#now i have to watch ah in the rt extra life

[unsoupable]

I'm just gonna vent about rooster teeth under the cut rq

I remember finding rooster teeth through Michael's rage quit of the impossible game back in my early early high school days. I remember adoring AH content and the RT podcast above all else, and it remained a very prevalent interest of mine for many many years. I remember showing my best friend their videos when I slept over at her house. I remember staying up with her all night watching them play minecraft. I remember being so excited about my first paycheck because that meant I could finally get a first membership.

I remember that Rooster Teeth, specifically Achievement Hunter's editing team was the main reason I wanted to become a video editor. Why I kept at it even when I was dogshit at it. I remember applying on a whim to be a video editor with the AH team, because if they'd said yes it would be a dream come true. I remember crying in the parking lot of my job because they said no, but remember, my editing was dogshit and I had no qualifications so I don't blame them. But they are almost the entire reason that I've been editing for a gaming channel for almost six years now.

I remember watching every second I could of their extra life streams. I remember taking two days off from my second job to try to watch the entirety of one. I remember their spring break stream. I remember Michael and Lindsay's first baby. I remember their second. I remember Lindsay coming out and feeling so validated that my favorite cast member was like me.

I remember when Ray left. I remember when Monty passed. I remember hearing about Ryan. I remember being devastated beyond belief because that group felt like my family at a time when I really had nothing else but that parasocial relationship. I remember what all came into the light between 2020 and 2022. I remember that was the reason I finally stepped away from RT and the community. I haven't been involved in the community or even watched any of their videos for two years, but I still have a popsick pop socket on my phone, I still wear the "you can do better" yellow striped shirt, I still have the "cursing and use of foul language" poster on my wall.

It feels like hearing that an old friend that I lost touch with years ago is dying.

Despite everything that has happened, Rooster Teeth has shaped me into the person I am today. To remove the love I had for RT in my life would turn me into someone completely unrecognizable. We can and should recognize and acknowledge everything terrible that has happened, but RT shutting down is going to affect every member of their staff and their families, and it's awful to see so many people turning it into this fucked up sort of "gotcha" moment. This is so many people's livelihoods, and some of them had to find out about it through a tweet. Have some fucking respect. I wish the staff nothing but the best moving forward.

Thank you Rooster Teeth, for everything, despite everything.

#rooster teeth

[theemarsrover]

I’ve been wanting to make this post for awhile but have been back and forth on it in fear that I’ll come across as a bitchy youtube comment or one of those people who are just “waiting for the death of RT/AH”.

I am neither of those.

I’ve been a part of this community, consistently, for the last 11 years. I’ve watched series, cast members, entire production teams, and offices come and go. I was here during the kickoff of the Project Freelancer arc in RvB. I started watching the same year Michael Jones was hired full time.

I know there’s a lot of opinions going around about the new editing style of YDYD and the whole ‘catering to the algorithm’ debacle. I’m not here to tell anybody what I think the right answer to this is because

1) I am not behind the scenes and I don’t have an extensive knowledge on how the algorithm works

And 2) I don’t think there is a right answer because of how often the algorithm changes

However, if Achievement Hunter is interested in feedback then I have some.

Way back in the day we had journals and forums on the Rooster Teeth website. I know a few of you remember them but for those who don’t: these journals were a way for RT to update the community about big things that were happening. Gavin and Barbara got their start in RT from being active on these forums in the company’s early days. And I stay active in this community, on this platform specifically, because it’s the closest thing to the camaraderie I felt in the old forums.

Once journals were becoming more obsolete, I transitioned into watching AHWU (and the RT Recap) weekly and got updates about what was happening in Achievement Hunter since that was the content I watched the most. AHWU gave us live action shenanigans, a tease of what videos we could expect, and other special announcements like Extra Life, live shows, new merch, livestreams, etc. etc. Then we had P.O. box openings and it really felt like those videos were a place the entire community could come together and everyone got something out of it. And, with a handful of exceptions, they were short form videos!

When life got busy for me, I knew that AHWU was the best starting off point because they told me about anything I missed, any videos that were already out, and I felt like I was still part of what was happening in the community as things were happening rather than weeks later, especially with time-sensitive announcements. AHWU was a tool I could use instead of relying on youtube’s algorithm to show me a video or having a twitter account to see announcements for a livestream.

Now with that being said, AHWU had a lot of valid reasons for ending. None of which I’m going to get into here because I don’t think bringing back AHWU as it was is the answer. What I’m highlighting here is that since the end of the series there has been a disconnect between the content/announcements that are coming out and the community not knowing they’re there or where to find them in the first place.

I listen to the Off Topic podcast where a lot of these things are announced. Sometimes it’s at the beginning of an episode, sometimes it’s not until we’re 45 minutes in. Something can be said about the fact that people aren’t watching this specifically to get AH news, people who don’t watch it probably don’t know things even get announced there, and also I don’t watch every single episode so I miss things. But I digress. This is not the only place announcements are being made. There’s announcements that happen in random twitter threads, reddit threads, instagram stories, and while that’s all well and good it’s too much to keep track of. I’ll make a post on here about a new series or a returning one and half the comments and tags are people saying they didn’t even know that series existed much less there being multiple episodes out already. Gifmakers will make a post from a video and their comments are a lot of the same.

I consider myself a fairly active member of the community, but it feels like now, if I get busy for even a week, there is so much I miss and I don’t know where to look for it because it could be anywhere or nowhere.

Like… We literally made a website to combat this issue.

I don’t know if I’m feeling this way because I’ve been a fan for so long. Am I standing on my digital lawn shaking my fist in the air at change? Maybe. But I don’t feel like I am.

Achievement Hunter is so important to me and has been for over a decade. I’m genuinely so proud of all of the things that they do, even the things they try that don’t work out. I want more people to engage in their content and be excited about what’s coming next! Unfortunately, that’s hard to do when we don’t know where to get the information in the first place.

I do not have all the answers. I only have what I can do, what I can say, and a community here that’s willing to keep the spirit alive as the seasons change.

#achievement hunter #i'm so hesitant to put this in the main tag but i just cannot be quiet about this anymore lol #anyways if you want to catch up on AH news and exciting things that are happening in the community check out our website that i linked #it's also the pinned post on my blog #long post

[alfryco]

1, 3, 6, and 46 ;)

clay ily thank u for sending me asks!!

1) How did you get into AH? Funnily I actually got into AH by watching a video dedicated to the main fandoms on tumblr in 2014 and RT/AH happened to be one of the fandoms featured in the video. And then I went on to watch all the other videos that youtuber had made around AH and THEN actually made it to watching AH videos.

3) Who was your favorite when you started? Ooooh man I was such a huge fan of Gavin when I first started, loved that little skrunkly boy. Still do tbh, but now I have MORE favorites.

6) Favorite ship? Alfreyco 💖 Alfreyco 💖 Alfreyco 💖 Alfreyco 💖 Alfreyco 💖 Alfreyco 💖 Alfreyco 💖 the most ship of them ALL. LOVES OF MY LIFFFEEEEE

46) What was your favorite moment from Extra Life? Hhhmm if we're doing 2022 Extra Life my favorite moment has to be when Joe went to hit Michael with that tortilla and completely missed and the tortilla just flies out of his hand. That shit was so funny.

#keeningthoughts #hey a question #rtah #thank u thank u for the questions clay i am SMOOCHING U

[scarlettheknight]

I discovered Astroneer because of AH and now it’s one of my favorite games! 

#ahfanart #Achievement Hunter #Lindsay Jones #jeremy dooley #Trevor Collins #my art #and also the one other fanart i did of astroneer was featured on ahwu #and that was nice #now i have to watch ah in the rt extra life #because i couldnt watch it live :((((

[monarchisms]

Erlande my beloved help I’m sad and sad and wanna jump back into AH but I dunno where to start pls hold my hand and guide me ur like the ceo of this place

i am holding both of your hands right now

okay, so like, even though i've watched a lot of AH stuff from this past year, i can't recall every single thing i’ve watched off the top of my head. to make this easier for myself, i'll mainly look at the let's play and achievement hunter channels on youtube. from there, i'll recommend series from 2021 that are easy to binge, and then suggest one-off videos, some of which are longer than others :)

before i start the list, the short announcement video with BK and joe is really cute. show them your love and support on the socials!

here are all of the AH videos i really liked from this year [as of december 23rd, 2021]:

★ live action ★

challenged accepted (formerly known as “challenge finders”)

unruly rollers (a let’s roll miniseries)

go-op! (like the series “go!” but more cooperative)

between the games (not a new series, but it returned this year)

achievement hunter summer games in spring (their first video in person as a large group. very fun. very wholesome)

extra life 2021 (alternatively: a highlight reel of extra life 2021 made by rt themselves)

specific videos:

ready set show: fake british slang quiz 4

between the games: sumo x floor is lava on hoverboards and how we broke the ceiling

let’s roll: monikers with barbara + is this another HR incident? (title refers to the previous game)

chump: the face jam episode and the takeout crew episode

off topic: the halloween episode, episode 300 (more chill than 200 lol), the hot tub episode, and the rtx 2021 episode

also, this one sponsored video where jack and lindsay get a tank (from december 2020, but sshhh) and that one olympics video with ray

with many podcasts getting video versions and bonus content on youtube, i’d like to recommend:

red web: yorktown memorial hospital

face jam: road trip videos [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ] + this sponsored video

f**kface: their “breaks sh*t” series. not much gets broken (physically, at least) [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ] + geoff’s bike stunt video

annual pass: the rtx 2021 panel and their youtube channel. the channel was made in june, and videos started being uploaded in november, so there’s not much in-person content to recommend this year :)

