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kinglarrykoopadx · 3 years

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Top 10 games i wanted to get

This is a personal list of games I want to get but I just can’t. Ranging from “maybe someday” to “get as fast as possible”. I’m gonna input some rules to my list to make it more fair. First off, I’m counting the games from the 8th to 9th console generation only, cause I ain’t wasting my money to buy an old console for like, what, one game? Second, no mobile games, because most of the time, they’re free even in the pre registration state. Yeah, there are some paid games but they’re pretty scarce. Speaking of pre registration, third, no pre orders, so I don’t have to regret wasting my money when I eventually get the damn game. That being said, pre orders of ports of games from older console generations will definitely count, so long as I’ve already played them or were interested by them.

10. Bug Fables

Bug Fables and I have a love-hate-ish relationship. On one hand, I wanna get it to see what of the old Paper Marios that got the fans to crazy town. On the other hand, some TTYD related salt lingers in me like how well butter sticks on bread. On the other other hand, I’m cursed with somehow finding more interesting games. Maybe one day I’ll get it, but for now, I’ll give it a pass thank you very much. But hey, I did say I’m considering buying it. Which no, it doesn’t mean I wannna see any “pLaY bUg fAbLeS” comments around, how many times must I tell you lot that shoving a game up my ass is less advertising, more making me resent the damn thing?

9. Crash 4 : It’s About Time

I’mma be honest. After watching some Caddicarus and AntDude, I’m willing to give the marsupial a chance. I did play the mobile game and it was fun but it’s a mobile game so it didn’t count. I am considering getting Crash 4, but I’m on the verge of rethinking if this was a good idea. From what I heard, this is a short ass game, and I’m not selling my soul to the completion devil to extend my game time. Bug Fables and Crash 4 are honestly, interchangable as fuck.

8. Crash Bandicoot : N Sane Trilogy + CTR Nitro Fueled

For N Sane Trilogy, it’s so I can know the context of Crash 4′s story and play through it. For Nitro Fueled, I’m getting it for funsies, I mean for fuck’s sake they added in the crates as racers, the only weird thing that can combat it is Piranha Plant in Smash. But the microtransactions make me rethink it, so maybe someday.

7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX

Now we’re getting to the games where I have some interest in getting. Here we have the remake of Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue from the GBA/DS which I adored dearly. I was a fan of the Mystery Dungeon series by watching people play them, and playing some myself. I’ve played Gates To Infinity and never finished it (The farthest I could go was in the Holehills), I played Super but also with Gates To Infinity I never finished it (I think last I checked I made it to Entei) and now, I’m kinda planning to get it. Why is it this low? Key word “kinda”. Overtime, my interests for this game kinda fizzled out because it was a case of Bug Fables. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to try it, problem is that in time, my interest sparked into other games, which we’ll see later on.

6. Yo Kai Watch 3

In case you never got the memo, I’m a huge, HUGE fan of Yo kai Watch. If it weren’t for this franchise, I’d probably be more interested in something like studying and see gaming as irrelevant. The 1st game was kinda weak sauce, the 2nd game is the best in the franchise, and I really wanted to get the 3rd game. From what I’ve seen, it looked fun as hell. Problem is, the stupid virus made it hard to salvage a copy and even then, it’s a really rare 3DS game since the number of copies Level 5 made for this game are scarce as hell. Shame really, it was content packed and everything, but whatever.

5. Bugsnax

Bugsnax for those who never knew, is a game about snacks that are also bugs. After watching a couple playthroughs, I was willing to give it a try. And that’s where problems rise. The problem with Bugsnax is that it’s a PS5/PC exclusive (at the time of writing this top 10) and I’m not buying a PS5 for one damn game, and I normally don’t use my PC for gaming. Maybe one day when Young Horses port this cute game to the Switch I’ll give it a try, but for now, I’ll wait.

4. Mario Golf Super Rush

I know I said no pre orders, but this one’s an exception. I’m actually real hyped for this one, for starters, it’s not tennis for once, fucking woo, and the story mode made it look like it’s a pretty promising game, since people liked the story mode in the GBA games. Yeah, the visuals look lifeless, but do I give a crap? I’m just relieved Nintendo still knows that Mario sports games don’t just consist of tennis. And who knows, maybe the stars may align and we can get a new Mario Strikers or Mario Baseball with Nintendo purchasing Next Level Games and this game coming soon.

3. Bowser’s Fury

This game was one of the most anticipated Mario games for the switch simply because it was the banner for the future of 3D Mario. And from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty good. I mean, for starters, you team up with Bowser Jr so this game is already eyecatching from the start. The game has you collecting the 50 Cat Shines to awaken the Giga Bells and stop Fury Bowser which is a solid premise. Fury Bowser being the main highlight of the game because he’s the game’s blood moon. When he’s out, be ready to be pummeled big time. With rock music playing in the background. It didn’t make it to the top 2 of the “most wanted” games, but it is hella close.

2. Hollow Knight

After seeing people play it and listening to some of its musical scores, I’m willing to give this game a big fat chance. Hollow Knight is some Metroidvania game involving a lone soul in search of the source of ruin of the kingdom of Hallownest which is a solid as hell premise. On the way, you’ll meet some kind NPCs and traverse unknown lands and the DLC added to this game made it more than worth it. Lifeblood which has patches and a new boss namely Hive Knight, Grimm Troupe which from what I’ve heard included the most fun boss in Hollow Knight, Hidden Dreams which included the White Defender and Grey Prince Zote, and Godmaster, which is the game’s True Arena. Needless to say, I’m definitely gonna buy this game when I have the chance.

1. Miitopia Switch

As a fan of the 3DS game, I was hyped as hell when Miitopia was ported over to Switch, and I had every right to be hyped. Those Twitter users don’t know what the hell they’re missing out on. The combat is amazing, the characters are on point, hell, the demo had a lot of replay value. And when you make a freaking demo replayable as hell, that’s a sign of a kickass game. This is the game that can take my $50 with no hesitation. Nintendo, take my money, I’ve got a quest in need of reimagining.

#miitopia #hollow knight #yo kai watch #bugsnax #mario #nintendo #bug fables #pokemon #crash bandicoot #young horses #fuck thousand year door #toys for bob #level 5 #team cherry

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nev3rfound · 5 years

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lost but not forgotten : l.l

brief summary: being a mortal who fell in love with loki, and dealing with the aftermath of him being gone and raising his child alone

word count: 1.9k requested: yes, by @hopeless-lovex0 and girl I am sorry for how long it’s taken me to write this. but I hope it was worth the long ass wait warnings: none that I’m aware of? maybe hinting at endgame spoilers but idk

* masterlist of sorts *

It wasn’t supposed to happen, it shouldn’t have been a possibility. But as you learnt in a painful way, life decides to throw everything at you and see how you react.

You were a mortal, for starters. A complete nobody with any significance nor needs to be noticed by anyone. You were a normal person who just happened to be in the wrong place at a perfect time.

Neither of you would’ve said it was love at first sight, it was more pure bewilderment as you wandered into the building lot due to misdirections from your phone. One thing you hadn’t anticipated seeing was a man appearing in a cloud of smoke surrounded by a series of aliens holding a glowing sceptre. You really weren’t in the right location.

Loki had taken you captive but quickly realised despite being mortal, you two were rather similar. You were an outcast of sorts, not one to be missed if he were to kill you on the spot. He liked your wit, the face you didn’t care if he was a God, he still looked stupid in that outfit.

And that was when it all began, you and Loki during his unaccounted years.

If only anyone knew he was hiding out on Earth, living with you in a small countryside location. Loki was slowly learning what it meant to be human around you, how delicate you were under the barriers you held up. He knew he was falling for you, and regardless of how long he might have with you, how long it could be until someone found him, he knew he wanted to spend his days with you.

Which is exactly what he did. Day in day out. Wandering around the countryside, you sang whilst he watched your passion thrive as you would smile to him, catching a glimpse of his smile in response.

What the two of you had wasn’t perfect by any means, but it was enough for you both to be happy. And as the years went on, Loki was growing more worrisome about his home.

It wasn’t a conversation either of you wanted to have, but you had no choice. Asgard wasn’t going to be safe for long without Odin and with Thor gone he was left with few options. One was to let them all suffer, see how they’ll live out their days on Asgard as it falls to its demise. Or, the more painful choice was to leave you and be the King his people needed.

When Loki left you were broken. You gave up everything for him, but he didn’t have a choice and you tried to understand, you truly did.

“Oh my sweet, Y/n.” He whispered into your hands as he lifted them to his lips, kissing them softly as his eyes remained on yours as tears continued to cascade down your cheeks. “I want you to take this,” Loki placed a small locket in your palms.

It was a small stone, black as the void he was leaving you in. You didn’t want it, but he insisted you needed it.

The truth of the stone was more painful than you wished it to be. You refused to believe it, that the glowing was true. Loki had told you countless stories of him faking his death, disappearing without a trace and you convinced yourself that was happening.

But life wasn’t fair, life was cruel and as the neckless glowed on your neck you knew you were truly alone in the world.

Then again, life does enjoy throwing challenges when you least expect them.

“Shush, come on, you’re okay.” You whisper into his head as you bounce him up and down, swaying from side to side as you hum a lullaby. “Please don’t cry, baby.” You kiss his delicate head, how small he is in your arms as he coos in your embrace.

This was Loki’s parting gift, something you never anticipated being a possibility. You had spoken about a family, but it was a sensitive subject. Loki wasn’t sure if being a Father was something he’d be good at. He thought of himself too evil to be a role model, and you were too kind to tolerate his behaviour. But even now, he still manages to surprise you.

Placing your son down in his cot you twirl the small mobile around his head, watching as his eyes light up at the sight. “And this planet here is Asgard, where your Daddy came from all those years ago.” You tell him softly as you think back to that day. “I shouldn’t have been there, and neither should Dad but it just,” You trail off, unable to finish your sentence as a sound echoes through your house, through the garden outside and beyond.

Silence falls until your son begins to scream. “Hey no no,” You pick him up as you walk outside, seeing cars crashing, a plane falling in the distance and lights going out in the city. “what?” You mutter as you hide your sons face in the crook of your neck, fear overtaking your body.

After hours of sitting, watching the news stories you couldn’t believe what you were seeing. Half of the population was gone, just vanished into thin air. No one knows if they’re dead or missing, but all hell was breaking loose.

Glancing to your left your son remained fast asleep, blissfully unaware of everything that was happening. You knew it couldn’t be good, whatever was happening they had to be involved. Loki always said they would be in the end, somehow they might be the cause of it all.

“Well, guess we’re going on a trip, kid.” You mutter as you turn the TV off and head to your bedroom, packing everything you knew you’d need. “Time to meet your Uncle Thor,” You uneasily laugh to yourself, never thinking this day would come. “gotta make your Daddy proud, kid.”

Arriving at the place Loki had told you about you felt unnerved. You knew there was a high chance you weren’t going to get in, that even if you do Thor might not even be there to help. But this was all you had left, Thor was the only family you and your son could potentially have.

“Who are you and why do you have a baby?” A voice booms as you glance down at your son in his buggy fast asleep.

“Is Thor around?” You ask and someone laughs lightly whilst you remain still.

“What? He knock you up or something?” The voice continues to laugh to himself whilst you fake laugh in response.

“No, his brother Loki did, actually.” You state bluntly and the laugh stops.

Before you can ask anything else, the gates open. “Come on in.”

As you arrive inside of the compound, a figure walks toward you hesitantly. “So, you’re the girl Loki kept hidden away?” The man asks you as he lowers his glasses, taking a good look at you and your son.

“What’s it to do with you?” You raise an eyebrow, but he merely slips his glasses back on, motioning for you to follow him.

“You’re the reason Loki went MIA in the first place. We were looking for him for years after the attack on New York. Thor was completely lost. But he knew Loki must’ve found something worth hiding for,” The man glances back at you and your son. “and I guess he did.” He finishes with a smile as you enter a large room as a Man stands by the window. “Thor?” The man calls out as the tall, muscular God turns around.

His hair is short compared to what Loki always described. He almost seems human despite the two different coloured iris’ as he focuses on you. “Thank you, Tony.” Thor states as Tony walks out of the room, leaving the three of you in silence. “You’re Y/n?” Thor asks quietly as he remains by the window, looking at your necklace.

“Yeah, and you must be Thor.” You respond nervously as you fiddle with the bars on your sons buggy. “Loki told me a lot about you.”

Thor laughs to himself. “Oh, I’m sure he did. But he told me a lot about you too, Y/n.”

Lifting your head up you can already feel your eyes becoming glossy. You always believed you were Loki’s secret no one could know about. But then again, he always did find a way to surprise you.

