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citizenofpoptropica · 1 year

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D-Tier Poptropica Islands (Nostalgia Ranking)

I have to make the same disclaimer as before- this ranking is based purely on nostalgia- no critical thinking involved! I have reserved the D tier for islands that I remember actively disliking, though not hating as much as the F tier islands.

Skullduggery Island

Skullduggery is at the top of the D tier for me, and once again it is less due to the island itself and more my inability to beat it as a child. I ragequit this one multiple times and eventually just followed a walkthrough that literally said exactly where to sail and what to trade to beat the island. The only reason this was not F-tier was that I genuinely loved the pirate aesthetic, so I spent a lot of time just sailing around, not too worried about the main quest (which is probably another reason it took me so long to beat it). I remember there being a trading system that I did not understand at all when I first played this game, so I hope that the replay will be a lot more fun for me and I have high hopes that Skullduggery can really climb the tier list after my replay.

Poptropica trying to teach me economics when I was 9:

Vampire’s Curse Island

Vampire's Curse is in D because the only thing I remember about this island is that the first time I played it, I got to one of the final scenes- the one where you use the potion to heal the vampire- and it just didn’t work. I had to replay the entire island and when I finally reached that last scene it happened again. The third time was the charm and I was able to beat the island but let me just say that 10-year-old me had never experienced such frustration in my life, and I genuinely cannot remember anything about this island other than that final scene which is scarred into my mind. It’s not in F tier because I do remember that I thought the castle was super cool and while I was frustrated at the glitches, I still liked watching other people play walkthroughs of the island.

How Vampire's Curse had me feeling after 3 hours and 2 restarts:

Arabian Nights Island

I’m noticing a theme here-- if I remember correctly, this island also has some sort of trading (or was it crafting?) system. Not much to say as I really do not remember much from this one except that it was another island that required much much more walkthrough assistance than the others. Also, I could have sworn this was an episodic release like Survival and Mission Atlantis but I stand corrected by Poptropica Wiki.

My face when I saw another island that involved a trading mechanic:

Poptropolis Games Island

This is another island that I hated because I was so bad at it. In Jake Miller’s Youtube video that inspired my tier list, he mentioned that the controls were pretty bad, so maybe there’s a chance that my hating this island was less the fault of my tiny child hands and poor coordination and more due to poor game design. Only my attempt to replay it will tell!

Mission Atlantis Island

Mission Atlantis is the last island in D tier- though to be clear I only ever played the first episode. I can’t really remember much except that I felt like it wasn’t very fun and I was disappointed when I finished the island and had not encountered any merpeople.

Me when I got all excited to play Mission Atlantis but didn’t get to reenact H2O Just Add Water:

After finishing this D tier, I am most excited to revisit Skullduggery, since I feel like I would have loved it if I understood it at all. Once again, this is all based on nostalgia and this tier is pretty evident that I mainly hated the islands I was too stupid to figure out. Hopefully, 10 years later, I'm at least a little bit more intelligent (though it's doubtful). Follow my blog to see the rest of my nostalgia ranking, and how I rank these islands after revisiting them!

#poptropica #nostalgia #2000s #2000s childhood #computer games #flash games #tier list #tier ranking #flashpoint #kids games #skullduggery island #poptropolis games island #mission atlantis #vampire's curse island #arabian nights island #D tier

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thehiddenelephant · 1 year

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In today's The Wide Ocean webcomic update: It's like you can just walk right into the place.

#webcomic #arabian nights #shark girl #shark woman #shark monster #sharkfolk #broken wall #jungle #island #obscuring foliage #invisible

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musical-nerd18 · 2 years

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Went on poptropica today for some sweet sweet childhood and im-

There's a total of 14 islands. That's it. There's no skullduggery, there's no vampires curse, there's no reality TV, theres like fuck all.

#6 of the 14 are those episodic islands? like arabian nights and survival and shit #3 islands are members only #also u apparently own a cabin now???????? what happened to living in the blimp man #i talk i guess #im sad i just wanted 2 do the poptropilous ganes #*games #😔

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desert-fern · 11 months

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A Gun Amongst Daggers - Jake “Hangman” Seresin X Fem!Navy Seal Reader

Part 10: On Nights Like This

Summary: When Jake meets a woman at the Hard Deck, the last thing he expects is for her to be a Navy Seal. And not just any Seal, the Commander of Seal Team 3. She’s beautiful, smart, dangerous, and everything about her just makes him want to get close. Her name? Bear. When the Seals need backup, Cyclone puts the Daggers on their radar and now, Jake has to work with Bear and her team, all the while trying to stay professional. Can he do it? Or will he end up falling for the Navy sniper and mission Commander?

*Image belongs to @unicornships but I found it on Pinterest*

A/N: Chapter title came from the song Nights Like This by St. Lundi

MINORS DO NOT ENGAGE! 18+ ONLY. MINORS & BLOGS WITH NO AGE/EMPTY BLOGS WILL BE BLOCKED.

Warnings: swearing, mentions of death, bombs, murder, explosions (all very briefly mentioned), so much pining that there should be a forest in the middle of a Saudi Arabian Air Base

Word Count: 4.2k (sorry, it's long and mostly filler)

Masterlist >> Part 9 >> Part 11

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When the pilots entered the conference room on the day of the mission, they found half the room was filled with Seals writing furiously on papers in front of them.

“Did we walk in on a test or something?” Fanboy asked, glancing at Fireball who sat next to the door.

“No,” Bear answered from the front of the room. “We realized that some of the wills weren’t up to date and neither was contact information. So they have this time now to fix it and make sure everything is correct.”

“Wills? Like what happens if someone…”

Bear nodded. “Exactly.”

The pilots exchanged looks. It was bad luck to talk about death before a mission, but it appeared that the Seals had no qualms with it. “We can come back in a few minutes, if that would be preferable,” Maverick offered.

