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inkedroplets · 1 month
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What's this about a lena/peggy fic? PEGGY CARTER?!?!?
I kind of forgot I had this ask and then I thought, oh I'll link the snippet I posted a while back and because it's tumblr I can't find it so I'll post another one but yes, I have a very confusing, very complicated Supercorp/MCU crossover fic that I've been dabbling with while I write other things. Essentially Lena finds herself stranded on Earth-616 and working with Coulson while she tries to find a way back home. Oh, and Kara is freaking out while trying to figure out where it is Lena went. It's set during their rift so its extra angsty. This snippet is Lena volunteering to go and act as the mole to take down a remaining HYDRA cell.
“Feel free to continue discussing it between yourselves,” Lena said as she stood up from the table. “But I think you already know that sending me in as the mole  is the best play.”  She looked around the table and saw the gears turning (however unwillingly) in everyone's head. All except for May who was the only one who would actually meet her gaze. You could give my mother lessons, Lena thought, thinking she had weathered far less intense staredowns from Lillian in the past. She felt everyone’s eyes on her as she turned to leave, half-expecting someone to take another stab at trying to convince her of how foolhardy her plan was, although no one did. 
 There were moments where Lena forgot she was even onboard a ship, it being too large and herself too busy to realize how small it actually was, but today was not one of those days. She found herself walking in the direction of the lab without really meaning to. She got about halfway there when she heard the patter of hurried footsteps behind her. Nearly quiet enough for her not to notice. “Lena.” “I’m guessing you voted against me,” Lena said, not bothering to slow down for May’s sake, knowing she could easily overtake her if she wanted to. “I did,” May said baldly. She fell into step beside Lena easily and while her gaze was still just as steely, she did at least have the decency to open the lab door for her. “No witnesses,” Lena snarked. “Smart.” “There are cameras,” May replied, perfectly deadpan. She glanced behind her before closing the door as if she expected to see someone wanting to intrude on what May clearly wanted to remain a private conversation. “As noble as your offer was,” she said in a tone that made it perfectly clear she believed it was anything but, “ I don’t think you understand what you’re offering.” “Infiltrate the remnants of a Nazi paramilitary terrorist organization bent on world domination to bring it down from within? No, I got the gist of it,” Lena said coolly.  “Whatever stories Coulson or the others might have told you about Hydra, trust me when I say they’re far worse than you could imagine. You’re not an agent, you’re not trained to deal with the physical or mental toll that this job would entail. Coulson is wrong for even considering it.” “But he is considering it?”
“Against my better judgment,” May replied silkily. “If this is a bid to get into Coulson’s good graces or to cement yourself a position with the others then I can tell you right now that is wholly unnecessary. Coulson trusts you and the team does too.” “But not you,” Lena said, not meaning to sound accusatory but sure that it had to at least sound a little  that way to May.
“No,” May replied without a moment’s hesitation. “I don’t trust you.” 
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copypastejunkpile · 6 months
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The Microsoft Sidewinder Game Pad Pro
I've always had an affinity for game controllers, and despite my financial state I have an okay amount of them laying around. Today, I got to add to my collection a weird one that I've had my eye on for a little bit. The Microsoft Sidewinder Game Pad Pro.
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I don't know much about this thing. I knew it was a little big looking, I knew it had a weird d-pad that an ad showed as having two operating modes, and I knew it had dropped triggers in the back. I recently found a listing on ebay for pretty cheap without any bids, so I placed a starting bid and waited to see what would happen. No one else bid, so now I have it.
After fighting with the cord, which has grown finicky in its ability to stay connected, I tried out a 2d game. The best way I could describe the d-pad was as if a 360 controller's d-pad had to be pressed down a couple centimeters before it registered input. For fun, I booted up Dark Souls 2, and it also "worked." I couldn't pause or do certain actions, but I could walk, run and sprint around, and do r1 attacks with the z button.
Wait, I could walk? I moved the d-pad to odd angles and watched as my character moved mostly smoothly to match. It was as if it was analog movement.
So, driven in my curiosity, I opened the thing up.
