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A full transcribe of JOEL MILLER'S dialogue/lines from the TV show THE LAST OF US.

EPISODE 6 - KIN

Includes full dialogue, and dialogue from any deleted/additional scenes available.

I've created this as a point of reference when writing for Pedro's characters, and I hope you find it useful. Even if you just want to read the dialogue. 🖤

FULL MASTERLIST OF PEDRO CHARACTERS DIALOGUE

☝🏻Dialogue has been fully transcribed by myself using reference to original scripts (if available), audio subtitles and using my own two ears. Therefore, mistakes can be made, however I have tried to be as fully accurate as I can. If you spot an obvious mistake, please kindly let me know. Where audio is not clear, I have marked with *inaudible* Scenes are separated for ease of reference.

FULL SCRIPT DIALOGUE:

...gimme the gun. Gimme the gun, Henry.

Henry, no!

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And the gun.

Just someone passin’ through. Take the gun out, two fingers only. Put it out of reach.

I’m lookin’ for my brother.

I haven’t told you what he looks like.

A bit.

No. Ellie!

What did I just say?

Nevermind her. I need you to tell us where we are.

We’re somewhere here. Exactly where? And your answer better the same as your wife’s.

Well, you found a great place to hide, I guess.

So you haven't heard the name Tommy?

You got any advice on the best way west?

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They’ve lived here a long time. Put that back.

Shut up.

I’m okay, I’m okay. I’m fine.

I said I’m fine! Just the cold air… all of a sudden.

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Don’t start. It’s too close to dark. There’s some caves along the river. We’ll set up camp there, cross in the mornin’.

We can get our own rabbits.

Just keep movin’.

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Come down from there. You’re gonna break your neck.

No.

Okay?

Oh, it’s a “we?”

It’s never been an option. Maybe… an old farmhouse. Some land. A ranch.

Sheep. I would raise... sheep. They’re quiet and do what they're told.

And what about you, where you gonna go?

Sally Ride.

It’s a little late to start wonderin’.

Tried what?

Well, I reckon it’s a lot more complicated than that. Marlene, she’s a lotta things, but… she's no fool. If she says they can do it, they can do it.

I’ll do both. Get some sleep. Dream of… sheep ranches on the moon.

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You gotta wake me up if that happens. You can’t do things like this.

I’m responsible for you, okay?

Uh-uh.

You wake me up next time.

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Fine.

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You don’t know how to whistle?

No.

Talent.

Huh.

You can handle the shootin’. Not so sure about the dressin’.

The part where you take the guts out.

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You’re no Will Livingston.

Yeah. Don’t ask me. I don’t have a clue.

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Get behind me.

We ain’t lookin’ for any trouble. We’re just passin’ through.

How ‘bout we just talk this through?

Okay. Easy.

It’ll be okay.

There’s no infected out here.

Like I said, we’ll just move on.

I’m just lookin’ for my brother. That’s all, nothin’ more.

Joel.

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Tommy!

I came here to save you.

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Thank you, ma’am. Been a while since we had a proper meal.

Sorry. Ellie, let’s mind our manners.

What’s wrong with you?

Ellie.

Ma’am, we’re grateful for your hospitality an’ all. But it’d be nice to have a moment here, maybe just for family.

Congrats.

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And you said infected?

No, he can’t. How do you keep this place quiet?

You draw power from the dam?

So, uh, communism.

We’ve been doin’ fine.

Yeah. Okay.

You’ll be fine.

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Been a long time. Doesn’t seem like you aged much.

Pshoo. Christmas trees and bacon? Pretty decent set up.

She’s fine. Alright.

Oh, yeah. She’s the daughter of some Firefly muckety-muck. Tryna find her family somewhere out here. I was headin’ in this direction, so…

There’s a payment. So, you know where they might be, these Fireflies?

It’ll be easy for us seeing as you can headshot infected from half a mile away, which is a bunch of bullshit, by the way.

Oh, come on. I made it across the country. The two of us can make it from here to Colorado.

What, ‘cause your wife won’t let you?

She the one who kept you off the radio? Is that why you stopped messaging me back?

I’m your brother.

No, I heard. Wrong people might show up. So is that what I am? Am I the wrong people?

Those things I did, Tommy, those things that you judge me for, I did those things to keep us alive.

If you knew the shit that I’ve been through, Tommy, tryin’ to find you these last few months-

Guess we’ll find out.

What else am I supposed to say?

We’ll grab some supplies and be outta your hair in the mornin’.

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This ride to the university, is it a suicide mission?

You’ve had people go that way and come back?

She’s immune.

Ellie. She got infected, but she didn’t get sick.

Tommy. Tommy, I saw her get bit myself. That was months ago. Months. She’s immune.

It was Marlene. She hired us to smuggle her to some Fireflies. It went bad. Tess got bit. She made me swear to take the kid. It was her dyin’ wish. What the hell was I supposed to do? We made it as far as KC, and then… You know, she saved my life there… from another kid. Five years ago, I would’ve destroyed him. But she had to shoot him to save me. Fourteen years-old. Because I was too slow and too fuckin’ deaf to hear him comin’. And I saw… I saw a man kill his own brother to save her while I just watched. And today I thought that dog was gonna tear her apart because it smelled somethin’ on her. And all I did was stand there. I couldn’t move… I couldn't think of anything to say. I just… I was so afraid.

You think I can still handle things, but... I’m not who I was. I’m weak. Lately, there are these moments where the fear comes up outta nowhere, and my heart… feels like it’s stopped. And I have dreams. Every night.

I don’t know. I can’t remember. I just know that when I wake up, I've lost somethin’. I’m failin’ in my sleep. That’s all I do. It’s all I’ve ever done… is fail her again and again.

I’m just gonna get her killed, I know it. I know it. I have to leave her.

I mean, it’s why you took off on me, right? To make up for the things we did? Well, here’s your chance to bring your kid into a better world. You’re younger than me, you’re still strong. You said it yourself, you’ll come back. You have to take her. And you can’t tell anyone, not even Maria. Tommy, you're the only one I trust. If anyone else sees those bites on her, what’s under her skin… they’ll shoot her. It’s the last thing I’ll ever ask of you. I swear.

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Ellie…

Listen, um…

I came here to talk to you.

What exactly did you hear?

I made this decision for your own good. You’ll be way better off with Tommy. He knows the area better than I do-

Of course I do.

No. Don’t say another word.

You have no idea what loss is.

You’re right. You’re not my daughter. And I sure as hell ain’t your dad. Now come dawn, we’re goin’ our separate ways.

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No. I came here to steal one of these horses and go.

I know. Anyway… that was thirty minutes ago and I guess… you deserve a choice. Still think you’d be better off with Tommy-

Okay.

Hold onto both.

General direction?

Countin’ on it. Can I borrow that?

'Cause Maria took mine, you know?

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Wide right. You’re flinchin’.

I made it bigger than I should’ve. Eject the cartridge.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, give it.

Mm-hmm.

A deep breath in, slow breath out. You squeeze the trigger like you love it.

Gentle… steady. Nice and slow.

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No. The country was too big for that. Back then, there were basically two main ways of lookin’ at things. Some people wanted to own everything. And some people didn’t want anyone to own anything at all.

Neither. I just did my job.

That’s right. Houses, stores… that kinda thing. We were called “contractors.”

Yeah. We were cool. Everybody loved contractors.

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Right. It’s called a “turnover.”

Yup.

Basically… but violent.

Well, how ‘bout that? Made it in five days.

Still time to find out.

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Team mascot. It’s a kind of sheep.

They’re probably in the middle. Safer.

This way.

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Yup.

Sort of adults. I think it was just as much about partyin’ and findin’ themselves as anythin’ else. Figuring out what they wanted to do with their lives.

So, I’ve been thinkin'.

I don’t want a sheep ranch actually. I mean if the deal is I can do anything?

Well… when I was a kid I wanted to be a singer.

Why is that funny?

No.

You’re already laughin’.

Fair enough.

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Must be from the old labs.

First time seein’ a monkey?

Lookit.

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Mm. No guards.

Yeah.

This is a packin’ list. Something you make before moving.

Well… least it ain’t Clickers.

All the pins lead there. Maybe gettin’ ahead of the weather… Better facilities? I don’t know.

Out the back.

Ready?