“There’s no need. They have another 25 or so to finish up before we get started. Take a seat, talk quietly amongst yourselves, or go grab anything you forgot,” she replied, head dipping back down to finish her own documents.

The Daggers stepped over bags and made their way over to the empty seats at the front, Jake sitting the closest to where Bear was perched on the edge of the table, scribbling away. When her watch beeped, the room filled with the shuffling of papers being put away and within minutes, the room was quiet again. “So, I can tell that you have questions about how this will play out,” Bear began, looking at the pilots to her left.

A few nods followed her statement. Maverick spoke up “Bear has informed me that we will need all of you. Two teams, am I right in saying that?”

“You are. Team one, Alpha team, goes for Khrushov’s compound, bombs it and returns to base to take a second run at it. I want it burned to the ground,” Bear replied. “Team two, Bravo team, you are on standby until we have completed our mission. You will take out al-Hameed’s compound when I give the order.”

“We’re following her? Not Mav?” Payback voiced, leaning over to look at her.

“No, I told you back at North Island that we follow Bear’s command,” Maverick replied. “That includes for the extent of the mission, however long that takes.”

“And in the event that I am captured or killed, you follow Bug’s command,” the Commander explained. “But until then, you are listening to me.” Her tone left no room for argument, making it very clear that she meant business. “Am I clear?”

Nods and sounds of agreement came from all over the room except from a few men near the back. They weren’t fans of how Bear ran her team, thinking her incapable and not worthy of their respect. It had escalated when the Daggers had joined them. The pilots made waves in their desired status quo, which made them angry. Especially since Bear seemed so distracted with a certain blond pilot.

There was one man among the angry that stood out among the group; his attitude on her team left much to be desired and he was pissed when Bear had been promoted over him to Commander. He had plans for her, he had plans for the pilots too. But he and the others were in the minority, Bear not sparing them a second glance as she continued with her briefing. “Great. So, Flare and Fireball have sent their recon teams out to watch Khrushov’s compound. Flare, what have they found?”

The young woman stood. “Delta teams 6, 7, and 8 are placed on the North and East sides, and Echo teams 4, 5, and 9 on the South and Western sides. Delta 6 has reported seeing Khrushov enter his compound with Osmund early this morning. They have since left and Echo teams 5 and 9 have informed us of their arrival back at al-Hameed’s personal compound, as of two hours ago,” she informed the room.

“So what does that mean for us?” Fanboy asked.

“It means that the first set of planes doesn’t have to worry about missing any high-level targets. Unfortunately for our targets, they all have us Seals to contend with,” Bear replied, looking over at her people. She gave the table three knocks, watching a grin flicker across Shrike’s face. Her interrogation specialist was a different breed, always ready and unnervingly amped up in the field, and Bear had just signaled to her people that all three targets were to be brought back in bags for proof of elimination. So it was safe to say that Shrike was keen.

“And the second team?” Maverick asked.

“The second team will crush the compound when we have swept and cleaned it. All evidence is to be removed first then you guys get to blow something up. Marshmallow is with us on doors and traps,” Bug chimed in.

Bear gave her second a quick nod before continuing “Maverick has the piloting assignments. If you find yourself on team one, you are suiting up and doing your checks asap. Team two is waiting for mine or Bug’s all clear and codes before you take off.”

Raptor raised his hand, speaking as Bear turned to him. “Codes?”

“Good catch. Team one, you are taking off when we are in position. Your drop command is ‘Banshee’,” Bear told the room. “Team two, listen for ‘Vendetta’. Both words will be repeated twice. No more, no less. Am I clear?”

“Yes ma’am.”

“Wonderful. Let’s get into tactics. Maverick, the floor is yours.”

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The briefing lasted most of the afternoon. Bear and Maverick each taking turns to fill in details of the mission, the pilots finally being briefed on the severity and importance of the mission to be completed. “So Daggers,” Bear began. “Colonel Richmond has approved you all time to contact your families, loved ones, or whoever you need to before you get ready. You have exactly 30 minutes each.”

The pilots glanced wordlessly at each other. “What about your people? Have they made their calls?” Halo spoke, breaking the tense silence.

Bear nodded. “We had our time last night. We wanted to give you all your time without us all up in your business anymore than we already have been,” she replied with a soft look. “When we break, you guys should go do that. Tell your people you love them. You guys have an easy job, but the universe can be a bitch.”

Grateful smiles were sent her way from the pilots to her left, especially Bob, Rooster, and Phoenix. They had their partners at home who knew the risks; all three flew or had flown for the Navy at one point or another and they all knew just how quickly things could change.

Hopefully today wouldn’t be one of those days where they found that out.

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Around 1700, the doors opened and the Navy members filed out in grim silence, the pilots realizing just how much could go wrong. Not that they hadn’t already, but it was sobering walking in and seeing full platoons editing their wills, seemingly without concern in their eyes.

“So Alpha team is who again?” Fanboy asked, breaking the silence.

Phoenix glanced around. “Bob and I, Coyote, Halo and Omaha, and Bagman, I think.”

Those she named nodded in silent agreement. They had grown close to the Seals and the briefing had made the danger their new friends faced all the more clearer. “Great,” Coyote said with a nod. “I’m going to call my parents. I want them to know that I’m going to be okay out here.” A few others trailed after him, having the same idea.

Behind the group of pilots, the Seals filed out of the room, chatting quietly. Bug and Flare had their heads together, whispering about something. “Priya,” Bear said quietly, getting Bug’s attention. “You know where my letters and will are, correct?”

Bug looked concerned. “Bear…”

“Priya please. Do you know where they are?”

The woman nodded. “I do. In the third pocket of your bag. Tucked in blue envelopes. You also keep your list detailing what has to happen if you don’t make it,” Bug replied in a hushed tone. “What about… him?” She asked, referring to the blond pilot who stood ahead of them, talking quietly with Fanboy.

