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Best State PCS Coaching – Crack UPPCS, BPSC, MPPSC, RAS in 2025

Preparing for State PCS (Provincial Civil Services) exams like UPPCS, BPSC, MPPSC, or RAS requires a focused strategy, the right guidance, and structured preparation. With increasing competition and evolving syllabus patterns, choosing the Best State PCS Coaching can make a significant difference in your preparation journey.

In this blog, we explore the top features of good PCS coaching, how to select the right institute, and a few reputed coaching centers that have consistently helped aspirants succeed.

What is the State PCS Exam?

State PCS exams are conducted by the respective State Public Service Commissions to recruit administrative officers and other Group A & B posts for the state government. Unlike UPSC, which is central, PCS exams focus on state-specific issues, laws, and general awareness.

Popular PCS Exams in India:

UPPCS – Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission

BPSC – Bihar Public Service Commission

MPPSC – Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission

RAS – Rajasthan Administrative Services

Each of these exams has a Prelims, Mains, and Interview stage and requires an in-depth understanding of general studies, aptitude, and state-specific current affairs.

Why Join a Coaching for State PCS?

Many aspirants are self-studying, but coaching gives a competitive edge in the following ways:

Structured syllabus coverage

Doubt-clearing sessions with subject experts

Regular mock tests and feedback

Consistent current affairs and state news analysis

Answer writing practice and evaluation

Interview preparation with mock sessions

A good coaching institute provides you with clarity, consistency, and confidence.

How to Choose the Best State PCS Coaching?

Here are a few factors to consider before enrolling:

1. Faculty Expertise

Ensure the institute has experienced teachers who specialize in General Studies, CSAT, Optional Subjects, and State GK.

2. State-Specific Content

The coaching should provide study material and mock tests focused on your specific state’s exam pattern and syllabus.

3. Batch Size

Smaller batches allow for better interaction, doubt-solving, and attention from faculty.

4. Test Series & Feedback

Regular mock tests and personalized feedback help track your progress and improve writing speed and accuracy.

5. Mode of Learning (Online/Offline)

Depending on your location and comfort, choose a hybrid or fully online platform that offers recorded classes, live sessions, and downloadable notes.

Top Features of Best PCS Coaching Institutes

FeatureWhy It MattersDaily Current AffairsKeeps you updated with state + national newsPrelims + Mains CoverageComplete syllabus strategy for both stagesAnswer Writing PracticeImproves marks in MainsInterview MentorshipBuilds personality and confidenceState-Specific GK ModulesFocuses on culture, policies, geographyBilingual TeachingHelps understand in Hindi + English

Best State PCS Coaching Institutes in India (2025)

Here are some coaching institutes trusted by thousands of aspirants preparing for different state services:

1. Plutus IAS

Mode: Online + Offline

Known For: Quality content, limited batch strength, expert faculty

Covers: UPPCS, BPSC, MPPSC, RAS

Features: Live lectures, state-specific material, recorded classes, mock test series

2. Yojna IAS

Mode: Hindi medium focused

USP: Affordable pricing + Hindi explanation of GS and State GK

States Covered: UP, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan

Extra: Daily newspaper discussion in Hindi

3. The Hinduzone (Career Guidance Platform)

Mode: Online

Specialty: Counseling-based coaching recommendations

Helps You With: Choosing the best coaching as per your budget, mode preference, and state focus

4. KSG India (For MPPCS, BPSC)

Mode: Offline

Located In: Patna, Bhopal

Strength: Mains answer writing, ethics, essay

Special Sessions: Strategy planning and doubt resolution

5. Drishti IAS (For UPPCS & RAS)

Mode: Offline + Online

Best For: Hindi medium aspirants

Strength: Exhaustive printed notes, magazine, and monthly state updates

Special Modules: State-specific current affairs + test series

What Makes Coaching Crucial for PCS Preparation?

Unlike UPSC, state PCS exams are more dynamic in terms of syllabus, pattern changes, and current affairs focus. Also, PCS exams require more state-specific knowledge, like:

State history, economy, culture

Local governance and panchayati raj

State government policies

Regional geography and schemes

Good coaching ensures you don’t miss out on high-weightage topics that are unique to your state.