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FULL MASTERLIST OF PEDRO CHARACTERS DIALOGUE

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eobarried · 10 months

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ok let’s talk about miguel o’hara because it needs to be done. i want to clarify that this is not a hate post or anti-miguel in any sense, but it is a critical analysis of his character and role in the spiderverse. if you don’t feel like you can read this right now, i suggest you like it/save it for later and read it when you feel like you can with an open mind

especially for anyone who’s a miguel enjoyer (i consider myself one as well) because if you really love his character, it’s important to understand why his character was created and what a great narrative tool it is! anyway-

miguel o’hara is, allegorically, a bigot.

now - let’s unpack and clarify that. miguel is allegorically a bigot - his character is used to represent a certain, specific type of bigotry we see in real life. notice how i’m saying “bigot” and not “racist” - because despite the memes, i don’t think miguel’s hatred of miles is rooted in antiblackness. i think it’s rooted in something a little more complicated, which is why i’m using the term bigotry. but this can be a little confusing, so let’s start from the beginning. or, at least, the most important part.

the canon.

i want you to really think about the word used here - canon. hearing that word should break the fourth wall for you, just like hearing “he’s got hammerspace!” should have earlier in the movie - or discussions different characters have surrounding their distinct art styles. it’s meant to break the fourth wall and draw attention to itself. specifically, the use of the word canon here is meant for us to take a step back from the in-universe events (treating the characters as “real” people and looking at events logically) and instead think of the spiderman story and mythos.

spiderman, as a story, has been told over and over again. we, as an audience, are deeply familiar with this story, as we’ve seen it as a live-action blockbuster in no less than three separate franchises. that’s not even mentioning all the cartoon adaptations, and of course the comic runs. adhering to a specific formula surrounding the story makes sense. when someone walks into a spiderman movie, they have certain... expectations. that no matter what version of spiderman this is, that they follow certain story beats and adhere to certain rules as they follow along in their journey. miguel, when explaining this to miles, focuses on said story beats (which i’ll get to in a second), but there’s something that’s way more important than specific plot points that we need to address here.

and that’s theme.

theme (if you’re not an english literature person), is basically something you take away from the story. it’s usually a moral, idea, or concept that can be applied to the world around you, and helps you learn more about yourself, society, culture, or history. all stories have themes - usually they have multiple. so let’s get into it.

the original spiderman comic was notable in several ways. the thing that made spiderman so popular and successful is that he was the first (notable) teenage superhero that wasn’t a part of a greater team. spiderman wasn’t a sidekick that was written in to appeal to an audience of children. he was a teenager himself - but he was no less competent or strong than the (mostly adult) villains he fought.

and not only was spiderman a kid - he was the kid. he was a nerd. he was an older white teen, yes - but he represented the type of person who would go out and buy a comic book more than any other hero at the time. before he became spiderman, peter parker was just kind of a geek. at the time (the 60s) this still identified him as an outcast. peter was socially awkward, not good with girls, he didn’t have many friends, and he was bullied consistently. the only thing he was good at was science, basically. we can connect peter’s original portrayal to many legitimately marginalized groups - specifically those that might be autistic and impacted by ableism. to those kids reading that comic, they saw a hero that represented them.

and how does peter represent them? what does spiderman teach these children by reading these comics? the original spiderman is the story of a man who, by chance, was granted the opportunity for greatness - to become an integral part of his community. spiderman uses his skills (both those granted to him by the spider, but also those that he inherently has, such as his skills with science and engineering), in order to prove his worth and merit. it’s lonely, the road he has to walk - he can’t tell his friends and family who he is, lest they become victims like uncle ben - or lest they betray him. he can only rely on himself and his own knowledge in order to protect his community. the themes we draw from spiderman are this: luck can strike at any time, but you need to use your own strength and intelligence to pull yourself up afterwards, no matter how hard things get. no matter how many people you lose.

that’s what miguel believes spiderman is about. this original spiderman story is that of the american dream. of a youth who is ostracized by society (for whatever reason), but is still able to use their own merit to overcome the obstacles placed in front of them and the grief and pain they face on their path to greatness. it’s a hard and lonely path, but miguel values anyone who has the bravery to face it.

so why does he hate miles?

because he didn’t do it alone. because miles doesn’t believe in the traditional american dream.

if you want to read more about that, check out my analysis comparing spider-society and visions academy over here (it’s not as in-depth as i would like it to be, but it gets the job done) but basically: miles believes that every person deserves greatness. he states it very clearly when talking to his dad about how he won the lottery to go to visions: he just got lucky. he feels as if he took an opportunity away from someone else. why is it just given to him, when anyone else at brooklyn middle is just as deserving of an amazing education? when these resources should be put to use to uplift his whole community, not just miles alone?

miles brings that same energy as a spider-person. he’s not just an anomaly because his spider was from a different dimension. he’s an anomaly because he had a mentor. not only a mentor - he had a whole clan of spider-people there for him. while peter b parker and the crew weren’t always very good allies for miles, they still wanted him to succeed. each spider-person was an outcast - not in the same way as miles, but they were eager to describe what miles needed to master in order to keep himself safe as a crime-fighter. although they weren’t always supportive, it wasn’t because they were “gatekeeping” - it’s because they were worried miles might hurt himself. to them, he hadn’t put in the work on his own, and because he hadn’t proven himself as a spider-person in isolation, they thought there was no way he could be successful as a spider-person during a very high-risk mission.

however, miles proves them wrong. it’s true that miles has to pull upon his own inner strength, but he also pulls on wisdom from those that mentored him - his father, his uncle aaron, peter parker, and peter b parker. as well as love and support from his community. miles became spiderman - but not in isolation. he had help, and support, and love - always - that helped him succeed.

because spiderman - in all universes - represents success in america. in the original comics, spiderman is able to overcome his status as an outcast in order to help his city. he now has great power - a potential allegory related to wealth and social or political status. he uses that power in order to protect the community he loves (nyc) as they can’t all protect themselves.

now let’s bring it back. miguel. right.

miguel has already made his mark as a spiderman. although we know he broke canon, it wasn’t related to him becoming spiderman. we can assume that miguel still went through serious struggle and trauma to get to where he’s at. and now, through thematic analysis, we know that becoming spiderman represents success in america.

so, miguel’s dislike of miles, thematically, connects to how older generations may believe that younger generations “have it too easy” or “don’t put in the same effort.” it’s the (mainly capitalistic) ideal that in order to succeed, it has to be in isolation, without outside help. we can infer that miguel is not only upset that miles didn’t do things “canonically” - but that he is afforded success that miguel doesn’t think he deserves. miguel believes that in order to succeed in america, one needs to do it on their own, and suffer in order to succeed. no “hand-outs,” no support, no community outreach. it’s a very rigid capitalistic standard - which is why i called it “bigoted.” miguel is still a marginalized figure - and it’s important that miguel is the one stating the viewpoint, not a white spiderman. because this isn’t a white vs black storyline. miguel’s dislike of miles is specifically a sort of generational, inter-community bigotry.

for someone who hasn’t experienced it - think of it like hazing. you join a new sports team. the senior players say “you carry the equipment out and clean everything after the game.” you ask “why? can’t we all just do it together? aren’t we supposed to be a team?” and they say “no. you’re the new guys. hard work builds character. deal with it.”

alright. so we took a look at canon through a meta-story lens. now let’s pull it back even further.

so, miguel’s ideology. he adheres firmly to canon, a series of events that cannot (or, should not), change. if we apply that to our lives, that sounds a lot like predestination. destiny. fate. let’s call it predestination for now - you’ll see why in a minute.

now, a belief in predestination makes sense. it can bring a lot of people comfort, thinking that horrible events are out of their hands, and often times it can be harmless to believe in predestination in these instances. for example: someone who blames themselves for not being able to say goodbye to a loved one who died suddenly. if this person believes in predestination, it might ease some of their pain and guilt to know that there was nothing they could do - that it was the will of some higher power that their loved one is gone, and that there was nothing they could do to prevent it. some individuals might find comfort in knowing that they are not to blame for the work of the universe.

however, predestination can also be malicious. thinking that things are the will of the universe, or the will of god... that’s been used for some pretty fucked up stuff in the past. in a more moderate (and topical) example - royalty. many kings used the concept of predestination to explain why they deserved the crown. their bloodline was chosen by god himself - that’s why they’re powerful (compare to spider-people and their success. if they are also predestined for their spider-bite, doesn’t that make them akin to monarchs?)

in more nefarious examples, predestination can be used to subjugate and oppress others. predestination was used in ancient indian society in order to justify the caste system - utilizing the hindu concept of karma to justify why certain members of society were mistreated and oppressed. in a more american sense, predestination was often used as a way to justify both slavery and segregation. originally, slavers tried to justify that god wanted black individuals to serve as slaves because it was his will. later, when divine intervention fell out of fashion, they attempted to use eugenics to justify that black individuals were simply born inferior - that it was just science, and that there was nothing they could do about it.

that’s the other reason it’s called canon. the original usage of the word was to refer to the books of the bible that the church recognized as legitimate. it ties back to faith and religion.

now, religion, faith, and even the belief in fate itself - are not inherently bad. miguel’s belief in predestination doesn’t make him a bad or bigoted person inherently. however, the way he forces other to believe and adhere to it is. it’s very likely that miguel became so attached to the canon in order to justify why his wife and daughter died - in order to remove his own accountability for their passing and instead place the blame on some higher power. this belief snowballed out of control, however - and now influences his jealousy and distaste for miles and his way of life.