★ gameplay and animations ★

AH animated (yes, all of them from this year. i couldn’t pick a favorite)

ocarina of time and super mario 64 randomizer (with michael and matt)

pokémon snap (with matt and jeremy) [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] + their pokémon stadium video

halo 4: laso (michael, gavin, jeremy, and alfredo)

gta v: the chungschwa videos [ 1 | 2 | 3 ], the cayo perico heist (michael, gavin, jeremy, and matt) and los santos tuners (matt, alfredo, trevor, and a rotating crew member, each episode being a different person)

minecraft: ya dead, ya dead season 4, ya dead, we dead, this capture the tower video they did with the other departments at rt, and of course, episode 500

hitman 3 (played by gavin as the other AHers watch and have a laugh)

play pals: the room series and cursed halo [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ] (this one’s still an ongoing series!)

specific videos:

drawful 2 custom game (with the internet’s geoff ramsey™. it’s from december 2020, but hey, that’s close enough to 2021)

50-turn mario party

that weird-ass bigfoot roleplay video (ky plays as bigfoot, and it’s as great as you'd expect)

march to madness: the 2021 AH wrestling video (as hosted by post team’s aaron)

mario golf super rush (the one where alfredo died inside)

play pals: getting over it (the second part that was only made because they joked that they’d do it when the first video hit a million views)

★ first-exclusive content ★

dead little roosters

camp betrayal

last laugh: season 2

let’s firt + an explanation as to why it’s called “let’s firt”

specific videos (and miniseries):

off topic: last call: episode 300

sims 4 cottage life (with ky, lindsay, and fiona)

let’s build (with ky, lindsay, and matt)

hades (with lindsay, matt, and alfredo) [ 1 | 2 | 3 ]

i... think that’s everything? at least, i hope it is. i started writing this at 2 in the morning, so there’s a chance that some of the links are broken or misplaced. if i got lucky and all of the links are good, then everyone is free to add their own suggestions!

#collarful-clover #Anonymous #ask box 360 #achievement hunter #scrimping and saving these links for the people #will definitely add it to the masterposts page in the afternoon #there's no gmod because i don't like gmod lol #love the cast dislike the game #i still like prop hunt though

[moonlit-void-to-the-far-unknown]

So....somethings have happened and come to light about an old fandom i loved so much....

A long long loooonnngg time ago I was a very hard core lover and person in the AH/RT fandom. I was never crazy involved but always around. And loved the art and the fanfics and everything.

I was crushed when Ray left, I was ecstatic when Jeremy and Matt came into the fold.

But the one person who held me in watching AH was.

Ryan.

Ryan fucking Haywood. His on camera persona was that of a ‘dark humor’ ‘twisted for show’ type character I LOVED *and still do just in a different way*

He was the reason I loved watching a lot of the Minecraft letsplays. And most of the games that I would never play myself.

He had this pull to be one of the best, next to Jeremy with his just wild card attitude and no fucks given mentality once things went off the rails.

He was charming, and caring, friendly and open, he did stupid things to mess with Gavin way back when he first joined, the vibrating desk was when I really was like

“Oh him. I like him. He’s got loki levels of fuck with people for no reason”

Now I never cared about him having Instagram or Twitter or Snapchat because back when I was a massive fan that wasn’t a big deal, he was a dad, he had kids and a wife, and didn’t care about social media.

Until extra life. When Meg and him had free play and made it a fun stretch goal to have Ryan get Twitter and only follow her as a joke. Because he was such a non social media savvy ‘dad’.

Then he got Instagram, cause ya know up the intake of social media, and make money for the kids! It’s a win win in the eyes of everyone.

Then Snapchat....because it’s funny. Money for kids and Ryan being a dad on Snapchat with filters and dumb angles.

It’s harmless.

Until it’s not. And Ryan used his fame, his charming front to abuse his power. Over a type of VERY young women. Mentally ill or hurting young women who he could have a power over.

Show them just enough attention and care. Be a friendly older person to connect with and know that he sees them.

Because they look up to him, see him as this persona.

He used that, and abused it. On seeming countless woman. All 20+ years his younger. Because he could.

I came into AH when I was 15/16 with Minecraft episode 13/14 when it was still held on the rooster teeth channel.

I soon fell in love with how stupid these people were and I had seen on tumblr a video of micheal, yelling, ‘Swiss fucking cheese!’ And then it was all history.

And now, years of things we enjoyed, years worth of escape for me and so many, is ruined

Because one guy, abused his power, his fame.

To hurt the people who idolized him most.

The fans. The people who escaped with stupid video game videos.

And I’ll say it.

I used to fantasize about Ryan because he was just hot, he had a voice that made you all giggly, I would read fanfic, and search for hours for reader inserts....

Back when people still found it weird cause he was married. But I still did it. I wrote fanfic about him and Ray and Gavin, micheal and Geoff and jack....

And if like me you see those messages and read the new details every day because the domino effect has begun, and feel like you shaped this into happening because you fantasized about Ryan, or commented how hot he was.

It’s not your fault. You were probably like me, a young teenager who saw an attractive caring man and felt a weird safety.

You were a fan, a human, it was harmless.

It’s HIS fault. It was HIM who took advantage of his position, of his power. And used it for greedy sexual needs he had.

He’s the monster. The guilty one. Not you or me or any of his victims that are coming forward.

Ryan is a predator.

And like Jeremy said we all will never know the full true extent of what he has done. And it’s gonna be infuriating. But we all need to grieve and soon we’ll be able to move on.

Ryan haywood, you have hurt so many young woman, have abused a power you knew you held, you are a predator, maybe you didn’t start out as one. And over time you erroded into seeing you could take from them and it would be fine. One small dip in a huge pool to see what bites, and once one bit, another and another and another followed. Because that’s what predators do. They feel around, see what bites and they bleed it dry. You have ruined so much. But worst you ruined innocent young girls. Because you could. You are a monster. Not the one you played up fro videos, the Mad king, the vegabond, the crooked crown with darkness seeping. No you are the true monster behind a screen. And now you face the consiquences of what you have done.

And to anyone who like me, fantasized and idolized Ryan, who read fanfic and wished it was real. Do not feel guilty, you were having fun. It was harmless because it was fake. You are not the cause.

Meg making the stretch goals and having fun to raise money for extra life is not the cause.

Ryan being...a wolf in sheep’s wool is the cause. He hid and joked about his true intents.

He is the cause and he is the problem and now we deal with what he has done and we rebuild.

We leave him and his family alone.

We work though our emotions. We slowly stitch this gapping gash on our souls closed and help the AH fam who was closest to him heal, we help the victims, we shelter them for as long as they ask. And we remember one thing.

WAFFLE-O

Because we’re all friends and friends love each other.

And remember you are never alone. I promise.

#achievement hunter #AH #ryan haywood #roosterteeth #we will be okay #waffleo

[bethtothefuture]

I have been quiet on the Ryan Haywood situation bc this is a multifandom blog and I've not posted much AH/RT content of late but after seeing Jeremy's comments during his stream it sort of just came crashing down and I am so so so angry.

I have spent years watching RT grow and for many years AH videos were my go to thing to watch... To have all of those memories tarnished is an awful thing but I think especially because we feel like we know these people to some extent.

I've been watching RT for almost ten years, I have stayed awake for Extra Life, I have attended multiple RTX events, watched almost every AH video, watched and supported their streams and live events and at one point there wasn't a day where I didn't see the members of Achievement Hunter on my screen so to find out this whole time that Ryan has been abusing his position and just generally being an awful person is very upsetting.

And to see how much it's affecting the others at AH is heartbreaking, we know they think of themselves as a family and with all of the cuts and controversy hitting Rooster Teeth recently it's been so good to see AH continuing and going from strength to strength but now I don't even know if I can watch old video without feeling anger.

So many moments, jokes and memories have been made and now they're tainted and ruined.

I don't even know if I should change my url because Ryan was such a big part of why I loved Fake AH crew...

Big love to all of my fellow AH/RT fans and I'm here if you need to rant/cry/scream/whatever

Ps: I'm on mobile so sorry for the long post without a read more cut 🙏

#ryan haywood #achievement hunter #rooster teeth #fake ah crew

[huntsman-ash]

LiveThoughts: RWBY V8E6

Second attempt at this since last time Chrome just DIED for no reason...

Im going to put literally the entire thing with Cinder under one note; Called it.

Its a great set of stuff, sure, but it doesnt relaly tell us anything we didnt already know about Cinder, and I personally feel it doesnt really explain why she turned out the way she did. I feel like we’ve had another weird twist of the situation again...M+K? Coronas fault? Who knows. Either way, this section isnt great by my taste and I kinda skipped most of it. 

Few things to note though; Apperently in Mistral scrubbing by hand is still more viable floor cleaning tech than using Dust.

The wind vane on the roof has the Rooster Teeth symbols rooster on it. 

The hotel Cinder is bought by is named the Glass Unicorn, fittingly enough for...several reasons. 

