#Gena makes stuff

[wardensantoineandevka]

"Ah. Your distraction worked. Could have set it when we were farther away." / "Désolé. I didn't say it was a good plan."

[swaggyfishii]

Hello!!

I don't use tumblr that much and more active on twitter but i'd like to make an post on an popular fan artist who has harmed me and many other victims.

I am here to make another call out on @eechytooru but this time a lot more information has came out on them since 2023

TW// NSFW, IRL NUDES TO MINORS, INCEST

I'd like to talk about the old callout post briefly. The original post was made out of panic and anger so it seemed rushed and I acted very immature and for that I say I'm not proud of that on my part. Here is my first thread I made about Eechy / Teenbeeny / Vera (here)

Now onto the stuff that happened after the first blog I made, (I will be calling "Eechy" as Vera for the remainder of the post) Vera was fired on this Russian show called "CFMOT" for "allegations of hurting a victim". The whole thing received backlash so then she was re-hired. A former voice actor, Muzy Frile, who also worked on CFMOT left during this ordeal and made a thread of tweets. ( you can read the whole thing here ). To sum it up, the creator of the show is known for not firing off actors who has done heinous acts due to "popularity" and only fired them because he was pressured too.

Some time after, Vera would post more on this site, gaining more popularity rather than discipline. She would post art of Welcome home, Inside Out 2, Cookie run, and Undertale/Deltarune and her posts would get up to 1,000+ notes (note: I don't know much about tumblr but I am guessing notes are for likes, comments, etc). I say this because I know that there are minors on this app/website and I want them to be careful incase she talks to more minors in the future, I say this because she frequently hosts whiteboards and magmas with her followers!!

RECENT EVENTS!! vvvvv

In 2025 of this month, the 8th episode of CFMOT released not too long ago. Eechy was in the credits but not under her usual username (Teenbeeny) , but instead "Vera". I believe this was done to hide the fact that Vera was still working on CFMOT from the English viewers but it was quickly found out of and INSTANTLY got called out.A user on twitter made a post regarding this (here) and the news spreaded quickly throughout the ENG and RUS OSC.

It was then TWO MORE VITCIMS of her's spoke out and recalled their experiences with her: The first other victim I saw during the drama was of twitter user, @/keymasta778. They recall being in a NSFW object show camp hosted by Vera when the OP was 13 at the time. (Tweet can be found here)

The second victim was the final nail in the coffin for me. Twitter user, @/DonValski makes a google doc explain their experience with Vera with evidence of dms between them, Erp's (some of which including incest) while OP was 13 and other participant were 15 or younger, Vera was 16/17. Sometime, Vera sent the OP a nude picture of herself to the 14 year. I will end this suddenly because the rest is really sickening but I highly recommend you read the Gena's doc in full. (here)

The following day, I remembered about Vera's tumblr and reminded everyone on twitter about it. It wasn't until then that I was informed that @/eechytooru is "one of the most popular welcome home fanartists" said by one user. This is my calling to make another blog to remind and not forget what she has done so feel free to reblog and share this around!! I really want whatever fandom Eechy has been in and make them aware so they become a more safer place to hangout in without a groomer being out there.

I know this is VERY unlikely but I hope Partycoffin sees this post and reblogs this to make the fandom more safe! I'll be tagging all the fandoms that Eechy is in!!

[jeanzoriley-cod]

I’m going to be taking a couple days of break from tumblr. A bunch of stuff is going on in real life and I don’t know how to deal with it properly while trying to respond to replies or asks. It’s gotten to the point with other things happening that I can’t stop crying and it’s making me physically sick.

I’m sorry to do this and I will be back, but I need to try and sort things out irl for the moment, because the irl stress is getting too much.

I encourage you to still send asks and reply to our rps. I will get back to them in a few days.

Sorry, once again.

Love, Gena

[expirisims]

The Day After

Oh no! I feel ya Will, I just hope it doesn't spread to the whole household!

Well, everything else seems to be normal in the household. Garland making breakfast while some leftovers rot on the kitchen floor, Gena fighting with Tina again...did she see what happened at the party last night?

Off to work! Now Tina and Sal...What am I going to do with you two! You're giving me real Don and Nina vibes...

Garland is an Architectural Designer and he just got a job! Hopefully he'll have better luck than Garrick does with his makeovers!