because forcing a canon - a story - on miles, is wrong. when miguel tells miles that his father must die, that he has to adhere to canon - that’s a horrible thing to say to a young black boy. to tell him that in order to be successful as a marginalized individual (to be spiderman) that he has to lose the last black male role model he has? it’s heinous! it’s akin to telling miles that in order to succeed, he has to cut ties with part of his culture. which does happen to young marginalized people in america. they are told that in order to be successful, they have to leave their culture, community, and support system behind.

it’s especially sinister when looking at it from the point of view of storytelling. when looking at it from that angle, miguel is basically telling miles that in order for his story - the story of a young black boy - to be profitable, he has to go through even more trauma and loss. it’s similar to what his guidance counselor mentions when discussing how miles should write his college entrance essay - that he should lie, and emphasize that he struggles while growing up, and that his support system was unstable. it’s the traditional story of a struggling black boy - which i discuss more here when talking about earth 42 miles and his inclusion in the spiderverse.

miguel’s bigotry is centrally tried to his idea of what american society expects of marginalized individuals who were able to achieve their dreams despite it all. a story of pain and struggle. one where they were able to - only through their own strength and intelligence, and maybe with a little bit of luck - pull themselves up, and quietly work towards their own success.

miguel’s belief in the american dream and predestination not only influences his treatment of miles, but also his creation of spider-society. now, let me be frank: miguel, in this franchise, is not supposed to represent someone who created systematic oppression. he’s simply one of the people who believed in bigoted ideals and allowed those ideals to influence his decisions. because when miguel created spider-society, it basically became an elitist isolation chamber. spider-society is located in a huge tower on miguela’s earth. the tower is so tall and imposing on the utopian landscape, there’s no way that miguel is able to properly support his own community as spiderman - he’s not worried about what happens to his own community. especially once we learn that a good portion of them live underground, where miguel can’t even see them. even if he wasn’t occupied with anomalies at all times, there’s no way he could even connect with nueva york around him.

the same can be said of all the spider-people in headquarters. they’re not even in their home dimensions. how can they possibly support their communities when they have isolated themselves as far away as they could literally be? it parallels how successful individuals often treat their communities in reality - what do wealthy people usually do at the first sign of their wealth? they build a huge mansion to get away from it all. many times in our capitalist society, wealthy and successful people abandon the communities they should be supporting.

miguel represents that. he is a successful, powerful person, who decided to focus only on other successful, powerful people like him. marginalized people who achieved the american dream on their own. people who, instead of uplifting others, instead tear down those who don’t fit into their “mold.” who are successful in their own right, but don’t hold the same ideals and values that they do. who aren’t the model example of marginalized success in the eyes of the (white) american “audience.”

miguel is a product of a great problem within society. while he partakes and perpetuates bigotry, that doesn’t mean that he’s irredeemable. the narrative shows that miguel is a broken man. if we think about to the end credits scene from itsv, where he calls his dimensional travel bracelet a “goober” - he wasn’t always so hateful. he wasn’t always like this. he can un-learn his bigotry and he isn’t completely lost. the way that he discusses his ideas - it’s clear that he knows that there are flaws in them, just as other spider-people consistently point out. he can be changed and improved - just like our real leaders and role models can be changed and improved. miguel is not without saving - but it’s important to remember that he does need to be saved.

#Spiderverse #across the spiderverse #across the spider-verse spoilers #into the spider verse #miguel o'hara #meta analysis

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laciere · 9 months

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Bo Ruberg: In making video games about queer and trans characters, like We Know The Devil, do you draw from your own personal experiences? Aevee Bee: Yes, but it's more complicated than that. I've been thinking a lot about this idea of "empathy games." You're supposed to be able to experience what it's like to be this other person, right? To me, that sounds very similar to the confessional writing that a lot of queer artists get pushed into. It's like, "Tell us about your queerness" rather than "Create a new experience for yourself." I'm wary of confessional work, but also confessional work is just hard for me to do. I have other ways of getting at similar things. We Know the Devil is super autobiographical, but it's also about me unpacking that autobiographical history and finding alternative avenues out of it. A confessional story about my own childhood would be this static product, like, "Look at this. Here is a thing that happened. It's tragic and bad. Empathize with it."Instead, the game offers alternatives. It says, "Here's a thing that brings you in and allows you to both experience queer suffering but also to escape from it." In making a game like that, you can control and process your personal truth instead of just reproducing it. Rather than give an outsider ownership of whatever queer story I'm telling, I feel like I'm giving other queer people the ability to reclaim and control their own stories and their pasts. Maybe that's too idealistic, but a lot of people have interpreted We know the Devil as being about how they were able to process, understand, or control a queer narrative. The game has these tragic endings but then it has this really powerful, subversive final act that allows you to break through. I think that's part of the game's success. Ruberg: You make an important point about the value of designing queer games for queer players, rather than for the mainstream. Are you also interested in straight, cisgender people playing your games? Bee: I'm not trying to make games for straight people. At some point, I had the revelation that I didn't need to make work that was accessible for as wide an audience as possible. I was like, "oh wait, I can make this stuff for a niche audience and be successful." That was informed by my journalism around #GamerGate, because I was like, "Why are we making stuff for these people who don't understand, who don't want to understand, or who are actively trying to attack us for doing this sort of work?" We don't need to talk to them. Rather than putting all your energy into trying to convert the one person who is really angry on the internet, why not take that time and create work for people who actually matter? With that said, with We Know the Devil, I wrote a very honest and personal story that was true to myself and that is inherently accessible for others. The game is about women in love with other women, but a lot of folks who don't identify in that way still really relate to the narrative. If you're interested in making games, you should be thinking about it that way rather than trying to create something for some other person. Instead, be like, "I am creating this thing for myself and you are invited to participate. I am asking you to open yourself and leave behind certain assumptions." That's what good stories do. They invite you in.

"Aevee Bee: On Designing for Queer Players and Remaking Autobiographical Truth", in The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers are Reimagining The Medium of Video Games (2020, Duke University Press)

#the queer games avant garde #aevee bee #we know the devil #reading log #interviews #video games #bo ruberg

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miscling · 11 days

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i am a toy for others to enjoy!

ASK TASKS: OPEN

use my ask box to send me tasks to do! i'd love to entertain and perform for you all! i am a good and obedient girl, and i enjoy getting tasks to do!

choose one or more task emoji and send them to me! include instructions if you send complicated tasks

tasks can come from anyone, even anons!

i'll do tasks as soon as i can! i have to finish my work wach day before i can play. basic tasks i'll do on my own, but i'll need help for the slightly more complicated ones so they might be a little while! Mutuals can DM me with DM tasks, and if i'm available we'll play ^^

BASIC TASK LIST!

🗜️ make me wear nipple clamps for 5 minutes! 📦 make me wear 10 pegs on my cunt for 10 minutes! 🤚 make me slap my cunt 5 times! ⚡ choose a part of me and make me use my TENS unit there for 10 mins. 🪆 dolly time! for the next 30 mins make me cup my hands, stay on my tip toes, and arch my back. 😺/🐮 petplay! for the next 30mins, make me keep off my furniture and only move around on all fours. make me put on my animal ears based on which one you send! 🤖 make me a good robot and complete one thing on my to-do list! ♾️ make me get my breast cups and pump my breasts for 15 mins! 🤐 make me gag myself for half an hour! (tell me what kind of gag to use and if I have it I'll use it, otherwise I'll pick) 🧣 make me put on my collar if i'm not already wearing it! 👗 make me get undressed and be naked for the next 30 mins! ✏️ make me write what you tell me on my body where you tell me! 💖 make me draw a little heart on myself where you tell me! 😵‍💫 make me stare at a spiral for 5 minutes (send me a spiral to use) (i won't use spirals that give me bad vibes, but i'll use any i've already reblogged) 🗣️ ask me anything, name a kink or give me a topic to write about (kinky or otherwise) and make me infodump about it. 🔊 send me a post or a write something for me to record saying, and i'll post the recording. 📝 make me go add 100 words to my current WIP novel. 🫴 make me edge for 10 minutes (Send me instructions, porn, a post to edge to, or a mantra to repeat while I do it, you can use my mantra tag for ideas. i cannot do this task on thursdays) 🕳️ make me fill up a hole for 10 minutes! (Choose to plug my cunt or/and ass, i cannot do this task on thursdays) 👅 make me stick my tongue out for 10 minutes! 💋 make me go practice deepthroating for 5 mins! 🍇 make me go get a snack and a drink! ❌ make me go take a break outside for 5 mins! 😴 make me go lay down in bed for 15 mins, no screens allowed.

SLIGHTLY MORE COMPLICATED TASK LIST!

