#Object-Based Storage Market

[velvetvisionsaurora]

Pairing: Hongjoong x reader, Seonghwa x reader, Yunho x reader, Mingi x reader, Wooyoung x reader.

Summary: Five eight-year-old boys aboard the slave ship Crimson Serpent form an unbreakable bond with five-year-old y/n. before she's sold at auction. Despite their failed rescue attempt, they swear a blood oath on her teddy bear to find her. Fifteen years later, now feared pirates leading the ATEEZ

Warnings: Slavery/Human Trafficking, Separation/Loss, Violence, Eventual Smut. SA(not by any main characters) y/n gets switched to a real name but it has a purpose. More warnings to be updated.

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Authors note: Thank you everyone for all the love on this fic! I appreciate it so much! I’ll be taking a break from posting for the weekend to give myself a break and work a little on my next fic! Love you all 💜

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Chapter 10

Reconnections

Night had fallen by the time Mingi's condition stabilized. Yeosang had worked for hours, his movements precise and efficient despite the emotional weight of the situation. Though he'd said little beyond necessary instructions, his careful attention to Mingi revealed a deeper connection than mere professional duty.

"You should rest," he told y/n, who had stayed beside Mingi's treatment table the whole time. "Recovery will take days, not hours. Your presence, while appreciated, can't speed up the healing process."

His tone was gentle despite the practical advice. The concern in his eyes contradicted his measured words.

"I'm staying," she replied simply. "At least for a little while longer."

Yeosang nodded once, accepting her decision without argument. Unlike their childhood days when survival required constant negotiation, they could now communicate directly without calculation.

"You should at least eat something," he said, placing a plate of simple food near her. "Hard to keep a proper watch if you're hungry."

A hint of a smile touched his lips—a gentleness reserved only for those he truly trusted.

"Your medical wisdom is noted, Doctor," she responded with matching warmth. "I promise to follow your advice."

A brief softening around his eyes—the closest thing to a smile Yeosang usually showed—crossed his features. Without further comment, he turned to organize his supplies, his efficiency never faltering despite hours of intense work.

The medical bay door opened as Yunho ducked through the entrance. His gentle face showed both concern and tentative hope. He moved with unusual hesitancy, as if uncertain of his welcome despite the emotional confirmation hours earlier.

"Yeosang," he acknowledged first, respecting the doctor's authority. "How is he?"

"Stable," came the reply, notably warmer than Yeosang's typical professional tone. "The bleeding is under control, the wound is clean and dressed. His unconsciousness seems to be his body's way of recovering from the trauma, not something more serious."

Yunho nodded in understanding. "May I stay with him for a while?"

"Of course," Yeosang confirmed, his voice softening. "I need to prepare some additional supplies in the storage area. Call if anything changes."

As the doctor retreated to the adjacent room, Yunho approached cautiously. Though hours had passed since y/n revealed her identity, he was clearly still adjusting to the reality of their reunion.

"I brought this," he said softly, placing a small object on the shelf near Mingi's bed. "It was in his workbench drawer. I thought he might want it nearby when he wakes."

The object was a miniature wooden dolphin with the distinctive compass mark carved into its base—identical to the ones Mingi had asked Yunho to leave for y/n to find.

"He still makes them," she observed quietly, reaching to touch the small figure. "After all these years."

Yunho nodded as he settled into the chair opposite hers, with Mingi's unconscious form between them. "Every port we visit. He leaves them in places children might find them—markets, squares, harbor areas. For fifteen years, without stopping once."

"Like message bottles," Yunho continued, his voice growing softer. "Cast into a human ocean instead of water, hoping somehow one might reach you. That you might recognize his work and remember."

Y/n’s fingers traced the compass mark embedded in the miniature dolphin, identical to the symbol on her wooden sparrow and Yeosang's wolf. "I found one," she said, careful not to reveal too much about Yeosang yet. "In Blackwell's garden after a storm knocked down part of the wall. A friend found one too, it helped us through especially difficult times.”

Something shifted in Yunho's expression—wonder mixed with deep emotion as he realized what this meant. "He succeeded," he whispered in amazement. "His hope wasn't just wishful thinking. One of his messages actually reached you."

"I never knew who made it," she explained, still tracing the compass mark. "Just that it was beautiful, and mine, and worth protecting despite the risk. It became my talisman during the worst moments—proof that beauty could exist even within Blackwell's walls."

She noticed Yeosang freeze in the doorway as he listened to her explanation.

Yunho's eyes filled with tears, though his smile remained steady. "That would mean everything to him," he said softly. "To know he reached you somehow, even without you knowing. That his work gave you comfort when we couldn't."

For several minutes, they sat in comfortable silence, watching Mingi's steady breathing. Though unconscious, his strong presence remained obvious—the quiet strength that had defined him since childhood evident even now.

"Tell me about him," Y/n asked. "About the man he became after the boy I knew."

Yunho considered this thoughtfully. "He speaks more with his hands than his voice," he began. "Creates with precision what words can't express. His silence isn't emptiness but a different language—everything important communicated through what he builds rather than what he says."

The description matched perfectly with y/n’s memories of the quiet boy from The Crimson Serpent—his rare words carrying weight beyond their number, his carved animals expressing more than words ever could.

"He designed most of the ATEEZ's special systems," Yunho continued, obvious pride in his voice. "The hidden gun ports, the modified rigging that gives us better speed, even the speaking tubes that let us communicate throughout the ship. His mind sees connections others miss, possibilities where others see only obstacles."

Y/n nodded. "He always found solutions where none seemed possible," she observed. "Even as a child."

"That hasn't changed," Yunho confirmed. "Though the scale of his work has grown. Half the ports in the world have standing orders for his mechanical designs—mechanisms bought by merchants and naval ships alike despite our reputation."

This surprised her—that the quiet gunner's creations extended beyond the ATEEZ to influence the wider maritime world.

"But he's most himself when carving," Yunho added, his voice softening. "In quiet moments, between battles or storms, when survival demands ease up. That's when the real Mingi emerges—focused on creating beauty that serves no purpose beyond existing."

This aligned perfectly with her childhood memories—the quiet boy who turned scraps of wood into tiny animals during rare peaceful moments aboard The Crimson Serpent.

"And you've been beside him through it all," she noted, recognizing a partnership deeper than friendship. "Since The Crimson Serpent."

Yunho nodded, something vulnerable crossing his face. "We share quarters," he said simply. "Have since we could choose such arrangements. His nightmares ease when I'm nearby, though he'd never admit that out loud."

"He speaks more with me than others," Yunho continued, trust flowing between them despite their years apart. "Not just words but the thoughts behind them. When we're alone, he talks more freely than anyone aboard would believe possible."

"You care for each other," y/n observed. "Beyond friendship or loyalty."

Yunho's eyes widened slightly, showing momentary vulnerability. Then his gentle certainty returned, neither confirming nor denying her observation.

"We've survived much together," he said simply. "Discovered that connection matters more than convention. That real bonds go beyond categories others might try to impose."

Y/n nodded, respecting his careful response. "I'm glad," she said sincerely. "That neither of you had to face fifteen years alone. That you had each other when circumstances demanded impossible strength."

Something in Yunho's expression softened further, gratitude showing beneath his gentle composure.

"We all found ways to survive," he acknowledged, his gaze returning to Mingi. "Though some paths were lonelier than others despite us staying together."

For several comfortable minutes, they kept their shared watch beside Mingi's bed, connection flowing without need for constant talking.

"You should rest," Yunho eventually suggested with genuine concern. "I'll stay with him through the night. Mingi would want your well-being put before his own."

"We'll take turns," she countered, offering compromise instead of rejection. "You need rest as much as I do, especially after the battle and everything that's happened. Yeosang can help us set up a schedule that works for everyone."

Yunho's smile deepened at this suggestion. "Always the practical one," he observed with appreciation rather than criticism. "Finding balance where others might only see opposing needs."

Before she could respond, Mingi's fingers twitched slightly beneath her hand—the first movement since losing consciousness during battle. Both immediately focused on this change, hope rising in their expressions.

"Puppy?" she whispered, the childhood nickname coming naturally.

Though Mingi didn't speak, his fingers definitely curled around hers—weak but deliberate. The simple contact carried meaning beyond its minimal strength.

"He knows you're here," Yunho said softly, wonder in his gentle voice. "Even without waking, he recognizes you."

Yeosang emerged immediately from the supply room, his awareness of medical developments evident despite his apparent focus on other tasks. "That's a good sign," he said, his professional assessment not fully hiding his personal response. "It shows he's responding, even if he's not fully conscious yet."

Despite his cautious words, satisfaction showed in his subtle smile.

"He still needs complete rest," he stated, falling back on medical terminology. "Recovery requires physiological processes that consciousness might disrupt through pain awareness and subsequent stress."

The unnecessary complexity—his deliberate use of medical jargon beyond what was needed—contained subtle humor that only those who knew him well would catch. This was Yeosang's version of emotional expression, using clinical language to create distance while still showing genuine care.

"Translation: let him sleep," y/n interpreted with a gentle tease. "Even if he's starting to respond, his body needs uninterrupted recovery time."

"Exactly," Yeosang agreed with a small smile. "Sometimes I forget not everyone appreciates medical terminology as much as I do."

Yunho chuckled softly, clearly familiar with this dynamic. "We should set up a watch rotation," he suggested, returning to y/n’s earlier proposal. "Making sure someone's always here while still allowing necessary rest."

"That makes sense," Yeosang agreed with a nod. "I can take the middle watch from midnight until dawn. You two should get some proper rest before then. We can figure out tomorrow's schedule based on how he's doing and who's available."

"Sounds reasonable," y/n agreed, smiling at his thoughtful arrangement. "We can adjust as needed, depending on how he responds."

Yeosang nodded, showing a warmth in his eyes that most of the crew rarely saw. With her, he allowed his careful walls to lower slightly, the boy she had known emerging from behind the doctor's composed exterior.

"I'll tell the captain about Mingi's improvement," Yunho said, rising carefully to minimize disruption. "He'll want to know right away despite handling the ship repairs."

As Yunho left, a comfortable silence settled in the medical bay. Their shared watch felt natural despite fifteen years of separation, trust renewed through their common purpose.

Beneath her hand, Mingi's fingers maintained gentle pressure—unconscious confirmation of their connection. Around his wrist, barely visible beneath his bandaged arm, the faint scar of a childhood blood oath remained—physical reminder of a promise kept against impossible odds.

Dawn light filtered through the medical bay's ports when y/n woke from unexpected sleep. Despite her determination to stay alert, exhaustion had claimed her during the quiet hours—emotional and physical strain finally overcoming her usual caution.

"Good morning, little bird."

The cheerful greeting—and childhood nickname—identified the speaker before she fully opened her eyes. Wooyoung sat across from her, Mingi's unconscious form between them, his expressive face showing both excitement and uncertainty despite his typical animation.

"Woo," she acknowledged, the shortened name coming naturally. "How long have you been here?"

"Since second bell of dawn watch," he replied with unusual precision that suggested deliberate restraint. "Yeosang finished his medical checks and said it was fine for me to take over watching our sleeping beauty here."

The casual phrase revealed some of his natural exuberance, though he was clearly moderating his approach out of respect for both the medical environment and the emotional significance of their reunion.

"Any change?" she asked, returning her attention to Mingi.

"Continuing improvement according to our esteemed doctor's extensive and thoroughly boring medical assessment," Wooyoung reported, some of his natural animation returning.

"Though his exact words involved many more syllables and absolutely zero personality, despite my heroic attempts to extract human expression from his clinical vocabulary."

The familiar complaint—good-natured exasperation beneath theatrical delivery—created unexpected warmth in y/n. Unlike calculated performance, Wooyoung's natural enthusiasm remained genuine  

"I speak plainly enough. Misrepresentation of medical communication," came Yeosang's voice from the supply room doorway, a hint of humor warming his measured tone. "Just because you prefer dramatic flourishes doesn't make clear medical assessment unnecessarily complex."

Wooyoung clutched his chest in exaggerated injury, his expressive face arranging itself into practiced suffering. "You wound me, Doctor. After I accurately translated your seventeen-syllable medical pronouncements into actual human language for our recently reunited friend."

"Your translations often take considerable creative liberties," Yeosang countered, entering the main treatment area with his typical quiet efficiency. "Medical accuracy matters, even if you think it lacks theatrical appeal."

"Theatrical appeal?" Wooyoung gasped, his performance growing increasingly elaborate despite obvious self-awareness. "My humor is exceptionally well-regarded throughout maritime waters! Pirates literally pause mid-combat to appreciate my perfectly timed observations!"

"I'm fairly certain that's not why they pause," Yeosang replied with a subtle smile. "The crew mostly tolerates your performances because there's limited entertainment during long voyages."

