#pretend its their variants <3

[biglittleluobo]

萝卜's Beginner Guide to Sichuanese!

大家好！

Welcome to the first in an unofficial series of posts where I will share the (very large) amount of new vocab, cultural experiences, and topics that I was introduced to while spending ~5 weeks in China!

Today’s topic is: Sichuanese! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

I won’t pretend to be an expert in Sichuanese (yet, please chime in / add here if you are!), but I spent >50% of my time in the province while abroad which gave me lots of exposure. It certainly took me by surprise at the beginning! After about two weeks I started to get a better feel for it. Here’s some tips and vocab for getting started:

1. Get ready to hear 得 (“dei” pronunciation) just about everywhere, this is an essential character thrown around constantly. Most common are these three words:

要得 (yǎodei) – yes, good

没得 (módei) – no

晓得 (xiǎodei) – understand, aka 明白

Sometimes it also just randomly appears, for example 得行 (deixíng) has the exact same meaning as 行 (fine, okay)! You just gotta expect it.

2. The majority of Sichuanese people do not pronounce the “h” in sounds like “ch”, “sh”, “zh”. This makes it very tricky for a student (like me!) who still internally looks up lots of words, so any “s-” word could be a word that starts with “sh-” OR a word that just starts with “s-”. Some examples:

橙汁 (chéngzhī) as "cengzi"

这儿 (zhè’er) as “zer”

什么时候 (shénme shíhou) as “sazisihou”

是不是 (shìbùshì) as “sib’si” (with the u sound in “bu” typically omitted)

3. The “an” sound is pronounced as in the English word “can” (as opposed to the usual pronunciation which is a bit more like the “awn” sound in “yawn”). Combined with (2), this has the very cute effect of turning 吃饭 (chīfàn) into something more like “cifaan”, and is something you should expect to hear a lot in a province like Sichuan! Just be aware that this applies to every “an”-suffixed word and can sometimes totally change how you hear it. In many ways I feel like this feature makes it sound a bit reminiscent of American southern dialects.

4. There are a few other Sichuanese alternative pronunciations to be aware of:

“Hu” is often pronounced as “fu”, leading 护照 (hùzhào) to sound like “fuzao”, or 西湖 (Xīhú) as “xifu”

“R” sounds can sometimes be pronounced with a “y”, e.g. 容 (róng) as “yong”

Most tricky is that the flat 1st tone is very rare, and many characters simply have different tones than “Standard” Mandarin. As far as I can tell (and have read online), there isn’t really a systematic adjustment for this, it’s just how it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

5. Surprisingly, though Sichuan is a southern province, there are tons of erhua around! At least here, it seems like the 儿 ends up quite merged with the original word. Some examples I heard:

米粉 (mǐfěn) as “mifer” (extremely delicious breakfast option!)

老板 (lǎobǎn) as “laober”

没得 (módei) as “moder” (apparently extremely rarely heard though)

豆花 (dòuhuā) as “douhua’er” (quite common in northern Mandarin as well)

熊猫 (xióngmāo) as “xiongmer”

And finally, a few more Sichuanese specialties!

好(多)钱 - how much does it cost, aka 多少钱 (the 多 is sometimes omitted in quick speech)

啥子 (sázi) – what, based on the casual substitute word 啥 for 什么 (also often pronounced as sáza)

闹热 (nàorè) – lively, as opposed to the usual 热闹

可以 (kěyǐ), pronounced as as “kǒyǐ”

冒菜 (màocài) – a local variant of malatang (麻辣烫）

抄手 (chāoshǒu) – (v) to fold arms up the sleeves; (四川) wonton, dumpling

稀饭 (xīfàn) – congee, 粥, literally "thin rice"

干饭 (gānfàn) – regular rice, 米饭, "dry rice" to distinguish from 稀饭

嘛 (ma) - often heard at the end of sentences, just a local sound! Not (as I understand it) generally associated with some of its other meanings (like impatience, stating the obvious, etc)

See you next time. 下次见！

#vocab #sichuan #sichuanese #sichuan dialect #mandarin #mandarin vocab #chinese language #mandarin chinese #chinese #language learning #chinese vocab #mandarin langblr #chinese langblr #langblr #chinese dialect

[sharpmidnight]

TSSM Pokemon Au Part 2

I watched some Pokemon videos and decided to give TSSM characters Pokemon for fun! This is also going off of @hermesserpent-stuff ‘s Spider Nephew Au. Also, there might be some people with the same Pokemon for different reasons; either they fit two people, or it’s to match with someone. I also base some of these Pokemon in different ways, from types, aesthetics, Pokedex Entries, jobs, powers, and backstories. I also won’t mind explaining my reasoning because I did a lot of research for them. Also, I tried o make sure they had diverse types, but some people might have more than 1 of the same type. Another thing is that I like to imagine that Peter and the other villains have some Pokemon for their civilian image and then the others for their hero/villain work. 

The last thing is that I have only played up to Generation 8, and I have yet to play the other games. So my bad, if there is another Pokemon that suits them better.(let me know plz)

I will highlight their starter and their strongest. Red is their strongest, and blue is their starter. Purple is both. Any that has a * are their secret team. 

Part 1 Part 3 Part 4

Montana/Shocker

Mudsdale (Ground)

Noivern (Flying/Dragon) *

Blaziken (Fire/Fighting)

Dubwool (Normal)

Lycanroc (Midday) (Rock) *

Gogoat (Grass)

Montana’s first Pokemon was a Torchic he hatched from an egg when he started helping the ranch. His family ranch had a lot of Pokemon, but if he managed to gain their trust and do a good job, he could keep them. These Pokemon were Wooloo, Skiddo, and Mudburay. He found Rockruff as a stray and was injured. He helped heal it and took a long while to get its trust, but he managed to befriend it and kept it. He kept his team in the Enforcers until he got his Shocker outfit. He was given a Noibat to go along with it. Another Pokemon that he had to tame, but he was already used to it. 

Fancy Dan

Sawk (Fighting)

Throh (Fighting)

Sceptile (Grass)

Vivillon (Fancy) (Bug/Flying)

Noctowl (Normal/Flying) *

Toxicroak (Poison/Fighting) *

His starter was a Treecko that he got when he was younger. However, he wanted to learn how to fight better and started training in abandoned areas. A Sawk and a Throh watched him and decided to help him train. There was a moment when he was interested in Pokemon that had different color variations and wanted one. He caught a Scatterbug and was excited to see what colors it would have. Somehow he got one of the rare variants, Fancy. Later on, as an Enforcer, he caught a Noctowl as a lookout. When he got his Ricochet suit, he was given a Croagunk to evolve into a Toxicroak. 

Ox

Swampert (Water)

Tauros (Normal)

Raticate (Normal) *

Copperajah (Steel)

Conkeldurr (Fighting) *

Coalossal (Rock/Fire)

Ox’s starter was a Mudkip he found by a pond. Later on, he found a Rattata in his home. No one really knows he got his other Pokemon, but they assume he caught them before becoming an Enforcer, except for Conkeldurr. They only know he easily befriended them (Disney Princess over here).  He got Gurdurr when he got his suit. 

Quentin Beck/Mysterio

Araquanid (Bug/Water) *

Zorark (Dark) *

Hypno (Psychic) *

Mimikyu (Ghost/Fairy)

Kricketune (Bug)

Chatot (Normal/Flying)

Quentin’s first Pokemon was a Kricketot, and he loved to make scenes with Kricketot making music or sound effects for his scenes. He then got a Chatot to teach it lines for other scenes. It was the only two had for a while until turning into crime. He caught a Mimikyu as he was hiding in a theater as it was pretending it was performing since one of the last performances on that stage had a Pikachu as the main character. When working with Chameleon, they both decided to get a Zorark since it’s the perfect Pokemon for both. When Cameleon wanted to pretend to be Spiderman, he told Quentin to catch a spider Pokemon for him. They only found a Dewpider, which was fine for Cameleon at the time. When they were defeated, Chameleon didn’t want it anymore and told Quentin to release it. However, Quentin was already fond of it and decided to keep it. While trying to figure out a design for Mysterio, he looked at Dewspider and got the idea of the glass helmet. Later he got a Hypno to make people and Pokemon go to sleep. Dewspider does evolve to Araunid when Quentin becomes Mysterio.