👋 i'll ask my nestie to tickle me for 5 mins! (check my toybox) 🖐️ i'll ask my nestie to slap me 10 times! choose my face or tits 🏓 i'll ask my nestie to hit me 10 times! choose my ass or thighs (check my toybox) 👣 i'll ask my nestie to put elastic bands around my feet and snap the band against my soles 10 times. (nestie enjoys doing this to me) 🫶 i'll ask my nestie to choke me and hold my breath over a 5 minute session (please do not mix with other tasks) ⛓️ i'll get myself tied up and restrained for 30 mins! 🥊 No hands! make me put on my hand mitts for 15 minutes!

DM TASKS

If we're mutuals, you can dm me and play with me in other ways. Ask me for my lovense toy control links, combine tasks into one bigger task, send me files to listen to or hypnotise me yourselves, make me wear a diaper or control my toilet use, or suggest other things to do with me that you'd like! Non-mutuals who've gotten to know me can ask to play too.

Or...

⁉️ Give me a task not listed! (You can find the contents of my toybox here for ideas) (I reserve the right to safeword, but I'm very open and obedient, so shoot your shot)

#there #i've taken out some #but it's basically the old list #which felt better than the new one #i just wanna be easy to play with...#anyway! send me tasks!#it's maid day!#miscling ask tasks

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n7punk · 2 months

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this project (vague) has come out so beautifully and i'm really excited to share it (hopefully soon) but by god has it been so much more work than i expected/planned and i have Had It Up To Here with this

okay so i first thought. this is six steps, right? no big deal. actually fuck it ill say i was like okay so: lines, 3 parts, some editing, and another element, and then it's done, easy!

then i completely changed the style i was doing it in and every one of those steps (except the lines and editing) became 10x so we're already at 42. then that editing was way more complicated than i expected it to be so like just make that 51x. oh that remaining element? also 10x, then hate it, redo it twice for a round x20, then hate that and go back to the original to build off for another x5, so yeah we're jumping right up to x85 more work than i expected.

and that was half one :)

to be fair half two was not x10 for everything because i had a better idea of what i was doing, more like x3 for all the elements, with totaled 5 parts. actually that last part was complicated as hell so it was x5. i don't like 17 so lets just say x20 because it was still a lot of work lmao. then i kept finding errors and improvements and accidentally combined layers together i shouldn't have and i had to edit and rebuild all the parts multiple times for very Minor things but with this much investment i'm not phoning it in fucking now so that ended up being x15 the amount of work i was expecting.

so we're at x100 more work than i was expecting already. then i have to put it all together, and this is when i found a bunch of those errors, so i had/have to (because i haven't finished) put it all together again multiple times.

but i should be all done, right? aside from re-editing and exporting i should be done now... right? :)

😭

i'm looking at it now and i'm trying to decide if i need to add a Real Background and not just color. that was not the plan!! the whole thing was supposed to flat color, and now i'm here. does anyone know how much procreate fastforwards its timelapse videos? like one second of the timelapse is ten irl minutes or something? because my video for this is Multiple Minutes long and because it's branching over multiple files even that isn't an accurate gauge of how long i've worked on this. fuck me. i need a cigarette (i don't smoke)

if i didn't like how it has come out so far it would be so much easier to just move on OTL. can't tell if i'm coping by telling myself a more detailed background would just be distracting or if i'm over complicating it but right now it looks Bare. which means i have to take another break on this thing and come back. i have to take days and weeks off at a time lmao i am Not naturally inclined to being an artist of like. good high effort things. i can't tell you the last time i put this much effort into one (two) drawings. but i gotta for this one. hwaugh. looking at it to remind myself i like it and i am enjoying it when i'm not frustrated XD

#srbi #mylife

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lunalycana · 7 months

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Heyy so it's been a month now. I was hoping to be back by now, but I won't lie, it might be harder than ever to do that. I'm not gone for good of course, but things are kind of complicated right now.

I'm just gonna get some thoughts out of my head if that's okay! Scroll past this if you don't wanna hear some rando's ramblings lol it will probably not be worth it anyway.

So, if you guys can recall, I initially left so that I could take a much needed break and get through some stuff going on in my real life and social media wasn't really helping much. I admit, when I took this break, I felt extremely hopeful that the break from here was what I needed most and for a while that was definitely true.

Upsettingly though, that wasn't the only solution and I realized pretty fast that life wasn't fixed by me taking a step away. Maybe briefly remedied, but certainly not fixed.

I just had a series of experiences that have honestly messed me up in ways I don't really know how to fix. Getting into them would be useless, as not only do most of you not know me, but also no one would be able to?? fix this?? There's no help for me at this rate and I'm seeing that.

I don't know what I want to do nor do I know what I need, but I'm currently at the biggest loss in my life. I don't know how to proceed and what will save me at this point. I just know that I don't really know what to do with myself and that life is too complicated for me to comprehend. I don't think I ever even had a chance to understand life in the first place, let alone my place in the world. The only answer that seems to come every time I wonder is just more and more trauma and pain and mistrust, and I'm admittedly a little sick of this recycled trend. I feel like I'm too old for this. I feel like I don't deserve this. But I also know that I won't get anything else, so maybe it's just fate's way of saying there is no hope for people like me. Not yet anyway.

I want to be clear, I'm not going anywhere. I'm not doing anything drastic or dangerous. I'm just kind of. Lost right now? I don't think I'll ever stop being lost either.

I plan to be back. Maybe in a few weeks. Maybe in another month. Maybe at the end of the year. I don't really know. I don't even know where I'm going.

But I need to come back because unfortunately, through all the turmoil, art is kind of all I have left. Art is the only thing that heals me when I feel at my lowest. Drawing things I like is the only thing that makes me feel human anymore. And lately, creating feels like the only way for me to feel properly alive and real.

I'm so sorry for the ramble and I'm even more sorry if this is something no one wants to hear. I just don't know what to do anymore. But I'll figure it out. We'll see each other eventually. Maybe even with something nice to share.

Please give me time, and most of all, please don't give up on me. If I'm not allowed to, it would be nice to know that no one else will either. ❤️

#Luna Be Talkin #Sorry for the long wait #Please be patient

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meraki-yao · 3 months

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Get to know Me!

Thank you @lfg1986-2 for tagging me! I love doing these :D

Part 1:

Last song: Saint Bernard by Lincoln

Last film: The last full film I watched was Romeo and Juliet (2021) with Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley because my best friend's NYU account has access to a bunch of plays and she came over to watch it with me, but I watch a bunch of miscellaneous movie clips though

Currently reading: Book? You Will Get Through This Night by Dan Howell Fic: What if all I Need is you by aliwrites07 on Ao3, it's so freaking beautiful

Currently watching: I'm playing Dan and Phil videos as background sounds lmao

Currently consuming: Chamomile Tea, I'm wondering if I should take a note from Henry's book and start drinking tea regularly

Currently craving: a freaking break😭

Part 2:

1. Were you named after anyone?

Nah, my English name is a weird, fairly original one that my parents came up with (so many people pronounce my English name even though it's literally phonic, but I love that it doesn't have a pre-set meaning) and Chinese naming is a whole different thing, where there's not really a concept of naming your kid after someone, and even then it's not like English where you take the same name.

But I will say my Chinese name means "such a beautiful jade", which I really like, and am really happy with, so thanks Mom for that!

2. When was the last time you cried?

When I went to my bi-monthly counselling/ therapy on Friday

3. Do you have kids?

No, I'm 19 lol but I do want some in the future

I have a group of kids, essentially my sister's friends and schoolmates to whom I act as a big sister/mentor figure, I call those kids my children/my ducklings (I say kids but they're 16)

4. What sports do you play/have you played?

I used to do ballet until I pulled my legs and couldn't go on pointe anymore, so I quit in 2020 after fourteen years. And if anyone says dancing isn't a sport I will fight you

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Not really, just occasionally with my sister when we're clearly joking with each other

6. What’s the first thing people notice about you?

Either my naturally wavy/frizzy hair, or me being trilingual (I have a draft ranting about being a polyglot lmao)

7. What’s your eye color?

Dark, dark brown 🤎

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings, definitely. I also absolutely cannot handle any scary movies 😩

9. Any talents?

Eh, I don't really view myself like that? But I'll put public speaking and making arts and crafts out here

10. Where were you born?

Hong Kong! (nationality is a whole debate here and it's really complicated plus I'm technically an immigrant child even though it's still part of the country? But if someone asks me I always say I'm a Hong Konger)😁

11. What are your hobbies?

Too many to count! Singing, dancing, writing, performing, drawing, scrapbooking, reading... and pretty common hobbies but I just, they give me so much peace and happiness

12. Do you have any pets?

No but I have a little sister! (jkjk) I do want a cat though

13. How tall are you?

163 cm, so that's 5'3?

14. Favorite subject in school?

English and Chinese (for secondary school)

15. Dream job?

Desperately trying to figure that out! 😭😭😭😭

Thank you again for the tag love!