The exchange—flowing with practiced rhythm suggesting regular occurrence—made y/n laugh, genuine amusement breaking through her remaining emotional guardedness.

"There it is," Wooyoung said softly, his theatrical animation pausing as genuine warmth transformed his expressive features. "I've missed that sound for fifteen years."

"Your laugh," he clarified when her expression showed confusion. "The real one, not the careful version you've occasionally allowed since coming aboard. The one from before—from The Crimson Serpent, when we had nothing but still found reasons for joy."

This observation affected y/n deeply. Unlike simple recognition based on appearance, Wooyoung had recognized something essential about her that fifteen years of captivity had suppressed but not eliminated.

"I taught you how," he continued, memory softening his usually animated features. "How to laugh silently when attention meant danger. How to find humor when everything around us demanded despair."

Y/n nodded, the memory surfacing with unexpected clarity. "You crossed your eyes and puffed your cheeks until I couldn't help responding," she recalled. "Then showed me how to laugh without sound—shoulders shaking, eyes crinkling, mouth open but no noise coming out."

"The sacred art of secret laughter," Wooyoung confirmed with genuine pleasure. "Most important skill for surviving in a hostile environment. More valuable than physical escape or strategic resistance."

This assessment—delivered with unusual seriousness despite his typically playful manner—revealed wisdom beneath Wooyoung's cheerful exterior.

"It helped," she acknowledged simply. "During the worst times, remembering how to find humor kept something essential alive in me. Something Blackwell couldn't touch despite his best efforts."

Yeosang looked up from his inventory task, genuine emotion visible in his usually composed face. "Finding ways to preserve your inner self often matters more than physical resistance," he observed quietly. "Creating a mental sanctuary when you can't escape physically."

"Did you use it too?" Wooyoung asked with unusual perceptiveness as he turned toward Yeosang. "The silent laughter technique?"

The doctor continued his methodical organization without looking up, though something in his posture suggested meaningful hesitation.

"I found my own version," he acknowledged finally, the personal disclosure clearly difficult despite their years of friendship. "Something that worked for my situation and personality. Different approach but same purpose."

Wooyoung studied him for a long moment, unusual thoughtfulness replacing his theatrical presentation. Then a genuine smile transformed his expressive features.

"You found your own way," he translated gently. "Different method but same purpose. Keeping your essential self alive when everything around you demanded its surrender."

Yeosang's shoulders relaxed slightly—a subtle response invisible to anyone who didn't know him well. Though his expression remained mostly composed, this minimal physical adjustment revealed significant emotional impact.

"Something like that," he confirmed quietly. "We all did what we had to survive."

Y/n watched this exchange with growing understanding. Beyond the surface contrast between Wooyoung's theatrical expressiveness and Yeosang's measured reserve, their interaction showed genuine connection disguised by apparent opposition.

"You two have become quite the pair," she observed. "Despite your seemingly opposite ways of communicating."

Wooyoung grinned, his natural animation returning. "Opposites create perfect balance," he declared with characteristic flourish. "His calm precision balances my creative inspiration! My theatrical presentation counteracts his clinical terminology! Together we form the perfect partnership of contradictory harmony!"

"Exaggerated assessment containing potential validity despite questionable delivery methodology, as usual," Yeosang responded, though genuine warmth softened his typically measured tone. "But there's some truth to it. Different approaches sometimes work better together than separately."

"Translation: we balance each other," Wooyoung winked at y/n. "Though he'd rather perform complicated dental surgery on himself than admit such emotional vulnerability in plain language."

"I express myself adequately," Yeosang countered, though a small smile played at the corner of his mouth. "Just because I prefer precision doesn't mean I lack emotional awareness."

Before Wooyoung could continue their cheerful bickering, the medical bay door opened to admit Seonghwa. Unlike his usual meticulous appearance, signs of extended work were visible—his uniform slightly creased, hair not perfectly arranged, shadows beneath his watchful eyes.

"Quartermaster," Yeosang acknowledged immediately with professional respect. "I was just about to send my latest report."

"Proceed," Seonghwa replied, his precise tone matching the doctor's formal delivery despite evident fatigue. His gaze swept the room with typical efficiency before settling briefly on y/n with an unreadable expression.

As Yeosang delivered his medical update, y/n noticed an unexpected distance in Seonghwa's manner—professional courtesy maintained despite obvious emotional withdrawal. Unlike Wooyoung's immediate warmth or Yunho's gentle acknowledgment, the quartermaster's response to her confirmed identity seemed deliberately restrained. The coldness in his eyes when he looked at her stung more than she wanted to admit.

The contrast was particularly striking given his previous thoughtfulness during her initial days aboard the ATEEZ. Before knowing who she was, Seonghwa had shown consistent consideration despite his professional reserve—arranging comfortable accommodations, ensuring appropriate clothing, facilitating her integration into ship operations. Now, with her identity confirmed, his manner appeared more distant rather than closer—controlled politeness replacing tentative connection. Each word he spoke felt like he was building a wall between them, and despite her years of learning to hide her emotions, she couldn't help feeling a sharp pang of rejection.

"Thank you, Doctor," he said when Yeosang finished his report. "Continue current treatment protocol with standard documentation procedures. Captain Hongjoong requests hourly updates through established communication channels."

This formal directive created momentary awkwardness in the medical bay's atmosphere. Rather than naturally progressing from professional assessment to personal acknowledgment, Seonghwa maintained rigid separation between operational necessity and emotional context.

"Seonghwa," Wooyoung began, concern evident beneath his characteristic animation, "aren't you going to—"

"Damage control operations continue throughout primary structural systems," the quartermaster interrupted, cutting off the personal inquiry. "Your assistance is required in supply management and crew rotation scheduling given extended recovery timeline projections."

This deliberate refocus created visible confusion on Wooyoung's expressive face. Instead of his typical theatrical complaint, genuine concern showed through his usually confident manner.

"But we've found her," he said softly. "After all this time, all our searching. Don't you want to—"

"Ship operations take priority during recovery phase," Seonghwa stated, his precise tone allowing no space for emotional response. "Vessel functionality and crew welfare require immediate attention regardless of other developments."

The term "other developments"—applied to y/n’s confirmed identity—created palpable tension in the medical bay. Seonghwa established a rigid separation between operational necessity and emotional context—as if fifteen years of searching carried no more importance than routine ship maintenance.

Yeosang's gaze moved between them with unusual attentiveness, his typical composure temporarily replaced by acute awareness of the interpersonal dynamics at play.

"I'll be in the galley shortly," Wooyoung replied finally, evident confusion giving way to cautious acceptance. "Just need to finish up here with Yeosang."

Seonghwa nodded acknowledgment, then turned to include y/n with careful neutrality. "The captain requests your presence in his quarters when convenient," he stated formally, his delivery containing neither warmth nor hostility. "Security escort will be provided given ongoing ship management concerns and potential complications."

"Thank you, Quartermaster," y/n replied, matching his formal tone despite the hurt that tightened her chest. Fifteen years navigating dangerous social situations had developed her sensitivity to emotional subtext—recognizing withdrawal that required careful response rather than direct confrontation. Still, after years of imagining reunion with her childhood protectors, his coldness felt like a physical blow. "Please inform the captain I'll attend him once Mingi's condition allows."

Seonghwa nodded once—a sharp, precise movement showing neither approval nor objection. "I'll convey your message," he confirmed, immediately turning toward the exit without further interaction.

As the door closed behind him, momentary silence settled over the medical bay—confusion flowing beneath surface composure as they processed the unexpected interaction.

"Well," Wooyoung said finally, his characteristic animation subdued beneath genuine bewilderment, "that was..."

"Unexpected," Yeosang supplied thoughtfully. "Not what anyone would predict, especially considering how long he’s been searching for you."

"Exactly!" Wooyoung agreed, grateful for the accurate assessment. "Not at all what anyone expected from Mr. Precise-and-Proper given recent developments and fifteen years of obsessive searching."

Y/n remained silent, processing the implications carefully as she tried to ignore the dull ache in her heart. Unlike Wooyoung's open confusion or Yeosang's measured assessment, her response incorporated analysis developed through years navigating complex power dynamics during captivity.

"He's protecting himself," she said finally, understanding crystallizing from observed evidence, though it didn't make his rejection hurt any less. "Creating distance because connection represents vulnerability he's not prepared to handle right now."

Wooyoung's brow furrowed with genuine puzzlement. "But why now? After fifteen years searching for you, countless false leads and disappointments, finally confirming your identity—why pull back when connection becomes possible rather than just theoretical?"

"Because theory is safer than reality," Yeosang observed quietly, his insight clearly drawn from personal experience. "An idea can't disappoint you or hurt you. But a real person, a real relationship—that involves risk that can't be controlled."

"He's spent fifteen years imagining who I might be," y/n elaborated. "Creating a picture of me in his mind, what our reunion might be like. Now that I'm actually here, reality is colliding with that image. The real me might not match what he's built up in his mind all these years."

Wooyoung considered this explanation with unusual thoughtfulness. "So finding you actually scares him more than losing you," he concluded with surprising insight. "Because your real presence requires him to adjust to someone who might not be who he imagined."

"Possible," Yeosang confirmed appreciatively. "The reality of reconnection is more complex than the idea of it. It requires adjusting expectations built over fifteen years of separation."

"He needs time," Y/n acknowledged, forcing herself to be rational even as her eyes stung with unexpected tears. She blinked them back quickly, unwilling to let the others see how much his rejection had wounded her. "Time to adjust."

"It might take him a while," Yeosang agreed gently. "Seonghwa processes things internally, and he's been emotionally invested in finding you longer than almost anyone."

"Which means," Wooyoung translated, his characteristic animation returning, "our perfectly ordered quartermaster currently resembles his personal nightmare—someone whose meticulously arranged reality has been completely disrupted despite getting exactly what he's been seeking for fifteen years."

This observation made y/n laugh, genuine amusement flowing beyond calculated response.

"There's a certain irony to it," Yeosang acknowledged with a small smile. "Achieving exactly what you've wanted most, only to find yourself unprepared for the reality of it."

Before they could continue, Mingi's fingers twitched more deliberately beneath y/n’s hand—stronger movement than before, suggesting increased awareness despite continued unconsciousness. All three immediately focused on this development.

"That's much stronger than before," Yeosang observed, moving immediately to check vital signs with practiced efficiency. "His body's responding more actively, which is an excellent sign. He might be closer to waking than I initially thought."

"He knows we're here," Wooyoung said with unusual softness. "He can feel us even before consciousness fully returns."

Y/n squeezed Mingi's hand gently. "Keep fighting, Puppy," she whispered. "We're all waiting for you."

As morning light strengthened through the medical bay's ports, casting gentle illumination across the room's occupants, their connection deepened despite fifteen years of separation.

As Yeosang continued examining Mingi, a gentle knock at the door announced another visitor. The door opened to reveal a young crew member—one of Hongjoong's personal messengers.

"The captain requests your presence when convenient," he said to y/n respectfully. "He's in his quarters."

The simple message, delivered without formal escort or rigid timeline, showed consideration beyond mere authority.

"I can stay with our patient," Wooyoung offered immediately. "Yeosang's expertise and my unparalleled entertainment value will ensure his continued improvement even in your temporary absence."

"Mingi's condition is stable," Yeosang confirmed, mercifully ignoring Wooyoung's self-proclaimed entertainment value. "Your brief absence won't impact his recovery. I'll send word immediately if anything changes."

"Thank you," she said, giving Mingi's hand a final gentle squeeze before rising. "I won't be gone long."

As she moved toward the door, Wooyoung called after her with uncharacteristic restraint: "He's been waiting fifteen years for this conversation. We all have, but him most of all."

Y/n paused at the doorway, turning back to face Wooyoung. The theatrical cook's rare moment of seriousness touched something deep within her.

"I've been waiting too," she said softly, her voice steady despite the emotion building in her throat. "All those nights whispering your names in the dark, wondering if I'd ever hear someone call me by my real name again."

She took a deep breath, her eyes meeting Wooyoung's with unexpected openness. "When you first brought me those honey cakes, I nearly broke right then. It took everything I had not to throw my arms around you and tell you who I was. But I had to be sure. Fifteen years teaches you that hope is the most dangerous thing you can carry." A small, bittersweet smile touched her lips. "And yet I kept carrying it anyway, even when it felt like it would break me."

She glanced at Mingi's still form, then back to Wooyoung, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "Tell him I'll be back soon. Tell him..." her voice wavered for just a moment, "...tell him his little shadow still remembers how to find her way home, even after all these years in the dark."

Without waiting for a response, she slipped through the doorway, the vulnerability of the moment too raw to bear any longer. But as she walked the corridor toward Hongjoong's quarters, her steps carried a lightness they hadn't known in fifteen years.

