#technically this requires context but i'm posting it without

[megabuild]

dear megabuild is there like. required ethubs reading out there. posts that are good for ethubs understanding that come to mind maybe. i dont think I could handle a full ethubs phase but my hand is itching for the pencil regardless so I figured I’d ask

so this has been sitting in my inbox for about a week as i try to structure the best recommendations i can but truly the only thing i can come up with is that to understand ethubs you literally just have to watch them. it's hard to explain just how reliant ethubs metaposting and analysis is on an understanding not just of their current dynamic but the dynamic they've shared over 10 years- which is a lot of content and can sound incredibly daunting, but literally.

having said that:

— videowise, obviously the full life series from either perspective but specifically last life. if you don't have the time or don't want to watch a full series, morry's ll ethubs megacut is a lifesaver. i also made a short post with some key ethubs clips a while ago.

— recommending fic here may seem against the spirit of analysis but believe me: wind back the clock and do it again on ao3 as beat by beat dissections of their relationship, though i can't speak to how easy either are to follow without an understanding of the context.

— peter bellshazes our ethubs lord who art in heaven has made a *ton* of posts about them so i would advise checking out their tag for the general life series. for personal recs id say this recent post on their current sl dynamic

— a few misc ones i like- on dead weight, alternating, avoidance, comparing ethubs to homewreckers

— technically not ethubs but i'm going to go ahead and link my required reading tag anyway which only includes like two posts but provide a good context and framework to analysis of the life series as a whole.

basically any of the posts i've linked come from blogs i would trust as Professional Ethubs Analysers so if you go through their tags you'll probably find a ton more. and if anyone has specific episodes or posts that they feel are important or summarise their dynamic please feel free to reblog and link them :) happy ethubsing!

#asks #bree #ethubs

[captainofthetidesbreath]

Fjord's perfect mechanical build? I admit I've never really dug deep into their character sheets, could you elaborate on this?

This is going to be a high-level view of my philosophical thoughts on this, rather than a precise mechanical unpacking, because I've written a lot on Fjord's mechanics while the campaign was running (see the end of the post for a small selection) and Fjord's actually has a lot of mechanics that will take a long time to go through; though, I'm always happy to talk in detail if asked about specific aspects of his build. Also of note, @utilitycaster recently answered a question about her favorite build among CritRole PCs that discussed Fjord, and I agree with everything in that post—so that also gives further insight to my belief in Fjord being mechanically flawless. (Fjlawless?)

I hold Fjord to be mechanically perfect because his build achieves something that requires a lot of technical skill to execute, has incredible versatility allowing him flexibility and viability in pretty much every situation, strongly coheres with the overall tapestry of the party's mechanics, is informed by and develops his characterization, and has deep relationship to his narrative.

His build is thoughtful, both as a mechanical exercise but also as a means through which he is characterized. His flexibility is so extreme that it is difficult to create a scenario where Fjord cannot do anything, short of preventing him from taking actions altogether. He works very self-sufficiently as an individual and equally as well cooperatively within the context of the party. Fjord's build is also an intentional challenge for Travis as a player, who was exploring outside of his comfort zone by taking on spellcasting, which intimidated him at the time after Grog.

I also generally commend Travis on focusing so heavily on mobility. Mobility Is King, and it was rather unusual to spend as many options on a Hexadin into movement and mobility to the degree that Travis did. The almost comical number of teleportation abilities is actually very crucial to Fjord's effectiveness as a build, and, frankly, the fact that Travis has picked up so many of them shows a lot of precise understanding of variations in spell use cases.

Fjord has a strongly defined niche of his own, but his build is so flexible and robust that he is able to adapt and pivot into various roles as needed. He shares a small amount of overlap with everyone else in the party so that he can "double up" on a particular aspect (tanking, spell damage, physical damage, support casting, healing) as needed, but he never feels like he's encroaching on other people's niches. He isn't the BEST at these things, but he can play all these roles in a secondary but manner that helps the Nein respond to the changing tides of combat swiftly and often allows other individuals to do what it is they do best by alleviating pressure and giving them space to work (If you're familiar with Overwatch terminology, he often acts as the off-role, i.e. off-tank, in a flex capacity.) This level of flexibility and adaptability is incredibly difficult to do without gutting your efficiency and efficacy, but Fjord's build is able to do it.

It's especially impressive when his build is strongly influenced by and speaks to his character and narrative, as we've all done a lot of discussion on as a fandom. I do want to call out that, in addition to the narrative as a warlock and paladin, Fjord as a character is someone who devotes himself fully to supporting the group as a whole and each member individually to operate at their best, and his paladin levels as narrative have been well-discussed. It's just really difficult to built that level of precision while also maintaining a sense that all of these choices are tied to character, but Fjord feels that way—and that contributes strongly to my belief that he is mechanically perfect.

Fjord is one of the highest examples of “characterization in mechanics” in this campaign, in my opinion. - after 140, updated to incorporate some two-shot information

I really want to appreciate the way Travis played during that final combat. - after 140

Can Fjord knock out any given member of the Nein in a single turn—without critting? Level 14 Edition! - I don't think burst damage is be-all end-all, but people like to look at it. There's always calculations for maximum possible damage if given infinite prep time, but I prefer to look at what's possible in a single round bc it's truer to actual combat.

Why does Fjord need so many teleports? Or, a comparison of teleportation abilities. - To give context on this, because I mention the myriad teleports.

Small discussion on Fjord, Yasha, and Beau as having slightly different niches as melee attackers

Star Razor and how it facilitates and encourages Fjord’s range flexibility 

#Critical Role #Fjord #cr meta #Critical Role things #long post for ts

[minecraftrelatedrandomness]

u/SADZookeeper:

AITA for failing to protect my brother?

It's been about a week since everything happened and I'm still trying to process this myself, so please bear with me. Sorry for the long background context.

I (~27M) and my little brother Ac (22M) grew up on an island with really famous and influential parents. I knew since I was a child that our parents wanted me to carry on the family legacy on the island, and I did everything I could to do that (it was the lot I was handed in life; I'm just making do with what I could). At the same time, though, I knew our parents sidelined Ac, so I tried my best to look out for him and make sure he was okay, because that's what brothers are supposed to do.