Online PCS Coaching – Growing Demand Post-COVID

With digital learning becoming mainstream, online PCS coaching has emerged as a powerful solution for working professionals and rural aspirants. Some key benefits:

Attend classes from home

Access recordings anytime

Weekly doubt sessions

Live current affairs discussions

Lower cost than offline programs

Top online PCS coaching platforms like Plutus IAS and Yojna IAS have revolutionized preparation with structured and tech-enabled teaching.

Tips to Maximize Your Coaching Benefit

Revise class notes daily

Practice at least 10 MCQs and 1 Mains answer daily

Follow one monthly magazine (Yojana, Kurukshetra, state-specific)

Attempt mock tests under timed conditions

Discuss current affairs with peers or mentors

Maintain a daily planner to track your progress

Conclusion: Choose Wisely, Prepare Strategically

The Best State PCS Coaching is not about flashy advertisements but about consistent quality delivery, mentorship, and exam-oriented focus. Whether you're targeting UPPCS, BPSC, MPPSC, or RAS, the right coaching can streamline your efforts and improve your selection chances.

Invest wisely in your future. Choose coaching that aligns with your learning style, budget, and exam strategy. Combine it with your self-discipline, and success will follow.

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@mayoigotokurousagi LAST ONE OF YOURS here's Jin!!!

Jin is. . .he's a lot sweeter than you'd expect once his affinity gets high lol. . . . I FEEL LIKE I ENDED UP WITH A LOT OF COMMENTARY HERE. . .he just acts very different as affinity goes up, i have to point shit out haha

I've also amended this one to be all of his voicelines now!

May 27th 2025 edit for his year 2 birthday lines

Hello: (the first time the game is opened after that character is set as home screen NPC. Only happens once per day, unless the character is switched out and back.)

"Where the hell do you think you're going? Quit dawdling and help me get ready." お前、どこほっつき歩いてたんだ？……さっさと支度を手伝え

You've Got Mail: (whenever there's something in the inbox, usually Arena rewards)

"Hey, you've got mail. Don't tell me you're not going to open it. What if it was for me?" おい、手紙。放っとくつもりじゃねぇだろうな。 俺宛があったらどうすんだ？ あ？

Jin, why would your mail be in my. . .whatever

Default: (requires no affinity, has no time constraints)

"...Get to the point. The trash here is so long-winded." チッ……さっさと要件を言え。ゴミどもはこれだから面��くせぇ

"A party? I don't waste air on bootlickers. Try Tohma." 社交界？　肩書き目当ての奴らに構うつもりはねぇよ。塔真をあたれ

"Don't just stand there like an idiot. Hurry up. ...What? You got a problem? Spit it out." おい、ぼさっと突っ立ってねぇでついてこい。 ……何だ、文句でもあんのか？

"Kneel! Tsk... Where's {PC}? Bring her to my room." 跪け！ 　……チッ。あの女はどこだ。今すぐ俺の部屋に連れてこい

"What? Your schedule's not my problem. Just arrange it around me." あ？　お前の都合なんて知らねぇ。黙って俺に合わせてりゃいいんだよ

Affinity 1: (between 5am and 11am)

"...Huh? I don't want to see your face at the crack of dawn. Get out." ……あ？寝起きから、その面見せんな…… 下がってろ

given how vulgar his speech is sometimes i'm surprised he didn't say "asscrack of dawn"

Affinity 2: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Tell the chef I'm not in the mood for meat today." ……シェフに伝えろ。今日は肉の気分じゃねぇってな

Affinity 3: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"I'm not wasting my time fooling around with those brats today. If they're really that bored, just make them go on a low-ranking mission or something." ガキの遊びに付き合う気はねぇよ。そんなに暇なら、適当に低ランク任務でも行かせておけ

he's just barely avoiding making iPad kids out of Kaito and Lucas lmao

Affinity 4: (between 8pm and 5am)

"Put my dinner over there. I'll eat later if I feel like it." ディナーはそこに置いておけ。気が向いたら食っておく

i am once again asking the ghouls to FUCKING EAT PROPER MEALS.

