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blufox234isadumbname · 5 years

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Commentary on the “BTW, Can You Survive SCP Containment Breach” because yes

- I would like to point out that in this pic, Jay does have heterochromia like from the “Us” video. It seems this might be just a part of the character design from now on

- trash men

- inconspicuous Bella

- I just really like these illustrations

- JoCat, the Totally-Good-At-His-Job Keeper of Secrets

- "Jay is single and needs to mingle”

-”Jay is a dying university student”

- “JoCat is married to doing stuff for streams”

- Also, let’s appreciate the lovely drawing of Jo’s family, how sweet

- Reminder, the best way into a man’s heart is to love Mirio too

- Stephen’s ex, Amberoni Palpatine

- “Stephen says no, he’s not going to sign your contract. What’re you going to do now, Daniel?”

- “Hosuh, hold him down-.”

- yay peer pressure

- Jo, apparently also the Master of Seduction

- and he’s good at it!

- They loom over him menacingly, their laughter taunts him in his sleep. He is haunted by the sounds of donations piling in on streams without warning and without stopping-

- Thanks, inconspicuous bus!

- suspicious Jay is a funny jay

- “Is this that creepypasta?”

- “No, this is a scary spaghetti.”

- WALL-CHAN!

- Even the sh*t is cute

- Also, Danganronpa blood, is that you?

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AND MORE COMMENTARY UNDER THE CUT CAUSE THIS IS LONG AF AND AT THIS POINT ITS KINDA SPOILERY BUT WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

- More illustrations i like

- UwU sexy smexy butt (kill me)

- James?

- JAMES!

-NOOOOOOOOOOOO

- oh my f*cking god he f*cking dead

- SCP-173 is loose

"We still gotta clean this room, man”

- I just love how tiny Hosuh is compare to everyone else

- SO SMOL<3333

- Jay is such a big fan of SCP that he became the wiki itself

- Jay accidentally help Daniel, SUCH BFFs

- hello mastermind Daniel

- Allow me to introduce to you to the wonder that is Hosuh Lee:

- Smart Hosuh, formulates a plan quickly

- Precious Hosuh, is so wholesome and innocent even without intention

- Bad Boy Hosuh, he is done with yo’ sh*t

- and Looney Hosuh, do I really have to explain

-Thank you for attending my TEDtalk-

- Mmm yes good art

- Jay: *is smart and manages to find an easy solution*

- Daniel: haha no

- MERICA

- Hosuh watching a movie, how very rare

- Can we just appreciate @hourglass34 for doing such amazing work on this episode, it was honestly so pretty and disturbing during these shots

- BALD STEPHEN BALD JAY BALD STEPHEN BALD JAY

- TOASTER JO

- NO CAT and CLOWN DANIEL

- From this image on its own, I'm laughing at the implication of breadphobia

- DAN, WHERE’S THE MUG MERCH???

- blessed image

-Guardian Angel and Devil AU anyone? (god this is giving me flashbacks to my failed ask blog)

- PRECIOUS BABIES PROTECT THEM

- LOOK AT THEM SO CUUUUUTE

- Meanwhile...

- again, amazing work by @hourglass34!

- BREAK IT DOWN JAY!

- Jo and Hosuh, the pairing I never knew I needed

- “I’m gonna go meet the fire guy cause he seems like would give a WARM welcome!”

- Jo, the Second Master of Comedy

- Stephen, The Ruiner, he just ruins things

- they didn't feel so good : >

- “SQUISHY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

- Jay being nice, what are the odds???

- Meanwhile, eyeball boobs

- Further proof Daniel looks through Tumblr and us Fanplan here on Tumblr should be quaking

- JoCat: *wants gender-bent fanart*

Fan artists: *DRAW LIKE NO GODDAMN TOMORROW*

- Postman! Hosuh, I’m expecting great fics from this

- EVEN MORE BLESSED PICTURE, HE’S SOO HAPPY

- PROTECTIVE JAY, also more heterochromia

- THE POWER OF DICE COMPELS YOU

- heh, nickelodeon, oh how wonderful you were way back then

Daniel: What are you in for?

- SCP-082: ...man, i’m just hungry

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AND THAT’S IT UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE.

sorry for low-quality screenshots, I couldn’t get them without the bars at the bottom and top

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setsuntamew · 5 years

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Kingdom Hearts 3 Liveblog: Part 1

As promised, all spoilers will be under a cut! My understanding of Japanese is very limited, but even with that in mind, there will be plenty of gameplay spoilers and some plot summaries. For now, all "screencaps" are taken with my phone, since I don't wanna spam my PSN friends with spoilers >< Sorry for the low quality shots!

So, for some context: I'm the one doing all the actual playing while Liz (dragonofeternal) and Pat (arahith) watch and provide commentary. I know very minimal Japanese, but the two of them know enough bits and pieces to translate the menus and get the gist of cut scenes. So while we're obv missing a lot of details, we've got a general idea of what's going on! However, this also means that I only have so many pics, because I was doing the gaming. Liz has a more detailed liveblogging experience going on over on their journal, and Pat is just dying of emotions (tho we're pretty much all doing that).

oh my god oh my god oh my god I honestly lost my mind just over the download. I didn't plan this is advance btw; I only realized I could buy digital games on the Japanese PSN a few hours after the game released in Japan, because I have no common sense I guess lmao.

IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!! The opening was super gorgeous which like, yeah, I knew it would be from trailers...but seeing it actually happening on my TV??? SO GOOD. It's an extended version of the trailer too; it's got more scenes in it!! Also the only thing (so far at least) that blocks sharing of screenshots/video. The stained glass beginning is done differently than previous games, with floating screens showing clips from past games as your way of choose what to value versus what to give up. It is SLICK as fuck!! And then the big fuckin shadow that you fight (because there's always one....allways) is mirrored and different and it's in a world of pure sky. It's beautiful. It's enough to make me wish I had a 4K TV and PS4 Pro, tbh.

.........uhhhh excuse me? Fuck you Nomura I wanna play the god damn fucking video game please just let me into the fun fucking part of the game!! XD Anyway, the first world was Olympus and I spent most of it figuring out the controls, aka fucking everything up because X and O are reversed in Japanese. I knew this even, from play Final Mixes 1 and 2 back in the day, and yet? Still fuckin it up hardcore XD It's so much fun to play though, which is something I'm probably gonna say a ton of times, but it's true. Since it's the first world, it is technically the "tutorial" world but it doesn't feel like one. Learning all the new play styles comes organically, and it's all very intuitive- especially considering I can only understand about 30% of the instructions they game is giving me. I love Hercules; it's my favorite Disney movie. I nearly burst into tears of joy when I got to explore Thebes because holy shit it felt like walking through my favorite Disney movie??? It felt like it was crafted with such love and care...There was a lot of thought put into KH3, and it shines for it. I wish it hadn't been such a long wait but also? It's done so well, it was worth it. Also, controlling a giant magical pirate ship is the dopest thing ever and I would like to kill basically all heartless with that now. The magical Disney rides as an attack system works even better than I had hoped :D It's my favorite new addition so far. Going to Mt. Olympus was fantastic as well!!!! The whole time, Liz, and I were making jokes about how Sora was gonna have to apologize to Hercules for breaking all of the stuff in his dad's house, and I think Pat almost had a hernia when I started breaking things in Hephaestus's forge.

Finishing up Olympus rewarded me with my boy Riku!!!! He's been my fave since KH1 and just...hello Riku :D I fucking hate demon towers but playing as Riku was slick. It definitely reminded me of Aqua in 0.2, and it reflects the growth he's had versus Sora having to start all over again.

......why are your pants so awkward lookin though??? Like that's an......interesting bulge :T Please...please wear your pants differently in the future...

Aaaaaand my other boy, Ienzo!!!! I just about screamed and jumped out of my seat in excitement; I somehow didn't expect to see him quite so early!! I'm a little disappointed that we haven't gone to Radiant Garden so far, but cell phone Ienzo is more than enough to keep me satisfied. I loved him asking Aeleus if he wanted to talk to Roxas, too, because fuck that's adorable?? Too cute. Too good. If anyone makes Ienzo cry I will fight them. FUCKING TWILIGHT TOWN IS GORGEOUS I DIED FIFTY TIMES FROM JOY (but not during the massively overpowered demon tower fight because I'm good at video games). It was so fucking good to get to go back and see it lovingly rendered in high def. I almost immediately went to find the crack in the wall, got upset that someone had apparently fixed the glaring hole in the wall, and found a back way to the forest through the sewers :D

Remy is adorable??? Like I didn't get good enough shots because I was just too into the cut scene, okay, it was cute. I was very sad that they left him behind (and pleased when apparently Scrooge decided to employ him later, because he knows what's up).

Hi sorry I have to go cry??? Forever????????? Because apparently I wasn't ready to see the Twilight Town mansion without being a big fucking baby! I just...it breaks my heart. These kids and their tragedies hurt me deeply and just. It hurts so good.

R O X A S!!!!!!!!!!!! sobs sobs please help him Sora ;w;

Pence has hacked into the mainframe :D

NOT.

Real talk though, getting to see Hayner, Pence, and Olette again was so fucking good, and watching Pence be a useful nerd was A+ for sure. And just basically everyone being like yeah Sora can't work technology please keep him away from it forever, thanks. It's good. It's good shit!!!!

Something about this shot feels very melancholy, and I while I don't think it was what the end of this cut scene was supposed to feel like, it feels a bit like foreshadowing.

Speaking of problems...I know they were talking about something serious in this scene, but Liz and I kept re-dubbing it with cracky bullshit and so now it makes me giggle. Oops!! Seriously though, it's like "Hey Ansem, maybe stop checking out teenagers? It's getting kinda creepy, even for us villains." "But they're so cute..."

I'm so sorry I'm like this.

