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nowhereman313 · 1 year

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The Nowhere’s Store Saga

Alrighty folks, it’s Storytime. I, along with my business partner, a couple of employees, and a handful of very dedicated volunteers, am building (quite literally) a Friendly Local Game Store and geeky community center in Springfield, Missouri! And hoo boy, it has been a journey. I’ll be merciful to the scrollers and put most of it under the cut, but click through to see the adventures we’ve been on for the last six months of dealing with a decrepit old building full of mysteries!

But first, a little begging for money. We’re so close to being open, but we’re also doing it as working class folks who don’t get on well with banks, so we’re dependent entirely on personal loans and crowdfunding. If you’d like to help us buy ceiling tiles along on our journey, please check out our GoFundMe!

First, a little background. I grew up in the gaming community in my hometown, getting my first job in the industry when I was 16, working as a Dungeon Master for a game and comic shop called Dragon’s Lair, which became my home store and the center of both my social and professional life. When Dragon’s Lair closed down in 2010, I bounced from shop to shop for a little while, looking to replace the sense of community that Dragon’s Lair had embodied. Nothing ever quite set right for me. Either the place felt too much like a store, where I felt uncomfortable spending time there without constantly buying stuff, or it didn’t have enough space, or it didn’t cater to the markets I cared about, or I just plain didn’t like the people behind the counter. So eventually, I got enough, and decided that I was gonna start my own store! With blackjack! And hookers! Actually, probably not those last couple things, because the license fees are outrageous.

So Nowhere’s Store of Forgotten Lore was conceived. It took a few years to get to the point of being able to actually pull the trigger, but the circumstances that came with the pandemic forced our hand, and we started building Nowhere’s Store into something real.

After a couple months of sitting around a table at a pizza joint and hashing out details, a metric fuckload of paperwork, and a lucky break involving a rock in someone’s shoe, we finally had a place. It’s huge, and the price is fantastic, but... Well, we had our work cut out for us. What we found when we got there was this:

Our building had been a carpet wholesale place since the 1960s, and had seen a lot of use and abuse over the decades. We found all sorts of unpleasantness in our ceiling and our walls... and our floors... and any other available (or unavailable) nook and/or cranny. Some highlights include:

Shoddy construction on carpet shelving that would have held literal tons of product. This particular bit, helpfully labeled by whoever Shawn was, fell. the fuck. off. while someone was working on that shelf.

See this wall? No you don’t, because that’s not a wall, it’s a Wall-Like Object. It is merely the suggestion of a wall, because a real wall wouldn’t be held in place solely by two screws and a single piece of goddamn corner molding.

Alex’s tool chest here was hiding a broken and open window, which solved the where the fuck is all this humidity coming from??? question we had for the first couple months. Why there was a chest-high window in a former-bathroom-turned-closet, the world may never know.

This is our office, which as you can see, was tastefully paneled in 1980s wood paneling and brown shag carpet stapled to pegboard. Because sure. The shag was removed immediately, but the paneling remains...

For those of you unfamiliar with the Holy Trifecta of Jury-Rigging, that is baling twine. Which was the only thing holding up a length of electrical conduit that was suspended from the ceiling. That’s definitely safe and up to code.

Thankfully, most of the above has gone bye-bye, and we were able to start actual construction.

Once the sham-walls were out of the way, this is what the front of the shop looked like. All you see before the beginnings of the new wall is strictly retail space. About 2,500 square feet of space for games, comics, and collectibles. But that’s only about a third of our space.

This is our reading lounge. Until we get the rest of the shop completed, it’ll be our primary gaming space, but the end-goal is a space where people can just come in and hang out, read some comics, or just spend some time with other members of the community. It’ll be themed after a 19th century explorer’s club, and that big brown panel in the back is in the middle of becoming a false window, where we can display landscape scenes to move the lounge from the African savannah to the windswept deserts of Mars, and anywhere else we can imagine.

Speaking of gaming space...

