#the hunt belongs to gen

[birdmenmanga]

every day I dream about my illustration series of kekkaishi characters with the 14 fears

#just thinking thoughts... #SHAKING YOU. DO YOU UNDERSTAND. #with my reading of kks as a metaphor for the anthropocene chuushinmaru SO perfectly encapsulates the concept of the extinctionnnn #sumiko of course is the lonely #byaku is corruption #the ogis as flesh (they are sooooo fleshyyyyy) #I think yoshimori would be the slaughter <3 #when he loses control you know #the hunt belongs to gen #tokine is the spiral #I kind of want tokimori for the end. to go with chuushinmaru's extinction. you know #the watcher is the eye obviously LOL #shion fits so well for both the stranger and the web but if I had to pick one it's gotta be the web :pensive: #gagin fits desolation almost perfectly but I don't like him lol #wait I think. yoshimori for the vast... and mudou for slaughter actually? #I think mudou deserves a panel. he went pretty batshit crazy <3 #HAHAAAA THE KING FOR THE BURIED???? LMAOOOOO #oh man oh man the fucking. omi brothers were sooo fucked up #I think they could actually be the stranger. #even though I think strictly speaking what they are is closer to the web it feels ridiculous not to give shion (spider user) the web #I think I had them as the eye when I was thinking about this earlier though #you know what I'm saying #nura kidoin also fits web well #but that's like. web (affectionate) not web (derogatory) #and I think we're trying to be a derogatory here as possible #okay if anything. I want masamori for the desolation #I think utter destruction doesn't necessarily have to be flames. #his zekkai fits that pretty well I think. #OH MY GOD I HAD OKUNI AS THE EYE NO FUCKING SHIT #yeah watcher can get out of here. okuni was SO much more plot relevant

[sundrop-writes]

Sundrop's Criminal Minds Masterlist

Lessons For A Genius - Capsule Series (Temporarily Complete)

Note: This is a Capsule Series, so each fic can be read as an individual oneshot. There is no overarching story, and no specific ending.

Lesson One: Slick Silicone - Sub!Spencer Reid x (BAU)Dom!Fem!Reader. Co-Workers to Friends With Benefits. Smut. Despite being a genius, Reid still has a lot left to learn about life. (Mostly sex related.) And he definitely wants to learn from you. His first lesson? Well, a linguistics lesson turns into a hands-on demonstration with a very special toy. (17,200 words.)

Lesson Two: Magic Metacarpals - Sub!Spencer Reid x (BAU)Dom!Fem!Reader. (Pining) Friends With Benefits. Smut. After receiving his first lesson, Spencer is eager to learn more for you. So you teach him the next logical thing - how to pleasure you in return. (26,300 words.)

The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes - Spencer Reid x BAU!Fem!Reader. Co-Workers to Lovers. Fake Dating. Hurt and Comfort. While undercover inside the Separatarian Sect, you and Spencer realize something important: you can’t live without each other. (8,200 words.)

Push and Pull - Emily Prentiss x Fem!Reader - Co-Workers to Lovers. Smut, Sexual Tension. When investigating Viper, Emily doesn't fall for his tricks, and in fact - spends the night teasing him by showing more interest in you. Little did she know, she was driving you insane in the process. (2,800 words.)

The Perfect Brat - Dom!Elle Greenaway x Dom!Fem!Reader x Sub!Spencer Reid. Co-Workers with Benefits. Smut/PWP. Spencer acts up, so you and Elle put him in his place. (2,900 words.)

Loverboy - Bratty!Virgin!Spencer Reid x (Dom)Fem!Reader. Co-Workers with Benefits. Smut/PWP. You try your hardest to make Spencer's first time a good one. (3,100 words.)

Black Suit - Dom!Emily Prentiss x Sub!Fem!Reader. Established Relationship. Smut/PWP. After a particularly hard case, Emily takes you home and helps you unwind by showing you exactly where you belong. (2,900 words.)

From Your Lips - Jennifer Jareau x GN!Reader. Established Relationship. Smut, Hurt and Comfort. After JJ is attacked on the Hankle farm, you take the time to check on her and distract her flustered mind. (3,000 words.)

Figure It Out - A Criminal Minds Casefic. Fem!Reader x Gen!BAU Team (Platonic). General Casefic, modelled after a Criminal Minds episode. Angst, Mystery, Hurt and Comfort. When the team takes a case in your hometown - a secret that you have been trying to hide for years comes to be known with a vengeance. (18,000 words.)

Meddle About - Sub!Spencer Reid x Dom!Fem!Reader. Co-Workers to Lovers. Smut. Morgan calls you Reid's 'Mommy', and you don't think much of it - but Reid can't get it out of his head. It accidentally slips out of his lips, and you like how it sounds coming from him. (6,300 words.)

Pathetic - Dom!Elle Greenaway x Switch!GN!Reader x Sub!Spencer Reid. Established Dom/Sub Relationship. Smut/PWP. Spencer gets punished again - in a very creative way. (2,600 words.)

She Keeps Me Up - Dom!Jennifer Jareau x Sub!Fem!Reader. Established Dom/Sub Relationship. Smut/PWP. JJ is very protective of you - and very possessive of you. When an UnSub leaves a tiny scratch on you, she feels the need to remind you exactly who you belong to. (3,100 words.)

Careful (Series - Complete) - Dad!Spencer Reid x Mom!Fem!Reader. Exes to Lovers. Angst, Fluff, and Smut. When you and Spencer broke up, he tried to forget about you. He pushed all of those feelings for you down - until he sees your name on a list of potential victims being hunted by a man who kills single mothers. (57,400 words.) | Series Masterlist | Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six (Finale)

Jennifer Jareau x Fem!Autistic!Reader Headcanons

Jennifer Jareau and Emily Prentiss Kink Headcanons

Random Spencer Reid Headcanons

JJ Being Protective Of You (Jennifer Jareau x Fem!Autistic Reader)

The Scale of Dominance and Submissiveness in The Criminal Minds Characters (Headcanons)

How would Spencer react to you teasing him with a lollipop?

How would Spencer react to you fainting around him?

How would Spencer, Emily, and Elle react to getting proposed to?

How would Derek, Emily, and Spencer react to your daughter being clingy with them?

Note: This last fic links off to AO3. I'm probably not going to edit it and post it on Tumblr - it's going to live on AO3. So if you want to read it, you can do so at this link.

Burn The Witch - Spencer Reid x (BAU)Fem!Reader. Mutual Pining Co-Workers. Heavy Angst, Smut, Casefic. (Series - Complete.) You weren’t sure which you regretted more: acting on your feelings for Spencer, or writing them down first. But there wasn't much room for regrets when a psychopath was waving a gas can in front of your face and telling you he intended to turn you to ashes. (69,900 words.)

#sundrop writes #criminal minds #spencer reid #spencer reid x reader #criminal minds fanfiction #criminal minds fic #criminal minds fandom #spencer reid x you #spencer reid x y/n #emily prentiss #emily prentiss x reader #emily prentiss x you #emily prentiss x female reader

[nataliesscatorccio]

I like that for the most part, the girls don't really morally quibble with themselves over the cannibalism. van is glad she's alive. mari is making deadpan jokes at breakfast. natalie gives her thanks the same way she would to any creature she hunted. lottie didn't ask for it, but she doesn't turn it away. misty, crystal, gen and melissa aren't shy about being ready for seconds. shauna's complicated feelings predate the cannibalism, which is a footnote in the story of her and jackie. in much the same way, I'd argue tai is more disgusted with her lack of memory and control than she really is with the fact she ate someone's face. and I just think, yeah, it wouldn't be that hard to eat your dead teammate if you were hungry. the act itself isn't more horrible than the grief that comes before and after it. I think about what it means to be a star athlete. what that means for your body. how you condition it, how you think about it, how you position it in relation to your teammates. your body, a machine. your body, part of the team. your body, the play. a moving part, a medium for winning. a means to an end. in the pilot, jackie hits the victory goal in with her head. she doesn't think about it, she throws her body at it for the team. and then I think about what growing up in a girl's body is like. what that means for a body, how you view it. who you're taught it belongs to. how you move it through the world. how you dress it, how you barter it. your body, for men's pleasure. your body, a tool. your body, a provocation. your body, everybody else's hunger for it. for the youth of it, or the sex of it, or the commodity of it. and I think to be an athlete is to sacrifice your body at the altar of the team's benefit. and I think being a girl is the same thing. and if your body has never been yours, and your body has already been consumed, and if you know the other girls on your team have already divorced their bodies and been eaten by the world too, it wouldn't be that hard. and I like that they don't pretend it was. what is a body anyway? without anything to animate it. shells with nothing inside. eat up.