Phineas Mason/Tinker

Klinklang (Steel)

Porygon-Z (Normal)

Alakazam (Psychic)

Luxray (Electric)

Beheeyem (Psychic)

Tinkaton (Fairy/Steel) 

Farfetch’d (Normal/Flying)

He wasn’t really into Pokemon when he was younger. When he was about 18, he caught a Farfeth’d just because people bothered him. However, he got along very well with it (Quentin says they act exactly like each other). He found a Shinx in an alleyway and took care of it. When he was working on a project, it wasn’t working properly until Shinx charged it. Tink then decided to catch more Pokemon for certain jobs to help him. These were Klink and Abra. Then he heard interesting Pokemon that he wanted to do some research on Porygon and Elyem. When he started working with Quentin, he was gifted a Tinkatink as a joke (They are both Tinks). However, when it evolved, Tinkaton helped with some of the heavier work that Tink couldn’t do and appreciated it. 

Extra: Tinkatink was barely hatched when given to Tink, and Quentin managed to get his hands on one because someone was giving eggs for free since they had too many.

Peter and his Pokemon like taking naps with Dubwool for how fluffy and warm it is. 

Eevee likes to play fight with Lycanroc.

Blaziken, Sceptile, and Swampert get along better than the rest since they take after their owner a lot. 

Quentin’s Pokemon will literally imitate him in different ways. With Chatot repeated what he said and moved his wings with him. Or Zorark turning into him and posing like him. Also, they are all very dramatic.

Luxray is Quetin’s comfort Pokemon if something happens to him. It will be the first one running to him to curl up. 

#tssm #pokemon #shocker #montana #fancy dan #ox #quentin beck #mysterio #phineas mason #tinkerer #jackson brice #the spectacular spider man

[warcrimesimulator]

Rating all Safari Ltd foxes.

Images from the Toy Animal Wiki.

Safari Ltd Authentics arctic fox. I have this guy and I love him dearly! He's very ugly paint-wise. Big ol' eyes. 2/10

Safari Ltd Authentics red fox. I mean, looks better than the arctic fox, but not by much. Has a more dynamic pose. The darker color variant is nicer. 3/10

1998 Red fox. Similar pose as the Authentics figure, but larger scale, allowing for more detail. Not the best fox figurine out there, but very charming and one of the older Safari Ltd figures that doesn't look derpy. 8/10

2005 arctic fox. I have this guy also. Really boring pose and not distinctly arctic fox-shaped. Why does it have black painted pawpads- you can barely even see an arctic fox's paw pads. Very mid arctic fox figure, Papo and Schleich did better. 5/10.

2013 fennec fox. This sucks lmao. 3/10

Arctic TOOB arctic fox. Just a miniature version of the 2005 arctic fox. 4/10

Nature TOOB red fox. This is a Backrooms entity pretending to be a fox. 1/10

Sahara TOOB fennec fox. I love this guy- vastly superior to the previous fennec despite being a tiny TOOB figure (its from a newer set, which are significantly nicer than older ones.) The sculpt is on point, and I really wish Safari Ltd would release a larger scale of this one. 8/10

Wildlife Wonders arctic fox. Another mid arctic fox, but better than the previous, and I appreciate that its a unique sculpt as some of the Wildlife Wonders figurines are just large-scale versions of regular figurines. 6/10

2009 red fox. Not much to say on this one. It's fine. I have him, and the pose is fine enough to where I wouldn't mind grabbing another one just to repaint it into one of my OCs or something. 7/10

2013 black fox. It's a repaint and not even a good one. why make a solid black fox instead of a silver fox. This actually makes me mad. The only melanistic fox figurine to exist and its THIS lazy shit. 0/10

2020 red fox. This guy is great. I wish the paint job was a tad more detailed, but its already above-average- the grey furs on the tail, hindquarters, and forehead are a really nice touch. The shape and length of the tail is perfect. 9/10

2023 arctic fox. This guy is beautiful! The distinct arctic fox shape is there! 9/10

[sandymybeloved]

Why You Should Stop Saying Don’t Skip Nine

Background and Disclaimers:

I’ve pretty much been a Doctor Who fan my entire life, I was 2.5 in 2005, never missed an episode from the time I was ~10, although the bulk of my argument is about newcomers, thats not my experience with the show, so take it with a pinch of salt

I’m a huge fan of the ninth Doctor, he’s in my top 3, I’ve watched series 1 more than any other, I think if someone is a fan of another era of Doctor Who and hasn’t watched, they absolutely should, its fantastic, it enhances everything that comes after it

Saying Don’t Skip Nine and Spreading Posts that Say it is Gatekeeping, and I’m Tired of Pretending its Not

By and large, I would say the Doctor Who fandom, or at least the parts that don’t use Doctor Who as an excuse to complain about a non-existant “woke agenda”, is a pretty friendly one. There’s no big cannon arguments because everyone understands its not worth getting into arguments about, nobody minds who you ship, theres no character thats universally hated or loved that people will be shitty about if you go against the grain. Maybe its just the people I follow, but its a good fandom to be a part of.

The one exception to this, the one thing about the (normal parts of) the fandom that I find to be toxic and offputting is the widespread nature of the phrase “don’t skip nine” and its variants I’ve seen over the years, along the lines of “if you skipped nine I dont respect/respect less you/your opinion”, “If someone tells you to skip nine, they don’t respect you”.

The intention is to encourage people to watch Eccleston, who’s considered to be the most overlooked of the modern Doctors. At Doctor Who’s pique in popularity, this was true, and 1 season wasn’t a lot to watch before getting to the stuff you wanted, “don’t skip nine” felt more like an encouragement not to pass him over just because he was less popular, at least within the fandom.

But as time’s gone on, and the number of series has increased, its perfectly reasonable for a person getting into the show for the first time to choose to start from a more recent point. And the show’s designed for that at its foundations, its designed to refresh itself on a regular basis, and in the new show, that period is always treated as though new people will be watching and it resets the continuity it can, and reintroduces the continuity it can’t.

So, let’s imagine you are this hypothetical newcomer, and you started watching with, say, 13, and you liked it enough to join the fandom. Are you going to feel like your welcome if you see a post that says “don’t skip nine”, or worse, one that says people who skip nine aren’t to be respected? Is that going to make you want to explore the show further? Is it encouraging?

At this point in time, in my opinion, the phrase only serves to gatekeep, I don’t see any real difference between something like “don’t skip nine” and “you’re not a real fan unless you watch the show in this specific way”, and at this point i’m just sick of hearing it outside of the context of a recommendation of where to start for people who've never seen the show, which, if you are saying it in fandom spaces, is not the audience a majority of the time.

If you’re a doctor who fan reading this, and you initially skiped nine, hell if you never watched him and don’t plan to, theres nothing wrong with that, your not less of a fan because you started somewhere else, that friend who told you to start at a later doctor didn’t respect you less, they thought you would like another doctor more, there is no right way, no right order, in which to watch doctor who, the way you did it made you a fan, and thats the bit that actually matters.

