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pinkpigtailsprincess · 21 days

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𝜗𝜚 ݁ ˖ The Advice Column Issue No.1 ; How to deal with fake friends while balancing school life 🎀🧁

Hii Dolls!!!⭐️ This is officially the first issue of my Brand new segment The Advice Column!!!! and i chose the topic fake friends bc as someone who’s had an alarming amount of fake friends in the past i can definitely give endless advice in this topic and its a collab with the @honeytonedhottie !! bc i thought she could also give so really good advice!!🎀⭐️

Are you struggling with keeping up in your studies? worried if your friends are talking behind ur back? Stressed? Feeling like school and socials are just to much??? DONT WORRY!! Dolly n Honey are gonna save the day!! 🎀⭐️

Section 1 ; Honey!!🍯

how to balance ur school and social life (in bullet points) !! 🎀🧁

- make a list of priorities and stick to it like its a handbook

- practice saying no to events and saying no to excessive studying, the key is to find an equilibrium

- combine social and academic events

- make sure to use ur time wisely and do whats important first, so that then u can have loads of time for ur social life!

Section 2 ; Dolly! 🎀

No.1 ; Stand up for yourself!! ⭐️

if ur so called “friend” is constantly make smart remarks about you,scrutinizing you for the smallest thing,being passive aggressive or really just trying to hurt your feelings always stand up for yourself and never let insult like that because that shows that you have no self respect and then they’re gonna just keep doing it set clear boundaries and don’t be a doormat never let this person/people walk all over you , if you didn’t appreciate something they said don’t take shit from them address and make sure it never happens again

No.2 ; spotting a secretly fake friend⭐️!

now there’s obviously “friends” that you can spot from a mile away that they’re definitely toxic but theres also a certain type of friend that could be the sweetest to ur face but secretly talk shit behind ur back and its honestly not that hard to spot one of these “friends” so here are some characteristics of ‘the secretly fake friend’

- never sticks up for you

- constantly lying

- at time can be very passive aggressive

- will tell you that someone was talking about you and not defend you at all

- will make you feel like a bad friend even if they’re wrong in the situation

- if you’ve ever confronted them on their behavior and they say they’re sorry but then repeats the same actions

- lets their other friends talk shit about you

- HUGE VICTIM COMPLEX!

these kinds of fake friends are tricky bc you really can’t spot them at first and then it can be harder to cut them off which brings me to my next point

No.3 CUT THEM OFF !!⭐️

listen i know its hard to let go of these people at first im mean I’ve had to do it multiple times but i swear it gets sooo much easier to not have these people in ur life its way better to have no friends than a bunch of friends thats secretly hate you don’t stay caught up on toxic people like this its a waste of ur own peace and well being , block them,stop following them,stop talking to them have NOTHING to do with these people/person

No.5 ; Ur not special !!

now this title is a bit alarming but what i mean by that is if you have a friend that’s constantly talks down about people for no reason whether it be their friends or someone they know and im not talking about the standard gossip talk bc tbh everyone gossips but im talking about like drags them through the mud calls them mean names and purposefully spreads rumors about other people they’ll do it to do you as well ur not special i doesn’t matter what this person is telling you they’ll talk about any and everyone it doesn’t matter people like this do not care

No.4 ; Being Un-phased !! ⭐️

now after you cut them off either gonna

A. make it seem like they’re innocent and have been nothing but nice to you and try and make you feel bad

B. Act like theirs beef when in reality theres not they just want a reason to start a problem

C. to the standard mean girl remarks side eyes,whispers,random pointing and slightly laughing, or even in some cases talk loudly about you but indirectly

now in any of these situations never let it bother you show no reaction these kinds of people feed off ur fear of them shows no reaction when it comes to things like this and you can also do it back side eye them back,give them weird looks back now im definitely not saying be just like them but play their game don’t let disrespect like this slide and i know how hard it can be especially since these are people ir support be close with but i promise making friends that actually care about you is WORLDS BETTER!!! you’ll have such a peace of mind and being able to make friend that actually care about you is such a freeing feeling!!!!

Reminders!!! 🎀🍯

- they’re opinions don’t matter

- these people are no above you in any way shape or form

- stress is normal don’t let it get to you !!

- you deserve much better friends

- it normal to feel sad after cutting them off

- this person/these people don’t deserve you!!!

- you got thiss!!!

#2sweet2eat🎀🧁#manifesting #The Advice Column with dolly 🎀⭐️#dolly #advice #it girl #itgirl #dream girl #self care #self improvement #that girl #wonyoungism #girl blogger #girl blog aesthetic #girly aesthetic #girl blogging #dollygirl #dollcore

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upat4amwiththemoon · 5 months

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The blip | 2

Summary: Broken families take time to heal.

Pairing: WandaNat x daughter!reader

Warnings: some angst, panic attack-ish

Word count: 1231

a/n: there was some wishes for a second part and I really wanted to do one, so here it is :D would recommend reading part one first

Tags: @thought-of-you-and-me @rafecameronswhore @emsmultiverse @natashamaximoff69

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Y/N’s lip is bleeding from the excessive amount of biting it during the last hour. During that hour, she changed her outfit tens of times, debated faking sick, and a slight break down, but now she is walking down the streets of New York City, going to have lunch with her moms.

The walk is around 20 minutes from her apartment, which gives her enough time to mentally prepare herself. It’s been two weeks since everyone who were blipped came back, and it certainly hasn’t been easy. Wanda and Natasha wanted Y/N to move back in with them, but she declined, needing some space from them. However, they have been texting and calling, though it’s still uncomfortable, they were finally able to persuade Y/N to meet up with them again.

Wanda and Natasha have tried doing their best to respect Y/N’s wishes for time and space, but they miss their daughter. After all, to them it wasn’t a long wait, their daughter grew up in a blink of an eye and they want to make up for the missing time.

Slowing down her pace, Y/N checks her phone for the time, she’s 15 minutes early. She might as well go wait for them inside. She opens the diner door, looking for a secluded booth to sit in, but pauses once she notices Wanda and Natasha are already sitting at a booth.

Wanda notices her first, waving her over. Y/N wipes her hands on her pants and walks over to them, sitting opposite of her moms. “Hi.” She has a small smile on her face. “How long have you been here?”

“Hey, sweetheart,” Wanda almost grabs Y/N’s hand that’s resting on the table, but decides against it, “not long, 20 minutes, I think.” She tilts her head to the side with a small laugh.

Y/N nods, she starts playing with her rings, a lot of them are Wanda’s old ones. She doesn’t know how to talk to her moms anymore, her feelings are messed up from the five years of being alone.

“Do you still like pancakes?” Natasha holds the menu as she looks at Y/N.

She has never seen her mom so quiet, or insecure. Natasha has always been the brave one, she’d help Y/N build her confidence and make sure she knew how to stand up for herself.

“Yeah.” She clears her throat, Y/N wants to make an effort, she doesn’t want to disappoint them, or make them sad. “I don’t like blueberries anymore though.”

Natasha smiles as if that small bit of information is the most important thing she has heard, “okay, no blueberries.” When the waiter comes to ask for their orders, Natasha orders for all of them, like she used to five years ago, and Y/N lets her.