#yellowjackets #shauna shipman #natalie scatorccio #jackie taylor #misty quigley #taissa turner #lottie matthews #van palmer #mari yellowjackets #gen yellowjackets #melissa yellowjackets #crystal yellowjackets

[writeforfandoms]

CoD Masterlist

Yes yes I know, another new fandom. But really can you blame me?

John Price

Simon "Ghost" Riley

Johnny "Soap" MacTavish

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

Alex Keller

Phillip Graves

Alejandro Vargas

Rodolfo Parra

Valeria Garza

Kim "Horangi" Hong-jin

König

And the one and only Gen fic I have that doesn't quite belong anywhere else...

Starbound - TF141 is sent on a mission to retrieve valuable intel in the hunt for Makarov. Unfortunately, there's more waiting for them in the jungle than they anticipated.

Dragon Riders AU required its own list. You'll find the fics linked here, along with the world map, timeline, lore, and other things related to this world.

#call of duty fanfic #whoops i did a thing

[salternateunreality2]

AGSZC Adopt an Emotional Support Cat for Sephiroth

From the @strayheartless archives <3

Thanks @heraldofcrow and @altocat for the grammar help!

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It doesn’t go as planned.

They go to the shelter to try to find a kitten, but Sephiroth finds something even better: a feral momma cat with a single living kitten because all her other babies died. He and she stare at each other for a solid 15 minutes through the bars, until AGZC find them.

Genesis: THERE you are. Sephiroth, the adoptable kittens are this way.

Sephiroth: This one.

Zack: Oh, sorry bud, this one says the kitten is too young to leave his mother.

Sephiroth: No, this cat. The kitten can come too. *has not broken eye contact yet*

Angeal: Sweetheart, this says she’s feral and not up for adoption, and neither is her kitten. Come on, let’s go look at the ones that are available, ok?

Sephiroth: This one.

Cloud: *Looks at Seph. Looks at the cat. Looks at the kitten. Looks at Seph.* This one.

Angeal, Genesis, and Zack can all be stubborn, but they are faced with the immovable object that is Sephiroth with a fixation and the unstoppable force that is Cloud protecting someone. They convince the shelter staff they can take care of both the mother and the baby. Yes, even though she’s feral. Yes, they know they can’t be separated. Yes, they will handle medicating the feral cat.

—

Momma cat immediately adopts Sephiroth as a second kitten. Then Cloud as her third. The first kitten grows up and is weaned and becomes Zack’s dog-cat. He’s friendly and cuddly and likes to play fetch, and his momma likes him, but knows he’s going to be ok on his own. Not her other kittens though. They clearly still need her.

She comes and yowls at Genesis and Angeal when Seph and Cloud need something she can't get them. She yowls at Genesis to go hunting with her to provide for the babies, and at Angeal to figure out what's wrong when they won't eat the nice mice she brings them.

She accepts Zack as a puppy, disciplines him, and comforts him when needed, but her attention belongs to her tall baby and her baby birb first.

Her new sons are idiots, but they’re HER idiots.

Sephiroth calls her “Mother Cat”. Cloud calls her “Cat”. Genesis insists she needs a REAL name (it’s only decent), and writes down "Serafina" on the vet papers. Sephiroth falls in love with him all over again.

If either Sephiroth or Cloud starts hyperventilating, she comes and sits on her boy and purrs until he calms down. If they ignore important things like feeding time or petting-the-cat time, she starts kneading her paws. If they still ignore her, she brings out the claws. She’s not shy about making sure they take care of her and then themselves.

She nips Zack when one of her boys is overstimulated and he's too loud.

She hisses nonstop at the vacuum and stands between it and her babies until they take her to another apartment, at which point she bathes them until they (and she) calm down.

Serafina: YOWL.

Angeal: Hi Serafina. Is one of them being an idiot?

Serafina: YOWL. *walks to the dining table*

Sephiroth: *hunched over a pile of manuscripts, hair a mess, muttering*

Serafina: YOWL.

Angeal: Seph, honey, have you been up all night again?

Sephiroth: …it’s…morning? Wh- *voice cracks* -at day?

Angeal: Wednesday.

Sephiroth: Oh *cough* just one night then.

Angeal: And you haven’t had water since…? Actually, don’t answer that. Clean up your papers, you need to eat, hydrate, and sleep. No, no arguing. Serafina is worried, you need to reassure her.

Sephiroth: Oh! Of course.

—--

Serafina: YOWL.

Genesis: Yes, my Lady Serafina?

Serafina: YOWL. *leads him to the front door, where Cloud is swaying and trying to put on his boots*

Genesis: Cloud Strife, when was the last time you ate?

Cloud: h-Huh? Gen? When did you get here? 

Genesis: Eat. When.

Cloud: ummmmm…breakfast?

Genesis: Yesterday?

Cloud: ……maybe?

Genesis: Sit down before you fall down. You know mako enhancements require more calories. No, stay there and I’ll get you a shake and a bar. Yes, I know you have work. You won’t be any use passed out or dead. Now thank your second mother for saving your life. *stomps off huffily*

#ff7 #sephiroth #zack fair #cloud strife #genesis rhapsodos #angeal hewley #emotional support mom cat #the idiots need her

[tsarisfanfiction]

Beneath the Stars

Fandom: Trials of Apollo Rating: Gen Genre: Family/Angst Characters: Will, Nico Apollo kids slept with the sun, except for when they didn't. Overnight pre-quest outings don't help. TOApril day 9 - The Hour Past Midnight. I am tired and Will is tired so if this is incoherent, that'll be why.

Will was tired but he couldn’t sleep.  Usually, he slept just fine as long as the sun was down (when the sun was up was another matter entirely), but a pre-quest, well, quest, rather enforced the need for him to stay awake.

Then again, Will suspected that this would’ve been one of those rare, irritating nights where he couldn’t sleep even without external stimuli keeping him awake.  Going out lizard-hunting with Nico to try and gather bribes for the cavern-runners drove home exactly what they were going to be doing in the morning, but at least it came with the added side effect of knowing that they were also doing everything they could to mitigate the risks.

And there were a lot of risks.

The moon was out, no clouds thick or plentiful enough to hide its light, and Will let his head tip back to stare up at it.  He’d seen a lot of the moon over the past six months, since Apollo’s stint as a mortal had begun, and there were some things that just weren’t coincidences.  Will didn’t know how much influence Artemis had over her brother’s fate, but it was comforting, in a strange, disquieting, way, to recognise that with his dad… incapacitated, for lack of a better word, his aunt (not that he often thought of Artemis as such, wasn’t sure if she viewed herself as such) was still there.

Sure, Artemis would never drop by in his dreams, or even acknowledge his existence, but any hint of normality in a world that was currently anything but normal was one that Will would clutch at with both hands and never let go.

If only getting Apollo back where he belonged was that easy.  Right now, it felt more like Will was helping to accelerate his father’s permanent demise, because going to the trogs still felt like a terrible, terrible, idea, yet here he was.

Will was trying hard not to think about how if they weren’t all eaten by the trogs, there was still Nero to contend with, and after him, Python.

Even the name of the last one had him shivering.

His head knocked against the trunk of the tree he was leaning against, torn between being awake and passing out where he stood.  He could take a nap, if he wanted to.  Nico had never expected him to do more than keep him company for this, Will knew, especially as it was long past sunset and the lizard traps showed no sign of succeeding in their purpose just yet.

He should take a nap.  They were due to head out at dawn – provided they caught a stupid lizard in time – and then the quest would begin in earnest and Will’s opportunities for sleep would drop considerably.  He wasn’t Nico, who could go entirely too long without sleep – not for any logical reasons like being a son of Hades, but because he’d messed his sleep schedule up so badly that his body just rolled with it, even though it shouldn’t.  If Will didn’t get some sleep now he was going to crash mid-quest.

