#these two are almost done with training

[bbdoll]

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#ts4 #gameplay #simblr #giselle #ruger #giselle-croix #ruger-croix #db #⚖️ #🚔🐕‍🦺 #these two are almost done with training #love the personality discovered added...giselle has 5 traits now instead of 3

[blueskittlesart]

do u have any navi thoughts from your oot replay

i've been waiting to answer this until I actually beat the game in my current playthrough because navi is another one of those characters that i think of in like a "set" with several other characters who serve relatively the same thematic purpose; in this case that purpose being the "mother" character, and i wanted to have all the characters in that set fresh in my mind. it's notable that while oot shows us very clear and consistent instances of the ways in which the adults of hyrule fail to protect their children, there ARE several adults who DO go out of their way to both oppose ganondorf and protect and nurture the children under their care. All of these characters are adult women, and all of them explicitly help the children out of some sort of parental responsibility or sense of duty towards them. in this group I include link's late mother, impa, nabooru, and navi.

all 4 mother characters, despite being adults or adult-coded, reject the inaction mentality which characterizes other adults in the game. they become either direct supports or shields to their children from the conflict the world has to offer them, and they are always explicitly punished for their interference--link's mother is killed trying to protect her son, impa's village is burned, nabooru is brainwashed. The mother's fatal flaw is that she will protect her child above all else, even in a world in which children cannot truly be protected. however, with the exception of link's mother, these characters manage to persist even in the face of her punishment, and this is where I think navi becomes the exemplary character.

Navi, after a lifetime of being link's only support system, the only adult in his life he could truly, consistently count on, receives her punishment at the hands of ganondorf--in the final battle, she is pushed out. she is unable to reach her child. she cannot protect him. However, BECAUSE link has grown up with her at his side, he is strong enough to take ganondorf down. and when ganon rises again, navi is there to support link, promising not to leave his side, and the intuitive targeting of that battle (a mechanic which navi is inherently tied to!!) makes it a cinch to win. Navi, and the other mothers we meet, are a reminder to the player that the world doesn't HAVE to be the way it is. Their persistence when punished, their insistence that their children ought to be protected, is a reminder that good adults do exist, and that good adults raise good children. link and zelda are able to win in spite of the adults who refused to help them, but also BECAUSE of the adults who DID. It's a reinforcement of the core theme of oot--that childlike idea that the world SHOULD be good and fair and if it isn't, it should be changed until it is. The mothers of oot are examples of what the world COULD be, reminders that it is possible to grow up without losing hope or growing bitter, and they are examples of the next step for the children they've raised to change the word--to continue fighting even in the face of punishment, to refuse inaction, and to foster that same hope and persistence in the generations to come.

#one thing i've really been noticing this time around is the specific way in which navi's targeting works #because even though other 3d games have that targeting mechanic navi's targeting is noticeably different #in two ways. the first being that she specifically targets weak spots in enemies almost as if she is pointing them out to link #and the second being that she is capable of targeting things link himself doesn't see #whether it be invisible enemies or triggers that are out of his reach or scarecrow points or whatever #it's really reminiscent to me of the way you teach problem solving skills to a kid. you see them struggling with something and beginning to #get frustrated and you say 'hey let's look around. do you see any solutions?' and if they can't see the solution themself you might point #and say 'hey what's that?' just to get their attention on it and help facilitate that train of thought for them #because like in most other games targeting is sort of assumed to be link's own intuition in battle #and therefore it will usually allow you to focus on one enemy within a swarm of them but it won't explicitly light up the weak spot for you #navi does that for link because she's essentially the mother teaching her kid how to problem-solve. #and when she's taken away in the final battle link is able to fight anyway BECAUSE she put so much time and effort into raising him #that he no longer needs her to facilitate that problem-solving process. he already knows how to beat ganondorf #because he's done it with her before. and that's exactly the mother's role in her child's life #protect him and raise him as best you can so that when you can no longer be by his side he isn't afraid. #foster that sense of justice and encourage him to keep fighting to change the world even when it seems unchangeable. #god. ocarina of fucking time #zelda analysis #asks

[moregraceful]

i made what was a huge medical decision today that has been received very badly by my family and i feel absolutely nothing but pure freedom and joy about it. the thing i'm really fixated on rn is when should i post this fic i just finished

