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[starp00k]

It isn't fair.

[juliating]

Yes your honor I'm crazed about how Spamtons' body anatomy may look like/work😵‍💫

btw down below are a few hcs to satisfy my brainworms!! AND! I mayhaps have written a fic about them 2 SNEO pics here's the AO3 link

(summary: Spamton NEO and Reader fly trough the sky with a few discoveries anatomy wise of eachother, eating/sleeping togheter. posted both on ao3 and under read more)

Alright for starters a few hc!!

What if Spamton has to calibrate with what strength he touches/grabs/holds the reader? Compared to organic beings being rather squishy; nearly all things/ppl in the darkworld are made out of hard material n stuff! My hc is that these residents in cyber city are all mechanical beings.

So some are covered in a synthetic hide to look more viewable/protect their mechanisms or to avoid dirt in joints/airvents (due to spamton being "skinless" he needs to clean his joints in order to have fluid movement which gets neglected)

The only part which generates heat is the head, so the rest of the body is equal to the ambient temperature. Metal parts underneath could get warm but the outside plastic shell doesn't since that material is a bad heat transmitter.

Balljoints are twice secured so that they can't get easily disclocated. Given trough their build they have both hinge and ball joints in one -> black gasket can rotate/ full 360° articulation

Gray areas are made of a plastic-rubbery like texture, so when folding an arm in, upper body leaning down, bending legs etc. the said area gives in! The abdomen is just one big ol' balljoint

Imagine being able to fly on Spamton NEOs' back like on a Lunala flying trough an ultra wormhole!

NEOs' eyes are permanently open with his glasses embedded in his now skin-having face. So he has a small bump from the nose bridge still is under his skin. The most 'closed' he can do is dimming them.

Btw my NEO version has both mittens and mechanical arms/legs! They're hidden in the plush in default mode. Keep in mind that despite the soft plush, there's metal underneath. Meaning it would still hurt a LOT if he'd whack you with it. And I gave him airvents on his side similiar to gills (shhh secret Big Shot Salmonid reference)

Also I think once Spamton settles down/is in a better state he goes from janky/stiff motions to almost uncanny smooth movement after he's free of any unwanted particles inside his cavities/joints (example that one super expensive Avatar animatronic)

In my head SNEO, when excited or smth similiar, sometimes forgets his own strength. Like a previously hand-raised big animal if you know what I mean

Feel free to correct any grammatical errors since English isnt my first language.

1. (First idea was with the reader fixing a more mechanical part inside Spamton's chest cavity. But then later that day I saw something nearly identical so I changed it a bit. Man my heart was doing cartwheels out of fear of looking like a copycat!!☠️)-still in work 3. (still need a plan where that one might be going)

2. Sun-blighted sky

The slight breeze feels nice. Wonder if he can feel it too. At first you were a bit hesitant by the idea but then gave in. Spamton NEO suggested that you two go to soar trough the sunless skies of cyber city. With you being held safely in his mitten like hands. His thumbs are clamped around your shoulders for a good grip. Soft enough not to hurt yet still secure.

You once asked him why he won't use his actual arms, the ones who are hidden inside the plush exterior. At that he told you that those are more for combat. Huh. Wouldn't want to image getting sliced up by those vicious looking claws of his. Or get shot with his arm cannon. Not to mention the eye lazers.

The once green wires Spamton despised so much are now commanded by his will. All thanks to you. Only after him agreeing to not go after those who apparently wronged him. Due to the NEO suits' immense weight the strings withstand constant tension. Creaking and groaning. He needs to adjust his grip every now and then since the plush material does't have a good adhesion. After a while Spamton adjusts it yet again.

Goodness gracious how beautiful the magenta armor gleams around his body. Beside it being illuminated by the chest core, looking closer, you can also see the moving grids dancing along the edges in an almost hypnotizing manner.

This time you feel the scratchy fabric in the middle of your chest. Right where your heart is. You don't see it but his face twists into one of confusion or like he suddenly remembered something. Spamton presses one of his mittens onto your sternum. It seems like he's searching for something. You panic for a moment thinking he'd rip the last remaining soul shard out.

"Hey Spam-", he interrupts you before you could even finish his name.

"WHAT IS THAT??", each word ever changing from a shrill pitch to a low, dull tone.

You can literally feel the vibration in your body every time that boisterous voice of his reverberates. Kind of similiar to those big speakers blaring music near the ferris wheel.

The mitten is loosing it's grip a bit. Fearing he may drop you accidently, you grip one of them with both arms and legs. You really dont fancy being dropped from this height. This short ordeal causes adrenaline to kick in and an increased heartbeat. Spamton shakes you off into the other one whilst stopping mid flight.

Before you could latch onto the other arm again you feel yourself being lifted up rather harshly. Similiar how one would throw their arms out to catch a falling object. Tapping the faintly glowing triangle chestpiece doesn't seem to get his attention neither.

Yelling out his name makes him stop dead in his tracks. Before you know it he flips you onto your back in one hand. Spamton pressed the side of his head on your chest, or to say on a better therm, nearly entire body. Assuming the location of his 'ears' are the same with humans this feels similiar to a doctor pressing their stethoscope in order to listen to your heartbeat.

Truth to be told you never knew how his body even worked. Whether his puppet-machine like body nor the current 'armed to the teeth' NEO suit. But Spamton once told you that he hears a bit differently than organic beings. After lifting the each side of his artificial hair you've noticed that they're located on different heights. Imitating those of a birds'. These so called 'ears' are infact just audio frequency analyzers.

So that's what has been going trough his RAM then! Of course how should he know what a heartbeat is when all residents are non organic.

The hunk of hard plastic starts to feel quite warm. If his multiple pcbs inside his head are so hot already to the point the exterior heats up then why didn't his internal fans kick in already? With the NEO suit being in Queen's basement for long sure must've taken a toll on its' heat insulation hasn't it? Spamton should know this.

Maybe he surpresses the air circulation in order to hear more. Come thinking of it the NEO suit must have some sort of manual or something. It's probably saved digitally in his database.

He sees you staring off into the distance seemingly lost in thought. Don't humans have a maintenance check every now and then? Shifting the arms holding you a bit higher he finds the sound source.

Browsing trough the previously saved records he notices that your current frequency is too high for his liking. Or maybe he picked it up wrong. Pushing the other side of his head on your sternum he's gauging it again for safety.

Hmph, your heavy breathing doesn't make it any easier to register-wait, WAIT!! Normally he barely picks it up! Only when you're stressed or [[OW! STOP, IT BURNS]]!! Was he squeezing you too much?? Maybe it's the altitude? Gah what does he know how a [[LIGhT>NERS]] body functions.

He lets the wires, which sprout from his back and connect to the projected grids in the sky, decend you both to a less death-drop height.

Now you two are hovering right above Spamtons' old house in the trash zone. The grids' colour slowly began to change from neon green to a dimmed hue. Signaling the night. In the distance you can see some Addisons glow brighter to attract more customers.

"THIS.", as he began to speak once again, voicebox crackling with static and huge teeth clanking togheter the same tact as words get send out, "THAT THUMPING [[Comming on June 5th for only 24,99���]] FROM YOUR CHEST!! IT SOUNDS FASTER THAN USUAL. SOMETHING THE MATTER [[LIGhT>NER]]??"

During talking he squished your body between his mitten hands and head. Wanting to be closer to the source. It's such a soothing sound!! He pokes his thumbs onto your ribcage out of curiosity. Hearing you yelp at that makes him stop though.

Oh right, the sensation of being touched in non protected areas makes some humans squirm away or even laugh. Rather from pain signals than enjoyment. He recalls that from the time you once roughly explained your endoskel- err just skeleton you called it. It's still so strange to him that one wrong hit to your head could end your life.

Finally snapping out of your train of thought, "Uh-, well! I think you mean my heartbeat Spamton.", signaling him to move his head away to give your some room to breathe by tapping your fingers on his forehead. He looks you dead in the eyes. On his pupil-less lenses you can see your own reflection staring right back at you.

"HEARTBEAT AS IN HEARTATTACK? AH; WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO THEN! YOU STILL DIDN'T ANSWER THE SECOND [[questions? ask your doctor or pharmacist]].", wanting an answer.

Aw man, you hope he doesnt interpret you being short therm startled from the suddenness from his action as a negative thing.

"Don't take this the wrong way but y'know being tossed around in the air like previously shook me up a bit. No harm done though. Also, a raised heartrate can have many factors meaning it isn't all from bad intent. I did enjoy the flight so far though!"

"RIGHT, APOLOGIES, [[want a free sample?]] HAPPEN AGAIN", not all from bad intent hm? He lifts you by the armpits again as if asking to continue the flight which you gladly accept. Rethinking he chooses to put you on his back between his head and strings.

You perch down carefully so that your body doesnt touch the wires too much. Legs bend and pressed to his sides with your hands holding onto his 'shoulders'. Well technically his wing mounts now since all of his limbs float near his body. The whole time the wires did all work work with the flying. His useless wings are mostly positioned horizontally rarely doing a flapping motion.

"SAY [[valued customer]], I DO HAVE A FEW OF MY OWN; [[three for the price of one!]] EVEN!!", anticipating your reaction. Head rotating 180 degrees to look at you for a bit, then turning back.

Wait does he mean one or three now? The ad interruption indicates three rather than one you realize. So three hearts it is huh. Like an octopus or squid. You decide to pry a bit to like he did to you beforehand.

"So are they synchronized in one single beat similiar to mine or out of sync?", hoping to get some details instead of a yes or no. Satisfied with your acknowledgment he fulfills the request. The flight speeds down a notch once more.

Show rather than tell it is. Spamton lets his arms slowly float up to where you sat. Moving his head to see you in his peripheral vision to avoid accidently knocking you off. Gently lifting you up again he maneuvers your body so that it's laying in his mitten hands. One supporting your torso, the other one letting your legs rest on.

Having you in a comfortable position, he brings you down to be eye level with the glowing triangle which sticks out of his chest. Without skewering you with it, his hands press you to the right side of it. The magenta armor the rest of your body has contact with is littered with dents and scratches which vary in sizes. Your hands reach around his body as far as they can. Trying your best to hug him.

While the thick, protective plates are getting slightly warmer from your body heat, his actual pitch black body is almost freezing to the touch. You can feel the slightest vibrations on his body from the fans keeping his processors from becomming too hot.

Inside the triangle mechanism you hear a faint whirring. It sounds akin to that of an old cd player. Must be that 'LoadedDisk' in which he uploaded his partly corrupted code back then. Leaning in closer you hear a short hum, as if a command gets processed, followed by three time-shifted clicks and pops. Whereas one resounded slower and duller than the rest. All the while he kept switching from looking straight ahead or down at you resting ever so peacefully in his arms.

"[[VALUED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION]]?", voice dripping with longed-for appreciation. Lifting you up until you're both eye to eye -or to say better eye to sensing camera. Awaiting an answer.

No matter how many times you've gotten the opportunity to gaze at Spamtons' eyes like this, it never stopped the feeling of intimidation creeping up from being directly stared at by this mighty being. Who wouldn't be, considering he's almost thrice your height now. Once the words '10/10 review' and 'would do again' came out of your mouth the colours on his eyes flickered back and forth with excitement. Grin growing wider.

He immediantly saves that sentence unbeknownst you in his memory to replay for later. Only you can give him the feeling of 'being at the top of the world' like this. Head raised with pride, he flies the rest of the route with a now non forced smile engraved on his face. Finally, finally the permanent up-turned mouthcorners portay his emotions correctly! He's positively giddy about this.

Subconsciously he starts swaying his hands, which pressed you against the now comfortale warm metal again, side to side. Unintentionally lulling you to sleep. Too caught up in his own world for him to notice.

As it was getting later you must've gotten quite hungry considering he can hear the acid chamber you call your stomach growl. Of course from spending your entire day with the now large, puppet-like salesman you haven't had the chance to eat anything.

"YOU WANT TO [[Wine n' Dine]]? I'LL DROP YOU OFF NEAR YOUR [[limited offer for cheap estatements]] COMPLETLY [[Free of charge!]]!!", asking while not looking down at you.

He waits for a response which never came. Puzzled that you didn't respond to his [[Genorisity]] nor him saying your actual name, which is already a rare occurence, he decides to spare you a glance. He moves you away from his chest and infront of his face once more. Only to find you limb with closed eyes and slightly agape mouth. So this must be the so called 'sleeping' you've mentioned a few times! An active sate of unconsciousness to recharge!!

Seems like he has to take matters into his own hands. Letting you continue sleeping, he hugs you to his still warm chestplates. Unoccupied arms winding around his body. He supports your body on his left mitten while the other one acts as a pillow. He spreads his fingers hiding inside the mitten to have a wider area available so that your legs stop dangling around. Your body sinks in a bit. This makes the hand your head rests on a suprisingly good silencer meaning not even his permanent yelling gets registered.

Ascending as high as the wires can lift him, he's navigating the ideal route. Upon finding it, he glides at the highest possible tempo the wires are able to carry him without disturbing you. Wings tucked close to his body, akin to a hawk, he dives down to the location. Moving wires making a sharp hissing sound, equal to that of a zip line ride. Still a miracle that you haven't woken up.

The speed making his pitch black hair blow back, loose strands fluttering wildly. Arriving at the destination, he settles down far enough to not alert any other Darkners living there. Letting the wires zip into his back cavity. Tapping your head; shaking you to wake you up.

You stirred, beginning to wake up. Urrghhh. Blinking a few times, your eyes adjust to the darkness. Finally being awake enough to think properly, you began to recognize the place you see. It's only a few minutes of walking to your living place! Weren't you just flying with Spamton?

Spamtons' bi-coloured glasses comming into view makes you flinch away and shield your eyes from the sudden brightness. He explains, as quietly as his voicebox allows, that you went into resting mode in his arms, so he flew you back near your home. Huh, resting mode? Curses, you didn't mean you fall asleep on him! Ah, maybe next time you can pull through without dozing off.

Feeling your stomach growl you decided to leave it for today. There's always a tomorrow. Hold on, he has got to be hungry too from all the flying and moving around. Do Darkners even need to eat or sleep in order to recharge? Well, even if he doesn't, a little kindness never hurt anyone! Expecially he needs that after all the stuff he has been trough in his life.

As far as you can recall you've never seen Spamton show any signs of tiredness nor exhaustion. More worn out from mental exhaustion and frustration. On top of that he stated that the NEO suit runs with an alternator, similiar to one of a car. Strange coincidence that he was working in the car industry before his downfall.

That's it! You're going to invite him to eat dinner with you! Hmm but you'll need to word it carefully so that he doesn't wave his hand in a dismissve 'nah don't need it' manner. Using his own tactics, how he wrapped customers around his jointed finger into buying his wares, you make him an '[[irresistable deal!!!]]' with no strings attached. Literally. Only the best learn from the best.

As if hearing your thoughts he begins to reject your offer. This time you interrupt him before he could emit the first word. A wee bit too stunned to speak from getting a taste of his own medicine, he lets the wires zip out to relink with the sky grid to blast off.

Before he could make a run for it you cling onto one of his legs. Even though clearly displeased, he gives in after several 'pretty pleases with sprinkles on top'. Oh, how he loathes being at the receiving end of hospitality even if it's from kindness rather than that behated pity of his. Corners of mouth drooping into a frown for a split second; then go back into the default smile. Forget it, he's not in the mood to banter around with that. This time he can overlook it. He'll even the deal out the first opportunity he gets.

Hovering closer to the ground, hooking your clothing scruff between his fingers, he snags you off of him and sets you down. You tell him to wait here until you're back with both of your meals. Not wanting to keep him waiting for too long you zoom to your living place. From all the hussle you haven't had any time to think about what he'd like to eat! 'Spaghetti Code' maybe? That's the only type of meal you've ever heard him mention briefly. Quickest thing would be ordering but your loan says no.

So instead of that you decide to do it yourself. Snatching multiple spaghetti packs, sauce cans and seasoning. Mentally weighting off how much you both will propably eat. Hopefully enough. Not even an hour later you're halfway finished filling up the food containers. You also bring your backbag with your laptop and seasoning incase he's preferring more. Swinging it on you take the first big container and march to him.

Upon hearing footsteps Spamton peeks around the corner of the abandoned warehouse he's sheltered in. It's you!!

"Here's the first delivery plus my laptop so that we can watch something while eating! There's still some left I'll go get the rest; you can start already if you want", you drop everything to where he's sitting, handing him the food before it cools out on the ground.

Before he can say something you're already bolting back home. Out of politeness he waits for you to come back so you can start eating together.

While waiting for your return he looks around. Busted mattresses littered everywhere. Getting up, he floats to them. He doesn't mind where and how he sits nor eats. But since you organic beings can get sick from being in the cold out for too long, he starts piling them up in a corner. Creating a makeshift bed/resting place. Balancing the food box on his floating head which stays perfectly still in place, grabbing your backbag so that they don't get dirty from him maneuvering the junk around.

Content with it he nestles in, surpresses his cooling, warming them up. He's laying on his chest, glass-triangle so sharp that it's tearing a sizeable hole into one of the mattresses. The aged filling leaving dirt stains on his [[Work-Out ready body]]!! Eurgh.

Spamton lifts his upper body. Roughly grabs and disgards the useless thing by throwing it across the warehouse room. Mattress hitting the worn wall with such brutish force that the thump echoes trough the entire building. Filling flying around like snowflakes before falling on the ground. Scowling at it, face red with anger and a twisted visage.