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[otternalremnant]

Switch 2 Price: Objectively

Before I get started let me just say that I absolutely agree that $450 is a lot of money, not denying that one bit. Please do not be mean in the comments, I am mildly autistic and was abused as a child so I cry stupidly easy.

It goes without saying that some of this price has also been adjusted due to the new 24% tariffs on Japanese goods. (This has not been confirmed by Nintendo but it follows the market trend of companies passing those costs directly to consumers).

With that out of the way, lets look at the hardware specifications of the Switch 2 that have been confirmed by Nintendo and nvidia.

4k 120 FPS when docked

7.9" 1080p HDR LCD screen built in

DLSS, ray tracing, and g-sync support

256GB SSD storage

These specifications put the Switch 2 firmly above the capability of a PS4 in the form factor of what is essentially a tablet. The Switch 1 was about as capable as the PS3, which is also somewhat impressive for the formfactor. While we likely won't have actual benchmark tests until review units go out near launch, we can still see that the hardware is quite good based on the info we have. Now let's take a look devices with similar capability of Switch 2 that are currently available on the market.

PS5

The PS5 is a more powerful system than Switch 2 without a doubt with Sony originally toting 8k resolution support. However it is also a much larger device and is notoriously sold at a loss as has been the trend with all console manufacturers since the 1970s. The PS5 slim comes in at the same $450 as Switch 2 due to its lack of Bluray drive. It also cannot be played anywear other than your home unless you invest in the $200 Playstation Portal streaming handheld.

Xbox Series X/S

While the Xbox Series S comes in at $150 cheaper than the Switch 2, it has also been notoriously hard for developers to get their games running in 4k on the device and is widely considered a non option for others, with Microsoft having to wave certification requirements for certain games such as Baldur's Gate 3 in order for Larion Studios to even consider porting it to the Xbox.

These are also not a portable system and are likely to be discontinued soon due to Microsoft shifting focus away from console exclusivity and on to their GamePass streaming service.

Laptops

The lowest price I could find on a laptop that features similar performance to Switch 2 will cost you around $650. And while laptop PCs can do much more overall due to the nature of the Windows desktop environment, I'm looking at this from a purely gaming performance focus. These lower end devices often suffer from performance dips due to lack of proper cooling and the overhead of the OS as well.

Handhelds/Steamdeck likes

The Steam Deck is a pretty incredible value starting $400 with access to a vast amount of the Steam Library. However it struggles with running complex games in 4k and its ray tracing support is quite lacking as well, but to be fair the device was not really designed to do that. It also only has a 720p 60hz display and is quite a bit bulkier than the Switch. Steam Deck competitors such as the ROG Ally and Legion Go are a bit more capable, but have notoriously poor battery life and are much more expensive in the $700-800 range.

Switch 1

The Switch 2 is also bound to compete with the Switch 1 for sales due to pricing and availability in the first couple of years of its lifespan. While the system is 8 years old, it still has quite a vast amount of support from developers and publishers due to it having a great lifetime sales figure. It has unfortunately been notoriously under-powered since its initial launch in 2018 with developers often having to greatly pare down their games in order to get them running on the system and often releasing 1-2 years after they have already launched on other platforms. The system also hasn't dropped its price from $300 outside of rare holiday sales.

The extra power of the Switch 2 should allow for more games to run on the system at a much less compromised experience compared to PS5/PC ports.

TLDR; Yes $450 is expensive, but the cost of the hardware is a fair market price.

$80 for the games is batshit insane tho.

[viperiumprime]

The Hunt lore

I hardly ever write out long form stuff about my OCs, and tumblr’s a good place to practice that (word count limits on bluesky hurting me lol)

I’ve shared a lot about As Above, So Below, which makes sense as I’ve had that world for a few years now, but a few months ago I created another oc world - The Hunt, a supernatural story set in 2007ish. It’s been a fun break from the medieval fantasy!

———

Everything about the early 2000s is the same - flip phones, frosted tips, and CDs errwhere… except there’s magical folk secretly living their lives. Some have communities, some are loners interacting with normal humans. Any fairytale being has potential to appear in The Hunt; werewolves, witches, fairies, ghosts, vampires, unicorns, etc. But, everyone does appear human!

Some quick thoughts I’ve had. Most of these are classic powers from their fairytales:

Witches: Classic powers such as telekinesis, elemental control, healing, rhyming spells

Faeries: extremely lucky folk, usually smaller height

Ghosts: any haunting tale up for grabs (poltergeist, kappa, banshee, etc). Most have a singular purpose influenced by an important life decision or how they died

Unicorns: extremely beautiful people, sometimes to their own detriment

Werewolves: transformations are linked to their emotions, particularly at night. The werewolf form is painful and feral. Can be any canine

Nell is a faerie, but doesn’t know how his luck works; it’s very passive for him. He is a bit of a free spirit and couch surfs (in exchange for helping around the owner’s house), flitting around day jobs but always managing to make juuust enough to live. His luck helped him escape The Doctor and somehow navigate to safety, whether that’s getting to a location or avoiding danger.

His fae luck is what The Doctor is after to harvest, and the boy is proving to be his most challenging target yet.

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TY is a werewolf, something he is very ashamed of and does his best to keep under control. He lives with his single werewolf mother who constantly tells him it’s his duty to keep werewolves (and magic folk) a secret (possibly hinting at something terrible she did to her former husband). TY takes this duty very seriously and goes out of his way to help magic folk if their secret is in danger.

He masks his fears by being larger than life and appearing as a steady protector to his companions. Seeing Nell terrified and injuried scares him so much he almost transforms, hence his furry elbows, claws, and fangs in the piece below

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Dylan is a witch, but wanted to break away from expectations by going to sunny California and being a marine biologist. She left her tiny hometown with much fanfare, burning bridges because she was totally going to make it big. After a bout with depression and too many failed job interviews, she returns to her small hometown humiliated. Dylan’s retreated to her old habits, sticking to her childhood friend’s side and pretending the whole world is against her. She is incredibly mean spirited as compensation for her own failures.

When out-of-towner Nell butts into her TY time, she is initially terrible to him but also spots an opportunity to befriend someone who doesn’t know her (and her failures) like everyone else in the small town.

Dylan used to be a damn good witch but her own self doubt has left her powers stunted. Helping Nell, and stopping The Doctor, might be the purpose she desperately needs to recenter herself.

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The Doctor is a nightmare entity that hunts magical folks to harvest their powers. Black market buyers will trade him souls/evil objects/future victims for his wares.

Doc stalks his prey in their dreams, eventually teleporting them to his cold storage basement facility once they’re terrified enough. He doesn’t have a motive for the hunt, only that it’s his ghostly purpose.

His design is actually based on a nightmare I had, where a figure with glowing organs was chasing me. I made him hot to scare away the nightmare lol.

Loved the character design too much not to reuse, though admittedly he is an Unnecessarily Hot OC compared to the other characters… ah well, let the “author’s barely disguised fetishes” commence.

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Anywho, if you’ve made it this far, thanks for following along with this oc world!! Details will evolve and change I’m sure, but I’m having fun drawing this spooky scenario and reminiscing about my child/young teen years!

[velvet-vox]

My top 30 favourite female villains of all time (20-11)

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In case this post just randomly popped up on your suggested feed or your researched tag, this is part 2 of a 3 where I rank my favourite female antagonists of all time.

The word "villain" is just there in the title because it sounds cooler.

You can reach the first part by, you guessed it, clicking on the link up above. I encourage you to do it, since this list is intended to be consumed one entry after the other.

Feel free to disregard this post if you aren't interested in the opinions of a random individual on the internet.

Also, if it still wasn't clear enough, this list is highly subjective.

Number 20: The Beldam (Coraline)

I didn't want to have this villain in the list.

I SO didn't want to have this villain in the list.

But here she is anyway; despite all of my attempts at ignoring her, trying to forget she exists, and excluding her even from the honourable mentions, my better judgement prevailed in the end and I forced myself to include her anyway.

To be perfectly clear: I don't hate the Other Mother.

Hatred isn't the reason why I was avoiding her so desperately; though love and admiration aren't the reasons why I ended up including her either.

You see,

I AM DEEPLY TRAUMATIZED BY HER.

For those of you who don't know, Coraline is an animated stop-motion picture of 2009 produced by Laika Entertainment and directed by Henry Selick.

The story, by pure coincidence, also happens to be based upon a horror book for children that a father wrote to his own two daughters to explain to them the dangers of trusting people you don't know who show you too much kindness and pretend to love you.

The ACTUAL motion picture, also by a random pull of quantum strings, is marketed as a horror movie for children and contains some unsettling visuals and themes.

I, like many other kids, watched Coraline before I had 2 digits of age: this movie was my very first introduction to the horror genre, and despite it being pretty tame by children's standards and my modern tolerance level, at the time of my first watch, IT HAUNTED ME.

Even if it had an apparently happy ending (yes, I did end up watching Coraline's theory videos eventually), this movie left a permanent scar of trauma in my brain, that carried over for the rest of my days in elementary school, and at the time, I had just STARTED my days in elementary school.

I became incredibly paranoid of the dark and small, Coraline sized wooden door of the pan storage under my house's chimney; I became afraid of needles, buttons, and other Coraline themed objects; and of course, at the centre of all of my nightmares, phobias, and anxieties, there she stood above the rest, forever carving an irremovable space in my psyche just for her:

The Other Mother.

Out of all the icons of evil present here, none of them can claim to have inflicted the same level of psychological trauma that The Other Mother has inflicted on me; the Beldam pretty much lives in my head rent free on a subconscious level, and whenever something scary and dangerous comes to mind, her image is the one that I associate with.

And it's easy to understand why: without spoiling much of the story, she's super threatening, always in control of any situation, and acts and speaks in an unnatural manner that doesn't feel human (in particular, her hand's mannerisms fascinate and terrify me at the same time).

But all of her other characteristics and intimidation factors pale in comparison to what is, in my opinion, her best aspect: the character design.

I wholeheartedly consider The Other Mother to have one of the best horror monster designs ever, in any work of fiction. And that's all due to how her design brilliantly weaves together functionality, intimidation, and a stunning aesthetic, with the stop motion animation technique as the cherry on top of this nightmare fest for the eyes.

Other Mother, we may have had our differences, and you might have ruined my childhood forever, but I won't no longer deny the impact that you had on my life just because of how much I fear you.

Number 19: Root (Person Of Interest)

And now we arrive at what might be the most controversial entry on this list (it really isn't), as Samantha Groves went such a long way from her villainous roots while basically remaining the exact same character that you might even start to question if she ever was a villain in the first place.

Then you see her casually telling a guy in a stolen car's hood that she kidnapped from the airport and replaced herself with to chill out, as she is about to have a long flight because of what the voice in her ear is saying to her, all the while Harold stands there speechless, and you suddenly remember "Oh yeah, this isn't even the most psychotic thing she has done this season".

Person of Interest is the wet, pill sized dream of any fan of 1984. This 2011-2016 TV show takes many of the elements that made George Orwell's stories so captivating and uses them to craft its own narrative; it's a series with a unique identity, one that, in retrospect, was way up ahead of its times, and should have had a longer lasting impact on Pop culture outside of that one meme.

Although the show has an amazing main cast, one of the most obvious standout characters is without a shadow of a doubt Samantha Groves, aka Root, played by Amy Acker, one of the first major antagonists of the series.

The story of Root is a highly unexpected one, full of twists and turns, but to summarise, she starts off hating human kind and preferring computers to it, then she actually falls in love with the Machine, a sentient godlike AI guiding our protagonists, and kidnaps one of the main characters and the father of said Machine in order to meet her.

Shenanigans ensue: the Machine starts to reciprocate Root's feelings, and after Root's arc ends with her depressed and heartbroken, the Machine decides to help Sam reform and leave her misanthropy behind, effectively making her a full time member of the team.

She eventually falls in love and starts a relationship with another member of the team after threatening said team mate with a hot iron as their very first meeting, and in the final episode of the show, she gets immortalised by the Machine in a way that I won't spoil.

This is the hyper synthesized version of the events, one that doesn't even cover much of Root's villainous actions and redemption arc.

I've enjoyed Root both as a villain and both as a hero, and as a villain, she was incredibly solid (and hot).

The best part about Root is that, although she reforms and becomes a hero that cares about others, at her core, she still remains the psychopath the show introduced her as, therefore, she maintains the entertainment value of her villainy well into her redemption, effectively becoming the funniest member of the team by a long shot.

Root was my very first experience with a nuanced, hot, psychotic female antagonist that doesn't get treated as biologically evil by narrative, one that, admittedly, has never been quite matched in terms of consistency and scale, probably making her the most unique character of its archetype.

