#anonymous puzzler talks
Text
HAPPY UPDATE DAY!!! 🏠
After all this time, all this hard work, I can finally tell you all more about my work on Welcome Home beyond "Dude Just Trust Me I Work On It I Swear" !!
I've been calling myself the "production manager" because a lot of what I've done has been in that realm - making checklists and spreadsheets, doing research, sending emails, and generally keeping our wonderful team on track to do the incredible things they do, with all the support they need! I'm very lucky and grateful to get to support Clown and all the incredible actors and artists we've brought on!!
that said, over the time I've been part of this project (I looked back and realized February 1st this year is when it all Officially Began, can you believe it), I've gotten to work on some more obvious, visible things you'll find on the site today as well! most prominently, I am very proud to say, I was the curator of the very real Welcome Home exhibition!! Clown was extremely generous and supportive in letting me bring his work into the world this way, and with their help it became bigger and better than I ever could have dreamed! Though this iteration was very small and private due to our venue, I hope the few of you I know who attended enjoyed it very much, and for the rest, know we hope to find ways to host the exhibition in other and more public venues in the future! (Where and when, I don't know, but I'll work hard to make it happen...!)
As part of the exhibition, I was able to create a lot of new props to help build the world of Welcome Home! Most excitingly, I was able to create a real working toy telephone, and help Clown to find our talented group of voice actors to provide the recordings! And of course, I was able to meet dear sweet Wally and Home themselves, who were the sweetest little peanuts and a true pair of professionals! Just delights to work with!!
Though this was my most prominent contribution, somehow, that wasn't all! You will find bits and pieces of my art and writing all over the newest website update (some places more obvious than others...), and I was able to contribute to building many of the new and updated site pages as well! We've all worked so hard on everything you'll find there, so I hope you all enjoy the exciting new additions to the neighborhood!
My final little statement while I have my sweet little soapbox here... every last one of you who has provided support, even just one ko-fi tip, has Directly made this update Possible!! Not only do these tips allow us very literally to pay for supplies, art, voice work and the like, it very directly Supports and Improves the livelihoods of every single person involved!! so if you have the means, and would like to do so, please do consider tipping or subscribing to Clown and/or any of the other artists and actors involved!
And with all that... thank you, neighbors!! And Welcome Home!!
6K notes
·
View notes
Text
Didn't get catch the entire stream, but I liked the little talk-sprites :]
[ID: Fanart for hollowtones and anonymous puzzler as the talk sprites from the Super Lesbian Animal RPG stream, drawn in markers and colored pencils.
The first image is a drawing of Puzz as a light brown mouse, wearing a purple top hat with a pink yellow, and blue bow on it. They're also wearing purple overalls with a lighter purple shirt. She is smiling with her eyes closed and there is a yellow spiky shape in the background.
The second image is a drawing of Holly as a brown bear, wearing a purple button up shirt. She's reaching a paw out to the viewer, her face is blank and her eyes are cartoonishly wide. the text above her says "F***ing gets you :]" (fucking gets you).
the last image is of both Puzz and Holly, Puzz is sitting in Holly's shirt pocket and excitedly pointing to something out of frame. Puzz's speech bubble is spiky and just has 3 exclamation points. They're both smiling, and there are pink and blue spiky shapes in the background. End ID]
#hollowtones#anonymouspuzzler#ghost drawing#im so sleepy but first i will post silly animal drawings :]
231 notes
·
View notes
Text
Man accused of stealing ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers from Minnesota museum to plead guilty
The Great Ruby Slipper Heist: A Mystery Solved
In 2005, a daring theft shook up the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The stolen treasure? The iconic ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz." Fast forward to 2018, and the FBI managed to rescue these sparkling shoes, insured for a whopping $3.5 million. So, what's the latest? Well, the alleged thief, 76-year-old Terry Jon Martin, is gearing up to admit his role in this 18-year-long puzzler.
Unveiling the Guilty Plea
This Friday, Terry Jon Martin, the man accused of swiping the beloved ruby slippers, is expected to swap his plea to "guilty." This revelation is like pulling back the curtain on a mystery that has intrigued folks for nearly two decades.
Martin was indicted in May on one count of theft of a major artwork. The slippers, tied to the legendary Judy Garland, disappeared from the museum in 2005 and were only recovered in 2018, thanks to the FBI.