When Y/N leans her elbows to the table, still continuing to move the rings around her fingers, Wanda smiles, noticing they are hers. “How’s school?” She asks, lifting her eyes from her hands.

Y/N shrugs, she have much interest in school, “it’s fine, I guess. Fucking boring though.”

Language is the only word coming out of both Natasha and Wanda’s mouths at the sentence. The latter scrunches her nose, the fact her daughter isn’t still 14 years old still hasn’t fully settled in her mind. “Sorry.”

“No it’s- I’m sorry.” Y/N clears her throat again, it feels like something is constricting her airway. “I just haven’t had anyone comment on my language in a long time.” She lets out a short laugh, rubbing the spot between her eyes. “Have you gone back to being an Avenger?”

“No.”

“No?”

Natasha glances at Wanda, they’re having a silent conversation between each other, they weren’t going to talk about this yet, “we decided to put being an Avenger on pause, indefinitely.”

“Why? You love being an Avenger.”

Wanda has a gentle smile on her face as she finally dares to take hold of Y/N’s hand. “We love you more than anything else in the world. Being an Avenger can wait, we want to give all of our time to you.”

“Oh.” She doesn’t move her hand away, Y/N just stares at it. “What if I need a lot of time?”

“We aren’t in a hurry.”

Nodding, Y/N pulls her hand away once the waiter comes back to their table with three plates of pancakes. She starts eating the food, and she looks at her moms, realizing they look like a family, two moms and their daughter, and it scares the hell out of her.

She drops her fork, making her moms look at her, “what’s wrong, little one?” The pet name slips out of Wanda’s mouth, she swore to stop using it, it makes Y/N’s heart drop into her stomach.

“Uhm-“ Y/N draws in a quick breath, making it instantly clear to her mother’s what’s wrong. They stand up and move to Y/N’s side of the booth, Wanda squeezing herself past her so their daughter is in the middle of them.

Fortunately for them, they’re sitting in a corner booth, giving them privacy, but Natasha sets her body in a way that hides Y/N from anyone’s gaze.

“You’re safe.” Wanda whispers with a level of calmness that shows this isn’t the first time Y/N has had a panic attack. “Your moms are here to keep you safe.”

Biting her already sore lip, Y/N raises her head to look at Wanda, her eyes teary and breathing wheezy as she tries to hold in her struggling. Wanda’s soft eyes bore into her own, but she doesn’t feel the defiance or terror she felt when first seeing her moms. She feels safe. Comforted. She feels like a kid.

When a quiet, “mama,” leaves her lips, Wanda wraps her arms around her and looks at Natasha. “Let’s go.” She whispers, standing up with Y/N’s legs and arms around her.

They walk over to the red car, Wanda putting Y/N into the backseats before going to the driver’s seat, and Natasha going to sit with their daughter. As the car starts, Natasha wraps her arms around Y/N, not caring about their seatbelts in the moment.

The drive to Wanda and Natasha’s house is quiet apart from Y/N’s heavy breathing and the soft whispers coming out of Natasha’s mouth as she tries to comfort her.

“I’m sorry.” Y/N whispers as the car comes to a sop. Wanda moves from the driver’s to the backseats with her family, feeling like staying in the car will be easier for now.

They’re all smushed into a pile, “don’t apologize, you haven’t done anything wrong,” Natasha’s hand goes through Y/N’s hair, melting the at the familiar softness of it.

Her breathing slows down and she starts feeling calmer in her mothers’ arms. “Can I stay with you for a little while?”

“Little one,” the pet name doesn’t bother her anymore, “you can stay with us as long as you want.” Wanda sets her hands on Y/N’s cheeks, rubbing them with her thumbs.

Y/N nods, a small weight has been lifted off of her shoulders. She feels like she is able to lean on to her mothers again, at least with some things. She doesn’t have to be so alone anymore.

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acti-veg · 1 month

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Hi I don't know who to ask but I wanted to ask a fellow vegan since anywhere else id be told to eat em. So I have two chickens they are my pets, ones a male ones a female. They're both bantam(?) chickens and so the female lays an egg every 26 hours or so, I've tried leaving eggs in there, fake eggs, taking them away etc but she keeps laying. I re-feed them to her but then she just pops out another, is there any way to make her stop without destroying her lifespan, and causing her pain or future problems? Everywhere I read it says that sometimes procedures or shots to reduce egg amounts can be bad for them so I'm a bit lost on what to do. Shes my baby so I need her safe and happy, and laying an egg half her size must be painful I imagine. thank you!

The best thing to do is to prevent them laying using implants or injections. This is a pretty painless procedure, and lasts about 12 months. Hens implanted reportedly live longer, which makes sense since they aren’t as likely to suffer from the health defects associated with excessive egg production, which presents a far higher risk than any potential side effects from implants or injections.

If that isn’t an option (it’s illegal in the US) the eggs can also be fed back to the birds as you said, they’ll still produce more but at least it helps them regain some of the calories and protein used to lay it, and they can benefit from their own production, rather than us taking it for our own gain. Any excess could potentially be donated to a food bank or used to supplement the feed of other companion animals as well.

I’d advise speaking to your local vet and checking that they are happy to register and discuss options with you, if you haven’t already. They’ll be able to talk you through what is involved and help you make an informed decision. Best wishes to all three of you anon!

#ask #vegan #eggs #backyard eggs #hens #chickens

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iwoszareba · 4 months

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OC Mannerisms // Avinsin

got tagged by @dmagedgoods and @spyridonya thank you!! filling these things always takes me unreasonable amount of time so I hope you don't begrudge me for picking my newest kid

BASICS

- NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES >> low and high drow, drow sign language, abyssal, undercommon, common, druidic, (does speak with animals count?)

their memory got wrecked due to backstory reasons so it's hard to say if they could still fluently use all of them just like that, but I think with the headband of intellect they can

- TONE OF VOICE >> high / average / deep

i’m using voice 2 in the game and i’m actually happy with it

- ACCENT >> yes / no - they grew up speaking drow and in recent times used mostly undercommon so i feel it’s unavoidable that their common has accent

- DEMEANOR >> confident / shy / approachable / hostile / other

do not perceive me, do not interact with me kind of energy, but when actually approached/approaching someone they seem fairly unfazed by having to talk with someone

- POSTURE >> slumped / straight / stiff / relaxed

their posture could be better and they always look somewhat uncomfortable

HABITS

head tilting / swaying / fidgeting / stuttering / gesturing / arm crossing / strokes chin / er, um, or other interjections / plays with hair or clothing / hands at hips / inconsistent eye contact / maintains eye contact / frequent pausing / stands close / stands at a distance

when dealing with people they don’t know they always default to arm crossing to keep their hands in one place, naturally they are quite fidgety, rub their hands or arms a lot it’s probably the first signal they are starting to be comfortable around someone when they stop hiding that

COMPLEXITY (Fill in the circle’s as you wish)

- VOCABULARY >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️

they didn't have much reason to use common before. they can communicate fine but may not know less used words or surface idioms

- EMOTION >> ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

they speak in a rather monotone fashion and their facial expressions are also slight and quickly return back to default resting sad face

after getting one unfortunate disapproval from Wyll I decided they are deadpan to the point people may not realise they are joking

