and occasionally embargo #that was the epitome of a lowlife strategy on my part. i barely used attack moves at all #and i WON. while being woefully underleveled #dude i am over the moon rn that was so satisfying #scummy? yes. but let’s face it i wasn’t gonna have time to actually grind and set up a team to beat her in a clean match #but like. i didn’t cheat. i played by the rules of the game. i used the tools available to me #heheheheheheheh #goldie plays pokémon black #oh dude i will remember this forever…… #i don’t know how many tries that was. not actually that many tbh only like 3 or 4 #not counting me soft-resetting a couple of times while still on spiritomb when i got off to an unlucky start

[forgetful-river]

My biggest regret is that I didn't sock the blond frat boy who was hitting on my friend in the club :(

#my tolerance of men's shit is already low but with alcohol in my system and a shit ton of rings on that I know would hurt like a bitch? #I am just begging some dude to try something. Am I eight inches shorter? Yeah. Is that gonna stop me? Nope. #I'm not very good at fighting strategy-wise but I know how to throw a punch and I'm hyposensitive to pain which is usually enough #damara megido #she looks pinker than I intended but eh. she's a rust blood it's fine #hs #homestuck #my art

[heavymetalchemist]

Seward was already complaining about having to actually write things, and how much harder that is than just dictating to his phonograph with his little wax cylinders.

And now he's gotta write down this big long rant from Van Helsing about man-thought and man-brain and child-brain over and over?

That "And so I have written it" is definitely added because he's salty about it, especially because it's immediately followed by "and Mrs. Harker has written with her typewriter all since she brought the MS. to us."

Because you see, MINA knows shorthand. MINA can type a lot of stuff up with a typewriter, and quickly, too, because she's already transcribed everything.

Dr. Seward does it. Oh, he does it.

But if they weren't fighting a literal vampire, a devilish monster who killed the woman he loved and has set his mark upon one of his friends, I'm pretty sure he'd be like "Sure, Van Helsing." *omits giant rant about man brains and child brains and writes down Mina's conclusion only*

#dracula daily #this tumblr post brought to you by my brain going @_@ at the man-thought child-brain stuff #van helsing my guy PLEASE #I do think it's an 'english isn't my first language' crutch where he feels he has to overexplain to make his point? maybe? #but that's an awful lot of text to be like #wait I bet he's going to use the same strategy he did earlier! dude's stagnant and unchanging #anyway RIP john's writing hand

[kirbyddd]

barkbarkbark Riichi Book I's writing is like screeching chalkboard to my game designer's, translator's, and writer's ears all at once

it's got great concepts buried in there but it's in like the most anti-comprehension packaging conceivable

#what the hell is wrong with you #folks like you are the BANE of game designers everywhere #and game PLAYERS for that matter #THIS is the best strategy reference the English speaking world's got? #baddabingbaddaboom ladies and gentlemen #im about to make bank writing the West's first riichi primer that actually meets the standards of the modern analogue game industry #(which to be honest is abysmal right now the industry's in an insane 'text free' fad right now where every word is replaced with a symbol) #alright then im gonna set the new standard then #imma bout to do for Riichi Mahjong what i did for Ryuutama Traversées 🫸🤛 #and for all the dudes at unpub who know how to design incredible games but dont know how to write instructions #alright sorry I'll calm down #but seriously i am gonna start throwing together an actually quality-controlled guide #cause every english resource ive found so far has been like this... inconsistent and full of holes and omissions in explanations #chiba talks about the game's strategic immaturity in the west... well it's got an even bigger gap of educational immaturity #anyways.... I'll toss a bit of effort that way #we'll see how far i take it #I'll either make a few loose articles or a fully fledged book. no in between #god i dont have the energy to make another book when i dont even know if Traversées is ever gonna see the light of day #100% complete full color layout and everything. publishing limbo is real and it's every bit as stupid and unnecessary as you think. #(my case is much simpler than most though cause im only working with two small publishers rather than a big corp) #but still. damn #anyways im so tempted to throw some of my rulebook magic at riichi while it's got my interest #not like i need to write a strategy tome the game just needs a professional quality introduction #don't make me do it i absolutely will do it #i did it for ryuutama when no one wanted to give a decent publication-quality localization for the supplements #and by garriot i will do it for riichi mahjong too if no one gives me a quality guide. i aint afraid of a global high strategy game #<- manic #(im not manic im just extremely restless having not been able to do any solid design work in a while and this book is getting me riled up) #cause it's like “i could write such a more coherent rulebook and HAVE written a more coherent rulebook. so why don't i do it again?” #the Disease is why. but maybe I'll give it a shot anyways if i get a second wind (i guess im otakaze right now harharharhar)

[odinsblog]

Okay… today was a lil bit rough on ya boy. Bad, but nothing too serious - if this was the worst that 2023 throws at me, I’m winning like a mf. Anyway I smiled when this happened…. I can’t access the “read more” function anymore, so y’all gon need to see the tags