No one had been held accountable for the theft until this year when Martin, who resides near Grand Rapids, faced the charges. His attorney, Dane DeKrey, revealed that his client, who isn't in the best of health, has been cooperative with him, though perhaps less so with the authorities.
Facing Mortality
DeKrey mentioned, "I think Terry is facing his own mortality, and I think when people are reaching that point in their life, they cut through the pleasantries and talk turkey." It appears that the sands of time have brought forth this unexpected twist.
The details leading to Martin's identification are shrouded in secrecy. Martin has a prior conviction from 1988 for receiving stolen goods and is currently out on his own recognizance. Most of the evidence remains under wraps due to a protective order.
The Priceless Ruby Slippers
Judy Garland donned several pairs of ruby slippers during the making of the 1939 musical classic, but only four authentic pairs are known to exist. These iconic shoes were insured for $1 million, yet federal prosecutors now estimate their value at around $3.5 million.
In 2017, an individual approached the insurer, claiming they could facilitate the return of the slippers. In a cunning move, the FBI orchestrated a sting operation, recovering the slippers in Minneapolis.
The Road Ahead
The plea agreement, crafted by DeKrey and federal prosecutor Matt Greenley, will establish the factual basis for Martin's guilty plea. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz is expected to schedule a sentencing date in approximately three months. While the recommended sentence is not disclosed, federal guidelines suggest eight to ten years for similar cases.
DeKrey expressed gratitude for the hearing being held in Duluth, given Martin's poor health. He shared, "My client is a sick man. He’s going to be on oxygen, and he’s going to be in a wheelchair."
Treasured Artifacts
The ruby slippers in question were on loan to the museum from Hollywood memorabilia collector Michael Shaw. They were stolen after someone broke into the display case through a window. Three other pairs Garland wore in the movie are held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, and a private collector.
Over the years, numerous rewards were offered to crack the mystery, including a $1 million contribution from an anonymous donor in 2015.
A Bit of Oz
The ruby slippers played a pivotal role in the 1939 movie. After an otherworldly adventure following a tornado, Garland's character, Dorothy, had to click the heels of her slippers three times and chant "there’s no place like home" to return. These magical shoes are crafted from various materials, including wood pulp, silk thread, gelatin, plastic, and glass. Most of the ruby's brilliance comes from sequins, while the shoe bows sport red glass beads.
Remembering Judy Garland
Garland, born as Frances Gumm in 1922, spent her early years in Grand Rapids before her family moved to Los Angeles when she was four. Tragically, she passed away from a barbiturate overdose in 1969. The Judy Garland Museum, established in the house where she once lived, boasts the world's largest collection of Garland and "Wizard of Oz" memorabilia.
Read the full article
0 notes
Note
Imo, there needs to be a divide for which crimes deserve kindness + restorative justice and those crimes beyond the scope of redemption. Dalinar also gets off the hook bc he’s changed, + he isn’t a good example for discussion of justice bc the world literally needs him to survive. I think the extreme crimes require retributive justice because of their heinous nature. Suffering of extreme criminals doesn’t have to bring more good to the world, it should just balance the scale.
I’m sorry, but I really can’t agree. At least not if you mean anything long-term. If people are going to hurt other people, then yeah they definitely should be prevented from doing that. But if it won’t happen again anyway, I really can’t get behind that. There should definitely be consequences, I just don’t think that has to be in the form of suffering. I can understand where you’re coming from. There are definitely people I have (and may currently) wished harm upon. But if someone is no longer capable of harming others, I’m not sure my gratification should be worth more than their humanity. Restitution should not mean revenge.
We’ve talked about revenge in the past, so I guess let’s talk about justice.
I don’t believe in any sort of cosmic scale of good and evil that becomes more balanced if bad things happen to bad people. Causing of suffering is actually a pretty good way to define what evil is on a more general level, at least for me. In that sense, I can’t see how causing more to someone because of their past actions is helpful. If the purpose of justice isn’t to bring more good to the world, then what is it?
If the purpose of this kind of justice is to make sure someone doesn’t do their crime again, then I should think the focus should be on rehabilitation in every case. While you may be right and some people may be beyond redemption, I’m not sure it’s any of our place to make that decision for others. We can’t know that about someone. To just kill someone or sentence them to a life of misery is to deny their humanity. I can definitely think of some situations where that may be a necessary action that needs to be taken for the greater good, but when placed in the context of developed society, I’d think these kinds of sacrifices would be needed less often.
