#Fast Food and Crypto

[lunarreign24]

Golly. McDonald's posted the most retail thing ever and the crypto community thought it was a slight at them. Sometimes it is sad to be in a field anywhere adjacent to the crypto bros.

[wcnderlnds]

fxxk it | choi su-bong (thanos)

・❥・ summary: thanos is your ex and when he sees you linking up with the guy that scammed him out of his money, he's furious. ・❥・word count: 1.5k ・❥・warnings: mentions of death bc squid game, fighting, blood, jealous thanos, female reader ・❥・ authors note: making it my mission to name every fic after a bigbang song now.

The air was thick with tension as winning team by winning team slowly rolled into the main holding area. Frustrated groans echoing off the walls from some of the players at how many people had survived. Everyone was fighting for that money and the more people that survived, the more the money had to be shared. Praying on each other's downfall wasn’t the most fun situation to be in but in this place it was necessary. You did what you had to do to survive even if it went against every human moral in existence. It was do or die in this place. If you weren’t strong willed (and strong-stomached) then it was game over. 

The blood in your veins was pumping fast, adrenaline coursing through you at the fact you had survived yet another game. It was all thanks to your team. Myung-gi had very kindly let you join his team. If you were honest with yourself, you had wanted to team with him anyway but your ex boyfriend - who just so happened to be in the games, too - had tried to recruit you for his team. Sensing how uncomfortable you were, Myung-gi had come to the rescue, gently grabbing you by the elbow and pulling you away. To say your ex was furious was an understatement. But, you didn’t care. Definitely didn’t care one bit. Nope.

That wasn’t to say that you didn’t keep an eye on him, often finding yourself seeking him out. It was just a precaution to make sure he stayed away from you. The breakup hadn’t been smooth sailing — a lot of hurtful words and unspoken truths finally coming to light. It had been almost two years since you’d seen him. All the lingering feelings you had deep down were threatening to surface again but no. You liked Myung-gi — he was kind and different from Su-bong. Different is what you needed.

“Hey, you okay?” Myung-gi gently elbowed you to get your attention. “I know the games are rough but I’m here if you need to talk.”

You smiled. “Thank you. Not just for that but for saving me from Thanos. He and I.. we have a history.”

“Yeah, I kind of picked up on that with the face you were pulling when he approached you. He’s an asshole. He’s still blaming me that he lost all his money.”

“Sorry. He’s just very… difficult.”

It wasn’t long after when the voting took place. You wanted out so you’d voted to leave along with Myung-gi who had taken to staying close by your side. The thought alone that someone was protecting you made you smile. A sweet guy that was easy on the eyes? There’d be no complaints from you. Thanos had voted to stay which was no surprise. He was more eager than most to get that money. From what you’d read in the media, he had lost all the money he’d made rapping after he’d invested it in Myung-gi’s crypto – every single penny. His life had apparently gone downhill from there. There had almost been a moment of weakness on your end where you reached out to him but you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Now, as you stood in line to grab your food, you could hear his familiar voice behind you. 

“You know I’ve seen you with him,” his deep voice was right against your ear, you could feel his chest almost pressing against your back. “Of all the fuckin’ people in here, you pick him. Thought you had better taste than that, Senorita.”

You had to take a deep calming breath. Something about having him so close after so long was sending a shiver up your spine, all your senses going into overdrive as you remembered the way he used to made you feel. “Yeah, he’s nice and he actually seems to give a damn about me.”

“I…yeah, well…” Thanos shrugged like he didn’t care but you could tell by the clench of his jaw and the slight reddening of his cheeks that he was furious.

“You look like you’re about to explode there, Su-bong. Don’t go poppin’ a vein now,” you teased, turning around to face him.

“Maybe stop talking about the guy who fucking scammed me like he’s an angel on earth. He’s an even shittier person than I am. The sooner you see that, the better but you go carry on with your sweet little angel boy,” Thanos rolled his eyes, stepping in front of you to grab his food. You watched as he stalked off. A small frown appeared on your face before you shook it off. No way you were going to feel bad. That’s exactly what he wanted.

‘Whatever’, you thought as you grabbed your own food and sat back down with Myung-gi. He was stuffing his face with his food, cross legged on his bunk. A word wasn’t said between you but you could see him occasionally glancing at you, the corners of his lips unturned in a small smile. The attention was nice – it had been a while since someone had looked at you like that. After your relationship with Su-bong, you had remained single hoping to finally find peace with yourself first before you jumped into another relationship. Maybe now it was time to officially move on. Myung-gi seemed to like you and there was a part of you that liked him. If you both survived, maybe this could be the start of something good.

Good thoughts never seemed to last in your world because as soon as the idea of dating someone else popped into your head, Thanos made his way over. It was like he had some kind of sixth sense. This time, he didn’t approach you but Myung-gi instead. Oh no, this was sure to be trouble. 

“First you scam me out of my money and then you want to steal my girl away?” Thanos seethed.

“Last I heard she wasn’t your girl,” Myung-gi quipped. He didn’t even bother looking up which seemed to infuriate your ex more.

“You don’t know shit about us so shut your mouth and stay away from her. She has better taste than a puny, little, fraudulent fuck like you.”

That seemed to trigger something in Myung-gi and before you could even react, he had jumped up and pushed Thanos to the ground. The two men threw punches at each other, yelling obscenities. It wasn’t the first time they had fought. It was becoming an almost daily occurrence at this point. Thanos seemed to have the upper hand, his hands wrapped around Myung-gi’s neck trying to choke the life out of him but Myung-gi kneed him in between the legs. He rolled them around, sitting on top of Thanos as he threw punch after punch into his face.

“Stop!” You cried out but nobody listened. It wasn’t until Gi-hun and Young-il stepped in to stop it. Thanos had blood pouring from his nose, his hand trying to staunch the flow. Myung-gi held his cheek, both of them panting heavily. Your eyes flitted between the two men before you made a decision you knew you’d probably regret.

“Come on,” you said, taking Thanos’ hand and dragging him off towards the bathroom. Myung-gi looked offended but you didn’t care. Your heart had told you Thanos needed you more and, as reckless as it was, you always trusted it.

He sat down on the counter as you dabbed the blood away from his face with some paper towels. Not a word was said between the two of you, only Thanos wincing when you dabbed a particularly sore spot on his face. His poor beautiful face that was now littered in bruises. Once everything was wiped up, you gently examined him. 

“Your nose might be broken but… other than that you’re probably going to have a few brusines,” your fingers softly ran across his cheek causing him to sigh deeply, leaning into your touch.

“You chose me…”

“Yeah.”

“Why? Thought you hated me,” he met your eyes, his hand coming up to take yours from his cheek and hold it in his. “Aren’t I an ‘obnoxious, loud, annoying purple haired moron’ or whatever I heard you call me the other day.”

