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littletealseal · 2 months

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Made these earlier that's why I got something to share asgsgfdffss

Hey art! New stuff! Aaaand if you're in the loop there has been a new cookie run game!.... I'll share my thoughts in a separate part on this post cuz I got a lot to say >_>;;;

But yeah! This is Marbled Danish Cookie! One of the brand new cookies released at Witches Castles launch, honestly when I saw him I was very interested, but then when I luckily got him via the gatcha, I just grew more attached to him! I'm in the middle of the part of the story he's in but I already know he's grade A regressor material 🥹 and since Cheesecake is also in this game I can soooo see her looking after him.

I def can't wait to draw more of him since he's been on my mind ALOT ever since I got him and saw him in the story, so look forward to that c:

Aaaaand now for my thoughts so far on the actual game!...

Cookie Run Witches Castle is so damn pay to win and frustrating to play it's not even funny

It's a mobile puzzle game where you match blocks instead of candy crushing it so you know it's already gonna be very luck based. The gatcha system is very idiotic with how you get things and especially cookie's! Now in kingdoms it's understandable (kinda) that you get soul stones and sometimes actual cookies! Because that's just what the gotcha only offers, in this game however you have residents, furniture and THEN cookies.... it's a real gamble on what you get since you need to max out a meter for anything to get something by ten in the gatcha! And the seasonal one??? Completely pay to win since you can't earn the special currency for it by normal gameplay...

Now I'm probably sounding pretty unfair right? The game did JUST come out, how can it be this ba- I'm on level 253

Let that sink in...

This game also has a story, similar to kingdoms! But the thing is that since it's a damn puzzle game about luck! I can't just play through and enjoy the story, I HAVE to play many levels to get a few story beats... and after you've been stuck on a level for long enough you start to... not really care about the story anymore. Like right now I'm only playing through the game just to see what goes on with Marbled Danish, but after that I can't see myself playing this game for much longer, unless the Devs do something drastically fix all the things I've mentioned :/

Now I can go into more detail about my thoughts but this post is long enough so I'll let you guys enjoy the cute baby cookie here lol

#seal posts #my art #cookie run agere #cookie run #cookie run witch’s castle #marbled danish cookie #baby md cookie #babyre #cglre #agere #fandom agere #age regression #age regressor #sfw agere #cheesecake cookie #cg cheesecake #ageredips #tbh if you guys want to hear me tear into this game just let me know lmao

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strawb3rrysh0rtcak3z · 4 months

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hii since u needed reqs maybe u can do cg noah hcs :3

Yes ofc! Here you go! (^^♪

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I feel like he'd be very patient with his little

Definitely still sarcastic but in a way that he knows will be funny to his little as well if that makes sense

Thinks ahead, always make's sure to pack stuff he knows his regressor could end up wanting or needing when they go anywhere (pacis, bottles, comfort items, fidgets, etc)

Not super strict just has the basic rules set like bedtime and stuff

When he makes food for his little one he'll try and make it fun by cutting the sandwiches and fruits into cute shapes and stuff

Makes sure his regressor is only watching child friendly tv when regressed

100% reads to his baby, bedtime stories are his specialty.

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I couldn't think of that many bit possibly more to come in the future! :3

#agere #age regression #total drama agere #fandom agere #silly little guy #cg noah #I finally got cheesecake guys!!!#no more tea though 💔

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rhodesrider · 8 months

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Biting Habits

CG! Drew M. x Little! Fem! Reader

(Small scene with CG! Finn B. And Damien P. W/ Nicole (oc))

SFW! 18+ Minors DNI! Thank you!

Warning: Age regression, Topic of mastication, crying, stress topics

Mastication: its a synonym for chewing

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Drew was humming along to the cartoon music as his little was watching tv in the main room, making some of her favorites as this was a small reward for her amazing behavior for the day. Picking up toys without him asking, eating and drinking what she needed for the day and taking a nap without making a fuss. His little is around the ages of 2-4 and she still has some issues with her sucking her thumb but drew also started to notice that she started bitting on her shirt a lot. “Lovely, time for some grub.” His little looked up over the couch to peer in the kitchen seeing him fixing her plate. As she did so she was naming on her t shirt near the collar. She hopped off the couch and hopped along to the kitchen to happily started eating but soon heard some sharp snaps that made her stop and whimper.

“Princess please stop chewing on ur shirt, come one now we talked about this honey.” she pouted and she released the wet top, Drew just sighed, “We have to figure out what’s with that.” Drew sat her colorful plate down and she hoisted herself up to the chair, “Daddy I sorry…” “I know pumpkin but you can’t be chew on your shirts.” She nodded and she started to eat her food as it was placed in front of her. Drew put his plate away since he wasn’t hungry at the time and had an idea with the free time he made for himself. He remembered that another person had the same issue that his little was dealing with. “Beauty, I’ll be back. Daddy has to make a call to a friend. No chewing on the shirt, just the food and I’ll get you some cheesecake. How does that sound?” She smiled and and nodded continuing to eat her food so she could get her other reward, her eyes watching Drew leaving the dining room.

“Ah the little one is chewing on her clothes? That’s easy, get her something to chew on.” Drew was on the phone with Finn as he was with Damian watching their little Nicole, Rhea and Dominic were out doing promos and pictures. Finn was rubbing Nicole’s back as she was coloring and Damian was getting a snack for her together, she was humming to the my little pony music playing in the back. “Literally all I need is for her to teethe on something? How does this even happen?” Drew ask as he looking up different teething necklaces from Amazon. Finn soon looked seeing Nicole show him the finished product of a colored page, he smiled and kissed her forehead. “One sec Drew, that’s so nice munchkin. Go ask DD to put it on the fridge so when mama gets home she sees it hm?” She nodded quick giggling and went to show Damien. “But yea as I was saying, It could be a number of reasons. But a main one is that she’s probably stressed about something or that’s just how she copes while she’s in her head space. But it’s not as bad, Nicole was dealing with stress and she would scratch her skin man.” Drew was worried but it seemed like an easy fix, it’s just he wants to know what is stressing her. “Finny! DD made Ants on a Tree!” Finn chuckled some. “Logs sweetie, and I’m coming!” “Thanks Finn, you have fun with the ants on a tree.” Drew smirked and chuckled as Finn said bye muttering an insult so the little one couldn’t hear. Hanging up Drew looked over at his little one seeing she was chewing on her lip as she was scrolling on her table done with her food. “Princess no chewing on your lip either, you’ll hurt your-“ “Ow!”

