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ticholasnesla · 5 months

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Nimona (2023), friends.

First of all thank u to the people who made these great gifs!!! This is presumptuous of me but i truly hope u dont mind me featuring them! This is the first of - hopefully many - years of my Media Gifventure for the Holiday Season of 2023. I will go into more details if i need. So.

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man of the hour. Man of the Year. Gold Star. 🌟

Gif use Disclaimer, I hope me making this post with these gifs isnt overstepping 🙂‍↕️💛 people who upload gifs, which, 9/10 times, they made themselves, are one of the most supportive vertebrae communities of Tumblr. 🫡👏👏 bravo chudovyy splendid чудовий mykola please tell me what i should remove and i will remove.

Above all else, Thank u.

anyways here's3 something i hope is going to be fun. Last chance. Gif heavy, flash warning excessive emojis, stupid shite and a dog.

🐕 . . . 🤎

nimona beat my ass yall. It beat my family's ass yall.

That's a Ss²+Gold ranked film if ever i saw one. Congrats Neæs@tflix - Nimona, and congrats ND Stevenson.

Ss²+Gold means Soupsoup Squared PLUS Gold which MEANS

+4 of thees bad boys!!!!!!!!

Enjoy!

i stop talking about strictly Nimona Heere.

so with that all said and done...i was Thinking... part 2?

disclaimer pls read the �� RULES. Trans rights human rights. Protect trans kids. Pronouns for your Hostess this evening are she/he/they. this isnt a nft thing so dont talk to me about that. and im not writing free reviews or reading your book. I just wanna award movies and webtoons and webcomics without putting any real artistic effort in (except when i WANT to put real artistic effort in) and also feature some great indie/non indie stuff In a (hopefully) positive light 🔮 shit i might even do requests. Or sketches. Imagine. 🐙

PROCEED 👎to RULES and engage in critical thought and problem soliving before sending me asks.💢

That being said, keep it PG. All asks are good asks and i will develop an FAQ if need be!

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Do u wanna submit something to be considered for a Soup GoldTM? Submit your favourite,

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that kept you warm this 2023! And for my immediate needs, Happened in 2023. For this thing, i will only accept submissions til new yrs day. Is that peechy?

👎👎Ok finally rules for real. Proceed to pig 🐷 for tldr

Keep it pg🦉

K.I.S.S - keep it simple, Saoirse🦆

Stay in your Lane 🫎🦍🐏🪿

Dont message strangers on the internet if you're under 18.🔴And if you do KEEP your age out of their inbox. 🪺🐣🐊

Adult media is fine but i want to keep it Prime Time 🦐🐚 🪸🪼🐠🚦🐬

66I know i might be typing like a fucking bunyak but i wanna have FUN and talk about FUN STUFF my past 3 years has been ROUGH, BAYBEE. I miss my parents, Tails. I miss them a lot. /not a joke.

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I am but flesh n blood n bone.

Please keep in mind i will only do what i have the jnj marbles for, but i will dedicate a lot of my downtime to this and i really want to have a good experience so um if u know a friend, or maybe want to tag cool accounts to maybe look over here yoo hoo hi there hello and do u wannaaa 🐕🐕🐕

Click that rebwog pwease 🥺 pppwease. Ding that like button smash that like button Uw0

This only works on Good Will so dont Play with my heart. We want to have fun.

I do have a DO NOT PASS GO list in my head but i wont reveal whats on it til i come across it ya? 🦩

Thank y for reading the rules. Now.

Me vs you the reader

Proceed to pig for tldr🐷

The Soup Golds and other Soups utilize a vector of Grandma's Soup from Lengend of Zelda Wind Waker that i edited with my phone. I do not claim to own this graphic and am just fucking around.

Submissions that dont pass my sneefing test are welcome and valuable! Incoming bee gif:

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love rubbin my dusty little fingers in new Things and readings. So they will be rewarded either with Unseen, Uninterested, or Unwatchable badges, and might be featured as (dis)/honorable mentions! More nuance on that if the need arises. 🦄🔮👀

🐷Asks are open / pending! Feel free to Lurk/ask questions. Dont be rude or ELSE..u get The PIG 🐷🐷

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.. and then the Anon is going off. i dont want to have to do that. 🫠

🐗Let's keep it Frosty🐗

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Write a letter and leave me a cookie pls. Im not asking for money i just wanna spend some quality time with u as we ____ 2024.

Here is the dog btw and she's a rottweiler mix.. She's sitting on my foots here and has curly furs all a on her butt. She was a foster fail and is living her best cushy life last i heard about her. I wanna see her again. 🖤🤎🧡🖤🤎🧡

The end. Play Sims 4 but try not to spend money on it. EA's starting to offer free packs that u can download for Free. Console and PC as far as i understand.

Love u. Be back soon.

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niccerooniererer · 9 months

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BTD6 HC LIST FOR HEROES

Sadly not all, as sadly I can't spare enough thoughts for everyone sorry

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Quincy

Disaster bisexual

Has a thing for gnc reckless idiots (he doesn't realize it)

Scared of thunder

Romcom fan

He's easy to scare, horror gets him easily

Stronger than he looks

Only thing he's smart w is his bow

Particularly oblivious, yet easily notices tension between other people

Insecurity. Basically canon

Tends to push himself w training due to that

Becomes even more stupid when nervous, tries to break tension by doing the dumbest thing he can think of

Cuddly. Loves warm cuddles. Affectionate

Used to be real popular at school (yeah I hc he went to public school)

That's where his insecurities started because people always wanted the best of him

Veeeery sincere

Thrown a certain someone on a MOAB before

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Etienne

Afraid of heights

Shitty eyes, shitty legs

Cane user

Huge interest in flying, reason he made his drones

Used to be good at hacking

Kind of blunt but not in a rude way

Occasional weird word choices which make him sound a bit weird

Tends to swear in french more

Picky eater, fast food is really not his thing

PDA makes his stomach turn. Most he can handle is unobtrusive tail to tail touch

Probably the most closed off about personal life, very professional

Unexpected friendship with Gwen (not good) she gives him ideas on some really funny things to say, as even with all that professionalism he loves jokes

Snorts at puns which he hates, unless the pun was in french

Occasional gamer

Gay and french ??! Pick a struggle dame !! /Silly

Also hc him to be aro-acespec, this guy has a hard time getting romantic feels

Past with Ben, used to date him when they were working in the same place, separated because life pulled them too far away each other

So bitter when they meet again. But it was hard to say no when in private Ben came to him sobbing, apologizing and trying to save what they had. He gives in, love wins <3