About three years ago, Ac disappeared overnight without a note. I tried looking for him everywhere, but my parents didn't really seem to care that Ac had gone missing, and I don't know why. I assumed he was dead and grieved for him, until he turned back up on the island over a year later. I reconciled with him and was glad that he was alive and well, and swore I wasn't going to lose him again.

A lot happened since this: I found out that my home island was built on a lie, that we were all in grave danger, and one of my best friends fled the island in response. I wasn't in an emotionally good place, but from this point onward, it might have be where I started to become TA.

Weeks after that, I received a letter from Ac that he was going on a dangerous quest that he might not come back from, along with all his savings. I panicked and tracked down his location to go after him (he left behind some notes on where he was going); I was afraid I'd lose him again and lose more people that I cared about.

I found Ac alive, thankfully, but when we sat down for a heart-to-heart, he told me about how he never felt wanted at home, which was why he left, and lost someone extremely close to him when he was away. I didn't know what to say about this: I felt like Ac could have trusted me with this earlier. I thought I tried my best to be a good brother when we were children, but clearly, that wasn't enough to keep him from leaving.

The location we were in only had a one-way entrance, but when we found the exit, it said it required a sacrifice, that only one of us could leave alive. I don't know or care who designed the place, but at that point, I didn't know what else I could do to make up for how much I failed Ac.

I volunteered to die for him to escape.

I wanted it to be me. It should have been me.

He decided otherwise.

He pushed me out of the way and fell into the death trap.

I don't know how to convey to you how badly I failed: Ac already had a rough enough childhood as he did; I couldn't be there for him when he needed it the most (both at home and after he left), and couldn't even ensure he could escape and live a somewhat happy life, even if meant me gone. I couldn't even do that much for him.

I don't know how I never noticed the extent of how badly Ac was treated at home, I don't know how everything led to this, and I don't know how I'm supposed to tell his friends that he's gone because I wasn't quick enough.

I'm back on the island where we were born and raised. I feel like TA. Am I?

TL;DR: My little brother had a rough childhood that I couldn't protect him from and ran off on a reckless, life-threatening quest, I panicked and went after him, we got stuck in a death trap, and he shouldn't have been the one to die there but I couldn't fall fast enough to make sure he's the one who survived–

This post is Part 2 of the "Chronica Siderum" series. Technically speaking, this post is slightly over the character limit for the actual AITA subreddit, but let's be honest, we don't really care here.

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

Click here to read this on AO3 for bonus annotations.

#piratesaita #pirates smp fanfiction #pirates smp #smajor1995 #ggacho #pirates smp spoilers #denholm bros #my post #cw trauma #cw mental health #chronica siderum (fanfic) #tell me did i do wrong? (fanfic) #tw death #aqua writes

[thearvariblues]

Oh, hey, look, it's another Biu-scandal post.

I've been considering and getting ready to write it for a few days now, but so far my words are kinda refusing to word. I decided I would still try, though, because I feel like I need to formulate the thoughts that have been running through my head for the past week.

Just as the last time, if my opinions make you uncomfortable, please feel free to block me and send me hateful anons, it's always a delight! 💙

First things first - yes, I still support Build. Yes, even a week later. No, I have not changed my mind. No, I'm not planning to. No matter his misdemeanors.

So you are IGNORING–

No. I'm not. I am aware of the fact that the things he allegedly said are what we consider shitty, but that doesn't change my opinion of him. At all.

Well I hope you have a REALLY GOOD REASON–

Yes, I have several, thank you for asking!

Reason one - I simply don't require my faves to be morally superior and clean as a freshly fallen snow. He is human. Humans make mistakes. Humans get frustrated and say stupid shit about their friends to another friends, humans talk shit about their job, humans make stupid jokes, humans are simply human. I don't mind finding out that a man I admire has made mistakes because.... I just don't. Sue me. (Please don't. As opposed to Ms. Ombre Pink, I do not have money to pay.)

Reason two - I refuse to judge the level of his shittiness, his homophobia and everything else he's being accused of based on a few out-of-context texts translated by antis who don't even try to make it a secret that they will not stop their bullshit until he either leaves public life, or (preferably) dies by his own hand. Listen, kids, I'm a translator myself, and trust me, I can completely change the meaning of a sentence while technically staying true to it in its bare essence. I can take a vaguely bitchy statement and make you into a monster without breaking a sweat. So excuse me if I don't trust people who are actively trying to destroy him to deliver the most truthful and accurate translations.

Reason three - I won't do anyone's dirty work for them. I have a brain. And I even use it from time to time. (Yayyyyy!) And it just seems... kinda weird that the very moment when Build gets back on his feet, mysterious twitter accounts start popping up and throwing accusations at him until they find something that sticks. They started with private photos, because apparently getting evidence of his relationship with Ombre Pink can turn the fans against him! (Spoiler alert - it did not.) Then they followed up with accusations of him throwing away the remnants of money bouquets - from a year ago, which raises its own questions about for how long has this mysterious person been planning on taking him down. (I'm saying mysterious person, as if we don't know her name starts with P and ends with I, with only one letter in between.) Anyway, this didn't work either, because apparently the fans are okay with him not keeping the wrapping of the gifts they give him. Who would have guessed! Well, the first attempts didn't work, so now we have a new scandal, using the big guns in the form of Bible and Apo's names! That's sure gonna work! And it does. But not on me. Like I said. Sometimes I tend to use my brain. What a shame.

Reason four (but maybe more of a reason 3B) - no matter who is exposing his "crimes", it's very clear to me that this person isn't doing it for our benefit. They don't want to expose Biu as a despicable monster because they don't want the fans to live in a lie or whatever. They are doing it with a very clear and open goal to destroy Build Jakapan. And I will not support that.