The other purpose of this kind of justice I could think of would be deterrence, making sure other people see you pay and won’t try it in the first place. I would assume the kinds of crimes you mean probably aren’t super common, so I don’t know how much this applies. But even here, I’m not sure harsh justice has ever reduced the incentive to actually commit crimes. Just increased the incentive to be more clever about it. I don’t think suffering reduces crime, I think the opposite. If you don’t want people to steal, provide for them. If you don’t want people to harm each other, give them community and human connection. Or maybe people need education or kindness or any number of things, there are a lot of If you mean for your justice to be preventative, I would think you’d want to focus more on the people who haven’t committed crimes than on those who have.
The other reason I can think of for suffering-based justice, is, as I said, revenge. A whole other topic that we’ve had a lot of discussion on-you can probably tell how I feel about it. I’ll acknowledge that in our current state of things, sometimes victims need some kind of closure that goes beyond paid damages and all that. Sometimes vengeance is the best that they can think of. Sometimes it may even be warranted to an extent-I really don’t know. I would still like to think that as people or communities we’re capable of recovering and moving on independently of seeing others suffer.
This is all pretty idealistic, but it’s more or less how I feel.
(I would agree that Dalinar is really a great lens with which to look at this particular issue. I don’t really think stormlight archive as a whole is the best medium for this theme anyway, although feel free to prove me wrong because if you want to discuss justice in these books then I am down.)
#don't reblog#not stormlight archive#(i mean you're totally right about dalinar but this post isn't really about him)#asks#i'm really loving this discussion!#but it's sort of drifting away from these books themselves so i think it'd rather not tie it to this blog#if that makes sense#we can talk more about it on my main if you want#or you can message me privately#but at least for the time being i'd rather only discuss it on this blog as it pertains to characters in the story#(i must avoid putting actual real world opinions on this blog at all costs)#(and also in a real world context i am...really not the best person to be addressing this kind of topic)#(other people have done better jobs)#by the way if anyone wants to try and figure out why i hate skybreakers now might be a good time#it's a real puzzler#Anonymous
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
Overly Belated Game Impressions from PAX Aus 2018
Every year I go to PAX Aus with some close friends to check out the Incredible Future of Games that everyone else already checked out six months ago. This is usually coupled with checking out some wonderfully well-preserved old games and hardware, along with some typically wonderfully weird indie stuff I've never heard about before. Every year, I've written up a little review of things I've played (or watched get played) on an old private forum some friends maintain, but this year, I've figured, fuck it, I might as well post it publicly, right?
Not Indie Games
Super Smash Bros Ultimate sure is a Smash game. That's not a bad thing, but since this was the same demo build from E3 (so before the Castlevania reveals) there wasn't a huge amount of surprises - just a damn good fightfest. Amusingly, the demo booths were split into two groups - For Fun (items on, Switch Pro Controller) and For Glory (items off, the new Gamecube controllers).
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has a nonsensical name and spawned an even more nonsensical meme. The demo had six levels to play - three from the base game, three from the Luigi expansion - with both the new and old characters to play. It doesn't look like anyone other than Toadette can get the meme crown, meaning players using that character won't have to jostle for powerups in multiplayer.
I didn't play Pokemon Let's Go Eevee because the queue was like 90 minutes long, but my friend braved it and gave it a resounding "ehhhh" with a hand gesture resembling a teetering see-saw. Apparently the co-op stuff wasn’t available in the demo, either, which concerned my friend since that was specifically what he was interested in.
V-Rally 4 looks nice aesthetically, but the gameplay seems pretty "eh". The name seems to be about the most interesting part.
Dragonball FighterZ for Switch seems like a pretty decent port. I don’t know much about the source material or original game, but it ran fast and I didn't notice any obvious hitching or whatever.
Luigi's Mansion for Nintendo 3DS is... a 3DS port of the Gamecube launch title. It ran at a solid 30fps... a whole lot better than I recall Luigi's Mansion 2/Dark Moon running, but I was also using a vanilla 3DS for that game while the demo units at PAX were New models.
Indie Stuff
The Xbox Adaptive Controller was present as part of a demo setup for a version of One More Line. I wasn't expecting to have to push the Big Novelty Button as hard as I did, I thought it'd be a lighter touch for some reason. Although I know the button kinda isn't the point of the thing...