#i think october 1. for halloween #it was for skelly season but it took such a weird turn in the end that i feel weird about gifting it to someone lol #very short list of people i would subject this particular rarepair agenda to on purpose. maybe just beryl #the medical decision is legitimately life-altering and i should be stressed but i'm just like it's my body. my body horror. and i'm free :) #i'm stressin way more about the fic bro #and like if i don't gift the fic do i then go back and commit to making it even weirder and rarepaired.... #stars future leadership polycule (two guys who are dating and their captain who holds their hand in high stress situations) #what am i even talking about..................... #today my boss was like thank you for your (insane 11 paragraph long) email! i used it as a meeting agenda with my boss :) #i was like oh no now my grandboss knows i use my boss's inbox as my work livejournal #i got to remake my schedule tho now that i'm almost done with my training!! i gave myself a three day weekend... #...so i can go to the therapy i need to deal with this job. was anyone gonna tell me abt secondary trauma or was i #just supposed to find that out on my literal first day of work lol #my therapist was THRILLED she was like oh i have SO many books to recommend we're gonna have SO much fun!! i was like oh no #fridays off and life is good tbh!! except for the fic. i don't know what to do abt the fic #fresno oilers.txt

[todayisafridaynight]

One of my fave jackets is this green jacket with a fur hood im wearin rn because 1.) its green 2.) my dad gave it to me 3.) it reminds me of saejima. Who also reminds me of my dad

#snap chats #p sure i talked bout this jacket before but idc read my diary #sorry that every other middle aged man i see i say reminds me of my dad its a compliment #tbh love how i clowned on ichi for being on premium copium bout arakawa but highkey i woulda done the same bout my dad.. i get it ichi.. #anyway :) i legally get to talk about my day with him now :)) HE SAID THE FUNNIEST SHIT UPON SEEING ME #HE SAID ‘oh wow we dress similar :)’ and keep in mind. he was wearing a latte brown coat with a black turtleneck and pants and shoes #meanwhile. i approach With Black Pants And Shoes Admittedly but then im in this goofy old ass jacket with a red scarf #and a crane-decorated dress shirt that i got two buttons undone on like DAAD you are senile. hes so funny #so fun my dad actually recognized this was the jacket he got me- it was one of the first things he bought for me after i told My Secret 🙈 #also i finally asked how tall he was and i can’t believe my dad matches the criteria to be an rgg character he’s fuckin 6’1 like i thought #AH but today was really nice- i got to hang with my sis and her husband as well as my dad’s wife :) #it was awful tho cause the second my sis saw my dad’s outfit she’s just like ‘it’s so kdramacore’ AND SHES RIIIGHT 😭😭 #we later found out dad’s wife loves kpop…. and she bought him his new clothes…. so we are no longer surprised….. AWFUL. #honestly i could write a drama based off my dad’s life i really could it has elements for it. i mean ig i kinda do that already dont i #i borrow. anyways. today was fun :) even if i almost lost my mind trying to take the train the first time #this train system was weird… it wa worth tho it was great seein popop again #yeah….. ugh i have to still drive home from the station. and hope my car is still there #i get very paranoid leaving my car alone so openly i dont like it… #anyways. bye bye :) i might nap til my stop or work on a fic i started #‘snap what happened to’ dont worry about it i need to look at something else or ill scream #ok bye 👋

[infinit8ion]

Since almost every Infinity Train character in this story is two years older, would it make more sense for Mikayla to have a new hairstyle? I like the idea of her having long braids with little barrettes and adornments and soforth.

#infinity train #mikayla #so far I haven’t done much in regards to character designs to stress the two years older part #I would like to amend that! #(​I say almost because the book 4 crew is sort of trapped in Limbo)

[thetimelordbatgirl]

All I got from my nan's today is that you shouldn't let me in a book shop as someone whose town lost their only book shop.

#me initally: 'just go into one and be done-' #me first five minutes into leaving the pub on a timer as i had to be back in time for the food: 'ooh the other book shop-' #as its a cafe/book place #so got legend of zelda manga there with some other stuff i spotted #and then uh on way to second book shop i saw a toothless plushie in a charity shop window and for £2.99 i had to get him #and then finally in second book shop i almost grabbed a fnaf book with two books on the half price deal #but uh ended up putting fnaf book back when i saw a third half price book i liked the looks of #and got to till and uh got told i could get a fourth one cause of the deal #so somehow left my nans today with five books and some small stuff and a toothless plushie #in terms of my nans? ehhhh she liked my hair at least #says i look better with short hair #and i aint gonna argue as its easier to manage with my thick hair #plus found out shes been watching transformers so guess both mood there #though only con is her acting like we have to get rid of some of our cats and parents lying to her they will #when in reality i had to go outside and tell dad i will go half-way with getting three netured and chipped #as all our cats are outdoor cats #but my mental health wasnt drained so guess thats a pro #only time it did get drained was when our trains all cancelled on us cause of industral action and mom got upset and stuff #uncle took us down and back home tho so

