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hxdrostorms · 3 months

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@eternalstarlights has sent: 🌸 = my roleplay petpeeve, 🌵 = a disliked canon character in my fandom,💐 = my favorite part about the fandom, 🌿 = my least favorite part about the fandom

Send me a symbol and I will tell you… [Accepting]

🌸 = my roleplay petpeeve

// Bc this has been happening across several blogs, not just here:

Reblog karma: If you have no plans of sending something back, then the least you should do is reblog them, from the source or look elsewhere in the posts' notes to reblog from.

I'm constantly going back in my prompts tag to delete old reblogs. BUT THERE ARE STILL, complete strangers who dig through it and reblog it from me. Like?????????? That has the same effect as a 'fuck you' in my DMs. It's 10x funnier, if it is one of those blogs with a long ass pinned/rules page. And they still had no qualms in doing this shit. It's not quirky, let me tell you that much.

Notice, I'm not complaining about not receiving asks whenever I reblog something. That's not an issue for me (mutuals/rp partners should only send stuff, when they genuinely feel like doing so, without any obligations). All I'm asking is to not make me feel like, I'm just a RP memes archive type of blog, that's only there to provide writing prompts & nothing else. I may not be the most active RPer, but none of my blogs are abandoned.

This has been a long running peeve I've been having to deal with, for YEARS. And it made a resurface as of lately.

🌵 = a disliked canon character in my fandom

// Hades & his spectres/Judges are overrated as fuck IMO LOL I say as a clown, bc I'm a classic golds dweeb fan. Clearly, I'm not in a position to say what is or isn't overrated.

Jokes aside. It may have been a result of the way I tried watching the classic series (by binge watching the entire thing). BUT when I got to the Hades arc, I got SO mad when I realized they brought back those drawn out battles. Like those were my least enjoyed bits of the early parts of the anime and the Sanctuary arc, meanwhile the Poseidon arc didn't have any of that (which is why I rate the Poseidon arc as my favorite one of the anime adaptation. 15 episodes with NO filler??? HELL YEAH.).

You can say I was already pretty burned, and should have slowed down with the final part of the series. But even then, I don't think that would have changed a thing about my general disinterest towards Hades' servants. Visually speaking to me, they are the messiest and most boring looking characters from the classic series (they only ever wear 1 color and look way too much like a toy, than some form of proper armor).

Rhadama.nthys is the biggest bitch in the club, to me he was the most insufferable. "He is the strongest*tm of all judges." *= only when Hades is straight up cheating and the story feels like unnecessarily drag things out. Reminder that Kanon killed him without any cloth equipped, and he went out the way HE chose to. He literally didn't even have to TRY.

My favorite part of the Hades arc was seeing Kanon wipe the floor, with everyone he crossed paths with. This feels 10x more satisfying, after reading the Destiny & Origins extra chapters.

💐 = my favorite part about the fandom

// I truly mean when I say, this is the chillest community I've been in a long time. Case in point: I haven't felt THIS artiscally inspired in YEARS. I've been doing so many works, I'm literally running an event in the main fandom. I've been brimming with inspiration to do so many things, that goes beyond the RPing aspect. And it has improved my general mental health SO much!

I'm forever thankful for getting into Sts LOL

🌿 = my least favorite part about the fandom

// If you exclusively speak English, you will suffer to find anything or anyone else from this fandom. Which isn't a problem for me at all but, I can see how frustrating or sad it must feel like, you can't get into a community due to a language barrier.

And the community itself isn't exactly the friendliest one towards gringos. Which I mean............ You can't blame us for feeling defensive, when literally every other fandom went down to shit, when things became very American-centered.

Not to start the whole Anti vs proship debate. BUT It is a fact that all antis (ppl who want to be cops/have no qualms with harrassing or policing others/etc.) I've come across are an American, who's way too enthralled in their lil bubble they call world. Then they have a breakdown bc as it turns out, the rest of the world isn't AT ALL like them. And there's genuine pushback/retaliation from the community, against these kinds of whiny bitchass mfers LOL.

Obviously, this doesn't mean the fandom is perfect nor it's an Utopia, where there isn't drama at all. BUT when compared to others, it feels a lot tamer in comparison. Unfortunately, it comes at the cost of coming off as a very closed off fandom, that's centered around overseas things for a change.

#ooc /#would you like some salt in your tea?#thank you for the ask!#eternalstarlights

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lemon-tea-leaves · 1 month

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hiya, remaking a pinned for myself because i need to update some things. X)

we're lemon, also known as the lemon tree. We use "i" and "we" interchangeably, because we are i, i am we, and we are lemon.

i'm 23, and they/them tends to work for the collective. i have other brain stuff that i might talk about here, too, but this is mostly an acc for talking about DID and, kinda by extension, (C-)PTSD.

i prefer the term "person with DID/pwDID". i do not want to be referred to a plural or multiple, as those terms don't describe my experiences.

this is a sideblog! likes and follows come from elsewhere.

fyi

my stance on syscourse is that i have zero desire to be involved in it, and have syscourse tags blocked. for all intents and purposes, i am endo-apathetic.

i am hoping to achieve final fusion once i'm in a better living situation.

i see myself as parts of one whole rather than multiple people in one body. i may refer to us as [part]-lemon or [part]-host-lemon for illustrating our connections to the whole. respect our individual needs and boundaries, but do so equally.

i have a cluster B PD and i do not tolerate ableism towards cluster B folks, including those with NPD and ASPD. i may not have either but i don't engage with people who demonize cluster B PDs or any other disorders

i feel that my experiences are best defined by partial DID (still experience myself in distinct parts with amnesia, but most of the time I am 🐝, 🐝 with a guest appearance from [part], or [Part] with a guest appearance from 🐝, and my switches aren't that noticeable). i refer to it as DID partly as shorthand and partly because that's what i'm diagnosed with (since P-DID isn't in the DSM) and P-DID is just a suspicion + in the end it doesn't really matter. but if my presentation sounds different from yours, that might be why.

as a result of the above i might sign things off as a different alter even if they're mostly just influencing heavily or if i'm present.

yeah this isn't much of a dni because frankly the only way i can control who interacts with me is via blocking.

tagging system

#lemon.docx or #[part].docx - for posts i've made or added to

#[part] tag - for posts that remind me of certain alters

#reblog - for reblogs

#a cure for what ails queue - for the rare queued posts, i don't really use my queue much lol

#vent - for vents or rants. these may end up being deleted later.