Oh yay! His job is to remodel Tiffany Warden's home and she looks like she may like it!

She did! Well sort of...enough to earn a decent commission anyway!

Nothing like staying after the job is finished to brush your teeth in your client's house!

Sal is going through some stuff right now with his feelings for Tina as a heartbreaker sim...He's thinking maybe a new tattoo will help him sort through his feelings.

He and Tina are both still riding high after their public encounter...facepalm...Is this going to be a casual thing, or are you two actually wanting something real? It's too early to tell yet, but I predict some heartache for at least one of them in the future.

OMG! A townie wedding made the paper! I've never seen this before! I don't even know who these sims are, but congratulations!

Oh look! A new relationship is budding!

The full moon brought some more romance for these two as well...and a little spat. Yeah...I don't know what is going to happen with this situation, but whatever the future holds I'm sure it will be dramatic.

[gribok-art]

My drawing list I'm so excited to do or try in the near future Because I've got a much longer list but I gotta focus on something and aaaaahhhhh I wish I had more time Tried to put in order of priority

✦ Finish my Snufmin comic and admire it and print it with my new printer that will arrive this weekend, a little treat for myself <3 ✦ Togafuka challenge obviously not gonna be able to do in time but it's gonna be there I promise I have gooood ideas 🤌 ✦ Really wanna adapt the Blue Wagon song from "Crocodile Gena" into a Moominvalley AU illustration/comic ✦ Wall-e illustrations I gotta finish if I find inspiration. Otherwise I won't force myself and leave it until I find a better idea that excites me. ✦ There's this idea of a Moomin comic that I've just written down the dialogues for but I don't wanna make it too long and I'm stuck at writing Little My. It's Snufmin coded but there's all the characters. ✦ Gotta draw more of my OCs or at least design them... ✦ Maybe 1 redraw of an oooold art since I'm going through them right now for my portfolio and for the sake of nostalgia ✦ Maybe draw some photos of myself when I was a kid that I love. They are are rare, but I've got two, that represent me good, I think it'd be neat ✦ Start a new comic, this time something original, come up with a 10-20 page story like Moomin. It's a priority goal before the end of the year but I gotta organize all the rest first. ✦ It's been a while since I made angst huh... since my last Togafuka chapter where everybody cried... hmmmm... I really really wanna break hearts with a Moomin comic this time... but I've got no ideas yet, and I already have enough on my plate, but know... be prepared... because one day, you'll cry (I hope). I really want to come up with a good realistic one. So until then, I'll have to read all the comics and buy the novels to learn the characters in depth.

Boy I have so much more I wanna do Wall-e I wanna pay tribute with illustrations of a niche Wii game that was all my childhood I wanna maybe get back into the old "On the ship" comic I put on hiatus but it's been so long since DR2 but I had such a long list of ideas for that too I wanna try some illustrations that take random stuff that are not even characters just to try pretty things out aaaahhhhh

For once not a vent

We'll see how I'll be feeling next week, because boy oh boy there are things that could happen, or not, and I won't be calm until next weekend comes.

[phoenix-gone-inactive]

Okay so wait if Phoenix is trans how does that work cause…

Did I miss lore somewhere mod??

LOL hi hello it’s me it’s Adrien I am the mod!

Don’t worry, you didn’t miss any lore!! It’s more so poor communication on my part. Me and Gena (Jeanz mod) talked about it privately (this story line has been months in the making LOL)

Pretty much, at some point Phoenix acquired the bits needed to be able to get Jeanz pregnant. It’s something that I still need to hammer out myself (I like having Phoenix be a representation of trans guys who don’t have bottom dysmorphia. On my other account, he is happily sticking with just getting top surgery), but that’s pretty much it.

Sorry for the confusion guys ily all I just forget to update here when I have ideas and stuff 🫶🫶

[spottedalienmonster]

I'm kinda scared I'll never find out how to make a living. I always thought I was going to become a comic artist, animator, or illustrator working on my own projects. Now that I'm faced with how those career paths have been looking in 2025, I feel more and more like my only option is finding something else.

But I hate retail. I could barely do it part time. Now I'm working a warehouse part time, and while I don't mind the exercise, I already know I couldn't do that full time either. And it otherwise feels like other full time careers involve people getting mad at you or the thing you're working on, or doing really intense labor.