Aaaaaaand I'm gonna cut it here, with this fantastic Xemnas face! See y'all next time with Toybox, Kingdom of Corona, and potentially Monstropolis, depending on how much time I have to write at work today :D

#kingdom hearts #kh3 #kh3 spoilers #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts 3 spoilers

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emeraldbabygirl · 4 years

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A Discount Guide to Rolling Quartz pt.1

I’m gonna start with a few of their videos that I recommend.

So this is Delight it’s their I think debut song. There’s only a studio version of it tho.

Misery Business they covered and I love it they did amazing

This cover of Bad Romance is fucking amazing, Jayoung’s low voice really..shit hit different b. Like, her voice and the things she can do with it is amazing. The low husky voice that she has is so sexy tho anyway I love their fits, they all look like sexy vampires. They give me The Hex Girls from Scooby-Doo vibes lmao

Kimarigoto by Brats

Seven Nation Army The White Stripes

015B I think this is their comeback? The way things are set up I’m not sure how they release music as far as teasers of promote themselves but I think it is one of their own songs

THIS is a dance cover actually of Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake that Arem did and she might become either my wrecker or second bias

Ok so the members, I took screenshots from their Delight, Misery Business and 015B videos so I’m sorry if it’s not of good quality. They don’t post pics of themselves on their insta. Also there are two electric guitarists and I don’t know which one is which so please forgive me. But they gave me their names and positions so I’m grateful for that and that’s what I’m giving.

Jayoung the vocalist

Bassist Arem (that look btw sent me to another dimension)

Drummer Young-Eun

#rolling quartz #jayoung #iree #hyunjung #arem #youngeun #the ladies #k bands #underrated #nuguidols #nugugirls

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yoyoyo85s · 4 years

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You called and first thing u said was "I only have one hour cos my mom's coming home". Idk wht to do with tht information but I'm just glad u made time and I had u for more than tht.

"You sent me long messages"

I put my phone down cos I got embarrassed as I was reminded wht things I said to you last time. I was bein so dramatic. But I regained composure

"Yeah. What about it"

"Nothing."

Can u just say why u wanna say? Cos it's not nothing tho.. But yeah I wouldn't wanna delve in with it rn

"I couldn't answer you yesterday cos I was with my family"

I didn't ask cos I figured u were celebrating Lebaran but still, thank you for letting me know. It's alright.

Kept moanin abt how hot it is as ur AC's broken, u kept smudging ur nose as it was itchy, it's gone red maybe cos of dust allergy, and u have ur menstruation as to which I thought to myself "I'll have mine soon" idk. You kept whining bout ur hair becoming too long and wnted to have a hair cut but couldn't cos u're too afraid of covid as to which I replied "Covid's on my side thn"

And then u chastised me a bit on how I don't wear mask on my video updates which my friends have been bugging me bout lately.. I couldn't make any excuses though but yeah I appreciate ur concern ;p

Switching to random topics from time to time, then silence and more stares and I kept on scoffing with delight everytime I catch tht look on ur face.

"What"

"Nothing. It's just tht I like tht mean look on your face... nvrmnd."

You got amused "Yeah everyone say I have a bitch face"

"Well I wouldn't put it like tht. It's just tht ur neutral face have ths mean eyes and a look where it says 'I'm better than everyone else' tht kind of thing"

Is it the same thing? It's just that it's quite confidently arrogant and I'm sure almost anyone has an impression of you as somewhat rigid and stringent. And I think it fuels my attraction to u and evn further my desire to JUST. MAKE. YOU. MINE.

It rly also doesn't help me when u put the camera too close to ur face, thn I notice tht the neckband on ur shirt is stickin out. It makes me wanna insert my finger inside ur collar, hook it up and grab it with my thumb and pull u closer to me. But I couldn't say those foolish thoughts out loud which made me intensely exhale air out my nostrils and have tht suggesting grin of mine

"What?"

"Nothing. You're gon find it weird whn I say it" I did the exhale thing agn

"What?"

I whispered my answer.

"What? Say it louder"

I couldn't look at u as I said it in a hushed voice, I was a bit embarrassed. But u still didn't hear it as the connection was terrible too

"What is it?"

Still lying down on my side, I look at u intently, swallowed and took a breath, for the third time, I seriously said it loud and clear

"You look so sexily beautiful."

I couldn't conceal my smile. You were baffled and just laughed in a ridiculous manner.

"Huh. You have weird taste"

"It's true tho"

I hope u do believe me whn I say ths things cos as much as u'd like to call me flirty or greasy or corny, there's genuinity with my words.

"You say I have weird taste. It's like you're saying you're weird"

"Yeah. I am weird though"

"Yes you are"

And I almost fuckin continued "but you're my weird"

Ohdeargod help hahaha smh

You were sitting on the floor and resting ur back against the wall, kept leanin ur head back as it was agonisingly unpleasant, makin ur throat exposed, ur hands crossed clutching both shoulders. All those time with u in tht position and gazing back and forth to nothing thn to me

And evn tho I rly do feel sorry with ur current situation being irritable and uncomfortable and all, I couldn't help myself repeating tht foolish action where I kept scoffing thru my nose, smirk then burrow my face.. Cos I wanna straddle u on ur lap, pin u against the wall, grip ur hair to make ur head throw back thn nip ur neck and plant kisses all over and suck the life out of you and ohdeargod.. I also can't help but feel sorry and laugh at myself tht I'm thinkin these things..