#personal - for things that are less general and really only apply to me. if you find them relatable, though, then worm

#informative - for informative or scientific posts

#sweet tea - for positive posts

i get too nervous to add things to the normal tags sometimes. 😅

(IDs in alt text; I don't know if you're meant to ID dividers but I did so just in case, I hope I did it right 😅)

#intro post

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fiberglassandflowers · 11 months

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Tell the people about the letwos

alrighty! fair warning its not good in there theres some not good family behavior in there. under a read more its probably gonna be kinda long

okay so let me set the scene. its like the late 90s/early 2000s. trip just moved with his mom and sister to the suburbs around 6 ish years after their dad died. he's like 9 her sister is 5

pretty much the letwos moved to mary bell because of a funny little thing called laplace's inc. there's some stuff involved with that, but pretty much it's the heaven business and their mom deborah/debbie/deb is the worst and also the most catholic person you've ever met and you can probably fill in the blanks there.

when trip is around 13 he ends up getting really really sick with. something i dont really know what but its not good and its deadly and its not looking good for him. at the awesome age of 14 years old they're still fighting it and she thinks Hey you know what im gonna go on a walk. so he does and omg whats this whos that guy?? anyway its mortimer and it just kinda goes like

"hey youre dying right"

"......yeah?"

"ok what if i told you. that you didn't have to do that if you just shook my hand about it"

"what" "i mean i'll take your soul but thats no biggie right. i mean you'll stay alive you'll live the rest of your natural life" (<- they're like the grim reaper they can do that) "oh. yeah thats no biggie i guess"

[they shake hands]

"shit dude i forgot to tell you. if i take your soul you have to stay here in the town you hate its like this whole thing"

"WHAT."

"you can pull your hand away though i won't get mad"

"i feel like it would be too late now anyway"

"yeah lol"

its like this whole thing about 'would you rather die or live a life you hate' yk. oh also trip wasn't like totally completely hopeless either. he could have maybe lived through it [although the chances were low] and now she has to spend the rest of her life thinking about like, what if she didn't make the deal and he ended up being fine. lol.

okay flash forward its 2008 trip is 16 going on 17 [something something sound of music reference] and cotard [his sister] is 13. gonna go more in depth with this elsewhere but pretty much trip and cotard try running away from mary bell/their shitty ass mom. and like trip can't leave mary bell but technically he's never tried before and maybe if they go with someone it'll work [spoiler: it doesn't]

trip is like, kind of aware that it might not work out for him, but if it didn't she thought cotard at least could leave. and cotard doesn't either because she doesnt want to leave trip behind. there's some other stuff that i haven't mentioned but this attempt def results in some like stricter regulations around their house. they were already realllly sheltered kids [homeschooled, isolated from their peers, generally only taught what their mom wanted them to know] and this just kind of sealed the deal on all that

anyways then trip moves out like two years later and cotard's slightly bitter about that but understanding yk, like good on you for leaving but also now i have to deal with all this alone. cotard moves out as well a few years later and her and trip lose contact even more. she still lives in mary bell she just lives on the complete opposite side of town. i like to think that she gets out a fair amount though, like traveling and stuff [not for very long though since mary bell kind of does that whole moving thing]

honestly i really don't know enough as i should about cotard she's like fully fleshed out in my head but i really can't think of anything specifically about her. like i know she takes a while warming up to people, like quiet at first but gets louder as you get to know her [wow just like how the song goes from being quiet to being loud]. but i need to work on fleshing her out some more i really do

anyways. six years after trip moves out debbie dies and ohhhh haha that's so weird that she died of blood loss when the mayor is a vampire. thats so strange im sure those two things aren't related at all [they are btw vannie killed her].

annnnnd i think thats all? i feel like there's stuff im forgetting and i dont think this was as detailed as i was hoping but its at least the basics

#asks #trip letwo #cotard letwo #debbie letwo #explanations

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alanshee-keeper-of-realms · 2 months

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hello! :D

if you'd mind, can I know more abt the borg siblings, luke, and morana? feel free to infodump abt them bc I'm actually really interested and I like their concepts tbh! (plus, I'm a sucker for found family and your ocs are just that, so I hope u don't mind this question!)

I never never mind questions about these guys they are my babies they are a nearly 10-year project I've been working on I just honestly thought nobody was interested, but oh boy this will be kind of a long one I will try to condense things down as there is nearly 10 years of lore for the Borg siblings to go through, and that's just the published stuff that's scattered throughout my page!