#doctor who

[bugcouncil]

You know seeing all those remakes I kinda wish outlast got one, specially Whistleblower, which would be longer, more scenes, father Martin interacts with Eddie, same as Trager, and also why not, different endings where you can convince eddie to protect you or you pretend to be his bride

Also seeing certain character from Whistleblower ending (Peacock?) in the comics its confirmed variants bodies can survive a lotof damage. Imagine Outlast 3 confirming Eddie survived

Outlast as a game with choices that affect endings is really entertaining to think about. Though as it stands I think having an alliance, even if it's a tenuous one, would take away from the feeling of helplessness that is central to the core gameplay. After all it's by design that all you're allowed to do is run and hide, you can't fight back in any capacity.. so I think trying to reason with the patients - and succeeding! - would significantly unbalance the terror. You're not supposed to feel safe

HOWEVER, I would love to see an Outlast remastered with better character models and improved personalized animations, like what we're seeing in Outlast Trials. I'd be so stoked to see characters interacting/speaking to each other too. I can think of maybe one instance of characters speaking to another patient (and being responded to) aside from the Twins...

as much as I'd like for both Eddie and Chris to make a comeback, I can say with quite a bit of certainty that they won't. Those boys are a full BBQ serving up skewers and shredded meat. What I'm hoping for is that Trials will have an anniversary or maybe a halloween event that'll treat us with a Mt Massive themed Program. that'd be SICK

#sorry i went off i can talk abt this game forever

[saltysplayt00ns]

Same anon as the Diarko's mom one. I recently read about what happened between Kique and Stazz. Stazz acted so bad when she was with him yet she puts him as the only villain and it doesn't look like she has apologized at all. Kique even went as far as deleting the entire bayou breed from the comic and altering her designs (the original is still on DA so comparing It the with CF is funny). People making theories about the bayou breed when It's painfully obvious they are no more because their breakup. I don't know how will her comic develop but It seems she at least asks for critique, good development I guess? Doesn't excuse any of her behaviour tho.

Not one to question…too much of their ability and development, though they have apologized ( not publicly, but did in a server where I’m in ) in their doings, since they had red lenses for a good while but after that, they have to work on themselves and hope they don’t take it for granted. I don’t have as much disgruntled for them as Kiq. Since he purposely takes advantage of weak hearts and ignorance that was like what…3 times now?? And now it seems Chris is the new one, but now it’s not someone who’s has a victim mentality with a manipulative, selfish streak and with a sprinkloe of a animal abusing married husband that had an affair allegedly since their is too many stuff that happened that is not coincidental - probably other bad stuff too. If he's worse then kique I'll be impressed. Which, kique has made founder beside him along with the comic, its gonna be a massive shit show from here on out folks. Adding that Kique is still trying to act the victim and cause drama still. He just rings the bell wildly, chaotically and loudly to draw everyone's attention to him…and he wonders why he’s struggling. The man is just drama magnet ATP.

Not discarding or excusing Staz mind ya, cause stuff they did was uncalled for and of bad taste, I’m just more neutral on them compared to others, plus compared to the boy who cried wolf Kique, this one actually has proof of the wolf’s doing pretending to be the sheep, up on Public docs for others to read over if none haven't read it already.

I have read their webcomic  and see a few errors in art and flow wise ( maaaaybe dialogue??),  but will leave it be for now. The characters so far are interesting and hope they’re the focus and not forgotten whenever the next page is. I also think they don’t fall heavily on the kique & home structure, for there is no structure to begin with and like Yandere dev with other variants that follow the idea don’t reach completion or cancel themselves before it even started. It happened in Home servers AND in ARPG groups like DA, they don’t last and best to structure your own lore, rules and worldbuilding.

#asmundrhome #home #home comic #kique #kique7 #asmundr #asmundrcomic #kiquenordin #kique nordin #bad dog comics #neutral #stazzy #st4z

[dantesletritahs]

Miguel O’Hara fic. HELP.

So I just watched Across the Spiderverse... And I took a shower and my ideas wouldn’t stop. But I need someone to tell me that it isn’t cringe, or that it is. If it makes sense or if it doesn’t. JUST HELP PLEASE.

Very messy Chapter 1. (The rest is just the outline and dialogue)

Okay, let's do this one last time. You are... Nothing especial. You study a major that probably won't change or save the world. At least you speak four languages, so yay... But it's the normal people that keep the world spinning right? Heroes just help to keep it safe. You have beautiful flowers to care of. ‘I love you, my preciosas.’ You have so many friends. ‘Hey, we're going to grab a bite after class, wanna come?’ ‘I have to work, sorry’ Everyone loved you. "Why do you keep inviting them? The answer will always be no." Amongst the other you's, you were the one that was never going to do something important or remarkable for the world. The one with a normal life. Or at least you were supposed to. ‘Never trust Miguel O'Hara.’ That dream, again. Usually, you didn't dream, but when you did you saw a world so different than yours. So magnificent, including yourself. Lately, when you did dream, only one thing happens. You. ‘Why do you...?’ You touched your face, their face? The person in front of you looked like you, just... A little different. ‘Never. Trust. Miguel.’ And then you, or that other you, pushed you to a fall that woke you up instantly. And their, your, words somehow made sense. You had a recurring nightmare, fangs, blood, fading away. You tried to blame it on the accident, the trauma of losing your family all at once. Or it was maybe you're tiredness. Attending college, working till 11 pm, and doing homework till 3 AM had to have some effect. You just wished it wasn't this one.

THE REST (it’s even messier I’m sorry) What happens next (messy outline) is that Miguel kinda kidnaps you? Like he shows up in your reality, with zero patience he grabs you and takes you with him to the base or whatever it is. You're shocked but also asking so many questions, and the only thing he says is that you're the key to saving all of them, or at least, the only one that's left. What? Turns out you never dream because there were always a few variants of you, two, to be exact. You and another you. The other you (TOY from now on) had a degree or doctorate in something sciency that was getting close to destroying "The Impostor" (idk sounds cringe wanna change). The impostor had the ability to show up in anyone’s dreams and pretend to be them (or someone close to them) and implant serious matters that would prevent some canon things to happen, that meant Miguel had always to be pending on being ready when it got to that point. They (the Spideysociety) could never guess when or where it would happen because The Impostor implanting ideas took time, from weeks to months to years. What are you doing there if it’s TOY the one with the answer? Because TOY was murdered by The Impostor and now you are the only ‘you’ left. But I don't know anything about science? I study literature (or something humanistic/artistic). There’s no other option. If someone can understand you, is you. TOY’s work is coded; we hope you know how to decode it.

Miguel is going to confine you in a room, no one can come in without his personal authorization, and you can't leave. He's the one that drops by the most, when he does the lights automatically go out because it hurts his eyes. (IDK much about Miguel aside from what I learned in the movie and a silly post on Facebook).  The room has its own bathroom, a bed, and a desktop with a few pages and notebooks that could be saved from TOY’s apartment before burning to the ground. You have one condition to stay there, they bring your flowers to the room, your radio and your bookshelf. One day you were having dinner listening to some music when the lights go out, you were used to it by now but you had told Miguel (and others that time from time visit you, still a maybe) to never bother you when you were eating because you preferred to do it alone. Always. ‘I’m having dinner right now, Miguel.’ Nothing. ‘Miguel this isn’t funny, you know I don’t like being alone in the dark. It’s creepy.’ Nothing. Panicked, you stand up. Miguel isn’t there, someone else is. A shadow. But it isn’t another spider-person, you think since your eyes aren’t used to the dark yet. The shadow moves and tries to attack you, your first instinct tells you is The Impostor. It’s the only answer, but how? You look at the door, the dashboard was destroyed, and the door is open. You still have your book in your hand, you throw it at them and make a run for it. You hear them laugh. ‘You’re braver than I thought!’ It’s your own voice. You run as fast as you can, but you weren’t allowed outside and the place has a weird design. You don’t know where to run and can’t run in some directions since everything is designed for Spider-people. You’re getting dizzy. ‘Miguel!’ You keep running wherever you can but you’re afraid you may be losing ground. You trip and fall. Quickly you try to get back on your feet but The Impostor makes you stay on the ground. ‘I'm not sure what his goal is to have you here. You're nothing. Of all you’s, you’re the most useless.’ Miguel quickly arrives and takes the Impostor off of you, you cover your head, shutting your eyes off, crying. You hear the fight and can only deduce it ended with The Impostor disappearing. ‘Are you okay?’ He asks. Your panicking. ‘Hey, Hey, Hey. It’s over now. They’re gone.’ ‘Was that... Was that the Impostor?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘They looked like me.’ ‘That’s what they do. They impersonate. They can look however they want to. We have never seen their true form.’ ‘They were going to kill me.’ ‘It’s okay now.’ Unsure, he puts an arm on your shoulder as a form of giving comfort. ‘I... We, the system failed. Your face is in our database, they got in by looking like you.’ ‘But they broke the dashboard on my door to get in.’ ‘There is only so much The Impostor can do with their ability. From now on, you’ll be under surveillance 24/7.’ ‘No... No, please. My loneliness is the one thing you haven’t stripped me out of.’ ‘It’s the only way to prevent this from happening again, aside from other measurements.’ ‘Who’ll take care of me?’ ‘We will establish a watch rotation tomorrow. For now, you’re with me.’ ‘No, Miguel, please..’ ‘You think I’m excited about babysitting you? I’m not. But you are the only one left.’ He stands up and offers you a hand. ‘On your feet. I’ll let you get some rest, and then I’ll train you for combat.’ ‘But I don’t have... Anything all of you have.’ ‘You don’t need one to fight. You’re useless if you don’t know at least how to defend yourself.’