“When Thanos captured us he told me before he,” Thor trails off, not wanting to finish the sentence aloud. Instead, he merely motions to your locket that still glows green. “and he told me of this woman on Earth. A strong, brave woman I had to protect if he wasn’t going to make it.”

“Was it Thanos?” You ask as a tear rolls down your cheek as Thor lowers his head, nodding ever so lightly. “Was it, was it quick?” You whisper as you envisioned his death countless times, never knowing which would be worse.

Thor merely nods, still struggling to comprehend his brother really isn’t coming back this time. “But he loved you, Y/n. He truly loved you.” Stepping forward, Thor kneels down in front of your son. “And this? Is he?” A small smile forms on Thor’s face as you nod.

“This is my son, mine and Loki’s little boy,” You laugh quietly as you wipe your eyes.

You never thought you’d see this sight. Thor smiling as your son begins to wake up, stirring in his buggy. “What’s his name?” Thor asks you with bright eyes.

“His name is Frank.” You reply and watch as Thor’s smile drops instantly.

“You’re telling me you named a demigod, Frank?” He asks, unable to comprehend the choice in name. But as soon as he notices the smile on your face he lets out a sigh of relief.

“Of course not, I’m just messing with you,” You nudge Thor lightly as you lift your son from his buggy, as his eyes open and see Thor for the first time. “his name is Vali.”

Thor reaches out as Vali grips his whole hand on Thor’s forefinger. “Hi Vali, I’m your uncle.” Thor mutters to your son as he smiles brightly. “You would’ve loved your Dad. Although he was a nightmare, he was family. And you’re my family too,” Lifting his gaze up from Vali, Thor focuses on you. “and you too, Y/n. I know Loki is gone, but I promise I’ll look after you both.”

“Thank you, Thor.” You mumble as Vali squirms in your arms. “Would you like to hold him?”

Looking at you with wide eyes, you smile encouragingly. “Only if you’re sure, Y/n.”

“I’m sure.” You reply as you gently pass Vali to his uncle, watching as his eyes widen in the God’s arms as he garbles to Thor. “See? He’s talking away to you now.” You laugh lightly at the sight, knowing how much Loki would’ve loved to see this.

“I’ll always protect you, Vali, you and your Mum are all the family I have and I’m not losing you too.” Thor sways from side to side with Vali in his arms. “Family look out for each other, no matter where we are.”

Maybe life has got a plan for you, even if it isn’t in the direction you expected it to be after all.

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aziraphaleandcrowley · 4 years

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Tldr: me word vomiting lots of random emotions and thoughts I’ve been having about my life. Would put under a read more but tumblr mobile is shite. Ignore if you wanna, I just needed to throw this into the world cos I’ve been so socially distant from everyone in my life that I haven’t spoken to anyone about this, and I’m not sure I would’ve even if I actually replied to my friends more than once in a blue moon

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Me: honestly convinced I’m never gonna find romantic love cos I’m ace and probably aro - at the very least I’ve never been attracted to/interested in someone enough to want to date them and the whole being sexually attracted to someone and looking a people and wanting to have sex with them sounds fake and doesn’t resonate with me at all.

Me: is theoretically a very sex favourable and positive person but the idea of sex with someone I’m not dating is just so weird to me but damn do I wish there was someone who knew me and my likes and dislikes to be intimate with

Me: is super duper disappointed to not experience love/sex but is simultaneously doing literally zero to create opportunities cos I just don’t speak to anyone outside of my family and colleagues, and the one single guy I had any interest in at work is gay and has left.

Me: reads fanfic constantly and I’m now wondering whether it is beneficial in distracting me from my loneliness or enhancing it. I think both. I think I need a break from fanfic at the very least but honestly don’t know what I’d do without it cos it’s been my go to hobby for so many years and I legit read for 30+ hours a week and that’s soo much time to fill???

Me: really doesn’t want to have kids in the future cos I don’t understand kids in the slightest and pregnancy is terrifying and I still feel like a child myself and I know this is something which may change in the future but I don’t think so and my mum bringing up wanting grandkids on a near weekly basis recently is kinda starting to put me on edge cos I’m already starting to feel like a disappointment cos I’m an only child and I’m the only opportunity for grandkids - which I know is ridiculous but it how I feel and that’s valid

Me: with my grandad in hospital (he’s gonna be fine, he would be out of hospital if he actually did what the doctors and nurses said about doing exercises etc) it has made me think about the family I do have which is: my mum, my dad, my grandad and my uncle. That’s it. I have two other uncles and several cousins etc who I see maybe once a year but they don’t really count.

Me: has a handful of really amazing friends who I haven’t spoken to in months and I don’t even really know why. They’ve all messaged me and I just havent replied. I’m not trying to actively push them away like I did with a friend in the past who I just felt drained with in the end whenever we interacted, but honestly every time I get a message I just feel exhausted at the prospect of ongoing social interaction. And it’s silly cos I know exactly the kind of thing I could message people about to start a conversation, like I could talk to Emily about finally watching Hamilton and how it’s been two weeks and I’m still listening to song on repeat and how she was right about how good it is and yet it’s been a week and a half since I’ve thought about sending that message and yet I haven’t and just uggghhhh @me

Me: is horrified by the idea of being alone for life romantically, and knowing that between my ever dwindling family and me not talking to my friends that being alone if more likely that I ever want to think about

Me: wants to live a happy life of my own but don’t know how to. I want to move out but can’t afford to on my own and it’s super impractical when I can live with my parents for £20 per week for food. But god forbid if anything happens to one of my parents I’m gonna be stuck at home forever cos I have so little family and my parents have literally no one else to turn to.

Me: wants to do a masters in gender and sexuality studies writing about representations of asexuality on screen but I know I could write and entire book which would be great for phd level but I missed the deadline to apply cos June was crazy and all I’ve been doing recently is working 6 days a week then working on my car for a day before working another 6 days. And even if I did a masters and maybe eventually a phd I have no idea what I’d actually do with it? I have so little ambition for anything right now and the future is just a void of mystery in which I don’t even know what I want???

Me: is starting to think I might actually be kinda depressed. I’ve thought it on and off for longer than I’ll ever admit but I’d do quizzes online and they’d say I wasn’t so I didn’t really think too much more about it (and yes I know an online quiz is shit and means nothing but there’s no one I would want to talk to about it cos I feel like I have to be strong for the people around me and shit but yeah). I know I’m not happy, but that doesn’t necessarily equal depressed. All I know is I’m uninspired and I feel kinda empty. Doing stuff I do enjoy, if I actually do it, just makes me feel tired half the time so I end up trying to nap instead but then I don’t sleep great either, waking up in the night or when my dad is getting ready for work so I very rarely get a solid 8 hours of sleep. I’m irritable a lot too...

Me: even if I am depressed what does it matter? Like it does matter ofc, but my mum is on media for depression and it’s taking her weeks to get an appointment with the doctor to try and get a different dosage. I’m not a danger to myself or others, I’m unhappy, but who isn’t with COVID going on and there are people who need mental health services more than me. Which is really hypocritical of me to say cos I’ve told my best friend so many times that trauma and mental health etc aren’t competitions of who has it worse but it’s the truth. Also my mum and colleagues access the only mental health resources in town and I do not want to deal with interactions with people I know whilst trying to improve my mental health.

Me: I don’t know how many times I’ve said it in posts like this but something needs to change. I was set on a good course at the start of the year. I was getting out, socialising, doing new things, inspired to cook, learn to new music and change my lifestyle, and then COVID happened and since all of that has slowly drained away and I need to find a change to revitalise that. I’d hoped getting back to having driving lessons and working on my car would be a start, and to be fair it’s been less than two week since I restarted doing that, so maybe I can find a new spark of inspiration still. Within a couple of months I will pass my driving test. Hopefully it won’t take much longer than that to get my car finished and on the road (hopefully it’ll take two weeks to finish putting the rear end back together so we can finally get my car back on four wheels, then it’s just lots of little jobs which hopefully won’t take too long). The weather is supposed to be decent this week so I might work up the effort to go for a walk down the fields which always seems to relax me a little. And the cinema reopens at the end of the month so I’d finally have an excuse to get out of the house (I know COVID is not over and things should not be going back to normal any time soon, but I need to do something other than go work for 4 hours everyday and spend 90% of my time at home and most of that time in bed because I have nowhere else to go). I don’t know what else I can be hopeful for in the coming weeks but that’s a start and just listing them out here has made me feel a little better so.

I keep thinking about Patrick from Schitt s Creek, leaving his hometown to escape a life which didn’t fit him and finding everything he needed in a tiny town in rural Canada, and wishing I could do the same, but I know I’d just end up even more alone because I am not a social person in the slightest and don’t kno how to be despite knowing that me making changes is the only way to improve myself.

And then a line from Hamilton about death is easy, living is harder, and I want to make it abundantly clear that I do not in any way, shape or form want to die, but living is hard and I have an easy life. I have enough money that I was able to loan my dad the money to buy a car, and still have more savings after that than he does, I have a good that if not particularly well paid I do enjoy and I’m good at, my family live me in their own way, even tho I feel that part of my social distance and reluctantance towards others is because no one in my family is particularly socially inclined.

Maybe I just really need a hug.

I don’t even know where I’m going with this anymore but I just had so much build of of words in my brain that they had to go somewhere and this has turned into my go to word vomit place

Things will get better. I don’t know when or how but they will. But they won’t if I don’t get enough sleep for a starters. So off to bed I go. If you’ve read all this thank you, I guess, for listening cos I’m not sharing this with anyone irl just yet. And I’m sorry this is so long but tumblr mobile doesn’t let me put in a read now but I want this out in the world even tho no one will see it

#anyway ignore me #long post for ts #sorry #tmi #rebecca speaks #again #with the amount of posts i jave like this on here im really starting to think i need to find an actual person to discuss stuff with #not sure what therapy options there are in the uk cos all my knowledge come from here which is so us centric #but i think im gonna do some research #tomorrow tho #long post #personal

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random-contemplations · 5 years

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So here’s the fanfic, I might write a pt2 if I get round to it. Also sorry the spacing is a bit shit on mobile, I promise it looks better on the desktop version!

Edit: the whole thing is up on my A03 which is random_contemplations if you want to check it out!

#crisana #skam españa #cris soto #joana bianchi #croana #crisana fic #croana fic #fanfic #tp

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murdockquills · 5 years

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come a little bit closer

aaaaa i decided to take some interesting starters i found and write up little stardevil drabbles !!! (i apologize i can’t add a ‘read more’ break on mobile ughhhh)

starter: ❛ I know I’m deceiving myself, but I prefer to deceive myself. I desperately need to believe such pure joy is still possible. ❜

summary: peter quill, who is stuck paying a debt and working at a bar while on planet-arrest in NYC, gets a little visit from matt murdock after closing hours

peter is based off the comics. matt is based off mcu. but can be read as any interpretation!

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“I know I’m deceiving myself, but I prefer to deceive myself,” Matthew said, nursing the last drops of yet another Old Fashioned, battered and bloody knuckles tossing back his glass one more time before resting it on the bar. “I desperately... need to believe such pure joy is still possible.” The hint of a smile was tugging at the corner of his mouth, twitching in that thoughtful way Matt Murdock had a habit of doing.

With a sigh, Peter leaned across the wooden counter between them, moving his hand to wrap gently around the man’s, a hand which he was no stranger to holding at this point. But whatever was happening between the two of them was still new, still raw. Even from behind Matt’s tinted glasses, he could tell there were conflicting emotions in his dark eyes. Obviously a lot was on his mind for him to have dropped into the bar tonight, after running around in the suit and mask for a few hours. Peter offered a small, comforting smile, whether or not his partner could tell. He hoped the way his thumb carefully grazed Matthew’s bruised knuckles communicated his intent well enough.

Peter spoke lightly, trying to dissolve the heavy mood into something more palatable, “Are you saying you haven’t felt that at any point between us? Pure joy?”

Matthew chuckled softly. “No, it’s not that, I’m just..... I’m just not sure if I believe it’s really happening. I don’t know what I believe these days.” He shook his head slightly, lips falling back into a contemplative smirk. Letting his hand fall away from the empty glass, he turned it over to curl his fingers around Peter’s, reciprocating his affection. “A spaceman falls out of the sky, ends up in my courtroom, and suddenly everything I thought I knew about my universe has changed.”

“Hopefully for the better,” Peter commented with a cheeky grin, gently pulling his hand away to take Matt’s glass and stow it away into the rack for the dishwasher. He wiped his hands on the bar rag pulled from his back pocket before setting it on the counter and leaning close to speak to the man again. “At any rate, I believe that you and I should get outta here. I’ve got my work cut out for me if you still don’t know how to be happy yet, Murdock.”

