man seems like dumblr is back to its classic glitchy shit like eating asks

Ya'll... I think I might start a new story, I have a... basic concept of what I want it to be like, and I already have a name (under the impression that I don't suddenly do a 180), I just need to do like... all the writing and make the characters LMFAO It's gonna be a little on the dreary side and dark (which is the kind of writing/genre i aspire to write about, also means I'm gonna have to redo my personal reshade that ive been cooking for like... 3 or 4 months... 😭)-

in the meantime, I might start working on gussying up my navi post (and by gussy up, i mean completely redo) because as nice as it is, it's, idk, a little outdated (i guess), I have an idea for a new theme except i'm either going to a) put it in the drafts and wait til I start the new story to post it so the info is all there or b) make it and then post it and when i start the new story, edit it and put the tags and stuff in for the story.

ALSO might do a name change cuz... this name came from WAYYY before i joined simblr, and its got a charm to it, but i dont rlly like it anymore,, it just dont sit with me the same way that it used to lmao

*(writing this after i posted cuz i forgot to say this - its under the cut and in regards to NSB with the new story - it also kinda turned into a rant lmfao) TL:DR for ppl who don't wanna read my stupid fucking rant: NSB is prob gonna go on a hiatus regardless of if i start a new story, cuz as much as I love it, it's started to feel like a chore and less of smth i enjoy (even tho, like I said, I rlly enjoy/love it) Sorry to my NSB enjoyers out there.

regarding NSB, yes it will probably go on hiatus when making this story bec writing is already kinda exhausting for me as well as editing and NSB has progressively became more and more story-driven than gameplay-driven, and especially after these three days, im kinda burnt out from NSB, i know i just left it off on a cliffhanger with the new baby, but to be honest, I don't wanna deal with another child, i barely get by dealing with the four, and dealing with toddlers> are so fucking annoying cuz of the Sim AI, which in and of itself is just demotivating, i do REALLY love not so berry, i love the story ive created with it, but i guess im just tired of playing the same generation for so long, not to mention the fact that i made it a rags to riches challenge, i know i didnt have to but i prefer to, and bc of that, i havent been able to properly decorate, and i dont really wanna go back on myself, if i decide to continue NSB, i will probably take the RTR rules away since its so annoying to deal with having like, 1000 simoleans all the damn time. Also, i've been planning what to do for generation 3 since catty gave birth, but i had to put NSB on a hiatus bc of a stupid glitch and was only recently able to start it up again, and I still havent moved onto the next gen. I kinda lost the plot with that rant, but basically, NSB will probably go on hiatus, regardless of the new story, I've been wanting to dwell more on Roo and his whole story and the people in his universe and after a bit, NSB has started to, as much as I love it and the storytelling and whatever, feel like a chore, which kinda hurts to say, but its true. Sorry to any of my not so berry enjoyers out there

Birthdays

Harry Hart x Reader  Warnings: N/A Word Count: 1060 (see what I did there ;) ) A/N: So, some glitch happened, the draft I saved on my laptop using Chrome got its content erased when I posted it using my phone at about 12mn. My stupid ass made no back-ups because I never had a problem with Tumblr before, but thank God Microsoft Word saved me with its awesome features.  I rushed this fic in time for Colin Firth’s birthday, and I can say with absolute confidence that this is not one of my best works. But I still hope you guys will enjoy reading this. I started writing this last year, it was just sitting in my drafts, collecting dust, until yesterday. It’s not everyday that Colin turns 60, so I wanted to do something. In this fic, imagine Arthur’s Sir Giles, the one from TGC, because he seems pretty chill.  And one last thing, if you’re on Twitter, I hope you join in on making Colin Firth a Trending Topic on his birthday (September 10), and you can also use the #ColinFirthSweetSixty. Stay safe everyone!

As a spy, giving up a normal life is mandatory. One is expected to have little to no ties outside of the agency. Human connection could be a weakness when you are in this line of job, and weaknesses are bad for business. It’s just the safety of the world that depends on the quality of Kingsman's business.

Which explains how Harry Hart was never fond of celebrating his birthday. And he’s still partial to this when you came along.