Then the two of you get closer, and you have some heart-to-heart talks about your family and your past, he doesn’t say much but he understands. You tell him about your studies and he learns that you know how to speak other languages, including Spanish. You sometimes exchange some words in Spanish. (My mother tongue is Spanish so sorry if it looks cringe but I’m going to exploit it). One time you were eating alone in a place with a view of the city, and Miguel approaches. you. You think is the Spider-person that was watching you. ‘I told you I want to be alone, (their name).’ ‘Leaving you alone is against the established rules.’ ‘Ah, Miguel.’ He asks why you like eating alone and just in general being alone. You tell him it’s because, after your family’s accident, you had to work twice as hard to better your grades, get a scholarship that didn’t pay all of your college fees, and then take on a job because you had no one left. The only times you could process your grief was while eating and having a shower, the rest of your day was busy with classes, work, and homework. Miguel apologizes for interrupting you but you ask him to stay and sit with you. That’s when you realize you love him. ‘I enjoy spending time with you.’ You say. And he knows. (Something that moves on the plot here)

The climax is that you dream again and you tell Miguel, because now you know it’s The Impostor. ‘I had a dream! It has been The Impostor this whole time!’  You tell Miguel about the ‘Never trust Miguel’ nightmare and since there were only two of you and one was killed, it could only mean that The Impostor has been the one showing up in your dreams.’  By this point, you have done zero progress on decoding TOY’s research and Miguel is getting impatient. Learning that you didn’t tell him about the nightmare is the last straw. ‘You haven’t done any progress at all and now you’re telling me The Impostor has been in your dreams for a while? This could potentially mess everything up. Starting from how they could’ve been implanting fake ideas and scenarios for a long time. It’s useless, I’m sending you home.’ ‘I thought you said I was the only one left!’ ‘And you are, but maybe someone else can understand TOY’s research. We are running out of time.’ You have been filling for a while that Miguel isn’t telling you the whole truth so you ask for it. Why did TOY study something related to physics and such? Why did they take such an important path if you’re supposed to be a character in the background? Miguel answers. ‘Because TOY’s family wasn’t supposed to die in their universe, unlike yours. However, The Impostor messed with their universe canon and they died. TOY found out that wasn’t supposed to happen and changed their major to try and stop them from doing that to anyone else.’ You answer. ‘And then they were murdered.’ ‘Yes...’ ‘Give me another chance.’ ‘It’s been to long.’ ‘Please. I.. TOY was supposed to be happy with my family in their own universe.. And it’s comforting, in a way, to know that. It isn’t fair they had to lose what I lost when they TOY didn’t deserve it. I want to keep trying. For them. For me. They deserved to have that life, at least. Miguel thinks for like two seconds. ‘Very well. Along with the notebooks and the other stuff, we found something else in TOY’s apartment. We wanted to test you with the notebooks, but maybe it’s better if I just give it to you.’ He hands you a small box with a lock. 3 0 4 5 (?) ‘What is it?’ ‘We think it may contain TOY’s research. The lock only allows three guesses before self-destruction and our stupid labs messed it up twice. The lock always goes back to the same numbers.’ ‘I understand why.’  ‘You do?’ ‘Yes. The reason it goes back to this particular combination is that it’s the right one.’ ‘They already tried one. That’s how they lost one try.’ ‘And the other?’ ‘They started moving the numbers back to zero so they could start trying every combination one by one. That’s when the box spoke saying there was only one try left.’ ‘Not so smart I see.’ ‘So what’s the code?’ ‘Well, zero means to, three means nine, five means ten...’ ‘...Whatever you say.’ 9 0 8 10 The box opens and a video of TOY begins. This variation of you is very similar, with the sad aura all over you, but there are some differences. ‘Hello there.’ TOY speaks. ‘If you, or me, is watching this, is because he found you.’ TOY smiles. ‘I trust Miguel O’Hara to hand this to you and to take care of you, of us. I’m sorry you lost your family and more sorry I had to do it too, I wished my universe could be a home where sometimes you could come back to. It wasn’t fair, to any of us. I was supposed to fix this, but there is not much time left... If you, the other me, are handed this, you will find my complete work, still coded just in case, on how to end with The Impostor. I have yet to find out how and why they are doing this but... I don’t think I’ll ever will. I trust you. I believe in you. Because, well, I know you. There is a fire in us, there has always been. Our lives entwine in this, us becoming so much more than what we expected. It doesn’t matter if you are majoring in (this), I know you will be able to descifer it and finish what we started. Good luck. TOY’S complete research shows up and now you begin understanding it. (The research is hidden between, for example, the lines of your favorite books and whatever, but I have no idea. Help.) So you start decoding everything and working alongside the lab people you start building whatever it needs to be built to stop The Impostor. Until something happens.

The Impostor was caught trying to enter HQ using your face again, but it looks like they were doing it on purpose. The Impostor was easily captured and brought to the machine that was built to show their true form.  You were standing right beside Miguel when the machine is started up and... The Impostor still looked loke you. ‘What is happening?’ Miguel asks. ‘Why is the machine failing?’ ‘It’s... Not.’ ‘But...’ Panicked, you looked at Miguel. ‘But they look like me! Why do they look like me!?’ Miguel tries to calm you down and The Impostor laughs. ‘Go on say it Miguel! Say it!’ ‘What... What do they mean by that?’ You ask looking at The Impostor. ‘I AM you!’ ‘No...’ ‘Yes! And he knew.’ ‘Miguel...?’ You look at him and the guilt on his face confirms it. ‘Look, it's...’ ‘You lied to me!? You said there were only two of me! Are there more!? Did you actually mean something when you said you were going to look for somewhere else to descifer TOY’s work?’ ‘Yes... There are four variants of you... The researcher, The Impostor, you...’ ‘There is another?’ ‘Not for long!’ The impostor laughs. ‘You are the worst out of the four of us.’ ‘Shut up!’ Miguel screams. ‘But he brought you here because he knew I wouldn’t chase you. Because you are useless. You’re nothing.’ ‘Don’t listen to them.’ Miguel says. ‘No! I was right...’ You breathe heavily. ‘We were right, I shouldn’t have trusted you...’ ‘They are manipulating you.’ ‘Are they, Miguel? Do you think I would believe your words over mine?’ ‘The Impostor has nothing to do with you.’ ‘Oh, we have everything to do with each other.’ The Impostor laughs. ‘And it starts with you.’ The Impostor directs their gaze over Miguel. ‘What do you mean by that?’ He asks. ‘You see. When a canon doesn’t happen and the universe starts falling and disappearing and yada yada, your team shows up trying to fix things. And while they’re doing that, the universe is also compensating to not disappear in a matter of seconds, as it would happen if it didn’t compensate. When you saved a timeline where the family of one of your stupid people died, the universe overcompensated with another family. Mine.’ ‘What...?’ You wonder. What if your own family wasn’t supposed to die either? ‘My family wasn’t supposed to die in my universe. But they did. And it’s your fault Miguel O’Hara. And now, everything and everyone will die too! It’s only fair. I’ll make sure every timeline is destroyed because of you.’ ‘Destroying the universe won’t bring your family back.’ Miguel tries to reason with The Impostor. ‘Oh I don’t want them back. I want to make you pay.’ They look at you. ‘I told you not to trust him.’ ‘Did my family...?’ ‘Wouldn’t you like to know.’ Miguel calls out your name. ‘Look.’ ‘No.’ You answer angered. ‘I shouldn’t have trusted you. I shouldn’t have complied with any of this. I should have gone back home when I had the chance to!’ ‘Please...’ Miguel begs. ‘I want to go home.’ ‘Don’t...’ ‘I’m not asking.’ ‘You don’t understand.’ ‘I think I do, Miguel! I... I am better without you.’