Supertrucks Offroad is a PC adaption of a mobile take on old top-down racing games. There's promise here, but the current handling and physics leave a lot to be desired. Hopefully it continues to develop and evolve.
Infinity Heroes is a card game with some simplified mechanics and animated versions of all the card graphics. Has potential, but still plenty of rough edges and pre-alpha grit to sand out.
Metal Wolf Chaos XD sure is a port of an Xbox game. It feels pretty well done, all things considered - the framerate is great, the controls are responsive, and the English subtitles are sometimes even connected to what's being said by the characters!
Ghoul Britannia: Land of Hope and Gorey is a point-and-click adventure game that, unexpectedly, uses a Fallout-esque isometric perspective instead of the usual side-on.
Table of Tales is a VR tabletop RPG where you control an entire party of Scoundrels by moving pieces around a constantly-changing board and playing ability cards. Since it was a VR game, there was a long sign-up queue to play, so the developers set up a little booth where Arbitrix, the game's DM (and, incidentally, a mechanical talking bird), would cheerfully explain the game for you. He said my goatee was perfect for a pirate adventure. It was probably intended as a compliment.
Supermarket Shriek is very similar to a game I prototyped years ago, except it's got a Supermarket Sweep theme and shrieking goats. Also, it's actually getting finished and has more than one level, which is another differentiator. Use the shoulder triggers to make the characters inside a shopping trolley scream their lungs out, propelling the trolley and allowing you to steer it through silly retail-themed obstacle courses.
You probably think, based on the squat protagonist and camera angle, that Tunic is a riff on Zelda: A Link to the Past. Surprise! It's actually a riff on Zelda: Ocarina of Time! The combat is very similar, with a dodge/roll button and Z-targeting (although I guess it's more RT-targeting now) that jumps to the next enemy upon beating your current one. I can't say enough nice things about the graphics... One thing that's interesting is that the entire game is in a fictional language. This includes stuff like the pause menu!
Dash Blitz is a pretty amateurish attempt at a Smash-esque platform fighter. The "feel" just isn't there, sadly.
Nom Nom Apocalypse is a top-down dual-stick roguelite about fighting off food monsters. It looks pretty interesting, but sadly I didn’t get to go back and give it a hands-on look.
Henry Mosse and the Wormhole Conspiracy is a good old-fashioned point and click adventure. The graphics are wonderfully drawn in a cartoon style, but they suffer from really puppet-y animation like an old Flash cartoon, and it breaks my heart.
No Moss Studios bought along Beam Team, a couch co-op game about fighting a giant donut that I didn’t get to try, as well as a collection of weird little Patreon-funded oddities like Sprout Up, a simple little mobile game about weaving through vines, and My Magpie, a bird-aiding simulator of sorts.
Little Reaper is a platformer with a fun movement twist in that you can throw your scythe - which travels in an arc like a hammer in Mario - and teleport to where it lands. I'll have to give this a closer look.
Mars Underground is an Earthbound-esque RPG-style adventure game with a Groundhog Day-style conceit of being stuck in a time-loop. I can't really say it struck me, to be honest.
Scout's Honor is a co-op party game where four players team up to set-up a camp-site in a limited amount of time while dealing with hazards and such. It looks kinda cute, reminds me of Overcooked a bit.
Ice Caves of Europa is a rather odd-controlling game where you pilot a hover-drone controlled by an artificial intelligence. This one probably takes a bit more time to wrap your head around than a convention center allows.
Introspect looks really cool - a Shadow of the Colossus-style boss rush with an emphasis on movement tricks and agility. I didn't get to play it while I was there, but the developers were handing out download codes for the show floor build. It seems pretty fun, although it still needs a good deal of polish.
Soundfall is a dual-stick rhythm-shooter where you have to get to the end of a course before the song ends, with rewards for shooting and slashing to the beat ala Crypt of the NecroDancer. One to watch.
Ticket to Earth is a tactical strategy RPG ala Fire Emblem with a tile-matching mechanic that makes how you move to your enemies even more important by limiting your movement and charging your special abilities. The comic artwork is nice, although the talking heads only seem to have one or two facial expressions.
Nova Flow is a first-person speedrunner that reminds me of a blend of Mirror's Edge's DLC maps and that one paint game that got incorporated into Portal 2. One of the demo levels was apparently one of the hardest levels in the game, and the developer was quite impressed at my getting within inches of completing it before the demo timer ran out...