Her story flows seamlessly when you are watching the series, yet when you take a step back and see the full picture of what actually happened, you realise just how crazy, absurd, and well written all of it was; and although Root's arc has some minor flaws in the later seasons, she's still, without a shadow of a doubt, the best character in the show, at least in my opinion, and I would definitly recommend watching Person Of Interest just for her alone, even if the whole thing is worth looking into.

(Also, the soundtrack of this show slaps, and Root's theme isn't an exception)

Number 18: Jobu Tupaki (EveryThing Everywhere All 👆At👇 🥯Nc€)

Life can get pretty overwhelming.

No other movie captures this feeling better than Everything Everywhere All At Once.

When you have a masterpiece of a movie such as Everything Everywhere All At Once, that manages to convey the overwhelming feeling of life and the weight of each and every single one of our choices through just the 3 hour span of its runtime, the only way to cap off such an amazing experience is with a great villain.

And thankfully, that's exactly what Jobu Tupaki is, but much like the rest of the movie, it's pulled off in an unconventional way.

I can't possibly keep this section coherent for Jobu, so here's some random rambling:

I love how the movie managed to mix in the mother/daughter drama with Jobu's villainy and her desire to collapse the entire multiverse: it's like, Jobu's plan is to commit interdimensional genocide and destroy every reality, yet somehow she manages to come off as one of the most sympathetic female villains and her redemption and reconciliation with her mother at the end of the movie is so impactful and completely believable and I'm just like...

How?!?!?!???!?

How do you pull off such a feat?!?!??!?

The answer is through masterful writing of course, and a lot of other story decisions, that, when added up, create the story that we have now.

Like, Jobu scores relatively low on this list because I'm not as impressed by her as I am with others, but even I do recognise that she's such a storytelling feat:

I vividly remember that when I was watching the movie for the first time, I outright hated Jobu for the great majority of it, which is insane, since I'm usually not the kind of person who despises villains; in retrospect, it probably was because I associated her way too much with XGaster from Underverse, and I conditioned myself into thinking the narrative would go in that direction.

But then, as the story went on, the truth came out, and all the characters developed, I actually started to really sympathise with her, and ended up buying the conclusion to her arc completely.

But honestly, this movie in general just does things that I never thought would have been possible in a story of any medium, let alone an indie budget motion picture.

Jobu's wardrobe is stacked, to say that is award worthy would be an understatement, and the Bagel reveal speech is so good that it almost overshadows the rest of her already amazing introduction scene.

If you think Jobu is unfairly ranked too low, that's totally fine, know that even if I prefer all of the following characters over her, in my mind, I still recognise that Jobu is probably worthy of a top 10, maybe even top 5 Spot to be completely honest, as she really is that compelling.

Number 17: Livewire (DC)

(Don't pay too much attention to the fact that this picture only highlights DC Super Hero Girls version of Livewire, at first I wanted to do a collage of all the different versions of the character, but this project tired me out to no end, and therefore I decided to save time)

My favourite female supervillain from DC is surprisingly not from Batman's rogue's gallery.

Livewire is the female version of what the Riddler means for me, aka a villain who I either forget exists entirely, or one of my favourite villains ever, which is fitting, since they are both from DC.

And while Livewire hasn't bounced back to the status of an all time favourite in a long time, I still really value the joyful memories that she brought to a younger version of me.

Leslie Tompkins is a character who made her first debut in Superman the animated series, and who later made the jump to the comic book pages after the success of said project.

In the show, she's introduced as a self-absorbed radio host, who uses/gained her popularity by spreading her negative opinions of Superman. After the Man of Tomorrow goes to a public event organised by Leslie to warn her and her audience about the dangers of an upcoming storm, Leslie gets mad at him, refuses to collaborate, and subsequently gets hit by the lightning passing through Superman's body into a wire on the ground.

The combination between the lightning and the kriptonian genes make the radio host gain cyan hairs, a pale skin, and electricity themed powers: Leslie Tompkins is no more, and now there's only Livewire, the jock with the shock most powerful that Metropolis has ever seen!

She's the definition of pure, umbrindled fun; her personality is ironically and unironically so energetic that it carries the entire character and could probably write an entire music album on his own; classic comic book Electro wishes to be this interesting of a jerk character.

Much like many other comic book characters, she has a plethora of many different takes on her story, and here I've written down some that I want to highlight the most:

CW Supergirl: I'm starting with the CW Supergirl TV show because... it has the version of Livewire that introduced me to the character.

Yeah, I know what the general consensus about the show's quality is, but I'm not here to talk about that.

This serie's version of Livewire, at least in the first few seasons, because those are the ones that I remember the most, I sincerely thought was really good, or at least good enough to turn me into a long time fan's of her; some time has passed since I first saw this show, but I remember especially enjoying Leslie's rivalry with Supergirl and her ungrateful brat/bully behaviour, she was so mean, and I really bought Supergirl calling Leslie her defacto arch nemesis, so much so that, in fact, although I'd always prefer for Livewire's origins to tie with the Man of Steel, because he needs more female villains even if he has some, eventually, I'd like for her to make the switch to the role of Supergirl's foil whenever given the chance in any continuity, as the two always have a more interesting dynamic in my opinion due to their similar personalities.

Once again, I shall reiterate: I want Livewire to always start as a Superman villain, because those two have a very interesting dynamic in their own right, and Leslie does what all the best Superman villains do and challenges him phisically, morally and psychologically in interesting ways, but I believe that eventually, after Leslie has been in her villain career for a while and Supergirl has gone through her initial arc of learning to accept Earth as her new home, Livewire should get a promotion and become one of Supergirl's greatest enemies, because in my opinion, those two have a lot of chemistry together due to a decent number of reasons that I'm not going to explain right now.

Superman the Animated series: This is the very first on screen debut of the character, and to this day, it remains as solid as it once was, she's not as good of a character as some of the other original creations of the Animated Universe, but she's still really iconic in her own right. However, I feel like the show should have done a better job at evolving her character after her origin episode, because one problem that always seems to consistently pop-up with Livewire is how to further expand on her character after her introduction, it shouldn't be that hard, but comic book writers seem to typically always mess it up.

LEGO DC Super Heroes Villains: Despite her role in the story being rather minor and the fact that she's the only inmate released by complete accident during the prison escape, if you asked me, I'll tell you that Livewire's inclusion in the main storyline of LEGO DC Super Villains improves that part of the game by a lot, actually, and I really love playing as Livewire in this game, they gave her a lot of unique flair and environmental interactions that make her such a blast to use, she's so visually appealing and satisfying to play that I would always switch to her whenever I could.

My Adventures With Superman: I have yet to watch this show unfortunately, but I have heard about the creative decisions that they took for Livewire, and although I didn't think this version of the character was up to a good start, I'm happy that they ended up expanding on her in the following seasons, even if I have yet to see how much the show actually improved her character. More than anything, I'm intrigued by how much different this version of Leslie is from the others, as I feel like many of her comic books fell into the trap of trying to differentiate her while relying too much on her STAS incarnation without adding a whole lot to it.

DC Super Hero Girls: From a somewhat objective standpoint, I believe the DCSHG version of Livewire to be the best current iteration of the character, because it's the only one who updates the character in a meaningful way and combines together most of her previous incarnations, including the ones who hadn't worked as well.

Number 16: Dolores Jane Umbridge (Harry Potter)

Specifically the movie version, she is, no bite at me, the best villain of the entire series.

There's just, something so delightful about Umbridge's ability to strike fear into the heart of everyone around her and hatred into the heart of the watchers that, at least for me, never gets old.

Rowling did such an amazing job conceptualising every single aspect of this character, it feels like every single idea came together to form such an unforgettable package of human awfulness.

All of her quirks and mannerisms just make her that much more unnerving.

The pink wall full of kittens inside small plates?

By the way, when I said that Umbridge is the best villain of the series, I was talking specifically about the movies. Don't worry Voldemort stans, I know that he was characterised differently in the books, though I've a feeling I'd probably prefer her over him even there, since she is more of the type of character I tend to gravitate towards.

Nightmare fuel.

In general, what really gets me about Umbridge as a villain is how she perfectly fits into this uncanny territory, some find her to be cartoonishly evil, but to me, that seems rather inappropriate, as there's absolutely nothing about Umbridge that I would defy as "cartoonish".

I read The Order Of The Phoenix a long time ago, so even if my memory of the character is rather lackluster, I do think her movie adaptation was rather faithful to the source material.

There's admittedly, not much I can say about the book/movie version that hasn't been said already, congratulations Imelda Staunton for bringing such an unforgettably evil character to life in the best/worst way possible.

However... There's still one version of the character I want to talk about, and that version is the STARKID version from A VERY POTTER SEQUEL.

If you haven't seen STARKID's A Very Potter Musical trilogy, I'd highly recomend you doing so: although none of the three stage shows are quite STARKID's very best (Twisted is in my opinion), they are all highly worth the watch, they are all on YouTube for free, and their Umbridge is one of highlight of the second one:

They ramped up on Umbridge's similarities with the Trunchbull and made her ten times more insane and scary as a result of her newfound physical prowess; give it a watch, you won't be disappointed.

These are the links to all three musicals:

A Very Potter Musical

A Very Potter Sequel

A Very Potter Senior Year

Number 15: GLaDOS (Portal series)

GLaDOS is one of the main antagonists of the Portal series.

She is this truly sadistic, intelligent AI with a complicated backstory, who tortures our protagonist by forcing her to complete a seemingly endless number of puzzles, which make up most of the gameplay.

Now it has unfortunately been a while since I've sat through both of the Portal games, so I wasn't sure how much I could say about GLaDOS by going off of pure memory alone, so I watched again various cutscenes from both games and... yeah, she's as good as I remembered her to be.

Simply put, she is hilarious, she's the mother of all the funny AI antagonists, and definitely the G.O.A.T. of every one liner machine you can possibly imagine.

I'm honestly going to keep her section extremely short and concise, as I don't have much to say about her that hasn't been said already by bigger Portal fans than me; she is one of the most iconic AI villains of all time after all, so if don't know anything about her already, I encourage you to check out the Portal games by yourself instead of getting spoiled.

Funny, threatening, interesting, mysterious, dynamic, both Portal levels in LEGO Dimensions were some of the best in that game, and she even has a great arc in the second installment of the series.

Here's the link to her villain song in Portal, and Portal 2.

I may update this section in the future if I feel like it, but for now, just know that I think GLaDOS is pretty cool.

I don't have a deep understanding of her like I have with other characters, so I mostly stick to the superficial funny stuff.

Don't worry GLaDOS fans, I also like her over Wheatley.

The deadly neurotoxin does wonders for Valve.

No wonder they haven't produced anything as interesting in a long while.

Number 14: Ashley Graves (The Coffin of Andy and Leyley)

As I've already said in the introduction segment, villain protagonists count too, though, admittedly, there aren't many examples that come to my mind.

Root up there only became a protagonist eventually, and the only other two examples that I know are Homura Akemi (which is a complicated case) and that one character from a TV show that sings "I'm the villain of my own story". (I never saw either show to be clear)

And in the case of Ashley Graves, I've never seen a character as compelling and deceptive as her, she is so misleading and manipulative that she convinced the entire internet of being pure evil.

(It's an over exaggeration, in case it wasn't clear)

At the time of writing this, only two chapters of the full game have been released, therefore, there's a high possibility that everything that I'm about to say on Ashley is going to become obsolete or incorrect once the next chapter comes out.

The narrative and characters of The Coffin Of Andy And Leyley are very complicated ones, and there are a lot of poorly thought out takes going around, but anyway, here's what I like and what fascinates me about Ashley as a character:

I love how Ashley feels like a subversion of the typical demon child trope, she plays a lot into all of the stereotypes associated with these types of character, but when you take a look back to analyse all of her moments, you notice a lot of small details that contradict this idea of Ashley just being an unredeemable monster; little things that add up to make the Burial route all that much more tragic for her.

Oh, by the way, I showed this section to a friend to know their reaction, and they told me that they actually hate Ashley and find her disgusting, and to that I say, it's perfectly valid if you think Ashley is too evil and repulsive to be sympathised with, after all, a part of the game's horror does come from the protagonists messed up actions, and the story does actively try to make you dislike Ashley as much as possible, so, your opinion is completely fair.

If it was up to me, I would put all of these characters on an electric chair, even my top 2 absolute favourites or the ones who don't really deserve it like number 8.

All except Livewire.

It's not because an electric chair wouldn't work on her, the lethal injection still exists, no, I just don't want her to die.

She's funny, I'll give her a pass.

She can commit as many atrocities as she wants to.

It's admittedly impossible to talk about Ashley without also mentioning the deuteragonist of the game, her brother Andrew, who Ashley spends the most amount of time interacting with.