Back home you are eating dinner on your kitchen table when your lights are suddenly turned off. ‘It’s me.’ You hear Miguel say and you stand up facing him. ‘I don’t want to have anything to do with you. You betrayed me. I trusted you and you lied to me.’ ‘I love you.’ ‘Don’t... Don't you dare to use that with me.’ ‘I love you.’ ‘Stop.’ ‘I love you.’ ‘Just shut up!’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because I love you too!’ ... ‘How long have you known?’ You ask Miguel. ‘When you were attacked. That night...’ ‘No. How long have you known I love you?’ ‘When you said you enjoyed spending time with me.’ ‘What?’ ‘I believe it takes a special type of feeling to enjoy my company.’ You two laugh. ‘I hate you.’ ‘No, you don’t. Or... I hope you don’t.’ ‘You betrayed my trust.’ ‘I know.’ ‘And you know I don't give that easily.’ ‘I know.’ ‘You know how hard it is for me to trust someone.’ ‘I do.’ ‘And yet you lied.’ ‘I’m sorry.’ ‘Come again?’ ‘I’m sorry.’ ‘The city is extra noisy today!’ He comes close to you and whispers inches from your face. ‘I’m sorry.’ ‘That’s better and... I forgive you.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘But. I still don’t trust you.’ ‘I understand.’ ‘It’s going to take me some time.’ ‘I know.’ ‘I have one condition.’ ‘Which is?’ ‘Always tell me the truth.’ ‘I will. No more lies.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘I want to kiss you.’ ‘Excuse me?’ ‘You want me to tell the truth, here it is.’ ‘Kiss me.’ *smooch smooch*

How do you solve the conflict? How does it end? What happens next? I have no idea. Please help.

#across the spiderverse #miguel o'hara #miguel o'hara fanfiction #across the spiderverse fanfiction #someone put me out of my misery #im delulu #im gonna write this anyways who am i kidding

[gutsheapofrawiron]

@alissaanne23 okayy!!! theres a lot of people on here who are better at this but i'll give it my best to try and word what ive seen so far

disclaimer that I do not have a lot of real life experience with isfps, I just saw a trend in media where characters will be typed back and forth as istp and isfp, I will be dragging 'adjacent' types into this (esfp and infp) for some points because of my lack of real-life observation

I think one of the (if not the) main reason(s) why isfps and istps may look so similar at a superficial level is probably the combination of the dominant introverted function + auxiliary Se: Se is just a really goddamn 'vivid' and obvious function when on the stronger side and I think its sheer ""brilliance"" blinds people to the functions stacked around it at times. I think isxps navigate the physical realm in a very similar way to each other in the sense that we, regardless of enneagram and instinctual variants, have an inherent sense of comfort with moving in and interacting with the physical world and our five senses. It's more subdued than the way se-doms thrive in it, but it's still very "rooted" and natural. In social psychology, it's been stated/argued that people will make judgements on other peoples behaviour and personalities based on the information that is available to them, not necessarily based on the whole, objective picture, because that is simply unattainable knowledge most of the time. Neither istps or isfps feel the need to express our dominant function because it is introverted, personal to us and quite individualistic, so people on the outside will mainly see that auxiliary Se and make their judgements based on that information, which thusly leads to possible mistypings between the two. But..........that's just a theory

As for the differences, I can't say for sure how the Te-inf manifests in isfps, but in Fi>Te types like infp and esfp I have noticed that, though the Fi takes precedence by far, they'll sometimes seem to "switch voices" and all of a sudden (though the transition is a lot more natural in esfps than infps) say something incredibly Te-competence-focused-hard-facts-above-all.

Fe-inf on the other hand, at best, causes a sort of clumsiness in how Ti-doms express our care for others, and at worst, completely sabotages our relationships because we suck so bad at social conventions in interpersonal situations. In istps I think it really does manifest in actions speaking louder than words, and Ti-doms in general, regardless of whether they actually have it or not, tend to have a little bit of a 'Tism vibe because of this iykwim. For a good example of Fe-inf in action during a pickle I was gonna refer to Kwite's response to the allegations Youtube video, but I think he's deleted it (tbh who can blame him). He's an intp but it gets the point across.

Ti and Fi are both as I said quite individualistic in the sense that we don't feel like we have to voice that part to the world for it to be valid or whatever. A particular trend in Ti-doms I've seen is that we will pretend to be a lot more stupid than we actually are for many different purposes, but here are some examples: 1) avoiding getting the lion's share of work, 2) it'd make a really funny joke, 3) wanting to get out of a difficult social situation, etc. The sheer accessibility of the stupid-strat to this extent and level of commitment is something I have yet to see in any Te-user, though I'd love to be proven wrong. Ti doesn't care about being seen as competent because we know our 'truth'.

Contrasting this, from what I understand, Fi-doms and Fi-users in general have a remarkable ability to just 'sit' in their feelings and really actually feel them. Fi, based on what I'm seeing, also kind of works off the assumption that everyone's got their own inner emotional life and that there's not really a need to express it all of the time, but I might be wrong? It does come across as such though

So Ti and Fi are similar in how we got this sort of inherent self-confidence and are assured in how our dominant function works and how we do not owe anyone to show it, but we can regulate how much we express it if we so wish to (though we don't need to).

Another thing as to why isfp and istp may be confused is just purely stereotypes regarding thinkers vs feelers to be honest. Isfps are often categorised, along with infps, as uwu soft wittle babies with sensitive feewings while istps (and sometimes intps) can only ever be brooding, dark badasses OR robots with no grasp of human emotion. Obviously there's a lot more nuance to that in reality, but unfortunately I have come across at least a couple of cases where people will see a isxp character with intense emotions and immediately type them as isfp for that. Isfps are in touch with their emotions (unless unhealthy but that's another can of worms), whereas istps will downplay the importance of their feelings in favour of other things because Fi is just so low on the function stack for us, and so if we do acknowledge them we'll usually still rather choose for a Fe focus ("I feel like shit but my friend is depressed so I will concentrate on figuring that out instead"), so our emotional situation ends up getting buried anyway. But we obviously do have feelings, and when you repress them that much they're gonna pop out at very inconvenient moments, so emotional expression can be a lot messier and more erratic with istps than with isfps, who, as I said before, are generally more capable of choosing when and how to express their feelings. I say 'can be' because there are also a lot of ixtps who simply do not have a very wide and intense range of feelings, this is a more individually varying thing and this is written from the perspective of an istp with pretty bad mood swings, so not everyone may relate to this but that is inevitable with personality typology stuff.

Anyway TL;DR: Istps and Isfps have a similar vibe on the surface due to secondary Se being a very strong function in how visible it is. Differences between the types are most obvious in Te-inf and Fe-inf, with Ixfps suddenly turning towards a competence-focus in times of crisis whereas Ixtps are generally kind of clumsy socially and struggle to express their emotions and care for others in a comprehensive manner. Fi and Ti are similar in the sense that they've got some kind of self-assuredness in their being, leading to outward expression of these functions being an option rather than a necessity. Lastly, stereotyping of feelers vs thinkers don't help a lot in how more emotional istps and more 'cold' isfps are being typed, because the general concept here is that having even mildly intense feelings assigns one to being an isfp (while being able to make one (1) logically cohesive argument makes you an istp).

I hope this helps! I have no qualifications whatsoever so if anyone can correct me on anything go ahead o/

#ghori whori #mbti #istp #isfp #isxp #it sounds like im talking outta my ass tbh #I TRIED I DONT USUALLY WRITE THINGS DOWN LIKE THIS

[doverstar]

Some more fun facts about my husband, who I've said looks/acts a lot like a Christian version of Eddie, because I like talking about him and these just came to mind a moment ago while he was eating takeout upside-down on the floor.

He's a big hit at weddings because of how he dances. He has natural rhythm and fantastic hip movement, but it's a big hit specifically because he doesn't do any traditional dance moves. He just moves his long arms and legs in an insane way. He can dance for hours.

