#its a bit hard to make out but the computer is supposed to be playing they might be giants (1986) on the drawing to the left :3

[automatonknight]

id: two digital drawings of a humanoid character and an old, beige desktop computer on a solid, black background. the humanoid creature has a sort of spiky ball of light for a head and its body is covered in wings-they’re on its ankles and arms, as well as two pairs on its back. floating around its head there are smaller, yellow and orange stars. the crature itself is white with light pink and blue accents.

on the first drawing, to the left, the winged creature is holding the computer in its lap, leaning its head close to its monitor, which is displaying a drawing of the sun. its wallpaper shows grassy fields and a blue sky. the computer tower is floating neraby and the computer’s mouse is swung over the creature’s shoulder. one of the wires forms a heart and the computer is shown singing four notes. the characters are slightly turned away from the viewer.

on the other drawing, the creature is upside down, laying on its back with its legs propped up on the monitor. one of its arms is under its head, holding the computer mouse and the other is touching the monitor. this time, the computer’s wallpaper is an abstract drawing showing dark blue waves. there are two windows open-one is playing a song and the other is displaying a photo of a daisy in a grassy field. the computer tower is once again nearby. here, the characters are facing the viewer. end id

#ERM. um #art #angel #computer #drew this with a platonic relationship in mind but i guess you're free to read this as romantic as well #these characters don't have names i made them up just for this one drawing (or maybe i'll draw more of them who knows) but eeurm. yeah ^__^ #well i had lots of fun with this which is REFRESHING!!! #i can stop drawing for this year nothing will top this. actually #its a bit hard to make out but the computer is supposed to be playing they might be giants (1986) on the drawing to the left :3

[factorialsotherfandoms]

XCOM2 au again. This is... honestly I should write the other piece of this first - hopefully tomorrow - but I've a long day today and this one is faster. This preceeds the bits I've been writing recently by a few months, being the bit between Mike being kidnapped and Pac getting to safety (tomorrow's is the actual kidnapping, if I can convince myself to write it).

It's also Felps PoV and I adore him but I also struggle because I've only ever caught 5 minutes here and there of his stuff, so he's the Brazilian I have the worst grasp on. Apologies.

Open ending, but if you read the other bits later than this you know its fine in the end.

It's a quiet night, but then they often are. Felps has command of the ship, Forever and Cellbit having bedded down for the night. The one call they were expecting has been and gone. Someone still has to remain at the comms, just in case, but he can sit at the desk and play cards with the night-duty engineers and not feel too bad about it.

He's won three bottles of lemonade and an old wristwatch, and lost his third favourite pen when the comms light up.

Not expecting anything, Felps takes a moment to even recognise the beep. A quick glance at the screen - it's in the band they reserve for emergencies, long-range. Redirected via... A quick glance shows him that while the computer can unscramble the message, it's been redirected too many times to pin the origin.

He can worry about that later.

The game is abandoned, Felps answers the call.

At first, all he can hear is sobbing - heavily distorted. It takes him a moment, then another, then...

"Pac?"

Pac and Mike are supposed to be radio silent for another three, maybe four, days. They're supposed to be using one of the camp radios even if they do.

Felps heart drops to his feet as Pac continues to sob.

"Pac?" He tries again, gesturing for one of the engineers to run and wake Forever. "Pac, what's wrong?"

He still doesn't get an answer.

Behind him something moves. Felps snaps around, sees it's just his fellow cards players. One is running off to the commander's quarters, the other two are hovering at their desks, ready to input whatever commands are needed.

Felps takes a breath, then another, then realises... It's not just sobbing.

It's hard to make out, it's so hard to make out, but between the sobs he can make out numbers.

Coordinates.

"Pac?" he tries again, doing his best to hide his own fear and knowing he can't. "Pac, can you start from the top again?"

Pac doesn't, seemingly unable to hear him, but after a couple more digits Felps hears 'latitude'.

He grabs a notepad, and begins scribbling down what he hears. It takes a few goes through to be absolutely certain he got the whole string, and then hands them off to one of the waiting engineers.

"Pac, it's Felps, I'm here," and Felps wishes he was, not half a world away, the ship having been used to make some deliveries yesterday. "It'll all be okay, right? I'm here, after all!"

It's not a promise he can make; one of the engineers has pulled up the coordinates, and it's at least a four hour flight. Felps bites his lip.

It's also... Something about the satellite photos looks wrong.

It looks...

"Pac, shit, calm down!" he tries desperately. "Are those your coordinates? Or the mission ones?"

There's a brief break in the sobbing, a short breath and, "it's- it's where /it/ lives. I can't- I- It's here, Felps, it's here! I can't-"

The sobbing picks back up. Felps own heart-rate picks up.

4 hours. Shit, shit shit - they're four hours out, and that isn't even his location!

"Shit, shit, shit," Felps chants the word, three repetitions to ever sob of Pac's, tries to think, tries to drone both things into music in his mind and focus through it. "Pac, is Mike there?"

The sobs grow heavier, "they got him, they got Mike."

Felps can taste his own blood - Pac will always mean the universe to him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care for the rest, and doesn't mean losing anyone wouldn't ruin him too. Got as in killed or got as in kidnapped? It doesn't really matter, does it?

"Shit, fuck," who is even awake to help? It's the graveyard shift. "Where are you, Pac?"

Any response he does get is incoherent; Felps barely even notices himself pulling open a second comms channel - local this time.

He doesn't realise he managed it until he's answered with, "Tubbo here, whatcha need?"

Tubbo's voice is distorted too; Felps isn't sure if it's his own panic, or the fact Tubbo's got him on speaker.

"I'm on another call - channel, er, emergency channel. Can you track it?"

"The computer can't?"

"No."

Tubbo says something - Felps is momentarily distracted by Pac going deathly silent on the other line. He doesn't even breathe until he hears the sobbing pick back up - quieter, but Pac is at least safe enough to cry, and near enough the radio to be picked up.

"Say again?"

"Said maybe, I'll give it a go," there's the sound of clattering machinery, and then Tubbo's voice is clearer. "How urgent?"

Felps can't answer that question - on his other line Pac shrieks, and he immediately switches over.

"Pac!" he calls. "Pac, are you okay?!"

A few rounds of gunfire.

"Pac!!!"

Heavy breathing, and then Pac's shaking voice, "just... just a guard. Just a guard."

Just a guard isn't anything Felps likes.

"Pac, you need to run," Felps does his best to be serious, to talk his panicking friend through it long enough to survive. "Please, Pac?"

"But-"

"For me?"

"Felps?" the voice isn't from either comms line, but behind him. "What's going on?"

Felps turns, fingers on his pistol as he jumps - just Forever, just Forever, more than half asleep and wearing nothing but lounge pants.

"Pac," is all Felps can quite manage to say in reply. "Pac, um, he-"

Forever's eyes skim over Felps' face, and the monitor, and Felps can see the life and the hope drain from his body all at once.

And there's nothing Felps can say to make it better.

He turns back to the screen, trying to find anything - anything - that might save his light. His fingers tremble as he searches every bit of the map around the point he was given, but he also has no idea how long ago Pac and Mike were there. Maybe...

Tubbo's voice cuts back in, "got it! Sending it up. You... I might have listened a bit... Tell Pac to get home safe, okay? I'm getting the rest of the shift up. I'll let them know."

That line goes dead before Felps can reply, but at least Tubbo is on the ship. He clings to the other one instead, where he can only hear Pac's unsteady breathing.

With the distortion he can't tell if it's panic or injury, and Felps' heart - he can't take it, he can't take it okay, he's only Felps!

The coordinates from Tubbo flash up on screen - and bless the kid, he must be terrified, but they're shifting as Pac's radio is moved. Full tracking.

But, if they can track Pac...

If they can track him...

They should tell him to turn off the radio, to hide and stay safe, but if they do that they loose him, they loose him and they'll never know what happens if they get there and he's gone.

"Pac, don't leave me," he begs, and maybe it should be the other way around but what can he do? "I need you."

Pac needs to be needed in a way Felps doesn't, or at least in a different way to how Felps does. They'd all kill themselves for each other, but it's Pac who can't find point in living if he's not dying for someone else. Felps knows this, they all know this, they just won't say it.

He should hang up, he should hang up and let Pac hide, but they're still three and a half hours out and anything could happen in that time.

Forever's arms wrap around Felps, gripping him tight as his friend leans down and presses his chin into his hair.

"Calm, calm," Forever whispers, just audible over the crackling sobs of Pac. "We need to stay calm."

Trembling fingers tight in Felps' shirt say he's anything but.

"We're three and a half hours from you," Felps tells Pac, not speaking his words but reciting the script he was taught long ago, back in the military, back in a world before this one. "What's your status?"

Felps doesn't get an answer, just stifled sobs and feet on concrete.

Forever trembles behind him, and Felps thinks their commander might be crying into his hair.

Felps is crying onto the keyboard, he knows that for sure.

"Pac?"

Nothing again.

He glances at the map, tracking their progress.

Still three and a half hours. Three and a half hours.

And Felps... Felps doesn't know if Pac can hold out that long.

