#pd3 talks

[akajustmerry]

merry what is the princess diaries post that makes you not want to share ideas?

it's this one. a viral post I made about a pitch for a princess diaries 3 movie. i've seen it reposted in a lot of places, not long after that talks for pd3 were rumoured to be reignited, and a few years ago I got several mysterious emails from tumblr claiming it had a copyright violation. idk I could be just being paranoid, but I have anxiety over a) just sharing my ideas and having them stolen or used to take down my blog and b) that when/if we get a pd3 movie, it will have the bones of my idea in it somehow and I'll get no credit which I know is probably very vain of me to think but idk. i also just had a lot of bad experiences at school to do with ppl stealing my work and claiming it as their own so it's just a Thing for me in general I guess.

[cherrypepsiimax]

HEATHER’S SUPER COOL AWESOME INFO POST WOW!!!!!

HELLO TUMBLR USERS. I AM ONE OF YOU NOW. SORRY. I WILL NOW STOP YELLIng hi hello.

I figured I should make an info post of some kind as to:

1. prevent the need for making a carrd

2. idfk I just want to lmao

ABOUT ME:

My name’s Heather / Valerie / Cherry!

I’m a transfem, compsci student loser who’s just. unhealthy obsessed with the medium of games!! I like a lot of them really, check out how many at my backloggd!

Here is a list of the games that I am very normal about and will 100% talk about in a very normal and non-autistic way (I am lying).

- Ryu Ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza

- Call of Duty Zombies (Aether, Dark Aether, Chaos)

- Metal Gear Solid

- Kill The Past / SUDA51

- Silent Hill

- Cyberpunk 2077 / Edgerunners

- Remedy Games (Max Payne, Alan Wake, Control)

- Resident Evil

- Payday (maybe. we’ll see if PD3 ends up good)

- Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days (yes I’m serious)

I also play a helluva lot more games and this list is bound to expand or change at random intervals so. I’ll try and keep up with editing this :P BTW if you’re reading this and happen to share any of these interests, feel free to DM me!! I genuinely love talking about these games and hearing others talk about them!!!

DNI!!

- standard DNI stuff, just don’t be weird

- trying to be weird about my friends

- DSMP fans

- nishikiryu/saemaji shippers

- yakuza 3 haters (/j, but cmon, try it out again)

- cold war zombies hater (I’ll get you)

- mint choc chip hater (what’s wrong with you?)

And thus concludes the HSCAIPW (Heathers Super Cool Awesome Info Post Wow). Any questions? Good, send them my way and I’ll answer them. No questions, then shut up and follow me lmao. BYE!!

#new pinned post #new to tumblr #introduction post #I have no clue how this works and I’m so very sorry

[abyssal-endling]

you redid ur blog! looks nice!!! any reason whyyy?

Hi, thank you.

I redid it cause if I'm being honest, I just... really don't feel welcome or comfortable in the pd community. I got multiple nasty comments on a fic I wrote about a comfort character and then constantly seeing people talk in various ways everywhere I went about disliking said character took my RSD from "people really hate this character" to "I'm a bad person for liking this character." At first I could laugh at jokes, but it stopped being funny a long time ago when it kept happening and people were so genuinely bothered that I would even dare write about this character that they had to tell me about how much they hated it. I've decided I'm not going to be part of the online fandom anymore because it was making me feel so depressed. I'm not against talking privately about it, but I doubt I will be posting it much anymore beyond reblogging mutual's art. I knew it was time to leave because I started dreading when pd3 will come out and feeling sick to my stomach over it. (Side note: I changed my tags for this to be uniform. I'm not going to delete the posts for the most part, but they are now all categorized under their character name.)

Speaking of said fics, I will be taking them down eventually. I don't know if I will reupload.

In general, I also don't see myself using tumblr anymore. I don't enjoy being on here and I'm regularly getting anxious because I don't feel like I can post about anything comfortably.

I'll still be writing, however. Just for other fandoms, and most likely my OCs.

TDLR is tumblr and pd have destroyed my mental health that was already fragile, and I'd rather focus on the OCs I like making content about and fandoms that I feel comfortable and happy in.

Apologies for the long response, as well. I appreciate the ask.

#answered asks #ramblings #going offline again im still very very depressed #i started having a panic attack that people will be mad at me so i dont even have the app on my phone #i'll check back next week when I can maybe handle this and im at school

[hoxooster]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the very great answer i will cherish it forever (and probably be back next week with another idea/question/whatever that has basically nothing to do with this one)

Now this probably doesn't have much to do with wolfie but more with me trying to approach plot holes

Because I've been, let's say, mentally sketching, on what could be wolf's daughter. What I can't really wrap my head around, though, is how she would be able to actually find him. Yeah, the payday gang is basically known all over the world and all that, but how would she _find_ him??? Find as in able to actually confront the guy? i will basically throw all the ideas i currently have at you, please wear your seatbelt

Seriously help me because I honestly don't know how she would find him, let alone meet him, which literally is the main fucking plot point :(

Worlds biggest sidenote and one of my main concerns: Did wolf commit crimes and shit in sweden too? What did he do? (No, illegal parking doesn't count because it is fucking impossible to park correctly in stockholm)

OOOOOOOORRRRR this stuff i'm writing could take place in pd3??? Or like what the game currently is in? (Downtime between the games) So the gang is back together in new york and all that but not yet heisting? Ok i just realized how heavily dependent my idea is on Bain so that went down the drain. (nice rhyme) (how would she even know they are in new york) (this idea is swiss cheese due to plot holes)

Maybe he goes to Kiruna after the secret ending? To the cabin. It's far from Stockholm, so accidentally running into his family at the grocery store wouldn't happen. UNLESS his wife went to court after he left the country, got protected identity, and now lives untraceable somewhere in sweden with the kids? And some shit like this goes down with wolfie?? Okay at this point i feel kinda bad for you for having to try and keep up with my train of thought.

tl;dr - i have questions for you.