Matt couldn’t help but smile genuinely, knowing Peter only called him by his last name when he was playing around. Still, he was right. He didn’t know how to let himself just be happy for once. As Peter came around to his side of the bar, he got off his stool and moved to put his jacket back on while approaching the door, his walking cane folded in hand. Peter ushered him forward with a hand on his back, only to stop once he was about to open the door.

“Actually, juuuust a second, I almost forgot something,” Peter said, grasping Matt’s arms firmly for a moment to indicate that he should stay put. Matthew obliged, a slightly puzzled expression on his face upon hearing his partner cross to the complete opposite side of the room. Then he heard it — the click. Followed by the whirring of a mechanism as it dropped a small vinyl disc into the slot, waiting for the needle to drop on it. The jukebox.

In a little cafe, just the other side of the border

She was just sitting there givin' me looks, that made my mouth water....

“Peter —“ Matt started, with a bit of exasperation, knowing what was likely coming next. But he couldn’t hide the way his mouth curved upwards in anticipation as the music started. “I’m really not in the —“

“Ah ah ah, you’re gonna miss the best part,” Pete chastised, excitedly bounding back over to where the man stood stiffly and taking him by the hand. He hurriedly pulled the jacket and the cane from his partner’s grasp and set them on a table, dragging a begrudging Matthew into an open space.

...And I knew, yes I knew I should leave when I heard her say, yeah...

Peter coerced his partner into a dance, grabbing Matt by the waist and pulling him in close. He sang along coyly, “Come a little bit closer, you’re my kind of man, so big and so strong — Come a little bit closer, I’m all alone and the night is so long!” He watched as the brunette’s handsome face scrunched up in a laugh, the softness of it juxtaposed against the cuts and dried blood that littered his skin. It filled his heart to the brim, making him laugh like that. Lifting whatever he could of that dark shadow that loomed over the lawyer’s life.

The alcohol in Matthew’s veins made him loosen up quicker than normal, falling into a rhythm with Peter’s dancing footsteps without much coercion as he was turned and spun and shifted around. Despite the ache in his tired muscles, it was a welcome release of the tension he had been carrying all day. Suddenly, Matt tripped up the blonde’s ankle with his foot, causing the taller man to fall into his strong arms with a slight yelp. Peter was surprised to find himself being dipped to the music. Even more surprised to find Matthew’s lips to his own. He put a hand to his stubbled cheek and accepted it graciously.

“Careful there, Matt,” Peter said with a smirk, his hazel eyes searching his partner’s face. “I might think I actually convinced you of believing in something.”

“I believe,” Matthew started, lifting his counterpart back upright and holding him around the waist. “You’re my kind of man. So big, and so strong.”

Dare he even consider the weight that felt lifted from his shoulders to be actual joy — pure and unscathed.

#stardevil #peter quill #matt murdock #quill x murdock #peter quill x matt murdock #mcu fic #star lord #daredevil #my fic #fic drabble #this is my first time really doing this fjfkfjdjd sorry #i’m bored and this is what i chose to do tonight #long post

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as a relatively new writer in this group i find it very frustrating trying to form connections and interactions. people arent replying to starters before posting their own and everyone has their own clique. even if there are open starters they are only interacting with each other and ignoring new members and how are we supposed to stay active? its like pulling teeth

I’m sorry that the beginning of your experience has been frustrating for you. I definitely don’t want that for anyone. I always want this rp to be exactly what rp is meant to be... Just fun! Obviously, when it’s not for someone I want to see what I can do to change that and make the group aware.

When bubble rping is brought up I take it seriously. I have been in super cliquey rps and I don’t want that to be this one. I’m not going to say that there haven’t been moments when bubbling happens, it happens to every rp, so we are not some flawless group here and I won’t pretend like we haven’t had to address issues or I haven’t had to check myself. But I always do address them when either I notice or it’s brought to my attention, so please know in answering this I take this ask and your feelings on this seriously.

Now looking at the starters I am not really sure that I see what you mean? Looking at the notes on each one of the last 15 starters posted I see an average 8 (or more) members replying to the starters (minus the ones posted in the last 24 hours). The older members who have made starters recently or are the ones currently active the last few days are on every single one of the notes. Remember that many people here have multiple characters and so the older member who made a starter recently most likely replied to the other starters with a different character than what they posted their starter with. So maybe it looks like some are neglecting the tags but it just may be that they are choosing different characters for different threads. I don’t see any starter in the starter blog (which is what people use since the tags are not in order any more) that has been ignored? I am not trying at all just to dismiss what you are saying so that is why I am looking there and I just personally don’t see what is being ignored unless the starter was not posted in the side starter blog? That is a possibility and if that is the case probably wasn’t replied to because we didn’t see it.

Now I will say I know there has been a lot more texting than anything this past week. I get that can be frustrating for people who want threads. I really do get that. I personally hate when I’m guilty of just doing texts and I think that there should be an effort to do chats and such because I believe completely that gif chats are what keep an rp open. Which is maybe why you may also feel that way? But many people who are texting have made open calls in the ooc that if you want texts to comment. Again they are also the ones that I have noticed that have replied to starters. I just want to encourage you that I know if you’re new and don’t have connections that you may feel that isn’t for you but it 100% is. I don’t care if we haven’t had a single post together! If I put that and you ask for one I am so down to throw some texts your way because that quick back and forth can be such a great way to form a connection that gets some new gif chats going! Again I don’t like when texts are the majority of what is happening on the dash but at the same time it happens. We are all adults here with busy schedules and it’s the easiest to do mobile when given some time in between things or at school/work. Sometimes we just need grace during those busy parts of our lives. The texts give us a chance to stay in the group while navigating stressful schedules.

With all of this being said... **Members, let’s just use this as a chance to keep ourselves accountable. Maybe just give yourself a check to make sure you are doing your part in checking the starter tag and such and not just sticking to old or private starters. This is a group rp not a mumu. So you know what I always say, if you look over your things and feel you’ve done your part in answering starters then awesome! I really appreciate that and I do notice the people that do. To the others who kind of notice they have been lacking in having a variety of threads with different members, it happens but now you know, hey I need to step up. So let’s do it. It’s never a bad thing to have an accountability check for a group that has been around this long and it’s being able to bring these up to you guys that I know what a great group this is because you always step up when I ask because I know like me you want this group to be fun for every member!

Anon, I appreciate you coming to me. I know it isn’t easy. And I hope again you don’t think that I dismissed what you are saying. If there was something I missed with the starters concern let me know. I’m just not quite seeing it. Please know that I am very open to what people have to say. That if you ever want to come to me privately I have an open door always. I don’t want it be something you feel is intimidating or confrontational. That isn’t my style and I hope others can attest to that. Even if I may disagree with something I promise to respect you and I just ask that I receive that respect back. I hope that this can be a place that you enjoy as again all this rp is meant to do is be fun for those who love to write.

Thank you!

-Admin Rey

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Santomas sat on a formed plastic bench before an enormous control console, not dissimilar from the one in his office in Wales. “This is the main control center,” the engineer explained as he powered on the terminal and the various holos flickered to life. “The various sub-systems are routed to the main process PLCs here, and then up to the comms array on the roof. I can supervise the entire production queue from this terminal, manually interface with individual machines, et cetera. It’s really fascinating when you think about it, how the automation protocols have advanced in the last thirty years...”

“While the facility tour has been highly interesting,” Chatham interrupted, “I might remind you that we’re here to investigate a possible crime.”.

“Right, right, we’re getting to it.” He keyed several commands into the console, and a process flow diagram appeared on the holoscreen.

The detective wasn’t sure what she was looking at. “Help me understand what I’m seeing here.”

“Well, for starters, clearly the status link is working.”

“I could see that the moment we walked in,” she countered.

“Right, but that’s the thing. The external command status for this entire fab is set to shutdown. It basically terminated all line operations and told all the machinery to power down. Nothing’s supposed to be running, which is why we were seeing the red flag back in my office. But somehow the production queue got restarted; I don’t know… how... but the lines are obviously running. And, well,” Santomas scratched at the back of his head, a sheepish look on his face. “We never really planned for a conflict like this.”

“How so?”

“Just because I can control things from this terminal doesn’t mean we ever intended to. The status flag fed back to the office is strictly report-only. Once the line starts up it closes the contact on an output relay which sends the status signal out. So there’s a conflict: the last external value was set for shutdown, which its reporting. But I don’t think anyone ever anticipated a scenario where the fab would still also be running production, so we’re getting both statuses. The system didn’t know what to report, so it just reported everything.”

Chatham closed in behind him, her hand resting on his shoulder, as she lowered her face in towards the holo. “I thought you said the batch files-”

“Recipes.”

“Right, the recipes, are only uploaded over your secure link,” she finished.

The engineer nodded in assent. “Correct.”

“Well can you determine who uploaded this particular recipe file?” Chatham asked.

“Should be able to. Hold on,” Santomas said, typing furiously at the terminal. The holo flashed as he cycled through the screens and windows. He frowned, flipping his glasses up onto his forehead as he narrowed his eyes at the projection. “Okay, now, that’s real weird.”

“Don’t keep me in suspense Mister Santomas,” the detective demanded.

“So, I can’t figure out who ran this recipe,” he said. Chatham’s eyebrows raised in concern, but he waved her off. “That’s not even the weirdest part.”

She cocked her head slightly in frustration, rolling her eyes as she motioned him on.

“I’m looking at the execution instructions for this recipe and it’s missing the authorization code.”

“English, please,” she pleaded. “We haven’t all day here.”

He pointed toward the holo. “You see here, at the top of this recipe file? This is the program header: it’s not really any different from your average code file, where the programmer will put a bunch of identifying information. Revision number, code author, notes, etc. Well, in the case of our recipe files, there’s also supposed to be an authorization code - when the recipe goes into execution, the first thing the PLCs are supposed to do is confirm the authorization code. We, by which I mean, The Consortium, add it to every recipe. It’s part of our regulatory review process, and it also prevents user recipes from running without our knowledge.”

He paused, as if for dramatic effect, and gestured for him to continue with a stern glare.

“Each activation code is tied to a specific Consortium user, so it would ID who approved it.”

The detective digested this for a moment, following his logic to its inevitable conclusion. “So you’re telling me that not only do you know why the facility is running, but also who started it?”

“Evidently not,” Santomas replied through clenched teeth, one hand resting on his temple as he continued to stare into the holographic interface.

“Is it possible the recipe was somehow executed from here in this command station, overriding the authorization?” Chatham posited.

“Nope. Has to be over the remote link. Otherwise anybody could break in here, hard as it might be, and run whatever they wanted. I’d say that’s mainly for security reasons but honestly the higher-ups wanted it to make sure the maintenance guys couldn’t run some kind of black market operations without anyone knowing,” he explained.

“And that link protocol is…”

“Uncrackable, yes. Or at least, so we thought.” Santomas slid back into the bench in defeat. “I just… this shouldn’t be possible.”

“Alright, well,” Chatham said, mustering as much reassurance as she could manner, “we don’t know who is doing this, or how. Can we at least find out what they’re up to?”

The engineer perked back up slightly. “That, madame detective, we can do. Let me pull up the production orders.”

He toggled the holo back to the process flow diagram they had seen earlier, and after some additional keystrokes and a few seconds of loading, an exploded view of several manufacturing assemblies replaced it. The images that appeared was instantly recognizable, and Santomas slid his glasses back down onto his nose as he leaned in. “Well, that’s… fuck.”

Before them stood schematics for a veritable armory’s worth of equipment- assault rifles, attack drones, launch tubes for explosives, and body armor.

They both paused, taking in the enormity of the discovery, until Santomas let out a low whistle to break the tension. “I guess we know why we couldn’t find the activation code.”

“Quite.” Chatham leaned in close, grasping the back of the bench in her hands as she surveyed the plans. “But what’s that?” she said, pointing towards what appeared to be a chemical formula quietly tucked into the corner of the display.

The engineer enlarged that particular schematic, a sequence of lines and symbols stacked upon each other in a gridlike arrangement. “It’s… some kind of MEMS device, I think?”

“I’m not familiar.”

“Right, okay. MEMS is an acronym. Micro-electromechanical systems. They’re like... “ he paused, searching for an analogy. “Tiny robots, I guess? Think like, incredibly small simple machines. On the order of microns, or smaller. They’re typically used in stuff like electronics. I don’t really know what this one is, though. I’m not a materials guy. I’d have to ask one of the manufacturing engineers back in the office.”

The detective took out her mobile and enabled the video capture feed from her glasses. She wanted a record of what they were looking at, both to further the investigation, and to convince the Earl that something was indeed going on within the Consortium. “I plan to do just that. But these items are actively in production, are they not? Can we perhaps go take a look at the finished products?”

“Yes ma’am. The final products are shunted down to the lower level where the Logistics freighters pull up.” He shut down the interface to the console and stood from the bench, beckoning her to follow him.