The problem was, Will wasn’t going to sleep.  He could feel it in the tenseness of his body and the faintest strains of a headache at the base of his skull.  He was too stressed to sleep, too on edge for his mind to slip away.

Next to him, also leaning against the tree, Nico was fully alert despite the late hour.  They were nearing midsummer, and even Nico had shed his outer layers until he was just in a t-shirt and jeans.  His bare forearm pressed against Will’s, cool but not worryingly so, and Will’s hand was close enough to his wrist to feel the rhythm of his boyfriend’s pulse steady and even beneath the skin.

It was soothing, and Will knew Nico was doing it on purpose, using his vitakinesis against him to keep him relaxed.  It was hardly the first time, and wouldn’t be the last, either.  Nico had used the exact same trick to get him to sleep after a late night in the infirmary, and with his sword out, he was clearly prepared to stand guard while Will slept.

If only Will could actually sleep.

Above him, beyond the moon chariot, the stars shone clearly.  Will could name all the constellations despite rarely being awake late enough to see them, because they were all named for Greek mythology – all came from Greek mythology.

The newest acquisition, the Huntress, was nowhere to be seen, because she was a winter constellation, and that meant Orion was also missing, because he was part of the winter sky, too.

Will’s eyes found Lyra, the lyre of Orpheus.  It wasn’t the biggest constellation in the sky, but it was one of the most Apollo-like in the sky (Will adamantly ignored Serpens; Python was slithering around in his mind unwelcomely without further incentive), and Will would take any connection to his dad at all.  Any hint that he would survive and regain his godhood.

Right now, his father would be laying in the cot in the middle of cabin seven, a bed meant for guests when Apollo belonged in the cabin more than any of the rest of them.  Will hoped he was asleep, but he didn’t think the laws of the universe that dictated that children of Apollo didn’t stay awake easily at night applied to the god himself, even if the god happened to be mortal and vulnerable.

Still, Apollo needed the rest, so Will could hope.  He could suffer a sleepless night and its consequences if it meant his father was well-rested and had the best possible chances of survival.

He sent a private, silent prayer to the moon above him.  Maybe Artemis could help that happen – at least then, Will’s sleepless night would feel like it had a purpose.  He would gladly never sleep again if it helped to keep Apollo alert and alive.

#trials of apollo #trials of apollo fanfiction #riordanverse #riordanverse fanfiction #toapril #toapril 2024 #tsari writes fanfiction #will solace #nico di angelo #pjo apollo #pjo artemis #solangelo

[textsfromthefifthbasement]

POTO Fluff Week 2023

Not me realizing just now that I never did the masterlist for last year's event 😳 Anyways!

Fanfiction

A Place To Belong by @thewanderingspacefish, rated T, E/C

New Beginnings by me, rated G, E/C

An Evening of Interruptions by @nerdywriter36, rated G, E/C

Dickens Novels and Double-Chocolate Muffins by @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

halfway to a promise by winter_writes, rated G, E/C

Books: How do they work by StainedGlassTractor, NR, E/C

It Feels So Scary, Getting Old by me, rated G, Megstine

follow each other, neither behind by winter_writes, rated G, E/C

Frigid by @nerdywriter36, rated G, E/C

A Weekend Holiday by @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

every shade between yellow and black by winter_writes, rated G, E/C

Night Fairies by me, rated G, R/C

A Lesson in Catching Fireflies by @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

A Child's Fascination by @nerdywriter36, rated G, E/C

Test Flight by victorie_etoile, rated G, gen

Wind, Warmth, and Friends by winter_writes, rated G, E/C

Sweet Like Cinnamon by @intothemertensverse, rated T, E/C

Joy Ride by me, rated G, E/C

Rain and Redamancy by @nerdywriter36 and @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

When Evening Draws In by winter_writes, rated G, E/C

In Your Skin and Blood and Bone by me, rated G, E/C

The Symphony of our Hearts by @nerdywriter36, rated G, E/C

All in the Golden Afternoon by @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

At Rest on a Hillside by winter_writes, rated G, gen

On a Daily Basis by me, rated T, E/C

True Friends Are Great Riches by @nerdywriter36, rated G, E/C

Namesake by @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

Figuring Ourselves Out by winter_writes, rated G, E/C/R

Hope in the Darkness by me, rated T, E/C

All In the Name of Love by @nerdywriter36, rated G, E/C

Flirtations and First Dates by @brendadaaedestler, rated G, E/C

Fanart

Bedtime Stories by @mormymoe

Reading Before Bed by @britishchick09

Like Father, Like Son by @mormymoe

Perros Fun by @britishchick09

Bug Hunt by @mormymoe

Off-Duty by @mormymoe

#the phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera #e/c #e/c/r #poto fluff week 2023 #megstine #r/c #erik #christine daae #raoul de chagny #meg giry

[profoundbondfanfic]

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is by goldenraeofsun (@goldenraeofsun) Rating: Mature Word count: 39k

Claire Novak hasn’t had a real home since she was eleven and a half years old. So when she gets stuck more than a decade in the past, she deals. It’s not the first time she’s been dumped somewhere she doesn’t want to be, and 2012 comes with a lot more freedom than any foster home. Moreover, she’s not the only hunter who has time traveled before. And, luckily for her, he is currently on the outs with his brother and needs a hunting partner.

The year is 2022, Chuck has been defeated, and the Winchesters have let the younger hunters carry on their legacy. After a hunt, Claire returns to Dean's bar, but somehow ends up in 2012 instead. With no idea how she got there, she embarks on a journey to find a way back to her time, when she stumbles into Dean. But this is not her Dean. This is 2012 Dean, who just lost Cas to the Leviathans and is currently in the middle of a fight with his brother. So, obviously, they team up, go on hunts, try to figure out what's going on with Claire, and Claire kind of tries not to screw her (and Dean's) future with her big mouth.

This is a retelling of season 7, where Claire was there to guide the boys through their struggles and reassure them that their fight is worth it, things will get better, and they will get through... well, everything. Told from her POV, it's an intriguing story about family and belonging, and using Claire as a Dean mirror, it explores a lot of the patterns in the relationships between Team Free Will, as well as Claire's own trauma and defense mechanisms. And she really enjoys making fun of Dean for his poorly hidden feelings for Cas.

Goldenraeofsun is a master of characterization, and as with all their stories, this too captures beautifully each and every one of our favorite characters. From Sam and Dean's quips, to Castiel's self-blaming tendencies, to Claire's knife-sharp instincts that cover a much softer and more vulnerable side of her, this story is honestly, better than canon.

It might be a bit more on the gen side of fics rather than destiel, but I honestly feel that all the delicious pining and grief of season 7 is there, complimented by the sweet promise of Dean and Cas being happy in Claire's time. It won't leave anyone disappointed.

#destiel #fic rec #30k to 50k #mature #canon verse #canon divergence #post canon #case fic #slow burn #domestic #time travel #grace fic #amnesia #emmanuel!castiel #outsider!pov #minor character death #canon typical violence #where the heart is #author: goldenraeofsun

[thekaijudude]

Uchuusen Magazine reveals important information about Blazar

Aight so there's ALOT here which would actually clear up alot of mysteries surrounding Blazar

1. M421

Apparently Blazar belongs to a whole race of Ultras from M421

This race of ultras rely on hunting kaiju around the galaxy as they are still primitive in nature, so they rely on throwing spears, essentially Blazar's Spiral Burrade

- So perhaps the Ultra that was seen decades ago in the series may have not actually been Blazar, but another member of his species (wonder if he'll also show up in the series perhaps?)

- So I suppose that Blazar's worshipping practice is meant to mimic primitive practices of praying to their deities for a good hunt (sure hope its an actual character, anything for a New Legendary ultra)

- But then I'm still confused tho, this implies that it's a planet of Ultras, but yet why early promo material says that Blazar came from a Black Hole? Maybe Blazar himself accidentally got trapped in one that teleported him to another universe?

