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justplainsimon · 1 year

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watching a video essay on the mystery of mamo

and it either directly or indirectly kinda explains why i can't get behind alot of shipping art of the characters as of late

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#the mystery of mamo #lupin iii #lupin the third #infinite snow productions #criterion collection #Youtube

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mortaljortlebortles · 6 months

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Infinite Snow Productions

Delany is awesome and as is her show " I know my taste in fictional men is bad" is awesome.

That is all!!

#Delaney Jordan #Infinite snow productions #I know my taste in fictional men is bad

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durn3h · 2 months

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I've always wondered why so many governments keep investing tons of money into those stupid solar roadways projects when it makes 0 sense to anyone with a brain, but I just realized that it makes sense why this happens.

More and more funding is going into green energy and more and more people are wanting to see their government taking direct action to do something about green energy. There's money to be spent, but facilities require land that the government in most locations doesn't have, but they do have shittons of roads, so the most hassle free way of producing green electricity is to throw down solar panels in the one place they have complete control of the land, and then they get to claim that they are on the cutting edge of the science to appease their voters

#i guess they choose making the roads solar instead of covering the roads because that would be too mundane or something #even though it would be infinitely cheaper more productive and require barely any maintenance #if you did that though youd have boomers complaining that they like the sun in their eyes or rain obscuring their vision or snow on the roa #just put a cover at normal road sign height with solar panels on top put lights on the bottom and heaters in the panels to melt snow #then you keep the roads much more dry and snow free so they will be way safer and will degrade slower #once every so often send out crews to clean the panels so they stay productive #and you get like 20 years of life out of them #it will really cut down on light pollution near roads too #you wont have headlights or street lights that light up the whole sky #noise pollution too by reflecting the sound back down to the road #and you can more effectively light the roads instead of shitty streetlights that are a mile in the sky and are essentially omnidirectional #there arent too many downsides to covering the roads and putting solar panels on them #other than it not being high tech enough and kinda ugly #but roads are already ugly as fuck #so might as well get use out of them

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lupincentral · 4 months

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Delaney Jordan of Infinite Snow Productions is due to launch a new Lupin III themed podcast, The Lupin Theory, in 2024!

Joining Delaney are Samuel Bell, Paul Byron, and Josh Mckenzie. The first episode has already been recorded and is due to become available on all good streaming platforms in the near future. If Delaney’s video essays on YouTube are anything to go by, we can expect plenty of deep-dive discussion into the series, with some well-educated and fun observations. There will no doubt be plenty of chaos and humour along the way, too!

For the time being, you can follow The Lupin Theory on social media, and support Delaney’s work on Patreon.

#lupin iii #lupin the 3rd #lupin the third #anime #lupin #manga #monkey punch #lupin the iii #lupin 3rd #lupin sansei

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infinitestarsdev · 25 days

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Devlog 2024-04-22

Hey Everyone! It's not Friday, but I felt I couldn't wait any longer before updating all of you!

Yes, I am alive. Thank you for all the concerned messages and well wishes. I've been snowed under with family and work!

We've had my brother visit from Germany, A good friend visited us from China, it was our wedding anniversary, and my birthday on top of a few super busy weeks with work! I also took some leave, and drove nearly 1300KM (That's almost 800 miles) or roughly 15 hours in one day over the weekend to the coast. (The little one took it much better than I was expecting, thanks to the frequent breaks!)

My plan is to use this time to write as much as possible for the work-in-progress episode of Infinite Stars, and I'm currently writing this devlog from the veranda of the home we're staying in with a view of the golf course in front of me, and the ocean behind me. (Expect plenty of pictures on the Patreon Devlife channel on Discord!!)

I haven't been entirely unproductive in my silence, though!

The bones of the next content drop is very much in place. I'm also busy onboarding a new writer to the team, meaning Crowbie and I will have an extra pair of hands to get things done!

We have the new pinup for April, and this time, it's Mayvheen, with a cute SFW and NSFW image (WARNING: The NSFW work is probably the most revealing pinup we've ever done!)

We're also teasing the new soundtrack. Can you guess whose theme it is?

As always, thanks for your love and support! I know I say this a lot, but that's because it's absolutely true: I couldn't do all of this without all of you! <3

Stay safe, be blessed and have a super productive week!

#visual novel #scifi #infinitestars #amwriting #art #vn #choicesgame #sciencefiction #space #gamedev

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archiesoniconline · 1 year

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Sonic Universe Online #52 Behind The Scenes!

Hello, everyone! Boy, it’s been a while since we’ve done one of these, huh? But considering we finally managed to release this issue after its nightmarish production cycle, we decided that it was a good time to bring the “behind the scenes” posts back. There’s a lot to talk about with this one, so get ready for a real doozy!

As usual, let’s start with the cover. We wanted to have Bunnie and Scarlett as the focus, and RocketPOW! went through several drafts of what that would look like. In the end, we settled on having them playing cards in the bar from Sonic Mania’s Mirage Saloon Zone to fit with the desert theme. It’s also worth noting that we had Jack on the cover at one point but ultimately decided against it, since the story focuses more on his lackeys than himself.

Before we start on the actual story, I guess we should begin with the elephant in the room: Bunnie’s redesign. Even though we technically first saw her new look in issue 51, we might as well go over it now. Picking up from where the official comic left off, we knew that Bunnie had a redesign after being legionized, but the reboot happened before we ever got to see it. And with the redesign of such an important character, obviously there was a lot of pressure to do her justice. There was some old concept art by Tracy Yardley of legionnaire Bunnie, but we didn’t want to just take that and call it a day. We had quite a field day with many of our talented artists coming up with their own interpretations of her redesign, including @miitoons, @riggo-draws, @drawloverlala, @fritzymagpies, Tim Campbell, CrimDa, DoNotDelete, and more that I sadly can’t remember anymore. From the shape and function of her cybernetics, her overall color scheme, her clothing, her hairstyle, her weapons, etc., every last detail was meticulously gone over until we arrived at the final design taking what we liked most from each of them.