Could I still hack it as an animator? Could I still make it doing storyboards? Could I do character modeling or animation rigging? Illustration? Graphic novels or comics/manga? Concept art was the big dream and I don't know if genA| has totally busted that up.

It sucks, because I simultaneously feel really ready, but also kinda disillusioned with my skills. Everything feels like it's too much of a gamble, but I don't want to close off options otherwise it feels like the opportunity will pass by.

But I also want to work on my own stuff.

GOD, I want to work on my own stuff.

But it doesn't really pay the bills.

[drifting-pieces-blog-blog]

Breaking down the comics: What big Teeth (Issue 29)

Moon Knight, Issue #29: Morning Star. 

Enter WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. 

We're going back to the start of it all. 

Also, this cover? Fucking BANGER. 

(This issue has two stories, but I'm going to cover the second shorter story in a separate post.) 

Titles page reads: 

"Jack Russell must reach Moon Knight before the full moon, before the change...And before the hooded figures can use him for their own terrible ends." 

Yesss….. It’s time to fall back to the roots of it all. A horror story. 

We open on a train yard. 

"It has been said that the train, outmoded though it may be, functions as the nations lifeline. 

But here's something else that's been said: 'As a viable mode of transport, the nation's once mighty rail system is dying a painfully slow death'

Take your pick....Then Decide where that leaves the nation. Or consider this: Here, in the twilight of an Omaha Freight yard, long lines of trains merely slumber. 

Reassuring? Nope. 

Because the peace of sleep is easily shattered." 

We see a man running for his life as people fire on him. 

"I could change... I could kill the man... But I don't want to..." He weaves through the train cars and tracks. 

"Full moon rising... Soon I won't be able to control myself... Just a little longer!" 

He jumps on a train that's starting to pull out. 

But the train moves at a crawl. 

The men move in. 

But the moon is risen and full. 

"Dusk dies. Leaving only a circle of silver to light the sky..." 

And the monster is awake. 

"First night: Darkness and the moon conspired with an ancient curse to answer my prayers --and to give me what I needed. From the shadows of the boxcar I reached out, seized the first man--and Squeezed. 

He was surprised. I felt my talons flex under the pressure. Then puncture his flesh. Blood spurted. I bared my fangs and almost howled, but not yet...not yet.

True, I'd become the werewolf again and all awareness of my human identity as Jack Russell had gone the way of my flesh... Still, I was cunning. 

Soon the hated man would be dead...But I knew there were three of them. Plenty of time to howl, so I snarled instead." 

The wolf carries on. He rips into flesh then runs. The wolf knows it needs more time. 

It makes a break into the night on the departing train. 

The remaining men rush to the station and demand to know where that train is going. 

New York City is about to get interesting. 

Back in LA, we find ourselves in a satanic cultist curch where the leader, Schuyler Belial, who also calls himself Morning Star, is giving a midnight mass sermun. 

It's typical satanist cultist stuff. 

As part of his promise to his followers is that he produce the "Beast of the Apocalypse". 

Which he was supposed to produce that night. That obviously is not going to happen. 

"You promised you'd produce the beast tonight! That's what we came for! Where is he?" 

"Ah, no--Not tonight--But soon. Soon the sign shall be manifest! And you shall see--" 

Apparently he's been promising to deliver the beast for the past year. 

It's hard to deliver a pissed off werewolf on a time schedule. 

The congregation is pretty displeased and most of them leave. This leaves Morning Star pretty riled up. 

He needs that beast and he plans to get it. 

Time to head to New york. 

You know who else is in New York? 

This page is just….It’s the heart of this comic. Lockley chilling with his friends. You got Crawley and his flowery language and oddly high insight. Jake asking how Gena and the kids are doing. Flint contacting Moon Knight through Gena’s diner… It’s perfect. 

Moon Knight meets up with flint. Flint passes along a letter marked "Super urgent" for Moon Knight. 

"Moon Knight, for past favors, please meet me tonight before 6-- Jersey countryside, old house on Deer Run Road just off Routes 27 and 63. -Jack Russell" 

Moon Knight has a flashback of him punching a werewolf. 

Yeah...that...that sounds about right. 

He makes haste but it's a half hour trip and it's already Five thirty. 

Yeah that's pretty much how it went last time too. 