He was in the marching band in high school, but according to legend, he was the most problematic member. When they practiced on the football field, he would bring sunflower seeds (not allowed) and mess up the field by spitting the shells out into a huge pile wherever he'd been standing. He used to give the seeds to other band members so they could use the spit-out shells to mark their places until the field was littered with sunflower seeds and his teacher banned them from bringing snacks. Husband did it anyway and created a seed smuggling ring.

The band went to play at Disney World one year and Husband's friend joked that he wanted a pink MagicBand for the trip. The band teacher sneered at that and made some rude comment about boys and pink. So my husband went out and bought a highlighter-pink T-shirt and wore it every day of the trip when he wasn't in uniform, to the teacher's irritation.

He pretends to die sometimes when I kiss him on the cheek or head. Usually on the couch. Eyes roll up in his head, tongue lolling out.

If he's talking and he trips over something in the middle of a sentence, or misses a step on a flight of stairs, or loses his footing at all for a moment, he has a habit of making a big obnoxious show of suddenly losing all balance and ending up on the ground like a starfish. For the laugh.

Makes the husky meme face after every punchline he delivers. It's his contact photo on my phone.

He thinks Boromir is the best LOTR character and quotes him often. Paused the Two Towers movie about four times to talk loudly, at 3 AM, about Boromir and his love for Boromir, and I almost felt threatened.

At our wedding, I got him a huge viking flask made of oak to drink out of, and he takes it to D&D sessions.

He's currently reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, something I 100% believe Eddie has read.

Calls me love, buddy, and gorgeous as nicknames.

Has a habit of drinking milk, juice, soda, etc. straight out of the jug/carton/2-liter even before it's near empty. Really likes milk.

He will get up at all hours of the night and snack on anything he can find. Goldfish, granola bars, pie in the fridge, the last of the orange juice, Cheeze-Its. He likes Trail Mix without M&Ms and when we were in the friends-to-lovers stage, I once picked out every M&M in my Trail Mix and gave it to him and he apparently kept it for a week without eating it because he liked me.

He has a collection of CDs stashed in his car that are all metal, rock, and variants of that. I think they're alphabetized.

He drove a red Mustang he named Rose (her shift knob is a resin, red rose he bought for decoration) until about five months ago. It is the loudest, most Hoodlum™ car ever and we have been pulled over for no reason more than once, because it really just makes him look like trouble. I reserve the right to dump my appreciation for my fella anywhere. But like I said, little things about him inspire a lot of my Eddie writing, so enjoy if you're interested in my inner mechanisms.

#doverstar's fella #thoughts #text post #husband #eddie #eddie munson #eddie my beloved #stranger things #eddissy #hellcheer #chrissy #chrissy cunningham #stranger things 4 #st4 #st #netflix

[wingsyliveblogs]

'Palismans' seems to be the OH's unique take on a cross between a witch's familiar and wand/Wizard's staff, which i've not seen any other form of media do so far- In fact, seeing how it's so well implemented here, I kinda want to see other variants of the concept in different media. Interestingly, I think Harry Potter got his Owl hedwig more or less at the same time he got his wand.

1. Yeah, it's a pretty unique concept! I quite like it.

One thing I thought was interesting about this episode was that the show didn't go out of its way to explain what a Palisman was; it just introduced the concept by name and trusted the viewers to figure out what it meant for themselves. We may get a more in-depth explanation of how Palismen work in the future, but it was a neat way to establish them in the story pretty naturally.

I don't know anything about Harry Potter and at this point I'm afraid to ask

2. Oh, that's a good point!

The design of the bus critter does seem reminiscent of longboats... just with feet instead of oars. That's a neat little detail!

3. Good to know! I can imagine that teeth work a bit differently in the Boiling Isles - though visually, there doesn't appear to be much of a difference, since...

...it looks as though Gus hasn't actually lost his baby fangs yet.

huh, I forgot about that Hexside tunnel... wonder when we're going to find out what's up with that?

4. Yeah, that was definitely a fun little bit of foreshadowing. And I agree with you - I think it'd be fun to see what Grudgby is like for real.

5. True! While I feel as though the reveal of Eda's Owlbeast form was enhanced by the stormy atmosphere of Episode 4, and she seemed a bit less overwhelming when framed in broad daylight, the expressions on her partially transformed form in this episode were a lot more unsettling.

6. That's fair! I didn't want to let the info I wasn't supposed to have about King influence my perception of his actions too much, but that's as much of a lost cause at this point as my opinion on Amity. Among the main trio, King is the least likely to think his actions through properly, and that's definitely because he's the youngest. I'm aware of that, so it's a bit unfair to him if I pretend otherwise.

Funnily enough, I had the opposite interpretation of Luz's actions in this episode - in Episode 6, she asked Eda for permission and was outright told no, and she got in trouble when she went ahead with the conjuring anyway. In this episode, it almost felt as if she was a little too eager to convince herself that Eda wouldn't mind and that she didn't need to ask her directly... which made me think that perhaps she was hoping that if Eda wasn't on board with her borrowing the staff, not telling her about it would reduce the risk of Luz getting in trouble, and she could play the plausible deniability card if Eda found out about it later on.

In the end, though, her personal sense of responsibility led her to face the consequences of her own actions head-on, while Owlbert did his best to cover for her with Eda, so we got the best of both worlds this time (with Luz acknowledging what she did wrong, but still escaping what would probably have been a pretty severe punishment).

7-8. Good points! Once it was revealed that the Bat Queen was a Palisman herself, I did guess that the glowy eye thing was a Palisman-specific method of communication, but it's interesting that Palismen are also able to communicate with their witch partners, since I don't believe that's come up before.

I wonder if there are any other Palismen that can speak "human" language the way the Bat Queen can, or if she really is the only one..?

At least Owlbert is certainly capable of expressing himself without words. I imagine most Palismen must be, since they can't always guarantee that they'll have someone around to interpret for them.

9. Haha, nice one! There sure are a lot of queens, aren't there?

do we know that the Emperor rules over the Isles yet..? ehh, it can be extrapolated from the information we already have, so it's probably fine

#wingsy liveblogs #ask #wingsy watches owl house #owls ep 10 #thanks for the ask!

[nonbinaryaubrey]

you know how in like some paranormal stuff it's said paranormal activity can be influenced by negative energy? (pretend I know what I'm talking about please /lh) it's kinda inspired by that! in this au, demons can form during horrible events due to negative energy and stuff like that in the human world. the truth incident was enough for Omori, Stranger, Sunny's Something, and Basil's Something to form on their own. Omori has enough power to help the Something variants to form, using them to help with his goal of keeping Sunny trapped. Abbi got stuck in the human world when she was attacked by another random demon while visiting, not having enough power to get back home (I love thinking of world building stuff for this au it's so fun!)-⭐🖤🐈

OOH OH yeahyeah i get it!!! thats cool :D!!! i think thats rlly interesting ... oohh.. yeah the world building for this sounds neat :3!!! its intriguing!

#asks #anonymous #aubrey.txt #⭐🖤🐈 anon #sorry if im not saying much! i am rlly interested im just tired so im struggling to figure out what to say. yknow?

[sstabhmontown]

Complete rules for magic swords

Seeing how these are specified in some other old-school games again lately makes me think this is worth pulling out of the booklets onto the blog. In particular, Swords & Wizardry games have these systems mostly removed, despite their importance in OD&D. One of my first tasks when I started reworking those rules for use was to put it back. This is a more complete system than you will find almost anywhere, and it's integrated with morale rolls for followers. When a character draws forth a magic sword for the first time each game, I ask them to introduce them much the same as they do a hench.

An interesting little spot to zoom into these rules is the choice of ability scores for Fighters. D&D originally specifies that the swords Ego is challenged by the Fighter's Intelligence and Strength. AD&D calls for Intelligence and Charisma. B/X calls for Strength and Wisdom. I am swayed from the good argument that Strength allows one to literally wield the sword more effectively by the ways that the rules already reward Fighters for that score. Instead, from these I have chosen to use Wisdom in representation of fate and piety, and Charisma as will and presence, and to make it feel closer to other followers.

