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sunseed-fandump · 6 days

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Every good circus needs a Big Top! And this here is the tent used by the Liar's Circus! But don't be fooled by its small size, the interior is guaranteed to blow any circus fan away! All forms of entertainment can be found within!

Nobody can put a price tag on FUN! So everything is free for the taking! Just step through the door!

Eat, drink, be merry! Let your emotions fly as high as the trapeze!

All that energy will soon be put to better use...

More information about the individual areas under the cut!

ARENA

This is the central area where most performances are given. From clowning around to acrobatic feats that boggle the mind, it's all done here! All paths around the circus lead back to this area, so it is also typically considered "the crossroads" of the circus.

The path to the Arena from the entrance runs through a gauntlet of concessions and gift stands. So many wonderful treats on display almost makes it feel like a dream.

Zoo

All manner of strange creatures are kept within the cages. Summoned from the great beyond lie beasts twisted by shadows and kissed by the forbidden reaches. Lions? Tigers? Bears? Those are nothing compared to what lurks behind the steel bars...

Games Square

Up for a challenge? The Games Square is the perfect place to show off one's skills. Tests of strength, dexterity, and intelligence can be found here. And don't worry about losing, everyone is sure to walk away with a wonderful prize! Just.. Be careful not to get lost in the hall of mirrors.

Playground

This area is for those who crave some good old-fashioned fun. The map really doesn't do it justice. A beautiful carousel spins all day long, filling the air with joyous music. Slides, swings, and various other pieces of equipment offer plenty of ways to play, play, play! So run around! Scream and shout! Let out all that pent-up energy!

Theater

Beautiful tear-jerking performances and awe-inspiring tales are spun on this stage. There's never a shortage of stories! All of them were written by the world's finest playwright, poet, director, actor, clown-- Huh? Who is he? Our beloved Ringmaster of course!

Staff Area

This is where Gingerbrave, Strawberry Cookie, and Wizard Cookie stay. Each performer gets their own tent, filled with all the basic comforts a hard-working cookie needs. Of course, they're tailored to the individual interests of each child as well. Wizard has a cozy little tower filled with books. Strawberry has all sorts of games to keep her occupied. As for Gingerbrave, he's got toys, crayons, and even a whole trampoline in there! The kids are certainly comfortable.

Ok, that's all cool but what's ACTUALLY going on in there?

The answer to that is simple, this plane exists to gather energy for Shadow Milk Cookie. Magic is tied to emotion. So the more excited the guests feel, the more life energy Shadow Milk collects from them. Everything here is perfectly harmless (to guests), as the point is to only illicit strong emotions of thrill, excitement, and joy.

Guests are free to come and go as they please, but when they do leave, everyone feels especially drained.

And if the circus faces a tough crowd? Well, fear is also a viably strong emotion to gather energy from.

The only Cookies in the tent who Shadow Milk Cookie does not collect energy from is the kids. As they need their strength to perform and complete whatever tasks are given to them.

Cookies who are labeled as "Intruders" will have a horde of phantoms, animals, and puppets come down on them from all sides, and that's not even counting how Shadow Milk can control everything and anything inside. So it's best not to pick a fight unless one is prepared...

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #liar's circus #my art #shadow milk cookie #au #cookie run au

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front-facing-pokemon · 24 days

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are you able to do shiny wooloo? didn’t see a faq at a glance so hopefully that’s okay to ask- if not no worries!! ty for your time and i love this blog sm!!! :D

not sure if i've ever gotten a request for a shiny pokémon before. i don't want to make a habit of doing requests (and you're right, i probably should make an FAQ where i tap the sign to read the blog description, with how many asks i get of folks showing up, not reading the description, and sending in requests [actually, if they're not reading the blog description, why would they read an FAQ?]) but since i love wooloo and this is a one-off that is technically not out of natdex order because we've already seen wooloo, i'll do it just this once:

however i will be playing the favoritism game here. if you want a shiny pokémon, it must be 1. a pokémon that i like and 2. one that is easy to get and use the model for. there. now nobody else will ask

i'm probably gonna do gmax forms once we hit the end of the galar dex! at the very end of calyrex, that is—i have no guarantees i'll be able to get all the models for the gmax forms, but y'know. i've had the same issue with just Regular pokémon. i also don't remember all the pokémon that even Have gmax forms—i'd have to google it. and i will, when we get there (probably) (someone may have to remind me)

and now, curse of one THOUSAND nose ratings because it's been forever since i've answered any asks (WHOOPS)

long story short, i managed to figure out a repeatable method for getting pokémon to work. this repeatable method does still take more work than it normally would for pokémon whose models i can find easily, but it still works. also, this method will only work up until the end of gen 8, and is likely not applicable to gen 9, which will require some more work and a new repeatable method to be discovered. i'm putting in Way too much effort here! but. y'know. every pokémon is someone's favorite. i keep telling myself that

#not pkmn #nose ratings #even if it means radio silence for like a week apparently. outside of normal queued posts

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pedrito-friskito · 3 months

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I’m baaaaaaaaaaaack. 😇

friskito has returned!! didja miss me?

I never meant to disappear into the ether like I did, and I can’t guarantee this is me 100% back to where I was, but we are taking life as it comes, folks!

my darling @prolix-yuy tagged me in a wip game a few weeks ago, so I figured what better way to announce my return than to tell you what I’m working on and what’s coming soon! (also, just as a little note, I’m gonna start posting a lot more on ao3 as well!)

so, without further ado….

STRAWBERRY WINE: you didn’t think I was gonna leave this one unfinished, did you? I’ve got not 1, not 2, but 4 parts completed, ready to be edited and posted once the motivation grabs hold. part 32 will be up FEBRUARY 3RD (brace yourselves!)

DISOBEDIENCE (PART II): I said there’d be a part 2 when I posted part 1 back in….October, and it is officially in the works. no date, but we’re getting there.

BLACK BUTTERFLIES and DÉJÀ VU: the Soap Mactavish little sister AU nobody asked for…reader x Ghost, follows the timeline of the MWIII game (did I cry playing the game? yup. did I cry writing parts of this fic? also yup) - not complete but multiple parts, part 1 will be up FEBRUARY 5TH.

ONE PLUS ONE: for my calculated risks lovers! I truly cannot believe it’s been a year since I update this story, but one is on its way! a glimpse into their wedding night, and some well-deserved shenanigans…! this will be up FEBRUARY 14TH!

and I can’t really classify these at WIPs because have I started them? nope. do I really want to write them? uh YES.

CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS: I hinted at this one before - santi garcia x reader x frankie morales. based on the tswift song, prepare for angst and drama and a sprinkling of heat.