Tagging @rockingtheorange @alittlefrenchtree @nocoastposts @pippin-katz (no pressure!❣️)

#ask game #personal #i love playing these

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kayhi808 · 1 year

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Challenge Accepted -Part 3

You and Billy nap until early evening. You were expecting him to be gone when you woke up but he's still there. You slowly slide out from under his arm and throw on an oversized shirt. You go around picking up Bill's clothes and leaving it at the foot of the bed.

Today was fun. Being with Bill is always fun. And that's the problem. All Bill wants is fun. Manhattan is his playground. Society pages & gossip sites show him with models on his arm, party girls...and it's socially acceptable for Bill to go around and do that, but women are held to different standards. You uprooted your life in Washington DC for this opportunity to work at the United Nations. You can't fail at this. You want to be successful, but you aren't going to make it if people see you as one of Bill's gold-digging groupies.

Looking through your fridge, you try to find something quick to cook up. You're starving. If that romp with Billy didn't work up an appetite, round 2 did.

In a while, you see Bill moving around. He grabs your pillow & brings it to his face. You break out in a smile because you've done that so many times with Bill's pillows. You like the smell of him, too. You giggle and Bill whips his head around to you with a sleepy smile. "Slept well?"

"Never better," and he snuggles down deeper into your bed. He's silent for a good 10 minutes, so you think he's fallen back asleep. "Am I allowed to stay for dinner? It smells good."

"Of course. Pasta Primavera. I made enough for us both & then some." You dig around one of your moving boxes looking for dinnerware. You've been lazy and been working off a single serving set since its just been you. Finding what you needed, you look up to see him buttoning his jeans and making his way to you. You can't help but appreciate a shirtless Billy with jeans riding low on his hips. Fucking hell. Its as if he can read your mind because that impish smile is back on his face as he draws you against him for a kiss.

"Am I allowed to stay the night?"

"No, sir." you untangle yourself from him.

"Why not?!" He crosses his arms across his chest, leaning his hip against the counter.

"Let's just have a nice dinner & call it a day. Today was too good to spoil it now." He just gives you a dark stare. You know this conversation is not going to go well. "Do you really want to get into it now?" He cocks an eyebrow at you. "Fine...What am I to you, Bill?"

"What do you mean?"

You frown & shake your head, "Its a simple question." He doesn't answer but you see that muscle in his jaw tick. He's annoyed. And now you're annoyed because he doesn't answer you. "I told you. We should have just enjoyed dinner." You pour yourself a glass of wine & walk away from him. You start unpacking books & placing them on a shelf, ignoring Bill.

Bill passes you as he goes to pull on his shirt & grab his things from the box by the bed. "What do you want me to say?"

"Its not what I want...it's what you feel. I don't know how you feel, that's why I'm asking."

"I...like you. You're...my friend."

Well, fuck, don't let those words choke you. "And now that I moved here, where do you see this going? What do you want from us?"

Deflecting, "I don't know why you are making this so complicated."

"Well, I'm trying to figure out how much of myself I should invest in you. Do we keep things the same? Hook up every other month?" You shake your head, "You confuse me. You were so adamant about us getting together again. I gave you an easy out when I saw you at The Campbell. No, you kiss me at the Soho Grand. You stalk me & break into my building. You convince me to spend the day with you and...it was perfect." Bill starts to take a step towards you, "And now you can't give me an honest answer. You barely choke out calling me a friend."

"Maybe I don't know what I want from you."

You nod, "That's fair. Why couldn't you just say that? Instead of riling me up and making me angry? Jesus, Billy. I can handle the truth of you not knowing what you want, rather than you blaming me, telling me I'm making shit complicated. Life is complicated!"

"Well, what do you want??"

"I'm trying to figure that out as well. I don't fit into your eligible bachelor lifestyle; and I don't want to. My job is important to me. I want to establish a strong reputation in this city and I can't do it being lumped in as one of your party girls. I won't. If that's who you think I am, we should end things here, no hard feelings, we'll be friends."

"Your not like them, I know that."

"Ok. Then if we kept seeing each other casually, its lowkey..."

"So we'll fuck but you don't want to be associated with me," starting to sound offended.

"Why? Did you want more than that? You told me you don't ever do relationships." Billy remains silent. Ouch. "Can you try looking at this from my point of view? I think there's more at stake for me than you. I like you, Billy. More than I should, really. Am I superficial for caring about what others think? I have to be. I'm not a man. I don't have a successful business. I dont have enough money to tell people go to hell. I'm not you. I don't have that luxury. Is it your fault? No. Is it still something I have to take into account? Yes."

"I'm going to head out."

I say all that and that's his response?? "Um. Ok, bye." You roll your eyes and lock yourself in the bathroom until you hear the door shut. He's such an idiot! You wipe away your tears. Complete idiot.

@idaofinfinity @e-dubbc11 @imagine-a-fictional-boyfriend

#billy russo #billy russo x reader #billy russo fanfic #billy russo x you #billy russo imagine #billy russo fanfiction

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dojae-huh · 6 months

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I can't believe I found ur acc after about 3 whole years of searching that was long.. I read ur blog in like 2020/2021 I think and ever since, I've never come across someone with such a unique take on jaedo. I secretly enjoy ur blog ngl. I need to read the whole thing ^^

I liked how you mentioned that jaedo are already in a relationship and that was very different from my thoughts on them cuz to me jaehyun was still pinning on doyoung and it has always been a one sided or maybe even unrequited love..

But observing jaedo over the years till now, the theories are always endless. Like how I'm now sure doyoung knows very well jaehyun has feelings for him but he doesn't know how to reciprocate the feelings.

One day it's like dy can go well with jaehyun's little flirting remarks and banter then the next he's completely ignoring his entire presence??

To understand where dy stands will always be complicated but with jaehyun, how come he's so patient and so understanding to wait for all these years? Unless they're already dating, but that's a stretch. To me at least I can't see it like that.

If jaedo are currently going out, then I'd say it's very cruel to jaehyun cuz of what normally happens. It's been years, and doyoung only gives his attention to jh sometimes (oncam) while for jaehyun he'll break his neck for dy even at the slightest mention of his name.

One thing that helped me from ur blog was how u mentioned the thing about jaehyun's mother and how strict she was and the way he would want her to praise him by doing stuff like washing the dishes and stuff. It really put everything into perspective.

Jaehyun is braver than doyoung, that's for sure, but he's not brave enough to confess to dy. His teasing and small compliments are a way to get doyoungs attention to focus on him he hasn't done anything more. Same with how he washed the dishes, he'll do everything to make dy notice him but a confession hasn't happened yet I fear. (Even tho dy probably knows by know, and the entirety of ilichil)

I always ask myself this question who has the upper hand in jaedo (that's a bit toxic :*) but to me it's like who has a say in the relationship and how to move forward with it. My answer has always been dy but it recently changed.

The same way jh was the first one to catch feels (obvi) he'll be the same person to organise his thoughts and feelings if things don't work out with dy. I Wish him all the luck btw :( (dy is my ult jh is just a bias)

But if jaehyun suddenly pulls away from dy completely how will dy react? I feel like doyoung is not honest with his feelings, he might not like or even like jh but it's like he doesn't want to address it at all. (My opinion is purely based on observing them over the years)

I think the time for jaedo closure is a now or never thing. cuz with the military enlistment coming soon things might never go well for them.

Hi, welcome back.

Well, as much as it is interesting to read another person's point of view, to know how the same events are interpreted by a different mind, I can't agree to entertain your version. There are no endless possibilities. And it's not me being stubborn or narrow-minded or wishful-thinking, I simply considered all scenarios and scratched off those that are not supported by the facts from reality.

You say you observe JaeDo over the years, but it seems from your words you are too moved by the daily fluctuations. You look at the waves and not the sea bottom underneath. And you are talking about two grown up gay men like they are teenagers in Victorian era.

They are all fake on camera. Jaehyun, Doyoung, Haechan, Yuta with his Mark. It is not their life, it is their job. They have personas, images. Doyoung directly says his boyfriend pics for Insta is image, that they live the life of pretence, that he switches from Doyoung to Dongyoung. And yet, many still put too much importance on what happens before cameras. I mean, it definitely helps to draw the picture, but it's not their personal life.

Do a thought experiment. Ask yourself why would Jaehyun be still in love with Doyoung after all these years if all he ever knows is Doyoung being cruel to him? Is Jaehyun a masochist? Doyoung ignores him and Jaehyun instead of suffering sends him a megaton watt smile back his direction? When Doyoung really ignores Jaehyun, Jaehyun makes Doyoung's life hard (how it was in 2017). Jaehyun is not a patient guy, nor is he capable of yelding to others on things that matter to him.

JaeDo live in a homophobic society, but not in one where coming out means being thrown off the roof of a building. Dating a collegue or confessing, being rejected, and moving on is a much more usual and healthy way to pestering feelings over 10 years. They work 24/7 together, they can't afford endless pining or endless denial of feelings unless they are both internally homophobic (which they are not).