#qsmp fanfic #qsmp au #qsmp x xcom #qsmp felps #qsmp pac #whumpcember2023 #i don't like how i wrote felps but i'm not sure how to fix it so it'll do

[inventors-fair]

Valiant Efforts: Battle Runners-Up ~

Our runners-up this week are @grornt, @hypexion, and @real-aspen-hours!

@grornt — Tovolar's Moonlight Assault / Harvesttide Exultation

I think this card is balanced, well-designed, flavorful, resonant, and pretty...normal! That's a good thing when you're designing cards that are supposed to be good. I did want to swing for the fences with the winners this week—as much as I could without destroying the stadium. This really is a well-designed removal suite for green and feels like it's doing everything that you can do right in the color, though, so what's to complain about?

Maybe the fact that is DOES do so much stuff is reason for concern, but green has had its heyday of advantages, and this card probably isn't going to break any formats like its pre/mid-2020s ilk. Creatures, life, card draw, and buffs isn't too bad...is it? I'm kidding, this all fits in for both how much a battle can matter when you need it to be a bit of everything, AND how easily a battle can be flavored on a world we already know with a story we're familiar with. Tovolar makes the Harvesttide a little crazy, and what more can we ask for than a witchy, wolfy get-together. Personally, I'd ask for Tovolar's digits. His wolfy, wolfy digits.

@hypexion — Attack on Eiganjo

Once more, everything about this battle makes sense. You want to find the best ways to deal damage to get the advantages that you need. The more that you penetrate the defenses, the stronger you can get. You picked a line, and stuck with it, and I'm right there with you. Did multiple people come up with the concept for the assault supertype? I missed conversations in the workshop if so. Regardless, that name makes sense and I'm glad that folks went with it. The different directions are quite interesting as well!

I wish there was an easier way for this particular scenario to be made manifest. Can you ping the battle over and over until you have eight power on board? Perhaps! Is getting two 2/2 creatures worth it, too? If they have first strike, I'd say so. The rewards for battling could perhaps be more fleshed out, and/or there could be a reward for winning the battle, if such a thing is feasible, but that hardly matters. I get what this card does and what it wants the game state to look like. It's complicated once we get there and I'd love to see the decision-making process of someone having to deal with/against this in combat.

@real-aspen-hours — Loot the Storehouses!

Another assault! Gotta love it, don't you. This is actually quite similar to the Granary card, or at least it would seem so at first glance. And then the actual ability and implied flavor happens, and we're in a different world. Probably literally! The card advantage is different, which is fine, and it's more focused on that than it is a more general reward feeling. I think what I really like here is the utilization of the second main phase, or at least how this card wants you to think about it. The benefits of battle, if you will.

I think "You may play those cards this turn" would be better than the whole "until your next end step" clause, just because of clarity, but that doesn't matter too much. Ooh, or what if you could only play them on a turn that Loot the Storehouses was attacked? There are plenty of options and there's not one right answer. Considering that card advantage is pretty easy to understand, my curiosity wants me to ask where you imagined this card taking place, y'know? What world, which storehouses, etc. It could be anywhere and that's all fine, but as it stands, I do want to thank everyone who submitted a single-faced battle this contest for all the cool things that one can do with them. Super proud.

So, I'll post about this in the Discord, but I'm going to be away from my computer most of the day. Again. Life is a long series of doing thangs. Commentary will either be up late tonight, or sometime during the day tomorrow. I'll be working as hard as I can, though!

@abelzumi

#mtg #magic the gathering #custom magic card #inventor's fair #commentary #battle contest #runners up

[starlost-lix]

SKZ 5 STAR COMEBACK THOUGHTS

first, a review of the songs and then my overall thoughts!!

song review

Hall of Fame: from the get go, it establishes the space vibe with the opening tune! a great opening love the galileo and armstrong references etc, although the 'one small step' quote from armstrong, while it does fit the theme, kinda breaks up the song for me so it's not my favourite part. the build up in the prechorus is SO GOOD! the chorus is really punchy and i'm so in love with felix's little rap verse he really does make it iconic.

S-Class: so so so COOL!! the whistling part is so awesome and it starts with guns blazing with changbin's rap. HYUNJIN SLAYED THAT VERSE!! i really love it. all the raps are so good and the serpent road melody is so good?? THIS CHORUS IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!! the switch to a slower beat and the hip hop vibe was very unexpected but very welcome :) the buildup to the second chorus is so great omg i love how its the same but different! seungmin was really good in the we're special part ughhhh the dance break slayed so much as well i just have positive things to say about this song except maybe the ending i don't hate but also don't love how it ends

ITEM: GAMER ERA!! it's 'funnily annoying' just like they said in the intro video really does give video game vibes! super addictive and i love the diction as changbin focused on it really levels up the song. ITEM ITEM I ATE THEM PAC MAN!!! han's rap >>> i also like felix's celebrate we gonna elevate line that was so good i ate that shit up. EVERYTHING IS AMAZING NO WORDS!!! the bridge isn't my best but i really like the buildup to the final chorus and it overall slayed so hard. mv maybe?

Super Bowl: omg. literally. i can see how it was meant to be the original gods menu but im glad they saved it for five star because it honestly just fits so much better with this album and it feels a lot more cohesive. ENGLISH SONG KINGS!! every line is just pure mastery ugh i'm so hooked onto this song and the way chan says ruULes like >>>> changbin's rap ughhhhh and then jeongin saying the everything you're craving its all me like TOAST?? BABY BREAD WHO? and then the stunner HELL OF A LINE I KNOW ITS HELLA FINE HELLS KITCHEN TASTING DIVINE!! the backing instrumental is quite simple which works well because the singing isn't overshadowed. never thought i'd live to see the day hanji said 'bussin' but WHO ELSE?? such a killer like omg and then the chorus UGH I DIED the whispering the word play the seductive vibe with the urge to shake my ass off and ugh i can't compute. heyday reference by changbin!!! lee know's prechorus was so good ugh i really would like a mv or smth for this as well. the bridge was really good imo!!! and the transition from the 'bring the rain' to 'cooking up a storm' and having the same semantic field UGHHHH the ending with felix was so fine as well 🤤

TOPLINE (feat.Tiger JK): love love love the instrumental!!! braggadocios as they should be 😤 THE PRECHORUS IS MY LOVE I ADORE IT AN UNGODLY AMOUNT!!! SEUNGMIN'S VOICE!!!!! lmaoooo chan dropping in the 'we don't give a f***' i see now why he was so surprised with the Xdinary Heroes and their supposed uncensored swearing whereas he had to blur it out haha. the chorus DELIVERS! BOM DIGI DIGI BOM BOM BOM BOM! tiger jk is a rlly great rapper and i'm so happy that han gets his dream to rap with him bcs his rap slayed! and then the 'ain't nobody can do it like us' reference to circus!! >>> lee know slayed the second chorus ^^ great song :D the ending was so great <3

DLC: THIS IS SO GREAT!! the instrumental is so nice, a lot lighter than the previous songs and a nice break from the heaviness hehe. the tune is so addictive and i love the SUNRISE part <3. even if the lyrics are a bit sad, as @oh-the-aster-blooms put it, 'sometimes when you are sad, dancing all night sounds better', and i totally agree :) everything just kinda flows so well and their voices work really well together. i really adore i.n's 'run away run away' part my baby has such an angelic voice. the bridge is also cool :)

GET LIT: idk is it just me but for some reason get lit just brings worth it by 5th harmony to mind with the jazzy vibes at the start, but like...better (no offence to 5th harmony) this is such a swag brag song! the raps are so great to start off omg and then the sudden transition to seungmin's beautiful voice ugh THE CHORUS!!!! i love how felix does his line and it drops into the vibe. the next verse is so like subtle brag idk how to explain it but the swerve swerve part> i do feel imo that the bridge is bit disconnected at the beginning but when changbin does his 'speaker' part it flows really well. i like the dance break! it is a bit repetitive but oh well it slays anyways.

Collision: i saw someone somewhere say it was like chill on steroids (idk who u are sorry for not giving credit 🙇‍♀️) and its so true. it really has the same vibe like sad but also like vibey idk i think the instruments help a lot with establishing that mood. vocalracha slayed in this >>> so did hyunjinnie and lee know <;3 babe i loved you that line is so good felix >>> and BANG CHAN IN THE VERSE AFTER THE FIRST CHORUS?? so good ugh its like a rainy day kinda song when u just feel a bit sentimental. also felix and...was it lee know? in the second pre chorus? that sounded so amazing ughhhh i really like that metaphor of crashing its very bittersweet <3 han slayed again

FNF: such a strong start with chan!!! changbin and han's raps were so great and the prechorus was really like heart rending idk thats jsut the power of vocalracha ig and again as @oh-the-aster-blooms and i were discussing the chorus does have a great pace which does give the impression of trying to catch up! it gives off movie soundtrack vibes imo. the way they blended their voices with felix was so cool!! hyunjinnie slayed that rap damn. the bridge was so good as well. the meaning behind this song >>

Youtiful: such a sweet song showing their love for stay! chan's explanation was so TT i love my boys so much the instrumental is so soft and soothing and the lyrics >>> listening to this just made my heart warm. its the audio version of chan's big hug <3 this was a very good song for chan. also seungmin, lee know and i.n as well!! i could listen to my babe jeongin saying 'you are a miracle' for ever. the chorus slaps.

i don't really count these two as part of the album as they were already released/just a translated ver so its a lot briefer

THE SOUND (Korean Ver.): the Japanese version slayed, so does this. i liked how they changed the chorus, and everything just fits well idk sometimes i find the translated versions a bit jarring after being used to the og one but this is really good!