From what he told you, Harry last celebrated his birthday when he was a teen, before he joined the military. Since then, he only gets a call from his mother on his birthdays and spends an hour or two with Merlin and James, former Lancelot, may he rest in peace, having drinks if they weren’t sent on missions.

Today, you asked Arthur if you could take an early day off at work. There's not much to do, and mainly because you had planned something for Harry's birthday.

It was a slow day. Out of boredom, you decided to stop by Merlin's office and ask if you could help him with anything today.

"Hey Merlin!" The wizard peeled away from the screen to look at you. "Percival, what brings ye here?" He asked. "Anything interesting happening?" Instead of answering his question, you also asked him one too. "Nah, everything seems to be good." "So, no missions for us?" You inquired, to which Merlin chuckled. "Do ye really want that?" "It's in the job description, isn't it?" You said as a matter-of-factly. Which prompted Merlin to ask you again. "You sure ye really want to go on a mission today?" The answer to that is a no, of course, but you decided to keep that to yourself. "I did ask for an early off, but I'm bored." "Right, how 'bout this? Your mission today is to pick up Harry's cake on the bakery just around the corner from the shop." "Oh, baking isn't in the skillset of our resident wizard?" "Unfortunately, no, but maybe you already have one prepared?" Your smart-ass mouth might get you in trouble just about now. "Excuse me?" You raised your eyebrow at his question. He just laughed, he handed you the receipt, and sent you on your way.

You and Harry have been dating for months now. You both decided to keep the relationship a secret in order to avoid complications at work. And that conversation with Merlin implied that he might have an idea that you and Harry are dating. What he actually knows, you’re not sure. Asking any further about what he meant would only confirm whatever he thinks, and that’s the last thing you want to do right now.

You didn't tell Harry you were taking an early day off today; the original plan was to stay at your flat and cook dinner together after work. But you wanted to do something more, you want to spoil your man on his birthday.

Merlin picked a simple but large chocolate cake, enough for everyone at the HQ to share. Just as you arrived back in HQ, Eggsy sent you a message through the glasses saying he already got the gift.

To avoid suspicions, you decided to pitch-in on Eggsy's gift for Harry. He insisted that you guys get Harry a ridiculously large, 3-D butterfly painting so he had it commissioned. Then you and Eggsy started to put up the banners in the dining room. Harry was probably busy with paper works in his office. At work, you both try to keep your interactions at a minimum, as it seems impossible to stay in one room together alone without making out.

The afternoon meeting that Arthur called in for was actually for Harry’s birthday surprise at work. This kind of surprises at Kingsman only started when the younger agents joined the table. Fortunately, Arthur was on board and open to new traditions.

On the way home, you picked up a good wine and few other things you're going to need for tonight. Once you arrived, you immediately started prepare for cooking dinner. You can do a decent meal, but Harry’s still the best cook out of the two of you. You texted him a message saying you’ve already done the groceries, so he’d just go straight to your place once he clocked out of work.

When Harry arrived, the table was already set. He was taking off his suit jacket as he walked to the dining room to start cooking when he saw everything’s already done. You could see that he was genuinely surprised and delighted.

“Surprise! Happy birthday, love.” And you planted a kiss on his cheeks.  

After dinner, the two of you sat on your sofa, your head leaning against his chest. The two of you sat in silence in each other’s presence, drinking wine. Yes, you two are staying at your flat tonight, but this, this is home.

"Y/N, remember when I told you that I never liked celebrating my birthday? I somehow still don’t.” You looked up at him. “But not in a bad way. My birthday reminds me of how old I am. How much older I am compared to you.” You smiled at him. “You know that that never bothers me, right? Starting this year, you never have to worry about that. We’ll celebrate your birthday, even if we’re sent on missions. See, without your birthday I would probably be a lonely old maid.” He chuckled. “We both know that’s not true. You’re not old, not yet anyway, and I happen to know a list of men who would court you if they’re given the chance.” “Oh, are you jealous?” “It was my chest you were leaning against earlier, so no.” That’s good to know, you never want him to be jealous, or even give him reasons to.

