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1bootyyyshaker9000 · 2 years

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Rottmnt

Leo and y/n. G/n rock star becomes friends with Leo via discord part 1 Platonic or romantic up to the reader.

Leo wouldn’t stop stealing Donnie's game set so Donnie created/bought a switch lite (the cyan one) for him

“There, Nardo, now leave me the hell alone”

It took 2 days for Donnie to regret that decision because Leon is completely sucked into it, not only that, he’s joined a discord group chat- A DISCORD GROUP CHAT.

Y/n uses a switch to relax after a big show, being a rockstar is exhausting but hey at least you have DaVinc1 to make you laugh on the more stressful days.

Does Leo treat you like a noob despite the fact he’s had that switch for less than a week? Absolutely.

Do you kick him to the zombies in minecraft for his disrespect? OBVIOUSLY.

Homeboy once got kicked out of the sewers cause of how harshly he cursed your mario kart skills.

He still won though.

Your trash talk could use work though bc it’s basically: “Your mom” “>:O”

But don’t worry because the Champion of joking at the worst times is here to teach you.

Leo once got Mikey to play with you both but kicked him fast when he realised how quick you two would gang up on poor leo.

Mikey and Y/n are merciless. For the sake of the world you two will never meet.

Leo is the king of verbal key smashing and your band mates are begging you to wear headphones

They love that Leo is helping you relieve stress and that you’re making friends but do you have to play at 4am?????

basic things that can be heard from your gaming sessions:

"Do you think the demon baby can actually feel pain?" [chucking the thing in the oven] "I don’t think babies are real."

"I know you cheated, you fuck, I will find you…and I will kill you." [in the comfort and safety of the actual fucking sewers] "I’ll roll out the welcome mat, Liam Neesan."

You’re??? only one to understand??? and laugh at his jokes????

He is floored when you send him the most cursed memes out of nowhere at the most random times.

His favourite is the kwispy one.

Leo will pay you to stop sending him sonic memes.

Donnie will pay you to keep sending the sonic memes and even supply a few he’s been saving.

After months and months of chatting, killing zombies, killing each other and tormenting virtual babies, you both start wishing you could meet in real life.

I don’t want him to be intimidated by who I am :( What if they’re a l l e r g i c to turtles!!!!!!

both the mad dogs and your band mates are tired of hearing this

Ahhh but fate moves in cunning cold bitch ways.

Touring to New York City proves difficult when fans break into your room for reasons beyond comprehension, and Leo just happens to be patrolling near the hotel.

Takes him a second to recognise you in your pj’s and hoodie, and Holy fucking shit balls- Y/N FUCKIN L/N crawling out a window on the 55th floor!!!!!!!!

inching towards the window of the room your manager’s in, and you’re doing a good enough job of it that Leo considers leaving you to your escape, which is too bad he really would have liked to meet-

-your foot slips

Leo portals to you so fucking fast you have no idea what happened. “Don't freak out, don't freak out” panic-whispers a familiar voice, his hand covering your eyes while he leads you somewhere.

When you do open your eyes you’re on the roof of some pizza restaurant. “What the actual fuck????”

Your manager was nice enough not to ask why you ran away to get pizza instead of hiding with them.

the restaurant owners were nice enough to get you a ladder.

your manager also upped the security.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #i worked way too long on this #rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles #y/n x leonardo #y/n and leonardo #part 1 #tmnt #tmnt 2018 #tmnt donatello #tmnt leonardo #tmnt mikey

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5uptic · 2 years

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here from ur main. why don’t you like him today? 👀

i'm putting a keep reading on this one because this is the most negative i will get about 5up here, just as a way to express myself about how my perception of him has evolved from the last time i touched the subject. i also don't think i'll come around so probably this is also the last time i'll talk about this, at least as candidly as i plan on doing lol. and i do want to make it clear that this is no form of "cancellation", that this isn't me urging 5up to change or do anything, or to say that i will come back once x or y things change. this is just a matter of personal taste and just my opinion on the guy, which comes down only to my likes and dislikes.

but yeah, the wording of my tag post is that yesterday i just fully accepted that i don't like 5up. it was just a buildup of a lot of things... i have my gripes with every streamer i watch, because of course i'm not gonna like every aspect about their online personality and presentation - no one is meant to, that's just how humans work. so i did genuinely love 5up for a long time, while things about him and his community did bother me, because i enjoyed a lot of things on his streams and i had a lot of nice things to say about him. it's just that i no longer see those things that i used to like that much, or it's a case of the bad things outweighing the good ones.

of course there's the case of 5up's ego which is easily my biggest problem. i like other streamers who have a bit of an ego, like punz for example, but there are many instances where punz either accepts he's not performing so well, chat doesn't take him seriously and he plays along the teasing, or actually does something to back it up. and when it came to watching 5up the instances where we could make fun of him became few and far between. just something very memeable, like the whole colors thing, ends up being annoying just because he refuses to let go of the idea of superiority around something that 70% other people in the world experience too. and that's just one example: if you are familiar with 5up's streams, you can name a lot of other things 5up is overconfident about. and if you are familiar with 5up you are aware of the way he deals with those situations and can understand why someone might feel annoyed at the constant ego showcase.

personally, there are a lot of guys around my life who have an ego problem and mansplain me and shit, but in that case i'm able to stand my ground and tease them about it or call them out. but it's just an impossible thing to do with 5up because well, he's not my friend very obviously lol, so that just leaves me feeling powerless and annoyed on the other side of the streamer/chatter interaction.

this is also a big problem when 5up has pretty much branded himself around the idea of being great at every game. of course i don't deny his skill in lots of games he plays, but as someone who is into dbd content creators, the constant gloating when he was playing the game feels unwarranted because he's an average survivor at best, and relies heavily on good perks and killers on the other side of the 1v4. i really loved to see the og core 4 playing dbd because of the interactions and dynamics of 2 of them being complete noobs at the game, but the need to feed 5up's ego when he looped novice killers was so unnecessary and it made me cringe a lot. the phrase "breaking their ankles" is forever tainted because of it. this is just another case of 5up performing averagely and having an ego around it despite so many people being able to do what he does. and also the claims of "i could eaaaasily be rank 1 if i tried hard enough", the overconfidence and lack of self awareness is a big eye-roller. same thing with mcc: again, i don't deny 5up has skill and experience to back up some of his claims, but the overconfidence that he can bring his team to victory every time is annoying when he never does vod reviews or practices on the server. i remember when pogchamps was happening and 5up was going to be in mcc that same week, people were complaining that he never practiced and i was like "how do expect him to do it when he's competing in a chess tournament atm?". but then it turned out he barely did any chess practice outside of his streams with anna, and i had nothing to defend him with. and i know i can't feel crazy about this, because everyone is laughing at 5up's question of "what games does sapnap beat me in?" and just his lack of self-awareness when it comes to his perception of himself.

another criticism that i never voiced before is his inability to commit to let's plays or certain games. you know, stuff like it takes two, resident evil 8, deltarune chapter two, no umbrellas allowed (which was also the last time i genuinely enjoyed watching his stream) that so many people were able to coordinate and play across multiple streams, he just won't do it. if he didn't play "little nightmares" in one stream, i have a feeling he would've never finished it. the fact that he was so spread about his schedule annoyed me because i wanted to see 5up finish certain games, only for him to complete drop it the next stream and then claim that he wouldn't be continuing the game days or weeks later. again, not something i would fault him for, because who knows if there's a real reason why he does it, but it feels baity and i couldn't even get excited about 5up playing certain games because if i got too attached, he could just drop it immediately and forget that it exists.

there's also what i noticed yesterday, although i can't really have the novelty of saying that it's something that only i know. when people were messaging me when i first talked about how i didn't like 5up anymore, i got asks talking about his lackluster interactions when he's on calls with other streamers, and after yesterday's crab game lobby i have to agree. there was such a novelty in seeing so many people interact with each other, mcyts with otv and the crewfu, etc. punz hiding with scarra, steve and celine agreeing that costco chicken is top tier... but every time it was 5up interacting with others, it just felt stilted and awkward, and he just repeats things back and doesn't add anything to the conversation. back then i did pick up on this, although not as explicitly as now, and i didn't love streams where the catch would be 5up and co playing a new game and interacting. but yesterday i was finally able to catch it and that's what made me officially admit that i straight up don't like him.

sigh. it's sad. i'm still somewhat fond of him, and it's a very weird thing i've never experienced with other content creator. part of me wants to be able to like him and let that be the end of it, but i genuinely tried it. in the past months i sometimes watched his streams, no volume and no chat, just to try and have that bond again, but as soon as i turned on the volume he would say something that would make me roll my eyes. it's hopeless and i'm sad that it is, because i do love every other member of the crewfu and i like so many people in the streamer circle around 5up. it feels wrong for him to be the one exception when he was the one that brought me in.

well, all that said, i'll never be antagonistic to 5up on this blog so you won't have to worry about it. it's a me thing so i'll keep it to myself (maybe occasionally vent on my main if i feel like it). but i'll still post as i've been doing it lately and remain active in the community, so if that's what you're worried about, well then, no changes will be made to my blogging in these last few months :)

#5up #answered

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dailycupofcreativitea · 2 years

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Okay I just need to brag about something that probably no one is gonna understand because it’s incredibly niche but I have nowhere else to cheer about this and I’m SO proud of myself :D

So shortly after I joined the lab, one of the PhD students in our lab graduated. He was actually my mentor and taught me a bunch of machine learning before he left. Since he trained me on a few things I guess he thought I was generally computer competent so he made me take over a few things for him, like his place on a committee and also his job as the person who manages the lab servers.

The problem is...I’m a pleb. A noob. A fake. I don’t know SHIT about servers and GPUs and whatever. Everything I know came from hours of googling things and fiddling with things. I’m not a computer science major. I took ONE “introduction to python” class in undergrad.

So he puts me in charge of all three lab servers (which, for fun, are named after various chocolate bars LMAO). He taught me how to fix one of the servers if it went down and I wrote down his instructions but he reassured me that it barely goes down and I’ll probably never have to fix it.

Well...almost two years later, here I am...and the server went down! The server that other researchers were using for their own projects, other researchers who were now panicking and wondering when it would come back up! And guess who forgot everything about how to fix it! ME!

I had to dig out my old notes and reach out to both my old mentor (to clarify some things in the notes because they’re actually horrible notes and I’m a dumbass) and the big server guy (to change permissions and set up an account for me) and then it was just me and my ASUS laptop (NOW ASUS BECAUSE F**K HP, NEVER BUYING AN HP LAPTOP EVER AGAIN) and my lil’ terminal blinking at me, taunting me, telling me to fix the server when I most definitely did not know how.

BUT!!!! After a bit of googling, consulting my notes, and prayers, I’m happy to report that THE SERVER IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn’t even dream of doing something like this, like being a “server manager”, if you asked me just 3 years ago when I took that intro to python class. But here I am! I fixed the server!