You blushed. “I mean… yeah you are but… you’re you and there’s always going to be a part of me that loves you regardless of how obnoxious and a pain in the ass you are. I just wish you weren’t so reckless.”

“Sorry, babygirl. Gotta take me or leave me as I am. Can’t change. Won’t change,” he pulled you in a little closer, his lips hovering inches from yours. “So, what’ll it be?”

You were going to regret this, you knew you were but the heart wants what it wants and in that moment it was telling you that was him. The most reckless person you knew but there was something about him that always seemed to pull you back in. Without hesitation, you closed the distance, pressing your lips against his.

“We have a lot to talk about,” you mumbled against his lips.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” he said as he wrapped his arms around you with no intentions of ever letting you go.

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[stinkysam]

Choi Subong “Thanos” - From 0 to 10.

Warning : anxiety, suicidal thoughts, masturbation mention

Genre : fluff

Synopsis : “could you do a comfort fic where Thanos has anxiety attacks or a breakdown, and the reader calms him down with gentleness, tenderness, and love; just to keep Thanos from taking his "chill" pills?” - @sopita-zolu-1105

Reader : Gender neutral (you/yours)

A/N : bold is in English // I know nothing about crypto money so if anything is wrong, uh… welp.

Thanos could not believe his eyes. He had invested 500 million won in crypto money a few days ago under the advice of a YouTuber but the token refused to show up on his screen anymore.

No matter the sites and apps he used, how many times he typed in ‘Dalmatian’, he could not find it.

It’s as if it had never existed. Did he hallucinate it ? Did he not put money on that coin ? He was starting to panic.

When he checked his balance on his bank app, the 500 million won were definitely gone. Proof it really happened.

Heart beating fast, he made a quick search on naver and was instantly hit with articles about a huge crypto scam, the makers having fled the country.

His breathing was growing heavier, scrolling to find the name of the coin.

He sat frozen before his laptop as the word ‘Dalmatian’ had finally appeared before him.

He had been scammed.

All his money. The 500 million won he earned busting his ass rapping. Gone.

Refusing to believe it, he searched the coin on more sites, typing it differently in hope for it to appear. It couldn’t be the same coin he had invested in. No.

But no matter how hard he tried, ‘Dalmatian’ was really gone.

Still under the shock and frustrated, he planted his face in his hands, palms pressing against his eyes, quietly cursing himself. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

He stood up, hands in his hair as he walked around aimlessly, trying to calm down. Surely there was something he could do to get his money back. Right ?

The police.

They could help him, right ?

He took screenshots of his investment in the token, the dates and the amount of money he placed before rushing out to the nearest police station, showing them the proof that he had been scammed.

Although they told him he was not the only one and that they had people come about the same thing, Thanos did not feel better.

How much did these bastards take before running away ? Could he ever get his money back ? ‘Unlikely’ seemed to say the cops.

He stared at the people before him, no longer listening to what they were saying. What do they mean he can’t get his money back ?

He started yelling at them, calling them useless before accusing them of keeping the money, ready to pick a fight. But he was quickly escorted out before anything could get too heated.

He didn’t know what to do, so he walked back home and sat on his couch, silent. His brain was full of thoughts, slowly understanding what happened.

How is he going to buy food if he can’t get his money back ? The groceries ? Wait- the rent ? The electricity and water ? His pills ? Was he going to be homeless ? Does it mean his career is truly over ? He barely has enough for a month.

His heart began beating faster. He was fucked.

Quickly he stood up, grabbing his phone before leaving in haste to walk to your flat. He was so fast he forgot to lock the door to his place, leaving his keys at their place, hanging on the wall by the entrance.

Shit. Shit, shit, shit.

[Subong]> “R u home” He typed quickly before hitting ‘send’.

[Name]> “👍” You replied almost instantly.

As he walked, always looking straight ahead, never stopping, too focused on his thoughts, Thanos almost got hit by a car at a crosswalk. He vaguely wondered why he heard people gasp before getting absorbed by his thoughts again to realize what nearly happened.

Fuck, maybe he should get hit by a car. That’s only what he deserves after all.

His chest felt too small for his heart who was beating so hard against his ribcage. He tried to control his breathing, slowly exhaling but often found himself holding in his breath.

He thought about his father. How many times he told Subong he was stupid and useless, good for nothing. Saying he’d obviously end up like him, addict to something, trapped in a relationship with a baby.

Although Subong wanted to prove him wrong, he agreed with him for once. He is stupid and useless, a good for nothing son, an addict to some drug that destroys his teeth.

He quickly wiped his eyes, a tear threatening to fall. He could not break down. The great legend Thanos never breaks down.

He walked and walked, passing by a bridge. He didn’t slow down or look at the water, knowing he would try to jump if he did. But jumping was all he could think about, body tensing, ready to do the act at any moment.

But then, the bridge was behind him. He quickly crossed the road and went deeper into the streets where the cars couldn’t go, only pedestrians. His heart was beating as fast as he was breathing, taking a few turns before finally reaching your door.

[Subong]> “here”

Within the minute your door was open, you smiled at him until you saw the intense look on his face.

He rushed in, walking past you quickly as you closed the door and followed him deeper inside.

He tried talking, finally facing you but looking elsewhere, but he couldn’t find his words or where to start.

You stared at him, confused, wondering what had him in such a state. Was he high and overwhelmed ?

“My 500 million won.” He finally said, looking at you. “It’s gone !”

“Wh- where ? How ? What ?”

Quickly Subong began explaining from the beginning, he was so fast you struggled to understand everything but you managed to get the gist.

“I’m fucked !” He added, hands in his hair, teary eyed as he walked around, his breathing growing heavier once more. “I don’t have enough to both pay the rent and buy food. I don’t know what to do.”

As he reached for the cross necklace, you grabbed his hand, stopping him.

“Okay, breathe.”

“What the fuck do you think I’m doing !” He yelled with wide eyes.

“You’re doing it wrong ! Raise your arms in the air and put them down and up again. Keep doing that.”

He stared at you, shakily breathing before doing as you said, slowly raising his arms in the air before putting them down and up and down again, doing the same gesture several times.

“Tell me 7 colors in the room.”

He whined, not wanting to do it, closing his eyes.

“Just do it ! And then point 7 objects to me. And keep moving your arms.”

Slowly he calmed down as he struggled to find 7 colors, mind focused on something else than his money before pointing to 7 different objects, his arms still moving.

“Jump up and down if you feel the need.”

And that’s what he did, not without complaining. He jumped for almost a minute before stopping, bending down, tired. He was heavily breathing but for another reason this time.

He was shaking slightly, heart beating fast from the sporty exercise.

“0 being the worst and 10 the best, where are you ?” You asked as he took the time to think before replying.

“5. Or 4.”

“Tell me 7 things you did today. In order.”

He groaned, standing straight again, wiping his eyes.