Dawnblade seems to be an attempt at doing the whole Diablo thing on a phone, with the player hacking their way through short, pre-made maps. Visually, it looks like any of a million other games riffing off of Warcraft 3, and it seems to have some weird mobile game trappings like a stamina system to limit the amount of time you can play in a period of time.
Little Bit Lost is a survival game where you've been shrunk down to the point where ants tower over you and are powerful monsters. This one felt real early. It has promise, but needs a lot of polish to truly deliver on it.
Rogue Singularity is a 3D platformer with procgen levels. The feel didn't gel with me, and I can't really say I liked it all that much. It didn't help that the Switch port I played seemed to lack anti-aliasing entirely, giving the entire scene an unpleasant jagged look.
Ashen looks utterly fascinating - an open-world Souls-esque action RPG with Journey-style "passive" co-op where you can occasionally meet other, anonymous players out in the world and either help them or leave them to their fate. It looks really pretty.
Speaking Simulator is a hilarious puzzler where you have to manually operate a human mouth in order to say Entirely Normal Phrases in order to convince people that you are absolutely a human and not a murder robot in disguise.
Untitled Goose Game had a massive queue that I was absolutely not going to fuck with. :(
yeop
7 notes
·
View notes
Note
do you have any taz fic recs? especially taakitz or blupjeans!!
i am very sorry for how long this took!! i am an old lady who stores her bookmarks in browser, and after figuring out how to transfer them from phone to laptop, i realized i would have to carefully review all 65!! this took most of the day.
disclaimer: i tried to focus mostly on the ships you mentioned, but i got distracted by some of the really good gen fic i keep around. it’s just. it’s my favorite you guys.
apologies if you’ve already read all of these – i’m not sure what the trends of the fandom are. if all else fails, here’s a link to posts tagged both fic and blupjeans, and here’s one for fic and taakitz. i also have a fic rec tag that includes a few things i apparently never bookmarked properly!! check that out too :)
blupjeans:
watch me stumble over and over by rosesandspades713
2k // the stolen century
lup and barry get together, with taako working both sides into talking to each other
just a little change by writingismycoffee
5k // tsc
barry gets a mustache and lup hates it. mostly silly, but the reason she hates it is much worse than she first thought.
barry and lup; a collection of firsts by potatolord
10k // mainly tsc
a very sweet, very well-written compilation of important moments in lup and barry’s romance
the phoenix flame by alatarmaia4
32k // PRINCESS BRIDE AU
i’ll be honest, my shitty memory doesn’t allow me to remember the story very well, but from what i can remember it kicks major ass and julia is in it at the end. also, it’s a princess bride au. of course it’s great.
taakitz:
wouldn’t have it any other way by theplace
8k // between eleventh hour and suffering game
taako and kravitz have a nice night out, except there’s a surprise waiting back at the moonbase. kravitz meets the family, and there’s only some mild angst by way of dramatic irony.
(when i think about you) flowers grow out of my grave by piraete
30k // flower shop/mortician au
krav needs to find a new flower shop for work and accidentally meets a very cute elf who needs a date to his friends’ wedding. taako and magnus are friends with carey, killian, hurley, and sloane, plus little ango is present. very very good fic.
of all the stars and sunrises i’ve seen by untrustworthyglitch
7k // post-canon
taako never ceases to impress kravitz
the queen’s command by anonymous-moose
2k // post-canon
very short and cute. the raven queen is disappointed in her son.
twins and their boys:
the worst candlenights ever by weevilo707
40k // college au
both taakitz and blupjeans. contains: kravitz owning a literal raven, readers living vicariously through fictional characters, and the best barry ever written.
commitment issues by anonymous puzzler
6k // stolen century and post-canon
the twins aren’t used to permanence. here are two times they discuss it. includes teasing and doubt and sappiness. it’s very good.
counting days by violentsarcasm
3k // stolen century and post-canon
sort of the inverse of the previous one: both twins are romantic nerds. also discusses lup’s time in the umbrastaff.
character studies:
i have loved the stars too fondly by quilly
26k // pre-canon and tsc
an incredible character study of davenport. legitimately one of the best fics ever written. i know you’re looking for romance, but this is a work of art.
head of the flock by teacuptaako
2k // pre-canon and tsc
a character study of lup. “the universe owes lup interest. it owes her fifteen dollars, minimum.”