They descended from the control tower back down onto the main production floor. Chatham passed drone trolleys carrying semi-finished assemblies that now, with the benefit of hindsight, she clearly recognized as components for various weapons: machined barrels, molded hand grips, polymer-ceramic plates for body armor. The automatons labored on, blissfully unaware of the dangerous repercussions their efforts implied; in this age of great upheaval in the global economy when an under-employed populace had little room for moral judgment with regard to their job prospects, some might still think twice about contributing toward a runaway military industrial complex. These automated foundries, freed from the constraints of ethical consideration, had no compunctions or considerations toward the fruits of their labors. They couldn’t be bargained with, or reasoned with; they felt not pity, not remorse, nor fear, and they absolutely would not stop, ever, until their jobs were complete or they were commanded otherwise.

As they wound their way through the fab, Chatham wondered what it would be like to have such a drive, independent of any ethics or human hesitancies. She sometimes felt almost mechanical in her hunt for justice, as if some command line deep inside her been hacked that adolescent evening, over-writing any other directives she might have grown to contemplate. But even then a choice had been made, whether by her own volition or not. She was not a form bound to its function, like these mindless machines, never deviating from their pre-programmed routines. She too had her governance, but within those constraints she was still free to act with some personal will; free to pursue her justice her own way, in direct contravention of orders if and when required, much to her superiors’ irritation. It was a comforting thought, here in this enormous monument to man’s drive to commercial advancement; the almighty pound sterling might still reign supreme, but the detective still got to decide how to spend hers. For now, at least.

Davis broke her from her reverie as he opened a large freight elevator that carried them down to the lower level. “This is a lot to take in, huh?” he asked as they descended. “I don’t know about you, but I’m really worried about what’s happening here.”

Chatham smiled reassuringly. “I’m afraid I don’t have the luxury of anxiety, Mister Santomas,” she lied. “Only a dangerous mix of curiosity and determination.”

The elevator doors parted, and they exited out into a loading dock. It was piled high with crates, each emblazoned with the Ross logo. The detective hunched down below one, prying futilely at the top, but it was nailed shut tight. Davis appeared behind her with a crowbar, and with a concerted effort they lifted the lid off, sending it crashing to the floor with a loud clang.

“What the hell was that?” a voice called from somewhere down the dock.

#long post #the world ocean #sometimes i think this book might be okay

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HIYA FOLKS WELCOME TO MY BLOG HERE. GONNA KEEP THESE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO LETS GET TO IT. --- this blog is dash only for now but may change in the near future.

first things first. i am a student in school monday - friday from 1-5pm so expect some slowness on my end. i am studying to be a mental health and addictions worker & am really passionate about the field i am in so i will be obviously prioritizing school & also irl commitments over rp. please respect this & we shall be dandy

now that thats outta the way. HI THERE I AM ES !!!! ( well technically its ESTELLE, but you can call me either or i do not mind !!! ) YOUR LOCAL NON-BINARY GAY ( they / them pls ) who is in fact straight af for a certain gay icon zachary quinto --- i hail from the pst timezone in vancouver canada. fun facts about me. ANYWHO ON WITH THE RULES.

REPLIES

this is not my only blog folks, it will be one of my more active ones, but it is not the only one i run. please be patient in terms of replies. i usually try to stay on top of my game but sometimes i miss shiz. pls poke me after 2 weeks if you are wondering, i may have missed it !! however it is likely in my drafts. PRO TIP THOUGH, i like each reply or starter posted to me, if i didn’t like it there is a 95% chance i did not see it. so please feel free to remind me after the 2 weeks.

also personals do not reblog my threads, ooc posts or anything thats not a reblogged photoset , its annoying, just don’t do it. -- i also have minor case of dyslexia so please be patient with spelling errors. i catch most of them, but sometimes i don’t get them all. if something becomes an issue please tell me.

FOLLOWING AND UNFOLLOWING

i am mutuals only. please keep this in mind. i will only take ooc asks from non mutuals. if i am not at least following you ( cos i know some people who i write with / have written with don’t follow everyone cos they want a clean dash, but they still wanna write ) then please don’t attempt ic interactions. this is your first & final warning. i will ignore attempts & block if it persists.

do not follow & refollow me repeatedly its also annoying & will likely get you blocked. i take a while to follow back sometimes, please be patient. i rarely unfollow so if you see it happen, please poke me. however i have the right to ignore it, or not answer. you have the invitation, i just don’t have to invite you in if i chose to revoke it.

disclaimer i probably will not follow blogs that romantically ship peter/claire. incest normally doesn’t bother me enough to mention it, but this one just really is a big nope for me. sorry in advance.

CHARACTERIZATION

gabriel is based off nbc heroes & my own personal headcanons. at the point of writing this i have seen the first & second season, i am making my way through the rest of the show at present. don’t worry about spoilers though as i pretty much know most of the major plot points for gabriel during the series, just not all the specifics. --- threads will generally take place in aus & content i have seen however, until i have caught up. though idk how big the fandom is so i sense a lot of aus my way any ways lol

*** REGARDING HEROES REBORN

i have no plans to watch it. sylar isn’t even in the show so its really just not required of me to view it. any plot lines transpired in that canon will never be seen in any way on my blog. sylar reforms himself post series & just goes on from there. when i officially make it through the whole show i will write proper headcanons on that.

ACTIVITY

because of school & other blogs i won’t always be around. however i can always be reached by mobile if you need anything, just hmu. thank you for your patience in this regard. also fair warning i do have ADD a low grade form of ADHD so i get a lot of the fun extras that come with it. please respect there are times i may need to step back or times when i become disassociated , its been happening a lot lately so i wanted to inform people so they don’t think i am ignoring them. i promise its not you, its me, i just need space. FOR THE MOST PART, i am usually always around to answer ims & messages so do not be afraid to message me or anything.

SHIPPING

ah yes everyones fave category. if anyone has questions you can always im me or hu my ask box for more deets. GABRIEL IS PANSEXUAL BORDERLINE GRAY ROMANTIC ( hes between demi & gray )

imma start off by saying that i ship syelle as well as petlar. a note about the later, from what i have read & seen i will only really ship them ( petlar ) during / post the wall, which at the time of writing this i still need to view. i would be open to pre show aus to start at this point.

anything else is fair game at this point, just be aware sylar isn’t looking for anything serious really during heroes canon. plus hes not exactly a nice guy so like be warned there. ---- honest to god if your interested in shipping with sylar or gabriel ( yes there is a difference ) pls come @ me. the worst i can do is say no.

i will also state i don’t ship sylaire because well…. shes underage ???? & before you leap down my throat about heroes reborn, most of the content i have seen is her being underage. but i’m not gonna accuse anyone of aging anyone up for a ship, cos there is canon where she is older. i am just not interested. don’t see the appeal, i’ve read way too much meta & just don’t see it.

it is also worth noting that post 3x01 the second coming, sylar can no longer die. he is immortal. save for one weak spot which he aint about to tell anyone where it is.

finally ummmm i’m 22 guys so no lying about your age to smut with me. i will block your ass if you do. don’t make me be the bad guy.

GODMODDING

pls do not god mod my muse. you wanna write him ?? make a blog of your own, or go write some fic. i play three strikes. first time is a reminder, second time is a thread drop third time is a partner all together drop. THESE CAN BE EXERCISED AT MY DISCRETION HOWEVER

also i think its worth mentioning cos some might see this as potential godmodding. sylar is not a nice guy, hes a type of serial killer. he will kill you if it benefits him, or if you piss him off enough. hes not above doing it just to prove a point. he will hurt you if you make angry, might not kill you but he can hurt you if you anger him. so if your muse riles him up enough ?? just be prepared for potential violence, that might follow. --- i will not exercise my muses strength cos you think its funny to have yours poke the hive. -- if you don’t like this, please don’t attempt to write with me. my muse is a villian for most of the show & i won’t be watering him down for you.

OOC VS. IC KNOWLEDGE

at the point i am in the show, the only people who know what sylar looks like are the people that have seen him, furthermore only those who have heard the name know he is even a thing. so its safe to say a lot of normal savillians don’t know him. HELL a lot of the heroes don’t know him either. --- keep this in mind when interacting. if your character has special abilities to know who he is, thats different, but don’t just assume you know who he is or what he does.

FURTHERMORE TO GO OFF A TANGENT i am not gonna be too keen to see a bunch of starters of people begging for their lives. gabriel is a hell of a lot more then just a random serial killer. he is a complex character who has feelings & issues of his own. hes not going to kill just anyone for the sake of it. please bare this in mind. i will likely not reply to those kind of random interactions. --- by all means if you wanna plot something like that i am game for it, but please give me the heads up. i will not reduce my muse to a stereotype killer, cause hes not & thats the tea. he only kills when it benefits him, its not a sport for the hell of it.

TRIGGERING CONTENT

given the nature of my muse there will be some triggering themes on this blog. such as murder, gore, suicide, manipulation. if anyone is bothered by this, please blacklist accordingly. i tag “ insert trigger “ tw. i will not be posting heavy gore on this blog in visuals at least & i ask you tag it if you post it. i’m fine with a bit of blood, but too much makes me a little ill. writing is fine, anything like a photoset with heavy gore needs to be tagged for me, & i myself will not be posting such content.

MAINS & EXCLUSIVES

i will only be doing exclusives for ships & crossover fandoms at this time. if you are interested in being mains lemme know. i do however require previous interaction ic or occ, preferably both. if you wanna be exclusive i ask you return the favour otherwise i drop the exclusivity.

AND I THINK THATS ABOUT IT !! I PROMISE I AM LESS SCARY THEN THESE RULES MAKE ME SEEM, I AM GIANT NERD WHO IS HELLA FRIENDLY & LIKES TO GUSH ABOUT HER FAVES ALWAYS !! MUTUALS MAY ASK FOR DISCORD IF THEY WISH TO TALK THERE

NOW HURRY UP & ATTACK MY INBOX OR IMS OR LIKE A STARTER CALL LETS WRITE !!

#rules !

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College Football 2020 Season Week 8 TV Watch Em Ups: worst case scenario colored glasses

We all should have realized the end was nigh when Wisconsin finally showed up for the season sporting an honest to god four star QB that they had recruited out of high school.

It’s Halloween, there’s a super full extra bloody moon or some such shit, Trevor Lawrence has COVID, the Dodgers won the World Series and Tuesday is election day. All of these things seem foreboding. Oh! And there’s also an asteroid that might hit us on Monday!

Let’s see how many games I write up before the impending doom takes me out this week.

Saturday, October 31

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Mobile

16 Kansas State at West Virginia 12:00pm ESPN2

College football is always nonsense but this year is extra nonsensical. Both of these teams kind of suck but one of them is ranked #16. K-State is favored in Morgantown and that just seems iffy.

5 Georgia at Kentucky 12:00pm SECN

We are all shocked that Kentucky isn’t actually any good. Of course they’ll feature in some upset updates this week but that’s just because Kirby Smart sucks.

Purdue at Illinois 12:00pm BTN

The way things are going this could be your last chance to see Rondale Moore as a Purdue Boilermakers so that’s something to watch for.

20 Coastal Carolina at Georgia State 12:00pm ESPNU

I told you last week that there aren’t ten good teams this year and look at this shit.

Michigan State at 13 Michigan 12:00pm FOX

Michigan is favored by 21.5 against a bad Michigan State team. If that’s not the set up for a great punchline, I don’t know what is.

23 Iowa State at Kansas 12:00pm FS1

How do you even get a 50.5-point line listed? That’s setting aside the oddity of being a 50.5-point home underdog. And all of this is setting aside the near certainty that upwards of 50% of the kids in this game have already tested positive for COVID and just weren’t ever notified because that might make them stop playing football. I’m sure there are kids like that all over the TV landscape today, I just have a gut feeling that these two programs would be among the worst offenders.

Wake Forest at Syracuse 12:00pm ACCN

ACC football, it’s still crappy!

Boston College at 1 Clemson 12:00pm ABC

With Trevor Lawrence up on the shelf this is your first chance to see DJ Uigaleilei actually running the offense. The little bit I saw of him a few weeks ago didn’t inspire my imagination but he is huge and supposedly has quite the strong arm.

UTSA at Florida Atlantic 12:00pm Stadium

The nation’s leading rusher plays for UTSA and his name is Sincere McCormick. I assume he’s actually a time-traveling cowboy.

Temple at Tulane 12:00pm ESPN+

Two of my favorite flavors of trash. I might not turn on the TV today, though.

Memphis at 7 Cincinnati 12:00pm ESPN

Part of the reason I’m not sure about my watch ‘em up consumption today is that Miami is off, part is that I won’t be at home most of the day, and part is that I’m afeared Little Ohio State is going to just thump the hell out of our beloved Memphis Tigers. If I check my phone and see this game is close in the third quarter I may feel compelled to check in on it.