You keep catching me whn I take my captures of u since earlier and whn u do, u cover ur face. I think u know how I take screenshots cos u'd hear it whn I knock on my screen or see my thumb fondling near the front camera lense as I try to swipe down and tap tht button it's annoying.. You're annoying

As u saw the pic I sent you (which is one of my fav cos u were smiling and being playful and ur lips were so kissable), it was from a long time ago and it showed tht u were indeed wearing the same shirt which I kept ramblin abt earlier. You then questioned my hobby.

"Why do u keep taking pictures [of me]?"

"Why not?"

"It's low quality."

"Well, u rly don't do selfies"

"I have some on my Instagram"

"It doesn't matter cos it's not like you're gonna give me when I ask you anyways"

You just mocked me with tht adorable laugh.. It's true tho, when I ask u abt somethin u're just gon say no so leave me be ;p

"I'm not gon keep my hopes up"

"I'll send it to you one day or tomorrow"

"Yeah yeah. I'll just listen from ths ear and let it out on the other"

"I'll send it someday"

And the thing is I rly didn't put tht in mind but an hour later I received a photo. I tried to push my luck "Any more? " and u sent me another. And another. And another. And another. And another thn another.. This is one of the things I like abt you. You'll say one thing tht's definite, I stop prodding. Thn u do another and I end up gettin wht I want in the first place.

So yeah. I'm not mopey anymore hahaha also I fnishd writing ths at exactly 15:27 too

#our sweet conversations #i look like a fool #i love it when you give into my requests

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adaru32 · 7 years

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Sorry for the low quality of the pic. That was the clearest I could get around the time I made this trivia image. If you’re wondering where this screenshot is from, you can check the source link between the 1:23 and 1:26 marks. Although this screenshot wasn’t taken from the video in the source link, it was a different one from longer ago.

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martintaloneart · 4 years

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🇪🇸⬇⬆🇬🇧 * 🇬🇧<<He started feeling dizzy, a state he knew well because his fear of hights. Then, a second well known sensation appeared: the rising burn through stomach, chest and throat that only could be indicative of an upcoming vomit. He closed his eyes and tried to hold it on. Successfuly. But when he opened his eyes again, the stormy forest landscape he was getting used to was replaced by a new one of vast grasslands in strange colors. But he couldn't gaze at them long, since a moment later he was feeling the humid weeds and the soft ground against his face, just before fainting away. It had been a very long day.>> -Fragment of "The Spiral Tree". . Greetings, and #BeCreative!💭💡✏ . 😕Sorry the low quality pic, it's only a screenshot of a video I'll upload tomorrow (and yes, I forgot to take photos during the process). * 🇪🇸<<Empezó a sentirse mareado, un estado que conocía bien debido a su miedo a las alturas. Luego, una segunda sensación familiar apareció: el ascendiente ardor a través del estómago, pecho y garganta que sólo podía ser indicativo del incipiente vómito. Cerró sus ojos e intentó contenerlo. Con éxito. Pero cuando volvió a abrir los ojos, el paisaje de bosque tormentoso al que ya se estaba acostumbrando fue reemplazado por uno nuevo de vastos pastizales de extraños colores. Pero no pudo observarlos detenidamente, ya que un instante después estaba sintiendo las hierbas húmedas y el suave suelo contra su rostro, justo antes de desmayarse. Había sido un día muy largo.>> -Fragmento de "El Árbol Espiral". . ¡Saludos, y #SeanCreativos!💭💡✏ . 😕Perdón por la baja calidad de la imagen, es solo una captura de pantalla de un video que subiré mañana (y sí, olvidé sacar fotos durante el proceso). * 🌐Web> shorturl.at/cADK3 ❤Instagram> shorturl.at/qrvzL 👍Facebook> shorturl.at/lPSY5 🎥YouTube> shorturl.at/kvEY9 * @adarenovada @pizzini_argentina @fabercastellargentina @fabercastellglobal * #illustration #drawing #sketch #art #artistsoninstagram #artwork #color #colors #colorful #colorpencil #colours #colour #colourful #light #lights #wip #workinprogress #fantasy #fantasyart #fantastic #magic #magical #tree #magicaltree #stone #rock #crystal #crystals (en La Plata, Buenos Aires) https://www.instagram.com/p/B73Oefzj0AF/?igshid=1v7od2pyn2k3h

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fan-tasticfour · 7 years

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Headcanon - Theater Layout

Okay, so, majority of the thing under a cut because there’s pictures galore XD

But here’s a summary:

The Kurukurutei is, in design, presumably heavily inspired by the existing Suehirotei in Shinjuku. The outside/front of the building definitely matches. Interior decor is up to imagination but I like to think the performance hall and stage at least are something similar to the real thing.

The building has three floors

The first floor, with three doors leading out to the sidewalk. There’s two ‘main entrance’ doors leading into the theater room, and one ‘staff entrance’ door leading both upstairs to living quarters, and to the backstage area including dressing room and yard.