Gets cold easily, hero that gets sick the most

Has a strange amount of love for outdated memes

Since he knows Ben is more up to date, just to spite him, he would print out the oldest memes he can find and hand them to Ben randomly

He would also hand these to others as well, just to see their reactions, it's like his unofficial "research"

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Gwen

That is a whole lesbian right there

Knows Quincy was into her at some point but doesn't really mind it. They're friends

Talking friends, she's big time besties with August (my oc, you'll hear a lot about him if I let it out of me), being awful hazards together n all, almost getting each other banned from the battlefield for getting so careless

Fire related puns and jokes. Canon basically

Has one of those kiss the cook aprons for when she grills

A bit of an anarchist

Gets REALLY excited about all sorts of destruction, not just fire

Girl that loves breaking rules soooooo much

For this reason she has a weird amount of fascination for natural disasters and the like

Has a competitive mutual gay thing going on with Sauda and Brickell. Hard to tell what the relationship there is between the 3 but it's def queer

Mullet Gwen mullet gwen

Kinda queer that would beat up homophobic bullies for you

She tends to pick fights like that a lot

TEMPER BIG HUGE BIG

Tho the good part because of that is she has a lot of passion

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Benjamin

Literal streamer. In breaks or chatting streams he plays fnf mods

Has bought a maid outfit before because a charity donation goal being reached (he rocked it)

Has a complicated but tragic relationship with crypto and nfts

That's a functional bisexual right there, mostly functional

Bit of a flirt but only to get what he wants

B…. Boob (sorry)

Always plays a support character in multiplayer games, just like how he is

Vocaloid fan

Has done weird things for really big donations before, he regrets

The kinda guy that actively keeps up with trends and tends to have opinions about them

Due to said opinions he had to do apology videos before but he just never learns

From desk job to secret agency worker who was managing huge amounts of data with programs he built himself

Said work really pulled him away from someone he really really loved

Imagine his surprise when he saw him again. Looking hurt

Can't lie with a straight face, tries anyways

Dry ass eyes from staring at his screen too much

Also carpal tunnel moment. Etienne sometimes appears in his streams to yell at him to stretch his hands

Works well under pressure, which is why he got to be the code monkey hero

Used to support "creative" algos (what we usually call AI for some reason but it isn't really AI) until he saw how people use them

Commissions artwork of himself from time to time. His demeanor about being drawn always gets him a discount since he's "such a joy to work with"

Do you guys also remember something about him living in a cave

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Striker Jones

Kinda dad, literally canon

Keeps bubblewrap in his pockets for when he stresses out too much from battle

Usually laid back about it though

Etienne and him working on jokes together is a worst case scenario/silly

Likes to tell jokes, especially puns to Obyn because it really annoys him

Yeah one of his love languages is making you angry <3

Can sure work the grill

Loves to read non fiction books and long realist novels

Non sensical but due to some mishearing lines, there was an Emo Lady in his life once who he doesn't think fondly of (the way he says MOAB sounds like emo lady)

D… dad bod. That's all

Has reading glasses

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Brickell

Augaghaaughah woman

STRONG, can throw you if she so desires, her height doesn't stop her

Had the biggest leather jacket phase before getting really into her navy look

A lot more laid back when off duty

Not too fond of jokes, doesn't really get memes

Big fan of wlw manga and shoujo in general

Knows her history, was one of her favourite classes too

Was a great swimmer from a very young age

Even went to competitions, tho she didn't get too far with that

Very just and fair

Though a great liar, playing poker with her is Hard

She could just stare the truth out of you, like, it's deadly, it's like she sees into your soul

Generally not one to dress down, girl loves her navy ass outfits

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Churchill

The manga guy, we already know

Engages with all sorts of genres since he's curious about all the culture he can learn, along with morals the stories hold

Commissions artwork of himself a lot, also how he has manga about himself at his house (that lives in my head… why would he do that)

He is short, his battles 2 self does not exist to me

Big fan of cosplaying

Most likely to hop on Ben's streams time to time

Very strong, as he should be

When he feels like it, he arm wrestles with Sauda and Brickell when those 2 aren't too absorbed in each other or Gwen

He is Etienne's 2nd most regular victim of bad memes, since he always looks so devastated

When people don't know about him that he's into manga, he has a harder time easing into talking about it, so he'll always start w the most normal thing, as if he didn't see food porn the anime (I don't actually know the name of it)

Probably the best hero to sit with in silence and do nothing, or read if you get bored

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Sauda

She is so cocky and oeperfect

God she is so so strong

Can't swim, like at all

She's great and she knows it

Can get annoyed if people can't keep up with her

Due to that, she isn't always the best to work with, as she's not the biggest team player

Often gets approached to help design cards (like an invitation card or what's it called) due to her pretty handwriting

Loves to play fight, her love language is holding you down until you tell her to stop

Loves to tease, especially if she thinks you're weak

Cut her hair on accident once while practicing with her swords

In general she has accidents a lot, it mostly happens when she thinks she's simply Too Amazing to mess up in the moment and then she does

Has been patched up at least once by most heroes

When she gets tired or tipsy, she gets really touch starved and kinda begs to be cuddled. She denies this

She does get tired a lot as she trains a lot

Not really someone who likes silence and peace, but those few occasional times when she feels that way, you really can't bother her

When she gets sick she also gets cuddly and needy (not good)

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Obyn

That's my dad he's a wolf

Very caring and loves his druids so much

He tends to hold picnics for them, sometimes the heroes as well

Although a dad, jokes have never been his thing

And does Striker Jones take advantage of that, 2 opposing forces, like their own weird kinda foreplay or something

Gives 2nd best hugs from the heroes

He goes awoo, it's a habit he can't shake off, he will awoo at the Moon sometimes when he forgets he shouldn't

Tends to call the druids his pack

They love to be his pack

Probably the hero that has seen most of the world, bit of a traveller

Considering he was raised by wolves, he isn't sure of his origin. Also the reason why he travelled the world

Also I know he's just an oc, but that's when he got his lil guy, my lil big guy CC who is worryingly tall and strong while being 17 (that's what Obyn gets for mingling with someone who isn't a monkey lol)

He loves being a dad to especially orphan druids because at least if he didn't have one, he can be just that to others

The best with children

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Ezili

Loves the horror, draws the horror

Loves to "jumpscare" people during halloween

Loves to dress up for it as well

Her morning routine involves reading a good horror short story

Has resting bitch face

Has rancid vibes. All cuz of the curses

Big big fan of silence

Loves to see the big bloons fall, that look on her face she gets when they do

It's like she gets pleasure out of murdering them

Insults from her tend to hurt more because she curses her words as well

I know I said this before but she would be a great William Afton, to me

Let her be unhinged is what I'm saying

#btd6 #bloons td6 #bloons #btd6 headcanons

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thessalian · 2 years

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Thess vs Boomer Jobs

There’s a thing I overheard today that’s probably going to live in my head rent-free for a good long while. It is going to bug me.