How could wolf's daughter possibly find him so she could confront him? Going to random banks and hope the payday gang decides to rob them while she's there seems a bit.. inefficient.

Did Wolf commit crimes in Sweden as well? If so, what do you think?

Do you think he would go back to Kiruna after the secret ending?

Bonus: do you think his wife ever gets courage to find someone new after the shitshow with wolf?

Don't feel pressured to answer it all if you don't feel like it. Take care, I appreciate you a lot <3

Alrighty then, let's get into it.

Like I said before, it depends on what set up you have for their past.

If she doesn't know, then why would she know about him heisting now? Even if they saw reports on the TV that showed his picture--which I doubt, because the only heisters that get talked about on the news in other countries are ones who also commit crimes in their countries, as far as I am aware--it's been years since they've seen him. We don't know what Wolf looked like before he started heisting. I mean, we can just use older pictures of Ulf as a base if we really want to, and it's probably the best and only option that we've really got, when you think about it. This was Ulf when he was 21ish:

Baby-man. Anyway, if he looked like this before he left them, then why would they recognize him from his police sketches now?

If she does know, then why in the hell would she even want to confront him? Say that she knows about what he did before he left and has heard about him on the news. Why in the ever-living FUCK would she want to confront a known cop and hostage-killer?

Here, as an example, I'll give you a lil' backstory on my parents. My father is a narcissist and a psychopath--I've mentioned this on here a few times--and he gets violent and abusive VERY QUICKLY when he has to deal with anything he 'doesn't like'. When my mom told him that she wanted a divorce, he got a hammer, went into the backyard, and brutally murdered one of their dogs so they 'wouldn't have something else to fight over in court.' My mom still remembers the groans that dog made as she tried to quickly get me and book it out of there before he could hurt us too.

Now, like I said in my previous answer:

So, after seeing him lose his shit more than a few times when she was a kid, having him disappear from her life, then show up in police sketches on the news where he's referred to as a robber and murderer... Yeah, I don't think that she'd want to be around him. She'd probably start running as soon as she saw his face, to be honest.

So, in my opinion for your story, you should go with that she doesn't know about his old and new heisting life. It just makes it so much more believable that she would actually want to meet up with him and ask "What gives? Why did you leave?"

As for how they would meet, you have a bunch of options. Wolf used to be a programmer as his day-job in his old life and he's very intelligent. Sometimes, kids will follow in their parents' footsteps for careers they want to go into. Failing that, Wolf's kids're most likely wicked smart too. So, you can always go for an exchange student or 'goes to college in America' type of deal, if you want them to meet up accidentally. It can even be during a heist, if you want extra ✨drama✨ for the whole thing. Or, like you said, they can meet-up accidentally (or maybe even intentionally) in Sweden during one of his visits.

If you want them to meet intentionally, then I would recommend that you look up videos and articles and whatnot people have posted about their own experiences with tracking down a family member. Use those to get your inspiration for what you want to do with them, 'cause I'm not a good source for this. The only reason why I met up with my father again while I was in my early teens was due to a lie his then-wife sent my ma in an email. She said that 'he wanted to reconnect with me', when it turned out that she was forcing the meet-up to try and drag me to a wedding for a step-brother that I hate and am afraid of for some reason. So...

As for committing crimes in Sweden, I already half-answered that question last time.

Considering how he was alone at the time, he probably started out by robbing small stores and businesses. Maybe even smaller banks. You can actually find videos of former bank robbers who worked alone and hear about the methods they used. I personally like this video the most, as he looks at and breaks down film-based robberies from his own perspective. After that, since his company went under due to another company, he might have tried robbing them. Maybe this score was even what put Wolf on Bain's radar. Who knows?

Wolf visits his cabin in Kiruna at least once a year.

This is mostly in reference to the fact that the real-life Ulf Andersson left OVERKILL and made his own studio and game, but the first sentence is still relevant. So, he probably went there and set up shop, yeah.

Bonus round for the ex-wife: It's possible. I don't see why she would avoid relationships, unless she personally wanted to. 'Cause their divorce wasn't based on a 'he's a man and I believe that all men are pigs now because of what happened' issue, it happened due to a 'he had a mental breakdown and he isn't safe anymore' issue. My ma had plenty of boyfriends when I was growing up--not that I met many of them, because my ma wanted to keep me and our homes/apartments safe. She also remarried in 2009 to my step-dad, so Wolf's ex-wife could either be alone, in a relationship, or married to someone else. It has been ~7-8 years, after all. Shit happens.

#ask hoxooster a question #Wolf #PAYDAY 2 #PD2 #fan project #fan experience #long post warning #tw trauma #tw abuse #tw animal harm #tw animal death #personal stories #my shitty edits #Apologies for the even LONGER wait on this one. #I've been even busier over these past almost two weeks. #And as you can see from my answer I had a lot to say. #Good luck on your fic! #Lemme know if you need any other insight or information. My askbox is always open.

[ihavesomeflowers]

27/01/2023

Alright, so this is being written at 4 AM of the 28th. The power went out in my house for a good while of the night so i'm writing this now. On the topic of writing and missing days, the 28th and maybe 29th i won't be able to update this as i'm sleeping over at my girlfriend's. I'll try to update how that goes here so hopefully i don't miss anything.

Well, today i woke up very late which is why i'm here writing at four in the morning. I didn't do much honestly. I washed the dishes while listening to the host of the usual podcast talk about Jose Ortega and honestly, his takes on what he calls ''the mediocre man'' and what it's caused by is so interesting to me, definitely someone to check out later.

I also didn't shower but i did some hygene stuff which was enough for today. I had a normal lunch but what i really enjoyed was dinner. I cooked some rice and i paired it with some meat and potaoes my dad made and it was delicious. Will replicate in the future for sure.

