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[benpaddon]

If you're looking for a new audiodrama to check out, may I suggest my own scripted scifi-comedy series, Jump Leads? It's short - the first season is made up of six 30-40 minute episodes - so you'll probably get through it fairly quickly.

#Jump Leads #audiodrama #radio play #audio fiction #podcast recommendations

[strange-destinations]

whoa! those leads sure can jump!

(congrats @benpaddon for launching their audio drama! it's a fun one! go check it out!)

#jump leads #my art #doodled this while listening to the first episode and then proceeded to have way too much fun with the colors #what can i say! i love a scifi blue glow!

[jumpleadsscifi]

All six episodes of Jump Leads season 1 are now available to purchase via @benpaddon's Patreon shop for just $12.

That is, of course, unless you're already a patron - then you get them for free!

Visit Ben's Patreon shop right now! Or later!

#Jump Leads #Audiodrama #Audio fiction

[saintfu]

From the website:

Wide-eyed Meaney and perpetual cynic Llewellyn are Cadets in the Lead Service, an organization that has appointed itself police of the whole of the Multiverse. And, as luck would have it, they’re the first Cadets in decades to go on actual field-training exercises in actual, proper parallel Universes.

However, luck is apparently not quite on their side – a catastrophic disaster on their first trip to an alternate Earth leaves them stuck with a broken-down JumpShip – every time they pull the lever that should send them back to H.Q, it instead flings them into a random alternate reality and towards adventure… whether they like it or not!

#jump leads #jump leads podcast #my podcasts #podcasts

[mcflymemes]

remember that this is always a slow time for the rpc. as we get deeper into the holiday season, remember that people are finishing classes and taking big tests. they're slammed at work or taking on extra jobs to pay the bills. people are stressed about money or family, figuring out flights or trips, dreading the colder weather, struggling to put food on the table. some people are experiencing more dark outside than light, which might mess their schedule up a bit. some deal with seasonal depression during these months.

when your dash is slower and quieter this time of year, and when less people are liking your posts or sending memes, it doesn't mean the community is dying or we're all headed for the end times. i understand that less interactions or less support might be discouraging, especially when some of us are already dealing with the doom and gloom of darker, colder months and the stress of the holiday season... but please don't turn around and scold people for their inactivity or their lack of enthusiasm. don't get fatalistic about the fate of this community and declare it prematurely dead. this period of time always happens every year. now is not the time for unfair expectations. now is the time for kindness, generosity, understanding, encouragement, and love. now is the time for "take your time with replies," and "talk to me if you need anything. i'm here for you."

#rpc advice #rpc psa #rpc help #rpc #roleplay help #roleplay advice #rp advice #rp help #rp psa #roleplay psa #this always happens every year lol #people go 'the dash is so slow' #which is a factual observation #and turn it into 'i guess our community is about to die!!!!!!!!' #not sure why that has to correlate or lead to that jump in logic but oh well

[jadewritesficshere]

Just ask me

Eddie Munson x shy!Reader (reader is inexperienced)

Summary: you want a kiss, Eddie just wants you to voice your wants.

Warnings: shyness, overthinking, kissing.

You and Eddie had been dating for only 3 months. Having never been in a relationship before, or doing anything before, you were concerned it would turn Eddie away. Instead, Eddie took it in stride. He calmed your anxieties, comforted you during your insecurities, and explained anything you didn't know without making you feel dumb.

You two hadn't done much other than a quick kiss here and there. You weren't sure how to say it but...you wanted more. You wanted more than to just hold his hand. You wanted more than just his lips on yours. You wanted passion and fury and tongue and biting and-

You felt slightly shameful at all the thoughts and feelings you had. You also felt insecure, what if Eddie didn't feel the same? He had never pressured you to do more...maybe he didn't want to do more? Having never done anything before, you would be willing not to if that was the case. You loved Eddie for who he was. Except, you knew Eddie had done things with other people.

"Watcha thinking 'bout?" Eddie asked, jolting you from your thoughts. His brow slightly furrowed and a frown on his lips. He lightly places a palm against your cheek. He uses his thumb to take your bottom lip out from between your teeth, where you had been absentmindedly biting it. "No-nothing," you smile weakly at him, not looking him in the eyes.

Eddie hums before tilting his head to peer into your eyes. You return his gaze, getting lost in the warm brown. Eddie blinks, his long lashes fluttering (how infuriating that he was blessed with such long lashes and didn't even notice). You can't help your eyes darting down to his lips. Slightly chapped, but still full and soft. You can feel Eddie's fingers lightly tapping on your jaw as he thinks.