- SENTENCE STRUCTURE >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪

nothing too fancy

PROFANITY

- FREQUENCY >> ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

sometimes under stress or when they really dislike someone

- CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity) >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️

they only curse in drow. undercommon and common swears just don’t carry the right weight and emotion to them. I like to think that drow can be flowery in their cursing, ‘may spiders devour your treacherous heart’ instead of ‘fuck you’, things like that

BOLD THAT APPLY

arse / ass / asshole / bastard / bitch / bloody / bugger / bollocks / chicken shit / crap / cunt / dick / frick / fuck / horseshit / motherfucker / piss / prick / pussy / screw / shit / shitass / son of a bitch / twat / wanker

THIS OR THAT

straightforward or cryptic? / finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind? / masculinity, neutrality, or femininity? / formalities or with abrasiveness? / praise or equivocation? / frankness or flattery / excessive or minimal hand gestures / name-calling or magnanimity? / friendly or blunt?

one of the things I found out while playing the game is that they actually can use pleasantries regardless if they actually care or not, to not be an asshole yanno, but with their monotone delivery it's up for debate if they ever come off as genuine. maybe a drow being nice catches people off guard enough to counter that effect, or maybe that makes it sound even more fake, depends on the person and situation probably

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

- DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER?

almost always / frequently / rarely / never

they try to speak at the right volume but they have a whispery quality to the way they speak so they sometimes have to repeat themself

- DOES YOUR CHARACTER’S POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK?

almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

they have moments of stopping in the middle of saying something and then having a hard time picking it back up but most of the time they speak clearly and with intention

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS?

almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS?

almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE ‘WHOM’ IN A SENTENCE?

yes / no / only ironically

- YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE?

but / though / although / however / perhaps / maybe

- HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS?

walk away / ask if that’s everything / say that’s everything / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they're done here / remain quiet / they don’t

- WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK?

upper / middle? / lower

I think people on the surface see them as a foreigner first but if they were speaking drow with someone they probably still have 'raised noble' vibes

- IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS?

accent / vocabulary / tone / level / politeness / brusqueness / it doesn’t

Anything that wasn’t touched on?

⚫️ They hum! Most commonly when they do alchemy/medicine stuff but sometimes they do it just to self-soothe. I found this nice track as an example.

⚫️ When the situation requires it, for example at the goblin camp/Moonrise, they can speak ‘with dead woman’s voice’ and change their whole demeanour back to the Lolth’s priestess they once were. Their posture becomes more confident, voice louder and more animated, they smile and act with practised courtesy which can very easily turn to condescension or cold threats. It must be a jarring shift to witness.

#oc: avinsin #it's still a little funny to me they are the face of the party #but they are actually really good at passing checks #eldritch invocation proficiency in persuasion and deception :)#other

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inchidentally · 14 days

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god I wish xkit still had the inbox features - but I'm gonna screencap all the stuff under tricky asks and save them for later so I can see the fun asks and not have them get buried <3

gonna do a few of the more recent ones now and then from there bundle them every couple weeks!

I've mostly just fallen out of interest w the ship apart from the way I enjoy it (which isn't popular lol) for a few reasons but mostly the misogyny toward real life gfs. I still enjoy it for myself and I'm even writing it rn but I'm just not motivated to go crazy over it anymore <3

oh babe I'm a massive complainer about McLaren's new media approach meaning we don't get the fun, regular teammate content that we used to but truly there's no motive for actually keeping them apart! the carlando challenge was F1TV and I actually can't tell who pushed for the Oscar/Esteban RC car challenge but it makes sense bc they've chatted a fair amount during down time since Bahrain. I think there's a casual friendliness there.

but also this kind of cross-team content isn't unusual at all and tbh it's a coincidence that feels annoying mainly bc it coincides with McLaren sm deciding to go all slick edits rather than spontaneous and fun content.

and first anon if anything it felt like Oscar put himself in time out for well, actually slightly stalking Lando in the preseason and Bahrain kasgfkaflsagfslja I'm... mostly joking

oh listen, Carlos and Lando absolutely are friends - and I don't wanna jump down your throat if you're not saying they aren't - but don't get me wrong, I enjoy carlando for what it actually is and not the 'secretly in love/fucking/relationship/actually gay for each other' version. ironically the reality is a lot sweeter and more real than desperately ignoring everything about Carlos to pretend he's gay or to pretend that Lando and Carlos rank even in the top 100 of people closest to them. sorry but to me the reality of baby Lando latching onto Carlos for support in F1 and Carlos quite liking this funny little dude fluttering around him even when they have nothing but driving, golf and beautiful women in common - like, that's sweet to me!! sorry ?? it's the whole imprinted on each other but we wouldn't normally be friends thing that happens in these little brother/big brother scenarios.

the fact is tho that carlando is indeed a major popularity and engagement spinner for everyone from F1 official to sponsors to Lando and Carlos themselves, and they both know that hanging out and documenting it can serve two purposes at once. the Australia stuff was all probably a bit too cynical but they wouldn't do any of it if they didn't actually enjoy spending time together! plenty of these sports bromances do similar things it's just that of the F1 bromances, carlando caught on with the 1D rpf conspiracy theorist pipeline by ticking every box. you'd think they'd catch on that it's all the ones they're convinced are RealTM that end up flopping butttt

but yea I remember the ask linking to ppl saying that landoscar and charlos are PR and to this day it's like did they just want to face a deluge of constantly being proven wrong or ??? esp the fact that Charles and Carlos get absolutely zilch out of their dynamic this season (and forever after that) - especially Carlos who could easily decide to just be blandly polite to Charles and focus on buddying up to a hopeful new teammate if charlos was purely PR. even when they play it up, it's not cynical and they make it clear. but the way they've chosen to deal with this whole circus in a joint way is like damn. they're not besties or anything but they respect the fuck out of each other and talk a lot about how to deal with being friends and also teammates.

and landoscar literally has no bromance content, no fake gay, not even excessive touching or physical proximity, Oscar isn't remotely interested in being camera friendly, they don't document any of their time together when it's not official media, and they don't remotely play up to the cameras together. the ship literally exists bc two guys like to watch each other with sweet dopey smiles, they are on a freakishly similar wavelength, have immense respect for each other, Oscar has observed and learned Lando to almost worrying degrees, and Lando has no filter so when he keeps having horny verbal burps about Oscar's body that make the people around them uncomfortable or awkward - and that Oscar just blushes and giggles through. it's absolutely not planned or strategic bc what a horrible strategy to try and convince fans to ship them like carlando and dando askflgsajlgflaf.

like, everything about Lando and Oscar's real life dynamic and friendship is one of the few cases where they're categorically known to not cynically try to promote it for fans and they don't play up to the cameras for engagement. literally they like each other and get on well and it's just. like that !!

#inchreplies #wank adjacent

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jess-moloney · 17 days

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i think very little of what you suggest here qualifies as reality but okay. unless you know them and their personal life any better than we do, sit down.

So you don’t know how to click links and read sources.

Nor do you understand the definition of theory and opinion vs facts which have sources.

Also please show me anywhere I said I know Jamie and Jess or think I do.