"Moon Knight wasn't in time. I jumped all over him for it. When the moon is full, I have no control over myself...None! And then I splashed through glass into the night. " 

Moon Knight has his own thoughts on it. 

"Well, you may have transformed, Russell...But you sure haven't changed much since our last meeting... Still adhering to an altogether too hairy lifestyle." 

"Too late by a matter of minutes--And now instead of merely containing him, I've got to capture him." 

Moon Knight is not looking forward to this night. He's been faced with capturing him before. 

The Wolf runs for freedom, knowing the Moon Knight is after him. 

He's easily distracted at the sight of prey. 

A large stag frozen in fear before him. 

"And there HE was--A wealth of silver moonstuff itself." 

Moon Knight bursts into the clearing and startles off the stag. 

Russell gives chase. And so does Moon Knight. 

There he goes…on the ground again. He has the worst luck. 

And Moon Knight takes a hard blow to the head. 

The attacker flees and calls up Morning Star to tell him the bad news. "Moon Knight the Avenging white angel" is after the beast. 

Morning star elects to wait until Russell has changed back to human form when he is worn out and easier prey. 

Speaking of prey, the wolf has taken his own prey down and feasted well. His rage and need for the hunt quelled, he heads to a stream to wash off. 

And then the dawn broke and the man was left behind. 

"I went to sleep on my feet--standing in water." 

And just a few yards away, Moon Knight also awakens. 

They’re doing great. 

Moon Knight pulls Russell from the water. He and Frenchie take Russell back to Grant Mansion to let him rest. 

He wakes from a nightmare. 

Moon Knight asks him about the men following him. Russell believes them to be phantoms, since he can't seem to shake them. 

"...But no matter how far or fast I go, sooner or later they always show up." 

Moon Knight recalls how the cowl mic was filled with static. 

He calls in a doctor. 

Outside, down the road, the cultists wait for their chance. 

After x rays are taken they discover a chip that has been implanted in Jack's head just under the scalp. 

The doctor says he can remove it, but it will take time and time they don't have. He will have to wait till the next day to remove it. 

Moon Knight explains to Jack how he's being tracked. 

In the mean time, he does what friends do best. 

"Strap you down, lock you up, and keep watch over you throughout your werewolf phase. Right here." 

The moon rises and so does the wolf. He snaps the straps and is now loose in Grant mansion! 

Yeah...Moon Knight didn't think this one through.... 

CONTINUED NEXT TIME! 

I have to say, I love how when the wolf appears, we get the narration from the wolf’s point of view and it’s still in Russel’s voice, but more confused and more driven by the wolf. 

On a different note, I was excited to see Marvel previews for other comics popping up in the back of this issue! It means that Moon Knight has broken into the big leagues at this point and now they are advertising the more mainstream events and comics. 

There was ALSO a letter from the editor, Denny O'Neil stating that Ralph Macchio has been promoted and will be dancing up the Marvel food chain. It also talks about how the publishing schedule for Moon Knight is going to change. They can't give information yet, but the hope is to reach a larger audience. 

It's heartwarming to see how this little obscure comic started to get such a following so early on and started to grow. 

[animehouse-moe]

Undead Unluck Episode 4: Do You Love The Change In Me?

You know, I was so ready to talk about the episode in terms of stuff like the extension of the SHAFT-style focus on eyes to things like Gena's hands and the incredible lighting and whatnot, but I mean, this just sort of takes the cake. Truly insane work that just threw all other thoughts out of my mind. Save for a select few though, which I'll detail below.

It was really interesting to find out during the episode about Gena requiring space to walk in her Unchange. Truthfully, it wasn't even something I factored into my theory that Gena was unchange, so very cool to see that. That said, I did clue into the fact that Gena was barefoot pretty early on this episode. Obviously, I didn't get the answer right away, but I still felt that something was up.

More interesting than that though, and really the main thought that remains in my mind is two things Gena mentioned.

The first is 'Rules', with an intentionally capital R. If I'm not mistaken Andy mentions rules (lowercase r) when explaining himself when he meets Fuuko.

That's all to say that we now have three categories given to us in this world: Negators, UMAs, and Rules.

If I were to take a stab at the order/hierarchy, I'd say that following the anime's order of events makes the most sense. That being that Negators are at the bottom, UMAs are in the middle, and Rules are at the top. Whether or not Rules are an animate or living thing in "this world" though I'm unsure of. What I am sure of is that they can change, which is very interesting.