“Uh… 1, jerked off. 2, took a shit. 3… I took a shower… 4, I uh, checked my phone… 5, I ate cereals… 6, uh, I went to the police station. And uh 7 I went to your… place.”

“Without looking at yourself, what are you wearing ?”

He stared at you. Truly, he could not remember what he put on this morning.

“Do you feel the sleeves of your t-shirt ? Or is it sleeveless ?” You asked, trying to help him out.

“No sleeves. It’s uh, black with a big sun on the front and tour dates on the back.”

“It is. Good. Pants ? Or shorts ?”

“Uh… Cargo shorts. Dark green.”

“Any socks ?”

“Mismatched socks to the ankles. One is white the other is… SpongeBob.”

“Shoes ?”

“On.”

“What’s the brand ?” You chuckled.

“G-Dragon x nike Air Force 1 para-noise 3.0.”

“Again, from 0 to 10, 0 being worst and 10 best, how are you feeling ?”

He stared at you, feeling mostly confused about his state. He had calmed down and although his mind was still plagued by the loss of his money, it wasn’t as loud as earlier.

“6 ? 7 ?”

“Are you hungry ?”

He thought for a moment before shaking his head.

“Do you wanna watch me play a game ?”

“Uh, yeah.” He replied with a nod. You walked to your bedroom, Subong closely following you.

“I can take you in. If you can’t pay the rent of your flat. But we’ll divide the tasks to make it fair. I’ll buy the groceries for two. For as long as you need it.” You said, turning the TV and Switch on to play Tears of the Kingdom.

You sat on your bed, moving the pillow a bit to lay comfortably and you opened your arms, welcoming Subong in.

He quickly climbed on the bed as you wrapped your arms around him, starting the game. You wanted to point out how he won’t be able to see the game with the position he was in but you decided against it, letting him relax against you, his right ear on your chest, listening to your calm heartbeat who occasionally picked up each time you were fighting strong monsters.

“I love you.” You said, kissing the top of his head as he snuggled himself closer to you.

Although he was still upset by the situation he was in, Subong felt definitely better. He had you, your help and unconditional love. He was not alone. But one thing was still on his mind.

“Do you think I’m uh, like my father ?” He asked. “I know you haven’t seen him much but-”

“No. You’re not like him. You’re trying hard to make it. Don’t give up. I can’t lie and say there’s no similarities but unlike him, you’re trying to do better. To be better. I think that matters.”

“But what if I fail and end up like him ?” He moved to be able to look at you

“Then I’ll be here to help you out. You won’t get rid of me that easily, Subong.” You said, flicking his forehead. “But you’re not gonna fail. I know you, you always find a way to bounce back.”

He said nothing, thinking, hoping you were right. You pecked his lips, focusing back on the game and he rested his head once more against you.

Thanos moved, trying to make himself more comfortable against you. He closed his eyes, relaxing more but still listening to the game’s sound, trying to visualize what you were doing, imagining the scenes in his mind.

[thecathedralofspeed]

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[lua-magic]

Mercury and your buisness Mind .

This blog is for those specially who wants to get into business or are confused between job and buisness or what kind of business would suit them.

Mercury is our logical mind, we also call it our business mind.

Which ever house Mercury sits in your chart that house related work or buisness you can easily get into.

Mercury in ancendent.

Native is made for business, he/she can get into any business and be successful. Such native has got strong business mind

Mercury in second houses

Mercury is exalted here, it makes you great speaker here, however this house is of family, so native can get into family Buisness or run buisness with family.

This house is alsovforbfood, so if moon is exalted then native can go into food related or kitchen or cloud kitchen business as well.

Mercury in third House.

Native would be great in communication, media, tours and travel and commission related work or business. If Mars is exalted then native can work with his siblings as well.

Mercury here decreases your courage, so native would be unwilling to take initiative, but if Mercury is not afflicted then person could work with his friends and would get support from his friends as well.

Mercury in fourth house.

There are two placement of Mercury which is tricky, one is fourth and second is in ninth house.

Whenever Mercury sits with moon or in cancer, Mercury make native obsessive and disturbs the mental peace of native.

It gives native OCD, especially if moon is afflicted then it causes anxiety, fear and overthinking.

As Mercury is fast moving planet so it makes moon highly disturbed 😧.

Remedy.

Remedy is to actually, decrease the strength of Mercury, ie, Mercury is your friend and social circle, such native should sit in isolation and should have minimum friends, Quality over quantity.

For gains and Money this placement is excellent.

Well, such natives are good in real estate, and with land related work or business.

They can also go for home related buisness like home decoration, or selling home decoration, furniture, luxury furniture, especially if their Venus is also exalted.

Mercury fifth House.

Best placement for Mercury, native is fast learner and life long Lerner and teacher.

Native would be successful due to his own intelligence, and learning.

Native could be author and writer as well.

Native could also opt for teaching and counseling.

Native can also do books related buisness.

Native is great with children and could get into buisness that is for kids, like, children book, teaching, selling toys or even writing children novel.

Mercury in sixth house.

This is the only placement where Mercury is comfortable doing job as it loves to solve day today problems, it is great problem solver here

But, you can go into service related buisness like, food service, taxi services any buisness that provides service to its customers.

Mercury is seventh house.

Relationship wise this is problematic placement, as Mercury is asexual planet and also fast moving planet, so it creates problems in relationship but buisness wise it is an excellent placement.

Native can get into retail buisness, or go for branding, networking, even make themselves as big brand.

Mercury in eitgth House.

Native thinks alot about money and gains, and money wise it is good only when native is involved in eighth house related work like Bank, insurance, CA, occult, auditing, digital marketing , crypto currency such person could also become great detective, they can go into Research and development as well.

Native is great when it comes to dealing with other's money 🤑, they make good salesman as well.

Mercury ninth house

Here, placement is challenging as Mercury damages the Jupiter, Mercury is selfish, while Jupiter is divine and loves to give that is why Jupiter rules twelfth house which house is house of giving.

Jupiter also rules ninth house, which house of Dharma, religion and rules, and Mercury being prince doesn't like to follow rules

So, when you have this placement then it is better you get into business where religion is involved like selling religious books so, you can save your Jupiter and Mercury is also happy.

But, be careful never go against morality in business because you will block all your blessings.

Native can sell, religious ornaments, things or books.

Mercury in tenth house 🏠.

Such people are great sales person and excellent at marketing and PR, these are the person who would sell comb to a bald person.

So, they make great salesman and marketing.

Such native could also work with government,or collaborate with government like government tender and work with them.

Mercury in eleventh house.

Such natives are great with masses, friends and are good in dealing with large number of people.

They should get into work that involves large numbers of people like forming corporative society, NGO, even they make great speaker, counsellor and teachers. People love to follow them, hence, they make great influencers as well

Mercury in twelfth House.

This is not good placement for Mercury and Mercury is uncomfortable here, Piesces is deep ocean and Mercury being prince doesn't like to go in dark, Mercury is also selfish so it doesn't like the idea of unconditional giving and charity which is also twelfth house.