Are you confusing me with the Malarkey blog which writes straight up fan fiction about how great Jess is? Saying things she couldn’t possibly know? You’d get along with her because she can’t read either. I guess her “reality” is fine though because it’s the nice fake one where Jamie and Jess are your goth mommy and daddy forever.

I’m sorry that you don’t like the factual information I have posted (of which there’s been a lot)

I’m sorry you don’t like that I’ve pointed out when Jess herself has lied or contradicted herself.

I’m sorry you don’t like that Jess has clearly had excessive plastic surgery done to a point where she’s warped her face.

I’m sorry you don’t like people having opinions on things that you don’t have to read.

Im sorry you’re too stupid to figure out how to use the block button.

I’m sorry this is my blog and not yours so I’m not obligated to post the 10 stupid things you sent me today.

But most of all I’m so sorry that you are this deeply in love with that nobody woman that you take all of this so personally instead of just ignoring it if you openly admit you already don’t think it’s reality and if that’s the case what the fuck is your problem? Are you done being triggered yet? Because I’m done talking to you. Your asks will be deleted from this point forward you’ve sent an alarming amount of them today and I refuse to enable your rage addiction and victim complex by paying you any more attention. Bye hun.

#jess moloney #jamie campbell bower #jamie bower #hate mail

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s0lar-ch3ri · 1 year

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a tiny ramble on luz's character: the symbolism i saw when she just stood there (spoilers obviously, for both season 2 and 3)

so i've been watching fan vids of the ending for toh and in this one reaction vid i was watching the death scene in a sense and i just had to over analyze it

for context, after belos is removed from the heart, he tries to lie again to luz and it starts to rail, the boiling water melting his human disguise. shes still in this titan form, clearly being as strong as ever, probably getting close to the level of the collector imo, and yet she doesnt do anything as he talks to her. she just stands, blank faced and doesnt move a bit (image shown below, low quality since its from the yt vid)

she just glares him down, not a word. she expresses no emotion other then annoyance, or maybe hate, and thats even just from looking at small details that we get.

yet here phillp is, giving it one last try, one more chance to trick her again. he shows a fake expressing of concern, later on worry that boils to anger and rage. unlike luz, he shows a ton of expression. hes using emotion, a very human concept, as a way to make her believe that he wasn't in the wrong, that he can be trusted, that he can be forgiven in a sense. he talks a lot, repeating with "better" words parts of sentences to show how good it is that she saved him and that wild magic is bad. however, he wasn't always this expressive. infact, the amount of emotion he shows here plays into how luz has reacted before!

i found the screenshot of when hes talking to hunter (its eclipse lake btw, around 1:15) and he seems not so smug but rather relaxed and welcoming. looking from hunter's eyes, this is really his uncle, and his uncle has always looked out for him, hasnt he (no he hasnt lol; also so do note that in hollow mind hunter does hesitiate before going through the memory with the portal door, like he'd take the eyeball monster over going through that again??? (i will be analysing him next hes just so ever))?

now heres an image of when he was talking to the collector in the mind scape. his energy is less familial and cozy but like an adult entertaining a child, he seems so smug and more like someone who you talk trash on others to. the energy he has for the people he surrounds himself with changes with who said people are. however, the amount of emotion he shows isnt excessive like the scenes with luz. even in elsewhere and elsewhen, he's shown more emotion when talking to her then with other characters.

this is how he knows her, the excitment and high energy, want to save everyone luz is how he has seen her. not to mention, he notices how lilith is getting concerned and starts talking differently. i know i keep jumping around with belos, but ill get back to luz soon!

another detail of lesser emotion with belos: we've seen him mostly wearing a mask. now, obviously the mask would hide his face and any form of emotion, but the mask noticiably has no mouth. all it shows is eye holes, lines to represent eyelids id presume, and nose holes. the mask cant show any kind of emotion at all due to the lack of detail. as such, we've only been able to tell his emotions through the tone of his voice, the way he speaks, etc. he has no need for emotion here.

from what belos has seen, luz has shown much emotion and empathy, so he plays into what he thinks is her weakness, pulling her heart strings with a fable that he believes surely she'd fall for. belos is good at manipulation because his style of how he does it changes with whoever he talks to, but one unexpected detail has stopped him now: this human has managed to change in such short time.

however, luz is very expressive even after everything, even in battle, even at the last battle. she always puts her best into whatever she does because she cares (its similar to the papyrus: blink motherfucker post basically, she always puts 110% into whatever she does). shes the main character because shes a very caring person and would never do anything to harm the innocent, making her a very good mc for the show! she speaks out against belos and his evil that one time at the night market because she wants to do the right thing for these people, because she cares for them.

she could just put him out his misery now. she could just kill belos just out of her hatred. yet she doesnt. because shed be stooping down to his level, killing someone because you simply dont like them. in this scene, belos finds sp,ethomg (ok ik ruining mood with that but the mispelling is just too funny, i meant to say something) he never expected, luz just does not care about him. she doesnt care to listen to him, doesnt care for his fate, and will not care in the end. she knows he doesnt deserve the respect of a response.

she doesnt even look at him, she doesnt have the care to now. and why should she? hes hurt many people, and tried to put her on his level of awful, comparing them as if theyre remotely similar. another thing by the way, when trying to use sympathy fails, belos switches to blame, saying how horrible shed be if she didn't help him now.

in this scene, he says "we're human, we're better then this!" with the irony of him being the least human hes ever been. this is pretty noticable, but theres more irony than just this. this is also the least human that luz the HUMAN has ever been. shes constantly been given that title, one example being eda telling luz that her life is great because "shes friends with luz the human"! yet shes harnessing the titan in her, and we see her doing things like eda and king do. and a big human thing we have? emotions and empathy. we sympathize with each other because we care and are run by our emotions, and thats a pretty key part in what makes us human. however, belos uses this against those around him, with promises of things that they desire in a sense. belos has lost any sense of humanity just to fulfill this savior complex (ill be doing more analysing so ill explain this later but no its not like a hero complex) while luz has became more humane with her journey, taking in how what she's done has affected those shes with, understanding them. luz being human is what makes her better then having to stomp him out, needing the last hit. she already did enough and doesnt need to care anymore about defeating him, because even if the rain didnt kick in and he was able to keep his human disguise, he would still lose.

tdlr: luz simply ignoring belos can be very over analysed by my neurodivergent ass, and the reasoning why is simply because when shed care once now she does not.

#watching and dreaming #toh spoilers #toh season 3 #toh season three #toh s3 spoilers #toh season 3 spoilers #toh s3 #toh finale #toh luz #toh belos

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milady-pink · 9 months

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Rosewood Manor

Summary: After finding Firmin’s body the guests are given three options of locations they can look for clues in.

Warnings: death, murder investigation, morbid talk, strangulation, no blood

Word Count: 2370 || Dividers: @firefly-graphics

Complete Series

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Chapter 5

“Game?! This isn’t a game, someone’s dead!”

Sorelli’s outburst caused the group to collectively shudder. They were standing around the ballroom, located in the center of the Manor; revealing Richard Firmin’s dead body. Poor Jamie, who found him, was still shaking while Christine tried to calm her down, putting her arm around her shoulders.