I was in the break room at work, making myself a coffee, and some of the lab techs were having a chat over lunch. One of them was talking about how she and her friend had got tickets to some art thing, and went for the free wine and good art. Standing in the queue, they ended up in front of some tech bro from Montreal of all places (which is probably why I started tuning in to this conversation a bit more - few enough people talk about the city of my birth, especially around here), who through his commentary let them know that this wasn’t just an art exhibition but some kind of NFT-related thing. So this tech bro is talking at them about the whole thing and the lab tech goes, “Look, we’re just here for the free wine and the pretty art. I work in a hospital.” At which point, dudebro becomes douchebro with one sentence that just irritates the everliving fuck out of me:

“Ooooooooh; you have a Boomer job.”

A ... Boomer job?

Really?

I mean, let’s start with the fact that technically, Boomers are either retired or damn near it, at least if we’re going strictly by age. From there, we lead into the most important part of this: if Boomers are retired or retiring, that work that they were doing still needs to be done. If it’s not Boomers doing the job, how the fuck is it a Boomer job? I mean, you can’t segregate jobs by age range beyond “You must be this old to be gainfully employed”.

I know what this dickwaffle meant, though. He meant “boring”. He meant “tedious”. You know, not the high-flying NFT-trading, blockchain-bouncing fuckery which pretends to make good on the promise of ‘money for nothing’. He means a steady paycheque and a job you can actually explain to people. He means a job that involves actual labour and existed before he was born.

I just have to wonder ... does he think that everyone who isn’t a Boomer shouldn’t have a Boomer job? If he thinks that, does he have the remotest clue how those very necessary jobs would get done without someone, regardless of age, to do them? I mean, my job doesn’t sound like much sometimes but I’ve seen companies try to get along on voice recognition software alone. In fact, one of my longer-running jobs involved less transcribing someone’s dictation and more listening to someone’s dictation and fixing the absolute fuck-up the voice recognition software made of it. I cannot be replaced by a computer. Nor can lab techs. Nor can a lot of people.

I get that we’re taking Boomer as a derogatory now. But calling something a ‘Boomer job’ because it doesn’t have the same dubious cachet as a pyramid scheme on all the wrong kinds of drugs is just stupid.

#Thess has a day job #Thess also apparently has a Boomer job

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killian-whump · 2 years

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I like how you approaches this argument, you are so objective.

My fear is that Colin is doing all this watching a contract from which he can't go out. I think everyone told him: "Hey! Let's do NFT! It's too cool! Trust us!" including his brother. Unfortunately, as you said, it's obvious that he doesn't have a true expert manager to help him. So he says "Ok, I'm not the expert. You are. Let's try this" and now he can see the big bullshit that they told him (and he told himself, onestly). I can't believe that someone can have fucked him like this, making him spend money in this shit.

As a fan I wait more the film "Lucky" in august, because it was better that he continued to dub, pending a major project, rather than embarking into this. It is also really strange for Colin publishing so stubbornly. When "Arcadia" came out he put only one post (or maybe two). Always super gentle and excited, writing a few stupid cute things. Now seems more than he's saying "Guys please I'm forced. No my fault. Wtf I have done?", meanwhile he screaming for what is happening to him.

I'm in love with Hook, and I admire Colin for his interpretation, so I'm sorry to see him in difficulty (and I am also a lot disgusted by these NFT brothers). I can't hate him, for me is a naive " victim" ( Not completely victim, maybe he would have to think about it better)

What do you think?

I agree completely!

It's almost certainly part of whatever contract he's signed that he's expected to promote the project - both the podcast and the NFTs. So he really has no choice but to keep posting/retweeting about it, regardless of how we feel - or even how he feels, himself.

I do think he was surrounded by people telling him all about how great it all is - and not enough exposure to the predominantly negative opinions the rest of the world has. The NFT community is very much an echo chamber, where they purposely "shut down" dissenting voices and write them off as "scared" or "jealous" or "not as smart/cool/etc as we are". And their entire business model is built on convincing newcomers of how awesome and profitable it all is.

And I think his brother's experiences likely helped support those ideas. Allen probably hasn't gotten anywhere near the hate/criticism that Colin's gotten - firstly, because he's not famous, and secondly, because a lot of his 'fans' are the younger and/or more impressionable members of Colin's own fandom. (I don't mean that as an insult to those fans - I was once young and impressionable, as well, and I absolutely threw unwarranted attention at friends/family of my faves when I was. Now I'm older and view things very differently; one day they likely will, as well. That's life.) The very fans who are appalled at Colin doing this are generally the kinds of fans that haven't been following Allen and frankly don't care what he's been doing. So I think the extreme negative reaction might very well have been a complete surprise to both of them.

All the more reason why Colin should have someone watching his back and guiding him in these kinds of matters. If his guidance is mostly coming from family and friends, he's just asking to get taken advantage of - and I honestly feel this time he has been. All one has to do is look at the negative press Brie Larson's NFT activity has generated and you can see it's NOT wise for a celebrity to get involved with the things unless they're truly willing to "ride or die" for the cause or they literally have nothing to lose.

But it warms my heart to see his fans come out and support and comment on his non-NFT posts when he makes them. I think he DOES have a very sincere and loyal fan base that will likely stick with him through this, at least for the short term - provided he continues to touch base with us through non-NFT posts at times. But I hope the contract he signed isn't for too long of a term, and I hope he gets out of it at the first opportunity. I also hope he hasn't sunk too much (any) of his own money into the crypto network.

And I'm excited for "Luck" too! ❤️ I think it's great that he's got another project on its way, although apparently there's some drama with the studio behind it - though I've completely forgotten what it was, as it wasn't of interest to me. At any rate, I hope that project goes better than this one!

#anti nfts #tsr debacle

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rararazaquato · 2 years

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monkey headcanon doc

be warned: VERY LONG POST, will be putting it under a cut.

The white spots on the chest and their muzzles are the only parts of the actual monkey that show through the cybernetics, with the exception of helmet removal for brain inspection and repair.

Too long without the helmet will kill the monkey. Probably a 10-minute timer a la that one half-finished Invader Zim episode. The one where Zim loses his PAK and he only has ten minutes to live. That one.

The rest of the monkey is in there still, but removing the cybernetic armor would certainly be painful. Plus, again, 10 minute timer.