Mixtape: Time Out: so great i just love it sm <333

overall!

such a great album omg. i love all the songs!!! the line count has improved quite a bit (although lino is lacking in some parts) but overall its pretty fair imo factoring the roles different members play. they've definitely shown us a different facet of their music which is so cool and innovative! love love love

ranking

this was so hard omg its going to keep changing but as of right now it is:

ITEM

S CLASS/Super Bowl

TOPLINE/Get Lit

DLC/FNF/Hall of Fame

Collision

Youtiful

as always, every song is amazing and these are my opinions so please respect them! 3RACHA production kings 👑 stream 5 STAR and s-class! yet another amazing comeback <3

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#stray kids #skz #skz 2023 #5 star skz #kpop boys #skz stay #skz comeback #stray kids comeback #5 star #five star #kpop comeback #kpop #album review #you make stray kids stay #hall of fame #s class #ITEM #super bowl #topline #tiger jk #dlc #get lit #collision #fnf #flora and fauna #youtiful #the sound #the sound korean version #mixtape time out #you make stay stay

[aromantic-pantyanarchy]

I keep meaning to like, talk a bit about why this blog is named after Panty Anarchy, why I feel a connection to this character, especially when a lot of aspects of the show are kinda messy and it’d be charitable to say they haven’t aged well. I want to talk about that and with V-Day upon us all I’d like to talk about it now.

I always say that PSG is my favorite show that I can’t stand a quarter of, cause the back half gets a little rough before the finale. Out of 13 total dual episodes, by 8B you can already see they’re running out of budget, 9A is even cheaper, 10 in its entirety is nearly unwatchable imo, and 11B, while I like it, is a bottle episode where nothing happens and I do know people who’ve complained about that.

And right smack dab in the middle of all that mess is episode 9B. Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City. The plot of this episode is that Stocking has fallen in love with a ghost, at first sight even, the very creatures that the pair were sent to this Earth to kill. Not just any ghost too, but a vulgar, unhygienic, stinky, rude, childish, sexist, constantly farting bachelor ghost.

This episode, it must be stressed, is a mess. Despite the whole show being a comedy, it’s really hard to parse whether this setup is meant to be a joke, it’s played as a joke but the tone is deadly serious, and it’s the one time in the show that the low-key semi-acoustic love jam CHOCOLAT plays. Throughout the episode the average viewer, especially me, is struggling and failing to figure out what’s going on and why, if there’s a punchline where is it, if there’s an explanation what is it. I’ve seen theories about what they were trying to do with this concept, that it’s supposed to be a play off of Stocking’s masochism or something, but the episode itself offers no answers and no resolution. The ending is that Stocking was genuinely in love and through her love was able to help the bachelor ghost find peace.

Throughout the entire episode Panty is openly grossed out by this relationship and attempts to confront Stocking multiple times, saying things like “I know it’s not about his looks, I get that you’re not in love with the smell or the fat or the warts, it’s who he is and shit, right?” The confrontation escalates until, when Stocking plans to run off and elope with the ghost, Panty disguises herself to kill him quick and get the entire episode over with. Stocking catches on and stops her. And then she says the line.

“You wouldn’t understand, you’re too busy fucking to know what love is.”

And that’s the moment it all clicks into place for me.

I can’t imagine it was intentional, I have no idea what the showrunners were trying to do, but from my own perspective it’s almost impossible not to read into the events of the episode from an aromantic lens. The relationship makes no sense, I can’t tell if it’s a bit or if there’s some detail that I’m missing, but logically, emotionally, this coupling does not compute, it doesn’t follow the rules as I understand them, it makes no sense. And, while never to this level, that’s basically how I feel about most romantic relationships, I can pick out social cues and chemistries to follow along, but on a fundamental level I cannot and will never be able to wholly make sense of it.

I’ve complained on this blog before about a lot of the canon aromantic character roster, a big part of why I’ve never been able to connect to most of them is because their aromanticism is hardly ever explored, it’s mentioned in a line or hinted at in canon then confirmed on twitter, if even that, but the functional reality of the character’s aromanticism is taking them off the shipping board and then moving on. What Panty and Stocking did in this one episode was use filmic language, objective storytelling techniques, to speak to my experiences, it’s one of the few times I’ve felt seen and spoken to in this kind of way.

The episode continues, Panty responds to this by saying “I may not know what love is, but that sharter doesn’t either, he treats you like ass!” and then it’s revealed that actually deep down he did care for her, and then Panty vomits, either from the smell or the display of affection. She fights against their relationship to the end, and only after being held back so that the ghost can ascend does the whole sordid affair end, and even to the end Panty can’t show affection to the man who stole her sister’s heart. In the episode’s epilogue she, depending on your interpretation, either tries to connect with Stocking over the events in her own Panty way, or is just making fun of her for it. “It’s time to go kill some ghosts, I’ll even let you bang a few if you hurry.” To the end she doesn’t understand, she can attempt to connect to it from her own relationship to relationships, but can’t reach the actual emotions Stocking was feeling, neither can I, and the episode ends.

And that is why I like Panty Anarchy, and PSG as a whole, why Panty is among my favorite fictional characters, and why I connect so heavily to a weird late-season episode that was paired with a flash-tween-centric fanservice beach episode.

#aromantic #aro #aroallo #Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt #Panty Anarchy #Panty PSG

[vbecker10]

Shadows of the Past

Part 34 (Part 33)

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(LOKI POV)

A few loud knocks call your attention to the glass and you know they have what they need or at least enough to get them started.  You stand up slowly, smoothing out your pants and make your way to the door.  

You turn towards Marc and give him your best mischievous smile, you are happy to see he knows he screwed up.  Placing your hand on the door knob you say “You’re right, this was fun."  You step out of the room and close the door hard, then you head back to the observation room.

Y/N opens the door with a wide smile and she hugs you tightly. "Loki, that was amazing!  And kinda hot..." she says looking up at you with a slight blush.

You raise your eyebrow at her, "Oh, really?"

She nods slowly and smiles, “Mmhmm, I don’t know... just the way you took control of the room and outsmarted him so easily.”

You run your fingers along her cheek and then under her chin, bringing her lips closer to yours but Stark says, "Think you two could wait until your alone for that?"

"Very well," you sigh as you roll your eyes at him, causing Y/N to laugh.

“That really was impressive, great job Loki,” Steve pats you on the back with a broad smile.  Sometimes he really reminded you of Thor but the last thing you needed was another brother.  

“I think next time we do this, we should send you in first.  That slip about the library was perfect, Y/N is already dying to get upstairs and bury herself in research,” Hill laughs a little.   

Before you can say anything to them, Stark says, "I’ll admit, you did good.  I didn’t think you’d be able to pull it off.”

“What was that?” you ask him.

Stark sighs, “You heard me.”

“I’m not sure if I did... it sounded almost like a compliment,” you say with a smile.  You turn to Y/N, “Did you hear that?”

She puts her hand over her mouth to cover her laugh but she nods.  

“Don’t get too excited about it reindeer games, I’m not saying it again,” Stark says as he goes to head out of the room.  Steve and Hill follow him out, you and Y/N stay behind.  You watch through the glass as Steve and Stark unchain him from the table and ground then take him away.

She slips her hand into yours and you squeeze it tight.  Y/N looks up at you and smiles, you bend down and kiss her quickly.  She pouts at the short kiss, causing you to laugh.  You take a step towards the door and give her hand a gentle tug, “Come on, you can tell me all about how hot I was during the interrogation when we get back to my room.”  You wink at her, making her giggle and blush a bit.

(Y/N POV - the next night)

A knock on your office door pulls your attention from your computer screen and when you look up you see Loki standing in the doorway.  Your heart suddenly sinks as you realize its after 8:30.

“Loki, I’m so sorry,” you quickly start to apologize as you stand up.  “I didn’t-” you start to explain but he cuts you off.

“Y/N, its ok...” he says as he walks into your office.  He takes his right hand from behind his back and holds up a fairly large paper bag, “I brought dinner.”  He smiles at you which somehow makes you feel even more guilty.

You move around your desk and hug him tightly.  He places the bag on your desk then hugs you back.  Loki kisses the top of your head then plays with your hair.  “I’m sorry Mischief,” you tell him again, hiding your face in his chest.  You were supposed to meet him at 7 to watch a movie and order food but you had completely lost track of time.

He lets go of you a little so you can look up at him, “We can do the movie another night.  Its fine Y/N.”

“Are you sure?” you ask him, still worried he might be upset.

He nods and kisses you softly, “I wasn’t very interested in the movie you picked anyway.”

“Why did you say ok to it?” you ask curiously.