Drew got up quick going to her seeing that she bit her lip too hard by accident, she started sniffling and getting nervous not wanting to get in trouble. “Hey hey it’s ok baby you didn’t mean to, I’m not mad ok lass?” She nodded as some tears fell, Drew kissed her forehead and went to get the first aid kit to help clean her lip so it can heal properly. “Daddy also has a few questions for you bug. I wanna know what’s going on. Is there anything I’m doing wrong? That’s making you uncomfortable or having a noisy head?” He asked rubbing her hand after finishing up cleaning her lip. “…work…” Is what she simply said. “Well I know that you chill with Daddy to forget all about big bad work….” “Yes and I love spending time with you daddy but I’m still bleh…” She looked down playing with the bottom of her shirt. “I see…welp daddy got some stuff for you and it’s gonna come tomorrow. You think you can not chew on your shirt or your lip till daddy gets your gift? It’s gonna help.” She nodded and she hugged Drew kissing his cheek. “I’m sorry daddy…” “Hey hey no tears, big girls don’t cry when they don’t do anything wrong. Now let’s get the dishes done and we can watch a movie ok?” She nodded and she wiped her little tear happy about the sudden movie night.

The next day, Drew was waiting for her to come home from the meeting they were having for staff for this weeks shows. He finished his practice so he was gonna wait for her like always but she said for him to go ahead since its more work. She came in the house sighing slow and her body very sore. Closing the door the familiar smell of sweets made her melt, and soon she opened her eyes seeing Drew coming from the kitchen. “If you want to regress you can baby, I made some sweets and your gift is on the counter.” She nodded and she went to the stairs to go and dress down so she can be comfortable, get the work smell away with a nice hot shower. After fixing herself up, she came down and she zoomed to the kitchen. “All better muffin?” She nodded darting her eyes as the box on the table. “Are those my things?” She asked low as Drew nodded. She opened the box and Drew saw her eyes light up, She saw it was a big box of fidget and teething toys. “I know your anxiety has been nothing you pumpkin, so Daddy felt like this would help. You can even take a toy to work so it wont stress you as bad.” She pulled out a teething toy with a string on it. A necklace she could wear, besides biting on her shirt. She put it over her neck and she immediately started to nite on the toy in satisfaction. “I’m glad I disinfected the toys.” Drew chuckled happy she’s enjoying the toy. “Thank you, so much Drew.” She smiled shedding tears after she took the toy out her mouth. Drew leaned over and wiped the tears from her cheek smiling. “You’re welcome pumpkin. I don’t like to see you stressed or unhappy. So I fixed it, and when ever you need help I’ll always be there to fix it.” He smiled and she kissed his hand rubbing her arm. “Now looked through them baby there’s like 30 in there don’t just stop at one.” She giggled as he removed his hand and she continued to look through the box in glee.

Drew soon had a phone call, looking at the caller ID he smirked and he walked out the kitchen letting his little know he has a call to take care of. “What’s up Roman?…A project?…” He got the details and looked at his little fidgeting with safe magnets giggling to herself as she slipped into her headspace safely. “Sure, But why am I the gloom and doom man?” He asked in protest.

“Alright Aright, I’ll play along. Ill fell like I would enjoy it, and so will pumpkin. Update me when your ready mister Kent.”

#wwe imagine #wwe one shot #wwe smackdown #wwe raw #age regression #wwe drew mcintyre #drew mcintyre #age regression caregiver #age re safe space

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wordsandrobots · 8 months

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IBO reference notes on . . . the Turbines, or 'Tekkadan done right'

In my notes on an act of unspeakable cruelty, I described the Turbines in Iron-Blooded Orphans as an example of having one's cake and eating it. Pun very much intended, I stand by this assessment: the Turbines are a great example of writing justifying a genre trope; to whit, an anime aimed at teenage boys featuring a group of attractive women in a relationship with a lone man.

Whether that's a worthwhile exercise or not will depend on the viewer's tastes. Personally, I think it would have worked fine without overtly 'cheesecake' designs, though I don't take that as an argument against including them when Tekkadan are walking around shirtless half the time.

And indeed, it's the wider comparisons between the two groups I want to talk about today. There's a clear parallel established throughout the series, which I summarised in that previous essay as 'the Turbines are a successful version of what Tekkadan aspire to be'.

So let's dig into that a little, with full spoilers as usual.

Who are the Turbines?

When they're introduced, we learn the Turbines are in charge of the transportation division of the Jupiter-based Teiwaz conglomerate – an organisation that provides the Japanese-Italian fusion mafia representation sorely lacking from much of popular sci-fi media. Teiwaz is a supposedly reputable enterprise, yet is widely known to be functionally yakuza. Likewise, while the Turbines are described in terms approximating an above-board logistics company, they know how to circumvent official shipping lanes via highly suspect detours.

Of course, this is hardly unusual for IBO, where fine and permeable lines between legal and illicit activities are a fact of life. The Turbines are as legitimate as most people get in this setting and can't reasonably be called criminals (not without being aggressively framed, anyway), yet they aren't wholly 'above-board' either. There is no such thing in the Post Disaster timeline.

Now, the most important detail I want to centre about the Turbines is that they have over 50,000 members. Fifty thousand. Teiwaz is not some nickel-and-dime set-up; they're one of the most powerful (if not the most powerful) organisations in the outer-spheres and their transport subsidiary is correspondingly massive. We don't get the precise number until midway through Season 2 but we are told repeatedly what a huge deal it is for Tekkadan to be in cahoots with them; quantisation simply underlines the point. Naze's 'threat' to split the boys up such that they don't see one another again is far from idle.