THE UNTITLED DIN DJARIN HOCKEY AU: I know there’s gonna be 4 parts (like 4 periods in a hockey game hahahaha) but is there a plot yet? nope. all I know so far is rink medic x hockey player din, modern setting, the rest has yet to come to me!

so there you have it! my inbox is open if anyone wants to say hi (or has thoughts about anything that’s on the horizon!) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxo

and tagging a few potentially interested peeps (again i’m SORRY I LEFT FOR SO LONG 😭)

@iamskyereads @psychedelic-ink @inklore @winchestershiresauce @thevoiceinyourheadx @theradioactivespidergwen @wildemaven @amywritesthings @steadyasthe-flowers @undercoverpena @splendiferous-bitch @munsonownsmyass @alwritey-aphrodite @vermillionwinter @spacecowboyhotch @nothoughtsjustmeds @saintmurd0ck 💕

#kay talks to people

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jadewing-realms · 10 months

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disclaimer: written pre-release

i've had this sitting in my drafts for a bit since i started playing BG3, I kept seeing a particular kind of post regarding Astarion and it really started to frustrate me soooooo. here's a vaguely coherent rant nobody asked for pff

As I got into the game, following Astarion's romance subplot, doing research on the game and characters thus far, I encountered the schism between those who love Astarion and by extension, characters like him, and those that consider said characters as little more than toxic creatures, narcissists best dealt with swiftly and harshly. The latter tends, in the posts I've found at least, to view the former as poor unfortunate souls with the dreaded "i can fix him" mentality.

Now, I'm not here to say either is entirely wrong. I think to take a side here is to do the exploration a disservice and to forget the depth of nuance in art and media interpretation.

And that's just it. Because at the end of the day, interpretation is one of the key elements involved in this discourse. In the case of Astarion, especially with the game having been in early access for so long and no complete, guaranteed details of his past or arc made public yet, with so much up in the air as the full release drops, there are worlds of interpretations that can be made regarding our infamous vampire rogue.

Is one of those interpretations that he's both emotional and literal vampire who's every action is a trap for the protagonist in order to use them, and that he's irredeemable? Yes. Is another that he's simply trying to survive in a situation he's never been in after spending two centuries living like an animal? Also yes.

The error here, I think, is to treat one interpretation like it's more "right" than another. Which is what I've seen a lot of online threads do... Insisting one perspective is superior to the other. Which is bad faith even on a good day when either perspective is based in concrete, unchangeable fact. Even moreso in this case, until there's complete canon material to bank on, and even then that will have so much variety to it since most of it will depend on the actions of the player. It's a choice-based game. There is so much space for varied experiences, and none of them will be "right" or "wrong."

I feel like in modern media discussion, when considering whether a character is actively harmful or just flawed, it can be easy to forget that some of our most popular stories are ones in which someone is deemed beyond hope or redemption, a danger to all they encountered, only for their arc to raise them from their Pit of Dickishness and set them on pedestals as some of the most memorable, inspiring characters we know.

The timeless story of the Christmas Carol gives us an absolutely despicable old geezer who literally spells out the horror he'd inflict upon the poor if he could, simply for the sin of poverty. But in an effort to fixate only on how problematic he (very much intentionally) is, we might lose sight of how the whole point of the story is to watch him be forced to confront his ways, unpack all his crap, and become better for it in the end.

Characters like Prince Zuko, Edmund Pevensie, Greedling, Steve Harrington, Boromir, James Ford, friggin Darth Vader, we wouldn't have any of them if we only read them at surface level as toxic assholes and then left it at that. But through learning the nuances of these characters and watching them confront their actions and consequences and learn from them, they not only grow and change into better people, but we love them because they hold pieces of ourselves in them, despite their sharp edges. We can understand why they are the way they are, and maybe, if we're honest with ourselves, we can acknowledge that we might have done similarly awful things under their circumstances. It makes them relatable, admirable, and cautionary all at once. It makes them human.

None of that is to say that there are never characters built purely and solely to fear and loath, not at all. True scumbags can and do exist, both in fiction and reality. To try to enforce the idea of finding empathy for a true monster is often a tactic used in reality to gaslight people into excusing said monsters' behavior.

Which leads into the "i can fix him" argument. When applied to situations dealing with real dangerous and horrid people who can't or won't change? Absolutely Not Great (though that's not to say it can't be included in a story, there are valuable themes in that on its own). Condoning this dynamic as something good is what leads to abusive relationships and innocent people staying in unhealthy situations for far too long. I'm among those who can attest to that personally.

That said, when it comes to Astarion, no one can rightly say going through his romance arc or not is condoning anything. Because it once more comes down almost entirely to perspective and interpretation, because he's a video game character comprised of pixels and a well-written script and there are limitless ways he can be interpreted and interacted with.

Like, personally, yes, there are some dynamics I'd feel uncomfy pairing him with, even with the empathy I feel for his character. Platonic or romantic, doesn't matter. Does that mean I'm going to apply my interpretation and personal boundaries to the next person playing the Astarion romance? No. That would be assuming I've somehow discovered the "correct" way to interpret the game, which I have not and can never do because RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 are such personalized experiences. People are 100% free to play a fictional game however the hell they so please, because stories are not inherently 1-to-1 reflections of reality.

Especially when it comes to the narcissism accusation, it sparks an extra layer of discomfort for me when it seems like characters who act selfishly or spin lies get called "narcissistic" when that's kinda severely over-generalizing what narcissism actually is??

Narcissism is inherently selfish, but not all selfishness is narcissism. Gaslighting is built on lies, but not all lies are gaslighting. This separation was literally bugging me so much, I talked with my therapist about it last week. And she agreed.

Some folks seem to forget is actual NPD isn't just about selfishness and manipulating. It's fragile ego and delusions of grandeur and the mind games, dysregulating highs and humiliating lows that they will weave in a web around you so that you, as a victim, can never get your mental and emotional footing. Usually for the purposes of then swooping in to offer themselves as your only source of stability. The whole "rely on me because your judgment is clearly faulty and you need to be protected from yourself" shtick.

You know. Kinda like Cazador.

The way I see Astarion, by contrast, is that he has an honesty to him that lacks such delusions. As much as he desperately tries to maintain this veneer of poise and sass and devil-may-care out of self-preservation, it's paper thin and crumples under the barest pressure. Like, the equivalent of a thematic sneeze and down he goes. Then you see him as he is. Which is just... frightened. Sad. Kinda pathetic, really. And absolutely, positively lost. All things he knows, but he legit believes he will be killed if he lets any of it show.

Comparing that to, say, Wyll, who's blissfully ignorant bluster reminds me painfully of self-aggrandizing family members that I love but can't interact with honestly because of the forest of self-delusion around them... well, it's not much of a contest.

If somebody interprets Astarion as a slimy, manipulating power-monger and gets rid of him the first chance they have, that's their story to tell and power to them for it. But the same must be said for the opposite. I don't appreciate the thought that there's a whole sect of the BG3 fandom that probably genuinely considers me "less than" or "unhealthy" or "problematic" in some way for being among those who like this character or others like him and their potential thematically and narratively. But if my interpretation is that he’s a frightened man who just wants to feel safe and free, that is also its own story and it's mine to tell if I wish. And both can be good or even powerful stories!