“Harry, I know you’re not a huge fan of sweets. But I made dessert.” You stood up from the sofa. “I’m a huge fan of anything you make. But I told you, you didn't have to do anything. Having you in my life is already a gift." And if it was possible to love this man so much more, you just did.

“I just wanted to spoil you on your birthday.” “Any more surprises for tonight?” Harry asked “Maybe.” And you winked

 Interesting timeline facts I can get from the Skaianet ARG draft papers- 

- Jane’s Dad was a clone of John’s Dad. John’s Dad was Jane Crocker (Nanna) and Stan Laurel’s (don’t even ask :v) genetic son on pre-scratch Earth (beta session). The surname “Egbert” comes from a man Nanna later married after fleeing the Condesce. The cloning happened when HIC was ensuring post-scratch Earth (alpha session) had functionally similar conditions to pre-scratch Earth- she impregnated Alpha John’s future wife with a Sburb ectobiology machine with Nanna’s son’s DNA, which is why Jane’s Dad and John’s Dad look identical through two different universes and parentage. Ectobiologically speaking, this would make Dad and John half-brothers. 

- when HIC was first on pre-scratch Earth just after Alternia was destroyed she cut off her hair and sawed off her horns to blend in and ran a bordello in the US Wild West, among other things????? I just mention this because apparently troll horns grow back. 

(beta session/pre-scratch Earth)

- Rose’s Mom and Dave’s Bro got recruited into Skaianet by Jade’s Grandpa at a young age and lived off of trust funds Jade’s Grandpa set up for them in the 1980s. This is why they have money, and probably how Roxy babysat Joey. 

- Nanna (Jane) is named after Calamity Jane, Calliope/Caliborn’s Cherub mom who “kept [HIC] on the rails of her designated global conquest to secure the future birthplace of her son and daughter” by opposing her from pre-scratch Earth onwards. Grandpa was just named Jake because “it sounded kind of like Jane, human names are stupid, and HIC doesn’t actually care.” 

- Skaianet was a front company used to speed along the development of technology on Earth by releasing Alternian and hoarded Sburb tech from meteor sites to eventually support the running of Sburb to end the universe and scratch into a new one by HIC. She planned to use the post scratch earth (alpha session) as a home planet for the rebirth of the troll empire in Universe C, which the kids were supposed to win for her and hand over, which was going just as planned until John’s Retcon. 

- Jade’s Grandpa is ridiculously irresponsible and doesn’t have strong character, there is a lot about Jake..... as puppet head of Skaianet, anyway the most relevant thing I could find is Hiveswap Joey Claire is born in 1980 and Hiveswap is in 1994 and Jade’s meteor hits the island in 1995, and Grandpa was totally oblivious to Skaianet’s sinister purpose until he finally found “the mysterious island in the pacific,” i.e. Hellmurder Island, ditched his newest wife (A. Claire) and children (Joey Claire and Jude Harley) and presumably did his sburb exploration shenanigans to save John and pick up Jade’s dead dreamself after discovering the frog temple and eventually died when Jade was young because of Tavros mind controlling Bec to redirect a bullet she fired as a baby. We got Grandpa’s full timeline, and man is it weird. 

Homestuck Storyline

- John’s Retcon signifigance in story is a little more explained. 

- HIC’s master plan was to get Roxy to revive the matriorb, take over post-scratch Earth and Universe C, groom Jane as Heiress, and Jake as Jane’s slave, and restart the troll empire in Universe C. John’s retcon “disrupted the course of events, breaking HIC's mental grip on her powerful servants, and turning the tide in their favor.” Epilogue indicates this probably means Jade and Jane. Other possibilities: Gamzee and Kurloz, just because clowns are frequently referred to as HIC’s powerful servants, and a large part of John’s retcons involved Gamzee looking completely baffled and stopping him from manipulating Terezi to kill Vriska. Implied this is what stopped HIC. Not sure how Aranea in [S] Game Over fit in.  