The second floor is the “balcony” segment of the theater room. It’s a very tall theater room. Only staff has access to it. There’s also another room located above the dressing room that only those living at the theater have access to.

The third floor is the living space. It has a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and three bedrooms.

I guess there’s also a sort of attic but it doesn’t really count as a fourth floor because it’s kinda low and there’s probably just a ton of random stuff crammed into it.

I tried to rebuild the theater in Sims 3 the way I kinda-sorta imagine it but it had almost zero Japanese furniture and even the pay-for stuff on the official site is kinda useless and lol ain’t nobody got time to mod the game so just pretend there’s a ton more Japanese-looking stuff in the building than the game is willng to offer.

Anyway, picture time! (Click the text links for bigger images):

Left is the [ Kurukurutei ] exterior shown in the game, right is a picture of the [ Suehirotei ] in Shinjuku.

A bunch of interior pictures of the theater room. Top three are real photos, bottom three are anime renditions from the anime “Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu”, which I actually recommend watching. I remember going in for the sole purpose of learning more about rakugo to better muse Uendo and thinking I’d be bored, only to get hooked after the first episode and binge the entire first season in one afternoon lmao

[ One ] [ Two ] [ Three ] [ Four ] [ Five ] [ Six ]

Like I said, Sims 3 doesn’t really allow for me to properly re-create existing things, but all things considered [ it’s not too bad ]. Unfortunately I couldn’t take screenshots directly off the computer, so uh. Sorry about photo quality.

I don’t know if the theater has the same fuckton amount of lights everywhere, but I kinda had to add a billion for the sake of being able to SEE.

[ This one ] is basically a view of the first floor. You can see the dressing room and the hallway around it on the left, as well as the yard. The stairs in the same hallway lead up to living quarters, and there’s a kinda of dresser-closet-thing in front of the stairs for guests to take their shoes off. (They don’t get a lot of guests, but they do have a few pairs of guest slippers in the racks.)

[ First one ] is a slightly closer look at the front. There’s an empty stripe of brown bricks in the center, but there’s supposed to be a ticket booth there that people can buy their tickets from. The door on the right of the booth is where the audience walks in. The one on the left is locked. And then the left-most door is the staff entrance.

[ Second one ] is just a bit closer up to the seats and the stage. Hard to do in the game but the stage is supposed to be higher up and can have curtains of a sort to close/hide the stage. The wings are tatami mats. You’re meant to take your shoes off before walking on them, and they also have pillows to sit on.

[ Third one ] is really just to show that there’s a bathroom for audience people to go to during performances.

[ The yard ] is meant to have a higher hedge, thank you Sims, but you can see the doghouse previously occupied by Jugemu and the window Simon was looking through during Turnabout Storyteller.

[ The dressing room ] is supposed to have a wooden sliding door instead of a glass one, thank you Sims, but there’s a table in the middle and a fridge in the corner and a TV and a dresser with a very big mirror. The dresser and mirror are actually important since everyone in the Toneido Troupe pays special attention to their appearance before going on-stage. One of the corners has a small shrine/altar that was initially for the first Uendo and his wife, but now also has Taifu’s ashes as part of it.

[ Second floor pic ] where you can see the first floor lamps just hanging in the void because there’s no ceiling and I don’t know if the game understands gravity and physics. I mean there’s literally no floor and they’re just. Hanging there because I wanted them to.

The performance hall balcony can technically be seen from the floor below, but guests are not supposed to be able to see what’s up there and the view is almost always obscured by curtains. I just put a bar there in the Sims but it’s actually from where the lighting and the stage curtains are operated.

Over the dressing room is just a spare room that is almost more of a stroage room. Uendo likes to play piano there. But it also has a few other music instruments in it, and some painting tools, and Uendo’s baseball gear, Geiru’s ice skates, some dog stuff for Jugemu, and a lot of toys and materials for acrobatics that the Troupe used for performances. Right across from that room is the stairs up to the rest of the living space.

[ Third floor ] with living space arrangement.

Upper left is the living room, which is supposed to look a lot more Japanese than the game can do. Next to it, upper right, is the kitchen. Taifu (left) and Geiru (right)’s rooms facing each other, both decently-sized. Lower left is Uendo’s room and lower right is the bathroom. Uendo’s room was never really intended to be a bedroom and Taifu just kind of turned it into that when he was adopted into the residence, which is why it’s much smaller than the other two bedrooms.

[ Living Room A ] [ Living Room B ] [ Kitchen ]

Gin-chan’s cage is pushed up in a corner against the stair rail and kind of hard to notice when coming up the stairs. The extra branch is for when the birds are given permission to fly around the room. The couch has a small table with a phone next to it, and is facing a big TV with stacks of movies and games on the sides. Taifu was a big reader and had a giant bookcase up against the wall.

The kitchen just generally has all the basics-- table, chairs, fridge, sink, oven, stove, dishwater, and a whole bunch of cabinets for storing pots and dishes and non-fridge food. One cabinet is entirely reserved for tea.