Anyways I’m super proud of myself and now I’m really happy because today I bought a laptop I actually like, finished setting it up (which was faster now that I’ve done this like two times already), and fixed the server. I feel like I can breathe easy tonight. :)

(Brb gonna go write instructions for the rest of the lab members),

#musings #fuck yeah this is going on my resume

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snowscribe · 3 years

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Mortal Kombat Kast at a Theme Park/Disneyland Pt 2

Basically part 2 of the Theme park/Disney post, featuring folks from Outworld, and Bi-Han/Noob because I forgot to put him in the last one lol. Part 1 featuring the Earthrealm/Special Forces + some others can be found here!

Kano drags the Black Dragon to the happiest place on Earth to celebrate the completion of their latest job.

Kitana Kahn and her comrades in Outworld were invited by Cassie Cage to partake in some Earthrealm leisurely activities.

Kano

Listen mate, he respects money sucking places like this one, but he himself doesn't actually ride that much. He'll ride thrill rides like coasters, but anything else he kinda doesn't really care too much about. He only kind of gives a shit about the carousel because it's the one of the few rides Erron rides.

He has a bit more fun trying to break/bend the rules of the park, especially the Disney parks. Disney's famous "No Booze" policy is not even a suggestion to him. Kano straight up brings a hidden flask with him, pours it into a Mickey hat and drinks from it, defying the mouse and making a statement.

Of course Kabal and Erron have to cover his ass to make sure he isn't caught by Disney secret police. (Yes this is a thing and it's horrifying. Disney jail is also a thing.) He'll never admit it, but he likes going to theme parks with Black Dragon, spending time with his buddies makes it worthwhile.

Mostly.

And forgot to mention, Pirates of the Caribbean despite being a slow ride is a guilty pleasure, he also loves Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Erron Black

Absolutely terrified of most of the rides. Even the flying Dumbos and Swings scare the crap out of him. His boots will stay firmly on the ground thank you very much.

Everyone else teases him about this, specifically Kano, but Erron doesn't care. He's too old to understand these newfangled rolly coasters anyway. As a result, he's the Black Dragon's go to item holder when they ride stuff, which is a problem when he joins Kotal later.

Only ride he does go on is the carousel though. Horses are a thing he can actually get his head around and they don't come too far off the ground. It makes him feel nostalgic too, it's a ride that’s been around even before he was born. (Carousels were invented in 1806) He likes the Jungle Cruise too somewhat.

He did try the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, almost got himself banned for almost shooting at the animatronics and illusions. Yeah no, not his thing.

He can't get behind a lot of the food or entertainment either. Food costs how much and is usually worse than what he can get???? Shows are just people in costumes fooling around???? It all feels very tacky to him. Especially the Hall of Presidents, like what the hell??

Although all the shooting gallery games/attractions are fun to him. At least it’s something for him to do.

Kabal

He loves, loves, loves roller coasters! He absolutely adores spinny rides like the tea cups too! Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion is his JAM.

As for the tea cups, he spins them around ridiculously fast. Anyone sane refuses to get into the same ride vehicle as him.

Everyone remembers the one time Kabal convinced Erron to ride with him, much to everyone's surprise the cowboy agreed. Erron was rewarded with a trip to the nearest trashcan when the ride was over. Kabal probably single handedly further convinced Erron that theme park rides suck.

Pre-burn, post-burn, post-revenant, Kabal be Kaballin and will always seek out new screams and thrills.

Kitana

Goes in really hard with this with Jade. Yeah she spends time with Liu, but simply put she’s on a mission to make the most of her visit to Earthrealm’s self-proclaimed, “Happiest Place on Earth”. No character (mascot), no ride, no restaurant is safe from the latest Kahn of Outworld. Her father conquered people? Well Kitana is going to conquer this theme park, in terms of collectables that is.

She really does love all of it though, with every ride Kitana loves it even more. From the steady Carousel of Progress to the hyperspeeds of Space Mountain, even the Hall of Presidents is wondrous to her. Which is saying something considering she’s lived for quite some time. She surprises Cassie when she asks her to take her to Universal the next day.

Jade

Pretty much the same as Kitana sort of. She's in awe of everything, but slightly less so, only very slightly. It’s a Small World while cute is kinda annoying and childish, but Splash Mountain though? Slaps! Leisure is taken for granted in Earthrealm it seems and she and Kitana are taking advantage of that. Of course she finds time for Kotal too but….I’ll get to that soon. <3

Absolutely digs the aesthetic and atmosphere of the whole park, adores the Matterhorn bobsleds. Despite that, Tomorrowland is her favorite land in the park, it’s all super new to her and that’s what makes it so exciting!

Kotal Kahn

A stick in the mud and pretty much refuses to ride anything if it isn’t with Jade. Even then he has a limit on what he’ll ride with Jade. It’s a Small World is too grading, Tower and Terror makes him feel too vulnerable, and any coaster makes him feel absolutely helpless. He’d much rather stay on the ground and in control of where he goes. He does like visiting Animal Kingdom though and seeing all the different Earthrealm animals.

He tries to endure it all, he really does.

Ermac

They have faint memories of this place from the many souls that make them up. Some of them happy, some of them sad, regardless they’re ready to discover what new experiences they can discover.

Kenshi really helps them slowly take everything in and allows them to join him and Takeda. Ermac discovers that the thrill rides like coasters do not suit them, but the slower dark rides and Ferris wheels do. With coasters, they get ridiculously stressed out to the point where the souls within them screech like mad, with dark rides it’s no problem.

They also have a soft spot for vanilla ice cream.

.....and Dippin Dots.

Bi-Han (As Noob Saibot)

So, first of all he came with no one: he snuck in the park. Secondly, as much as he would love to partake in thrills and food he is (no pun intended) shady as hell. That being said, he snuck in for one reason only: to harass Kuai the park guests.

On dark rides he would pretend to be a special effect or animatronic, then poke the guests on the ride just to mess with them. His favorite ride is the Haunted Mansion; not just because he can blend in so well, but in that attraction he poses as a “hitchhiking ghost” at the end, then shocks guests when he doesn’t disappear from their Doombuggy.

BONUS! Just don’t ask how they’re here.

Shao Kahn

He can’t stand these trivial Earthrealm distractions. However, because Mileena loves them he endures it for her. She is his future successor after all, assuming she survives past MKX in this timeline.

Any carnival prize Mileena wants? He’ll get it for her one way or another.

and of course he steals buys a new tea set for Mileena.

Shao Kahn may be an evil dictator, but at least on some level he cares about Mileena.

Mileena

Much like her sister, she absolutely loves the experience! Unlike her sister however, she does not have the company of a BFF or significant other. While her father accompanies her and tolerates the whole theme park thing, MIleena finds herself riding most attractions alone; despite this, she makes the most of it.

By the time the day is done, her lanyard is full of collectable pins. Don’t misunderstand, Mileena wanted to get all possible autographs and such, but was unable to. She’s a little frustrated, but was just happy that she got to experience this in the first place.

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat 11 #mk11 #mk #kano #erron black #kabal #kitana #jade #ermac #bi-han #noob saibot #shao kahn #mileena #my writing

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nikatyler · 2 years

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Adventures in TS2

Well, I did it, I opened TS2 again, for the first time in a while. I just can’t get into this game. At the same time, I see how amazing it is and from what I’ve seen online, I can totally understand why people still play it after all this time. It’s just...I feel like I’m getting into it way too late and there’s so much to learn and for some reason it’s just difficult for me (and, honestly, part of me is just too lazy to figure it all out). Well, I decided to try again, and hopefully I will be opening this game again soon.

I made a brand new sim that is not tied to any other sim in the R-BCU (Rose-Breeze Cinematic Universe; yes I’m calling it that, kinda as a joke but also kinda unironically). Meet Maddie Alvarez but beware, I’m not good at making sims in this game, or taking screenshots in this game. Still, I think she’s kinda cute. Not as cute as my TS3 and TS4 sims though, but maybe we’ll get there eventually.

That’s not her dog, unfortunately, but he was a very good boy and we became friends.

Then, people came! It goes without saying but I’m a sims 2 noob lol, so I was very surprised to see Tyler there. Then I realized it’s the same save file as the one I was playing a few months ago. Also, Tyler’s TS2 version is not very accurate. It’s not a bad sim but they don’t have the same vibe as the TS3/TS4 Tyler to me haha.

More under the cut because this will actually probably be long haha.

Tyler ate our cereal >:(( Friendship ended with Tyler >:((((

Kidding, friendship renewed with Tyler. They bonded over alien jokes, which...makes sense. Good old days. If you know, you know. If you don’t...well. Long long time ago, Tyler’s brother got abducted by aliens, things happened, and Tyler would never shut up about it. The mommy joke. Gone but not forgotten. But I’m glad Caleb is more than that nowadays. Anyway, that’s off topic, let’s get back to Maddie.

She’s...breaking shit. This was the next morning, I think.

I love that she actually walks to the car and opens the door. I’m surprised this isn’t in TS3. And well...it’s a little detail but I guess now I can see why people want cars in TS4. (As for me, I still don’t care about them, but if they added them I wouldn’t be mad at all.)

This got me thinking, wait a second, where’s my old camera?? And is it still working? Genuinely have no clue.

Also, I love how TS2, being an old game, is...well, old, and it shows when you look at the electronics and everything. 😅 Reminds me of my childhood and how so many things have changed since then. And I’ll stop here before I get sappy and overly nostalgic.

Anyway, Maddie met someone...a sim I literally made in five minutes and it shows lol. Meet Emery Woods.

Oh no.

Oh wait, oh wow...it’s almost as if they were made for each other, isn’t it? 👁👄👁

The next morning, Emery came for a visit, and this is how Maddie greeted him. And then I closed the game because I wanted to go do something else. And then I didn’t do that. Because something distracted me. Then I somehow ended up taking a shower. That’s a good thing but I don’t think I was planning on doing that yet lol. But yeah, it was a good thing, it’s after midnight sooo...and we’re getting off topic again 😅 So yeah, hopefully this isn’t the last time we’ve seen Maddie and Emery, and I’m off to do the thing I actually wanted to do after closing the game!