“so how is Mandarin surviving without his helmet” well on the HOOP the prison staff were basically just force feeding him fluids or whatever, so he had a little more than half an hour left in him by the time he tried taking over Shuggazoom in Sixth Monkey. However, he was nearly a corpse by the end of the whole ordeal. Muscle Bod Mandarin was crafted to have extended “battery life” by Skeleton King, and Skelemandarin has no more need for being on what is effectively Villainous Life Support. Then again, he’s basically a corpse barely clinging to life at this point. His face post-s2, with one blind eye? That’s not scar tissue around it. That’s rot. He’s a rotting corpse. Peace and love ❤️

Sparx, Gibson, and Otto’s lenses aren’t actually black. They’re tinted red, blue, and green respectively.

Similarly, Antauri’s fur in his original form isn’t exactly black. It’s a very dark and desaturated purple, but it’s still definitely purple. Think Shiny Gengar.

Speaking of Antauri, remember how I said the snout sticks out of the cybernetic parts? When Antauri gets his fully mechanical body, there’s obviously no more snout. The body was never meant to house an actual monkey, so there’s no snout built in. Antauri’s head is basically an orb.

Still, Antauri’s head is evenly divided between the actual silver on the top half (which also has a slight purpley hue) and the white of his original muzzle on the bottom half. Poké Ball lookin’ man.

Antauri can still “eat”, in a sense. He has taste receptors in his mouth, but any food he swallows is all converted to energy and stored in a spare battery pack. To make sure he has enough energy for his physical form to keep going, he usually does the robo-equivalent of carbo-loading before intense missions.

Each monkey has a physical feature that sets them apart from each other.

Antauri has sharp claws even when not using his weapons. When he gets his new bod, his hands are normal, but as previously mentioned, no muzzle.

Sparx wears those stupid Dirk Strider glasses. However, those conceal his actual differing features - his pupils are triangular instead of circular like the other monkeys. This is how we get a similar visual effect to his eyes going all “sharp” when he goes Fire of Hate mode - he takes off his glasses when hanging out with Valeena and Mandarin.

Gibson’s tail ends in a sharp point that’s the same blue as the rest of his body. This point also glows when he’s experiencing heightened emotions or is using his drill attacks.

Nova has extra face fluff. Basically, she looks like Tails from Sonic. I think it’s cute.

Otto’s weird little head fin thing has two sections instead of one. This is to make it resemble a ponytail, and a mechanic would need to keep his hair out of his face!

Mandarin is the closest to canon, because he has no distinguishing features (since he was the first monkey given a cybernetic body).

The monkey snouts have a little nose now! Reason: it is cute

I think the two pieces above really show off the way my headcanons for the monkey’s appearances work. One is the dialogueless version of a comic I did where Mandarin gets kicked off the team for getting into NFTs, and the other is a collection of Gibson being gay as hell (the Otto design used in the second piece is my current one, the Mandarin comic one has a different fin style).

The monkeys are about 3 feet tall, maybe a little less. They’re all about the same height, too, although Mandarin always seemed like the shortest due to his tendency to slouch. Antauri’s silver body is also a little smaller, so he ends up being “the short one”.

They can regulate their outside body temperature. Are you too hot? Gibson’s an ice pack now. Too cold? Otto is a hot water bottle. This is kinda canon with Snowbound, but I like to think they have a lot of control over their temperature. Unfortunately, Nova’s thermal regulators were busted when she had that confrontation with Mandarin in the training room, so she can lose control of how warm she gets pretty easily. The same probably applies to her cooling abilities, i.e. she can basically turn anyone that touches her into a popsicle, but she hates even her outside body temperature being cold that much that she hasn’t bothered to try.

However, the exposed parts of the monkey maintain regular… monkey… temperature? What is the regular monkey temperature? idk lol

Each team member takes care of their chest fur differently.

Antauri combs his fur exactly 99 times in the morning and exactly once before bed. He also washes it every other day with shampoo and conditioner, as is recommended for many humans. He doesn’t have any in his robot form, though. Bald.

Sparx puts hair gel in his fur and slicks it into a stupid little spiral shape. Washes it every other day.

Gibson is actually the least careful with his fur. He’ll quickly comb it out if you bring it up, but it usually goes unbrushed. Do not ask him when he last washed his fur. He’s too busy doing science and research and being tormented by Sparx! The man loves dry shampoo.

Nova brushes her fur every day and washes it every day as well. She also pays special attention to the fur around her muzzle, as it gets tangled and matted easily.

Otto isn’t anywhere near as bad as Gibson, but he’s not exactly the most bothered about his appearance. He washes and brushes his fur when it gets something like oil stuck in it, which is actually pretty often, but he isn’t doing it for appearances. He’s doing it because it feels weird to have goop in your fur!

If you so much as tap Mandarin’s fur with a comb it will all fall out.

Also, music tastes!

Antauri doesn’t listen to music? If he isn’t on high alert with the team, he’s either sleeping or meditating, and he doesn’t like music when he meditates. Sometimes he’ll put on rain sounds or, like, whale songs or something while sleeping.

Sparx has a whole music career! Unfortunately, his album has become a laughingstock among bald music critics. Meta jokes aside, he likes most subgenres of rock and the occasional hip hop song.

Gibson mostly listens to classical music, although he is also known to partake in Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats to Relax/Study To. Also, because this show was made in 2004, he has an “embarrassing” interest in Britney Spears’ music. No one else on the team finds it embarrassing. Except Sparx. But, as mentioned above, his own music career was a flop, so he can’t exactly judge, now can he?

Put on any gym playlist. That’s Nova’s music taste. Bonus points if it includes Eye of the Tiger.

Otto listens to the most obnoxious hyperpop you could imagine. Somehow, he has the best music taste of the group. He and Sparx composed the team’s theme song in-universe.

Mandarin, like Antauri, also doesn’t listen to music. Unlike Antauri, where he just doesn’t have time, Mandarin doesn’t listen to music because allegedly that’s one of the telltale signs of a future serial killer.

Not a monkey, but Chiro likes to roll down the windows of his little car thing and blast My Chemical Romance and other emo people music. That’s what he was doing at the beginning of Girl Trouble. He also likes generic guitar solo music as evidenced by the same episode.

Obviously, the monkeys don’t like bananas, but they have their favorite foods.

Antauri actually enjoys those healthy smoothies from Wonder Fun Meat World. Chiro will pretend to do shots of them, much to Antauri’s chagrin (and Sparx’s amusement. “Hey, Antauri, after we save the universe, we should send Chiro to university. I think he’d have a great time!”)