Also, the "this world" thing. Maybe I'm reading too far into the idea of time travel or looping, but the grammar and use of it makes me feel weird.

You say "change the world", not "change this world". There's a few cases where you can reference the world via "this", but in all examples you're placing the world within a temporal boundary.

For example, "Change this world we live in". You are referencing the world in the present that you exist.

But yeah, maybe I'm just crazy because I've been told nothing's really wasted, but it just feels like another piece slotting into place with the idea of looping.

At the same time though, Gena's death certainly feels like the best "catalyst" for a doomsday clock. I mean, Unchange died? Just sorta on the nose I feel, but it makes me wonder what happens when a Negator dies.

Is there a cooldown before the ability is passed onto someone? They have to be passed on somehow because there's no way you get to the modern day with Negators unless negations are transferred/maintained within humanity..... that is, unless the time loop doesn't simulate the entirety of the world and instead it's actually like a sort of death game where people are giving negations at the beginning of the loop and once they die that negation is out of play for the rest of the loop. But then that also means that Negations were introduced artificially in the world, meaning there's someone that's able to do that. Would that include someone that created these rules for humanity? Did they create the UMAs as well? You might argue that UMAs could have been created by the presence of Negators as they mess with the rules of the universe, but considering the (proposed) hierarchy, it seems more likely that UMA would be formed by Rules, no? But then they would be animals or creatures, and the system for creating UMAs would be somewhat arbitrary. Unless that is, that Negators are the direct will of a Rule and that inherent connection creates the existence of a UMA within that system. But we don't have any UMAs to confirm if they have an existing counterpart as a Negator, or if there can even be a connection made between Negators and Rules in the first place.

But yeah, bit a mind boggler episode if you think about theory as you bounce around from a million places all at once. One wrong assumption causes the whole pile to collapse, and I think that makes wondering about theory incredibly fun and interesting. So much potential and so many option, but only one route will get you to the truth.

Really great Undead Unluck episode once more (I'm just begging David Pro hurries it up and we get out the other side of this crass sexual humor, put a real damper on the middle-ish of the episode where it appeared).

[coffee-at-annies]

For the fic mashup, 94 and 41.

Love your stuff, Annie!!

94. Hair Brushing/Braiding + 41. First Kiss

You didn’t specify a pairing so please have some very quick aus based on what’s been knocking around my head lately.

First up, @prettyhockey and I have been talking about girl!SidGeno. Idk I’ve been in the mood for ladies and I don’t quite know any of the woho players or teams well enough to write about them.

The setup for this one is Gena promising to do Sid’s hair for idk pregame or whatever. She swears that she’s done it before, Gonch’s kids let her do it all the time. So she’s doing Sid’s hair. Sid spends the whole time chirping her about her skills and Gena chirps back about Sid fidgeting and messing up her work. Gena does know how to braid but it’s definitely wonky and not the easy basic braid Sid’s been putting her hair in since she was in mites. At the end of it Sid looks in the mirror, sees her objectively kinda terrible braid and the smug/fond look on Gena’s face and needs to kiss that look off her. Needless to say Gena ruins her hard work when Sid kisses her a second third fourth and fifth time and Gena runs her fingers through Sid’s hair in response.

Next up is SidFlowerVero cause I’m always thinking about both Sid and Flower and Flower hit a milestone tonight.

The setup for this one is Uncle Sid braiding Estelle’s hair ahead of her first big hockey game. He learned how to do it for Taylor when she was younger and used to do it for the Lemieux kids. She asked for an extra special braid from her favorite uncle and both Sid and Flower are weak to her puppy dog eyes. So here Sid is, on a rare afternoon off, helping Flower and his daughter get ready for hockey. I think the conversation to go from Flower+Vero to Flower+Vero+Sid is like a couple days old and they’re still getting a feel for what the new dynamic might mean. Idk if they’ve told the kids yet or if Sid is here in favored uncle status rather than potential new dad status.

Either way Flower comes across Sid very earnestly braiding her hair and telling her how amazing she’s going to be and after he finishes and she runs off to show her mom, Flower has to swoop in and kiss Sid. Just cause. Cause he loves him. Cause he’s so great with his kids. Cause he can now. He gets to have this. They had the adult feelings conversation and all three of them said yes. There’s something about kissing Sid for the first time that has him giddy and it’s not just the memories he’s about to make with his daughter- their daughter. It’s about the way Sid’s eyes scrunch up and how he wants to keep him forever.