There are a few other tables connected to this in the rules, that include “unusual weapons” like flame-tongues, dancing swords, etc. And I've moved to having a full one-in-six chance for all magic weapons to have a minor ability like an extra + to damage or a glow of light. But this is strictly about intelligence and ego.

One idea I'm toying with is a secondary list of sword powers. Over the years I've reshuffled the chart a few times, adding and removing different things, so it's become more distant from OD&D. Equally, you can sometimes guess a sword's age by what common powers it has. In my treasure generator script, I already call out to rare magic items in the other categories, mostly made by trawling through AD&D books and other variants finding spicy magic items to add to the big lists. I'll get there.

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Magic Swords

When you draw a magic sword of a different alignment, you suffer 1d6 damage per step removed. Once unsheathed, a sword is subject to Morale rolls as a follower.

Magic swords have an Ego and Intelligence, and will fight for dominance when drawn, or at any time the Ego & Dominance Factors chart calls for an increase in their score.

If the sword wins a higher dominance than the wielder’s Fighter level + Wisdom + Charisma, the wielder must save or fall under its control. If passed, the sword will still make a demand towards its goals: refusing to fight, needing to won over with a gift or a promise, refusing to be sheathed until it has killed a foe, or plotting to be lost or stolen at the next opportunity.

One in 12 swords (a throw of 12 on d12) has a Special Purpose. These swords have Intelligence and Ego both 12. A Lawful sword will paralyze its special foe on a strike (save); a chaotic sword poisons. A Neutral sword gives +2 on saves to the wielder, and a re-roll on saves against its foe, and strives to serve both columns on the chart, despite apparent contradiction.

Sword Ego & Dominance Factors

Ego: 2d6 + great powers

Intelligence + magic plus: already known

Wielder alignment differs: + d6 per step

Special foe present: +d6

Wielder at half HP + d6

Wielder charmed or cursed: + d6

Morale rolls failed: + d6 each

10+ morale rolled: - 1d6

Magic Sword intelligence

2d6† Powers Communication 2–6 – – 7 1 Empathic 8 2 Empathic 9 3 Empathic 10 3 Speaks 1d4 languages 11 3 Speaks & Reads Magic 12 3+1* Telepathic

* 3 plus one great power † At 7+, roll alignment

d6 Sword alignment 1–2 Chaos 3 Neutral 4–6 Law

Sword Special Purpose (1 in 12)

2d6 Law Chaos 2 Slay demons Slay gods & angels 3 Slay elementals Slay lords, raze halls 4 Serve ancient laws, slaying pretenders Slay kings 5 Slay anti-clerics Slay clerics 6 Slay magic-users opposed 7 Uphold the realm, slaying outlaws Wage banditry & war, slaying soldiers 8 Slay fighters opposed 9 Slay undead Slay dwarves 10 Slay lycanthropes Slay elves 11 Slay giants Slay halflings 12 Slay dragons

2d6 Intelligent Sword powers 2 Roll twice (level one spell if rerolled) 3 Speak with animals 4 Wins initiative 5 Detect invisible 6 Detect treasure 7 Detect sloping passages & secret doors 8 Know direction 9 Detect foes/opposing alignment 10 Detect traps 11 Detect magic 12 Great power

3d6 Great powers 3 Roll thrice (level 5 spell if rerolled) 4 Roll twice (level 4 spell if rerolled) 5 Teleport 3/day 6 Telekinesis 3/day 7 Regenerate 1 hp/turn, 6/day 8 Charm person 3/day 9 Knock 3/day 10 ESP 3/day 11 Levitate 3/day 12 Phantasmal force 3/day 13 X-ray vision, as ring 3/day 14 Fly 3/day 15 Giant's strength, as potion 3/day 16 Life stealing (always Chaotic, drains one level on hit) 17+ Wishes, as ring

#rules #treasure #the fighter #swords

[intersexdabi]

okay so about zoroark and dabi. a few little things before i get to what i really want to talk about

so zoroark in this au has the same original lore: the original zorua/zoroark were forced into new, harsher habitats by humans and died en masse as a result. they were resurrected/reborn as the normal/ghost variant.

anyway, i like the idea of zoroark being able to go invisible due to its ghost nature.

if civilian dabi, i'd like to think dabi just pretends he doesn't have a partner. he's not ashamed of zoroark, but being part ghost and a variant that has yet to be discovered by anyone besides him (and one created through its hatred/spite of humans) would probably lead to the immediate criminalization of zoroark

so zoroark just follows him around invisibly. endeavor's embarrassed because his eldest son refuses to get a partner. side note: a much younger touya wanted enji to help him pick his partner, but that obviously never happened

okay SO. this mostly applies to villain dabi. zoroark's signature move is bitter malice, which can leave the target with frostbite. in this au, i'd like to think it sucks the heat out of anything. so...

what if zoroark could use bitter malice at a "low setting" so to speak? without a specific target. so it's exuding this "cold resentment/hatred" which zaps the heat out of anything. what if zoroark stayed hovering over dabi, following his movements (e.g. when dabi extends an arm, so does zoroark). bitter malice could suck the heat out of dabi's skin, allowing dabi to stay cool enough that he doesn't burn as easily?

of course, i have my own interpretation of what bitter malice could do to a person. mostly forcefully drudge up dark feelings and memories, as well as leaving the body cold as hell. this means dabi has to suffer through the emotional side of it but gets mostly a free pass on the physical side.

as a result though, the league also has to suffer through zoroark's attack. mostly kind of sick to their stomachs and feeling anxiety/fear. they're typically not close enough that it actually harms them but none of them particularly like it either.

ofc zoroark is still invisible, though. despite dabi denying it, the heroes consider that he has a partner. but since bitter malice is only used by hisuian zorua/zoroark, and they're pretty much undiscovered, they don't know what's going on and conclude that dabi has another quirk.

zoroark was still at the todoroki home for 3 years, though, and subjected endeavor (and sometimes nat and yumi) to bitter malice. though it was much weaker then.

when endeavor encounters dabi, he gets the feeling of something familiar but can't put his finger on it.

the reveal goes just slightly different. zoroark finally reveals itself and hits endeavor with an actual targeted attack and the memories come rushing back. endeavor realizes it must've been a pokemon like this. and he starts piecing it together in his head. dabi's so delighted when endeavor 's face slowly morphs into an expression of horror as it dawns on him who dabi must actually be

#dabi #*flops over and passes out* #anyway i've been shiny hunting. #it's gone horribly

[hongkongartman-mlee]

With Virus Mutating And Infecting, 12 Very Stubborn Excuses For Vaccine Refusal In Hong Kong. Why?

In Hong Kong, still millions of people did not get 3 vaccine shots or at all. In Africa, 80% of the population want but cannot afford vaccination. The latest news is that many elderly people in Hong Kong did not accept vaccination because their children opposed. Some told me Omicron attack could let them take a rest at home as a result of ‘work from home’.

Selfish people are those clever ones who knew the truth but pretended they did not, because they did not want anything to adversely affect themselves. Interests and lives of others are secondary. Self-centered people were those unclever ones who were not wise enough to realize the truth but pretended they knew. Their stubbornness, if not ignorance, is out of too much self-love or a lack of reasonableness. These pathetic ones hurt themselves as much as they are hurting others.

Hong Kong was devastated during the past 2 years by the pandemic(大流行病) of COVID-19 economically and socially. The variant of COVID-19 called Omicron followed and is currently driving a terrible surge of new infections in our city. If Hong Kong had had adequate crisis management measures before Omicron brought Hong Kong to its knees in February 2022, thousands of death cases could have been avoided. Up to this moment in time, millions of people locally were infected. The number of death cases approaching 10,000 is so frightening that it sends shivers down our spine. Unfortunately, the threat will not stop. Another wave of mutated virus may come. Many can catch virus multiple times. Deadly Omicron is not mild because it is actually killing thousands of people who are infant, old or sick. Cross-border travel will also not be permitted by the Chinese Mainland unless and until virus is no longer twiggled in the arms of Hong Kong.