Affinity 5: (between 8pm and 5am)

"I need more data for this case...  Go find Tohma, servant." 任務の資料が足りてねぇ…… 下僕、塔真を呼んでこい

Affinity 6: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"A Class C anomaly? Miss me with that weak shit. Why do you think we have a Vice Captain?" あ？　Ｃ級怪異？ つまんねぇことに俺を巻き込むな。 何のために副寮長がいるんだ？

MISS ME WITH THAT WEAK SHIT I AM IN TEARS WHO TAUGHT YOU TO TALK LIKE THAT. . . .

Affinity 7: (between 11am and 4pm)

"What about class? Ha. What makes you think you can lecture me? Worry about yourself." ……授業の時間？　ハッ、俺に説教とはいい度胸じゃねぇか。お前は自分の心配でもしてろ

Affinity 8: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"You don't even know that? What do they teach here?" ……そんなこともわからねぇのか？この学園の教育はどうなってんだ

I guess Jin has a good handle on the material and everything he'd need to know, as a third year. I say 'as a third year' but Alan didn't understand some of the basics so--

Affinity 9: (between 8pm and 5am)

"Bianerus! ...I'm not feeling it today. You can go." ＜ビアネルス＞ …………チッ。調子が悪い。今日はもう下がれ

Affinity 10: (between 10pm and midnight)

"It's late. We're done here. Leave." ……もう遅い。話は終わりだ、下がれ

Affinity 11: (between 5am and 11am)

"You're late. You've got some nerve making me wait, servant." ……遅ぇよ。下僕ごときが俺を待たせるな

Affinity 12: (between 11am and 4pm)

"...I'm hungry. Go order lunch. For two." ……腹が減ったな。おい、ランチの手配をしろ。２人分だ

i guarantee you the pc did not consider that he meant "i want to eat lunch with you" the first time this happened. she probably just thought "damn jin's hungry today."

Affinity 13: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"You have plans? Take a second and really think about whether your plans are more important than me before you open that mouth again." 今日は都合が悪い？ ……俺より優先する価値があるか、よく考えてから口を開け

Affinity 14: (between 5am and 11am)

"...Why are you so chatty today? Just pour my tea and get out of my face." チッ……うるせぇ。いつもの紅茶だけ淹れて失せろ

'stop trying to befriend me and go away' lmao

Affinity 15: (between 5am and 11am)

"You should be grateful I'm giving you the time of day this early in the morning." 俺が朝から相手してやってんだ。ありがたく思え

Affinity 16: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Why do you look so worn out? If you're going to serve me, learn how to take better care of yourself. Tohma, take her to the infirmary." おい下僕、なんだその顔色は。俺に仕えるなら体調管理は万全にしろ。 塔真、こいつを保健室に運んでこい

why the infirmary. . .i don't think she needs a doctor i think she needs a nap. You're overworking her didn't Tohma tell you not to break her you donut

Affinity 17: (between 10pm and midnight)

"It's still early... You want to practice the waltz? Bold, aren't you? You're going to be sore tomorrow." まだこんな時間か。 ワルツの練習？……生意気に催促しやがって。 覚悟しろよ。お前は明日、筋肉痛だ

are we still. . .talking about the. . .dancing. . . .

Affinity 18: (between 8pm and 5am)

"You want to dine with me? Ha. All right. Show me if you've learned anything." お前と俺が、ディナーを一緒に？ ハッ、面白ぇ。お手並み拝見といこうか

impromptu lesson on table manners!?

Affinity 19: (between 10pm and midnight)

"It's quiet tonight... Sit here, next to me. We're playing a duet. Don't give me that look. You'll know this song." 今夜は静かだな……隣に座れ。 連弾だ。そんな顔すんじゃねぇよ。 ……お前も知ってる曲だ

I previously used the expression names to describe his expression as 'pouting' and 'like a spoiled child' but he mostly just looks irritated lmaooo

Affinity 20: (between 5am and 11am)

"Waking me up every morning was your idea, so I'd better see you here tomorrow too. That's an order." ルーティンにしたのはお前だろ。責任取って、明日も起こしに来い。 ……これは命令だ

how quickly we go from "i don't wanna see your face first thing in the morning" to "i had better see your face every morning". . . . (it's not quickly at all. it's actually an incredibly slow process getting affinity up.)