The common sense aside. JaeDo still pining after each other is simply not supported by what is observed in reality. For starters, there won't be any reason to pretend to dislike each other on public instead of being second TaeDo. As well as being censored by the company. They have to lie to the public because they are honest with themselves.

P.S. You watch too little content. Jaehyun said he is the type to confess right away. While Doyoung said he thinks if you love someone you should let the person know.

#ask me away #cogito ergo ship

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rubbersoles19 · 9 months

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Is this more of a technical scripting and writing thing in your story... Do you rely solely on the character arcs (if any, I don't know here and don't remember...) from the Darkwing Duck series or do you have other character arcs from other series you draw from? Examples like (picking up on what you reblog a lot these days) character arcs from Spider-Verse, TMNT, Sonic Prime and others?

And how do you manage to remember all the character arcs and stories off the top of your head?

I don't really remember there being many character arcs in Darkwing 😅 I've heard it said that Darkwing grew and matured as he dated Morgana, but I have yet to see it myself as I haven't seen many Morgana episodes.

Character arcs in my stories are usually a natural consequence of the narrative. I haven't planned any stories around how the characters involved will grow, but their growth certainly impacts the story. Some characters can only do certain things that I need them to do after they grow in a certain way.

For example, one thing I've set up in TMM so far is Drake's relationship with Darkwing. Mark Beaks pointed out that he both adores and resents the character, because of all the good and bad it's done for Drake and those around him, and he's right. Drake refuses to sell the property, refuses to do anything with it, and hates to meet fans, but he's built a Darkwing museum in his own workplace and dons the cape and cowl whenever something dangerous happens. And now, Drake is confronted with versions on his own characters turned real, someone who is determined to get his hands on Darkwing, and a city full of his own fans. He is being forced to confront this internal conflict and will have no choice but to come out of things in one direction or the other. And whatever direction he comes out will effect the story.

I hope that makes sense, it's hard to get too far into things without spoilers 😅

I don't usually pull character arc inspiration from other series. Each character's growth is - if done well - very personal to them, so it can be hard to transfer them into my own work. TMM deals with many complicated relationships (among the Mallard trio and outside of it), and the story beats force them together and to face these things and work through them. I'm very proud to say that almost every character in this story grows in some way (be it to their benefit or not), and I managed it by living in the world for a very, very long time (this whole story took me about 6 months to develop), and really trying to give each character some of my attention as they moved through - and moved - the plot. Keeping track of things can get challenging, especially since I took a 5 year break, but constantly thinking about and reading and tweaking my own world helps. I also take extensive notes while planning, drafting, writing, and rewriting. Even with that, I can't remember stuff off the top of my head, I still have to check my notes and my own writing to remember stuff 😅

#ducks #rubbersoles19 #7 am est #darkwing duck #zelda cooper

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countrymusiclover · 10 months

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92 - Bye bye Hollow

Part 93

Gemini Runaway

@icefrye19 @secretdreamlandmentality

Klaus and I were closely following behind Hayley back out into the main living room of the compound. Cami and Jacob were here now with the rest of the Mikaelson’s in tow. Resting my hands on the table in the middle of the room I glanced between the group. "Alright so tell us what happened exactly. Because as far as anyone knew the Hollow had gone into hiding for two years."

"Hayley had gone out to do a wolf run since she's able to control when she turns. And I heard Andrea mumbling something but I couldn’t understand it. Next thing I know she showed me her eyes and they were bright blue." My brother Jacob shrugged his shoulders leaning against the window frame.

Hayley wrapped her arms around herself, sighing heavily where I could sense her nerves. "She used to run around with the butterflies all the time. But then she just stopped a few days ago. And it just was off…like she just stared off in the distance in silence."

"So she's the complete opposite of herself. Every parent knows their kids better than they know themselves until they're older." Pushing my hair out of my face I sucked in a breath in thought.

Freya walked up to me laying some drawings that Andrea had done a few years ago when the Hollow began haunting her. "I've been looking at the drawings and I'm not sure what they mean but this is definitely the symbol for the Hollow." The pictures were all the same where it looked like a snake was trying to eat its own tail and was shaped in a circle.

“Why are we bickering about what we think happened and not just going and killing this thing once and for all.” Kol asked, reaching for a baseball he kept underneath the table.

"Because it's not that simple, Kol," Elijah stated, his tone calm yet stern. "The Hollow is not just another vampire we can stake. It's an ancient spirit, it doesn't die easily."

Rebekah chipped in, her eyes full of concern. "And taking it on without a plan could mean walking into a trap. Especially when we have nieces and Andrea to consider."

I started pacing, the gravity of the situation sinking in. "We need to find out how Andrea's connected to the Hollow and how we can break that connection. If we can't, we risk not only her life but potentially all of ours."

Marcel, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up. He had willingly joined our team when it came to protecting our children. "We have dealt with the Hollow before. We can use what we learned last time, find its weak points."

Klaus nodded, a determined look in his eyes. "Marcel is right. We need to strategize, find out everything we can. The Hollow is cunning, powerful. We need to be prepared for anything."

Freya, with her knowledge of witchcraft, was our best bet at deciphering the symbols in Andrea's drawings. "I'll take another look at the drawings," she decided. "There may be more clues there than we realize."

As the group started discussing potential strategies, I found myself looking at Hayley, who was still standing quietly, her face pale. I knew we needed to act fast, not just for Andrea but for her too. The Hollow had already taken too much from us, we couldn't let it take away any more. Sitting in our bedroom I cradle Henrik in my arms humming a tone. "I wish I could say that you should stay here to protect our son. But I know you're too stubborn and that we also need your help with the magical side to get the Hollow out of her."

"I know you're worried, Nik. But none of us wish to sit here and watch Andrea get consumed by this thing." Lifting my head up Henrik made some noise at hearing his father's voice.

He slowly walked into the room lowering himself on a knee and letting Henrik suck on his thumb while we talked. "We won't let it hurt that poor girl any longer. Have you worked on that spell you were talking about yet?"

"The one that Kai used on Elena and Bonnie, no. It's a very complicated one. I'm not even sure that I don't have to have the Gemini leadership magic to pull it off. But my brother and Hayley would also have to agree to the terms." I met his gaze knowing that I told him about a backup plan if we got the Hollow out but we couldn't defeat her.

Someone came walking towards our room where we turned our heads and saw Freya. "Labonair blood is her Achilles' heel. Hayley’s blood weakened her, but you've technically been dead for years.So it won't be strong enough to kill her. If we forge a blade using the blood of the last living Labonair…”

“So what do we do instead, Freya?” I asked rocking my son in my arms in the rocking chair.

“Andrea has been obsessed with the symbol that follows the Hollow: the serpent consuming itself.

Now, I believe this is showing us the key, the only means to which she can be destroyed, her own blood. The Hollow's one end of the Labonair bloodline. Andrea is the other. And we need to close that loop.” Freya sat the drawings on the table near us holding up one of them as she talked since they all had the same symbol drawn. “The best way to do that is for Hayley to wield a weapon forged with Andrea’s blood. When she stabs her, it's only then the Hollow can be obliterated completely.”

Klaus rose to his feet standing at my side. “How are we supposed to get Andrea’s blood on a blade if she is taken over by the Hollow?”

“Raelyn, I will need you to do the blood gathering spell. You once told me that you used it secretly to take some of your uncle Joshua’s blood. It should work the same for this.” She lifted her head up from sitting the drawing she was previously holding up.

Getting to my feet I laid a sleeping Henrik back in his crib. Turning back towards my sister in law I sighed. “And then once we kill her my daughters while drawing the magic from their cousin. So that I can do the second spell without resistance.”

“Have you talked with your brother and Hayley about this part of the plan yet?” She asked with a concerned look.

Shaking my head, I answered her back. “No I haven’t. But they're both too emotional right now for me to talk about the other part. Once we save their daughter then I’ll talk to them. Go get me the blade you’ll use and I’ll do my part.”

It was a few hours later before we were all ready to face the Hollow. Andrea was apparently causing problems down the streets of the city. Marcel and the others remained outside while Hayley, Jacob, Klaus, me and our girls went inside to face her. Jacob raised his hands up, opening the doors. “Dissera portus….Andrea.”

He gasped seeing that his daughter was standing in front of a crowd of people that the Hollow had gathered obviously.

“If you have come to stop me I will tell you right now that you can’t stop me.” Andrea declared standing in front of a golden statue that matched the drawings that we had given Freya. She raised her hand up doing a spell to throw us all backwards once the followers moved out of the way.

Holding myself up on my hands and knees with my hair in my face. I sighed, drawing out the blade that Freya had given me. Throwing it in Hayley’s direction she caught it sending me a head nod that she was ready. Vamping up towards my niece I raised a hand throwing her backwards. “Motus!”