#ts2 #sims 2 #the sims 2 #my sims #maddie alvarez #emery woods

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whatifyoulivelikethat · 2 years

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anon ask about self-doubt, finding self-worth, and becoming who you want to be; warning: a long one hahaha

i just want to say i really admire the way you write. i love the way you talk and word things. i wish i could talk as well as you🥲 i also want to say thank you for talking on here and sharing your words and your own struggles. i hope you have moments where you’re happy and are taking care of yourself. i purple you <3

i wanted to ask for advice and maybe you can understand/relate to some of it? this is probably going to be super long but: i’m tired of feeling so worthless. straight up some days i feel like a worthless bag like why am i even here?? im always comparing myself to other peoples lives. i feel so guilty and shitty when i see others my age doing things i’m not doing. driving, working, dating, actually hanging out with friends, being social. i’m not doing any of those things, some i’ve never done and it makes me feel like less of a person i feel so small compared to other people my age like why am i not hanging out with friends? why have i never been in a relationship? i see people my age dating and suddenly feel like a little child. this little noob who doesn’t have things like that in their life n doesn’t know what thats like. i dont even know what i want to do with my life. sometimes i’ll see others my age doing things like going to a school dance or out with their friends and i immediately feel so f*cking worthless and just question my whole existence. i can’t explain it. sometimes i even like a useless daughter or sibling because maybe my mom would be more proud of me if i had friends or was out being social. sometimes if i do something so small such as ordering food by myself (bc that’s something that’s extremely difficult for me) , everyone praises me like “you talked to them?? i’m so proud of you” and it makes me feel like shit because i hate that they’re acknowledging the fact i’m scared to do simple shit like that. why isn’t anyone proud of me for the things i do now? it’s only when i do things like that. things i wouldn’t normally do. i feel like i’ll never be truly confident in myself. i’m scared of what it’ll be like when i am in a relationship. i’m scared i won’t know how to do things. scared i won’t be good enough. i’m constantly day dreaming about the future. what i’ll be doing or who i’ll be with. i’ve just never really experienced big great things, so when something comes to me (it could be something so small) it means the world to me. like you reading all of this and replying would feel extraordinary to me. i absolutely HATE telling people my personal feelings. i even feel like i’m burdening you right now. i hate talking about how i feel or what i’m going through mentally. i’d rather keep it all to myself and just..let it be. i hate opening up to people and telling them my struggles, insecurities, worries, etc. i’m always thinking about the way my life is. the way i sometimes don’t do shit. the way i’m not social or have much friends. i wake up and think about the day ahead of me and immediately feel discouraged cause it’s like “ugh another day of the same thing: nothing” i hate how damn aware i am of my shitty feelings and maybe it’s good to be able to pinpoint exactly how and why you’re feeling. but i’m just so aware of everything. like i’m so aware of how insecure i am, i start to wonder if others can see it. i wonder if i look as insecure, small, and worthless as i feel. i just want to know what it’s like to not care what people think. to just be and do things without thinking about the judgement of others. i want to know what it’s like to not be so anxious and insecure of every inch of yourself inside and out. i just want to feel proud and feel deserving and feel like i’m enough. i feel like if i was in a relationship i would ruin everything. i would be so damn insecure about everything the other person would just get tired of me. i’m forgettable. i feel like such a mess. i feel so undeserving of EVERYTHING no matter how much i did to deserve it, i still feel like i’m never enough and don’t deserve anything. i always want others to have more than me. the truth is, i’m so considerate. i do a lot for the people around me and have been told i’m the most selfless sweetest person anyone’s ever met. i don’t want to sound selfish (is that the word?) but certain things in my family’s lives wouldn’t happen if it weren’t for me. sorry this was so long and for ranting. but thank you so much if you read this.

Alexa? Play 'People' by Agust D.

Alright, now that we have some background music, let's talk, you and me. :)

Here's the thing. I could say, "you're not worthless, I'm sure you've done many wonderful things", but I've been where you are, and I know you won't believe me no matter how true it is. So, instead, I'll ask you this.

The word worth, this aspiration you're trying to achieve, was it defined by you... or was it made by people around you telling you what it means?

It doesn't have to be a verbal conversation. It's the small things, the comparisions, media, society, the moments of "Why am I not like that?" And then you start thinking you "should" be like that, like it's your duty to look a certain way, to be a certain way, to even think a certain way, that you must be positive and never feel like shit, implying you can't have thoughts for some fucking reason?

???

Come on, now.

The "perfect, good, worthwhile" person that you (probably unconsciously) think of when you put yourself down is actually a compilation of all the good traits that you've encountered in all the people you've met or seen. It's not a single person. You're leaving out any possible bad traits or even mediocre ones. That's not fair. You're comparing yourself to an ideal that couldn't possibly exist. It's not just an unwinnable fight, it's an impossible one.

On the specific topic of why you're not doing what you're friends or peers are doing, the answer is simple: you're not them. Their dreams, their goals, their timeline. They do things in their own time and you do things in yours. Faster, slower, it doesn't matter. Full of confidence or full of doubt, knowing where to go and getting lost, wherever you are in your timeline, it is yours and that is enough. Even if you're parallel or cross lives with other people, your timeline is yours and yours alone. That is special in itself. No one can be you.

It is easy to try to be someone else.

It is hard to be yourself.

I spent two decades thinking my worth was based on someone else's fallen dreams, someone else's unachievable goals, someone else's timeline. From when I was born to when I became an adult, I was less of a person and more treated like a clay toy in someone else's shadow. I was physically and emotionally beaten, told every day that my life is not my own, that every second I breathe was not my right, but theirs, simply because they gave birth to me. That kind of thing has everlasting effects on a person. You might think I'm confident, indestructible, impervious.

I am.

(heh, sorry XD)

But I'm also alone, pessimistic, and don't really have a path in life. I live with constant contradiction, 24/7, all the fucking time. My mind never shuts up. I can think about billion things at once. I can think about how great and fulfilling my life is while simultaneously wanting to end it right then and there. I don't have some grand dream to achieve, because my literal dream since I was born, for over twenty years, was "get the fuck away". I did... so now what?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I never had childhood friends because friends are distractions and distractions were not permitted. And now, years later, I know what it means in the dictionary, I know the acts people do to maintain friendship, but

fuck

Do I even know what friend means?

Will I ever understand?

I know, logically, but I can't feel it.

I don't know if I'll ever be able to feel.

I know my emotions, but I'm bad at feeling them, and that kinda shit fucks me up so hard that I end up writing BTS smut in my attempt to feel what I think normal human beings feel, what the actual fuck

There's so many more things like that floating in my mind, all the time. Some thoughts are just tiny little nicks and scrapes, some scars run so deep that I think they're still bleeding. I can sit here and pick at them for hours, days, years. I can make myself bleed and bleed and bleed, blame everyone else, punish myself with self-destruction.

And I did.

For what?

I want to be the person my child self wanted to be, someone who would not take shit from anyone, someone who knows themselves inside and out, someone who is unapologetically themselves, good, bad, what-the-fuck-ever, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks because I know who I am and I will not be who someone else wants me to be.

If that's the kind of person I want to be, the only one that can pick me up is me. The only one who can teach me to become that person is me. If there is shadow in every light, then I will become both the light and the shadow.

And if I want it

I'm going to get it.

No one else is going to do it for me, you know?

You say you feel worthless, undeserving, whether or not you need to exist, and to that I say (with all due respect)... who the fuck cares? So what? Worth or not, deserving or not, these are made-up terms that treat human lives as nothing more than dollar signs. You are a person. Need or not, you already exist. It does not matter how grand or simple your life is. You do not exist to make money, contribute to society, or even be a good person.

You choose those things.

The meaning of your life is decided by you and you alone. Big, small, cool, plain, doesn't matter. "One more day" or "change the world", both are valid, both are meaningful, both are real. And you know what? You can change it at any time. One more day, one more week, one more hobby, one more person in your life, and suddenly you realize, "I found it. What I want to do, who I want around me, who I want to become." What you are now is just a step in life. You are not the same person you were yesterday, the week before, years before. You think this will be forever, that you will never change, but you have already changed, just a little, by making it one more day. Small changes turn into big ones.

You're afraid you don't know how to do things? Here's the truth: nobody knows how to do anything. XD Adults fuck up all the time. They forget things, they mess up, and they have to go back and patch things up. It's okay to make mistakes, to stumble, to fail. You just have to learn from it. You're afraid you won't be good enough? Good is relative. Everyone has a different definition. Who can judge such a thing anyway? Just strive to be a little better than you were before. That is enough.

It's fine to have these thoughts, but remember who lives your life. You or your thoughts? You can't control your thoughts, but your thoughts don't control you either. Everything will come and go, people, things, happiness, sadness. You will walk slow at times. Appreciate the scenery. When you're ready, you can take a bigger step, a faster step, in whatever direction you please. You will run at times. Look back and see how far you've come. Be proud, no matter the distance.

This is your timeline, your path, your pace. If there is a shadow in every light, you don't have to walk in someone else's shadow. Stop comparing and step out.

You can be your own light.

You can live like that.

So, I ask you...

What if you do?

;)

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lehouxnap2 · 3 years

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SNK characters as world of warcraft players

Eren - Fury Warrior (Human, worgen)

Has 2 mains, human and worgen. Eren thinks human is the superior race even though everyone knows is the most boring. He's the typical alliance player that rages at you. "You horde scum" Not so good at first. Gets better at playing with time. Always in war mode.

Mikasa - Arms Warrior (Human)

Top dps and she's really good at pvp. Overall a natural good player. Eren always asks her do to duels and she always kicks his ass. Not interested at anything, just wants to play with Eren. Does RBGs with him.

Armin - Frost Mage (Human, Female Draenei)

Big nerd that knows all the lore and is pretty much always raid leader, he's really nice when players don't know the mechanics. Always trying to do achievements. Too scared to do pvp. Does freaky shit in rp moonguard.

Jean - Guardian Druid (Worgen)

Every worgen player i've met was a little bit of a simp im sorry. But Jean is genuinely a good guy, he just wanted to get a girlfriend when he was younger then grew out of it when older. Started as a feral until he realized being tank helps to queue faster in dungeons. It's raid leader when Armin can't make it. Main tank

Marco - Holy Priest (Draenei)

Think of the nicest player that ever helped you, that's Marco. He helps new players when they don't understand or get lost. Big patient fella, if you need gold he's gonna help you in that too. Top healer in raid. Sometimes switches to Shadow. Does random bgs with Jean just to have fun (doesn't like it much because it can get toxic)

Sasha - Marksmanship Hunter (Pandaren)

She used to be those hunters who ruined your day by tanking with her pet getting everyone wiped. But learned how to properly play and now she's top dps. She met Jean when he was tanking with his bear and raged at her in the whispers. They are besties now <3 Loves doing cooking proffesion, that's how she met Niccolo.

Connie - Enhancement Shaman (Dwarf)

He think dwarves are a funny looking race that's why he chosed them. Average player who just wants to have fun. Regardless of what he's doing pvp of pve he never rages. As a shaman he let's the elemental pets do all the work and gets overconfident, the reason why he loses. Fools around a lot with Sasha

Reiner - Protection Warrior (Orc)

Used to be Worgen and be part of the same guild as the rest but changed to Horde because of race benefit (everyone does that nowadays) He only did it because his friends did, so he feels sad about it. His new guild is called Marley. Top and main tank of the raid. Still talks with his past guild but Eren is pissed at him for leaving the Alliance and always attacks him when he has the chance.

Bertholdt - Fire Mage (Troll)

He likes trolls because they are tall and chill, just like him. Same story with Reiner. Being a Fire mage pretty much makes him top dps and someone you don't want to fuck with. He could be one of the best pvp players but prefers to keep it low and have fun. Does R Arenas with Reiner.

Annie - Windwalker Monk (Blood elf)

Same story with Bert and Reiner. She's one of the best pvp players, and does R.Arenas. A lone player, when not doing pvp she works in her proffesions and enjoys the beauty of WoW. Her dad showed her the game when she was young. Reiner and Bert asks her to do stuff together but she rejects them. Likes the company of Armin or Bertholdt alone.

Historia - Discipline Priest (Voild elf, Vulpera)

She has 2 mains. Void elf to be with her guild, and Vulpera to be with Ymir. She's always nice and helping other players but most of the time she wants to do achievements with Ymir and do holiday events. Has the BEST transmogs of them all. And pretty mounts.