Is all of this based on my own personal nuances, biases, and priorities? Absolutely. And that's kinda the whole point... There's not a wrong answer with this, really. I experience these games and these characters through a lens that is mine and mine only, and I give meaning to the worlds I enter based on what makes the story feel most interesting and satisfying for me. And at the end of the day, what else is art for but to help us explore ourselves and learn a little bit more about what it means to be human. In all its glory and ugliness.

And that's a wholly personal journey nobody deserves to have micromanaged or belittled. I'm certainly not gonna go around looking down on anyone for having a different reading than mine. You do you, boo. But let me do me too.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #my musings #in this essay i will #half of this feels incomprehensible because i added tidbits over the span of a week #but maybe someone somewhere will get something out of it #it was cathartic for me anyway #narcissism #character analysis #media literacy #art interpretation #thanks for coming to my ted talk

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linkemon · 8 months

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Youtuber AU headcanons 1

Friendly reminder that English is not my first language. You can check my Masterlists both in English and Polish here.

AN (it's very hard to keep up with haiku syllables in English but I'm trying my best to modify my orginal poetry).

Xiao

✧ The boy mainly plays shooters and fighting games. He has a skill. He doesn't even have to try and kills go on and on and on...

✧ He is not interested in numbers on the channel and basically doesn't care about all the activity on the Internet. You're the one who talked him into it and you take care of the technical side. You edit videos or set things up for streams. You also moderated the comments before things got bigger.

✧ You occasionally walk by the screen but you've never shown your face. Fans often ask Xiao to tell who is next to him because they see him turn his head towards you. He always denies, saying that no one, because you don't want to be the envy of his fans and he has a lot of them.

✧ He gets mad when things don't work out but that's rare. He'd smashed the keyboard once or twice but only when he was playing for himself and nobody saw him.

✧ Die-hard PC guy. Doesn't accept consoles or smartphones.

✧ He wears sweatshirts all the time and they all look alike. Black and green are the only colours in his wardrobe.

✧ Disappears after streams very quickly. There are no goodbyes, he just turns off the camera and it's dark.

Kamisato Ayato

✧ King of ASMR. He often gets comments that he helps people fall asleep. His voice is so famous that he has given it to characters in several animations. Fans keep begging and sending him new stories to read on as podcasts.

✧ Ayato is rich but few people know it. Pretty good at hiding his private life from his fans.

✧ His sister appeared on Q&A episodes and absolutely won people's hearts. So much so that they asked her to take over his channel. And indeed, for a week he gave it into her care.

✧ You appear in some videos in the form of a hand. Sometimes you wave, other times you give him food. People are consumed by curiosity about what you look like. Kamisato always says with a laugh that he won't show you because someone else will steal you from him.

✧ Bobba tea is his brand. It reigns in many fanarts from viewers and he often drinks it on streams. Several companies wanted to work with him but he gently declined to maintain impartiality.

✧ Sometimes he plays strategy games but it's side content. Rather, he focuses on working with his voice as he is always busy. In addition to being a youtuber, he also has his own business and lacks time for other forms of work.

Kaeya Alberich

✧ Plays Genshin Impact and simps to most characters. He started shortly after the premiere and since then he has been completely absorbed.

✧ When you appeared on the screen, he already knew he was going to wish for you. All the fans watched with fascination how much he was excited about you. Unfortunately, he lost 50/50. That's why he did a weekly primogems gathering with the viewers to hit the guarantee. He got you on the last day of your banner and he was happy.

✧ Even if the current meta has eclipsed your character, he still has a three crowns on you and plays you on Abyss, just to show that he can do it.

✧ He wears a pirate headband for fun. Fans speculated that he might have a sick eye but he denied it.

✧ He fights with his brother all the time. Diluc also has a channel and you can see the rivalry on both sides. They pretend to be adults but in reality they have race to a million subscribers and still get at each other. Fortunately, they live separately and rarely see each other.

✧ Quite an attentive person. He doesn't mind being number one on social media hashtags. He has accounts on every social media he knows. He will take the opportunity to enjoy the triumph with the viewers, especially if he wins an achievement.

Xianling

✧ She runs a cooking channel. In addition, she travels a lot and records vlogs about cuisines from around the world.

✧ Her channel's mascot is Guoba. The bear has been standing at the back of the kitchen since the first episode and that's how it stayed. After some time, in the refreshed version, she ordered it as a stuffed animal for her store so that fans could also buy it.

✧ She regularly asks you to appear on the show with her. You make her fans happy with your relationship. They do compilations with your legendary flour wars.

✧ The girl creates unique compositions. She is known for using exotic ingredients in her dishes. She often combines them in an unusual way.

✧ She can eat a chili pepper without drinking antyhing after. Nobody knows how she does it. The video with this trick already has several million views.

✧ Xianling is planning on opening her own restaurant after flying around a few more countries. You promised to help find cooks and the number of CVs sent already scares you.

#genshin impact x reader #xiao x reader #ayato x reader #kaeya x reader #xiangling x reader #youtuber au #headcanons #x reader #xiao #ayato kamisato #kaeya alberich #xiangling #over teyvat

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teezersfics · 3 months

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Journey To Wonderland

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Genere : Fantasy, Royalty, Pirate

Pairing : Secret

Ch.6 / Ch.7 / Ch.8

Chapter 7 : Face off

“Yes, I do have some doubts.” You say as you are leaning against the railings with Yunho accompanying you. Since, day before yesterday, from when you have heard the story of Wonderland's creation, Ynitasia's downfall and the rules of the Wonderland, you have been constantly thinking about it. As yesterday was a busy day for you, you didn't get a chance to ask anyone, but today you are given day-off from training because today is important day for you. The Destiny will be crossing the Sapphire Sea today, that means your real work starts from here. The day-off has been given to you to relax and be properly ready for work.

You always used to think that the Navigator's work might be easy. Look at the map, locate where the ship is, and tell the further route, easy!!. But now that you are in Navigator's shoes, you understand that it's not as easy as it look. You have to constantly keep an eye on the stars and constellations in night to confirm the ship is going in right way, at night you have to plan and decide the day route, it's like imagining the stars in the day. Also keeping an eye on the position of the Sun. Calculating the distance that is to be travelled in day so as to perfectly align with the stars at night. In the day, if the ship trails off the route even an inch, the whole route changes, and it takes time to adjust the route again at night. It's like, navigators duty is 24/7.

Nobody is clearly speaking about it, but today, you can feel a intangible pressure on you. As you walk by crewmates, you feel their lingering gazes on your back. It's as if, they are shooting the arrows to your back. For some reason, it's natural coming from them, they have so much expectations from you. And the fact that you yourself can't guarantee if you can remember the route. This makes you nervous, and to kill your nervousness you decide to get yourself busy by talking with someone, and you found Yunho.