[theramblingvoid]

It's missing Bag a Legend hours

#fallen london #apparently some parts of it don't make sense with greater lore or something idk but consider: i don't know the lore #all i know is it gave me Some Type Of Feeling when my character tried to hunt a monster based on curiosity alone #and found themself the only person who could even have a bare chance of undoing this...monster yes but also political figure #nightmare. near-god #a once in a thousand year chance and the way the writing gives you the full knowledge that you did not get there by skill #the nuns were training for much longer. april probably could have made the bomb herself #in fact it almost feels like the player's position in bag a legend relies on them NOT having the skill #less skill and knowledge than willingness. simultaneously disposable and essential #and for Hallowrove it was still a story about wanting to know #but it became more than just curiosity about a monster few had seen and instead shifted to #wanting to know whether this could be done. whether /they/ could do it. test the kind of power they'd been subject to #in one form or another for a lifetime #and see if it would actually give way. and if that giving way would actually turn out to MEAN something #and it did. the rulers are killable. the chain can be broken #and it didn't. the Bazaar still holds power. if anything more comfortably without their murderous colleague #but it made them uneasy. uneasy in the same way every person of London is every day #knowing that they're in the power of something so far above them in strength and so far from human as to see them as collectables #and for the player personally just. the sheer amount of time and effort you have to put into making that little tilt #the held breath feeling that this is a two sided hunt and you could die at any moment #the way it's such an ever present element all through the story that you are so far from the only or first person to try this #idk it just #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #bag a legend does things to me. i could write an essay #multiple probably #however i won't. because i don't know the Lore and people would so get on my ass for it jdhfjfjs #bag a legend spoilers #voidrambles

[obstinaterixatrix]

I’m taking the train to near where air works so I can look around and then we can go home together, and I gotta say, nothing makes me more productive than riding a train (while taking meds)

#my ramblings #I just have two more things to do #tho I’ve been holding off on one because it’s gonna be high effort high concentration #but yeah twentyish minutes on the train and I’m almost done

[bsaka7]

going to buy new running shoes today let's hope no one is mean to me at the store 👍

#I don't know exactly what I want I'm TORN bc both my pairs r totally dead #I have one pair of Saucony guides that I used to really dislike and don't wear that much but I've had them for two years probably #And the pair of brooks I bought in August of last year but have done almost all my miles on from September to may.... #So they're both well over 400mi and I'm having this sporadic it band pain which rlly means i need at least one new pair #But I can only buy one #I'm also having such a shit running year it's not even funny #Like I'm just doing a basic 20-25mi a week no real long run I'm so lazy #Definitely not training for a fall marathon I just don't have the motivation #I guess I should find a half for some motivation but like #Ugh. #This sucks I am still running most days and I don't mind the runs themselves I just have NO MOTIVATION #O yea also i can't take weekend days off. #I'm playing fris it's not like I'm not active it's just.... Urgh #I think im going to replace the Sauconys bc they're older. I do love the brooks adreneline like crazy tho #Maybe there will be something reasonable on the sale rack 👍 #Tetrapod runs

[autism-corner]

i love handsewing but man this would be 100 times easier if i actually had a machine.

#ive been at this lil sack for two hours and its not even done. if i had a machine it wouldve taken 30 mins. MAX. probably not even. #some things you sew just for the fun of it but this like. has an actual use. i kinda need this done. #im making a lil thingy to put train-check-in-card-thingie in =w=bb #its a pain. #i couldve probably asked to use my grandma's machine but 1) anxiety 2) shes on vacation i think 3) id have to learn how to first. #i think learning would be fairly easy especially since this is just some straight connective borders but :/ ya never know. #also. im not using sewing pins. im holding everything together with prayers and two magnets. its not really that hard luckily but. #i really am just making it 10x harder for myself. #to get the fabric flat i ironed it but i didnt wanna get the ironingboard so i just did it on the floor. which isnt good either probably. #oh yeah also i used a frozen pizza cardboard box as structure. which is still a bit visible through the fabric aswell. just a bit. #in conclusion: this all is a mess and probably the least efficient way but :p we ball. #its cute & yellow <3 #yay #anyway i really hope it works through the cardboard bc otherwise this'd all been for nothing. #ig i could take out one of the cardboard sides if i really need to. #its almost finished tho!!! only need to do a lil flap and the button. #these will also be done in incredibly inefficient ways but !!!! OH WELL. #im just glad i dont have to spend 10 bucks for the same thing ig <3 /hj #sillyposting