Ymir - Affliction Warlock (Nightborne)

Amazing pvp player, but not a big fan of it. Specially because it can get really annoying and childish. At first she carried Hisu in dungeons because she was a "noob" giving her advice on how to properly play. Ymir when really bored likes to troll others and sometimes camp them until Historia tells her is enough.

Levi - Assassination Rogue (Gnome)

Known as one of the best players in WoW. Big fanbase. Kenny, his uncle, teached him since he was a kid to play the game and ever since then he mastered it. He chosed Gnome as his main because even though gnomes are always the butt of the jokes he thinks getting your ass kicked by one is satisfying. Used to play with his two friends until they quit the game, then had his own guild and they also quit the game. So he feels nostalgic sometimes.

Hange - Beast Mastery Hunter (Night elf)

Geek. Knows all about lore but also is really good at being BM hunter. You just can't escape their traps ;). Big big fan of WoW, you are not sure how long have they been playing this game. Never misses Blizzcon events. They are always with Moblit who remindes them to take a break from the game and go have some rest. They have a lot of rare objects and mounts. Likes to hang around with Levi.

Erwin - Retribution Paladin (Human)

Do I even have to say something? He's a human paladin. Guild Master of Survey Corps, used to be really active when younger but as he got older doesn't appear much. He did a lot of pvp, one of the best. Was raid leader along with Mike and Nile. Just like Eren he believes in the Alliance and knows a lot about lore. Ask him anything.

Porco - Feral Druid (Zandalari troll)

He thinks zandalari are the coolest race blizz has ever thought of. He's an average good player. Played a lot with his brother Marcel. Until the later quit the game to focus on other stuff. Used to make fun of Reiner for being bad at it, but now they play mythics+ together.

Pieck - Guardian Druid (Tauren)

Average good player, she's calm and trust her teammates in raids even when things might not look so good. Second tank. Loves being a druid because she can carry her party members in deer and bird form. At some point she met Jean and exchanged tips

Zeke - Elemental Shaman (Pandaren)

He's that player that frustrated you so much you wanted to throw your computer at the floor because he wasn't doing the mechanics right or in bgs. And you know he's doing it on purpose. That troll motherfucker that ganks you even when hours passes and you wonder why people like him exist. Has a monkey pet named as "Monke" that he takes everywhere. Has macros where he says weird shit before you kill him. But he's actually a really good player when serious. Raid leader of his guild. If there's one player Zeke won't fuck with, is Levi.

Falco - Restoration Druid (Tauren)

He and Gabi are new players but learn fast, Falco likes to enjoy the game slowly appreciating the stories, characters, and overall have a good time with his friends. Ends up stressed healing Gabi's ass since she keeps tanking without a care. Tells her she should listen to Reiner's advice as a tank.

Gabi - Protection Warrior (Orc)

She saw the way Reiner played and wanted to be just like him. Gabi levels up really fast with war mode and dungeons. Problems comes she lacks experience so she needs Falco by her side healing her. Eren once saw her in war mode not giving a crap she was a low level and ganked her.

Floch - Unholy Death Knight (Human)

Level 58 DK. That dude that all he does is complain in the chat. In bgs he shits at everyone for not doing their job while he has low dps. In trade chat you are always gonna see him having a discussion about how the game is dead, everything sucks, back in the day "when classic was good". Always joins Eren's RBGs.

Im sorry this was so much fun to do. I didnt plan this

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I need to vent a minute because I am really sick of being treated poorly by people who call themselves my friend or refer to me as their friend. I’m very much used to never being a priority in a friendship, I’m always the secondary person, I am a person who puts others needs ahead of mine. I am always the friend that will rush to build their friend back up when they’re feeling down, remind them about why they’re so amazing, I’m always the one who will say something to another when said friend can’t either like “hey you did this and it really bothered by friend, so can you not do that,” or whatever. I literally will shove down all my feelings, throw all my shit under a rug and fucking do whatever it takes at any time of day or night to help a struggling friend.

Recently I reconnected with someone I would call an acquaintance, and before anyone gets all bent out of shape thinking this is some vague post about them, said person isn’t on Tumblr anymore. He recently did something really just stupid and reached out to me afterwards and I decided to give him a second chance. I struggle with a lot of the same issues he does, no self esteem an awful family (mother in my case, both parents in his) and people relentlessly judging and bullying him for self shipping. So, I said fuck it, I know how bad it hurts to be completely alone and hurt and betrayed by your closest friends so I will at least talk to him.

We were chatting for a few days and it was pretty apparent off the bat that he was making some sort of effort to be less of a selfish prick and actually care about me too. Previously it had always been about him and his self ship, but this time he was actually asking things like how Bi-Han and I were doing and he even offered to draw Bi-Han, Noob and I. So, me being the type of person who always tries to look for the good in people and thinking maybe finally hitting rock bottom woke him up, I offered to draw him and his fictional wives too. So, I drew it, I colored it and he absolutely loved it, he was super appreciative and over the moon about it so I felt great making someone happy.

Fast forward to today though, it’s obvious he’s in a bad place and a bad state and asks me to draw him another picture. This time though he wants some gory, self harm drawing of his self insert sobbing with his wives comforting. I told him I wasn’t really comfortable drawing something like that, gore and self harm don’t bother me, but it also isn’t what I’m into. He keeps pressing me about it though, like why wouldn’t I do it, what if it was just him crying, etc. like on and on and on. Finally I firmly and calmly tell I don’t want to do something like that and that he was making me feel like he only started talking to me again because he wanted something from me. This is an issue I’ve had in the past when I was still writing asks and fics and stuff, I ran into several people who pretended to be friends with me in hopes I would write something for them. At first he seems rational and apologetic for pushing so hard, saying he understood my position and was sorry. Then like a minute later he starts wigging out about how awful he is, and what a bad friend he is and this is why no one likes him and all this ridiculous BS. I tell him that I understand things don’t always come out right when you’re in a bad mental state, but he just keeps wigging out and telling me I should block him and shit. I just, I can’t with this shit anymore. I’m just over it, if I can’t have a normal conversation with someone and set healthy, and necessary boundaries with a person in a polite and calm fashion and have that person understand and respect those boundaries I just can’t be friends with that person anymore. I can’t continue to sacrifice my mental health caring about people who don’t care about me, I deserve better than that, I am worth more than that.

It’s shit like this and so many others before that have made me so stand-off-ish and reclusive in the fandom, I’m done being used by people. If you like me for me, awesome, I will be there for you with every fiber of my being, but if you’re just going to use me to build yourself up or get free things then just don’t bother with me. I’m done with people who only care about me when they want something or want to themselves feel better. I expect a friend to be there for me at my worst and my lowest just like I’m there for them.

#rant #vent #sick of fake friends #I need people to be there for me too #seriously wtf

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Final thoughts on the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie.

LOTS of spoilers under the cut! Do not look at this post if you don’t want to see spoilers!

And remember, this is all just my opinion. It’s not like an actual in-depth review because I’m not a film student; this is just my perspective on what I saw as a fan of this franchise.

POSITIVE

Sub-Zero and Scorpion were great. Opening fight was great.

“Eddy Tobias” namedrop lmao

I love the snow preceding Sub-Zero’s attack. Very foreboding.

Score is AWESOME. My favorite soundtrack is probably the one that plays when Sub-Zero is attacking them in the city towards the beginning.

Sonya rigging her house with a secret bunker and trap doors is smart and fits her character.

I like that the dragon logo has an integral meaning to the story.

Loved Jax vs Sub-Zero. Not mad about the origin change of Jax’s arms. I like that he had to work through his feelings of inadequacy and failure; people don’t just immediately bounce back after something that traumatic. I also like that his arcana manifests to protect Sonya rather than in the heat of battle. It shows his emotional priorities and what separates him from people like Kano who manifest their arcana in a fit of rage.

Sonya “Throw Hands on Sight” Blade lmfao. They nailed her fighting style too and I am happy.

Kano is the best thing about this movie. No competition.

Kotal reference!

Nightwolf reference!

Shang Tsung’s soul magic being black and wispy and foreshadowing Noob Saibot.

KANO DID THE HEART RIP

CHEKOV’S GNOME I’M SCREAAAAAAMMMMIIIIIINNNNGGGGGG

I love Liu Kang in this. He is 1000000% a Wholesome Boi. I like that he’s younger and unhardened and not the fully realized champion version of his character yet. Let him grow into it so it feels earned later on. I like that he’s the underdog, and I like what they’ve set up for him in the future. Also, the casting for him was perfect and they nailed his fighting style, too.

That little “the FUCK” that the Kano actor improvised(?) in the middle of Liu Kang’s lines made me laugh more than it should have. I don’t know why that moment got to me so much but it did.

I love Kung Lao. And they nailed his fighting style, too! Great to see variation that represents the characters (though there were less shining examples, which I’ll touch on later).

LOW SWEEP! LOW SWEEP! LOW SWEEP!

Egg roll scene is best scene.

Kabal! I love his dry humor. And his voice reminds me of Duke Nukem, which I’m not mad about. It complemented his dialogue well.

Not mad about Kung Lao’s death because it was meaningful. His fatality on Nitara was sick, too.

Liu Kang taking the ribbon from Kung Lao’s hat and wearing it in his honor, giving an origin for his signature headband is FANTASTIC.

THE PIT!

FLYING BICYCLE KICKS!

LIU KANG’S DRAGON FATALITY!

SONYA’S ENERGY RINGS!

Sub-Zero was a GREAT final boss. They really built him up appropriately to make him feel like it.

Scorpion’s fatality! And his skull face!

NEUTRAL

Not sure how I feel about Sub-Zero being wholly evil and there being no involvement from Quan Chi. It’s more straight forward for sure. It makes him an interesting (and badass) character, and I’m really behind this portrayal in that he is one of the most believable characters in the movie, but I’m not sure if I like the implications for later films in how this has simplified the dynamic in the entire Shirai Ryu vs Lin Kuei plotline. Having Quan Chi be the Machiavelli was always one of my favorite MK twists. And how do we eventually end the feud now? If Bi-Han / the Lin Kuei were wholly responsible, why should Hanzo EVER make peace with Kuai Liang down the line? The complexity feels like it’s been stripped down a bit, but I do love this iteration of Sub-Zero. I truly do. That’s why this is in the neutral category and not the negative XD.

Why didn’t Jax tell Cole when he saw the mark? Why wait until his family gets attacked? Maybe he didn’t want to do it in front of his family to keep them out of it, but that ends up endangering them more. Not a gripe, just a curiosity.

Sound editing was a bit too intense at times for my taste. I have tinnitus, so...big boomy bass with very mild voices is a chore for my ears to switch between. My ears were ringing within the first twelve minutes.

Torn between “fuck you Reiko” and “Reiko deserved better”. He deserved just a little bit better, but Skarlet says “get fucked” anyway.

I don’t like the “shaky cam” used in the fight scenes. Not my cup of tea. Very hard to visually process at times.

Whatever cosmic force is picking the champions for Earthrealm is doing a shitty job at it.

Why did they change the location of the Sky Temple to a desert? Again, not a gripe, a curiosity.

“We will not see another full moon before the tournament begins” THEN WHERE IS THE TOURNAMENT BUDDY???

Not sure how I feel about the “arcana” concept. It’s an okay plot device but kinda hammy.