“Yes, go ahead.” He says, wiling to solve your doubts.

“Actually, while telling to story, Sir Yeosang said that even many trained warriors from the Kingdoms have not passed at Wonderland. Then, how are we, some pirates are going to win all the games of Wonderland??”

As you say this, he smirks and replies,

“It's about the training.”

You didn't get it and the look on your face expresses your doubt.

“The training that we give you, it's not as simple as it looks. Even though it might not look any special now but we are just getting all of you rookies ready for more tougher training ahead which will be carried on land.”

“Ohh, that's impressive. But is the training enough to beat what's waiting for us in Wonderland?”

“What's enough is not training, but it's the intellect. It's about how you play the games with your mind. Not all the games require physical skills but also how you look at the things with your perspective and ability to solve the situations. That's how Wonderland works.”

Whatever Yunho told you is just something that brings goosebumps on your skin. The more you hear, the more you grow curious about Wonderland. Now you understand that why people say,”Wonderland is not the game for everyone to play”. It is for only that type of people who are involved with stuff like managing teams, performing tasks that need quick decisions to be made, solving disputes, etc. These tasks are carried out more in Royalties, on daily basis. They have, king who manages and looks over his whole kingdom, makes decisions about various things in kingdom, also he has clever advisors who help him his kingdom. Not only clever people but also an Army of people who can fight unimaginable wars. This tells so much about why Gods kept the limit of “Royals only” for this game.

But, it still worries you that ‘are the people on ship enough’ to carry out tasks that waits for them in Wonderland. Sure, the people on this ship are not like the people from typical pirate stories you have heard about. Not the ones blinded by greed and drowned in pride they hold, earned by looting, killing, torturing, fighting wars, etc. These people are different, diverted by a different goal. They don't go around stealing from merchants, killing for no reason, enslave anyone just for the fun of it. You can see the common motivation, and it's something more than just winning all those tasks and getting the powers. It might be something related to their personal lives or for someone, but it's for sure beyond your level to know.

As you are quietly sitting there on the Forecastle deck reading a book you bought with you, the sky is clear, wind is gentle, there is bright sunshine but its not stinging, making it a perfect day without any inconvenience, its as if nothing can go wrong in this moment. Just as you think about this, it sends the shivers down your body. But, this good-day is short lived just as you feared.

“SAIL HO!”

Shouted Mingi from the crows nest who was currently guarding the ship from up there.

[Sail Ho! : is shouted when there is a another ship approaching your ship]

“IT'S PIRATES!” He shouted again.

All the crew on the ship got alerted and soon the rustling started. Everyone running from here and there. You stand from where you were sitting, not knowing what to do you just stare into the horizon and there you spot another vessel speedily charging in your direction. Everything was happening so fast it confused you where to go, when you can't spot any of the 8 familiar faces, panic filled your chest and sweat broke on your forehead. As you were about to run, Captain came out of the cabin and stood behind the wheel.

“ALL HANDS ON DECK” He ordered. Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked up where captain was standing.

“Even thought we are going to face the enemies, don't panic. Stand confident. If they sense the fear in your eyes, they will not hesitate to attack. No matter what, be ready to face them with weapons. Am I clear??”

You hear a chorus of “AYE” from the crewmates.

As you see all the crewmates rushing to bring the weapons, you thought it was a cowards act to leave the ground and hide. You have participated here as a crew and it is your job to help the crew. Without another thought you rush to help crewmates with withdrawing weapons from the inventory. But as you enter the inventory, the many racks are just empty, only few filled with weapons. It’s just so hard for you to process what's happening you told there, but you caught a crewmate who was passing by you.

“Hey, wait. Where are all the weapons?”

“Before coming to Ohnoj, we faced a big storm and there we lost most of our weapons and even some crew. When we dace another pirate we are never this scared, its the first time we don't know what to do.”

This is worst that what you thought. No weapons means no way to win if the war happens.

There is no use in thinking, you just move to help the crewmates. That's the best you can do for now.

As you are helping with crewmates, you overhear a crew telling something to Jongho.

“Master, there is only some kilos of gunpowder. It is not even enough to break one of their masts. What should we do?”

No, it can't be, the every new sentence you hear, it just makes the situation worst.

“Don't worry, as captain said, don't let that fear show in your eyes.”

He storms off to supervise other activities and you are left with nothing but your thoughts.

As you are zoned out suddenly the voices in your background making you look back.

Here it comes, the enemy ship. Mostly in pirate world, all pirates are rivals of each other until some of them have equal motives. Only the. Some of them come together to create a bigger pirate group and achieve what they want. But, all of them envies ‘The Destiny’. All of them wants to have what Destiny has. And you are just going to face one of them.

As you see it coming in view, it's as if all the crewmates in your view blurred out and only focus is that ship you see. The captain is standing proud on upper deck, meeting eyes with the captain of the other ship.

“Ohhh, long time no see my friend Hongjoong, oh, or should I say ‘Almighty Captain Of The Great Destiny’,” Dean, the captain of other ship said. But, instead of answering Hongjoong just stood there giving him a look.

“What? Wouldn't you say Hello to me?” He asks again.

Hongjoong is quiet again.

Dean, a man dressed in all black attire adorn with gold and silver jewellery, guns and daggers at his belt, black long nails and a long scar starting from his neck and disappearing behind his clothes.

“Cut the crap Dean. It would be beneficial for you if you leave” Warns Seonghwa who is standing behind Hongjoong. The other boys are with their respective teams.

“You think Seonghwa, now that I have got chance to come face to face with Destiny and I would let that go without winning over you?”

You can hear a bunch of scoffs. He seems too overconfident to defeat the undefeated.

“Seems like he is still sleeping, dreaming in broad daylight like that.” San exclaims from crows nest to which many crewmates laugh.

Irritated, the Captain of other ships says.

“Laugh how much you want. But, I do know that you all lost half of your everything in the storm of Dead's ocean and are now left with few, which is not even sufficient to blow off a merchant ship. Am I right?”

Everyone is silent, instead of brushing this off as nothing everyone is making it obvious instead.

“So, I should be the one laughing now.” He finishes the sentence with a low chuckle.

All of the crew are just looking at each other, confused as to how he came to know about this news. If our enemies knows you all's weakness at this point, Destiny is done for.

“What a bad ending it will be for you, to be killed off by your dear friend, Hongjoong. What a pity” He sighs.

“Killing you doesn't sounds too bad either.” Wooyoung screams from Forecastle.

“And with no pity.”

Dean doesn't know how to Comeback with this one. He is just irritated that none of the Destiny crew is backing off.

“Say all you want to because tomorrow you will be saying no more.” It's getting serious now.

As Mingi is about to open his mouth to talk back, he is stopped by Yunho holding him back.

“Enough of this bullshit, we are gonna get nothing out of this stupid talk.” He tells Mingi.

Just as you thought the talking is over, you lock eyes with Dean for some milliseconds. You avert the gaze feeling like he will consume you by his eyes themselves.