Borderline thinking about annihilating it with his arm cannon; he decides against it, not letting any anger get the best of him. Hypocritically speaking in the past, before NEO, he would've jumped out of joy having just one half of it. Hearing your footsteps again he picks the pieces from his head and puts them in one hand. Dimming his lights.

In the dark room the only thing one could make out, were his glasses and chest-triangle. His eyes don't light his face up that much but the triangle, even when dimmed, does. Teeth lit up from the bottom in an eerie manner. The rest of the body is shrouded in utter darkness. If someone else would walk in and see this, they'd probably die of fright on the spot.

Back once more, you carry the rest of the food. Spaghetti and sauce seperated. You were about to search for his whereabouts. Walking further into the building. The search didn't last long because he approched you from behind, without you noticing. You jumped what felt like five meters into the air as you felt a mitten-hand touching the top of your head. He can be surprisingly quiet if he wants to.

Turning around you see Spamton openly guffawing with a shit-eating grin. The same mitten petting the top of your head mockingly. "GEAHHEAHEAHEAHEA!!! NOT SO [[sales jumping up,up,up!]]!! LOOK, OVER THERE WE CAN EAT", pointing with his thumb into the room he came from. The dark room being illuminated by his eyes, chest-triangle and the holographic part of his wings.

Leading you to the corner you unzipped you backbag and set everything down in comfortable reach. Since you didn't know if Spamton is going to eat with cutlery or not, given how comically small they are in his mittens, you still got some for him. Whilst the laptop was booting up both of you took your own portion.

You sit down onto the mattress pile, plate in hand. They feel unexpectedly warm to the touch! Spamton must've been resting on them the whole time. One thing that had you do a double take though was a mattress, which looked like it got mauled and nearly torn in half, in the opposite side of the room. Filling scattered everywhere on ground and all. Huh. Wasn't like this before. Sideeying him, made him respond with a 'wasn't me!' look. Sureee.

Anyways! Once he got a portion, literally a whole box, he laid down behind you. Chest to your back and triangle by your right. Looking back at your laptop you asked him for any suggestions for what to watch. He chose a documentation about old timey cars. Suits him. Once the brand 'Cungadero' got mentioned, he perked up and moved his whole body closer. Promting you to use it as a rest.

Really opened a can of worms there. Spamton immediately began brabbling about that brand like crazed. Head twitching and turning in all different kinds of directions. Multiple voices overlapping, glitching and each one louder than the last. Not being kind to your ears. The tinnitus tomorrow will be worth it though! History, creation and build aspects. Everything. Both of you completely forgetting the food.

The armor isn't the softest material to fully lean onto though. Some raised edges dig into your skin. So you lean back forward. You see his unoccupied arm shift and feel something dropped behind you. Another mattress! Which looked more like a small pillow in his hand. Thanking him, you lean back again, starting to eat.

Or- wanted to eat. Only to find that it has gotten cold already. Eh, you can live with that.

Spamton stopped talking when he saw you hesistating and then shrugging, twirling some noodles onto your fork. He switches his vision to a thermal one, checking both of your portions and the rest of the containers. Did he really talk for so long that the spaghetti code got cold? He can fix that.

"NO. [[prices dropping by 20%!!]] THAT DOWN. PUT IT INTO THE [[boxing gloves for 49,99€]] AND GIVE IT TO ME. I'LL HEAT IT UP", a beat passes, "IF YOU PLEASE!!". Holding a hand out.

Doing so, you give it to him. Pondering if he'll just press them against his face or something. You watch as he takes every container into his hands and puts them into... INTO his mouth?! He must be warming them up inside his head! Like a big ol' microwave!! Not sure how to feel about that. There better won't be any spit on them, if he even has any to speak of. After a while he takes them out, shame he didn't do the 'Ding!' sound. Puffing out some heated air. Thankfully, for your appetite, they're as clean as they were before.

Wondering how Spamton even eats, you secretly peek at his head resting on the mattress pile about a meter away. Holding an open box to his mouth. He must've manifested a neck using magic so that the food can be passed into the main body for decoding it.

No matter how cautiously you glance at him he still picks it up. Mutual feeling; since he hasn't seen you eat either!! Normally, Addisons can just dump anything down their throats which then gets decoded into a bunch of 1s and 0s. Instead of giving energy, they receive flavour codes. But regarding formality they take bites and chew. Like [[LIGhT>NER]]s. So he assumes that humans shouldn't be too different.

He lifts his head up slightly from its' laying postion. Doing the polite route he lets his [[coral blue #2]] tongue slither inside the food box. Wrapping it around some noodles, he scoops them up and retracts it back into his mouth. Biting off any excess. His broad teeth act like a hydraulic press. Favouring crushing over cutting.

When he bites some off his upper tooth row comes down onto his bottom lip. That 'lip' functions like a black rubber gasket. Same material. Which prevents any damage/cracks incase his upper tooth row clashes too hard onto his jaw. Plus, the top one sinks in a bit in order to absorb the impact.

Ooooh it tastes DELICIS!!! Could rival the taste of his beloved Kromer!! Giving up on being patient with it he starts devouring the food like a man starved. Not caring how much sauce stains his teeth. Once finished with the first box he make short work of the second one. Throwing his head back and dumping the entire content full of greed in one go down. Before he did the same with the third, and last, box he stops himself. Wanting to savour it. Also, he has an idea for a topping he thinks you may like.

What looked like a whole week worth of food to you were only a few bites to Spamton; who was practically inhaling it according to some glances you landed. Technically he could've inhaled it, so to speak of. From your view you even saw that his bottom 'lip' shines ever so slightly at a certain angle.

Even without any projected pupils on his glasses you still felt his gaze on you from time to time. You wonder why he stopped before the third box though. Nevertheless, maybe he has his reasons or waits for something. Not thinking much of it, you continue eating and watching the rest of the documentary. You try your best to stay awake for his sake, you struggle against nodding off again.

From some opportunity windows you had, you could make out that he only bit noodles off and never chewed. At one glance to another an entire box was empty. The way he scooped portions into his mouth reminded you of a giraffe eating leaves. No surprise considering that he almost never fully closes his mout with the lack of proper functional lips or cheeks. Well atleast he seemed to enjoy it!

Halfway done with eating your portion, you hear Spamton starting to finish off the last box. What surprised you though, was on his last bite he picked up the spare fork you brought. Struggling a bit to hold it correctly. But before doing anything with it he turns to you.

"[[Stop the presses!]] THERE, WOULD YOU LIKE A [[Free samples for each product!]]??", holding one hand near your food. You move your plate acceptingly to him.

Holding his empty hand above your portion then rotating his wrist he summons a 'Pipis'; which then placed ontop of your food. After fully registering what it is you tense up, not daring to move a muscle. Why would he give you a grenade?! Despite it being smaller and having some seared spots you're still not so sure about stabbing it with your fork. You glance dumfounded at Spamton.

Looking down at you, he's awaiting you to try the 'Fried Pipis'. But apparently you don't get the memo that it's something to eat instead of an explosive this time. He summons another one and bites a chunk off of it, giving you a loopy smile. Showing you that it's save for consumption and won't blow your face off. Leaning down he looks at you expectingly.

So edible grenades it is then. You cut it into a few stripes while he gnashes down the rest of it. Picking one up you decided to give it a try. It surprisingly tastes a tad like mozzarella! Maybe the magic stuff automatically determines how it'll taste like when put into another dish.

Seeing your eyes widen in surprise makes Spamton huff out a barely audible laugh; some leftover steam warming your skin. "HEAEAEAEA [[Told ya so]]!!", waving the fork into you direction then going back to what he wanted to do before.

Doing his best to twirl some spaghetti on and putting it in his mouth, then fully closing it the best he can, and chews. Mimicking you. You only saw him dipping his head back; no swallowing or anything like that. Interesting! With both of you being finished, he takes the sauce container and licks it clean of any leftovers.

Container being cleaned he sets it aside on the ground. Not without leaving a comment of course! Patting your back in an acknowledging 'good job!' fashion.

"[[5 star rated restaurant]] DEAR CUSTOMER!!", default grin growing wider while rearranging some loose mattresses near where you sat.

Some were placed under his head so that it's propped up a hint instead of laying flat. Now you can see his face more clearly in your peripheral vision again. Seeing his teeth stained from trying to eat like you near the end. Sauce and crushed noodle bits smeared everywhere.

Normally saliva, if he had any, would clean it from its own but not in his case due to having permanent bared teeth. You can help with that!

"You've got some on your teeth right there, Spamton!", motioning with your hand at your own mouth for reference.

Upon hearing that he lets his tongue out yet again gliding over both of his rows of teeth. The rough texture leaving near to nothing left in its' wake. Well except one stray noodle piece it didn't reach one of his dimples. "ALL [[sales gone down the drain, drain]]??", staring at you. Hands resting neatly ontop of his armor while his arms are wrapped around his body.

"Eh- not quite. I can get it for you if you let me though!", lifting your hand to hover near his head, asking for permission to help incase the sudden touch startles him somehow. Which he gladly accepts with a small nod; leaning in your direction so that he fully faces you. He watches you get up and march to him, sinking in the old mattresses with each step, then plopping down on them once you're in comfortable reach of him.

Sitting cross-legged near Spamton you're about the same height as his nose. This would sure be an inconvenient time for any spontaneous movements or else he could poke an eye out by accident. Cautiously lifting your arm up to the side of his face, keeping an eye out for any twitches.

He's doing everything in his might to prevent any sudden head twitches, not wanting to knock you over nor stabbing you with his nose. Watching you swipe something off of him with your thumb, feeling the soft flesh on your thumb. Why was it shaking a little? Pfft, do you really think he'd bite your arm off or something??

Not sure what to do with it, you hold it back out to him indicating to pick it from you in his own mitten to eat. Instead, Spamton leans his head forward, seperates his teeth and licks it off of your thumb. Giving you a jolt which made your arm flinch away.

This earned you an unwanted hurt look from Spamton. Mouth corners slightly drooping. You reassure him that the flinch was only from the shock he gave you, tenderly rubbing his cheek.

It felt like you were being scratched by sandpaper. Coarse and dry. Before any contact with your skin you felt a crackling sensation which made the hairs on your entire forarm stand up. It feels like holding your hand out near static charged plastic or a high voltage plant.

Even though you kind of suspected it already, it still surprised you. Once it made contact after the first shock, you felt weaker ones pulsing in a fast paced tact. Also for some reason it was blue? But at the same time the gradient got darker, going from blue to black further down inside his mouth.

You sit back to the place before infront of Spamtons' chest. Honestly it was getting quite cold now that the mattresses cooled all the way out. Spamton doesn't seem to be heating them up anymore. Not wanting to get a cold you pull your legs up to your chest and snuggle more into one of them. Trying to keep some warmth in by additionally wrapping your arms around yourself.

Is it really that cold to you again?? The always cool temperature may be good for the residents for Cyber City but apparantly not for flesh and blood beings. He's deciding whether about heating his body up again or not, but doing this all the time can even damage his [[Work-Out ready body]]... He's not having any of that. Instead, he has a better idea!! Ah, finally getting to repay your [[Genorisity]]!!!

Some humans bond via body contact don't they? Maybe he can test the waters given the opportunity now. Only if that doesn't overstep any boundaries for you though. Thinking of it he wonders how your past life was like before you fell; but he lets that be out of mutual respect before any old wounds get reopened. He wouldn't want it either.

The synthetic wool material of his plush arms is easy to warm up. Meaning once it's around you then your body heat would be greatly insulated keeping you from being cold! And if he'd somehow get some muscle activity out of you it'd go even faster!! Arms begin to unwrap from his body, drifting to you. He taps your shoulder to get your attention. Turning your head to him you see his hands hover close by your upper arms, making an 'up' motion.

Lifting your arms up and before you know it you're hoisted up by the armpits, engulfed in white and pink fabric. The rest of Spamtons' body gets up, armor plates clattering aigainst each other. Sitting cross-legged, with you being at eye-height with his chest triangle. Holding you diagonally, main body and head leaning forward. Looming down at you he gives you a mischievous smile, making you raise an eyebrow in suspicion.

The thumbs resting on your shoulder move down to your torso. They gently dig into your sides making you squirm and huff out a few quiet laughs. From the looks of it his goal seems to be for you to move around in order to generate warmth faster. Or to cheer you up, maybe both, who knows.

Seeing the fabric getting to a comfortable heat for you he stops. After that he leans his down to snuggle into your chest to check to your heartbeat again. Even if your soulshard isn't emitting the sought after power like it used to, it still brings him an oh so great sense of comfort. Even when the metal parts of his body can't feel much.

You throw an arm around his head and ruffle trough the jagged, synthetic hair. Running strand by strand trough your fingers, evening some knots out. Under your hand you can feel the back of his head heating up, the warmth spreading trough the partly hard plastic skin up to the side his face is pressed against you. Whirring fans causing faint vibrations below your fingertips. After a while his face turns a light shade of red. Steam beginning to form inside his mouth.

Feeling you crane your neck to the side so that you can see his face more clearly. He stares back. Noticing what you might be looking at currently, he swiftly turns to the side making a half hearted grouchy expression. Upon this he hears you stifle back a chuckle and puts a mitten on your face so that you can't see his.

"Woah what was that for big guy?", you jokingly question while disheveling his hair in a kidding manner. Pushing his mitten away.

"NOTHING! [[all, for nothing at all]]!!", earlier formed steam being hissed out inbetween words.

Before you could say some more he shuts you up by hugging your body to his chest. Avoiding the sharp edges of the suit. Long teardrop shaped arms winding you around his body. Albeit with too much strenght considering he hears your spine crack.

"[[Whoopsie-daisy]]!! DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT ROUGH!!", shrieking out in surprise, easing the pressure.

Spamtons' main body falls with you back down onto the mattresses with a dull thud. Still snuggling you into his chest. Now that most noise died out the only thing you can hear are some of his mechanisms relentlessy working.

With his warm arms wrapped around your body, acting as blankets, you begin to doze off. Sensing this he dims his lights yet again. He lifts you up in order to put a mattress between you two so that you don't wake up with cuts everywhere from the sharp edges. Even if he can't sleep he still enjoys beings near you simply resting.

The last thing you register before falling asleep were teeth softly gracing the top of you head.

[kerubimcrepin]

LIVEBLOG: Dofus Novel 4, The Thirsty Beheader

I apologize for my absence. Translating this novel has burned me out from the fandom in a pretty major way, and I also got into a different fandom in the meantime and am, like, three 4k word chapters deep into a longfic for said new fandom. Besides that, I had a depressive episode and went insane for a while. Basically, I've been a bit busy.

At the same time I release this post, I have uploaded the new, updated versions of both translations (since this liveblog is mostly a reason for me to reread and fix stuff) to MEGA and VK, so I recommend you download the new versions!

I will mostly be copying the text directly, to bypass tumblr's image restriction, but some screenshots will be provided. For example:

If pride is a sin, then the typesetting and cleaning I went through with this book will have me go to hell after I die. (I don't think I'm a master, but I did a pretty good job, ok?)

A cart had just entered the District of the Lost Steps. It stopped in front of the store, as two Srams* got out.

I love the internal consistency of the street being named here. Thank you, author of this book, for caring.

“Are you sure about this,” asked the little guy, “Is this really the right place?” “Yeah,” replied the tall one, “There aren't thirty-six Shushu* houses in the neighborhood.”

LMAO this is something Kerubim is actually known for, huh?

At the time that this book takes place in, joris can't read very well. Cute...

Also, hehe... I am pretty proud of the way this part of the book was cleaned + the font + the layers and colors and opacity I applied to the text, to make it fit in with the paper.

^^^ This is me btw, during this entire post. ^^^

The entirety of the epilogue and prologue are typed on top of cleaned backgrounds sourced from the scan. The rest of the book is typed in front of a digital background. This artistic choice was made because....... You can't set different pages to be different colors in word. You have to overlay some image or a textbox, if you want a page to be a different color.

Anyway — I had a lot of fun searching for the fonts from this book! (and far less fun searching for appropriate fonts for the Russian translation since none of the fonts this book uses have cyrilic versions...)

The fonts this book uses are: Dimbo, Chelsea Market, and Aleo. Google them for all your Dofus Aux Tresors de Kerubim related needs.

The fonts I chose to use in the russian translation are: Brydan Write, Correction Brush, Curinn, and Itim. I just had to make do with what I had, ok?

“My Papycha said it's urgent!” exclaimed Joris, “He could be in danger. Maybe he's being attacked by the Thirsty!” Even Pupuce looked worried. Simone reread the message, thinking out loud: “The Huffing Bow Wow tavern is in the Pandawa district... There's plenty of bamboo milk there. Maybe the neighborhood is overrun by the Thirsters?” “And soon, the whole city will be under attack!” concluded Joris.

Nobody knows how to escalate a situation better than a 7yo with anxiety. God bless <3

The Ecaflip goes full "war machine" mode: he cuts and slices through the living dead for the entire night, and when the golden disk of the sun finally rises over the horizon, the scenery is carpeted with the Thirsty. The region is saved. Kerubim becomes a legend. To thank him, the local lord offers him the... “Hey... Joris? Are you listening?” asked Simone. She began shaking the boy, who, abruptly snapping out of his reverie, mumbled: “Huh? What?”

Joris is so normal. So sane.

“Bye-bye,” added Bowiknif. But Luis slammed the door in their faces, roaring: “You're not going anywhere!” “Oh yeah?” hissed Bakstab, “Is that so?” “Would you like us to chop up your friends with a Brakmarian steel sword of Chouque?” questioned the other, “Or with Samuel J. Axe?” Luis muttered what sounded like a string of expletives, before reluctantly opening the door to the two robbers, who bolted out without further ado.