Kitana’s fan! But why? Why is it there? I could understand the Kotal and Nightwolf references because Sonya has been researching, but why is Kitana’s fan randomly in an Earthrealm temple? Purely cheap fanservice.

Nitara was really cool. Shame she had to die, but her death was cool and there have to be some characters that get killed off. Wish she had more screentime though; feels like another instance of fanservice just having her show up basically as a namedrop and a quick kill.

The phrase “Are you okay?” was said WAY too much in this film. So much that I actually notices how often it was said, and I usually don’t pick up on these things.

Pretty sure a camera operator fell at one point in a Sonya scene because the camera jerked around violently all of the sudden then stabilized. Whoops.

How did Sub-Zero know to take Cole’s family to the gym? WHY did he take them there?

NEGATIVE

Opening scene was awesome, but it’s emotional impact felt stunted. I feel like the order of events should have been twisted a bit. Hanzo find his wife and son should have been the big emotional climax of the scene, but it felt like a passing moment and gave him no time to mourn and no time for the impact to truly set in with me. It was an “oh no they died” moment instead of an “ OH MY GOD THEY DIED THIS IS SO FUCKED FUCK YOU SUB-ZERO” moment. I dare say that the Legacy web series did it better in spite of their lower budget and overall quality; the series of events had better pacing and gave more emotional impact because of it. I said what I fucking said don’t @ me.

Wish we got more Scorpion. I love Sanada, I love him as Scorpion, but they didn’t give us the time we needed with his character to truly get a grasp of him.

Cole Young is like white bread in a parade of decorative cakes.

Raiden, a normally passionate and protective character whose fatal flaw is that he involves himself too much in events because he cares about the people in his realm and ends up fucking things up because of it, now seems to not care in the slightest. He feels completely uninvolved save for an occasional pop in to give a nod of disapproval. I don’t like this unemotional take on one of the most emotional characters in Mortal Kombat.

Small complaint from my perspective as a martial artist but uh...”Throw your uppercut!” was a bullshit line in a bullshit scene. If you’re locked up with someone like that and the guy has his arms around your neck, you physically cannot uppercut. You cannot fit your arms between his arms because they are cinched tightly around your shoulders/neck. YOUR HEAD is between your fist + bicep and HIS HEAD. In that situation, the guy has also left his body completely unguarded, so the most logical thing to do since you CANNOT reach his head is to go for BODY BLOWS. Beat him until he lets go to protect himself, catch his floating rib with double strikes, or punch the dude in his fucking liver as hard as you can to DROP HIM. Cole is supposed to be an experienced fighter, yet he makes one of the most rookie mistakes a fighter could ever make. Normally I wouldn’t care to point out mistakes in fight choreography or whatever because it’s MK and I expect ridiculousness, but this is the WRONG kind of ridiculous. It’s just NONSENSE.

I have SO MANY issues with Mileena. I’ll make this as short as I can. I don’t like the design of her mouth. I don’t like her weird stacked voice. She shows NO personality, not in her acting or even her fighting style, just an evil minion that got angry because she almost got her ass kicked. The turned one of the principle characters of the entire franchise and a fan favorite into a GRUNT. There is NO mention of Kitana outside of literal “fan”-service. Not even a reference to one of the most important plotlines in all of Mortal Kombat. And then they KILL HER OFF!!! When they do inevitably bring in Kitana WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY GOING TO DO SINCE THEY KILLED OFF MILEENA???? I’m heated and biased and they did my girl dirty.

Speaking of doing characters dirty, poor Reptile. They turned him into an actual animal. What a waste.

Why are they so mean to Sonya if she doesn’t have a mark? She wouldn’t be as much of a “liability” if they would take the time to prepare her and teach her how to defend against fighters that have unlocked their arcana. Mind-numbingly stupid logic.

This movie relies A LOT on prerequisite knowledge to work. It’s like they want fans to fill in the blanks for them. But not everyone watching is already a fan; this isn’t an obscure release, this is a blockbuster movie released worldwide. These gaps in lore and prior knowledge don’t make sense for such a broad audience.

Cole Young literally could have just been Johnny Cage.

Where was Raiden when his temple was being assaulted?

Cole’s arcana is LITERAL PLOT ARMOR IM FUCKING DONE

No but for real that’s the most boring decision they just ripped off Jax’s MK11 heater effect and Baraka’s blades (I know they’re tonfa and they aren’t attached and I DON’T CARE). Also, now he’s suddenly good at fighting again? After being dog shit this entire movie??? And tanks Goro?????

If Raiden is an Elder God in this continuity, why is he allowed to help Earthrealm AT ALL? It seems like favoritism and bends the rules that the Elder Gods are supposedly bound by way too much. They really just shouldn’t have made him an Elder God; I honestly think they just said it to introduce the concept without a fuck given towards the actual lore of the Elder Gods.

WHY DID RAIDEN TELEPORT KANO TO SONYA’S HOUSE AFTER HE BETRAYED THEM I HAD TO REWATCH THAT SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE SURE I JUST SAW WHAT I SAW WHAT THE ACTUAL NONSENSICAL FUCK

Cole REALLY should not have been involved in that last fight. Especially not after Scorpion shows up. It should have been Scorpion vs Sub-Zero ONLY for the final fight. Cole tag-teaming Sub-Zero with Scorpion cheapens Scorpion’s revenge.

Camera work in the final fight was not good, especially in the first portion. At one point Cole gets thrown into a fence, but it cuts to an awkward inverse angle that makes him look like he’s bouncing off of a trampoline. This continues to happen and ruins several shots for me.

Honestly Scorpion should have just possessed Cole. Permanently. No switching back and forth. No more Cole, only Scorpion.

PREDICTIONS

Lots of dead characters come back as revenants and / or with upgrades.

Kano comes back with cyber eye.

Mileena comes back with full teeth.

Liu Kang becomes MK champion, wins tournament, and kills Shang Tsung. As it should be.

Cole Young helps Liu Kang become champion somehow idk maybe he sacrifices himself or something just please don’t make Cole the champion I will start a riot.

Next movie will start IMMEDIATELY at the tournament since there was supposedly less than a month until the tournament starts in this movie.

New characters coming in will be Kitana, Shao Kahn, Jade, Quan Chi, Kuai Liang, Noob Saibot, Ermac, and Johnny Cage.

OVERALL

This movie was good, bloody fun! It’s not an A++ Oscar-winner, but if you expected that going into it, you played yourself. It was Mortal Kombat; it was stupid, it was gory, and I had a blast watching it. Kano and Liu Kang were the best parts of the movie for me, with Scorpion and Sub-Zero tied for third. Also I popped a lot for the cheap nostalgia hits. I’m overall satisfied with what we got in spite of my complaints, and I only complain so in-depth about the things I love lmao so trust me when I say I’m not actually mad, just nitpicky. I’ve watched it twice now, and I would watch it again. It’s like a 6.8/10 for me.

#mortal kombat spoilers #mk movie spoilers #spoilers tw #[ooc]

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xkandy · 4 years

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Psycho Pass - timeline and why you shouldn’t hate on S3 that much

I’ve been following Psycho Pass ever since the original run of Season 1 back in 2012. I’d like to make you and everyone who disliked S3 understand some things. Hope I structure this well, here goes.

Obviously there will be some spoilers.

First let’s take a look at the releases in the PP universe so far. We have:

Season 1

Season 2

Movie

Sinners of The System 1,2,3 (2 being a prequel)

Season 3

First Inspector

Before I write anything I’m going to stop you and say that nothing tops Season 1. So there,now that we have that out of the way let’s continue.

Season 1

Takes place in late 2112-2113

Central characters are Akane and Kogami and let’s face it, for many Kogami is the one who carried the show, even if some consider him to be a “generic edgy” protagonist I think he’s pretty solid as a character at this point.

Akane has had MAJOR character development throughout the whole season and I’ll never forget how upset some people were that she was a noob. That was the whole point, she is a newbie and a model citizen who trusts the system, her character evolution revolves around coming to the realization that the system is flawed.

Makishima as a villain was phenomenal and not because quoting from books , but because his motives and reasoning were clearly established and he made both protagonists question themselves and the system.

Season 1 is written by Gen Urobuchi , the following seasons (except the movie) are not written by him.

Season 2

Takes place in 2114.

A trainwreck, don’t even want to go here. The disappointment was huge.

I found Mika to be extremely annoying and unbearable with 0 character growth. The only highlights for this season for me were Gino and Akane.

Onwards.

The Movie

Takes place 3 years after the events of Season 1, in 2116.

Nothing of major impact happens but if you love the old cast , namely Gino, Akane, Kogami you’ll enjoy this and I have a feeling this is what they were betting on and wanted to see: the public reaction to the old cast.

The interaction between Akane and Kogami is the highlight (another one being Gino vs Kogami).

It’s clear as day that Akane evolved as a character and Kogami is questioning his past, so let’s say some minor character development.

Sinners of the System

If you enjoy the universe and aren’t too attached to the main cast you will like these, although case 3 is about Kogami so I’m sure it’s the one most people will like.

Case 1 has some minor Mika character development (she still sucks imho)

Case 2 is a prequel that sets up some details about the storyline that will be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Case 3 is the one you’ll want to watch if you want to see S3/First Inspector as it revolves around Kogami and him coming to terms with his thoughts when he is asked by a young girl to train her as he sees in her a version of himself and where this will lead (girl seeks revenge) .

His story arc regarding Sasayama’s death, revenge, Makishima is complete, it ends here as he decides to head back to Japan.

This triggers the potential for the future series/movies in the Psycho Pass universe to deal with the (possible) unresolved storyline of dealing with Akane once he gets back to Japan, because he will have to face her at one point.

So after Case 3 Kogami is already a complete character , there is no strong conflict or drive for him as the one which had driven the plot of season 1.

We already know everything about him.

Let me jump back to Gino for a brief moment, his first arc concluded when his father died and he became an enforcer, his current arc might be related to what I’ll get to in a second.

Season 3

Alright so here we are,a new season nobody was expecting and 2 new protagonists we expected even less.

Taking place in 2120 , 8 years after the events of Season 1 it follows Arata and Kei in their own CID adventures.

The tone of the series is vastly different from both S1 and S2, most notably :

it feels like those friendly buddy cop TV shows

the violence is greatly reduced, no more “shock value”

the side characters aren’t invested into, they’re just there for being there and plot devices (they’re alright, the new enforcers get some characterization but it’s not season 1 level)

Arata’s “skill” - if you think about it as high level empathy it’s gonna feel less dumb

Being new protagonists, the writers had to make sure we get to like them by offering us details about their past and what drives their motives, I’d say they did an ok job at that.

There’s no room for comparison to Akane and Kogami, those 2 are already established characters who have resolved story arcs and suffered changes.

Keep in mind Akane is 28 now and Kogami is 36, whereas the new protagonists are in their early 20s. They have time for character evolution, it’s easier to write new characters into the universe than deal with established ones such as Akane and Kogami.