Finally @podcasts-8-my-heart challenged me to do EK/Tanger and I’ve been talking about it with @carpehistoryandthepens so have some soft 6558.

The setup for this fic is both of them hanging out after a road game and drinks with the team in EK’s hotel room. They started out talking and watching tv and have migrated to sharing the same bed because it’s nice and both of them are hockey players and thus are conditioned to seek out touch. Tanger sprawls out on the bed and somehow his head ends up laying on EK’s thigh. Erik started out playing with Kris’s hair, twirling it between his fingers and lightly scratching his scalp. As the random hgtv show (because what else is on in hotel room tvs) they were half watching gets to the mid point of the episode, EK moves on from twirling it and started braiding Tanger’s hair. Little short braids the kind kids do at slumber parties or when they’re learning and messing around with their own hair. Nothing big, nothing fancy, nothing permanent, though Erik still has a stash of hair ties in his suitcase from when his hair was long that he could break out if he needed it. Kris’s hair isn’t quite long enough to warrant that and also he wouldn’t get them cause that would mean disturbing Kris. Kris of course is very content and is trying not to fall asleep on top of Erik but he skated 25 minutes tonight and while his conditioning is good, he’s adjusting to a time zone difference on top of everything else. He didn’t want to say goodnight earlier when they first went to Erik’s room but he also doesn’t want to fall asleep there.

This goes on for another twenty minutes probably. They’re not really talking or watching the tv but it’s providing just enough for plausible deniability and to keep them from falling asleep completely. After about twenty minutes one of their phones goes off or there’s noises from the hallway of other players returning that prompts them to groan and break apart. As much as neither of them want the night to end, Kris really doesn’t want to sleep in Erik’s room. He needs to do his nightly routine, change out of his jeans, and really he just needs to go. Erik walks Kris to the door of the hotel room, Kris swaying a little cause he’s tired prompting a balance/skating joke and one about old man legs. At the door Kris turns around to say goodbye, silly little braids still in his hair and Erik can’t help but smile fondly at him. Kris smiles back a little helplessly. He sways forward into Erik’s space where he’s leaning against the door and presses a gentle kiss to somewhere in the face/mouth vicinity before turning around and heading for his hotel room down the hall. It takes a moment for the kiss to register with Erik and all he does is watch Kris walk away towards his hotel room. When Kris is out of sight, he peels himself off the doorframe and goes to brush his teeth and get ready for bed.

[wardensantoineandevka]

2.104 // 2.105 // 3.102

the cast never learns why you don't three-way Boulder, Parchment, Shears

[moorheadthanyoucanhandle]

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WOMAN

In 2000, I got to briefly interview Gena Rowlands for Phoenix New Times ahead of her appearance at a showing of A Woman Under the Influence in Scottsdale.

At the beginning of this chat, I indulged in a rather shamelessly unprofessional bit of gush:

"You know, I talk to famous people all the time, so I don't get starstruck much any more," I told her. "But talking to you is an exception."

She acted very girlishly flattered. Maybe she really was, or maybe she was just acting. Either way, it was an honor to be on the receiving end of it.

The word awesome gets thrown around a lot, but Gena Rowlands was awesome.

She did a lot of routine roles that seemed like they were just to pay the bills, and she was good even in that stuff, but when she worked with John Cassavetes--in A Woman Under the Influence, in Minnie and Moskowitz, in Gloria, in the underrated Tempest (directed by Paul Mazursky, but opposite a brilliant Cassavetes as her leading man) or in the grueling Opening Night--she was luminous. Potent as they are at their best, the films that Cassavetes directed can also be overwrought and exhausting, but her classic performances make them indispensably worth it.

Just a few days ago I happened to see her, very young, in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour called "Ride the Nightmare," opposite Hugh O'Brian.

One of O'Brian's criminal cronies, who he betrayed years earlier, has come seeking revenge, and is holding him at gunpoint. But when the crook gets a load of Rowlands, as O'Brian's wife, he can't help but remark "You did alright for yourself; she's a winner."

Indeed she is. Rest in peace and joy goddess.

