#one focusing on drinks

[victorluvsalice]

And, with everything in pocket, they finally arrived at the store -- where I promptly had them stand outside in the rain for a while while I dumped a bunch of their money into the place and spent a good chunk of time doing a bit of remodeling! Namely -- remember how, in a previous update, I complained about not having enough processing space, but didn't want to make the store significantly bigger? And then remembered in the tags that basements exist?

Welcome to the new Van Liddelton Groceries employee break room and basement processing center! XD Yes, I decided that the best way to get more space for everything I wanted was to go down and expand THERE. So the previous processing room was turned into a chill out area for the trio and any future employees they may have (complete with fridge and microwave for meals, some seating, a bookcase for those who like to read, and a TV for those who like to watch -- it still feels a little unfinished and empty to me, but I'll figure it out as we go along), and all the processing stuff was moved into the basement area! Now they have a nice long kitchen with plenty of counter space and TWO fridges and stoves to play with; two bulk processing machines; the juice fizzer and the cupcake machine; a cauldron for Victor should he want to to make potions while on the lot (once he actually learns a few more recipes); and -- well. I know it looks like a science bench. . .

But it's actually an APOTHECARY bench. Because that's one of the mods I downloaded from @simsonianlibrary -- The Apothecary Kit! This mod allows a Sim to make gummies based on herbalism recipes, and tablets based on Scientist serums -- you need roughly twice the amount of ingredients, but you get six gummies per bag and six tablets per bottle, so, kind of a deal? I spotted this while perusing their Patreon for a different mod (which I will get to in just a moment), and was like "okay, that'll be PERFECT for Smiler -- I was originally gonna make them a Scientist anyway to learn those serum recipes!" So now the store can have a pharmacy section too! :D

However, first things first -- we still had room on those front shelves for flower arrangements! So Smiler started making one final one of those while I sent Victor and Alice downstairs to do a little more processing and clean up any spoiled food hanging about. Alice made a few boxes of tomato sauce, then started working on milk products while Victor filled up the juice fizzer with some lemons --

And then started making some deodorizing perfume! For THAT is the mod that I originally went to Simsonian's Patreon to download -- Perfumery! Because it's another good use of all the flowers the gang grows. This mod adds a ten-level "perfumery" skill that allows you to eventually create a variety of perfumes with different effects -- mostly triggering different emotional buffs. And since they're scents, they effect not only the Sim wearing them, but any Sims who smell them (to a lesser degree. . .and, naturally, this doesn't work with the deodorant. Unfortunately. :p). I thought it might be fun to have my Sims get into, so Victor brewed up a batch of deodorant from a bunch of snowdrops and brought it upstairs...

Where I ran into a rather weird problem. Namely, the perfume just will NOT go onto the SrslySims consignment shelves I'm using in my store. Or, rather, it won't go DIRECTLY on them -- but it WILL stack onto items that are already ON the shelves (like a box of sauce, or a bag of flour). Which is -- puzzling, to say the least. It WILL go onto other custom content shelves, so I'm not sure what's going on with Srsly's. I think mayhaps I may have to make a custom display for any future perfumes! O.o

For the moment, though, the perfume went on the front counter (along with one of the spare decorative eggs from Easter -- look, all the ones in the store are duplicates, I may as well sell them), and while Smiler finished up their flower arrangement, I started Victor on another important task -- namely, seeing what in the store could be hit with Copypasto! I already know the bulk food items can't be copied, but what about animal treats? Herbalism potions? Smiler's baby robot toys? Science must know!

#sims 4 #the lazy save #victor van dort #alice liddell #smiler always #yeah both the break room and the processing room are works in progress #I may rearrange the break room and update the wallpaper and such in future #and the processing room may be broken up into multiple processing rooms #like one focusing on cooking #one focusing on drinks #another on herbalism and alchemy #we'll see how things go! #but this will do for now :) #and yes two new making things mods! :D #SimsonianLibrary seriously has some very cool stuff #like new custom spells that I really want to try out (after the next patch!) #and all sorts of expansions to archeology #and they're working on other great stuff too #like wild bug farms! and their own version of nectar-making! #I still wish I knew what was going on with the perfume bottle though #like what kind of weird slotting hell is this that it won't go on the shelf #but it'll go on TOP of something on the shelf O.o #baffles the mind #still if I must build a perfume display I will #actually the whole layout is probably gonna get changed up a bit #as a future post will elaborate on #queued

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

I just want to remind everyone that Wallace is canonically the worse one to sleep in the same bed with.