This scale is the result of unifying a large number of individual shipping companies under one banner. Specifically, all-women groups that had previously been on the bottom rung of the solar system's transport ecosystem. The society Teiwaz exists in is depicted as a deeply sexist one. None of the high-ranking leaders are female and we are told outright that women forced from their homes have to turn to extremely dangerous work in order to survive. At least prior to the formation of the Turbines, this involved running cargo along pirate-infested routes, cheaply, with minimal defences.

Here is our first big parallel to Tekkadan. Like the child soldiers of the CGS, these women (and let's be realistic, girls) were rendered vulnerable by their social position and exploited for their labour as a result. I think it's commendable the writers chose to present their situation in this fashion: as easy – and correct – as it is to feel moral outrage about people being exploited for sex, this is a subset of the work dispossessed people are forced into. It would have been easy to give the Turbines a more lurid origin, particularly as this show is not shy about depicting actual sex-trafficking. To focus on something more 'mundane' reinforces that societies run on exploitation are literally that: even innocuous industries like freight haulage are driven by underpaid, under-protected workers.

It is into this situation that a young and ambitious Naze Turbine stepped and via him that at least some of these women found a better position in life.

A family business

We largely see the Turbines through the lens of their flagship, the Hammerhead, and its crew-slash-polygamous-family. When we talk about 'the Turbines', this is usually who we mean, rather than the wider transport company, which mostly exists in the background of the show's events.

The Hammerhead's pursuit of the Isaribi marks the arrival of the Turbines into the plot, first via Lafter's delight in the chase (in a scene leaning heavily on the overt sexualisation of her design) and then with Naze announcing himself to Tekkadan directly, initiating a brief battle between the two groups.

Naze's moral character is established in his reaction to Maruba dismissing Tekkadan as a bunch of 'space rats'. His disgust is aimed squarely at the perpetrator of the risky implantation surgery, setting him apart from the likes of Gaelio and, by extension, the Earth-based taboos against augmented people. We can assume Naze is familiar with both the Alaya-Vijnana system and the consequences of its use, and his ire switches immediately from what he had been told were a bunch of thieves to the man they've 'stolen' from.

With the conflict resolved and Naze willing to negotiate, we begin to learn about the Turbines as a group. Notably, while he refers to his crew as his harem, his agreement with Kudelia that they are his wives is a 'sure, let's go with that' kind of deal. The English dub states 'they are sworn to me' while the sub has him describing them as 'my women'. In either case, the legal status of the arrangement is left ambiguous. But the gist of the matter is that Naze openly presents his crew as a harem, in line with a playboy persona he presents to the world.

In Season 2, we jump back to see how this arrangement came to be. Amida describes him as a 'maverick trafficker' who hired her for protection on a dangerous gig (we never do find out what he was transporting). They got along well and fell into bed together, but Amida wouldn't make the arrangement permanent as she'd promised her services to an all-women freighter company tackling even more dangerous work – a choice implied to stem from having once in their situation. On hearing this, Naze asks the question that distinguishes him from his eventual blood brother, Orga: 'how can I help?'

Orga never asks this aloud, despite everything he does having the stated aim of helping his comrades. It's not hard to see why when his point of reference is Mikazuki, who places absolute faith in his ability to provide solutions to their problems. This fundamentally unfair expectation screws with Orga's sense of responsibility, especially once coupled to the top-down structure of a military unit and an absence of people pushing back against it.

But Naze and Amida meet as adults, not children. They've already grown-up and learned who they are. They engage from positions of mutual respect, each appreciating how the other's skills can help with their goals. Rather than declaring some nebulous, far-off dream, Naze offers assistance to solve a specific problem Amida was already working on. He provides the ability to make connections between disparate groups of exploited woman and a face to present to a misogynistic world.

On top of having the luxury of pre-existing social capital, he can afford to invest years of his time in growing the Turbines to the point where they bring something to Teiwaz's table. This slow, careful approach puts them in a much stronger position to deal with the big dogs, all while aiming for the same things Tekkadan will later rush to seize: security, legitimacy and respect.

This last item bears some scrutiny, because it illustrates the importance of being precise about your goals. We know nothing about Naze prior to meeting Amida, so we don't know why his sexism (because it is still that) eschews looking down on women in favour of elevating them above men. But he feels no shame about achieving business success via a women-only organisation, freely admitting to have gotten where he has thanks to them and holding Amida back from defending him from insults against his manhood that ensue. Naze knows who he needs to impress and it's not loud-mouths like Jasley Donomikols but men like McMurdo Barriston, who value results above all else. Where Tekkadan insist on making as big a noise as possible to establish their credentials, Naze can shrug off disparaging remarks. Why start a fight when he's gained the confidence of the most powerful man in the Jupiter-sphere?

Besides, he adores being where he is. He's actively unrepentant about having enough 'wives' to crew a spaceship and if this partly works to downplay his shrewdness, it's also just who he is. The narrative presents him in an entirely positive light for it, too. Of all the authority figures in Iron-Blooded Orphans, he's easily the kindest, going out of his way to support other people, often irrespective of personal gain.

Tekkadan's recruitment over the course of the series is characterised by radical acceptance. Human debris, repentant murderers, Teiwaz pen-pushers, ambitious college kids – they're all welcomed and placed on equal footing. In light of this, I find it significant that when we see Amida pre-Turbines, she's dressed in a rather understated manner, masking past wounds and presenting in a stereotypically 'professional' fashion – likely to offset the concerns her clients have about hiring a woman mercenary. After years living with Naze, however, she's adopted a much more revealing outfit and attitude, no longer hiding who she is in either words, actions or appearance.

Amida's design is one of the most cheesecaky of the set but it's positioned as a sign that she – like everyone in Naze's orbit – is loved scars and all.

A ship of wives

Gundam has a history of featuring men surrounded by a faithful cohort of women. Starting with Paptimus Scirocco in Zeta Gundam (a decidedly evil example, though oddly enough, also hailing from Jupiter), through Chibodee Crocket in Mobile Fight G Gundam (a much closer match to the Turbine's model), and all the way to Shaddiq Zenelli in Witch From Mercury (where, like a lot of G-Witch's secondary details, it feels like a call-back for the sake of itself), the 'harem' trope is one the franchise has made use of time and again. Rarely, however, has it been as explicit about dropping pretences as with the Turbines. To dip into crudity for the sake of succinctness: yeah, they're fucking.