I love found family as well.It's one of my favorite genres it's a weakness tbh lol

I'm just honestly surprised that somebody's asked about them let alone about Luka and Morana who are even less known, I feel like the gal with the Meme You wanna hear my theories? In the most shocked and surprised way,

It all started back in 2016 when a character had been revealed called the coffee manager if you don't recognize her here's some screenshots of her

Jennifer is the name I gave to the coffee manager but I started theorizing that she was our Pixals predecessor as I recalled on the Lego Website with S3 that under Pixals information, they confirmed she is not the first. In fact, she is the 16th and final one out of 16 P.I.X.A.L units, she must have 15 siblings elsewhere is what I thought

So starting from the 15th I went back to the first PIXAL Unit,

Quick side note I will say we need to learn a little bit about how my Nindroids work Cyrus created what are known as nanites the nanite program basically allows Nindroids to have kids and heal somewhat just like a human it is one of his greatest achievements that he worked literal decades on unfortunately for him season 3 happened and he had already put this in pixel so she could have a normal human existence and Pixal then put it in over 5,000 other Nindroids....whoops

Yeah, Cyrus Borg accidentally was the father of the modern Nindroid race, especially the Nanite Nindroids that would come as a result of this.

Now instead of just having one generation you could have multiple,

Also in a Android their brain is hidden in the back of their head in this little chip called a neural chip the nindroid's body can be completely destroyed but as long as that neural chip remains they can be rebuilt

Now back to Violet,

I knew I wanted her to be kind of strong and steady as an elder child myself I knew she needed to have kind of a stern attitude I wasn't sure exactly what she would be but this was the groundwork for who would eventually become Violet, I only drew one sketch of her back in 2016, if I locate that in my multitude of binders I can and will post it.

But for now here is a modern drawing of her with her entire family

(Violet Borg P.I.X.A.L Unit #1)

For a while these guys were just Pixals sisters in the background, a lot of these you can tell can just meld into the background of the show rather than be their own main front stage character they already have that with Pixal you can find my old story from season 6 where Jay as a result of his dad's lawyer they all went to a club and it just so happened that three of the Pixal units were there,

These three would eventually become Roxanne Quinzel and Celia (Celia is named after my great grandmother in honor of here just a fun fact) Roxanne who is the 9th pixel unit and Quinzel and Celia who are the twin Pixal units, they're former Pop Stars but retired to running a club called On the Ropes, a double entender as this club also doubles as a domestic abuse protection shelter, all the employees at that club are former domestic victims themselves. In Basics someone shows up asks for help and this is where violets job comes in

Violet is a lawyer head lawyer of Borg Industries, she also is the one handling the ninjas cases because boy howdy do they get sued a lot for damages. Initially I was going to bump her up as Mayor of Ninjago city but this became to entwined in Canon for my comfort so as of late I've been kind of pulling her back into being a lawyer, as you saw she has a child she actually has a full on family,

That child's name is Victor she is a divorced woman as that gets into an era I'm not really allowed to talk about for whatever reason the creators involved get really really reactive, let's just say we were formerly friends we split cordially at first i had a reactive episode in the vent chats of a server, they didn't like how I was coping, attacked me over it in DMs and then when someone liked Simone another of my Borg Siblings the 10th one over their replacement in their stuff (we collabed a bunc) they then plagiarized my OCs as a way of getting back at me. That's literally as far as I know and can figure out they grew jealous that somebody vocalized they liked Simone over their replacement Harker, and they just grew jealous with that,

But Violets ex-husband belonged to one of those creators again, though I am legitimately afraid of being attacked by them, so I will not talk any further. Lest I make them mad at me, they stole my characters once they'll probably do it again just to hurt me even further.

Moving on this is why Victor has blonde hair because that comes from his biological father Honeysuckle was created by my friend Roan but due to health issues on their end I took over control of this character completely,

Then after Violet it was Harriet to get all their names out there in order it is violet Harriet Chloe Xian Artemis Rebecca Quinzel Celia Roxanne Simone Felix Janine Serilda Penny, Jennifer and Pixal

I do have a 17th I've created that she was created after the crystallized situation as this was his fumble he was afraid that the public was waning in its attentions when it came to work Industries so he decided to create a 17th which is Drusilla, she is the most human looking out of all of them.

Rapid fire fun facts about each because if I try to talk about the 16 units individually this is going to turn into a 50 page essay that you will be reading for the next 3 days

Over all all the P.I.X.A.L units were offline at one point or another and brought back online during the years of 2013 to 2015, Cyrus had to figure out their memory banks which Zane helped him figure out how to realign them without erasing them,

All the P.I.X.A.Ls refer to Cyrus as Dad,

Violet is missing an arm because due to storage issues, it was misplaced in the about 20 years she was offline,

Harriet is the local head ICU nurse she is the one that takes care of her dad's(Cyrus) medical emergencies and is his primary care doctor.

Chloe was the only Pixal unit to be the fiance of Cyrus before becoming the daughter of him this was a natural relationship over the span of a couple of years but due to offlining they never married and afterwards decided to go their Separate Ways. Her hair is green as a result of Cyrus experimenting with copper strands which he completely spaced on the fact that they oxidize so she has bright turquoise Statue of Liberty green hair as a result seen below,

Xian was ambassador to the cloud Kingdom up until the merge and is thought to be the third time implemental not many people realize there is a third time element in the form of foresight her foresight is even more powerful and precise then Zanes and she can do it even while fighting,

Artemis is the most wild out of them quite literally being an archaeologist she took on hero she's Labyrinth if that tells you anything but she was the one to discover that it is a Time bubble which is the reason why the Labyrinth is the way it is it's literally a time capsule of thousands of years ago you can find extinct species there that don't exist elsewhere this is what makes it so dangerous you're literally walking into Ninjago thousands of years ago. She has gotten into a fight with Clutch Powers because of his mistreatment of his team.

Rebecca is a bounty hunter she gets in to squabbles with Ronan but Ronin will usually Hand over Nindroid cases that he doesn't think he can handle.