[randomnameless]

Forget Holoholo bird, that thing was a piece of cake compared to Guillo -

I legit took 2 hours and a half to beat them like what the fresh fuck

Big reveal was the big reveal -

Sagi's growing more and more doubtful and annoyed with you, the player who's supposed to play the navi "hey listen" like entity because plot wise you're supposed to give him super powers, and yet we keep on fighting battles with plot mandated losses lol

+ coupled with flashbacks where Thoraxn and pals pick the worst option available, and Sagi (nor the player, I tried to pick the "no" option when asked if we were ready to sell our souls lol) cannot influence those events eithers since they already happened : he feels useless in the "real timeline" and in the "flashback timeline" and I thought it was nice to have the protag, well, lash out at the so-called omniscient player

(Imagine if Eliwood, just after Elbert's death, lashed out against Mark because for a supposed tactician they failed him and Elbert, and if they had been better maybe they could have arrived faster to the Dread Isle and saved Elbert!)

Remember how I've said Gena and Sagi's bond was important in the plot?

Granted, it's always the "female character who suffers to make the male protag go berserk" trope, and yet, as opposed to a certain manga that makes us want to believe the protag and his "more or less" stalker are in such a relationship that her death means he loses controls, as opposed to the death of his mentor or of ramen guy (tm), here, as I mentionned in another post, Gena always writes letters to Sagi, giving him pocket money, items, asking how he's feeling, encouraging him to do something he wants, etc etc.

Gena is Sagi's world - hell he becomes a soldier/mercenary because he wants to help his mom and her orphanage!

Short story big story : the evil guys tear her wings out (apparently it spells death if not treated), Gena passes out and Sagi rages and transforms in one of the Eldritch Abominations we've been fighting (and losing against).

The plot continues and once Sagi and the player make up, Sagi gets his power-up and can finally start winning some fights!

However, Sagi is driven by revenge - and while Shanath deserves an ass beating for what he did to Gena - Sagi killing him puts Savyna, Shanath's own daughter, on the path of revenge, with the events we know in BKEWLO.

Enter the "Baten Kaitos character sidequests before the final fight" (tm) - and I nearly ragequit'd for the day after the Seginus fight

Sure it doesn't hit as hard as Guillo does, but fuck, fighting two godcrafts in the same day is a hassle lol

More flashback time where we see the events from 1k years ago from someone else's POV, and how Seph'n'Thoraxn's plan to make a deal with the "Dark brethren" fucked everyone over (them included!), because while they supposedly got a super power to defeat their enemy, well, they didn't and created instead a sea of corpses, poisoning the Earth so much that the only solution for people to survive was to send some parts of the land to the sky, effectively creating the setting's floating islands.

I still have some sidequests to continue with but while the plot is interesting, in the sense that you discover the reasons/secrets/origins (lel) of the first game's plot points and lore events...

Well, the playable character are more engaging plot-wise than the ones from the first game, and yet, the battle system becomes kind of stale.

Sagi got his ultra super duper combo that can wipe 1 enemy, Guillo can do AoE stuff, and Milly... well, she can be used for support and MP charging (so Sagi and Guillo will be able to use their combos).

It's not boring at all, but I feel like I was more engaged with the first game banking on each character's deck and their own stats/equipment.

[ebiljointed]

As mentioned on my main blog, I will be moving across continents soon and although this is hypothetically not a permanent move it will be for at least one year and potentially for multiple years. So it's a good time to finally time to get rid of the dolls that aren't being appreciated here. Many of my collection just straight up is things that nobody is looking for or would want to buy, so I'm not expecting to make money off this and may be down to part with them for very, very low prices. I'll be making formal sales posts in the future but here are a few dolls that I already know I'll be parting with so if friends are interested in any of them please let me know and I will cut you a very good deal:

Soom Namu WS Voice of Angels (no angel wings or original wig; has original faceup, eyes, tattoo, and skirt and also a pair of boots)

Soom Gena WS Smoky Day (has fullset outfit and original eyes, no original wig, eyelashes are gone and faceup appears to be rubbing off slightly...)