Scott can be a bad roommate in every other aspect but GUYS Wallace is the one that canonically snores and kicks in his sleep.

Scott sleeps like a princess with his back against the sheet lying perfectly straight (and also taking all the covers) and Wallace sleeps semi-on-his-side and apparently just fucking punting Scott in the leg every so often (not to mention he talked in his sleep too) and I don’t know why this is important to me but it is.

Because when people draw them cuddling in their sleep it’s always Wallace being normal and Scott turning and snoring and shit but you’re missing out on sleepy-cuddly Wallace turning and snoring on Scott. Let that cringe-fail 25 year old be annoying. Istg.

I’m talking to the Mobillace people too btw. Not that I’ve seen anyone draw them cuddling in bed (which is a CRIME btw. Draw that. For me.) but like imagine how funny it would be: Mobile stays the night for the first time and the hot-weirdo is a bed-menace, snoring and kicking and tossing and turning and suction cupping for warmth and Mobile is like “I want him to be my boyfriend” THATS FUNNY! LIKE-

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim vs the world #scollace #scott x wallace #scott pilgrim takes off #wallace wells #mobillace #mobile x wallace #mobile scott pilgrim #I’m sick of the cringe-fail erasure of Wallace #he might be more mature than Scott but that fucker ain’t mature #(however yes generally he is the voice of reason for Scott but anyone can be a voice of reason to Scott. Scott has no internal reasoning /h #I made an analysis post at one point about how I believe the primary reason Wallace manages to do half the shit he does #is because it’s easier to get the motivation to do them if he’s telling off Scott for not doing them #we know DAMN WELL that he is scared of their landlord #considering he got plastered the night before they had to go #(he seems to drink when he’s anxious) #and because of how uncharacteristically timid he was in his office #(and can I mention he said the line ‘it’s not our fault we can’t afford rent’ and like. I don’t know it feels important to point out lol) #but he tells Scott that they *have* to go and there landlord is all bark and no bite #despite being visibly nervous around him #so. the reason he dragged Scott to see him with him is because it would make him feel less nervous to see their landlord #if he focused on dragging Scott to see him instead of his own worries #but I never posted that analysis lol #but all this to say #um #i don’t know #but I’m saying something for sure!

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 20

PREVIOUS

FF had watched more than a few self-defense videos when he believed that Andrew Minyard was looking for a dark alley to stab him in. He had learned how to turn the attacker’s momentum against them. Had learned about disarming the person trying to stab him.

He’d even had Matt teach him a few punches claiming that it was for the dust-ups that tended to happen on the court.

He, naturally, does not use any of that knowledge because his mind immediately reverts into Lizard panic mode the moment Jackson Plank takes another step forward with a knife (HUGE. Is it wild that he is thinking about Crocodile Dundee right now?)

“If you come quietly you won’t get hurt.” Jackson says and he reverts to who he is as a person and he freezes. His bravery was used up maybe it was only ever tied to great pump up songs and now in the silence of the alley he is back to being Stone-Faced Smith.

“You’re going to dial up Wesninski and if you don’t say EXACTLY what I tell you to then I’m going to have you SING in agony.”

Y’know in that moment he stops thinking about Crocodile Dundee.

He thinks about a movie that is far more ingrained in his mind than any number of self-defense videos or one-off lessons with Matthew Boyd where he’d been trying not to flinch. A movie he had watched in better days with his family and had been a favorite of his Grandma’s (and his).

He thinks about Miss Congeniality.

Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart has taught him everything he ever truly needs to know when he takes a step back and Jackson comes at him.

He strikes right at Jackson’s nose with the palm of his hand.

“SON OF A-“

The knife is dropped and FF kicks it under a dumpster.

FF grabs the single weapon he has on his person.

The McDonald’s Megamind Happy Meal Light Effects Brainbot.