Quinzel and Celia these two are the only pair of twins that Cyrus ever dared create he thought it would be fun they showed him real fast how mischievous twins are when they hid his wheelchairs Wheels to prank him. In the modern times they are both aerial silk dancers at they're younger sisters Club On the Ropes

Roxanne nicknames Roxie she was the lead singer of the Borg Sisters band and owner of On the Ropes, she has gotten into more than one scrap with Domestic Abusers

Roxanne Borg Portrait

Simone I tried to keep PG but she is my most adult oriented as I will just come out and say it she is a stripper a former drug addict and prostitute she is the case of money does not buy everything no matter how hard Cyrus tried to steer her right she decided to say fuck that and got into some real bad things. She is Pixals connection to the underground,

Felix is the only male P.I.X.A.L Unit he started out as feminine assigned but Cyrus picked up on the factor Felix was clearly uncomfortable in the body eventually he would vocalize such so he altered Felix's original form but when it came to him being brought online the second time Cyrus just completely rebuilt him he is considered transgender.

Janine is the dancer she teaches dance the only move she has never gotten is the triple tiger sache, she is beyond bound and determined to try and land that move but Cole has been the only one so far to land it but any other dance She Knows by heart

Serilda people already called Nindroids walking computers she is as if Cyrus stuffed a supermax computer into this Nindroid he doesn't even know what he did to make her so intelligent there are many Borg Industries projects that have stalled that are handed over to her and usually within hours she can figure out what's wrong.

Penny oh this Sweet Child oh the sweet sweet summer child who is naive to the Bone but it may not be her fault Cyrus had an accident with this one he accidentally dumped coffee on her neural chip which we talked about is basically the brains of a Nindroid this could have possibly done damage which led into her naive nature just to give you a perspective of how unthreatening this one is she still hung around the tower during season 9 while Garmadon and the sons of Garmadon had to take it over they literally did not remove her because all she was doing was cleaning the Apartments.

Jennifer the coffee Nindroid she is spunky fiery and I believe she has a crush on Skyler because I think that would be funny I called them the Noodles and coffee girlfriends I picture she trades products with Skyler so she'll sell some at her shop and then Skylar will sell stuff of the cafe and coffee shop at her store

Okay now that I've completely blend blasted you with the Borg Siblings let us go on to Luka and Morana,

Luka Garmadon (Pictured below)

He is the result of a Headcannon I have where once mature Oni have the A/B/O dynamic, it would make sense for the formlings as well.

Akita thought she had more time before she presented but unfortunately halfway through their Journey together she presented as an Omega, this is the trade-off for formlings in order for them to have animal forms they also deal with this dynamic

Lloyd was going to leave the cave no matter how long it took but the thing is if they are lost to their mindset it's permanent the more and more they are trapped in the state the more insane and animal like they get they literally end up trapped in this crazed mindset

And Lloyd being an alpha like his dad this was another thing he fell into. Neither of them realized by the time everything was said and done that Akita was expecting Luka, but she raised him on her own until the Merge occurred

She knew that Lloyd had duties in Ninjago that he had to do and fulfill and so again did not mind raising the child on her own Luka himself learning of his dad also did not mind he knew someday he may get the chance to see his father but it was unlikely

Again until The Merge

Quick rapid fire fun facts about him he is the younger brother to Morana, his animal form is never Realm penguin basically think an imperial penguin and you've got him, is outfit includes down that he sheds every year which keeps him warm in his human form he has a tail feather tucked in his hair from when he first molted he is the only one in the village to have the bright platinum blonde hair

Now to back pedal to his elder sister Morana, first and foremost, she is a Llorumi child that occurred BEFORE the betrayal, teenagers being stupid and seeking comfort in one another not thinking of the consequences,

It would be 9 months later just two weeks before Garmadon's fall that Harumi would have Morana. She was able to keep herself hidden long enough to secret the child out to an orphanage where the matron who knew about Lloyd because of her own sister, saw Moranas eyes glowing and instantly knew

Morana Garmadon

At first the 17-year-old was not thrilled at all you know he's still dealing with the emotional damage that was Harumi and now the same woman who is most likely dead spoiler alert no she wasn't has just dropped this surprise on him unintentionally.

However with time Lloyd grew incredibly fond of his daughter he hated going out on missions and leaving her behind and heartbreakingly after the merge he went from having a 11 12 year old to now she was 16 17 herself

Oh by the way you might be wondering who took care of her all those years Harumi ended up hooking up with Gene Chen these two took care of her.

Again, if you want to know more information, I just don't want to overload you guys. There is just so much I have about all of them. If you want to know the specifics on some or whatever, have you feel free to ask me? I'm here 24/7 practically unless I'm gone at an appointment or otherwise

#ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago harumi #ninjago lloyd #ninjago cyrus borg #The 16 P.I.X.A.Ls

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cinnamonest · 3 years

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I got these and more asks regarding the post from last night so I wanted to elaborate and explain some things, and also make another point about the anniversary thing and clarify for anyone confused. After this I promise I'll shut up about this lol sorry

1) yeah please do NOT come after the VAs for any of this, not even the actual developer side either is at fault. This is largely an issue with the PR and marketing and higher up people. It's really awful that some people are harassing people who have no responsibility here. And thanks to the original asker's reply, I feel like I'm really bad at conveying my thoughts so I tend to overexplain lol, but thanks that means a lot.