This is Sparta gaming space. Roughly the same amount of space as the front of the shop, this is going to be our tournament space. Enough room to host a full-scale Magic tournament, with a couple board gaming groups or tabletop RPG parties as well, without breaking a sweat. We’re even putting in a back counter so that those participating in a tournament don’t have to schlep all the way to the front counter to buy some chips.

But Nowhere, you ask, I’m self-conscious around crowds, and Magic players are loud. I wouldn’t want to run my D&D campaign in the middle of so many people. I hate your shop and I hate you!

Well, aside from being oddly aggressive, my dear strawman, you’re also...

Wrong!

With our social media mala for scale, what you see before you is one of our three private game rooms! Through a secret door (yes, really), is a second section of the store, which will be dedicated entirely to private gaming spaces, all available to our community for free! Not available in Alaska or Hawaii. Void where prohibited.

There’s two concrete walls and an air gap between this section of the shop and the rest of the place, so it’ll be noise-free and, due to the struggles we dealt with trying to run games during lockdown, will be set up for streaming, so that any member of your groups that can’t make it to the shop can remote in via Discord or other apps and participate just like everybody else.

Now, up to this point, everything’s kinda looked like... well, shit. It’s looked like shit. Bare concrete, shockingly unsafe walls, and janky construction throughout. But we’ve been busy these last few months, and now it looks like this:

We’re installing the slatwall right now, so apologies for that being in the way, but look! Walls! Carpet! People! I’m actually in this picture, there in the hat, writing this very post.

That whole wall there, that runs the length of the retail space, is going to be dedicated to comics. Our manager, Stu, is a fixture in our local gaming and comics community, and has been The Comic Guy for 30+ years. We’re really excited to see what he does with it, as he’s been given free reign to do with it what he pleases.

Our manga section is my business partner’s baby, and he has great plans for it, starting with the massive X-frame display you can see behind me there.

The back wall will be dedicated to tabletop RPGs on one side, and board games on the other. We plan on carrying things that are hard to find elsewhere, including niche miniatures and tabletop games made by people other than Hasbro.

Our counter, which will be where the slatwall is now (the counters themselves are in the back right now), will be split between card games and collectibles.

And speaking of niche, hard-to-find products, one of the things I’m most excited about is our local creator display. We have a floor display that’ll be a showcase for local artists, authors, and other creators. We want to show our customers that they don’t need to order things from half a world away to get affordable, handmade crafts, and we want to show our community that we’re willing to put our money (and our floor space) where our mouth is, and regularly stock local creations.

We’re opening in stages, but the front will be ready for stock within the week, and we should be open very soon. However, like I mentioned back at the beginning, we’re running low on funds, and we’re looking to the community for help in the final stretch. Whether you’re local gamers, friends of the staff, or just people who want to see a community-centric place like ours exist in the world, please consider donating to our GoFundMe. We’re also amenable to loans, so if that’s more your speed, feel free to email us at [email protected]

Whelp, that’s it for now! Thanks for spending your time on this post, and happy gaming.

#storytime #flgs #renovation hell #local business #springfield mo #tabletop gaming #roleplaying games #comic shops #small business

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inushin · 2 years

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Rough Night

The white Monte Carlo pulled into the turning lane and waited for the vehicles to pass before entering the small parking lot. On the left stood a white building, the front had six large doors for vehicles to enter, and a small door in the corner led to the office. A few vehicles were parked in front of the shop, and several more were parked along the side. Moriz pulled into a parking spot and…

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theuniversesvoicebox · 1 year

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thegreatcaptainusopp · 2 months

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Weary of the Surfaces

Summary: Sanji never quite understood piracy. He thinks he never will. Happy birthday Sanji!

Pirates, his mother whispers to him in the dark, go on adventures!

Sanji presses closer to her, face buried in her shoulder. “What kind of adventures?” He whispers back into her clothing.

“Sanji,” His mother says, and her tone makes him snap his head back up. He meets her gaze, her face broken into a large grin. “That is exactly the right question. Do you know what time it is?”

Sanji feels a smile spread across his own face. “Yes!” He cheers, wiggling excitedly. “It’s story time!”