We are left in no doubt over this. Not only do we see the many children that have resulted, Naze's wives make it clear they expect and enjoy him exercising his spousal responsibilities in the bedroom. And here is where I wheel out my media literacy soapbox because whatever you personally feel about this as a concept, the text presents it as consensual and as free of coercion as it can possibly be.

Yes, there is an inherent power imbalance with Naze being head of the organisation and, quite literally, the man who saved these women's lives. Yes, some of them were clearly recruited to the Turbines as teenagers (as we see in Lafter's backstory). And yes, it's a fantasy that often extends out of sexist perspectives, ones the presentation here does not work especially hard to refute.

However at no point is there any suggestion in the text that Naze pressures anyone into having sexual relations with him. The opposite, if anything. Amida is the only member of the Hammerhead's crew he initiates with – his partner, in every sense of the word. Lots of the others come on to him and he doesn't remotely discourage them, sure. But you've also got Azee, who explicitly choses not to act the same and is just as much part of this core family (while this doesn't rule out her being sexually involved with Naze, it shows there is no expectation of uniform behaviour). Furthermore, when Lafter starts developing romantic feelings for Akihiro – as contrasted with familial ones for the Turbines in general and sexual ones for Naze – literally everyone encourages her to follow them, treating it as perfectly natural and a sign of maturity.

(To head off a rather trite misread, Naze describing his wives as 'like his daughters' in some respects does not invoke literal fatherhood. His 'paternal' statements are in line with the attitude he takes to Orga as his 'little brother' – that of someone with more experience taking responsibility for a more naïve dependent – and I think it's really worth stressing that non-nuclear family dynamics do not map to those of nuclear families. Though unquestionably a patriarch figure, Naze is happy Lafter going to go get what she wants and proud of her choices. The literal opposite of infantilising her.)

Thanks to the Urdr Hunt mobile game, we get a canonical glimpse into how Naze interacts with members of the Turbines beyond the Hammerhead's crew as well. Tamami Rakou is leader of grey-ops team the 'Rakou Pirates', who handle missions it would be better weren't directly associated with the Turbines (yes, their flags is the Turbines' logo with a skull painted over it, why do you ask?). When she reports to Naze halfway through the game, their relationship is revealed as one of friendly mentorship; again not a million miles off his attitude towards Orga. Tamami explains to another character that the Turbines took her in as a hot-headed youth and trained her in business matters. She seeks to repay what she perceives as a debt, with the ultimate goal of sharing sakuzuki cups with her boss. Naze, by contrast, already firmly recognises her worth (that's why he put her in her current role) and cautions her against taking too many risks.

Naze and Amida gently rib the junior captain over the course of these scenes, while Tamami tries way too hard to impress them. The joke is that she's presenting herself with loud, military seriousness in the face of the couple's customary informality, and it hinges on her having nothing to worry about. Naze already values her and cares about her safety. They even end their meeting warning each other not to do anything to make Amida sad, indicating shared affection for Tamami's 'Big Sis'.

All this is positioned without any hint of lasciviousness. When Naze looks forward to hearing stories of Tamami's exploits over drinks later, there's apparently no expectation of anything more. I bring this up to highlight the boundaries in the Turbines' living arrangements. Naze expresses admiration for women as a category, but he's no skirt-chaser. The polygamy is not mandatory and his support and generosity are not predicated upon it.

Also, and I fully appreciate this is its own brand of male bravado, the sexual side of the Turbines is mostly described as Naze pleasing his wives rather than the other way around. The story goes out of its way to make clear how OK everyone is with the arrangement, including an obligatory 'harem strike' joke to underline that while Naze may have institutional power, they outnumber him.

It should scarcely need stating that Iron-Blooded Orphans is not depicting relationship dynamics one should aspire to. Then again, I'm posting this on the internet, where reductio ad absurdum is treated as winning, so let's state it outright: pretty much every relationship in this show is some level of borked. From Shino and Yamagi's teenage inability to communicate, to McGillis indulging Almiria's childish fantasies of adulthood within a marriage they've been forced into, to Mika and Orga's entire deal, everyone is doing the best they can while setting each other up for a lifetime of therapy they're not going to get.

The flip side of this is that those same relationships are a source of support and joy for characters experiencing extremely harsh, miserable lives. In almost every case, the toxicity is intertwined with genuine love, and for the Turbines, the toxicity gets firmly minimised, counteracted by Naze's personality and by how his wives interact with him.

I am not going to stand up and say the Turbines are a model of healthy polyamory. Being married to your boss is rarely a good thing in reality. Within the show, however. it's presented as wholly positive and supportive to a degree that the other entanglements can only aspire.

Sunset

Nothing lasts forever though. Isn't that the saying? Part reproach, part reassurance, it asserts that all is ultimately impermanent, no matter how much we might hope or fear otherwise. Orga sets his stall out in the name he gives his newly-liberated band of fighters: an iron flower, never wilting and never dying. Something impossible, that is ended prematurely by his rush to ensure its existence.

The Turbines are firmly established by the time they enter the story and as I've discussed, their rise is depicted as a cautious, time-consuming process. They have a fierce reputation – nobody messes with them, at least not without some high-ranking Earth bigwig offering plenty of money – but it's one tied to Teiwaz as a whole and that coupling of fortunes is both strength and weakness.

When the hammer comes down and Gjallarhorn begin interdicting Turbine ships, Naze wonders if McMurdo himself might be responsible. This suspicion comes after half a season of internal politics following Tekkadan's unexpectedly rapid ascent within Teiwaz. Their victories reflect well on Naze, since he brought them into the fold, but also cause the other high-ranking members to fear what they perceive to be his ambition. Things come to a head when Tekkadan align themselves with McGillis's attempt to seize power. With the youngest, upstart members of the organisation promised sovereignty of Mars (and its lucrative half-metal mining operations), a target is painted on Naze's back.