The ultimate solution to the problem must be universal vaccination. The full vaccination rate (3-4 doses) in Hong Kong has always been vexingly low. Some have great faith in fools inclusive of themselves. Some choose to rely on rumours and negative comments. Some are controlled by lies used to cause deliberate social instability in Hong Kong. The following are the 12 common psychological barriers, ill-intentioned or ingenuous, that lead to the high proportion of COVID-19 vaccine refusal in our city：

(1)          “You can still catch Omicron despite vaccination!” No medical treatment is 100% guaranteed. But, there is clear evidence that vaccines do effectively induce great immune response to the virus and save you.

(2)          “Let's believe in the Darwinian theory of survival of the fittest.” High mortality rate in senior adults will realistically reduce health care costs.” This cruel standpoint proves that inhumanity to man is done by man himself more than any other of nature's causes.

(3)          “People should not be afraid of death and let it be easy when it happens!” When someone that you love dies, would you not grieve and say the same thing?

(4)          “I am anti-government and don't trust the government. I am against any vaccination measure!” Such anarchism is an ineffective way of improving the world. Good deeds should be the art of the possible, not of destruction. You eject the authority by way of causing more to become sick or die? Is it wise?

(5)          “I am too busy! Don't bother me!” Brother, a lack of concern or passion for your life especially your health could be a sign that you are mentally incapable! A jab will only take you a few minutes and your modest diligence can save you the trouble of spending more time in the hospital and the long healing process when you are indisposed.

(6)          “I usually stay at home. Don't worry!” You are like an ostrich which sticks its head in the sand instead of facing the danger. The domestic helper, caretaker, postman or repairman can all be contagious and spread the virus from themselves to you.

(7)          “Vaccinations contain toxic chemicals which will poison children?” Companies which make vaccines carried out careful tests on children. The death rates among the unvaccinated kids are much higher than those of the vaccinated. It is really a funny thing that you prefer to die of virus rather than, following your fear, the remote risk of a vaccinated person dying from Omicron.

(8)          “I fear that the side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine will kill me!” The common side effects are very mild such as injection site pain, fatigue and unserious headache. On the other hand, the elderly and children are very vulnerable to the fatal damage of coronavirus, especially damage to the brain.

(9)          “I refuse vaccine jab so that the out-of-control pandemic situation in Hong Kong will discourage the Mainland tourists from visiting Hong Kong. They are disturbing me!” These anti-social radicals are counterproductive. Any argument that requires the suspension of reasonableness as a reason for moral support is an immoral proposition. Millions of Mainland tourists keep Hong Kong economically alive and feed the grassroots.

(10)      “I am a naturalist and believe that we are subordinate to the Nature of which I am a part. Death is natural.” I am sure that a naturalist would not like to see mountains of dead bodies in some of the hospitals where a lot of people were waiting for their turn to die. Besides, a naturalist would be kind and hate to see other people get infected because of your virus!

(11)      “I have ‘needle phobia’ and cannot stand any medical procedure that involves injections!” Such phobia can be managed through anti-anxiety medication such as Emla cream. Learning to overcome such a fear is a must since when you grow older and come of age, medical injections will get more frequent and inevitable for the sake of your personal healthcare.

(12)      “Omicron is very mild and like a flu. I don't need any precautions.” Omicron may be somehow less dangerous than previous virus. Medical reports however said that it could cause severe disease in people who are physically weak or have chronic illness. Some people do experience very bad post-COVID-19 conditions such as constant head pain and memory loss.

At this critical juncture of Hong Kong fighting Omicron vigorously, the head and the heart of all citizens must go together. We shall not let bad, stuck-up or silly people working in league to destroy the unity and common sense among us, especially the unwary members of the public. The selfish or stupid arguments for vaccine refusal, if un-restrained, will push the inability of Hong Kong to suppress Omicron to a bottomless pit again in the coming months when the virus can mutate to create another wave.

Hospitals in Hong Kong, due to Omicron’s lethal attack, are busy and unable to treat other patients. Our co-operation on government’s vaccination efforts will put hospitals back to normal and indirectly save more other lives who are not Omicron patients suffering from the unspeakable pain of cancers.

“In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.”—Mother Teresa.

MLee

Chinese Version 中文版: https://www.patreon.com/posts/xiang-gang-yi-mi-65616006?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Omicron Song “Omicron is coming to Town”  https://youtu.be/nlUYfanApAc   Acknowledgement – Parody Project

Omicron Nature  https://youtu.be/dc_iAuDNv9M  Acknowledgement-SBS中文

Omicron HK Outbreak News  https://youtu.be/6UZ1eqCgExY   Acknowledgement-TVB

Omicron Symptoms Sharing  https://youtu.be/JTdsv3tE6ko  Acknowledgement – uncle M

Omicron after-effect  https://youtu.be/Yl2KUbWf5dU  Acknowledgement-HK01 

Singapore Vaccine Song  https://youtu.be/oPRv6WrPThI  Acknowledgement – govsg

Covid-19 Nucleic Acid Test  https://youtu.be/Qmeccso5uh0  Acknowledgement – LEE

#Mother Teresa #COVID-19 #Omicron #Pandemic #Vaccination #Darwinian theory #Naturalist #Needle Phobia #Anarchism #Chinese Mainland #Immoral Proposition

[aviewfrommercury]

Assorted Bazooka Facts, For a Loved One or those of Other Similar Alignment, Suitable for Intravenous Administration

Bazookas are called "Bazookas" because they are things that Bazook.

Dictionarians were quite grateful upon their invention, because it put an end to a longstanding and at times very heated debate about what things that Bazook'd should be called.

The casualties from The Great Bazooking were greater than the numbers inflicted by the weapon itself.

The violence inspired one onlooker to attempt to create the first version of a Nationalised Health Service. Except they tried to create it entirely out of papier mâché, which worked up to a point, that point being the point where it was apparent that it wouldn't work at all because it was made entirely out of papier mâché.

Possible links between bazookas and kazoos are theorised, but yet to be studied in depth, because the genetics of the domesticated kazoo are too dissimilar to their wild-counterparts, and no samples of the latter have lasted long enough in containment to be analysed.

The original bazooka was the size and shape of a moderately-sized car, although that moderately-sized car was the size and shape of a bazooka.

Bazooking was named after its inventor, Harold Bazook. He was named such because he was the inventor of bazooking. This caused some confusion for the first 33 years of his life, as no-one knew what bazooking was yet.

Some people have alleged that, rather than a distinct phenomenon of its own, bazooking is actually a regional variant of hornswoggling. These people are wrong, and should feel bad about themselves, and will not be missed.

There is a forbidden form of bazooking. It is done only by moonlight, on the days not listed on the calendar, when the gods are not watching. Its purpose is esoteric, and it exacts a heavy price.

Bazookas taste like a combination of garlic and ketchup, if served with a suffcient quantity of garlic and ketchup.

No-one has ever seen a fully matured bazooka and lived to tell the tale.

Some bazookas will pretend to care about your personal life.

Prior to widespread adoption of writing, ancient cultures had no way to spell the word "bazooka". The only available alternative was to glue a bazooka to a piece of paper, and write the remaining text around it. The exorbitant postage fees that resulted were a significant factor in the collapse of the Olmec civilization.

Bazookas are better at maths than people expect.

A bazooka is probably not behind you right now. On the off chance that it is, your best bet is to pretend that it isn't.

The largest bazooka on record is the size of a very large bazooka.

The earliest recorded use of a bazooka was not recorded. The record-keeper involved was given a 3-year sentence in the punishment cube.

Bazookas cannot open doors, but are exceptionally capable of convincing people to open doors for them. Awareness of this fact is insufficient to avoid falling prey to it.

Do not challenge a bazooka to chess. You can win, but you will not be able to bare the cost.

Bazookas can distinguish friend from foe. They just choose not to.

Bazookas probably haven't implanted hypnotic suggestions inside innocuous lists of bazooka facts.

And if they had, they'd probably have hypnotised you to think they hadn't. So if you thought they had, then they haven't.

So they probably haven't.

If your bazooka has 4 fingers and thumb, that might not be your bazooka; it might be your hand.

Unless it's actually your bazooka.

#bazookas #bazooking #bazook