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Well, there sure is a lot happening there. But that's just contact pads for the membrane. What's the underside of that disc thingy look like?
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Those are springs. Five of them. The center one seems to be for stabilization, but the other four? It's gotta have something to do with the added complexity to the PCB and its seeming ability to emulate analog movement.
I have no idea how exactly it's doing it, if its reading the pressure with which I'm pressing in a direction or if it's something else, but this is genuinely fascinating. It's hard to find any mention of this thing given its part of a series mostly talked about for its force feedback flight sticks, but man I wish I knew more. That's not the only interesting thing about this though.
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There's a terminal for the cord! theoretically it'd be pretty easy to replace the cord for this thing, which is great news for me. I took pictures of the jack for the terminal as well, since that's probably more important to the process. I have to imagine if I bought another one of these controllers I could just swap the cord if I needed.
All in all I'm fascinated by this thing. I want to know how exactly this thing's making up analog movement but I don't have the know-how and can't find anyone talking about this thing. Hell, any information about this would be fantastic. If anyone wandering across this post knows anything, feel free to say something! would love to learn more about this weird microsoft product from before the turn of the century.
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give-soup-please · 1 year
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checked out the 'following' page and WOW! i've never seen all the numbers be the same like that. shout out to to these folks for all being equally lovable! (the amount, of course, is very. they are are all very lovable, i'd know, i'm the one reblogging and liking their content/lh, but also serious)
i don't know if i want to bother them by tagging them all, but i'm sure we all have some people we're following in common who recognizes them. and of course, a few dear ones are mutuals.
i wasn't aiming for this, by the way. no idea how that happened.
oh, what the heck, i'll give them a mention, it can't do much harm.
@certifiedsoupposts, @cym-k, @papyrussuggestions, @sublime-beyond-loss, @ihazmunchies91, @dreamyexpertise, @modmad @kiingbiing, @catcrumb
Thank you! Thank you one and all for being delightful people! you guys are great!
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revedetendresse · 1 year
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PSA - If you wish to tag me in your posts, whether it be edits or gifs, you can use #userelodie. Anything Harwin Strong, Ryan Corr or HOTD/GoT (mostly Daenerys, Arya, Brienne, Margeary, Khal Drogo, the direwolves, the dragons, the Targaryen/Velaryon, Rhaewin)
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aroaceofdiamonds · 1 year
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Players of Resident Evil! I am in need of your assistance!
How the hell do you work the gun in Resident Evil (the first one)? Like holy hell, I cannot aim. I took like 7 bullets to take down one zombie. I died to the first one in the game on the standard difficulty. I switched to the lowest difficulty and I STILL SUCK!!!
Any tips and tricks for actually being somewhat competent? Or do I just need to keep playing and crying and hoping for freedom in the form of a cutscene?
For context, I'm playing on console (PS4) as Jill and this is my first RE game. And I am not moving on to another RE game until I beat this one.
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Something very attractive about someone who’s nice and toasty when you’re a bit chilly
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epsilonzolton · 8 months
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i had a brain thought
with the growth of technology for facial capture translated to what i guess is called a live 2D model mostly used for Vtubing if you tried hard enough you could probably get that sort of idea to work on full body tracking for a sort of 2D mocap animation
i wanna see a show produced like that
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vagabound-thoughts · 8 months
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Watching your favorite beloved fan artists leave your Fandom is like waving away someone on a boat.
I shall wave my handkerchief in the air and cheer for you, you're moving on to better things, but I shall still shed a tear as I watch you fade into the middle distance. Until there is nothing but the great expanse of ocean before me, and you, hidden between the blue where the sky meets the sea. I wish you luck, old friend.
Bon Voyage.
Or, alternatively, you can just fallow after them like a baby duck.
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durzarya · 1 year
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My family, always dismissing whatever I say about current events because I have learned it from the internet: This is fake dear, there is no way that happened
Me doing an Uno reverse because for once it is easily googleable: Fucking listen to me damn it!