Of course, it isn't McMurdo who acts against him but Jasley, envious of Naze's position as the boss's favourite and wanting nothing more than to seize control of the transport division. There's no doubt he'd have sent the Turbines back to square one, exploiting them for his own gain. Jasley is very much in tune with the ambient misogyny and a conniving bastard to boot. He imagines by inciting Iok Kujan to destroy his rival, he will become next in line for control of Teiwaz itself.

He doesn't get away with it. The damage is done nevertheless.

When I say 'the Turbines are Tekkadan done right', it is a statement regarding success at their shared goals. Providing marginalised people with safety and security, enriching them through employment on their own terms, and establishing their long-term legitimacy – these represent the aims of both groups. The Turbines, however, achieve them at scale. Over 50,000 members! Operations from Jupiter to Venus! The ear of the head of Teiwaz! And, via groups like Tekkadan and Foundling (who Tamami is still mentoring at the point of writing; the survival chances of doofy gremlin children may go down as well as up), the opportunity to guide a new generation in a changing world.

But – and of course there's a 'but'; there was always going to be a 'but' – 'done right' does not mean 'perfect'. It does not mean 'forever'. For all the benefits the Turbines accrue for themselves, theirs is still a dangerous business. The risk may be reduced by solidarity but it doesn't go away. They still have to fight pirates and undertake jobs of dubious legality. Furthermore, as Jasley proves, they amass enemies as well as allies. Disruption to the social order creates ripples even – especially – when done with the best of intentions.

Above all, there's the question of whether their methods are sustainable. Throughout this piece, I have consciously centred Naze because that's what the Turbines' strategy is. Using him as a focal point around which to gather and an acceptable representative to men who wouldn't otherwise give them the time of day. While they might have achieved much simply by cooperating and are implied through Tamami to have retained considerable autonomy, it is Naze personally who allowed these women to escape the bottom of the heap.

This leaves them with a hideously dangerous vulnerability. The Turbines are inextricably tied to Naze's personal fortunes and those plummet in a second the instant Jasley shops him to Iok. By the rules of Teiwaz and his own sense of honour, Naze cuts ties with McMurdo to prevent Gjallarhorn pressing charges against the conglomerate. He expends all the good will he has accrued over the years to beg his now-former boss to take his people in. And then he and Amida sacrifice themselves in a nearly-vain attempt to safeguard their immediate family.

Worst of all, the catalyst for this is the very generosity of spirit that got Naze involved in the first place. He gives Tekkadan a chance and keeps doing so even as the cracks begin to show. He indulges Orga's ambitions out of the sense he's looking at his family's younger selves. As a result, he ties himself to them and is sent to his death by the wider consequences of their actions.

Amida describes Naze's love for her in terms of food: it is better to share a fine meal with others than to settle for average fare kept to yourself. That Naze was willing to share himself with so many people is laudable. But it is also his downfall and marks the harsh limitations of using the systems of the Post Disaster setting to imrpove a situation.

When you make deals with tigers, you have to remember what will happen should they get hungry.

A future even so?

Officially speaking, the Turbines end with Naze and Amida. The survivors are folded into what we might call Teiwaz-proper, directly under McMurdo's authority. When we next see them, they are clothed in drab black jackets, save for Azee who has traded her pink jumpsuit for a version of Naze's customary white suit. As the last remaining member of Amida's mobile suit squad, it seems leadership of this rebranded fleet has fallen to her, a position she uses – with McMurdo's blessing – to rescue Tekkadan's own dwindling numbers in their time of need.

Here we find the two groups paralleling one another once again. Lives are spared at the expense of identity. A leader who truly cared is lost and the outcome is decided by a pragmatist. We don't see much of what happens to the Turbines now they've been consumed by Teiwaz's male-dominated hierarchy. What we do know is that, in the short term at least, they have been forbidden from carrying weapons and doing the kind of escort work the Hammerhead excelled at. This alone marks a steep reduction in their power.

While McMurdo certainly looks favourably on his new subordinates, he is no replacement for the man who saw them as the sun. His decision to cast Jasley to the wolves was motivated as much by heading off a rival as by avenging his preferred 'son' – and he's clearly not getting any younger. One can only speculate where a few years might land everyone in this new arrangement (indeed, one has).

The Turbines' story contains remarkable achievements and at the same time showcases the fragility of any achievement made within an unjust society. It took Jasley a single phone-call to annihilate everything Naze and Amida built. Many good people died and the happiness Naze's wives found with him did not last. His children can hardly be considered orphaned but their fate is left up in the air, albeit weighted more kindly than their parents' lives began.

Which is something that should not be dismissed. Iron-Blooded Orphans reflects a lot of harsh, miserable realities about what happens to those unfavoured by the world's structures. But it refuses to downplay the steps they take towards a better future. Amida was already fighting to protect those left in the cold and Naze followed her lead. Even if the very things that enabled him to do so much eventually turned into a trap, it still matters that he did what he could. It still counts.

There may not actually be a way to 'do Tekkadan right'. Its context is flawed, harmful and frequently vile. In a just society, nobody would need the strategies the Turbines use to carve a place for themselves – there would be no ladder for anyone to fall to the bottom of. Yet in its absence, there are and have always been people who try their best to rebalance the scales, resisting the narratives they are fed in whatever ways they can. That needs to be valued. I'm glad IBO does so.

Because fleeting joy is joy all the same. Love exists under the toughest conditions. And, in the end, Azee and Eco follow the example of those who've gone before, stepping forward to ask:

How can we help?