- It’s also implied John’s retcon power had something to do with Calliope predominating in an alternate timeline, which was said to be impossible barring “a highly improbable glitch in causality” aka exactly how the retcon power is described. This Calliope destroys the green sun and renders LE vulnerable to attack by Vriska w the masterpiece juju (i.e. what gives out the retcon power in the first place.) so ???? good job john, whatever this implies. 

- Gamzee’s timeline remains kind of unexplained. Already known: Calliope/Caliborn was born on a dying Earth C in Universe C, that means Universe C had to be created in order for Lord English to be born. Not known if Gamzee going around gathering stuff for Lord English only happened in the pre-retcon timeline where he was eventually killed in Game Over, and the post-retcon iteration of him stuffed in a fridge came back once Caliborn started in his null session and then eventually got killed by being combo smashed into Lil Cal by nebulous future/alternate human kids, who ALSO made their way there via the retcon power? Also implies the retcon power begins and ends circularly with the ‘Masterpiece’ juju- but since it’s already proved John doesn’t have to make stable time loops and can literally just have a clone of himself with the retcon power running around, I don’t know..... what happened............ still......... 

- Anyway Cherub mythology gets tied back into the beginning, same time HIC hits Earth so does Calamity Jane, to drive home the entire plot of Homestuck is a cascade of unfortunate events made to ensure Lord English’s existence, Calamity Jane’s son. She kept HIC in check to make sure she didn’t go too crazy but took over both Earths in a way to ensure Sburb would happen so Calamity Jane could meet her mate, and said “we both fulfilled our use” as HIC bled out stabbed through with an anime sword, and flew off into Skaia, to sometime after Earth C was next to a dying sun.

- Jake may never maintain a responsible relationship.

(alpha session/post-scratch Earth)

- Guy Fieri and Insane Clown Posse’s unexpectedly in-depth absurdist backstory as horrifying genetic experiment of HIC. Don’t even ask?? Implication Steve Bannon is deformed clone of Guy Fieri. Also implication “Guy Fieri” is a mispronunciation of “Guy Feferi” this just made me double take so.  

- I didn’t know if the files were implying Jake’s Grandma (alpha Jade) somehow also was involved in WWII like Jade’s Grandpa (beta Jake) was, or if the Condesce forced WWII to happen the same way to keep the timeline similar to pre-scratch Earth, but it definitely implied Alpha Jade had an affair with Charlie Chaplin-as-a-trained-assassin which implies Calamity Jane founded that on post-scratch Earth too, which is weird. Anyway that’s why HIC waits so long to kill Alpha Jade, to let events play out as identically as possible until Jane and Jake were in the medium. 

- Not gonna touch, and besides, not relevant to HS- WWII, Jesse James, Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Jake’s relationships, lethally trained slapstick vaudeville performer assassinations, double crosses, and dueling between the forces of Calamity Jane and HIC, i.e. a significant portion of text devoted to the underground army of notable comics and performers vs Betty Crocker and the forces of scientific advancement (for purposes of ending the world.) Well now we have an incredibly convoluted explanation for why Colonel Sassacre and Mark Twain are the same person. 

- It just occurred to me this underground network of writers, entertainers, and comics is probably the word of god reason on how Alpha Rose and Alpha Dave got the backing, info, and into contact to start their anti-HIC campaign on post-scratch Earth- didn’t Alpha John also become a comedian later? Nothing much on him at all, though.  

- Just this: Alpha John fleed the Crocker compound when he saw Hitler’s severed head lying on a desk. This is apparently a carefully HIC arranged constant between pre-scratch and post-scratch Earth. Nanna (Jane) didn’t really seem to notice the head when she finally left. 

- Obama escaped to post-scratch Earth from pre-scratch Earth, which also the implies we are living on Post-scratch Earth and the meteor Apophis is going to deliver some kind of sburb technology and/or accelerate the demise of the Earth in 4/13/2029. Mentioned a lot, but curiously little info on Apophis, seemingly irrelevant to rest of story. 