I'm LITERALLY fucking insane about this.

“I'm sorry,” said Luis, “I tried to hold them back, but...” “We know, we saw everything,” the girl cut him off, “You did your best, Luis.”

Actually deranging. Also explains why Luis did fuckall about Sipho, Harebourg, and Ush — there's just not much he can actually do.

She spotted a Dragoturkey standing near a trough. In two strides, she reached the animal, untied it, and climbed onto its back like an experienced Dragogirl*. “Let’s go!” she said to the boy.

This once again raises a some questions about Simone's past — when did she learn how to ride dragoturkeys? Is it the same reason why she knows how to fight, at least a little?

Then again, maybe she's just being an Osamodas here.

I love, love, love the Simone&Joris content in this book. Their bond is so important to me... She's the aunt who stepped up.

This art is so nice...

They had run like mad through half the city, arrived at the wrong address, turned back just as a thunderstorm broke out, wandered around in the rain in the Pandawa district, and FINALLY arrived at the Huffing Bow Wow Tavern, a large, long building with a thatched roof.

They're so fucking stupid. I love them.

“Ah, there you are!” called out Kerubim, “I almost thought you’d make me wait some more!”

I wish english also had the phrase "I almost thought you'd be late" as a cunty response when someone's an hour or three late to an event. I don't think the english translation I made conveys the sheer frustration.

Kerubim raised an eyebrow — a perfect copy of the circumflex accent:

I struggled with this part a lot in russian sjfkgdfg. It made me nerd out a little bit too.

I didn't have a lot of comments here, but eh. It was nice to finally get this over with dfjgkdsfg.

[skynights2]

Like father like son!?, except opposite!

I just wanted to make this post, lol..As it has more ground for it to work.. (simple version)

Plus don’t you know, when you have cinnamon roll for kid, there always that one more meaner family member to balance the other!   

  Dramatic arm pose while explaining something important!

Toshinori arms wide open, for dramatic flare while explaining important points!

Afo arms wide open, for dramatic flare while exclaiming important points!  

Note: i detect bed time stories...as where that arm pose/dramatic flare came from..

Extra:

You see, he did the same arm pose while bragging with his younger brother in the past!..  

still doing the same thing, with toshinori.....(bragging still.)

Both are alike, But Opposite!

Afo admits they are the same, except they are opposite from each other when comes to good and evil!   They both follow the path they chose with dedication!

Note: You see, not just that dramatic arm pose! lol which toshinori probably picked up from afo bed time stories in the past.

Note: Tumblr beta mode reveals keep reading instead of opening new window.

That grin, when they watch their student...

Toshinori grinning/proud at Izuku self sacrificing spirit like his. 

Afo grinning/proud At Tomura for being evil like him.  Also he mostly using Tomura as a tool to tear down what Toshinori Built, by introducing him as the symbol of fear. 

Catch Phrase “I’m am here”

Toshinori heroic catch phrase. 

Steals Toshinori heroic line, “i’m here..”  (showing he is salty,Toshinori chose hero side as he mocks Toshinori with his catch phrase..)

Both damaged each other bodies. 

Gets baited by afo, and gets his side damaged!

(btw afo, has allies in the hospital..was afo intending for this to happen,So the doctor could get Toshinori for experiment!?..)

Gets damaged by Toshinori..Also his skull mask is similar design to Toshinori face...*raises eyebrow*

How secrets are managed!

Reveals it, he to honest lol!

Exposes it! (He sounds very fed up and sounds way to salty about Toshinori hero image..)

Both use one giant muscle arm to fight each other..

Use right arm to fight afo (plus he finished him off with his right arm)

Used his right arm to go all out on toshinori.

Side note:  ok who is influencing who!?...unless it’s toshinori who picked up on afo manner/fighting etc   just like how deku copies toshinori, (because children always tend to copy/pick up manners from there parent figures)  we already got dramatic arm pose, and catch phrase(afo stole!?)

Both Holding Back on killing each other.

Admits to holding back on killing Toshinori with the same air cannon attack that is not enough to kill Toshinori. He did it around 3+ times..Also he admits/hint he knows sir knight eye prediction,which stated it was someone else and not afo who kill him. 

Which explains why he is annoyed with Toshinori not dodging his attacks because he playing hero.(self sacrificing, the trait that will kill him. As shown Afo tries to correct Toshinori line of thinking by trying to force him to dodge his attack.  Air cannon)  As he aware Toshinori can’t fight at full strength As why he mostly using Air cannon attack on him, because he knows Toshinori will survive it.

After he damaged Toshinori..The doctor should been at the hospital..As hinted with shirakumo..As why he knew sir knight eye prediction and Toshinori real form...

Extra:

Tells Toshiniro,warns him before he powers up after air cannon.  He better put full effort into his last punch.!?..Since when do villains warn there enemy???   and Afo refers to them both putting all their effort into there punch! when he could just sneaked attacked and called it a day! (he also did not use search quirk on Toshinori to show weak points! Showing us he has better understanding how to rile up Toshinori feelings)

Toshinori holds back from killing him.  

and also be like “Take that you shitty old man! and your lectures about my life choice!!”  

Note: he has similar parallel to tomura, except he did not kill Afo.. where Tomura killed his dad...

Both are tall in 7+feet range.

Toshinori stands at 7′2 feet but looking at this close up of the two. Can see AFO stand a few feet higher then him, in the 7+ feet.

It mention of 80% children can inherited the tall gene from there parents.And only these two in the entire series are the only one really tall!

Both have similar characteristic traits. (updated pic)

They both have similar/face structure to each other, with jawline and smile lines, plus the nose!   (In some of the scene, can see he has similar eyebrows to Toshinori that is over shadowed!!)

Also the author when he draws family, he always insures the child resembles the parent etc. 

How Family Bonding time goes between these two!

Beside throwing punches at each other, because of there different views.

Afo trying his best to hurt Toshinori emotionally, for his defiance against him. As note he always mentions about breaking Toshinori fighting spirit!  

And lectures Toshinori about about heroes having set back etc. 

Also Implies Toshinori knows him well enough to know how he behaves from past experience......(hinting before nana-plus the year gap when Toshinori was hidden from him...so this only possible if afo known him since he was young)

Can see Toshinori,confused and hurt Afo would go to great lengths to hurt him this way... As he questioning why afo did it?? As he to shock by this revelation!

Note: It’s mention afo want his family on his side,This is prob why he targeted Tomura. Since he knew Toshinori would see him as family. and why he told Kachan he was holding back on killing Toshinori..(because he thought at first kachan was the one who got ofa.....)

By the time Toshinori snaps out his grief

Can see him stare, in hurt at afo. As his tears wash away the blood.  As he preparing himself emotionally to make sure he defeats afo...unlike before..

Like a kid standing up to there evil family. or shitty father..

Note: he looks annoyed someone influencing Toshinori.

Also more clue/implications. Afo knows Toshinori from before Nana showed up, as he sounds 100% sure to how Toshinori behaves/thinks etc.  

and also..

Implies him and Toshinori have not have a real conversation in years, (because of Toshinori being hidden away from him)  As shown he was more talkative to only Toshinori then anyone else (Because only parent can effect there child mental state with hurtful words as shown.  As Toshinori is shown to be the only one effected by what he says..And afo focus on him only shows there more going on then we know..)

When they tell Toshinori he has 3 mins left, Afo shown to show how he feels, because he wants to continue talking with Toshinori (He also directs the conversation back at Toshinori again..Showing us Afo has more motive towards Toshinori then he lets on..

Because he failed with his brother..but as seen he also failing with Toshinori..

Bonus:  True Goals... was to get back at Toshinori for opposing him by using Tomura, as he admits to using the boy as a tool for his plan against Toshinori ideals on being a hero.

The Symbol of fear!

and we know Toshinori admits to feeling fear (even though he smiles) and as shown with implications of Afo knowing Toshinori from before Nana (3 times)..This would make sense as he can understand how Toshinori feels. and knows Toshinori is more prone to being scared then the others...

Symbol of Peace -wanting to be opposite of Afo.....

To be honest, That looks like to much effort on Afo part trying to tear down Toshinori ideal’s/goals.. plus with the lectures, and mocking Toshinori for playing hero as seen... Plus he was willing trying to manipulate others who Toshinori consider family/friends on his side..as seen with tomura and Kachan (mistook him as the holder of ofa at first, as why he did not kill the boy and told tomura this will be his new friend/lacky..etc.

[kerbaldevteam]

Kerbal Space Program 1.7: “Room to Maneuver” is now available!

Hello everyone!

A new technology has arrived to the KSC and with it, Kerbals will only get more Room to Maneuver! We’re excited to release, Kerbal Space Program 1.7: Room to Maneuver, our newest  content-filled update that will give players new features and wide variety of improvements to help Kerbals explore farther than ever before!

This update includes two new useful navigation upgrades, the revamp of all of the small maneuvering motors, including new variants for the Twitch, Ant and Spider, as well as a brand new galaxy texture map to have our astronauts mesmerized by the beauty of the celestial vault. A great deal of bug fixes have also been packed into this update, not two mention a new 3.75 meter nose cone and a 5m one for those extra-large fuel tanks in the Making History Expansion!

Let’s go through some of this update’s highlights:

Maneuver Mode

Probably the most impactful feature within this update, the Maneuver Mode is a new navigation tool that gives you access to useful orbital information in both Flight and Map mode that will also allow you to precisely and easily adjust maneuvers nodes, all to help you fine tune your interplanetary transfers.

Altimeter mode toggle

A long-requested quality-of-life feature that will allow you to toggle the altitude mode from Above Sea Level (ASL) to Above Ground Level (AGL) by simply clicking on the new icon to the altimeter. Hopefully this will improve the KSC’s survival rates…

Part revamps

This time around, small maneuvering engines were the focus of our revamping efforts. The Ant, Twitch, Puff, Place-Anywhere 7, RV-105 Thruster Block, and Vernor Engines now look better than ever, plus the Twitch, Ant and Spider include new stunning variants. On top of that, we’ve added new tuning values on some of those engines.

Galaxy Texture Map Update

The game’s galaxy cubemap has been updated in Room to Maneuver. This environment map has been carefully crafted to reflect a nicer color palette and more defined celestial objects. With double the resolution, it will be impossible not to enjoy the view while exploring Kerbin’s star system.

Click here to see high res images.

Scrollable PAW

Another small quality-of-life feature we’re adding to the game is the addition of a scrollbar to the Part-Action-Window. This will keep the PAW within the bounds of the screen when they get too big, something that might come in handy for players who use mods and fill those up

And more!

To learn more you can read the full Changelog here:

===========================v1.7.0===========================

+++ Improvements

* Upgraded Galaxy Textures. * Add new flight UI mode that includes in-depth orbital information. * Add advanced maneuver node editor, allowing player to edit maneuver nodes more precisely. * Add an Altitude toggle function to the Altimeter. The altitude modes can be switched between AGL and ASL.  * Part Action Windows (PAW)s now generate scrollbars and keep themselves within the bounds of the screen when there is more data than will fit the screen. * Automatic AGL/ASL toggle values when in orbit. The altimeter value is set as ASL while in orbit, the AGL/ASL setting is preserved. * The altimeter AGL behaviour when underwater calculates the vessel altitude from the sea floor. * Update Addons and Mods external site link from Main Menu.

+++ Localization

* A localization tag is no longer displayed in the status section of the PAW of the Advanced Grabbing unit in the Asteroid Redirect Mission, Part 2 tutorial.

+++ Parts

Updated Parts (reskinned):

* 24-77 Twitch * LV-1 Ant * LV-1R Spider * O-10 Puff * Place-Anywhere 7 * RV-105 Thruster Block * Vernor Engine

Color Variants:

* 24-77 Twitch (New "Orange" and "Gray and Orange" color variants) * LV-1 Ant (New "Shrouded " and "Bare" variants) * LV-1R Spider (New "Shrouded " and "Bare" variants)

Other Part changes:

* Add a 3.75 nose cone. * Rebalanced the following engines: Twitch, Spark, Place-Anywhere 7, RV-105 RCS,Vernor.   * Fix IVA external cameras in Mk1 Command Pod, MK2 Lander Can, Mk2 Command Pod. * Fix EVA range on Cupola, HECS2, RC-001S, RC-L01 science containers. * Previously Revamped Parts moved to zDeprecated. Parts revamped in 1.4: 

    - TR-2V Stack Decoupler -> TD-06 Decoupler     - TR-18A Stack Decoupler -> TD-12 Decoupler     - Rockomax brand decoupler -> TD-25 Decoupler     - TR-38-D -> TD-37 Decoupler     - TR-2C Stack Separator -> TS-06 Stack Separator     - TR-18D Stack Separator -> TS-12 Stack Separator     - TR-XL Stack Separator -> TS-25 Stack Separator     - ROUND-8 Toroidal Fuel Tank -> R-12 'Doughnut' External Tank     - Rockomax X200-8 Fuel Tank -> same name     - Rockomax X200-16 Fuel Tank -> same name     - Rockomax X200-32 Fuel Tank -> same name     - Rockomax Jumbo-64 Fuel Tank -> same name     - Mk 1-2 Pod -> Mk 1-3 Pod    

+++ Bugfixes

* Fix PQS normals, stops planets from having mismatched seams when seen from orbit. * Fix bug where symmetry would break animations on some parts. * Fix input locks on Return to KSC button at top of altimeter in flight scene. * Fix typographical error in the description of the vessel 'ComSat Lx'. * Fix typographical error in the Suborbital Flight training tutorial description. * Fix UI issue for purchase button on part tooltips. * Fix vessel default name in rename vessel dialog displaying as an autoloc. * Fix manufacturer localization on the Kerbodyne S4-512 Fuel Tank. * Fix jitter in heading readout on Navball for vessels in prelaunch state. * Fix "Learn More" text exceeding size of window in the Asteroid Redirect scenario descriptions. * Fix flag decal on Male Kerbals Jetpack being off-center. * Fix Kerbal falling off the launchpad flagpole causing the flagpole to explode. * Fix bulkhead profile part filtering on MK-0, 2 & 3 fuel tanks, J-90 "Goliath", Communotron 16-S, RA-2, RA-15, and RA-100 relay antenna. * Fix thermal overlay rendering on parts that have lights. * Fix Debug tool saying LPE for orbit param when its applying Arg of Periapsis. * Fix Atmosphere line appearing from the surface of planets. * Fix Flags and Kerbals loading above terrain (flying) and flags being removed from game. * Fix NaN bug in DV calcs when in orbit around CBs with no atmosphere. * Fix site node waypoints duplicating every scene change. * Fix service bays unable to click parts inside after jettison when part loads. * Fix allow staging of interstage fairings after they are decoupled. * Fix Mk3 cargo bay registering collisions and blowing up parts of vessels inside them. * Fix Engine Plate handling in dV calculations. * Fixed UI scale issue where setting high scale in UI, navball and altimeter would clip off some elements. * Fix Kerbal helmet shadow rendering in "Simple" rendering setting. * Fix decouple node function on docking ports in space. * Fix shrouds being left attached to docking nodes when decoupled (now becomes separate debris). * Fix Responsiveness audio setting appearing in red text in settings menu. * Fix NRE on interstage procedural fairing in editor scenes. * Fix AOORE when Kerbal leaves a command seat on a vessel that has an active ISRU. * Fix issue where Delta-V app menu could become unresponsive in editor scenes. * Fix Navball, funds, science and reputation gauges disappearing when UI scale set > 170% on some resolution settings. * Fix NRE in resources app that could occur when moving the mouse over resources in the app.

+++ Mods

* Changed Animation behavior of ModuleDeployablePart, ModuleDeployableRadiator, ModuleDeployableAntenna and ModuleDeployableSolarPanel to be WrapMode.ClampForever instead of WrapMode. * ModuleDecouple and ModuleAnchoredDecoupler rebased to a common class - ModuleDecouple. * Add FXModuleAnimateRCS - handles emissives on RCS part modules. * Add EmissiveBumpedSpecularMapped part shader. * Make class DoubleCurve annotate Serializable. * Fix version dependency checking for mods.

+++Miscellaneous

* None at this time.

=========== Making History v1.7.0 - Requires KSP v1.7.0 ============

+++ Parts

 * Added a 5m nose cone.

+++ Bugfixes

* Fix cursor disappearing behind Gilly while moving the camera around the planet in Mission Builder GAP.  * Fix export filename not updating when mission is renamed and re-exported. * Fix user being able to select nodes from the left hand toolbox in the Mission builder even when that panel is hidden. * Fix the Steam Select Craft to Load dialog window which generated NREs when using Menu Navigation on the Steam tab and launching in the VAB. * Fix message dialog in Meet Me in Zero G stock mission.

+++ Missions

* The "Craft incompatible" text is no longer shown in the stock missions.

Kerbal Space Program 1.7: Room to Maneuver  is now available on Steam and will soon be available on GOG and other third-party resellers. You will also be able to download it from the KSP Store if you already own the game.

Click here to enter the Grand Discussion Thread for this release.

Happy launchings!

BTW... You can download wallpapers of the Room to Maneuver art here:

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[squishysvt]

Best Friend! Yuta

Word Count: 3.1k

A/N i havent posted in like 5 years and i have no excuse and this wasnt even requested but there is an extreme lack of yuta content and i decided to make it myself smh ANYWAYS i liked writing this a lot and feedback is encouraged!!! lov u lil squishies muah <33 -Admin Madi

ALSO this was inspired by this post from @xuxi-rolls and this post from @youaremychwingum which are both amazingly cute blogs and people so go check them out!