He points the LED light straight at Jackson’s eyes and just like Aaron in the car on the way back, “Shit, that’s bright!” And now completely blinded by a combination of watery eyes and LED McDonald’s toy he proceeds to SING just as Gracie Hart had taught him.

S - Solar Plexus. He punches Jackson there as hard as he can.

I - Instep. He smashes his booted foot down on the inside of Jackson’s shoes (who the fuck wears LOAFERS to a kidnapping?)

N - Nose. He’d feel bad about hitting it again if Jackson wasn’t y’know…a hitman out to hurt Captain Neil.

G - Groin. He may have to give himself just half a second to apologize to all of mankind for what he is about to do. His step brothers had definitely kicked him in the groin plenty of times to try and get a reaction. It’s an art to not let anyone know that your ball has retreated up into lower intestine. He kicks Jackson as hard as he can (collegiate athlete) with the boots that Nicky had let him borrow. He is right on target with the toe of his shoes.

Jackson goes down.

The next thing he does is not something Gracie Hart had taught him but does still feel like the right thing to do in this situation. He kicks Jackson in the head and the man goes limp.

If FF throws both hands up in the air and lets out a “I am Miss Congeniality!” Victory cry into the alleyway well no one is around or awake to know that.

He feels like he deserves a sash and a crown and some flowers.

He looks down at Jackson and then over at the van the man had hopped out of. He was definitely PLANNING on kidnapping Captain Neil so he probably has like…some kind of restraint?

Well, better to completely subdue this guy before he tries to figure out the game plan for Romero. Wait, what’s that next to the Crocodile Dundee knife, are those...?

***

Roland is calling for a second time.

Andrew had let it go to voicemail the first time. It was usually Roland complaining about Nicky, Aaron, or Kevin doing something exceptionally stupid in their inebriated states. They have a system. Roland will call and leave a voicemail detailing the dumb shit his family has gotten up to and then he’ll let it go.

If Roland calls twice then there’s an issue.

Arm still around Neil’s shoulders he answers the phone, “What.” He asks.

“You need to help your new friend. There’s some guy following him, he’s armed and dangerous and looking for someone to grab to get Neil’s attention. He tried to lead the guy outside but he’s standing watching it for now so there might have already been someone waiting?” Roland gets out in a rush and Andrew is up and moving towards the stairs even as he’s closing the phone to disconnect the call.

Neil, of course, is right on his heels. “What is it? Did something happen?” Neil asks and they are up the stairs and pushing past Frank and his stupid pineapple shirt. Andrew spots Nicky and he spots Aaron.

“Get Nicky and Aaron somewhere safe. I need to go help Smith with something.” He says because whoever this is wants Neil and Andrew will not let Neil get within grabbing distance and won’t mention it. Neil, blessedly, does what Andrew asks without question.

Andrew scans the crowd and finds a man whose gaze goes between his phone and the back door.

A face that Andrew had memorized.

One of Nathan’s surviving men.

In the same Zip Code as Neil.

And that man has the audacity to still be breathing.

He looks and Nicky and Aaron (drunk, drugged, and useless because Andrew had wanted them to be) are with Neil and Roland is directing them to the backroom.

Andrew goes out the alley and can feel Romero’s eyes on him.

He’s prepared for a lot of things to see out in that alley. He’s angry that FF hadn’t just come down and grabbed him and Neil (he does not need TWO martyrs) and he wants to know what the fuck FF was thinking (or if he was thinking at all). Even with that anger he does not wish to see FF’s blood spilled all over an alleyway because Andrew’s family needed to be protected and FF was the only one sober enough and aware enough to do it.

He knows what Nathan’s men are capable of.

Knows that Romero was one of Nathan’s best so if there is someone out in the alleyway then it’s likely one of his other bests.

FF doesn’t even know how to use a knife. He had asked and FF had firmly declined every time Andrew had brought it up after the first fainting incident. “I’m not interested in learning that. No.” Had been the standard response.

He knew FF had at least taken a lesson or two from Boyd on throwing a punch considering the one he shot out a week ago when a Striker came at him after the third time FF intercepted a pass.

Still, Andrew had not anticipated coming out into the alleyway and finding an unharmed FF securing an unconscious Jackson Plank’s arms behind his back with fuzzy handcuffs.