“It’s story time!” And his mother lifts her sheets, gesturing at him to crawl under them. “To the story cave!”

Sanji leaps in, burrows himself to his mother’s side. If he presses his face deep enough, he can smell her under the scent of hospital rooms.

His mother cuddles back, throwing the sheets over them both. “Today’s story,” She whispers. “Is about pirates! And the greatest pirate who ever lived. Are you ready to hear about it?”

“Yes!” Sanji whisper-cheers into her side. He doesn’t know how she always hears him, but she does.

“Great!” She moves her mouth closer to his ear so he can hear every detail. “A long time ago, in a land far far away from here, there lived a young man. That young man was, hm, quite small, blond, with cute little curly eyebrows and a great talent for cooking…”

“Mo-om,” Sanji whines. “That’s me! You’re describing me again!”

He feels her shake in laughter. “Oops! You’re right! Okay, okay, fine. The young man had dark hair and dark eyes and a funny hat. And he wanted more than anything to go on adventures! And so, he set out to the sea, which was open in front of him, in order to find them.”

Sanji waits, practically vibrating with excitement. “Where did he go?” He asks, unable to take the suspense anymore. “What did he do?”

“Well,” His mother says. “He went everywhere, and did everything. There are a million stories that I could tell you, but we don’t have time for that. So you pick. Where do you think he went?”

Sanji’s face furrows in concentration. He feels her breathe in and out. “Okay,” He says. “How about…”

He’s interrupted by an abrupt movement below him. He shoots up, throwing the covers off him, scared at the sounds of deep coughing. “Mom! Are you okay?”

She coughs some more, hand over her mouth. She takes the other one and drops it on his head. It shakes.

“Yes, Sanji,” She rasps after a few minutes. “I’m fine, just some coughing is all. Maybe we’ll get back to storytime later, okay?”

Sanji nods hard. “Okay,” He says. “It’s okay Mom. After you get better we’ll tell more stories. And then we can go on adventures too, okay? You and me. Maybe Reiju too. We can be the pirates next.”

The hand on his head grips him harder. “Okay,” His mother coughs out weakly. “Okay, Sanji.”

Pirates, the ship’s cook tells him gravely, will kill you, if you give them a chance.

“Let them try!” Sanji says, slamming his knife onto the cucumber with more force than was strictly necessary. “They won’t be able to get past me in here!”

He’s rewarded for his show of strength with a smack to the head. “Idiot,” The man mutters. “Listen, okay? I’m serious! If we’re caught out here by pirates, they won’t hesitate to hurt even a little pipsqueak like you. You run or you hide, got it?”

Sanji sticks his tongue out at the man. “I won’t!” He says. “We have knives in here don’t we? We can fight back here!”

“Tch,” the man clicks his tongue in disgust. “You do that, you’re liable to become fillet yourself sonny boy. It’s a dangerous life out here at sea. A big reason for that is the pirates that roam here. They’ll attack anyone, no matter how small, to get what they want. They’re criminals of the highest order.”

Sanji aggressively chops the cucumber again. “Fine,” He grumbles. “They’re bad, whatever. They haven’t faced me before though.”

“How many times do I-HEY! Is that dill I see?” The man yells.

“Yeah, well, you wanted the salad to taste good, didn’t you?” Sanji says, reaching for the vinaigrette. “Just give me a few-”

The container is yanked out of his hands. “Follow the recipe,” The man hisses. “Or we’ll find us a new assistant!”

Sanji grits his teeth. He stays silent.

Pirates, Zeff says, wooden leg slamming to the floor as he takes a step, are inherently selfish

Sanji peers up at him through his bowl of soup. “Weren’t you a pirate?”

“‘Weren’t’ is the operative word there,” Zeff responds. “And yes. I don’t see how that’s relevant, though.”

“Yeah,” Sanji says. “But you aren’t-I mean. You calling yourself selfish, old man?”

Zeff throws his head back into laughter. “You bet,” He says. “I most definitely was selfish back in my pirating days. Still am, but I was more so back then.”