Backstory first! You two met in the 3rd grade when he was deep in his anime phase and you were obsessed with collecting erasers that were shaped like weird things such as lipstick tubes and paintbrushes

Yuta stole the paintbrush one and started using it like a sword like a character from his fav anime and boy when you saw him do that were you were like “im gonna do it. Im gonna kill him”

You literally stomped your lil sketcher clad feet over to his desk and YANKED that shit from his chubby fingers with zero remorse

And he started crying and you felt bad and were like “well fine you can have it i guess”

And he immediately stops his FAKE crying bc hes a snake and sticks his tongue out at you as he snatches the eraser back

And you went into full Attack Mode and you two got into a small fist fight and the teacher had to break it up it was nasty

Anyways after you two went through the next year having some major beef, yuta apologised bc he’s a gentleman and even bought you a new eraser!

It was shaped like a dinosaur and you loved it so much that you instantly forgave him bc you didnt have an eraser in that shape yet!!

And he was beaming after seeing ur face light up like that and proudly pulled a matching dino eraser from his back pocket and was like “we match!! We can be best friends now!”

And you Loved that idea you were like yes okay first order of business: more erasers

Anyways you two just instantly clicked bc ur sense of humor was v v similar and life became so much more enjoyable with having him there to share the experience with you

Throughout ur many years of friendship, Yuta had always wanted nothing more than for your friendship to be comfortable, honest and loving

You’re the one that he rants to, gushes to and confides to so your friendship to him is so precious

And as you grew older and gained more freedom, both of you started to do more things outside of school like go on late night drives, go to the movies, amusements parks and out to eat every other day

And it became natural and routinely that going days without one another felt weird??

And you and yuta have discussed the idea of maybe you two being soul mates, but in a completely platonic way

Like you were two halves meant to come together

And yuta liked to reinforce this idea bc when it comes to being lovers, you shouldn’t be looking for your other half, but rather looking for the person who already makes you feel whole

And so when y’all graduated from high school you immediately got an apartment together!

It’s definitely not very fancy or anything since you both only had part time jobs here and there during the school years and summers, but it’s better than nothing!

And although yuta and you are similar, your styles are where you really begin to differ

While he wants to have pictures of mountains and gardens hanging on the living room walls, you would rather have mirrors shaped like suns and fairy lights behind the couch

And obviously after some friendly banter, you come to an agreement that a painting of pretty outside scenery at night would look great with some fairy lights to compliment it!!

And so your apartment quickly becomes a mesh of your style with his and it’s oddly nice?? Like who would’ve thought that yuta’s knick knacks from japan would look so cute next to your family photos

It’s a two bedroom apartment but you both end up sleeping on the couch in a heap more often than you’d like to admit

You’re both in uni doing ur own things so when its time to come home and relax, you’ll find yourself curled up next to him on the couch with your laptop open and writing a paper while he’s munching on some snacks and watching a game of soccer he missed bc of classes

And you’ll quickly fall asleep bc papers are boring!! And yuta doesnt want to move bc your laying on him and doesnt want to disturb you so he’ll just quietly cheer to himself when his team scores and eventually falls asleep

But sometimes he has no problem lightly shoving you off and going to his own bed bc the couch isnt really that comfortable and hurts his back after awhile, but he brings your duvet out so its more comfortable for you at least

And although you two are pretty much joint at the hip, your bedrooms are private from one another

Like its nice being with yuta, but its also very important that you have time to yourself and so neither of you are intrusive when the other person is in their room with the door shut

If either of you need anything you’ll just shoot each other a text or quietly knock on the door rather than just barging in which is something that both of you really appreciate

And you obviously have other friends besides yuta that you love dearly! And you make sure that you get to see them often and that yuta goes out with his friends too bc its easy to get sick of each other no matter how much you love one another

And this makes for your friendship to be healthy! Which is like, the most important thing bc being your own person is important and having close relationships/friendships is also important! But its easy to get too attached and end up hurting yourself down the road

And yuta is aware of this as well and so it makes things a lot easier bc he knows when you need your space and when to distance himself if he needs it too

But living with yuta is a lot of fun!

He likes to cook sometimes so you’ll always have a full tummy with yuta around!! And if he's not in the mood for slaving over the stove, he’ll just make some instant noodles and call it a day

He really tries to make as many traditional japanese dishes as he can so he can have a slice of his home whenever he’s feeling down, and he just really enjoys sharing that part of his life with you too

Undoubtedly his favorite part is when he gets to hand feed you with a spoon and witness the look on your face as you chew bc it’s really rewarding for him

Sometimes your schedules kind of clash on days so whenever he’s home and you’re in class, he’ll make food for himself and leave you tupperware containers of food in the fridge for you to heat up when you get back bc he knows you’ll just crash and not eat which is really bad

And yuta cares about ur health!!! He’s attentive as heck!!

But you’ll do the same thing for him, and even if you aren't a world renowned chef, you’ll lay cash on the counter for him to call in a pizza or something quick

If you know he’s been craving something then you’ll leave the number for the place next to the money you leave so it makes ordering a bit easier for him!

Also, yuta is very organized! Sometimes he’ll throw his jacket here and there or have some things where they shouldn’t be, but yuta really likes having a clean and tidy apartment!

He hates doing the dishes, but he’ll literally do anything else

He likes to vacuum for some reason you dont know but you’re like okay have at it! One less thing i gotta do! And he’s really happy once he’s done bc BAM you have clean floors

And you’ll just be sarcastic about it but in a loving way and he laps that shit up bc sarcasm!!! His second language <333

You two have a nightly routine that ensues when neither of you are busy the next day so  you’ll watch a movie on netflix you’ve been eyeing together and crash

Sometimes when yuta gets home on these nights you’ll still be in the shower or getting ready for bed, and yuta will come in and sit on the counter and you’ll talk about your day and just chill while shampooing ur hair (which yuta is obsessed with btw..he loves touching and playing with it)

But he’ll just be there,,listening closely and telling you about his own day while drawing squiggly images on the mirror like hearts and stick figures holding hands (its always you and him, but when you ask, he insists its him and winwin)

And you laugh bc boy does ur bff ever have a massive crush on sicheng!!

But yuta is just cute and likes your platonicness with him

Bc he really does love you! People often ask you two if you’re dating and you can see why people would ask that bc you and yuta are super close, but it’s also kind of an odd thought to both of you bc yeah you love each other but,,,not as lovers

And so you’ll laugh it off and talk about it afterwards bc you really cant see each other in that light because you tried dating in high school and it just felt kind of weird

Yuta loves to tease and joke around with you, sometimes be a little (read; lot) sarcastic with his jokes but he really does care about u and thats how he shows his affection!!

He’ll hold ur hand when ur out at the grocery store or shopping together and likes to pat your head and plays with your ears but thats about it for physical affection!

You’re emotionally bonded more so than physically which is not a bad thing uwu

Yuta finds it kind of hard to openly joke around to the same extent with others as he does to you and knowing this makes you feel really special

Like yeah!! Thats right!!! Im his best friend!!

Yuta also LOVES to dance with you

It doesn’t matter if it’s serious or not, he will not hesitate to pull you up onto ur feet and have you dancing with him

ESP to sistars shake it! Y’all have so much fun when that song comes on

At first this was embarrassing but then yuta would just NOT stop shaking his butt so you were like oh well lets both look cutely dumb i guess

And you’ll get noise complaints a lot bc the walls are thin and you’re moving around, creating a lot of noise and you feel especially bad when this is all happening at like,,,3am

Anyways you live kind of a fast pace life so whenever you gotta be somewhere you kinda fly out the door with ur feet shoved into ur shoes with the backs down and yuta will silently come behind you and remind you to slow down and will bend down and personally make sure they’re on properly so you don’t trip and die

It annoys him sometimes bc you should be taking better care of yourself and he’s not always going to be there to look after you and that worries him!!!

To allow him to sleep a little better at night, he bought you slide on shoes that you can easily shove on and fly out the door so he won’t have a heart attack at the thought of you falling down some stairs due to the hastiness of which you put your sneakers on improperly

And he’s also the one who is like “hey its been a couple of months so i bought you a new toothbrush bc dental hygiene is important” and you’re like “okay nice i just bought some new toothpaste on sale the other day, it’s minty so i think you’ll like it”

And this is how you two co-exist in ur shitty lil apartment

Yuta is also into soccer so you always make sure to go and support him at his games! Even if they’re just practices or whatnot, you’ll always be on the bleachers cheering for him!

Which yuta LOVES because he’ll point you out to his teammates and be like “thats my best friend, ugly, right?” and they’ll just laugh bc of his teasing and they can tell you two really get along

And yuta is uwu x100 at this

Anyways yuta likes to show off and do fancy tricks like sliding on the grass to get the ball and he’s all dirty when you get back to ur apartment together and you wont let him touch anything bc that means more cleaning which neither of u have the energy for

So you’ll basically make him take VERY large and wide steps towards the bathroom so he can shower and leave minimal dirt behind as he does so

And then he’ll come out of the shower with wet hair and clean up the tracks he left with a paper towel but he’ll go in circles for a good 30 seconds wiping up dirt and then water from his wet hair

And you’ll observe him and laugh for a bit before you’ll drape a fluffy towel over his head and he’ll pretend to be scared and ask who turned off the lights

To which you nudge him and call him a dork, but when he takes the towel off and get to look at his face, you tell him he did a great job at the game and his eyes will change from playful teasing to filled with genuine love in .5 seconds and he’ll instantly wrap you in his arms

And you’ll find warmth in his embrace and wonder why he smells so good and then you’ll realize he’s using your shampoo

You’re like okay well, sigh, whatever its okay bc hes cute i guess so we can share

And then yuta will pull away, give your head an affectionate pat and go work on a paper or something due for school

Which you both do a lot of late night paper writing sessions and so when he tells you he’s retreating to his room for the night you’ll go and cut up some fruit and gather some snacks he likes and bring them to him before he becomes too absorbed in schoolwork

And he does the same to you except he brings you a lot of water since its “important to stay hydrated~!” and will cover you in his favorite blanket bc he claims it “helps you write better papers”

And you arent allowed to refuse bc one time you tried to and yuta was like “okay well i guess i’ll be moving out then” and you’re like okay i know you’re joking but its hot in here i dont want to have a blanket on me

And yuta starts to dramatically pick things off of shelves until he’s saying things like “i’ll be out by morning since im not appreciated” and you’re rolling your eyes so hard you think they’ll go to the back of your head but its like okay fine thank you for your magic blanket houdini

Yuta just winks at you and does a theatrical bow before putting everything back and leaving you to write your magical paper

ANYWAYS thats what most nights are like, full of playful banter and fun talks

You also both THRIVE off the dollar store which is literally everything bc you two get so excited going in there!

They have everything so its like?? This place is my Second Home and i Love it Dearly

And yuta likes to buy candy there since its so cheap and one time when you were looking for a new broom, he wanders off and comes back with his hands behind his back and is like “guess what i found!!!”

And this is nothing new because yuta gets excited about the cutest things so you’re like “gum?”

And his smile gets all wide and bright like i KNOW you know the one im talking about, it’s literally kept me alive for the past 18 years

And he’ll bring his hands out and WOW ARE THOSE ERASERS THAT ARE SHAPED AS SMALL ORDINARY OBJECTS??

And you just want to CRY bc thats literally the sole being of your friendship in his HANDS!

Yuta is proud as heck and buys two matching ones for you two and they’re of paintbrushes in honor of the one he snatched in the third grade!

Which makes your heart so happy and content

But thats the effect yuta has on you! Someone who always manages to have you smiling and happy with life

But he does end up buying candy bc its basically your duty as a human to buy some expired candy from the local dollar store

And yuta really loves the flavor blue raspberry, esp if its sour and he finds a bag of sour jolly ranchers and goes nuts

And he picks out and religiously eats only the blue ones, a red one makes the cut here and there, but you’re like?? Yuta?? Can i atleast have ONE? And he rarely ever shares but its like okay whatever enjoy your cavities heathen

And you’ll clown the shit out of him bc his tongue is blue, his teeth are blue and the area around his mouth is blue and you cant just let that pass

And he’ll laugh when you try and come up with palpable things to call him, and when you’re both giggling uncontrollably, he’ll try to kiss your cheek bc he’s all sticky and he knows that would drive you mad

And its the same with his fingers bc theyre all blue and sticky too and he’ll hold your hand so hard that your fingers stick together and youre like yuta!!!! But you really secretly enjoy it

And then you’ll go home with bags full of god knows what and struggle to find places for everything but its okay bc the memories that come with the plastic bags and erasers from your childhood remind you why you love yuta as much as you do

Can you tell i love yuta yet or is this au too vague <3333

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authors note: this is from john's pov btw

Sherlock doesn't leave my mind all day as I work. I worry about what he is doing , and hope he isn't getting back into drugs, if not for the sake of his health, for Rosie because I know she looks up to him. While I'm still mad at him for not caring about a knife being held to Rosie's throat, I feel more remorse at what I said. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get the image of his face when I said it out of my face. His eyes were so hurt, and I don't know if I'll ever be able to get him to trust me again. It took him years to fully trust me, and even then sometimes I would wonder if he full trusted me.

"Hey John!" I hear someone say, and I am shaken out of my trance.

"Oh, hello Louis. What's up?" I say, noticing he looks rather worried.

"I know this is a really big favor, but can you cover my shift tonight? My mum got hurt pretty badly and she lives in America so I need to fly out to see her. The shifts from 5 to 10:30." Louis says. I really want to get home to Rosie and check up on Sherlock, but my conscience get's the better of me.

"Sure. But you owe me one!" I say, cracking a smile.

"Okay, thanks buddy!" Louis says, and claps me on my back. I wince a bit, but not enough for him to notice. I quickly sent a text to Rosie: be home late, eat dinner without me. Love you. I see the time is 4:36, so she should be out of school for a while now.

When I get home that night I see all the lights are off so I decide not to turn any on. I go into my bedroom and don't even change into pajamas, I'm so tired. I just lay down and go to sleep, not even thinking to turn on the light.

I open my eyes and see the sun shining through the windows. I groan, and sit up. I look at my bedside table and see there's a note there. I read it and find out that apparently Rosie left to see Sherlock. Well that's good. I go downstairs and make coffee, not bothering to eat. I decide to work on my blog a bit. I update it on Sherlock and my most recent case, but of course leave out the bit about me calling him a freak and him leaving. I hope it's not my last blog post.

When I finish I look at the clock and notice it's already a bit past noon. It's weird Rosie isn't home by now, but I don't think much of it as I know she's a responsible kid, and if she's at Sherlock's she's safe. I look in the fridge, wondering what to make for dinner tonight when I realise we have almost no food. Well, I might as well go grocery shopping I suppose.

The grocery shopping trip goes very uneventfully. When I get home and Rosie still isn't home and she hasn't texted me back at all I really start to worry. I remind myself I'm probably being paranoid. I mean, what are the chances my kid gets kidnapped. I decide that if she's not home by tomorrow morning then I'll see if she's at Sherlock's. And then if she's not there I'll at least have Sherlock to help me. Or at least I think he will help me. I mean, I know he does really care about Rosie. I go to bed early, without even eating dinner. I fall asleep after lots of turning and readjusting.

When I wake up in the morning I get out of bed and walk straight over to Rosie's room. My heart and stomach drop when I see she's not there. I go into what Rosie calls "Panicked Dad Mode" and call her cellphone an impressive amount of times. When she doesn't answer I hurriedly put on clothing and slip on shoes. I grab my keys and go outside to hail a cab. On the way to 221B I check my phone every 3 seconds to see if Rosie has texted my back, and she never does. When the cab stops I get out and take a shaky breath, hoping when I go inside Sherlock and Rosie will be there and everything would be okay.

Of course, that's not what happened. When I walk in Mrs Hudson spots me and comes over. "Hello John! Here to see Sherlock?" She says, clearly happy to see me.

"Yes. Well, kind of. Has Rosie been here recently?" I ask, hopeful.

"No, not since you were here last. Why?" Mrs Hudson says. My heart sinks.

"Oh no reason. I'm going to go up and see Sherlock now." I say, dodging the question. I walk up the stairs, and realize that there is a distinct possibility Sherlock just won't answer the door. I take and deep breath and knock.

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A Blast from The Past ...

... but we can learn it can last.

Teacher, retired, live in the now, Covid, adjustment, yada yada ....yes Brent, we get it.

I had a couple of bittersweet experiences this past week that left me somewhat discombobulated ( I used the word correctly... check and see, and how often does one get to use “discombobulated” in a conversation?) My feelings about missing my former students and talking with them had been very painful early on in the Covid shutdown. I felt an almost panicked state of mind that there were things that I hadn’t taught them about facing life as a high school graduate. This anxiety was compounded by the additional worries of how they were getting through these unknown Covid obstacles. As my mind raced, two things occurred to me. These worrisome struggles in my mind were very personal, more so than I was willing to admit. I was facing the personal fact that I missed being needed and it was an uncomfortable “other side of the coin “ of the “they need me” reason for becoming a teacher.

The other realization which became emotionally problematic: I genuinely missed talking with my students. At the time of our Covid crisis, none of us had a choice about being away from these remarkable young people. The calendar clock kicked in at the end of May and it became the normal time that the students would be absent from my daily routine...so it was summer.

When the decision was made to call it a career, the emotional impact wasn’t as strong as I had anticipated; I assumed that it was because I’d had the months of March to May to acclimate early to this transition. This was ... ok ... I could do with a few less shocks to my life during this year of 2020. I had begun filling my time with painting, blogging, building a website to market my art and other things so, I didn’t have time to work through how much I needed being needed.