Reason five - presumably, all those alleged texts (don't forget that Ombre Pink has forged text conversations before) are from before the breakup, and also presumably from before the famous Phuket trip (and in case you don't know, in the leaked phone call from January, she accuses him of changing after that trip). Now, have you ever met a person who made you change your behavior without even realizing it? I have. Seriously, I know that spending too much time with certain friends makes me a worse person than I usually am. Hell, my mother is a terribly hateful person, and I always have to be careful around her because let me tell you, that hate spreads like a goddamn forest fire. What does this have to do with Build? Oh, nothing. Just a fact that Poi is clearly an extremely hateful, homophobic bitch who hates... you've guessed it, Bible and Apo. Let it sit for a moment.

Reason six - you know what, I think that's been enough reasons, I'm tired of that shit.

My point is this. In the essence, this whole thing is and should have stayed a private matter. It was an ugly, messy breakup after a shitty, clearly abusive relationship.

Listen, it's not coincidence that so many people who have had to deal with a narcissist abuser in their lives took a single look at Poi's behavior (no matter if it was back in January or later on) and went "wait... I know this shit". When you've been through it, you know. Trust me. You know. And it makes you sick in your stomach.

This is, and always has been, a private battle between a man and a woman.

On one side, we have Build, who might have made mistakes, but none of his mistakes are worth being cancelled for. Ever since this whole thing started back in January, he's been staying calm and collected, and he didn't talk shit about his crazy ex even when it could have helped him. Has he leaked their private call and some texts? Yes, but clearly only to clear his name. If you want to hate him for what he's "done", fine. Don't engage with his content. But let us morally fallen monsters enjoy it and support him in peace.

Because remember that on the other side, we have a woman who is openly homophobic (and if you don't see her "he cheated on me, oh god, do I have to get tested for AIDS?!" comment as homophobic, then I really have no words), has been proven to lie and forge evidence on multiple occasions (and had to confess to it) and has used twitter to spill secrets about her ex under the guise of "writing a story" (including, possibly, outing him as bisexual, since her "definitely not inspired by Build" character was bi) and scream at and blackmail him. We also know that as Daemi, she and Yok were being shit to multiple KinnPorsche actors, and they forced Barcode, a minor, to give them massages, claiming that's just a standard in the industry (and then proceeded to make fun of it to a point when Jeff fucking Satur felt the need to step up and say in a livestream that no, it's not a standard, you don't have to do those things, Barcode, you know).

Look. I'm not saying that because she's worse, it makes him an angel. It does not. Like I said, if you hate Build, feel free to, but don't hate on people who still choose to support him. Ignore him, and ignore us. Trust me, we don't want to argue with you all the fucking time.

I'm just begging you to think before you start spreading hate on Biu on the social media. Think who you're serving. Thing whose dirty work you're doing.

And then ask yourself if you are really the morally pure angels if you wish death upon one man and all his supporters because of a few stupid texts.

That's all. Thank you for your attention.

And if you still support Build, remember that I love you all, and you're not alone. 💙

#build jakapan

[caramelcoffeeaddict]

Weekend WIP - Ask Game

Rules: List your WIPs below (if you only write one fic at a time, feel free to include future WIPs/ideas!) then answer the following questions. Then, tag as many people as you have WIPs (or more).

I was tagged by @bitbybitwrites. thank you for tagging me!! I don't post fics until they are complete, so unless I've mentioned the story on my blog, some of these answers are not going to make sense to anyone but me, LOL. also, I try to only work on one WIP at a time, but I do have a few partially started/outlined stories sitting in my drafts folder on my hard drive, and I guess they are technically WIPs even if I'm not actively working on them, so here goes nothing...

-

1. WIP List:

Andy Hummel's Last Will And Testament

Breaking Stereotypes

I Taste The Truth

You And Me And The Beat

The Escape Plan

2. Which of your WIPs is currently the longest?:

Breaking Stereotypes is currently just over 55k words, so definitely that one ;)

3. Which WIP do you expect will end up the longest?:

Probably Breaking Stereotypes?

4. Which WIP is your favourite to write/the most enjoyable to write? Why?:

Currently, I'm only focusing on Breaking Stereotypes, and I'm really looking forward to finishing it and getting it published.

5. Which WIP do you find the most intimidating to write? Why?:

I Taste The Truth is a pretty intimidating story to write. Which probably explains why I haven't even looked at in a few years. why? because it involves a lot of world building since Kurt is part-Fae in that fic, and I want to make sure I can explain things properly without info-dumping, but also make sure that I'm not leaving out important info that lives in my head but a reader might need extra context for.

6. Which WIP do you experience the most self-doubt about. Why?:

again, I Taste The Truth. for all the same reasons that I explained above.

7. Which of your WIPs will you seek out a beta/sensitivity reader for? Why?:

none of them? I've only ever had a beta read a fic if the story was written for a challenge where a beta was a requirement of the challenge.

8. Have any of your WIPs been struck by the curse of writer's block?:

all of them!! that's why their WIPs, LOL. Breaking Stereotypes was fic I started in 2017. I think I put it on official hiatus in 2019, and have only really done minor edits here-and-there until this year when I finally figured out what direction to take the story.

9. Which WIP has your favourite OC? Tell us about them?"

as of right now, Breaking Stereotypes is the only story with an OC. Her name is Candice. She is the manager of Blaine's band as well as Trent's girlfriend (Trent is bi in my fic). She's a smart and snarky, and she takes her job very seriously.

10. Which WIP is the sexiest?:

I don't have a lot written for it yet, but my guess is that You And Me And The Beat will be the sexiest ;)

11. Which WIP is the angstiest?:

I honestly don't know. Andy Hummel's Last Will And Testament, maybe?

12. Which WIP has the best characterisation (in your humble opinion)?:

all of them? again, I don't know. I think my characterization is about equal across all my stories? I could be wrong though.

13. Which WIP has the best scene setting (in your humble opinion)?:

You And Me And The Beat? maybe?

14. Which WIP have you worked the hardest on?:

Definitely Breaking Stereotypes.

15. Which WIP do you have the highest expectations for? Why?:

I don't put expectations on my fics. not the way this question implies anyway. the only expectations I have are things like "I expect this to have 20 chapters" or "I expect this to be around 20k words" or "I expect to complete this story by next week". I don't expect anything else from them. I really am that annoying person that writes stories strictly for my own enjoyment because these stories are in my head and I want to get them on paper so I can read them. even though I complain about it, the creative process of bringing these stories to life is the best part of writing fic. I just share the completed stories with the fandom for fun, because I figure there might be other people out there that will enjoy it as much as me. if not, no worries. it made me happy, and that's all that matters.