Affinity 21: (between 11am and 4pm)

"...I was too active yesterday. Massage me, servant. ...What the hell was that? Put some muscle into it." チッ。昨日は体を動かしすぎたな。 下僕、次はマッサージだ。 ……足りねぇよ。もっと強く押せ

i love this one he's just like bitch what the fuck kinda weak ass massage is that put some back into it?????

Affinity 22: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"You don't know about dining etiquette? I don't have time for this... If you want me to teach you, I better see that nose on the grindstone." テーブルマナーがわからない？ 面倒くせぇ……俺に教わるからにはそれ相応の覚悟があんだろうな？

we are reaching critical levels of "i need to make you presentable so you can meet my father" also I find it funny that this is after the "you wanna eat with me? let's see if you've learned anything" line. WHEN WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD LEARNED OR DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO STUDY YOU AS YOU EAT

Affinity 23: (between 8pm and 5am)

"What's that? My helicopter, obviously. Quit gawking and get in." 俺のヘリだ。見たらわかんだろ。……いいから、さっさと乗れ

get in servant idk where we're going but you are going with me

Affinity 24: (between 10pm and midnight)

"I've got plans early tomorrow. Your house is too far. Stay here tonight." 明日は早朝から用事がある。お前が寝泊まりしてる寮からじゃ間に合わねぇかもな。 今夜は、ここに泊まれ

another expression note. . .he's looking away and putting his hand on the back of his neck here. He's shy, almost. Because he's not asking you to stay over to perform some task. It's not your usual master-servant dynamic. He just wants you close to him. As close as possible. He really is rather sweet.

Affinity 25(max): (no time constraints)

"Never learn, do you? I don't take you being here for granted. I know it won't last forever. That's all I'm going to say." 懲りないやつだな。言っておくが、こうやってお前が隣にいること…… 俺は、永遠に続くとは思ってねぇぞ

Jin makes a kind of sad face when he says it won't last forever. well, as sad as he can manage.

He knows that once your curse is broken you'll probably go back to your ordinary life. If your curse can't be broken you'll die. And if you, for some reason, continue to stay at Darkwick even after being cured, he'll be a fourth year next year--he's gonna go off to do field work. Eventually he'll work in the highest levels of the Institute and eventually he'll take his father's place as the president. With all of this, there's no way you'll be able to be together, no matter what. This is a short lived burst of happiness and attachment for him. It means a lot more to him than you realize.

Spring: (March-May) (between 5am and 11am)

"(yawn) What's with that look? I'm not allowed to yawn?" ふぁっ…… あ？　何だその顔は。俺があくびして悪ぃか？

(between 11am and 4pm)

"The flowers you can see from the balcony? Yeah, I had them planted. ...My mother liked them." バルコニーから見える花……？ああ、俺が植えさせた。 …………お袋が好きだった花だ

the balcony bg and the front of frostheim background don't have flowers visible in them(i mean the balcony has potted plants but no flowers). . .i wonder what kind of flowers his mother liked. maybe the pc will grow them when they turn into a Kyklos.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Sunset's supposed to be nice this time of year. Come on, servant. Before I change my mind." 春茜か……おい下僕、少し外に出る。 俺の気が変わる前に付き合えよ

(between 8pm and 5am)

"You're going to see the cherry blossoms tonight with the brats? Suit yourself. I doubt any of you can appreciate them." あ？　ガキどもと夜桜を見に行く？ 勝手にしろ。お前らに、あの風情がわかるとは思えねぇけどな

'you guys are too poor to appreciate nice things'

Summer: (June-August) (between 5am and 11am)

"Those little shits are so loud this morning... They're worse than the cicadas. Tohma, go exterminate them." クソ、朝からガキどもがうるせぇ。 塔真、あのセミより鬱陶しい奴らを駆除してこい

MODS, PUT 'EM IN THE BLENDER.