Flare, who was standing a little ways off, felt a lump in her throat at her Commander’s words. Bear had mentored her since she’d joined Seal Team Three, and she felt a connection to the woman. Most of the team did. “You’ll be fine, Bear,” she said as she walked up to her CO.

“Mei… you can’t possibly know that,” Bear replied, watching Flare’s eyes shine with unshed tears at what she’d overheard. She ignored Bug’s question about Jake, too afraid her voice would crack if she tried to speak of the letter she’d written him. The letter where she had confessed everything; her feelings, how she loved him back, how she didn’t hate him calling her ‘Teddy’, and how she treasured every moment spent together in the short time that they had known each other. She had written that letter a long time ago, before the Lincoln had even left port, and had only recently tacked on a note about her fears for her team. She knew something was off and if… if she didn’t make it back, Jake had to know.

“You have to be. You’re Bear. This is your team,” Flare insisted, face now pleading for Bear to tell her that everything would be okay. She knew the danger of the job. Hell, she was great at handling the pressure and the danger, she wouldn’t be a Lieutenant otherwise. But this mission had her scared, it had most of them scared. “You will be okay.”

Bear ran a shaky hand over her face. “Yeah, Flare. You’re right. I’ll be okay,” she lied, trying to give some hope to her young Lieutenant.

Bug gave her a nod. “We’ll get through this. We have done all we can, Mei,” she said, trying to reassure her friend.

Flare nodded, swiping her hand over her eyes. “We’ll all come home safe. Promise us that, Bear.”

Plastering a grin on her face, Bear nodded. “I can do that. You’ll all come home safe. When have I ever let you down?” she lied. Inside, her heart was breaking. She knew that something was going to happen. Something hadn’t sat right with her since she’d arrived in Riyadh, and it drove her crazy not being able to figure it out. All she knew was that something was going to go wrong and she’d do all she could to make sure the only body bags coming home were those of their targets. “It’s going to be okay, Flare.”

Bug nodded, sending her own strained grin to reassure Flare. “We’ve got you.”

When Flare hurried ahead to catch up with FAK and Shrike, both women’s feigned smiles faded into a look of grim apprehension. “Come on, Priya. Let’s get suited up. We have a long few hours ahead of us.”

Bug hurried off, leaving Bear alone for a moment on the cement outside a large building. She glanced at the sky, relishing in the brilliant blue before drawing a shuddering breath. “Come on Bear,” she whispered. “Be strong. You know the building like the back of your hand. You trust your team. You know you can do it. So shake it off.”

Unbeknownst to her, Jake had heard every word she had spoken to her teammates. He heard the fear in her voice, the same fear she’d spoken of only the night before. And it hurt him to hear it. Rounding the corner from where he and Fireball had been chatting, Jake stood next to Bear, just offering his presence to help ground her. “I believe in you, Teddy,” he mumbled, nudging her gently.

A forced smile crossed her face as she looked up at Jake. “Thanks.”

“I mean it. You have done all you can, and I know that you and your team have this under control,” he replied, pushing certainty into his tone. “You are incredible at your job, and I am lucky that I get the chance to follow your lead for this mission. We all are.”

Bear let out a soft huff of a laugh, shaking her head at him. “People like you make it easy,” she countered. “Now go make your call, I’m sure that there are people back home who are waiting for you.” The words tasted bitter in her mouth, and she was angry with herself for being jealous.

“My name was drawn yesterday. I called my family last night before I came and sat with you,” Jake told her. “Turns out I get to be an uncle for the fifth time.”

Her eyes crinkled as she gave him a soft smile. “Congratulations Flyboy.”

“Thanks.” He glanced at his watch, before sighing. “I guess if we leave at 2230, I should start my checks huh.”

She nodded. “That’s probably a good idea. I should really get suited up.”

Neither of them moved for a moment, both still caught in the pull of the other. Since they’d gotten to know each other, it became harder and harder for them to distance themselves. Jake pulled her into his orbit and she spun around him like a moon trying desperately to get closer.

“Good luck, Flyboy,” Bear told him, rising up on her toes to press a gentle kiss to his cheek, before hurrying off across the tarmac to the barracks. Leaving Jake standing there, a hesitant hand came up to touch his cheek, as if to feel the warmth and softness of her lips once more.

“Good luck, Teddy,” Jake mumbled, watching her retreat to the barracks.

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The barracks were a cacophony of noise. Vests were fastened, gloves tucked into pockets, rifles being checked, double checked, then checked again. The room was palpable with a nervous energy, something that normally gave Bear her own sense of strength. But tonight was different. The normally jovial teasing was absent from the room, instead tense conversations were being held between small groups.

“Bear!” Fireball shouted from the far side of the room. “Your shit’s back here!”

“Good to know Marcus, thank you!” She yelled back, walking through what felt like a minefield of gear, weapons, and ammunition on the floor. Bear stopped, crouching down next to the newest member of her team, a petite woman given the name ‘Stripe’ for the tattoo on her back. “You good?”

Stripe nodded, a tendril of her dark hair falling into her eyes, making her groan. “I will be once I get my hair to fucking behave.”

Bear chuckled. “Try pulling the sides back first and tying them back. Then do the bun. It’s what works for me, but Daisy might have a few other tricks if it doesn’t work,” she told her, clapping her on the shoulder.

The Commander made her way over to her bag, drawing in a deep breath before blowing it out harshly and sat down. Systematically, Bear pulled her gear on. Strapping weapons, ammo, and other gear to her body. The only thing she left off was her helmet.