While the power was out, i read a bit of this book i'm currently invested in. It's one of Murakami's works titled, ''Killing Commandatore'', it's the third book i've read of this author and i'm really interested in what this novel will bring for me. It is a long book so it'll most likely take me a bit to finish but that's totally fine. As long as i have a book with me at all times that i know i can fall on if i ever need it, i'm more than happy.

I also finally learnt to play solitaire, i've never understood that game until today. It was fairly entertaining and now i get why it's popular among card players, now i'll have one more back up plan in case i'm ever bored, neat! After i was done with that, in other words my phone died, i decided to write a letter to Eme! i was done within an hour and the process was so gratifying. Just sitting down and expressing my feeling of love and gratefulness through some writing aimed at her is so wonderful. I can't wait to see their reaction, i bet she'll be super surprised, it's been a while since i've given her a letter and it wa also something they don't know about since she's currently sleeping. I really am lookng forward to giving it to them.

That's pretty much all i did tonight since the power came back as i was finishing the letter so now i'm writing this while listening to some tunes. I just finished listening to ''Patchwork Staccato'' and everytime i listen to it the more i want to finish learning the choreography. Hopefully one day soon i can finally finish it, it's so pretty!!

With that, i think i'm done with ''today''. Not the most eventful of days but with some redeeming qualities for sure. Well, i'll see what i do with my now ruine sleeping schedule and try to not lose my sanity. Adiou.

PD1: i know, fancy word ''adiou''. I just like it.

PD2: i had three candles today and they weren't enough for 4 hours, i feel like that's a scam.

PD3: no hay

[teamhawkeye]

🍊🏀🍏 for Anna and Reese!

thank you!

🏀 Does your OC have any skills that people wouldn’t expect them to have? Do they have a hobby or pass time that others would consider strange or weird? How did they learn this particular skill or pick up this hobby?

Anna: She’s countryside Montana born and bred, so she’s fairly decent at horseback riding and using a lasso - having spent a lot of her later childhood and early adult years in the cities, it often comes as a surprise that she still holds onto those skills even after so long without doing either. Conversely, she also picked up some street skills that her hometown neighbors and friends might be surprised by, such as lockpicking and being such a scrappy little fighter.

Reese: She’s fairly decent at maintaining technology and machinery - she had a steep learning curve after losing her arm and attaining her bionic replacement to be able to repair and manage it all on her own out in the field and after leaving the group who gave it to her. And while it’s not so much a skill so much as her level of knowledge, Reese is incredibly well educated and well versed in old world history, facts, science, etc. for someone who’s spent more of their life in a post-Collapse world. She’s incredibly well read and takes time to continually seek out old books, magazines, tapes, etc. to keep learning new skills and knowledge.

🍏 When your OC says “I had a bad day” what does that tend to mean? Is it really as bad as they’re saying or are they being a bit dramatic?

Anna: Usually if she says she has a bad day, she means it. Something went wrong, people were upset or hurt - there’s not many times she over exaggerates a situation

Reese: Sometimes, because there’s almost always a flair of dramatics when it comes to Reese. Often times it’s just others being unreasonable or frustrating (in her eyes at least, because sometimes its in fact HER being that person and she refuses to acknowledge it)...but having spent much of her life as a fighter in a paramilitary group, if she looks roughed up or tired and is saying she’s had a bad day, it’s probably no exaggeration.

🍊 Does your OC have any triggers? Why do these things trigger them? What are they like when triggered and how do they calm down after?

Anna: Not really. There are plenty of things that upset and remind her of the unpleasant aspects of her past but she doesn’t really have any real reaction other than getting mad or sad about it.

Reese: There are times after being in the thick of a serious firefight that take her back to the day she lost her arm and partner/friend. She’s never had too many serious panic attacks from it in the years after it happened, but there are times she’s breathing too fast, her ears are ringing too much, and she feels like she’s no longer present in whatever space/place she’s in - she’s feeling unsafe, trapped, and distressed, and often gets phantom pain from that missing arm. She’ll try and find a place to be alone and rein in her thoughts and focus on her breathing and try and come back down

#Deputy Anna Bishop #Captain Reese Jaeger #just putting that last one under Read More just in case it might be sensitive since it is combat zone talk #pd3

[ballet-symphonie]

Please please pleaseee pretty please do a Swan Lake dissertation like you did for Raymonda. Imo is the best ballet of all time and I really would love to read a professional rating the variations <3. Also, who are your favorite ballerinas in this role of O/O?

Hello there! Yes I’ll do a swan lake analysis sometime soon, but I think I’ll do it in smaller chunks. Like maybe I’ll talk about the pd3 in one post, the white swan variation in another, and a compare and contrast of different black swan variations? Of course that’ll take me a while but I’ll get to it eventually.

Hmm favorite swans? I have so many favorites, there’s so many gifted artists dancing this role that the list can’t be short. I’m obviously a bit admirer of the iconic interpreters like Zakharova, Lopatkina, Makarova, Makhalina, Semenyaka, Gregory, Plitsetskaya, Semionova, Nunez. But as for some more uncommon and recent names: Yuhui Choe (ROH), Nicolette Manni (La Scala), Eleonora Abbagnato (POB), Alicia Amatriain, (Stuttgart), Dayesi Torriente (PA ballet), Yuan Yuan Tan (SFB) and Sara Mearns (NYCB). All in no particular order of course!

#swan lake #not gonna tag all those names lol #ballet #ballet ask #ballerina

[artcupcakes]

every time someone talk about pd3 i am immediately reminded of the fact that when i saw the teaser image or w/e my immediate thought was just "those are some NICE coats"

SAME HONESTLY!

Especially Hoxton's coat.