2) I have seen people confused on this so if you didn't already, you should know that this isn't just about the anniversary so much as the anniversary was a final straw. While Honkai has similar rewards/exchange for irl money as genshin, mihoyo itself has some of the worst in comparison to other gachas from other developers. Games like Arknights, Granblue, Azur Lane, Dragalia Lost, hell even a cutesy casual gacha app like LoveNikki have much better real money to game currency ratios, huge anniversaries where they give out tons of free shit, and much more generous systems (such as Arknights giving free 10 pulls with a lot of events/new characters/etc). All despite being smaller, less profitable games. There's major glaring issues with the game that have gone unresolved for a long time despite people asking over and over to change it. It's a combination of the rewards, general stuff, and mihoyo's refusal to solve certain issues for a long time that has people upset.

In any industry, any company is going to be held to the standards set by the mainstream industry, which is what is happening here. It is natural to hold a company to it's competitors for comparison and expect them to match standards, especially when the company that is lacking is the richer one and could easily meet the standards if they were willing to.

This is especially true for people who put money into the game. Due to the nature of gachas/online games, companies that produce these games are usually very adamant on rewarding players because whales/P2Ws, people who buy welkin and similar stuff, etc keep the game alive. When they do not match the standard of the industry, those people will feel unappreciated and go elsewhere eventually, which means they will not be able to afford much progress, then even F2Ps won't have content, and the game will burn out.

3) I probably should have clarified this last post but, I know review-bombing does seem like a kinda shitty tactic at first and I get that, but the reason people are doing that now is because mihoyo has completely ignored people complaining for months normally, and even now has started to censor and ban people, deleted critical posts, etc. Basically it's clear that mihoyo will just ban and censor criticism until people do something that actually forces them to listen, hence review bombing. Banning/censoring criticism is a really, really bad move for any company, historically speaking, it's insulting to players who keep the company afloat and results in losses. The review bombing + a lot of people uninstalled the app apparently + people who usually pay refusing to do so anymore, all of that hits them to where they can't afford to ignore it when people do it en masse. Because it will cost them money/players.

What people are kinda really upset about, even more than rewards itself, is just the silence and censorship on their end, which is more frustrating than the lack of rewards itself. I did have some sympathy for them up until they started censoring and deleting criticism on their site. At that point they're doing this to themselves by doing that.

4) Also, notably, this has worked with plenty of other game devs. You may remember the disaster that was Fallout 76. Bethesda also responded poorly at first, but spamming bad reviews and horrible coverage for Fallout 76 got Bethesda's attention, and they went the whole nine yards formally acknowledging the complaints and more or less apologizing to the whole world of players at E3 and even gave refunds, which is a very surprisingly humble thing for a company of their level of fame to do. The situation calmed down because people felt listened to, and while Fallout 76 was kinda a lost cause and didn't get fixed, the idea is that the refunds/open and honest communication restored the consumer base's relationship to Bethesda. That was a big blow, but Bethesda was willing to take that hit to maintain the sense of communication and mutual respect/value between players and devs.

In contrast, with mihoyo, what most people have been trying to beg/bargain for for an anniversary rewards is a free permanent banner 5 star, which would cost mihoyo essentially literally nothing.

So far they have responded by banning people for literal years on hoyolab, deleting posts, banning people from various social platforms etc, for criticism. Even putting whether or not that's ok aside, it's very unusual and not how game companies usually handle these things, and can only end badly for them.

Also mihoyo has had time to fix this -- it's not like Fallout 76 where they released the game and then the backlash came very suddenly and they had to scramble to prepare a response/plan and needed time. People have been complaining about these rewards for well over a week, so they could have easily fixed it by now if they had any intention of listening to people's complaints, especially considering the proposed fix of a single free permanent 5 star would be very simple and quick to implement.

5) also? it's extra unfortunate and really a marketing team issue bc they could have *profited* from giving more, if they opened rewards to new players as most gachas do. Genshin is incredibly popular right now, to the extent that a lot of people in the gaming/weeb sphere who don't play it, but still know of it, and even know a bit about it.

If you were someone who had never played genshin but had been considering downloading it for a long time, but just kept putting it off or forgetting, and heard "hey join now and you get free Diluc/Keqing," that would have convinced a lot of people to go ahead and join, and they would inevitably get sucked into the game and bring mhy profit. So it's a little strange imo that they chose not to do that, it would have been beneficial to them.

6) also, be aware that the glider we're now getting was supposed to be paid originally. Releasing it free now is damage control. It's also, well, a glider. Again, while it is pretty, it's paltry in comparison to the industry norm and does not have much use to most people.

Finally, criticizing all of this/the game/mihoyo does not mean people hate the game. I do see some people lashing out in defense of mihoyo and I get that bc they produce something we all really like. I really really do not want to see genshin become "that one game that was super popular for a year or so and then died" -- that's why people want improvements, because if improvements aren't made, that's where it's headed. What people are asking for right now is stuff that is very easily in mihoyo's capability and would not cost them much of anything. It would be one thing to ask them for something that would cut their profits or take time to develop, but that's not what's happening. People are asking for very little in the scope of their capabilities/the norm.

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escapedartgeek · 2 years

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Knowing your partner well makes writing together a lot easier. Tag this with the people you enjoy roleplaying with but want to get to know better.

Basics: Name: [depends on how long I've been on this site. I answer to several. Fun.]

Age: 25+

Preferred pronouns:they/them is fine. not trying to get into the details here unless we end up good friends. Sexuality: Some blurry bi/ace combo. Zodiac sign: Sagittarius Taken or single: Single

Three facts: 1. I think often about the radio program that I listened to on sunday mornings for years that plays alt music from 70s, 80s and 90s. That has definitely had a formative impact on me - along with all the stuff that I end up listening to as a result of my background and the music I hear playing around family and friends anyway.

2. Horror nerd. I love reading books about horror literature, horror movies, horror games, the music of horror. All of that stuff fascinates me. Honestly.