"You know I'll never judge you right?" Eddie asks, causing you to nod emphatically. "So," Eddie leans close to your ear and whispers," Ask me for what you want." You shiver as he lightly exhales into your ear and then nips at your ear lobe. He pulls back and gives you a pointed look. You fidget slightly, attempting to look down, but Eddie's hands on your jaw forces you to look at him.

"Kiss?" You quietly ask. Eddie's grin spreads across his face," Of course you can have a kiss. You only have to ask, and if I can give it to you I will." You grin back, happy that you'll be getting a kiss-

Except he kisses your forehead with a loud smack. "There!" Mischief twinkles in his eyes as you pout at him. "That's not..." you frown at him. "Oh? Not what?" Eddie goads you. "That's not where I wanted a kiss!" "Oh my mistake!" Eddie chuckles and-

Eddie kisses the tip of your nose. "Eddie!" You huff indignantly. "Just gotta ask," Eddie says saccharinely. "Just kiss me already!" You whine slightly. Eddie hums again and leans forward and kisses your cheek. You groan and attempt to push away from him slightly mumbling," kiss my ass."

Eddie gasps and throws one hand up to cover his mouth, " Why i do declare! Your ass!?" You blink a few times before smacking at him," That's not what I meant! I meant like that wasn't a kiss!" Eddie chuckles wrapping his arms around your waist, "You sure you don't want me to kiss your-" "I want a proper kiss Eddie Munson. On the lips. With tongue."

Eddie's eyes flash an emotion you aren't quite sure of. He licks his lips and nods," Ask and you shall receive." He leans in and finally kisses you properly. Your lips slot together perfectly. Warm and soft and everything you want from a kiss. Eddie deepens the kiss, pulling you flush against him, making you gasp. Your gasp allows Eddie to slide his tongue into your mouth.

His tongue slides against your tongue. What you thought would be weird actually feels amazing. Warm and wet and hot. It sends shivers down your spine and makes your fingers clench onto his shirt. You don't even realize the slight moan that you release, but Eddie does. Eddie who groans and has to stop himself from throwing you onto the bed and worshiping you. Eddie who is trying not to push you, but wants you to open up to him and voice your wants. Eddie who is trying pathetically to not grind into you as you shuffle closer to him. Eddie who slowly pulls back, leaving you both panting.

Eddie thinks his heart will burst with the love he feels for you in this moment. With your hooded eyes and swollen lips, the way you stare at him with utter adoration. He wants to capture this moment and save it forever.

Eddie gives you a final quick peck on the lips before smiling softly at you. "Just ask next time instead of overthinking and getting yourself riled up." You nod at Eddie's words as he pulls you back in for a hug. You'll have to voice your wants more. Maybe one day you'll ask to take this a step further, but for today you relish in the moment you two had.

#It just isn't realistic for me to be like AND THEN THE DEED when the reader isn't experienced lije #He would take his time slowly letting you lead #Is it realistic for some people to just immediately jump into the deed OH absolutely!!! #But for someone to never have done it and then immediately jump in just didn't seem to fit this fic #It does happen and honestly I love that for those it does but just not this fic (or how my own life went dhsjdhsk) #Anyways Eddie will love and cherish you #Eddie Munson also is so sassy and mischievous #Like he one hundred percent will bring the “kiss my ass” back up #Eddie Munson #Eddie Munson x reader #Eddie Munson x you #Eddie Munson x y/n #Eddie Munson/you #Eddie Munson/reader #Eddie Munson x shy!reader #Eddie Munson x inexperienced!reader #Stranger Things #Jade is Talking

[acuar-io]

Just having this little guy make money & enjoy his time in Mt. K

beginning / prev / next

#one post for today guys sorry ;-; <3 #ts4 #the sims 4 #sims #simblr #ts4 gameplay #globetrotter challenge #ts4 globetrotter #my sim: daichi #this is just filler to lead up to the festival bc i dont want to jump to it so quickly sksks

[chirpsythismorning]

For the last 24 hrs I’ve been trying to find the real motel from that production assistant’s s4 bts pic…

#byler #stranger things #would you guys laugh if I said this is the most fun part of theorizing during hiatus to me #I feel like a private investigator #no leads yet #but I’m living my truth #the truth of delusion #what happens when I find the motel you ask? #probably nothing #but I’ll have my answer #and I’ll search through all the pictures on the website and imagine scenarios that could go down in a flashback #from from s4 but intended to be put in early s5 #related to whatever happened during that two day time jump… #technically the drive from Nevada to Hawkins would have been about 26 hrs #I did the math #which means we’ve got about 22 hrs of missing time give or take… #the implications of a motel stop for one night to rest are high… #especially if they thought they won against vecna at the time after the monologue….. #👀👀👀 #technically the monologue happened late at night? #so maybe that night they slept at a motel? #and then they left early the next morning? #drove all day and not and got back to Hawkins the following morning…?