Can't wait for the new clothing heists because the crew wants new threads

#Hoxton is not above stealing clothing #He took a whole suit once according to an outfit description #But also PD3 feels me with dread cause idk what they're going to be doing to my boys #Payday 3 #Payday shitposting #Payday 3 shitposting #well those are some new tags #shitposting #Payday #Anon #textpost #ACresponds

[thewakingcloak]

Spacefarer Newsletter: July 2020

Another month, another letter delivered right into your very phalanges!

Looking back over my development notes from this July has been pretty encouraging. It’s easy to feel like you’re not getting anywhere, so this is one reason I love keeping logs. This July, I got pretty close to grinding to a halt because I took on too much stuff, and it almost seemed like that’s how the whole month had gone. But no!

So picking up where I left off in June: tile collisions. Tile collision is a much nicer approach to creating walls for the player. It increases game performance and is much less time consuming and irritating to place than collider objects. And these tile collisions work! But they had a weird jitter when colliding that is no bueno. After loads of debugging and conversations with PixelatedPope, we discovered that the collision method was not precise enough to work with tile collision. So I put that change on the backburner.

And then I tackled jumping.

In last month’s newsletter, I talked about how this was all pretty easy to get working. And it was. But there’s another dimension (ha ha) to all this, and it’s the most complicated one: adding a z axis.

Now, many of you are probably familiar with x and y axes. In a 2D game, x is the “width” of the game world, east/west, and y is the “height” of the game world, north/south. The z axis is the “depth” of the game world, up/down. This is actually way easier to represent in 3D games, because 3D requires all three dimensions to be... y’know, 3D.

Displaying this z-index in a 2D game is pretty tricky. It’s not like you can just move stuff closer to the camera. That would just look like you’re increasing the size of things. Instead, you use the y-axis to represent the z-axis too. And while that’s a little tricky, it’s not the hardest part. The hardest part is doing this:

Essentially to get the depth all working properly (player can walk behind something but then jump on and walk in front of that thing), I had to use an object (you can't change tile depth). But since I don't want to make a bespoke object for every single raised platform, this object is a bit more clever. It creates its own sprite by drawing all the tilemaps under it onto a surface and then pulling the sprite from that surface (a surface is basically just a thing you can make GameMaker draw to).

And then you have to get the depth and z and so on set up correctly and blah blah technical stuff. If you’re making a game in GameMaker and you want to get jumping working with the z-axis, go check out this 5-minute video by Matharoo.

Alright, alright, so that’s a big deal, but that’s all the major stuff I should improve on for this episode, right? Don’t want to bite off more than we can chew. And that is where you would be wrong! :D

See, with jumping, we have a problem: the exterior and interiors are drawn at different perspectives. Outside is drawn from the front looking down (you see the fronts of walls), while interiors are like looking down into a box (you see all four walls). This would mean I would have to have two different ways for jumping to work based on whether you’re outside or inside. That’s confusing for everyone.

Currently (well not currently anymore), the interiors follow the classic Zelda perspective. It’s like you’re looking down into a box of a room and can see all four walls. This is so that you can easily see doors on walls, bomb those walls, etc. However, in order for you to see Link and all the enemies and stuff in the rooms and not just have it be the tops of their heads, these are drawn to another perspective, almost like they’re all “laying down” on the ground.

This decision was made for a good reason (you can see doors on all walls), but it’s also super weird if you think about it. It also gets complicated when you have multiple “layers” in a room because then you have to do stuff like this:

And this is confusing. I had players who were confused. They didn’t really know what layer they were on, whether they were going up or down, etc.

The solution is this: make everything use the same perspective. This unifies the exterior and interior; cuts down on weird walls; reads more clearly for the player; allows for a single, intuitive jumping system; and, I think, is just way nicer to look at.

Before:

After:

Okay, so yeah, I also have to redraw a buuuunch of tiles. Whee. But it’s for a good cause.

While I was at it, I updated my palette some more. I learned about “hue shifting” in color ranges, and there are a few colors that I’ve felt dissatisfied with for a while anyway. I removed one of the grays, opting instead for a similar light blue that was already part of the palette, then did a similar thing for a dark green. Then I changed some browns to make them a little less heavy and bland.

Drew a new version of the ocean tiles that I’m finally happy with! And I drew all kinds of tiles for a seafarin’ ship which was fun. I drew some waterfall tiles too, and new cliffs (8px and 16px variants). Lots of art to get done, and I’m pleased with how it’s going.

As a bit of a break, I did some long overdue optimization. Tall grass was apparently accounting for 11% of each step’s processing power, which is kind of insane. Turns out every single grass object was checking collisions with every single collider and actor object. All I need is to check for tall grass so I can display the “rustling” sprite. So I flipped it around so the actor object was doing the checking, and voila, we gain like 100 FPS. I then went through and set a few different objects to deactivate when they’re not in the current area, as well as triggering the deactivate script when the room is loaded, and suddenly another +100 FPS. Hopefully this will make things run faster for some of you folks on old potato machines.

Near the end of the month, Pixelated Pope got back with me with some fixes for the jittery tile collision. After a few tests, I implemented it in my PD3 project. It took a few attempts (the GMS2 beta was being a bit unstable), but eventually it was working! Shout out to Pixelated Pope for his hard work on this system.

And finally, I started to put it all together. This ended up exposing a lot of issues with my system, some of which I still have to resolve. Namely, 1) walking off an edge is too lenient, but if I make it stricter, the player gets stuck the cliff, and 2) my system to draw tiles on my z object does not properly handle tile animation. Oh, and building these cliff objects is painstaking.

BUT.

YEAH THIS DOES WORK. It’s pretty fun clambering around!

That’s it for this month! Onward to August!