“Am I interrupting something?” He asks and FF looks up at him with a flush on his cheeks.

“It’s not my fault this is a weird sex alleyway! They’re the first thing I found on my way over to the van to look for actual restraints.” FF says immediately and Andrew almost laughs at the insanity of it. “Wait, where’s Captain Neil?” FF looks around nervously.

“He’s with Aaron and Nicky in the backroom. Roland gave me your S.O.S.” Andrew says even as he quickly makes his way away from the door and towards FF. “Romero is watching the door. Let’s give him a reason to come out.” He says going over to Jackson and when he rolls the man over he raises an eyebrow at the piss stain on his pants and the blood dripping down his nose.

He looks to FF who resolutely does not look back at him.

It’s a story he’ll get out of his friend eventually. Looks like FF didn’t really need those knife lessons. Something settles a bit more in Andrew, it’s nice to have someone else in their group that could handle themselves in a fight.

Andrew finds a phone and FF rolls Jackson back onto his stomach, “He could choke on his own blood.” He shrugs and Andrew wouldn’t care if Jackson choked on his own blood in fuzzy handcuffs in a back alley but he can understand FF not wanting a murder charge.

Andrew looks at the phone and sees the the swipe pattern clear as day. It takes him two tries to get the order right but then Jackson’s phone is available for him to get over to the texting app.

The texts he reads there make him angry. There were a lot of plans on what the two of them were going to do to Neil before his body was offered up to a different crime family to show that Romero and Jackson had no loyalty left to the Wesninski line.

He types out a text to Romero that will have the jackass come out thinking everything had gone well and they had two hostages. He looks over to FF, “You ready for round two?” He asks.

“There isn’t a tap out option right?” FF asks and Andrew laughs at the joke.

Always cool under pressure it seems.

“No.”

“Then yeah, I guess just hit send.” FF says with a shrug.

Andrew does just that.

MASTERPOST FOR ALL PARTS OF FLUENT FRESHMAN AU

NEXT

Didn’t wanna leave ya’ll hanging on that particular cliffhanger for too long ;)

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The requests to be added to the tag list keep being spread out across a few different areas. If I missed you please just ask again in the replies I promise I just missed you.

As stated before if you’re up here and I spelled it  right but you didn’t  get a notification there might be something  switched around in  your settings that won’t let me tag you properly?

#Fluent Freshman AU #I would like to thank Sandra Bullock's performance for allowing me to write the stupidest fight scene ever #I would also like to thank my sister for getting engaged on April 25th so Miss Congeniality was floating around in the noggin already #Andrew: Smith is really cool under pressure. He can make jokes at a time like this. #FF: What if no one believes me that I found these handcuffs in the alley? #He's too focused on the embarrassment of using those handcuffs to focus on the fact that round 2 is about to happen #Did my 'research' involve finding out EXACTLY what McDonald's happy meal toys were being offered November 2010 #Perhaps #The internet really does just have like a whole shitload of people who will just have a database of seemingly useless knowledge #I love those people #Neil may be pacing up a storm in the back room but Keeping Nicky away from the dance floor is a full time job #For ONCE Aaron is the easy one to deal with #Roland just gave him a virgin drink and he's happy #AFTG #AFTG OC #AFTG AU #AFTG Fic #My Fics #It's shorter because I didn't wanna leave ya'll hanging #FF - Pt. 20

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Singapore Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso

#my eyes are just lazer focused on where his race suit is unzipped 🫠 he looks sooooo good in these #i wish theyd bring back this style of post race presser bcs my god imy heart skips a beat every time drivers make eye contact w the camera #i think the last race i watched where nando was on the podium was literally fucking canada 23 #so i am very very please and happy and delighted to see him finally again #BUT I AM SHRIEKING AT THE FACT THAT HE DEDICATED HIS PODIUM TO FLAVIO AT HOME #FLAVIO WHO IS AT HOME BECAUSE HE WAS LITERALLY JUST PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM F1 #AND HE DOES THIS PRACTICALLY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF CRASHGATE WHICH WAS JUST PENALIZED A WK AGOO #NANNDDOOOOOOO WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS???? MENACE BEHAVIOR!!!!!!!! WAR CRIMINAL!!!!!!! #not included here but he was late to the cooldown room even tho he was the first one to get to parc ferme #and i realized its because he went to get a coke hahaha #i guess thats his drink of choice when dehydrated bcs thats what he was drinking at malaysia 2005 when it was also humid/hot #also i prefer the blue/yellow renault livery obv but i think the yellow/orange one is underrated #renaults liveries and color palletes from this era imo are just very clean and nice looking and work very well together #fernando alonso #fa14 #formula 1 #f1 #formula one #we do a little bit of f1 #2009 singapore gp