[curapicas]

Oh look, the donghua is doing the heavy lifting for me and juxtaposing them on its own volition. (kind of a continuation of this)

Plot-wise, Li Tianchen's relationship with Lu Guang hinges basically on trying to manipulate and hurt Cheng Xiaoshi to do his bidding through hurting LG (worth noting this implies an understanding of such attachments, and the viciousness stems from a certain resentment of it + his twisted personality). I don't even remember if he's aware LG also has powers.

but tbh the funniest thing coming out of LTC vs CXS&LG is that, in a weird way, he was actually letting off his anger on the "right target", kinda? Technically? Of course I'm not saying LG deserves it nor that LTC was being anything but unhinged. But I do believe there's more than meets the eye (and probably informs the ways Lu Guang can be confronted on the narrative, more on that by the end)

Bc this show is competent, many characters have parallels with each protagonist, and LTC-LG are no different. There's a post I couldn't find that went on their reactions to their most precious people dying in front of them: whereas LTC loses all hope, LG has the means to go back, and thus doesn't even try to let go. Alas, they're both tacticians who, despiste meaning well for LTX and CXS, end up manipulating them into inaction/ignorance;

And they do so bc both feel adrift and out of options - but the show focus a lot on how powerless LTC feels about his life for it to not be a big factor. LTC fights so hard for a modicum of control that I don't even think it registers how he impacts LTX, meanwhile LG has so many variables stacked against him and his empathetic partner that he ends up prioritizing CXS' survival, even above their connection (he keeps to himself Emma's death, for example)

In the twins past, LG was the one that guided CXS into staying on task. And before that, he hid the photo even from the police. Tbh he'd never see it that way, but isn't this accidentally the best revenge for his stabbing? lol

Either way, LTC loses his hope, blames CXS and believes him to be what LTC hates the most, a nice guy who's secretly a jerk. Except. Who is actually closer to this description? A guy who can be polite but will stay passive if that affects CXS too much, to the point of lying about saving Chen Xiao's mom?

Curious to me he was also pretty straight forward in calling LG a jerk, and maybe it's just because LG botched his kidnapping attempt. But maybe he has pretty good instincts bc I don't think he even knows why he hates the man so much, lol. After all, for all Li Tianchen knows, everyone is a jerk who stands by and watch.

And maybe it makes him even angrier because he finally met someone who also has powers and is willing to call him "friend" and "play" with him. Considering his one friendship was with Liu Xiao, someone he's aware has plans, he might've even considered to have his own pet project on CXS. But the thing is, this person already seems to have a way more genuine friendship, and it's with LG.

Summary: LTC, if only he knew, would hate LG for not changing his past + being a guy who's very much capable of standing by and watch + having an actual friendship with CXS

DISCLAIMER: I think on his own right, Lu Guang values kindness in general. But LTC's vision is too black and white to even account for that.

While I'm on the topic of LG: while his passivity keeps him from being of any effective help to the twins, he's also keenly aware of the butterfly effect and that he could possibly make things worse instead, something CXS has been confronting throughought the story.

And yet. His objective is what ultimately makes us see this approach as instead of wise, more akin to the desperation of a grieving man - not unlike LTC who by the end of s2, gives up altogether of hope and follows the Big Bad. Besides, it somewhat clashes with the fact CXS actually does make a difference for the clients, be it by making the past more tender (Chen Bin's wife has sweeter memories, Dou Dou's life was actively made less worse) or the present better (lesbian noodles make up, Dou Dou's father and Qiao Ling reconcile), which is also something LG is aware of, since he agreed to deliver Chen Xiao's messages. So far I don't personally see a clean, objectively correct approach, thus I'm willing to bet it'll be whatever is diametrically opposite of Liu Xiao's, lmao

-kinda unrelated, but I've seen people mentioning an interview where Li Haoling-laoshi (aka the director) said he tweaked a little with Li Tianchen before s2, and he was meant to be (even more) obsessed with Cheng Xiaoshi, making this whole post even more hilarious

#link click #shiguang daili ren #li tianchen #lu guang #it's not easy to be the Yearner of a duo but someone's gotta do it (in ltc's case I'm talking about hatman) #the way ltc jumped in front of his family as a kid vs the way lg comes to cxs' rescue with a kick both remind me of lx jumping in water #but this comparison leads me nowhere except 'heroic rescue' so I'll leave it be #and now I've accidentally opened up a parallel between LG and LX too. oh boy #I've been /rotating/ these characters in my brain and the amount of words shows this

[transmascutena]

anyway ruka apologism is crazy to me. dude showed up for two episodes, assaulted a lesbian, and then died. why are you defending his ass

#it can't ever just be “oh he's a pretty interesting character actually” they always jump straight to “he never did anything wrong” #i mean i think both are untrue but at least the first would be a respectable opinion and could lead to real analysis #m