(between 11am and 4pm)

"What kind of moron chooses to go out in the sun this time of year? Unless you want your brain to melt, stay here with me." わざわざこの時期、日を浴びようなんて奴は馬鹿しかいねぇ。 お前も脳みそ溶かしたくなきゃ、ここにいろ

jin. . .this is frostheim. it is PERMANENTLY WINTER here, even to the point of that the day-night timing doesn't change. It's not hot unless we leave the boundaries of frostheim. . . . THIS IS A THINLY VEILED EXCUSE TO GET YOU TO STAY WITH HIM.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"You've got tickets to a fireworks festival? The view's better from a helicopter. ...You've got guts thinking you can show me a good time, peasant." あ？　花火大会の観覧席チケット？ 花火はヘリから見るもんだろ。庶民の分際で俺を誘いやがって……

'peasant' is worse than 'servant' in my opinion. . . .

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Haven't heard the sound of waves for a while... Get the speedboat. I'll drive." しばらく波の音も聞いてねぇな…… おい、今すぐクルーザーを出せ。操縦は俺がする

jin just shoving you into various vehicles to take you places is really funny to me for some reason. you're like his purse dog. he just wants to take you everywhere even if it doesn't really benefit him to do so. also he can drive a speedboat????

Autumn: (September-November) (between 5am and 11am)

"I overworked myself. Go get Tohma. I was right having him get that PT license. I should have you get one too." 塔真を呼べ、オーバーワークした。 あいつに整体の資格を取らせたのは正解だったな。 下僕、お前も取るか

. . .doesn't that take like three years minimum in japan. . .how did you get him to get that. . .didn't he only meet you like two and a half years ago and you weren't even in the same house then. . .is that a darkwick offered course. . . .

(between 11am and 4pm)

"A pumpkin spice latte? I'm not drinking this saccharine garbage. Give the rest to the brats." あ？　パンプキンスパイスラテ？ こんな甘ったるい茶は飲まねぇよ。残りはガキどもにやっとけ

what do you think he is, a basic bitch like you? Not a big fan of sweets. Noted.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"My favorite family vacation? Don't have one. This conversation is over." 行楽の思い出？そんなもんねぇよ。 ……この話は終わりだ

(between 8pm and 5am)

"I don't play the piano because I like it. It's just force of habit." 別に、ピアノが好きで弾いてるわけじゃねぇよ。ただの惰性だ

Winter: (December-February) (between 5am and 11am)

"...Don't fucking wake me up. Come back later." ……起こすんじゃねぇ。話なら後にしろ

he hates the heat he hates the cold. . .well he also hates mornings in general. . . .

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Why is my name on this snowman? Tohma, give me your gloves. Whichever half-wit made this has shit for eyes." なんで雪だるまに、俺の名前が？ ……塔真、手袋を貸せ。これ作った奴の目は、確実に腐ってやがんな

"is that supposed to be me. . .? aw hell no i am fixing this shit"

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Tell the chef and the brats we're having a roast dinner tomorrow. Kobe beef. They know how I like it." 明日はローストディナーだ、シェフとガキどもに言っとけ。 肉は神戸牛でな。焼き加減はわかってるはずだ

i like that the frostheim ghouls eat dinner together like a family. . .jin looks at Kaito and Lucas and goes 'those are my idiot sons. i cannot stand them.'

(between 8pm and 5am)

"You're staying here tonight, servant. I'll show you an aurora you couldn't even dream of." 下僕、今夜は泊まれ。最上級のオーロラを見せてやる

see how this is worded differently from when he asks you to stay over because 'your house is too far away'? even when he's trying to be sweet to you, as long as he maintains your power imbalance he feels comfortable--he has something over you here--but trying to lay his feelings bare, just saying 'i want you to stay with me', that's so much more than he's used to saying.

His birthday (Year 1): (August 31st)

"A birthday party? This has Tohma written all over it, that asshole's always using me to— You're planning it? ...I'll think about it." 誕生日パーティー？　塔真の奴、また俺を客寄せに使って…… 違う？お前が主催？ ……気が向いたらな

'that asshole tohma is trying to make me go outside aga--oh you're planning the party. oh. okay. maybe.'