Conclusion: I have no idea what the Homestuck epilogue is going to be, except  Aphophis might be involved, somehow. I hope the retcon power timeline to the masterpiece juju gets explained? I hope Vriska, Sollux, and Aradia’s fate is explained? Gamzee timeline? What did the masterpiece actually do?? MYSTERY

Things this hellsite needs to fix before adding any more BS features

(Mainly about the app because this is 90% of how I access the site)

(Also feel free to just ignore my bitching)

This stupid glitch at the moment where everything in my drafts appears twice

Which apparently carries through the the queue, because that post is in there twice too. Awesome

And also my main blog appears twice when I try to reblog something

Make it so that posts actually load without the app accumulating storage as it loads

Make tagging more convenient, I feel like it gets harder with every update

Add appropriate spaces between paragraphs

Stop messing with the formatting of my damn posts

Could any images I post please be clear? Why do they have to be blurry, I can’t tell what quality the images are. And then they don’t load properly and they just end up looking blurry as hell 

fix the tags so that I can actually see new shit that gets posted instead of posts disappearing into the void 

May 9th, 2022 Part 2

So basically tumblr is being mean and glitched on me 2 times and erased what I had said. So basically recapping everything again, we watched a ted talk and it was loud so I covered my ears but felt disrespectful. Then Hyena was talking about the Scythe series and it bores me so I feel bad for not being interested. He is also rereading it an annotating again. Then I explained how I feel like a liar about my mental health issues because they are similar to my friends. It's a whole thing. Anyways in English with Mrs. O she was picking on MB. So we took a test and I didn't really remember anything and I was kind of pissed. I really wish that I had a 504 or an IEP. I also realized that I tend to take things out on myself physically. Me hitting my arms and scratching my arms and neck could probably be considered self harm but I don't know because to me they aren't. I only see self harm to myself as cutting. Anyways that wasn't fun. Also my tumblr keeps glitching kind of. Not fully sure what's happening there. Also 2 more class periods and I get to go home and eat and relax. I need to get my algebra homework done and my spanish. Then if I have enough drive work on missing carrers and biology. So currently in Spanish I think I am very under stimulated. I feel empty but kinda heavy. Depressed you could say? Not sure there isn't enough of anything really and it sucks. I don't know what to do about it but this assignment is boring. I also don't know when it is due. I hate when teachers don't update their Skyward until right before grades are due because then I can't quantify what I am not doing good in and missing. This is one of the classes. Although I can't blame Mr. L he is brand new and got her in the middle of the year from Mexico. Idk. Ok update I started it but the website is too much stimuli and I can't view a simplified version because my school has blocked almost every extension I think I will email something to the principle about it. So I didn't email the principle but I have a draft. So my friends and I got to sit by each other during CATs which I don't have the energy to explain. So first Hyena drew a shape, then Opossum, and finally Penguin. I made stupid characters and it was seritone boost. Then I had Tem Shop stuck in my head and I forgot how much it makes brain go brr but yeah I had it on loop for a few seconds but then it faded at the end. 0/10 did not like. I don't have much for now but I am riding home and my dad won't be there :) I think I will make jasmine rice. I like it a lot. I am pretty sure rice is a major comfort food. Also there is a song I like but I really don't know what the lyrics mean like yeah it's in english but I don't understand but nice beats. So I got home I did indeed make and consume my jasmine rice. It's not the best because it's not my usual brand. Then so we got an pilated woodpecker and he's big! We also have two! Then my dad pointed out to me that the DNR plane flying low and circling just beyond the woods at my house. That was certainly interesting because we never see the plane. We suspect that there is a fire judging by the ash in the air and the smell. Yeah you can smell that and the rain. Can't really explain it. There are also a lot of Orioles here today and they love to go to the hummingbird feeder when there is one just for them smh. Also so I have a strawberry plant and it's doing very good! I am incredibly happy about it! So turns out no fire I think not sure what happened. Anyways I just played Stardew Valley for quite a bit of time. Now I kind of have the motivation to due homework so yay. Spoiler alert I did 2 problems and stopped but I have now gone to bed so yeah. Also I put out a jar to collect rain water :)

P.s. this is in 2 parts because tumblr didn't like the big post-

My Life is Very Shoujo Manga (MLVSM) - Intro (TATBILB who?! Kidding 🥰)

1 October 2018:

💖✨🌻 I recently stumbled across some drafts of a story I started writing on my old blog about 3 years ago called “My Life is Very Shoujo Manga”, inspired by how whenever people ask me to retell the story of how Tony and I met, people always tell me, “oh my god, it’s like a shoujo manga!”