2. Blazar's design

His crystals are meant to show how the open wounds look like. This is meant to emphasise Blazar's hunter look

So it's essentially crystallised ultra-blood

3. Why there isn't a New Gen Gaia

Taguchi says that back in 2021, the President of Tsuburaya Productions approached him about this, but Taguchi declined as he says that Gaia's world building and intricate story would be extremely difficult to top given the limitations of the modern series, so to avoid a "losing battle", he declined the Gaia remake but instead proposed Blazar

4. Blazar as a very experimental series

Blazar's focus would be all the new kaiju rather than the Ultra itself (tho Blazar will apparently have 2 more forms based on the datamines)

Tsuburaya Productions and FIELDS has also officially spoken out that if Blazar fails, they'll immediately return to the typical New Gen series formula

(They'll probably immediately make a fusion ultra to bring the popularity back if it fails)

But if it succeeds, Blazar will be the new direction for the franchise as a whole moving forward

- This is also reflected in Bandai's financial predictions that I posted recently as well

- Also in how TsuPro has been amping up promo material for Blazar far more than ever seen for any other Ultra before in the recent decade

#ultraman #ultraman blazar

[mahoushojo]

HAPPY POKÉMON DAY!!! 🥳🎊🎉

This is what happens when @theemberwithin and I are allowed to cosplay from Pokémon at the same event together. Chaos and dank memes galore! 🤭

I had so much fun debuting my Hilda cosplay at MAGFest last month. There's nothing that I love more than Pokémon, and I've been wanting to cosplay as Hilda for the longest time now! Unova is one of the best regions in the Pokémon universe, and I always loved Hilda's character design so very much.

My heart might belong to Sinnoh, but I do have a soft spot for Unova, especially since it's based off of the New York City metro area. I've lived near New York most of my life, so playing through Pokémon in a region based off of my home was one of the biggest highlights of my Pokémon journey! I also met a lot of my closest friends when Gen 5 first released, so I'll always look back at that time in my life with deep fondness. 🥰

How is everyone celebrating Pokémon Day today? I'll be booting up Scarlet version later tonight for some EV training! I still have to finish up my DLC adventures, and I'm so stoked to get back into shiny hunting!

I can't wait to bring Hilda with me to more events this year! 🖤🤍✨️

#pokemon #pokemon day #unova #kanto #sinnoh #hilda #cynthia #leaf #red #pokemon cosplay #cosplay #cosplay buddy #the ember within #magfest #magfest 2024

[adobe-outdesign]

Could you review Volbeat and Illumise?

These guys are pretty cute, though admittedly I tend to forget they exist. It's probably because I also tend to forget that these guys are from Gen 3—I think it's because they have busier, more Gen 4-esq designs.

Anyway, these two's gimmick is that they're based off of lightning bugs and are sexually dimorphic (which is true of some IRL fireflies, though it depends of the species). I always found it weird that they're classified as two different Pokemon despite being able to interbreed and produce the same species via Ditto. Shouldn't they be a single Pokemon with two different forms, like how Meowstic works? It's not like the designs are so wildly different between the two that they're not recognizable as the same species.

Regardless, between the two, Volbeat is my fav. I'm not super into the more anthro fairy-like look of these guys compared to more bug-like 'mons, but Volbeat is by far the cuter option. I like how it's always perpetually concerned about something, and how it's got the fun curly antennae and the chubbier body. It also tends to have some fun poses compared to Illumise, who's more stiff.

I also like the colors, which match that of IRL fireflies—the yellow accents their tail lights, while the red compliments it and pops well against the black base. I do find it weird that the wings are gray—I much prefer the white wings shown in the original above sprite, as otherwise it ends up a bit off-balance—but otherwise it's a solid palette. The stripes work well as a visual motif, and I like how the neck collar kind of resembles the red on a lightning bug. It's very much an acquired taste kind of design, but personally I do enjoy it.

Illumise, however, I'm not as big on. I don't know, there's just something less fun and cute about it—maybe it's the eye shape, maybe it's the thinner body, maybe it's the nose, but whatever it is it just doesn't work quite as well. It still works as a female version of Volbeat however; it has a slight flapper look to it, but it's subtle enough that it still feels like a natural instance of dimorphism, and the two are distinct enough while looking like they belong together.

As for the design on its own, it follows the same idea as Volbeat but changes things like the accent color, underbelly markings, and face. Most of the things that worked on Volbeat work here, though don't like the antennae as much—the way they're perfectly pointed and connect to the head feels very artificial. The markings also feel a bit weird because of how square they are—if the neck collar went to the edges of the arm rings and the blue went all the way down the body it would feel more natural.

And the colors make sense, though I do question the purple a bit as it's a little low-contrast. It might've made sense to keep the desaturated slate blue of Volbeat and make the accent a much brighter, more saturated purple to maintain the contrast. At least the black helps offset the lower-contrast colors, and the overall palette still resembles a lightning bug enough to be identifiable.

I do think that one thing that could be neat with this line is to give Illumise a regional that actually hunts Volbeat. Some species of female fireflies mimic the patterns of males to lure them in and eat them, so it would be kind of neat to have an "evil" version of Illumise that does the same. It would add some extra flavor to these two and would also help justify them being two separate 'mons.

Anyway, these are some decent bugs if you're up for the more humanized look. Volbeat is the better of the two, but they work well as a pair and are at least interesting abstract takes on their base animal.

#volbeat #illumise #pokemon #pokemon reviews

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Virtual Character Tourney - Bracket B - Round 14

Propaganda below (May contain spoilers!)

Ultraman X propaganda:

X canonically lost his physical form and lives in Daiichi's phone. His presence caused Daiichi's phone to turn gold, instead of the standard-issue silver the rest of XIO's employees have. It's possible for XIO's scientists to send powerups to X because he lives on Daiichi's phone. There's also a couple episodes where X gets trapped in cyberspace and Dr. Gourman and friends have to design something for Daiichi to help him escape. (Dr. Gourman is the first to notice Daiichi is secretly Ultraman X. Also in the crossover movie, Daiichi and X got separated and X couldn't live on Daiichi's phone so he jumped to the nearest computer (which belonged to Naomi from Ultraman Orb, air date 2016) and began pulling up photos of Daiichi in a "Have You Seen This Nerd?" sort of way. The enemy goons saw Naomi and her cryptid hunting gang putting up missing posters for Daiichi and tore them down bc they had him captured at their crystal witch's base, a creepy haunted house. Eventually when Daiichi and X reunited as man and lil alien on his phone, they were so happy they ignored everyone else in the room. They were grateful enough to fight alongside Naomi's sad space cowboy, Kurenai Gai, in battle.

Miss J propaganda:

She is a completely digital SCP, existing as a sort of educational program for people (about nearly any topic you can think of), but unlike the usual idea you have of SCP's, she's not malicious in any way /gen !

My beloved education program wife

#virtual character tourney #round 1 #ultraman x #ultraman #miss j #scp 5094 #scp foundation #character polls

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Change it Up Legacy - a new attempt to get me excited about the Sims 4 again

Hello everybody! Today I bring you a new set of legacy rules. A challenge that is mostly a compilation of different challenges I have tried over the years, and the things that the game has given us to make things more challenging or make things easier. Hopefully this will all feel balanced and make for an enjoyable experience! And some of the following rules and goals are inspired by some lovely simmers here in the community, so I challenge you to guess what is related to who, like a little easter egg hunt ;D But of course, please be respectful when you do so. I do not intend to copy anyone, and the only people that own the features used in this challenge are the game devs that came up with the idea and implemented them into the game.

*THIS CHALLENGE IS WRITTEN ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE MOST OR ALL THE PACKS. THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THAT FACT, SO PLEASE DO NOT BE UPSET THAT I AM USING SO MANY DIFFERENT PACK FEATURES! I AM SORRY!!!*

Now, onto the challenge!

UNIVERSAL RULES:

You may use whatever mods you want, as long as you play fairly and try to avoid cheating as much as possible. I personally use UI Cheats a lot to fix my sims’ needs whenever I do not have the things needed to fix said needs, or I am simply out of patience, so that is perfectly allowed here 👌 it would be hipocritical of me to forbid that here.

If a generation allows you to start with a house you may use money cheats to build that house, if needed. For example, of the items you need for your sims’ survival are expensive due to pack restrictions, you are allowed to cheat money in to have those items if you want. HOWEVER, if the generation specifically mentions that you must start with nothing, then the only money cheat you are allowed to use is one to remove money.

Even if a generation specifies a number of offspring, you may have at least 1 precautionary heir, especially if you have mods that can cause sudden sim death, like healthcare redux with the deadly deseases package.