A few days ago the dam of tears would break as one of my last year senior students sent me a Facebook IM, “Mr. Rich, I need your help!” An electric volt ran down my spine as I read words that I hadn’t realized were so important to me for so long. At this point, I had to focus that wasn’t a plea for help that required me to don my Batman costume to rescue this student from some nefarious plot of the Joker; it was more mundane, but no less immediate for me. The young lady, now well into her College studies was in a sophomore literature class that was going over early colonial American literature, specifically Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards and notes on the Salem Witch Trials. Regardless of how you might picture this, in my mind at least, “I AM BATMAN.”

I jumped into this “desperate” call for help as if jumping into the bat mobile and immediately start pulling out, literary analyses, and historical anecdotes like batarangs to help this college sophomore. I was experiencing an emotional rush that I had denied still was a need in my heart and soul. I gave my sage, wise advice and worked through the uncertainty she had regarding her paper. It was done. The young lady left me with the words, “thank you Batman....” (not really😜)...the words, “thank you Mr. Rich, I knew you would help me.” Gut punch ... that intrinsic need that I hadn’t faced was in full realization. All sorts of second guessing and despair started running through my mind and it wasn’t fun. I had expected this or so I thought. I had the joyous pleasure of conversing with one of my favorite all timers and had been reacquainted with being needed. This one going to be a tough one to work through. The aforementioned discombobulation was in full affect.

Before any words of comfort could assuage my state of mind. I got an email from another student from the incredible class of 2020, asking if I knew very much about Martin Luther and the Reformation. I sent back a reply, “ARE YOU KIDDING? My academic concentration was in Medieval European history name the time!” A repeat of the previous day as I was in full teacher mode making Martin Luther come alive... it was wonderful. Another reaffirming comment, “you’re perfect ... your being so helpful!” BATMAN rises again ... We made it through and help was provided and the moment passed. I was left again with the question, “ how am I going to reconcile this?”

Cliche’s become timeworn because there is an element of truth in them. Numerous times since I began this change of life, I had the cliche, “once a teacher, always a teacher” shared with me as a comforting thought. It has proven to be helpful, at least in my case. Often I’ve written that we derive confidence in realizing who you are in this life. When one realizes who they are, the removal of that identity; whether voluntary or involuntary, creates anxiety. Can the cliche be enough?

Interaction number three: another former student who I taught 28 years ago has become a close friend over the years. While discussing travel stories and politics I mentioned my current state of mind and asked her thoughts. She kindly remarked with that same time worn cliche’, “once a teacher always a teacher”... but, she added something to that, something that made all the difference. She said, “you’ll always be my teacher you still are teaching me.” The pieces fell into place, some of them did as we will, all of us, always be an incomplete puzzle. Further, she assured me that differences made in the life of a person last that life and are often shared. The image of ripples in a lake came to mind and it was peaceful and reassuring and helped me see things clearly. A specific school building or a specific number of students do not comprise the act or reinforce the identity. The act of teaching or the age of the student doesn’t matter; it is the act of sharing and guiding a fellow human being that manifests the identity...of who I am. The change, the freeing of time is a gift we give ourselves but it doesn’t change our being. For now, this reassured me that while many things were ending, just as many new things were beginning; but the constant of what I was called to be ... would never end.

Throughout our lives, we constantly struggle with the inevitable changes occur. Some of these changes are very difficult to get a hold of while others become magnificent adjustments in our lives. The set in stone constants; who we are, the good we do is the stabilizing foundation that holds it all together. (Btw, if you haven’t done any good ... quick, go do some!) I leave with reference with to one more lesson. I often had the opportunity to teach some academically brilliant students who would often go into panic attacks if they earned any grade below a 95. My comment to calm was always along these lines: “ you know what kind of student you are, you didn’t get there overnight and you won’t be something else overnight. “This is just an obstacle to overcome, you are what you are... take confidence from that...it’s just one number... you are awesome.” You see that? I reckon that there is teaching. If we can learn to take our own advice and follow a scriptural admonition (paraphrased), teacher teach thyself. Lesson learned ...

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Don’t Go! (J-hope Angst Scenario)

Genre: Angst, Fluff, Mild Language

Centric: Hoseok (Jimin and Suga would be the most active in this story along with Y/N.) I also   would like to make alternative endings with the centric characters in this book (Hoseok, Suga, and Jimin.)

Words: 2353

Hosoek wants to leave BTS because he thinks it would be best for the group itself. He feels like he is worthless and would bring down the image of the group, all thanks to the Vlive comments. Bangtan boys are having a tough time convincing Hoseok that he is worthy of staying within the group. So they invite their good friend Y/N to come talk him out of it.

What they all don’t know is their good friend is also an Army, and the news strikes her harder than it should since her bias is Hoseok. 

Hoseok sat down in Suga’s room with his Vlive going as he talks to his fans with enthusiasm and boyish charm. Yoongi had told him it was okay to do the Vlive in his room since the lighting quality in his room was better than his room. His eyes bounced from comment to comment as they all ranged from ‘I love you Hobi!’ to ‘Shout out my country, Brazil Hobi Oppa!’

“Yes! Hello Brazilian Army, I love you!” He does a kissy face and a heart finger. He continued to watch the comments roll in. 

“Oppa Why are you so handsome? Because I have my beautiful army to give me all of the love and support I need to be charming! I love you~” He does extra heart fingers while smiling. 

His eyes scanned and scanned until it landed on a comment. He felt his heart drop slightly. 

‘Where is Jungkook Oppa?’ He smiles and answers to his best knowledge of where the Maknae could actually be. 

“Jungkookie-ah is in his room resting.”  Then another comment.

‘Where is Jimin?!’ His face turned into one of nervousness, but he covers it up with a hearty laugh. 

“Ah, Jimin-ah is also resting. We had practice for a good 8 hours yesterday, so we are extremely exhausted. We are all resting for now, as I am resting while I Vlive to you all~” He says cutely.

‘Where is JIN!’

‘SUGA!’ As this was going on, other fans were countering the fans that were asking for the other members. 

‘Stop that! This is Hoseok’s Vlive! Show Some damn respect!’

‘Are you are crazy!?’

“Uhh..” Hoseok says as he began to lose his train of thought. But once he gets it back, he began to talk about his day yesterday and how the practice had gone successfully without anyone getting harmed. 

He was also giving details about his upcoming mixtape, and probably a surprise MV which he wasn’t too sure about just yet. He even mentioned how happy he was to see his sister a few days ago before going back to work in BIG HITS Building. 

‘GO AWAY!’

‘Get out!’

‘LEAVE!’ 

‘I WANT JUNGKOOK NOT YOU!’ He ignores the comments as he continued on about the album that might be coming up soon that he was also helping Suga and Namjoon with. 

‘Where is JIMIN!? I WANT CHIM CHIM!’ 

While this was all happening, Jimin had got a notification on his phone about a Vlive going live from their channel. He then remembers how hoseok said he will go live soon after he ate his lunch. Jimin turns on his phone and hops onto the vlive channel to watch Hoseok talk. 

He noticed that hotel seemed a little hesitant, and a bit distant. He looks down at the comment to see a comment war happening down there. His eyes brows raised up in shock. 

“What the-” He says, as he read a commenting that stated clearly. 

‘Why is HOSEOK HERE I WANT JIMIN’ Jimin’s eyes widened in shock. The poor boy got so lost in the sea full of hateful comments about hosoek he didn;t even notice hoseok went offline. He didn’t notice that as soon as his eyes landed back on the comment section that his hand that held his cell phone had begun to shake violently. 

He stood up from his bed in his shared room with Hoseok and Jin and bolted into the living room to spot hoseok sulking on the couch. He sighs in relief as he runs a nervous hand through his locks. He walks over to hoseok and with a shaky breath as calls out to him as he stood right in front of him. 

“H-Hoseok Hyung..” He whispered Hoseok didn’t dare to look up at Jimin. His eyes glued to his hands that laid folded onto his lap. Jimin watched as tears fell onto his hands. “Hyung!” He gets on his knees in front of hoseok. Hoseok looks away as the tears only intensified. 

“I can’t- not anymore,” Hoseok said as he stared at the dining room table, the same dining room table they have had since debut trainees. His eyes burned with tears and became blurrier as he stared longer at it. “I can’t take this mistreatment any longer.”

“please don’t listen to them, they aren’t even true fans!” Jimin grabs hoseok’s hand but hoseok gently removes it. He smiles a Jimin, but the smile wasn’t like his usual happy smiles that he gives to his members when he is proud of them. When He is happy to be around them and Army, but a broken smile.

“I can’t - I can’t stop listening anymore because it’s impossible..I’m too weak to be an idol.” 

“No, you are strong enough hyung!” His voice raised an octave, he grabs hoseok once more only to be rejected as hoseok stood up. Jimin stood up as he began to hyperventilate. 

“Stop wait!” Jimin says as he watches hoseok walk out of the living room and into his shared room. Jimin began to follow suit but he heard a small voice call him. 

“Jimin Hyung?” It was Jungkook, he had one earphone in his ear while the other was dangling against his chest. “What’s happening?”

“Hoseok..he’s-”

“I’m leaving Bangtan,” Hoseok says from within the room as he was already packing up clothing. “I can’t take being treated like a lesser human being! being called ugly every god damn time!” Jimin’s shoulder began to slouch, and Jungkook’s eyes widened. 

“Wai-Wait! what are you saying!?” Jungkook shouted. Hoseok stopped packing, turns around and closes the door in their faces. 

“I’m sorry..” He whispers, loud enough for the two of them to hear. Jimin went into panic mode. 

“Where is Namjoon!?” Jungkook’s mouth began to quiver as he tried to answer but no words came out. His heart was racing out of his chest at 100mph. He was scared that hoseok was actually leaving them. 

“Hoseok let’s talk please!” Jungkook’s voice came out in a pleading manner, as Jimin leaves the maknae to pleading. He was going to gather his family to help stop hoseok from leaving them. 

Jimin calls Namjoon. 

“Hyung I need you to come back home, Please bring Yoongi! Hurry!”

“Why? What’s wrong? We have a little bit left before we are down with the song. Where is hoseok btw, we might actually need him-”

“NOT NOW PLEASE!”

“Yah! Stop yelling so close to the receiver! oh, fuck my ear.” Namjoon hissed. 

“Hoseok is leaving BTS!” 

Silence. 

“Hoseok is what now?” Namjoon asked in shock. Yoongi had stopped what he was doing to look over at Namjoon. Jimin had repeated what he said, just for namjoon to tell him. “Stay there, make sure he doesn’t leave. We’re coming home.” he hung up, He noted to apologize to Jimin for hanging up on him mid sentence. 

Yoongi stared at him with a confused pout. 

“Hoseok wants to quit-”

“Let’s go.” Yoongi cut off Nam Joon, by standing up and leaving all his stuff behind in the room as he ran out of the studio recording room. Namjoon felt a small smile crawl on his lips, proud of how much the members love one another just to drop anything and everything to be at their aid. 

Jimin Calls Jin 

Jin was already driving back home from his mother's house when he got the call and he was already pretty close to the door as it is. Jimin was relieved to hear it, as he mentions Jung Hoseok leaving BTS. Seokjin Floors it back to the dorm.

Last but not least was Taehyung - and almost as quick as Jimin had called the boy, He had clumsily run into the apartment building with his hands shaking just like Jimin’s were an hour ago. His eyes widened in shock as he hangs up and runs up to jimin and jungkook.

“Where is he.”

“He locked himself in the room. We tried everything..” Jungkook sat in front of the door as he waited for his hyung to open it. Jimin was leaned against the wall, dialing up Y/N’s Number, Then soon he decided he will probably bring hoseok’s mom into the mix if all goes down south.

“We can’t have him leave...he’s our brother,” Taehyung says as he jiggles the door handle lightly in hopes it opened up. 

Nothing. “Hoseok..please. it’s Tae.” He says softly, Taehyung puts his ear against the door to hear him say something but it wasn’t clear. “No matter what happens hyung, I love you. But please let’s talk this out.”

As soon as I got the news, I Had put on my shoes, and anything that was not too revealing on and ran out of my apartment, I hope I locked it. My brain was processing all the bad things that might come out of this situation and it’s not helping me with my anxiety issues here. 

“Come on hoseok! Don’t do this!” I kept chanting to myself as I rode the train to Seoul. I bit my lip nervously as the closer I got to BTS’s Apartment, the more my stomach hurt. 

Before I knew it, I was in front of the door and I hear nothing but silence on both sides. I knocked softly with knuckles and waited a good minute before Namjoon answers. He moves out the way as I was let inside to see everyone outside of Jin’s, Jimin’s and Hoseok’s bedroom, willing him out. 

I walked over, telling them to excuse me as I got close to the door. I knocked four times before calling out to hoseok sternly. “Hoseok Oppa! Open this door this instant!” Seokjin looked at you with shock, you had dropped all honorifics. 

Before you knew it, the door opens to reveal hoseok who looked oddly calm. He smiles at you.

“Hello everyone.” His voice was hoarse and scratchy. He had been crying for the longest time. I backed up as I felt my own tears about to fall, I jumped when I felt a gust of window pass me. 

My eyes fell on hoseok being enveloped into a hug by Yoongi. Hoseok then breaks down. I felt my own tears falling down my eyes, and I could hear sniffing from my right ear. I turned to see Jungkook and Jimin crying. 

“You’re not leaving us,” Yoongi whispered. He pulls hoseok towards us while still hugging him tightly so he would not run. However it didn’t even seem like hoseok was trying to pull away, he looked too exhausted to do so.

“Sweetie,” you whispered. “Don’t do this to yourself. TO BTS, Your Family, Hoseok, We all love you so much. These boys right here.” You pointed to every single bts' member around him. “Have been by your side for nine amazing ass years. You have won, earned and deserve so many awards. So many awards are still out there for you all, and even for just YOU.”

“Hoseok-ah You can’t just give up. You have so much to accomplish in the next 30 years with us.” Yoongi says holding him closer. Hoseok’s tears were non-stop. “We will be together forever, remember? Until we grow old like Shinhwa Ahjussi’s.” Hoseok slightly laughs at that, which made your heart swell. 

“Hyung, Just know that you are always loved. Those comments. Those people, are nothing. They aren’t fans.” Jungkook said Taehyung steps closer to hoseok. 

“They aren’t Army.” Taehyung finished, or so he thought he did. You walked up to the two hugging each other and say.

“They aren’t real Army’s. A REAL ARMY, would love you all as one. Would love every member, All of their flaws and perfections. They would love them even when they mess up and make sure to correct you so you won’t get in trouble.” 

Hoseok stares at you. “A real army, would protect their members, and not break them down! Knowing they have low self-esteem, Depression, Etc. Because - I understand you so well Hoseok!” You shouted. You clenched up your hands. “I suffer depression, I look down on myself, I think I’m an attractive girl, but know this-”

“There is always someone out there for you. There is always an ARMY WHO loves you, find you handsomely attractive. They find you very talented, and will no doubt look up to you.” His eyes were studied on you as you spoke. Yoongi was rubbing soothing circles on hoseok’s back. Jimin’s tears slowed down a bit as he clung to you gently with his tiny hands, his head laying on your shoulder. 

“So many children look up to you like a role model. My Little baby cousin, even looks up to you. She wants to be able to dance just like hobi.” Hoseok bit his lip as he thought about my 5-year-old cousin who had visited us more than 10 times, and every time she would gush about how amazing hoseok was. 

“If you just leave BTS..Army will hurt. We will Hurt.” You didn’t know you were in tears now. “So don’t go..just  please think about this. Think it through! Hoseok Oppa! Because of know if you leave, you would break my ARMY HEART!!” 

A loud gasp was heard, you looked around confused. “What?” You looked at each and every one of the member’s faces, including Jimin’s who looked shook.

“Y/N..” Jimin whispered. You tilted your head as you wiped a tear. “Did you just say...”Your ARMY heart?” 

“Noona, You’re an Army?” Taehyung asked. Jungkook looked shook. 

“Oh, no way..oh that is so weird!” Taehyung said smiling ear to ear. Hoseok looks at you.

“And Hoseok is my Bias.” Your voice broke a little. The thought of him leaving keeps coming back into your mind. 

*Silence and sudden Pin Drop* 

“SO please...” You whispered, as your head drops and eyes shut closed. “don’t go.”

PS. Jung Hoseok you are beautiful, Talented and Deserve much better than these trolling want to be “Think they are but they aren’t” Armys. They are NOT and NEVER WILL BE AN ARMY. 

IF you don’t LOVE all of BTS and Talk down on them like they are nothing less than human. 

You Aren’t an ARMY. 

You’re A Monster. (Not not Rap Monster, because he’s Awesome.)

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Blog Post #3- Ancient Roman Media

In chapter two "The Roman Media", Standage discusses many mode of communications that the ancient Roman's used. There's about fifth-teen mode that they used. These are: personal communications, letters, scribes, messengers, orally, wax tablets, organized network, newspaper, assemblies, noticeboard, book plus a public library, graffiti, and the road and sea.

Now when Standage explains person communication, he mean that information was mostly exchange at a Forum, The center of political and commercial activities, and at parties. At least, in the city of Rome. But outside of the city, another way to participate in exchanging information would be by writing letters and scribes. This mode was, for the ruling class, both an important means to distribute information and a way to define and maintain relationships.