Sparx is convinced that carrots actually do help with eyesight, so he does his best to eat as many as he can. He also has a sweet tooth, so his absolute favorite food is carrot cake.

Gibson drinks black coffee, like some kind of freak.

Nova loves Otto’s cooking, whatever he makes. The clam chowder from Night of Fear? Chef’s kiss (she said this and Otto responded with “huh? chefs kiss? do they really?”)

Otto, on the other hand, loves fast food hamburgers. He found out about the Gakburger “secret ingredient” and kept eating it. When he retires from saving the universe, he plans on starting an ethical Thingy-fur farm to make sure Mr. Gakslapper doesn’t have to shadily shave the Thingies behind the counter. He is also the only monkey who doesn’t dislike bananas. He doesn’t love them, but if given the choice between a banana and one of Antauri’s smoothies, he’d much rather take the banana.

Mandarin has been living off of nothing but fluids for the past god knows how many years.

Antauri’s “sensing” powers actually detect signature electromagnetic waves. Like a shark.

Antauri and Gibson are Chiro’s legal guardians. Chiro’s full legal name is Chiro Niyelli Gibson (“Niyelli” being a corruption of “Nieli” in the same way “Chiro” is a corruption of “Ciro”).

Again, not monkey, but Chiro’s birth parents were actually the Sheenkos, and Valeena was his older sister. They went all freaky Skeleton King mode and turned Valeena into a perfect cult sacrifice/put Chiro in the orphanage when he was a baby. yeah i know this probably has a lot of timeline loopholes and is probably not anywhere near canon but shhh

And Clayton Claymore is his great uncle, making the Alchemist his great uncle through, well they never got married but he and Cpt. Shuggazoom were effectively married so Skeleton King is Chiro’s great uncle, basically. And Valeena’s. No one involved has any idea. again don’t talk about the timeline here

All of the frogs from Brothers in Arms are evolutionarily related to poison dart frogs. They probably aren’t poisonous, though, since the diet needed to create poison in frogs is very specific and you probably can’t be too picky in space. Although, I do like to think Otto’s frog counterpart is still poisonous, both as a parallel to Otto’s ability to fix/”heal” the Super Robot (although that frog is also shown to be a mechanic by the end of BiA) and as a callback to the original pitch bible for SRMTHFG, where Otto was learning how to control his mean streak (almost like it was his toxic side).

Mr. Cheepers is fully sapient. (also, fun fact, in the Japanese dub, his name is Pi-chan) (another fun fact: Mr. Cheepers was actually one of the few things I remembered from the show as a child before rewatching it. Did not remember any of the monkey’s names, but by God did I remember Mr. Cheepers).

Well, that’s it for now! Please DM me for more headcanons I have so many thoughts.

#srmthfg #super robot monkey team hyperforce go!#headcanons #long post #a little bit of body horror warning for the part where i discuss mandarin in-depth #also VERY IMPORTANT headcanon that i must stress: the monkeys are not familially related #i know theres a super popular hc of sparx and gibson being biological brothers but i could not find any proof of that specifically #like ive seen the whole show recently i dont remember a single instance of that being a thing #like obviously theres mandarin calling them all his brothers but i feel like thats. not literal.#i mean he includes nova when he says brothers and her whole schtick for a while is just She Is A Girl #so im gonna take a gamble and say it is not literal

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steamgoat · 2 years

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I want to start to draw again!! My psychiatrist kinda scolded me when I told her I hadn’t in a while, because drawing more was a part of the “homework” she gave me, along with going for walks more.

It’s been a rough month for my depression and not helped by the fact that a good friend of mine passed away recently and the loss was a big shock, even though we hadn’t really talked in a while (I feel very guilty about that)…

He was a really wonderful person who had so much light to give to the world. He worked with children at a library and he always brightened everyone’s day. He was younger than me and left behind a partner and dog and cat and so many friends and family that love him. I feel so awful for them but I didn’t know any of them personally…

It’s just so weird to think that I just saw him posting stuff like a few days prior to his passing and now I’ll never see a new post from him. He was getting really good with his art too! It’s just not fair, and I know that’s said about the majority of good young people that pass away, but it’s true. Like why couldn’t a few of the rich old bastards running the country have gone in his place! They always seem to hang on the longest…

—

Anyway I also started playing neopets again for some reason. About 15 years ago or so I lost my main account that I had like, nice painted pets on and the lab ray and items from when neopets was first getting started that would be so valuable on there today (it got deleted completely along with most of my other accounts bc I had too many and it was considered cheating).

Then like seven to ten(?) years ago or whenever they started that stupid customization thing where all the pets have the same pose I decided to make another account to get the main pet I’d always wanted but couldn’t afford(darigan lupe), just to be able to say I got it lol. And after I worked hard to get it I left again for some years. But it’s still around. So I’ve been using that one, plus some side accounts that are within the rules for having side accounts.

There’s a bipedal owl neopet now and also a paint brush that turns your pet into a weird elderly version??? And also paintbrushes that give your neopet a bunch of clothes that I don’t think looks good(including stealth and steampunk). I miss the unconverted pets(before they were all the same pose so you can put clothes on them) which had so much more personality, but those are so hard to come by now (apparently there’s this whole hierarchy of unconverted pets you would need to trade up to to even get a chance to get an unconverted pet you want from someone who has one, if there even are any left up for trade (I guess you can trade pets now instead of just putting them in the pound and hoping the person adopted them before anyone else did, which is nice).

Neopets is all about spending real human money now tho, just like all these other games, and apparently they might’ve gotten into nfts? Idk. I still like some of the pets tho and it’s nostalgic to play it again even if it’s very different now. Tho most of the games are flash based still despite modern browsers no longer supporting flash… so I can’t really do that unless I get an older version of a browser I guess? Which I haven’t gotten around to figuring out how to do yet. But yeah. Dunno how long I’ll keep playing but maybe I’ll draw some neopets lol.

#personal ramblings #death mention

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youvebeenlivingfictional · 2 years

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Congrats on 3k followers! You deserve so much!! Now, may I interest you in Nathan Bateman saving you from a really bad date? Maybe they don't know each other but are at the same restaurant and he overhears it and decides that that would be one of his charities work for the year. No pressure to follow that line though!

Part of Youvebeenlivingfictional’s 3K Follower Celebration

Thank you so much!! Warnings: Cursing? Nathan being a dick? My personal and blatant dislike for NFTs?

“I just think NFTs are stupid.” Nathan has no idea who you are or why you’re talking about them, but he agrees with you.

“Well that’s probably because you don’t understand them.”