*NEW* This challenge will also feature building packs restrictions of my own. These restrictions will be written down assuming that the person reading has most or all packs. I know that is not always the case, and if you do not have the packs mentioned then that is okay. Play with what you have, or you can even view the pack restrictions as merely suggestions. Basegame is ALWAYS implied as one of the Restrictions. I’m not going to force you to build without basegame lol

Also regarding the building pack restrictions: decorations, like clutter items, and skill building items from other packs are not restricted. Only the main furniture in a sim’s home falls under the pack restrictions. *IT ALSO DOES NOT APPLY TO CAREER REWARDS*

Gen 1 - The Consumer

(Building pack restrictions: City Living, Get to Work, Dream Home Decorator, High School Years)

Some may call you a shoppaholic, you’d rather call yourself a seasoned consumer! You know the best places to shop for clothes, furniture, decor, even food and ingredients! But you still thought that your own clients had better things than you, and that fact annoyed you greatly...

Aspiration: Mansion Baron or Perfectly Prestine (Bust the Dust)

Suggested Traits (you do not need to use these): Jealous, Kleptomaniac, Materialistic

Skills (reach at least level 5): Photography and Charisma

Career: Dream Home Decorator or Have your own Retail Store

Goals:

Start with an empty lot and no money. You may scavange for collectibles and other things, AND get a job, but you must start with no physical belongings. (If you really want to, you can start with 1 small tent or 1 sleeping bag, that come with Outdoor Retreat and Growing Together respectively.)

Have at least 5000 simolleons before you build your own house. You may upgrade and renovate this later once you have more money, of course.

Use the Retail Stores, Flea Market, and ThriftTea stores to buy clothes and furniture for your home. If you do not have access to these, you may choose to Swipe objects from homes and community lots instead. (If you have Get Together you may for a club with just your sim and have the ‘Swipe Objects’ club activity. This allowed you to swipe when a club gathering is active, even if you do not have the kleptomaniac trait or the skill needed to swipe objects.)

*Specifics for previous point* When Thrifting clothes with HSY you may either choose to put on and take off the outfit you bought every time, or you may recreate that outfit in create a sim, as long as you keep the physical in game inventory object version of the outfit. You may not sell it unless you also remove the outfit from your sim in CAS.

If you go with being a Home Decorator as your career, you must ‘steal’ at least one object from your client’s homes. Using backspace on an object instead of deleting it will put that object in YOUR household inventory, and you may use it to furnish your own house. You cannot sell these items for money.

However, if you choose to have your own Retail Store, you must instead get to know your customers and swipe furniture and items from their homes.

You may buy furniture from the catalog once you have a home that is worth at least 20K AND has the following rooms/things: A designated kitchen, a seperate full bathroom, a seperate proper bedroom with a double bed, a living room with a TV and a standing or wall bookshelf, fully floored and wallpapered interior and exterior. (Once you have all of these things you may replace them with more aesthetic versions of the same items, as long as they are not more expensive than the original.)

You may marry and/or have children with whichever sim you wish, there are no restrictions on that here. However, you must have more than 1 child, not counting with precautionary heirs if you wish to have them. Once you have children you must strive to complete the Voidcritters Collection. Your children want expensive game cards, and who are you to say no to that? (if you have Kids Room Stuff, if not that is okay and you can skip this goal or choose a different collection to complete. And there are mods that let older sims play Voidcritters as well.)

The next heir must be the eldest child. Gender assigned at birth does not matter.

Gen 2 - The Crafter

(Building pack restrictions: Eco Lifestyle, Outdoor Retreat, Werewolves, Jungle Adventure)

You and your siblings’ physical needs were always met. A bed to sleep on, food on the table, toys to play with, etc. Everything was bought, everything was outsourced. But what would happen if it wasn’t? What if you took it uppon yourself to fullfil those same needs with things made by your own two hands? Well, there is only one way to find out!

(This generation can get pretty tiring, specially with the leveling up of skills to make items, so please take breaks whenever you start feeling frustrated as a player!)

Aspiration: Master Maker (Eco Lifestyle) or Lord/Lady or the Knits (Nifty Knitting)  or Painter Extraordinaire

Suggested Traits: Maker, Perfectionist, Freegan

Skills: Handiness, Fabrication, and/or Painting

Career: Odd Jobs or Freelancer (any branch)

Goals: 

Start this generation with a small, cabin-like house. Perhaps even a shed, for storytelling ideas.

Have a sibling move in with you early on for at least 1 sim year. You may not shorten the calender time to make this go faster.

Woodwork, Fabricate, or Knit most of the decor and furniture items in your home, making at LEAST 1 item per sim day. Any item.

You knew your parent stole many things from others, so instead you want to give back to the community around you. Give handmade gifts to your friends, or even to strangers if you’d like. These gifts can even be just a flower if you have a home garden (though it is not mandatory to have one).

You may renovate/upgrade your home each time you have at least 6k in reserve, though of course it is recommended that you have more so that you don’t become broke after every renovation. (Alternatively, each 6k you have in reserve equals 1 medium room in your house, so if you had 12k you could build 2 rooms.)

You may choose to buy items from the catalog if they are things that you cannot craft yourself, or that you cannot craft YET. However, if it is something you are able to craft at a later date, you must substitute the bought item with the crafted item. The only exception to this is wall decorations, which you cannot buy from the catalogue at all, and must always paint or photograph yourself.

If you have Growing Together, or Wonderful/Wicked Whims, or the Chemistry System Mod, you must at least date a sim you have Bad/Terrible Compatibility with or a sim that you find Very/Extremely Unattractive. You can choose your own reason why this relationship came to be, be it good or bad reasons.

You must either complete the Omiscan Treasure Collection (Jungle Adventure), the Ancient Omiscan Artifacts Collection (Jungle Adventure), or the Simmie Capsule Collection (Snowy Escape, chance of death). Pick only 1 collection to complete and display all the items in your home.

The next heir must be the youngest offspring regardless of gender at birth. If you have twins or triplets as the youngest you must either make a poll or spin a wheel to choose the heir.

Gen 3 - The Baker

(Building Pack Restriction: Cottage Living, Cool Kitchen Stuff, Dine Out, Tiny Living)

You didn’t have many strong opinions on how to live your life, at least not when it came to material goods. Your grandparent was a shopping fiend, your parent practically build your childhood home with their own hands, but you? You just wanted any roof over your head and some good food on the table. That should be enough, right?

Aspiration: Master Chef or City Native (City Living)

Suggested Traits: Lazy, Foodie OR Glutton (they are opposite traits), Squeamish

Skills: Cooking, Gourmet Cooking, and/or Baking

Career: Culinary (one aspiration requires it) and/or Own a Restaurant (Dine Out, can get tiring and annoying) and/or Food Critic (City Living)

Goals: 

Start this generation in a tiny home, bonus awesome points if the house looks unfinished until you have enough money to fully renovate it from top to bottom.

You may open your own restaurant, if you wish, and you can try to have your own restaurant while you work in the Culinary career or the Critic career if you want to. It is time consuming and stressful, but it technically can be done.

If you choose the City Native aspiration you must learn all the city recipes. This is technically not an in game collection, but I suggest you treat it as such and keep track of the kinds of food you learn.

Focus on ‘cooking’ baked goods. In the ‘Cook’ and ‘Gourmet Cooking’ sections there are many cakes and other baked goods to choose from, especially with Cottage Living. Anything that is artificially sweet or needs to be baked counts for this goal.

Cook as many emotional recipes as you can. Although I do not know if there is a real list of these, the emotional recipes I know are as follows: Flirty Heart Cookies (flirty), High Energy Protein Platter (energized), Silly Gummy Bear Pancakes (playful), Angry Flaming Spaghetti (angry).

Expand your house only vertically. As in adding floors only above or below the existing house floors. Take note that the game only allows you to go 4 floors up and 4 floors down. You may make the floors above and bellow bigger than the previous floor, but after you are done building it you are not allowed to add new rooms to the same level, and instead must make a new level.

Whichever career you choose you must never choose to Work Hard. You can only choose to either work normally, Slack Off, or choose any other interactions besides Work Hard. Additionally, you may ignore any daily tasks the career gives you and focus only on promotion tasks. This will make getting up in the career a bit harder, so you may choose to change or ignore this goal if it becomes too annoying or time consuming.