16. Do you dream about any of your WIPs?:

daydream? yes. I think about all of them often. usually just the one that is my main focus of the moment, but sometimes one of the others likes to remind me it still exists, and tries to command my attention ;) however, I don't usually have dreams about my WIPs. (I have occasionally gotten an idea for a story/WIP because of a dream though)

17. Do any of your WIPs have particular complexities that your other fics don't?:

I Taste The Truth has that element of including Fae attributes and otherworldly components, which makes it different from my other WIP stories.

18. Which WIP is the funniest or has the most humour?:

The Escape Plan is a fun and silly fic.

19. Do any of your WIPs contain outside POVs or a deep dive on a character other than the main ship? How are you finding that process?:

nope. sorry.

20. Tell us one thing we don't know about one or more of your WIPs.:

I honestly can't remember what I have or have not shared about each of these fics, so I don't know what you don't know. but if you have questions you can always feel free to send me an ask! I love talking about my fics with people.

#i was tagged #writer ask meme #kiwi's writing #long post

[fencecollapsed]

hi!! i don't remember if i've already asked this question (apologies if i did) but i was wondering if you could give a spoiler-free list of the other hatchetfield media i'll need to consume in order to enjoy npmd? i kind of fell off hatchetfield after nmt s1 and as a result haven't seen any of the nightmare time season 2 stories or other hatchetfield stuff (idk if hey melissa is included in nmts2 or its own thing so that's what i mean by general other hatchetfield stuff) and it didn't really interest me BUT seeing posts about npmd makes me really excited to see that show and since it won't be out for a bit i thought getting a list of hatchetfield stuff to catch up on now would be helpful. thank you and have a nice day!!!

heya!

okay so personally I'm of the opinion that if you haven't consumed ALL the official hatchetfield content, your experience watching NPMD will be incomplete. I don't really recommend skipping anything, because each story gives you Something that adds to the experience or understanding of what happens. so my completely honest list is just all of NMT2

(note: Hey Melissa isn't NMT2, and isn't technically official because it was read as part of the NPMD livestream, so it's exempt from my above statement. you won't miss anything at all in NPMD if you skip that one. that's up to you though!)

BUT since you asked I've done my best to consider what I think is the bare minimum Absolutely Required viewing from NMT2 for the best experience without watching all of it. imo you should at the very least watch:

Perky's Buds

Daddy

if you want to get an early impression of Steph, Pete, and Grace, Abstinence Camp is good for that, too, but it's really not essential at all. NPMD does a solid job of introducing them as if it's the first time they've appeared. you will however miss out on a joke or two without AC context, one of which made me SCREAM when I saw it but it's not like. a mega important lore thing. this is what I mean when I say you'll have an incomplete experience, yknow, there's a lot of little things that'll make it better if you've seen everything

I also want to softly recommend Honey Queen, because I think it's the best Nightmare Time story of both seasons and you definitely will get something out of it that'll add to NPMD, but I also wouldn't call it ESSENTIAL the way I would Perky's Buds and Daddy

that's just my opinion though! if you're open to it I still highly recommend giving all of NMT2 a watch, but in a pinch you really only NEED those two stories

#nick lang LIED when he said npmd is comparably standalone to tgwdlm. it really isnt #i recommend watching everything i cannot stress this enough #but for bare minimum. perky's buds and daddy. #hatchetfield #into the mailbox #anonymous

[findroleplay]

The last anon was being a little nitpicky, but they were right. In certain locations, it's considered a slur referring to indigenous or aboriginal peoples. I know in Australia it's used to alienate and exclude or harass natives. Obviously, that's not the context it's being used in here, but it doesn't hurt to be mindful or aware. (This is mostly in response to asking how it can be a slur anyways when it doesn't refer to a person, but it is and does.)

Since these are anons, I may as well answer in the same post.

I know how it can be used as a slur and what it means. The point is that when you use it to refer to an AU, it doesn't mean that. It's just a coincidence that the words look and sound (at the least the way I read it) the same.

I guess by this logic you should forbid people to call male chicken cocks in front of children, because it's a vulgar word. When it isn't, it means male chicken.

By the same toke I guess you would have to call out every dog breeder for their misogyny when they call their female dogs used for breeding "bitches", when that's just the technical word for it.

I bet you're able to infer, through context, when a word has a "problematic" meaning or an innocuous one, and you don't require these words to be ereased from the dictionary.

Also funnily enough anon nitpicks the usage of a word that clearly doesn't mean a slur when the omegaverse dynamic could be taken apart on, like, 5 other different fronts for being bigoted in different ways, definitely more real and harmful. (Again, because it seems I'm not clear enough, racism against aboriginal people is very real and harmful. The fact that a three letter word that shares the same spelling would perpetuate racism a little less, in my opinion)

Regarding the fist anon specifically, when I mean it doesn't refer to a person, I meant the omegaverse tag specifically. There's no person or culture or anything remotely linked to anything human when you use it like that. How can you mistake it for a slur?

You're perfectly free to dislike using the word but I think you're censoring a word without actually grounds to do so.

#not an ad #its 5 am so it must be all over the place #in case theres more asks about this when i wake ill definitely make more coherent points then

[quirkwizard]

[1] Soul Surge is an emitter type quirk that physically enhances the user in bursts. They can spread it throughout the body or focus it into specific limbs similar to the power stockpiling quirk One For All. When activated, the quirk emits an aura that surrounds the user, which can grow or shrink in size and volume at will, as well as causing the users eyes to glow. These things are purely visual and have no effect on the user or the quirk.

[2] The weaknesses of this quirk lie in it’s long term use. While technically possible, it’s difficult to maintain the enhanced state for long due to the physical strain it places on the user’s body. Not to mention, emotional and mental control is key to maintaining the state in the long term. Should a user not have said control, it will result in a either stronger or weaker state, though regardless it will be short lived.