[ Taifu’s room ] is very minimalist. (Maybe not quite as much as in the game, but I didn’t really know what to put in there.) I put a bed but it’s actually meant to be a futon. The grey wall is intended to be all sliding doors and just one giant closet with mostly spare futons and blankets and sheets, and only a small section being Taifu’s clothes.

[ Geiru’s room ] is also a bit more full than in the game, but. Her closet space is almost entirely occupied by costumes and colorful outfits. Some of the clothes in there are Uendo’s hoodies that she snagged for herself because they were soft and that he still hasn’t gone back to reclaim. She has a big dresser wth a mirror that contains makeup and lotions and other beauty tools scattered in the drawers. There’s a mermaid statue in the game that Geiru may or may not actually have, but was honestly just put there to show where she keeps an old framed picture of her and her father.

[ Uendo’s ][ room ] is essentially a BIT smaller than in the above images. And a lot messier. Honestly game mechanics CANNOT do the disaster in his room justice. There’s his bed up against the wall/window (it’s a big window), there’s some box thing in the corner which is realistically actually a big pile of unfolded laundry, his desk has a computer on one half and the other half is supposed to be buried under pens and pencils and books and anime/video game figurines, plus more figurines and stuff on the wall shelves, Katsura’s cage in the corner, next to the bed is a big drawer with make-up and juggling tools and blank notebooks and USED notebooks and stacks of unused paper and used paper and color paper and some other random things and a mirror hanging over the drawer and the bookshelf in the corner isn’t supposed to be a bookshelf even though he’d love one and is instead supposed to be a tall-ass closet with ALL the clothes in it, his and Patches’ and Kisegawa’s and the stuffed bunny he got from Geiru as a kid is also hiding in there somewhere. The feather painting hanging over Uendo’s bed is actually supposed to be a small but growing cluster of “posters” from friends.

[ The side roof ] doesn’t have any “real” access. It’s a roof and wasn’t made for going on there. But Uendo likes to climb through the windows and lay on it for stargazing. Since Taifu’s death he also moved the laundry lines because going all the way down to the yard for it got annoying and exhausting.

Anyway, there you go. That’s more or less how I imagine the entire Kurukurutei to be.

#:| Wind Headcanons |:

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jillmckenzie1 · 6 years

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The Silver Lining – Online Dating on the Road

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away, I came across a guy on Bumble who immediately proclaimed in his bio that faith was the number quality that he was looking for in a woman. Okay. He then proceeded to say how much he loved positivity and hated photo filters: “Real is beautiful.” You got it, bud. I second the filter hate train. I mean, I’ll send you a dumbass video of me with cheeseburgers circling around my head, but a hard no on the cat ears for public visibility. In true Stephanie fashion, I led with: “Should I start sending all my Snapchat filter selfies now or later?” (don’t worry, the answer is yes, I do amuse myself). Here’s the part where you sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. His response: “Funny, Funny. I wonder what a vagina looks like filtered? Huh [insert light bulb emoji]. I have an idea. Test it out for us. Send me one both ways. I’ll let you know [insert smiley face emoji].”

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

Yep, this actually happened. Seriously. I responded and questioned why, on any planet in any point in time, he believed this response would be an acceptable way to speak to a woman. Ever. I recall using words like “disgusting” and “degrading” (I’m sure the screenshot is somewhere deep in the abyss of my iPhotos if you need evidence). His response? He was joking. Right. Super funny, dude. Real funny. Report. Block. Terminate. Bye.

If you’re single, you’re not surprised by this story. If you’re in a relationship, I hope to God you are completely astounded. And, while I often think dating apps are the absolute devil, it is also the current means to an end. Are you even a real single person if you are not on a dating app? Not even kidding. Okay, slight over exaggeration, but truly, never in our wildest teen years did us 30-something-year-olds imagine using our phones to score a significant other (AIM, sure, but not our phones).

So, I exist in my current reality. Fact: I’m single. Fact: I’m transient. Fact: I’d like to be in a relationship. Fact: I don’t care whether or not that relationship exists in a transient or stationary state. So, yes, if our vibe is high and you want to hop in the Airstream and explore every end of the earth, great. If you work in a job you love in a city that you call home, ask me to stay. Let’s ride the wave. Together. Because, seriously, doing life with someone who really gets you better than anyone else ever could is the real damn deal.

Back to dating. I don’t think anyone actually dates anymore. I am actually convinced that it’s not really a thing these days. There’s like pre-dating in which you entertain the idea of actually dating. And then there is friend-zoning or jumping deep into the abyss of quasi-matrimony. I speak with experience from the former, not the latter. And, mark my words, “friends with benefits” is so hot right now. I actually went toe-to-toe with two guy friends at a bar last weekend in a pursuit to convince them that the typical Millennial male is more often than not seeking a friend with whom he can simply have sex than an actual committed relationship (let’s just say they didn’t disagree). Because, I actually do believe that most men do not want to sleep around with handfuls of random girls. They seem to be perplexed by their own paradoxical existence of not wanting anything serious (i.e. being forced to attend your grandma’s 80th birthday with you) while simultaneously wanting to have sex as much as humanly possible.