To deliver these letters and scribes was, at least by the standard of the ancient world, fast and reliable. This was by how they used messengers. For the ruling class they used their slaves, while for the common people, if they needed to send a letter far away they would ask friends or others who are going to or along the way to their destination. Once letters were received and responded back, for the wealth Romans, their letter would then be read aloud for them. But say if messages were sent o short distances, usually where then replied was sooner, were written on was tablets that were mounted in wooden frames that folded together as a book. When the recipients respond they would scratched onto the same tablet, then the same messenger who delivered it would then take it right back to the sender.

Later as time proceeded, a more formal postal system that was an organized network of horses, carriages, and post-houses. This system was mostly for officials use. Majority of Romans continued to use their social networks to distribute information. Such documents of information are copied and shared throughout Roman elite to find a wide readership and generate further discussion.

In the 44 B.C. came out the gazette, which was the earliest thing the Romans had to a newspaper. It was published daily but only one official copy of each issue was published. So this left the Roman people to copy and share with each other. Another way of how they communicated with each other was by gathering in an assemblies. The Roman system of governance held assemblies for the common people. A further source of information was also on the white noticeboard. This noticeboard displayed name's of each year's ruling consuls, state officials, dates of holding, religious festivals, eclipses and other announcements.

Lastly, Standage explains how people generated some buzz about books, and three others mode of communications. Books by that time were spreading among the people by recommitting and copying. Though people wouldn't always be able to afford to buy copies of the most intellectuals books, so many books were copied and stored in a full scale library that would then be open to the public to which they can go in a copy a book to then later they would share with their friends.

But the ordinary people came into daily contact with another form of media. Graffiti! Walls of the Roman towns and cities were covered in written messages that included advertisements, political slogans, and even personal messages. These messages were sometimes accompany by drawing as well. Lastly, by the mid-first century roads were made and sea connection made traveling much safer and faster; it encouraged more people to travel and mange better connections with friends and families.

We are very much similar to the ancient Romans media. Before we had IPhones, television, or the internet, we (our parent or grandparents) had to write letters to our families and friends. Although, when instant massaging was available, we were not the first to come up with short- cuts like using acronym when writing letters or instant texts. Just the same with how we use BTW, TTYL, STHU, and SMB when we text or use it one media posts. And just as the Romans had their social networks, we have our own; Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Tumblr, and Instagram. We use these social networks to create, copy, and share information in our everyday lives. We, well some, still do graffiti, although not always in the way the Romans did graffiti but still people use art and images as symbols to communicate with other local artists and to use it as a code. Either way, we come to a full circle, we may not share the same technological mode but the way we do share information is very much the same.   

[the-acid-pear]

Will there ever be a day i can read this manga without getting bored or hating parts again?

Chapter 106

Pickle bout to go psycho mode

King got a snack!

If only Kevin Call Me would have done this /j

Chapter 107

Yeah it's true sadly

He was hongry ☺️

I hope he makes it out alive

I love how this shit keeps happening, this dojo has seen so much tragedy

DUDE AS IF YOU HADN'T DONE THE SAME WHEN KATOU NEARLY DIED

OH PICKLE WENT TO A CABARET?!

Chapter 108

Is this Doppo's toxicly masculine way of worrying for his son?

BRO. GOD, BRO.

I'm getting hard.

HANAYAMA BROOOO I MISSED YOU SO MUCH 😭

Chapter 109

You look like SHIT Hana this style ruined you but I'm glad to have you back

EVEN THIS GUY, IT HAS BEEN SO LONG

I got very confused by that sudden transition, fluttered too, wish I could do that 😳

KATSUMI YOU KILLED THE OLD MAN

Katsumi,,,

EVERYONE CALLING DOPPO TOO OLD SKSHSKSGSSJSH

I'm honestly disappointed i was actually expecting to see them fight :(

Chapter 110

Hohooo

DOPPO MY BELOVED ITDIGSKGD

He really is just chill af

Chapter 111

Hanayama ur sooo cool 🥺

FINALLY OUR PROTAGONIST RETURNS EH

Hana still the best homie 🥺

Chapter 112

AY MI VIDA DE DIOSSS 😭🥺💞

ITSIYDODIDYD KATSUMI GONNA LOSE IT, JUST LIKE WITH THE YASHA APE

Chapter 113

I love how everyone got surprised he knocked down Doppo lmao

OYZLHSOTSOTS YES EXACTLY LIKE THAT <333

Okay yeah i agree

He's losing his mind :/

My man knows he isn't the protag

PICKLE IS SO DAMN HAPPY I LOVE HIM

Chapter 114

He loves sentient creatures tho doesn't he? Lmao

Baki's fucking dead

IM GONNA CRYYYY I MISS DOPPO'S RIGHT (left from our pov) EYE SO MUCHHH

AGH HE'S SO HOT!!

RETSUUU 🥺

Holy shit was there nothing more modern?

Chapter 115

They are so honest lmao

I admire Katsumi

Katsumi character development, lovely 😍

Chapter 116

Baki... Baki u r being TOO much like Yuji-chan...

In a manner of speaking, right? (Reference)

I love how violent Yujiro is with poor Tokugawa tho

Kudos to Retsu for having such impeccable balance btw

Thanks for the ass shot

Chapter 117

I love how nice most are to Pickle, respecting his desires and such

Stretchy boy

Baki needs to use the power of friendship more before he goes full Yujiro

Chapter 118

HOHOOO A WHIP!!

THEIR REACTION IS SO CUTE

I'm pogging irl, Katsumi, i trust you

I'm beginning to miss the regular tournaments and fights in the arena

KATSUMI BECOMING AS COOL AS HE USED TO BE...

Chapter 119

ACK!

PURCHASED? UTZIDTDKT

OYDOTDITD dad of the century

KAKU?!

OH RIGHT KATSUMI DOESN'T KNOW HIM

Mf came to Japan just to roast the poor guy OHDOSGITSSKTSIST

KATSUMI IS BLUSHING LMAO

He just ate that raw egg

Chapter 120

HOLY FUCK LOOK HOW DENSE HIS BONES ARE

Y-you eat leaves?

OH NO IT WAS AN ANIMAL EXAMPLE OKAY

Katsumi getting so op 😍

Chapter 121

Retsu doesn't have a leg, old man :/

SO THAT'S THE ORIGIN OF RETSU WITH THOSE BIG CHEEKS EH OUFOYDITSSIT

THE BUDDHA HAND, YOU TOO?!

LET'S GOOO!!!

Chapter 122

KATOU, SUEDO, I MISSED YOU TWO 🥺

Oh, my, god.

Chapter 123

I feel like Katsumi gets beefier every chapter, he used to be so normal lmao

Katsumi you better win or I WILL cry

NATSUE MY BELOVED, YOU ARE ALIVE!!

AUGH 🥺😭💞

Ough :/

Katsumi really just has 2 moms eh itdistlydihd

TOKUGAWA TEARING UP AUGH 🥺

Bro it sounds like they are dating i mean maybe they are idk 😳

I love how Doppo's just sitting on the air the fucking idiot

Katsumi don't die bro

Chapter 124

AASUFYOITD 🥺🥺😭😭

IM GINNA ACTUALLY CRY

Chapter 125

Power of friendship is on his side he CAN'T lose now

Pickle smile is always so cute

I'm gonna cry ffs

"MODO SERIO"

Chapter 126

Oh they gave him underwear

Hell glad they mentioned it

Chapter 127

No matter what happens in this fight, mad respect for Katsumi Orochi

OH NOOOOOO

I TRUST IN YOU KATSUMI 🥺

Chapter 128

Katsumi augh bro.... You are so powerful yet i don't think it's enough 😔💔

HE'S TOO DAMN POWERFUL FOR HIS OWN DAMN BODY

Katsumi don't die

Chapter 129

This page is literally not charging a single image

Can we just get Yujiro to beat up the caveman? We all know no one else is a match for him

Notice how Katou isn't here :/

KATSUMI BRO WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING?!

Chapter 130

A HIT WITH OPEN HAND?!

AUGH LOOK AT HIS HAND 😭

TF HE GONNA DO NOW? THAT ARM IS COMPLETELY USELESS, HE LOST THE MUSCLE TISSUE AND ALL

YEAH NO I DON'T THINK ANYONE WHO GOT SPOILED ABOUT KATSUMI'S ARM EXPECTED THIS

Chapter 131

I have been so insane i didn't even pay attention to the titles

HE WON? 🥺🥺

If i was there i will kiss whoever is next to me like OUGH THE SHEER EXCITEMENT... HE DID IT Y'ALL 😭

I love how he's just ignoring the agonizing pain

Chapter 132

Don't duel on it too hard bro you won just LEAVE please, you did most that nearly everyone else

He's crying again bro 😔

Kaku is even more upset than the time his son lost in 2 seconds

No one is suffering like Antony Jitto in the comments rn

Pickle gotta bee so unsatisfied that thing has nearly no meat left

Chapter 133

UTSISTITD THE COVER JUST :O

Suedo don't you DARE jump in the ring like when Doppo and Yujiro fought

Again, these men are to willing to die, they need some therapy or something.

DOPPO!?

I'm gonna sob Doppo you have a point but PLEASE

Not to simp in such a moment but dang his eyes so pretty 👉👈

JESUS CHRIST, LITERALLY

AUGH BRO THIS SHIT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES

Chapter 134

Unrelated but while the pictures charge, i love how Tokugawa is always at risk of getting killed by someone

FOR FUCKING REAL DAMN

ON GOD ON GOD PICKLE IM GONNA KISZ YOUR LIPS YOU GET IT

AUGHHH MY BOY KATSUMI LIVES TO SEE ANOTHER DAY 🥺🥺🥺😭

Chapter 135

AUCHHHHH

😭😭😭😭

Okay i love current Katsumi but og one was WAY hotter imo

Yeah none of us expected it 😭🥺

Holding back tears as i write

Chapter 136

It would be so hard for me to eat meat after witnessing that irl lmao

Disabled homies 🦿🦾

FLOWERS?! 🥺💞

LIKE HANAYAMA DID TO HIS MOTHER NOOGOHOOXTOTD 😭💔

I love how we all, somehow, remembered it. We all claim to be free thinkers but they throw in this Yakuza teen and we all went collectively UWU for him. OUR beloved.

I must say too i kinda dislike how his dad didn't visit him, in fact, i hate how fucking cold Doppo has been in all these newer books, in the og one he was way more expressive, he wasn't this cold macho guy, he got happy and angry and upset and shit. BRING MY MAN'S EMOTIONS BACK

Anyway I'm done reading for now

I did my homework and i did my chores, time to tackle on the third book of this series, Son of Ogre

Chapter 1

Okay but the fuck is Baki planning to do if he stops fighting? That's literally all he has, he's not smart

WOOH THATS A BIT REALISTIC

PREHISTORIC ELEPHANT?!

King just went to have a snack. Also FUCK does that meat look tasty FUCKKK

This baby so cute 🥺

I'm so glad Yuji is doing stupid hilarious shit again it had been a while

Congrats on Baki for that mantis

Chapter 2

Who tf is this kid?

Poor kid lmao, i assume he will meet Baki

Look at my boyyy

HSTSRFAYDF DON'T CALL HIM A MANLET

Imagine Baki actually kills this kid HSJDYSSHCBT

Third comment with a ton of likes is "we do not condone child violence. We do, however, find it hilarious"

Chapter 3

AH SHUT UPPP KIDDO

But i like Baki memeing a round a lil

Chapter 4

🥺🥺 that's so sweet...

HELLOOOO STRYDUM MY GOD YOUR TITS GOT FATTER SIR 😳😳

Yujiro is such a fucking threat to society lmao

I love seeing Baki with his eyes open, he's looking more like his old self

Oh, shadow boxing incoming, alright

Chapter 5

Yuri? 🥺 /j

THE RETURN OF IRON MICHAEL?!

Chapter 6

I love how there's our silly little mains after every cover LUV em <33

Baki just dissociating his ass out and using it on his favor, the king

Why is Baki eating sour prunes aren't those meant to be sweet?

We all salivating

Chapter 7

Love to see there are even more swears there now

I can put my face next to my foot too tho

FAGDRJSEHARD YUJIRO CAN BEAT THE CANCER HOW ICONIC 😍

Also i would LOVE to see Yuji fight an Orca

WHAT?!

I love how everyone in the comments is calling out Rumina for not seeing issue going down to a dark hidden basement with a shirtless man older than him

Chapter 8

"piggy back me" USHSYFLFUDSY

This fight is going to be good

Chapter 9

Imagine Baki dies right here right know against an imaginary mantis lmao

Okay Baki getting damaged makes sense but the WALL?

Baki's dead (GOD IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE SAID THAT)

Ffs it's true Baki COULD create himself a stand 😰

Chapter 10

OH FUCK IT'S TRUE

Chapter 11

This fight is so boring i had to take a 6 hour break

Baki just can't win against nature eh

This reminds me of Garland pulling a suplex on that Anaconda

Chapter 12

I can't wait for the main cast to ACTUALLY appear, instead of just, you know, them in the covers

This fight is slow but cool but slow

To fight a mantis you must think like a mantis 😎

Though it's true in this manga you will most likely win if you steal your opponent techniques so

Chapter 13

I MISS IGARI FUCKKK

This is so dumb i luv it

That mantis be swearing lmao

Love it when Baki goes full Yujiro

Chapter 14

TOBA...

Holy fuck do mantis fly?

Secret Chapter?

Is this how Yujiro got born?

Idk girl i would have killed him if i was you

WHAT.

I KNOW THOSE FROGS THEY ARE FROM PUERTO RICO I THINK

I might just be sleepy but this is so confusing

AKSHSKGSKSGSJSG JUST KILL THE BABY IT AINT THAT HARD

Chapter 15

GAIA...

Why is he like this?

Is "he" with us right now?

...gotta admit that IS true...

I love Strydum sksgwhwg

Yujiro really went XD

I don't think my man Arun in the comments is aware how gay what he said is, though maybe I'm wrong

Chapter 16

GOD THESE FUCKING COVERS MAKING ME SO NOSTALGIC, LOOK AT SPEC!

ANIME KENNEDY?!

I can't believe Bush is dead

AN ASIAN BOY HAS JUST KIDNAPPED THE PRESIDENT...

8 of January? My god he's a Capricorn

I'm sorry, what?

LAHQIGWKQFWKSFWIWG 😭😭

I love Baki so much, THIS IS THE KID THAT I MISSED SO MUCH

This explains why Baki was in prison clothes in the anime teaser

Chapter 17

BIG NUMBER

That one mf like 😐

Glad Baki is 18 now at least 😌

Love to see Oliva back

Chapter 18

This page not even bothering to charge the pages anymore

I'm sure there were better ways to go to jail, well, actually, no, but still

Toba used to just chew that off

Baki did that mantis hit you in the head too hard?

I. I watched way too many prison movies and shows. I don't like seeing someone as young and pretty as Baki in such a place. I rlly don't.

Chapter 19

Yanagi baby i miss you...

IRON MICHAEL?!

Mfkhsjsys 😳🥴

Eh got my hopes too high

CHE BAKI PIBE... LA PUTA MADRE NI ACA ME ESCAPO DE MIS COMPATRIOTAS

I hope he swears too i want to see a boludo o pelotudo PLEASE

I mean para pelotudos lo veo a Yujiro todo el tiempo pero igual JSGWKEGWG me pone bien argento ver al Che carajo

Chapter 20

HE SAID BOLUDO SUAHWKWGAKSGSKSGSKGD

I can't take this omfg new fav I'm sorry Doppo but he just said boludo 😭

Pendejo is more used as pibe here but i will let it pass bc idk the lingo in Cuba and he spent some time there so

Why don't i speak like this too ffs? All i do is say eh and call it a day

He's cocky enough to call anybody any age pibe so I'll let that pass too

Por favor no lo hagas che sksgwj

Chapter 21

Che, pibe, it's a good day to die...

Chapter 22

GSHAGSTSG he should have said "no boludo"

I'm falling in love with this boludo myself

That's talented and brutal

OH RIGHT YOU LOSE YOUR BALANCE WHEN YOU DONT HAVE THAT

Chapter 23

Hm that's, cringe

YESSS HE SAID PELOTUDO

OAHWLGWKQFSKSGSJS SIII ROMPELO TODO CHE, ROMPELO TODO POR DECIRTE YANKEE KSGSSJGS

Honestly i too get pissed off when called American or European, though i won't throw shit to Baki, he's some random 18 yo japanese boy, no way he would recognize latinoamerican lingo lmao

King shit Baki boy

Chapter 24

Oh that's why he's called Jun Guevara, that's fair

I like how they are mixing a bit of truth and a bit of lie it's fun at least

Chapter 25

I like how they are drawing nipples now, occasionally

I can't wait for Viêt to complain about propaganda in the comments

OH SHIT

😳 :Y

He's sooo nice 😍

Chapter 26

Only three? You mean the third is... 👁️👁️

HAHA YEAH YUJI-CHAN <3

I can't believe he works for the USA I'm crying and shaking rn

What a progressive manga, the three strongest and most dangerous men and none of them are white 😍

GET HIS ASS BAKI

Chapter 27

Why is this guy sweating sm?

LDYDYSUGFUDT BAKI PLS

I like how the only time Baki was willing to kill a person was when he thought Sikorsky had hurt his girl

Chapter 28

I feel like Ian will die

Man i love how Baki is drawn in this book

Ffs i called it, i have watched way too many prison things to know how shit goes down

I have seen these three before in fanart but I'm curious to see what they can do

Chapter 29

Their faces remind me of Doyle

OH I CANT WAIT TO SEE EM IN THE ANIME

ASSHOLE DON'T CALL ME STUPID 😢💔

I'm gonna struggle to tell em apart but i think I'll manage

Okay I'm not the only one who thinks they look like Doyle, fair

Chapter 30

The mouth vs Yujiro when?