Also, we see Kou visiting Akane while she’s in jail, her not being surprised means this may have happened before, which leads to further questions in the storylines that will definitely be explored in the new PP installments to follow:

Details on the incident which caused her to be in jail

What happened when Kogami returned to Japan and how the Sibyl system dealt with this

Kou reuniting with Ginoza, since both work for the hot blonde now

etc, you get the idea

First Inspector

It’s actually not that bad, I’m not going to spoil anything (well...not everything) but I suggest giving it a chance. If you don’t want to watch S3 just read about it and watch this, the most important things to take are from episode 3′s last scenes

Akane is released AS AN ENFORCER by Sibyl and will help Mika

Kogami is sent to get her, there will definitely be a recap between these two

Arata and Kei both have secrets regarding the case they worked on, not gonna spoil anything

Yayoi is alive, and will live with Shion. Just puttin this out there since they’re everyone’s favorite lesbians

Mika is still shit.

Gino is still based as fuck

Also, there is a post credits scene with Akane saying something along the lines of “ let’s talk about the incident that got me jailed “ . This was only in the theatrical release so you can bet your ass we’re getting more PP in the future.

Thoughts

Lastly, what everyone needs to understand is that S1 made PsychoPass become a franchise. A franchise revolves around different characters in the same universe, sometimes the focus is on the OGs , but sometimes it isn’t.

I would like to note here that Gen Urobuchi is responsible for Season 1 (you know, the dude who wrote Madoka and other stuff like that...) and he did a great job writing a compelling story. Did he want PP to turn into a franchise? This I do not know and I have a feeling this might explain his absence from the later installments of the series.

He wrote a complete story in 22 episodes which could have been left at that but seeing how well received the first season was it spawned a franchise.

What I want to say is please give Arata and Kei a chance (S3 protags) . They’re not that bad and they help the franchise stay alive as it seems they were pretty well received in Japan. Would you rather Mika be the main character again?! HELL NO

Now I love the main trio - Akane,Kou,Gino - as much as everyone but at this point they’re so high level it’d be hard to write a series just about them. Make one wrong move and the fanbase will hate you.

Also, this one is for all you Kogami x Akane shippers, I view their relationship as professional only but I’ll be damned if I didn’t scream at those 2 short scenes these 2 had in S3 and FI .Can’t wait to see the interactions between grown up Akane and seasoned peace-of-mind Kogami.

If you’re still here thanks for reading my rant, hope I made sense.

edited to add some stuff

#psychopass #psycho pass #psycho pass sinners of the system #psycho pass season 3 #psycho pass s3 #psycho pass spoilers #anime #rant #akane tsunemori #kogami shinya #ginoza nobuchika #mika shimotsuki #shion karanomori #anime rewatch

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oh-theres-a-woman · 4 years

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Flowers in a Peaked Cap; Part One

A/N: Heres to attempt two at writing this author’s note… Let’s just say, I haven’t perfected the art of saving drafts. Note to self to actually find out how to make the draft before losing three solid paragraphs of rambling about the story… Sophie Points; Nil. Laptop/Internet Points; One. Welp, honestly internet and laptop have won a hell of a lot more than that. Just don’t remember how many times I’ve lost work because of not quite understanding how to post on here…. Safe to say I’m still a noob.

Any hoot! Enough rambling about that stuff.

After posting the first piece to this story; in the very very early hours of this morning. I couldn’t help but feel the massive urge to continue and work on the more of Tillie’s little adventure. It made me want to think about her as a person outside the relatives that we already know. What this girl’s goals are and ambitions. Unlike the rest of her family, I think she has a relatable amount of vulnerability and anxieties that are more from society’s working in the 1920s compared to her brothers; Arthur, Thomas and John that all suffer war-related mental illness and scars.

Actively she’s a romantic escapist that wants to make her brothers and aunt proud. Making a name for herself in the means of writing and exploring the tales that are brewed from the memories of old days.

In the progression of this story, I want to be able to explore the growth in Tillie as a young woman. The stepping out of her brothers’ shadows and coming into her own. Growing into a more confident young woman that could be from meeting new people like in this chapter and moving away from her fears.

I do see romance in this story, something like and full of all the trend first experience one faces at one stage or another. In terms of smut, I’d think it’s lighter and would be something that is worked towards. Tillie to me doesn’t seem rather lust-driven. So, it’ll happen if it does, and if not; its simply because Tillie Shelby isn’t interested in that sort of thing.

Important note; I’ll be working on organising the Taglist a little more throughout my next few posts. Please notify me if you’re interested in anything specifically and want tags there or if you mind just being on the general tag list and included in every story I post. Thank you!!!

Requested By; @csigeoblue

Parts; [ Prologue ]

Taglist; @zodiyack, @itsfrancisneptun, @amys-small-world, @fandom-fucking-shit, @hesagod-notyet, @hinagiku0, @dylanlover24, @amirahiddleston, @a-dorky-book-keeper, @theamuz, @csigeoblue, @smallheathgangsters, @beautycinders

Word Count; 1400

Watery Lane wasn’t the play that supported the wild fantasy’s of Tillie Shelby, but the little bookshop that was filled with many hopefuls or lads that were born a little more well off collectively grouped together. Reading the stories they wrote. This gathering was apparently one that caught the attention of the paper since the known publishers and well-off lads from another book club around England had found themselves doing a sort of travel for their source material.

Since the profile of this club of prolific writers had taken interest in the area of Small Heath and its inhabitants. Inviting upstart writers or aspiring tellers to come and meet them. So, onward the youngest Shelby strolled until she pulled open the door of the quaint little bookshop. The signal of her arrival was the sound of her kitten heels and the ringing of the bell on the door. Doe-like blue eyes that were like the crystal-clarity of the purest of water found themselves settling on a group of well-dressed gentlemen. Her eyes flicker between some faces she knew of Small Heath, most of them being the arseholes she went to school with and thought themselves privy to a better life.

It wasn’t that Tillie didn’t believe they weren’t welcome to it. Mostly, it was the way they treated people in order to get there the young woman didn’t quite agree with. She was rather foolish coming to her though since her brother’s had a very vision about how the Shelby family should be seen. Their measures to getting things done with it were also less than admirable. Perhaps, it was the fact that Billy Bronson, James Fitz and Joe Gilbert made hers and Finn’s school life a living hell one way or another. But, it also made it seem extremely unfair to talk to their older brothers about what happened. Since most knew better than to fuck with the kin of the Peaky Blinders.

Plooms of cigarette smoke clouded in the air, filling the bookstore with a spiced herbal infusion and rippled tailored sticks of tobacco. Moving her gaze from the lads she knew; to the new arrivals. The youngest of the Shelby mob offered a little smile. “Is there room for one more?” Tillie finally spoke up, pulling her book that contained the novel she had poured hours and hours over. Smiling hopefully. Arms hugging the expensive leather made book that her brothers banded together in the hopes for a lovely birthday present in the days before the war.

Hoping that she’d fill in with various things she enjoyed to draw, but instead, Tillie hadn’t touched it until she was old enough to respect things. Asking Aunt Pol to help her keep in a safe place until then. Scraps of paper were best for sketches in any case.

Eyes ever hopeful looked at the posher sort, some seemed wary until a certain collared lad smiled and offered a little nod then the place he’d been sitting. Away from the boys that seemed to make life a little more bothersome. “Thank you,” she whispered, settling down in the seat. Resting the book down on her lap before looking to the other lads who straightened their composure.

“We were all about to introduce ourselves since we’ve never travelled outside of London for such a meeting before. Yet, it seemed like a brilliant idea when bought up. Birmingham seemed like the best place, so raw and thrilling. Small Heath alone.” Spoke finally a lad in a handsome waist-coat, the colouring of coal, stiff collar and matching suit made her think of it being something her brother; Tom would wear. Only on the best occasions, or when he was dressing-to-impress. Unlike Thomas, this lad had handsome hazel eyes, the slightest tan to his skin like he enjoyed the frolicking on the beach. His name was Walter, but everyone called him, Walt.

“Even the presence of criminal activity and organisations like the Peaky Blinders, it does make the area a prize for writing. Wouldn’t you agree, lads,” spoke up for eccentric Norman, who took delight in the thing that only made Tillie smile in a measure of great awkwardness. The name seemed to follow her everywhere she went, and there was a measure of awkwardness for that. “Sorry, miss, I didn’t quite mean to be so rude, it’s just you don’t seem the sort to know much on that end, too kind and pretty, huh?” Norm covered himself for any form of rudeness that could have been interpreted.

Only causing a polite little lowering of her head, as her hands wrapped anxiously around her book’s spine. Before relaxing at the conversation drifting off elsewhere. Sobering to the notion that the following cough from Joe Gilbert had goosebumps appearing on her arms. Causing a vast amount of discomfort in the young woman. Tillie traded glances with the nicer of the Londoner’s; Robert. Whom quickly coughed to get things back on track.

“In any case, back to the introductions. We shouldn’t dwell too long on the story topics if we’ve lacked the proper course of introduction. Shall I start?” Robert spoke up, settled against set up for the purpose of meetings. “My name is Robert Augustine, myself and these other gentlemen,” he said, gesturing to the others in the group of London lads.

“Are from a collective of young men that wish to write and publish arts. Never before have we had a lady join us, but surely in this modern world we’d be able to welcome the bright minds of femininity amongst us. After all, lady authors are blooming into the publishing world more and more with each generation.” His words seemed to still the anxiousness within her soul at the agreement of his other companions. Looking forward to seeing a hand extended to her, Robert allowed her to stand. The mix of coarseness and softness met between the two palms meet.

Holding her book, Tillie looked down smiling a little at her feet. Hugging her book to her chest, like it was the most precious thing to her. That was… Because it truly was the thing that held so much value to her heart. Her right hand still gently in the hold of the Londoner, cheeks lightly warming. “I’m Tillie Shelby, and I like to write about my brothers, their stories before the war. When we were kids,” she lit up sweetly talking of her brothers. Her hand and Robert’s naturally finding it parting, before he settled in his spot by the desk. Arms folding at his chest with a little smile.

“Would you be willing to share any of those stories?” Robert asked in a light voice. Tillie could only think of one response.

“Would I ever,” she beamed with a presence that seemed to warm the room and the quiet little shop around them. Settling down into her seat once more, she didn’t think about when the others were introducing themselves. Instead, she found herself lost within stories. The more whimsical tales of lads that laughed and partied. Or the ones that filled with a warmth that made her think of the family that suppressed or lost who they were before the war. Among them, none had known those woes and horrors.

They’d seen things happen on the outside. Felt the absence of a brother, father, uncle or grandfather that either died or lost what kept to their memory that their younger-selves recalled. Tillie was young then. Merely a baby in some regard. But she couldn’t ever forget the days of laughter, wherein night terrors; her heroes would just come up and curl into the undersized cot she called a bed. Soothing their fingers along with the softness of infant or child hairs–that had yet to understand dryness or damage.

When business didn’t entirely rule the Shelby family but happened in the background. Those were her tales. The tales of rawness and loss from a different scene. Where her brothers; the men who took over the role of an absent father, became; fathers, uncles, older brothers and best friends. And… Pol became the only mother she ever knew and remembered. Her voice spoke of the volumes to family values and how terrible things broke people. Yet, she never uttered their names aloud.

Only recording them within her mind when she read the tales that meant something to one of her brothers. Art. Tom. John.