At first, we had gotten Tale to draw out the first several pages, and even though they were finished, he unfortunately had to step out of the issue and we had Gilgalad take over, better known as Thomas Rothlisberger, who we were lucky to have on the team before he moved on to the IDW Sonic comics. For the sake of consistency (lol), we unfortunately had to scrap Tale’s pages so he could redo those as well.

Holly’s sickness isn’t elaborated on in the actual story, but the gist is that she’s a snow leapord who was roboticized during the First Robotnik War. But after the Bem deroboticized her while she was in the desert, her body became sick due to being stuck in the inhospitable environment, which is an example of how misplaced many of the former Robians were being sent far out of their natural habitats, and losing the protection of their robot bodies was actually a detriment.

A Sonic fan with a good eye for detail may notice that the guard who takes over watching Bunnie after Scarlett is actually one of the unnamed members of Infinite’s Jackal Squad from the Sonic Forces prequel comic. Since this cameo may or may not go anywhere in regards to Infinite in ASO, we opted against using Infinite himself since he’s too important of a character to pass off as a mere cameo. If you want this plot thread to be expanded upon, let us know!

Since this is where we introduce Holly and her relationship with Scarlett, it’s as good a time as any to discuss the process of their creation. With Scarlett, we wanted to introduce a character who would serve as a foil to Bunnie, another person struggling due to their bedridden lover, but with diametrically-opposed views regarding cybernetics. Her design was actually taken from a random Sand Blaster who appeared in a single panel of StH #218, who we decided to turn into a full-fledged character. Although her species was unknown during her single appearance, we decided to make her a fennec fox. On the other hand, Holly was an entirely new design that we came up with for the story. The LGBT aspect of their relationship was actually the idea of my editor for the issue, The Shadow Imperator. I stated in the interview after the issue that I was the one who came up with their names, but that’s not the whole truth. There was a whole team effort dedicated to naming the two of them, before I suggested Scarlett since there was an abandoned plot point about how Bunnie’s true name was at one point planned to be Scarlett O’Hare. Our Scarlett’s full name is Scarlett O’Fenn, with ShadImp being the one to suggest adding the last name as well. But since her last name didn’t come up in the story, I apologize for forgetting to mention it. Holly was also one of several names I came up with, which was agreed on due to the sort of “snowy” feel it has to it.

In my initial draft for Scarlett and Holly’s conversation, I wrote Holly as being more openly pessimistic about her condition, outright stating that Scarlett would be better off if she was gone. But since that seemed rather inconsiderate to Scarlett’s feelings, ShadImp suggested that I tone it down a little and have her only mention feeling like a burden. He was also the one to suggest that I make sure their romantic relationship is mentioned as explicitly as possible, so there would be no room for ambiguity that might lessen the impact of their sexual orientation.

Scarlett taking off her hat here wasn’t actually in the script I wrote, but it was a smart move by Gilgalad, showing her letting her guard down around the one person she can afford to do so with. To put it simply, Scarlett offers Holly physical support while Holly offers Scarlett emotional support, so neither one is one-sidedly supporting the other. This scene also demonstrates that even though Scarlett is easily the most level-headed and compassionate Sand Blaster we’ve seen so far, some of the old bigotries and prejudice against cyborgs and robots that Jack instilled into her still remain.

Gilgalad had actually already penciled out the next couple pages, but since he wasn’t able to stick around for the full story, we decided that that the end of Scarlett and Holly’s scene was a good cutoff point for the drastic shift in art style. Red Rabbit is an amazing artist with a style very similar to Patrick Spaziante, but it is still a jarring shift compared to most other artists on the project. I had also originally written Bunnie mentioning not being very good at undercover missions, but when ShadImp brought up her successful operation tricking Battle Lord Kukku I changed the script to have her mention that instead.

At first, I was planning for the poker scene to have the characters holding cards that reflected their position in the conversation, such as holding a winning hand when they have the upper hand in the argument. But since I have absolutely no knowledge or experience with poker, that idea ultimately didn’t come through in the final story. This scene also serves to flesh out the Sand Blasters and show that none of them are blindly loyal to Jack. Tex obviously has his own agenda, Avery just goes along with whatever’s the least troublesome, Shift wants to get his hands on new technology, and Jolt does genuinely want the city to open up to the rest of the world.

You may have noticed that instead of rocket feet like her old design, Bunnie now flies with a removable jet pack on her back. If you’re wondering how that wouldn’t burn her tail off, it was specifically designed so that the fire trails would shoot aiming away from her tail.

Originally, during the car chase sequence Bunnie’s jet pack was just written to malfunction for no real reason. But eventually, I decided to give it a more interesting explanation by adding in hints that Shift may have intentionally sabotaged it to trip up Bunnie, only to reveal that he was actually trying to fix it and he didn’t betray her after all. This was also the portion of the story where Ink Pants took over for pencils, and then Lav after him. Even though they’re all fine artists in their own right, hopefully this will be the last time that we need to include so many drastic changes in art style to illustrate a single story.

We almost had one more shift in art style, with @gendeerfluid penciling the last page. In the end, Lav managed to finish that one as well, giving us a massive cliffhanger both figuratively and literally in the form of Jun Kun, the Iron King.

That’s about it for this one, folks! Thanks for sticking with us all this time, and look forward to the conclusion of this story next issue. Until then, keep on juicin’!