Sanji’s eyes narrow. “Is this a test or something?” He asks. “Didn’t your pirate self give me food when we, well, you know? How is that selfish?”

“Easy,” Zeff says, plopping down on the seat in front of Sanji. He groans, stretching his arms back. “I did that because I wanted to, and for no other reason. See? Selfish.”

Sanji’s suspicions grow. “That makes no sense,” He says. “Selfish means doing things for yourself without thinking about others. That’s why pirates raid and take stuff. They don’t care about hurting others. That’s not what you did though.”

Zeff leans onto the table, chuckling lowly. “Yep,” He says, popping the p. “That’s exactly what I did. I took action not thinking or caring about any long term consequences. I didn’t think about others, I just thought about what I wanted to do and I did it. Simple.”

“You’re definitely messing with me,” Sanji says, putting down his bowl in frustration. “You’re saying things that don’t make sense.”

“It makes sense if you think about it, which you aren’t,” Zeff tells him, crossing his arms. “You’re assumin’ here that selfishness is a bad thing that only hurts other people. It can be, but it doesn’t have to be. Selfishness is a wide field, you know. And what did I tell you about assuming?”

“I’m not saying it,” Sanji grumbles, spooning up some more soup.

“Your choice. Anyway, it’s all moot now. Selfishness isn’t want I do anymore,” Zeff tells him. “Do you get it now?”

No. Sanji thinks, but he just shrugs.

“You will, one day,” Zeff says, eyes far away. “You’ll know.”

Pirates, Luffy yells, arms aloft, are free

It’s a familiar scene, played out during the entirety of the time Sanji has been here. Now is no exception, and as they sail away from their adventure in the skies, Sanji feels particularly invested in the notion.

Duties done for now, he leans back on the Merry, railing. He lights a new cigarette and watches Luffy give his speech to an equally excited Usopp and Chopper, who hang onto his every word. “Pirates!” They all cheer as one, dancing together. “Are free!”

He can see Robin-Chan to the side, pinning the dancing trio with a puzzled glance.

Sanji lifts a cigarette to his mouth. “Not if they’re caught for piracy, they’re not,” He mutters into his next breath.

“What was that?”

Sanji nearly pitches over the ship in surprise. He hadn’t heard her approach. “Nami-San!” Flustered, he taps out his cigarette. “Did you need anything? Are you hungry?”

“No,” Nami-San says, stopping a few paces away from him. She leans onto the railing too. “I’m fine, Sanji. I just wanted to know…what did you mean by that?”

“By what?” Sanji asks. “I can explain whatever it is you like!”

Nami-San gives a defeated sigh. “You don’t have to-never mind. I meant by what Luffy was saying over there. You don’t think pirates are free?”

Sanji’s hands start to sweat. Should he unburden himself and show Nami-San his true vulnerable opinions, or should he not bother her with his thoughts? “Well,” He hedges, hand going up behind his head. “I didn’t mean much, really. Just…freedom as a pirate is great. But it’s a little limited if we’re always running and hiding from the Marines, right?”

It had been the right move. Nami-San graces him with a smile, and Sanji is so overjoyed he could explode. “I guess,” She says. “I don’t think Luffy sees it that way, though. I used to think the same, you know? But it took me a while with Luffy to realize what he means when he says that.”

Sanji doesn’t want to bother her. And yet…“What does he mean?” He asks, curiosity and the need to keep talking to Nami-San getting the better of him. “What kind of freedom is he talking about?”

“Hm,” Nami says, hand going up to her chin. “You know, I don’t think any of us will ever know for sure. But. I think he’s talking about freedom of movement, you know? Freedom to do what you like without the expectation of what you should be doing instead. And whatever that could mean for any of us.”

Sanji nods thoughtfully. “Yes,” He says. “I suppose that’s true. But, we still live in a world that pushes back against that kind of freedom, right? Just being a pirate in itself pushes back against absolute freedom as a result of who you are? Doesn’t it?”

Nami gives him another smile, and Sanji feels his heart go into overdrive. Before she can respond, they’re interrupted by a gruff voice. “Don’t overthink it, cook.”