See, Bear had a trick to keeping herself focused on the mission at hand and ignoring what she saw as she moved through burnt compounds and minefields. Her helmet was the key to this trick; it gave her the ability to mentally flip a switch, to compartmentalize everything she saw and experienced, and it would stay that way until the last piece of her gear came off. When it did, she could process everything, but until then, she was strictly a Navy Seal. One who didn’t flinch. And her team knew that too; keeping their distance as she got ready.

“Platoons. Are we ready?” Bear spoke after a few minutes of silence. She was outfitted in her tactical gear, the sight intimidating when paired with the stony expression on her face. “Our breach is at 0100 exactly. Do your final checks, do whatever you need to do to get in the mindset. I will be outside at 2230, you know what happens if you’re late. Am I clear?”

“Crystal,” Raptor replied, the people around him nodding. “We’ll be here, Bear.”

“Great. You are dismissed until then.”

Slowly, her team filtered out of the room, each of them grabbing their packs and hauling it back to their accommodations. They had everything they needed on them. Bear caught Daisy helping FAK fasten their medic patches to the back of their gear, chuckling to herself as she watched FAK turn in circles trying to do it themselves. “You okay, FAK?”

“Just peachy, Ma’am,” they replied, shooting her a wide grin. “It'll be good to go in a few if Daisy’ll stop laughing and help me.”

The woman in question just doubled over, laughing harder. “I-I-I’m sorry!” She wheezed. “You just looked like a-a dog chasing its tail!”

FAK sent Bear a look that screamed “You see what I have to deal with” that made the older woman snort and turn away. “Daisy, just make sure that FAK has their patches on correctly before we leave.”

“Sounds good boss lady,” Daisy chirped, grinning at her CO. “C’mon Eddie.”

Bear shook her head, slipping out the door and stood outside, drawing the fresh air into her lungs as she wandered close to the airstrip. She could see Maverick watching his pilots conduct their checks and found a few of her Seals nearby watching them.

Jake saw her approaching and had to do a double take. The uniform was by no means flattering, but Bear made it look phenomenal. The pants gave a glimpse at her muscular thighs, helmet tucked under her arm as she walked closer. “Bear!” He yelled, waving her over.

“Flyboy,” came her response. Amusement glimmered in her eyes behind the sunglasses she wore. Taking in the man before her, Bear could have swooned. The setting sun set his blond hair ablaze with golden light, making him look ethereal. Not that she’d ever tell him that. But by the smirk on his face, she gathered that he already knew.

“Come to see how we get set up?”

Bear pretended to think. “Nah. Just got bored waiting,” she teased, poking him in the chest, passing by to walk under the Super Hornet that sat close by. “I don’t know why I’m surprised, but I thought it would be smaller,” she mused aloud. She ran a hand along the wing as she hummed in thought.

“I don’t usually have women saying that to me,” Jake teased, grinning as she shook her head at him. It was odd seeing her next to his plane, but it ignited something in him that caught him off guard. Feelings, hot and burning, suckerpunched him square in the chest with their intensity and all Jake could do was stand and watch Bear as she took in the aircraft. “But I guess there’s always a first time for everything.”

Bear cocked her head to the side, watching Jake stand aimlessly in front of her. “Don’t you have checks to be running?” she asked.

“I do, but everything left is in the plane and I’m enjoying having a beautiful woman inspecting my plane,” he replied as he approached. Mostly hidden under the plane itself, Jake dropped his voice to a whisper. “Are we going to talk about earlier?”

She bit her lip, shaking her head. “I shouldn’t have done that.”

“Do you regret it?”

Did she? Bear had to think. The obvious answer was no. Jake had forced his way into her thoughts, shoving aside every hesitation and barrier she had put up to protect herself and left an imprint of his laugh and smile on every part of her body and soul. Nothing was unaffected. Yet, a tiny part of her did regret it. Her job was her life, it gave her a family away from her own. She hated that she could have jeopardized it over a man of all things.

Her silence must have been enough of an answer for him, because Jake just nodded. “Got it. I’ll back off.”

“Jake,” she said. And he stopped in his tracks. “I don’t regret it.”

“What about your job?” He was eyeing her cautiously, seemingly afraid of her answer.

“I regret the timing, but not the action. We can have a conversation after the mission, I promise.”

He nodded, eyes scanning her face for any sign of discomfort. “Okay. I can do that.”

Bear smiled softly. “Okay. We’ll talk later. Now, why don’t you tell me how this brilliant bird flies.”

The soft grin on his face widened. “Now Teddy, that I can do. C’mon,” he said excitedly, tugging her hand and making her follow him out from under the plane. He redid his checks, eagerly showing the Seal how everything fit together, what he was checking for and more. More than once he’d trail off, abandoning his sentence because he spent too long watching her face light up when she correctly guessed what a certain piece of the aircraft did.

Unbeknownst to them, Phoenix, Bob, Rooster, and several of the Seals were watching this exchange in stunned silence. “Bagman hates redoing checks,” Phoenix mumbled as she stared at her colleague.

“But the second a pretty girl asks, here he is, redoing them,” Rooster finished, a chuckle leaving his lips.

Fireball and Bug exchanged glances. The pair of them having been taken completely off guard by the excitement rolling off their CO this close to a mission. To the best of their knowledge, Bear was serious and stony from the moment her gear went on to the moment the last piece was removed. So this version of her was odd.

“Not just any pretty girl,” Bob said, glancing over at Phoenix, who shook her head in disbelief. “A Navy fucking Seal Commander.”

“Bagman sure can pick ‘em,” his pilot remarked. “Goddamn. I knew he had the hots for her.”

Rooster snorted. “You and the rest of the team, Nix. Now, will he actually do something about it?“

“Twenty bucks says he asks her out at the end of the mission,” Phoenix replied quickly.

“Make it thirty, and he asks her over coms,” Fanboy chimed in.

“Bear would hate that,” Fireball told them. “And besides, she’s still technically his boss here. It’s against the rules.”