because that’s what love is (equivalent exchange) by teacuptaako
6k // tsc
technically blupjeans, but it’s mostly about barry’s relationship with taako. it’s wonderfully written with a unique take on taako and makes me feel things no matter how many times i reread it.
still here by bluemoodblue
9k // post-canon
taako and lup recover together
caleb cleveland and the case of the missing memories by vigs
3k // pre-crystal kingdom
kiiind of a character study? a very clever interpretation of how angus found the bureau. it is fully adopted into my headcanon. note: it is technically a wip, but i think it’s complete enough to enjoy.
family fics
evocative by blackwiresonherhead
3k // stolen century and pre-canon
lucretia misses her family. when she misses her family, she eats. a wonderful fic about lucretia’s relationship with the twins.
the academy by lesetoilesfous
18k // pre-canon (on two-sun world)
i really, really love this fic. it’s ipre-as-family (specifically the twins, magnus, and barry) and it’s really cute and sweet and they support each other and i love it
pieces set to fall by weatheredlaw
9k // post-canon
i’ll tell you up front. everyone dies in this fic. it is sad but sweet, and you will probably cry.
that being said, it really is a beautiful story about taako saying goodbye.
kindness won’t save anyone by kitahart
pre-stolen century // 5k
taako is sick and his friends are worried! a thb as family fic. angst and comfort.
the game is already lost by altschmerzes
9k // written pre-suffering game
fluff-without-plot. taako needs affection from his friends and doesn’t realize how much they love him. i think this is the top-rated fic on ao3 so you’ve probably already read it, but it was the first taz fic i read and i cherish it.
puzzle pieces by dareandwriteit
19k // written pre-stolen century
angus is beloved by so, so many people. it is nearly 20k of pure, unadulterated fluff. please enjoy.
let angus mcdonald be a child by idgahufflefuck
5k // pre-stolen century
what it says on the package! thb start mothering angus. warning for bad eating habits in the fourth chapter.
things that will not break by rqtheory
2k // pre-stolen century
magnus and taako are worried about angus’s supposed lack of parents
other
well, that’s what you get by pierianabeyance
2k // post-canon
lup just kicking the shit out of sazed. in the wise words of the author, “write the ass kicking you want to see in the world. even if you don't Ever Fucking Proofread It”.
AND OF COURSE: if you’ve been on my blog for more than a few seconds, you already know this but go here and read everything
#fic rec#again apologies for the delay!! i just have too much stuff!!#also sorry bc by the time i realized i shouldve checked my rec tag too i had already spent like six hours on this#i hope you enjoy this though!#inlv#ask
29 notes
·
View notes
Text
i keep gol dang forgetting to make updates about Things
whoopsie!! hello!! you may remember me, from Internet! I've been very busy lately, with things that Aren't Internet! it's probably gonna be another 2-ish weeks or more (depending on how good or bad my finals prep type stuff goes) before I'm back on here streaming and drawing in full force! this is a little bit sad for me because I both miss my friends and streaming with 'em, and because Haha Uh Oh That's One Income Source Down!! but, I will return...
more specific details if you're interested!
if you currently have an in-progress commission with me, I'm working on them whenever time allows! I hope to finish them soon! If you submitted an interest form (which you can do here!) or otherwise talked to me about a commission, I'll be getting back to you as soon as my schedule opens up!
Jay, the hero of my life, has been uploading things on my VODs channel! (everybody say thank you Jay RIGHT NOW.) You can go watch a lot of my cool old streams there, including a bunch of the Luigi's Mansion and PMD vods, some cool one-offs like Smile for Me and Making Guys In Spore, and perhaps most importantly of all, Putt Putt Stream
If you like what I do and have the means to help to support me Not Going Into Even More Debt while I'm not streaming, you can drop me a couple bucks on ko-fi (if you pay $9 or more and leave a request in the comment I'll do a rough ink drawing for you as thanks!) or contribute to various home goods & niceries on my throne! Never required, never mandatory, always appreciated!!
a few Big Things I've been working on to come in the next couple months. please stay tuned :)
#anonymous puzzler talks#just figured I should make this info Outright ya know! I think I've talked about it in various places but always good to have it in one!#i can't emphasize enough! money is never a requirement! i know how it be on this Bitch Of An Earth! take care yourself first!!#but- if you do have the means and want to toss some bucks my way- wow! always appreciated!!#you are directly feeding me and my kitty by doing this!!!!
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
FUCK YOU, WATERLOO WORLD!!