#archie sonic online #sonic universe online #issue 52 #behind the scenes #bunnie rabbot #bunnie d'coolette #scarlett o'fenn #holly #sand blast city #jack rabbit #avery #tex #shift e wolf #jolt the roadrunner #lgbt #poker #escape #jun kun

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jacksgreysays · 2 months

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Primadonna Girl (needs papers, tickets, nerves of steel), (2024-03-25)

some additional lighter(-ish) additions to the bleak!primadonna AU (but still with some politics sprinkled in)

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Primadonna Girl (fills the void up with celluloid)

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“We’ve heard you’re the best blacksmith in town,” says the blandly smiling woman wearing a professional pantsuit that really shouldn’t work in the desert but somehow she’s pulling it off.

Even though Areki isn’t trying to hide the skepticism on her face, the woman’s bland smile does not budge an inch.

Sarcastically, she scans the vast, empty horizon that this tiny, nameless town barely interrupts. There is only one blacksmith in town. Frankly, this town is so small it shouldn’t even have one at all. It's not even big enough to be on most maps. Which is why Areki chose to set up shop here. Her response is as dry as their surroundings, “Thanks.”

Behind her manager, identity and amusement not at all concealed with her massive pair of mirrored sunglasses, is the best actress of their generation. What Kako Heijo is doing out in the middle of nowhere isn’t hard to guess—filming a movie, no doubt, with a ludicrous amount of explosions—but what she (or rather, her blandly professional manager) is doing talking to Areki is a mystery.

She sighs. “Can I help you?” she asks, because Areki isn’t keen on wasting time and it doesn’t seem like the other two women are in any rush to move the conversation along.

“Yes,” says the manager, words chosen slowly, as if she doesn’t have the full sentence yet, “we need…” She looks at Kako Heijo.

“Props,” says the most talented actress alive. Not too far away, Areki sees their film set—practically dwarfing the town—and the veritable army of production assistants unloading endless boxes of props.

“Props?” Again, Areki does not even bother trying to hide her skepticism.

Even her manager blinks, askance.

“Props,” repeats the international star of stage and screen.

“… yes. We need… props,” her manager confirms.

The silence is palpable.

Well, a commission’s a commission, and she has a child to feed. Areki sighs again, “What kind of props?”

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(When the script allows, it really is best to film in the desert. An infinite sky, minimal scheduling and permit conflicts, and the Wind Daimyo is always eager to host globally acclaimed celebrities.

The fact that she chooses different areas of Land of Wind’s vast deserts, filling in the gaps of a long ago failed and abandoned search for the Godaime Kazekage, is just a coincidence. A matter of cinematography, really.

Anyway, only Shikako Nara would know that and she doesn’t exist anymore.)

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“Kazekage-sama.”

“What now?” Kankurou snaps, looking up from the mountain of paperwork on the anchor of a desk in this prison of an office.

Jinzo, the secretary who actually runs the Kazekage’s office, shoots him a disapproving look. Well, whatever. Jinzo has never approved of Kankurou’s reign with the hat, only staying out of loyalty for the previous wearer, and it’s not like Kankurou even wanted the job anyway.

Behind Jinzo is the tiniest messenger genin, trembling as if they were in Land of Snow. Shit.

“You’re dismissed,” Jinzo murmurs to the messenger who flees with all haste, before he turns back to Kankurou, envelope in hand.

“What is it?” He doesn’t bother softening his tone, there can be no yielding from the Rokudaime Kazekage.

Jinzo doesn’t bother with it either. “An invitation.”

Ugh.

“Ugh, which councilor wants me to meet their suspiciously single, eligible daughter or granddaughter?”

“None of them.”

“None?” As if Jinzo hasn’t been tossing out the most audacious offers on a weekly basis.

“What I mean is,” he clarifies, “this particular invitation has nothing to do with that.”

There is an uncharacteristically hesitant pause.

“It’s for a movie premiere.”

Another uncharacteristic pause.

“A Kako Heijo movie.”

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(There was a time when Kankurou was the least scary of his siblings, a mere puppeteer dreaming of show business, of reviving the dying arts of his culture. In comparison to his sister—eldest scion of the desert, Wind Mistress unmatched in the skies—and his brother—jinchuuriki and Wielder of the Cascading Sands—where was the threat in a fast talking, comedy relief?

But Kankurou doesn’t have siblings anymore, just like he doesn’t have any patience for people who think he’s the one at fault for his ascension staining Sunagakure a furious, ferrous red.)

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“I’m not questioning your decisions,” Riku prefaces once she and her ward are in the relative privacy of their penthouse suite.

“That sounds like you’re about to question my decisions,” says the woman known world wide as Kako Heijo. Her eyes are sharp, but she gestures for Riku to continue anyway with an almost lenient air.

“I would never,” Riku says, blandly professional as always, “but I am curious about your reasoning behind the most recent addition to your retinue.”

“Our retinue,” corrects the preeminent multinational media darling.

“Kako Heijo’s retinue?” Riku counteroffers.

A considering hum, a nod, then another hand wave prompting Riku to continue.

“Do we really need a permanent props master that travels with us? One who has a child that also needs to travel with us?”

Riku’s responsibility shrugs. “I like knowing who makes my equipment. And I’m shocked, Riku, absolutely horrified,” she says, placidly, “I never took you for someone who would separate a parent from their child for financial reasons.”

She does not break in her professionalism.

“I am also wondering about your choice of VIP guest for the premiere.” Usually she never specifies anyone, letting Riku fill out the guest list based on her complex web of favors, social investments, and potential allies.

“He’s an important patron of the arts that resides in Land of Wind. What is there to wonder about? Surely it would be ruder not to invite him.”

She will not break.

“And plus,” adds the bane of Riku’s existence, “I heard he used to do stuff with puppets? Maybe I should introduce him to my prop master.”

She sighs, resigned. “And her child?”