But, twelfth house is also of, foreign land, meditation, spirituality, yoga, charity, and investment.

So, person could either work outside their motherland or get into import and export business.

They can also do business related to meditation, yoga, and spirituality.

They can also go for investment.

Now, Mercury also your speaking skills, If Mercury is afflicted by malefics then person would be extremely rude with thier words and would hurt lot of people.

When Mercury is with Mars native can go for automobiles or even in technical line.

[radfemsiren]

(pls don't post if anon doesn't work, I am unfortunately a crypto) Do we know why modern Islam has so many dangerous terrorist/extremist sects? Why/how/when did that happen? As you mentioned the golden age of Islam, this new age terrorism shit doesn't seem to match at all with what Muslims believed back during the golden age or earlier.

Religion is the opium of the masses, and people who rely on drugs don’t really do so if they are in a good state already.

The Islamic golden age was full of affluence, relative political stability, access to resources… so good education and new ideas were welcomed. Women had higher literacy rates than even the men in Western Europe, and expansions in various academic fields was exploding.

Meanwhile, looking at the black plague in Europe and you will see there was quite a few extremist sects with different ideas on how to defeat this disease, with the most infamous flogging themselves with whips in the street to “beat the devil” out of them.

Extremist religious lunatics flourish in times of war, poverty, violence, and anarchy. They are like a mold that grows on unsuspecting food if you don’t regularly maintain your kitchen. Now affluence alone doesn’t just prevent religious zealots, Saudi Arabia and other gulf states got their riches too quickly and couldn’t progress socially as fast as the oil money came in… but if it was a slower process? Things would be different.

There’s a really good documentary about this phenomenon that will completely change your perspective on different cultures. This anthropologist believed that human advancement had nothing to do with the people themselves, but their natural resources. One of the big tells was access to water, and large game. There is no scientific evidence of any race being significantly more intelligent than others, but if you follow the access to water, livestock, and fertile land… than you will always see human advancement. The end was heartbreaking, he was studying and testing tribes in this jungle (I forgot the location), and they all ranked for high IQs, but they were suffering to make it in their environment, where the meat was small animals and the land impossible to toil. One asked him Why, if they were just as smart as white men, then how come they have to live like this while white people lived in apartment buildings with AC and could buy food in grocery stores…. I’ll have to find that documentary, it really showed me how location and circumstance establish everything, and how humble we must be because of that fact.

Living in a clean, stable, affluent, and secular country is such a luxury so many people don’t have right now.

[ckret2]

If Bill were to get pregnant, would he become protective of the baby or just not care, as long as it's keeping him from being killed

First I need to reiterate that there is absolutely no chance of this happening in the human bill fic. Never even comes up as a possibility.

And I need to reiterate this because this is the kind of thing where the circumstances under which he gets stuck with a human baby would wildly, WILDLY change his reaction. "How would he react to a baby" is like asking "how would he react to having a job." Well it depends on the job, doesn't it. Is he a fast food cashier or a crypto influencer?

So any answer I give for a "general, generic" scenario still only covers like 10% of the possible situations.

But, for the 10% I can give a generic answer for:

Within 24 hours of finding out he was pregnant, he would no longer be.

The only thing that could possibly induce him to carry the thing to term would be sincerely and honestly believing that that's the only thing that will keep him alive the next few months. Once it's outside of him, he can't use it to put off his own execution anymore. If it ain't helping keep him alive, he ain't helping keep it alive.

Here's a bit of characterization that hasn't come up in the fic yet: beneath 200 layers of "I did NOT destroy my dimension, I just liberated it; and anyway, I don't regret destroying my dimension at all!" denial, there's a hard heavy little radioactive ball of pure guilt; and that demon core in his heart is constantly telling him that he should Do Something to Fix Things.

One of the things he feels like he should probably Do is, like, help repopulate or something. Right? Which probably means making kids. Right? At some point he should start fathering kids. Like, morally. That'd be the moral thing to do.

He has been going "wow, I do NOT have time for that, I am NOT ready to settle down, I've got SO much I need to do first, and anyway I'm having too much fun living the bachelor life, I'll start a family lllater" for the last trillion years.

He—and I cannot emphasize this enough—Does Not Want Children.

And yet there's still a tiny, tiny part of him that feels like he should. He must. To make up for all the ones he killed.

And so, if he were ever forced into a scenario where his survival was dependent upon letting a baby grow in this meat body he's been imprisoned in?

He would never stop resenting it for being a human instead of a shape.

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 10/1/2024

come getcher BOY in HOUSTON TX limited time DEAL he will be going to the shelter where they hopefully have more resources to place FIV+ cats on FRIDAY!!! he has gotten so sleek and healthy looking after only a month of unlimited kibble he will be SUCH a nice silly companion for someone but unfortunately that someone is not me

^worried about the air purifier turning on

listening

OWW. feat BUBBLE by Halo Boy is fun bc it’s fun to yell “gimme love bites like OWW!” brain empty just songs that are fun to blast in the car. not quite a candidate for the “SOMEBODY COME FUCK THIS (GAY)” playlist but certainly worthy of inclusion on the “SOMEBODY COME FUCK THIS (NOT GAY)” playlist

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reading

i have a lot of uncomplimentary thoughts about frank lloyd wright. part of them revolve around the fact that buildings are really not meant to last forever, especially experimental buildings made with experimental materials. i am furious, however, that a cryptocurrency grifter couple bought his only skyscraper for $10 to "save it from bankruptcy" from a tiny nonprofit, seem to be hacking it up to sell the furnishings in pieces, and have put the building up for commercial sale on a site mostly used for fast food franchises and strip malls. the building, like many frank lloyd wright buildings, is in pretty rough shape. i've seen some walkthroughs and video tours and there's a ton of water damage and then extra water damage from oklahoma winter ice. i do not know if the building as a whole is reasonably salvageable without tens of millions put into it and a new foundation put in place to take care of it.

Liz Waytkus, the executive director of Docomomo US, an organization that works to preserve modern architecture, said it strongly opposes any sale of the Wright materials. “They’re trafficked goods,” Waytkus said. “The same that you would say of pottery or vases from Egypt or Mesopotamia that were obtained through illegal ways, these pieces from Frank Lloyd Wright should be thought of in the same exact way.”

i think the above quote is a little dramatic. what the crypto couple are doing is more in bad taste than anything, bc they do own the building. in my heart of hearts, i do think pieces and fixtures designed specifically for a site should stay with the site as long as reasonably possible. they're not going to look or function quite the same anywhere else. this is the unfortunate reality of getting a superstar architect to design The Whole Site and not just the building, you're kind of (in good taste and not legally) obligated to continue to preserve The Whole Site and not just the building.

another in the "not technically illegal but in bad taste" file, for both sides imo but i do think the misbehavior is greater on one side. idk if matt is like Unwell, or if he has tech founder brain and it's simply been more visible lately. oh my god i looked up how old he was (40) and he is local to me. ive probably seen him patio dining somewhere or walked past him at the rodeo and simply haven't noticed

But in a dispute that’s meant to clarify what is and isn’t WordPress, Mullenweg risks blurring the lines even more. WordPress.org and WordPress.com both have a point — but it looks an awful lot like they’re working together to make it.