If you're dumb enough to do a 100% run this weekend you're a big enough schmuck to come to FRED BONAPARTE'S WATERLOO WORLD!!! Bad tightropes! Figments slightly off the descent path of levitation! CANNONS! If you think you're going to find a PB at Waterloo World you can KISS MY ASS!! It's our belief that you're such a STUPID MOTHERFUCKER you'll still go for rank 101 - GUARANTEED! If you find a better category SHOVE IT UP YOUR UGLY ASS!! You heard us right! SHOVE IT UP YOUR UGLY ASS!!! Bring your PSI-palms! Bring your flight glitch! Bring your figment guide! We'll FUCK IT! That's right! We'll FUCK your figment guide! Because at Fred Bonaparte's Waterloo World you're FUCKED six ways from Sunday!! Take a hike - to Fred Bonaparte's Home Of Challenge Levitation! That's right, Challenge Levitation! How's it work? If you can hover six feet in the air straight up and not get shot by a cannon, you get NO MISSED FIGMENTS!! Don't wait! Don't delay! Don't FUCK WITH US! Or we'll ruin your PB! Only at FRED BONAPARTE'S WATERLOO WORLD!! The only mental world that tells you to FUCK OFF!!! Hurry up, asshole!! This event ends the minute after you break out that Hearty Knight and he better not miss or you're a DEAD MOTHERFUCKER!! Go to hell - FRED BONAPARTE'S WATERLOO WORLD!! France's Filthiest and EXCLUSIVE home of the meanest sons of bitches in Thorney Towers - GUARANTEED!!!
#fuck it this gets to migrate here from twitter bc it's funny.#brought to you by 'i did another rank 101 run recently on a whim and kept shouting FUCK YOU WATERLOO WORLD!! in waterloo world'#anonymous puzzler talks#psychonauts#tw swearing#ask to tag lol i dunno what to even do for this one
811 notes
·
View notes
Text
wildly funny combination of New Items In My Home today
#anonymous puzzler talks#i'm so excited to listen to the slarpg soundtrack repeatedly and Cry and Cry and Cry and think of my Wife and Cry#'puzz why do you have a big hammer' well you see i found a big hammer today and purchased it with a few dollars
398 notes
·
View notes
Text
ring, ring...
ring, ring, ring...
...huh? hey, do any of you guys hear that...?
442 notes
·
View notes
Text
Haha Whoops Uh Oh! (UPDATED 6/11/23)
so this isn't the type of post I normally like to make, but! uh! hey! I just got ambushed by a HUGE tuition bill I wasn't expecting, and I'm out of options to pay it - they've already applied my scholarship and loans, I'm already working multiple jobs that are basically just barely paying for rent + groceries, and I only have enough on my credit card to pay for One of the three payments they're requiring, which only gets me through till July (with, again, no options that get me that amount of money by that time).
further full disclosure, this bill came at like, the worst possible time - they've given me four days to make at minimum the first payment (which, again, I can only do by maxing out my credit card), and on top of juggling multiple jobs I'm also in the middle of two classes, including one which involves upcoming travel (that is already paid for, thank god). Hence, me Scrambling a li'l bit!!
as such, I've set a new goal on my ko-fi!! it is, of course, HUGE, but genuinely any small amount people are able to contribute goes a huge way to giving me SOME way to pay it off. note that 3-coffee doodle requests are still A Thing, commissions are still a thing (if you have one active I'll be getting to them this & next week), and I'll be streaming wherever I can to pull together money that way - wherever it comes, any support is HUGE and I mean that.
UPDATE 6/11/23: I am updating the original post to remove the ko-fi link and yet you fine folks know: HOLY HECK, y'all managed to get my tuition dealt with. words truly cannot express my gratitude for that - I'm so, so, SO humbled and thankful for everyone who came out to get me out of a really rough situation.
in the slightest, smallest attempt to pay forward the kindness i've been shown, I'm gonna try and use this moment to direct y'alls attention to some other folks I know who could use some kindness! hardly comprehensive, in no particular order, just top-of-my-mind type type beat. (note that these are all folks' twitter handles - some of 'em are on tumblr too, but I figure best to direct you to where I know they are 100%!)
@/Pochiyaki is a friend & artist who's been trying to get out of a bad money situation a while, and could definitely use some love!
@/rudeboimonster is similarly a dear friend who's been struggling to find long-term work and housing, anything you got would help.