“What a fascinating suggestion you’ve come up with, Riku!” says the exiled Nara clan heiress. “Yes, let’s do that.”

Riku is going to die from rage induced stress.

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(Riku Sato used to go by a different name as well, but her duty has always been the same regardless.

If she knew forswearing the Genin Corps for advanced training in the Yamanaka clan arts would lead to this, she would rather have put up with a thousand D-rank missions to catch that fucking immortal hellcat)

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A/N: I know as an artist you’re never supposed to point out the flaws in your own work, but I realize I should have had that middle section from Jinzo’s POV in order to make it… symmetrical? balanced?… with the other sections from Areki and Riku’s POVs. Really make it secondary characters looking in on the situation. But I just love writing Kankurou’s POV so much, I couldn’t help it TT_TT Also, this is roughly inspired by Mergen’s comments in response to the (this and that and everything, etc) installment of the ao3 port. Specifically, a brief theory that Souichi might be Shikako and Kankurou’s child, but the ages/math doesn’t really work out. BUT that did remind me of Shikadai’s cousins-that-aren’t and how, sadly, some of them wouldn’t exist. Or some of them would exist but not end up his cousins. However, one cousin in particular COULD have some interesting political ramifications (which is, you know, the whole point of this series) given he has Magnet Release and that was a major reason for Shikamaru being assassinated to begin with. I was considering Shikako finding Shinki when he’s recently orphaned (at nine, according to my Dreaming of S(haring the World) Shinki installment which ALSO has Kankurou) and then the two of them secretly training him in a sort of Anya to Anastasia (from the titular animated movie) type of con (that is less of a con and more a legitimate claim)… but that seemed pretty sketchy and also, like… surely SOMETHING in this bleak AU has to be better, slightly? So I made it such that one of Kako Heijo’s movies is filming near that town in the middle of nowhere before Shinki is nine which means Shikako can sense that there are TWO someones with Magnet Release, one of them being Shinki’s still alive mother :) Basically, this kind of solves the problem of Kankurou not having any children (thus making Shikadai his default heir) but it also adds some other problems in the sense that… well… both Areki and Shinki are untrained civilians and if some councilors who maybe didn’t fully internalize or maybe might have forgotten The Incident decide they’d rather be the power behind an untrained civilian Kazekage than one who is clever and bitter and suspicious of them… well… And then I figured I might as well flesh out Kako Heijo’s totally a civilian, blandly named manager since she’ll probably continue to make appearances in this AU. OVER A YEAR AND I CANNOT PUT THIS AU DOWN.

#jacksgreyson #fanfiction #writing #primadonna girl (says no thank you)#dreaming of sunshine #naruto #shikako nara #sabaku no shinki #sabaku no kankurou

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callsign-phoenix · 1 year

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I wrote this as a part of my advent calendar fics, I hope you like it!

It is a Natasha ‘Phoenix’ Trace x gn!reader imagine.

Thank you @marvelandotherfandomimagines for proofreading!

Day 2: baking Christmas cookies

Warnings: a tiny bit of a sexual innuendo at the end

Natasha Trace was an absolute mess when it came to baking.

Your girlfriend was great at cooking dinner whenever she had a lot of time on her hands but even then the kitchen was left in ruins like a battlefield, with you kindly cleaning up after her.

In contrast to her you were good at baking and loved doing it, you loved baking all kinds of bread, cakes and yes, Christmas cookies.

You liked baking for your friends and family, you regularly brought cookies to meetings with Nat’s friends and coworkers, they loved your baking and adored you for bringing it along.

While you had more time off work than Nat did she preferred whenever you baked in her presence, she loved the smells and to watch you do what you were comfortable and routined with.

Natasha usually just sat there to watch you do your thing, it was a nice balance to her occasionally life-threatening job, but come Christmas time she was eager to interfere in your baking process whenever she could.

She called it ‘helping you out’ instead, but all that really happened was that she managed to complicate your baking process infinitely, while she added a lot more fun to it.

You had everything prepped up and ready waiting for her to get home when you heard the front door open and saw Nat step inside.

You told her to take her time to get comfortable and you were greeted by her in a baggy shirt, braless and in sweatpants a few minutes later, a smile gracing your face at how beautiful she looked when she felt comfy.

You received a peck on your lips as she hurried you along to the kitchen, scanning the ingredients you had put out to see if she could guess the cookie.

Her eyes passed over the egg, butter and the cups of different sugars and flour until they fell onto the peanut butter and Hershey’s kisses, which made a smile pass over Nat’s face at the realization of what you were baking.

The oven was quickly turned on and you started mixing the ingredients in a bowl, starting with sieving flour into a bowl.

You had developed a routine in which you poured the flour and she held the sieve, shaking it gently so the flour ran through the sieve better, but you hadn’t expected for her to purposely be mischievous this early on in your baking.

Focusing on pouring the flour you only realized what she was doing when it was too late, as you felt flour gently pour down onto your head.

A shocked shriek left your lips before you started laughing, knowing that you looked like you had been out in the snow, and that it was a mess to clean up.

Nat put down the sieve immediately but the grin on her face showed you exactly that she knew the damage was done as she looked you up and down.

You followed her gaze as far as you could, finding your shirt full of flour as well.

While she might have planned this playful attack in advance, Nat had forgotten that you were still holding the pack of flour in your hands, which gave you an obvious advantage.

A daring grin appeared on your face as you lifted the package and chugged some of the flour forwards, watching as it landed in her face and on the front of her shirt.

While the flour on your head and shoulders was sieved and therefore not as much in one space Nat was covered in the thick white substance, which had you burst out laughing as you got her a towel to wash it off.

Nat was laughing too, and she helped you clean up as well as you continued in your quest to make cookies that you hoped your friends would enjoy.