I found my old drafts hilariously cute and undeniably romantic (😘 @ my darling Tony --“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” who, right?) So, I’ve decided to continue the series! ♡

Unfortunately, my old blog was glitching, and I couldn’t fix it, so it seems like a sign I need a fresh start to rewrite this story! (Especially as an eight-year old blog is likely to have some embarrassing posts from my teen days...)

But it’s so funny that I’m rewriting all this again in October! When I originally  was writing MLVSM, it was also early October, and I was telling my readers at the time how excited I was it was finally October! 

October always makes me excited because it’s the middle of spring 🌸✨ and the lead-up to my birthday (and the rest of my family members’ birthdays)! I love spring for all the flowers, the atmosphere...

The atmosphere in October always brings me back to the time Tony and i were getting to know each other... 

The story of how I joined kendo:

The story starts on the 31st of July 2014, Clubs Day, Spring Semester. I discovered one of my best friends in the world, Mallory, had been wanting to join the kendo club for yearsss, but had been too shy to sign up on her own. At that time, the strength of our friendship was just starting to blossom. The events that followed from this day are to thank for bringing us closer 😊🌸. 

I met Mal approximately a year before, when I rushed in late to one of my accounting lectures. The only seats left of course were at the front. 

I ended up sitting next to a group of girls, who I never knew at the time would become so important to me. They introduced themselves as Mallory, Mary-jo and Candy.

I wasn’t particularly social back then, and for most of the year that we had known each other, Mal and I were acquaintances at best. 

But it seemed like fate had other plans for us and somehow, us girls ended up in the same lectures and tutorials the whole year! Eventually, we discovered we actually had a lot in common! And so, this particular semester, we decided to purposely coordinate our timetables to take the same classes and started hanging out a whole lot more outside of class as well.

Mallory seemed so excited by the idea of joining kendo, that it seemed like such a shame for her to miss out. I originally had no intention of joining, but my mum-friend instincts kicked in... I knew I had to do something.

I marched over to the UTS Kendo Club stall, dragging her along by the arm. (Okay, it was more likely we linked arms and skipped until she realised it was too late to turn around...)

And that is how it all began... 🌸✨

Mal and I have stuck together (almost always linking arms) even more, ever since. I feel so blessed and thankful we have each other, to provide each other with strength and support. It’s true what they say that challenges can strengthen a relationship because kendo (and the events that transpired from it) are largely to thank for our close relationship to this day.

So, I skipped Mal over there, and she was forced to interact with the people at the stall made their best efforts to try and convince me to also join. 

I was very quick to say, “Oh, no. I only dragged my friend over here because she was interested, but she’s feeling a bit shy... I’m not really good with anything sporty... I’m not really interested in joining.” 

But the girl we were speaking to really tried to sell it to us. She talked about how kendo is good for girls because it’s not all about strength; it was about technique and spirit. How anyone could learn it with a bit of determination. How it teaches you to be disciplined--

I thanked her, kindly, for being kind enough to give us her time to explain to us the benefits. But I told her I knew I’d be terrible... (I am the most uncoordinated person I know (shout out to myself, for twisting an ankle on each side within a span of three days, recently...) AND it takes me a very long time to understand or get the hang of anything slightly athletic.)

But she went on to tell me it’s easy to learn as long as you had a committed attitude. (And that the club also coincidentally needed more girls.)

I still wasn’t that convinced though... So the stall people told us we could at least demo what it’d be like to hit someone in kendo. They passed us a shinai (the bamboo sword we use in kendo) and encouraged us to hit the live dummy (who Mal didn’t realise was a person at first 😛.)

The girl went and demonstrated what to do first, and the sound of the shinai against the men (head armour) was a lot louder than both Mal and I expected. We both actually screamed “oh my gosh!” and hugged each other. 