UCF at Houston 2:00pm ESPN+

For some reason I was thinking Dana Holgorsen had coached Josh Heupel at Oklahoma but Holgo was actually at Texas Tech with Mike Leach after Leach was at Oklahoma. Oh, well. This poison looks sweet to me.

Rice at Southern Miss 3:00pm ESPN3

My interest in this post is really starting to wane.

Troy at Arkansas State 3:00pm ESPN3

In a non-pandemic year I’d love this game.

Abilene Christian at Mercer 3:00pm ESPN3

This game should be played in the middle of the night with no crowd and maybe no refs or coaches.

Western Colorado at Stephen F. Austin 3:00pm ESPN3

This is a

17 Indiana at Rutgers 3:30pm FS1

This stupid year. If Rutgers pulls a second straight upset and Sparty somehow beats Michigan, the Rutgers Hauers will probably be ranked next week.

Northwestern at Iowa 3:30pm ESPN

Iowa, as per usual, has like five guys on their team that will be NFL starters and still aren’t worth watching.

LSU at Auburn 3:30pm CBS

It’s LSU and Auburn! Expect this one to go off the rails early and often.

UAB at Louisiana Tech 3:30pm Stadium

Good weird football but it’s on Stadium so I can’t recommend it.

4 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech 3:30pm ABC

The priest that was at the ACB Super Spreader luncheon is the school president of Notre Dame, right? He probably gave COVID to Trevor Lawrence to give his Fighting Satans a chance in hell against Clemson. What’s that you say? Notre Dame isn’t playing Clemson this week? Of course they aren’t. Notre Dame has this weekend off.

TCU at Baylor 3:30pm ESPN2

I just threw my hands up and sighed. I don’t know how to type that feeling other than to describe the physical actions. You know what I mean.

Appalachian State at ULM 4:00pm ESPNU

I don’t really know.

Virginia Tech at Louisville 4:00pm ACCN

These were supposed to be “good” ACC teams this year. They are not good teams but either one or both could still turn out to be good in ACC terms.

Texas at 6 Oklahoma State 4:00pm FOX

Oklahoma State is fools gold in the rankings but that very fast Canadian kid is still fun to watch.

Mississippi at Vanderbilt 4:00pm SECN

There is nothing fun or interesting about this game.

Missouri Western at Central Arkansas 4:00pm ESPN3

These schools are both junior colleges.

25 Boise State at Air Force 6:00pm CBSSN

I don’t care what you lot say, Boise State football is a net good for the sport and I like it when they’re ranked.

New Mexico at San Jose State 7:00pm FS1

This game probably shouldn’t be played at all but it definitely shouldn’t kick off at 4pm local time.

Mississippi State at 2 Alabama 7:00pm ESPN

Bama is going to be on cruise control for the rest of the regular season but that doesn’t mean they won’t win a few games by 50+.

Charlotte at Duke 7:00pm RSN/ESPN3

Hooray Charlotte, I guess.

Navy at 22 SMU 7:30pm ESPN2

I’m really not enjoying Navy’s reliance on throwing the ball this year.

Arkansas at 8 Texas A&M 7:30pm SECN

Again I say pig sooie.

3 Ohio State at 18 Penn State 7:30pm ABC

There are only a few times where it is generally OK to root for the Buckeyes and playing Penn State is always one of those times.

Missouri at 10 Florida 7:30pm SECN

I can’t remember if the Gators are wearing cool throwback uniforms this week or if they already did that last week. Somehow my mind is really rejecting this game in particular and I’m not really sure why.

Louisiana at Texas State 8:00pm ESPNU

This sucks.

15 North Carolina at Virginia 8:00pm ACCN

Wa-hoo-wa imho.

24 Oklahoma at Texas Tech 8:00pm FOX

FOX ads for this week really made it seem like Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were going to play each other but that is very much not the case.

San Diego State at Utah State 9:30pm CBSSN

Huge throbbing boner at the thought of this game.

WKU at 11 BYU 10:15pm ESPN

BYU seems to be legitimately good for the first time in a while. I like that for nostalgia’s sake even though I have always hated BYU.

Nevada at UNLV 10:30pm FS1

I think UNLV plays in the Raiders stadium now but they might not yet. I don’t remember. I’d rather this game was still played in UNLV’s shitty old stadium over in Henderson.

GAMES OF THE WEEK

9 Wisconsin at Nebraska Canceled

North Texas at UTEP Postponed

#asteroid #please hit us #football #tv #watch em ups #college football #saturday post #covid

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→ R ・U ・L・ E ・S

Rules { last UPDATE - 05/30/2019 }

x- I will not rp with everyone, I’m currently indie but very selective.

please note that my blog here is highly selective. I will only interact and rp with people I feel comfortable with. With other words I can be picky when it comes to whom I follow. If we aren’t mutuals it doesn’t mean you can’t send me asks or memes but please know that it’s very unlikely that I will start a rp with you. I will however, always try to answer everything as much as I can ic; and eventually ooc;

x- posts&&;threads

I can write starters but not particularly fond of doing so. I think I’m not skilled enough to come up with an interesting intro. Sometimes I’ll post starters however…

Each day, there is a chance I reblog at maximal 5 memes. Exceptions can happen but it will never go beyond 7 memes per day. I don’t want to spam your dash.

If you want to reply to an ask or meme , then please post a new thread tagging me in it. I don’t like reblogging asks.

When I reblog memes, feel free to send me some it can be either ic, on anon or off. I will definitely try my best to reply to each ask

my writing style differs via mode. Sometimes I write a lot, sometimes not. My preferences are para-semi and novella. There is absolutely no need for you to do the same in return. But if we have chosen a semi para rp I ask kindly that you refrain from sending a single line as reply. I always allow this for asks and crack rps tho. I’m not a professional writer so please expect me to have writing flaws. English is not my native language after all. But I do my best.

roleplay

Planning to kill my character? Notify me first and we’ll discuss it. mentally or physically tormenting my character is okay but refrain from anything lewd.

When we start a roleplay, I try always strictly to stay in character, Rena will not just appear in your timeline/world without a proper plot.

I approve of M!A’s but I have a right to refuse them when I don’t like them, or think of them as too ooc;

If you are part of a MMOFRPG group and would like to rp with me, don’t be afraid to approach me. I used to rp at MMOFRPG for an entire year and I don’t mind roleplaying with you just because you’re part of a group.

I do have mains, And I don’t intent to replace them. Chances are very high I will reply to my mains first before anyone else. but that does not mean I ignore you, I will get to your reply too. If you however think I missed it, hit me up pls.

I try my best to make each roleplay enjoyable for my roleplay partner, chances are , I’m trying even to meet your way of writing, to please you.]

I can be very slow with replies, please be patient.

Threads come and go. Don’t take it badly when I drop our thread, we can always start a new one. or maybe our preferences of writing just doesn’t match, in that case I’m still willing to interact ic; via asks and similar but long threads are out of question.

If I drop a rp it can have many different reasons but certainly not because I didn’t enjoy to rp with you. The same goes vice versa.

Mun is over 18 years old

Personally, when it comes to smut, I prefer noncon themes, Unless you rp Keiichi. because Rena loves Keiichi and out of her own will she wouldn’t even consider to sleep with anyone else. However, she often deals with people that clearly cross the line. Making her more insane.

IMPORTANT: I will not rp any lewd here with anyone.

The only one I sometimes rp this with is my husbando but we do not rp it here on tumblr.

Rena was almost raped in the past in Ibaraki. By the only male friends she made, 3 classmates- one of them ( Kouhai ) was related to her best friend Ozaki Nagisa. During the rape attempt , she injured the boys with a baseball bat, and smashed all the windows of the school. After that happening and after Nagisa’s death* who was actually murdered ) she was left with a major trauma. Increasing her to believe more strongly into Oyashiro-sama’s curse. This is not made up or a headcanon, but it’s actually canon from Higurashi Sui - Tokihogushi-hen. You can look it up , if you wish to do so. The reason I mention this, is because not everyone knows about Tokihogushi-hen arc. I approve of that kind of rp because I absolutely love angsty-themed rps,

another aspect of this might be my husbando, since he roleplays mainly edgy Battler, it’s more ic; for our muses; rena loves Keiichi, and even if she falls for Battler during an rp, there is no way she’d fall for the edgy Battler too. Since he’s literally a nightmare of the original Battler.

mun&IMPORTANT details!

Please note that what I write has nothing to with the real me. Though, I won’t lie that my muse and me are very similar, I’m in no way supporting everything that my muse does.

Furthermore, I know that RP is just for fun indeed, However. Rena is REALLY important to me. I rp Rena since a long long time and never got bored of it and never will. Rena is not just a muse/character for me, it’s basically part of my life and very strong influence on me. Not to mention we share lots of things in common. Rena helps me to keep my cool. This character means all to me. It’s literally a part of myself, very important to my soul. So much that I changed my real name to Rena long ago.

This is also why , I’m trying absolutely always my best to be absolutely ic; and that’s not difficult to do for me because I know all the higurashi games and even study japanese. You may will realize this whenever I talk/rp with someone of my rp partners in kanji.

Due to learning japanese, I keep using lots of japanese catch phases that Rena says during rp’s. However, I never use anything that may seems too hard to be understood. So please do not let this be of a disturbance to you , If you ever want to know what I’m saying however, please just mention it in your tags.

Now as for myself, there isn’t much to say. I told you already my real name is Rena and I’m a hardcore 07thExpansion fan. I’m actually mysterious and not very open hearted. Some may even see me as arrogant for being an INTJ. but that’s not true at all, I’m just a picky person in general. I have a sideblog that I use mainly to reblog and post all kind of 07thExpansion stuff and moe culture. @maid-rena

Discord/SKYPE/TWITTER: is eventually available upon request

this blog will have trigger warning contents.

RP’s can get quite dark, angsty, psychotic and bloody. Trigger warning content such as gore, homicide, torture, self-harm, can or will happen, but will be tagged accordingly.

IMPORTANT: Again, I will never approve of a smut rp here on tumblr.

formating

Edits, Icons and Layout are made by myself unless otherwise stated. Most of my icons are edited and cleaned by me, please don’t use them.

I made over 1k icons before but unfortunately. I lost many, likely I will make new icons again.

the mun faceclaim here for myself is roon from azur lane

I’m not the best editor however and I really suck making themes so chances are low that I will update my theme often. However if you’re skilled and talented in editing and making themes, then you’re absolutely free to help me out, Like, totally ~

I sometimes use scripting and sometimes not, it’s always up to my laziness and mood and it often depends on me being mobile or using my laptop.

about rena

Rena has been through a lot of shit. She is bad-ass insane at times. However, Rena isn’t a killer-loli, She’s much more than that. Despite her usual cheerful and childish behavior, she’s actually one of the most matured characters in Higurashi with a really deep personality. And I will roleplay her accurate to the games not the anime.

You may consider Rena as a Yangire which isn’t just wrong, but please keep in mind that her deceiving treats come from her delusions most of the time and such come again by 80% from the hinamizawa syndrom.

Rena has the highest number of murders of the club members because in Yoigoshi-hen (the alternate version of Tsumihoroboshi-hen) she successfully blew up the whole school which killed 15 children (including herself, Mion, Satoko, Rika and Keiichi), likewise, she murdered Houjou Teppei and Mamiya Rina.

Rena is not mentally labile, tho she may seems evil at times, she is neither good or bad. One could most likely say she’s very ‘sick’ at times. Absolutely delusional. If I had to categorize her, I’d say she’s “chaotic good”.

For further information about her mental disorders, please follow this LINK

#rules #( finally updated this )#(; long post )#(;; wall of text )

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How To Dreamwidth: A Primer

the more friends ask me about dreamwidth, the more i realize i know a lot about this site that isn’t super obvious at first glance. so here is a primer for those of you thinking about making a dreamwidth account. this post ranges from your really basic starter tips to the completely esoteric things that come from using it for a decade.

2023 note: This post was written in 2018. While most of this post is still true, various features may have been changed or updated in the years since.

a what now? dreamwho?

Dreamwidth is a code fork of LiveJournal. A code fork means that they took LJ’s code (which used to be open source) and went their own direction with it. They still use the basic ideas behind LJ’s codebase, but have changed and improved upon it in various ways.

The core difference between DW and other websites is privacy isn’t an afterthought, but the central feature. You can lock posts, filter them to a select group, or make them visible to only you. I recommend reading through this section of DW’s FAQ for more on this.

When you make an account, you can subscribe (ie follow) and grant access to other users. Both of these are one-way – if A subscribes to B, that doesn’t automatically grant B access to all of A’s locked posts. Here’s more on this.