Raoul tried his best to reassure everyone. “Relax, no one is really hurt. Like the butler said, it's a game,” at the mention of his job title, Erik sneered ever so slightly, Christine thought she imagined it, “he’s probably in the next room breathing right as we speak. My guess is whoever figures out who killed him will win. Am I right?” At this he pointedly asked the masked man. He nodded before walking to stand in the front of the group, his back to the grand staircase. He looked downwards before setting his face straight, and disclosed how the game really worked.

“As I’ve mentioned at dinner the previous night, your host, Mr. Y, has invited you all to play a game of wits and intellect. For them, that meant a game of murder mystery solving. Just as the younger DeChagny brother has said, the winner will have solved who is the killer amount you; who is Mr. Y. If all of you are ready, I shall explain the process that follows the, ahem, finding of the body.” The chosen words caused an already shaking Jamie to quake excessively.

The group looked around to each other, questioning in their eyes if they wanted to know how this so-called “game” was played. But, seemingly hesitant, the guests jointly nodded that yes, they were ready to play the game.

“Well then. Whenever a body is found, three locations will be offered following. You can either choose to go to the morgue; to look at the body for further inspection into how the victim died. The victims last known whereabouts, in this case Mr. Firmin’s room. Or, if you should choose, the scene of the crime, in this instance that would be-,”

“-the library.” Squeaked an ashen Jamie.

Erik continued like normal, which for him would be icy, “yes, the office library. I shall give you all five minutes to decide where you want to investigate. You may not change locations once you are there. What you learn about the murder you may choose to share with the others, or keep to yourself. The choice is yours, and the best sleuth will be rewarded. Best of luck.” He finished the explanation as to what follows a murder with no emotion in his voice at all, which was extremely disturbing given the circumstances. Following his speech, the lithe, masked figure makes his exit, leaving a confused, and thoughtful group behind.

Christine didn’t know what to think of everything that has happened and unfolded up until now. For one thing, she knew without a doubt she would not be visiting the morgue. Seeing Papa was bad enough, I don’t think I can do it again. So, that left the crime scene or the last known whereabouts. Christine didn’t think there would be anything useful in Firmin’s room, so when Erik walked back to the group with two maids in tow, she chose the crime scene.

Back in the library, Christine tried her best to detach herself from the situation. She tried not to think about the fact that someone had been laying in the next room dead. No Christine, pretending to be dead. Real or fake, it was enough to irk Christine and get into her brain that something like that was seen as a game. A carpeted thud made Christine turn her head quickly, only to find Jamie picking up a book that she predicted Jamie had dropped. As for the other guests; Carlotta, Andre, and Piangi chose to explore Firmin’s bedroom, while Sorelli and Raoul willingly chose to go to the morgue.

“I’m kind of surprised you chose the library, seeing as how you were here first.” Christine said to Jamie, trying to walk on eggshells around the subject matter.

“Honestly, I just decided because you chose it. I-I think you’re pretty nice. And I know you better than anyone else here.” Shared the scared blonde, making Christine feel sorry for the girl. She quietly promised herself to help Jamie if she can, at least include her if alliances are made. Christine replied to her with a smile before arriving at the office door.

“Are you ready?” Christine asked, “I’m sure you could just sit this one out if it’s too much.”

“No, I’m ready. I don’t want to be useless and just sit by like a scared little girl.” Jamie replied, stealing herself.

“I’m glad to hear it, it's very brave of you.” Christine honestly told her. She grasped the door in her hand and pushed open the door.

The office was smaller than the library, a window to the left showcasing the front lawn and its elegant landscaping. In front of the window was a dark wooden desk, intricate designs carved into it, with a comfy-looking vintage office chair tucked in between. The walls were lined with books on shelves, similarly to the library, save for the wall across from the door the two girls currently stood in. It looked to be a large tv bookcase, with shelves empty save for a few statues, and one shelf with what looked like a safe; the door of which was open. Christine started walking over to the safe, with Jamie in tow.

“Hmm,” remarked Christine while looking at the safe, “we must have missed this when…th-the first time, that is.” Still trying to tread carefully, for both of them, as to why they were just now noticing the open safe.

“Do you think Firmin opened it?” Jamie asked, looking at her colleague with questions swimming in her brown eyes. “And if so, why didn’ he take anything else?”

She was right, Christine noticed. The safe was open, but there sat some pretty valuable items; three stacked gold bars, some neatly piled hundred bills, and scattered jewelry. Huh, why would he leave all that?

“That is weird,” stated Christine, voicing her puzzlement, “but obviously there was something that he deemed important enough to break open a safe for. Maybe something obscure?”

“Or personal, that it would only matter to him.” Put forth Jamie, brows furrowed thinking hard.

“Yeah, maybe. We can ask one of the people who went to his room if there was anything significant there.”

“Good idea. In the meantime, how do you think he opened it? Did he know the password? ”

“Hmm, let’s look around for more clues.” Ventured Christine, closing the safe door with a soft clink. Before turning around to start searching, Christine noticed a strange symbol near the safe’s dial. It looked like a large circle, with three smaller circles connected by the larger one, in the shape of a triangle.

Hmmm, wonder what that means

“Uh, Christine?” Jamie ventured. She turned to face Jamie, and noticed she was hovering over an open book sitting on the office desk. Christine sauntered over to see what her partner had found.

The book seemed to be about the psychology of human nature overall; including different religions and cultures of the past and present world. But the page it was left open on, was talking about the Bible along with good and evil. Then it starts talking about the philosopher Seneca and his virtues that define the human experience.

“It’s missing a page.” Jamie said, pointing at how the corner page numbers go from

347 straight to 349.

“Looks like it was ripped out.” Christine ran her finger down the torn paper left in the book. “I bet it had the code to the safe on it, or something close to it.”

After a few hours of rooting around for clues in their respective locations, the guests of Rosewood Manor regrouped outside on the patio. There was a table set up with sandwiches, pasta salad, and fruit salad, all plastered up. To drink was water or lemonade for the California heat. Everyone wandered outside for lunch and to, hopefully, learn some clues of how Firmin died. Once everyone grabbed some food, the mingling started.

Following getting some pasta salad and some fruit, Christine decides to take initiative and goes over to Raoul, the only other person she knows, and tries to get some information. Just as Christine was sitting down, Sorelli walked over to them.

“Hey Sorelli, what’s up?” Wandered Christine in a friendly voice.

“Nothing much. But, uh, can I join?”

“Join what?” Raoul questioned.

“You know, join your team. You guys are making an alliance, right?” She asked, with one of her dark eyebrows raised.

Looking at each other Raoul and Christine shrugged shoulders. “I guess we didn’t think about it but, yeah, I guess we could team up.” Answered Raoul, to which Christine smiled and nodded her head in response. She was happy to be in his presence again, making new memories in their young-adult lives. Hopefully after all of this madness, we can stay in touch.

“So, Christine, what did you find in the library?” Sorelli began, jumping right into the important stuff.

“Well me and Jamie…” She trailed off. At the mention of Jamie, Christine realized that she was sort of breaking the promise she made herself. So, she looks around the patio and spots one petite, wheat haired woman sitting by herself near Piangi, Carlotta, and Andre. Jamie looks downwards, with a forlorn look on her face, then up making eye contact with Christine. She smiles warmly and waves her over, which makes Jamie’s eyes go wide, only to stand up and quickly walk over. She took a seat next to Sorelli on the lounge chair opposite Christine and Raoul’s. What once was three, now is four.