[maeamian]

Okay, I finally watched Gravity and I gotta say it was very good but also it feels like it was custom made in a lab to make me insane because they got so many spaceflight details and procedures and physics right but then also just handwave away literally thirty degrees of orbital inclination change, somehow putting the ISS the Hubble telescope and the Taingong-1 space station on comparable orbits and while I understand why (it is a fictional movie and they wanted to show of their cool space models) but also the fact that the ISS and Hubble are on significantly different orbits that can't be reached by a shuttle was a major plot point in real life when planning for Hubble servicing missions in the post-Columbia shuttle days and it's very hard to ignore that knowledge when they show them within a light spacewalk from each other.

What's worse is that I went to wikipedia to see if this had been addressed and found that this put me in the company of Neil deGrasse Tyson (boo), Scott Parazynski (sure) and Phil Plait (yay) whose complaints had been subsequently dismissed as "Absurd complaints that only an astrophysicist would find" and like, first of all fair got me dead to rights on that one, but second of all if they're making a film about space that they're priding on their accuracy I think astrophysicists are among the groups of people most allowed to make technical complaints, they're among the people who know the most about space, after all.

Anyhow, like the three mentioned above I also enjoyed it but I did go slightly insane because they let Sandra Bullock's character be an astronaut with 6 months worth of training and that shit wouldn't fly in the post-Challenger days let alone the post-Columbia days.

#After kicking off the film with a cool 20 degrees of orbital inclination shift using some sort of prototype MMU #They then do another 10 in a soyuz which had already docked with the ISS #If you know almost anything about orbital mechanics you know that this is fucking insane #It is impossible it is like telling me you took a train trip from Atlanta to Paris it can't be done #If you were going to have them do the trip by train why name two spots that have no possible train connection #(because they're beautiful destinations of course but it makes anyone who knows about trains be annoyed) #But the soyuz has an extremely known capability in space #and likewise the amount of fuel you would need to get between those two orbits is very easy to calculate #And these two things just fundamentally do not line up #The training thing is also insane but you don't have to understand orbital mechanics to pick that one up #They also named the fake shuttle Explorer which is weird to me just cause it's a name that's already in use #It's what the US calls its scientific space probes that don't have other designations

[miragemage]

customer at work was like yeah i got two coupons i wanna use. so im like okay we can use those at the drive thru what can i get you. proceeds to order a black coffee and two chai lattes, right? simple. but shes like okay do the chais count for the coupons. i tell her yes as long as you get them in a 20 or a 24oz. and shes like well do they come in anything smaller. and i say yes but then you cant use the coupons. and she argues with me.

i tell her she can get the 16oz chai latte but her coupon wont work. and she has the audacity to be like well why not? its still chai. ma'am we dont have chai-specific coupons. so she relents and gets the 20oz chai lattes.

then at the window shes like can i also get two ice waters. so i ring in two ice waters and her coupons and all that. and then she argues about the price with me. shes sitting there doing the math for how much her chai lattes and her black coffee cost and subtracting the discount and its just not adding up and i tell her ma'am you ordered two waters. those are a dollar each. and she looks appalled that i would charge her money for water.

by this point its so late in my shift we havent been able to get a single thing done because we've been busy enough to warrant a third barista but it was just me and another barista there. and i could not fucking handle some dumbfuck customer arguing with me about the price of water i simply couldnt. so i just rung up her coupons and give her the total and she gives me the wrong amount of money. she gives me like $5 for her $14 order. i tell her ma'am you still owe $9. and she says no i dont i dont want to pay that much. HELLO??

i tell her well alright keep your money and i will just close this order and you can go to starbucks or something. i have never seen a woman so red in the face. she was sputtering. she was shocked and appalled. over some chai lattes and a coffee she didnt necessarily need to even buy. she hands me a $10 and we finish the transaction without another word. if you or someone you love have ever been a customer please consider repenting or something.