DW in general can be kind of confusing for people who have only used tumblr, but their FAQs are pretty good on the whole, and they’re searchable. If a website feature is confusing, start there.

okay, i have a journal. now what?

Customize it! DW doesn’t have all the latest and greatest features, but you can still make it your own. Here are some useful tips.

You can change your layout from Organize > Select Style. Mobile support is hit or miss, unfortunately, but there are some nice default layouts that work with it. You can also use this style for Practicality which makes DW fully mobile-friendly. If you’d rather design it yourself, Tabula Rasa is completely stripped down.

You can get premade DW layouts at the dreamwidthlayouts community. If you have trouble with your code, ask over at style_system.

Edit your profile! This is where you put your usernames for other social media sites, tell people a bit about yourself, and mention your interests. Your interests will be part of the interest search; it’s one way to find people.

Upload icons! Free accounts get 15 icons; paid accounts get 100 icons, premium accounts get 250 icons. You can use one icon in each entry and commment you make. It’s good form to put the maker of the icon in the comment section if you didn’t make it. If you got it from someone on tumblr, you can even link their blog using the code <user name=username site=tumblr>. (This works all across DW!)

While you can’t make pages, you can set a post to stick at the top of your journal, much like Twitter’s pinned tweets. Here’s how to do it.

You can also change how Dreamwidth itself looks, if you don’t like the red. Go to Account Settings > Display. Most other site display preferences are on that page.

While you’re here, look through the Account Settings > Privacy page. By default, your public entries will be included in site searches. You can turn it off at the bottom of the page if you want. You can also set it so your entries are automatically access-locked or private as well.

This got very long so the rest is behind the cut. (Now you really know I’m legit.)

so how do i post, exactly…?

On the default layout, you’ll find the post button at the top right corner. By default, you will end up on the old post editor, which is… let’s go with dated.

But don’t worry! There’s a new one! It’s still in beta, and you can turn it on right here. Isn’t that better?

…Not entirely. The reason the new entry page is in beta is because there’s no rich text. You know HTML, right? …Right?

But don’t worry! Dreamwidth supports Markdown. All you have to do is write !markdown at the top of your post and you’re off to the races.

you, probably: wtf is markdown and why would I want to use it??? forget this the old busted editor is better than nothing–

NO WAIT COME BACK. Let me teach you how to use Markdown. It’s very very simple. In fact, I wrote this post in Markdown! I am the one person on tumblr that uses it, apparently, because they keep stripping it out of every fucking version of the mobile app. No I’m not mad why do you ask

Ahem. Here is a 10-minute Markdown tutorial. Do it, and you will never have to write HTML again. If you don’t know HTML, now you don’t have to learn! Win-win.

(you should still learn HTML though, it’s pretty neat)

The new editor has a lot of optional features, which you can enable by clicking on the settings panel. It is worth noting that you can change the display date for your post, which will let you post months in advance (or backdate) as you wish. Good for archiving.

However, do note that if you backdate posts, you need to click “Don’t show on Reading Page”, because otherwise they’re going to flood the reading page no matter what the date is.

You can link accounts on other social media sites by using <user name=username site=whatever>. Do note that if you’re using markdown, @username will automatically link the DW account for that username. If you want to actually type out the text “@username,” you’ll need to escape it with a backslash (so it would be \@username.)

As noted above, posts can be marked as public, access-only, or private. You can also filter them to specific people on your access list. Here’s where you set that up. Please note that if you set up a filter to talk shit about someone who’s on your access list, you should probably make sure they’re not in the list of people who can see it. (Also, kind of a shitty thing to do in general, but.)

Other Dreamwidth-specific code is <raw-code></raw-code> (turns off auto-formatting) and <cut></cut> (makes a readmore). Here’s more on this. (If you’re having problems with line breaks, it’s probably autoformatting.)

okay i think i get how posting works, but what about tags? you didn’t mention those.

So, tags are different on a few levels. The key difference is that tags are for you, not for other people. They can be for other people, but they don’t have to be. At the most basic level, tags exist to help you organize your posts.

And, for that purpose, they’re GREAT. Seriously, tags alone are the reason I keep a blog on DW. It is SO EASY to find my old posts.

That’s not to say that tags are completely invisible – the Latest Things page has a big tag cloud with the most popular tags on public posts. Not sure how often it updates, but currently there’s a lot about tumblr, unsurprisingly.

Anyway, some specific tips on tags:

You can see all of your tags by going to yourusername.dreamwidth.org/tag. A tag is only visible to others if they can see the post it’s on. So if you have two public posts tagged “cats” and “public”, the whole world can see those two things on your tags page. If you have a bunch of access-only posts with “cats: kitty” and “dogs,” then your access list will see all of those tags. And if you have even more tags on private posts, you’ll see those.

Tag hierarchy is a thing and it’s GREAT. This is best explained through example.

Okay, so. These are all the tags ever used on this sample journal. Looks pretty straightforward, right? Except… the math doesn’t add up. How are there two posts tagged dogs when there are three posts in the subtags? And why are some of them not links?

Here’s a list of tags for one of the test posts I made: another test tag, dogs: good dogs: very good dogs, dreams: 2018: lucid, dreams: 2018: nightmares.

Dreamwidth uses colons to simulate hierarchy. There is no “dreams” tag on this blog. There’s no “cats” tag. There’s a “cats: best kitty” tag, which is why it shows up indented. However, there is a “dogs” tag, as well as a “dogs: good dogs” tag – and both of them can be used independently. Putting a tag under “dogs: good dogs” doesn’t automatically put it in the “dogs” tag.

That’s why it’s simulated hierarchy. It can take a little bit of getting used to, but it works really well once you do. And if you decide you don’t really like how a tag is working out, no problem! Just go to the Manage Tags page and rename it, merge it with another tag, or delete it.

what about likes?

Yeah, those aren’t here. It’s been talked about for a long time, but they haven’t done it for a few reasons. (Also, hey, if you have a suggestion, dw_suggestions is the place for it. Any community with that swirly icon is an official site community, by-the-by.)

However, you can bookmark entries. On DW they’re called Memories, and they’re really just a way for you to easily find other people’s entries. The nice thing about DW is that you can choose whether you want each individual memory to be public or not. Maybe your mom reads your journal and you don’t want her to see all that fic you’ve bookmarked, but that icon post from your latest fandom is fine. (Let’s just hope she doesn’t look too closely.)

Also, because I don’t feel like making another header, reblogs aren’t a thing here. Sorry. Try commenting? DW’s kind of about meeting new people. Most people don’t bite, really.

okay this is great and all but where do i upload images? do they even have that??

They do! It’s under Create > Upload Images. Each user has 500 MB of space to start; they’re currently looking into whether they can increase that. (Despite appearances to the contrary, image hosting is not cheap.)

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Images hosted on DW cannot be remotely loaded from other places on the internet (i.e. tumblr). See above about image hosting not being cheap. So if you take the image URL Dreamwidth spits out and try to crossload it anywhere other than DW, it’s not going to work.

anything else?

Probably, but I’m tired and can’t think of anything. The obvious question is “how do I find other people” but that could be a post unto itself, so instead I will direct you to @bisexualbaker‘s post on how to find cool people on DW, which kinda sums it up.

Some specific communities to check out:

dw_community_promo: I mean, you can probably figure it out.

fandomcalendar: The main place to find fanfiction exchanges, big bangs, and the like. I swear there’s one every three days.

getyourwordsout: A super supportive writing community that’s all about being more productive. You make a pledge and sign up for a full year; signups for 2019 will be opening soon, I think. Also here as @gywo but the community itself is on DW. (Come join, it’s great!)

the_great_tumblr_purge, addme, animeaddme, addme_fandom, add_a_writer, etc: Find people from Tumblr! There are a couple similar communities (and if you mention them in reblogs/replies I’ll add them here). There’s also this thing called friending memes, but even mentioning them makes me feel really old.

You can also just read through the comments on the latest dw_news post, there are usually some suggestions there.

Think that’s it. Feel free to ask me any questions; I’ve been using DW on-and-off since the day it opened and know my way around.

ETA: Wrote a second primer on commenting options, since they’re pretty different over on DW (and I completely forgot to mention them here).

#dreamwidth #strikethrough 2018 #what do i tag this #aside from 'dear fucking god how did this get so long'#this was supposed to be a quick list of tips #it was neither.

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1, 3, 5, 7, 8.

1: How’s your day?

It’s been a very good day! This morning we got a phone call we had been hoping for, long story short when my grandma passed away two years and mom got a small inheritance, her ex lulled her into buying a mobile home in a camping, the first year was okay because we had money saved, but last year we realized we had to rent if we wanted to pay the (rather big) fees for have the mobile home stay where it was (and of course it costs to have it removed), but we didn’t expect that the rents don’t cover it all (when they let us believe it did). Things have been really tight this past few months, but now that the sale happened, we’ll be secure for a few months, and my mom will officially be retired in september.

So that phone call removed a big weight for us, and I’ve just been happy all day, if lurking on online game and watching animes!

3: Are there any inactive muse(s) you wish to bring back?

The real question should be: which inactive muses do you wish to bring back. Because that’s pretty much 90% of my inactive ones.

She’s not officially inactive, but I wished I had more stuff going with @arynladyofice. She had a lot of interactions before in two fandoms, but most of those I rped with have left, and since then it’s been hard finding again new stories that stick around. She’s been the first muse I’ve had, and she has stick around since then, so sometimes I really feel the lack of writing her.

There’s @aonotamashii that I am hoping to bring back sooner or later, although it’s still likely it’ll be mostly 1x1. There’s a partner I have build soooo much, and that’s why I’m not letting go of Satoshi. It’s honestly the story (well stories) that I developped the most out of all my blogs (not counting plotted stuff, just what has been written).

Then there are two blogs I still feel sad thinking of their inactivity, it’s @mixedbloodchild and @chaoticriders. I love so much the muses there, but the main reason they ended up closed (for now) is that I lost inspiration after the main partners left. But gosh, I miss my boys, and even as I’m writing this I’m wondering if maybe, I should offer some rps with them again. But its more of offering to partners I have here, and I’m not sure anymore how much they interest.

I don’t necessarily want to rp again, but I feel a little bit sad I didn’t even have the occasion to write on @blackwingthief. I barely have the confidence for the fanfics, but if I linger thoughts on it, I wished I had seen how he is as a muse.

And while I don’t think I’ll ever be able to write on @eternitynotsobad again, I do wish i could bring him back. But then again, in a sense that did happen. I think I only mentioned this once or twice, but the muse there is Mika’s original “appearance”. I made my elf Mika to look like my Mike/Mika on that blog, and when I created dirthelgar, even though I inspired myself on decisions for personality, I ended up reworking a lot of the original Mika in this new one. So in a sense, I did bring back eternity’s Mika as the Mika you know now.

5: Which muse(s) do want to rp as in the future?

A few weeks ago, I would have said none, because I’m not sure that would be a wise choice, and I didn’t have muses in mind. But recently, I’ve been half curious about writing Rin from Ao no Exorcist. I’ve even looked a bit around, but I haven’t seen active rpers. Or maybe, write an OC inspired by Ao no Exorcist, but honestly I don’t see myself picking any of these up. If I pick more muses, it’ll be first bringing back old ones.

7: Is there something you wish you can change about your rp style?

Regular activity, for starter. Ironically, I’ve been working to stop feeling as if I never reply fast enough, because I logically know it’s not healthy on the long term. I just wish I could write more often, especially as I used to do that.

As for writing stuff, not really? I like how I write, I improve by writing more and being faced with different people’s writing, so I don’t feel any need. Although, I kind of miss using icons, but I never feel satisfied about those I have (my poor son has trouble looking good, between XBOX not making him look the best, and pictures rarely capturing his exact looks).

8: Which Harry Potter house do you and your muse belong to?

I know I took the test at least twice, yet I never recall the house I end up with. I think it’s Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff? I think I got both (on separate days) soooo. As for Mika, I’m not sure. I sought a test and it says Ravenclaw. I’m not that big on HP though, or sorting in houses. I don’t feel like will stay true to Mika (or even me), as in Mika’s case, I feel he displays traits from all houses (courage, wisdom, tolerance, determination, but also reckless, very interested in all knowledge, hopes for equality, and hides a lot).

#outoflavellan #message #(thank you ;))#ataash varin katara

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recentanimenews · 5 years

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Why Local Anime Conventions Are So Necessary

I grew up in a small town in North Carolina, one that was suburban enough that I could walk to a neighbor's house, but rural enough that most neighbors had at least two tractors—one that worked and one that was left to rust in the middle of a field. And it was there that my nerdy tendencies festered, as I became obsessed with comic books and horror movies and any franchise where a kid befriends and then goes to war with pet monsters. And I would've done anything to be able to share these interests with large groups of like-minded people, a place where I could go and be comfortable in my intense fanboy-ness, unlike school where I constantly walked on eggshells wondering if my hobbies would be cool that week.