#lgbt #lgbtq #military channel #lynette nusbacher #so this might come as a surprise to all but my very closest followers #but imma ex military grunt turned peacenik - ya know saw the sausages getting made up close and decided that peace is preferable to war #anyway - in a lot of ways the army is branded into my soul #i still wake up before 4am on most mornings #w/o an alarm clock #i still do *my* version of pt (mine has lap swimming yo) #and i still enjoy learning militarily history/strategy (far too much of it is propaganda unfortunately) #anyway - i like to listen to non controversial things as i drift off to sleep sometimes #and i *love* the history/military channel #but i havent really watched it in a good minute right? #so im drifting off to sleeping (today was unusually skressful but thats another whole ass post) #so im listening to the military channel and i hear a familiar voice #and immediately i think to myself - oh thats that british dude #but ……… when i briefly open my eyes to see him talking ……. #its *actually* ​( …wait for it…) lynette nusbacher! #and i saw her face and i was like damn odin you slippin son #ive watched the military channel so much i coulda sworn it was that dude speaking #so now im kinda half awake and im questioning myself right? like - i might forget names but i fuckn knowwww faces and voices #so they flash her name across the screen and i hit up wikipedia and boom! #lynette nusbacher is trans! and the mf military channel still has her on 🤯 #anyway - imma cis/het brutha but that made me happy for all my trans friends skrugglin out there #i didnt know

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

My parents and I watched the season 3 finale of Star Wars: Rebels tonight and I can't believe my mom was the one who was like "WHY ARE THEY* ALL DYING?!" and I was the one being all, "don't worry I'm sure it will be fine." this is the most role reversal we have ever done.

(*to clarify I mean the rebels in general, the main cast was fine)

#star wars #star wars rebels #star wars rebels spoilers #what's really funny is that this season ended pretty much like 'the last jedi' did it with hardly anyone making it out #and them all crowded on the main iconic ship #and I HATED the last jedi #but like it just felt so much more HOPEFUL in rebels Idk man #also yeah I did make this post as a way to shamelessly react post in the tags #Idk even where to start #the first part of the finale was crazy man their leader literally CUT AN IMPERIAL SHIP IN HALF by ramming his command ship into it #like if you're gonna die doing a kamikaze run let it be by CUTTING ANOTHER SHIP IN HALF #and what the FUDGE is bendu WHAT was his deal even #kanan showing up yelling at him like merry with treebeard in the LOTR movies #'but you're a part of this world! aren't you?' #my mom was so mad at bendu for refusing to help akjghljasgdhfdgjags I'm over there like 'wait until they ACTUALLY ATTACK HIS PLANET' #and haha I was right #okay this is so silly but I'm so happy they didn't kill off agent callus that dude has really grown on me #he was doing his best thrawn's just insane with strategy #also THRAWN aklghfjaskgdls okay I LOVED his reaction to bendu being “?!?!? shoot it?!?!” *windows error noise* #man was foiled by his own underlings and angry force rafiki #HERA CALLING KANAN 'MY LOVE' OH MY WORD JUST *MARRY* EACH OTHER ALREADY YOU BASICALLY ALREADY ARE #'looks like the family's back together' STOP #the yavin base name drop #me through the entire space battle: do you know what we need right now? the battlestar galactica #just looked it up and apparently a star destroyer is actually not much bigger than a battlestar which is. FASCINATING to me #they'd be like the same class of ship #which tracks yeah #anyway #they did have a few ships get away so they did actually have a better success rate than in TLJ #but of course they had MANDALORIANS to help them out here so

[bio-metal404]

Messy Aries

I was drawing this with weird huion tablet for children it was old but active

this was originally supposed to be drawn in Ibis, but then I found a big fucking Minus (Time Limit for Drawing) and then I finished drawing it on MS Paint (Layer Update how pathetic).

Moral of The Story......

Don't download FUCKING PC IBIS PAINT it's has fucking TIME LIMIT FOR DRAWING YOUR THINGY better download it on phone or go download something better that programs with time limits for god sakes

#also about Aries...he seems very huggable dude because of the Fluff.... #rockman strategy #megaman strategy #my art #pain.jpg #mega man aries #mega man classic

[themountainsays]

guess who is done with exams! Ahhh finally I have earned my freedom. Now I shall proceed to answer asks and play some Elder Scrolls games

#dude morrowind is soooooo good #i even like the combat #which ik everyone hates #but discovering i need to have the stamina bar as full as possible (meaning less running and jumping) to even hit an enemy #made me feel like an old wise ninja master who knows it's wisest to keep calm #it vastly differs from my skyrim strategy which consists on hitting the most buttons possible as fast as possible and running a lot #I want spears and throwing stars in Elder Scrolls VI #I also like how specialized the combat system is. I suck at everything except marskman #which I'm quite good at. idk it just feels right that I can take out a cliff racer with a single arrow #but die trying to stab it with a knife. it feels realistic #still frustrating as hell though

[churchydragon]

A

#my everything is shaking dude I've been stuck here for actual weeks #I eventually just removed the railcoin strategy out of the final boss plan #just nailed with 4 nailguns railcannons and a shit ton of rockets #I feel so fucking good dude #Ultrakill #also learned a cool trick with the knuckleblaster shotgun whiplash combo from Egg Node (thank you Egg) #made Maurices easier to deal with #churchy talks #churchy tag rambles

[cyancherub]

@/crybaby-bkg post made me think abt kiri and bkg playing on the same hockey team... where bkg is the captain and kirishima is a defenseman KLDFOSAFIO i am going to start eating my fist 

#k/iri... nicest dude off the ice REAL AGGRESSIVE ON IT #can u even imagine..H E IS SO LARGE THE OTHER TEAM WOULD BE LIKE HELPME #whatif my legs start quaking so hard i shake the foundations of this very earth #bkg is fast and smart and very good at strategy but ill temperedKLLGK #cherub.bnha #I MISS THEM SO BAD ... dear heavens