He winks at you and squeezes you tighter, “Well, I wasn’t planning on watching it for very long.”  You giggle and shake your head at him but you can’t help blushing a little. 

He gently strokes your cheek and smiles at you.  “Honestly though, I just want to spend time with you, Y/N.  Even if that means bringing you dinner and sitting here while you figure out what library Marc was talking about,” he says. 

You bring your arms up around Loki’s neck and stand on your toes to kiss him.  He keeps his arms around your waist, holding you tightly against his chest as he kisses you back.  His tongue gently runs across your bottom lip and then he bites it, just enough for you to gasp softly.  One of his hands slides up your back and neck until his fingers are in your hair.  He tugs at your hair lightly and you tilt your head to the side so he can kiss down your neck to your shoulder and then back to your lips.   

When you finally break the kiss to breath again, he rests his forehead against yours and you feel an overwhelming desire to tell Loki those three words you’ve been biting back since he was hurt.  Every time you see him, you want to hold him tightly and tell him how deeply you love him but you just can’t seem to get the words out.  Last night he had fallen asleep before you and you laid in his arms with your head on his chest.  You closed your eyes and just listened to his heartbeat in the dark.  Kissing his neck as softly as you could, you whispered that you loved him and although you could swear he smiled in his sleep, you know he didn’t hear you.  

You've never told anyone you’ve dated that you loved them before but none of them could ever compare to Loki.  He meant everything to you but you couldn’t quiet that small part of you that worried he wasn’t ready to love you back.  He had been betrayed by so many people he cared about, including the last person he said he loved.  

He kisses your nose gently, “What are you thinking about darling?”

You blink at him and realize you had gotten lost in your thoughts.  “Just how lucky I am to have you in my life,” you tell him with a smile, its not quite a lie.  “What did you bring me?” you change the subject quickly, stepping away from him to check out the bag on your desk.

“Ah, well... I think you will be pleased,” he says sounding proud of himself.

You open the bag and take a peak inside, “Ooh... you are good Mischief.”

He smiles at you and sits at your desk.  You take out your burrito, you’ve been dying for one recently but your favorite place is ten blocks away and you haven’t had time to get there.  Loki takes his food out of the bag as you take your seat behind you computer again.

“So how is the search going?” he asks as you start to eat.

“Good, I think,” you tell him.  “I’ve narrowed it down to three possible libraries.  There were only about eight which made sense location wise and five of those had a ton of security cameras inside and out so I doubt they would have gone there.” 

He nods and motions for you to continue, "I talked to Hill and some of the people who were sifting through the copied files.  We think she would have had to go to the drop location pretty soon after each one of your missions.  The files were copied to a USB, not transferred directly which is unfortunate because they could have been tracked that way.”

“Well, why would any of this be easy?” he jokes.

“Very true,” you agree.

“So you think she went out when I got back from the missions?” he asks, as though something just occurred to him.  

“Mmhmm, we have the dates and times the files were copied and they are usually the last day or second to last day you were away,” you tell him.

“I’m not sure if this is helpful or not,” he starts, “But if I got back from a mission near the end of the week, you know a Thursday, Friday or Saturday... she would bring me coffee on Sunday morning.  I always thought it was a little odd but she said she really liked that café.”

“I thought you hated coffee,” you say, a little confused.  You had literally never seen him touch coffee before, he always made tea.

“I do... which is part of why I thought it was odd,” he tells you.

“What was the other part?” you ask.

“It was always cold, but I don’t think it was supposed to be.  I’ve seen Nat & Wanda get iced coffee before but this was regular coffee that just had cooled off,” he said sounding annoyed at the memory.

You can almost feel the wheels in your brain start to turn a you think about what Loki told you.  “Wait... do you remember the name of the café?” you ask him, trying not to get too excited. 

He shakes his head and you feel yourself deflating.  “Oh, actually... I think I can do better than that,” he says as he stands up and comes behind your desk.

“What do you mean?” you ask, looking up at him.

He points to your computer and you roll your chair back so he can get to it.  “She had texted me one day asking if I could have have Nat pick her up...” he opens Google Maps and starts zooming in and out of Lower Manhattan & SOHO as if he is looking for something.  “There,” he stops moving around and points to an intersection on the map.  

“Prince Street & Greene Street... I can see why you would remember that,” you laugh as you look at the map.

He smiles at you and shrugs, “I’m going to let you have that one.  But does it help?”

You give him a big smile and instead of answering, you take the mouse back from him and point a the building one block north of the café.  He leans closer to the screen and then at you, “That’s a church.”

“Mhmm...” you hum and then open the street view so you can see the front of the church.  You point with the mouse to a tall metal box with a glass door attached to the fence of the church.  

“Y/N, that’s not a library,” he says, sounding unconvinced.

“Not one like you are used to.  I’ve seen a few of these popping up recently,” you tell him.  “Its pretty much the honor system, you take a book and you leave a book.  No one checks them in or out, you just walk by, see if there is anything interesting and take it.  When you are done, you put it back.  There is one of these near my old apartment and I put a bunch of books I was done with in there for someone else to read.”

He stares at you, “Ok, but that’s still not a library.”

You laugh at his disbelief, “Whether you believe me or not, this is definitely where Sarah passed off the information to Marc.  We just need to get down there and find out how.”

(LOKI POV - about 4am)

“What?” you mumble as you open your eyes.  You look around the room but its still dark.  Your laying on your side and Y/N is on her side as well, her back pressed against your chest.  You squeeze her a bit tighter and close your eyes but a minute later your eyes open again. She kicked out in her sleep, that must have been what woke you the first time.

“Y/N,” you whisper in her ear, hoping to wake her gently.

She moans softly and kicks again.  You shake her lightly and say her name again but still no response.  She begins to act out more, this time she rolls onto her back and brings her arms in front of her.  Her moans turn to whimpers and you know she is having a nightmare.  You shake her a little more forcefully, trying to bring her out of it.

The dream must have intensified, she cries for help and continues to move her arms and legs almost frantically.  You sit up and put your hands on her shoulders, “Y/N, love, you need to wake up.  You’re having a nightmare, you’re safe here.”

What she says next sends a shockwave through your whole body.  “No, Loki! Stop, please just stop!” she says, still fighting off her nightmare.  “Don’t, no, don’t do this Loki!”  You freeze, unable to process what you are hearing.  Her eyes suddenly open as she screams one more time.  Y/N sits up, sweating and breathing hard as reaches out for you in the dark.  

She finds you and quickly hides her face against your chest, intertwining her legs with yours as she holds onto you.  You slowly put your arms around her as she starts to cry softly.  You rub her back in small circles and whisper to her, “You’re ok Y/N, you’re safe.”  She nods through her tears but doesn’t say anything.  You rest your cheek on the top of her head and she clings tightly to you.  You can feel her heart racing and she’s shaking slightly.  You reassure her again, “It was only a nightmare, try to take a deep breath, Y/N.”

She slowly starts to take long, deep breaths but her grip on you doesn’t loosen.  It’s as if she is afraid to let go of you even an inch.  After a few minutes, her cries have stopped and she is no longer shaking.  You ask her, “Are you ok?”

She nods again, “Yes, just-just don’t let me go yet though, ok?”

You try to smile at her but you feel yourself fighting back tears.  Instead you say, “I promise.”  She kisses your cheek softly and puts her head back on your chest.  

You kiss her forehead but don’t say anything.  After a few more minutes, you can feel her slipping off to sleep again but your thoughts have just started racing.  You close your eyes tight but you just keep hearing what she cried out during her nightmare... ‘No, Loki! Stop, please just stop! Don’t, no, don’t do this Loki!’  The words repeat in your mind over and over.  You can’t hold back your tears any longer, Y/N’s nightmare had been about you.  

Your heart starts to break as you look down at Y/N, she is sleeping peacefully in your arms like she has for so many nights.  You touch her cheek softly with your finger tips, not wanting to wake her but feeling as if you needed to be sure she was real.  Before you met Y/N, you thought you had been happy, you thought your life was complete, you thought you were in love but you had been wrong about everything.  

She came into your life and turned everything you knew upside down but never in all your years had you been more grateful to have met someone.  Lately you had found yourself desperately wanting to tell her how much she meant to you, that you loved her more than you ever thought you could possibly love someone.  You hadn’t told her though, because a part of you knew it was too good to be true, you didn’t deserve to truly be happy, not after everything you had done.  

You kiss her forehead lightly, and slowly slip your arm free from her grip.  She moans a little as she shifts, reaching for you.  You stop yourself, you want to take her in your arms again and not let her go.  All you want to do it love her and protect her, keep her safe from anything that would hurt her, even if what she feared would hurt her was you.  You move further away from her grasp and sit up slowly on her bed, wiping away a stray tear.  You take a deep breath and try not to look at her as you leave the room.  Closing the door as quietly as you can, you lean against the wall in the hallway for support as your heart shatters completely.  Y/N told you she wasn’t scared of you, that she accepted your past and forgave you for everything but subconsciously she was still terrified of you.  And why wouldn’t she, you still felt like a monster.  

You walk slowly down the hall, not sure where exactly you are going.