When it's all quiet, he speaks again.

“Hmm, but I smell something else, Hongjoong. You didn't tell me….” There is a pause and his head snaps in your direction again making an eye contact with you. This time, it sent millions of goosebumps in your body.

“You didn't tell me that you have been also keeping live treasures on your ship now?” All eyes are on you.

‘WHAT!!!!’ The word resonating in your mind. You can see the hint of panic on the faces of the eight boys.

Dean points at you with the sword in his hand. All the crewmates in front of you clears the way for you. There is no turning away from this. With courage, you start stepping forward.

When you are in front, he speaks again.

“A young lady, beautiful, delicate, brown hairs, marine eyes, that body and the-”

“Don't you think you are going too far, Dean.” It's the first time you have heard Hongjoong speak.

“Taking a stand for a lady now, aren't you? There must be something special about her.” He smirks.

“She does looks like a Princess or a royalty from the way she looks. Whose girl did you steal this time?”

“Enough about that Dean. If you want to fight, we can just start now.”

Dean starts laughing after hearing the sentence.

“Oh Hongjoong, how brave you are, still ready to fight even in the lack of your weapons. It makes me want to spare you.”

At this sentence everyone look at each other in confusion.

“Hmm hmm. Look, I will spare you this time. No fighting. But….”

He looks at you again.

“Only if you give her to me.”

Your heart beats so loud that it feels like it will rip your skin and fall out at any second and you can also hear collective gasps from your ship. What does he mean by ‘Giving you to him.’ ‘Giving you as a bait’ or ‘Giving you away as a trade for the war’?

If it was other case, you'd give yourself away hundred times, just to save Destiny, but this time you have to be with them and lead them to Wonderland. Hongjoong had already started climbing down the Upper Deck to reach to you. You can't just stand there and do nothing, you have to fight back. And it's the time you speak.

“What do you mean by that. Do I look like a thing to you?”

Not expecting you to speak, all the head turns to you. The way Dean gazed you, burned a flame of rage within you. How can he have the audacity to say something like that.

“Oh Darling, even your voice is beautiful.”

He says and that's the final limit for you.

“DO I LOOK LIKE A THING TO YOU?” You shout. Nothing around you dares to break the silence.

“People like you think, its ok to talk with Women like that and treat them like object and use them as you please. You speak of taking me with you, but if I step a foot on your ship, no matter how much time it takes, I will make sure to rip you into pieces and destroy every single one of you, and the next thing you know, I will be the owner of the ship which you are standing on right now.”

There is a slow rise of cheers from your side. Crewmates cheering with pride at your outburst. This fills crewmates with confidence. This is what they need at this time. But Dean being the man he is, he wants to play it cool no matter how much it intimidates him.

“Quiet sharp tongued she is, isn't she? Exactly like you, Hongjoong. Is she your wife or something?”

Everytime Dean opens his mouth, he says something offending. Offending, not in a bad way, but it just feels weird and kind of honourable to be called as a wife of ‘Pirate King’.

As you are about to open your mouth and defend that claim, you feel a hand sliding to your waist making you flinch. What is happening right now? You think to yourself but as you look up to see its Hongjoong. Its the first time in your life when you are so close to a man and the thought just burns your body. You can't be thinking about those things at this moment.

The next words that comes out of Hongjoong's mouth, looking longingly into your eyes and feeling is breathe right on your mouth, have your mind running erratic.

“And…….what if she is?”

Chapter 8 : .............

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howieabel · 1 year

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“You’ve said, “You can lie or distort the story of the French Revolution as long as you like and nothing will happen. Propose a false theory in chemistry and it will be refuted tomorrow.” How does your approach to the world as a scientist affect and influence the way you approach politics? Nature is tough. You can’t fiddle with Mother Nature, she’s a hard taskmistress. So you’re forced to be honest in the natural sciences. In the soft fields, you’re not forced to be honest. There are standards, of course; on the other hand, they’re very weak. If what you propose is ideologically acceptable, that is, supportive of power systems, you can get away with a huge amount. In fact, the difference between the conditions that are imposed on dissident opinion and on mainstream opinion is radically different. For example, I’ve written about terrorism, and I think you can show without much difficulty that terrorism pretty much corresponds to power. I don’t think that’s very surprising. The more powerful states are involved in more terrorism, by and large. The United States is the most powerful, so it’s involved in massive terrorism, by its own definition of terrorism. Well, if I want to establish that, I’m required to give a huge amount of evidence. I think that’s a good thing. I don’t object to that. I think anyone who makes that claim should be held to very high standards. So, I do extensive documentation, from the internal secret records and historical record and so on. And if you ever find a comma misplaced, somebody ought to criticize you for it. So I think those standards are fine. All right, now, let’s suppose that you play the mainstream game. You can say anything you want because you support power, and nobody expects you to justify anything. For example, in the unimaginable circumstance that I was on, say, Nightline, and I was asked, “Do you think Kadhafi is a terrorist?” I could say, “Yeah, Kadhafi is a terrorist.” I don’t need any evidence. Suppose I said, “George Bush is a terrorist.” Well, then I would be expected to provide evidence—“Why would you say that?” In fact, the structure of the news production system is, you can’t produce evidence. There’s even a name for it—I learned it from the producer of Nightline, Jeff Greenfield. It’s called “concision.” He was asked in an interview somewhere why they didn’t have me on Nightline. First of all, he says, “Well, he talks Turkish, and nobody understands it.” But the other answer was, “He lacks concision.” Which is correct, I agree with him. The kinds of things that I would say on Nightline, you can’t say in one sentence because they depart from standard religion. If you want to repeat the religion, you can get away with it between two commercials. If you want to say something that questions the religion, you’re expected to give evidence, and that you can’t do between two commercials. So therefore you lack concision, so therefore you can’t talk. I think that’s a terrific technique of propaganda. To impose concision is a way of virtually guaranteeing that the party line gets repeated over and over again, and that nothing else is heard.” ― Noam Chomsky, On Anarchism

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kaibutsushidousha · 4 months

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Ok after finishing all of the main story content in Samurai Remnant, I'd really like to know your thoughts on not just Saber, but the other new servants as well. (I know you did Rider already so maybe you could talk about her Avenger form added recently to FGO)

Saving the Iori and Saber posts for after I play Entreat the Darkness but I suppose I can do this one now.

FSR's cast is built like Fate/EXTRA's. You have big arcs for the protagonist and the main Servant. And then every other Master is a supporting character for the protagonist's arc and their Servant are supporting characters to those supporting characters.

Zhou Yu is the golden example of that. He is the guy who understands Zheng's position, relates to his experiences, and serves as the model for Zheng to follow after every ending. He's not very explored in the parts of his character that aren't relevant to that, in the same way Zheng isn't very explored in the parts that aren't meant to show the ways he's similar to Iori. Although this is probably guaranteed to change when he goes to FGO because Zhuge Liang is right there hiding inside his Waver Velver skin.