“Hi Jamie, I was just about to tell these guys what we found in the library’s office. Now that you’re here, chime in if I miss anything.” Christine told her, wanting her to feel welcomed, to which she nodded. “So, as I was saying, Jamie and I found an open safe and a book with a missing page.”

“An open safe? What was inside?” Pondered Sorelli.

“There was some jewelry, uh, a lot of cash, and, get this, three gold bars. Like, real ones!” She exclaimed.

“Woah, that’s weird.” Remarked Raoul.

“Yeah, rich people are weird.”

“Well, yeah, that, but also the fact that he didn’t take anything.”

“Tell them about the book Christine,” added Jamie, “and the page too.”

“What book?” Questioned Sorelli, taking a sip of her lemonade.

“There was a book sitting on the desk, completely open, and the page that was there was ripped out.” Jamie spoke with such energy, seemingly like she bounced back from this morning, making Christine smile.

“What about you guys,” Christine asked, “what was the morgue like?”

Sorelli and Raoul shared a look, obviously with hesitance plainly visible on both of their faces.

“Well,” Sorelli started, “for starters it’s in the house.”

That shocked Christine, and clearly frightened Jamie. A moment passed as the two girls tried to figure out what that meant.

“I’m sorry, in the house? H-how?” Wondered a very confused Christine, asking because Jamie looked frozen in place.

“There is a morgue in the house, it’s down in the basement. That weird butler brought us down there and opened a door with, you guessed it, Firmin laying on a metal table wearing nothing but a blue paper gown.” She said in a grave voice.

“Yeah, his clothes were placed in bags on a metal cabinet next to the table.” Recounted Raoul.

“Did you check his pockets?” Christine asked, sitting on the edge of the chair.

“YES!” Exclaimed the two of them.

“I don’t remember what the text was saying,” Raoul went on, “but there was a page with a couple of symbols on them.”

This time, it’s Jamie and Christine who share a look.

“Can you remember them?” Inquired Christine.

“I do, but it might be hard to explain them.” Raoul answered.

“Maybe you could draw them!” Excited Jamie. “We can get you guys some paper and pencils and you can draw the symbols.”

“Okay, did you find something like that in the office?” Sorelli wanted to know.

“We did, on the safe. We think it might have something to do with how Firmin cracked the code and opened the safe.” Affirmed Christine.

After going back and forth with the various knowledge that the four of them shared, they came to a few realizations; one, was that Firmin was strangled after Raoul and Sorelli found dark bruising, ahem, makeup, around his neck, another was that Firmin broke into the safe for something that wasn’t the regular jewels and riches.

“I bet he hid the stolen item in his room.” Stated Sorelli, at which point she looked over at the other group.

“How do we find out what it was? I doubt those guys are gonna offer up clues willingly.” Retorted Raoul.

At that moment, Piangi got up from the small table and chairs that their group occupied, and went back to the serving table for thirds.

“I have an idea,” said Sorelli, “I’ll be right back.”

Sorelli made her way over to the sandwiches, next to Piangi, and looked like she started a friendly conversation. Almost as quickly as she arrived on the scene, Carlotta swooped into Piangi’s other side. She thread an arm through his, and started to pull him back towards the safety of their table. Sorelli came back to the lounge chairs with more lemonade, but no luck.

“That pompous peacock got to him before he had a chance to share anything useful.” Sorelli grumbled.

Throughout the rest of lunch, the four of them continued talking about finding some paper to draw the symbols that were on the missing page. They also discussed how they were going to get information about what was in Firmin’s room. All the while, eating and talking, Christine noticed that Jamie kept stealing glances at Sorelli next to her. Hmm, maybe a little crush?

All too soon, lunch ended and the group dispersed.

#phantom x reader #phantom of the opera #erik the phantom #erik destler #erik x christine #christine x raoul #christine daae #raoul de chagny #murder mystery #musical fanfic #andrew lloyd webber #gaston leroux #musicals

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sunstranded · 3 months

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INTJ: Se-ing

There are several paradoxes about INTJs that make me roll my eyes because, again, barnum effect. But I really like the one where we plan excessively but at the same time wing it. It's accurate and certainly unique to Ni users with Se.

Admittedly this has been in my drafts for awhile so I may have derived from my original (forgotten) intention. I just want to clean my drafts, I don't like loose ends.

Upon reading the description I made some time ago, I remembered the picture I found that had listed down the amount of paradoxes that are unique to INTJs (apparently).

The first one listed is usually about how we are unfeeling but feeling intensely (there are other pictures such as these). I disagree with this because anyone in the NT, ST even some FPs could identify with this. Granted, NFPs won't be the most... they'll appear emo, more like rather than the ST and NT of blandness with our palette of black and really really dark gray emotions.

I digress, I just feel as though some aren't exclusive to INTJs and most could be applied to anyone in a sense they can believe they are a certain way but aren't. I'll leave the definition of barnum effect to those who may search but that effect literally manifests in every description about a type. People can deem them too vague to be useful but also not. However, I'd rather talk about a description about the INTJ that I see the pros and cons of.

My overconfidence gets me sometimes. I would plan and plan (you know, the contingency plan that has contingency plans within it and have everything so vague) but because of that nature, the plan is open ending and branching in multiple ways (all the possibilities we could come up with were considered). But some of these branches of the plan aren't fully explored, or else I would be fully stuck in my head. Since they aren't fully explored and I plan more details on the branch with highest possibility, my overconfidence with the highest possibility does put me in a bad state if it doesn't go that way.

I sound insane trying to describe this but now that I have, when my most intricate plan didn't go through, I still don't do bad when winging things. Sure, I probably look less cool than if it were something I predicted and comfortable with but so are most people in a new situation.

I think this ability of just huffing and working with that's in front of me but still having that branch of possibilities and contingency plan still spreading continuously at the back of my head is what separates SJs from NJs. This doesn't mean SJs can't wing things and plan things. I would even say they plan intricately and sometimes better than me. But then the more tangible and detailed your plans are the more nightmare-ish your possibilities become. Unlike the NJs almost sadistic way of imagining the worst thing possible and solving it in the head or running a simulation of all the possible situations like we have future vision, SJs can be more time efficient. The difference is, to them, possibilities are endless and overwhelming while NJs see possibilities as choices in an overarching storyline.

I didn't include SPs because having Se first than Ni would make things be different. Anyways, that's it. I just don't like some descriptions that invite the barnum effect (i.e. you dont like fake people). It doesn't serve justice to the type as well as bring out the utility of MBTI.

#intj #mbti

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macgyvertape · 1 year

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This essay is part a note on how most of John’s PoV is sympathetic because he naturally casts his opponents as Acceptable Targets (meaning a group that is deemed justified to hold in contempt), but the Trillionares and their plan was just as bad as he said. Thematically the point of John’s POV isn’t “John was always a monster”, but John was originally no better or worse than an average person but the power to kill indiscriminately without consequences corrupts, and when death gives you a rush you’re incentivized to kill as a problem solving method.