The coffees behind the stepsisters when we first see them are the animated versions of the real life stuff RT put out just before this season went live. 

No one seems to notice the fact cinder has orange eyes. I wonder if weird eye colors are just a THING in Remnant?

The control collar/shock thing is incredibly inefficient in design, since it doesnt actually hold on to her very well. A more effective brace/choker design would have worked better.

The song that goes on during all of this is...kind of obvious and a little bland? Fitting for younger Cinder I guess. 

Mmm. Random greasy huntsman. 

I guess in Atlas its fine to laugh at struggling teenagers?

Im going to assume there’s a 3+ year gap here where she gets older, cause she stops being smol and gets closer to how we see her now.

Also even here, in Atlas...really? The most effective way to clean these carpeted floors is to have a TEENAGER SCRUB THEM BY HAND?

How do you scrub...I assume its carpet anyway?

And how you tell civilians are lame in Atlas; they are impressed...by a sword.  Just a sword. A boring, half-cut sword. Losers.

I assume this would be Cinder’s semblance manifesting. Also note on the desk; “we do not serve faunus”. Well THAT doesnt surprise me.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHE. Get fucked Cinder. HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

I dont even feel pity for her, this is funny to me.  Also the fact that this kind of shit aCTUALLY EXISTS is...amusing to me. Like, really? So I guess indentured servitude is a thing in Remnant too. 

And this is why Cinder likes to use swords. Really. Wow. LAMEO.

Huh. Dual maces. Interesting. Thats a prety cool weapon.  Looks like they open up too. Bet he could bash some skulls with that.

“Hurting them isnt going to make your life any better”. Um, excuse me? I think hurting them is the very best thing to do in this situation. At least, for the moment anyway. 

Huh. So she’s ten at this point? Even as a child, shes older than she looks. 

And training montage. Huh. Or at least I assume it is. I get the feeling being able to go where you want too and do what you want too is the main reason Hunters exist. There must be crazy tight immigration laws...or, maybe, its just that traveling between kingdoms is stupid dangerous cause of Grimm. I think the latter is most likely considering every form of public transit extra-kingdom we’ve seen (even between cities, see Argus Limited) has some kind of defensive weaponry. Limited and ineffective, for th emost part oddly.

So you can take the exam at 18. Okay cool. Pre-that must be prep school. Wonder what happens if you wash out? Also I like how this dude is just “yeah, 7 years of training, we got this.”

I think this is the first time we’ve seen the other side of the moon. Or at least, the proper other side...bloody hell I STILL dont know how all those piesces are still held in place, the thing looks like it should start yeeting bolides at Remnant. 

Better still we see it MOVE, rotate in time to the passing of years. So it literally does rotate on its own axis, and more importantly, unlike OUR moon, its NOT tidally locked. We only ever see the same side of our moon. REmnants rotates MUCH faster. Also it doesnt seem to have phases like ours does. I’ll check on why that is. 

Well at least we have an explanation for why Cinders so damn good at fighting people. Trained by an Atlas Huntsman.

Also as a note the device is quite literally just an electrical Dust crystal attached to a necklace. Things the most inefficent torture device Ive ever fucking seen. 

Wonder how often they have to change the crystal.

And there goes the moon rotating again.

I like how NO ONE comment on the blade going missing and that guy never came back for it. I guess he must have just bought a new one.

I get the very distinct feeling they wont just let her go honestly, permission or not. 

AWWW WE DONT EVEN GET TO SEE CINDER MURDER THE SISTERS. Also no blood. Odd.  Good kill on the  stepmother though. Oh, that NECK CRACK.  I like how all the bitch can do is try and shock Cinder, like, uh...adrenaline up? SHE HAS A SWORD? MAYBE FIGHT BACK?

Hah. Weak ass fuckin Atlas people.  Also the clock going off in the back ground twelve times. How fitting. Welcome to midnight. 

Also shes kind of glowing here cause the room is dark, and I find it amusing this is probably the last time she wears white.

And THERES the Cinder we know

Sick ass music, cool. Also THAT is an interesting semblance...I guess he turns himself to metal? Also DAMN his aura broke after THAT? Hes a Huntsman...ah who cares. Again probably in Cinders memory more than anything. Which at this point is probably about as reliable as a coked up hookers.

SHANKED. Sucker. You shoulda seen THAT one coming.

And thats all it took to get the shock collar off. Lol. 

So what happened to the hotel? Did they just...write it off? I mean four people got murdered in there...

And now we’re back on the whale. HOW THE SCREAMING FUCK DID CINDER JUST...

Wow. She just got up after eating that blast. Fucking plot armor.

Merc making the hard calls honestly.  Im actually gonna watch all of this now which is nice because I want to know whats happening in the real world. PITY MORE THAN HALF THE EPISODE WAS THIS FUCKING FILLER.

I like how Cinder just...goes quiet the moment she realizes shes lost Mercury. Not that he was USEFUL mind you but if I had to guess she liked being the boss. But now shes...basically back where she started. 

So the whale is basically a ship. It has a bridge. Probably Salems throne room.

Man, Oscars literally just RTs punching bag this season isnt he? Literally in this case. 

His clothes are still scortched too which I find interesting.  The black eyes also staying. Auras not back up then? Aura repair and regen seems...werid half the time. Like RT does what they want with it.

Ah so someone finally says it...but at the same time what exactly does Salem have to fear? If she cant fight the whole world...what could they do? Maybe overwhelming her? It...Im having a hard time putting the “she cant be stopped” with “shes afraid of fighting all of Remnant”. 

Somethings missing here. I know it.

The sound of the “door” opening reminds me of the Flood doors in High Charity in Halo 3s Cortana. Fleshy twisting.

Mention from Hazel, but AGAIN...no details. I guess if you nail down how she can do stuff its harder to write? 

Glad someone made a comment on the futility of the Hunter academies. 

I really hate how Salems giving us creepy mommy shades. 

Hmm. So yeah the bridge IS the throne room/command deck. I like how Neo doesnt give a fuck is just casually kneeling. 

Ah okay THATS why he grabbed the scroll. 

Heh. Interesting. How exactly does this work I wonder. 

...Why does Salem have a ring. Has she always had that ring?

Neo looking at the Hound like “oh, I could ride this thing”. 

Oh cool the Ace Ops. And they’re arguing, shocker. Sounds like Elm doesnt trust tech either. No shock there.  Idiot.

Atlas elite. Yeah, right.

Huh, is this a Manta with landing gear? I guess they do have them...seems kind of silly to have them so high up though. I guess thats what the thing under the door is for, so they can deploy a ramp. Man, I really dont like Atlas’s airship design.

Hare needs some fuckin suppresants. 

Annnnddd...here we go, things go straight to hell. I was warned of this. I am going to try and not be mad...but from what Ive heard the incomptence of the military in this particular section is astronomical.

Huh. So...Grimm can be convirted into a rock-punching liquid? Interesting. Has that always been a thing or... Also why the fuck are you jsut standing there in awe, go kill the fucking thing! Fucking Specialists.

...that is all it took to get through Atlas’s shield? THAT?

I also love how no one does anything. Ironwoods like “wait what the fuck”. Come on bro. 

And...thats the Atlas navy. Everyone. Two lasers. One of which missed. Remind me again what exactly these things are used to shoot?

Wait, no, that took down part of it, and then the rest is, surprise, hitting the soft rock on the outside. 

THERE goes the shield. 

Hang on a second, how long have those giant squid things been there?

And...what. The whale just approaches, nothing happens? You’ve got 12 fucking ships there, shoot the fucking thing.

Again, WHY IS NO ONE DOING ANYTHING?

Oh, it just beach-headed. Okay fine, whatever. 

Im not really worried.

Lets see how RT makes this WORSE though...

And thats this weeks episode.

#rwby #rwby v8 #spoilers #rwby spoilers

[fakeahjeremy]

1,12,35 for the AH ask :)

1. How did you get into AH?

So it’s early to mid 2013 and every motherfucker on the planet is apparently playing Minecraft, including me, who’d recently downloaded the game on Xbox and was looking up tutorials on how to build basic stuff. I don’t even remember exactly what I was looking for at the time, but what I do remember is accidentally clicking on what I thought was a build tutorial video but was actually AH’s Let’s Play Minecraft Episode 44 - Ender Pearl Race (which was the most recent one at the time) and after being confused for a few minutes I ended up being thoroughly entertained even though I had no idea who the fuck I was watching. 

I distinctly remember getting absolutely no sleep that night bc I went and watched as many minecraft eps as I could in reverse order, and I went to school the next day running on 0 hours sleep and the power of minecraft comedy.

On a related note I’m pretty sure I’d seen a few Rage Quit videos before this but I never intentionally went looking for more rage quit videos so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

12. Own any AH merch?

Boy do I

I’ve got a stack full of shirts and both of the original varsity jackets, (The plain green AH one and red RT one) more posters than I ever really needed including every extra life poster except the most recent one (That are now currently all rolled up in a tube bc I had my room redone not long ago) the first two pin sets from Extra Life and the AH blanket that a friend got me years ago (which is one my bed rn keeping my cat warm)

I’ve stopped getting their merch recently bc it looks like RT have abandoned the UK store and with the cost of shipping prices + import tax I don’t really think it’s worth it any more tbh.