Much in contrast to your expectations Nat behaved and was actually productive the rest of the time, even helping to decorate them with the chocolate kisses before you put them back in the oven.

When you got them out you placed them on cooling racks to help them cool quicker, and you watched as Nat approached your cookies gingerly.

You smiled at her as she sat down on one of the chairs at the kitchen aisle to look down on the baked goods, picking one up and blowing on it until it was cold enough to eat.

She looked up at you and a grin spread on her face as she lifted it to her mouth, fully intent on teasing you with what she was about to do.

“They look like nipples,” she said softly before her eyelids fluttered and her lips came in contact with the cookie, still grinning teasingly while looking at you.

Your lips opened slightly as you saw her tongue dart out to run over the Hershey’s kiss at the top, before she took a seductive bite of your baked good.

You could feel your heartbeat picking up and your eyelids fluttered just like hers had as you watched her eat the cookie, the simple act evoking all kinds of feelings inside you.

You were by her side quickly and turned her so you could kiss her properly, tasting the sugar, chocolate and peanut butter on her lips, which only made you weaker.

The moan that left your lips was desperate and she chuckled into your kiss, her hands running over your body in anticipation.

It was the first time that baking had gotten you straight to the bathroom, but you knew it definitely wouldn’t be the last time.

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treasure-mimic · 10 days

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When the mermaids of the shallows were hunted into near extinction, when those of the coral reefs found themselves poisoned and starved, the deep sea mermaid survived. Sparse in number and averse to colony-building of size and scale of those above, not by the actions of any interloper or outsider, but by sheer fact that the deep itself is sparse. It is sparse and unforgiving and ruled above all by competition.

Corapoda's home is the Kemp Caldera, a landmark capable of drawing more of her kind to a single point. Here they gather and share their knowledge and share what food they have collected. The mermaids of the deep do not revel in socialization, reliance on such connections will only fail their needs once apart, but it can be appreciated in temporary.

However, food has dwindled, and the marine snow from above is no longer filling. She is among the first to set out to hunt. Leaving the Caldera means potentially not returning for months. She knows the sea floor better than any creature, and can feel the magnetic polarity of the Earth to guide her along its directional lines. Yet, this only speaks to the impossible task of attempting to map an infinite stretch of sand as barren as it is temporary. The lightest current will shift loose silt and make it unrecognizable. Many landmarks are things such as fallen whale carcasses, an irresistible meal to those who are used to subsisting off scraps, quickly devoured, whatever bones remain sunk into the shifting silt. There were no shipwrecks nearby to provide some sense of permanence, and even those had pseudo-predators which would try to drain what nutrition could be claimed from long dead wood and wool. No, Corapoda's only chance of returning to the only place she might consider a home was chance, the hope that in wandering around the same basin the currents would bring her back to a place of familiarity. Until then she would wander above the barren sea floor and take what she could when it arrived.

Red lights glow beneath her enlarged eyes and allow her some semblance of vision in the midnight black that others so deep cannot latch onto. Yellow-tinted speckles cover her chest and pelvis to ensure any creature looking up will not see her shape against the backlit stars. And, finally, lines of blue dots along the sides of her tail allow others like her to recognize her in the dark.

She swims. Hunger pains keep her from a full on sprint, but she's built for stamina and endurance. Evolution has guaranteed she will continue to move until she quite literally drops dead. For miles she swims, long after she can no longer see the Caldera, she has yet to come across another creature in the deep.

A glint of silver, movement. Immediately, Corapoda launches in furious charge towards the first companion she's had in the hours since leaving. Her tail churns water behind her, her hand lashes out like an angry whip. In a moment it's over, the silt is still clouding in response to the sudden movement long after her prey's fate is sealed.

A lone, silver viperfish wriggles its tubelike body, trying to use the liquidity of the water to lubricate escape back into the darkness. Unfortunately, Corapoda's grip is too strong for that hope. Without hesitation she brings it to her mouth. Jagged teeth rend flesh from bones, her access to the organs of the fish are immediate and unabated. She eats on the move, the fresh stream of blood into water will attract others, many of whom may see her as a bigger prize than the half-eaten viperfish. Her teeth scrape against the needle-like bones, her tongue darts like an eel into crevices otherwise unreachable, she sucks down tiny blots of organs and muscle and life, all in an attempt to pull as much sustenance as possible from this catch.

It's not much, the fish is thin and bony, a product of efficiency in itself. She has enough energy to swim for another day, perhaps, but her stomach still cries out in pain. Once she's sure there's nothing left to get from the fish, she discards the carcass, leaves it to creatures better equipped to eat away at nothing but bones, and continues on.

Miles more are traveled before anything else is encountered. Miles of empty, dead silt and descending snow from above. However, her well-trained eyes are able to pick up the faintest hope on the horizon. Swarming bioluminescence; a school. Schooling fish are not inconceivable to find this deep down, but they are rare, likely lanterneyes or other such small catches. This is a present and deeply agreeable solution, Corapoda can imagine herself dancing amidst the school and gorging herself on their bodies. They cannot hope to flea as one, she is certainly faster, and they are far too small to fight back. Surely she can gather at least a few before it occurs to their simple minds to scatter.

Her pace quickens with excitement. She moves with just enough renewed energy as to avoid startling the school with her thrashing.

Curiously, the school seems to be moving towards her as well. Their patterns are intricate, folding circles, almost mesmerizing, yet the school still moves as a singular cloud, all in pace with one another. Relative motion is hard to gauge in the deep, with so little to compare off of, Corapoda mistakenly believes she is moving faster than she for a moment because the school is moving towards her faster than expected.

Something is wrong. For all of the individual swimming spots of light, there is a larger, all consuming darkness surrounding them. A shape which stands out against the gloom, a shape which seems to contain the school in itself.