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If you need some distraction writing prompts, how abouth 10th doc and Michael-Sheen-in-Tron? (Zeus? Castor? Something greek myth anyway)(i don't remember if he's on your cool to write list, I couldn't find it, i just think him and ten flirting in (cyber) space might be fun :)

(Thank you for your tireless service to the good omens extended universe<3)

I keep forgetting to put Tron: Legacy on my list! As I said, I've seen it a few times and I always forget Michael's in it. Probably because he's only in a few scenes and then there's nothing, which is a shame cause he's great. Also Daft Punk's there with him, so that makes his scenes the best.

But here's something with the Doctor and Castor/Zuse! And you're welcome, I'm happy people enjoy my content and random jumping between aus! :D

On with the fic!

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The Doctor was always the curious sort, always having to fiddle around with all sorts of technology, even when he wasn't supposed to. And that included messing with an old computer system that seemed to have a mind of its own.

To be honest, finding oneself in the digital realm wasn't actually a terrible thing. It's better than some places the Doctor knew about and/or had visited (often against his will). Also, he was loving the retro lighting, very eighties, what an era! He spent a good chunk of it running around in bright, mismatched colors and sweater vests.

He also rather liked what happened to his typical suit, the blue highlights matching the color of his sonic was a nice touch.

The Doctor wandered around the city he found himself in, surrounded by people who his sonic informed him were programs. Whoever created this system was a genius! Things felt so real, smelled and tasted like they should, with just the slightest aftertaste of licking a computer or smelling a heated laptop fan!

This was almost a sort of paradise for someone with a mind and curiosity like his own! He grinned brightly as he overheard something about a party, those were always fun. And a great place to learn about people and things.

It wasn't hard for the Doctor to find the club, he had followed a group of people. They had passes to get in, the Doctor pulled out the psychic paper, which shockingly worked. He hadn't expected that, but he wasn't going to complain!

The club was called End of Line Club, and of course it was located in the tallest tower of this city, those sorts of places always were. The lights here were brighter in the darkness, white seemed to be a much common color compared to a lot of the neon and black combos around the city, but considering the figure at the top of a taller staircase, white seemed very fitting.

The man standing there, holding a cane in his hands, dressed in whites, grays, and the faintest hints of blue, loudly greeted the crowd, who all cheered and shouted praise to the man named Castor.

Hm, the Doctor tilted his head, he reminded him a bit of David Bowie. Curious.

Still, he watched as Castor spoke with people as music played loudly, seeming to be a bit of a popular host, until their eyes locked across the room. Pale blue eyes stared right at the Doctor, and a coy smile came to the program's lips as he made his way through the crowd.

Castor came to a stop, just a foot from the Doctor, a bright beacon in a room of dark clothes and neon. He was deathly pale, but the Doctor had a feeling he made himself that way, for a reason. "My, my..." Castor started, looking at the Doctor from his shoes up to the top of his head.

"Like what you see?" The Time Lord smiled, slipping his hands into his pockets, appearing relaxed. People liked that, made him easier to speak to, maybe programs would like that too.

"Oh, very much so." Castor replied, leaning on his cane. "You're different, I do like different, different means all sorts of things."

"Such as?" The Doctor asked, tilting his head again.

"Something... new, for one. I've never seen you here before, and I've got an excellent memory."

"Just arrived." The Doctor shrugged.

Castor raised an eyebrow, his lips curling once more into that coy smile from before. "Oh? Curious, don't often get those around these parts nowadays. I wonder what he's up to..." He said to himself more than the Doctor as he started to circle the taller man.

"Not bad, not bad at all. Smartly dressed too, and quite the looker. Oh yes, this is very much a nice kind of different." He ran a hand along the Doctor's upper back before resting it on his shoulder, facing him again. "Care to share a drink with me, love? I've got all the best drinks in my office."

"Well, I'm not one to turn down a good drink." The Doctor flashed him his signature grin and Castor chuckled sweetly.

"Oh, this is just too good."

--

They found themselves in the program's office, it very much looked like a place he would make his own, just from what little the Doctor could tell with him. The sounds of the party downstairs were muffled by the closed door and Castor prepared a drink of sorts.

When the Doctor was given his glass, he could smell the scent of an overheated laptop and a delicious, tangy citrus and gin combo. "And what do I call you, darling? I'm sure handsome is something fitting, but I do like a name." Castor said, sitting down at his desk, sipping his own drink.

"I'm the Doctor!"

"Doctor? Hm, never heard of you before, how new are you?"

"Oh, extremely new. To here at least, I'm quite old, actually."

Castor looked amused. "Well, an older man means more experience. But then again..." He seemed to be tapping at something on his desk, and he then looked back at the Doctor. "You're not exactly a program, are you?"

The Doctor swallowed from his glass, setting it aside. "Is it that obvious?" He asked.

"Very. Though the system is having difficulty registering your disc as a program or as a user, that's not normal." Castor smiled. "But I like the unusual, Doctor. How is it that you're not registering correctly?"

"I'm just that sorta man. Honestly, I didn't expect to end up here, accidentally got connected with the program while trying to see what was in the system, and found myself here in this place! And it's an absolute beaut! I'm in complete awe."

This seemed to please Castor, who leaned back, smiling still. "Oh, good, I'm glad you like my city so much, dear Doctor. And I ever so hope that you enjoy your stay."

He pushed himself up from the chair, moving to circle around the Doctor, stopping behind him. He was close to his face with his own, pale eyes looking right at the Doctor's own eyes. "Would be such a shame if you weren't having a good time here, I'd be a terrible host."

He traced the Doctor's jaw with a gloved finger, a shiver ran up the Time Lord's spine. "W-well, I'd hate to be a terrible guest by not enjoying myself here."

"Oh, don't worry, I'm sure I can make this place a delight for you." Castor chuckled as he brushed the pad of his thumb against the Doctor's lips.

Oh boy, what had he gotten himself into this time?

--

I tried to imagine the Doctor dressed like the characters in both Tron movies, but it's like, nah, he gets his suit with neon lights on parts of it because that seems cooler in my head (it'd be black, of course, but the blue lights would outline stuff and it would be awesome).

Michael Sheen plays flirty villains so well, doesn't he?

(Btw, I had to do a little research of the Disney wiki for Castor, and clicking on Michael's name on there made me laugh. His profile picture is just... the best. Also, David has a page, and Peter Vincent is included in his list of characters because technically Fright Night in a Disney movie. I want everyone to know this.)

#john's drabbles #good omens extended universe

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re: chapter 3 closing thoughts AGAIN, i'm not done

i wanna talk about how this chapter is uh... absurd. illogical. strains suspension of disbelief. i mean, with the VR twist it makes sense, but we aren't going to get that reveal till near the end of the game. if you just played through this for the first time unspoiled you'd probably think this chapter makes no fucking sense, but i think it's also very clear that this is the point, because the characters also notice that things seem Off. like, it's all throughout this chapter:

kuzuryuu recovers enough to rejoin the group only two days after losing an eye and sustaining multiple other more minor injuries, which is maybe believable (something something yakuza have pain tolerance down to an art etc), but then it's immediately followed up with him slicing his own stomach open and recovering from that in the span of a few hours.

the entire despair fever motive quite blatantly makes no sense at all (pre-reveal). no one has ever heard of this disease before, the symptoms are extremely personally specific and implausible, and the explanation we get is also fishy and seems clearly made up ("oh this disease only exists on this island and it's spread by little bugs you can't see and it's totally been here the whole time i just never thought to mention"). yet three people fall ill with this disease at the same time. how this is supposed to be a motive is never even really explained. nonetheless, as soon as someone dies, all three sick people are cured instantaneously — this includes tsumiki, who nobody (except komaeda) even knew was sick until after the trial. can i point out that tsumiki was with hinata the entire time the bodies were discovered and the sick people were healed? even if there was some sort of miracle cure that could be administered, monokuma never had an opportunity to give it to her without the others seeing. she was not alone at any point during the investigation. this implies all three were cured instantaneously, as if by magic, just because the motive was no longer needed... which, again, seems like total nonsense pre-reveal.

tsumiki's execution (which i want to talk about more later) is completely bizarre and a bit hard to even follow when you're watching it. not a single aspect of it seems plausible if you don't realize this is happening in virtual reality. it doesn't even have an obvious subtextual meaning about her character in the way danganronpa executions tend to, except that she's used as a fanservice joke again (again, i wanna talk more about this later).

several minor details — like hinata remarking that the days seem to go by oddly quickly here and the conversation he and sonia have about how they've had perfect weather every day — that point in the direction of something about the setting/situation they're in being fishy.

the chapter fucking ends on the stinger of nidai returning to them as a robot. also nuts, and pushing it even in a universe with previously established sophisticated robotics/AI. a computer program that can mimic its programmer is one thing, monokuma as a sophisticated remote-controlled toy in dr1 is one thing, the giant mechs are also hard to believe especially in context but still not as crazy as a living human man being fully turned into a robot that is still the same human man over the course of a few days.