Soom Cass WS original release head (I am the third owner and don't have a CoA but have the entire list of previous owners with DoA handles as well as links to DoA feedback messages following its history)

DD Excellen Browning (blank doll) (had intended to customize her because I see a ton of potential in the sculpt for a semi real look bu I don't think it's happening at this point. has her fullset items but they're very damaged so I had intended to keep them for dissassembling and crafting/patterning but if you're interested in doing that yourself you can also have those. i probably have her eyes and wig too)

Elfdoll Ruru and Elfdoll Special K, both tan, both have slightly messed up/marked but still very beautiful original faceups (i might be able to get the marks off with magic eraser, i'll see. they're packed right now so i haven't tried.) i love these two dolls but i'm just doing NOTHING with either of them

Smartdoll Monday Tea head with default faceup (i have two heads of her now lol)

Adykadoll SWS silicon DD body *without bust*. i got a great deal on this and thought i could buy her a bust later and it hasn't come back for sale lol, maybe it can be someone else's problem.

there is a bunch more like wigs and accessories and stuff becuase i've been in this damn hobby for sixteen years now and also probably more dolls as i decide what i want to actually part ways with, but yeah if any people i know are interested in what i've mentioned above let me know. i'll take down this post to do formal listings in the future

[spaciousreasoning]

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday’s name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.

Other less important celebrations today include National Martini Day, Find a Leak Day, International Box Day, National Watch Day, World Sauntering Day, World Tapas Day, and World Sickle Cell Day. OK, that last one is probably more important than the other ones.

June 19 is the birthday of lead Stooge Moe Howard (1897), band leader Guy Lombardo (1901), baseball player Lou Gehrig (1903), bluegrass icon Lester Flatt (1914), actor Louis Jordan (1921), actor Gena Rowlands (1930), novelist Salman Rushdie (1947), singer-songwriter Nick Drake (1948), actor Phylicia Rashad (1948), singer-songwriter Ann Wilson (1950), actor Kathleen Turner (1954), singer-songwriter Paula Abdul (1962), and actor Zoe Saldana (1978).

It was partly cloudy this morning, and it got even cloudier as the day went on. The morning low was 46 degrees, and the high peaked at 71.

My blood sugar dropped a point to 161, which is still in the “red” zone, but it’s definitely an improvement.

After waking up with our cups of coffee and playing the online brain games, Nancy did a yoga session while I perused Flickr.

We had oatmeal for breakfast, then showered, and puttered around doing not much of anything for a couple of hours.

Then, after a treatment from Nancy and a nap, we had pita chips, hummus and cheese for a lunchtime snack.

We went for a walk around the neighborhood, but Nancy’s back was bothering her so she peeled off early for home, and I continued and went through the magnolia garden. I was not using the walking app, but the Apple health app said I had walked 1.8 miles. However, plotting the walk on the map, I come up with 2.25 miles. I think I will go with that number on my daily spreadsheet.

For tonight’s dinner, we repeated some of what we did last night, except we used hamburger cooked with chili and other appropriate spices for the taco meat. We also made a cheese enchilada for each of us. That plus the pinto beans created a great meal. As Nancy said, it’s nice to just make stuff up once in a while instead of going with something prepared or getting all the directions from a recipe.

I took off for my Thursday recovery group at 6:30 p.m. The reading was about the spirit of service in the fellowship, something that I got into early on and continued for my entire recovery. At least until we moved to Oregon. I have not had any interest in pursuing service again. Perhaps it will come in the future. Or, perhaps not. But I will keep going to meetings, which has brought me to where I am today.

Back at home a little before 8:30 p.m., we started our streaming with Colbert’s Wednesday program, with actors Allison Williams and Damson Idris discussing their upcoming movies. We finished up the first series of “The Paradise” and then watched the next episode of “Stick” so the comedy would help soothe our jangled nerves.

Rain is coming tomorrow, possibly starting as early as 9 a.m. and maybe lasting all day long. The low is a familiar 47 degrees, but the high might not climb past 55. That kind of forecast will definitely wind up cancelling our plans to go with family members up to a cherry orchard near Junction City and pick cherries. It might just find us sitting indoors all day long watching the rain come down.

[i-ideate]

so i've found that, amongst people who are new to wicked, they see Elphaba as very much 'gah why won't anyone ever like me 🥺🥺"...

this has led to a tragic domino where my friends make stupid gacha life and 2020 tiktok jokes (like the cosplay animation meme stuff to dancing through life which is actually hysterical and calling fiyero 'jake, single, alpha, cool') and now my sister (genA) calls elphie 'alphaba'...