Other reference posts include:

IBO reference notes on … Gjallarhorn (Part 1)

IBO reference notes on … Gjallarhorn (Part 2)

IBO reference notes on … Gjallarhorn (corrigendum) [mainly covering my inability to recognise mythical wolves]

IBO reference notes on … three key Yamagi scenes

IBO reference notes on … three key Shino scenes

IBO reference notes on … three key Eugene scenes

IBO reference notes on … three key Ride scenes

IBO reference notes on … the tone of the setting

IBO reference notes on … character parallels and counterpoints

IBO reference notes on … a perfect villain

IBO reference notes on … Iron-Blooded Orphans: Gekko

IBO reference notes on … an act of unspeakable cruelty

IBO reference notes on … original(ish) characters [this one is mainly fanfic]

IBO reference notes on … Kudelia’s decisions

IBO reference notes on … assorted head-canons

IBO reference notes on … actual, proper original characters [explicit fanfic – as in, actually fanfic. None of them have turned up in the smut yet]

IBO reference notes on … the aesthetics of the mobile frame

IBO reference notes on … mobile suit designations

IBO reference notes on … the Gundams (part 1)

IBO reference notes on … the Gundams (part 2)

IBO reference notes on … the Gundams (part 3)

#gundam iron blooded orphans #gundam ibo #g tekketsu #tekketsu no orphans #turbines #naze turbine #amida arca #tekkadan #reference #notes #spoilers #major spoilers #I considered illustrating the section on their downfall too #but I didn't want to make myself cry

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tiny-devil · 3 months

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hii do u have any cg mizuki and regressor ena hcs? :o and

i could go for it !!

。Ena's mostly a fussy toddler, she can also be a little moody, but nothing a good pacifier won't fix

｡ Mizuki's more of a big sister type of caregiver, they mostly play with Ena and they do little fashion shows together

。They also make deco pacis together !!! Ena is still very creative while little, so with Mizuki's help and supervision she's able to make many cute pacifiers

｡ They like to go out together when Ena's little, not only to show off their cute outfits but to go to fun places like the arcade together !! Ena can get frustrated so Mizuki may sometimes take over playing while Ena just roots for her and watches her !!!

｡ Not to mention going to sweets shops !! Treating Ena to cheesecake when little is surely to pick up her mood !!!

。Sometimes when it's just them in the call at nightcord, a sleepy Ena will turn into a small Ena and Mizuki will do their best to be a good long distance caregiver, speaking to her with a soft voice and asking her little one if she'd like them to sing a lullaby

。When Mizuki sees something that reminds them of their little one, they'll take a picture of it and send it to her, which will get their little one all gushy and happy

how about these anon? tysm for asking <3

#fandom agere #project sekai agere #project sekai agere headcanons #cookie.txt

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pawdropped · 2 days

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Xiao or Nilou as a little? ;0

{🍼} — YOUR FAVES ARE AGE/PET REGRESSORS RAH!!!!!💥💥💥

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PART 24 ~ NILOU | GENSHIN IMPACT (REQ) ⋆｡°✩

WOOO I LOVE NILOU :3!!

hcs under the cut~!!

.. !! (0-<)

hc cws - none? implied cylou, you can take it as /r or /p

🪼 - Nilou mostly regresses after stressful shows but loves to take days off to regress alone!

🪽 - she doesn’t exactly have a cg but at times Cyno will come and ‘babysit’ and help her through it!

🍼 - her favorite thing to do while regressed is practice dancing and color in coloring books

🎤 - Cyno will sometimes take Nilou out to walk around Sumeru City to buy her some small toys :3

🤍 - when Nilou is alone, she’ll draw and color while watching TV or listening to music. She also loves to go around and look at peoples gardens because of all the pretty flowers.

💧 - her safe food is cheesecake

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occasionalsweetpool · 11 months

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The second occasional sweet pool of the day! Befitting of the overall food theme, I’m posting the cafe menu of the 2009 sweet pool cafe held at CURE MAID CAFE.

Drinks

There are five drinks on the menu; two for Sakiyama (one for reason, one for instinct) and the rest are for the other three main boys. Sakiyama, Shironuma and Mita’s are all cold drinks served in a colins glass whilst Okinaga’s is served hot and in what looks to be ceramic coffee cup. Fitting for Okinaga to be the odd one out.

Note: I am an American so I never had any of these since this was region exculsive to Japan. I was also like, 6. So it’s just the menu!

Sakiyama Youji’s Reason/Rational (¥400/$2.78) (Blue Hawaii + grape jelly)

Sakiyama Youji’s Instinct (¥400/$2.78) (Pomegranate x ginger ale + grape jelly)

Shironuma Tetsuo (¥400/$2.78) (Green tea x peach flavour)

Mita Makoto (¥400/$2.78) (Cola x orange sherbet)

Okinaga Zenya (¥400/2.78) (Hot nata de coco + berry)

Originating in the Philipines, Nata de coco is fermentended coconut water. It’s usually served cold or in it’s more gelatinous state. I’ve never had it before, but I’m assuming it’s similar to stuff like coffee jelly.

Foods

There are 9 dishes in total, three desert plates and 6 meal plates. They also came as set meals.

Omu Yakisoba Bread (¥400/$2.78) (Also, as I far as I can tell, this is and another meal item from the menu are not sold as a set meal. I guess because it’s also literally yakisoba bread, lol) It’s based on the Yakisoba bread sold at the school store, aka the thing Shironuma is seen eating a majority of the rooftop cgs.

Omega Meat Burger (Alone: ¥1500/$10.44. Meal: ¥1700/$11.83) Apparently, it’s just a Big Burger. Which is fiitng, I guess.

Shironuma’s home-cooked food. (¥400/$2.78) (This is the other meal item I was referring to earlier. Ironically enough, there both food items associated with Shironuma.)

Kitani’s cooking. (Alone: ¥1100/$7.66. Meal: ¥1200/$8.35) White rice, miso soup and stir-fry minced meat with eggplant. Lovingly prepared for Zenya.

Sakiyama’s home curry. (Alone: ¥900/$6.26. Meal: ¥1100/$7.66) Colour of the curry is redder than usual curry. Comes with special seasoning.

Zenya’s Failure Hamburger steak. (Alone: ¥900/$6.26. Meal: ¥1100/$7.66) I’m assuming it’s called this because it’s cut up rather than being in the proper fillet form you usually serve hamburger as. Or it’s a jab at Zenya being literally a ‘defective’.

Youji-kun hot cake (pan cake) (¥700/$4.87) it’s a hotcake with youji’s face on it. would you eat the youji hotcake

sweet な台詞ケーキ (literally ‘sweet dialogue/words cake) (¥700/$4.87) So this one’s actually super cool, in my opinion. It’s a standard souffle cheesecake, but as implied with the name, the gimmick is that lines from sweet pool’s script written on it. The one from the product image is, from what I can tell, 「やばいだろ、これ」.