[3] However, by gaining that control and sense of calm, as well as the user training their body, mind and the quirk itself — by slowly but surely pushing the limits of the time in which one can remain enhanced — long term use of the quirk is very possible and the physical strain becomes less and less of a hassle. Despite this, the quirk cannot last indefinitely. When the user exhausts themself (i.e. runs out of stamina) the quirk cannot be used, and therefore deactivates itself.

[4; Context Post] So I’ve returned! I was kinda looking forward to your advice and I think I managed to make something out of it. I focused in on the physical enhancement bit and tried to make it more dynamic/unique in comparison to something like Sugar Rush or more importantly, OFA. I don’t think it’s perfect, but I do think it’s a great improvement from other ideas I’ve had. Bonus bit, the name “Soul Surge” comes from the technique in Sonic and the Black Knight, since it sounds cool lol.

I think something like this could work, though with a few changes. I'm a bit confused by the name, but I don't think it hurts the Quirk that much. I would give some context to how strong the user is with the Quirk, like how much they can lift or how hard they can punch. This plays into another issue I have with it, namely the drawbacks. The emotional requirement of the power is already pretty demanding, especially for a combat-focused Quirk, as being emotionally and mentally calm during a fight requires immense focus. Having the stamina drain on top of that seems rather unwarranted, at least having it play such a big part. I get wanting to make this a short-lived boost, but it needs to be something worth making it so difficult to use, hence why making the exact strength so vague is a detriment. So I would either remove or reduce the stamina requirement and focus more on the emotional requirement as the main drawback. Alternatively, add more power to the main effect, either by focusing more on the boost it gives, making it easier to use, or giving it some more usage. For example, you could have it so the user works more with selective application of the power. Instead of applying it to the whole body, they choose to use it with an arm or leg in order to use it without having total peace of mind. Things like that could give it more usage and help make it more distinct.

#My Hero Academia #Quirks #Quirk Reviews

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

16 and 30 for the ask game please 🥺💕?

Of course love 🥺💕!

16. Do you research for your fics? If so, how deep of a rabbit hole have you gone down by accident when researching?

I don't research that much, I suppose, because largely I focus on the emotional side of things, and I try to reflect to the manga (or anime, I pick and choose really) as much as possible, to make the story fit in the BC universe. But of course, since I have gotten a few requests that rely on knowing things, then I do do research. Such as the one request I got for a blind s/o, which sounded so personal to me, and I wanted to do the best possible job for them.

But I don't think those count for "accidentally going down the rabbit hole", because they've been in the request itself.

Aside of a request having a condition that requires research... I have um, researched on the burning points of various fabrics used in linen. For no particular reason, I promise... hehe ..hehe..he....

30. Post a snippet from your current WIP without context - no more than 300 words.

I'm going to cheat a wee bit, because it's from BWHI, which technically is a wip, but the chapter is posted. Just because I love this paragraph

And so, she wept, in silence, with nothing but the crackling of woods in the fireplace as her companion, for the man she loved with all her heart, and who she still trusted to love her in return, slept right beside her; behind the freezing chasm of good intentions.

-BWHI, Chapter 44

#ask game #Lyra #wifey #yami's biker chick

[fuck-marvel]

— #fuck-marvel🍭 —

TL;DR are in green below the certain sections

Requests: open.

— rules

YES

Anyone is welcome. No matter age, gender, skin colour, nationality, sexuality, fandom, religion and so on. Everyone. Just be respectful towards others as well!

You may repost, reblog, translate, remix or just simply use all of my original content I post here. No need to ask either, you're absolutely given permission. However, tag me and make it clear that the original was my work.

Send thoughts or headcanons about whatever character. Or tell me about your OCs. Or other obsessions you have, I'd love to hear!

Tell me about yourself! Share whatever your comfortable with, your pronouns, preferred names and so on. Don't share too personal information on the internet tho!

Ask me anything. I'm relatively comfortable with any questions and if I'm not, I'll let you know and I won't think about it no more. So don't be shy, if you're curious about something, just ask!

Send me picrews or uquizzes! I'd love to take them!

NO

Don't hate. It's fine if you wanna tell me over DM that or what you don't like about me or this account, but don't do it ob my account. Also, don't hate on others.

If you did send a request and I decide to deny it, don't be mad at me. I'm truly sorry, there isn't a lot I wouldn't do. In fact, I don't even know myself yet what I'm uncomfortable with, which is why I couldn't say right now what kind of requests I would ever deny.

Don't forget to put trigger warnings before talking about certain topics, in order to not trigger anyone else!

TW: Eating Disorder. I'm recovering from an eating disorder. I'm slowly getting comfortable talking about me eating again, but I'm not quite there yet. So while you're obviously free to talk about food and stuff in general, I'd prefer not to be ask whether or not I have eaten yet. Be sure, I'm healthy, I just don't like talking about it in regards of myself.

Don't sexualise or harrass real people. There's obviously a difference between saying someone is hot and actually sexualising them, but please be careful with what you say as it might affect other people in ways you don't know. I only write about the characters, not the actors resembling them. Obviously, if the person stated they don't mind if people say certain things to or about them, it's a different story.

— writing

I'm technically a writer. It's my passion, it's what I like to do and I've been doing it ever since I learnt how to write. Ever since first class. I still have a lot of the things I wrote over the years. However, lately I haven't really been feeling it. I did write things but those were rather personal, situational or just scenes without context. I want to continue writing and I also want to post what I wrote, get feedback and improve, but I will wait until I feel well enough to finish things and I won't stress myself into creating content.

Also, if I feel like it, I will write poems or imagines and post them. Obviously everything I post on here will be marvel related.

REQUESTS

The thing with requests is that I am never able to finish them because I need my freedom to write and I need time to actually feel the characters and feel what I'm writing and I might not really get into the feeling, which results in me dropping it. So I won't accept requests.

HOWEVER!, I never had a problem with writing things that don't require a lot of commitment or in other words, short things.

Therefore I will always accept requests for reactions (that includes things like n/sfw alphabets as well) and short imagines/headcanons/blurps.