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watching

kind of a light week? i don’t have anything particularly interesting to say about any of these.

i did not plan this bc i was kidnapped last minute by my bestie to see Howl’s Moving Castle in theaters, which was a very fun movie to see on the big screen. i have not seen a movie in theaters since Birds of Prey in early 2020, kind of scary to be inside a theater again! wish covid had not so thoroughly broken my health and confidence and i also wish covid was Over over instead of a constantly rolling crisis!!

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playing

i am going to preface this section with two facts: 1) i have been playing genshin impact since version 1.0, before the second major region in the game came out and 2) i have been unemployed since january and have spent more hours per day playing this game than really anyone should in the past couple months.

ive set a bunch of very silly goals for myself bc genshin impact is largely a game about making your own fun within the grindy gacha framework and i have hit two and a half of them. you can "ascend" a character six different times to up stats by a decent percentage, and i have now ascended all 64 characters the maximum 6 times. the last one was heizou bc 1) fuck a cop and 2) fuck the machine boss in the chasm for his mats. why did THREE characters need these mats. wretched.

my next goal is to get all my characters to friendship level 10. you can increase this mostly by spending the in-game renewable resource "resin". getting your characters to friendship level 10 has no in-game benefits but does give you a fun little namecard for ur profile. i have been prioritizing my five-star characters and then going through the nations' characters in order. ive been done with the mondstadt kids for a while, i just maxed out my last five-star (dehya) today. as u can see by this list sorted by friendship level, i have five liyue characters and two inazuma characters left and just buckets and oodles of sumeru and fontaine characters.

i haven't really done much with the newest natlan character, kachina, bc i do not enjoy playing as the small children characters. there are so many tall hot ladies in this game. speaking of, the next character i will be pulling for is this tall drink of water

i have also caught one of every catachable animal! this one was very irritating bc u can only buy five nets a week. finding this one specific lizard was also very irritating. none of the point in the desert the official game map assured me were spawn points were actually spawning for some reason. had to go to several underwater caves and cross my fingers

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making

fallow week

[mariacallous]

Last weekend, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the annual meeting of Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett announced that at the end of this year he will give up his post as C.E.O. According to reports, some people in the crowd cried at the news. Given that the attendees were nearly all Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, this reaction was perhaps unsurprising: if you bought a hundred dollars of Berkshire stock in 1964, just before Buffett took over the company, by the end of last year it would have been worth roughly $5.5 million. But Buffett, who is ninety-four, and frequently referred to as the Sage of Omaha, isn’t known only for his Midas touch. He’s also famous for his relatively modest life style, his call for higher taxes on the extremely wealthy, and his pledge to give away the great bulk of his fortune. If there is an acceptable face of American capitalism, many people would say that it’s Buffett.

The news of Buffett’s impending departure comes at a time when some less public-minded representatives of the system are busy making headlines. As Buffett made his announcement, the Times and other news organizations were delving into the Trump family’s latest crypto ventures. Just days later, Bill Gates, Buffett’s longtime friend and partner in philanthropy, claimed that Elon Musk, the de-facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency, had been responsible for the deaths of impoverished children by dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, which, among other services, provides H.I.V. treatment-and-prevention drugs to kids in Africa.

These developments set me thinking afresh about Thorstein Veblen, the eccentric but brilliant social theorist who features in my new book about critics of capitalism, which I’ve been researching and writing for much of the past decade. In “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” published in 1899, Veblen divided the capitalists of the first Gilded Age into two groups: the “industrial class”—hands-on entrepreneurs who walked the shop floors of their factories and were closely involved in the production process—and the “pecuniary class,” which included industrial moguls who owned many factories in absentia, along with investors, financiers, and others who made a lot of money simply by owning capital. The sixth of twelve children in a family of hardworking Midwestern farmers, Veblen held members of the pecuniary class in low esteem. He wrote, “Their office is of a parasitic nature, and their interest is to divert what substance they may to their own use, and to retain whatever is under their hand.”

Veblen probably wouldn’t have thought much of Buffett, who built his fortune by studying the financial statements of companies to discover businesses that the stock market was undervaluing, or that weren’t being traded in the market at all. Based on this green-eyeshade work, Buffett and his late partner, Charlie Munger, placed substantial investments in companies such as Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, and Wells Fargo. As a conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway also operates dozens of companies that it owns outright, including the insurer GEICO, the railroad B.N.S.F., and the fast-food chain Dairy Queen. But it was big investments in Apple and other highly successful public companies that made Buffett one of the richest men in America. (Currently, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he sits at No. 6, with a net worth of a hundred and sixty billion dollars.)

Strictly speaking, then, Buffett is a member of Veblen’s parasitic pecuniary class, whereas Musk, by dint of leading Tesla and SpaceX, could seemingly claim to be a member of the productive industrial class. But that isn’t the full story. Musk is a highly successful entrepreneur, but he has also profited enormously from investors bidding Tesla’s stock into the stratosphere. Moreover, his companies have benefitted from tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts. Viewed from this perspective, Musk is also a member of Veblen’s pecuniary class.

This contradiction illuminates the limits of using a century-old framework to interpret a new Gilded Age economy, in which industry, finance, and the government are so intertwined that it’s sometimes difficult to discern their boundaries. And yet there is still something powerful about Veblen’s taxonomy. When pecuniary capitalism comes to predominate, he pointed out in another book, “The Theory of Business Enterprise,” values such as “a sense of equity, fair dealing, and workmanlike integrity” get cast aside in favor of anything that facilitates quick scores. “This code of business ethics consists, after all, of mitigations of the maxim, Caveat emptor,” Veblen noted.

The maxim “buyer beware” certainly applies to some of the latest Trump-family crypto schemes, which have included partnering in World Liberty Financial, a new firm that fashions itself as an all-purpose crypto company, and issuing their own cryptocurrency, the $Trump meme coin, whose market value has gyrated wildly. But, to fully comprehend the Trump 2.0 business model, you have to supplement the principle of caveat emptor with an understanding of how crony capitalism operates in the crypto age.

According to the Times, World Liberty Financial has approached other crypto firms and asked them to pay handsomely for the privilege of being associated with the Trump name. Last month, in an even more brazen venture, a website associated with $Trump offered the top two hundred and twenty holders of the digital asset an “Intimate Private Dinner” with the President at his golf club, in Washington. The website said that the top twenty-five holders would also get to attend a “Private VIP Reception” with Trump and receive a “Special VIP Tour.” “This is really incredible,” Corey Frayer, the director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America, told the Times. “They are making the pay-to-play deal explicit.”