Jeanne is the same Jeanne we know since Apocrypha, except in serious mode 100% and in a Master-Servant pair where both sides have firm opinions about the other side's life choices and refuse to back down there despite their fundamental disagreements. FSR and its collab event were the only two times I came out of a Jeanne story having zero problems with Jeanne's characterization, which is a major testament to how good Chiemon is and how Jeanne plays an essential part in making Chiemon the best.

Ushi Gozen is already covered here and here.

Are is different in that he exists as a personal antagonist to Saber rather than as a supporting character to either of his Masters. Saber's arc is about becoming more than Yamato Takeru, so they fight a boss who has the literal constraints of Yamato Takeru's story as his Noble Phantasm. He has his own personal goal in evidencing his own existence, but that's a really frustrating concept as it is because it doesn't give Type-Moon's reasons why Are's existence is doubted. He's a character I have ideas for how I'd have done him differently, but that's a topic for its own post.

Saburou is an accessory to Dorothea's character but he's the most poorly communicated character in the game, so he muddles the point of Dorothea along with him. His motive for wanting to test Doro is not stated but it's implied to be simply disagreeing with her decision to retreat instead of storming Yasuhiro's fortress in their last Digression, which really makes him come off as just an asshole. And I feel like more could be done with the arrangement of him and Saber being mutually weak to each other.

Musashi is the one Servant who serves as a supporting character to Iori rather than her own Master and she feels a lot more right in this role than she ever did as a main player. She's the one character who understands Iori's arc through personal experience and ultimately tries and cathartically fails to be a source of closure to Iori, the other Musashi, and to a lesser extent herself, all in a single duel. It's a satisfying loss for everyone involved.

Yoshinaka is an odd Rogue who is stripped of anything and everything that defined Yoshinaka's source character. Making Yoshinaka a good guy because they didn't want Tomoe to be heads over heels for the worst man of his time is understandable, but the narrative that Yoshinaka was unfairly hated comes with reasons why he was hated despite being innocent, and the game doesn't bother to work with that either. Their Yoshinaka is just a nobody who exists only to be Tomoe's man.

Samson is the Rogue who exists to be Takao's supporting character since Musashi is busy being another one of Iori's. He's a screamy Berserker, but for the first time, this archetype worked because the 3D models allowed for new levels of expressiveness, such as the thumbs up and him sitting next to Iori's house pouting. He's as much of a simp as any version of Samson should be and the way Takao treats that giant hulk like a baby is pretty cute. He's just nice to have around, especially when he is playable.

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aew-kun-age-regression · 1 year

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Heyyyyyy, can you do Spencer Reid headcannons for little Spence and caregiver Spence pleasee and thank you 🧡

You bet I can!!! I came up with this in class so I hope it's okay

Okay so Little Spencer:

I think he'd regress to the ages anywhere from either 2-4 or 6-9 (I also think he prefers being younger though as an older mindset makes him overthink, specifically about his mum.)

We know Spencer loves to read and that doesn't change when he's regressed. He doesn't read grown up books while small (courtesy of Hotch and Gideon being concerned at what content he may be reading) however that does not mean he necessarily reads books that are made for the age he regresses too.

Say he's regressed to 4 years old, you can guarantee the book in his hands is for a 8-9 year old.

Also I think he'd absolutely LOVE adventure books and as much as he loves reading he also loves being read too. Just imagine him and Gideon sitting next to each other on the plane and Gideon starts reading treasure island to him or something. 🥹

If you think he rambles a lot when big then you have a surprise coming because little Spencer loves to talk and he has so many interesting facts.

Now unfortunately on the topic of Gideon he would not handle him leaving well. In fact I feel like that's when the team found out he was a little, maybe Spence was on the plane after Gideon left and it just doesn't feel the same and he gets worked up and upset. Maybe Hotch notices and that's how Hotch becomes the new primary caregiver. (The rest of the team look after him too, including other littles. He is the baby after all.)

Building blocks!! SPECIFICALLY the ones with letters and numbers on them. He always finds ways to create fun games with them!

Imagine Spence, JJ, Penelope and Derek all just sitting at the round table (or on the ground in the room, depending on the day) playing blocks, watching TV or doing a puzzle! They'd have so much fun. I feel like Hotch and Rossi would walk in to just utter chaos as they play.

Spence doesn't like certain textures due to his autism and everyone is very aware and careful about his sensory issues.

ALSO both Hotch and Rossi carry ear defenders for him if he needs them.

Now Caregiver Spencer:

Will read you stories. If it's just the two of you around he will also put on silly voices for different characters.

He has coloured pens (glitter gel pens maybe?) In his bag along with a notepad so you have something to doodle on.

On more than one occasion he and Alex have been doing a crossword whilst you do your very own one than he created for you!

He has a plushy in his bag for you.

He always has a spare cardigan/sweater vest for you to wear if you find comfort in that.

Spence gives the BEST hugs! Like cradles you head whilst hugging you type of hug!! 🤗

He once forced Luke to give you a piggybag because you got an injury (you slipped in the police precinct you were in and got a minor scratch) but hey nobody was complaining and you had lots of fun.

If for some reason Spence cant look after you, Hotch, Rossi, Emily and Luke are his go to people he trusts to watch you.

#sfw agere #agere blog #sfw littlespace #sfw little post #little space #agere little #aewlittlerambles #sfw little community #aewlittleheadcannons #caregiver!spencer reid #regressor!spencer reid #little!spencer reid

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barilleon · 6 months

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There's a lot of rules in D&D 5e. There's so many rules that almost nobody knows what they all are. Even when you're trying to stick to them as best as possible, there's lots of room for different interpretations. That's why we have the Sage Advice column! This is a feature of 5e, not a bug.

This might make organized play difficult, especially when GMs have been running the game with an incorrect rule for so long that they're sure it's right (it's happened to me). It can also make tables with mismatched play styles difficult. One player may be so used to how their old table interprets a rule that when they join a new table they become frustrated that casting the same spell or using the same ability does not have the same effect at this new table.

What a lot of people do is they choose the rules they like and change the rest. This is part of the game. Every word I've ever written for 5e- every supplement and adventure and monster statblock- was written with a two word caveat in mind: "or don't." Most GMs read 5e content and inherently do this. They change the names of NPCs to match their own world. They tweak monsters to be easier or harder to fight. They weave their own campaign seeds into the story fabric.

Whether it's because someone interprets a rule differently or interprets it as intended but says "this is a garbage rule, I'm doing something different," a game at the table almost never looks exactly the way the designer imagined it. If it does, you're playing a video game.

Play is an inherent recontextualization of a game's rules. If rules get changed or thrown out or mixed up or ignored en route from the text to the table, that's part of the game.

I don't understand people who say that a game must automatically be bad if you have to alter any part of it to enjoy it. I guarantee you that when you play a game someone else authored, you're not playing it exactly the way the author imagined you would.