[lunarharp]

i've run out of things to say when i just have a bunch of scribbly stuff again

#witch hat tag #orufrey #i've decided not to squish up tons of things when i've drawn things i quite like but this is truly just randomness so i dont even care bye #no i dont do much but draw. could i be more hyperfixated. no. christ #easthies and lulucy look like tseng and elena... (ff7) and the magic police occupy a similar role to the turks... to me. #so it's funny that easthies doesn't drink since the turks get drunk at places like junon. tseng if he was like Juice for me please. #i hope i draw the rest of the angel au today...do the things in the queue... #ok this probably isn't true (?) but what if im the person who has drawn the most witch hat images. Like..i must be in the top 3. maybe. (?) #quality over quantity is what they say.......🙃 what if i actually focused on one really good piece every few days. What then. lol

[akkivee]

my hypster magazine finally came in the mail lmao and man the special feature talking about how the world is coping without mics is very interesting??? like:

crime as a whole is at an all time high

within ikebukuro, the police are doing fck all about it so the bb have volunteered their services to making the civilians feel safe

ichiro’s been a mediator within more casual disputes, expressing his desire to talk things thru if possible, jiro’s got his whole high school as a neighbourhood watch and saburo’s set up a huge surveillance system to keep watch

in yokohama, the sea port has been particularly targeted and the report says the police and yakuza have teamed up to protect the flow of commerce. katengumi has stepped up to protect the territory and rio is keeping watch via satellite images and drones

in shibuya, dice complains of disruptions in gambling dens and the lack of real gambling has dulled his senses lol. he’s trying to compensate by making his own gambling game lol and he hasn’t been able to pay his phone bill due to lack of funds so he hasn’t been able to talk to ramuda or gentaro

curiously, neither of those two were mentioned in the article, save for dice using the section to try to reach out to them

in shinjuku, the day is desolate and the night scene is busier than ever. doppo’s company has been particularly hit by logistics nightmares as they’re haemorrhaging money due to lost medical equipment. (doppo’s boss has been accusing him of stealing funds and doppo claps back asking what exactly has he been managing currently lol)

shinjuku central hospital has been at full capacity with patients due to the inability to fend off armed criminals. fragrance has seen a significant uptick in patrons

in osaka, businesses have taken a sharp turn towards maliciousness, with scams at an all time high. sasara and rosho advise not to go out at night alone, and rosho, as a teacher, further explains that adults have a duty to protect minors, especially as a person who has been affected by scams in the past. neither sasara nor rosho have heard from rei in a long while, stating dh is on hiatus because of it

in nagoya, petty crimes are up because there seems to be a restlessness amongst them without the mics giving the populace the power to stand out. hitoya himself watched a dude climb up nagoya castle literally for the memes. the court of law has been barren as of late so nobody is being tried for crimes but he believes justice will prevail in due time

kuukou and jyushi have taken up patrolling nagoya in order to persuade others into not doing crimes and all three of them still practice rap battling together

#this is vee speaking #like i highly doubt they’ll put most of this in the drama tracks #so here’s some worldbuilding for y’all when the tracks come out next week(!!!!!!!!!!!!) lol #i love to see how proactive some of these divisions are lol shoutout to bb mtc and bat lol #dice is very funny but i am very concerned he’s out here in this new world without anyway to contact his support group lol?????????????? #like not only it’s scary if something happened to him but what if something’s wrong with ramuda and/or gentaro??????????????? #and he’s literally too broke to know lol???????????????? #the dh section just like………. murdered me because it ends with rosasa wondering if rei’s just somewhere out there drinking without them #aka drinking by himself AND THEYRE………….. THEYRE AIKATAS GODDAMMIT A WHOLE SET DO NOT SEPARATE #i also think it’s neat both bb and bat are focused on trying to resolve with the power of words ::::) #ichiro’s the only one with rap on the entire album and bat’s the only section talking about their rap practices ::::) #lol and somewhat offhandedly hitoya is talking about justice prevailing in front of nagoya castle #and that’s actually nagoya castle’s catchphrase lol i wonder if that’s a very subtle sign for something lol