#devlog #devblog #gamedev #indiedev #newsletter #ProtoDungeon #The Waking Cloak

[farcry5ocs]

Full name: Marcus Harrington Age: 33 (At time of arrest) Gender: Male Sexuality: Heterosexual Relationship: Sarah Harrington Occupation: Eden’s Gate Chosen  Game: Far Cry 5/Far Cry New Dawn

A short description about your OC: 

Born in Helena, Montana in Sept. 1985, Marcus came from a farming family who relocated to Hope County not long after he was born. He lost his Mother when he was 6 years old and being an only child, was raised primarily by his Father and the hands who helped on the farm. Marcus married his high school sweetheart, Sarah, in 2008. In 2010, his father passed away leaving the farm to him in the will. They tried to make things work but a few seasons of bad crops had the farm struggling financially. When John Seed appears at his door with an offer, Marcus jumped at the chance to accept and he sells the farm to the Seed family in 2015.

Feeling an overwhelming loss of purpose, Marcus learns more about Eden’s Gate and begins to attend sermons. The sense of belonging and family draws his wife in and Marcus feels compelled to follow. The pair are baptized, although Marcus is constantly questioning his choice to join. 

After years of loyal service to Eden’s Gate, Marcus is named by Joseph as one of The Chosen.

After the attempted arrest in 2018, Marcus plays a key role in protecting the cult against the resistance, but during the Baron Lumber mill fire he finds himself trapped and injured when a support beam falls on him. He’s saved from the fire by the Deputy. 

When Eden’s Gate and Hope County begin talks to bring peace, Marcus and Deputy Rey Jackson become good friends. 

 He survives the collapse with his family by escaping to John’s Gate. When the bunker eventually opens, Marcus plays a key role in establishing crops and agriculture again in New Hope County. Something he thinks his father would have been proud of.

 A mention to you/your blog or a link to your OC’s tag: Marcus can be found over at PD3. His story CHOSEN can be found here

#OCs #male #straight #30s #OC x OC #fc5 #fcnd #non deputy oc #Non Captain OC #submission

[strafethesesinners]

Tagged by @gamer-purgatory thank you so much, this one is so cool!

Cooper McCoy as Lesser Deities from Greek Mythology

bold what applies - italicize sometimes - strike out never. tag some friends to play along! && repost don’t reblog!

EROS: • scornful jealousy • pink • presents a certain decorum • heavy air in a nightclub • has a tattoo they regret • sex & love therapist for their friends • juvenescent • uses enchantments • aloof • wears rose-coloured glasses • velvet, latex, & lingerie • milk baths with champagne bubbles • impetuous in love • intense eye contact is a sport • kinky • soft lips • wears stacked rings • sets fashion trends • graceful movements • marble floors • heavy perfume or cologne • deeply emotional • born glamorous •

HECATE: • prefers canine companions • wears symbolic jewelry • can see spirits • melting wax • uses hexes • feels most comfortable at night • smell of cinnamon • moonlight • red wine • understands poisons & herbs • collects bones or feathers(just feathers for his hatband) • partakes in rituals • black • fog at night • is aware of their shadow self • embraces the unknown • enjoys collecting secrets • approves of necromancy • meditates • has prophetic dreams • lace • knowing too many secrets • fishnet stockings  •

PAN: • enjoys poetry & prose • wool • smell of decaying leaves in autumn • prefers to be barefoot  • tends to overindulge  • easily excitable • thriving in social circles • loves being around campfire  • antlers • dirt paths • the sound of wind chimes • penchant for sticky fingers • pine trees • stamina for days • falls in lust • vagabond • physically stronger than given credit for • foxglove • welcomes luxury • non-confrontational • charming words • talking to animals • nature for jewelry •

NEMESIS • angry • protective of their values • balance & harmony • looks like an angel but isn’t • more perceptive than people realize • snow capped mountains • grey • wears leather • silver jewelry • likes snakes • can’t stand ignorance • believes in retribution • analytical of own emotions • well read • marble columns • has very rigid morals • bruised knuckles • humorous under the sarcasm • clean workspace • everything in moderation • cold morning air • resting glare face • fluent in curse words  •

HYPNOS: • very calm demeanor • easily overwhelmed • relaxing is their vice • transactional friendships • has a soft voice • head in the clouds • carries drugs with them • has a sibling they’re close with • drawn to winged animals • lavender • has plush furniture/blankets  • starry eyed • horrible money management  • gives amazing hugs • dreaming big as a full time job • wears comfy or loose clothes • existential questions • not good at memory based skills • fairy lights • can’t sleep somewhere unfamiliar • crystalline chandeliers • dislikes bright sun • fluttering eyelashes  •

IRIS: • life’s a technicolor spectrum • has a lot to say • beaming smiles • always has candy with them • flirting by accident • walking to the beat of their own drum • gossamer curtains • has a surprising amount of connections • blushes very easily • confident laughter • uses a staff • fresh fruit slices • decorated handwritten letters • a social chameleon • blood made of honey • treating people with kindness • sentimental heart  • vases full of wildflowers • feels fulfilled when helping others • has a healing aura • always traveling • stained glass windows • just trying to be a good person  • Looks like Cooper is mostly Pan but with strong Hypnos and Iris vibes.  I’m tagging a bunch of people because I think this one is cool! (Let me know if you’d rather not be tagged or would like to be tagged in future.)

@risenlucifer @goodboiboomer-fc5 @unleashed111 @amistrio @archetypesinthefog @madsismad @pd3 @envyfelled @sleepfight @dep-yo-tee @tomexraider @fluttyseed @glitcheddead @deathvalleyqueen @hopecountyink @sharky-broshaw @ja-crispea (welcome back!!!) @jacobs-pup @deputycolt @deputy-alex-falls @deputyrhiannonhale @indigorox @xbaebsae @nightwingshero @chyrstis

#OC: Cooper McCoy #OC game #oc tag game #long post #wall of text sorry #couldn't pick a photo I liked #I need to make like some Cooper edits and headers #and you know actually draw him lol #greek mythology #this is neat I wonder if there's one with the main pantheon too #or Norse gods! see if Cooper matches up with Thor loll

[hoxooster]

Payday Q&A thing! M, T, X.