While I don't like Andrew as much as his sister, it's impossible to go on without admitting that their toxic relationship is the highlight of the game, it's just this overly complicated back and forth of a need for closure and a fear of abandonment; desperate people taking desperate actions against each other because of the desperate measures the other person is taking as a result of who they are and what they do.

I absolutely love diving deep into Ashley's messed up Psyche: it's very interesting to see just how realistic her portrayal of a mental illness is, and her sudden fits of rage are something that I relate to immensely.

She also pulls, oh, some small, little crimes here and there, you know...

murder...

cannibalism...

.......

matricide...

Just a tiny bit of tomfoolery here and there, we all did it at some point in our lives. (No)

But yeah, I really don't want to spoil much of the game, but Ashley does commit some truly heinous acts throughout her adventures, it's really hard for me to describe what Ashley's character is truly like without spoiling the story, but I would definitely recommend checking out this game once it's fully completed.

If you are interested in psychological horror or dark themes, The Coffin Of Andy And Leyley got you covered good.

Number 13: Vesuvia (Totò Sapore and the Magic History of Pizza) (Cartoon of Kinder Ferrero) (Movie of the Italian studio Lanterna Magica) (Based on the book "Il cuoco prigioniero" written by Roberto Piumini)

Despite this only being number 13, the particular obscurity and irrelevance of this piece of media is such to force me to make an entire explanation and analysis in order to do it justice. I didn't think I would end up liking this character as much as I do, but after recently watching this movie for the first time ever, I knew that I had to talk about this baddie in any way, shape or form.

Vesuvia is the main antagonist of an Italian movie made by the studio Lanterna Magica "Totò Sapore e la Magica Storia della Pizza", released in 2003. She is a volcanic sorceress made entirely of lava and fire that lives inside the Vesuvio, a famous Italian volcano.

Every day, Vesuvia spends her time watching over the city of Naples and it's inhabitants through a lava television/pool, and bossing around/abusing his own minion, Vincenzone, an ogre aspiring actor.

Although it was never actually stated in the movie, it's pretty clear that Vesuvia is constantly bored inside her volcanic lair, but can't go out because the rain could potentially kill her, so she is just stuck there being grumpy, only finding relief and amusement through the suffering of the inhabitants of Naples, but even that is threatened by our titular protagonist: Antonio Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, who cheers up the Neapolitans with his inspiring songs.

Growing increasingly frustrated with Antonio's positive influence over the lives of the townsfolk, Vesuvia sets out to destroy the happiness of Totò and ruin is life by making him miserable. There's only one problem with her plan.... Totò is already miserable. He was a destitute orphan with nothing to lose, no talent, no way to achieve his dreams and barely struggling to survive.

And that's where the true messed up nature of this villain comes to shine through: in order to remedy this, Vesuvia decides that she is first gonna give Totò everything, and then she is gonna take that away from him. So, she sends her minion to give him magic pots capable of cooking up any delicious food imaginable, helps Totò find the love of his life, and then, by luring the King, Queen, and Prince of Naples to his newly opened restaurant, gets him nominated to the position of Royal Cook; the downside, to this last one, is that if he refuses the role the Prince is going to cut his head off, and by accepting, he leaves the citizens of Naples without his delicious meals and inspiring songs, bringing the bad mood back in town.

But that's the point in the movie where Vesuvia's plan starts to shift from a simple fit of pettyness to an actual destructive, violent act of war: remember that long range lava pool/television that I mentioned at the beginning? She uses it to update her plan whenever she needs to, and after she learns that the royal family of France is visiting Naples to arrange the marriage between their daughter and the Prince, she decides to fabricate a conflict between the two countries by making Totò serve inedible garbage to the two royal families, which leads to an argument between the two and the eventual declaration of war.

Also, remember that love interest I've mentioned? Well, Vesuvia induces Totò to think that said romantic partner was the one to betray him by swapping out the magic pots with normal ones, and now that Totò has been put in jail for serving garbage to the dinner table and inadvertently starting the war he blames her for his misfortune (Also, while in jail, Vesuvia mocks Totò from a safe distance calling him a zero).

Cut to the end of the movie, Vesuvia, at the peak of her rage, decides that she is going to kill all of our heroes and then destroy the city of Naples with a volcanic eruption. Unfortunately, this is where her plan fails and she is betrayed by her minion who has had enough of her cruelty and decides to help the protagonist.

She eventually dies of a sad, uneventful death, and Totò Sapore manages to stop the war between the two countries by using the flames of the Vesuvio to cook a brand new, never seen before food: the Pizza.

...

So.

Let me get this straight: every single good thing that happened to Totò throughout the entire course of the movie happened because Vesuvia couldn't bear with the fact that he still had a positive outlook on life despite literally being a homeless orphan who struggled to get by and spread positivity in town; she went out of her way to make Totò happy only to then remove said happiness from him, and came up with the idea to start a war and destroy Naples on the fly while she could.

......

THAT IS S+++ B###H BEHAVIOUR.

There are villains who hate for the sake of hating, like your typical high school bully or the as###le rival character, and then there's Vesuvia, who works off her own ass, fabricates overly complicated plans on the fly, spends an insane amount of time, resources and effort to make sure that the person she secretly hates finally obtains the life of his dreams, only to then rip said life away from him, all of this and more, because why?

She hates his music.

She's basically fiery, female Anti-Flash.

Vesuvia is a great foil to Antonio because while they are both miserable individuals stuck in an unfortunate situation, Totò goes out of his way to make other people happy unlike him, while Vesuvia goes out of her way to make other people miserable like her.

She is by far the best part of the movie, and although I can't put her inside the top 10 because she doesn't quite deserve it (at least in my mind) and I can't recommend you to watch the movie because it's only in Italian, I will give the lava witch the respect that she's long overdue by asking you all to check out this video tribute made by Arkham Asylum on YouTube.

Please, look at the Tribute, it's very funny, well edited, and unlike all the other links in this post, you don't even have to leave Tumblr to watch it, just click on the play button and watch it from here.

However, though, if you are an Italian speaker, or is currently learnering/wants to learn Italian, then here's the link to the movie; it's a pretty fun watch, even if it goes by rather quickly.

Totò Sapore And The Magic History Of Pizza

And here's instead the single video for Vesuvia's villain song, in case you were looking for it. I'd also recommend watching it, even if you can't understand the lyrics, and it might make you more interested in the character.

Number 12: The Enchantress (Shovel Knight series)

Sometimes I feel like I am the only person on Earth who thinks about The Enchantress as highly as I do; so much so that, whenever I like to play around with the concept of a possible league of Indie Game villains (similar to the Legion of Doom, or the most obvious inspiration, the council of Disney villains from the first Kingdom Hearts), I would always put her as the leader.

And this seems weird, right? (no, not like the rest of your list)

I mean, on a surface level, she is just a Maleficent wannabe, and, to give her credit when credit is due, she pulls it off decently well.

She has stage and off stage presence, she's always serious and threatening, and her design is different enough to not feel as if she's solely a rip off. All of her boss fights are incredibly solid too, even the ones where she's not fighting in directly.

The thing is, despite being a one note pretty simple character, I never find The Enchantress boring.

And I feel like I know why: even if she is in all of the games, the function that she serves in the story is always different and varied, and it works to almost give her dimension, as if she was a product of well made world building.

In Shovel of Hope, she is the physical representation of Shovel Knight's guilt and depression stopping him from being a hero, his source of unhappiness, as well as the embodiment of his rivalry with Black Knight for Shield Knight; in this campaign, the Enchantress is the centre of Shovel and Black Knight's attention, but not just because she's the bad guy the heroes need to take down, but because she's what remains of Shield Knight after the aftermath of the Tower of Fate battle in SoT, she's a constant reminder for both shovel wielding knights of what they have lost, and what they could gain back if they just reached out for it.

In Plague of Shadows, she is relegated as the culmination of Plague Knight desperation and lack of self worth leading him further and further into villainy, but her relevance is portrayed in a different way than the other campaigns;

Her boss fight in this campaign is as cathartic and narratively satisfying as the others, but for different reasons; it's the first time ever where The Enchantress isn't taken seriously.

In all the other campaigns, The Enchantress is played up as the biggest deal ever and the ultimate source of pain and sorrow: she's an emotional, phisical barrier stopping Shovel Knight and Shield Knight from getting back together, carrying along both the wishes and regrets of Shovel Knight and Black Knight alike; she's the constant source of pain and torture of Specter Knight in his campaign, and she is the voice of pride inside King Knight's head pushing him to betray his friends and take the crown.

But in his campaign, Plague Knight is so wreckless and desperate for approval that The Enchantress becomes an obstacle like any other in his path; she's portrayed as just a nuisance, because nothing matters for Plague Knight except himself, hence why he ends up becoming the actual final boss two times.

In Spectre of Torment, she is the Torment, continuously mocking and belittling Spectre Knight until he forces him to give up his freedom at the end of the story.

But in my opinion, her most interesting role is in the one campaign that she was the least necessary: King of Cards.

In that she is a background, mysterious force that serves the purpose of being King Knight's ever inflating ego and anger towards all these fake allies that value him only for his strength and nothing else; so, when she finally reaches the Tower of Fate and The Enchantress proposes to him her deal, he accepts because she is the only person in his life who doesn't treat him as a child, as an idiot, or as a mere tool and instead as the powerful monarch that he always wanted to be, thus leading him to betray his allies and mother that then abandon him.

The Enchantress is the epitome of simple but effective, and that's why I think so highly of her.

Some of the fans find the fact that she is the main antagonist in all of the games annoying, especially since her amulet even has a cameo in the ending of Dig, but I digress.

The Enchantress is truly an amazing villain, and I'm tired of pretending that she's not.

Number 11: Halojack (Deltarune the Metropolis)

ALRIGHT HEAR ME OUT.

From the very start, I said this list was going to be entirely subjective, I'm sure to have made that point very clear; what I don't think I've made quite as clear up to this point, is that the characters I chose to rank higher are the ones who affected me the most, in spite of where they come from.

Halojack is a Deltarune Secret Boss OC made by @huecycles for her Deltarune chapter 3 AU the Metropolis; she is an ex aspiring worker of the TV industry and was given a magic collar by a mysterious individual (eh ehm ☝︎♋︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎ ) that at first, seemed a solution to her problems, but then turned into her own personal hell by..... (look it up on her blog).

The reason why Halojack is here is a particularly personal one, you see.... Halojack is the reason why I started to use Tumblr in the first place. No this is not a joke.

The year was 2022, and I was at the height of my Deltarune hyper fixation phase, craving for content, scavenging anything that I could find on YouTube, when suddenly, thanks to YouTube's insane algorithm, I saw a random post of this weird, yet really cool and interesting Deltarune OC, and I don't know what it was: maybe her nice aesthetic, maybe the animation, maybe what was written in the notes, yet something about her just... clicked with me.

Now curious, I immediately seeked out more informations about this characther on @huecycles Youtube channel.

And that's... when my love began.

Needless to say, I consumed all the Halojack content available on the channel, it was actually insane, the Deltarune hype was so big back then, and Halojack looked so much like a canon Toby Fox character, that I needed to consume MORE.

I just couldn't contain myself, so I downloaded Tumblr, since Huecycles said that they also had a blog here where they posted their stuff, and I NEEDED more of Halojack; and so, that's how I got here today.

I'm not sure how much I can talk freely about Halojack without Hue's consent, this is their character after all, and I'm not sure how much can anyone get invested in her nowadays, as you really needed to be there to get the full experience.

For now, all I'm going to say is, the story and personality that they crafted for the character is so cool and unique; going back to the electric chair joke, I feel like that punishment would be redundant for Halojack, as her life is already a living hell regardless of how much more overstimulation she gets.

Halojack scratches that hinch that I had for complex yet unusual female villains, and I love her for it.

For me, it's going to be very hard when the actual Deltarune Chapter 3 comes out, as Halojack has been ingrained so much in my brain as canon, that I honestly can't see a universe where the actual secret boss of chapter 3 lives up to her hype.

Good job Huecycles, and also Merry Christmas!

Also, here's an analysis of Electro's theme from The Amazing Spider-man 2.

It's the song that I associate the most with Halojack, and I can't help but think of her when I read the subtitles.

Next part>>>>

[tieflingkisser]

Israel is creating a power vacuum in Gaza by backing armed looters — and killing anyone who tries to stop them

Growing reports show that Israel has been fomenting armed gangs to loot food supplies in Gaza and sow chaos — and it's killing those who attempt to stop it. But this strategy isn't new: Israel has waged a war on Gaza's civil government from the start.

from the article:

Israel has been waging a war on Gaza’s ability to govern itself and maintain law and order as a part of its 18-month-long genocidal campaign. The broad objective of this strategy has been to create a civil and humanitarian vacuum in Gaza that would lead to chaos and lawlessness. The intended effect, in Israel’s eyes, is either total social collapse, the spread of criminality, or the emergence of an alternative “clan”-based leadership in Gaza instead of Hamas. Israel stands to gain from any of those scenarios.