Complete the Postcard Collection (possible via Pen Pal interaction on computers) and fall in love with your pen pal. Although, the Pen Pal system doesn’t generate an actual sim to be your pen pal, so you will have to either make your own sim, grab a sim off the gallery, or grab a random townie, to fill that role. And it is love at first sight <3

The next heir is a middle child. If your sim did not have more than two children then your favorite is the next heir.

Gen 4 - The Gardener

(Building Pack Restrictions: My Wedding Stories, Seasons, Romantic Garden Stuff, Laundry Day Stuff)

The mere concept of love makes you feel sick, and pregnancy even more so. You’re happy for others that find love and start families, but you’d rather not have that for yourself. The only life you want to nurture is your plants’ lives, but perhaps fate has some slightly different plans for you.

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim or The Curator

Suggested Traits: Unflirty, Vegetarian, Hates Children OR Loner

Skills: Gardening, Guitar and Mixology

Career: Conservationist (Island Living)

Goals: 

Start with nothing except 2 seed packets and the Wishing Well. These seed packets can be seasonal seeds if you have Seasons.

Prioritize your garden over your own needs, having a fully decorated enclosed garden before a fully built house. You may buy tents and ‘pee bushes’ until you have enough money to build a fully functional house.

Pretend that any decorative plants in your home were grown by your sim by making a Flower Arrangement before buying a new plant from the catalog. You may sell the Arrangement after buying the decorative plant, but you must always make the arrangements with flowers you grew yourself.

Make wishes at the Wishing Well at least once a week. You can make a wish every day, and there are many wishes to choose from, so have fun deciding what to wish for and dealing with the results! (There are many outcomes for these wishes, and the most likely outcome is determined by how the face on the wishing well looks in the moment)

Your house must be as beautiful as your garden, no matter the price. You must decorate your home further every time you have the money to do so, even if it leaves back at very few simolleons.

If you have Eco Lifestyle spend as much free time as you can in Community Gardens, a type of Community Space that came with the pack. You are allowed to Shift-Click on the Neighbourhood Projects board to instantly inact the Community Space projects.

Never marry, but one day ‘accidentally’ wish for a child at the Wishing Well. You can choose wether this generation’s sim changes their views on children and becomes a loving parent, or ends up becoming a mostly absent parent with a grudge against the next generation. (The second option is obviously horrible, and neglect is no joke, but it could be an interesting storytelling point.)

Complete the Holiday Cracker Plushie Collection or the Snowglobe Collection, your choice.

No matter what, the next generation is the Wishing Well child, regardless of what child the Well gave you. If you got multiple children from the wishing well, the next heir is the one with either the worst traits or the worst relationship with the parent.

Gen 5 - The Ghost

(Building pack restrictions: Vampires, Realm of Magic, Paranormal Stuff, Strangerville)

You were never really human. Sure, you look it, but you spawned out of a magic wishing well! Or so your parent told you. And you believe it, cause what else would you believe? However, this lead you to feeling a bit lost. If you’re not a human then what’s stopping you from doing things humans won’t do? What’s stopping you from just disappearing, or going to find a fantasy land, or go live in some ooky spooky mansion? That’s right, nothing!

Aspiration: Jungle Explorer (Jungle Adventure)

Suggested Traits: Non-Committal, Self-Assured, Over-Achiever

Skills: Vampire Lore, Selvadoradian Culture, Medium

Career: Write and publish books for royalties. You may also sell collectibles if needed

Goals: 

Move into one of the game pack occult worlds. If none are available to you then you can move into any world you wish. You are allowed to have a house to start off with but it must not exceed 20k in value.

Explore the Selvadoradian Temple at least once. It’s an ancient, almost haunted temple, who doesn’t like that??

Be friends with at least 1 sim from each occult type. If these are not available to you, you can pretend using mods and editing sims in the world to look more non-human.

You may have an occult child if you wish. though it is not obligatory.

Have a bookshelf filled with copies of your own books. After you sell the books your sim writes they are lost forever, so you have to create a copy of them before publishing them!

Visit at least 1 secret world. There are 5 mystical secret worlds/lots in the sims 4: Forgotten Grotto (Basegame), Sylvan Glade (Basegame), The Deep Woods (Outdoor Retreat), Planet Sixam (Get to Work), and The Magic Realm (Realm of Magic). Technically the Mt. Komorebi Upper Mountain is also a ‘secret lot’ but that does not count for this goal.

Optional and something I just think would be interesting in game: Date most occult sims you encounter, but then ‘ghost’ them without breaking up with them when you find someone else or you feel like changing things up.

Complete the Alien Collection (Get to Work) or the Crystals Collection (Basegame). Your choice.

The next heir must NOT be an occult, and they can be adopted if needed.

Gen 6 - The 'Physician’

(Building pack restriction: Spa Day, Decor to the Max, Discover University, Movie Hangout Stuff)

The limitations and capabilities of the sim body always fascinated you. Medicine and Science go hand in hand, so why not try your hand at both? Some might call your methods ‘creepy’ or ‘immoral’ or even ‘mad’, but you’re just doing what the others are scared to do! You’re asking the real life questions here, and getting the answers your way!

Aspiration: Body Builder or Inner Peace (Spa Day)

Suggested Traits: Erratic, Genius, Loyal

Skills: Fitness, Logic, Wellness

Career: Scientist or Doctor (though I recommend Scientist for more fun)

Goals: 

Have 2 college degrees: Biology and Physics. I HEAVELY suggest you get the shorter college degrees mod to achieve this, or you can play with aging off and finish the degrees as they are in the vanilla game.

Focus on experimenting on sims. This is more easily achievable in the Scientist career of course, where you can give serums to sims, use the FreezeRay and upgraded FreezeRay features on sims, eventually Clone Sims, etc. In the Doctor career you can gather dnd samples and run series of tests on your patients; although running tests on sims that don’t need them may cause you to be demoted, but it’s all in the name of sim science!

Play pranks on your friends and roommates (if you have any while in university). Interactions like ‘Trick with hand buzzer’, ‘Slap em Silly’, ‘Scare’, ‘Claim to be Criminal Mastermind’, ‘Flash Crazy Eyes’, are all applicable for this goal. You may also choose to play with other sims’ emotions by treating them completely different every time you meet up with them; be friendly one time, then suddently start yelling and arguing with them, flirt with them next time, etc. Even socializing can be full of experiments :)

You may date whoever you want in this generation, even marry someone if you’d like, but you can never truly break up or divorce anyone. They must disappear under mysterious circumstances (And maybe, by coincidence, you acquire a new frog at the same time... just saying...hehehe)

Have multiple enemies and a Bad or Horrible Reputation (comes with Get Famous). People don’t agree with your methods, but you don’t really care. Your creative visions make sense to you, and that is all that matters.

Try to visit Spas and Gyms in your free time. You don’t need your body to be the pinacle of perfection, but it’s always nice to get a little pampered or blow off some steam!

Complete the Microscope Prints Collection or the Frogs Collection. Breeding frogs can be a part of your science too!

If you go into the Scientist Career the next heir is a clone of your sim (you may age down the clone and raise them as your child, i believe this is possible with cas.fulleditmode. But if not, then only make the clone once you’ve finished the rest of the goals). If you chose the Doctor career the next heir is a ‘Science Baby’, an option that was added to basegame in a free update alongside the infants. (You can pretend your sim stole a dna sample from one of their patients to create this baby, if you’d like.)

Gen 7 - The Socializer

(Building Pack Restrictions: Get Together, Backyard Stuff, Perfect Patio Stuff, Fitness Stuff)

Your parent was... Questionable at best. Their ideals always rubbed you the wrong way, but you just tried to ignore it and focus on your own path. But you ended up with some curious interests yourself, though they are definitely not as disturbing as your parent’s!

Aspiration: Friend of the World, Neighbourhood Confidant, or Angling Ace

Suggested Traits: Loves The Outdoors, Outgoing, Slob

Skills: Dancing, Singing, Fishing

Career: Politician (City Living) or Law (Discover University)

Goals: 

You are allowed to start anywhere, but you can only take half of your parent’s money with you when you move out.