[remyfire]

Get in, pals, we're breaking generational trauma cycles and experiencing character growth

#we are putting new tools in our toolboxes and we are learning how to use them #we are practicing self-love and fighting the urge to demonize ourselves while also focusing our energy on becoming better people #we are uplifting those around us and asking for help when we need it #we are taking acetaminophen and drinking water because oh god the headache just came in the middle of writing these #anyway it's been a day but an impactful one and there are still miles to go before i sleep so let's get to it remy #my ramblings

[icewindandboringhorror]

sneepy cozy....

#cats #(medical stuff mention for tags) #poasting confortable image of boye for peace and serenity and such forthe #I have little weird episodes sometimes where I get shaky (but like violently like 'would spill a drink if you were holding it beacuse #your hands are moving so much' type shaky) and weird and sick feeling but usually it passes in an hour or less. but last night I just #literally couldnt sleep I was shaking so much and my heartrate was up a ton and wouldn't go down even after like 6 hours plus super nausea #so I went to the hospital and now shall wear a heart monitor for a week. which hopefully it's just some weird drastic low blood sugar #event or something and there's nothing actually going on. ekg + ct scan for blod clots + virus panel + almost all of the blood work seems #normal so... aa....... #Though me being so privacy focused hrggh... I basically have a constantly bluetooth connected device around me #since the monitor comes with a cell phone that is constantly transmitting data to the place. which they said they'll call you #if they see anything weird which is also scary. random phone calls... but definitely better than letting an issue go unadressed lol #the phone is also not meant to be more than 10 feet away from the monitor at any time so I put on this old tactical fishing #vest thing thats like navy green with 100 pockets and im just using one of the giant pocketson the side as a phone holder #my enormous silly vest just to keep one little phone #ANYWAY... because I got up early the morning before and didn't sleep at all and spent nearly all day in waiting rooms and such #I have been awake for like 32 hours striaght. which I'm sure also does not help with an elevated heartrate lol #feeling shrimp emotions or whatever people talk about unlocking at a certain level of stress and sleep deprivation #and also no food or water. after a while they brought me like 3 saltines and some ice water but I basically also haven't eaten since 3am #last night and it's 2pm now.. #thus............ bapy............. baby boye....... he will help ease all ailments with his baby powers... #And no I dont drink energy drinks or anything with caffiene really I'm afraid of all substances on the planet essentially #My body just likes to become shaky and weird randomly even when I'm not conciously anxious about anything/have had no caffiene/etc #and I guess I'm always more nervous about getting anything heart related checked out because of my arm/shoulder/chest area injury stuff #... i literally have constant chest pain all the time. it moves around but i nearly always have some sort of pain or pressure in my chest #so when people are like 'oh well a little weird heartrate is fine but watch out if you have pain!' it's like... i always do lol.. how am I #supposed to tell the Bad Pain apart from the Always Pain when the descriptions of Bad Pain are very very similar #AAAANYway.... hrghh... i wanted to be very productive and finally post drafts and wrok on things today. but alas.. #I can at least post small image of soft boye.. though he recently got into stuff in the bathroom whilst left #alone and knocked things into the toilet.. So perhaps not an innocent and NICE boy.. but still.. a soft one .. beautfile....