Or, considering supporting the work of a creative you love! A few I've been loving lately that I'd recommend:
@/cosmignon (Runaway Draikana webcoming, and other comics and illustration work)
@/SynthCharmVA (voicework & writing/show development)
@/Tonya_Song (music - including vocals, piano and composition - plus education and activism work)
@/jaypg_art (character design, visdev, and illustration)
@/littlegoodfrog (Matchmaker and other comics)
@/winonaparadise (Girls With Horns and other comics/illustration work)
@/derekmballard (comics, including the upcoming Cartoonshow graphic novel)
@/_PartyCoffin_ (Welcome Home, and just about every art form you can conceive of)
and of course, if you're not following & supporting my amazing partner @/hollowtones, who helped me through this tough situation in every possible way - well you ought to be!! a delight and talent in every imaginable way, and I'm only a little biased on that.
and above all else... THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!
#anonymous puzzler talks#if you are able or willing to signal boost this as well it's deeply appreciated#i love my school but they have a horrible habit of waiting until the last possible moment to tell you that you have to pay for something#and then not giving you any options to finance it#so unless you've been checking the finance portal on your own Multiple Times A Day with no indication of if or when something will change#You Are Just Fucked
469 notes
·
View notes
Text
i made a black forest cake from scratch today you wish you were me
[Image ID: A black forest cake shaped roughly like a heart. The outside is chocolate crumbs and there is a ring of whipped cream spirals along the top and bottom. There are cherries in juice on the top layer, contained by the whipped cream ring.]
#anonymous puzzler talks#technically the cherry mix isn't from scratch but only because i couldn't find raw cherries that weren't just maraschino cherries#but the rest is All By Me Baby!#can't wait to dig into this tomorrow. 'what's the occasion puzz' the occasion is My Wife Is Still Here And I Wanted To Make Her A Cake
412 notes
·
View notes
Text
i'm very normal, every Day
#anonymous puzzler talks#not pictured: several dinosaurs and a framed card of larry pokemon (long story)#teethmen give me strength to get my fucking essay done
100 notes
·
View notes
Text
"are you just eating more of a block of cheese." -- my wife, dead-faced, entering the room and seeing me eat an entire block of cheese like an apple
#'yes but i also ate an apple' -- my super cool andnormal response#it was asiago. mmm chese#anonymous puzzler talks#&btw i am NOT a meeses and dont believe anyone who tells u i am a meeses.
148 notes
·
View notes
Text
i'm having a certain amount of Brain's Moment tonight so heres a thought. interact with this post in manner of your choose and I will dig through my shitty little personal character trivia doc and post a random little tidbit of oc trivia. if you wanna like reply with a specific Guy You Like i will talk about them. could be funny could be silly idk
#anonymous puzzler talks#anonymous puzzler originals#villain coded comic#i'll have to sift thru around the stuff that might be spoilers or that might be Too Blue For Tumblr but otherwise. haha yaaay yipee#also yes i keep a trivia doc for myself sometimes there's just stuff that isn't immediately useful or relevant but u wanna remember anyway
64 notes
·
View notes
Text
hi friends!! it occurred to me that I haven't been able to do streaming job for a bit, *and* I'm not gonna get day job money for a week this month, *and* I'm racking up some expenses with groceries & cat care & holidays, so uh! maybe I should push my art stuff! so I'm doing that!!
if you toss me $9 USD on ko-fi (so 3 coffees) and include a request I'll do a simple ink drawing like this! (nothin' nsfw/bigoted, I reserve the right to turn down etc). you can also fill out a comm form if you want somethin more complex as I'll be workin on these on my break!
you can find links to both my ko-fi and my comm form in my pinned post if you're interested, or if not slash you don't got the money (understandable!!) I'd appreciate ya sharing this around - either way, thank you for all your kindness 'n support!!!
#anonymous puzzler talks#I don't much like asking for financial help but tragically things ARE tight given I haven't been able to work#and like i don't wanna get into it but I know there's other stuff coming down the horizon financially that i gotta be prepared for#so literally anything folks can do is an enormous help and something i don't take lightly#all that to say: THANK YOU FOR READING...!!!!!
570 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
latikaskingdom
My Personal Addiction
hisinfernalmajesty666
HADES
joemusclefan
Muscle Mag Hero
johnsblog101
Untitled
lynndrv3fnbl
Drv3 Fanblog