this isn't by any means the first time sdr2 has been deliberately absurd in order to make you question the situation. usami turned a chicken into a cow way back in the fucking prologue, to name just one example. but it's clearly ramped up this chapter, because most of what i talked about above are major plot points. these aren't just isolated weird moments that can be dismissed easily. the only reason the characters don't get completely hung up on all of this (though hinata is clearly getting increasingly bothered about the whole thing, as he has throughout the game) is because there's so much else going on that they don't have time to discuss whether the situation they're in even makes logical sense. even though it's becoming increasingly clear that it does not.

like i said before, i think this really affects the tone of this chapter. i can see how people might not like it, at least on a first impression, because it feels unbelievable/ridiculous, like the rules of the story are being made up as we go along. personally i like this stuff — not only as foreshadowing for the reveal, but just the contrast between the otherwise fairly grim tone a lot of this chapter has and the absolutely bizarre shit happening constantly. some of it's funny, some of it's just completely baffling, and it sort of has the feeling of being dream logic, which all things considered is entirely appropriate.

also regardless of the player's reaction, this is quite clearly having an effect on hinata. he's always a little bit of a walking internal crisis and he's been suspicious of the entire thing right out of the gate, but this is really dialing it up. he's picking up on how little sense everything makes, becoming increasingly confused about the situation, and in this chapter alone is unable to sleep all night on multiple nights because he is just too goddamn stressed. and like, tbh, he's completely justified here. but even if you aren't looking at it from his perspective, the fact that he's spiraling deeper and deeper into questioning himself and the others and his situation should have obvious Plot Implications going forward and contribute towards making this chapter feel like a turning point. imo.

#i've decided i don't care if this makes sense anymore i'm sleepy now. #kes plays sdr2

[pesterloglog]

Roxy Lalonde, Jane Crocker

Act 6, page 4571

tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG]

TG: ALART ALART ARLART AL*ERT AL*ART!!!!!

TG: hugely important cornespondence

TG: paging doctor crocker

TG: rolal to docrock

GG: :?

TG: heh heh

TG: paging

TG: bet you would like to get PAGED huh jane

TG: *sweet innuendo

GG: I'm not sure that qualifies as innuendo at all.

TG: wonkwonkwonkwonkwonk

GG: I honestly think you misspell things intentionally more often than not, regardless of blood alcohol content.

GG: You just typed wonk five times in a row!

TG: i have only junst begun to wonk

GG: What is this urgent thing about, anyway?

GG: Is it about your boobytrap?

GG: Because you're too late. It already blew up my whole bedroom, thank you very much.

TG: no no

TG: i mean i still feel shitty about that but its not abiout that

TG: i know you already ran it i been talking to the shades

GG: Yes, me too. Right now in fact, and I'm in a bit of a hurry!

GG: What is this about? What are you even doing?

TG: im in the lab doing a thing with my cat

TG: but that doesnt matter i was doing some thingkin and was still feeling guilty about fuckin up ur computer and all of the sudden im in bff~ath mode here

TG: so i gotta tell you something u need to know before its too late

GG: Before what's too late?

TG: you and jake hookin up stupid!

GG: Oh my god.

TG: this is about turnin all your steamydreamz in to STEAMAY REALTITIES

TG: ***realities lolo

GG: This isn't happening now...

TG: whereins jc + je kiss & hug loads and start turnin out big heaps of wrigglers the old fashioned way<3<3,3,3<338O!!!!

TG: i cant decide whether this mental image porcolating here is hot as shit or cute as fuck......

GG: No! Cease your lascivious porcolating at once!

GG: Roxy, I can see you're set on just wasting more of my time.

GG: I understand if you don't wish to play this game, but please try not to interfere with those of us who do!

TG: no no im fine with playing just shut up

TG: this is serious you need to tell him how u feel VERY SOON

TG: or you might miss your chance

GG: My chance?

GG: What are you talking about?

TG: i found out today taht dirks gonna make a move

GG: A move? You mean, a romantic one?

TG: yes

GG: On you?

TG: omfffgggggg

TG: JANE GET A CLUE

GG: Um.

GG: On me?

TG: no

TG: no my dear sweet janey not on you

TG: ON JAKE!!!

GG: Oh.

GG: Ohhh.

GG: I didn't think...

GG: That...

GG: Hrm.

GG: Are you sure?

TG: p sure ask glasses if u want

GG: Well then.

GG: This is quite a development.

GG: Poor Dirk!

TG: what do you mean

GG: Well, surely when he reveals his feelings, Jake will...

TG: ??

GG: I mean...

GG: He couldn't possibly...

TG: wut

TG: repriprocate?

GG: Yes?

TG: why not

GG: Because Jake is not a homosexual!

TG: mm hm

TG: are u suuuuuure???

GG: Are you saying he is?

TG: nope

GG: Then what are you saying?

TG: im saying that

TG: i dont fuckin know

GG: But...

GG: I thought it reasonable to presume he takes a shining to ladies.

GG: He does speak fondly of certain females from his favorite films, does he not?

TG: true that

TG: but

TG: how much does that really mean here jane

TG: can you be totes sure on account a some dorky moive crushes

GG: Well, now I just don't know. You have me completely bamboozled about this.

GG: What do you think?

TG: all im saying is

TG: my gaydar is like the exanct fuckin poposite of urs

TG: which is to say it is better than completety nonexistant

TG: mine is so sensitive it has been used to sweep the ocean floor for mythical sea monsters

TG: turns out

TG: all of those monsters are SO gay

TG: truth B)

GG: Okay. Then what does your acute seabeast scanner make of Jake, then?

TG: thats what im sayin

TG: i really have no idea

TG: kid is a goggamn egnigma

TG: hes as hard 2 read as fine print

TG: and how i do mean FIIINE ;)

GG: Oh brother.

GG: Then, your guess is as good as mine?

GG: I'm not sure what I'm supposed to conclude from this.

TG: youre supposed to concluce

TG: that you SAID you were going to believe anything i said today remember??

GG: Yes.

GG: But you just said you don't know!!!

TG: exactly

TG: therefore you must believe me when i say

TG: if dirk lets on all his feelins there is at least a CHANCE jake will go like DERP OK DUDE LETS MAKE OUT

TG: and that means poor jane is screwed without ever even throwing her filthy old fedora in the ring

TG: it is a ring i lke ot call TEH ENGLISH SPEEPSTAKES

TG: and if u dont youll regret it

TG: and i mean

TG: OFFICIALLY?

TG: i cant have a horse in the race

TG: wait bad metaphor ebcause of dirk and his fucking horstes n/m

TG: like you are both my friends and im not out to mess him up or anything

TG: but i kinda owe it to you as my friend to let you know whats up

TG: and also to get you to stop being such a WORLD CHAMPIAN TIGHTASS

TG: and let jake know

GG: Oh, not this tightass baloney again.

TG: jane

GG: What?

TG: jaane..

GG: ...

TG: jc your are the tightassiest tightass who ever tightened up an ass

GG: No way!

GG: We settled this, remember?

GG: My prior resolution made it definitive; I was to be regarded as exceedingly permissive in certain respects!

TG: jane i am afraid

TG: that ur bottom

TG: is a stubborn clam

TG: guarding priceless treasure

TG: and a deadly secret

GG: So ridiculous. >:P

TG: im not saying be an idiot and start gushing at him incoherentry

TG: but do SOMETHING

TG: say how u feel

TG: or flirst a bit or ask him out on a date inside the fuckin game or such

TG: goddamn ANYTHING other that a bunch of bullshitty pining and tightassy NOTHING

TG: you have to do what i say u promised

GG: I promised to BELIEVE what you say, not DO it!

TG: those 2 things are

TG: prespicely the same shit

GG: If I agree to say something, will you stop tormenting me about it??

TG: yes

TG: but only

TG: because that will be impossible for me to do

TG: when u + him r snoggin hard in motherfuckin makeout paradise

TG: A K A SEX LAND

GG: Fine.

GG: But let the record show that this resolution has almost nothing whatsoever to do with your use of the phrase "SEX LAND."

GG: Just...

GG: I need to think of what to say, and wait for the right moment. Is that ok???

TG: sure

TG: just dont wait too long

TG: and dont underestimate striders wiles

TG: nor jakes...

TG: lets say

TG: open mindedness???????

GG: Well,

GG: He does often profess his love for adventure, I suppose.

TG: yuuup................

GG: Omg.

GG: I really don't have a moment to spare, do I?

TG: ur finally gettin it

TG: now go

TG: and jane im warning u

TG: if you dont say somethin to him

TG: i am personally entering the game specivically to FUCK UR SHIT UP

TG: *LOLLIES OUTIE*

tipsyGnostalgic [TG] ceased pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG]

#homestuck #roxy lalonde #jane crocker #homestuck act 6 #page 4571 #homestuck act 6 act 2

[bahamaat]

Life update

Life was really hard for the past few weeks so I've just been hanging on and trying to stay float. Depression + full-on shitstorm at work. Meh, it happens. The worklife me needs to file something so there is official paper trail and prevent it from happening again.

In game life though things are great.

The D&D party has finally gotten through the my new take on the ethereal plane, and now in not only the Shadowfel, but the Underdark portion of the Shadowfel (since in 4e, the Underdark was a sort of "backstage/WIP" section of reality that no gods or mortals were supposed to find, and which the prime material got its echoes from the Dawn War, parts of the Underdark also got mirror'd). Next up - entering the strange city in the land of the dead under a mountain that crushed it in the living plane. Fun!