Someone mentioned the have the same vibe as the dudes that worked with Gaia and like 👁️👁️

Chapter 31

Lmao someone in the comments recommended the same thing

These three must be great at sex (sorry)

KSHALDHDKD NEW FAV COMMENT: "go to Japan and look for the word "defeat". That way you won't feel cocky anymore"

Chapter 32

Hehe hello Junnn~

KSHAKDHKWGS

La luna

Chapter 33

LOS TRES...

Okay that's funny, hocico instead of mouth (hocico is used for animal mouths)

I'm so glad i know Spanish

The two things that drive me insane and make me ramble are Doppo's beauty and this stupid argentinian

OSHSKWGSKSG

Chapter 34

Imagine he's doing that illusion thing Dorian did

With his own blood, that's so cool...

Hoho...!

I did that once when i had a terrible nose bleed, didn't go well

Chapter 35

This book is fucking boring NGL

"now that you got no more urine left in you"

AH.

GAHDYR LMAO

Chapter 36

HO THAT TITLE, PLEEEASE I NEED SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO HAPPEN

HHH he kinda cute...

Oww :(

JDJSJFRGAJ

God piantao is an old word i had never heard it before

AND he took a piss.

LOCO NO SEAS HOMOFÓBICO NINGUNA MINA ACA ES MEJOR QUE ESTE PIBITO TE LO ASEGURO SKSGSKGSJAAGS

Se me cayó un ídolo y yo que le quería dar 😔

ÑSHWQLSGOSGDKW

Let's see if he lied to Baki about just liking eh /j

Chapter 37

I luv Oliva lol

AJSGSKSLAGHS BAKI SNAPPED

I too wonder where the fuck Kozue is

Chapter 38

LSHSLDGSLSGSIEG

He is jealous of what you two have, it's normal, el Che just rejected his love after all ;/

Oliva is a king

OH A HANKERCHIEF I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNDERWEAR SHSGS-

Oh shit Oliva is like 45?! He looked so young

Te fuiste a la mierda, Che, el chabón estaba siendo re bueno con vos

Baki is just dead

Chapter 39

I love how realistic Che's fear is, he's rather smart, though not this time

POOR GUY AJSGSWJW

I didn't realize Che said "what more, it may be a woman!" but to be fair they ARE in jail so

Chapter 40

I'm feeling kinda bad for him ngl

I feel happy for him tho 🥺

Bruh they added one page after the ending of some naked anime girl tf 😐

Chapter 41

These prisoners having fun is kinda sweet

YO INSANE

Bitches be complaining about Maria's looks are just jealous 🥰

Chapter 42

Damn she lorge

He loves fighting naked eh

Only valid person is the one saying Oliva deserves better treatment which tbh true

Chapter 43

Fun fact i wear my jacket like El Che too, unless it's too cold

El che with the hair lose is so cute bro,,,

Something something fingering joke

Sikorski could fold a coin too

I bet the bandana will break

Chapter 44

I would have just fallen on top of him, how is he gonna counter that, eh?

Oh that super fun to know!

Oh the good ol dirty technique, i have seen this one before!

Chapter 45

NOOO MARIA DON'T DO THIS TO HIM

This fight is super cool tho i love these two characters

Chapter 46

They just keep changing the rules i think Itagaki is just flexing at this point

LAAOSFKAGSKAGSKAF???

Baki wants his protagonism back

I'm getting pissed off they keep putting semi naked underaged girls at the end of every chapter 😐

Chapter 47

Bruh just realized, the mouth got so hyped as this new cool villain and they died in their first appearance 😭

His damn bandana...

[attract-mode-collective]

Gentlemen Prefer Pixels (Over Polygons)

Called me old-fashioned, but nothing’s sexier than a girl that’s a mystery. Blocky, abstract pixels make you wonder, whereas smoothly detailed polygons do not.

And the above, featuring interpretations of various leading ladies from various 8-bit games from an old issue of Famitsu, illustrates this point nicely. I’ve always had a thing for Samus, but it was kinda more fun when my imagination filled in the blanks.

I also kinda dig the pink and white color scheme for the armor she has here. Bonus points for not sexy-ing up Tyris Flare…

BTW, they’re from this old blog that hasn’t been updated in ages. Google Translate sez its aim was to transcribe 1000(!!!) issues of the classic Japanese game mag, and once again, I am saddened by my inability to understand Japanese.

I also have a new project; to archive the source, since info like this is fairly scare and blogs in general do not stick around forever. Oh, and I’d gladly accept anyone’s help towards this effort, cuz my hands are pretty full at the moment.

Speaking of archives, thank goodness for the Video Game Art Archive, which preserves illustrations found in old game manuals. Recently it began showcasing imagery found in the manual for Ballz, on old 16-bit fighter in which every character is made out of, you guessed it.

As it turns out, the Japanese edition has its own unique interpretations of abstract game graphics…

And, as is often the case in Japanese game manuals, comic strips can often be found…

So, what news has me the most excited this week? Nope, it’s nothing related to PAX East (which I was unable to attend, unfortunately). Instead, there’s word that the Brick Theater is reviving the Game Play festival! It’s been a summer staple (alongside the New York Asian Film Festival) for years now, and I was super bummed that there wasn’t one last July (I also feared the worst, that the plug had been pulled entirely).

Anyhow, nothing has been announced because they’re still gather applications. So if you happen to have an idea for a stage production that’s video game related, click this link. Oh, and for anyone interested in my write up of Game Play 2015, here ya go. 

The other exciting bit of news is this footage of 3DS Space Harrier, Galaxy Force II, and Power Drift, the 3DS versions running on a PS4 with a PSVR, courtesy of posthumanwanderings…

I seem to recall Yu Suzuki saying that he’d love to have Space Harrier in VR at the very least… though I believe the following is just a test produced by hardcore Segaphiles.

Sticking with Sega, though also back to the subject of theater; remember TOKYOHEAD, that play in Japan that depicted the trials and tribulations of top ranked Virtua Fighters? Well I recently came across this video…

… and this article, which mentions TOKYOHEAD. The production utilized motion capture tech called DL-EDGE that allowed the actions of actors on stage to be mimicked by in-game character (which I thought was what was happening in one photo, in my write-up)…

One last bit of stage theatrics; please enjoy this handshake from the stage production of Persona 3 (via emperorsfortune)…

For whatever reason, this photograph has me imagining a woman from the future, sent back in time to save humanity, but instead of arriving in some back alley street light in the Terminator, it’s in the middle of a game center…

It’s actually artist Mariko Mori, and you can check out other photographs from the same series, I think (including one of her dressed like a sexy android hanging next to a Sonic & Knuckles demo station), here.

Speaking of PDFs, during a regular scheduled attempt to gather anything I can find regarding The Flying Luna Clipper, I came across this link, which itself contained one to an archive of MSX Magazine…

Despite being the cover story, there isn’t much intel, or so it would seem…

… Yet the whole issue is definitely worth leafing through, especially if you’re obsessed with old Japanese PC hardware designs as much as I am.

Please enjoy this bit of fancy footwork from Tekken 3 (via sixteen-bit)…

Sticking with the subject of fighting games; the latest from the CDTcrew is perfect for anyone that’s a fan of Street Fighter 2 and seizures…

Which fighting game glitch do you prefer? This one from King of Fighters 2002, or this one from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3?

Okay, time to chill for a bit. For six hours exact. That’s how long the sound of the Arwing’s engine, from Starfox, goes on for (there’s also a twelve hour version, for anyone interested)…

This week’s recommended reading is courtesy of Kotaku, which recently interviewed individuals from two local businesses that specialize in console repair. Here’s some excerpts from 'Let Him Fix It': The Battle Over Who Gets To Repair Your Consoles…

““I’ve been fixing stuff since I was a little kid, scavenging garbage,” GorillaStomp said, not looking up from the Xbox he was dismantling with a screwdriver. He was watching a For Honor Twitch stream while removing pet dander and cigarette detritus from the Xbox’s jammed disc tray. “Basically, I went from Legos to real-life troubleshooting.”…

… Back in 2008, GorillaStomp interviewed for a job at 8-Bit And Up with its owner, Joe. “It was the weirdest interview I’d ever had,” he told me. Joe asked if he’d ever worked as a repair guy. GorillaStomp said, “No, but last summer, I fixed seven PS2s for my buddies.” Joe hired him.”

Here we have a promotional vid for Atari, produced in 1981. It’s actually quite excellent, as far as corporate propaganda is concerned, thought it’s also a super sexy time capsule (via tvgame)…

Just a bunch of Super Mario mushrooms, in the corner of a Japanese book store. That is all (via fuckyeahjapanese)…

Behold, Moscoso x Psyduck (via altcomix)…

Which piece of Sonic fan art sent to an old video game magazine is better? This one (via sonicthehedgeblog)…

Or this one (via oldgamemags)…

And which Famicom cart (via famicartart) do you find more appealing? This one, for Perfect Bowling…

Or this one, for A Taxing Woman…

As much as I love a beautifully rendered cover art, sometimes a quick and dirty screenshot also does the job well (via shmups)…

I really have no idea what this image is about, but because it’s Xevious related, I kinda have to share it (via gaijira)…

And last but not least, this is apparently the only decoration in fmtownsmarty’s room…

Don’t forget: Attract Mode is now on Medium! There you can subscribe to keep up to date, as well as enjoy some “best of” content you might have missed the first time around, plus be spared of the technical issues that’s starting to overtake Tumblr.

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do you want to know what my favorite neurotransmitter is…? Acetylcholine.

the other day I was at the local book store, and ended up browsing the sports section. i noticed this book ‘the performance cortex’ ; there was a chapter in it titled ’motor hunter’ focussing on Steph Curry. I am a Curry fangirl and can consume almost anything about him, even this silly Water filter Ad! anyways, i stood there for 20 minutes reading about his brain, and about how he does what he does on the playing court! the book in general attempts to speak about how Sports-Scouting is increasingly relying on neuroscience. and personally, i felt it may be an even better approach than the Moneyball-like Sabermetrics. (Moneyball btw, is one of my all-time favorite sports movies.)

later, i walked out with the realization that i am now officially a Neuro-junkie!

it is after being a part of the Brain-Gut-MentalHealth group project, that I started to obsess over the Vagal Nerve, for starters.

real quick, it goes like this….Cranial nerves are those that emerge directly from the brain, rather than from the spinal cord. there are 12 pairs, responsible for carrying sensory info to the brain, and motor signals to muscles and organs. Vagus nerve— sometimes referred to as Vagal nerve—is the 10th and the longest one, originating in the medulla oblongata and is named for its wandering path through the body. it is like a superhighway that handles sensing the internal environment of the body and regulating it, like lowering heart rate, constricting the bronchi of the lungs, reducing blood pressure, to name just a few. one of the easiest bio-hacks they say, in order to keep the Vagus nerve in tip-top-shape, is to take cold showers in the morning.

now, if you are a neuroscientist or neurologist or, a superior-Neuro-junkie reading this blog and say hey, some of your understanding here is not exactly right, i would just say i’m sure you’d know better! and will agree with you happily. on the other hand, if you are someone who thinks you are decently-smart but usually take your brain for granted, and cannot self-influence, ever, to read up on generic brain stuff unless you get Alzheimers some day, then this blog is decently-sufficient for your lukewarm-curiosity!

anyways, the Vagal nerve has been extensively studied; there is this dork-geek-nerd-joke that only dorks-geeks-nerds will find funny ‘what happens in Vagus doesn’t stay in Vagus but affects many aspects of emotionality and neurobiology, ha ha’!  

to say more…lets say, you are hungry, the gut sends a hormonal trigger to the brain (Ghrelin) and when you are feeling full, it sends another (Leptin). but, now they say there is a neural circuit from the gut cells—dubbed Neuropods— that have nerve endings, which can directly communicate to the brain through Vagal neural synapses. and this overturns many ideas around appetite and satiety! say, you are into serious-dieting. taking appetite suppressants may not work as they usually target the slow-acting hormonal route to the brain, which can take up minutes to hours. but, as the instant-connection Vagal neural circuit takes about 100 milliseconds or less, targeting the Vagus may work better at losing all those unhealthy, add-on pounds!

the Vagal gives legitimacy to the idea of ‘gut feeling’ as a sixth sense, and I doubt if any of the other nerves can beat the magic!

all my Vagalmania led me to Acetylcholine and, made me think about it in context with Epinephrine, the rollercoaster neurotransmitter. now, the story there is….um, independent of the Central Nervous System, the Autonomic Nervous system houses two subsystems — Sympathetic and Parasympathetic—speaking really simplified!

Sympathetic translates to “Adrinergic”. Neurotransmitters — Epinephrine, Norepinephrine— are behind your high heart rate in both super-pumped-up situations and heart-in-the-mouth situations. and on March 31st, guess it was Sympathetic pathways that totally ran the show! This system does have a say in most Akhlat Latifa feelings that knock us over, be it beauty-weed mode or fighter-jet mode. Parasympathetic translates to “Cholinergic”. Neurotransmitter — Acetylcholine— slows down your heart rate and makes you stay in calm, comfortable situations. It’s Parasympathetic pathways that make you want to socializie and say hello. like today May 10th, which also happens to be my mother’s birthday. somewhere I read, it’s the myelinated Vagus B-fibers emerging from the Nucleus Ambiguus inside the Medulla O, that takes care of all the cholinergic responsibilities.

anyways, reading up on the lovely Acetylcholine made me think about the month of April which was like a hangover-recharge month for me, with my Parasympathetic totally working up the scene. Lot of peace, lot of beauty. Zero rollercoaster rides, zero adrenaline rushes. Thank you vagal B-fibers.

but, guess I also slightly miss my adrenergic lifestyle of the past one year, with all the nonstop-gaming, and what not….

the whole world must be engaged in all kinds of interesting things happening around. but while THIS socmedia-window-to-the-world stays super-inactive, I keep on staying in some kind of cozy, mental time-warp that I have taken quite a liking to. it’s always good to need less, I guess. and to feel oh-so-minimalistic.  

Anita Desai popped up inside my head the other day, and I was reminded of one of her fiction works. in the story, all her protagonists play games at twilight, and one of them goes into a time-warp of a few hours, as he stays inside a shed next to the garage, while the others keep being engaged in all kinds of interesting games happening on the lawn around the house.

aside from being a neuro-junkie, I have always been a creative-junkie. so taking cue from Desai’s writerly imagination, I felt like “playing derivative” at her work, and go inside the head of her time-warped protagonist. and to see what I can pick up from that last weekend of March, what I can pick up from what’s on there, at this socmedia-window-to-the-world!

and there’s scope for gaming...

but let me write a quick disclaimer: bcos of KL’s celebrity clout, all the lovely colors were color-gamed by all the world more so than ever, and as imagination-inventor, AK always thinks this is immensely cool and it gives her an inception-orgasm. but, since the colors were also endorsed to crazy-overkill on this socmedia-window-to-the-world  ---a lot of times in intolerance and with spite and hatred even--- AK had given away all colors sometime back in February, as part of “The Curse of Raghu”, thus making a statement of protest against the misappropriation of disability-imagination in a happily-ableist world.  AK truly remains in a BnW world.

okay then, game-time!

Reference Tweets from Mar 30th:

https://twitter.com/CarDroidusMax/status/1112035121916493826

https://twitter.com/CarDroidusMax/status/1112034751521665029

#lawpoint1 -- back in August sometime, when AK/KL had first begun sparring on SM, AK had shared this Malayalam film clip and KL had shared back this ICICI Bank Ad. in both, the color is predominantly red. it is quite implicit that it is only blue in a red-disguise; there wasn’t any doubts whatsoever back then. this fact is significant as this was the first time AK/KL had ever faced-off. so if she so wishes, AK can re-possess any color. example, the red and yellow on the KSRTC bus in the above reference photo, KSRTC bus and the green in the twitter profile Cover image, the sort-of-purple on the shirt of the guy on the road in same Cover image, and the colors on Capt. Cavey DP, even! Winner takes all.

#lawpoint2 --- there was supreme court judgment sometime in September that since Karthiyayini had 2 ‘Y’s in her name, any Y in Kerala could be used to AK’s requirement. back then, as a hat-tip to this landmark judgement, the aYYappan-sabarimala ruckus had followed. so, since we already have a precedence regarding settlement of Y disputes, all 26 alphabet can be monopolized by AK just like in the board game. to say explicitly, AK can call Monopoly on the lovely district of waYanad or kottaYam or any other place for that matter. this rule is especially valid on this socmedia-window-to-the-world as the AK/KL combat had initially also begun by involving the lovely malayalam actor parvathY thiruvothu.

In clear conclusion, about the two reference tweets from KL on Mar 30, AK would like to say -- അതേ, വളരെ ഭംഗിയുണ്ട് :)

this out-of-sync and strenuous “comeback” above is the equivalent of how in her fiction, Desai writes:  Ravi bawled, shaking his head so that big tears flew. “Raghu didn’t find me. I won, I won…”

all ക്രിയേറ്റിവ് മണ്ണാങ്കട്ട gaming aside, it’s also some Desai appreciation…her way of writing… sensitive imagery about gamer protagonists and their gaming worlds! It’s good how sensitivity is not just romantic fiction-feature anymore, at least for me! growing up, my mother used to sometimes romanticize my ‘differences’ using the word apoorvaraagam, and that was that! Most of us are like her I guess, rarely ever intuitively-acknowledging the many differences in how different people navigate the same world.

the Neuro-junkie in me thinks that Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) seems to be what Desai’s timewarp-ed protagonist is going through; temperamental personality trait involving increased sensitivity and deeper cognitive processing of social and emotional stimuli. apparently, people with a high measure of SPS make up about 15-20% of the population. they say it is the gene variants of ADRA2b and 5-HTTLPR that lead to the emotionally enhanced vividness in perception.