That's one of the main things I thought about when I went to Animazement a few days ago. I was struck by how many different types of people were there—young people, old people, kids—and how, if I'd had it around when I was growing up, I wouldn't have been so nervous to dive into anime, which, at that point, only existed as the intimidating "JAPANIMATION" corner of the Suncoast Video at the mall. And I know that it's kind of simple to say "Local conventions help to strengthen community and strengthen your own possibilities as a fan," but they do, and if they're good at what they do, they deserve your support.

Don't get me wrong, I love what the internet has done for creating communities of anime fans. I love the fact that, at any point during the day, I can go on the dystopian underworld that is Twitter and say "ONE PIECE SURE IS GREAT" and both fans of the show and people who write better about it than I could ever hope to will respond with "EXCELLENT POINT, DANIEL. YOUR OPINIONS ARE WELL CONSTRUCTED, HANDSOME, AND CORRECT."

And I do miss the days of Geocities fan pages where someone would give you a list of all of the filler episodes you should avoid, but also publish a six-thousand word manifesto about how awesome it would be to make out with Inuyasha right beside of it. But the explosion of Wikis means that if I ever wonder "Did that one cat in Naruto episode #87 have a name?" you'll discover that yes, it was Shu, and Shu is the name of Kishimoto's cat and Shu was loved.

But there is nothing quite like the electricity of browsing the artists room and finding an Initial D print that rivals anything that Picasso ever created or discovering a Wyverneon plush toy, which is the non-canon Dragon type evolution of Eevee that I just made up and realizing that, around you, a half dozen people are ogling the same thing. Or being in the merchandise hall and seeing people flip through manga volumes from a series they've never read or finally finding that out-of-print Blu Ray of an anime series that's not available on any streaming service. Or heck, just standing in line, commenting on someone's rad t-shirt and suddenly, you're best friends with a fellow Mobile Suit Gundam fanatic.

And the cosplay, oh, the cosplay! Watching cosplayers in these seemingly impossibly intricate outfits give tips to one another in-person is a little magical. Growing up, awful people tried to embed it in my skull that dressing up as a fictional character on any day that wasn't Halloween was the sign of an unlovable dork. That people who enjoyed a franchise enough to don an outfit from it were ripe for derision and bad jokes about virginity. But they're the best and the passion that they have is unmatched and to see it be rewarded through kindness and respect makes one thing clear: I'm a terrible trash possum weeb, but anime is still the best, y'all.

Nothing beats a good panel, either. Of course, at some conventions, you'll find panels that have been lazily thrown together, where three dudes recite facts about their topic with all of the enthusiasm of depressed deli meat. But one where the hosts like each other, have good chemistry, are knowlegdeable and are REALLY eager to discuss the things that they like? I've seen some panels that I liked more than the anime that they were chatting about.

And all of this can come together in a package that is less intimidating than some of the conventions that tend to monopolize entire cities. Local conventions are a great Convention Starter Kit in this way. They help you figure out what to pack for the day (spoilers: Water. Lots of water.). They help you learn to make a schedule so that you actually get in some meals during the day and aren't eating hotel chicken strips at 2 AM in a desperate effort to not pass out. Local conventions even help you to learn more about your city, whether they're the food trucks that stop by or the nerdy groups that set up booths to advertise nearby stuff.

Also, local conventions often have booths set up by people that represent other local conventions, so you don't have to wait another long year before it's convention time again. Soon, it'll feel weird when you don't have a convention to look forward to. And trust me, it WILL feel a little weird.

Lastly, they help you figure out what parts of the convention that you actually enjoy. That way, if you ever decide to go to a PAX or an SDCC or a One Piece-themed Barbecue In My Backyard, you don't have to trick yourself into thinking that sitting in a crowded panel for an hour is up your alley. You just remember that you didn't like it when it was less crowded, so you find other stuff.

And I wish I'd had a chance to find that when I was a teenager. I often felt so lost and I'd wonder "Am I the only person into this? Will I ever meet another person that likes this stuff as much as I do?" And sure, I'd heard about conventions in California and New York City, but there's no way that I could've afforded a plane ticket and a hotel room and fancy sushi meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For some reason, when I was young and only knew about Manhattan from movies that starred Meg Ryan, I just assumed that the only thing those fancy city folk ate was sushi. Raw fish or nothing. That's written on the Statue of Liberty.

But a convention in the next town over? I could've swung that. And who knows what I would've been exposed to—what new shows would've been recommended to me and what new manga I would've uncovered and what new friends I would've made. That's why local conventions are so necessary, at least to me: Finding what you love is great, but the next integral step of that process is sharing it with the people that you love.

Of course, it's not the MOST important thing. That would be...

Watch One Piece!

So go support your local conventions, big or small, anime or not, Animazement or otherwise. Bring your passions and bring them with energy and good will. If you do that, I hope you find that there's a spot there for you!

Do you go to any local conventions? What is your favorite thing to do at conventions? Let us know in the comments!

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norfolkrp · 7 years

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YOU’VE BEEN ACCEPTED, WELCOME TO NORFOLK.

Congratulations Eva, you’ve been accepted to play original character Alma Suarez! We’re super duper stoked and can’t wait to roleplay with you! Go ahead and set up your account, be sure to message the main from it.

Also, be sure to:

Make sure your ask and submit are open.

Follow everyone on the masterlist.

Track the tag norfolk: starter for open dash convos.

– Lou & Rosh, Norfolk staff.

Name/Alias: Eva Age: 23 Pronouns: She/Her Timezone: GMT -6:00 Personal tumblr: eva-writes Activity level: 7/10 Triggers: Nope What’s the secret password?: REMOVED. How did you find us?: Saw the lovely promo edits and the video on Rosh and Loes’ blogs :) What character are you applying for? Original character (Alma Suárez) Anything else?: Just as a reference: In the bio I refer to my character as a Tapatía, which is the demonym for people from Guadalajara, Mexico. Also, for realism I make reference to an actual train accident in a part of Alma’s bio, I hope that’s okay. If not, I can change it to a fictitious accident. I just didn’t want to go down the ‘car accident’ route because it’s a little overused as a cause of death for family members. And also I chose to use a real accident because the following media coverage of the accident was likely not easy to deal with for the character.

Full name: Alma Suárez Age: 25 years old Sexuality: Heterosexual Species: Psychic Psychic ability: Empathy Occupation: Kindergarten teacher (Norfolk Elementary) Address: Edgewater. Quote: “Everybody has a chapter they don’t read out loud” MBTI: ESFJ Positive traits (3): reliable, responsible, sympathetic Negative traits (3): self-sacrificing, conflict-averse, doubtful Face claim: Ana de Armas Biography:

Without really intending to Alma’s family has been a matriarchy for quite a few generations. Rooted in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Suárez women were cursed -or blessed- with their men never sticking around with them. The causes for that varied: commitment issues and lack of responsibility, unfortunate early deaths, strong willed wives that didn’t wish to have a good for nothing at their side. You name it. As a result Alma never knew her grandfather or her own father for that matter, and instead her family was formed by three generations of women living together with the head of the house being her grandmother Constanza. Stern and strong willed, Constanza relegated Alma’s mom, Adriana, to a role more akin to that of an older sister. As good Tapatía she was raised in a way that bordered on being contradictory: with strong family ties but encouraged to seek independence, keeping in mind the importance of tradition and good manners while also pressured to break molds in a quest to find new opportunities and challenges in life, never forgetting the importance of society and the image one has to maintain but also motivated to find her individuality. But the most important lesson any girl in such an environment could learn was to never be vulnerable in public. Other people didn’t have to know of her problems or any of her emotional struggles. “Never let them see you cry” was, and still is, the most resonant teaching from her grandma.

With her grandma’s passing the whole dynamic shifted dramatically and everything else changed as a consequence. It was the first time Adriana was truly in command and she decided to exhaust all the possible decisions and changes she could make. Alma was only eleven years old when her mom chose for them to leave the country to better establish herself within the international marketing company where she worked, accepting a position in the headquarters rooted in Seattle. New country, new life and to a certain extent, new Alma. Even though she resented her mother a bit for the massive change it was a welcomed one in the end. The different setting offered a new world that was larger and freer than what she had known in Guadalajara. Some parts of her upbringing in Mexico could never be shed away, of course, they were too ingrained into her already.

In just a few years her mother got married to a coworker and Daniela was born, who became the center of joy for everyone. Alma always omitted the ‘half’ from ‘half-sister’ because Dany quickly became a crucial part of her life. That little girl was her world and helping out her mom and stepdad taking care of her helped to bring out Alma’s innate caring nature and skills to look after children. There was a special motherly nature to her and her experiences in helping to raise her sister made it all too obvious what her path in life should be. She moved to Norfolk to get her teaching degree since the university there offered one of the best programs in that part of the country. On most weekend she would go back to Seattle to be with her family, especially to spend time with Dany.

Two years ago Alma brought her sister with her to Norfolk when her mom and Peter travelled to Boston for business. It was April 11th and the time was 12:01 am when she got a phone call to let her know her mother and stepdad were two of the ten people that died on what was later dubbed in the news as the 2015 Boston train derailment. There was a trial, response by politicians, charges pressed, a litigation and even criminal investigations. Her mom and Peter were gone and nothing could change that. At twenty-three Alma was made her sister’s legal guardian and Dany moved to Norfolk with her for good, and thus she fell into the pattern of every Suárez woman before her: she is single handedly raising a child on her own.

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A strident and repetitive sound sneaked its way into her dream. Alma stirred in her sleep, beginning to awaken as the noise hammered on in a somewhat familiar way. At first she was regaining consciousness through a gradual process but then it happened all of the sudden. She woke up. With a snap her eyes opened, recognizing the insistent ringing of her mobile. The screen was lit up and it displayed an unknown number. That immediately threw her off given the time, seeming ominous even. It was 12:01 am, missing sharp midnight by a single minute. No one called her at such an hour. Perhaps her mom on rare occasions, maybe even Peter, but never an unknown caller.

“Hello?” Alma’s voice was low-toned and groggy from sleep. She noticed how inappropriately hers such a tone was so she cleared her throat as subtly as possible and tried again with a more proper “Yes, hello?”.

“Miss Alma Suárez?”. The young woman forced her brain to recognize the voice from the wide catalogue of people she dealt with that were not friends of coworkers. The man’s voice didn’t match a single one she had heard before. What she did distinguish clearly was his tone. Alma had always been good a detecting emotions behind people’s voices. He was about to deliver bad news which only made her heart beat a little harder against her chest in a distinct uncomfortable manner.

“Yeah… this is she”

“Miss Suárez, my name is Robert Callahan. I’m calling on behalf of National Railroad Passenger Corporation” he introduced himself as properly as possible but his tone was still worrying her, for it was a distinct foreshadowing of the message he was to deliver.

She could have relied on her skill to self-induce apathy, to be an emotional white canvas to receive the bad news. It didn’t even cross her mind in that moment. The kind of dread snaking its way around her heart and mind didn’t allow her to consider such a shortcut for her whatever impending suffering awaited.

The heavy-hearted disembodied voice on the other side of the line went on talking, indicating he was Amtrak’s Public Relations director. Alma gulped feeling the coup the grâce fast approaching, sensing the sheer feeling of an event gone wrong settling harder within her. She stared at the blackness in her room, her eyes slowly adjusting to the dark.

Dios padre todopoderoso, confío ciega y plenamente en ti. Her mind kept the prayers from her childhood going on loop. Padre, bendíceme a mí y a quienes amo. In her mind she repeated over and over the words her grandma had taught her, somehow wishing God or the universe would fix whatever had gone wrong…

“I’m sorry to inform you that Mrs. Adriana and Mr. Peter Clarke died on a train derailment accident yesterday evening”.

…but death couldn’t be fixed.

#norfolk: accepted #eva-writes

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blainemoriarty · 7 years

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Hi! I'd like to try rping with you but the rules/bio pages are incompatibke with either my phone or my my app. Would you be a dear and copy/paste them here so I can know if we are rp compatible please? Much appreciated! @cameron-allen

Of course!! Sorry about that–

** Also, if you have any other questions regarding either my rules or Blaine’s storyline, feel free to ask!

Rules

Just some basic stuff:

Blaine is gay. I will not ship him with women, or put him in any sexual/romantic situation with a woman (unless we discussed something otherwise). Don’t let that scare you off from plotting with me, though! I’m more than happy to roleplay with female muses, and even if they are in to him, that could make for an incredibly interesting plot. Blaine just won’t be attracted to them in return.