M is for MASKS: favourite mask/s?

I've got a few. I gotta give some love to two masks that I made:

Full Metal Doge and 80's Cowboy. The former is actually the first mask, material, pattern, and colors that I got when I downloaded PD2 on my da's computer. I'm known by this mask, and even though I haven't worn it in a long while (I've got a personal, 'wear as many of the masks as you can' challenge that I've been working on), I still love it dearly. As for 80's Cowboy, I just really liked how it came out when I first made it--it's probably one of my best masks, design-wise.

As for untampered with masks, I love these ones:

And, for a lil' bit of fun, these are my favorite PD:TH masks:

T is for TASER: most surprising moment/thing that happened in-game?

Hm. Well, I can think of a couple things. For PD:TH, a lot of 'em are just things dealing with my buddy, Wolfee. Like, him finally agreeing to accept my friend request (after much begging on my part), that time he found out that you can get stuck inside the police transport trucks on Green Bridge (and he stayed in there so I would get stuck and would have to fight my way out, the cheeky fucker)...

... how I earned my Steam username by impressing him (Diamond, 145, me and him with bots. Went loud 'cause the code didn't work. Him and the bots went into custody. I had to survive an assault wave, then dom 3 cops to get them back. He complimented me, and thus my Steam username was created and cemented.), and a bunch of other shit that I could spend hours talking about.

For PD2, there was the time that the GO Bank vault was just open--didn't know that that was a possibility until it happened to me...

... the time Wolfee showed that he cared about me enough to threaten one of our friends with bodily harm if I was downed...

... the multiple times I messed with Emma with the artifacts on Shadow Raid (she mains Chains and had never gotten his mask in a drop, then I got one after torturing her XD)...

... and some other things here 'n there that I love to talk about as part of my 'Old Man Stories' while in-call with people. I've made a lot of fond memories in this game, and I look forward to making a lot more, ya know?

Honestly, the most surprising thing is that you made Breakin' Feds a comfort heist for me, Red. Jeezum Crow, I hate it here.

X is for XENODIAGNOSIS: would you want Bain's disease to be curable and why/not?

No, because his death needed to happen. Simon Viklund wanted to leave OVERKILL, so he left to pursue other things and hangout with his best friend, and I'm happy for him.

As a Payday fan, this is devastating. Simon defined what Payday is--and I'm not joking. His portrayal of Bain guides players from a place of camaraderie and respect that no other contractor has ever even touched, and probably never will. His Cloaker dialogue is filled with memes and jokes at the expense of the fanbase, but, ya know, sometimes we all need to be taken down a few pegs whenever we get too cocky in-game. And his music? Jesus, his music gives both Paydays a feel that cannot be replicated--we've seen the examples that have been put forward by others, and they just don't compare. Now, I'm not sayin' that those songs ain't great, but they obviously just don't feel the same. Simon was the Heart and Soul of Payday, and his loss is felt deeply by those that know and hear the difference. It actually makes me very worried about PD3, 'cause it's just not gonna feel right without him there. But, it is what it is.

As a Payday player, I'm glad that it was handled in-game, so people wouldn't be left questioning just what in the hell happened to Bain. I hate that shit when that happens in TV shows--like, when characters disappear or get replaced by different actors without an explanation. Anyway, the decisions made on how to go about it were... strange, to put it lightly, but at least something was done. And, even though I hate bodyswapping narratives, I'm not peeved by Bain's ending. It was an alright send off, for what they could do on short notice in a sinking ship. Closure's a luxury that not all games have, and I'm glad that we got it with Payday's most important character.

And, as a decent person, I'm glad that they just killed off Bain in general. I dunno everything that went on behind the scenes at OVERKILL while Bo was imploding everything, but I can make some educated guesses. It wasn't good. For anyone. There's a lot of hurt there that's difficult to come back from, and, honestly, it's probably best if the OVERKILL team and Simon (and especially Ulf) don't work with each other again. Plus, it's probably just easier, logistically.

So, as much as I will miss Simon defining Payday, and Bain in his entirety, I'm glad that his disease wasn't presented in-game as curable and that his character was given a proper send off. He's more than earned his retirement and I hope that he enjoys laying mad pipe in the Oval Office.

#ask hoxooster a question #PAYDAY 2 #PD2 #PAYDAY 3 #PD3 #Bain #Player Experience #fan experience #screenshot #masks #long post warning

[ihavesomeflowers]

24/01/2023

Today i was listening to a podcast while doing the dishes, the podcast being ''Philosophize this'', and i really liked the episode i chose today. I'm not the type to listen to podcasts linearly, i choose the episode based on the title and enjoy. This is a formula that works for me and i really liked the topic of this particular day, obviously, i'm not gonna go and explain philosophy, i'm not built for that but i'll leave the topics and stuff here to remember it later.

I feel very good about doing the dishes today, even if it's not a lot. I'm in that state where getting up and being productive is pretty hard which sucks because i really feel my best when i feel good about my day and what i've acomplished during it, again, even the smallest things. Of course, getting up, doing some dishes i had to do and listening to a podcast i enjoy, learning about a topic that interests me, that's good. It really helps on days like these.

I also fixed my keyboard, so that's neat. i thought i'd have to buy a new one but nope, turns out just doing a bit of cleaning solved the problem. See, the space bar wasn't working, quite a problem it was. So, i just unplugged it and cleaned around the keys a bit and seems to have done it so i'm pretty happy. Not too bad for my non-technological self.

I talked with my girlfriend a lot today, we entertained the idea of the occasion where the rest of the world was gone except for us and it was so fun. We had very different ideas of what do do, i wanted to live away from the city in a little cottage kind of area and she wanted to live in an abandoned city, for practicality. We concluded to live pretty close to each other and have a million sleepovers. To be honest, i'd drop the cottagecore fantasy any day for her, i actually think i wouldn't wanna let go if i had the choice. Hope she doesn't mind when i drop by her flat permanently when the apocalypse happens.