CHARACTERS

I will write about any and every character. And with this I mean any and every character. The only exceptions are characters where the creators or actors who play the characters said that they don't want this. As of right now, I don't know of any character or actor where this was stated. So in other words, if you request a reaction with the character standing on Mysterios left when he stalks Peter before the Water Attack in Far From Home, then hell yea I'm down to do it.

I will also write about whatever ships. I don't ship myself, but I'm open to any ships. Rocket Raccoon x one of the nameless ants in Ant-Man? Why not, I've heard weirder before.

One important DISCLAIMER tho, I write about the characters, not the actors. I don't feel comfortable writing about real-life people, it's different with fictional characters tho. And while I might use pictures of the actors as their characters sometimes instead of pictures of the drawings from their comic book selves, it's still about the characters and not the actors.

GENRES

Honestly, any and every genre. I consider myself to be best at angst and sad things in general, maybe even comfort. But I wanna try a lot of different things and I have quite some ideas for any genre I can think of right now. If you want to request a certain genre, feel free to do so, I'm open for everything.

Yes, I will also write smut if I feel like it. I personally prefer writing suggestive or spicy stuff without going fully into it, but honestly, why not fully go for it.

TL;DR: I will only accept requests for reactions and headcanons but I will write about whatever character, ship or genre as long as no one affiliated with that character or ship has declared that they are not comfortable with it.

— art

DRAWINGS

Now, I'm not an artist and to be quite frank, I suck at drawing. It's nothing I'm very passionate about either tho, just something I like to do every now and then to keep my hands busy while watching a YouTube video or something. That doesn't mean I don't wanna try and get better. I love people who create short animations or comics and I wanna do those things as well. So depending on whether or not I feel like it, I might post me trying to draw.

EDITS

Drawing isn't the only form of art. And while I'm also not good at video edits, they're fun to do and I'd love to share them on here and maybe get some feedback on how to do better.

WALLPAPERS

I always make my wallpapers myself. It just feels right to me. However, I don't like using the same concept twice and I absolutely hate copying something I saw on the internet before, so I quickly run out of ideas or concepts to use. It's still fun to try though and who knows, maybe someone likes a wallpaper I made and wants to use it.

OTHERS

These are things I don't know how to categorise. There's lots of ways to create art and one I really like to do is engraving things I like in glasses. I'm not great at it, but I'm getting better.

There's also "food art". I like making food for others, especially if there's a concept for me to use.

TL;DR: I suck at art but I still wanna try and maybe post it.

— games

It's been my dream for years to create my own fangame, specifically a Pokémon fangame. I've been looking into romhacking as well as creating one using Pokémon Essentials, I just never really had the time to do it. I still want to do it and if it ends up working, I'll post my progress on here.

TL;DR: I wanna create a Pokémon fangame with a marvel theme.

— interactions

VENT

Feel free to vent about anything. I want this to be a safe space, no judgement whatsoever. You can talk to me over my asks, by tagging me, over DM or by commenting on my posts. Anything is fine, as long as you're comfortable. You can also ramble about anything, I'd be happy to listen to whatever is on your mind.

However, I'm not a professional therapist, I'm just trying to be open and there for people. You can talk to me if you wish, but it doesn't replace therapy whatsoever!

I simply wish to find friends who enjoy marvel content.

NEGATIVITY/CRITICISM

While you obviously can talk about whatever you wish to me, I'll delete anything that seems like the intention is simply spreading negativity. With that, I mainly talk about Hate addressed to either me or anyone else.

You can send Hate or Criticism to me of course. But I'd ask you to do so over DM. I'm not gonna judge you for what you have to say, neither will I block you, I just wanna keep negativity off my page.

You can obviously send constructive criticism over asks or comments it, as long as the intent isn't to spread negativity, it's fine.

TL;DR: Talk to me about whatever you want, just keep intentional negativity in my DMs as I will delete it on my page. Also, I'm no therapist.

— fancontent

I ADORE fancontent. Everything from fangames, to comics, OCs, drawings, fanfiction, projects etc. And I will likely reblog or talk about some if not a lot that I think are really cool or simply impress me. However, anything that isn't official or canon will obviously be marked as such.

TL;DR: I will also talk about fanmade content, not just official things.

#fuck marvel🍭 #marvel #spider man #smut #fluff #bucky #angst #captain america #captain marvel #tony stark #steve rogers #bucky barnes #mysterio #loki #thor #black widow #scarlett witch #dr strange #hulk #hawkeye #iron man #mcu #peter parker

[naosim]

Exploring Node-RED: A Visual Programming Journey and Its Implications for Future Coding Styles

Hello. I'm Naosim. Recently, I discovered a visual programming tool called Node-RED. With this tool, you can create software visually by connecting processes via lines on a browser. While it requires your own server as the runtime, for now, I've just installed it on my PC to play around. Till this point, I've been doing text-based programming, but coding on UI is a fresh and fun experience. However, several doubts arise when I think if coding would take this style in the future? This time, I tried to create some simple software using Node-RED, a visual programming tool, and compare it with text-based programming. I hope this article will give you a taste of visual programming.

The software I created this time is a tool that posts to Misskey the content posted on Mastodon. Specifically, it monitors my own posts on Mastodon every 30 minutes, and if there's a post, it also posts the same content to Misskey.

The good thing, first off, as you can understand from the name "Visual Programming", it's visually comprehensible. In text programming, for instance, in object-oriented programming, looking at class design makes the whole image easy to understand, but sometimes the understanding does not progress without the entry point, the start of processing. Also, in the case of creating a WebAPI, it is often difficult to understand how many endpoints there are. In the case of Node-RED, you can quickly see the "end parts" are the entry points just by looking at it. Also, simply being able to write code in Japanese might make it more understandable.

The area to improve; Node-RED, with its selling point of being visually constructed, cannot display changes through diff. In text programming, code reviews are based on diff, but that's not possible here. There is a function to export the code in JSON format, so version management is possible, but showing a diff of JSON doesn't mean much.. So, for the time being, it might be difficult to carry out code reviews in team development. Therefore, it seems difficult without technical progress on how to display diff for team development.