Much as the memes serve to make John relatable in HtN because it’s a point of familiarity in an unfamiliar setting, when John had his rant of:

“At that point I wished I’d used the fucking conspiracy theorists instead… nobody would’ve cared if I’d turned people inside-out who think vaccines have nanites in them that mine cryptocurrency”.

Neither Alecto or Harrow know what an anti-vaxxer is much less cryptocurrency but I sure do. After living through 2 years of a pandemic in a Bible Belt state I have a deep and personal hatred of anti-vaxxers so a large part of me was like “yeah fuck ‘em”. In the same vein Billionaires are inherently immoral, so how much worse does that make Trillionaires, whose plans of fleeing to space are an intentional parallel to certain real life figures? I found it easy to dislike the people John hated, and thereby John felt more likable even though his actions in HtN were fresh in my mind.

I don’t think John was lying about how bad the corporations and Trillionaires were, and I’ve seen some posts that miss the details of why they are so hateable. They’re introduced wielding structural power in the epitome of healthcare industry putting profit over people’s lives.

8% chance of death or long term damage isn’t great, but comments saying that the cryo project was right to be shut down over 8% are literally misunderstanding that the Trillionare’s justification is a facade. The Trillionaires were fine with 70% severe damage (implied to be crippling if not fatal) and excluding anyone who was pregnant, because the Trillionaires never planned to take that risk and would staff a ship with only thousands awake vs the billions cryo could hold. It’s interesting the parts of John’s recounting where he’s almost too angry to speak.

I’ve seen posts that more ships could have been built once the first wave left, but that ignores the text about how the planet is being strip-mined of resources just so the Trillionares can take excess with them, literally faking people on the manifest just to have more room. The Trillionares fund the early launch by giving away most of their money, but John’s right that if the Trillionaires are giving away money it's because money no longer has worth, it's a stand in for goods and services that are gone. If there were enough resources that more ships could be built it wouldn’t happen before massive population die off due to environmental catastrophes with the reference to “the next round of climate starvation.” The “us” in those left behind is everyone not rich or deemed useful aka most of the global population. With this kind of stakes it’s understandable why any amount of violence starts to seem justified to John.

When John does start killing people I think it's meant to be a shocking moment not just to the other characters but the reader as well.

“I dropped everyone with a gun in a kilometre radius. Stopped the hearts of the army guys, the rent-a-cops, the peacekeepers, the locals. There were over a hundred of them, but I didn’t discriminate”

His response to P- (Pyrrha) confronting him is a quip “talk about police abuse”, and a lie that it was an accident with the chilling follow up to Alecto/Harrow “Guys as careful as me don’t have accidents”. For as much as he respected Pyrrha for being on his side, as soon as she confronts him she’s just another “bad cop” who uses too much force. (I am very aware gun and police culture has different history in NZ vs US, so I am sure there is context I’m missing). John’s framing isn’t ACAB and justice for the 5 people looking to join who were killed but all the things he was figuring out with death power. Pyrrha is a character Nt9 readers are probably very attached to at this point; John’s framing her as just a “bad cop” in this scene is meant to demonstrate he’s begun to stop respecting his comrades or tell them the truth; just as he’s becoming fine with collateral damage. It's the kind of “if you aren’t with me you’re against me” view John holds that we see play out in HtN with Augustine and Mercymorn. If there’s a divergence point of “what could have changed for the outcome to differ” I think it was this moment or shortly after where John stops treating everyone else as equals.

The tragedy is that Necromancy is pretty useless for directly fixing the environment with “stabilizing glaciers” or “trapping atmosphere”, but it could have done wonders for 8% cryo damage. John went from a mission statement of “no one left behind” and plans to save a livable Earth to caring more about stopping the Trillionaires at whatever cost so he nuked the world then ate the solar system in an attempt to kill all of them. Ten thousand years later he still punishes the descendants of those who escaped in the manner of “the sins of the father” and God!John has become so much like the Trillionaires he hated, there’s some sort of eldritch zombie apocalypse across the Empire and John is doing nothing with all his resources to stop it.

Tldr: In the words of my friend: “i loved that like, he cared more about winning than saving people. he starts out so sympathetic you're like okay i see how this is escalating and then its suddenly like "well they werent LISTENING so I HAD to destroy the entire planet" amazingggggg”

#the locked tomb #john gaius #nona the ninth #nona the ninth spoilers #sorry but the post broke with blockquotes longer than 2 sentences #so a lot is screenshot excerpts #tired of editing this so I'll just post it #under readmore b/c its long

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lunarsilkscreen · 6 months

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Audio and Video Quality compare to IRL

Somebody pointed me to a streamer that was upset over an AI replication of her voice that sounded, to her ears, identical to her own.

I want you to perform an experiment:

Record somebody's voice at high quality.

Blindfold a set of participants, have them listen randomly to either that person speaking IRL or the recording.

Ask them which is the recording and which isn't.

(don't ask them which they prefer.)

This is because of a phenomenon that affects creators: they don't know what their own voice actually sounds like. They only know what their recordings sound like.

Because they spend an excessive amount of time listening to themselves through speakers and recording software. while performing and listening to their finished video edits.

And because of vocal resonance, no person actually ever heard their own voice the way others hear it.

Even when voice actors and Parrots mimic somebody's voice it's almost always "close enough" and never identical.

Animation and Talk Show fans have demonstrated aversion to continuing watching or listening to these shows when a voice actor switches out. Even when producers say "they're identical", metrics reflect a drop in viewership.

This also happens with *fake* voices that are created from voice modulation and, should, hypothetically, be identical.

Viewers can tell.

I also want to highlight another interesting point; some vtubers don't use the same voice actor every day they stream, and viewers can point out which variant is their favorite.

Even when the miming, voice acting, and scripts are otherwise identical.

We just don't have the scientific evidence from lab experiments to back it up yet. (If you're a college student who needs an experiment to graduate, here it is.)

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Hello everyone! I thought it’d be cool to give a purpose to this blog, so here is my first post. I might keep using it for updates on the plays I take part in in these university years, or on my interests in general, who knows.

This play here (“Non scegliere la paura” - directed by Paola Maccario), my first with the new company, was as fun to prepare for as it was tiring. Every scene was the “theatrical reworking” of a testimony, focusing on femicide and violence on women in every form and declination. We spent months reading and discussing about the crudest and saddest ways to go one could imagine, and that was quite exhausting. Some of us had to relive some far more than unpleasant experiences. At least we managed to raise a good amount of funds for a local association helping victims of human trafficking, we were all happy with the result.

And the public, after our performance we chose to end without bowing, just with our heads bent, was shaken enough not to start clapping their hands for a first handful of minutes. Our message went trough, and that’s what matters most.

The fun part was, for me, making the fake blood. I had to find a way to “build” a capsule I could keep whole in my mouth for half a scene while I talked and pretended to suffocate, and then break it with my tongue to spit the blood at a certain point. And I wanted said blood to look convincing. After a good week of trials and errors I came up with something that worked (I’ll leave my recipe under here if you’re interested, but it’s basically spherification).

Even funnier than making the blood capsule was trying it during a rehearsal without warning the other actors. The position I was in wasn’t exactly comfortable, and I had to mistreat my throat quite badly (since I also had to rantle in that position), so the scene was… realistic. Oh but the looks on the others’ faces.