[a-gassy-antelope]

#i wanted to wait until i had for Lewis focused ones but i've been dying to share the mirror one #lewis nixon #Nix #band of brothers #ok set the scene its the middle of the night. Lewis is drunk and drowning in his own self hatred and doubts #He stumbles into the bathroom to drink from the faucet and in the dim light given my moonlight he glances into the mirror #his features are distorted and shadowed and it perfectly reflects how he feels on the inside. #gripping the porcelain of the sink he glowers into the Lewis that looks back at him #he's seem this Lewis many times in his lowest moments #“You again.” he grits out with a sneer #The Lewis in the mirror sneers back but not in hatred #in teasing and mocking him #If you see this in my post-war fic mind your business

[velvetjune]

incredible to think that Alan Wake 2’s existence itself implies that maybe it’ll be about Alan finally leaving the dark place, directly solving the cliffhanger of Alan Wake 1, but instead now Saga, Casey, Rose, Tim, Alice, and (still) Alan are in the Dark Place. Genius subversion of expectations

#technically Alan does/doesnt escape the dark place for a bit and then willingly returns #but I’m still counting it #still love how Alan wake 2 doesn’t have some simple concrete answer where Alan is just. okay enough to leave the dark place #like on the surface it seems like a ‘bad’ ending where no one escaped #but instead we get so much time with these characters and getting insight into them #that their journey and revelations are satisfying #and I’m confident in them now being able to break out of the ‘loop’ or leave the dark place etc. #alan wake 2 #anyways. at this point they can all hang out in the dark place together #tw for drinking again. once again after drinks I feel like that one drawing of someone in the corner of a party alone #thinking solely of how much I wanna talk about Alan wake 2 #might delete if I don’t think this makes sense later on #I’m being genuine with this post btw I love that this game focuses more on the emotions and development of the characters #than it being interested in some grand villain and solution to everything #maybe that’ll be next game but for now this was great to experience

[commsroom]

i think eiffel likes halloween. we know he likes thanksgiving, mostly because he's food motivated and loves a good dinner (as long as someone else is cooking), but it's also the final line of defense staving off the full onslaught of the christmas season. and halloween should prevent christmas from encroaching into october, even though it DOESN'T, and every year christmas decorations show up even earlier, and you KNOW he's furious about it.

anyway. i think he has fond memories of being a kid at halloween, even if mostly he just got himself in trouble. i think he was very, VERY excited to dress up and take anne trick or treating. probably before she was old enough to even appreciate it.

halloween is arguably the Most Pop Culture Holiday for a certain brand of geek and i think eiffel falls in that category. i don't think horror is his favorite genre, but there's a certain brand of schlocky 80s/90s cult classic he's definitely familiar with.

he's the type of person who can laugh off a horror movie while he's watching it, but the instant he's in the dark alone he becomes convinced that movie monsters are real and waiting in his kitchen. it happens every time and he never learns. not that it needs justification, but i think you can take lights out as proof of this.

like overall it's a holiday dedicated to eating junk food, watching movies, and generally misbehaving. i think he's a fan.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #he's my brave soldier in the war on christmas <3 #kissing him with tongue. etc #other eiffel holiday opinions: #i think he likes the fourth of july. sorry. he's aggressively american #eiffel believes in the traditional american cuisine of hot dogs and hamburgers grilled in the park #if you actually asked him to list his favorite holidays i think there's a decent chance he would include arbor day because. he's like that #valentine's day depends. other commercialized holidays are too focused on drinking so. not those. #christmas did him so wrong that he's not even excited for dinner ... that's how you know it's serious #i wish there was a halloween minisode. like i guess lights out is close. but still. i want one. #also re: eiffel and horror movies #he references event horizon once... hearts in my eyes

[lilowoof]

I finally started to play half life and I get why ppl love this game.

There's something really fun and endearing about wearing a silly lil suit and smacking aliens and shit with a crowbar. All the while having no fucking idea where you are going, but still managing to make progress.

I literally fell off a ladder in the first 20 mins of the game cause ZOOM speed and spent a good portion of the opening alien shithole fest with 10 HP until I realized you can suckle on the first aid mounts LMAO!

#you can drink soda from the vending machines to recover one point of health I love this game #I do wish there were subtitles tho. I have a hard time hearing what ppl say in the game LOL #Im not deaf I was just too focused on smacking cockroaches to listen so......

[dimdiamond]

Haddock watching over a kid or Ange:

Modern Family S4 EP18

Thank you nonnie <3 sorry for being so late but here:

Haddock is a natural confirmed.