Don’t go into a career just yet. Instead, spend at least half of your Young Adulthood focusing on your skills and building a social group. You can make clubs where the club activities are the skills you need to level up if it helps.

Have a secret room in your home where you put up Mounted Fish you catch. This room must be locked to everyone but your sim and you must have at least 2 of the same fish before mounting one of them.

Once you actually go into a career, work super hard and do as much as you can to get promoted fast. Things that help with promotions include finishing daily tasks, going to work in a good mood, and being friends with your coworkers. So have fun!

Have a fling with your Boss, unless you are at the top of your career at this moment or there is no one at a higher level than you. If that happens you can have a fling with any coworker you want. It does not have to turn into anything serious, but it can if you want it to.

Have a fun backyard decked out for parties and friend gatherings, and also lots of space for your future children to play in. A nice place to come sit and relax after stressful days at work!

Go fishing at least once in every single world that has water. You do not need to fish in every fishing spot, that would be a bit too much, but you can if you want to!

Complete the Fish Collection. Some packs added more and more fish to this, but you only need to finish the basegame fish one. You may try to complete the whole thing if you wish, but only the basegame ones are strictly mandatory.

The next heir must have an opposite trait to this generation’s sim. Birth order or gender at birth does not matter.

Gen 8 - The Imposter

(Building Pack Restrictions: Cats and Dogs, Vintage Glamour Stuff, Bowling Night Stuff, Growing Together)

Fighting for what’s right and helping those who can’t fight for themselves, that’s the morals you grew up with. But what if you didn’t? What if you didn’t want to do that? What if you wanted to watch the world burn? The flames would be so beautiful, don’t you think? But nobody can suspect this. We must keep up the appearance of good morality, or else...

Aspiration: Chief of Mischief or Villainous Valentine

Suggested Traits: Evil, and whatever traits are opposite to their parent’s traits

Skills: Mischief, Acting, Research and Debate

Career: Detective (Get to Work, Special Agent Branch)

Goals: 

In the Detective Career you must purposefully befriend the criminals you encounter, both at the station and the ones you arrest yourself. You are a croocked cop after all, this is the best place to network with petty criminals.

Fall in love and have a child with one of the inmates early on in your career. This child will not be the heir, but once they reach childhood they must have the Kleptomaniac trait and perform small robberies for you. (You may once again use the club activity ‘cheat’ to swipe objects regardless of skill level). You can either sell the items they steal or have them on display in your home.

Constantly debate your friends and coworkers. I am unsure if you can do this without the debate podium, but if you can’t then you can cheat to place one in the police station using the bb.enablefreebuild cheat. You may also have one at your home if you’d like.

Use other sims for your advantage, being friends with people you can steal from, ask for loans from, marry to take their money and possessions, etc.

Always play ‘Bad Cop’ when interrogating a sim you’ve arrested. In the Interrogation mini game there are three categories you can choose from: Good Cop, Bad Cop, Evidence. You cannot use Good Cop interactions and may only use Evidence actions if the Bad Cop ones are getting you nowhere.

If you have mods that allow your sim to commit crimes, go ahead and commit some small ones while you’re not at work. However, this is obviously not necessary.

Eventually fall in love with another detective and marry them, but they can never know of your horrible actions and connections. And if they do, well, I’ll let you decide how to deal with that... [ominous]

Complete the Feathers Collection (Cats and Dogs, pet needed I believe) or the Minerals Collection.

The next heir is the child of the detective you fall in love with.

Gen 9 - The Big Cheese

(Building Pack Restrictions: Parenthood, Spooky Stuff, Toddler Stuff, Kids Room Stuff)

People always took life so seriously around you, why not just relax and do what makes you happy? Life is both short and long, so there is no reason why you should spend it doing something you hate. Just live your dreams! Dress like 13 year old you wanted to dress! Go after your dream job even if other think it’s silly! Go for it!!

Aspiration: Grilled Cheese (secret aspiration unlocked by eating 3 grilled cheeses consecutively)

Suggested traits: Geek, Goofball, Childish

Skills: Rocket Science, Bowling, Juice Fizzing

Career: Part Time Jobs and selling crafted or found items

Goals:

You may start wherever you want, but I’d recommend having an ‘RV’ as your home. You must live in at least 5 different worlds during this generation, and having a home that looks like an RV can help with the immersion that your sim travels to these locations instead of constantly buying new houses.

Have a different part time job every time you move, and you can even be Self-Employed if you wish.

Never have your partners move in with you, or you move in with your partners, and you may only marry someone if they have a real home. So sims that are ‘Not In World’ do not count as marriage candidates unless they later move in somewhere with Neighbourhood Stories.

You are not allowed to make your RV bigger unless you completely build a new one that looks different from the original. However, you are allowed to have a front/back yard as big or small as you’d like.

I suggest spending most of your time on community lots that have the skillbuilding items you need instead of having them at your home lot, like Maker Spaces for juice fizzing or Geekcon for rocket science, but you may have those items on your lot anyway if you wish.

You may move in and have children with a partner once you’ve married them (see point 3). You may choose between living in your RV all together or moving into your partner’s house. You can keep your part time job/self employment, but now you are allowed to also be a stay at home parent/partner or get a full time job, your choice.

Have the most loving relationship with your children and spouse, always performing positive interactions with them. You are happy here, and your goal of living your life to the fullest on your own terms has been fulfilled.

Complete the Magic Beans Collection and become a plant sim. There are mods that make this change permanent but they are not needed unless you want that outcome.

The next heir must be part of a set of triplets or more. (Having more than 3 babies at once can be done with mods)

Gen 10 - The Engineer

(Building Pack Restrictions: Moschino Stuff, Snowy Escape, Get Famous, Kits)

Digging around in some old family files you discovered letters and notebooks written by your Great Great Grandparent: A doctor-scientist that performed unethical experiments on other people to test the limits of sim bodies. That revelation was... enlightening. And it had the oposite effect on you than what most people would expect. You rejected the weakness and limitations of sim bodies, so you dedicated yourself to machines, your one true love.

Aspiration: Bestselling Author

Suggested Traits: Ambitious, Creative, Geek

Skills: Robotics, Programming, Video Games

Career: Engineer (Discover University) or Tech Guru

Goals:

Live with your siblings during the Young Adult life stage. You may move them out once they all age up, or have the heir move out on their own instead.

Have a basement where all your Robotics and Programming equipment is stored. It doesn’t have to be creepy or anything, but it can be if you wish.

You may look for romantic love if you wish, but it is not mandatory for this generation. Robots and mechanisms are more important to you after all.

Write books dedicated to your inventions and engineering discoveries, using these for added royalties each day.

Have very little real friends and always go out partying by yourself whenever you feel lonely/the social need is too low.

Give Robotics, Programming, and Video Gaming classes at the Universities. You are able to do this once you have a higher skill level, travelling to one of the universities, and clicking on the buildings until you find the ‘Give guest lecture’ interaction. This will also give you some money.

Make multiple robots and at least 1 Servo in your lifetime, though you may create more if you wish. (I will allow you to Shift+Click on the Robotics Station to ‘Spawn Crafting Supplies’, as they are a PAIN to make by hand. You may only do this for Servos) 

Complete the My Sims Trophies Collection and have them on display in your home, color coordenated in rainbow order.

By going into cas.fulleditmode you can change a Servo’s family relationship with the other sims in the household. Your servos are your children, and although this is the last generation if you wish to play it again with the same family or merge this challenge with another one you may start with one of the Servos. I believe there are cheats and mods to either humanize the Servo or give them more depth, but I will leave that decision up to you.

And that concludes the Change it Up Legacy Challenge!

Damn, even just writting this was a challenge and a half, I’m exhausted... I ran out of steam in the last few generations, so I hope they are not too disappointing. Hopefully I will have the time and energy to play this soon, but I am currently somewhat looking for jobs at the moment so I might be taking a bit of a longer hiatus. Still!! I wanted to give you all this to try out and have fun with. You can stop at any time, you don’t need to finish it all in one sitting, and the most important thing is to have fun!

Happy Simming!!!

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[herbeloved82]

Filius Romae

“What was it like?” Daniel asked, catching Marius totally unprepared. 

It was a quiet evening in Rio and the two of them were enjoying each other's company in the large veranda of the villa Marius owned there. A secluded and protected place where Daniel was free to explore and learn without the pressure of too many others around. 