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i uh. realized people follow me now because of uh. you’re human tonight on ao3 asdjgfs

i have content!! behind the scenes content as promised. i do outlines for my fics as a general rule of thumb just because i personally can’t write things to a satisfying finish if i don’t Do That, and so - here are my chapter/plot outlines for you’re human tonight ^^ (i have no idea if this is interesting content or not i thought i’d put it out there because i think outlines are kinda fun hhhh)

chap 1 fundy

subtitle: an inkling

fundy makes an iron golem gone wrong, dream makes it go boom

chap 2 purpled

subtitle: uh oh social interaction

purpled shelters a fugitive, gets his house explosion-proofed as thanks

this is probably gonna be the only chapter with a funny title hh oh well

update: it’s not and i’m pleased with myself for branching out with my dry humor

chap 3 sapnap

subtitle: dust to dust

sapnap’s dying via wither effect, and he knows respawn’s around the corner but goddamn if it doesn’t hurt til then. dream skids in around the nether fortress corner, drops all his weapons cradles sapnap’s head in his hands, has always taken death much harder than anyone sapnap’s ever met. at the last few seconds, when death creeps up like a shroud, dream starts to hum to him hoarsely, pressing his forehead to sapnap’s, and in the final moments sapnap doesn’t hurt at all. the last thing he hears is dream whimpering. he visits dream’s bunker the next day, knocks on the door over and over, but there’s no sign of life there. sapnap shrugs, bites his lip out of guilt for forcing dream to sit there watching him die (if temporarily), and moves on.

the chapter that introduces dream’s primary ability of soothing hurts. put a lot of emphasis on the fact that sapnap ached up until the moment dream started humming, because for dream to do that is pretty frivolous considering once sapnap died he’d respawn and the hurt would just disappear but dream wanted sapnap to have a peaceful last few seconds. emphasize how abnormal it is that withering stops hurting.

chap 4 ponk

subtitle: beaches dry of sugarcane

dream visits ponk after george burns down the first tree. when ponk arrives to the second tree to move in, he realized dream made the tree flourish, grow healthier and bigger.

chap 5 sam

subtitle: fuck this shit i’m out (edit: the official subtitle is “oh god oh fuck”, i changed it last-minute)

dream picks sam’s brain for manhunt strategies while the latter is mining for redstone. sam stumbles upon a spawner and reels back, trips, nearly misses the moment dream sweeps him behind him and his eyes flash beneath the mask and when sam gets back up, dazed, there’s nothing but the splay of cobwebs all over the walls.

chap 6 punz

subtitle: lines drawn

in an unrelated skirmish, punz drives his sword up to the hilt in dream’s chest, relying on respawn for dream to not feel any pain and for punz to get paid. dream doesn’t die. this is understandably alarming.

can we get some funnies in chap? just a few laughs?? a lil funny for mr luke punz man?

can we get some panicky dry humor for real tho because punz strikes me as someone who copes with morbid humor and dream spluttering up blood is def a situation that punz would not know how to deal with

chap 7 wilbur

subtitle: so about that date

wilbur makes platonic moves on dream while dream fake texts his fiance under the table. wilbur also accidentally vents to dream about his little brother tommy and how afraid he is that tommy will get himself hurt for how reckless he is. dream siphons some of his anxiety from him, smiles as they depart from one another. wilbur notes that dream is shaking when they leave.

chap 8 skeppy

subtitle: get wrecked noob

dream walks skeppy through some pvp. when skeppy demands a rematch w tommy and gets a lil stage fright kinda sorta thing, dream siphons his anxiety and his nerves and goes full soccer mom with bad and skeppy loses 5-2 but like!! he won!! against tommyinnit!! HH

is there any mental image nearly as powerful as dream wastaken, the soccer mom

chap 9 jack

subtitle: mandatory volunteering

after tommy goes on another one of his destructive rampages lmao, dream enlists jack, newest-comer, to help him rebuild stuff bc underclassmen have to do whatever upperclassmen tell them to do thems just the rules. after rebuilding a statue near the community house, dream pats it fondly, and when tommy sneaks back to set in on fire for shits and giggles, he finds that it’s fuckin fireproofed AGAIN

rebuild efforts, i promised monuments rebuilt so thats what theyre gonna fuckin Get

chap 10 antfrost

subtitle: twist the knife

ant on what ends up being an unpublicized manhunt: dream stops the manhunt because he’s triggered a raid and by the time the hunters get there, alarmed by the screaming and the fire and dream’s unresponsiveness, the villagers are all dead and there are raider corpses everywhere and dream is lying near the bell on his side, whimpering. (what the hunters don’t know - dream tried to fight off the raid but was overwhelmed and witnessed the village get slaughtered, he took the pain of the villagers that weren’t dead but were dying.)

segment: There’s a reason they do the manhunts, and it’s not just for them to horse around and try to kill one another for a few days. Antfrost is the newcomer but he’s always been good at reading people and from the outset he knew that Dream was someone filled to the brim with the restlessness that characterizes humans, that never-settling wanderlust, and his brain works too fast for the rest of his body sometimes, and he just needs an outlet. It’s part of why he eggs Tommy on in their little war games, why he holds onto those discs even though he doesn’t need them, why he gets that delighted look on his face when someone tells him that Tommy’s griefed them or stolen from them or otherwise ruined their morning. Antfrost thinks the only times he’s ever really seen Dream silent, Dream waiting, Dream unmoving, are when Dream is

chap 11 karl

subtitle: head in the shallows

karl, sapnap, george, and dream have a sleepover after mcc 11. karl, nearest to dream, wakes up when dream starts tossing and turning from a nightmare. when he tries to shake dream awake, dream’s eyes fly open and he slams his fist into the wall behind him and the earth, the literal earth, the entire slab of it, shudders like an earthquake. sapnap and george sleep like the dead, so it’s just karl and dream staring at one another. finally karl asks, concerned, “do you want some tea or water or anything?”

chap 12 hbomb

subtitle: a maid’s burden

“i want to dress up as a maid for fundy,” says hbomb with false bravado. fundy’s fiance levels a very impassive look at him for an awkward minute or two and just when hbomb thinks he’s misread dream and fundy’s relationship dream says “i’ll get you a wig” and the entire chapter is just dream idly twisting the fabric of reality to get hbomb the items he needs to put the outfit together

pranks, i promised pranks, theyre gonna get pranks

chap 13 alyssa

subtitle: message in a bottle (edit: official subtitle is “ship in a bottle”)

alyssa’s leaving, at least temporarily.

alyssa tells dream it’s getting dangerous on his server, doesn’t relish the expression that brings to his face, but he holds her hands and nods and bids her safe journey. when alyssa returns, running for something (later we’ll learn she had heard that dream was bad, that he might be dying), she finds that her house is completely inaccessible by everyone save her, placed in complete stasis by someone.

start of the chapters leading up to festival arc. build unresolved tension in this one.

chap 14 niki

subtitle: life doesn’t discriminate

wilbur and tommy are relentless, they waste no time; niki is willing to wait for it.

the night before the duel, she goes to dream and holds a sword to his throat and demands he call it off, even though she knows it’ll mean little because of respawn, tells him she won’t stop hunting him down until he gives up l’manberg. dream smiles a little sadly and pats her hand and her fright, her rage, it simmers back down, and the anger that had swarmed her and made dream out to be the devil dies down until it’s just her friend, who was playing along with tommy til it got serious and he got cocky, who’s just as in over his head as she is, and maybe niki’s soft but she likes that about herself, that she’s always the first to forgive. niki is looking at the healing cut on dream’s neck, uncovered by any bandages, when dream shoots tommy, a clean shot that causes no suffering.

a long chapter, probably. i think at some point in this i want to mention niki’s respect for dream for apologizing during the first pet war, for not letting things get any bigger until fundy came back. some parallels can be drawn here - that dream let the fire die down in the initial stages of the pet war, that dream won’t let go of the l’manberg war now, and it occurs to niki that she doesn’t know dream nearly as well as she thinks she does if she expected him to act exactly the way he did during the pet war. she’s got what she’s wanted - dream’s remorse, proof of dream’s humanity - even though it’s not in the form niki wanted it.

chap 15 eret

subtitle: crown of thorns

the king in name only consults with the true leader.

they’re both upset about pogtopia’s exile, eret arguably more so because they think their early betrayal of l’manberg somehow butterfly-effected into the current dumpster fire, and as they talk eret works themself into a full panic attack reflecting on things that were, things that could’ve been - and the tide washes out all of a sudden, and eret’s left with the same looming hollowness they’d been feeling before, no dregs of the panic, they’ve never had a panic attack that left them feeling normal after - but dream is now wheezing like he’s about to die and eret immediately walks him through the panic attack, levelheaded even as they’re confused out of their mind.

chap 16 quackity

subtitle: water to blood

quackity is a snake in the grass.

quackity at schlatt’s side during the few weeks of his presidency. he knows schlatt from before, has been his friend, so he knows when his friend is acting off. the cynical, straight-faced humor is still there, his completely bland delivery and brazen showmanship, but it’s twisted to the left somehow, to make it so that those qualities that make up his friend have rotted, hurt people. quackity eventually goes to dream after schlatt first overdoses with a lot of questions, maybe even to confess that his allegiance has begun to shift because he can’t go to pogtopia and he can’t go to schlatt - and dream just gives him a long, sad look before lightly patting quackity’s shoulder and says “i can’t guarantee anything - just that you’ll be safe” and shooing him off and as quackity heads back to manberg he realises all the hostile mobs are avoiding him like the fucking plague.

it’s big q!!!! fattest ass in the cabinet!!!!! pog!!!

fun fact this chapter’s subtitle was almost “chekhov’s gun” until november fucking 16th of 2020

chap 17 tommy

subtitle: most disputes die and no one shoots

tommy learns how a legacy dies.

a compendium of tommy watching the madness consume wilbur. it needs to be emphasized in this chapter that wilbur becomes an entirely different person when they’re ejected from manberg, that he becomes obsessed with the legacy he’s created and watching it crumble is what twists him; when dream gives tommy his crossbow, tommy, out of desperation and a need to have an older sibling again, asks what’s wrong with wilbur; dream’s face hardens and he asks tommy to take dream to wilbur. it’s a terse meeting, the only one they have before techno and before wilbur completely loses it and demands the tnt; wilbur says a lot of things tommy doesn’t understand (it’s complex mythological jargon hinting at dream’s status as a god but could be misconstrued to refer to dream’s status as simply the world owner) and at one point wilbur sneers, “are you trying to play god, dream?” and dream lurches forward and grabs wilbur by the wrist, and there’s a completely silent moment where tommy feels the air suck out of his lungs and there’s an off buzzing in his ears and he fancies he hears something that sounds, just a bit, like dream, whispering desperately wilbur wilbur wilbur it’s me it’s me listen listen listen then a shrieking, acrid wave of no and tommy reels back and when he looks up dream has staggered back, his hand to his mouth, blood dripping from somewhere beneath his mask, sounding like he’s gagging or maybe he’s sobbing, as wilbur shrieks in a voice that is entirely not his “get out get out if i can’t have l’manberg...” and tommy understands, finally, as dream sprints out. that’s not wilbur.

a distinction needs to be made perfectly clear in this chapter, as with schlatt’s chapter: it’s not them. they’ve been twisted out of control by something bigger than them, something that wants to toy with the young god running an oasis of peace for his people. it doesn’t need to be outright said in this fic; in another we can delve into the madness and who did it and why. for now, just make it clear it’s not explicitly anyone’s fault.

chap 18 techno

subtitle: colosseum

dream had to let techno in first, you know.

techno and dream have interacted often - the duel, the championships, they’re friends more than acquaintances now. but techno was called in by someone wearing his brother’s face that he honestly doesn’t recognize from his voice and when he arrives at spawn, before tommy fetches him, he sees dream sitting cross legged waiting for him and they talk about the situation, dream giving techno a quick brief. when tommy comes, crying “techno, this way, this way to pogtopia”, and crossbow bolts are being fired at techno, dream gives him a lil wave goodbye (or what techno thinks is a lil wave goodbye but what actually turns out to be putting a swiftness effect on him).