3. Some of the things I wanted to be growing up: actor, dancer, astronaut, musician, writer. I do most of these things for hobbies now (not the astronaut thing obviously but I do love stuff about astronomy and astrophyics so. Yeah.)

Experience: How long (months/years?): about 11 years now. more or less. How’d you start: Um. I don't know. Maybe I started here. Maybe I started on gaia. Probably gaia and some other forums first actually.

My first muse - Well. My first muse is originally from a fandom I don't speak about any more. But I do write a significantly changed and updated version of them (so they're mine now) elsewhere on this site. I'm actually pretty glad about what I've managed to do with them.

Muse preferences: Female or male: LOL. My muses are often some flavor of nonbinary. I do write one transfeminine muse. And I have some more masc leaning muses but I don't write them here. Because I just.. don't feel like trying with them here.

Writing preferences: Fluff, angst or smut: Whatever. I like doing a lot of different genres and putting zora in different situations. I guess I do more angst, fluff stuff. I would say they are just .. putting into whatever, a lot of growing up and processing things. And exploring. Lots of adventure stuff in some form or fashion. I'm not opposed to smut but I'm not great at asking for that either - so I don't write that as much as I could. Eh.

Plots or memes: Memes are good starting places to just see where things can go. But I enjoy plots. I should do more of them - it's just a matter of figuring out what is good for z and other muses without feeling like I'm doing too much with z or whatever. Definitely down to plot. Love receiving memes though. Like I don't have a specific wishlist or at least not too many things on that wishlist at a given time since some of those wants relate to specific muses. So it'd be weird to just advertise that ... at least I feel like that.

Are you like your muse(s): Yeah. We have some things and interests in common for sure. And there are a little details that I exaggerate and make more of a thing for Zora than they are for me because of the circumstances that come with it. But we're both fairly different but... I'd be able to hang with them if they were real you know. Tagged by: @sohelish

Tagging: you

#ooc ramblings

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somekindofflowergirl · 2 years

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Ao3 Fic Meme

Tagged by @mearcatsreturns. Thank you!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

33!

2. What is your total AO3 word count?

331,479. Unlike A, I am that verbose, lol. Working on it? Maybe? And no, I don't talk much IRL.

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

On Ao3:

ER (19)

Timeless (13)

Shadow and Bone (1)

My Timeless fics are also cross-posted on ff.net and I have two old HP fics on there as well.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

All Timeless/Garcy

Q & A (Complete)

We'll Find Each Other (Complete)

Resting Murder Face (One-shot)

Gentle? (One-shot)

Three Minutes to Save the World (Technically not complete, but where I left it was still a good stopping point and the you-know-what pretty much assured I won't take it further.)

5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I do. Lately I haven't been keeping up with it because real life has been...eventful...but I will eventually get back to it.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

This is a toss-up between Here Without You and Can You Hear Me Now (or Am I Lost)?, which are both ER Luka/Abby one-shots and canon-compliant, hence the angsty endings. I don't end on angst when I'm fully steering the ship, however much I might drag the characters through it beforehand. (Though how I avoided angsty-endings to any of my Garcy fics, I don't know. Probably pure spite.)

7. Do you write crossovers?

I never have. The closest I've come to doing it is a fusion rather than a true crossover.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No hate. One or two less than impressed reviews from readers who just weren't the right audience for the fic.

9. Do you write smut? If you do, what kind of smut do you write?

A leeeetle bit. I dip my toe in occasionally. So, mostly fade to black and non-explicit description.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge. (But let me know if you see one elsewhere!)

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yep! Amber and I with our currently-on-hiatus-but-we-WILL-finish-it-someday-DAMN-it We Part Only to Meet Again. I don't know that I could co-write with anyone else! But Amber and I think very similarly and are often mistaken for each other, so it works!

12. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

All-time favorite is such a hard question! I guess that would have to be one I haven't written for, because I feel like all my ships ever come back to it in some way: Anne and Gilbert from the AoGG series. I see them in pretty much any ship I've ever loved.

13. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

The first I ever published for was HP. I wrote some stuff that I never finished or posted for Bones and Gilmore Girls. And Nancy Drew, if we're going way, way, way back to when I was a kid and didn't even know fic or fandom existed.

14. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Too hard, argh. (I am terrible at choosing favorites, if you couldn't tell.) Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably give different answers. But Q & A for Timeless because it was fueled by self-indulgence and spite but apparently that works for me because I love the end result. Also, Resting Murder Face because it was so fun to write that I cackled the entire time. For ER, it SO depends on my mood, but I am particularly proud of my WIP County General's Lonely Hearts Club because I love leaning into friendships the show never explored.

Tagging (but absolutely NO pressure) @cinelitchick, @drlucypreston, @pixievixen, @docjen and anyone who would like to participate.

#tag games #tag game #ao3 #fandom #fanfic

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thelightofthingshopedfor · 3 years

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Goddamn it Kyra I wasn't even interested in the Lego Lokis before, but now that you've so rudely posted pics of the options I'm probably going to have to buy some. So, couple questions: I'm not familiar with the website you linked to (it doesn't help that I'm on my phone lol) - do you get them from that site or just Aliexpress? I've kind of poked around there but I don't think I've ever actually bought anything - do you have links to those ones you bought or any tips for finding them on the site? (or like. using the site in general without getting scammed or something? Idk much about it other than stuff being low priced lol).