Why are we so against customizing our experience in the Customize Your Experience Hobby?

#and because i know that this debate is steeped in the ethics of playing 5e because it's a corporate-owned game #i am explicitly talking about how we as players interact with rules here #not the politics of which games we choose to play #bc i guarantee you there are people who play Blades without Harm #etc

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Do you have any thoughts or hot takes on unicorn overlord? I played a bit of the demo and was intrigued by the concept, but hoo boy is it clear that it's no 13 sentinels on the writing front (would love to be proven wrong)

Always been a fan of the studio, and was utterly blown away that they made something as earth shatteringly good as 13 sentinels, and I've been really curious about how they were going to follow it up

Oh excellent taste, 13 Sentinels is my personal favorite too, which is wild for how many absolute bangers they have released.

I have a few very disorganized thoughts on Unicorn Overlord, but they are a little limited with only the demo. First thing I noticed is some very clear inspiration from the PSP version of Tactics Ogre (borderline copied ui and menus in some places lmao), but I really like that game so it's all good. I think with this one Vanillaware hit the perfect balance between Dragon's Crown and Princess Crown for this game's artstyle (some of my favorite visual styles they have done) and as usual the visuals are absolutely stunning. Even the save menu had me stop and stare for a second. Kinda whatever on the music and story so far though (I am sure they will deliver on the music later.) While the combat early in the game isn't quite as engaging as 13 Sentinels, there is a high chance it will surpass it in the late game and I am really banking on that. It's at least more fun than GrimGrimoire. (Maybe that's the hot take, who knows? Apparently nobody else played it.)

So here's my potentially hot take. I am not a huge RTS guy, but the way this game handles movement and speed is so fun that I am overlooking damn near every issue with the other system mechanics that I might have (especially the goofy ass controls). When you knock some battalion on their ass by ending a fight with advantage and you sonic the hedgehog over to it for guaranteed initiative and you have time to cast a skill on the way over because you are so damn fast, that feeling is PHENOMENAL. It is so rewarding. There is this sensation of the game encouraging an offensive playstyle that I have not felt from most other games in the genre. Many single player strategy games use movement mechanics mainly for defensive positioning, but this game encourages you chasing people down to keep very tangible momentum. I don't feel like a sad little meow meow fighting for survival while backpedaling from the enemy, I feel like I am on a mission to catch the enemy and break their kneecaps at all costs. Also thieves as dedicated dodge tanks??? That is so rad. I can't wait to see the other classes.

Any real in-depth mechanical thoughts I have will probably be after 10 or so hours in the full game. I'm pretty sure they are obscuring a lot of the mechanics and progression in the demo, but that makes sense for being a quick look at the game concept overall. I'll be sure to follow up this post when I get deep into the full release.

I think the game will at least be very good and I am glad it will have an HD Switch version on the PC because there is no chance I play such a pretty game on my crusty little switch screen.

That's probably all I have to say on it right now. I'm no writer or videogame journalist, and I am definitely not gonna proofread this, yeehaw.

#asks #unicorn overlord #vanillaware

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another hc // if nobody died and hawkins wasn't destroyed the whole hellfire club would try to teach el to play d'n'd but it's too complicated for her or not really her thing but she would listen to their campaigns whenever she finds time for it. after all, the stories are always super exciting and she enjoys watching mike when he's in his nerdy world.

and eddie would definitely call her lady el or something like that.

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el doesn't have to be a cheerleader right away, but chrissy would definitely teach her some moves. it would be very fun for her and help her figure out what else she could like to do.

she loves chrissy. she's so incredibly nice and so much better than the cheerleaders in california. el even shares her eggos with her, which she rarely does.

and if jason even looks in chrissy's direction, he'll accidentally trip over his own feet and end up with his face in his tray full of food.

🧸💞

First of all, so sorry I took a little longer to reply to this one!! I haven't been on tumblr much these last few days, lmao. Can't guarantee I'll be back to my regular time basis for awhile, a lot going on right now, but I'll still reply to any asks anyone sends me within a week or less!!!

Now, anyways

HELL YES

Now all I can imagine is Chrissy and El being honorary Hellfire Club members who kinda just observe (and occasionally interact when asked to for certain things like acting something out or giving advice, lmao) and also just hanging out together the whole time and Chrissy brings out a little lunchbox of snacks (she is 100% the mom friend and you can't tell me otherwise), and that includes some eggos and she'll put the box in between her and El so that they can share them

And then whenever everyone's first arriving, when Mike and El come through the door, Eddie dramatically bows and greets them as "Sir Wheeler, Lady El, I welcome thee" (He probably says the "I welcome thee" or something similar to everyone almost everytime they get together for the club, tbh, lmao) and after the first few times, El will start leaning into it and like curtseying everytime Eddie greets her that way and her and Eddie will nod their heads at each other and Mike follows along because El does and nods his head to Eddie the same way

And Eddie totally loves El, like

El becomes one of Eddie's favorite children along with Dustin, I totally stand by that, man

Like he'll definitely try to involve El a lot in certain random aspects of the campaign that don't involve her actually playing

And he's definitely more than once done something like, "[Insert Mike's D&D Name/Title] turns the corner and suddenly encounters a fair maiden! *Gestures for El to come over to the table and stand in front of Mike, which she beams and does so excitedly because Eddie already prepared her for this* From the moment he sees her, he cannot look away, her beauty putting him in a state of absolute awe! *Mike just standing there, totally not knowing this was going to happen, definitely in awe (because he's filled with awe and wonder anytime El interacts or shows any interest in his favorite game) and suddenly turning red at Eddie's commentary because it's definitely accurate* The woman leans in for a kiss and [Mike's name/title] forgets himself and his journey momentarily, leaning forward to join her, unable to resist. *El leans forward and happily kisses Mike, Mike inevitably following right along with Eddie's commentary and kissing El back but also VERY red and trying to pay attention to what Eddie's saying at the same time* But SUDDENLY, the fair maiden's lips turn up into a wicked smirk as she reaches behind her back and pulls out a dagger, stabbing it directly into [Mike's name/title]'s stomach!! *El acting out the stabbing, trying her best to keep from giggling as Mike pulls away and acts out being stabbed, actually looking low-key wounded and offended at the turn of events* She laughs evilly as she turns and leaves him on the ground to bleed out, never to be seen again!!! *Mike now dramatically falling to the ground, El's evil laugh coming out more like a giggle as she walks away, the rest of the group watching the whole scene, enthralled, and Eddie smirking proudly to himself about the whole thing*" and afterwards, Mike obviously ends up healed by someone (most likely, depending on the campaign and how far along in it they are) and then El and Chrissy start whispering and giggling about it and Mike keeps looking over every once in awhile with this sweet little confused face that's also still filled with awe because El reasons, lmao

I don't know, man, as you can clearly see, I absolutely LOVE this headcanon, lmao

Thank you so much for sharing it!!!! It will forever be in my head as the what-could've-been 😌😌😌 It's greatly appreciated!!!! Hope you're having a great day/night!!!! 💜💜💜

#🧸💞 anon #purplesxtrangerasks #purple_strxnger #mileven #mileven hc #mileven headcanons #mileven thoughts #eddie munson #chrissy cunningham #jane el hopper #el hopper #eleven #mike wheeler #stranger things

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officialjeffprobst · 5 months

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Survivor 45 Week 10 Winner Rankings

Dee - At this point I find it hard to believe anyone else will win. The Reba 4 have been solid since the beginning and seem to have no intention of breaking. Dee seems the least likely of all of them to break away. Julie and Austin have said they are unwilling to vote out Dee, and likely want to sit at the end with her (dumb on their part, very good for Dee). She’s shown to be controlling the game and she’s great in challenges. Dee has also had a great edit, including an emotional personal backstory and some funny moments. Her path to the end is very clear and I don’t see anyone (except one person) who could beat her.