35. Opinion on Matt?

Matt is honestly one of my faves and it’s a combination of our interests lining up (I’m eternally fucking thankful at least one of them knows something about Pokemon so I’m not ripping my hair out every time they play something) and his dry deadpan humour that was what I liked so much about Ray. Dude’s also chill as hell and I’ve grown to appreciate the more chilled out members of the cast.

I feel like if I met Matt I’d want to either play him at Smash or Pokemon. @Matt Bragg come to England so we can throw down. 

#artisticarithmetic #thanks for the ask #AH ask

[thedistantstorm]

A Few Words on RWBY V7:E5

*cracks knuckles and lets fingers fly across keyboard in a blur*

Ah yes, one whole reaction post.

This one gets a bit long. Reactions up front, conclusion and speculation in the back. Everything’s under the cut because I don’t want to ruin anything for anyone who hasn’t seen the ep yet. (GO WATCH IT NOW, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!?!)

- Me, dancing in my seat: We’re gonna get a montage!

(someone make me a wallpaper of the RWBY girls all slumped over each other worn out, they’re so cuuuute~)

- Hi, I’m sorry, Nora braiding Ren’s hair just... UGH. 

- Also, I noticed some general exasperation on his part this ep, and I’ve seen other posts say he’s acting kind of over Nora. I think Nora is acting even more hyper than usual, and Ren is waiting for the other shoe to drop (Something tells me Nora came from Mantle, and I just.. I don’t know. She hasn’t had her big ‘grow up’ moment like the rest of her team has had. She’s always been extra supportive and super optimistic and bubbly, but we got a glimpse during Ren’s growth arc that Nora’s grown up very fast and very alone, and though she doesn’t often show that emotional maturity, it’s there. Don’t be surprised if she pulls out the big guns in that department soon, especially when things go to shit in Mantle and Tyrion - who was suspiciously absent this ep - goes after Jaune. 

- This is probably out of order but I didn’t initially add anything about the Bees because let’s face it, we all know they’re darling and badass and (omfg I’m still not over Blake’s haircut because she is GORG).

- JAUNE. And all the moms. BLESS.

- FNKY. Ahhhhhh this is amazing.

[Okay, now to the biggest thing (to me from this ep):

Qrow. Gave. Up. DRINKING.

GUYS.

GUYS!

GUYSSSSSS.

dafjg;sfgjdg;dkfgoreigndnvao;idjv;ogsdh;flk I’m so proud of him.

I just really, really hope he sticks to it.

It seems that a lot of his confident swagger has gone missing, and we’re seeing a way more humbled side of his personality. (AND FFS PLEASE DO NOT MAKE CLOVER FUCK HIM UP EMOTIONALLY PLEASE RT I’M BEGGING YOU I WANNA LIKE THIS SHIP)]

- Robin is a badass woman who Mantle - and Atlas - desperately need, and I am a FAN.

- Who is the lovely girl next to Robin? Can I get a name please? I love her ears (what exact kind of faunus is she? can i have her backstory? her entire aesthetic is amazing)

- Robin/Clover? Is there some history there? There’s some history. I’m sensing a ‘they were together/schoolmates/friends/maybe romantically but Clover was selected fore the AceOps’ sort of vibe.

- Winter and Weiss’s interaction this episode just struck me as the scales finally balancing between them. Weiss has always looked up to her sister. There has never been anyone better than Winter in her own eyes. You can still see that in their interactions, but Weiss challenges her now. Asks questions. Makes valid points.

- As for the reveal of the Winter Maiden, I saw it coming, but it does make the most sense. Weiss’s reaction says the same thing that I’m thinking though. I do, however feel like Winter feels obligated, despite her words. She might have ‘made it her own,’ but I suspect she’s never had an opportunity to consider any other alternative. 

- Jacques. Okay. We all know Arthur is involved here, he’s going to help him do the thing, he’s probably providing strategic advice. Winter is right, he’s literally about to send Mantle into a panicking riot, bet it’s going to be the Grimm’s playground. 

Ending Thoughts:

1. The Winter Maiden: Based on this ep, I’m feeling very worried for Winter’s chances at survival. New maidens are very very VERY fragile as they come into their own. At this point, we know who three of the four maidens are (is Summer Rose the Summer Maiden? Last episode totally gave me the impression that she’s definitely not dead. No body, no confirm-y). 

2. Will Robin be thrown into Ironwood’s path by Jacques and his plans? Is this something Arthur planned? If Jacques causes as bad of an uproar as implied (obviously the answer to this is yes), Ironwood would be smart to bring Mantle’s best hope (imo) into the fold, lest Mantle destroys itself and causes further issue in Atlas.

3. MARIA? Hello? Where are you? Have you been training our sweet silver-eyed Ruby? She can’t get one chat and have that be the only training she gets.

4. Qrow/Clover - Guys, hate me for this (I hate me for this), but the more I think about it, the more this pairing gives me bad vibes. I want to like it. I want very much to like it. But I feel like Qrow is in a place where he needs to focus on himself. Clover... I don’t trust him. He gives me the impression of a man who made bad choices for the intent to be good, but he’s in too deep to come clean. That and I think the good luck semblance doesn’t mean shit when it comes to life choices. Maybe it all comes out his way in the end, but what has he done to himself to get there. Qrow’s bad luck semblance? Look. He keeps trying. He does good despite the odds stacking against him with the bad luck business.

5. Ruby. So, this season has really showed some emphasis on her growth. We see her withhold the truth from Ironwood. He doesn’t know that Salem can’t be defeated - which, would that tidbit change Winter’s mind about being a maiden? I bet we’ll find out. We see her with Qrow, we see a lot of references to family and how close they are (I’d like to believe that she’s the reason he’s not drinking anymore, she really knocked him down hard last season and for good reason), and she’s definitely retaining the bubbly parts of her personality, but it’s tempered. I suspect she’s going to start making decisions that the girls don’t like for what she suspects to be the greater good. We have a lot of dynamics to her team now. Weiss has Winter’s influence, Blake and Yang are a true (wonderful) team. I really liked the RNJR vibes back from S4, and I really hope we get a reprise of them soon (maybe when Tyrion inevitably comes after Jaune like we all know he’s gonna).

6. Ironwood & Oscar. At some point, desperation is going to win out, I think. Ironwood is driven by his desire to keep Atlas safe, and we see things pointed out time and again by Winter et all the Atlas folk. They put Atlas first. But that’s not Qrow & Team RWBY/ORNJ(is that what they’re called?)’s prerogative. Here’s the thing: let’s say they help re-establish communications, they launch the tower, yada yada, so on, so forth. At some point the tea will be spilled. And when that happens, if Oz is not around, Ironwood is going to snap. He’s already very fragile, it seems (and I love him, really. I want to give that man some tea, and a fuzzy blanket then we can hug it out) and this would be the final blow. I think desperation would dictate him essentially going after Oscar to the point of life/death to try and get Oz to come back.

7. The Atlesian Military: Is it strong/large enough to handle assisting both at home and abroad when the Grimm attack? I’m gonna guess no.

Okay. I think that’s all I had for this (edit: probably not) ep, so if you want to chat feel free to do so however you wish.

#RWBY #rwby vol 7 #rwby spoilers #rwby reaction #RWBY V7:E5 #reaction post #ruby rose #qrow branwen #winter schnee #weiss schnee #yang xiao long #blake belladonna

[gotmypinkshirt]

Okay, here we go.

Sugar Pine 7 is over.

I don’t really know what to say. I had stopped watching them for a while and when I finally came back, when I was finally interested in them again, they announced they were shutting down less than a month later. 

It fucking sucks.

Sugar Pine 7 used to be my life. I started watching them just as they go their first office, back in May of 2017. As soon as I watched a video, I knew they were my favourite thing to ever happen and I immediately watched the rest of season 1 in chronological order. I was so invested that I would spend my days thinking about SP7 and playing alternate video ideas in my head. They were a group of entertainment that kept me going and helped me to develop my sense of humour. Whenever something went wrong and I just needed to turn off life for a while, I always went to straight to their videos. They were the one thing that seemed to always put a smile on my face no matter what.

They also got me back into tumblr. My previous tumblr account and fandom experiences hadn’t been great. The one before SP7 was full of toxic, judgemental, cliquey people and it felt as though if you didn’t have a group of online friends in it, then you didn’t really matter. It sucked and it scared me off of the app completely. When I made an SP7 tumblr though, I found a small group of people who were creative and open and welcoming and allowed me to be invested. I got involved. I made gifs, edits, theories and memes. I answered questions, posted a daily/weekly theory question for people to talk about and genuinely tried my best to make my blog and this fandom feel like a collaborative community. It was a lot of work, but that year and a bit of having my blog as place where people liked to come to talk and laugh was amazing and I don’t think I’ll ever get to experience something quite like that again.

I remember falling out of love with SP7, and feeling guilty for it. I wish I could like them just as much as I had in the beginning and I think the hardest part of it all was that unlike other fandoms where your personality changes and you grow out of them, it felt like SP7 grew out of me, and my personality still hadn’t changed enough to follow. It sucked and hurt and it was hard to come to terms with the boys doing things that I didn’t like or care for, and my dedication to this blog seemed to dwindle as well. I don’t think I ever really got over getting bored of SP7 to be honest, I’ve always kind of felt like I abandoned them. I can’t even watch their old videos without feeling a sense of nostalgia and shame, and I don’t really know why that is. I’m guessing it’s because part of me feels as though I let them down, and I’m not sure if I actually did.