Berkshire Hathaway has been fined for regulatory violations, but it hasn’t been embroiled in any major scandals. Unlike many Wall Street investors, the company tends to hold onto its investments for years, or even decades. In 2008, it paid two hundred and thirty million dollars for a ten-per-cent stake in a Chinese electric-vehicle company called B.Y.D. Earlier this year, B.Y.D. overtook Tesla in global sales. Berkshire’s stake is now worth billions of dollars, even after it has recently sold some shares.

As well as preaching and demonstrating patience in investing, Buffett has led the way in promoting charitable giving by members of the 0.001 per cent. In 2006, he announced his intention to gradually donate virtually all his Berkshire stock to philanthropic organizations; so far, his donations have amounted to about sixty billion dollars. And, in 2010, Buffett joined with Bill and Melinda Gates to launch the Giving Pledge, in which signatories promise to give away more than half their fortunes during their lives or in their wills. As of last month, more than two hundred very rich people in thirty countries had signed the pledge.

Philanthropic giving by billionaires certainly won’t cure all the ills of capitalism, but it’s surely preferable to an alternative in which they hoard their vast riches and, at death, exploit lax tax laws to pass them on to their heirs largely intact. Buffett recognized this, and he has also displayed an appreciation uncommon among billionaires for how the vagaries of fortune have favored him. In a 2010 magazine article, he wrote:

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest. Both my children and I won what I call the ovarian lottery. (For starters, the odds against my 1930 birth taking place in the U.S. were at least 30 to 1. My being male and white also removed huge obstacles that a majority of Americans then faced.) . . . . I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions. In short, fate’s distribution of long straws is wildly capricious.

In keeping with this view of the world, Buffett has long decried the fact that, because of the way in which the federal tax system is structured, his effective tax rate is lower than his secretary’s. In 2012, the Obama White House took this observation and made it the basis of the Buffett Rule, which the Administration defined as “the basic principle that no household making over $1 million annually should pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than middle-class families pay.”

Scandalously, many billionaires still manage to get away with paying precious little federal income tax. (Trump famously bragged about this on the debate stage with Hillary Clinton, in 2016.) By contrast, Berkshire Hathaway is now so large and profitable that, even though the corporate tax rate is just twenty-one per cent, it makes very large federal tax payments. Last year, the sum was $26.8 billion. In his annual letter to Berkshire’s stockholders, Buffett pointed out that this was about five per cent of the total tax payments made by all of corporate America. “Someday your nieces and nephews at Berkshire hope to send you even larger payments than we did in 2024,” he wrote. “Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, for no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.”

When Buffett signed this letter in February, Musk and DOGE, in Trump’s name, were already dismantling U.S.A.I.D. and other government departments. As Gates noted in an interview with the Financial Times, “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.” But it wouldn’t have surprised the überskeptic Veblen, and neither would the self-dealing ventures of the Trumps. In discussing the rise of the pecuniary class, Veblen compared its members to street delinquents at the opposite pole of society. The “ideal pecuniary man,” he wrote, “is like the ideal delinquent in his unscrupulous conversion of goods and persons to his own ends, and in a callous disregard of the feelings and wishes of others and of the remoter effects of his actions.” Does that remind you of anybody?

[ejglamos]

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[theragezilla]

Spoilers for protocol and archives to all who haven’t finished/caught up, but I’ve been bouncing around theories

I’ve been trying to be the new age Robert Smirke and codify and classify all of the new fears, and have several possible theories

1. It’s that healthy cross of what existed but taking on a modern lens, spyware type eye, information is in the computer, and government corruption, the flesh is more focused towards fast food

2. It more focused towards alchemy, and is following the symbols there, biggest hint at these I believe are Neptune and Pluto, the ocean and death, which seem to have appeared multiple times, Neptune could be an adaptation of the lonely, as it seems to be a sort of community through acknowledgment only, or possibly dead internet making you feel seen but never heard, biggest example is episode 23- A new you. And for Pluto known for death and wealth, has well, death, scams, prices to be played through blood or life, and crypto listening again to episode one, the first case file has the emailer refer to a consultant, one that the receiving party has warned was a scam and that they were only after money and that they would never see their dead loved one again, and a similar death/near death one was the episode 13- futures, literally getting paid for surviving near death experiences, and being brought close to death, correcting it by killing him.

Of course I could be wrong on both fronts, but I am leaning towards a sort of mix of the two, where it is hinted at in the last episode of Magnus archives, episode 200- last words, that there were other fears that tried to be their own, but ultimately were either unable to thrive, or were absorbed back into the existing categories

Either way, I am excited and anticipating at least some name by which to classify these fears

[oldguy56-world]

Inherit The Wind

I mentioned briefly in my last blog about not leaving money for our daughters in a will. I realize that there are a lot of you out there that for whatever reason might not have money, or want to leave money, to your children. I am not here to judge, but to help ease that path. Personally I took this past week to look at ways to ease the pain of not leaving money should we choose not to or we don't have any left after we have lived our lives as fully as possible.

These are explanations that are ready to give our daughters should the need arise as to why there is no money for them when we are gone. I am writing these down because who knows how many brain cells I will have left in the future. Based on my current status I venture not too many,

While there is no cash we do have a storage locker full of Amway.

When I told you I was on Safari a few years back I was actually in prison. It cost a lot per week to keep Big Bad Bart away from me.

We are living to 100 and weed is getting more expensive. Don't be mad. The weed is the reason we are living to 100. I hope you enjoyed our extra time together.

The annual dues to the FFFOC are extremely high. (This is not the Foot Fetish Fraternity of Canada, it is the Fast Food Franchises of Canada. The first one does not collect dues.)

Sit them down individually and tell each of them that we secretly gave all of our money to one of our other daughters but she will never admit it to anyone.

Tell them that we listened when they told us to invest in Crypto several years ago but we forgot our access code to the account. There could be millions out there waiting but good luck coming up with the proper code. All I can remember is that it is 7 digits and has a combination of numbers and letters.

Having all of my body hair removed required a team of 6 specialists and cost a lot more than we planned for. (By the way I ran out of money before they finished both legs)

We gave all of our money to a televangelist BUT we are leaving them some t-shirts, mugs and a bible that was autographed by Jesus. (Apparently he only did 100 so the rarity makes them extremely valuable).

Only leaving money to people that changed our adult diapers so that excluded all of them. There was a homeless guy from the park across the street who did very well for himself.

There was this horse whose name consisted of the first letter of each of their names. Who would have thought this wasn't a sure thing?

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: We should always do what we can when we can. No one should expect more than that.

[affluent-havoc]

More Random Headcanons - Semi Togiri Edition (semi cus it's not THAT coded as Togiri though it can be read that way!)