She got thrown back but she got to her feet quickly making her hand into a fist. “Per se qui e fractal toi, per se qui e total toi.”

“Ah!” I screamed when a ring of flame surrounded all of us. My daughters hugged my legs when the flames came up trapping us. "Do what I taught you.."

Alina and Missy put their hands up against the flames siphoning the magic away. Hope held each of their hands in hers. "Go mommy." Hope told me where Klaus and I shared a head nod.

I ran forward about to strike her with a freeze spell but I spun my head around when Klaus and the others smacked into a barrier spell by her doing. "Inteo."

"Ugh Raelyn!" Klaus pressed his fists against the barrier keeping him out.

Turning my head back to the Hollow I glared at the person who was holding my niece. "What do you want from me, Hollow!"

"What I want, Raelyn…is for you to die" She raised her hand where I shifted my gaze in the direction she was holding her hand out to. Before my eyes something flew into her hand where she was now holding the white oak stake. She launched herself forward and she took me by surprise when she threw me onto my back holding the tip of the stake above my heart.

Jacob and Klaus screamed in terror together. "Rae no!"

"Andrea, please fight her. I know you can hear me and you don't want to hurt her." Hayley begged her with heavy tears.

I grunted putting my hands over hers on the stake while she attempted to stab me. I showed her my fangs trying to fight against her but the Hollow clearly had more strength then I ever thought even though she was inside the body of a child. ““Andrea, please don’t hurt her. She’s your aunt!” Jacob cried out blinking through heavy tears.

She grunted when I attempted to stop her by kicking her in the stomach but she took the hit like it was nothing. “I’m sorry, dad. But she’s here to take my power!” Raising my hand I burned her heart when I siphoned off her.

She stumbled backwards, dropping the stake giving me the opportunity to claps my hands together in front of me trapping her in a stronger containment spell. “Imperium monstrum!” She hit the barrier but wasn’t able to take it down as quickly which was a good sign.

"Solvet." The triplets mumbled together undoing the boundary spell instantly before she could break through the prison.

Klaus vamped towards my side, yanking up the white oak as quickly as possible. He looped his freehand with mine glancing back toward the werewolf mother. “Hayley go when I say so.”

Alina, Hope and Missy slowly stepped forward raising their intertwined hands toward their cousin. We felt a gust of wind entering the room while we saw their hands turn red since the twins were siphoning off Hope and the last of the Gemini family magic we put into their bodies. “Magia tollux de terras….Magia tollux de terras…..Magia tollux de terras…..Magia tollux de terras!”

“It’s working. Hayley go!” I gasped in relief seeing a string of blue magic begin to be pulled out of Andrea’s body. Andrea’s body gets thrown backwards while the magic is getting drained from her and I held my hand up making cuts on her so that I could make her blood drip onto the floor. “Venez sanguis. Venez sanguis. Venez sanguis la force de la bete a moi.”

Jacob took the knife briefly from Hayley wiping up some of the blood that was on the floor before he gave it back to her so it had his daughter's blood now. Hayley rushes to her daughter, mumbling an apology. “I’m sorry, Andrea.” Before she pushed the knife into her chest while the Holow’s magic was completely drained by the time she pulled the blade out.

Jacob ran over catching his daughter's body seeing that her heartbeat was weak but she was still alive. He lowered her to the floor waving his hand over her body doing a sleeping spell. “Ad somnum, baby girl.”

My husband held up a crystal ball looking type of object and the Hollow rollers gasped before he smashed it on the floor and they ran to get out but couldn’t. “Hear ye, hear ye, all disciples and acolytes of the evil Hollow. Now that your master has been subdued, the power she promised you has been revoked, rendering you helpless, and bringing this pitiful coup to a rather abrupt end. This dark object has the astounding ability to seal you in the room.”

Lifting my head upwards I saw Elijah standing on the platform above them by some burning candles holding a bottle that he set on fire while he spoke to the followers before he threw it down towards them. “Which is very inconvenient indeed. Particularly when one considers the architectural composition of the structure. And so, with very little effort... this place becomes an inferno.” The followers all watched in terror as the bottle exploded and we all vamped out of the building before it was destroyed with them all inside.

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shytastemakerthing · 1 year

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hello ♪ヽ(´▽｀)/ I saw that your request are ope, so I was wondering if I can request a romantic twsited wonderland match up? (but only with the third years please owo) Only if you can and want of couse ♡ (sorry for my english btw)

about me: 1,58 cm, brown eyes, brown hair, she/her, 18 years. ^w^

mbti: infj

zodiac sign: capricorn.

personality: caring always for others before me, I really don't talk that much bc I really dont know what to say, workaholic, I really like taking care of kids but they also scare me a little bit (bc they pull my hair and cry too much sometimes TT) I tend to be pretty pessimistic about myself but I really like to encourage others bc I don'twant them to feel like me, I also get jealous when people dont treat me equally, another bad thing about me is that I'm resentful ): and I really like when other people talk me or show me their interests.

likes:

singing, drawing, writing, gamimg (specially otome♡), dancing, sleeping, music, languages, martial arts, and makeup even if I'm still learning how to use it properly.

dislikes:

mean people, disrespect, when other laughs about my interests or interests of other people, people that are not loyal, lies, crowded places, stairs, loud noises.

A/N: Thank you very much for your request, I hope that you like this! Im sorry this sat for so long! It is a very time of year between all the baking and delivering!

I match you with......

Cater Diamond

• Okay, I had a lot of ideas and I will try to tuch bases on as much of them as I can. But, you both share a similar personality. While he put on the act of the happy-go-lucky third year student, we all know how he really is. You especially see this.

• The first thing he ever feels from you is validation. Despite the persona that he puts up, you see right through him. But only confront him about that in private. Show to him that you are there for him, that he's not alone. Cater is a very loyal friend, and you see this. You both have each other's back no matter what.

• You love dancing and there are plenty of dance challenges that are going around! With your consent, he would live to record the both of you doing various dance challenges and upload them to his Magicam. If granted this permission, you are both now trending as the #couplesgoals! all over Magicam.

• Speaking of Magicam, he would love to upload some of your amazing art! Whether to his account (with your credit of course!), or hooking up a secondary account just for your art! Congrats, you're going to be famous!

• He is all for helping you with makeup looks! He follows quite a few related pages so he would be happy to help you out! He may not be as good as Vil but practice makes perfect! If you need help, you both go the Pomefiore housewarden for assistance and if he has the time, he js more than happy to help the both of you out!

• He knows that you're a workaholic. And you're going to take a break! He will pick you up and sling you over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and carry you off to his room. From there, it's a pull pamper session. He is bringing out face masks, massages, various skin care, and you both just chill while listening to your favorite playlist!

• Speaking of music and singing, come over to the Light Music Club! You will honestly have so much fun and Lilia has plenty of game recommendations as well just for you!

• Please don't bring up his family. Honestly, he would rather not talk about them, especially his sisters. It's just complicated right now and he really doesn't want to try and deal with it at the moment. Not when he had you by his side.

• Overall, you both validate each other, help lift each other up when if you won't do it to yourselves. With you, he feels like he's on top of the world and there is no place that he would rather be than at your side.

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #twst #twst imagines #disney twisted wonderland #matchups #cater x reader #twst cater #cater diamond x reader #cater diamond #heartslabyul #romantic

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freebooter4ever · 1 year

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Hi! I really love your work— do you have any advice for someone who doesn’t have a lot of experience drawing human forms/anatomy? I dont really know where to start 😅

Thank you!!!! ^_^

So first off, bear with me, I'm going to point you to some of my old old art. In general, any 'progress'/tutorial type stuff i post goes into the "wip" tag: freebooter4ever.tumblr.com/archive/tagged/wip

The rest of this discussion is going under a cut lol

I've been drawing since i was a kid - as my grandma likes to tell it i would sit quietly at the card table next to her and make her draw with me because "everyone can draw, grandma". Sometime around high school i got it into my head that i needed a 'class' to understand anatomy, as if it was just this magical thing i would suddenly understand. (college was useless) The truth is i didnt start getting better until recently, when i gave up trying to 'learn' anatomy and just started studying bodies. That sounds weird, but i don't know how else to describe it? If someone told me ages ago that i could learn anatomy the same way i self-disciplined myself into being able to pull out computer science concepts at the drop of the hat, i feel like i wouldn't have wasted so much time but anyway...

Check out any doodles before my mchanzo era for drawings that i did prior to getting serious about practice studies: freebooter4ever.tumblr.com/archive/tagged/mchanzo. Terrible anatomy. Atrocious. (with one exception that i still like which is a poster on sasha bees' wall hey bees if you're reading this) 2016 ish.