Emily - There is a gap between Dee and the next few on this list. I find that Emily’s path to the Final 3 is difficult and narrow. She would have to put in some serious work to crack Reba wide open and turn them against each other, which at this point seems like a tough ask. I have Emily at number 2 because I think if she does manage to get to the end, she will 100% win. She is the only person in my mind that can beat Dee. She has a great social game, with pretty much everyone really liking her. Her story of overcoming Lulu and her fantastic character development make it hard for me to see her not getting votes in the end. Plus, if she does make it to the end, that means she pulled off some impressive shit.

Austin - Austin is definitely playing the best game outside of Dee. Despite being a big strong guy archetype and holding an idol, he seems to be flying under the radar. If people are targeting him, the show isn’t telling us. He’s extremely likable, has a strong alliance, and holds that idol that will probably send him to finale night. I hesitate to feel confident in an Austin win because he has had no personal content on the show. We’ve seen a lot of strategy talk from him, but it would be odd if we got personal stories from everyone else but not our winner. Still, he’s in a great position. Seems like the type to send to fire.

Jake - We are now getting into the territory of castaways I don’t think have much of a shot at winning. Jake would have to pull some stunts to get to the end. It’s not out of the realm of possibility, but I have a hard time seeing him get votes next to anyone else here. As much as I appreciate his desire to play hard and get out big targets, his reads on the game have been terrible and he’s been the backup vote for a while. He would be a goat to bring to the end, and he would only win if the Reba 4 really soured the jury and Jake had a fantastic final speech.

Katurah - She was one of my episode 1 faves and she failed me so quickly. Her entire story and game was all about Bruce. If she could have used her brain for one second and put her hatred for Bruce aside, she could have had a good shot. First of all, nobody likes Bruce, so that’s the kind of person you keep to bring to the end. Second of all, they had a chance to take out a Reba with Bruce’s idol and she just completely threw it away. It could have, and would have, happened if it weren’t for Katurah’s thoughtless gameplay. She seems to not understand that the Reba 4 are just using her and she has no game of her own to speak of.

Julie - Everyone in the game is acting like Julie is some big jury threat. Katurah telling Emily that she’s a “mama” so people will vote for her…when has that ever happened in Survivor? Season 2 with Tina? Julie is Dee’s sidekick. Even if she says she’s playing her own game, she does what Dee says. She wants Dee to sit at the end with her, foolishly. She is good in challenges, which is a plus, but that’s not enough. I think it’s highly likely she sits at the end and doesn’t get any votes because she’s sitting next to better players. Also, her backstory was cut from the show, so that all but guarantees she isn’t winning.

Drew - He thinks a lot higher of his game than I do. He has been shown time and time again in the episodes to fumble social game and relationships. He is definitely Austin’s sidekick–he has the trust of Austin and his alliance but he isn’t the one actually doing the strategic heavy lifting. I see his relationships with people outside of Austin and Emily as pretty weak. And, like Julie, his backstory was cut from the show. I don’t see him getting votes in the end, if he gets there.

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Why Chris Pratt as Mario might be secretly genius, actually.

WAIT, WAIT HOLD ON, let me explain before you cast your judgement. For the record, I'm not a Chris Pratt/Marvel fanboy or anything and I have no clue if the movie is gonna be any good.

Okay, so, Crisp Rat as Mario J. Mario is a weird casting choice, and from the trailer which came out in *checks notes* October, we can see that Mario is lacking his iconic Italian accent, seemingly replaced with a subtle New York accent. This, I'd imagine, would've copped a lot more flak if not for the fact that everyone was talking about how good Jack Black was as Bowser.

I mean, it makes sense why people were hesitant about Mario's casting, seeing as most of the time, Mr. Pratt's roles are in the "Boring Generic Action Hero" category, and the only other voice acting role he's played (that I know of), is Emmet from The Lego Movie, a construction worker whose main trait is that he's a boring generic nobody who doesn't stand out at all (remember this, it'll be important later). But what if I told you that this penchant for genericism is what makes this whole thing brilliant?

See, the thing with characters in the Super Mario games is that a lot of them aren't really "characters", per se, but tropes. Archetypes that can be fitted into whatever story you want to tell with them. For example, you have the damsel in distress, Princess Peach, who is kidnaped by Bowser, the evil dragon, before being rescued by the gallant knight, Mario. Except that Mario isn't a knight in shining armor, he's a mustached, middle-aged man in overalls. That's because Mario isn't just any old hero, he's an Everyman. The humble, hard-working, blue-collar man that people can see themselves in. He's not the wielder of the Master Sword, or a blue hedgehog that can run faster than sound, or a robot from the future with a gun for a hand, Mario is just a regular guy with a plumbing business. The whole point of this trope is that Anyone can be Mario. The baker from down the road can defeat armies of goombas and koopas, your math teacher can brave eight worlds of levels to get to bowser's castle, your little sister can save the princess, and so can the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, or even an everyday construction worker.

You see where I'm going with this now? What I'm saying is that Chris Pratt might just be perfect for Mario not in spite of his previous generic roles, but because of them, that because Mario serves as a vessel for the player to project on and relate to, this "generic guy-ness" is precisely who Mario as an archetype is.

Of course, this thesis fails to take into consideration that Mario has arguably moved beyond his initial generic roots (and by generic here, I mean relating to a large group or universally applicable, I'd be burned at the stake for saying Mario is a boring character), and has since become a beloved character archetype in his own right, as well as the simple fact that the disconnect between what we've seen so far of Prattio and the performances of Charles Martinet will take a fair bit of getting used to, but that's not what this essay is about. I am not positing that Chris Pratt is the new definitive voice of Mario, nor am I guaranteeing that Pratt's performance in the movie will 100% be good. What I am saying, however, is that it can work, and why it is completely possible that it will. Whether it actually will work still remains to be seen, but there is still a chance. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

#super mario bros #mario movie #chris pratt #crisp rat #essay #i've been thinking about this for days

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