In conclusion, this is my impression of using Node-RED. I've just started, but the conclusion at this point is "It's fun for personal hobbies, but not suitable for team development in a professional context." However, I think this visual development style is important in terms of lowering the barriers to software development, so I would like to keep up with the trends in the future.

#programming

[typeface-no-9]

I've noticed that most of the horror lit I've read doesn't really scare me. Like, from the shitty teen horror novels about demons and schools for troubled girls I picked up in the teen section at the library once I turned 13 to the fucking Shining. Which is immensely disappointing.

But, I have noticed that when it's "something" that it does scare me. A matter of undefined and something and someone and the unknown. Danny's friend Tony in the Shining freaked me out. The rest of the book was ok, sorta fun even, but not scary. But there was such a nebulousness about Tony, like he's something for sure, but I couldn't tell if he was malevolent or not. The hedge animals weren't shit. But when Tony was calling out Daannnyyyyy, Daaaaannnyyyyy, it got me. I thought he was the scariest part of the book.

And not to mention (sorry) the last bit of the first Twilight book where there's "something" there. Something or someone, the details are a little hazy. But I remember being surprised at it because it scared me. It got my brain going. Something there but no way to find out what it is,, delicious.

Also in this category, though not a book, is the one episode of Cowboy Bebop, where the characters investigate a ghost signal sent from decades before the show takes place (something like that. pretty sure it's ep 14). I loved that one, it creeped me tf out.

Probably connected to this situation is the whole "something in the water" thing. It's something and it's doing something, but what is it, on both counts? Something about it scratches my brain. Something something corporate horror. I love it.

Not required reading for this post but additional rambling down here:

Technically, you can usually get me w a good jumpscare, ie that one scene in The Rise of Skywalker in the fallen death star where Rey's .... pointy toothed scary clone hallucination pops out. Also successful scares include the ghosts in Crimson Peak. But it's like I grew out of the scare effect as I got older. I remember not being able to sleep after reading the story in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, where some kid finds a random toe sticking out of the ground and the family eats it for dinner and the thing that it belongs to comes back at night and goes like "wheres my toeeeee". I was 7-8. It was also around that age, maybe a little younger, when I watched the first Harry Potter movie, which was very scary to me.

When I read Misery, which I'd heard was one of the scariest books folks had ever read, it was very.. unscary. I'm sure if I got my hands on Stephen King as a younger person that stuff would have absolutely fucked with me. But apparently that horror format doesn't do it for me, anymore. Probably a good thing I didn't read any of his stuff before my late teens, though, because I'm not sure how that would have affected my perception of/experiences with the portrayal of sex, violence, fatphobia, misogyny, etc. Finally, I am in a place where I can read the most proclaimed horror of all time without worrying I won't get into heaven, but I am also in a place where it's just not scary to me. Like what a damn ripoff. Did I just have too many experiences where I feared for my very soul and thought I was tainted and that context just.. nulled horror lit to me? Like did my brain just go like, yeah that's nice and all but I've seen worse? I mean, probably not, but jeez. I'd really love to read a good scary book. But I have not yet found one. My suspension of disbelief is broken, yall.

I mean, back to the Shining, moving hedge animals would be absolutely terrifying irl! Like what a legitimately scary situation to be in, honestly. I'd have to go to therapy for that. Animals made out of bushes around a playground moving when you aren't looking, chasing you, and it's so absurd and freaky and I'm sure it would have you questioning your sanity. Are you really seeing what you're seeing? Like, what the hell. And that's tame in comparison to the other events of the book. Wendy and Danny 100% needed thousands of dollars of therapy after getting out of that hotel. But unfortunately I was fine almost the entire time (thanks Tony).

It is what it is. Back to my fear of somethings, I guess.

#misc #the shining spoilers #horror lit #typeface no 9

[sunfoxfic]

Statistically untrue. The average Cheng steals no items every year. Marinette "Phone-Thief" Dupain-Cheng, who steals over 10,000 phones every day, is an outlier and should not have been counted,

#ml meme #meme #technically this requires context but i'm posting it without #marinette dupain-cheng #fei wu

[jxtina-86]

Fanfiction Links

Roman Reigns/Katherine

Note: the first two are just musings, the story technically starts from The Meet Cute

Untitled

Late Night Chats

The Meet Cute

The Third Date

No Imagination Required

The Request

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Temporary Escape

New fic but written ages ago. It's still a slightly work in progress, so bear with me!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

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I'm slowly moving my original postings (from way back in 2016/17) from fanfiction.net over here - seems like the fanfic community is more active over here these days so thought I'd just share. For context, this started with a one-shot called Homecoming and then it just spiralled into a whole series of one-shots, first focusing on Roman Reigns and an OC and then Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose with respective OCs.

Roman Reigns/Alexia

I'm Trying Hard To Be A Gentleman

Take Two

The Mess

Homecoming

Blind Faith

Cheerleader

Bang

You Got The Love

Just Ask

No Matter What

Good For You

Wonderwall

We'll Be Okay

Seth Rollins/Siobhan

We'll Always Have Vegas

Are You With Me?

Drowning

Fallen

Give What You Have

Lost Without You

Tell Me When It Kicks In - Part 1

Dean Ambrose/Rebecca

For The First Time

Dirty Sweet

Let Me Be Your Fantasy

Guilty

Tell Me When It Kicks In - Part 2

Frisk Me

Enjoy The Ride

Simple Things

#roman reigns fic #roman reigns fanfiction #wwe fanfiction #romanreigns #roman reigns #roman reigns smut #roman reigns imagine #seth rollins fanfiction #seth rollins imagine #seth freakin rollins #sethrollins #seth rollins #dean ambrose fanfic #deanambrose #dean ambrose fanfiction #dean ambrose imagine #dean ambrose #jon moxley imagine #jon moxley fanfiction #jon moxley #seth rollins smut #dean ambrose smut #jon moxley smut

[drakenxemma]

I was re-reading chapter 186 and I noticed something in the words Emma and Mikey's grandfather says. These panels got me thinking about his role in his grandchildren's life.