Corapoda realizes the trick, not a moment too soon. Her sleek body turns hard and she swims at an angle to the approaching mass. It's on her now. Her tail narrowly avoids a gaping, cavernous maw, and further distance is needed to keep from hitting the moving shape, large as an ocean liner.

From this close she can see the trick. Chromatophores larger than her own beating heart pulse with light and then shut themselves off in swimming sequence against the creature's broad side. From a distance they resemble the habits of a small creature's evasive patterns. From this close, they look more like messages from an unknowable alien race. Its hide is so dark that she cannot make out defining characteristics, she does not see an eye or a fin or gills. There is only the mass and the blinking lights which almost spelled her doom.

The creature does not turn around, it does not correct course and attempt to pursue her further. It knows its attempt has failed and it will not waste excess energy on something which has already seen through its ruse.

Slowly, and yet at speeds Corapoda could not hope to outrun, it passes her by and returns into the darkness of the depths.

There's only a moment taken to catch her breath, to let her tense muscles undo. Then, she returns to swimming, notably in the opposite direction. Regardless of all else, her stomach still aches, and she is still without a proper meal.

#Mermay #Mermay 2024 #mermaids #deep sea #short story #short fiction #horror #thalassophobia

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Why do you think Pocahontas, Mulan and Moana are official Disney Princesses? My mom says this bc a point of ''diversifying'' the line-up, since only Jasmine and Tiana are actual princesses of color, but you have another vision or argument?

If you want a quick answer to that question, I more or less agree with your mother on this. I think Disney wants to own at least one prominent female figure from every country/of every race to flaunt with, which is fair, since they got way too many German and French characters in their Smash Brothers roster. Like the rest of the world, they probably noticed how seldom their animation department leaves the European border, and they wish to seek out more stories. Of course, with the expectation people will love them for it and open up their wallets some more. I said it before: Don't think even once these companies are your friend. The Disney Princess line-up has plenty of rules, but some characters are given special treatment for reasons I'm not wholly certain of. Most of the "princesses" featured aren't even princesses. Their story ended with them becoming queen, so the brand was a lie from the start. In any case, just being a princess isn't enough. These are basically the requirements:

Be 100% Disney. Characters from Disney-owned studios are not allowed.

Be female.

Be human.

Be attractive (though honestly, Disney has rarely to never bothered to design an unattractive main character).

Wear/Have worn a dress.

Be a main character.

Be a hero character.

Have any kind of status that deems you an authority figure.

Come from a mostly successful (theatrical) movie.

Eilonwy, Nala, Kiara, Kida, Raya, maid Marian, and even Meg who's in a relationship with a literal god match most of the criteria, but Disney probably has access to tons of documents with pretty numbers on them that help them determine when a character is "worth it". It may be the case that certain princesses rake in so much cash, Disney is able to take a risk with less popular ones who'll definitely lose them money, but earn them brownie points, which the company lives for in today's age. For example, Belle and Ariel are so loved, their toy sales might be high enough to fund the production costs of two or three lower ranked ladies, like Snow White and Tiana. Snow White is a classic oldie who started off the brand, Disney can't throw her out without everyone who never cared about her going ape shit anyway, and The Princess and the Frog was marketed (perhaps only by spectators, not Disney) to be for African American girls as "finally having a princess to relate to". Because a raging workaholic frog is super relatable to children. Anyway, what I'm saying is that Tiana was put on a political pedestal, and when that happens to a character, creators become afraid to touch them. Kida from Atlantis, on the other hand, wasn't marketed as any kind of trendsetter, and so, Disney is allowed to forget her. I understand Kida doesn't represent a real race, but that never stopped people from projecting their face on a fictional character before. If Amethyst from Steven Universe is "black", why will no one call Kida "the first black princess"? Concerning Pocahontas and Moana, they're Disney's only Native American and Polynesian (?) character. They wouldn't dare to let go of them, regardless if their movie is popular, because the backlash of not letting them join will be greater. And really, it's the same case with Merida, because she strongly represents a culture Disney never bothered with before. With seriousness. Then there's Raya, who I think wasn't welcomed in because of the same reasons Kida wasn't. The movie didn't sell well enough and you can't pinpoint one definable race to her. Why settle with Raya, if we have the infinitely more liked Mulan -who has a clear Chinese origin? Announcing a character to be Asian is not enough; you're not truly exploring a culture if you mix it up with 4 other cultures. Jasmine is the only exception in this category, because she's a classic oldie that helped start off the brand. Assumedly. Some movies come with a message, intentional or not, and this kind of thing causes a born and raised princess from one unpopular movie to get snubbed, and a frog from another unpopular movie to get VIP entrance. Also note that I grade popularity not in terms of box office sales, but how much viewers liked the product. It helped that The Princess and the Frog enjoyed pre-release attention, but it didn't necessarily make people like the story more than that of Atlantis. It's great when you earn back your budget, but how will you sell merchandise if everyone thinks your movie is average? It'd be a waste of money. Many movie studios are that dumb, though. But be happy, at least the abandoned princesses were spared from that unfunny Wreck-It Ralph 2 scene.

#disney #disney princess #atlantis #kida #snow white #the princess and the frog #tiana #mulan #raya and the last dragon #raya

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from @flamexbound for Maggie: Send me ⚠ to find my muse at the end of a trail of blood.

Stubbornly, Curumë plodded through the snow, his cloak and hood wrapped tightly around his body to protect himself against the biting winds that sought to mow him down. Hungering, they licked at the parts of exposed skin he hadn't been able to cover, caressing them with the gentleness of a thousand prickly needles. The half-elf shuddered and trembled under their touch, yet the burning in his side kept him going.