I also have to say I am super-excited about all the goodies that should be coming shortly - back when Hasbro kept Finding Out, I got a few kickstarters and the next few months should be a fun time of constantly getting new and cool stuff every few weeks as the projects are fulfilled.

The Warhammer game also is doing well - the Brides entered the skaven-overrun dwarf hold, got to see how the ratkins deal with their slaves. They did a good job of causing a diversion before the skaven dropped in to wipe out the problematic slaves - only lost one NPC. They've also seen a Hell Pit Abomination, so that was fun.

In computer games, I've been having a lot of fun playing long-form Stellaris. Can't wait for Astral Planes DLC. My next playthrough will be a first for me - going to finally go corporate and take a stab at a criminal syndicate. I also picked up Age of Wonders 4 which is fun but So. Very. Slow. The lack of automation is really a slog.

My next bit of lore on the Nerath page will come in 2 weeks, when the PCs get into the city/ruin. I'll be doing a bit on how the setting has tweaked the concept of necromancy and the undead.

I am also working on my homebrew variation of 5e - a question on Reddit led me to jotting out how Bard is going, and I think I may be ready to start work on the Channel Arcana stuff for Bard, Sorceror, Warlock, Artificer and Wizard (Wizard was already sketched out a bit when I wrote up my first take on wizards).

So anyway - that's what I have been up to. Remember, it's okay to not be okay, seriously. Take care of yourself and others, and try to make the world a better place than you found it. And I will be back later this week or next to refill the art queue.

#blog update

[asoulofatlantis]

Yeah... he is that good.

This is ALMOST as satisfying as watching Jusis hit Rufus in CS4 XD Some people just deserve a hard punch in the face ;P

Right! Give it to him! He deserves it!

Well it was supposed to hurt!

Imagin someone who can even surprise Cao... this woman is going to be dangerous as heck. And when she eventually marries that man and they work together... urg, what a nightmare! Heiyuu will be unstoppable!

I wonder if the symbols on that thing have any meaning. Like that every Genesis stands for something. And all those somethings together, will form whatever is necessary to stop the end of the world.

Or something along the lines like this.

Oh so we know that already? I totally forgot ^^' But... influence life... was does that even mean?

Uh... I am not sure if I am happy about that or not ^^' But my grudge is probably totally stupid anyway, if Rean shows up here will probably be all buddy-buddy with her and I will feel like an idiot for being salty when he himself isn't... so... uh... hurray? ^^'

Thats tough. Like to get chased around by a caused Celis or...

Walkthrough says we have to do them both anyway eventually, so let just start with the first one for once. Maybe we work with Towa again... because I am not homesick enough yet XD

Something tells me that as soon as the game reveals who she really is we will all be: "OF COURSE!" after being shocked for a minute or two that is XD But seriously, I am at a loss. I have a few ideas, but they all sounds ridiculous if you think about them a bit longer. But there is no way in hell this isn't someone we know.

I almost forgot that I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning to check if my illness is better and because of that I have to wash my hair (I am a bit lazy with it when I am home sick, to be honest ^^') and then make my Steam Deck ready to be shipped, as I am sending it back because I am absolutely disappointed by it.

It was meant for gaming merly when I can not use my big (and expensive) tower-computer so I though around 700€ would spare me the money for a bigger and heavier gaming-laptop. However, I should have payed the extra money, as the Steam Deck is just... dare I say it? Cheap! From the 111 games I own (WOW!) only around 20 were Steam Deck compatible and there is no system behind it which one is and which one isn't. Cold Steel 1 is, but 2, 3 and 4 are not. Reverie is but Kuro 2 is not. Makes no sense whatsoever. ALSO Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games who always come out for the Switch too, so should be ready for a Console like this, are not compatible either. Not to mention that it took my over half an hour to get that thing even running do to an issue that A LOT of people have for years now... this thing was just not worth 700€. So I send it back.

Eventually I will get a gaming laptop. Might be more expensive, but I will buy one for around 1000€ in a sale around black Friday or so if there is a good offer than and than at least I can not just play ALL Steam games, but also ones from the other platforms, like Sims 4 from EA for example. And I can use Tumblr for Live-Reactions and watch Videos and so on. Its really more convenient to begin with and thus probably worth the extra money.

Anyway, that said, I have to get the Steam Deck ready to get shipped back so this is were my little trip to Kuro 2 ends.

#kurocs mona version

[dream-diary-of-a-random-person]

Where is He? - 10/6/2023

In my dream last night, I was in a language arts class and we were watching a period-drama movie. After a while, the teacher suddenly switched what movie we were watching. The teacher was looking on her computer for our answers that we were supposed to put in online, and told me I needed to finish mine. I opened up the Chromebook that was in front of me, which had a long nonsense word typed in. It was part of the name of the movie, however I couldn't remember the rest.

Apparently in the movie that was currently playing, Sweet, Cap'n, and Cakes from Deltarune were supposed to make an appearance. However, and argument began about what one of their names was. Some said "PP" and others "BB" dude to what and how it had been written on a whiteboard in the front of the class. I tried to tell one of the girls that it was "Sweet" but she didn't seem to really care, despite the argument still going on. Around this time, I decided to just not do the assignment for the other movie since I still couldn't find it.

I then realized...I had graduated already. And I didn't need to be there, so I closed my Chromebook, stood up, and went out the classroom door. No one stopped me.

When I was in the hall, my high school marine biology teacher began to follow me and ask what I was doing in the hall. He also said some other things, seeming to think I had gotten in trouble and had been sent to the principle's office. Once we reached the front of the school, I planned on going out the doors, but a bit square hole in the wall leading outside was what I ended up exiting through. Though, the hole seemed to teleport me to a kinda "hilly" place with some trees not too far in the distance. Seemed like a small woodland area.

My marine biology teacher was still there, talking to me. I then became slightly lucid, turned to him, and asked, "Where is Gundham? Do you know him?" My teacher was quiet for a moment, and ended up telling me a string of letters beginning with "F S," to which afterwards he said, "F S only." He repeated the string of letters as well as the "F S only" a few times before he eventually stopped talking to me (and presumably faded from the dream).

I soon came across a fence and hopped over it, though I fell backwards and my vision went dark. I got up and began to walk in one direction. During this, I heard my inner-monologue voice telling me that Gundham was up ahead. However, I still couldn't see, and I soon woke up.

I sat up, picked up my little notebook dedicated to writing down notable dreams, and got a pencil and began to write down the letters my teacher had told me. However, as I wrote, it was kind of hard to move my hand, and some of the letters were illegible.

I then realized I was still dreaming, and woke up not long after.

Notes: - I believe the string of letters to be "F S R T T Y D" or "F S R D D Y T" - Me asking about "Gundham' refers to Gundham Tanaka from the Danganronpa series (this isn't the first time I've looked for him in a lucid dream).

Additional notes (CW for insect death): - I had a few other dreams last night I vaguely remember. - In one of them me and a friend had gone to a zoo that was more like a pet shop. He had opened a few of the "tanks" that had snakes so he could pet their heads, which they seemed to enjoy. I managed to find a giant African millipede that had escaped its enclosure, so I let it crawl on my arm. Dude to the friction of all its legs moving, it began to heat up my arm to almost burning, so I had to put it down. I decided to put it in a tank that had another (though seemingly dead) millipede in it. I didn't notice a snake was inside, which attacked the millipede after I put inside. It made me sad, but I tried not to think of it too much. - I had another portion of a dream where some seeds I had planted in some pots in my basement had sprouted. - In another dream, me, my brother, and my dad were searching stores to find a liquid-based battery that was used to power car headlights since his had died while we were driving at night. Going 80 miles per hour in pitch black darkness was not the funnest dream to have. - I'm pretty sure earlier in that same dream me and my family had gone on a road trip. I remember us passing some old temple-looking buildings. One had two large stone skulls outside.

#dreams #misc. dreams #school dreams #insect dreams #fandom dreams #Deltarune dreams #Gundham dreams #(yes that's getting its own tag it happens more than you'd think)

[goodthoughts001]

Review: Eric สล็อตเว็บตรงMaking The Final Table

So I finished reading Making The Final Table by Eric Lindgren with special guest star Matt Matros. I give it a C.

Eric comes across as a likable guy, who is sharing some of his thoughts on tournament poker. Notice I say some of his thoughts. It seems very สล็อตเว็บตรง that he withheld alot of information. I think this book could have been so much more if Eric really went in depth into his strategy. Unfortunatly he didnt. I did get a couple of pieces that were usefull, but not much.

The book comes across as a promotional tool for the WPT. The WPT is mentioned so much in this book that it becomes distracting. I understand that they basically published this book, but they didnt have to keep bashing us over the head with WPT references. Speaking of bashing over the head, thats what Eric does with his 2 main themes. Be aggresive. Play to win, not to make the money. Good concepts, but Eric could have given us much more info oh how to do this.