Sanji immediately sees red. He whirls to his right, where a certain marimo swordsman had presumably been taking his nap. “What did you say, mosshead?”

“Calm down,” the mosshead says, unmoved. “You’re overthinking this. Freedom is freedom. Pirates are pirates. And that means whatever you think it means, because you’re a pirate. There aren’t any rules, because, again, you’re a pirate.”

“Tch,” Sanji growls, leaning back to his original spot on the railing. The words echo in his head, you’re a pirate. “Go back to sleep.”

Nami-San shakes her head, but she’s still smiling. “How can you be so smart sometimes and so stupid other times, Zoro?” She asks.

They’re met with the sound of snoring, but that’s not what Sanji is hearing. Something else entirely is echoing in his head, like multiple voices shouting at him all at once.

“Pirates,” Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper, scream in unison, one more time. “Are free!”

Pirates, Sanji thinks, are free.

“You…” The Marine’s knees shake before him. He’s seconds away from dropping to his knees, the fear apparent in his eyes. “What are you?”

The flames fan around Sanji’s hair. He can feel them pulse through his leg, whip through his clothes, but the heat doesn’t bother him.

He doesn’t have time to waste for this. His crew needs him, and he’ll fight through whatever it takes to get back to them.

This should be easy, though. No skin off the back of the crew of the future pirate king.

“Heh,” Sanji says. He takes the cigarette out of his mouth, tapping it to ashes below. “I’m a pirate.”

#happy birthday Sanji!#one piece #op #speaks #Sanji #monkey d luffy #Zeff #should I post this to ao3. idk.#op fics #roronoa zoro #Nami

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stylishpagani · 9 months

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Part 2 of BREAKBEE BREAKBEE BREAKBEE BREAKBEE

After their kiss Bumblebee pulled Breakdown into a tight hug. The two heard a sudden "Awwwww" which startled Bumblebee when he turned around and saw Twitch with the rest of the Malto's looking at them.

Turns out that at some point during their kiss Twitch had turned around to check up on Bumblebee and saw them kiss. She immediately alerted the others.

Bumblebee gave them a flabbergasted look. Breakdown saw the perfect opportunity to tease his boyfriend. He chuckled and gave Bumblebee a kiss on the cheek at this point Bumblebee was noticeably blushing. The terrans gave each other mischievous smiles before running off. The family started to leave with Dorothy and Alex behind them. Dorothy invited Breakdown to come live with them he kindly refused but she was persistent and finally he gave in and agreed. Alex and Dorothy left to join the others.

Bumblebee and breakdown were the last to reach the house Bumblebee showed him around the place.

They sat in the dugout Bumblebee snuggled up next to breakdown. They chatted for a few minutes while Exchanging soft kisses. Bumblebee rested his head on Breakdown's shoulder and fell asleep shortly after Breakdown fell asleep.

A while later Bumblebee woke up he saw twitch and the rest of the terrans snuggled up next to them. He smiled and went back to sleep.

After a few hours he woke up to Breakdown surrounded by the terrans, Robbie, Mo and Alex. He walked up to Them. Breakdown noticed Bumblebee had woken he turned to look at Bumblebee and said "Good morning sleepyhead". "what are you guys up to" asked Bumblebee. "oh just a little storytime on how we met" replied Breakdown. Bumblebee sat across from Breakdown.

As Breakdown told the story Bumblebee couldn't help but lovingly stare at Breakdown. Twitch and hashtag noticed Bumblebee staring and exchanged mischievous smiles.

As Breakdown finished the story the two bots were flooded with questions like "how old were you two when you met?" or "where in Cybertron did you two meet?". Breakdown and Bumblebee had to answer every single one of them. After what felt like an hour of answering their questions the two bots were finally left alone. Bumblebee gave the terrans the day off because he wanted to spend time with Breakdown.