He was still anxious when vampires he didn’t know came visiting and Marius tended to cut those visits short for his sake but the truth was, since they arrived Marius realized he too needed a break from others. 

He needed time to learn his new place in the world now that the Divine Parents were no more and with them his role as a guardian was gone. 

“What?” He asked at the end, when Daniel didn’t clarify his own question. 

“To be a Roman.” 

For the first time since they came back from hunting, Daniel raised his eyes from the model he was working on and looked at Marius, locking their gaze, unafraid to sustain eye contact. That was one of the many little things Daniel learned to do again since he was taken in by Marius. 

Marius stayed silent for a long time, thinking about the question and a time that was long gone. 

“It was everything.” 

It wasn’t even an exaggeration. Back then to be a Roman had meant so many things, not just for him, but for every man, woman and child born inside such a rich and powerful culture. 

“It was a love that consumed you like fire. Rome was a jealous and demanding lover when she wanted to be.” 

The Urbe had demanded blood and sweat and tears from every single citizen. She had demanded loyalty on the battlefield, where soldiers and leaders both died for her glory and to make her strong and splendid and Eternal. 

Every Senator had known to die for her. Every soldier who dreamed of glory and wealth had known she would be the only one who could grant those wishes. Every general had dreamed to gain honor in her name. 

Every citizen knew their place into the embrace of a strict and yet nurturing mother. Women and men gave children to her power, to grow her numbers and expand her borders beyond what anyone could have imagined possible. Rome had defied all the odds and changed the face of the world forever. Nothing was impossible if you were born as one of her beloved children. 

“But she was also a mother who loved and cherished her children like it had never happened before.” 

Everyone had found a place with her. It didn’t matter what Gens one belonged to, she gave everyone a chance to thrive and grow as long as loyalty to her was put in the first place, always. 

Many had tried to gain power over her, to steal the command and bend her to their wishes and she always made them pay. So much blood had been spilled for her, in her name but also against her, contributing to her fall. 

“Roma caput mundi.” Marius whispered, knowing that Daniel would hear him. 

“She had been the ruler of the world that we knew. Her influence lasted for centuries even after she had lost her leadership under the attack of Barbarians and enemies she had once defeated. It had been because of the weakness of men that she fell, and yet she still shines as an example of power.” 

Daniel listened to him, enraptured. He looked at Marius with love shining in his eyes and drank in every word he said as though he would have died without such knowledge. 

“When you talk about Rome it’s like - you sound like a man in love.” 

“Because I am, young one.” Marius admitted with a secretive smile on his mouth as he gently petted Daniel’s hair. 

The younger vampire scooted closer to him and laid his head in his lap, silently asking for more cuddles. 

“Rome was my first love. She taught me the love of a mother when I never knew mine, and the love a man shares with another when she presented me with her passion and the fire that ignited my blood when I was younger. She gave me the weapons of knowledge and allowed me to serve her as a soldier and a Senator, as a historian and a traveler. It is because of her that I am the man you can see before you.”   

Daniel smiled, and for the first time his smile reached his expressive eyes. He was at peace and happy, which filled Marius with a sense of joy he rarely had felt in his life. 

“So, how would you finish this sentence?” He asked Marius, waiting to see if he had his full attention. 

It was one of the games Daniel liked to play when he was inclined to speak. He would start a sentence and let Marius finish it. Then he would start all over again until Marius took him to their coffin because Daniel forgot again that sun could be lethal for him. 

“Which one?” Marius knew the rule by now and waited for Daniel to keep going at his own pace. At the beginning he made the mistake to rush him, and that had pushed Daniel back into mutism that lasted for months. 

“I am…?” 

Marius smiled. This was an easy one. 

“Filius Romae.” 

End 

#Marius de Romanus #Marius de Romanus appreciation week 2023 #de Romanus coven events

[ao3feed-crimeboys]

Today is the day I die

by Stellocchia

With a welcoming customer service smile, Wilbur asked: “How can I help you?”. There was a dangerous edge to his tone, a promise of blood. One that the kid noticed and accepted with a tired smile of his own. “Who do you need out of your way?”.

“Me” the kid answered simply. “I want you to kill me”. He seemed at peace.

“I don’t kill kids!” Wilbur immediately protested. It wasn’t true. While he personally never had, the same couldn’t be said for his family business as a whole. As a matter of fact, Techno had garnered quite a reputation for wiping out entire families and often hunting down any orphan kid he might have missed.

"It’s not exactly like I wanna die… but-” he made sure to lock eyes with Wilbur before finishing his sentence. His gaze was far more intense now than it had been earlier as he playfully studied Wilbur. There was a heaviness to it that didn’t belong with a fourteen-year-old. “Today is the day I die anyway”.

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or: Tommy can see how much time people have left to live, and he's certain that his fate is set. Wilbur respectfully disagrees.

Words: 7049, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dream SMP

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: Gen

Characters: Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza, Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF)

Relationships: Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit, Clay | Dream & TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot & Phil Watson | Philza, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson | Philza, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza

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[twistedappletree]

Could I ask more about Jin Zihao? I love his look! I rarely see next-gen junior OCs in the fandom.

We need so many more next gen juniors honestlyyyy, like there’s so much about the juniors grown up and leading sects but where are their kiddos?!?!

Disclaimer that these details are subject to change as I write more, since Jin Zihao wasn’t created until I started ‘Letters Never Sent.’ All of this info is related to the storyline of my fic:

• Jin Ling found Jin Zihao on the streets of Lanling shortly after Jin Ling became a sect leader—around the same time that Lan Sizhui left to travel and cultivate with Wen Ning. Jin Zihao was 10-years-old at the time, with seemingly no knowledge of his name or family and Jin Ling decided to take him in as a disciple.

• Spending so much time with Jin Ling, Jin Zihao shows a proficiency for archery and hunts with Jin Ling every morning—though it’s created a bit of a rift amongst his peers, since they feel as though Jin Ling favors Jin Zihao (and honestly, he does). Because of this, Jin Zihao has experienced some bullying and ostracism from the other Jin juniors, some of whom think he doesn’t belong in the clan because he’s not a Jin by blood (not that they can prove it because JGS couldn’t keep it in his pants for 2 seconds lmaoo)

• Jin Zihao idolizes Lan Sizhui, even without having met him, because Jin Ling simply doesn’t shut up about him. In my fic, Jin Ling is angry at Lan Sizhui for leaving so abruptly and disappearing for 3 years with no contact—but his admiration for Lan Sizhui never diminishes and it shines through Jin Zihao, who’s entirely starstruck when he finally meets Lan Sizhui.

• Jin Zihao loves Lan Jingyi, and vice versa. Lan Jingyi was there from day one since him and Jin Ling became best friends, making Lan Jingyi an older brother/uncle-figure in Jin Zihao’s life. He also likes Lan Jingyi because he’s the “cool” brother who lets him get away with anything that Jin Ling might scold him for 💀

• Jin Zihao is an incredibly good kid, however. Doesn’t get into trouble, very respectful, a fast learner and endlessly compassionate. His curiosity sometimes gets him into difficult situations, which he definitely learned from Jin Ling, but he’s got Jin Ling, Lan Sizhui, and Lan Jingyi (and even Ouyang Zizhen) looking out for him always so he’ll always be okay.

• Jin Zihao has a tattered, wonky little cat plushie that he was clutching when Jin Ling found him—and even at 13-years-old, he always sleeps with it. Sometimes, he even takes it with him on night hunts as a good luck charm and claims it’s the only thing he has left from his parents since he remembers them giving it to him, which is the extent of his memories from childhood.

#there’s tons more but i don’t wanna overload #this is why i was laughing g that he turned out looking kind of like xue yang when i drew him #bc he’s so entirely opposite lmFAO #he’s a very happy and optimistic kid for everything he’s gone through #i like to think his courtesy name is paying a bit of homage to jin ling’s father #and JL’s reasoning for taking him in (other than it being the right thing to do) is because he saw so much of himself in Jin Zihao #and he didn’t want him to be without a family #answered asks #yunmengputang #jin zihao #tysm for asking btw????? #i’m so happy u find him interesting enough to ask 🥺🥺🥺🤍🤍🤍 #fic: letters never sent #mdzs oc #zhuiling family #found family