I kept looking at the face of the “demonstration dummy” (who was actually a person; I could tell) to read how he must have felt about the whole situation– whether he found it boring to be standing there all day, whether it hurt to be hit on the head, whether he found us both stupid for thinking hitting someone with a bamboo sword was “scary”. 

His face was unreadable. I couldn’t tell whether he was bored, or tired, or he had another reason for his straight face.

Mal eventually worked up the courage to hit the “dummy” (still not realising it was a real person) and as soon as the shinai hit his head, she dropped the shinai and ran to me for another hug. And then she discovered it wasn’t a dummy, but an actual person and she let out Mal’s classic squeal, “oh my gosh!!” and then asked if she could give it another go (LOL!) 

I didn’t feel like hitting the person in bogu (armour), and tried to get Mal signed up ASAP before she had the chance to overthink it and change her mind, but she started panicking when she realised that I had dragged her there not intending to sign up myself. 

I didn’t want Mal to miss out on trying something she was really keen on, I thought to myself, “okay, what the hell! It’s good to try new things!” (Even though at the time I thought I’d probably not stay past the first class.) 

I promised Mal that I would meet up with her before 7pm the next Thursday for our free lesson to see what kendo was about. And that is how my “kendo journey”/romance started. Because that first lesson of kendo was very interesting... 

Man, we haven’t even gotten up to the cute part yet :3! 

Or how I had a stalker 😣! 

...Or the part about where I became a ganglord 😏. 

I’m so excited!

Also, since the title of this blog is literally “My Life is Very Shoujo Manga”, I thought I’d show you guys something very special... Some of the drawings my friends made for my birthday in October three years ago (which may or may not be manga style, but either way my friends are talented and I am blessed ❤️).

Credit: Jewon

Credit: Bernadette

Credit: Harry (omg all these drawings make me crack up)

Credit: Duck Chen (no, that’s not actually his name 😂)

okay posting the disjointed tag2 thoughts since it's been about a month since release. I’m not used to making posts like this, sorry.

I understand the reasoning behind nerfing TAG1. Didn't agree with it at first, but I get that id wants to make it more accessible/fix pacing n balancing. As long as the master levels go crazy, it’s an acceptable trade off. Meathook platforming was fun - might be a pipe dream but I hope there’s a way to put it into master levels. A leetol disappointing that new enemies are reskins and reused assets from 2016 except for the cyber baron, and very disappointing the chaingunner failed his legacy. Art Direction and music were fantastic - loved the ambience of World Spear and Immora the most, and the end credits theme has been stuck in my head since I’ve heard it.

Not so sure I like Levy’s music replacing Mick’s menu theme - that kinda worries me. Hope this is just a one time thing and they don’t plan on replacing the rest of the soundtrack :x

I think Dooomguy getting shoved into the sarcophogus is a decent enough bookend for 2016. Woke up in it, now going back to sleep in it. The little detail of survivors worshiping Doomguy was pretty cute.

It’s that silly Davoth plot twist I just don’t understand - every time I think about it I have to wonder why. There's no backing or build up to it in the base campaign or TAG1 despite those two lining up mostly without issue, and it's frustrating that all the previous lore got thrown away seemingly just for the shock of pulling the rug out from under people. Best guess is somewhere someone decided they wanted to change the story to “Satan created God instead of the other way around and that’s why everything’s fucked”, but they should’ve planned for that in the beginning instead of trying to course-correct hard on what's supposed to be the conclusion of Eternal. (i found this post after drafting this and it probably explains my points better than I can :x)

Considering the voice that says no after Khan is killed has darklord in it's file name and the caption had it’s named changed only to get written off as a mistake/oversight/glitch around the time TAG2 was being teased (I think - I’ll admit I might not be remembering this right!), I don't think Davoth's story ever involved him being the penultimate creator god. And now there’s gonna be that stupid power scaling shit with introducing an all-powerful bad guy that made the previous all-powerful bad guy - which also isn’t backed by anything in the games (no, hugo’s word doesn’t count as in-game lore). Was it too much to have one dude around making sure they didn’t loose the plot?

Guess it doesn’t matter in the end since gameplay is king blahblahblah, but too bad the story had to wrap up like a fart in the wind.