[TRIGGER WARNING FOR THE PICTURES JUST IN CASE]

Anyway, for the blood you’ll need:

- some red and blue thick food coloring

- water (better if not tap water)

- honey

- sodium alginate and calcium lactate (yes the ones to make bobas or whatever in molecular cuisine)

Now, in a cup you shall put the red and blue colouring (50:1 drops approximately), a spoonful of honey (this is mostly for the taste, trust me), and water if you do not want to waste too much food colouring or if the colouring is too thick (difficult to tell here what exactly should be the consistency of the final mixture, certainly not jellylike but not too watery or your blood will look like strawberry juice and taste like broken dreams with a hint of low fat white yogurt. You’ll have to try the whole process a couple times I guess). Then you should add sodium alginate to your mixture, like 1g or a bit less for 100g of fluid. Sodium alginate is soluble in water, but I’d suggest to use a mixer since the solution must be as homogeneous as possible. In a separate cup prepare a “bath” of calcium lactate (same proportions, 1:100 g should work fine). Mix well.

Take a syringe or a spoon of the shape you want your “blood capsule” to be (do not expect something far from spherical), and with a bit of dexterity you may be able to drop in the calcium lactate bath the right amount of your mixture to make a “bubble” (just like bubble tea yep).

Pick up the bubble with a strainer or something alike and wash it (GENTLY), to remove excess calcium salt - you do not want to have that taste in your mouth.

The home made bubbles often tend to get thicker and jellylike very soon and might be very fragile, so if you have to use them it’d be better to take the ingredients and make them on the spot. I did it in a dressing room with 18 other actors, 8 dancers and 15 makeup artists around, you can do it.

#women rights #you matter #acting

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lightlyt0astedtoast · 3 months

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I'm back!

Tldr at the beginning so you don't have to read: I was on Tumblr before, I left, I'm back. I like Typology, MDZS, DSAF, PJSK, and Vocaloid. I'll make a real introduction later.

I've literally posted and deleted like 5 posts trying to reintroduce myself to tumblr. Once you spend years on TikTok, where if your post doesn't get at least a few likes within the first 30 minutes it's a failure and you delete it, it's kinda hard to kick the habit of instantly deleting posts out of embarrassment.

Anyway! I've come here to resurrect my corpse of an account. I made this account when I was a young teen and excessively delusional, posting about a disorder I thought I had but didn't, then when I gained a small sliver of a connection to reality and realized I didn't have the disorder I felt shameful and guilty, apologized for accidentally faking a disorder, then deleted all my content and moved far away from this website. I moved to posting strictly on TikTok, much more toxic from my experience, but I managed to fit myself into a small bit of a community. I didn't talk much due to being shit at talking online/over text, but I had a couple of mutuals and got a decent amount of traction for my Typology/enneagram content. I've been homeschooled since covid and have had zero chance to interact with anyone other than my immediate family for multiple years now, so it felt like I was sorta being social.

I'm back due to the fact my dad spontaneously blocked TikTok on our wifi, and with it, basically blocked the small semblance of a social life I had developed there. I use my YouTube to post only synth V covers (very rarely, I'm not the most confident in my covers so they mostly sit finished but never posted), I'm never touching insta again, and twitter (or ig X now?) is itself, so I decided to move here.

How tf did I even use this site back when I was younger?? I guess I had way less shame and social anxiety online, when I was on TikTok I was afraid to even comment, hell near 2020-2022 I was afraid to even like videos. Here reblogging is very important, I might just die. I will try my best to force myself to reblog posts I like and actually keeping my own posts up for more than 5 seconds until I get used to it.

I will make a proper introduction post later, but for now, what you can expect from me:

Post gushing about my faves

Random thoughts I thought was funny that I'll probably delete within the same 24 hours when I stop thinking it's funny

Typology stuff, mainly enneagram

Text posts about my interests (I can't draw for shit, so text posts are all you're getting)

Character.ai screenshots that I thought were funny (most likely in a big image dump)

Me bragging about my Project Diva/Project Sekai scores

And here's my interests:

Typology (big surprise)

Mo Dao Zu Shi

Dayshift at Freddy's (I know FNAF lore, but I don't consider myself a fan, so I'm a strange creature that is into a FNAF fan game but not FNAF)

Project Diva/Vocaloid/Vsynths in general

Project Sekai

My faves:

Nie Huaisang (forever a Nie Huaisang apologist)

Dave Miller (why he ourple?)

Jake Wilson (apparently I like purple)

Kagamine Rin (best vocaloid ever made)

Yuma (Synth V, idc if he's just a letter)

Ena Shinonome (sx4's are objectively cool)

Thanks if you read all that. I become a socially anxious mess online (for good reason, I'd think), so it'll take a while to adjust myself to a site that requires so much more active interaction. I'll make the real introduction post and then I'll try to post/reblog until I no longer have as much anxiety around it.

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2064: Read Only Memories

by MidBoss

Genre: Adventure, Visual Novel

Pitch: In the year 2064, a struggling journalist is approached by the world's first sentient robot to locate a missing person.

My expectations: I've played about five minutes of 2064, and I could not tell you why I haven't played more. It made a good impression in those five minute. There was a lot of positive buzz when it was first released, and everything I heard sounded right up my alley. I once met one of the game's programmers, and though we've since drifted apart, his wife and I called each other friends when 2064 came out. Why haven't I played this yet? Why am I still typing about how much I want to play it when I could just...play it? Right now? Here we go!

Review:

Look, Use, Speak, Inventory. These are the available commands as you point and click hotspots throughout 2064: Read Only Memories. Classic adventure game, right? Not quite. They weren’t kidding about that “read only” thing. The first room is packed with incidental objects to poke, each with its own playful text, asking why you’re speaking to a sheet of paper or trying to pour sour milk on a dying plant. In the first minute, I caught references to The Simpsons, Homestar Runner, and Deadly Premonition, which is excessive, but it communicates something: This is a dense game, and we want you to play with it.

Well, it’s dense, but it’s hardly a game. Across roughly seven hours, I spent maybe 15 minutes solving puzzles. There’s no exploration; you’re constantly told precisely where to go and what to do next. You can choose between nice and rude dialogue options, but I don’t know how much that changes, and I don’t care. The writing isn’t bad, but it is in desperate need of an editor.

And it ends with a maze, followed by a shooting gallery with poor controls, and then a fake maze/shooting gallery with a scripted outcome. Twenty-sixty-bore.

+ Impeccable presentation. + Has its heart in the right place, taking shots at corporations, corrupt politicians, American healthcare, cops, and bigots. I have never seen a game offer so many pronoun choices, including the option to write your own. It even let me be vegan! I feel seen! + Incredible amount of voice acting, and most of it is quite good. I especially got a kick out of James Stephanie Sterling as the cheerful leader of a detestable hate group

– So many words. Why is everything monologue? A decent editor would cut out 3/4 of this script. – It looks like a game. It controls like a game. It has the structure of a game. ("We need to get information from this person, but they won't talk until we give them what they need.") This ain't a game. It's a filibuster. – Everything here has been said elsewhere. What's unique or meaningful about this vision of the future? – Frequently stops everything for a reminder that the game doesn't autosave instead of just...autosaving?

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