Let me present to you exhibit A.

I moved to Denver in my Airstream last spring. I met a guy on Bumble who happened to be on the way to a bachelor party for the weekend. I assumed we would engage in an hour-long text conversation that would end with him asking me to send nudes or with him sending me a completely unsolicited dick pic (because, yes, as you can assume from the above scenario, guys really do that). I’d tell him to (a) Google a nude, any nude (most certainly not mine), if that’s what he wanted, or (b) I’d cuss him out for exposing himself like a disturbed and arrogant asshole, and I’d add another tally to my list of douchebags found in the wild.

Welp, surprisingly, he proved me wrong. Beyond that, he actually seemed interested in who I was as a human being, and he proceeded to text me non-stop over the course of the weekend. While at a bachelor party (I feel that this detail needs repeating).

So, he returns home three days later and we commit to actually meeting face to face (like, whoa). And, for lack of a better word, it’s flawless. We’re super funny together (priority one), conversation is natural, and chemistry is fire. We hang out for a few weeks, which inevitably leads to sex. Immediately, he drops the bomb: let’s be friends. Let’s. Be. Friends? Oh wait, I’m sorry, correction, let’s be BEST friends. Perfect. Great. Because, I’m really lacking in the best friend department (insert massive eye roll here).

At this point, I assume it will die out. I assume that he used the nice guy “let’s be friends” card in an attempt to save my feelings and he will vanish as quickly as he had appeared. But, no. He quite literally continues to pursue my friendship. For a month he asks me to do nearly everything with him. He also proceeds to pay for everything: climbing, concerts, movies. Let’s note here that he also proceeds to take my clothes off on a semi-regular basis (despite his constant commentary on us needing rules to prevent such happenings). Final bomb: after a Luke Bryan concert, while sitting on a bench enveloped by a Colorado night sky, he tells me that he loves my soul. I’m sorry, what? Like, we are dating, bro. We. Are. DATING. I don’t care what you title me, but let’s call this thing by its Urban Dictionary definition. He follows up this statement with the fact that I simply deserve better. One, I think I am being dumped for the first time without ever actually having been in an established relationship. Two, fuck off. No one gets to tell me what I deserve. I decide that. So, no, I don’t deserve better. You simply deserve less based on your own evaluation of whatever this thing is that we’re doing. Say that, please. Own that.

So, spring came. And, spring went.

Summer roared in like a lion, and I committed myself to rock faces and mountain peaks, two things that I find to be (surprisingly) much more predictable than men. I also dove even deeper into my work (don’t worry, the digital dating gods still delivered amidst my commitment to my professional projects).

Enter exhibit B.

As a freelance creative director and brand strategist, I work remotely for all of my clients. Idaho. California. Kentucky. Texas. I sometimes wonder if I have a subconscious goal to knock off all 50 states. With all that being said, I met a guy in another state who pursued me completely on his own accord. My vision had always been to travel with my Airstream, but I was never 100% certain on dates. This guy gets my number, he uses round-about questions to engage me in some witty banter, and low and behold he says, “Move down here and I’ll fix all your dating problems.” Wow. Bold statement. I like it. So, after a couple months in this state of flirting euphoria, I commit (amongst a sea of many factors, but I’m intrigued by what’s happening here). He calls me pet names and we have running jokes, and if you know me, these are the keys to my heart. So, I’m smitten kitten. Without any expectation of what will actually become of it. If anything.

The point here is that I show up. I have the luxury of saying yes and then doing something about it. I want to be next to him, so I choose that. Because his voice brings this uncanny smile to my face, and when his name appears on my iPhone notifications, there is a simultaneous level of excitement and comfort. He is fireworks, and he is coming home. And the beauty lies not only in the feeling, but also in the reciprocation of the feeling. Because, there is zero bone in my body that has interpreted anything that he’s told me as being untrue.

Until I’m there. Until I’m standing in front of him begging for every inch of contact. And, that alone becomes the culmination of months of aggressive flirting. Me. Begging (like, seriously, just kiss me before I scream). Because he likes me, but he doesn’t know. I’m sorry, what? Yes, he likes me, but he doesn’t know. Because, self-admittedly, he is a tease. And, he likes it, even though he’s not proud of it (his words, not mine). Perfect. Great. Because, my character flaw is not consuming enough water daily. The effect of this flaw on other people: zero.

At this point, I need to clarify two things. One, I respect people who have an awareness about what they do not know. There is nothing wrong with not knowing. I would take harsh honesty over a sugar-coated lie ten times out of ten. My frustration or disappointment or bewilderment exists in the actions that suggest otherwise. I get it, the pursuit is fun, but if you are not ready to take the elk out of the woods after the hunt, then why are you going hunting in the first place? Terrible metaphor, by the way, but rolling with it. Two, I do not believe in forcing anything in life. I spent far too many years making things happen in the pursuit of checking off items from some proverbial checklist (which is entirely bullshit, by the way). So, for someone not to choose me does not devastate my being. Yes, I have feelings. Lots of them. Too many of them, probably (hello, Leo over here). But, in a world where we get to choose everything (for argument’s sake), I’m not into forcing anyone into a choice that involves me.