“Buzzkill,” Rooster teased. “Fifty bucks says she kisses him first.”

He was met with a series of unconvinced looks. “Dude,” Bug said, “There’s no fucking way. Bear won’t risk her job, but it’s cute that you think she’ll make the first move.”

A loud bark of laughter startled them and they looked over to see Jake doubled over laughing at something Bear must have said. “But we do agree, right? They’re perfect for each other?” Phoenix asked.

“Hell yeah.”

“Mhmm.”

Other sounds of agreement were mixed in and they continued to watch the pair in front of them before Maverick cleared his throat, an eyebrow raised. “Please tell me you are done with your checks,” he told them, his own gaze flicking over to watch Bear shove Hangman playfully. “I really don’t need Bear to be pissed at me because my team isn’t ready.”

The pilots scattered, leaving Fireball and Bug standing alone. “We should go check on our people, right? It feels weird to watch this,” Bug mumbled to her friend.

“We really should. It’s like watching my mom flirt,” Fireball replied, pulling a face.

Bug laughed. “Don’t tell her that. And isn’t she only two years older than you?”

“Shhh.” The two lieutenants walked off, disappearing around the barracks.

Grinning at Jake, Bear ducked under his arm to stand in front of him. “I told you that they were betting on us!” she exclaimed. “Your people are worse than mine!”

“That’s a matter of opinion, Teddy. Not fact.” Jake was trying to keep his face from breaking into a wide smile at her antics.

“And the facts are that your pilot buddies started betting almost immediately. Not mine,” she countered, finding herself standing closer to Jake.

“Agree to disagree then.”

She shot him a wink before stepping back. “We‘ll see, Flyboy. We’ll see.”

“Just like we’ll see if you can be made to say ‘please’?” He shot back, the smirk crossing his face in full force.

Bear paused, her grin growing wider. “Be careful, Lieutenant,” she purred. “You’ll get us both fired if you keep talking like that.”

“Yes ma’am,” Jake replied, swallowing harshly. He hadn’t known that his rank purred like that turned him on. Maybe it was just the woman in front of him, but he was pretty damn sure that this was a new development.

“Good to hear,” Bear teased. She knew full well what she had done; the way his eyes widened the smallest bit and the abrupt swallow clued her into the fact that she was just as capable of flustering him as he could her. “You should probably finish your checks. I’ve distracted you long enough.”

“Probably a good idea. And you are the best kind of distraction, Teddy. I’ll see ya when my boots hit the ground,” Jake replied, climbing up into his plane to finish his checks and watched shamelessly as she walked off toward the Jeep that would be following the helicopters. “Get it together,” Jake mumbled, giving his head a shake and going back to work.

Maybe if Bear hadn’t been around and he had been paying attention, he would have realized a bolt was missing, but he wasn’t, so he didn’t.

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A/N: I’m sorry. I really am.

Thank you @startrekfangirl2233 @sarahsmi13s and @dakotakazansky for pre reading this mess of a filler chapter, and for screaming at me.

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tiredwitchplant · 6 months

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Everything You Need to Know About Herbs : Ginger (root)

Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

*Kitchen Herb *Medical Herb *Masculine

Folks Names: African Ginger, Sheng Jian, Singabera

Planet: Mars

Element: Fire

Deities: Hecate, Ameretat, Artemis

Abilities: Love, Money. Success, Power, Safety

Characteristics: A perennial plant growing to 2 ft with lance-shaped leaves and spikes of white or yellow flowers. Is native to Asia and is grown throughout the tropics. Ginger prefers fertile soil and plenty of rain.

History: Wild or cultivated, ginger root is an ideal herb to add to rituals and spells because it acts like a booster for the power involved. Apart from its use as a spice and as a base for alcoholic liquors of one kind or another, ginger has for a very long time enjoyed a reputation for medicinal use, from the prescription of Arabian and Persian doctors for impotence, to its still popular reputation as a stomach settler, and this use dates from the earliest records. Ginger tea, even ginger biscuits, help to combat travel sickness, or morning sickness and nausea generally. It was used for asthma in Russian folk medicine. The recipe given is a pound of ginger grated, put in a quart bottle, which was filled with alcohol. This was kept warm for two weeks, shaken occasionally, until the infusion was the color of weak tea. This was strained, and the sediment allowed to settle. Then the liquid was poured into another bottle, and the infusion taken twice a day.

How to Grow:

Easy to Grow: Yes

Rating: Beginner Friendly

Seeds Accessible: Sort of but root is

How to Grow Ginger (article)

How to Grow from Seeds

How to Grow from Store Bought

Where to Buy Seeds

Magical Properties:

Can boost the power of spells and rituals with its own heat like energy when consumed beforehand

Used to jump-start love, stimulate finances, and increase potential success in anything

In an elixir, the root acts as an energizing tonic and brings strength, courage, and health

Putting ginger in your pillow can create a better night’s sleep

Can give protection during childbirth

Whole ginger roots planted and grown can attract money, along with sprinkling powdered ginger into one’s pocket

Dobu islanders with chew and spit ginger at the “seat” of an illness to cure it and to halt oncoming storms

To promote lust, sprinkle ginger around your home

Medical Usage:

Speeds up the rate of gastric emptying and aids the absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract, which helps treat anemia

Relieves nausea and vomiting, especially with morning sickness

Reduces muscle pain after exercise and is effective against menstrual pain

Excellent remedy for indigestion, nausea, gas, bloating, cramps and other digestive complaints

Stimulates circulation and helps with the flow of blood to the surface

Remedy for coughs, colds, flu and other respiratory problems

Stimulates sweating and helps to cool and control fevers

Sources

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miraclegemz · 11 months

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SONIC POLL RESULTS

Hello people from this poll! This is a breakdown of the poll results with evidence! Please note that this only included events from the games. But before that lemme preface this with I Did Not expect the poll to get *checks notes* 8,639 votes?!!?? I expected like 150 max. So that’s why some response were kinda exaggerated or just straight up wrong because I’m incapable of counting. So here’s the results!