#this is one of the most fun i had drawing something #thank you a lot! #of course i drew ange #the kid offered many first experiences to the whole family and especially the parents were unprepared for most of them #note: haddock uses she because well ange was born as a girl but the way they raised the kid wasn't focused on gender or anything #basically both let ange choose whatever they like and when they got older they decided on their pronouns #anyway yeah the important thing is that ange wasn't moved with the ship toy that haddock was so excited to play with #also yes haddock kept taking the pills after picaros but drinking from the bottle is a habit that it's hard to stop especially in distress #i talk so much in tags all the time ssdsdd thank you for reading so far #captain haddock #archibald haddock #ange #ange haddock #tintin oc #haddotin #my art

[septembersghost]

All I ever wanted was for life to be beautiful for you. And look at it. Look at what your life has been.

She was just beautiful beyond words...radiant...half queen, half little girl. She had an innocence to her that illuminated everything that she did, everything that she touched, every word that she said. She was like a miracle.

#alex drinking in that 7th one lol i was so focused on how pretty she is i didn't notice him #that's the only point of this set. how pretty she is. #i can't talk about the other real meaning of it or it will break my heart and i will start to cry #norma bates #bates motel #vera farmiga #i am still standing #darling #*

[loving-jack-kelly]

i'm on day three of anxiety medication and it makes me feel Wired I'm so awake and focused this is crazy. not in a bad way at all I just don't feel tired for like the first time in actual years.

#i was driving really late yesterday bc i went to the movies with friends who live. 2.5 hours away <3 #(happy birthday rae u are one of maybe 6 people i would do that for but i love and missed u) #but i took my pill at like 3pm and I was still so awake and focused until like 1am #i only had to drink half an energy drink to stay awake normally i have to down 2 if I'm driving past like. 11pm.

[elequinoa-world]

last night i fucked up so bad in bg3 lol

spoilers for act 2 under the line

so i was exploring the shar gauntlet, found some rats, read too quickly through their lines and understood that if i left them alone, they would guide me to some treasure. so naturally, everywhere i saw the rats, i followed!!! i was doing some exploring along the way, did the trials (i was so mad at myself because i picked up the game one after one week of vacation and forgot that we could HIDE and had to restart the HIDING trial so. many. times UGH i'm so dumb) anyways

i followed the rats. now you remember that while you're exploring the shar temple Raphael has tasked us with killing an old foe of his in exchange for intel abaout astarion's scars right???? that's what i wanted to do. find the foe. kill him. make my vampire boyfriend happy.

but i fucked up. i fucked up so bad x)

i followed the rats down to some bone pit, where they promptly attacked me without warning. i killed them all. then the guy the rats were made of (?) appeared, he was the last dark justicar of the temple. i killed him too, naturally. he had some good stuff on him, i was happy.

I carry on exploring the temple, with difficulty. i stumble upon a room with some friendly (?) dudes and one big guy who turns out to be raphael's foe that he asked us to kill!!!!! but i don't know that when i find him chilling in his throne room. so i talk to him. turns out the dude has been fucked by raphael (of course), his contract specified that he had to kill every. last. dark justicar. in the temple. but he couldn't, because that guy turned into rats and hid forever!! and by killing that guy, i fulfilled that dude's contract, free him basically.

raphael pops up, is mad at me. because he lost his contracted guy.

astarion is mad at me cause now raphael won't tell him about the scars.

everyone's mad.

i was livid. x)

anyways i reloaded a MUCH earlier save, did not kill the rats, managed to find the big dude ambush by myself this time, promptly killed him without mercy (poor guy he was just being played by raphael in the end) and then at camp raphael showed up and astarion got what he wanted. also i wanna kill cazador so bad (((((((((((((:

and then i went again and killed the rats lol

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #3615 ma life #i fucked up so many choices but this one lol #there was no way i would let it slide #did i tell that i killed nettie the druid?? #she wanted me to swear i'd drink the poison but there ain't no way in hell i'm doing that so no im not promosing #and she attacked me lol #there was no repercussion to that btw #kinda lame if you ask me #but i find it so cool how you can approach every situation in different ways #this is so great #my boyfriend and i play separately but we're roughly on the same paths #and everytime we look at each other screens we're like #wtf are you doing #lol #he doesn't pick astarion so at one point he was like wait he's a vampire? LIKE DUDE COME ON #it's so funny how im so much more focused on relationships and characters and rping when he's min maxing everything lol #i love this game so much it's our life now