· Kyoko is really good at wearing heels. She can also run pretty well in them though she doesn't like to do it that much. Last thing she wants is twisting an ankle on a case! · Byakuya acts like he forgets the names of people because they're too "unimportant" or that they're just "no-named peasants". However, he's actually just bad at remembering names. He's got so much stuff up there in that noggin of his that names are the thing he flounders on. · Kyoko can't snap to save her life but she whistles pretty good. Byakuya is jealous as hell. He acts like he's not being obvious but Kyoko sees right through him. Even if she wasn't a detective, she'd notice. · When Byakuya tries not to laugh at something he internally believes is beneath him or just outright goofy, he tries his best to look annoyed or mad. The heir does this by facepalming or putting a hand at his temple like his head is in pain. It's both to cope and to not look like an idiot. Also, despite acting like his head's hurting, it never is. Only thing that's hurting the prospect of the heir's pride crumbling before his eyes. · Kyoko sometimes twirls her little hair braid when she's speaking or thinking. Or both. She doesn't intend to do this and it's just a small fidget she's been doing for years. Byakuya likes teasing her for it since she does it without her noticing. In turn though, Kyoko teases Byakuya for his tsundere glasses adjustment. · Byakuya hates the Mr. Krabs, Elon Musk jokes and the Ben Shapiro comparison jokes at his expense. Like, what do they think he is? Dumb? Oh please! For the Mr. Krabs part, hates it when people chalk up what he does and his whole personality as "I like money". He's also sick and tired of people assuming he'd be a Crypto Bro and that he's into NFT's. · Kyoko dislikes fast food for different reasons Byakuya does. She especially has the gripe of everything looking brown and breaded and fried. It just throws her off. She could stomach the food though unlike Byakuya who's just a bit of a wimp and a drama queen about it. He also doesn't have that strong of a stomach for that kind of food. · Byakuya is deathly afraid that he'll get male-patter baldness. Doesn't even matter if he physically can or not. He's just doesn't wanna be bald. He loves his luscious locks. He also totally didn't freak out when one of his classmates showed him an edited pic of him bald. Both cus, bald, but also cus he didn't think he looked that bad. Even worse! · Kyoko isn't too fond of crocs but she'd wear them to annoy the living shit out of Byakuya. Byakuya finds crocs oversaturating, overrated, and feels just a WEE bit betrayed that Kyoko would fall this low. · Byakuya hates it when people categorize chocolate as "candy" and also despises that word in general. To him, chocolate is in its own category. · Kyoko doesn't understand fashion trends. It's not like she doesn't like fashion. She just doesn't understand the obsession with these trends that go in and out of style.

· Byakuya also doesn't get fashion trends but for different reasons. Specifically, he doesn't get the obsession the peasants have and finds them idiotic for having small attention spans. · Kyoko likes to savor her food and never gets the people who purposely rush. She can sometime forget that she was initially eating a meal though which can lead into her not getting enough to eat. · Byakuya likes arson. And fire. It makes him very happy and he hides it internally. He doesn't like the action movie fires and explosions cus they bore him. He's into the real deal. Minus the inhaling of smoke cus that blows! · Kyoko's fine with carbonated drinks. She's not one to drink them the majority of the time and she doesn't get the people who are obsessed with sodas. Byakuya's the same way in regards of not getting the obsession with these types of drinks. Byakuya also dislikes them for being way too sugary and the carbon hurts his throat. · Byakuya's never got the obsession the populous has with asses and he probably never will. Might not help that his is flat. · Kyoko has several back up pairs of gloves in case of emergencies. She also has some ones she uses for sleep. She would also like to build a collection of of more gloves besides her base ones but she can't seem to fully commit to it.

· Byakuya hates crabs, alive and dead. He refuses to delve into why. · Kyoko and Byakuya hate summer. They can't wear their favorite clothes when it's too hot. Kyoko has more heat resistance while Byakuya has less heat resistance. Not that both of them have bad heat resistance. They can handle it but they still both don't like the heat. · The two like to read in silence and also discuss books together. Kyoko and Byakuya specifically bond over mystery books and also bad mystery books too in which they dunk the bad twists. · As platonic homies, they've gone on a few outings together. They usually chill in silence though they do chat about stuff occasionally.

· Kyoko and Byakuya like taking turns doing each other's hair. Byakuya likes doing elaborate braids with Kyoko's hair that she never really goes out with anyway. Kyoko also likes braiding Byakuya's hair as well. She once did a secret braid in his hair when he took a brief power nap (unintentionally. he was just exhausted that day) and it took him a whole 3 days to notice. Here's the previous post btw!

[obavee]

How to Swap Tokens on STON.fi: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Swapping tokens can feel like a complicated process if you're new to crypto, but trust me—it's not as intimidating as it sounds. Think of it as exchanging currencies, like turning your dollars into euros before a trip. The same concept applies here, but digitally. Let me walk you through how to swap tokens on STON.fi, one of the most user-friendly decentralized exchanges (DEX) out there.

Step 1: Open the STON.fi App and Find the Swap Tab.

First things first, open the STON.fi app. This is your starting point, like walking into a bank or currency exchange booth. Once you're in, navigate to the Swap tab. This is where the magic happens—your digital "counter" for swapping tokens.

Step 2: Choose What You Want to Swap.

In the "You Send" section, you’ll pick the token you want to exchange. Let’s say you have some TON (a popular token on the TON blockchain) and you’re ready to trade it. Select TON from the list.

Imagine you're at the airport currency exchange counter: "I have dollars, and I’d like to exchange them for euros." In this case, TON is your “dollar.”

Step 3: Decide What You Want in Return.

Now, move to the "You Receive" section. This is where you choose the token you’d like to get in exchange. Maybe you want STON, the token issued by STON.fi itself. Select it from the list of options.

Just like at a currency counter, you’re telling the system, "Here’s my dollar, and I’d like euros back." Only this time, it’s crypto, and the options are endless!

Step 4: Enter the Amount You Want to Swap.

Next, type in how much of your token you want to exchange. Let’s say you want to swap 10 TON. The system will automatically calculate how much STON you’ll receive in return based on the current rates.

This step is like handing over your cash at the counter and being told, “For your $100, you’ll get €90 after fees.” But don’t forget, you’ll need a little TON in your wallet to cover transaction fees—it’s the equivalent of paying for the service at a currency exchange.

Step 5: Confirm Your Swap Details

When you’re happy with the numbers, hit the Swap button. Before finalizing, double-check everything: the tokens you’re exchanging, the amount, and the fees. It’s like reviewing your receipt before walking out of the store—you want to make sure everything looks right.

Once you’re sure, click Confirm Swap.

Step 6: Approve the Transaction in Your Wallet

After confirming, you’ll get a notification in your crypto wallet asking you to approve the transaction. Think of this as signing the final paperwork at the counter before they hand over your new currency. Approve it, and you’re all set!

What Happens Next?