Nathan has no idea who that is, either, but he sounds like a dick. Whoever it is presses on:

“See the beauty of the blockchain—”

“I know how they work,” Your retort is as chilly and sharp as an icicle. Nathan finds himself twisting around to seek you out. It’s not hard as he hears you add, “Just because I dislike something doesn’t mean I don't understand it.”

You and your date are right behind his table. There’s a smile frozen on your face, something mirror-like and harsh in your eyes. You’re pissed. It’s kinda hot? Nathan listens as the man you’re with tries to backpedal:

“Oh, welI I um—I thought I could offer a unique perspective, since I own seven of them.”

“Ah! Nice. So you've caused incredible harm to the environment seven times, likely to the tune of thousands of dollars, and all for a digital receipt. How neat is that,” You comment, raising your glass and taking a sip.

Nathan grins. Damn. Is this your first date, he wonders? You’re not taking any guff. Maybe you’re familiar with this bozo? Nathan isn’t sure if that’s better or worse…Worse, definitely worse. If you know him and you’ve decided to date him, knowing that he can be a dick like this? Well, maybe you didn’t know he was a dick like this. There are too many possibilities. Nathan has so many questions. “What do you mean, harm to the environment? They’re so much more sustainable than any other art form,” The man insists.

Oh, he can’t take any more of this. Nathan turns fully around in his seat and leans back, tapping the man that you’re sitting with on the shoulder. The man twists around, brow furrowing. Nathan sees the flash of recognition on his face, but he doesn’t let the guy get a word in. “Your friend’s right,” Nathan says, “They’re pretty fuckin’ awful.” “Oh, he’s no friend of mine,” You lean around the man to catch Nathan’s eye. “No?” Nathan asks, arching a brow, “If that’s the case, why don’t you come over here and have a drink?” Nathan sees surprise flash across your face, but you shrug a little. “Sure, why not?” Nathan grins as you pick up your drink and pull your jacket up from the back of your chair. “Wait, are you really—” The man across from you flounders as you stand and pat him on the shoulder. “Stan, honey, it’s been a nightmare,” You smile sweetly at the man before rounding to sit across from Nathan. --

The two of you watch as your date grumbles, picks his things up, and stands. “Hey, pal—Stan, right?” You watch Nathan lean back and tap the man on the side, “Tell ‘em at the bar I’ve got your tab covered, huh?” You hardly held in a laugh as Stan stomped off to the bar. “Rubbing some salt into that margarita wound, hm?” You ask, leaning back and eyeing your new companion. “I couldn’t listen to that guy anymore. He sounded like a dumbass.” “He was, it turns out.” “What compelled you to go out with that creep?” Nathan asks. “He didn’t seem that bad on the app,” You wrinkle your nose, “He was…Kinda interesting, actually…You know, on the phone.” “That’ll teach you.” “It probably won’t. It seems that every time I go out with someone, they turn out to be a bucket of red flags.” “That so?” “Mhm. So,” You lean back in your seat, “What made you turn around?” “I couldn’t listen to his horseshit for another minute...And I had yet to do any charitable acts this year, so.” Your brows pop up in shock. “Charitable acts,” You repeat with a nod. “...Was that a red flag?” Bateman asks almost smugly. “No. No, it was a big neon sign that says ‘asshole’.” “Really.” “Mhm. And a little flashing arrow,” You point downward repeatedly, mimicking the flashing. He chuckles a bit. You lean forward, taking your drink up as you introduce yourself. “...You gonna tell me who you are?” You add as he nods. “C’mon, you know who I am.” And that’s true—but holy shit. “Wow,” You laugh, “What if I didn’t? How big of an ego bust would that be? Actually, don’t answer. I bet it wouldn’t even make a dent in it.” “Might poke a small hole.” “Well, I’m not gonna chance it on the potential of only making a small hole in the gargantuan ego of a Silicon Valley giant.” Nathan whistles low, shaking his head. “You sure it’s the guys you’re going out with that are the red flags?” You roll your eyes. “Sure as you think you’re playing Mother Theresa.” Nathan grins. “You want another drink?” He asks, nodding to your glass. You consider for a long moment, pursing your lips. You don’t know what this’ll become: a fight or a game of cat and mouse. Frankly, you’d like to find out. “Sure,” You shrug, “Long as you’re paying.” Nathan smiles, nodding a little. “You know, I just saw a little flashing light over your head, too.” “That so?” “Mhm.” “What’s it say?” “Says you’re asking for it.” “For what? Another drink?” You ask coyly. You hold each other’s gaze for a long moment before Nathan turns, raising his hand to flag down the bartender. When he turns back, he leans back in his seat. “Well?” You press. “We’ll see for what,” Nathan’s eyes wander over you interestedly. You grin, feeling warmth fill your stomach. You’ll be interested to see how the night wears on, and if his answer changes—but the night is still young.

#Nathan Bateman x Reader #Nathan Bateman x You #Nathan Bateman/Reader #Nathan Bateman/You #Nathan Bateman fic #Nathan Bateman imagine #Follower Celebration #3k follower celebration #youvebeenlivingfictional 3k follower celebration

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sawkinator · 2 years

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Neopets NFTs: A tangent

(A somewhat continuation of my previous posts about the Neopets NFTs)

Okay so this doesn’t have much to do with the NFTs or Neopets Metaverse ‘project’ itself but imo it’s kind of wild on its own and needs to be recorded for posterity

So there’s one person in particular who’s been a major shill for the Neopets NFTs since the beginning. Let’s call them ‘Musty’.

Now I say ‘shill’ but I and many others believe he isn’t actually paid, he’s just that passionate about a project that, frankly, was doomed to start from the beginning, blissfully ignoring the insane amount of red flags.

At the beginning of this whole thing this dude spent like, 36 hours on the Neoboards (basically the Neopets forums) shilling the project and debating anyone who had any concerns.

He did so with a rather young account that already had a lot of nice pets on it which was kind of sus (and like. a lot of NFTbros bought shell accounts to do this. Which is just sad.)

This guy also came into the Discord server for the Neopets subreddit to try and have ‘debates’ about NFTs and the Metaverse but ended up just being a huge prick. Finally he was banned.

Musty continued to be a huge proponent of the project in the Metaverse server, telling people to stop spreading ‘fud’ (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) about the project and acting almost like a cult member? This dude’s vibes are rancid.

“NFTs can help get people out of poverty! Also fuck you if you’re poor lmao” ???

However when Neopets Metaverse announced the changes to their launch, like dropping Raydium and introducing a ‘price curve’ where the NFTs would get more expensive the more were sold. This upset Musty enough to even write an entire blog post begging the Metaverse team to delay the launch and change the launch method to be more ‘fair’.