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solphases · 5 months
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fallen star
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breakbeatbun · 1 year
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hazardsoflove · 1 year
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[house voice] god, it’s brutal out here
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fuckyeahisawthat · 7 months
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“I don’t think that is what God wants. And I don’t think you want it either.”
This line of Aziraphale’s in the Job minisode keeps sticking out to me. Because this is the heart of the problem, right? This is how Aziraphale can see Crowley so completely and also not at all.
Because yes they suck at open communication and yes it’s because they had to hide their relationship for thousands of years and have so so so much trauma and fear to work through. But ALSO they actually do have a profound difference in how they see the world that keeps coming between them, and it’s not just theoretical but deeply personal to both of them.
Because Aziraphale still wants to believe that God is good. He can’t let go of that because his whole identity is wrapped up in being an angel of the Lord, and if God’s not good then what has he been doing for his entire existence?
And so when bad things are happening he falls back on This cannot be what God wants. The whole of season one, he refuses to believe that God could really want the world to end—even though we now know he knew this was a possibility before the world even started. He keeps going up the chain of command, trying to find someone to intervene. “That’s why I’m going to have a word with the Almighty and then the Almighty will fix it.” As if God doesn’t have all the information or hasn’t been paying attention.
And really, the events of season one reinforce this worldview for him. Because if the Archangel Fucking Gabriel isn’t sure what God wants, then maybe God did want them to stop Armageddon. Maybe it was Aziraphale and Crowley who were doing God’s work after all.
He’s gotten as far as realizing that Heaven’s orders are not the same thing as God’s will, but he still hasn’t detached the concepts of Good and Right from God in his worldview.
Crowley is a good person who does the right thing so he must still be an angel deep down. “I know the angel you were.” The only way Aziraphale can conceptualize Crowley saving Job’s children is, “Come on, you’re a little bit on our [God’s] side.” So Crowley’s fall was a mistake; Crowley belongs in Heaven, where he was so happy before the Fall. Why wouldn’t he want to be an angel again? And yeah maybe Heaven sucks now but God is still good, so there’s hope that the system can be reformed with a change of leadership, and Heaven can be made to actually do good, the way God always intended.
But that’s not how Crowley sees the world at all. He is operating with an entirely different understanding of reality. Because he figured out a long time ago (at least by the time of the Job job, but probably long before that) that you can’t base your sense of morality on what you think God wants. Not just because you don’t know for sure, but because sometimes God’s plans are fucking awful. God in Good Omens is not kind to Her creations. She doesn’t tolerate questions or doubts or disobedience. She’s capricious, turning on the creatures She made and killing a bunch of them when She’s in a bad mood. She punishes indiscriminately and disproportionately. She wagers human lives like gambling chips. The kids were supposed to be dead no matter who won the bet.
I think it’s interesting that Crowley is the one who introduces the idea in season one of “What if the Almighty planned it like this all along? From the very beginning.” That’s probably a comforting thought to Aziraphale, soothing his anxieties about going against Heaven right when he is feeling acute distress at the idea of no longer having a side. (And, in that particular moment, no longer even having a bookshop.)
But it’s not a comforting thought to Crowley. Have you seen what happens when God has a plan for you? It fucking sucks. Woe betide you if you’re the Barbie God decides to play with today. (At bare minimum, you’re coming back with some burn marks and a weird haircut.)
I’ve brought up the line “There are no right people. There’s just God, moving in mysterious ways and not talking to any of us” before, and I tend to focus on the “there are no right people” part. But also, there’s just God.
Aziraphale tends to draw a distinction between God’s will and Heaven’s orders when it suits him, and collapse that distinction when it doesn’t. Crowley almost never differentiates between God and Heaven. There’s just God, and She’s not going to explain why this is happening or listen to pleas for mercy (although Crowley still tries). You can’t trust Heaven or Hell, and you can’t count on God to show up and make everything all right. Sometimes God is in fact the reason that things are not all right. You’re on your own.
(And. Look. Crowley is right on this one. There are certainly aspects of their relationship where they’re both equally responsible for things being a shitshow, but the text is pretty unambiguous about Crowley, a demon, having the most accurate read on the nature of God in the world of Good Omens out of any of the metaphysical characters.)