This is a semi-selective roleplay blog. I reserve the right to choose who I roleplay with and when I answer.

I’m open to roleplay with OCs or characters from different fandoms. This is a crossover account, after all, and Blaine is so out-of-character that he might as well be an OC himself.

I’m not very picky with who I ship Blaine with, when it comes to male characters. The relationships themselves can be as unhealthy and toxic as you please. Also, age-differences are irrelevant.

NSFW will be tagged. I’ll do my best to tag triggers, as well, but please let me know if I miss anything.

Blaine is a male prostitute. This should be a trigger warning in itself, I think.

Both the mun and muse are of legal age. I will roleplay with underage muns, but I would rather not roleplay smut with you if you are under eighteen. The reason for this should be clear enough.

I’m fine with doing threads in which our muses already know each other. I know how awkward it can be when you send an ask that’s replied to with “Who on earth are you?” That won’t happen here. Unless you wanted to.

The mun reserves her literacy for threads, for the most part. If we chat ooc (which would be awesome) be warned that I tend tO TALK TO U IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS !!!

I tend to post a lot ooc, since this is my only platform to do so, and also may reblog stuff that isn’t particularly relevant to my muse. Please respect that. All of my ooc stuff will be tagged if it bothers you, and if I share anything that you find triggering or just don’t like, simply shoot me an ask and I’ll tag it for you so you can blacklist it. Easy-peasy.

I will automatically attempt to turn answered memes into threads, whether I’m the one who answered them or you are. Keep this in mind! If you don’t want something to be turned into a thread for whatever reason, don’t be afraid to let me know!

I don’t use small or formatted text in my replies, because that’s a lot of work (especially since I’m on mobile most of the time) and I think that the quality of the writing itself is much more important than how pretty it looks. So naturally, the same standards apply to my partners. Format your replies however you like, or don’t format them at all - I’m much more concerned about the content itself.

Icons are very rarely used on my part - mostly because I don’t have many and I’m on mobile most of the time. If you want to use icons, that’s fine - let me know when you send an ask. If you answer my ask using an icon, or tag me in a starter using an icon, then most of the time I will wait until I have access to a computer to reply. That means the time between my replies will be longer. Rarely, I might reply to an icon thread without an icon, in which case I will try to make up for it by writing oodles of text. This is either because I’ve been on mobile for a while and am anxious about making you wait, or have a lot of muse for that thread and want to reply already!

About

Name: Blaine Anderson

Age: 24

Place of Birth: Ohio, USA

Current Residence: London, U.K

Sexual Orientation: Gay

Occupation: Male prostitute

Family: Daniel Anderson (Father, deceased), Gabrielle Anderson (Mother, deceased), Cooper Anderson (brother, estranged)

And now…

Daniel Anderson was the youngest of six children born into a wealthy Irish family, moved to the United States in his twenties to set up his own life and escape the suffocating atmosphere of his old household (while still making use of his share of his parent’s money, of course). He was a very devoted Catholic, and wrote mystery novels with his free time - they never did make it to publication. He came across as cold and unapproachable, caused both by his own, personal, emotional issues, and a deep, internalized idea of what a man should be that was far heavier than the weight of the Anderson family’s legacy. He married young, to the youngest daughter of another rich family, Amara Canton. They didn’t like each other at all, despite having a son together, and argued constantly until they finally divorced. Daniel met his second and last wife about a year later, and together they had another child.

Gabrielle Mendoza was a third generation Filipino-Americam who had music running through her veins. She had the voice of an angel, and taught Blaine every instrument he knows how to play. She met Blaine’s father when she was twenty-seven and he was thirty-four; he’d recently divorced a woman whom he’d married solely for his family’s benefit and with whom he already had a five year old son, Cooper. Daniel fell in love with Gabrielle almost immediately. She was unconditionally kind and caring, even when Daniel seemed stiff and cold. She did what no other person had ever managed to do for him - she made him softer.

They were married in little less than a year of meeting each other, and Blaine was born within another.

Blaine was born on April 15th, 1992. His mother had always described him as ‘a tiny man with big dreams’ - tiny, meaning a five year old boy in a ridiculous bow-tie, dancing with his mom in the warm sitting room that served as their ballroom. Music was always something that he loved, and came as naturally to him as breathing. Of course, his father had certain opinions about his son’s passion, but Gabrielle would never let him rob Blaine of the one thing in the world that never failed to make him happy. (Besides, his father loved seeing him that way)

Trouble came to Blaine in the form of his brother. Cooper didn’t like Blaine, and he despised Gabrielle. He even held a particular distaste toward their shared father, a remarkable amount of anger for a ten year old boy. The adults tried not to take it personally, and blamed it on grief - his mother had died, after all, not long after divorcing his father. It was understandable that he would be bitter over someone else’s happiness during such a dark part of his life. Blaine, however, couldn’t have understood that, and couldn’t help but think that he’d - at three years old - done something horribly wrong to ruin Cooper’s life.

It wasn’t difficult to see why Blaine would believe such a thing. Cooper was mean - he was unjustly cruel and clever enough to disguise it. He bullied Blaine in secret for most of their young lives, knowing exactly how to manipulate his little brother into believing that it wasn’t really bullying, Cooper was just teaching him a lesson, Cooper was just making him a stronger person, Cooper was just punishing him for messing up that one dance move that he should’ve gotten right on the first try-

Blaine quickly began to hold resentment toward something that he’d once been passionate about. Nothing he did seemed to be right, or good enough, and the stressful need to be perfect trumped his enjoyment. Pleasure had turned into a source of distress - and it would stay that way for a long time.

There was a short period of freedom when Cooper went off to college - if it could be called freedom. The derogatory thoughts about himself that had been drilled into him still haunted Blaine, but he could focus his perfectionism on other things, now. With Cooper out of the picture, at least, Blaine had some control over his own life.

That all ended once Blaine turned fifteen and Cooper returned home. Blaine was at the peak of puberty and his body had a mind of it’s own. Cooper, being the kind of person that he was, took advantage of this. Blaine saw it as Cooper finally liking him - or, hopefully, loving him. For Blaine, the unhealthy charade between them was him finally being accepted and wanted by his big brother.

For Cooper, it was the perfect way to hurt his little brother.

Their ‘relationship’ was a one-sided attraction laced with manipulation and abuse - both physical and emotional. Cooper hated Blaine; in his eyes, Blaine was symbolic of everything that had ever gone wrong in his life, and the perfect means-to-an-end of his lifelong, misguided quest for vengeance.

Very simply, Cooper wanted to hurt Blaine. And that’s exactly what he did.

Blaine’s parents were both murdered a year after Blaine and Cooper’s relationship began. Cooper had left (he was always leaving for extended periods of time, during which Blaine’s mood usually took a turn for the worse. That was probably why) and the next time Blaine saw him, he was standing over their parents’ bodies. He didn’t know it was Cooper, of course. Not until much later on.

After their deaths, Cooper left, and never contacted Blaine again.

Blaine’s last year of high school was a blur. His family’s now-empty house was suffocating him. His country was suffocating him. He needed to get out, and college was his opportunity to do just that. Luckily, his stressful but successful high school career paid off, and he was accepted to a prestigious art school in London. He lasted there for less than two years before dropping out.

Grief was a difficult thing to work with. Mixed with trauma of every shape and size, Blaine was barely able to function at all.

How Moriarty became interested in him, Blaine would never figure out. At the time, he was just a whore. A resourceful whore, who knew how to get what he wanted, but anyone could

Nonetheless, Blaine was contacted on his website (which he still refuses to discuss, because it contains some very old, very exposing photos of his barely nineteen-year old self) by the king of crime, looking for a whore.

Foolishly, Blaine agreed to meet with him.

Surprisingly enough, Blaine wasn’t contacted just to be fucked - at least, not just by Moriarty. He proved himself to be a useful tool when it came to getting information out of people, without the mess that forcing it out of them would result in.

But why had he chosen Blaine? There were plenty of other sex workers throughout London, more talented and popular and charming than he was…

Inevitably, Blaine stopped torturing himself over such things. Instead, he did something even worse to himself - he fell in love.

Jim Moriarty was, arguably, one of the most dangerous men in the world. Falling in love with him was probably the most idiotic thing Blaine had ever done. At the same time, what little seemingly-genuine affection that was given to him was also more than anything he’d ever experienced before. Perhaps it was all part of Moriarty’s ‘plan’, or maybe it was his own mistake (doubtfully), or maybe he the feelings he showed were genuine (even less likely), but whatever it was, it worked. Blaine was hooked.

Of course, that meant he was loyal to a fault. Especially since, alongside his romantic feelings, Blaine had quite a bit of fear. Once again, Moriarty was one of the most dangerous people in the world, and his violent outbursts made no exceptions for Blaine if he was irritated or not.

Whatever there was between them, it was made very clear that Blaine was expendable.

That was no surprise.

Aaaand also a crap ton of demon!Blaine stuff in case he interests you as well–

Incubi (Mun’s Interpretation):

Succubi and incubi are demons that feed off of orgasmic energy, created soley to please other demons, although it isn’t uncommon for them to feed off of humans as well. It’s rumored that the first succubae and incubi were fallen angels or nephilim, but only the more superstitious of the bunch (like Blaine) believe in this.

According to most sources, any succubus demon is also an incubus demon, and vice versa. Their title depends strictly on which gender they present as. An incubus demon would only “become” a succubus demon if they wanted to reproduce (which, thanks to handy demonologists like Sebastien Michaelis, I get to give you a ridiculously detailed step-by-step guide for.) In their succubus form, they would “collect” (ewugh) a human man’s sperm, and in their incubus form would “transfer” that sperm to a human female and impregnate her. Most sources agree with this, although a few mention that an incubus and succubus can also have a child together. Either way, the child produced is called a Cambion. There’s not much information on them, so let’s just say that they’re baby demons that later become either an inbcubus or succubus, determining their presenting gender once they’re of age and their “powers” appear.

Since incubi are also sometimes referred to as ‘fauns’, their demonic forms most likely have goat or deer aspects, such as horns or antlers, and equine legs. Rarely, they may also take the form of a ball of light (very similar to a will o’ the wisp). This only happens if an incubus desperately needs to burn off extra energy or needs to lure in new sources of it, and not all incubi know how to assume this form. Blaine doesn’t.

Sex demons feed off of the sexual energy of other people, but they don’t need to orgasm in order to feed. The process doesn’t harm other demons, but can harm humans, but this heavily depends on the demon that is feeding off of them. More powerful demons can feed off of humans in their dreams, but this is a rare talent.

An incubus’ body or form changes depending on how much energy they’ve consumed. As mentioned earlier, some can turn into a ball of light, but the body of every incubus and succubus has its temperature change. To put it simply, an excess of energy makes their body cold, while a lack of it makes their body warm, in order to be either alluring or repelling. If an incubus has too much or too little energy, their bodies can turn into dust, and they die. The obvious solution to a lack of energy is by feeding off of someone’s energy, but to cope with too much of it, most incubi will find another incubus or succubus to have sex with. Since they can’t produce energy on their own, feeding off of each others acquired energy evens everything out. This would suck if two of them wanted to be in a relationship, but their biological needs make monogamy nearly impossible, and none of them really have a desire for that kind of relationship. Often, outside of the harems kept by Hell’s royalty, incubi and succubae prefer polyamorous relationships instead.

Blaine:

Blaine presents primarily as an incubus, and rarely takes on his succubus form. He doesn’t really need or want to (he has no desire to reproduce, at all). He’s not the most powerful incubus, but he does have more status than some of the strongest, since he’s got two masters, one of which is the king of Hell (not necessarily Supernatural’s Crowley, but it can be) and another who is stronger than all of Hell’s heirarchy put together (my confusing au Jim Moriarty).

Blaine was born as a Cambion, the offspring of an unknown demon parent and his unknowing human mother, Gabrielle. He was raised as a boy because of mankind’s gender-binary thing (this is the case with a lot of Cambion children), and that stuck with him even after he discovered that he was a demon, when he turned eighteen and Moriarty sought after him. That was a long time ago, and he’s still very comfortable in his incubus form. In a way, he got lucky.

Despite his weakness as a demon, Blaine is still much stronger than any human, and smarter than most demons, which makes him an excellent spy. That’s the purpose he serves for Moriarty, who he considers his true master, and he’s unconditionally loyal. Blaine practically worships him, despite not being able to be intimate with him, since his power is so much that Blaine would turn into dust by even being too close to him during sex. As for Crowley, Blaine doesn’t mind him much, even if he feigns dislike towards him to please his true master; he’s not a terrible owner. A bit sadistic, unsurprisingly, but not terrible. (Or maybe Blaine is just very easily wooed)

#(( i put it under a cut because... its a lot of stuff #hope this isnt too overwhelming! ))#cameron-allen

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