“that’s not my brother, dream,” says techno, and dream’s mouth wobbles and he says, hoarse, “i know.”

techno Suspects, but only knows that dream has world-manipulating powers and thus standard minor god powers. he doesn’t let dream know he suspects.

chap 19 bad

subtitle: run devil run

bad trusts dream, perhaps against his better judgement.

dream comes to visit bad and skeppy on neutral grounds in the interim leading up to the festival that everyone on the server is side-eyeing and side-stepping. bad considers his friend and the owner of the world as he gives dream an impromptu tour through the escape route he and skeppy have dug out, wonders with a little reproach how dream could let things get to this point, then, soft, gentle as always, acknowledges that dream is only human kindly. when he says that, though, dream’s face crumples, as though those words hurt him more than any criticism bad’s given him in the time he’s known him, as though bad had driven a blade into his heart, and bad doesn’t understand but he lets dream run away from that. when a small flock of creepers explode over the tunnel the night before the festival and bad grumbles that he has to fix it, he learns dream left him with a fortified escape tunnel.

a/n: i’m sure the irony isn’t lost on you.

chap 20 tubbo

subtitle: cadmean victory

what say the sacrificial lamb?

tubbo is coming to terms with the fact that he might not make it out of office in one piece and it’s not his first time respawning but the older members of the server always, always did their best to shield the younger ones from death. he runs into dream by complete coincidence while he’s avoiding pogtopia (mostly wilbur) and manberg (mostly schlatt), caught between two strangers wearing his friends’ faces. he looks at dream, who looks back at him impassively, and tubbo starts to cry, because it finally hits him that even with his death and respawn nothing will be fixed, nothing can change, the poison’s run too deep into the veins of dream’s beautiful little world and now nothing can be right anymore and it feels like he’s shattering into tiny, aching shards - and then dream kneels before him, takes his hands, presses his forehead to them, sighs like his heart’s breaking, and tubbo feels a small calm thread back into him as dream stands abruptly, jittery. dream, with hands that shake, grips tubbo’s shoulder, hovers for a second, then his head jerks up and he bolts into the forest, clambering up a tree with admirable ease and disappearing away into the leaves as schlatt suddenly emerges from the bushes nearby with a joyous, plastic “hey! tubbo!”

chap 21 george

subtitle: lantern burns low

a moment in the night; george is visited by a specter.

dream comes, pale, and asks george if there is anything wrong, is everything okay with you? takes george’s caught-off-guard face in his hands and says george george george, are you - and george catches a glimpse of dream’s powers (is he safe safe does he hurt no but fear but anxiety there are dregs hush now quiet now he is safe all quiet quiet quiet he’s safe) and he says, stricken even as the constant thrum of nervous energy he’d kept with him fades out, “dream what was that,” and dream presses his hands to his mask where his eyes are and says, despairingly, “they don’t get to have you too,” and staggers back out.

george is the first person dream overtly “comes out” to. this is also why george doesn’t see dream til the festival.

chap 22 schlatt

subtitle: the empty throne

dream visits schlatt in his office.

schlatt, possessed by madness, has no idea what he’s saying but it feels right, it’s exactly right, everything is in his hands, and when dream approaches, his hands facing up, is he there is he there yes yes yes tainted polluted this is twisted this is madness madness madness dream reels back, shaking, and schlatt leans in and leers, not even knowing what he’s saying, “you can’t even fix it, young god,” and relishes the way all the color drains from dream’s face.

chap 23 dream (edit: this monster ended up being split into three for pacing purposes and also if i left it together it was gonna be. h. 14K WORDS. also the drama of a cliffhanger at what most people thought was going to be the last chapter was too good to pass up don’t @ me

subtitle: do you feel like a young god?

running, running, running again

finale!! dream takes everyone’s old hurts into himself, takes the madness from schlatt and wilbur, promptly passes the hell out because no one should be doing that, wakes up, gets the shit hugged out of him, and explains a little, and gets told that he’s loved over and over.

i uh! take questions! i like talking about this story, there’s a lot i still want to show, and even apart from that i just really love mcyt haha

#mcyt #young god #chrys writes #you're human tonight #yg meta #long post

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shadowyrevenant · 3 years

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Low levels that feel like they suck when playing with higher levels, you don't, the match making just put you into a higher level lobby than your used to and that's okay! Your gonna feel more noobieh bc of that and that ain't your fault! Or the other way you group up with a higher level and now your getting their lobbies, and again your gonna feel like a fish out of water bc of that, but that's alright, also for higher levels bullying lower levels freaking remember that the match making is shit in this game sometimes, and that those people shouldn't be there.

I'm saying this as a person that been there as a lower level player in higher player lobbies and someone that now has to deal with noobs being pair with me, yes it ain't fair for anyone, but those players do not suck bc they're bad players, they're in lobbies where they don't belong yet (and hell a lot of the time those lower levels can be way better than the higher ones too, but this was more about the ones that feel shitty when they get put into high level lobbies bc I understand that so much)

#apex legends #Rent #Vent #Kinda??

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hazbinhoteltheories · 4 years

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Do you think video games exist in Hell if so who of the main characters would play them & what type of video games would they play

I can’t see a reason why there wouldn’t be video games in Hell. Especially since other forms of entertainment, like TV shows, have already been established. And I think some of the misfits would be really into video games and others not so much.

As for what kind of video games each one would play, or if they would at all, that would be going more into headcanon territory than speculation but I love me some headcanons so let’s go.

Those that would.

Charlie: I think Charlie would be fascinated with video games, specifically if she got her hands on any that came from Earth. The girl was born and raised in hell, so I’m not sure if she’s ever gotten to see what Earth is like. Anything that can give her and insight into the world most of her people come from, all the different places there are, what they look like, what their cultures are like what people’s lives are like, what stories they have, she would just eat up. And especially with Vaggie by her side to tell her everything she wants to know about them, she would play as many of Earth’s video games as she can. But her absolute favorites would be anything by Disney and anything with something cute in it. Like the Kirby games and Animal Crossing.

Vaggie: I think Vaggie would like video games that have a good story, a unique art style, and clever world-building. Especially if they had a gothic style. Think Alice Into the Madness or Hollow Kight. She would also really like Batman Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and Arkham night.

Angel Dust: Not many expect it, due to him being from the forties, but Angel actually finds video games to be a lot of fun and he plays them with Cherri all the time. He’s a little embarrassed to admit he only had a vague idea of what video games were until Chrerri introduced them to him properly. Before then, he just thought they were a kind of kids toy. But he’s very much acquainted with them now. He would like Bendy and the Ink Machine, because of the dark twist to the kind of cartoons he used to watch as a kid, and Cuphead would make him feel nice and nostalgic. He wishes there was a gay version of Huniepop or a less innocent version of Dream Daddy. If those exist um, he won’t be very productive for a while. Let’s just say that.

Cherri: Girl is from the eighties. Video games were the best thing ever to her, back in the day. She still owns an NES and an Atari 2600, which she guards with her life, but she’s kept up to date with everything video game-related since her death. Now, she owns loads of consoles and has played hundreds of games. If she had to pick a favorite type of game, she would go with classic beat em up style type of games. One of the things she and Angie do the most when they hang out at her place is play a ton of multiplayer fighting games. Their favorite is Skullgirls and seeing Peacock and Parasoul duking it out is a common sight on Cherri’s screen, as they are Cherri and Angel’s main PCs. Cherri is also on this sort of journey to play all the NES and Atari games she didn’t get the chance to play because of her death and often, she takes Angel along for the ride. They played ET the Extra-Terrestrial once. They burnt it.

Nifty: Nifty would be ADDICTED to dating games. Obsessed wouldn’t even be the word.

Crymini. Girl is a hardcore gamer. She be teabagging noobs in Call of Duty every day. It would be hard for her to pick a favorite genre or a favorite game because she plays everything except games that are “for pussys” even though she secretly plays Minecraft and would tear someone’s throat out before she admitted it but she loves action and survival games. Left For Dead, The Last of Us, GTA, Red Dead Redemption, the Borderlands series, Resident Evil, Assassins Creed. The list goes on and on because her collection is quite impressive. She’ll also go to arcades sometimes out of nostalgia. She’s destroyed everyone’s high scores in the one she goes to. Baxter: Workaholic Baxter would probably never allow himself the time to play video games and even if he did, he’d probably thinking of other things he could be doing with his time. Not necessarily work-related things, but things he simply enjoys more. But I can still imagine him having one exception. I think Baxter could be one of those people who own a Nintendo DS simply to play brain training games. I think those would help him unwind.Those who wouldn’t;

Alastor: Its canon Alastor doesn’t understand modern technology at all. So he would probably just be utterly confused if you gave him a game console. He might enjoy watching other people play video games though. Specifically horror games. He would find them amusing.

Husk: Doesn’t give a fuck about video games. He sees them as “kids stuff."

Sir Pentious: I think Sir Pentious would be more interested in how video game consoles work than video games themselves. He believes it’s important to stay up to date with the technology of the modern world. But he doesn’t have time to waste on such "mindless entertainment.” as video games. Hell isn’t going to take over itself. Mimzy: Doesn’t like them all. She’s still mad at video games in general over Guitar Hero. Every time one of those games was released, her neighbors would be playing on those plastic instruments and blast rock music for months. Which she hates. She would honestly beat the shit out of whoever created Guitar Hero if she met them in real life.

Katie Killjoy: Isn’t in the least bit interested in video games but she is glad that they exist. She’s made a lot of money from demonizing their existence.

Tom Trench. Understands them as well as Trump understands equality. He can’t wrap his head around them at all.

Yet despite all that, I can still picture Charlie and all her squad all trying to destroy each other in multiplayer games. Like Super Smash Bros, TF2, Overwatch and the game with the finishing moves they half wish they could enact on each other in real life, Mortal Combat. Like, this would be a regular thing they’d do together and it would always get super competitive and out of hand. It might even get the ones who don’t play video games that often to start playing them out of sheer determination to beat the good ones and get to be the smug ones for once. It would be oh so satisfying to beat them at their own game, literally. Although, didn’t Vivzie say that if Alastor thinks he’s losing at a game, he’ll take over it Jumanji style to make sure he wins? Yeah, I don’t think these would end well.

#hazbin hotel #charlie #vaggie #angel dust #cherri bomb #nifty #crymini #baxter #alastor #husk #sir pentious #mimzy #katie killjoy #Tom Trench

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