Makoto’s bad lifestyle habit sundae. (Alone: ¥600/$4.18. Meal: ¥800/$5.57.)

OTHER COOL STUFF

For free, you can also get coasters. The first one is for CURE MAID CAFE, which depicts the boys making food (and Okinaga even has Christie with him!) This event was also held at a crossdressing cafe called Queen Dolce, which is the second set included, which depicts the boys as butlers/waitstaff (a missed chance to depict the boy’s crossdressing, but ohhhhh well).

According to the website, the Queen Dolce was styled like the Cerulean Warbler (that’s the bar Shironuma works at!)

Also, the coaster arts was used for a pattern design for mug designs! It comes in both purple and turquoise.

#occasional sweet pool posts #sweet pool #merchendise #cafe collaborations

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fjordfocused · 2 days

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had a dream last night where there was a new Ace Attorney Investigations game that came with high-quality temporary tattoos bundled in. and nobody knew why the tattoos were there, like that’s kind of weird right. anyway it turns out the game had a CG cheesecake shot of Edgeworth that existed for no reason then to show he’s had full sleeves the entire series.

#in before ‘’most unrealistic part is Capcom releasing another AA:I’#I don’t know why he had full tattoo sleeves. gap moe I guess.#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #yeah sure I’ll throw this into the main tag

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agere-ena · 1 year

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i feel like Ena would LOVE to draw with chalk. So much room on the sidewalk and so many things to draw! At some point when her CGs aren't looking, she starts rubbing the pink chalk onto her hair. When they caught her doing it, they took her to have a bath right away. She was a bit upset over it since she just wanted to have pretty hair like Mizuki!!

She forgot about it pretty quickly once they handed her the bath crayons. But that didn't stop her from trying to make things harder for them! She would definitely try to use the crayons on herself. Maybe even try to eat one to see if they taste as good as they look. The threat of not having cheesecake later did stop her pretty quickly though.

this is SO cute, she so would!!

maybe one of them gets her one of those hair chalk thingies at some point!! sure, she can't have it all be pink, but she can have some streaks as a treat :>

#ask

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littletealseal · 2 months

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More Marbled Danish because he's living rent free in my head :V

Also featuring Cheesecake showing Butter Pretzel and Roguefort their new bab bro <:3

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metal-caregiver · 2 years

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Hi! I'm a cg and I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to deal with mental illness as a caregiver without letting it affect my little. I've been having a really rough time with mental stuff and I feel bad when I have to explain why I'm not doing so well when I just want him to feel happy.

Sorry for the late response! I tried to come up with some activities you and your little could do together on low days!

Movie nights Talent shows (have your little show off their favorite stuffies and pretend to sing, dance, juggle, play an instrument etc) “No bake, baking” (my favorites are peanut butter bars, no bake cookies, cheesecake, home made ice cream) Drawing/coloring together (you could even make each other in picrews) Make playlists for each other,,, As a caregiver who struggles with mental health myself I understand how hard it can be to take care of your little when you need to take care of yourself too. Not being able to take care of them 24/7 and whenever they need you, doesn't make you a bad caregiver. It can feel that way (believe me It hits me rough sometimes when my little brothers are so upset and there's nothing I can do to help because Im so low or angry). Its just as important for a caregiver to be taken care of and I hope that you and anyone else in the same position is able to have a conversation with their little. Coming up with a game plan for low days is never a bad idea!

#mama asks

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goldrozey · 2 years

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I don't have friends to talk about this but

I the great Rozey has made an Object show >:D (Not entirely)

It will be called DreamWishShow(DWS) Or TechWishShow(TWS)

So Boardy and Markery decided to make an object show and a stranger showed up and its a Vactor, They said to the siblings "Hey!! You wanna help my object show?? Cmon follow me!!"

They didn't ask Boardy and Markery permission cause of something

So there is 25 Contestant!!

-Flowercrown (Purple flower)

-Icy (An ice cream)

-Flowey (Not undertale)

-CG (Cool Glasses)

-Diary (Have a crush on Diamond but no hope)

-Diamond (Gossip buddies with Diary)

-Moon (No arms 🙂)

-WeatherCloud (They're emotion control the weather)

-Coffee (My fav bean <3)

-TreasureCoin (Homophobic 😒)

-Keyboard

-Casey (Pensilcase)

-Masky

-LAW (Half monster ?)

-Sleepy Mask

-Chilly

-Cheesecake

-Teacup

-Sketchbook (@//mary-games-and-arts oc)

-Ball

-Teddy (Not alive 🙂)

-Pot

-Leaf (Overprotective scaredy cat brother)

-Money (Hot old man who already has a husby)

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bubbas-baby-boy · 2 years

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100 AgeRe Questions

Credit: pickledratinajar

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1🐝 What Age(s) Do You Regress To ~ 3-6

2🍯 Do You Pet Regress As Well / What Animal ~ no

3🥮 How Long Have You Been Regressing ~ almost a year

4🐌 Is Your Regression Voluntary, Involuntary, Or A Mixture ~ mixture

5🐻 What's Your Personality Like When Regressed ~ timid, shy, small

6🐴 How Often Do You Regress ~ once a week

7☕ What Helps You Get Into Headspace ~ bottles/pacis/coloring

8📜 Are You A Baby, Toddler, Or Big Kid Regressor ~ baby-toddler

9🦇 Do Your Likes Change When Regressed ~ not really

10⏳ Do You Have A Baby Voice In Headspace ~ yes

11🍪 What Makes You Instantly Small ~ certain words

12🧋Why Do You Regress ~ trauma

13🌙 Pink Or Blue ~ blue

14⭐ Dragons, Unicorns Or Fairies ~dragons

15☁️ Dinos, Princesses, Space Or Safari Theme ~dino’s AND space

16💫 Neon, Pastel, Neutral Or Dark Pallets ~dark

17🐮 Favorite Regression Clothes ~ onesies and thigh highs and overalls

18🌸 Favorite Color ~ sunset

19🐭 Do You Collect Stickers ~ i hve some but not really they don’t feel good to me