Option 1: Shadow the Hedgehog gets crucified (TRUE from Sonic 06)

Ok so this is what I meant when I said I exaggerated some stuff. No he does not get nailed to a cross. However, he does get put in T-pose jail.

(From here starting at 11:37). Considering the context of being forsaken by humanity after the world ends, and that you can’t really nail a guy to a wooden cross in a fiery wasteland, this is pretty damn close to a crucifixion (cyber crucifixion? It is 200 years in the future). I may have exaggerated but I am prepared to stand by it.

Option 2: Sonic gets thrown into a maximum security prison (TRUE from Sonic Adventure 2)

This was way more known compared to option 1. So during SA2 sonic gets framed for stuff he didn’t do as a coverup and he gets imprisoned on Prison Island

(From here at 6:40)

Option 3: Tails gets turned into a cyborg (TRUE from Sonic Lost World)

I kinda don’t blame people for not knowing this one since this game was kinda boring, Tails gets captured by the villains of this game and they turn him into a robot to fight Sonic. However Tails was able to circumvent their brainwashing and keep his free will.

(From here at 26:21)

Option 4: Knuckles beats the shit out of a ghost (TRUE from Sonic Adventure 2)

This also hails from SA2 as a random one-off boss fight that has nothing to do with the main story. It’s cool as fuck though.

(From here)

Option 5: Sonic gets Isekai’d twice (TRUE from multiple games)

Ok so I fucked up this one. I only counted the Sonic Storybook Games of which there are two (in which sonic is sent to worlds based around the Arabian Nights and Arthurian Legend). However Sonic has been thrown into different dimensions both in Sonic Rush Adventure and Sonic Forces and probably some others I’m forgetting about. That’s honestly my bad BUT I’m technically still right

Option 6: Eggman asks Sonic “How did you get here so quickly?” (TRUE from Sonic Unleashed)

This is probably the best line in the series since Eggman is being completely serious asking this to his arch-nemesis with super speed. Come on dude.

(From here at 20:35)

Option 7: A Frog swallows a Chaos Emerald (TRUE from Sonic Adventure)

Yeah so a cat’s pet frog swallowed a chaos emerald, grew a tail, and got chased around the country by both the cat and Eggman’s robots. Don’t worry the frog and cat were reunited safely in the end.

(From here)

Option 8: Shadow gets possessed by a time god (FALSE)

I found you, faker!

While Shadow has been subject to mind control by an evil alien overlord, been a victim of identity theft by half of a time god (pictured)

and also abducted by a different (or the same?) time god, he has not been possessed and/or controlled by a time god.

And Finally,

Option 9: Amy can turn invisible (TRUE from Sonic 06)

Yes, this is true. It is a one-off ability that is never explained nor brought up again.

(From here at 2:04)

In Conclusion

Go play/watch Sonic 06

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progectsau · 1 month

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Wanted to dump some Sonic language headcanons.

Sonic is definitely a Polyglot. It really seems that he's a super nomadic person and I like the idea of him growing up absorbing a bunch of cultures and languages. In Unleashed he goes all over and communicates fine with everyone. Apparently he also reads Arabian Nights in Arabic in Sonic and the Secret Rings. I can't vouch as I don't know arabic. He's coded to be Egyptian and it's pretty clear evidence. I believe the common language is english because of the large wester influence, but with how much japanese influence goes into Sonic I'd say he speaks that, too. He was once said to be from christmas Island which is a real island. The official language is English there but it's also common to speak languages like Malay or Manderin, so I like to think he knows those two as well. I think he's astonishingly good at language, though and him and Tails bond through that shared academic. I feel like Rogue and Shadow know a lot of languages too because of their occupations, try to have secret conversations in another language, and Sonic dips in. Its become a game to figure out what languages they know that he doesn't. Eggman also knows a lot of languages.

There's also a few bilingual characters. Knuckles has had both Jamaican and Mezo-American coding so I think he obviously speaks english and either an ancient American language or Spanish. Blaze speaks Hindu. Silver speaks italian. I imagine Amy taking a french class in school and being adept but not amazing or fluent.

#sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #silver the hedgehog #rouge the bat #amy rose #blaze the cat #headcanon #sonic headcanons #sonic unleashed #sonic and the secret rings #sth #language

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princesssarisa · 9 days

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Heidi Ann Heiner's Sleeping Beauties now offers just two more Sleeping Beauty tales before moving on to Snow White tales.

*The first is The Story of the Prince In Love from Egypt, which is included in some editions of The Arabian Nights as The Ninth Captain's Tale. In this variant, the curse results from a rash wish by the heroine's mother before her birth, similar to the opening of Hans-my-Hedgehog by the Brothers Grimm. A merchant's barren wife prays for a daughter even if the smell or touch of flax should be deadly to her. Soon afterward she has a daughter, Sittukhan, and keeps her away from flax as she grows up. But one day a sultan's son sees Sittukhan and falls ill with love for her. An old woman goes to fetch her for him, but ignorantly gives her flax to spin, and Sittukhan catches a flax splinter in her finger and falls down dead. Her grieving parents build a palace in the middle of a river, where they display her body on an ivory bed. When the prince gets word of this, he goes to the palace to mourn, but sees the flax splinter in Sittukhan's finger and removes it, reviving her. They lie in bed together for forty days and forty nights. Then, every three days, the prince goes to meet with his Vizir, but then returns to Sittukhan. The girl finally becomes curious about where the prince is going, so she hides and spies on him when he leaves again. Unfortunately, when he catches her spying, he becomes angry and abandons her. But soon afterward, Sittukhan finds a wish-granting ring, and wishes for a palace next to the prince's and to become more beautiful than ever. When the prince sees his "new neighbor," he doesn't recognize her, but falls in love with her, and his mother the queen brings her gifts on his behalf. But Sittukhan scornfully destroys all the gifts and insists that she'll only marry the prince if he pretends to be dead and is carried into her palace wrapped in seven shrouds. He obeys, and Sittukhan unwraps the shrouds, then reproaches him in words that mirror his reproach when he caught her spying. This makes the prince recognize her and they happily reconcile.