It’s good that making sense of these will influence how we raise our children; help make lives, more tolerant and relaxed for them!

hey KL, what is your son like? does he still prefer football to cricket despite his sub-continental genes? is he old enough to have a favorite football team? someday, will you be teaching him to hack-stalk women? :) .…. my son is right now in a freezer, probably waiting for his uterus implantation by year-end! Johan is expected to default-love soccer thanks to namesake Johan Cruyff.... let’s see how that sports inheritance goes!

p.s. In this Malayalam film scene, Nanda (Revathy) tries to humor her hard-stalker Naren (identical twin no.1 Lalettan). He somehow has all the A-Z on her, while she knows next to nothing about him and just keeps going in circles trying to figure out.....

I have always loved this song from Mayamayooram. Janakiamma singing ഇതളടർന്ന വഴിയിലൂടെ വരുമോ വസന്തം....? is easily among her best!  Also, I will never really know why Shobhana is not superstar-Shobhana; she is effortless in everything…. ഒടുക്കത്തെ പേട്രിയാർക്കി തന്നെ, അല്ലാതെന്താ?!

#CLASSYwomen

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The Best Motherfucking Website$("#rbw").html("colored").fancyRainbow();

Yo this is a test....This is the best motherfucking website.

Really, it is.

Seriously, you guys think that a fucking website doesn't need some styling?

You probably build websites using vim and feeling hardcore. You think your 4.99KB motherfuckingwebsite(.com) is going to get you some fucking award to put on your damn footer as a link. You think your fucking default font is gonna make your website run even on a toaster.

WRONG, motherfucker.

The best kick-ass website

Let me describe the real perfect-ass website which still has the glory of the past motherfuckingwebsites:

Shit doesn't weigh a ton (in fact it's just 34.97 KB when the 27.83KB cat picture below is removed)

The page weighs exactly 63.02kB, 93.7% less than the Google home page

Fits on your iPhone 1st gen (although it doesn't work on your damn 16x32 Tamagotchi)

Looks almost the same on every screen

Every asshole that visits this website can use it without any problem well, kind of

It's accessible, so everyone can enjoy it but not everyone can read this - this text is Ant-Accessible

Shit is even more legible than the fucking two previous versions - and it also has a cleanish style without looking like an ARPANET website

Doesn't load massive images or scripts. We should all care about people who still use IPoAC

Uses only free and open resources. Like this ass-breaking font called "Open Sans" which btw weighs 15.21kB, wtf

It doesn't load your glorious jQuery or jQueryUI with all their fucking styles and shits. Nor Angular or any other framework. This website is made with plain HTML, CSS3 and JS. Keep it Vanilla!

Doesn't include any tracking service this website does, but hey, who cares

Images aren't forbidden, but when SVG is available JUST USE IT.

Use some fucking colors.

Links don't really need to keep that shitty blue the browser is giving them: nor that violetish color when they are marked as visited. Just give them a nice color

Well guess what, motherfucker:

This website is even better than the last guy and the guy before him.

Why?

It's over a secure connection - so nobody can spy what we're serving to you (the page might be different for everyone, pshht!).

It uses one of the most general gTLDs available out there: .website

It uses the TLD, too: bestmotherfucking.website, check out domainr to do something cool too.

It uses the kickassing Let's Encrypt CA (don't you see the gorgeous green lock?)

It runs on nginx: the best fucking web server instead of Apache Server

It uses a custom version of the awesome ultra-lightweight jQuery /s

It doesn't use a single media query well, not really

It probably doesn't support all the web browsers, but that's the best thing - if the user's browser is outdated he will notice and maybe he will switch from the crap he uses to a much cooler browser

It uses some cool technologies like JavaScript , CSS3 and HTML5

It supports HTTP/2

It includes a Cache-Control header, 01010100011010010111010001110011001000000110000101110010011001010010000001100110011101010110111000100000011101000110111100100000011100000110110001100001011110010010000001110111011010010111010001101000so you don't waste your precious bandwidth if you visit the website more than once

It uses Piwik, a free and Open Source analytics platform (we still love you Google, don't be mad at us)

It allows universal access from every website via CORS

It is Accessible

It's Open Source, freely available on Github, and everybody can contribute to it.

It uses the WTFPL - Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License, which is pretty clear on what you can and what you can't do:

0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.

Put even less contrast

Yeah, a #444 is cool but a #454545 is better.

We don't need to break our eyes while looking at a motherfuckingwebsite.

Size matters, yeah, but don't exaggerate

Remember, not everybody is blind, and not everybody wants to read a fucking 2 inches letter on a 27 inches screen, so keep it cool. Don't exaggerate in size, but don't make an ant-compatible text either.

Put some pictures

A cat, just to keep the context of the website.

We're not looking at a novel by Stephanie Meyer, this is a motherfuckingwebsite so include some pictures to give a context.

The website shouldn't be overfilled with pictures, but it should make the user happy while reading your nonsense words.

You see that fancy cat? He's happy, you should be too.

Yes, even this is satire.

But this doesn't mean you should load your motherfuckingwebsite with shitty animations, instead keep it simple, minify its resources and use images responsibly. Remember the IPoAC users!

Good design is as little design as possible.Some German motherfucker on motherfuckingwebsite.com

That's not entirely true, look at that motherfuckingwebsite. It's so minimal that it can be considered crap.

Epilogue

Actually this website was made to follow the trend of the motherfuckingwebsite and the bettermotherfuckingwebsite.

Despite what was said here they're beautiful and truly among the best websites on the internet (even though this is still thebestmotherfuckingwebsite), so go check 'em out.

Seriously, follow some of the advice we gave you, they'll "make the web great again" Cit. needed

Author

This website was created by an annoyed developer that can be followed on Twitter, followed on GitHub or contacted here, on his ultra-minimalist website

Resources

The cat picture was taken from the cool Pixabay website: check it out, it's really cool and full of CC0 (aka Public Domain) content. The author is 1899441 (seriously? His username looks like my PIN code!), the old picture was by aloiswohlfahrt, but I had to change it, cause it was too heavy and too cute. You can open an issue on GitHub if you think that this decision goes against the rules of a good looking motherfuckingwebsite.

Legal

This website can be freely copied, modified, altered, distributed without any attribution whatsoever. However, if you feel like this website deserves an attribution, mention it. It won't hurt anybody :)

Please, read the license terms. Don't worry, it can be read in less than 30 seconds, unless you have some sort of reading disability - in that case, I'm wondering why you're still reading this text. Really. Stop. Please. I mean, seriously. Why are you still reading?

Contributions

Since this website includes some contributions, and I'm not an asshole, I'll publically thank the following users for their help:

@beardog108 for his precious suggestions for the server side part (Cache-Control, HTTP/2, CORS and Piwik)

@5ilver, @abluejelly, @bharadwaj-raju for giving tips about contrast

@hellerbarde for his hint about the visited link color (he proposed maroon) - if you don't like it, complain about it here

@glodime for his suggestion about text justification on mobile

@arthurtiteica and @vktec for their suggestions about PIN Code / RAS Syndrome fix.

@Zsavajji, @CapacitorSet, @danielquinn, @ehea617, @MrSaad, @tqdv for their help in spell checking

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 YESTERDAY'S POST CAN BE FOUND HERE - 21/01/18 Latest Review: Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator + The Hollywood Roast  Game Releases: ChromaGun - EU/NA Release - €19.99 | $19.99 | £17.99 - eShop Link - Website - TrailerYou're here to test our newest, state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to try and solve our meticulously designed test chambers. The basic principle is as easy as applying it is complex: Exit the chambers via the exit doors. But be weary of the WorkerDroids in charge of maintaining the chambers. They’re not exactly what you and I would call "human friendly." Use the ChromaGun to colorize walls and WorkerDroids to progress in the chambers. WorkerDroids are attracted to walls of the same color. Using that mechanic, try to reach the exit door of each chamber. Some doors are more complicated to use than others: They can only be opened using door triggers and only stay open as long as the triggers are occupied. Good luck!  Today's News: Rocket League cross-platform party system should be coming in 2018 - LinkI first starting playing Rocket League on the 5th August 2015, less than a month after it's official release and so I'm pretty confident in saying that I know enough about Rocket League to justify my need and desire for a cross-platform party system. From my first ever few games with my best friend, I was always constrained to playing 1v1 or against AI as he was on his PS4 and I was on my PC. This lead to quite dire tournaments that we would participate in as we would only have practice together against All-Star AI...it didn't go very well. Anyway, last year there was news that they were working on a cross-platform party system that utilised their PsyNet system. Well today, we have had confirmation on the official Rocket League Support's Twitter that the team are indeed working on the party support and they are going to try and get it out in 2018. Unfortunately with the wording that they've used, it seems that we may not see it until Q4 2018... Panic Button have been confirmed to be working on the Wolfenstein II port! - LinkI'm sure many of you are aware of Panic Button Games...they are the ones that made the superb Star Wars Kinect! In all seriousness though, they genuinely did make that game and I don't know if I've forgiven them for it yet. But with this news I think I will, because it's been confirmed by Bethesda that the Switch port for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will be worked on by them! If that isn't enough for us to forgive them, they are well-known in fact, in the Switch community that is, for developing the outstanding Doom port that was stunning in it's creation. I know a lot of critics complained about the resolution and graphical downgrade, but they got f**king DOOM to work on the Switch...PORTABLY! Anyway, I'm pretty sure you can tell that I'm excited for this game; I've also been avoiding everything about it so I can first experience it on Switch.  Game Announcements/Updates: Owlboy - Announcement - 13th February 2018Man, I've been waiting for this game to come out for a very long time. Now I know what you are all going to say, "Sam it's been out for ages on PC", and to that I say, I know, but portable = better; especially when all of your time at home is chilling and spent writing a thing on Reddit that a very nice collection of people read everyday. Anyway, it was officially announced by developers, D-Pad Studio, that their highly rated platformer Owlboy will be arriving on the Switch platform on the 13th February 2018! In case you are, for some reason, unaware of this title, here is a trailer showcasing the best pixel art in a game ever, in my opinion. SteamWorld Dig - Announcement - 1st February 2018I hardly ever complete games. I rarely find the time and most of the time, a game doesn't grab me enough for me to finish the thing before I'm onto the next. However, then the Switch came along and made it so much easier to play, you know with the whole portable thing that they say you can do with it. Amongst the games that I had the pleasure of finishing last year was the outstanding SteamWorld Dig 2 from the developers Image & Form Games. This game combined the perfect amount of tough metrovania style gameplay with a tonne of upgrades that by the end of the game make your character actually amazing. I can't recommend this game enough and so I was incredibly excited to hear that the developers announced on their Twitter this morning that the original SteamWorld Dig will be coming to the Switch platform on the 1st February for the very nice price of $9.99 / €9.99! Along with the fact that I'm excited because I loved the second title, I'm even happier to find out I'll finally have a number 1 and not just a number 2 in my collection! Dandara - eShop Link - 6th February 2018Dandara was announced for the Switch an incredible amount of time ago. The announcement trailer was actually released before the Switch was even released, on the 28th February 2017! The title on the eShop is described as "a unique 2D metroidvania platformer full of mystical creatures and boundless exploration. Defy gravity as you jump across floors, walls, and ceilings alike. Discover the mysteries and secrets hidden throughout the world of Salt and its diverse array of characters. Empower Dandara for combat and survival against enemies bent on oppression.". The actual gameplay looks incredible and is something that I will probably be adding to my wishlist, after I research a little more. Super One More Jump - Announcement - 25th January 2018From the creators of One More Jump, originally released in 2016 for IOS and Android, is an Impossible Game/Geometry Dash looking game with a few unique mechanics that make the game look like a pretty addictive phone game. Well today, it was announced on the publishers Twitter that a new Super One More Jump will be coming to the Switch in a few days on the 25th January 2018. This new addition comes with an endless mode and the developers have also reworked most of the original levels to work with the Switch, including creating a split joy-con mode for 2 players! I think this is actually a good time to put the point forward that Geometry Dash wasn't the first to do this kind of gameplay. The reason I'm mentioning this, is because in the trailer for the IOS version of this game, the top comment says, "GEOMETRY DASH CLONE"...This comes up quite a lot in similar looking games even though the original game that I know for this gameplay was a title called The Impossible Game. It probably isn't even the first game to do it, so feel free to correct me in the comments below. Anyway, this game looks pretty good and if it's reasonably priced, I think the 2 player would make for a good party game.  Top Reddit Posts: Can we generate some demand for Dragon Ball FighterZ on the Switch? - Link - u/HighHylianMy nintendo switch pinball setup. Took out the metal brackets from joy con straps and put them on the side of the monitor, works amazingly. - Link - u/CraciunatorCan we get a Super Monkey Ball Switch pls? - Link - u/sludgebeardActual cardboard expert opinion on durability of Labo - Link - u/GTS14  If there are any errors or missed information, just let me know and I'll add it promptly.  Closing Statement: There has been a very nice amount of game announcements today, and some of them don't look too bad! I am particular excited about Owlboy and the original SteamWorld Dig as I absolutely adored the first game, but I've been warned that I won't enjoy the first title as much as the second. I am also ridiculously excited for the Wolfenstein II port as I've been avoiding anything about the game since it's release, still no release date though which is a bummer, but I'm guessing we'll get it at the Bethesda E3 press conference. Anyway I would like to thank all of you wonderful reddit users who have allowed me to use your posts from earlier today! Enjoy your time away from posts and I'll hopefully see you wonderful people tomorrow! I don't even know if you read this section and instead just skim the news and announcement posts...secret code is Horlicks btw... Sam :)  via /r/NintendoSwitch

[themoderationmovement]

3/20/17

I’m tired.

Tired of thinking that I have to haul off and eat some super-clean diet. Tired of believing that, for some god-forsaken reason, I have to be “hot.” And what that entails are hours weekly of me trying to shave off fat and sculpt muscle.

What for??

Is it essential to my life that my protein intake is high enough to support muscle growth, in that sweet-spot before kidney issues start?

Because that’s where I was.

In September I was in the throws of a full pelvic panic. I didn’t know what the fuck was going on. Yeast? Stones? Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? Dryness? I took almost 2 months, several prescriptions, and a lot of soul searching to get to the bottom of what was happening. 

A pause.

I’m 38. This is important to say, I think. Because I am not 28. Or 18. But, that is what I was under the impression that I was.Some folks might think that I am headed towards a alcohol-and-hard-living story. Quite the opposite. I was where you end up when you become nearly obsessed with perfect health, or the perception of it.  This meant that I was definitely dealing with some body dysmorphia, which at 38 years old is definitely possible. You just don’t read about it as much. I was so very careful, controlling my macronutrient balance so that I could maintain my weight and fitness, and “look.”

What happened? I started a new job, shifted my schedule, and now I was under stress. I was worried about gaining weight, losing my “look.” (I cringe writing that now, btw. But it’s real.) I started to hyper clean my diet, try and cram in intense working out around my new, and more intense, job. I threw everything out of whack. But it already was out of whack.

It took this incident to make me see that my previous mode was not sustainable. If all it took was a job change to land me in the doctor’s office constantly for 2 months, then something bigger was going on. And a note - it’s really hard to explain to a doctor that you are in pain and something is really wrong, when you appear to be in perfect shape. The operative word here is appear.

I used to be a bit overweight several years ago. What once was a gradual weight loss turned into a panicked race to maintain. I had created this fitness routine, that turned into a delicate balance, that developed into image issues. I was associating my value directly with the way I looked. Specifically, my weight and proportions. 

When I got the new job in July, I was psyched. But I soon realized that I could not do my 4-5 time a week 2+ hour workouts, with “off day” HIIT. I tried to keep up for the summer, but once September hit, I had run myself into the ground. And then the pelvic stuff. I’ve always been pretty healthy, so this drove me NUTS. The fact that it took so long to diagnose, made me crazy. The pain and physical irritation were nothing to pass off, either. What was it? It was everything. It was yeast, it was a bladder infection, it was ureter inflammation, you name it. My hormones were off, everything couldn’t adjust.

Maybe if I were 10 years younger, I could have adjusted to a new job and kept up with a super demanding fitness routine. But I am now convinced, as I get older, I will end up hurting myself more if I do not cut that shit out and adopt a mentality of moderation. That’s what this is all about. Shedding the distressful feeling that if you don’t go all in on something, that it’s not worth it.

For me, it’s being okay with walking as exercise. It’s knowing that eating ice cream is not eating knives. It’s working on understanding why, as a 38 year old woman going on 39, I feel that I have to “look” a certain way. And that it is absolutely 100% okay if I don’t get there.  

I went from a very labor intensive 127 lbs to a very joyful 142. I eat bagels now. BAGELS. I still get my 5 a-day fruits and veggies, but, guys, BAGELS. I walk. I still wear my Fitbit. My job has me moving around all day. I am tired at the end of the day, after work and chores. So I read. I watch tv. And I am here to tell you that no one has lit me on fire or made me put a bag over my head. In fact, the only one who has been affected by this change is me. I am happy. 

I also know that it is work. I have days where I fight myself. I start to think that if I just started lifting heavy 3 days a week I could... I could... what? Do what? Get what? I reassess my situation, assure myself that I am taking good care of myself and that adding more is not necessarily better.

It’s a moderation movement.