The makeshift bandage that covered the gaping wound in his flank had long since been soaked in blood, splotches of red marring his path through the otherwise untouched tundra with every forceful step he took.

Further, keep going. Just another step. Curumë faltered.

Looking ahead, the warlock could make out a figure, dark and tall against the colorless features of the rest of his surroundings. Perhaps it was a product of the feverish haze that was slowly but steadily gaining the upper hand over him. His lips formed words that remained unspoken, as he collapsed into the snow, the cold offering only mild relief against his burning hot skin.

With his vision blurring, the only thing he remembered was the fire-red hair of the woman bending over him. „How beautiful…", he thought. Then, there was but infinite darkness and the certainty that it was his fiendish patron who had come to collect their due.

#flamexbound #char: curume

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She’s back! Infinite Snow Production’s Delaney Jordan has just uploaded a brand-new video essay, and this time, it covers 2007’s Green VS. Red.

Around 24 minutes in length, this slightly “shorter” video feature discusses the OVA in an incredible amount of depth, and as always, Delaney shares some fantastic observations and insights. Give this one a watch if you’re interested in this fascinating, if not a tiny bit frustrating, different venture for Lupin and pals.

Watch the essay on YouTube here, and check out Delaney’s Patreon page here.

#lupin iii #lupin the 3rd #lupin the third #anime #lupin #manga #lupin the iii #lupin 3rd #lupin sansei

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coreyww · 2 years

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The Owl House Except Everyone Plays Magic the Gathering AU

[Part One: More to come but this post was getting long with just what I have SO FAR]

Luz early-Season One:

Playstyle: “Five Color Good Stuff” / Lots of Janky Bullshit

Takes lands out of her deck to make room for better cards which she cannot play because her mana base ends up being just two tap lands and a Snow Mountain.

“Okay so how does the Stack work again? Okay got it” Doesn’t get it at all.

Says “HAHAHA you’ve activated my Trap Card” whenever she plays anything 100% of the time.

Eda

Playstyle: Spellslinger / Storm / "Chaos, if you're feeling nasty"

Runs the game shop

Unclear if she actually owns the building or has just squatted there for God Knows How Long

Tries to pretend she doesn’t know or care much about playing MtG, is actually a gigantic nerd about it

“Still can’t believe they banned ante just because that’s technically and factually illegal. Pffft. Cowards”

Keeps trying to teach the actual children how to cheat at actual gambling but she’s mostly kidding (…probably)

“Awww it does my heart good to see you kids have a good time hehe…now buy a collectors booster or get out, I’ve got bills to pay, kid”

Willow

Playstyle: Tap Forest Followed by Curbstomp

Every deck has Green in it. All of them. If she ever had to play a deck with a land base of only Wastes, she’d somehow find a way to make it generate Green mana.

Her spirit animals are Rampant Growth, Giant Growth, and Llanowar Elves.

Doesn’t look like much at first until does some infinite mana bullshit, does a ridiculous amount of damage, and obliterates an opponent and all the hopes and dreams they ever had without mercy.

“It just makes sproutling tokens, what are you even worried about?” is the sound you hear before you die

Make a shitty comment about her friends during her game and she’ll Trample and Double Strike you in Real Life

Amity early-Season One

Playstyle: Blue Mana / Artifact Shenanigans / All Manner of Control Fuckery

A total Spike

Is rich and thus plays Modern

Good at the game but in an assholy kinda way.

Decks are loaded with $50+ cards.

Memorizes every spoiler card before Prerelease. Not an exaggeration, literally takes the time to actually memorize them.

“Wow, that’s a good spell ... how sad for you” (Casts Counterspell)

Gets cocky and toys with Luz during their first game until Luz gets the win and Amity has a mental breakdown in a very noticeable embarrassing way in the middle of the game store.

Gus

Playstyle: Flicker, Bounce, and Enter the Battlefield Triggers for Days

Doesn’t always win, but he has fun just watching something cool go off

Doesn’t have a lot of self confidence so their turns often take like over five minutes

Very excited about showing you the new sleeves and deck box he bought

“LUZ! YOU DID GREAT! I went 0-3 myself but who cares about that, look! I got a deckbox with Yargle on it! I don’t have a frog deck to put in it now, but when I do, watch out” (finger guns)

Belos

Playstyle: Thousand Dollar Decks Loaded with Nothing But Bullshit

(Posting on Reddit) “And that’s why proxies and casual play are ruining Magic the Gathering and new product shouldn’t be sent to stores that allow either. Furthermore, women—“

Motherfucker has the Power Nine in a Legacy deck and uses that shit against CHILDREN

He’ll use Mass Land Destruction, he don’t give a fuck

ALL the free Sac outlets, can’t get enough of that shit

“Surely you’re not afraid of a friendly casual game?” (Turn One: Black Lotus into Doomsday)

Seriously, fuck this guy

#the owl house #magic the gathering #mtg #mtg commander #toh mtg au #luz nozeda #willow toh #amity blight #emperor belos #gus toh #toh au

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zahri-melitor · 5 months

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I am going to read

DCU Infinite Holiday Special #1 (2006)

A Hector Hammond Christmas - Green Lantern. I don't have the context on who this villain is, but Hal is arguing with a telepath on Christmas and remembering events from his childhood.

Christmas Spirits - Shadowpact. Everyone wants to prank Santa Claus.

This is a story where Bill Willingham's politics are very much on board: the ACL, hey, the Anti-Christmas League? (are we suggesting the ACLU are bad? Except we don't want to use the scary union word? Can we get the Elves Union back? Are they going to be blamed for production being behind?)

Also yes I very much noted the ACL using 'comrade', so we are definitely supposed to tack the concept of either socialism and/or unionism onto the back of this organisation. Terrifying.