**A comment for @faintingheroine: I wonder if this Middle Eastern tale influenced the choice in the 1971 Turkish Snow White film to have Snow White's glass coffin placed on an island in the middle of a river.

*Then comes The Petrified Mansion from India. In this tale, a prince goes on a long journey alone. Finally, he comes to a grand mansion filled with life-sized stone statues of people and animals. At last he comes to a room where a beautiful princess lies seemingly dead on a bed of gold. Beside her pillow is a golden stick, which the prince picks up to examine, and in doing so, he accidentally touches her forehead with it. At this, the princess revives, and all the statues change back into living people and animals, including the princess's father the king. He explains that the touch of a silver stick put the princess to sleep and turned everyone else to stone (no context is given), and only the golden stick could revive them. The prince and princess are married, of course, and joyfully go back to the prince's home kingdom. There they find that his mother is ill with grief and his father has gone blind from weeping, because their son has been gone for so many years. But a touch of the golden stick restores the queen's health and the king's sight, so they all live happily ever after.

This ends the Sleeping Beauty portion of the book, for now anyway. Next is the portion devoted to a tale that comes in considerably more variants: Snow White.

@ariel-seagull-wings, @adarkrainbow, @themousefromfantasyland

#sleeping beauty #fairy tale #variations #sleeping beauties: sleeping beauty and snow white tales from around the world #heidi ann heiner #egypt #india

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starry-snippets · 1 year

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mer-may #1

what type of mermaid are they? what type of water do they prefer? (risotto, abbacchio, giorno, narancia)

risotto resides in the mariana trench. he appreciates the weird looking creatures down there and feels like he belongs in the darkness. risotto has glowing accents on his tail and underneath his eyes in a rounded highlight on his cheek bones and along his eyes. he’s like a night light in the way he can conceal himself using his stand which often disturbs the wildlife so he won’t do it unless there’s observation happening and he doesn’t want anyone knowing he exists. risotto lives surprisingly peacefully. he will sometimes rise to the ocean basin to observe the jellyfish and lively crabs skittering across the rocks. risotto enjoys the peace and the unusual sights of the trench, but it’s when he swims a bit higher he sees how delicate the ocean can be (as most fish in the trench are rough looking creatures, which is a big reason why he adjusted himself to live deeper. he likes to be unbothered and also he thinks he’s really gnarly looking ):

abbacchio drifts a great deal, but he spends the most of his time in the arabian sea. one he can mess with a lot of vacationers because of the proximity to the land and islands, but there’s also a massive dead zone. abbacchio decided to stay so long in the arabian sea because he came across these harsh conditions. he found this area void of life and he found... beauty in it. he’s had a hard life and he’s made many mistakes, but he’s not entirely stripped of empathy. he likes the arabian sea because of the reminder the dead zone gives him in how life is so easily taken away, as in the same body of water other animals thrive. at first he hated the blaring reminder of how fragile life truly is but the closeness of enduring wildlife softened that. he hated originally how hot the sea is but grew to enjoy scaring annoying tourists by just existing (he also uses moody blues to play audio since they can’t see him, but in the midst it’s scary as heck)

giorno is having so much fun in the great barrier reef. it’s like he’s gone to heaven. all these varying animals, expressive plants, and vibrant coral fascinate him to no end. he does a fair bit of drifting but he always comes back to the reef. to check in to see if he can help out at all with his quirk and he’s making it his new mission to help restore the reef because he hates how terrible pollution and climate change has gotten. all the animals actively love to see him, even the most dangerous of them. giorno is especially fond of dugongs and it breaks his heart that they’re going extinct. he’s very sneaky in the way he’ll prevent and get back at people who harm the reef or any other biome he’s residing at the time of their misdeed. creates the scariest animals in the reef - sometimes just making things that don’t belong there (but he’ll revert it immediately after in order to not impact the native species) to really freak whoever hurt the ecosystem into fleeing as fast as they possibly can. giorno loves to witness the growth of the coral population and diminishing fish species coming back with his support. feels important for helping and is happy to do so. (when he sees more dugongs he’s like !! dude is leaping with joy)

narancia is so from the caribbean. he fits in so well with the energy of the water, the creatures inhabiting the space, and he’s very curious about visitors! like abbacchio he messes with people who explore the water but he isn’t sinister. narancia is just interested in human affairs and can be reckless in his intrigue. he has a lot of fun exploring the area and looking at the colorful creatures that live in the same space as him. his tail is as vibrantly colored as the fish swimming around and he gets along with all the wildlife swimmingly very well. narancia enjoys when the area is warm, but he’ll travel to the gulf whenever it gets too chilly. is open to exploring but is nervous about venturing too far from what he’s used to. loves the fun shells he finds along the sea bed. also plays with crabs and fish, but isn’t disrespectful of them (he doesn’t fling them around like a child or anything, if they are uncomfortable he will stop since he respects them and realizes he wouldn’t want to be prodded himself so he shouldn’t just touch everything compelling he sees)

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lookslikethatsallthetimewehave · 4 months

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That's quite impressive 😋

#love it #poptropica #arabian nights island #painting #facebook

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fantasybooktournament · 10 months

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Mystery Fantasy Book Tournament

Round 3: Poll 3

The One with the Heart of a God

Thirty years ago, all the gods tore each other apart, and nowadays people dive to the bottom of the ocean to find and sell as "godware" what pieces they can for their magical properties. After a heist gone wrong, the main character is indentured to work for a scientist on an isolated island where all the priests who went mad when the gods died spend their days. But then his friend shows up and they discover a piece of godware which has amazing healing properties...the still-beating heart of a god.