And now they’re gone, and it feels like an ending which is just bitter with no sweet. I loved these boys. I really did. And I don’t think I’m going to ever be able to aptly put into words how much they meant to me and how grateful I am for every video they ever made. There wasn’t a day that went by that they didn’t make me laugh or cry right up until the end of my interest. I was already watching AH, but they were the extra push I needed to get into RT and because of that, I’ve made friends online that I love talking to and another community that I may not be as involved in, but enjoy nonetheless.

So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you boys for what you created and for what you achieved. It is something that you should always be proud of and that I will always be proud of on behalf of Sugar Pine 7. You really did good.

And finally, to all the gimps and cucks and dirty boys of the Sugar Pine 7 fandom who EVER liked, reblogged, commented, asked, submitted, followed, or even LOOKED at my posts and blogs at some point and went ‘hey, that’s pretty cool’ thank you. Thank you so so much. You’ve made my tumblr experience fantastic and have helped in creating a dying and now dead community something that I will always cherish and appreciate, even after SP7 is long forgotten. Your interactions made me laugh and smile and cry tears of joy and my heart swelled every time somebody said they appreciated this blog or me. Comments like that made my day, and they always will.

If you would ever like to talk to me about anything, please do. I would love to keep in touch with anybody from this fandom, even if haven’t talked before.

This post is too long and I’ve rambled too much so I’m gonna leave it here.

Thank you all for being good listeners, and may the members of SP7 always be the gay pirate, tall skinny cuck, water warrior, anubis worshipper, resented disney boy, FAJAM, tired helper, possible murder, and An-- what ever his name was -- of my dreams.

Thank you, Steve, Cib, James, Autumn, Parker, Jamie, Mimi, Jeremy, Andrew and everybody else who ever took part in those videos. I wish you the best.

#sugar pine 7 #mine #steven suptic #sugar pine seven #sp7 #sugarpine 7 #cib #clayton james #parker coppins #james deangelis #autumn farrell #fajam #famous actor james allen mccune #james allen mccune #brb goona go cry #text #goodbye sp7 #gotmyownposts

[smsvisao]

Bartholomew Court

Bartholomew Court was an apartment complex situated northbound on Rt.3 in Fredericksburg. The Court, as it was called by locals, mostly housed young adults on hourly wages and the elderly. Apartment 402 housed a drug dealer and a sex worker but just barely.

Daniel, the sex worker, was responsible for half of the living costs shared between he and Youssef, the drug dealer. The agreement was that neither of them cared how they made their money as long as they had it when it was due. The reality was that they depended on each other to generate enough revenue to sustain both of their lives because sex and drugs were a married couple. It often led to the pair arguing like a married couple but that's beside the point.

Youssef slid the black curtains dividing the rest of their studio apartment from their bed space. Or in other terms, dividing the two workspaces. "George will be here in twenty minutes to pick up his order."

Daniel was busy and counted thirteen condoms that he had available to use before he'd need more. He kept them in the top of a bedside drawer along with everything else he needed to perform - three bottles of lube, a first aid kit, and incensed oil to refill the diffuser with. For the more interesting clients, he kept a box of toys and the necessary cleaning materials in the bottom.

George. George... nope. Didn't ring a bell. He remembered most of his clients and most of Youssef's - it was easy because half of them overlapped but he'd never had a George.

Done with inventory, he pushed the drawer shut. "George who?"

Youssef pulled back the curtain just enough to stick his head through. His eyes darted around the space, probably making sure it was ready to go in case "George" wanted other services. Well it was as good as it was gonna get. The room was clean and Daniel had already bathed this morning. Half the time he didn't bother with clothes around the apartment but at least wore pants when one of Youssef's clients were stopping by.

"He's a new-new."

"New-new?" The new-news were risky. They were either clients who had never had a trip or were clients who had no known link to their services. For that reason, they met new-new customers in front of the nail salon across the street. "Thought we weren't doing those."

"He's got a big order."

"Ok but its not like we got a big supply. So again, why'd you agree to sell to him?"

Youssef crouched to the floor in front of him, folding his arms across Daniel's knees. "Hey." A depraved smile crept across his face. "Do you remember what it was like at Sovereign Hope? When you came back past curfew and got locked out?"

He was nineteen and had just been dropped back off at the shelter after meeting with his first client - the Director's husband. The Director's husband hadn't allowed him to shower and the rain that poured only made certain things worse. Everything hurt but the Director's husband was a smart man so there weren't any bruises to show for it. When the night staff finally opened the door, he was berated and then interrogated about where he'd gone and why he came back so late. They wanted to search him to make sure he hadn't brought back any weapons or drugs and normally that was fine except he was done with being probed and prodded like an animal. Refusing got him a door slammed to the face. If he couldn't follow the rules he didn't get to stay.

It was Youssef that snuck him in through a back window and begged the staff to give him a second chance. Youssef was a lot nicer back then.

A hand gloved tight in black latex gave two quick cold pats to his cheek. "Why don't you go make sure your ass is clean or something and leave the rest to me?"

"Will do," He threw his asshole of a roommate a swift punch to the gut. Youssef stumbled backwards and laughed it off.

The time that had passed since then hadn't been kind to either of them. He liked to think there were some parts of himself that he'd managed to hold onto. Youssef was different. He let himself go after he found drugs and now, he was a completely different person.

Outside, there was nowhere to go that wouldn't cost money. So, he often passed time at the main entrance of their unit watching people go in and out. Half of them didn't even live there. At some point there was probably a working code system but now it was just an unlocked door with a broken and outdated keypad next to it.

With eyes squinting at the sun, he figured there must have been a pretty sweet payoff from this George guy if Youssef was bending his own rule. It didn't make sense though. He didn't know the exact quantity, but he knew that there had been plenty of times that Youssef just didn't have the supply and Daniel had to take more clients to bring in enough money to cover rent. That was the scenario at least two times out of every month.

Another ten minutes passed before a blue sedan pulled off from the main road and slowed to a stop in front of the entrance. The man who got out of the car in gym shorts and a baseball cap was someone he'd recognize anywhere.

Not George but Jorge. One of his own clients, his favorite one. He liked Jorge because he was low-maintenance and clean. Usually he only asked for hand jobs and there was only one time that he asked for penetration. Youssef had been out on a pick-up. It was late, around 11 p.m. He never looked forward to clients but after so many sessions of only touching he'd always wondered what it would feel like to be held by the man.

When it finally happened, it was underwhelming and average, but he liked the way Jorge offered to take out the trash for him on his way out. The trash was full that night. Youssef had been gone for two days and he hadn't taken it out before he left. At the time, Daniel thought it was weird that Jorge offered but later it made sense, Jorge was always ... nice. But when he walked up the steps of the entrance in basketball shorts and a sweat stained t-shirt, the look on his face wasn't nice.

"Bad day?" Daniel asked thinking Jorge just hadn't noticed it was him hanging out at the entrance. Their eyes met and Daniel saw a flicker of interest.

"Somewhat. Hey listen, are you free now?"

"I can be. Why?"

"I just placed an order at Mr. Chun's but I won't have time to grab it now that I'm here. Think you can pick it up for me? I'll throw in some extra cash."

Mr. Chun's was the shabby restaurant in the plaza behind the complex but damn was the food good.

"Why not. What am I looking for?"

"A large sweet and sour shrimp platter with fried rice."

"Didn't I recommend that to you last time we met?"

"Oh, was that you?" Jorge looked over his shoulder and then handed him a thin wad of rolled up cash. "Thanks Daniel."

He stuffed the cash into his pocket. Sweet and sour shrimp sounded good right about now.

The door to Mr. Chun's had their menu typed on paper posted on the back of the glass from the inside so that people could see it but not touch it from the outside. A little chime went off when he stepped inside. An older woman in a red apron looked up from whatever she was writing.

"Hello, ah!" She gasped and she pointed at his bare torso. Daniel laughed. "It's too hot for a shirt out there. Go step outside, you'll take yours off too." He teased.

"Oh boy, it must be. Yesterday was in the nineties. Are you ordering now?"

"Picking up. It was a large sweet and sour shrimp for Jorge."

"Okay, this is for you." With a kind smile she handed him a folded piece of paper where she had covered the page in a floral pattern with the green of her pen.

"Wow. Thanks. You did this?"

"Yes, but turn it over, that part is for you. I made it better with my talent. Now not only can you taste our talent you can see it also."

The handwriting was small, and everything was underlined.

I know it's your favorite, enjoy it and keep the extra cash. Don't come back to your apartment. Go to this address asap and ask for Eva. 2583 Rowing St. You'll be taken care of.

"When did he give you this? What did he say?" Daniel asked in a rush.

"He said nothing, except to give it to you. Here." She handed him a plastic bag filled with two takeout boxes, condiments and chopsticks. There was also a ginger ale.

"Thanks."

She wished him a good day but when he began to make his way back to the apartment against the direction of the note he realized the day was anything but good. From the plaza parking lot he could see two cop cars parked to the side of their unit at Bartholomew Court. Not a big deal. The cops hung around sometimes and he'd had run ins with them before but nothing too serious. Youssef on the other hand…

Just as the concern crossed his mind, he saw his roommate being escorted down the steps, flanked by two officers and one in the back. They hadn't sounded the sirens when they pulled up or he would've heard it from Mr. Chun's.