They went racing in the woods near the house As Bumblebee overtook Breakdown he crashed into a tree and injured his leg when Breakdown saw this he immediately transformed and practically sprinted over to Bumblebee. Fortunately he wasn't hurt too bad but walking was kinda hard for him. Bumblebee insisted that he was ok but Breakdown didn't wanna hear it he temporarily patched Bumblebee up, swooped him into his arms which made Bumblebee blush and took him back to the house.

Upon reaching the field Breakdown sat Bumblebee down and patched him up but still he couldn't walk properly.

So for the next few days Breakdown carried Bumblebee everywhere until his leg fully healed up.

Was all this Necessary no but Did Bumblebee enjoy the treatment yes. In these few days Bumblebee did still teach the terrans. Breakdown even checked up on his leg every day till it was fully healed.

Nightshade lent Bumblebee one of his books so Bumblebee sat with his back to a tree and started reading while watching the kids play Breakdown went up to Bumblebee. "Yes?" Asked Bumblebee Breakdown threw his head into Bumblebee's lap he put the book aside and diverted his full attention to Breakdown by lovingly stroking his head.

After a little while Bumblebee had to teach the terrans so they got up Bumblebee pressed a soft kiss on Breakdown's cheek and Breakdown held Bumblebee's face in his servos and gave him a kiss on his forehead and they went to the terrans.

#breakbee #tf breakdown #tf earthspark #earthspark bumblebee #earthspark breakdown #tfe breakdown #tfe bumblebee #breakdown #earthspark #tf bumblebee

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eriexplosion · 2 months

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Entombed, PHEE MY BELOVED.

Omega is having so much fun in the junkyard she finds extreme enrichment in being able to Steal and Scavenge. I love that Omega craves Treasure this season, it's for a sad reason (SHE HAS TO EARN HER RIGHT TO EXIST WITH HER FAMILY RIGHT?) but it's also delightful to watch. LET SMALL GIRLS STEAL ALL THEY WANT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEIR PSYCHE.

Bolo and Ketch at Phee's storytime is so cute

Tech you would only know the story changes every time if you were listening every time she told it (and remembering the details) you know you like storytime.

God Hunter has reached maximum tired dad in this episode like legitimately the most exhausted I have ever seen him. His completely tired voice on 'Those two will believe anything.' Tired glances exchanged with Echo. This face.

We have a bit to go before he gets to that face but I am fucking entranced by it. Haunted by it. God give him a nap.

Tech and Phee sorting through the garbage haul together. Date Night Ideas for nerds.

MEL-221 is SO cute I love the paint job

Tech absolutely wants to pick Phee's brain for more unknown systems he wants to put them on his map, he MUST put more systems on his map.

Hunter turning around while they're talking though like he senses a disturbance in the force and it's going to make his life more difficult isn't it?

God him doing grouchy knife tricks in the background watching Omega copy Phee like she used to do with him, Hunter is so mad that is HIS little sister and Phee is STEALING HER.

"Who'd wanna hide treasure here?" Echo let's be real, the best place to hide treasure is where no one in their right mind would ever want to go. It just makes sense. Their distaste for how much this place sucks is great though, Echo has two sides: One wants to be doing more to fight the Empire, the other wants to find a nice sunny spot and drink a margarita already. Notably NEITHER of those sides wants to be on Suck Planet looking for Supposed Treasure.

CUTLASS CUTLASS CUTLASS

"If I'm right, which is always~" I love her so much.

Also her dramatically like THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO SKARA NAL! And Echo is just. The WHAT? Genuinely one of my favorite things is when someone says something and Echo's entire reaction is "What the FUCK are you TALKING ABOUT?"

Phee you need to be aware when discussing 'the ancients' that everyone besides you in this room is less than 12 years old and their entire culture began that long ago too, they have very little reference for ancient anything.

Omega <3 BABY GIRL IS SO SMART also I love laying the compass on Phee's lantern to make it a projector that is so good

Hunter sensing the creature coming before it growls, I always love to see some of his enhanced senses at play. AND WHY IS IT ALWAYS WRECKER ABOUT TO GET EATEN, WHAT ABOUT HIM IS SO IMMENSELY SNACKABLE?