To make sure this administrative vacuum is maintained, Israel has launched periodic assassination campaigns targeting members of Gaza’s civil government — the police force, the security forces, the Civil Defense, and the healthcare system.

Israel has instrumentalized the fact that all these civil branches of government in Gaza, by definition, fall under Hamas control, given that it is the ruling faction in the strip. Consequently, it labels any Gaza civil servant as a “Hamas operative,” an association that has allowed Israel to legitimize the targeting of an entire category of civilian workers. They have included firefighters, medics, nurses, doctors, first responders, police officers, and other civil servants who were killed in the line of duty.

[...]

[G]rowing evidence from local reports shows that Israel is actively fomenting and possibly arming them as they loot scarce food resources — and then targets and kills those who attempt to stop the robberies. Some of those killed by Israel are community volunteers, according to local sources, while many others are police officers and security personnel in the civilian branch of Gaza’s government.

The most recent of these attacks came just last week when Israeli airstrikes killed a number of police officers and civilians who were protecting markets and food warehouses in Gaza City. One police officer, killed on May 2 while on duty in the al-Nasr area of Gaza City, was identified as As’ad Yahya Kafarneh. According to one family member, Kafarneh was in charge of a police patrol leading efforts to “confront gangs collaborating with the Israeli occupation, which work to rob food storage facilities.”

According to several reports from eyewitnesses and local journalists, compiled in a thread by Drop Site News, many of these gangs seem to be doing the looting with Israeli air support from quadcopter drones, with some eyewitnesses saying that it is part of a “coordinated effort to spread insecurity” in Gaza. Drop Site contributor Abubaker Abed also cited local reports indicating the existence of undercover Israeli operatives posing as Gazans who supply weapons and arm local gangs to carry out robberies. “The timing of their crimes is exactly in line with the appearance of warplanes in the sky,” Abed added.

[...]

When Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, it killed 400 people in one night, including 130 children. Among the civil service leaders targeted were the coordinator of government action in Gaza, Isam Da’alis, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Mahmoud Hatteh, the Deputy Minister of Interior, Ahmad Abu Watfeh, and the head of the Security Service, Bahjat Abu Sultan. 

At the time, Haaretz published a report giving the impression that the targeting of civil leaders was new. A source “familiar with cabinet discussions” told the Israeli newspaper that Netanyahu “believes the mode of fighting in Gaza needs to change, and Israel should target not only the military leadership of Hamas, but also its civil leadership.” According to Haaretz, “the government hopes that armed gangs not loyal to the organization, so-called ‘clans,’ will take over if Hamas’s domestic control weakens.”

[...]

According to the UN memo, Abu Shabab and other gangs were likely “benefiting from a passive if not active benevolence,” or “protection,” by the Israeli army. The continuous thefts led to a plummeting in aid delivery and skyrocketing prices as a result of looted aid being sold on the black market. 

Aid delivery became so dangerous that it got to the point that UNRWA suspended deliveries through the Karam Abu Salem crossing in December 2024.

“The biggest problem is not only the theft of goods but the fact that whoever shoots at the truck or the driver means to destroy and vandalize the truck,” said Merenda Barakat at the time, UNRWA’s Deputy Chief Area Officer, explaining the organization’s decision to suspend aid delivery. “He not only wants to steal; he doesn’t want the truck to return to work at the Karam Abu Salem crossing.”

[...]

Much of the recent surge in banditry in Gaza City can be seen as a continuation of previous looting activity, but there are aspects of it that are new. Some of these looting efforts are growing bolder and more organized, according to local reports, in part due to Israel’s suspected assistance of these groups. In addition, since the majority of the Gaza police force and security forces have either gone underground or now operate clandestinely, it has become far more challenging to deal with these gangs. A security vacuum has been created that the civil government is struggling to fill.

[aktechworld]

Integrating Third-Party Tools into Your CRM System: Best Practices

A modern CRM is rarely a standalone tool — it works best when integrated with your business's key platforms like email services, accounting software, marketing tools, and more. But improper integration can lead to data errors, system lags, and security risks.

Here are the best practices developers should follow when integrating third-party tools into CRM systems:

1. Define Clear Integration Objectives

Identify business goals for each integration (e.g., marketing automation, lead capture, billing sync)

Choose tools that align with your CRM’s data model and workflows

Avoid unnecessary integrations that create maintenance overhead

2. Use APIs Wherever Possible

Rely on RESTful or GraphQL APIs for secure, scalable communication

Avoid direct database-level integrations that break during updates

Choose platforms with well-documented and stable APIs

Custom CRM solutions can be built with flexible API gateways

3. Data Mapping and Standardization

Map data fields between systems to prevent mismatches

Use a unified format for customer records, tags, timestamps, and IDs

Normalize values like currencies, time zones, and languages

Maintain a consistent data schema across all tools

4. Authentication and Security

Use OAuth2.0 or token-based authentication for third-party access

Set role-based permissions for which apps access which CRM modules

Monitor access logs for unauthorized activity

Encrypt data during transfer and storage

5. Error Handling and Logging

Create retry logic for API failures and rate limits

Set up alert systems for integration breakdowns

Maintain detailed logs for debugging sync issues

Keep version control of integration scripts and middleware

6. Real-Time vs Batch Syncing

Use real-time sync for critical customer events (e.g., purchases, support tickets)

Use batch syncing for bulk data like marketing lists or invoices

Balance sync frequency to optimize server load

Choose integration frequency based on business impact

7. Scalability and Maintenance

Build integrations as microservices or middleware, not monolithic code

Use message queues (like Kafka or RabbitMQ) for heavy data flow

Design integrations that can evolve with CRM upgrades

Partner with CRM developers for long-term integration strategy

CRM integration experts can future-proof your ecosystem

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from the Associated Press (AP):

Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition in the U.S., are becoming more valuable now that the suddenly strong demand for electricity to run Big Tech’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications has set off a full-on sprint to find new energy sources.

President Donald Trump — who has pushed for U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market and suggested that coal can help meet surging power demand — is wielding his emergency authority to entice utilities to keep older coal-fired plants online and producing electricity.

While some utilities were already delaying the retirement of coal-fired plants, the scores of coal-fired plants that have been shut down the past couple years — or will be shut down in the next couple years — are the object of growing interest from tech companies, venture capitalists, states and others competing for electricity.

That’s because they have a very attractive quality: high-voltage lines connecting to the electricity grid that they aren’t using anymore and that a new power plant could use.

That ready-to-go connection could enable a new generation of power plants — gas, nuclear, wind, solar or even battery storage — to help meet the demand for new power sources more quickly.

For years, the bureaucratic nightmare around building new high-voltage power lines has ensnared efforts to get permits for such interconnections for new power plants, said John Jacobs, an energy policy analyst for the Washington, D.C.-based Bipartisan Policy Center.

“They are very interested in the potential here. Everyone sort of sees the writing on the wall for the need for transmission infrastructure, the need for clean firm power, the difficulty with siting projects and the value of reusing brownfield sites,” Jacobs said.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Theitsa, what is the attitude towards weed in Greece? I went along with my friend to visit a guy he knew in a village in Syros last summer. I was suprised when we walked through the gate to his garden and it was full of weed. Like just out there growing in the open for everyone to see. The guy was baked too. I thought it was illegal?

What he did is illegal but our culture is kinda lax, and it's known that in the islands many cultivate weed in remote fields 😅 Usually it is allowed to be sold under specific circumstances. Also in the last few months I've seen more and more stores dedicated to cannabis products and cannabis products vending machines, even in towns. Not all towns, but I mean it doesn't have to be Thessaloniki or Athens for such a vending machine to exist. A few tens of thousands of people will do.

Now, the longer legal answer:

With the Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) No. G5g oik. 49690/2017 (Government Gazette 2238/B/29-6-2017), cannabis (and its resin) was reclassified from Table A of Law 3459/2006 on "Narcotics"—which includes completely prohibited substances—to Table B, which pertains to pharmaceutical substances. This legislative change effectively recognized cannabis as a medicinal substance with therapeutic benefits rather than merely a psychoactive substance with harmful health effects. Medical cannabis refers to medication in which the only active ingredient (i.e., the active substance) comes from varieties of the Cannabis Sativa L species with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content greater than 2% (THC > 0.2%). Since then, the circulation of pharmaceutical preparations or proprietary medicinal products containing more than 0.2% THC has been permitted, provided they have a drug circulation license and are accompanied by a special (double-lined red) prescription. The medicinal properties of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) include anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antimicrobial, and neuroprotective effects. It also acts as an appetite stimulant, has anti-nausea and antiemetic properties, and reduces the intensity of muscle spasms. Additionally, it appears to contribute to apoptosis, particularly in cancer cells. Cannabis administration is justified only in the following cases: a) In cases of acute and objectively excessive pain. b) In cases of oncological diseases. c) In cases of rheumatoid arthritis. With Law 4523/2018, the unified regulation of the production, possession, transport, storage, and supply of raw materials and substances derived from Cannabis Sativa L with a THC content greater than 0.2% (THC > 0.2%) was approved. This law also allowed for the establishment and operation of processing units for the production of final medical cannabis products, exclusively for either supplying the state monopoly for medical use or for export. The distribution of the product follows an integrated system, meaning that the same entity (whether a natural or legal person): Produces the substance. Possesses it. Transports it. Stores it. Finally supplies/sells it as a finished product to buyers. Any license or approval granted by the relevant authorities is non-transferable. There are numerous restrictions and criteria that must be met for license approval. While Law 3459/2006 classified cannabis as a prohibited narcotic substance, Law 4139/2013 on "addictive substances" clarified that narcotic substances do not include raw harvested products from the cultivation of low-THC cannabis varieties (Cannabis Sativa L) with a THC content of up to 0.2%. According to this decision, only contract-based industrial hemp cultivation is now legal in Greece, and only for varieties listed in the relevant European catalog. All preparations and CBD cannabis flowers are freely available on the market, as cannabidiol (CBD) is not classified as a narcotic substance (Law 3459/2006 – Government Gazette A’/103/25.5.2006) and does not contain the controlled substance tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) above the legal limit of 0.2% (Law 4139/2013 – Government Gazette 74/A’/20-03-2013).

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[sketchfanda]

Chestnut Stud Across the Multiverse: Symmetra’s Warrior Monk experience

Satya Vaswani, or Symmetra as she was known to some due to her own unique particular fixation and focus in balance and order, sat away typing at the desk of her workshop at the Capsule Corp offices. Idly glancing from her monitor screen to a nearby set of doors as she saw a pair of labgirls exit them. Their coats closed but doing little to hide the glistening sheen of their skin, faces flushed with red blushes and silly,satisfied grins as she watched them pass her by. Quirking a brow as she yet again had to wonder what the deuce went on inside that part of the building. Now she wasn’t a clueless virgin mind you, she just happened to be what one would call very work focused and goal oriented, so that meant she didn’t find or make much time for matters regarding sex and relationships. All she knew was that part of the office was the section dedicated to the company’s Capsule Cocks division, which was based on developing and marketing sex toys but that was the bare minimum of her knowledge to the matter. She’d tell herself it was fine being all she needed to know but damn her curiosity. Damn her treacherous brain putting ideas and fantasies into her head!! Oh sure she could just go up to her co-workers and maybe ask what went on inside and what they got up to but she felt that’d make her seem like a pervert! She was a Capsule Corp engineer and programmer of high skill and regard, not a slut!! If anyone was going to out her inquiry to rest, it might as well be herself as she mustered up some courage and confidence. Seeing no eavesdroppers or onlookers, she got up from her desk and made for the door, hacking the code lock was a cake walk for her as she entered inside. Time to see what it was that’s made those lab girls so weak in the knees and walking on sunshine oh so bad.

Symmetra:*hummed to herself,as she found this lab wing in one of its rare quiet periods. Usually there was heavy thumps and thuds like construction works mixed with some one playing very loud music on a high volume* huh,nothing unusual here…*the exotic engineer looked around with an inquisitive nature before coming upon a room labelle storage. Entering it to find half a dozen tables with sheets laid across whatever was lying upon them. Seeming person shaped which only made her even more curious.* what have we here now…..