#this is kind of long but good fucking lord #how hard is it to not be the dumbest human being alive at a drive thru for a fucking coffee shop. #sorry for the work rant but customers get on my last fucking nerve sometimes #and my manager keeps scheduling only two baristas during my shifts. its a mid shift. the busiest of all shifts. #and has the audacity to tell me she doesnt think the coworker she is constantly scheduling me with works well with me #HELLO?? SHES A SHIFT LEAD SHE FUCKING TRAINED ME what do you even mean we dont work well together #i miss working for comic book stores where i was left alone almost all day to simply do my tasks #i miss being my own manager. i could get things done and deal with customers and still have time for side projects. #i feel like a corporate monkey here. #making drinks for my audience of drooling idiots without enough time to even sweep.

[mincedpeaches]

I really think that Legend of Zelda could be my next hyperfixation/fandom. I'm gone half of next month but if I'm still thinking about it in August, I think it really could be a thing

#200+ hours into totk and i'm almost satisfied with how much I've done in the game and my conclusion has been. no lie. #that I kind of want to replay botw. #I have Thoughts about the story #I've read probably 500k+ of fan fiction in the past two months #like. the train in my brain is running strong. #mincedthoughts

[arthurslesbian]

despite all morgana did, arthur never went on the offensive against her or ever tried to attack her :((

#this really stood out to me on my rewatch im now on season five the ep with the diarmir #arthur only ever asks 'what happened to you?' #and morgana wrongfully assumes it's because she has a weapon trained on him as if that would stop him #but he literally lets her almost kill him #she would've if not for mordred #'you used to be so kind so compassionate' #it hurts so bad #to think that for years she lived just outside of the city #and he never went looking for her #only ever defended his people #his mission was to rescue his knights that's it #it wasn't to take down morgana #and if he had known what was being done to her those two years #do you think he would've tried to rescue her? #arthur #morgana #the pendagron siblings #ash watches merlin again #it hurts man everything to do with them hurts so so bad #in ep 4 after she reveals herself #he looks so tired so done so disappointed #the pain with which he says her name 'morgana' #it's haunting

[faerociousbeast]

kakashi defending time! of course he spent time training sasuke independently before the chuunin exams. you know who was one of the most hyped participants, widely known as the final survivor of his clan, the new "genius", had the most bets on him, the most people keeping an eye out for him, a bunch of people targeting him early on due to his reputation, oh and also an older brother who could come kill him at any given moment? sasuke!

#lee heard who he was and immediately went to go fight him man idk #and they went through a BUNCH of shit in the forest which his training helped with #and during the battles he was The Guy to beat. nobody was going easy #naruto won on flukes nobody cared about him unless it was to target sasuke #if hes supposed to carry the tean anyways then like. yeah teach him?? #for him its almost more of a matter of survival even more than the other two??? he has a SHIT load of focus on him #and he gave naruto a trainer anyways #prolly couldve done more for sakura at least but thats a different topic. #naruto does require more guidance

[zelzelez]

Sleep cycle seems fucked, but actually only if you count for free days. Every morning I wake up at 6 and don't know what the fuck to do with myself. I'm sick! And it's Sunday anyway! Now I'm just stuck here with my brain all active again, thinking thinking thinking. I'm too tired to do anything against it, and honestly, I still lack coping mechanisms for overthinking. Maybe if I wasn't such a lost noodle I could stitch/mend torn clothes? Maybe I could write for my bachelor's thesis? Maybe I could puzzle, or paint, read poems?

I'm too fucked by now tho. I feel lonely inside so I go online. I am too tired and too lazy and too hopeless, so everything seems pointless anyway, so scrolling is the easiest. My brain is on an endless scrolling-trip, with or without the phone, so why not take the phone.

God damn if the phone addiction hasn't become the worst of all ... But this stupid life so easily sets you up for it, too.

#im exhausted #ive been at home and in bed for two weeks now #ive left the house only once for a long walk through the fresh snow in the beginning of the first week and then three small trips to the #doctors around the corner to pick up paper shit #and one grocery shopping trip when i was almost healthy again and hadnt cought the second;worse sickness #the damage this time has done to my rhythm and work ethics and relationship to the outside world as a huge concept and m #and my immediate environment is fucking unbearable #it threw me out of all the routines i had been forcibly training myself into #i lost so much of my fitness; havent been to the gym in a month now and have only been on my (by now very sore) back all the two weeks #not to mention that world politics and the complete and utter shock of realising wtf germany is #what the US is!!! #has fucked me up once more #i mean its not the first time and i knew already but its been years that i have had these realisations that werent just theoretical or #mentally understood; this was another round of feeling it in my BONES #understanding the dire fucking state of it all #psychological damage 4000 #my life #at least yesterday i was able to feel 5 minutes of sun on my skin #which is more than in the last two weeks combined