If the reindeer are down with the flu, Santa Claus, why not ask Supes to step in again? He's done it before. Also if the reindeer are deliberately trying to scare you before the big day, maybe find out what they're unhappy about?

All I Want for Christmas... - Supergirl. Clark and Kara answer letters to Superman (rather like letters to Santa) in December to get into the holiday spirit.

Kara points out she's not feeling in the mood for this, because of Conner's death, but Clark says that's why they're doing this together.

Anyway, Kara ends up answering a letter from a little girl who wants to see her Dad for Christmas, but he's serving in Iraq. Of course, it turns out he's actually a deadbeat and drunk and both parents are lying to the kid so she doesn't know he left. Kara imposes some pretty violent reckoning with Fred, the dad (drops him from high in the clouds, tells him he should consider what he saw as his life flashed before his eyes), and then goes to the Kents for Christmas. (Deadbeat Fred does indeed see his daughter on Christmas Day).

Gift of the Magi - Shazam. I am not across enough Shazamily content in this period to be 100% on this, but various of the Greek Gods are incarnate here and discussing whether Freddie is worthy of Shazam, at the Godly Pantheons Christmas Party (held in a sports bar), while also simultaneously foiling the human sacrifice plans of the Council of Merlin.

Father Christmas - Flash. This is a Bart Flash story. Jay and Joan invite Bart for Christmas, but Bart is moping because it's the period when he's Flash.

However he goes out and finds someone has made it snow. In LA. Suspecting the Weather Wizard, he instead finds it's one of the gadget guys (Tweak) who makes supplies for all the rogues, and the device went weird, and Tweak's down on his luck. Bart then invites Tweak and his son to Christmas at the Garricks.

Lights - Batwoman. The Hanukkah story of the set. Kate, via a stolen replica of a particular menorah, reunites two branches of a family split up by the Holocaust.

Yes, Tyrone, There is a Santa Claus - Superman and Batman. This is absolutely ridiculous, light hearted, and clearly deliberately Silver Age in tone (Lois getting asked to fetch Perry coffee at the start? Yeahhhhhhhhh).

Anyway Clark and Bruce compete to bring the joy of Santa to a kid who wrote to the Daily Planet (while Bruce totally denies that's what he's doing).

#DC Santa read along

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I have hit Post Limit so I am responding here:

So Lupin the Third:

This is an Adult series written specifically for Adults. It's crude, sexual, and violent. It is also complex and heartwarming and MOST OF ALL: IT'S HILARIOUS

Lupin III has the slapstick flirty hilarity that original Loony Tunes has but for more adult audiences. Lupin definitely has a joy of life and mischievous Buggs Bunny energy to him.

Arsene Lupin III is the third of a line of master thieves. This manga from the 60's (technically ongoing) and anime from the 80's is (very very very very loosely) based off of the french Arsene Lupin stories where Famous detective Herlock Sholmes chases after the titular master theif who bests Herlock on many occasions. (Originally it was Arsene Lupin v Sherlock Holmes but that was a very early and famous case of IP/Copyright and his name was changed).

Lupin's partners Jigen Daisuke (half Italian and half Japanese raised in NY half his life) and Goemon Ishikawa XIII (descended from a Samurai theif from IRL history) work with him to pull off incredible capers.

Goemon is a master swordsman with yakuza history and Jigen is a master marksman with mob history.

Lupin is in love with Fujiko Mine another master theif (imo) who is the femme Fatale of the series. She's sometimes a member of the gang and sometimes not. Lupin will do almost anything to get into her pants and she uses that to her advantage regularly to manipulate him into stealing things for her. She's sort of similar to Nami from One Piece in a lot of ways.

Zenigata is the intrepid Inspector/Detective thats chasing after our titular theif and his gang. He's a lot like Gumshoe from Ace Attorney. He's sweet, and deeply cares about Justice and Lupin is his Arch Rival. His luck is terrible and his pay is low but the people that love him are very loyal. He will chase Lupin to the ends of the earth. He's a major comic relief character even in the more serious entries.

Hayao Miyazaki worked on Lupin III in the second half of the first arch Green Jacket and the movie Castle of Cagliostro was his first big movie break. They're beautiful to watch and very heartwarming and he had a lasting effect on the media canon.

A lot of this information will be repeated in the video essays I'm about to reccomend but honestly she'll do a WAAAAY better job of singing this series praises than I will.

Check out the video essays by @infinitesnowpro (Infinite Snow Productions on youtube).

Her essays -Miyazaki's Lupin- and - The Mystery of Mamo (Will be in the Criterion Collection) - are fantastic and the Miyazaki Lupin video confirmed some of my suspicions about Green Jacket.

She goes over good places to start in the video but if you want a small taste : Lupin the 3rd The First is on Netflix I believe. It'll give you an idea of what the characters are generally like.

Some of the series is on TMJ's official YouTube. They actually put a lot of their stuff on their channel for free. Not just Lupin stuff.

My favorite arch is Red Jacket the second arch but I watched Red Jacket for the first time back in the mid to late 00's so it'll always have a special place in my heart. ❤

If you like funny cops vs robbers type storylines and like a lot of the tropes of detective or heist media I think you'd like it. It's a very fun watch.

It's infinitely memeable and there's a ton of hilarious shorts compilations and soundbites floating around the internet.

The music is fantastic btw. There's compilations on youtube thst are like an hour or more in length under funny names that reference memes and they're nice to listen to while doing housework. -It's a beautiful morning and you're a Terrible Theif- or -A five minute egg cooks in 5 minutes- etc.

Bonus: As a series for adults with adult characters it will appeal to Middle Aged Men Enthusiasts so even if that's all anyone takes out of it I've still done my job promoting it. o7

sounds cool as fuck 👍

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ogradyfilm · 6 months

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