The One with The Power of Storytelling

In this fantasy inspired by Indian culture and Arabian Nights tales, a young boy goes on a whimsical yet perilous quest to help his depressed father regain his storytelling powers. Their quest becomes a fight against the forces of silence and censorship, to make sure that everyone in the world will still have access to imagination, creativity, and stories.

#mystery fantasy book tournament #fantasy books #polls #tournament polls #booklr #mystery round 3

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hottubraccoon · 23 days

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Birkina; Land of Reflection and Greed

separate eastern island off the continent, primarily elf citizens

Character SHORT List:

Bennue Kayani

Chantal Thornton

Corselle Kayani

Ibarra Kayani

James Thornton

Tarfa Scaleborn

Theodore Thornton

The Valguard

Zyro Kayani

2H Media on Unsplash.

Geography:

Birkina is based on the Egypt coast physical geography*. Rains are light when they do reach the island, but magical storms are angry things; Birkina has casters in every city to protect themselves against these storms. There isn't much seasonal changes here, staying hot and clear year round, although their winter does have intensely cold nights. Some animals seem to prefer this as they migrate here in the winter months, away from Solistal's constant cold.

*but only when I feel like it lol

Architecture:

Birkina's most famous natural phenomenon are it's Rainbow Bay, an almost constant rainbow connecting the far ends of the bay, and the largest known reef system in their waters, the Great (Barrier) Reef. There are also some sunken buildings along the coast, in a different style to GK's underwater buildings. Scholars love to visit the towns closest to them. The most memorable man-made wonder is the Dudrana Lighthouse, which connects them to the mainland. It is magically enhanced to function and assist sailors in storms as well. Much of the buildings designs come from Arabian/Egyptian architecture and are built around the few rivers and/or oasis' on the island. With fewer areas to settle, the cities tend towards bigger more clustered layouts as many more people stick to the river ways.

Trade/Commerce:

Kamikita holds Birkina's access to the mainland, and has a choke hold on trading overall, so Birkina has trouble with getting access to certain things. This also means Birkina depends on Kamikita for a lot of their livelihoods. They export lots of dyes, spices, and herbs. There are also lots of fruits, different to Kamikita's, that they'd be willing to trade if they weren't restricted. As it is, dyes and spices are asked for Klenith-wide so those are the most farmed and exported goods that Birkina has. Currency is often used for mainland trading, whereas it is goods bartering within Birkina.

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Other Parts:

For Great Kettering. 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

For Solistal. 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

For Kamikita. 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

For Birkina. 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

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thehiddenelephant · 1 year

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In today's The Wide Ocean webcomic update, a certain someone comes ashore....

#webcomic #ocean #arabian nights #shark people #jungle #island #volcano island #fruit

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looseduke · 1 year

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my predictions for future storytelling realms along the lines of the neverafter and the endless nights im 100% sure about:

realm based on the works of shakespeare (though i don’t think they’ll interact much with this one for purposes of anachronism)

a world based on irish/celtic folklore. smart moneys on this one showing up. with the fairy heavy plot and the fact that brennan is famously extremely irish, it’s coming. (i suspect all fairies originate from this realm in one way or another)

something to do with the epic of gilgamesh, the worlds oldest written story, and other surviving mesopotamian works. i see this world missing huge chunks and having very few versions left, but has survived by the skin of its teeth because against all odds people still remember it. alternatively, it was dead and gone after it was lost, and either archaeologists finding the story created a new version, or it was gone forever

realms i think are possibilities if the story goes the way it seems to be going so far:

ancient greek / roman mythology

i believe by introducing greek and roman mythology as a realm (foreshadowed imo by the appearance of aesop), these realms will be framed for us the audience as collections of human experience and belief systems, not just fictional stories, which will lead to:

jesus being name dropped yet again

allusions to realms based on various other cultures. specifically stories, not religions, the way that aesops fables teach morals and 1001 arabian nights is reflective of cultural values, but neither tell the stories of religious texts. (i don’t think the story will be extremely involved with these realms for both thematic and cultural sensitivity reasons, also simply bc there’s only so many episodes. it would be cool to see a guest dm run a world based off of non european folklore, rick riordan style). this includes but is not limited to:

different realms representing the traditional stories of ancient china, japan, india, and the pacific islands (all so old and so storied there’s truly endless possibilities for worlds based on them)

different realms representing the traditional stories of the americas (northern, middle, and southern traditions differ greatly from each other, as do all the different groups within the regions)

different realms representing the traditional stories of africa (the birthplace of humanity!! the first stories told around the hearth!!! plus, same as the americas: plenty of places to draw from)

brennan is smarter than me and would communicate this better then im about to, but the oral history tradition of many of these cultures has such huge potential in this story. i really hope to see differences in the storytelling of written histories/oral histories (for instance: hawai’ian hula tells the historical record of the islands of hawai’i! it would be amazing to see how that type of tradition translates to this world

i cant talk about this too much or ill explode, but i really hope they hired consultants and experts and writers to do this world and the history of human story telling justice<3

im doing research now on the possibilities of the mother goose/shahrazad/aesop type narrators (although i suspect that not every realm has a narrator) but i don’t have any examples yet, if you have any ideas please please share them!! im so excited to see where this season goes and to keep sinking my stupid little teeth into all the lore implications of bonafide brennan lee mulligan world building

#i hope i succeeded at referencing these cultures im not super familiar with respectfully<3 like i said id love input and ideas from others #dimension 20 #d20 theories #d20 neverafter #brennan lee mulligan #d20 nva #neverafter spoilers #neverafter

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