"Dammit, Youssef." Jorge was a leak.

Even so, doing exactly what the note said was a no-brainer. He didn't know what Jorge was tied up in, but he understood that the man was looking out for him.

It made sense to hang back near Mr. Chun's rather than getting any closer to the unit until things cooled down. He pulled up the address Jorge left him on his phone and saw that it wasn't nearby. It was in Alexandria and that was an hour and some change away. He'd have to take a taxi. Crazy how he could spend most of his adult life with a man who helped him stay alive and then eat Chinese food and watch from the sidewalk as he got pushed into a cop car and taken away.

When his taxi arrived, he settled in and gave the address fine enough but couldn't keep his foot from tapping the whole ride north. Maybe it was survivor's guilt. It hurt to be callous, to move on without a second thought about someone he spent a good portion of his life with. Youssef was half responsible for making sure he didn't starve to death.

But what could he have done? Fight Jorge off? Run up to Youssef as he was being drug down the steps of the complex and wrestle him out of police custody? Then they'd both be in handcuffs. Jorge had sent him off and spared his life. Someone, even when Youssef wasn't, was looking out for him. He owed Youssef a lot but decided he owed Jorge more.

The taxi settled at the first red light since getting off I-95. The driver looked back to check on him. "You ever been up here before?"

"Don't think so. If I have, I don't remember."

"It's different from the south. More brown people like yourself. You don't need a car for much up here, but you will need a shirt."

Daniel raised an eyebrow. He hadn't considered himself brown. Youssef was brown. He was…damn, now he didn't know what he was. What a perfect time to have an identity crisis. He thought he was white like everyone else in Fredericksburg. Since when did people start using brown the way they used white and black? What did brown even mean? Compared to the driver's skin that looked like pizza dough, he guessed his skin was more like the color of the fried rice he'd eaten earlier. If that was brown, then so be it.

"Gotcha. What's up here? Trains? Busses?"

"Both. You got the Metro, and you got the county public transit systems. Matter-a-fact… The driver took his eyes off the road to rustle in his glove compartment. "It's not a shirt, and it might be a bit outdated but hopefully not by much."

Daniel took the pamphlets from the driver and unfolded it. "This a map?" He saw red lines, blue lines, green lines, and black targets.

"To the metro. You can pretty much get around the DMV with that."

"DC, Maryland, and Virginia?"

The driver chuckled. "You're fitting in already."

"Thanks for this."

"No problem. I got tons of them."

The rest of the ride was silent except for a few expletives let out by the driver when he was cut off in traffic. The roads got smaller and smaller until the taxi slowed to a stop outside of a row of brick buildings stuck together.

"You said 2583 Rowing St., right? Well this is it. You take care now and good luck."

He paid the driver with probably more cash than what was necessary and then cut into the flow of pedestrians to walk up the narrow stairs of 2583. The building had no sign, no business hours and the windows were tinted.

Wary of being caught without a shirt up here where everything was … new and expensive looking, he was quick to enter the building.

The door ushered him to a cluttered desk that took up most of the space in the room. There was a staircase further back but no way in hell was he taking it without knowing what this place was. At least there was AC.

A woman in grey slacks and a black polo descended the stairs, faltering on the last step when she saw him. She was a tiny thing with a stony demeanor. She probably shed her skin in the winter.

"You must be Daniel." She leaned over the desk to extend a hand. It was cold to the touch and he felt callouses. "I'm Eva. Jorge will be glad to hear that you've made it safely." He'd never met a woman with a dryer voice. Clearly, she'd seen some shit. She sounded like a cop, just in plainclothes.

"Never thought I'd end up here when I woke up this morning." Normally people smiled when they shook but he had nothing to smile about and he guessed she didn't either.

"No one ever does."

"What is this place, by the way?"

She rustled through the papers that were strewn across the desk until she found an empty manila folder. "I know this place is new to you, you coming from Fredericksburg and all but it's a nice place." She scribbled something on top of the folder in pen. "A safe place."

A safe place. He'd heard that before and the tone of her voice was far from convincing.

"Follow me upstairs. There's a place for you to sit and I can explain what Jorge's note was all about - as I'm sure you're wondering."

"Why not?" It was either follow the woman upstairs or wander aimlessly on the streets in the heat and without a shirt. It wasn't until she motioned for him to sit down in front of yet another desk that he realized she hadn't answered his first question. These rooms were just barren, just desks and unorganized paperwork. Was there even anyone else in this building?

She moved a stack of papers towards her side of the desk. "I'll be doing most of the talking and then we can go over any questions you may have after."

Daniel snorted at that. He'd ask the questions when he wanted to. It was his life that was suddenly up in the air. Not hers. "Jorge. Is he a cop?"

"I guess I did say I would tell you." She huffed. She leaned back in the office chair, then continued "No. Jorge isn't a cop, or any other type of law enforcement." Her mouth parted to start on another sentence. Probably trying to change the subject but he wasn't going to let her.

"Then what is he?" Youssef was probably in some cell by now and Jorge had something to do with it. Eva's eyes flickered toward his bare chest with displeasure.

"A private investigator working for our group. He was hired by one of your relatives - your brother, to be exact."

"Don't have one. What's the real story?"

"You do have one." She clipped.

"A man is walking around claiming to be my brother, hired a private investigator to find me, and for what? What does he want from me? This stalker."

Eva sighed. "You're his only sibling."

Was that supposed to make things make sense? Say for the sake of things this was true and he did have a brother. How was it that his brother had enough money to hire a private investigator while he shook his ass on men's dicks to pay rent? How was that fair? If it were true that he had a brother, the gods had a gross sense of humor.

"Only sibling, right. You can tell my "brother" to stay the hell away from me."

"Tell him yourself. Though, as I know him personally," She slid a business card his way. "I don't see that ending well for you."

All black card-stock. In the background was the design of a tree in a shade of gray that was just a bit lighter than the black. Folk Investigation Group was etched in a glimmering white font. He flipped it over and saw a number. Under the number was the name.

Damon Figueira, Lead Investigative Analyst. If this was the name of some long-lost brother, it may have well as been the name of a stranger because it meant nothing to him.

"Why didn't he meet me himself and lie to my face? Why have you do it for him?"

"Damon's work has taken him out of state today and the resident social worker is out of the office for the week. That means you're stuck with me, the resident attorney."

"An attorney, huh." Daniel looked at the spread of documents across the desk. 

"That makes sense."

Eva opened a drawer and pulled out a few papers. She stuffed them into the manila folder. "I'm about done with doing the grunt work for his little family project." She grumbled as she stood. "Here's more of what you need to know for now." She dropped the folder so that it landed in front of him with a smack. "Get the rest from Damon and maybe a shirt while you're at it. This is Alexandria, not the suburban boonies of Fredericksburg."

She shut the door behind her, and he heard the wooden blinds that dressed the small window in the door clatter against the pane.

But he couldn't take his eyes off what she'd written earlier on the folder in black ink and big letters.

Daniel Wood-Figueira.

[thewanderersrespite]

In Regards to Ryan Haywood

Before I get into my actual rant/vent I just want to say this - Firstly, I just want to say my heart goes out to anyone and everyone impacted by this situation, both RT staff and community alike. As Jack and Michael stressed earlier, please contact  [email protected] if ANYTHING like this situation has been happening to you. You’re not alone, and we see you.

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Okay, so - I really felt like I had to say something in regards to this whole situation. Keeping it all bottled up would absolutely do more harm than it would good.

Though I’ve been a long time fan of RT/AH, even from the before Ryan days (last time his name will be mentioned here, will be referred to as “He” from now on, or whatever variation is applicable), I’ve never been terribly active in the community, always kind of a lurker. While I was aware of them as a company since they were working in Burnie’s bedroom as I had friends who were fans, I didn’t become a fan until somewhere around the Buda office/Congress office.

I’ve seen the company grow. I’ve seen people come and I’ve seen people go. Shows made, shows canceled. My opinions of people at the company have changed as well, for the better in most cases. When He first joined up with AH, He was an instant favorite. It was something about that what I would describe as a devil-may-care attitude that just really clicked. He fit a niche that I felt like wasn’t there before, allowed stuff like The Lads and The Gents to come about, and... truly kinda made AH feel whole in a way, at least to me.

As time went on I even made some friends who liked RT as well, albeit by sheer coincidence. And while I haven’t talked to them for a few years now, He was one of their favorites. They would bring up stuff that He did, I even dressed up my character as “The Mad King” because we thought it would be funny and I had accidentally made my character look like Him. (Game was Final Fantasy 14, for those who are curious)

Times move on, people change, yet He still remained my favorite. Even if his “Mad King” persona started to feel a little... real at times. It was around the time of the Leviathan Raid videos in Destiny 2, specifically the Emperor Calus encounter (y’all know what I’m talking about) where I felt my opinion starting to waiver a little bit. Maybe it came from never really seeing anyone at AH rage before, outside of Michael of course, but something just really started to feel off about it. I’m not saying I knew, cause I didn’t. I’m not saying I suspected, cause I didn’t. Frankly, I think anyone who is saying they did suspect something of Him is probably full of shit. It just felt weird - Sure, the Destiny raids had gotten them heated in the past, they aren’t the easiest things in the world, but it never felt like THAT. 