What I have observed in this last eighteen months of singledom is that no one wants to commit. To anything. There is no need to commit to anything. Most guys are on dating apps to have sex. Okay, rephrase, most guys are on dating apps posing like they want something substantial in order to get sex. I actually have the most respect for bios that read, “If I’m being honest, just looking to hook up.” Bravo. Kudos to you, dude. Because, I have had my own seasons of wanting more and wanting less. And, there is nothing wrong with either choice. There is nothing wrong with existing in either space. It’s the lack of honesty that burns me to my core. Stop flirting with me if it’s not going anywhere. Stop wasting my time. I don’t need more friends off of Bumble, or sliding into my DMs, or through obscure means of getting my phone number. Truly. I’ve reached my lifetime quota after 34 years.

In tandem, what I have observed in the last eighteen months about myself is that I am, most certainly, a lover and believer of words. And, that is the crux. That online dating, or simply just dating, is this whole show of words. That are so easily believed. And it’s just all shit. If I had a dollar for every guy who suggested running away with me in my Airstream, I would have been able to pay straight cash for my new F-150 a few weeks ago. Seriously. There’s one in LA, and a couple in New Jersey, a handful in Texas, and so many in Colorado that I’ve actually stopped counting. Because the minute I say, “Okay, I’m calling you on this statement,” my experience indicates that they can’t live up to it.

Great, tell me all about your fantasies, homeboy, only to ghost two days later (or, better yet, I find out about your undying love for your current girlfriend on your second to last Instagram post from five days ago). Newsflash, smoother operator, this is my actual life over here. Hope you enjoyed your glimpse.

So, yes, I’m attempting to not grow cynical. I’m also attempting to unpack two very real personal questions. One, if a game must be played in order to win the affection of another, and that game requires me to act outside of my normal state, then am I even winning if I do “win?” For example, guy articulates that he doesn’t know if he wants anything. Then, the same guy asks for me to bring him food because he’s stuck at work. I show love through service, so naturally, my being is dying to deliver said food. But, guy advice (based on my current inner circle) is usually, don’t bring him the food: “He’s using you. If he can’t say that he wants you, but is willing to get favors from you, show him that you don’t have time to do him favors without him giving you a respectable level of commitment.” And, this is fair. This actually makes sense. But, still, I deliver the food (yep, that’s me) because, yep, that IS me. And, I don’t want to be anything but myself. Ever.

Two, what is my responsibility to give people space to be honest and themselves but also to guard my own heart in that process? I believe in ease. I believe that there are certain things in life that mysteriously and beautifully fall into place. I’d like to believe that a romantic relationship would unfold in a similar fashion. But, if this guy says he doesn’t know and then proceeds to engage with me in a fashion that suggests otherwise, should I believe his actions or his words? And, the fact that I’m asking that question is my answer, right? If the right person were standing in front of me, I’m confident I wouldn’t have to be choosing between his actions and his words in the first place because there would be an alignment in both areas that carries the level of integrity that I demand for in my own self. Yet, here I am, FaceTiming my best male friend at 7:32pm on a Wednesday night to ask how to respond to the 47th text message from a guy who just doesn’t know what it is that he wants from me, making me perplexed on how to proceed with my own verbiage and actions.

At this point, let’s add the nomadic element to the mix. And, I am quite confident that therein lies a bigger piece to this commitment-phobic puzzle. Because, it is easy to fall into a routine with someone who resides within your city limits and has a similar schedule to your scripted life. It is an entirely different thing to choose a person who has the freedom to leave. To ask someone to stay requires a deeper level of commitment. It means that someone is choosing for me to do life alongside him, and it means that we are taking off into the sunset together or I am abandoning the road to call someone my home. Ultimately, that choice is my desire. Because, the more I embark on adventures alone, the narrower the gap becomes for me to experience those things for the first time with someone else.

And, I’m starting to question whether or not anything is actually beautiful without it being shared, without it being seen through two sets of eyes in the same moment, if anything is real without the conversation of that thing existing between two coherent bodies.

So, I continue to sit and manifest these desires in the belief that, one day, I’ll be done with the exhibits. That, one day, someone will choose me, and I will choose him back. Without force. Without fear. Without the twenty questions. Granted, maybe I’ve already missed out on Mr. Perfect somewhere in between. Because I didn’t like his shoes. Or his haircut was weird. Or, I swiped left because he failed to include a bio (c’mon, guys). Regardless, I know that wanting something requires attention to that thing. I know that wanting someone requires intentionality to his existence. So, I’m here. Showing up. Attempting to live outside of our digital dead zone. Attempting to keep doing the work to have that one thing that my heart yearns to explore. I can reason that if it were easy, then everyone would do it. Like, really do it. It’s not easy. Not everyone does it. Like, really does it. But, it will damn well be worth it.

Meanwhile, if you need help with your pickup lines, don’t hesitate to slide into my DMs. They’re currently still free for the taking.

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