Out loud saying that more to herself as she made her way to the nearest table, she took hold of the sheet and pulled it off. Eyes widening,her dark skinned fsce blushing as she beheld the sight of a five naked bald man. One she recognised as some close personal friend of ms.Briefs,Krillin if she recalled his name correctly. A greyish skinned twin of his literally bare before her,exposing sculpted,Herculean muscles and a cock of enormous girth and length than what you’d expect of a man of his size and frame. Her complex mind going mental gymnastics as she began to put the math together. Why so many women worked in this wing of the lab,so many of those volunteers and sex objects who seemed like hookers and porn stars. What she was looking at was a literal,full bodied,fully functional sex toy,a porno mannequin that for some reason looked like a friend of the boss lady herself. By all accounts this went against so many laws,rules and regulations of science and yet Symmetra couldn’t turn away. She’d never been one for thinking of anything in relation to sex, nevermind romance yet looking at this….compact figure of such design and build. So very well endowed, so easy on the eyes…

Symmetra:*sensually bites her lip as she rubbed her thighs together. There was no doubt about it,she was finding herself getting sexually aroused,as if the oresence of this…ideal man,had awakened Something in her.*I mustn’t,I shouldn’t be doing this….*yet her hands reached out to caress his torso. Tracing those powerful muscles,flinching as the sex doll Krillin clone’s eyes snapped open. The fresh of the production line,test pending warrior monk’s stoic gaze locked on her her.* Oooh my apologies,did I disturb your slumber? Let me make it up to you….*soon as she said that,she pressed her lips to his,kissing him. A gesture he didn’t hesitate in returning in the slightest.*

Symmetra moaned into the passionate kiss,which became sloppy as she and the warrior monk she started getting acquainted with let their lust guide and drive them. Her hands moving down along his Herculean compact body to grasp and caress his cock. Stroking it as she beheld with erotic awe at seeing it rise to erectness. Gasping as she found her shortstack companion grab and rip her clothes off of her, soon naked as she was yet not bothered in the slightest. If anything such boldness only spurred on her found sense of passion,as she moved to lay atop the warrior,making out with him as she straddled his waist. Gasping as she felt his cock smack and sandwich itself between her slit and the buns of glorious chocolate skinned booths. Her arousal skyrocketing as she grounded against that fuckmeat,her pussy soaking it with her nectar as her tits pressed snd rubbed against his firm pecs. Eyes flowing with lust as she glanced on either to see the other warrior monks sit up,awakening from their slumber. Their sheets falling off as their cocks sprung with erect stiffness at the sight of her in the act of such lewdness. It made the exotic beauty feel elicited to be the centre of attention,who cares if they’d re basically all the same guy! Breaking her liplock,a trail of saliva as she licked her lips at the other warrior monks,shaking and clapping her asscheeks to make thunderous mating cries.

Symmetra:come you hoard of alpha males. Fulfill uiur function and sate mt lust with your perfect bodies. Show me the pleasures of casual sexuality…..

As soon as she had spoke those words,she found herself on her knees,her hands and mouth moving between stroking and sucking off six warrior monks. Licking and blowing on their godly lengths and girths, even kissing and massaging their balls. Her dark skinned bombshell frame glistening with sensual perspiration as the six Krillin clones began to return the favour. Making her lay on a table as hone warrior monk ate her out,another facefucking her as her head hung off the very edge. A third straddling her torso as he cupped her tits,sandwiching his shaft between them as he used them to get himself off with a paizuri. At one oint she found one of them performing a rimjob,stunned to find herself somaroused at getting her ass eaten out. But then came that glorious moment when the mating began. Straddling a warrior monk so girl style as she shamelessly bounded and rode upon his cock, ass and firs bouncing and jiggling like jelly as the other 5 stood around,stroking away and staining her exotic skin with a rain of precum. Such a basic one on one postion so effective at bring her to climax but it omly got better from there.

From taking it doggystyle as one facefucked her while the other fucked her ass,showing her thst compared to getting ribbed,anal with such a lengthy,girthy cock filling her was an even greater experience. Particularly when she was sandwiched between a pair of warrior monks,their muscular forms between her as they fucked her balls deep in her ass and pussy. Two on one,three to all 6, the variety snd tandem combinations was a thrill ride for the capsule corp egghead as she began to understand first hand how and why so many many women came and went out of here looking so fulfilled and glowing. Symmetra of course unaware that Bulma was catching it all on camera,the ceo playing with herself as she used a warrior monk dildo to join her in experiencing orgasmic climax, her lewd mind already thinking now to approach and offer the engineer a new postion in the warrior monk development and test run program, once a gal had herself a taste like this,there was no doubt this one time was never going to be enough for her.

[minedxai]

The Role of AI in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Revolutionizing Business Intelligence!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tried to be a Transformative security technology logistics and supply chain management, and a range. The Global Logical Industry, valuable to over $ 8, is more idealized with rationalization, operations, improvements, and reduced costs. The pre-intelligent auto-shaping analysis forms the future of chain management that lets you further introduce and promote Business intelligence (BI). One of their most essential applications in logistics is their ability to optimize operational efficiency. Traditionally, chain management was based on static data and manual processes that were bright and subjective.

With AI in logistics and supply chain, companies now have access to the objective analysis of predictive data and models that can optimize everything by the parliament's management. Their systems use large amounts of data to ensure the question, regulate the inventory levels, and provide for the string of strings. Algorithms of automatic learners can analyze past performance, weather conditions, market trends, and other variables to generate predictions. This ability allows the companies to make proactive decisions that reduce the risk or excessive inventory, which leads to improvement and money satisfaction.

Logistics plays an essential role in street optimization. Traditional distribution systems through the best source like Mined XAI often use basic algorithms to plan the most effective shipment routes. However, it may consider a great range of factors such as traffic pretenses, predictions of the street. These points can adjust dynamically and minimize time and fluctuating operational costs. Sleep Management is another area that has a significant impact. Automation through the logistics companies enables them to improve their storage trials. Robotics drive with him and turn those goods are stored, sent, and sent.

Artificial Intelligence in supply chain: The systems to turn on by constantly increasing inventory levels

The automated passage's vowel is still to move inside and out of stores with minimum human interference. Systems concentrated on driving these cars, allowing them to collaborate with human workers. This shows productivity and reduces the risk of human error and security. Moreover, it is revolutionizing stock management in the warehouse. Artificial Intelligence in supply chain, the systems are turned on by constantly increasing inventory levels, predicting the non-products, and making recommendations for reorganizing the claims of the cl. This reduces the supervision and reserves, which are common pain in supply chain management.

In the more regions to exchange an analysis "AI" various chain proposed provisions unprofitability and proficiency. Companies can simulate different predictions, distribution calendars, and choices for suppliers to understand the impact on their net profit. This analysis gives companies a competitive advantage, allowing them to respond more effectively to market changes and operational backgrounds. Predictive analysis is another area where you offer extraordinary value in chain management and a successful chain.

Business intelligence AI works together to provide a complete view of supply chain performance.

The union of artificial intelligence and business intelligence is one of the most influential advances in the supply chain field. BI troops help companies analyze and present data significantly. Business intelligence AI works together to provide a complete view of supply chain performance. Improved traditional application of automatic learning algorithms to analyze groups of massive data, identify trends, and anticipate future results. For example, it can ensure consumption requests, helping your supply chain shows make it based on supply and logistics.

Predicate maintenance is another valuable application where you can predict when cars or equipment in the supplies are likely to fail and reduce repair time. Integration of integration in the supply chain even improves the customer's experience. Allow the wicked of the supplied string to provide the exhilaration of the most accurate distribution, improvement, and service services. Analyzing customer data can predict purchasing behavior and preferences, allowing technologies rationalize communication and experience for the final customer.

Conclusion

It's already started to fund the logistics and management of the prostitution chain, producing a revolution in efficiency and automating analysis. Business intelligence allows companies to make the best data decisions, improve operational performance, and reduce costs. As a result to event and road planning to predict the information supply and enhance customer satisfaction refreshes the chain landscape. At the same time, technology continues to evolve, and the realization of chain development provides perks, efficiency, and trade. Thanks to its extraordinary potential, the supply chain's future is intelligent, automated, and focused on data.

[rnits]

Customized IT Solutions: The Key to Business Success in the Digital Age

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In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses need more than just off-the-shelf IT solutions. Every organization has unique needs, goals, and challenges that require tailored technology solutions. This is where customized IT solutions come in, offering flexibility, efficiency, and a competitive edge.

In this article, we’ll explore what customized IT solutions are, why they matter, and how they can transform businesses of all sizes.

What Are Customized IT Solutions?

Customized IT solutions refer to tailor-made software, hardware, and IT strategies designed to meet specific business needs. Unlike generic software or one-size-fits-all IT services, customized solutions are developed to align with a company’s processes, workflows, and objectives.

These solutions may include:

Custom software development

Personalized cloud solutions

Tailored cybersecurity strategies

Scalable IT infrastructure

Business process automation

By leveraging customized IT solutions, businesses can optimize operations, enhance security, and improve overall productivity.

Why Businesses Need Customized IT Solutions

Every business operates differently, and their IT needs vary based on industry, size, and customer base. Here’s why custom IT solutions are essential:

1. Improved Efficiency and Productivity

Custom IT solutions streamline business operations by eliminating unnecessary features and focusing on what truly matters. Employees can work more efficiently when using tools designed specifically for their tasks.

2. Better Security and Compliance

Off-the-shelf software often comes with security vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can exploit. Custom solutions allow businesses to implement robust cybersecurity measures tailored to their industry’s compliance standards, ensuring data protection.

3. Cost-Effective in the Long Run

While developing a customized IT solution may have an initial investment, it reduces long-term costs associated with licensing fees, system modifications, and productivity loss due to inefficiencies.

4. Seamless Integration with Existing Systems

Custom solutions are designed to integrate smoothly with a company’s existing infrastructure, avoiding compatibility issues that often arise with pre-built software.

5. Competitive Advantage

Companies that leverage personalized IT solutions can innovate faster and adapt to market changes more efficiently, giving them a significant edge over competitors.

Key Components of Customized IT Solutions

A successful customized IT solution involves various elements that work together to deliver maximum benefits.

1. Custom Software Development

Whether it’s enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), or inventory management, custom software is tailored to business-specific needs.

2. Cloud Computing Solutions

Companies can customize cloud storage, computing power, and network security to suit their business operations, improving scalability and accessibility.

3. Cybersecurity Solutions

A custom IT security strategy ensures data protection, threat detection, and regulatory compliance, reducing the risk of cyberattacks.

4. Data Analytics and AI Integration

With customized AI and data analytics solutions, businesses can make data-driven decisions, automate processes, and improve customer experience.

5. IT Infrastructure and Network Solutions

A tailored IT infrastructure ensures businesses have reliable networks, optimized hardware, and efficient system performance.

Industries That Benefit from Customized IT Solutions

Nearly every industry can leverage custom IT solutions, but some sectors benefit more than others.

1. Healthcare

Custom electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine platforms, and patient management systems improve efficiency in healthcare.

2. Finance

Banks and financial institutions use custom security protocols, fraud detection systems, and digital banking solutions to enhance security and user experience.

3. Retail and E-Commerce

Personalized inventory management, AI-driven customer analytics, and e-commerce platforms help businesses thrive in a competitive market.

4. Manufacturing

Customized supply chain management, IoT-powered monitoring, and automation solutions boost productivity and efficiency.

5. Education

E-learning platforms, student management systems, and virtual classroom tools enhance learning experiences in the education sector.

How to Implement Customized IT Solutions for Your Business

If you’re considering customized IT solutions, follow these steps for successful implementation:

1. Assess Business Needs

Identify pain points, inefficiencies, and areas where IT solutions can drive improvements.

2. Partner with a Reliable IT Service Provider

Choose a trusted IT partner with expertise in developing and implementing tailored solutions.

3. Develop a Strategic IT Plan

Outline goals, timelines, and budget to ensure a smooth transition.

4. Test and Optimize

Before full deployment, test the solution to identify bugs and areas for improvement.

5. Train Employees and Monitor Performance

Ensure staff members are trained to use the new system effectively and monitor performance for continuous improvement.

Final Thoughts

Investing in Managed IT Services MA is a game-changer for businesses looking to optimize performance, improve security, and gain a competitive edge. By tailoring technology to specific business needs, companies can enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and future-proof their operations.

If you’re ready to take your business to the next level with customized IT solutions, start by evaluating your current technology landscape and seeking expert guidance.

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In the era of digital transformation, cloud computing has emerged as a pivotal technology, reshaping the way businesses operate and innovate. Pune, a burgeoning IT and business hub, has seen a significant surge in the adoption of cloud services, with companies seeking to enhance their efficiency, scalability, and agility. Zip Crest stands at the forefront of this revolution, offering comprehensive cloud computing services tailored to meet the diverse needs of businesses in Pune

The Importance of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing enables organizations to leverage a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than relying on local servers or personal computers. This shift provides several key benefits:

- Scalability: Businesses can easily scale their operations up or down based on demand, without the need for significant capital investment in hardware.