Crowley rebuilt his entire sense of self, alone, after the Fall. He created himself anew and developed his own moral compass and sense of identity independent of both Heaven and Hell. “The angel you knew is not me.” When Crowley does the right thing, that’s not his angel-ness shining through; that’s just Crowley.
And from a like, trauma recovery point of view, it’s actually very healthy for him to have the realization that sometimes God’s just kind of a dick. He didn’t do anything to deserve getting kicked out of Heaven. None of them did. Just God messing them about because She didn’t like being questioned, or She wanted to see what would happen, or She needed two sides for Reasons and didn’t much care who was on one or the other, or She’s playing some fucked up little game for Her own amusement. (And if there was some Great Plan that required Crowley to fall…well, that is also fucked up. Because it doesn’t matter if there was a reason. It still hurt.)
And while Crowley in general is extremely patient with Aziraphale and his slow, halting journey away from Heaven…it’s gotta sting, every time Aziraphale doesn’t want to believe that God could be cruel, when Crowley is standing right fucking there. It’s gotta hurt when Aziraphale refuses to see something that Crowley knows to be true through his own lived experience. Because it should be enough. What happened to him should be enough to make someone who loves him walk away from Heaven and never look back. And it isn’t.
But of course Crowley is one hundred percent not going to talk about this, if he is even fully self-aware about having these thoughts, because it’s far too painful and vulnerable. (He talks to plants, goats, God, and no one in a bar at the end of the world, but never to Aziraphale.) And so he says “Tell me you said no” and “I think I understand a lot better than you do” because he can’t say Choose me. Just this once, choose me and he can’t say Believe me.
And Aziraphale is not going to think about all this and work it out for himself, because he has a massive lump of denial centered around exactly this thing, that sometimes God hurts people who didn’t do anything to deserve it. I’m sure he’s thought about the Fall in abstract terms, enough to be afraid of it, but not in terms of this is a thing that happened to a person I love. And he has certainly not allowed himself to draw any conclusions about the nature of God from it, because that is far too scary a prospect.
And so they’re stuck. Until they can figure out how to remove this massive landmine from the center of their relationship, they are going to keep having the same fight over and over again, and they’re going to keep hurting each other without fully understanding why.
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toonheartz · 3 months
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[ID: A reference image for a blue version of Mickey Mouse.
Their name is Mick, and they're wearing a black hoodie with the hood down, and a sleeveless denim jacket over it. The front of the jacket is covered in many pins, like the trans pride flag, the genderfluid flag, a black patch that says "the first pride was a riot", an ambiguous shape with a red crossed out symbol over it, a watermelon, the autism creature, and a small black patch that is cut off due to the angle, reading "eat the".
The back of the jacket has the Public Domain symbol, white a lower case C on a black background that is crossed out, with ears at the top to match Mick.
They are holding a dark blue offset cane, and have band aids on their leg, nose, and one finger.
Text around her says:
-any pronouns -soft spoken but stands up for their friends -fucks around and finds out -being of pure spite
Back patch should always be the public domain symbol with ears
Feel free to swap patches in the same theme or omit them for simplicity
Uses cane for balance, relieving pressure on his legs, and whacking people
Bandaids are optional and can be any color / placed anywhere (she's very clumsy)."
The very bottom of the page has the hashtag, "mickeysona".
End ID.]
lil something to celebrate the mouse entering the public domain :]
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rustedhills · 3 months
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Disney, releasing Wish: "so it's all about legacy--the new generation surpassing the old, overcoming the evils perpetuated by them, relinquishing singular power... and there's an old man in a tower, uh... animal sidekick, i guess..., ah... magic...?
Miyazaki, just out of frame, sledgehammer raised:
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royalarchivist · 3 months
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Missing one QSMP stream truly does feel like missing an entire season of a TV show sometimes.
Anyways, Roier just accidentally (?) astral-projected himself back to Purgatory. He's also a rat.
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