"You're just making this up as you go" hush Hunter that is your entire MO and you know it.

"So we have to navigate this death trap without it?" "Good thing you have me :D" *HUNTER GIVES THE LONGEST SIGH AND DRAWS HIS GUN FOR NO REASON JUST TO EMPHASIZE HOW UNCOMFORTABLE HE IS*

I love the door opening with the SPINNING as it slides

Heart of the Mountain is so pretty I want it as a rock candy

I've noticed when they need someone to fall while they're dangling precariously it's always Echo that goes first, life is hard when you have one hand capable of gripping.

The interior when the... it looks like a tomb guardian from Jedi Fallen Order iirc... activates looks so good.

Phee protectively clinging to the Heart of the Mountain, she doesn't WANNA give it up! Fair, Phee.

Hunter saving her last minute is such a good moment too, honestly this is a fun episode and yet another one I can't understand why people hated it sooooo much. This fandom lacks joy sometimes.

Let me tell you this thing approaching the Marauder is still stressful despite knowing nothing happens to it because of my intense belief that the marauder is NOT making it out of this show in one piece.

Them all being in this thing as it randomly self destructs is a lot, WHY DOES IT DO THAT WHEN YOU PUT THE THING BACK IN

"This puts as at 0 for 2 in treasure hunting"

MEL being blown up so much that Phee keeps a backup of her on the ship is a great detail.

#the bad batch rewatch

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truly-morgan · 8 months

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[Youtube AU, shuangjie extra]

General | Mo Dao Zu Shi Modern AU 12-08-2021

[#mdzs youtuber AU]

Just a silly AU imagining some of my favs as YouTubers if YouTube wasn’t banned in China (please let me know if there’s actually an equivalent to it).

[#jiangcheng] Sandu

Jc created his account soon after wwx was kicked out of the house officially and then basically disappeared. He needed somewhere to vent and he doubted his family would ever find his account (they never).

He started by simply filming himself with his phone with barely any editing outside of cutting parts out. He was mostly talking about his day and his anxiety when it was starting to build up too much.

Then he started having a following, answering comments through videos when people wanted updates about certain events he mentioned. He slowly started doing Story time, even including one sent to him by subscribers.

When he got into college, he would even do the occasional vlog. He started to be known for being a grumpy sarcastic college student (even tho everyone can see in his interaction with people in his vlog that he seems really nice and polite).

He has different biweekly series on his channel. Storytimes for either when something interesting happened or from subscribers; reading stories he either finds online or is sent by subscribers (usually scary and supernatural ones); and the occasional vlog.

[#jiangyanli] cooking with a-li

Jyl started her videos after starting to study cuisine (the idea totally didn’t come from jc barely being able to cook anything more than eggs and pasta).

She does recipe videos, mostly aimed towards those who want to start cooking but might feel overwhelmed. She sometimes makes more complicated dishes. She focuses on cooking but also experiments more with baking, which is a series of her getting better at that skill.

She has another series called “Cooking/baking with Didi” where she and jc follow a receipt together when jc is free to make one with her.

[#weiwuxian] Yiling Laozu

Wwx has a channel about art and experiment, sometimes mixing both together.

His art video often consists of him rambling about whatever comes to mind while the camera is showing what he’s painting or drawing. He couldn’t say whether people are here for his art or his rambling, either way, he enjoys making these videos.

His other videos nearly all have a “Do not do this at home” warning at the start of it. It consists of him building weird contraptions that have no real use, sometimes little robots, other times his contraption /are/ useful but look rather unsafe. He sometimes also messes with science.

The voice of reason in these videos is his faceless and shy roommate who tries to make sure he doesn’t burn anything or hurt himself.

This channel is actually how jc and jyl found him back and knew he was alive and safe.

[#lanwangji] Hanguan-Jun

Lwj channel is basically him doing music, some include old videos of recital of his (recorded by lqr) followed by him redoing the same melody to see the difference in practice. The music he composes himself usually only have instrumental, but he will sometimes sing when he does covers.