Which like... Neopets (especially under Jumpstart) has a looong history of not really listening to the userbase on basically anything, and given that Jumpstart’s parent company, Netdragon, owned 2 of the 3 companies involved in this project. Almost the entire active Neopets community was vehemently against the NFTs and they went ahead with it anyways. You think they’d listen to one NFTbro and his opinions about how they should do the launch? Almost certainly not.

So with that background, let’s get to the genuinely crazy part of the story: the Maraquan Lutari.

This guy really loves this particular species/color combo, and one was even his active pet on the Neoboards (he claimed he ‘bought’ it but he also might have used a perk that Neopets Premium users have where you can make a pet basically any species/color combo you want but who even fucking knows. Also why did this guy buy a premium membership on a one-week-old account?). Musty had even been hoping to get or buy an NFT featuring a Maraquan Lutari.

The problem with this particular pet is that it was a fanmade design that Neopets asked the creator if they could use on the website, and at one point it was decided that any fanmade pet designs wouldn’t be used in the NFTs.

Naturally this also pissed Musty off, so in response, he took an image of his own Maraquan Lutari and minted it into an NFT without the original artist’s permission.

Of course this didn’t go unnoticed, and he was called out for it.

Even the original artist commented on his tweet about his NFT about how stupid he was being.

And then, under the guise of ‘properly paying artists’ (but not fucking asking permission to use their art in the first place apparently), he offered to compensate the artist.

In cryptocurrency.

Why crypto and not actual money? Supposedly, because he doesn’t like Paypal (which like, fair. But paying with monopoly money that burns down forests isn’t that morally superior my good bitch. Also like... Venmo exists.)

Of course, the artist turned down this ridiculous offer. Not long after minting his Lutari, it was taken down with a DMCA because at the end of the day it’s copyrighted Neopets material.

Now the REAL kicker to this whole story: neither Lutaris or Maraquan-painted pets were included in the NFTs. This guy was never going to get his Maraquan Lutari NFT.

And that’s the story of Musty, the Maraquan Lutari Guy.

(s/o to everyone on the r/Neopets Discord for the screenshots)

#neopets #neopets NFTs #found this in my drafts I cannot BELIEVE I never posted it

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sludgewolf · 2 years

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omg could I request Aradiabot x Troll-Reader hcs?

Reader is a mutant-goldblood(blood color is a bright orange-yellow) Reader can also be genderneutral

- 🧪

So so sorry for taking so long 🧪anon, but here's your hcs, if I intrpreted somthing wrong you can send another ask detailing what you want

Disclaimer: do not copy, repost, take or feed to AI or NFTs anything I post

Masterlist

Aradiabot x Mutant-goldblood!Reader

As a mutant you preferred to keep to yourself, always keeping other trolls a safe distance away

neve really having that many friends and the ones you had you were cautious no to let them get too close

even the one that you didn't like to keep secrets from

Looking back now Aradia probably knew you were a mutant, or at least that you were different

now as Aradiabt she definitely knew, not that you needed to hide anymore

and that took a massive weight off your chest, you hated hiding things from her and finally telling her was a relie

even if the way she found out was less than pleasant

You were sloppy, dumb, naive, hopefull even, with the game a new start, a chance for a new home, a new future where you wouldn't need to fear being culled for just existing, you had so many expectations for this

but you didn't expect that a final boss level threat would've needed someting on your planet, much less that that thing would cross your path

you were bleeding, like, a lot

it's surprising that you weren't dead already, but that wouldn't matter anyways

you slowly dragged your trut pods alon an endless corridor, leaving a thick trail behind you

everything felt heavy, slow, cold

then everything turned black

You woke up in a strange place, a place way too bright for your tired eyes, you squinted and looked around

it looked like your resprite block but not quite, not to mention that it looked like someone spilled those toxic neon faygo flavours all over your stuff and stained it all that stupid nauseating colour

then you remembered, you were dying

quickly you jumped from your coon and looked for your wounds, but no bright orangish yellow stained your fronds, and you felt fine, no pain, your wounds gone, and being in a strange yet familiar place

you were dead! It had to be it, there's no other explanation, you died and you-

"there y0u are" your thoughts were interrupted by a robotic Aradia

ok.. maybe not dead but hallucinating? you think out loud

"y0u're n0t dead" she says matter of factly "n0r anywhere cl0se t0 it. this is y0ur dreaming m00n and that's y0ur dreaming b0dy, it is kind 0f an extra life. th0ugh it's better t0 try n0t t0 bleed 0ut again."

you panic, she saw your body, she knows you're a mutant, it -why- Why would she still be talking to you??

Aradiabot helps you sit down and grabs your attention, "i d0n't give a shit ab0ut the hem0spectrum, t0 me it has always been t0tal bullshit, s0 d0n't w0rry ab0ut it"

"and besides, y0u didn't care that i'm n0w a r0b0t, s0 why sh0uld i care ab0ut s0mething as dumb as y0ur bl00d c0l0r?"

oh, right

you were so caught up in the panic of dying and being discovered that you didn't even stop to think about her new look

you ask her if she's ok with it, to which she says she doesn't care much,

you then look her in the eyes and sas that if she's still her then why would you care

"and y0u're y0u, why w0uld i care ab0ut y0ur bl00d c0l0r?"

damnit, defeated by your own argument, you awkwardly laugh at the irony and asks her for a hug since you needed one, to which she complies

After that you finally allowed yourself to let people in and that made you and Aradiabot inseparable

completing missions and traversing the medium side by side

You helped her safely get rid of Equius' creepy love program he installed on her, which she gladly threw back at him

on his head, with force

It also wasn't all that uncommon for you to prank each other

you using your psionics to mess with her mechanical parts,

while she would retaliate going back or foward in time to set traps for you

But her time powers weren't all just for battles or to mess with you

she would sometimes jump back to before Alternia was destroyed to find you presents or snacks that you missed from your homeworld

#homestuck #homestuck headcanons #homestuck x reader #aradia megido #aradia megido x reader #aradiabot #aradiabot x reader #mutant goldblood reader #mutant reader #goldblood reader

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seasurfacefullofclouds1 · 2 years

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Do you think Louis' nft tweets are all him? Cause I find it soo odd that he is so curious about it but hasn't released one yet when so many already have?? And also why do you think he doesn't even goes Instagram live? Other thing everybody in the industry does I mean even Zayn!! Is he really not into all those social media stuff or is also a way to keep him "quiet"?