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putting the rest behind a cut because oops this got long

OKAY SO the cool thing about knockoff Lego figures is that a) there are a ton of them, so you can probably find multiple versions of most characters, and b) they're super cheap, so if you do end up getting ripped off, you're probably only out a few bucks. plus if you don't get ripped off, you feel like a genius, because authentic Lego minifigs tend to cost way more than they should (and if you get them online, you probably don't have a good way to know that they're authentic) and here you are getting something just as good or better for way less.

the site I was getting pictures from is HeroBloks, which I only just discovered myself a couple days ago; it looks like mostly it's good for tracking your collection (and learning more about bootleg Lego minifigs in general, maybe--I didn't really realize until now how many different companies there are making Lego-like minifigs) rather than buying, with individual pages including sale links that are only mildly useful. like, the extremely sad TVA Loki has an AliExpress search link that apparently just searches for "blocks," which is the least helpful search term imaginable; the eBay link uses "xinh+xh1745+loki (tva)" as the search term and that's definitely better, although it doesn't actually turn up anything. maybe that one's too new to be widely available yet, I don't know. (I hope that's the case. I need him and his sad little face to come and live with me.)

anyway--eBay is a possible source. searching for "loki minifigure" gets me results for several of the new ones I’ve been seeing, and they all seem to be shipping from Japan or South Korea. the problem is they're all selling for $4.99 plus $7.49 shipping each, which is...more than I want to spend on something I know is a knockoff of some kind when I don't know anything about the quality control and I'm not guaranteed to get what's in the picture. (here's another listing asking $40 total for all 8 figures I bought yesterday, which is actually a better price, and I'd probably end up doing that if I hadn't found them elsewhere, but that's because I have a problem.)

this is why I like AliExpress, because the risks are slightly higher but the prices tend to be much lower, even with shipping prices having gone up a bit over the last couple years. as I understand it, the site is basically just a huge marketplace for tons of different sellers in Asia, like if eBay only allowed fixed-price listings and it was based in China. the vast majority of the site reads like it went through Google Translate, because it probably did. you can find...basically anything there. I have no idea if any of it's authentic. (I also don't know anything about how or where any of the knockoff stuff is made, so...there is that.) I would not, for instance, drop $300 on a Hot Toys Loki from here, even though I absolutely would have the option to do so, for the obvious reason that I'm not going to risk that much money on an item that might be a cheap knockoff or could arrive broken. there is, in general, a solid possibility of breakable things arriving broken, because decent packaging costs more. cheap shipping will be slow (by which I mean like...up to 90 days), and most purchases either won't have tracking at all or won't have accurate tracking, so this is absolutely not a place to buy anything you want to get quickly. you also don't want to just buy something and forget about it, because there are (variable but generous) time limits past which you can't get a refund if you don't receive your items. the site's UI is...mostly functional. you often have to get a little creative with your search terms to find what you want (and sometimes you won’t find what you want through searching, but through looking at related items on the pages of things that aren’t quite what you want or are what you want but aren’t a good price). you will, absolutely, come across a lot of stolen art on things like pins, t-shirts, stickers, and phone cases, which you might not realize until you see something you recognize from a fanartist you like, and obviously that sucks. listing photos are nearly always stock photos, so in many cases they won't tell you anything about the item you're actually getting. you know the Wish app, and all the crazy things people get from that? you can find all the same stuff on AliExpress, at similar levels of quality.

however, if you approach it keeping all that in mind, it can be a great resource. I can't make any guarantees about the site's safety, but to the best of my knowledge it's secure and I've never had any weird charges show up after buying something. it's also my understanding that Alibaba, the parent company, is more or less the Chinese equivalent of Amazon in terms of the amount of business it does, which would probably be pretty tough if customer data were routinely being exposed to thieves, you know? I've also successfully gotten several refunds for items that never arrived, which actually hasn't happened all that often--but knowing that it can happen and that the return period expires, I’ll check back on the site if it seems like it’s been an unusually long time and I’ll make a reminder for myself of the deadline so I can contact the seller in time if necessary.

so the way I shop there is, I don't buy expensive or fragile things in general, because I recognize there's a nonzero chance I'll get a cheap knockoff, or something that was broken in transit because the seller tossed it in a box with no padding and called it good, or sometimes nothing at all. but like eBay, the sellers and items have ratings and reviews from customers, so that helps avoid some risk. items with lots of reviews tend to include at least a few customer photos, which are great for getting a better idea of what the thing you're buying actually looks like. I took a bit of a risk last year buying a Hot Toys (or the equivalent, I actually have no idea) Steve Rogers head for about $20, for instance, but I wasn't super worried about it because the customer photos looked good, the seller I used had a lot of sales and a lot of good ratings, and it was still a lot less than I would've paid for an authentic Hot Toys Steve Rogers head--and in fact he got here just fine and he looked fantastic. I also spent about $20 for a knockoff Iron Studios Loki statue, because in that case it was like...yep I’d love the real thing, nope I’m not willing to spend hundreds of dollars on it, yep I am willing to spend $20 on something that doesn’t look quite as nice but still looks good enough for me in the customer photos. well, and I’ve also bought knockoffs I knew would look bad, because they were cheap and I want all the Lokis and I have enough of an addiction that all the Lokis does in fact sometimes mean “even ones that look really bad” to me.

anyway, uh, Lego-type minifigs. this is an especially good area to go knockoff, because--okay, apparently I can’t link to a page of HeroBloks search results for some reason, but it’s the best resource I’ve found for this type of thing that isn’t just authentic Lego figures. but if you go there and do a search for “loki” you’ll get a bunch of results and you’ll see that they come from like...9 or 10 different brands. Lego specifically has only four Loki options: Avengers Loki in black, Avengers Loki in gray for some reason (which, frankly, looks like a cheap knockoff but isn’t), movie-inaccurate Ragnarok Loki with the blue outfit and the full helmet, an ugly Classic Loki, and a mostly green Loki from I guess the first Thor movie (and then I think they’re going to release a TVA Loki, a Sylvie, and a Throg). all those other results--all those different outfits from every single Loki appearance, and different variations on those outfits, nearly all of them more screen-accurate and/or detailed than the Lego versions--are technically knockoffs. they’re better and you can buy them for way less. (I mean, a lot of them are new so I don’t have them yet, but I do have frost giant Loki, better Ragnarok Loki, better Avengers Loki, opera Loki who actually has another face that’s half-Jotun, and at least one chrome-helmet option, and they all look basically like the photos. so I think I can reasonably expect most of the new ones to look basically like their photos too.)