He doesn’t interact often with fans, but anyone who did interact with him said he is rather nice. He will often be seen replying in comments when people ask for tips about music.

He stays faceless in his videos, although he doesn’t necessarily hide himself if he ever appears on his brother’s channel.

[#lanxichen] Zewu-Jun

Much like his brother, lxc channel is one around music. Although he makes his own covers and composition public, what Zewu-Jun is most known for is his music tutorial on various traditional Chinese instruments, going from debutant to more knowledgeable level depending on the video.

He is more than happy to give tips and help people learn, he has even given private classes to some who were living in gusu (which did make him consider becoming a teacher).

Lwj will sometimes appear in his videos when he either makes little challenges suggested by his subscribers or needs help with other videos. He even has some Q&A with lwj, which is where fans can find most info about the quiet lwj.

[#niehuaisang] Juan Shan

Nhs channel is all about art and fashion. He does everything from art videos, and some tutorials on how he does things in his art, to giving suggestions about outfits and even doing a weekly series about outfits and put together (he also loves collabing with people to create a nice outfit for them). One of his most recent series turns around makeup as he slowly gets to learn about it to make his outfits even better.

He also 100% manages to convince 3zun to be his model.

[#niemingjue] Chifeng-Zun

Nmj has a fitness channel. He has a couple of playlists, all turning somehow around training. He will do vlogs about his own training regime and diet, sometimes following a goal to do [x] thing or being able to participate in [y] event.

He also does exercise tutorials, going from debutant to more advanced exercise, although he is very beginner-focused as he wants more people to find ways to slowly get to exercise. He also has a series about Storytime from the gym (some events sent by followers).

[#jinzixuan] Bai Mudan

Jzx has this channel where there's a big contrast between his first upload that is still up on his channel and what he creates now.

He started young, posting dumb things he did and showing off the wealth of his family, trying to play a character that “he should be”. He was pleased and satisfied with the attention he got, which was what he was looking for, but then got tired to be “the rich kid who shows off”.

As he grew older, he slowly got more into movies and film, gaining interest in storytelling and filmmaking. His content nearly suddenly changed to a film review, even adding facts about how it was done.

Fans who stayed since he started posting as a dumb young teen can see how much more passionate and happier he is about his content now.

Once his relationship with jyl got better she started staring at his video, even having a series of “wife first time watching...”.

[#xueyang] Chengmei

Xy basically has a gaming channel, known to be an annoying brat when playing online or for his horror game Let's Play. Although he is mostly known for his streaming of varied games, ranging from online fps to simulator gaming passing by horror and even romance games when he wants to laugh a bit.

Despite his content basically being the same in the past years of his being active, his fans have all seen a shift in him, especially after the sudden change in the room he films and streams in. “Isn’t this new room great? Bigger than my last apartment” he comments when someone pointed it out.

He is still a chaotic and annoying gremlin, but people have seen the dark circle under his eyes diminish over the last months and is that water he’s drinking?!

Sometimes his other roommate will appear in videos.

Aq will join him in some of his games, appreciated by the chat because of her attitude and the clash between the two. She often whines that xy should split the money with him when she streams with him.

Xxc seems to also be loved by the chat. The man isn’t great at video games and everyone finds it rather funny how xy suddenly becomes a bit less of a gremlin (although quite the flirt) while he teaches him how to play the game (some even suspect he let xxc wins sometimes).

Xxc is also well known for being the mom's friend, as he will sometimes pop only to bring something to eat, some water or just remind xy not to forget to sleep (“Can gege be my new dad TToTT!!!!” often fills the chat when he appears).

Sl rarely appears, usually when it’s already late in the night and he reminds xy that he should go to sleep. It usually ends in xu betting that if he wins against him (sl) he can stay awake all night, but that he’ll end the stream (which usually has even gone on for hours already) if he wins. Xy still doesn’t understand where sl gets his skill in video games.

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(should I be working on my 3D model? Yes. Is my head killing me and my motivation non-existent right now? Also yes, so let me have silly AU where I don't even know where am going with it since my brain feels stuck)

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