20🧁 Coloring Book Or Paint By Numbers ~ paint by numbers

21🍧 Playdoh, Legos Or Slime ~ slime

22🦄 Finger Paint Or Brushes ~ brushes

23🧼 Crayons, Colored Pencils Or Markers ~ colored pencils

24☀️ Do You Have A CG / Name For CG ~ Dada/Bubba/Bubs

25🌻 Do You Have A Baby Sitter ~ kind of, it’s not official

26✨ Do You Have Any Sibbies ~ yes. one

27🧺 Do Your Parents Know About Your Regression ~ no

28🧋 Favorite Nicknames / Pet Names ~ babba, baby boy

29🍕 Ideal Playdate ~ park time at night with stars out

30🐱 Sleep In Crib Or With CG ~ with CG but i’d love to try sleeping in a crib

31🍼 Favorite Snack ~ sweets/candies

32🧸 Favorite Juice ~ apple juice

33🍪 Favorite Icecream Flavor ~ strawberry cheese cake with white choclate chips

34🩹 Favorite Type Of Milk ~ almond milk/angel milk

35🐶 Sweet, Sour, Spicy, Bitter Or Savory ~ sour

36🍰 Favorite Dessert ~ cheesecake

37🍦 Favorite Type Of Chocolate ~ white

38⏳ Mac & Cheese Or Nuggets ~ dino nugs

39🎒 Favorite Movie ~ scooby doo

40🍬 Favorite Cartoon ~ scooby doo

41🚀 Favorite Game ~ hide and seek but only if i’m hiding

42🎀 Favorite Disney Princess ~ merida

43⚾ If You Could Have Any 1 Superpower What Would It Be ~ telepathy

44🍄 Anime Or Cartoons ~ cartoons

45🍓 Favorite Carebear ~ never seen it

46✏️ Shows Or Movies ~ movies

47🐛 Do You Believe In Fairies ~ yes

48🐸 Do You Have A Comfort Character ~ scooby doo, coraline

49🌱 Do You Like Rain At Night ~ yes

50🦕 Are You Easily Scared ~ yes

51🧃 Are You Also A Carer ~ never tried

52🌵 Are You Independent Or Dependent ~ independent

53🍃 What Pulls You Out Of Headspace ~ big talk, having to do “big things” for myself

54🍏 Are You Scared Of Bugs ~ some bugs

55🦝 Favorite Toy Series ~ honey acre farms, monster high

56🚛 Do You Use Pacis ~ yes

57🦴 Do You Use Diaps ~ no

58🦈 Gear Wishlist ~ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ROR6VX8NCPJX?ref_=wl_share

59🍵 Favorite Regression Item ~ clothes

60🐾 Sippy Cup Or Bottle ~ bottle

61🦊 Oldest Stuffie ~ pinky pie

62🎃 Do You Sleep With A Stuffie ~ yes

63🔥 How Many Stuffies Do You Have ~ too many to count

64🍂 Newest Favorite Stuffie ~ pickles

65🏵️ Build A Bear, Amusement Park, Or Disney Store ~ build a bear

66🥧 Stuffed Animals Or Dolls ~ stuffies

67👽 Do You Have A Bedtime ~ yes

68🍭 Do You Keep An AgeRe Journal ~ yes

69⚡️ Do You Have Rules ~ yes

70🍥 Blankie Or Paci ~ blankie

71🌈 Night Light Or Glow-In-The-Dark Stars ~ both

72🌿 Bedtime Stories Or Lullabies ~ bedtime stories

73🎩 Favorite Thing To Do Outside While Small ~ swing

74🐵 Favorite Thing To Do Inside While Small ~ watch movies and paint

75🦋 Blanket Fort Or Bouncy House ~ blankie fort

76🐯 Stroller Or Walk ~ stroller

77🔮 Dress Up Or Tea Party ~ tea party

78🦜 Do You Like The Playground ~ yea

79💖 Early Bird Or Night Owl ~ night owl

80📝 Indoors Or Outdoors ~ outdoors even though it kills me

81💕 Warm Or Cold Weather ~ cold

82🦢 Dogs Or Cats ~ both

83☎️ Do You Have Any Pets ~ yes, one dog and two cats

84💌 Favorite Animal ~ wolf

85🍒 Favorite Holiday ~ halloween

86🐇 Favorite Season ~ autumn

87❤️ What’s Your Big Age ~ 18

88🌼 What’s A Nostalgic Place For You ~ summer camp

89🐳 Playdoh, Legos Or Slime ~ slime

90🐙 Do You Collect Anything ~ crystals

91🐠 Bubble Baths Or Bath Toys ~ bubble baths

92🍑 Are Your Agere Interests More Fem Or Masc ~ masc

93☔️ Do You Stim More While Regressed ~ equally as much really

94🎨 Favorite Place To Regress ~ home

95🧵 Favorite Regression Youtuber ~ haven’t found one

96🌈 Favorite Site/App For Regression Community ~ tumblr

97💐 What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up ~ a psychiatrist or a journalist

98📒 What’s The Most Nostalgic Electronic For You ~ computer

99📀 A Toy You Always Wanted But Never Got As A Kid ~ i can’t think of one

100🪐 What Is Your Favorite Thing To Learn About In Headspace ~ space and dino’s

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legitimatesatanspawn · 6 months

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As a foodie and a Pokemon fan, the "Sweet Winter with Pokemon" and "Camping Trip with Pokemon" videos still drive me up the wall (in a good way).

High quality cg pokemon that look cute and fairly realistic without leaning into the uncanny valley. Delicious looking food and I do mean delicious because it is actual real food. A cute set of wordless stories showing a human connecting with Pokemon through food and care, and showing the sheer delight they all have for one another without it being reliant on battling. And some recipes that I'll probably never get a chance to try but look so good like that grape cheesecake.

If you're curious the vids are collected in two playlists here and here, although there's also English text versions of the first three in these links: one, two, three.

#pokemon #sweet winter with pokemon #camping trip with pokemon #Nisshoku-ki #Cat's Kitchen #Lao Dao #increasingly longer image descriptions

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innervision-dai · 10 months

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