Just my opinion, but I think Louis doesn’t feel comfortable with lives. The nature of his social media is too tainted with speculation about Larry. It must get super irritating, even though he banned “Larry” from his insta.

As for NFTs, my feeling is that Louis is an active gamer who wants to participate in the latest gaming craze, and he’s connected to pop stars who use NFTs as the newest status symbol. It’s not only Liam Payne, but Steve Aoki, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kings of Leon, and Live Nation.

NFTs are not just stupid digital art on blockchains, and Louis would be stupid not to educate himself. It will be a big part of pop music’s future. It’s not an “if” but a “when.”

That said, the current use of NFTs is bad for the environment and extremely irritating.

#NFTs

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I can't stand Colin and his NFTs stuff. I love the guy but don't think I can support him anymore. I unfollowed him a couple of weeks ago because as an artist I cannot support NFTs in anyway. For me is sad to see how Colin keeps pushing the stuff into his fandom and I doubt he doesn't know what he's doing. I mean, he's not a stupid guy, he knows but he doesn't really care. It's sad what he's doing to his own career. Love the guy but I can't support this or him anymore. I feel hurt and betrayed.

Well, here's the thing for me...

You obviously wouldn't know this, since you're not following him anymore... but since the release (and complete failure, let's be honest) of the NFTs, he hasn't said a thing about NFTs.

I know he was definitely posting a lot about the NFT release leading up to it - but most (all?) of those posts were clearly copy/paste jobs provided to him by another party that he was most likely contractually obligated to post in order to fulfill his promotional obligations.

He gets them for ALL his projects, and Colin's usually pretty transparent when it comes to his posts - it's super easy to tell what's actually from him and what he's copy/pasted without even looking at it 🤷‍♀️ You can tell what he's really excited about and what he's just going through the motions with, because there'll be some added tweets/likes/etc that obviously go beyond what he's required to do. OUAT and Wizards are the two that come to mind right away. You can tell he really loves those projects, that they mean a lot to him.

But even OUAT... I remember there was one episode he accidentally spoiled everybody, because a GIF post he was probably supposed to make after the episode aired got made the afternoon before the show aired, along with every other promo post he was supposed to make 😂 He did that almost every episode. Stop on Twitter. Post every single promo post at the same time. Most likely make this face:

...and go about his life until the next week.

I love this ridiculous man, by the way, for exactly these kinds of things. He seems to have no real interest in putting on airs or faking an interest in things or pretending to be anything other than what and who he is. He's a simple guy in that way, and bless him for being so. The world needs more people like that, if you ask me.

That said, I know Colin isn't stupid. Simplicity isn't stupidity. Not by a long shot. Simplicity is more about honesty, about not cluttering up what is with all the coulda shoulda maybes in life. Simplicity is saying what you mean and meaning what you say, because the alternative just wastes everybody's time.

And those kinds of people are, unfortunately, very easy to scam. They're easy for other people to use because they fall for shit - fake friendships, pick-up lines, too good to be true job offers, you name it. They're going to fall for all these things and so much more, throughout most of their life. Obviously, they'll learn from their mistakes and be less trusting of others, but it's still something they need to constantly watch out for. I know this all too well - because I, too, am one of these simple, honest people.

And people assume other people are like they are. And when you're a simple, honest person... You assume other people are, as well. But there are a lot of people in the world who are not that way. And those people have a knack for finding people who are that way... and using them for whatever they can get away with for as long as they're allowed to do so.

And I think that's what we're seeing here. AFAIK, Colin met Rothberg working on Fairytale. Colin found a new friend. Rothberg found a guy with a better known name and a fandom full of young women willing to part with huge sums of cash. It was easy for him to sell his new friend on an exciting new project full of rock stars and supporting the arts and Spaceghost and virtual meetings with fans and all kinds of other great stuff!!! and some NFTs and a metaverse and a road map of future utilities, but... don't worry about all that now. That's down the road, man! Let's talk to rock stars!!

Colin made the perfect mark, by the way, because his brother and father both dabble in NFTs. And, honestly, there's nothing wrong with them doing so. Lots of high-middle/upper class folks dabble in investing - for better or worse - and NFTs are just another aspect of that. Colin likely wasn't given a fair overview of the risks and negative opinions surrounding NFTs before he signed onto the deal. Why would he be? He's surrounded by people who think they're okay/great - despite the fact that this isn't the common consensus in society, it sure would seem like it is to him. And why would Rothberg tell him any different when he's trying to sell the guy on a big project that relies on them? He wouldn't.

And I think once fans started bringing up the environmental concerns, our anger at the financial risks being levied at young fans, and the like... and just the base insults/mocking from casual fans... I think Colin probably got a little worried. I think he's entirely responsible for the charity angle of the project, and he did try to alleviate some concerns. I think he was desperately trying to fix what was wrong with the whole thing - but you can't fix something that profoundly broken. Still, that he tried speaks volumes.

And even in that animated video where he addressed the furor and the varying opinions - he never condemned the negative opinions or the nay-sayers. He straight up admitted that he was new to all of it and that it's a complex, multi-faceted situation - essentially validating everyone's opinions and advising that we be accepting of them all. If he was going to "push NFTs" that would've been the time to do it - but he didn't. He stayed true to form and was honest and respectful of all of our thoughts on the issue.

And when Rothberg started getting nasty, I sincerely believe it was Colin who told him he's "not allowed" to interact with his fans. And I believe he's done that before, in other situations. And, again, that speaks volumes about who Colin is and how he feels about his fans. In both situations, this was done behind-the-scenes and under the radar - NOT done publicly for clout or loyalty points.

So that's how I feel about it all. I think Colin got taken advantage of. I think he tried to make it better. And I think when the chips were down, he tried to protect his fans. And I sincerely think the next thing we'll see is a break from Rothberg/TSR and no further mention of NFTs on Colin's end.

I might be wrong, but that's my take 🤷‍♀️

And yeah, I was hurt and angry when the shit hit the fan... but I've calmed. People make mistakes, and Colin's no different. I can see how this could happen, and I understand why it did happen. But all things considered, whatever "damage" has been done has been done solely to Colin at this point... NOT his fans. We did our due diligence in warning people and making responsible decisions for ourselves. I feel confident that those who DID buy tokens KNEW what they were doing and did it with full cognizance of the risks and dangers. I don't feel that any of Colin's fans were actually taken advantage of.

So... I dunno. No harm, no foul on my end.

And if I'm wrong? Well, if the NFT nonsense starts up again or he switches to an ugly ape profile pic, well... Then I'll re-evaluate the situation. I just don't think that'll happen 🤷‍♀️

#tsr debacle #colin meta #ask box #anonymous

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