Draken confesses he loves Emma, and here's what her grandfather has to say right after:

Now, we see this man confronting with a boy who is voicing his feelings for his beloved girl who has just passed away. Of course, in Emma's grandfather's words there's every intention of giving comfort to Draken and soothing his pain, despite him being the victim's relative and technically the most affected out of the two. I think it's a moment of great compassion, because Emma's grandfather seems to understand how much such a sudden and cruel loss can damage a young person who has no means to face and handle something like that. He probably saw with his own eyes the impact that Shinichiro's death had on his grandchildren and he must've put it into perspective. It goes without saying that probably both Emma and Mikey needed some help by adults and perhaps therapy after Shinichiro's death, yet, as long as we know, this doesn't happen and there's negligence on the grandfather's part, but I think this is only due to the fact that, in some contexts, the importance of mental health is still denied and the effects of trauma are still a taboo or something that doesn't require professional help. Don't forget that we're still talking about a context in which young people are left free to run gangs and commit crimes without the slightest intervention by adults. This is not at all a healthy environment, let alone an attentive one.

Back to Draken showing his pain and his feelings, as I said I think Emma and Mikey's grandfather puts aside his own mourning for a moment to show some sort of empathy towards Draken, who is suffering before his eyes as much as his own grandchildren have suffered throughout their lives. Is this enough to forgive him for neglecting Emma and Mikey's need of help? Absolutely not. I'm just saying he was probably aware of that to a certain extent, yet sadly not enough to take action and get them off that life.

At some point he says "I'm sure she's resting well", and I think we don't talk enough about this line. Of course he's saying that to alleviate Draken's guilt for not being able to tell her he loved her when she was alive, but that's not all. Looking at the grandfather's face as he says these words, I noticed that he's slightly smiling, as if he knew that Emma liked/loved Draken and that mutual love is what her granddaughter dreamed of the most, I think he probably and genuinely thought that Draken's confession could finally give her some peace of mind. That hurts, if you ask me.

In conclusion, I can sum up the way I interpret the whole thing in the following points (and please, consider this is just my opinion based on my own interpretation of the characters, nothing I wrote is necessarily correct or true):

Emma and Mikey's grandfather, as far as we know, is negligent and doesn't fully understand the core of the problem, nor he concretely helps his grandchildren, yet still he's not insensitive towards them and their pain. If he tries to give comfort to Draken who is basically almost a stranger to him, that means he surely loves his own grandchildren and would have liked to help them when they lost Shinichiro or when they took the road of delinquency (let's say it, Emma was into Toman as much as his brother was, even though in a different way, to protect and be loyal to Mikey), but sadly the man doesn't understand what is the only effective solution, for the reasons I tried to explain above. I don't think he was mean or indifferent, I think he actually saw them suffering and was genuinely sorry for them, he probably just wanted the best for them, but on the other hand he was still too oblivious and somehow uneducated. That's his fault.

He was aware of Emma's feelings for Draken and he also knew that her granddaughter wanted to be loved back by Draken. ("I'm sure she's resting well")

The impact of Emma's death on Draken is something that cannot be ignored. Losing the person he loves at such a young age will bring him grief and trauma, but there will be a time he will heal and be free of the pain, a time when only love and memories will be left. (I will eventually talk about this one point in a different post because I think it deserves being discussed)

#tokyo revengers #drakemma #draken #ken ryuguji #emma sano #draken x emma #mikey #manjiro sano #shinichiro sano #tokyo revengers spoilers #tokyo revengers chapter 186 #tokyo revengers my comment and analysis

[the-yearning-astronaut]

I desperately need to work on hw and work stuff and I'm packed and ready to go but I'm soooo tired rn. If I nap now I probably won't go out later but I *need* to but I just don't have the motivation.

How am I supposed to have the motivation to do work for a class that I can't even attend because of COVID and a refusal to provide proper accommodations? And the thing is, I have to pass this class to graduate!! It's an absolute joke! And I've been advocating for myself since the beginning of the semester and I'm just so fucking done with it. I'm so done. I'm tired and the constant email writing is exhausting and I'm supposed to somehow teach myself the material for this class without a reading schedule or anything else and I really just want to scream.

I've already dropped all the extra classes that I don't need to graduate and I've stopped even trying to do any of the other extra curriculars. I was excited for this semester because i was going to have enjoyable, low-key classes for the first time since starting this program but nooooo. We just had to go back to normal! And stop caring about COVID! And removing all accommodations that were making it possible for me to pass my classes!

I worked my fucking ass off to pass my program's hardest required courses while handling fibromyalgia and other chronic pain, severe fatigue, a broken foot, living in a constant state of panic, and having to find an entire new way of doing my coursework in addition to Fuck knows how many other challenges. And I did. My lowest grade this entire fucking pandemic was a B in Quantum Mechanics. But now I'm barely holding on to a fucking C- in a class that should have been a comparative breeze and it's pissing me the fuck off and idk what my rights are here and no I don't have the fucking energy to go researching it all. But I'm 2% away from not having a passing grade and if this is the class that prevents me from graduating in may I don't know what I'm going to do.

And yes I've already spoken with the center for disability and access on campus. Yes I've already discussed my accommodations. Yes I've spoken with someone that works in the office of the dean of students along with my academic advisor and the associate chair of my goddamn department. The most that's come out of it is that my professor is now posting his lecture notes online (they're useless to me because they come without context) and making announcements through our course page. Oh, and he actually responds to my emails now. Only took the first 4 weeks of class to get that to happen. And because my state is beyond fucked up he technically doesn't have to do any more than that. No one can make him provide me with anything else. He gets a pat on the back for doing the absolute bare minimum and I'm entirely fucked over because I can't pass a class when idek what I'm supposed to be reading from the goddamn text book.

#fox thoughts #sorry ive just been #so fucking frustrated #and im at a loss #and if this class prevents me from graduating and getting this fucking degree im gonna absolutely lose my goddamn shit #i didn't intend on going off like that but i guess i needed to #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #fibromyalgia #disability accommodations #disability #adhd #autism #depression #anxiety #ableism #im so fucking exhausted #tbd #long post