Fast forward to 2020, and you all know what’s going on in the world right now. AH and RT as a whole moved to working from home, and in a weird way I felt like it was, and is, almost working better for them.

And now we get to the events of the last few weeks. I believe I have read most, if not all of the accounts from the victims. I’ve seen the pictures. I won’t pretend that I know how the victims are currently feeling, or felt through the events of the past few years with Him. Then today I watched Michael and Jack discussing recent events for the first time, Jack on the verge of tears, Michael looking defeated. I’ve seen Jack cry before, though it was always during Extra Life and was absolutely tears of joy. Michael, I’ve never seen look anything but happy or having a blank face. Even when he was “raging” he seemed *happy* at least. 

And y’all, when Jack said “monster”, I cried. I didn’t realize how much I was hurting. This man, this monster, that I have looked up to for years. Who I wanted to BE LIKE through my teenage years. Whom I tried to EMULATE, because HE made me laugh, so I thought being like him would help me make OTHERS laugh.

What He did, in my eyes, was and is absolutely reprehensible and if His name is never spoken again it’ll still be too soon as far as I’m concerned. 

And I have seen people saying that hope he dies, or wishing harm upon him, though those comments have been far and few in between. But to those few I just want to say; don’t. Hoping for stuff like that won’t solve anything. That wouldn’t be a punishment, it would be an escape, and only hurt his innocent family more instead of giving them closure. Laurie does not deserve that, and Eli and Olivia especially do not deserve that.

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I will say as a closing, in recent months I’ve found myself watching less and less AH content. I’m not sure what the reason was exactly, be it just everything happening in the world right now and losing track of uploads, or maybe just a lack of interest anymore, or maybe just so many other people that I watch that it’s impossible to keep up sometimes. But weirdly, I feel... Like I want to interact with the community more now. This is a hard time for all of us. It’s okay to talk to others. And maybe ending this rare serious post on a quote might not the greatest way but I personally feel like it’s important.

Good times become good memories, but bad times become good lessons. 

So to anyone who might see this post, let’s try our best to take these bad times and learn some lessons, and as a community lets try to make some good memories while we’re at it. (last sentence kinda cringe, but it’s what my heart wanted to say so i’m going with it)

#roosterteeth #achievement hunter #ryan haywood

[izziegs]

It’s the last hour of 2017 here, so I thought I’d take some time to reflect on the past year:

January

     -Nothing much happened in the beginning of the year, but I did turn 17

February

     -I put together a space ace outfit which I absolutely love. Some other, more  bitter folks weren’t fans, but I couldn’t care less what aphobes think, so

     -I discovered the Book of Mormon!! That musical is so big to me now and is referenced so often just in everyday conversation. I’m so glad I finally listened to/watched it

     -Eric called Aaron “Babe.” I died

     -My city’s HRO updated to include protections for LGBTQ+ citizens on Valentine’s Day because love~

March

     -I got my chest binder!!

     -I came out to my first teacher on accident because I have no self-control and made a joke about my gender. Eh. Gotta do it somehow

     -Broke out the pink-blue-white aesthetic for TDoV

April

     -My blog turned five because I am permanently trapped here

     -I went to Let’s Play Live Orlando!!! Seeing AH live was wild, man

     -Andi Mack premiered!! The show I have waited for for so long

May

     -I went to my first prom and got to wear a suit to it

     -Agender Pride Day happened. That’s always fun

     -Magikarp Jump came out and I got so many Titans

June

     -Pride Month!!!!!

     -I finished up my junior year of high school

     -I started my first job, which was a summer job at an LGBTQ+ resource center

     -I went to a museum’s Pride event with my family and got to experience one of my things with them

July

     -I went to Bible camp for a week which was not that great, but I went zip-lining over mountains and kayaking, which was fun, so not all bad either

     -I saw professionally recorded Falsettos in theaters and got to cry with a bunch of strangers

     -Non-Binary People’s Day is also a lot of fun, especially since Hufflepuff colors go so well with it

August

     -I finished up my time with my job, which was sad because I actually really liked it

     -My senior year of high school started with stress

     -Going into the school year, I moved up to VP of our GSA and I started wearing a pronoun pin everyday/going by Mickey everywhere

     -This is also the first month I remember my sister using they/them pronouns for me

September

     -Hurricane Irma swept through, wiping out streets and buildings and power and giving us a week off school

     -I went to my first Pride parade!!! And I was in it!!!!!

October

     -Went to my second Pride festival and got a lot of queer merch

     -Got senior pictures done. It absolutely sucked, but it was a senior thing that I did and that made me feel cool (I really hope we get other photos done...)

     -I got to be a scare actor again and scare a bunch of people in costume. Some people were more touchy-feely with their fear than I would’ve liked, but it was still fun

     -Halloween came and I dressed as a Southern gay that was not me (I can’t bake)

November

     -Gay camp!! I spent a weekend in the woods with a bunch of gays and I led a workshop on gender that I came up with during work 

     -I watched 19/24 hours of RT Extra Life and got to fully experience what “For the Kids” means for viewers

     -Eric and Aaron adopted their beautiful daughter Gracie and began raising her in the Hilltop alongside their buddies Maggie and Glenn, who are raising their children Enid and Herschell Jr.

     -DD and I hit our 10 year friendiversary!!! We’ve been friends for ten years now!!!!!

     -I submitted my college applications and freed myself from that stress

December

     -I bought a video camera with the money I got from my job!!! (I'm really excited to start putting that to use...)

     -I put together a chapbook of my poetry and looking at it beside the picture book I wrote in kindergarten makes me emotional

     -I got some college application issues resolved and actually freed myself from application worry. I got accepted into the two colleges that had my application

     -My mom got me a Brent Burns Sharks jersey which was so awesome it gets its own little bullet point here

     -I’m spending the last few days of the year in the Happiest Place on Earth and DD joined us partway through so I’m experiencing the shift into 2018 with her. It’s all just been really amazing!!!

So there were a lot of bad things that happened (obviously), and I’m not sure I’d consider 2017 a “good year,” but quite a few notable things did happen in my life. Overall, I’m just really excited for 2018. I feel like it’s got some good things in store

#a year in review #selfie every month #happy new year #goodbye 2017 #mickey speaks #my face #its real long under the cut I'm not exaggerating its got points for every month its...a bit #mostly just so I can look back and remember what happened over time

[pancakeswithketchup]

For the RT ask thing, 1, 2, 15, 16, 18, 24, 38, and 40! =D

ahhh omg i’m so glad someone did this

1. how did you come across RT/AH?

I was just starting to get into Minecraft and had finished watching a let’s play series of Minecraft by a dedicated Minecraft YouTuber. I stumbled upon the AH LP Minecraft series while searching for a new one. I began watching around the time episode 23 came out, and the rest is history.

2. first RT/AH thing you watched?

Let’s Play Minecraft Episode 1.

15. favorite AH team (nice dynamite, r&r connection etc)

God, that’s so hard. Either Team Nice Dynamite or Team OG.

16. favorite minecraft let’s play?

Oh god there’s so many good ones… Dig Down, Expanding Geoff’s House, Clouds X… I could go on forever. I also LOVE the sky factory series, although at this point, sky factory feels separate from the MC series entirely since it’s kind of its own thing now. Episode 3 is also always a classic. There’s just too many to choose from.

18. favorite other let’s play?

Uno: The Movie. I must have watched it like 20 times. It’s really good to just have on in the background. Or any of the board games/trivia games/game shows/Jackbox games. Those never fail to make me laugh.

24. do you have any RT merch?

I own a dumb amount of RT merch. I own several shirts, the RT extra life posters from the last 2 years (the 2017 one is hanging behind my laptop right now), some RWBY figures, and like, so much more. I’m a Double Gold Member, so I get the box every month. I probably own too much merch at this point but like… eh. I love it.

38. have you met anyone from RT/AH?

God, I wish. No, I haven’t. I was supposed to go to LPL NY and I had a front row seat, but I had to cancel at the last moment for family reasons. One day I’ll make it to RTX… Or more realistically, PAX East, but still…

40. is there a RT series you want to watch, but haven’t gotten around to?

RVB. I know, it’s like, literally what created RT and stuff but like… I just haven’t gotten around to it and I haven’t had the motivation to start a new show that’s that long yet. I also would love to get into Funhaus and Cow Chop, but I already have too much YouTube content to keep up with to start other channels.

#answered #ask meme #rt ask meme #ageofgeek

[cass-burger]

RTX Sydney: An Experience

Ok so now the verbal part right? (This has taken so long to write I’m so sorry jfc it’s not even relevant anymore BUT THERES IMPORTANT STUFF OK)

Before the first day even started we were introduced to Sydney in RTX time by running into both Lawrence of Funhaus and Ryan of AH in the first day of being in Sydney. • We happened to be in the same group as Lawrence that did the walk around the top of the Skytower in Sydney’s CBD. • Ryan later that day organised an impromptu meetup in Hyde Park so we ventured there and gawked at his realness before taking a photo with him. He is amazing.