In just a few seconds, the tokens you swapped for will appear in your wallet. You can find them listed on your main assets page. That’s it! You’ve just successfully swapped tokens on STON.fi.

Why Use STON.fi for Swapping?

STON.fi is more than just a DEX—it’s like the fast-food drive-thru of crypto exchanges. Quick, reliable, and no unnecessary complications. Here’s why I personally love it:

Simplicity: It’s designed to be beginner-friendly, so you don’t need to be a tech genius to use it.

Speed: Transactions happen in seconds thanks to the TON blockchain’s efficiency.

Security: Your assets stay in your control; no one else holds them.

Transparency: No hidden fees. What you see is what you get.

It’s like having a trusted friend guide you through your first crypto transaction—safe, smooth, and stress-free

Swapping tokens doesn’t have to be complicated. With platforms like STON.fi, it’s as straightforward as exchanging currencies at the airport—just in a digital form. Once you’ve done it a couple of times, it’ll feel as natural as tapping your card to pay at a store.

If you’re just starting out, take your time to understand the process. And if you ever feel stuck, remember that the crypto community is always here to help. Keep learning, keep growing, and enjoy your journey into the world of decentralized finance!

[reality-shifting-bah]

Hihi!! Can I req for the underground hedgehog trio? We have fragments who ended up splitting around the exact same timeframe and they feel connected to the three because of it, but haven’t fully formed and we were wondering if you could help? :) /genq

Name: Sonic

Age: 15

Gender: Trans male

Xenogenders: Energender, 

Pronouns: He/him

Neopronouns: ener/energy, fa/fast, sou/sound.

Species: Mobian

Sexuality: Panromantic aceflux.

Gen. personality: fun loving, carefree, cares for others, not explicitly caring most of the time but her cares, chill, laid back, fun loving, etc.

Appearance:

Primary role: energetic alter

Secondary role: ADHD holder (if you have it, otherwise: Battery)

Polyroles/any roles other than primary and secondary: Chilidogxenorole/chilidogeater (You can guess), retriever.

Boundaries: don’t mention robotnik, don’t mention his uncle (??) or his adoptive parents/caretakers, don’t take his food (especially his chili dogs)

Pet peeves: when people make fun of his siblings.

Moral alignment: Neutral good

Outif/fav. Outfit: white t-shirt, stolen jacket (belongs to Sonia), Red cargo pants, signature shoes, black hand wraps.

Source: Sonic underground.

Views on canon: pretty good on a lot of things, ended a bit too early and dragged things out.

Source vs. canon (pls specific if canon compliant): middle child, called his adoptive parent ma and pa, called Aleena (bio mom) mom/mother, found tails on the side of the road- panicked- took him home- hasn’t told his siblings.

View on source talk: It’s fine but not too much.

View on sourcemates: Well, yeah duh! Probably not Robotnik though.

View on doubles: He’s chill with ‘em.

Voice claim (actors/singers/celebrities): canon voice (alt. Movie sonic’s voice)

Pfp:

Faceclaim:

miscellaneous: plays electric and acoustic guitar. —/—\—

Name: Manic

Age: 15

Gender: Nonbinary

Xenogenders: punkgender, azazgender, beserkic, beastgender, aliengender, boggender, cryptogender, firegender, staticgender.

Pronouns: He/they.

Neopronouns: pu/punk, bea/beast, bo/bog, swam/swamp, cryp/crypto, fire/flame, stati/static.

Species: Mobian

Sexuality: Toric

Gen. personality: bold, reckless, dumb*ss, clever, street smarts, punk, anger issues, rash,brave, always stand up for what’s right- immediately, shoot first, ask questions later.

Appearance: green quills, blue eyes, pale skin. Human vers: pale skin, long messy green hair he can never quite tame and never cuts, blue eyes.

Primary role: Arsonist

Secondary role: Black sheep

Polyroles/any roles other than primary and secondary: punkxenorole,

Boundaries: don’t mess with his sibling, don’t mess with anybody really, don’t make fun of the impoverished, respect people, etc.

Pet peeves: Pity.

Moral alignment: Chaotic neutral.

Outif/fav. Outfit: black sleeveless turtleneck, cropped faded red jacket (w/ hood), Dark blue bell bottom jeans, black combat boots.

Source: Sonic Underground

Views on source: Same as Sonia

Source vs. canon (pls specific if canon compliant): Youngest sibling, has a bit of grudge against his mother, less looking for her and more ‘staying with his sibs, who are looking for her’, abandonment issues, trust issues, just wants to be safe and secure.

View on source talk: It’s fine, he doesn’t care

View on sourcemates: Definitely his siblings and Alex (Kinda a throwaway char. From one of the episodes but I like him and the two had romantic tension).

View on doubles: Just DNI.

Voice claim (actors/singers/celebrities): Canon voice

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Miscellaneous: plays the drums.

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Name: Sonia

Age: 15

Gender: Cis female

Xenogedner: dryagender.

Pronouns: she/her

Neopronouns: Nobl/noble, gol/gold, silv/silver, da/dance, gymnas/gymantics, pi/piano, reb/rebel, bo/bold.

Species: Hedgehog mobian.

Sexuality: Butch(esque) lesbian.

Gen. personality: smart, bold, big sister, brave, badass, logical, rebellious, caring, well-mannered (⅓ of the time at least, in the fancy rich people way), fanciful, punk.

Appearance: Hot pink quills, Light pink mohawk (not in the spikey way), green eyes, pale-ish skin(???? Mobian anatomy doesn’t make much sense alright?) HUMAN VERS. (just in case): Hot pink undercut (?), light pink mohawk, green eyes, pale skin.

Primary role: Proritizer

Secondary role: Processor

Polyroles/any roles other than primary and secondary: pseudoprotector

Boundaries: Don’t talk about Eggman/Robotnik, minimize conversation about her mother, don’t disrespect her siblings, her trauma is real and valid if you can’t understand that then she’s going to steal all of your furniture (/hj).

Pet peeves: When people disrespect others, when people support robotnik, when people think robotnik doesn’t do any harm, robotnik, etc.

Moral alignment: Chaotic Good.

Outif/fav. Outfit: Dark purple cargo pants, dark hot pink cropped sleeveless hoodie, black jean jacket, black combat boots, black fingerless gloves. All worn out

Source: Sonic Underground

Views on source: It definitely flattened some stuff out, didn’t go into enough stuff but fine enough on its own.

Source vs. canon (pls specific if canon compliant): Oldest sibling, also plays bass guitar, did gymnastics and ballet, manic introduced her to xenogenders/neoprouns and helped her pick some out, 

View on source talk: It’s fine but be careful about her triggers.

View on sourcemates: It’d be cool to see her siblings oe mom again but she definitely doesn’t want to see robotnik.

View on doubles: They make her pretty uncomfortable .

Voice claim (actors/singers/celebrities): Canon voice

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Miscellaneous: plays bass guitar and piano.