I'm planning on taking a shower later, something that sometimes slips by me, sadly. So i'm really happy about remebering and wanting to shower today. I'm pretty proud of myself for that.

I was also watching some of Grian's videos and that was pretty funny, i really enjoy his channel. I already caught up on his HC videos so i was rewatching some of his 100 hour on hardcore series and it's as good as i remebered. I specially love his dynamic with his friends, it's wholesome and chaotic in the best way possible, it was actually a big factor of why i have been in a pretty good mood today. What an awesome little pesky bird.

And now, i'm on a call with my lovely partner while writing this and listening to some music. She still doesn't know i've started a blog, i reckon i'll tell them at some point, just not yet. I've just started it after all so if i keep it up, she'll know. I also think i'll do some german in duolingo later, i find it fun. For context, i've been starting the course like, a week ago or two ago and i haven't been doing the best job at keeping it up so i wanna catch up a bit. Eme, my girlfriend, has been on fire since she started her own account on it so i'm glad she's having fun learning it. Now that's my motivation to keep learning it, to have a conversation in german, it'll be super fun with the both of us being big lenguage nerds.

Anyhow, i think that's all for today. Let's hope i keep this up tomorrow and the day after that, this has been fun. Now i see why Gilbert liked this blog thing so much. Well, until next time.

PD1: I like the words ''Respite'' and ''Resolve''.

PD2: The person the podcast was talking about is ''Albert Camus''. More specifically, his book titled ''The fall''.

PD3: no hay.

[chyrstis]

Self-Indulgent Sunday

Tagged by @pd3 @nightwingshero @redroci @shellibisshe and @scarlettkat86! You’re all too kind to do so, and I think this is a fine tradition to start. :D

Tagging: @sharky-broshaw @amistrio @tommymillers @softmillers @ma-sulevin @geronimo-11 @finefeatheredgamer @teamhawkeye @guileandgall @painterofhorizons @writerofblocks @sneaky-apostate @marymay-fairgrave @ofravensandgenesis @risenlucifer @tomexraider @faithchel @hawkfurze @raisinghellinotherworlds @fromathelastoveritaserum  and anyone else that’s interested, especially since I’m squeezing this in super late to begin with!

Post a passage, a piece of art, an edit, a gif, anything you’ve made within the last week that you’re proud of and feel like sharing!

Work’s been lingering in the back of my mind over the past week, so I’ve been more than a little scattered in terms of figuring out which WIPs I want to focus on, but a few did manage to win out here. :D

First off, more of the discussion way down the line between Hana and John post-game (as part of the Sharky/Hana/John series) involving books, b/c I might be enjoying it more than a little, and managed to get some more work in on it recently.

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“John,” she gasped, holding a hand to her chest, “you wound me. Here I was thinking you were a man of taste. Of substance, even.”

The offended look he shot her almost made her lose it. “Taste? You’re talking about an adaptation.”

“I am.”

“Which means liberties were taken.”

“Uh huh,” she said, spinning around to keep walking with him, but with her back to the rest of the hall. “It happens.”

“And I suspect for this one, quite a few liberties were taken.”

John wasn’t much taller than her, but to stay ahead of him, she had to pick up the pace a bit. Keep her steps going to keep from crashing right into him, and the distance between them was dwindling fast.

“Hey, it’s fun! Not the least of which because of the music in it, and I’d have half a mind to make you watch it with me if we actually had it. Just have you sit down and power through it, because it could surprise you.”

“That still isn’t a guarantee that it’ll be a good one.”

“Snob,” Hana shot, and noticed he’d sped up too. They were almost toe to toe now, and she prayed there wasn’t a wall waiting for her, or worse, someone coming from the opposite direction. She’d barrel into them without a thought. “Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it.”

He hadn’t lost any of his skeptical edge, but the amusement there was hard to miss. And it only grew when he made a gesture with his hand, waving her towards his left, and Hana almost side-stepped into a group of boxes left in the hall as a result.

His left, meaning your right, genius.

She swore under her breath, but quickly shrugged it off. “And it’s far from the worst thing I could suggest to watch. Trust me, I know more than a few winners.”

“And all of them well suited to your…taste, I gather?”

She narrowed her eyes. “Hey, you watch it. Because the odds of you getting invited to this hypothetical movie night are dropping fast.”

John held his tongue after that. Actually closed his mouth, as his eyes damn near twinkled at her, and she had to turn around after that. Doing that was easier than ignoring the blush creeping onto her face.

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And this entire exchange amused me greatly the first time I wrote it down for the I won’t ask for much AU, but I’ve made a few added tweaks to it recently, and think it totally counts as a decent offering for a self-indulgent Sunday.

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He’d already said the magic words - and really, tacking fire onto anything made it magical - so Sharky let his grin come back in full force.

“Oh, yeah. Shit, for the numbers you’re looking at, you’ll need something big, like-” Moving his hands, Sharky gestured wide as he visualized it. “A pit a couple of feet across, but not too huge, ‘cause that’ll be rough to light and keep lit, and you can’t just pour more and more shit in there to keep it going. I mean, you can, and it’ll go, but then you’ll have more fire than pit, and I know you...uh, you might not want that.”

“I agree. That might be somewhat excessive.”

Sharky snorted. Of course he’d think that. But when he glanced John’s way, he hadn’t paired it with an eyeroll like he’d expected. No, John had set his chin on his hand as he listened to him, and seemed like he was giving it the same kind of thought he was.

He’d let his eyes travel somewhere off to Sharky’s right, but they found their way back to him before long, zeroing in with an intensity that made his start want to start skipping around.