E-dogs material is very easy to digest and you shouldnt have a hard time following the information. I did pick up two things that I will implement into my game. I suppose that in itself should pay for the book, however; you still feel kind of slighted once you finish Erics sections.

After Erics sections, Matt Matros take over for two chapters. Talk about a huge contrast! While you can casually read Erics sections and not really have to think much, Matt is the exact opposite. Matt starts off by saying that he is going to cover basic poker math. Well, maybe its basic if you are a MIT grad. I think Matt would have been better served by dumbing it down just a little bit. By the time I got to the end of Matts second section, I was completely lost and had to reread both his sections very slowly, take carefull notes, and hope that I start to grasp the material better.

So who should buy this book? Well, if you have read most of the poker books out there and need a fix, well then this is for you. If not, then there are many books out there that you should look at before this one.

Who Let The Idiots Out?

So I was reading Jason Kirks blog which can be found here Catching The Antichrist.

In his post titled "Damning The Grind" he talks about losing his love for the game. He attributes part of it online to the way some players interact with others. You know the types, "Nice catch you f'ing fish" and so on down the line.

As I read this, I realized that if I am not carefull, these fellow poker players could do the same thing to me. There is a reason I despise going to the movies, its the idiots in theaters who think we all want to hear their opinions on the movie, or listen to them drone on and on about their lives! I hate these people! If I wanted to hear you, I would have paid you the $9 instead of the theater. I will be the one to go up to them and ask them to keep it down. But it only works for a few minutes, then they start right up again.

If these assclowns can keep me out of theatre, can they also keep me off the poker table? The answer for me is no, but what about the other players? What about the new player that just got interested in poker, comes online, get berated by one of these dumbasses and then never comes back? What about the players that mainly play in the B & M's, decide to get over their fear of the computer? They come online, run into Mr. Assclown, and decide, screw it, I dont need this, back to the B & M.

These idiots are the ones who may dry up the online poker world. What can we do about it? I wish I had the answer. There just seems to be a general lack of respect to one another these days. Its really a sad state of affairs.

As an example outside of the poker world. I ended up getting in a heated debate at an Xbox live forum. A poster commented that he wished Microsoft would more closely monitor the user names because some of them are very vulgar and he didnt like to expose his nine year old daughter to it. (BTW, there is a stated user agreement that this is unacceptable) What was the reponse at that forum? Just about every single poster stated some type of freedom of expression nonsense and that they shouldnt have to worry about other peoples kids. WTF? I posted in agreement with the gentleman that this should not be tolerated. I got blasted for that. You would not believe the insulting comments posted just because I stood up for decency.

[employeesproductivityhub]

Fantastic Office Game: It Helps The Employees To Boost Up Their Creative Thinking

Continuously working for 8 hours is hard right? I guess many employees will agree with this. And the reason is no one can work for 8 hours or more than 8 hours by only sitting in the same place.

As human beings, we all have the same tiredness. And as per the research, the human brain gets tired within 30 or 45mins while working. But there are so many ways that help you in refreshing your mind or brain every time.  

You may play office games. But now the main question is how can employees play games at an office or while working?  

I know the above-asked question always comes to your mind. That's why we are here to give its answer. So why are you guys waiting?

Just keep reading!

Why Does A Employee Need To Play Games At Office?

You have realized that constantly working for long hours can make employee feel tired. And sometimes, while doing so much work, the employees don’t bring out their best efforts in their work.

In addition, if an employee is tired, he may not be able to complete his work effectively. By implementing some fun games as a part of work schedule, you can make your employees relax a bit. And that may help them to enhance their non cognative skills like communication, conscientiousness, perseverance, teamwork etc.

Following Are The Games Which An Employee May Play:-

Word Games

Maths Puzzle Games

Exercise Games

Guess The Movie

Heads Up

Spaceteam

Two Truths and a Lie

Who Am I?

Never Have I Ever

Human Snakes

Broken Telephone

Werewolves

Code Names

So these are the office games to play when bored. Furthermore, let us also discuss the other office games that help employees build a strong bonds with their colleagues. 

Secret Santa:-

This secret Santa game is a popular game played in all organizations. This game is so easy and funny to play. So, in this game, basically, a person created chits by writing all the employees' names. Further, one by one, all employee starts picking up the chits. 

And the chit picked by employees, they are supposed to give them a present secretly, without telling anyone. And the person who gives the gift to others will get a unique present from other employees. It is an interesting office games that every employee is ready to play. 

Musical Chair:-

It is one of the finest games most people play in office party games. Also, it is easy to play for everyone. I guess you might have played it in your office too. 

It starts which placing chairs in a circle or a line. After that, music begins playing, and the player starts roaming around the chairs. So, if the music stops, they all have to sit in a chair. 

And by chance, if any player is unable to sit in a chair then that player is considered out. 

Guess The Movie Game:-

And these are the best fun office games by which all the employees can reduce their boredom and start working with more productivity. 

Basically, it is an easy game you guys already played in some way. And this game is the most iconic game that each and every person knows to play. 

But still, I'll tell you how to play it. It starts with selecting a movie. And by not speaking, you have to act and let the other people guess the movie's name by your acting. These are the teamwork games that employees can play easily.

So, these are the best office games when bored while working. 

And as we all know, every coin has two sides, as same as that, playing while working may be risky. The reason behind it employees will lose their productivity by always playing games for refreshments. 

Additionally, according to the research, when employees become bored, they start playing game on their computers. And management does not have the ability to analyze which employee is playing a game on his desktop or at which time. 

For this reason, many business organizations prefer to use employee monitoring software. 

And if we talk about the selection of monitoring software for your company, there are so many monitoring software that you can adapt for your business organization. 

The top 05 best employee monitoring software are:- 

EmpMonitor

Teramind

ActivTrak

BambooHR

Hubstaff

So, these are the finest employee monitoring software that will surely helps a manager to keep an eye on their employees regularly.

You can also watch: How To Use Localization Feature Of EmpMonitor

Conclusion

Finally, now I can assume that you guys have learned something unique about the office games. I hope this article will help you for understanding multiple games to play in the office whenever you are bored. 

So, this is it for now. We will come again with new topics. Till then, stay healthy, and stay safe. Thanks for reading!!

#Office #Office Games #office party games #fun office games #office games when bored #Youtube

[crazylil-lion]

You know whats crazy she made me raise her kids while constantly screaming at me. Hitting me telling me how useless I was while I was cleaning cooking helping the kids woth everything. The one they went to when they cried. Or had nightmares or were hurt. Yet I was never enough constantly reminded how much of a burden I was and how I did nothing but cause problems and everything was my fault. She played the good parent if anyone was around pretended to care tried to show everyone that she was perfect and its not her fault for not being able to pay the bills or anything because she was a "single mother" while my dad who didn't live there and barely saw me cause she forced the courts to givw her custody because men never win those cases even if they are obviously the better choice. He paid tens of thousands over the past 15 years to help her with everything. What did she do? Waste it on pills or cigarettes or drinking or a ridiculous amount of soda. Buying as little cheap flavorless food as she could sometimes never enough for us to eat. I had to work at 13 to have money to buy myself and my siblings food. She even had her mom constantly bringing what little food we did have because she wasted all her money. Constantly asking everyone to help her because she needed it and she was the victim and its not her fault. Constantly manipulating everyone while telling them how she does it all with no help and its so hard for her. I never got credit I never got mentioned until they started to see how smart I was with computers and solving problems. The only time anyone ever talked to me was when they needed help with their computers. Besides the constant insults and making fun of me at family get togethers. My siblings always treated as perfect angels that could never do anything wrong. I was told when going to college and through highschool I would never do anything with my life. That I was stupid and useless that I'd just fail out anyway so why bother. I picked game design and again was constantly insulted about my choice and the shitty field how I would stupid I was for being interested in fake bullshit. And then I graduated I got decided to change fields got a 6 figure job at 23 and you know what they fucking said? Oh I bet its fake I bet is some small thing that will die out. Then I name drop salesforce I name drop the company and everyone shut up real quick. I was told how stupid I was for moving away and how I'd fail and meanwhile I'm doing what they couldn't fucking dream of. Yet again she sits here talking about how she can retire and how she helped me do it. She didn't help a single bit and now she says now you can buy your siblings and I a house. Fucking ridiculous she only calls me to talk about herself really she asks how I am but she doesn't really care. None of them cared until they heard I was on a career path straight up. The worst part of my childhood wasnt the physical abuse it was the years after of being treated worthless while doing everything. My siblings treated so much better than I was while I was constantly screamed at and forced to do all the chores. All 3 of them made a huge mess on purpose because they knew she would force me to do almost all of it. I'm so happy to be out but I still just want to die. I'm broken just absolutely destroyed. I've never had affection my first kiss or been on a date. After 23 years of everyone treating you as a burden and insulting you telling you that I could never be loved for the way I am. How can I believe anything different if I'm still treated the same way constantly? How long can I suffer in agony before I leave it all behind. I'm tired and therapy medication exercise all of the things that are supposed to help don't even scratch the hell I'm constantly feeling. I force myself through the days but really I'm just a shell of who I was still unlovable and pathetic as always though I guess thats all I'll ever be.

#mine