THEN 2017 i lost my job, moved away from pittsburgh, missed my DJ friends, watched a documentary on netflix about st*ve aoki (after watching everything vaguely DJ related on the streaming service lol), and the aoki drawing era begins: freebooter4ever.tumblr.com/archive/tagged/steve%20aoki. I joke that the way I learned anatomy was by becoming obsessed with a DJ who contorts himself into very strange positions and has photographers that take photos of him from LITERALLY every angle and who tends to walk around half naked an unusually large amount of time but like...that's literally what happened. Not that im saying you have to start drawing half naked DJ's...just find a subject you dont mind drawing hours of studies from and it makes it a lot easier.

When I'm doing 'studies' I tend to do two separate drawings. Initially I literally just 'study' what I'm looking at - I put it in photoshop and trace the lines that I see. I don't OUTLINE it, there is a huge difference. A lot of times the lines that stand out are not the outlines but rather a dominant shadow or sharp edge. After I feel like I've got a good handle on it, I do another drawing of the pose freehand. Then I take the original photo and put it underneath that drawing and check where I've messed up. If I'm completely off I throw it away and start again, lol. If there's a few errors I fix them. More and more lately I find that the freehand drawing is fairly accurate with anatomy unless it's an unusual or challenging perspective. I break this down more in this post using joe as an example: https://freebooter4ever.tumblr.com/post/633653906052923392/its-been-a-while-since-ive-posted-one-of-these

Those study drawings rarely see the light of day. I just delete them when I'm done because i didn't have an...aim...? For the drawing. They just were to learn.

The doodles that I post on here? Some of the simpler ones are practice sketches from gifs - i will have a gif running next to my drawing and will try to draw what i see, freehand. Some of the more complicated drawings/portraits are from photos - but there's usually something i see in the photo that i want to convey? Like light? or a specific part of anatomy? I dunno, i make shit up as i go.

AND THEN there's my favorite, when i have done all this practice and i can do shit like drawing characters from my imagination. Like kenny hugging his cat. These don't have any reference - im just relying on my memory of anatomy i've drawn in the past.

I dunno. Dont let bad anatomy get you down, just keep trying. My anatomy hero - a sculptor ethan idolized and i idolize by default - even said himself that he doesn't feel like an 'expert', and he's in his 40's and has been doing this shit for decades. Just draw!!! The more you do it, the more you'll start to see what you like, and how you can make it how you like even more. I still think my anatomy is bad, im still embarrassed by it. But i also know i've gotten better because i can see it now.

ANYWAY this is long, im exhausted, i have to go to bed now :) and i was serious about scheduling an abs livestream. Maybe this weekend if im ambitious.

#Wip #Anon

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supagogoman · 1 year

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My thoughts on Sonic Frontiers!

I beat Sonic Frontiers. Here is my review of the game:

tl;dr It's very good

But let's talk about the flaws first, because there are a lot of flaws with it. For starters there's a couple of minor issues I could talk about, such as the draw distance which is very distracting in an open world game. I also want to murder whoever thought it would be a good idea to have you level up your Speed and Ring Capacity ONE LEVEL AT A TIME so you have to continuously read some stupid FUCKS dialogue and select from a dialogue option EVERY TIME you want to level up ONCE.

A more glaring issue for me is that I'm still not fully convinced this game needed to be open world. Frontiers was interesting in that it had a kind of inverse of the "Sonic Cycle", which refers to the phenomenon that occurs prior to the release of many Sonic games where fans hype up a new game as "It's actually GOOD this time!" and then it comes out to middling reception and everyone laments how bad it is until the next game where the hype begins anew. This time, Frontiers was met with skepticism and confusion on it's announcement and reveal; no one really understood the concept of an 'open world' Sonic game. Having played the game now myself I think I do understand the concept, but it still feels a bit off to me. It's not that it's executed poorly, but I think the concept from the beginning is flawed.

All the islands in Sonic Frontiers are vast, sweeping, beautiful vistas to explore. The geography is interesting to both play in and theres plenty to do in these islands, but mainly it's about collecting memory tokens around the island, portal gears from bosses and keys to get chaos emeralds. Much of these collectables are found in the various platforming sections in the island which are usually platforms, rails and springs dotted around the world. These are actually pretty enjoyable, but my issue is they really feel like what happens if you took a traditional Sonic level and blew it up with a bomb, then took all the pieces that scattered and arranged them on a field. Maybe thats a bad analogy because this explosion didn't ruin the Sonic level, and the parts are still functional, but you can almost see what the levels used to be, and what we could have had instead. These mini platforming sections also often clash with the feel of the openness of the world. This is most aggregious on the third island, where many of these platforming sections are in 2D; once you enter one of these sections you're locked in a plane and forced to complete a section before you can get out of it.

Meanwhile the closest thing to a proper Sonic level we get are the Cyberspace missions, which are also pretty enjoyable and well designed but feel a little underwelming with the reuse of level themes from Green Hill, Chemical Plant, Sky Sactuary and some city. It's especially dissapointing if you've played Sonic Generations and know they just took all the assets from that game. Again, these Cyberspace missions are generally well designed and fun, but gone are the spectacles and variety of a more traditional Sonic level. Levels designs take inspiration from some classic games like Sonic Adventure 2, but it always left me missing the themes of those levels instead.

Another issue I have is the combat, more specifically, Sonic's moveset. I don't know exactly how I can describe it because I want to say it's both too simple and over complicated. Fighting enemies is generally pretty good, if a little simple; much of the time you're mashing the homing attack. Once you unlock more moves you can mix it up with the stomp combo, flying kick, homing shot etc, the use of the cyloop to break enemy guard is fun and if you're feeling flashy you can counter and dodge moves. All that is fine and easy to understand, but my issue is Sonic learns too many moves to the point there aren't even enough buttons on the controller to accomodate them. Some of these moves overlap too; early in the game you unlock Sonic Boom where Sonic flies in the air and fires lots of projectiles at the enemy. Later in the game you unlock Cross Slash, a move where Sonic again flies in the air and fires projectiles at the enemy. I still don't understand why two beam projectile moves are needed, but worse still is the fact Cross Slash is Boost + Jump during combat, making this a move thats quite easy to input accidently. Similarly, homing shot and flying kick are both good moves, but for me it's not clear why I would use one over the other.

So after all that, you might be thinking I don't like the game but truthfully I liked it a lot, and I think it holds a lot of potential for future Sonic games. Ultimately I think where the game succeeds is how Sonic handles. In my opinion this is the best he's ever controlled ever; he's fast and responsive, easy to maneuver and even very lenient with jumps, allowing you to correct missed jumps a lot of the time in mid air. I honestly believe this is fundamentally the largest pillar holding the game up as high as it is, because it's what makes running around the open world doing all the disjointed platforming sections scattered about so much damn fun. Often the game would tell me to go to a waypoint on the map to continue the story, so I'd try to go there, only to be distracted by a spring or a rail along the way that I'd gleefully leap onto that takes me on it's little platforming or rail grinding section whilst it dopes me up on virtual crack and releases the happy brain chemicals, and each time this happens I'm usually rewarded with rings and a memory token. Then when I finish that section it ends with a launch pad that conveniently lands me near another spring or rail that takes me on ANOTHER ride around the mountain and before I know it an hour has passed and I've made no progress in the plot.

This extends to the Cyberspace missions too (though as a caveat Sonic runs slower in these sections). Whilst Cyberspace lifts level designs from games like Generations it also takes stages from Sonic Adventure 2 and the fact that Sonic handles both the boost heavy stages and more 3D platform focused stages with ease shows how much more versatile this iteration of Sonic is. It made replaying the stages for speed runs a lot of fun.

This is basically why dispite my claim that the open world concept is flawed, Sonic Frontiers is still fun to just sit down and blast through. But maybe next time we could have the best of both worlds? Since this iteration of Sonic handles Cyberspace so well I don't see why they couldn't make the next Sonic game more focused around those kinds of levels. Bring it back to the traditional style of multiple zones with varying themes to keep the game feeling fresh throughout. We don't even have to lose the open world, either, as games like Sonic Adventure 1 have had it's traditional stages linked together in a hub world like Station Square or Mystic Ruins. Why not have a more intricate, maybe slightly downscaled world that links these traditional stages together, that also contain more content and fun things to run around on and collect that fill the space between the normal stages?

I should also mention briefly the other positives. The writing is definitely a step up, the banter between characters feels good and there's genuine emotion in the story without it feeling too overdramatic. The throwbacks to older Sonic was fun, and a welcome change after every other Sonic game felt like it's own continuity, and it didn't feel forced either. The music is fantastic as usual, and the Super Sonic boss fights were absolutely the highlight of the game for me, I had the biggest damn smile in that first boss fight. Genuinely the best Super Sonic has ever been.

Anyway I dunno what they'll do for the next Sonic game, but I guess after this game it feels like the futures bright for Sonic, and I'm looking forward to what comes next! (Although Generations had me feeling hopeful for the future of Sonic too and look what happened after that).

Now if you'll excuse me I need to find out how to order the soundtrack for Sonic Frontiers

#Sonic Frontiers #my dumb opinion of video game #blorg post

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