for reasons that I don’t understand aside from a vague guess that it’s copyright-related, AliExpress pretty much no longer shows full pictures of Lego-type figures in their listings--instead, you have to pick just based on the heads. this is a problem when lots of heads look very similar to each other! luckily, the listings also typically have the actual serial numbers for each figure, as do the HeroBloks listings, so you can cross-reference them to see what you’re really getting. for instance let’s take this listing because it’s cheap and it offers most of the Loki figures that are currently available. say you’re interested in one of the horn-less Lokis. there are...let’s see, five of them, but you have no idea what they actually look like aside from slightly different facial expressions and maybe weapons. however, the first one listed says XH1359 for its color...and what do you know, 1359 is the serial number for this Loki by a company called Xinh. okay cool, how about the last one? the “color” is listed as WM2182--and yes, HeroBloks has a listing for a Ragnarok Loki from World Minifigures with the serial number 2182. (I just ordered all 8 of the new World Minifigures ones yesterday, so again, I can’t personally guarantee yet that they’ll look as good in person as in the pictures--but I think they probably will, and more importantly they cost a whole dollar each.) and if HeroBloks doesn’t have a particular figure, you can probably find something useful just by googling the serial number.

I specifically bought from this listing yesterday because they currently have a bit of a sale going and a deal for free shipping if you buy 10 figures, and I wanted a couple duplicates, so it worked out to be the cheapest option. the same store has another listing for a bunch more Marvel characters, including a couple more Lokis I already had, so it should be pretty easy to get the free shipping so the figures are less than a dollar each and you’re only risking about $10. if you’d rather try one or two and see how it goes, it looks like this listing is probably the cheapest, with figures currently going for a little over a dollar each once you add shipping (although it’s totally possible shipping is more for me because Alaska).

that’s...probably already way more information than you really wanted, but I hope at least some of it makes sense. feel free to ask other specific questions if they come up--I might not be able to give answers exactly, but I can probably tell you what my experience has been, which is better than nothing.

#loki #action figures #lego #marvel cinematic universe #conversations #scintillatingshortgirl19

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cichocicho · 2 years

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Okay so here is a short list of some considerations before going to a race:

- Where is the track located? Is it a city race or is it located in a forrest in the middle of nowhere? This can make a big difference in getting back and forth to the track and how expensive the accommodation is gonna be.

- How do you get to the track? The f1 tracks are huge and it takes a while to walk from the entrance to your seats. How far you have to walk also depends on your seats, and their pricelevel. If you come by car there can also be significant walking from the parking area to just the main entrance. Some people suggest bringing a small scooter to get around faster, but in my experience there are too many people for that.

- What to bring to a race? Everything! Snacks, water, umbrellas, sunscreen, headphones, lunch, pillows to sit on, some people bring camping chairs to sit elsewhere, binoculars, games etc. Pack a big bag and bring everything. You can get a lot in the stands of course, but it is expensive and you are probably gonna spend a lot of hours there (the long trek walking back).

- How long are you staying in the host town? When planing the trip it's important to consider for how long you will stay after the race. I recommend a buffer of arriving at your accommodation a day before the weekend (Thursday) and staying until a day after (Monday) to not end up in the massive traffic and stress that happens after a race. Like 100.000 people trying to go home at once is not fun.

- What seats to buy? So I just did a lot of research before buying my seats to make sure that it was worth it. There are usually recommendations and reports on sections of a track that you can find online. The most important is that there is a screen close by. That way you can still follow the race quite well, since even the most expensive seats still only gives you a view of part of the track.

A quick comparison, I think going to a race is closer in experience to going to a music festival, than it is going to see a football match.

I hope this makes sense, and tell me if you want more 🤷‍♀️😊

Nice that you support so many drivers, it's good to have lots of options, I feel like it's less heartbreak that way. And probably also more fun to watch, since you can cheer for multiple people 😊

I'm honestly still vibe checking for football teams, so I'm unsure. I've just watched a few at random, when I see it on TV. Mostly in the Danish league though, and there I of course have to support my dads favorite team. For the nt I really like Scotland, Italy and Switzerland for some reason (I'm still learning, so I don't know much about it yet). Looking forward to nations league thus summer 😊

heeey hi hello! i am so sorry for replying so late but i didn’t have the time when i first read it and layer i just forgot

thank you so so much for all the tips!!! some of them are so eye opening, for example i had no idea that you can bring your own stuff to the race, like food and drinks, i assumed it’s more like a festival where they don’t let you bring liquids & you have to buy all of the stuff

for now i don’t really have any questions, you’ve covered all the important points it seems but if i decide to go then i will let you know and ask (assuming you would still be following me then lol)

i like italy & switzerland nts too! also belgium, croatia, sweden … i don’t know much about them though, mainly basing it on the vibes skajsjka i also obviously like ukrainian nt and honestly was so happy to see them do good at euros (and that heartbreaking faul that resulted in a broken leg was so hard to watch!! they lost but won in my heart)

also, who’s your favorite danish player?

okay, best wishes & i hope you’re well 💓

#hope you see this …#asks #f1 anon

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