- Cost Efficiency: Cloud services operate on a pay-as-you-go model, reducing the need for substantial upfront investment and lowering overall IT costs.

- Accessibility: Cloud computing allows access to data and applications from anywhere, at any time, fostering remote work and collaboration.

- Security:  Leading cloud service providers offer robust security measures, including encryption, access controls, and regular security audits, to protect sensitive data.

Zip Crest: Leading Cloud Computing Services in Pune

Zip Crest is committed to empowering businesses in Pune with cutting-edge cloud computing solutions. Our services are designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities that come with the digital age. Here’s how we can transform your business operations:

1. Cloud Strategy and Consulting:

At Zip Crest, we begin by understanding your business objectives and IT infrastructure. Our experts then craft a bespoke cloud strategy that aligns with your goals, ensuring a seamless transition to the cloud and maximizing the benefits of cloud technology.

2. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS):

Our IaaS offerings provide businesses with virtualized computing resources over the internet. This includes virtual machines, storage, and networking capabilities, allowing you to build and manage your IT infrastructure without the need for physical hardware.

3. Platform as a Service (PaaS):

With our PaaS solutions, developers can build, deploy, and manage applications without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. This accelerates development cycles, enhances productivity, and reduces time to market.

4. Software as a Service (SaaS):

Zip Crest offers a range of SaaS applications that can streamline your business processes. From customer relationship management (CRM) to enterprise resource planning (ERP), our cloud-based software solutions are designed to improve efficiency and drive growth.

5. Cloud Migration Services:

Transitioning to the cloud can be complex. Our cloud migration services ensure a smooth and secure migration of your applications, data, and workloads to the cloud, minimizing downtime and disruption to your business operations.

6. Managed Cloud Services:

Once your infrastructure is on the cloud, ongoing management is crucial to ensure optimal performance and security. Our managed cloud services provide continuous monitoring, maintenance, and support, allowing you to focus on your core business activities.

Why Choose Zip Crest?

Choosing Zip Crest for your cloud computing needs comes with several advantages:

- Expertise: Our team of certified cloud professionals brings extensive experience and deep knowledge of cloud technologies.

- Customized Solutions: We understand that every business is unique. Our solutions are tailored to meet your specific requirements and objectives.

-Proactive Support: We offer 24/7 support to ensure that your cloud infrastructure is always running smoothly and efficiently.

- Security Focus: Security is at the core of our services. We implement robust security measures to protect your data and applications from threats.

Conclusion

In conclusion, cloud computing is transforming the way businesses operate, offering unprecedented levels of flexibility, scalability, and efficiency. Zip Crest is dedicated to helping businesses in Pune harness the power of the cloud to achieve their goals and stay competitive in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. By partnering with Zip Crest, you can ensure that your business is well-equipped to navigate the complexities of cloud computing and reap its many benefits. Embrace the future of technology with Zip Crest and revolutionize your business operations with our top-tier cloud computing services.

Get In Touch

Website: https://zipcrest.com/

Address: 13, 4th Floor, A Building City Vista Office Park Fountain Road Karadi Pune Maharashtra 411014

Email: support@zipcrest.com / sales@zipcrest.com

Call: +912049330928 / 9763702645 / 7020684182

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The Role of Data Analytics Consulting in Business Growth 

Professional data analysts guide corporate clients in modifying operations, attracting customers, and solving business problems. Therefore, they can assist brands in increasing operational efficiency for better profit margins and crafting exceptional growth strategies. At the same time, integrating new tech advancements like large language models (LLMs) empowers analytics consultants to process qualitative data for comprehensive insights. This post will elaborate on the crucial role of data analytics consulting in business growth and competitive resilience.  

What is Data Analytics? 

Data analytics employs computer-aided statistical models to discover reliable industry trends, competitor tactics, and consumer insights. Its input datasets comprise consumer purchase history, supply chain details, and regional market entry challenges. 

A consulting analyst might utilize proprietary and open-source programs to develop statistical models and flexible reports to deliver insights based on clients’ instructions. Therefore, experts in data analytics consulting services will find the best approach to cost reduction without losing data integrity. They might also help share the digital governance liabilities amid the rise of privacy and investor confidentiality regulations.  

Understanding the Role of Data Analytics Consulting in Business Growth 

1| Creating a Data Strategy to Accomplish Business Goals 

Relevant data is essential for responsible decision-making, clever milestone determination, and strategy innovation. Data analytics allows organizations to check how a data point relates to its long-term vision and performance. 

For instance, prioritizing tangible results helps make reports more impactful. Eliminating data points that do not align with business goals can help reduce resource consumption for storage and visualization. After all, streamlined computing is a prerequisite for operational efficiency. 

2| Forecasting Scenarios for Risk Assessment and Mitigation  

Data analysts interpolate data points to estimate the missing values in a database. Likewise, they leverage machine learning (ML) models to offer predictive analytics consulting services for revenue, risk, and industry projections. 

Related forecasting report creation programs require powerful computing hardware. Otherwise, enterprises use cloud platforms for scalability and expert-assisted tech maintenance. Letting a data analyst team oversee these developments will also enable brands to benefit from outsider perspectives during risk or resilience management. 

3| Making Reports More User-Friendly with Precise Performance Insights 

Complex and over-tabulated reports make employees spend more time performing standard tasks like sharing a record or comparing identical series. Data analytics consultants can revise reporting methods and presentation styles to boost the ease of navigation. They will guide your team in efficiently using recognized and emerging analytical tools. 

Consultants must also demonstrate command over performance metrics monitoring through straightforward, real-time updates. When they quickly capture anomalies, promptly tracing and rectifying inefficiencies becomes possible.  

3| Gathering Relevant Intelligence 

Data quality managers consider relevance to business objectives essential for responsible decision-making and preventing wasteful resource usage. Therefore, experienced data analytics firms refrain from employing data mining methods without adequate programming for relevance-based filtering. 

When you store irrelevant business intelligence (BI), you increase the risk of slowing data sorting and query-led quick retrieval. After all, your IT resources must scan vast datasets before providing the best output or insight. The related role of analytics consulting in business growth encompasses devising methods to restrict irrelevant BI processing. 

4| Finding Unique Customer Experience Insights 

Several consultants offer customer analytics comprising engagement metrics and customer experience (CX) enhancement ideas. They can also evaluate whether a customer will help increase brand awareness through word-of-mouth promotions. 

Companies can leverage heatmaps and website engagement metrics to ascertain user interactions and intents. For instance, many consumers prefer surfing the web and reviewing businesses’ online presence for informational and commercial intent. You want to customize landing pages to match the intent and design programs based on frequent usage for CX improvements. Telemetry and usage analytics specialists will help your designers test and optimize the required elements. 

5| Helping Manage Workers and Data Culture 

Human resource insights describing how employees contribute to organizational initiatives allow managers to reward the top performers. Simultaneously, they can determine which employees need further guidance on efficient workflows and team coordination. 

Examining employee performance through ML-assisted analytics necessitates secure data pipelines because employees’ personally identifiable information (PII) also attracts cyber threats. Consider identity theft attackers stealing and forging virtual IDs to hijack enterprise IT systems for corporate espionage. 

Therefore, you are better off collaborating with established human resource analysts and data culture veterans. They can facilitate comprehensive insights without hurting your company’s governance standards. 

6| Accelerating Innovation and Monitoring Patents 

A company’s intellectual property (IP) rights demonstrate its domain expertise and unlock additional revenue through licensing or sublicensing regimes. However, as markets mature, multiple brands will inevitably promise identical or commoditized offerings. This situation makes it harder to differentiate these brands based on standard specifications. 

Innovation engineering, a discipline inspired by the systems approach for hybrid tech tools, is essential to making your branded offerings attract investments and demand. At the same time, data analytics consulting is indispensable for uncovering innovation opportunities to ensure clients’ business growth. It reduces the time spent tracking registered patents and predicting legal conflicts in securing IP rights. 

The Methods in Data Analytics for Steady Business Growth 

Time series analysis describes a business’s past performance and forecasts future growth potential. Furthermore, you can apply it to market intelligence, competitor insights, and investor relations. 

Regression analysis establishes or investigates the relationship between dependent and independent variables to create statistical models. These models can later help explore specific predictions. 

Cluster analysis often groups data points based on similar attributes to streamline conditional sorting, visualization, prioritization, and multi-model methods. 

Meanwhile, factor analysis emphasized data reduction to highlight latent variables. These variables explain the underlying data structure, informing data leaders’ strategies for efficient modeling. 

Predictive and prescriptive analyses deliver scenario simulations. You want to define constraints related to favorable and unfavorable decision outcomes. Next, exploring the risk-reward aspects will help discard potentially harmful decisions or strategies. Prescriptive methods give risk mitigation ideas concerning internal and external threats. 

Conclusion 

Data-centric business growth depends on responsible data source selection, safe data storage, fast validation, and short time-to-insight (TTI). Accordingly, professional data analysts recognize these requirements, sharpening their skills and augmenting their toolkits to deliver smart insights and meet client expectations. 

A supply chain analytics expert will help reduce the delays between material acquisition, production, inventory replenishment, remote delivery, and final distribution. At the same time, a human resource analyst categorizes employees and suppliers based on their key performance indicators (KPIs). A financial analyst can provide practical cost reduction recommendations, and a risk analyst will devise resilience-ensuring mitigation strategies.  

As a result, leaders must identify what type of data analytics consulting role will let them accomplish business growth objectives for the given quarter. Do they want to solve a problem involving in-house operations or plan to enter a new market? Similar considerations will impact how you select analytics partners and tools. This process might overwhelm you, indicating a need for experts’ oversight from the beginning till the project completion. 

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Affordable VPS Web Hosting Providers That Won't Break the Bank!

In the fast-paced digital landscape, having a reliable and efficient VPS web hosting provider is crucial for the success of any online venture. Choosing the right VPS hosting service can significantly impact your website's performance, user experience, and ultimately, its ranking on search engines. Today, we'll delve into the realm of virtual private servers, unveiling the hidden gems among affordable VPS web hosting providers that won't break the bank.

Understanding the Importance of VPS Hosting

Before we dive into the list of top-notch VPS hosting providers, let's briefly understand why VPS hosting is crucial for your website's success. Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting offers a unique blend of shared hosting's cost-effectiveness and dedicated hosting's robust performance. With a VPS, your website gets its dedicated portion of server resources, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security.

The Top Affordable VPS Web Hosting Providers

1. Bluehost VPS Hosting

Bluehost has long been a trusted name in the hosting industry, and their VPS hosting services continue to impress. With a user-friendly interface and robust features, Bluehost offers a perfect balance between affordability and performance. Their VPS plans include SSD storage, enhanced cPanel, and 24/7 customer support.

2. SiteGround VPS

SiteGround is renowned for its commitment to speed and security. Their VPS hosting solutions come with advanced optimization features, including SSD persistent storage, free CDN, and daily backups. SiteGround's proactive server monitoring ensures minimal downtime, making it an excellent choice for businesses of all sizes.

3. A2 Hosting VPS

If speed is your priority, look no further than A2 Hosting. Their VPS hosting plans boast turbocharged performance with up to 20 times faster servers. With features like free site migration, cPanel, and root access, A2 Hosting caters to both beginners and experienced developers.

How L3WebHosting Stacks Up

Now, let's compare the features and offerings of the aforementioned VPS hosting providers with L3WebHosting. As we aim to provide you with the most comprehensive information, we'll objectively assess L3WebHosting's services.

L3WebHosting: A Closer Look

L3WebHosting positions itself as a reliable web hosting solution, but how does it fare against the competition? Let's break down some key aspects:

1. Pricing

While L3WebHosting offers competitive pricing, the true value lies in understanding the resource allocation and performance it provides in comparison to industry leaders like Bluehost, SiteGround, and A2 Hosting.

2. Performance and Uptime

Website performance and uptime are paramount for user satisfaction and SEO. Bluehost, SiteGround, and A2 Hosting have established themselves with robust infrastructures, ensuring consistent performance and impressive uptime.

3. Customer Support

In the fast-evolving digital landscape, responsive and knowledgeable customer support is indispensable. How does L3WebHosting's support stack up against the 24/7 support offered by Bluehost, SiteGround, and A2 Hosting?

Conclusion: Making an Informed Decision

In the quest for the ideal VPS hosting provider, understanding your website's specific needs is crucial. While L3WebHosting offers competitive solutions, the market leaders, including Bluehost, SiteGround, and A2 Hosting, have consistently proven their worth in terms of performance, reliability, and customer support.

If you're looking for an affordable VPS hosting provider that won't break the bank, consider weighing the features and benefits offered by Bluehost, SiteGround, and A2 Hosting. Your website's success depends on the hosting foundation you choose, so make an informed decision based on your unique requirements.