[clogginbloggingoggin]

cooper howard (the ghoul) in film posters datamined from the upcoming fallout 76 america’s playground update.

source + bonus lore

#the ghoul #cooper howard #fallout prime #fallout 76 #walton goggins #sooooo… when were you guys gonna tell me?? #i have!! thoughts!! (as a walton fan) #first and fourth are definitely the best #and the fact that they’re mostly westerns and like one detective film leads me to think they always had walt in mind for this role? #second one is… meh #thinking these are ai generated #probably gonna shamelessly self rb later since i wanted to get the jump on this and post at ungodly hours #tal

[benpaddon]

Following in @amtrax' footsteps, here are four of my OCs (all from Jump Leads!) and some of the characters that inspired each of them.

Thomas Meaney: Dave Lister (Red Dwarf), Arnold Rimmer (Red Dwarf), Wesley Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Richard Llewellyn: Arnold Rimmer (Red Dwarf), Dave Lister (Red Dwarf), Simon the Sorcerer (Simon the Sorcerer II)

Captain Lucas: The Second Doctor (Doctor Who), Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Miles O'Brien (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Captain Whedon: Zap Brannigan (Futurama), Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove), Admiral Pressman (Star Trek: The Next Generation S7E12 "The Pegasus")

But why? Answers below the fold.

I've never made any secret of the fact that Meaney and Llewellyn are Red Dwarf's Rimmer and Lister with their personalities shuffled about. Meaney has Rimmer's career aspirations and Lister's heart of gold, while Llewellyn has Rimmer's cruelty and Lister's lack of drive. Meaney also has Wesley Crusher's smarts, and like Wesley is (possibly!) destined for greater things. Llewellyn, meanwhile, has a mouth that can and will get him into trouble - much like Simon the Sorcerer's personality shift in the second game in the series.

Lucas is set up to be a mentor for Meaney and Llewellyn, a la Giles from Buffy, and genuinely loves travelling from world to world like the Second Doctor. You might think he's more of a Scotty when it comes to Engineering, but consider his fatally back luck - he definitely shares DNA with Miles O'Brien.

As for Whedon... well, I'll hold off on explaining those character influences until season 2.

#Jump Leads #Star Trek #Red Dwarf #Kronk #Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[detcoco]

Conan:

Kaito:

Something has changed within me~

Something is not the same

What an interesting sky pose that doesn’t look similar at all. There are no thematic ties between Elphaba and Kaito, what are you talking about. There is especially no correlation in the aforementioned song, either. They don’t both have daddy issues, don’t be silly. It’s not like magic is real in the detco universe.

…wait a minute.

#Kaito Kid is a theatre kid #pass it on #he’s so Broadway coded #the spotlights?!? #the dramatic monologues? #he lives for the audience #he is that one kid who accidentally got a lead role in Shrek the musical 7th grade and has been chasing that same high ever since #change my mind #I also headcannon him singing the lyrics #“kiss me goodbye” #as he jumps off the roof #detco #detective conan #meitantei conan #dcmk #edogawa conan #kaito kid #kaito kuroba #wicked #elphaba thropp #omg someone write a wicked au please

[i-hear-a-sound]

this particular shot looked familiar & then I remembered why : ‘ )

#nier #drakengard #nier reincarnation #btw. there are so many parallels from this ending to be made between fio & seere and Her & manah. #and the second that interpretation lead me to the realization that “this is the closest ending where manah—in some way— is able to be saved #tl;dr what if I cried and jumped from the ledge #NOT TALKING THEORY SHIT BTW. dw. dw. dw. lol. I just have. emotions about this ending

[pasdetrois]

like eve before you

George Frederic Watts, Eve Tempted (detail) • Vievee Francis, "Apologia" • Edmund Blair Leighton, The Keys (detail) • Maria Tatar, Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives • Angela Carter, "The Bloody Chamber" • Heinrich Aldegrever, Adam and Eve • Gustave Doré, Illustration for "Blue Beard" • Paul Dukas, Ariane et Barbe-bleue • Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer • Hans Baldung Grien, Eve, Serpent and Death • Erika Steiskal, Illustration for "The Bloody Chamber"

#web weaving #bluebeard #fairytales and folklore #fairytaleedit #angela carter #the bloody chamber #vievee francis #maria tatar #glen duncan #gustave doré #biblical mythology #eve #it is the key that leads to the kingdom of the unimaginable #AND RENDER ME MORE EQUAL! #there really are so many interesting ways to read through this tale but the eve connections specifically jumped out quite often #not my most coherent set but you get it right! all this to say that eve (and her literary descendants) did nothing wrong! #I can't believe this has been in my drafts for years at this point. lol #spring cleaning time etc