“But I do happen to know someone with more than a little experience handling such things, so it’s possible that could be avoided entirely.”

The words took a few seconds to click, but the minute they did, Sharky froze in place.

“…Wait, you do?” John’s responding ‘are you fucking kidding me’ look told him all he needed to know. “Fuck!”

John’s smile shifted straight into a frown as Sharky kept on kicking at the ground, swearing a blue streak that wasn’t guaranteed to stop anytime soon. “Is that-I didn’t think that would be a problem.”

“Hurk was right. Should’ve got our shit together quicker, ‘cause we’re always missing out on things like this!”

“What are you-” Sighing deeply, John pinched the bridge of his nose. “Charlemagne, I can count the number of people I know on one hand that regularly deal in flammable items and explosives. People that I know personally, and would borderline even consider allowing within a foot of these things, given their past history.”

“Well, you’ve seriously gotta give me their info, ‘cause I could’ve sworn I had a handle on all of that shit in the county, and yeah, I don’t got a business card, or a phone number to call, but moving in when they know someone else’s got that down? That goes against common courtesy, man. Like, we’re breaking potential pyro bro codes left and right. You don’t just-”

“You! You are the person I know!” John shot, throwing both hands up as he gestured towards him. “You would be the one I’d hire! How you could even think otherwise is beyond me!”

The sound of a throat being cleared made both of their heads snap towards the front, and Sharky nearly did a double-take when it became clear who it was.

“I’m not interrupting, am I?” Joseph asked, looking between them.

#wip #definitely no pressure at all since this really is late #but I'd love to see what you've all enjoyed working on lately!

[llucy-san]

Tagged by @nightwingshero @pd3 ❤️ ❤️

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Three ships: okay, I'm gonna cheat over here cause I don't have only three AND I'm not going to write about mine OC's. Just need to mention some people. There are a lot of people over here who got unique characters and personalities so I will mention those who I know. I will put it under the cut.

Deputy / Seed family

× my first deputy interaction was from fanfiction of talented @nightwingshero and her deputy Wren. She got my heart from the start. Jo creats her story in every way possible. Like, it's always blows my mind when I read Wren's new adventure. Jo not only connects Wren with John, no sir, THIS GIRL IS GODDES OF SHIPS, seriously!!!! I mean just look at those spicy snippets of her work with other deputies. . . It's just 👀👀 I can't describe it, okay. She is wonderful.

× next one is my love Joanne Burton created by oh so talented @tomexraider. My lord this character have *balls* even though she is woman. Dovie created such an angle. And when I'm at it I can't forget to mention her handsome (non-deputy) Michael Hughes. This dude is great and I love the relationship between him and Joanne and other characters. And if my dreams come true, and Dovie write down the fanfiction of any of her characters I will be waiting for it with my bated breath. LOVE YOU 😘

× then comes Rey Jackson, created by lovely @pd3 . I don't have to say more because everyone here knows this name and Lindsay created such a great universe for her. It's from Rey's life as a deputy fighting in Hope County, living in peace in bunker, to living in apocalyptic Hope County.

× Wesley Brooks created by lovely @risenlucifer . KATE, you wonderful human being. You have such a handsome man. Just seeing him and what you do with every piece you post here it's *chefs kiss * I love it and you❤️❤️

× then there is deputy Rheese Bennett created by @xbaebsae . Angy, ignore those who says that your beautiful bean is not worth it. BECAUSE SHE IS!!! ❤️ The gifs and work you are making for us is, THANK YOU!!! Just keep posting whatever and how many Rheese stuff cause We LOVE HER AND YOU!!!

× okay now I'm going to mention this sweet and soft lady that won my heart. And so does the artist. Miss Elizabeth Parker, created by @spicevalleys . This lady is my pudin, okay. I love every art and every tiny detail. This person gives me daily dose of soft moment, so thank you!! ❤️

× must say this character is new for me but from the very first moment I fall in love. Miss Joy created by the wonderful @fromathelastoveritaserum . Just a few weeks ago we started talking and also played the fc5 and had the best time of day. I'm still laughing at the moment when I accidentally set on fire Hurks place *ops*🔥🤷‍♀️🔥. But I need to get back to the lady. She is wonderful and love her story and her relationship with each Seed. I really recommend to read that fanfiction. This lady is beautiful, soft but also sassy.

× Moving on, @ja-crispea . Jaye, you dearie. Hannah is such a sweetheart. The story you creates for her is wonderful every single time. Like come on, every time you post something from her life I'm like, yeaaaahaww. *so sorry*.

× Deputy Natalie created by lovely @dieguzguz . I adore this child. I adore her eyes. Sam, you have talent to write such a awesome stories and the last one you did was amazing. I just can't wait to see more because I'll not have enough your work.

Non-deputy / Seed family

× the queen Lyra Fairbanks, created by another queen @faithchel . This lady is my love. She doesn't have the best history, survived so many pain and traitorous things and yet she's survivor. Dear Stela, I love your child and love you. Keep up the good work.

Deputy / GFH

okay there is not much of this option I know but I love those few I know. Sooo

× this lady is the first I saw in here from art. Deputy Callahan, created by @minilev also know as leavenopathuntaken. Anna, what can I say, you are the best. The art 10/10, the friend and support for all of us in here 10/10. And Deputy Callahan and Sharky, ❤️❤️❤️. I love them and love Sharky. He's my man and the best character. It was so long since I saw her art but I'd love to see her again.

Moving on.

Geralt of Rivia and Yennerfer from Vegenburg (witcher, best relationship ever)

Arthur Morgan and John Marston (Red dead redemption 2, family love)

Last song: Until the Leeve (Joy Williams

Currently reading: you got me over here. Nothing. I have so much work that I can't find the time to do anything just sleep and go to work again so nothing.

Currently watching: 911

Currently craving: nothing special

#fun games #thanks for tagging <3