The second day was the first day of RTX • Our day started with a massive queue out the front in the sweltering Sydney heat. We didn’t mind that much. We were too busy being excited. • They opened the doors and we eventually got into the show floor. More waiting. • The atmosphere was great in the crowd before they Opened™ RTX to the public. A weird square inflatable was tossed into the crowd and bounced around. • As soon as they opened the doors I immediately made my way to the exit and ran to queue up for my first panel: Always Open. • We get into the panel and I’m so close it’s amazing. • Barbara, off stage, announced her presence and introduced the show by shouting in her Aussie accent “What’s up yer fuckin cunts!” • I have never cheered more loudly in my life • Always Open was an amazing panel with so many great moments with even certain (embarrassing) shout outs from yours truly. • Once the panel was over we made our way back through the halls to the show floor. On my way through the hall I slowed to see if my friend’s panel had finished yet - and saw Lindsay Jones walking towards me. • I was like “Oh hey Lindsay!” and she was like “Hey man!” I joked that I would walk with her as part of her group back to the hall and was like “Yeah man! You’re part of the gang now!” • I only died a little bit inside. • Barbara was right behind her and before I knew it she was walking alongside me. I awkwardly and nervous was like “Hey Barb” and she was like “Hi!” The following conversation went something along the lines of: Me: “I’m just gonna pretend that I’m not nervous as fuck that I’m having a conversation with Barbara Dunkelman” Her: “Nah man you’re doing great!” Me: “Oh ok cool. Well I’m totally not ok right now. And the rest of the conversation was a blur to me but I was so so so happy guys it was wild. • Me and my friend idled around the show floor for a while and then went to Ryan and Jeremy’s Streaming 101. •On the way to the panel I passed Gus and Geoff. I was too in shock to comprehend. His is fucking giant and Geoff is surprisingly tall. •My friend who was right behind me was too busy weaving through the crowd and weaved right past them, not realising who she had just brushed past as she kept her eyes to the ground. She was understandably pissed. • I didn’t let it go the whole weekend. • The panel was amazing and hilarious. Rimmulous Timmulous quickly gained a lot of followers. Good to know he’s a local. • I witnessed a live Ryan flub. I am blessed. • We rushed from the panel once it was over back to the show floor to line up for the autograph session with Jack, Michael and Lindsay. • Lindsay remembered me from earlier. Again, I only died just a little. • We gave Lindsay and Michael a baby present so look out for that. • Jack was unsure whether he was in Volume 3 of RWBY when I offered for him to sign my Tugg Screening poster from last year. • Lindsay quickly corrected him. • There was so much to take in and honestly I don’t think I talked with Michael that much which I regret because he is my fav. • After the signing we wandered around the show floor again and waited for the next panel: Off Topic. • There was a slight problem. Off Topic began at the same time I had a signing with Barb and Elyse. • My friend went to line up for Off Topic while I lined up for the autograph session. The plan was she was going to save me a spot. • I made some great friends while waiting for the session to start. The banter was great. • Barb and Elyse finally came out and luckily I was second in the queue. I insisted that Elyse signed the RWBY poster which she wouldn’t. I also said she should totally be in future volumes. • I talked with Barb, again, and I was a nervous and awkward wreck, again. • We got a photo with my Yang plushy and it was great but I’m pretty sure I annoyed Barb with my nervousness. • Then again I’m totally looking into that way too far so on the upside: Barb told me that there was no reason to be nervous and I was doing fine and to chill. • As soon as the autographs were done I rushed to Off Topic - only to be stopped by my friend right outside autographs to be informed that it had capped and there was no more space, AND that she had missed out on the cutoff by literally 3 people. • We were both equally bummed. • I tweeted the pic of me Barb and Elyse, and Elyse liked it!!! I was so happy. • We moped around the show floor for a bit and made a plan to go extra early for the line to the RWBY finale screening to secure our place there. • However the RTX queues twitter, with an hour before the screening, said that there was no line for the RWBY screening yet. So we leisurely made our way to start a line - only to find a massive crowded line going down the length of the hall. For RWBY. We barely got in to the unplanned matinee screening. So thank you for that twitter page. • After RWBY we rushed to Theatre Mode Live and due to us being late got a place right up the back. It didn’t stop our enjoyment. • Theatre Mode Live was the best experience of the day by far. And we were there for RTX history: Jeremy going to the bathroom live! • After that we left and wandered around the harbour for a bit. Somewhere in there I lost my wallet. My source of money and ID and transportation. So that was great. • In our retracing our steps and searching for my wallet, we accidentally stumbled upon the Kinda Funny meet-up with Tim Gettys and Greg Miller. We quickly got away from that for fear of intrusion. • We went home bummed, me riding off my friends charity which I hated. It was a real shitty end to an amazing day.

Our third day in Sydney: Day 2 of RTX • I didn’t sleep the Saturday night. We got home around midnight and I had been chosen to be an extra in an RT shoot the Sunday morning. That required me getting up at 5 in the morning, so I just didn’t bother sleeping at all. • The shoot was fun but exhausting. It was just running back and forth in the morning heat in torn clothing. I got a really nice view of the harbour and skyline at dawn though. • As the morning got later I realised the shoot would be going later than planned - and that if I stayed I would be late to the first panel • I still can’t believe but yes I snuck away from an RT production, one that I was in. • I then ran to the ferry that would take me across the harbour to the convention. I was still poor so public transport was the only way. • On the other side I had the option of waiting another ten minutes for the slow-as-fuck ferry to make it from one side of the very small bay to the other side, where the convention centre was, or to jump off on the other sides dock and run the length of the bay to the convention centre. • I ran the length of that bay. • Miraculously, somehow, I got into the RWBY panel on time. • The RWBY panel was alright, if not a bit disappointing, but that was expected. • I was unable to get my question asked, (so sorry to the people on here that would have liked to hear the answer, I’m equally as bummed) but the panel apparently preferred to hear shout outs and get hugs from fans. • After the RWBY panel me and my friend met up in the expo hall and hung around there for a bit, but ultimately decided that lining up for the AH panel early was the best plan so that we wouldn’t repeat the Off Topic incident the previous day. • We queued up an hour in advance and it was the best queue I’ve been in. Everyone for the full hour were just shouting Achievement Hunter references at the top of their lungs. • The Achievement Hunter panel was great but I was still bummed we missed out on Off Topic. • After that panel we went back into the expo hall /again/ and decided to hang around there until the end of the day when Gav and Michael played the Nintendo Switch. • We wandered around and looked stalls which were all very cool, but eventually we resigned to sitting down and chilling for a while. It had been an exhausting few days. • We chose to sit down next to the exit and it happened to be the best accident we ever made. • We happened to be situated right next to where all the RT people would come down from their chilling space upstairs to go to their panels and signings. • We saw many people walk past which was pretty cool, one of them being Geoff again (who waved at me mind you, yeah I’m totally fine) and I made sure my friend didn’t miss him this time. • We eventually made our way over the centre stage to watch Gav and Michael play the Switch and it was great and funny to watch, however I could feel my exhaustion getting to me by then. • By that point I had now been awake about 34 hours. • After the Switch the convention was officially over. We wandered around the hall a bit more but it felt so surreal that it had actually finished. It felt so quick. • We were leaving the centre but my friend wanted to stay on the odd chance that RT would be out in the foyer. I insisted that it was over and that we should just go. • Just as I said that Barbara walked down the steps for signings and photos. That's probably the best time I've been proven wrong. • I got a photo (and another fucking signing) and then apologised for seeing and talking to her so much jfc. She must have been sick of me by the end of the weekend smh • After we got the photos and finally felt concluded as complete at the end of the convention we headed into the city and hung for a bit, waiting for the meet-up with Jack and Caiti • We found the group waiting for the meet-up outside a very small pub. If this was where they were gonna hold the meet-up I was pretty sure it would be very crowded. • The crowd didn't actually end up being too big and there was a nice small but lively atmosphere. We made a lot of friends. • Jack and Caiti showed up and started making their way around to each table and having a decent conversation with each person. • On one hand it was quite surreal but on the other hand it was so nice and goes to prove my point that Jack and Caiti and the purest cinnamon buns on the planet. • Somehow I ended in a conversation with Caiti and about 6 other fans that devolved into very deep philosophy and talking about the way the human mind is programmed to work and at this point I had been awake about 38 so I was having my mind blown repeatedly. • I would think that's what being high would be like. • Somehow I kept up with the conversation and inputted with points but I can't remember what we talked about now. I was too tired. • Somewhere in there I asked about whether Velvet would be back in RWBY anytime soon and she said she didn't know, but that she would push for Velvet to be put back in ASAP on my behalf. That may have been the alcohol talking lol. • Towards the end of the night I got to talk with Jack and he is a funny and great dude to talk to let me tell you. • The meet-up lasted until about midnight. • Jack and Caiti personally said goodbye to each person that had showed up. I even ended getting a hug from Jack. • We made our way home and ended up in bed by about 1 in the morning. I finally got sleep after 42 hours awake. • Our RTX Sydney weekend experience was finally over.

So yeah that's my very important points about the best weekend of my life. And if you're still reading, first of all why, second of all WHY. Love yourself. This just droned on jfc. Thanks for wasting your time reading 😄

#burger rambles #rtx sydney #rwby #rooster teeth #achievement hunter #always open #off topic #barbara dunkelman #lindsay jones #michael jones #jack pattillo #geoff ramsey #ryan haywood #lawrence sonntag #long post #caiti ward #velvet #velvet scarlatina