His birthday (Year 2): (August 31st)

"What? You got me a present? …You can give it to me later. Come to my room in an hour." あ？　俺に誕生日プレゼント？ ……あとで受け取ってやる。 １時間後に、俺の部屋に来い

he wants his present in private thank you u.u

Your birthday (Year 1):

"The song I just played? It's G. F. Handel. He wrote it for the queen's birthday." さっき弾いた曲？……Ｇ．Ｆ．ヘンデルが、女王の誕生日に送った曲だ

in case you don't get the significance of what he's saying here. . .lemme fetch one of Tohma's lines for you--

"I'm no more than a servant. Frostheim is ruled by a king, you see." 私はあくまで小間使いですよ。フロストハイムには、キングがいますから

my dude I think jin just called you his queen--only for your birthday though don't get cocky, servant

Your birthday (Year 2):

"Hey, servant. Did you get the package from Tohma yet? …No? Tch… What the hell is he doing…" おい、下僕。塔真から荷物は受け取ったか？ ……まだだと？ チッ。 あの野郎、もたもたしやがって……

on one hand. . .did you not want to deliver the present yourself. . .on the other hand. . .TOHMA WHERE IS MY GIRL'S PRESENT LMAO. . .he's just trying to teach you that you should do things yourself Jin!

New Years: (January 1st)

"Hope you're ready for another year being at beck and call, servant. First up, my New Year's courtesy calls. Go do them for me." おい、下僕。今年も俺専用の女中として必死に尽くせよ。 まずは新年の挨拶回りだ。代わりに行ってこい

'happy new year! your purpose is still serving me.'

Valentine's Day: (February 14th)

"What's that sad-looking box you're holding? ...Oh. No, don't throw it away. I'll take it." なんだ？　この貧相な包みは。 ……ああ、そういうことか。 捨てなくていい。受け取ってやるよ

jin is one of those characters who probably gets a mountain of chocolates given to him by admirers, all brand name and like from famous confectioners and shit. real nice fancy packages. so he sees your shitty little unprofessional homemade thing and is like 'tf is that' before he realizes it's for him and it's made with love and he just. . .ah. no, i want that, actually.

White Day: (March 14th)

"Keep your schedule open tonight. You're having a meal your peasant taste buds couldn't even dream of." おい、今夜は予定を開けとけ。庶民じゃ一生出会えねぇような美味いもん、お前に食わせてやるよ

April Fool's Day: (April 1st)

"Hey, are you all right? ...Tsk. If that was a joke, it wasn't fucking funny. I've changed my mind. Cancel all my plans for the day." おい、お前大丈夫か？ 　……チッ。質の悪ぃ嘘だな…… 気が変わった。今日の予定はすべてキャンセルだ

i feel like Jin is about to put together the most elaborate prank and it's gonna hurt someone's feelings or get somebody hurt and no one will find it funny and he'll end up feeling super shitty. like that one spongebob episode.

Halloween: (October 31st)

"Where the hell's Tohma? Asshole sent the brats to my room to beg for candy. Next time I see him I'm going to wring his fucking neck." クソ……塔真はどこだ。俺の部屋に籠持ったガキども寄こしやがって。 あいつ……ぶっ殺すぞ……

okay but did you give them candy?

Christmas: (December 25th)

"Go tell Tohma what color dress you're wearing tonight. Why? Maybe I'll wear a matching ascot tie. If I feel like it." 今夜着るドレスの色を塔真に伝えておけ。 あ？　理由？ 気が向いたらアスコットタイの色を合わせてやる

Idle: (about 20 seconds without interacting with the game) (below 13 affinity)

"...Where the hell did she go?" ……あの女、どこ行きやがった？

(13 affinity and above)

"Shit... This is throwing me off. Who does that servant think she is?" ……クソ……調子が狂う。 下僕の分際で、舐めやがって……

he feels so wrong without you next to him aw

Absent: (logging in for the first time in 2 or more days?)

"...You've got guts abandoning your place at my back, servant. I'm going to have to retrain you." …………っ、おい……下僕は常に主人の後ろにいるもんだろうが。 お前は再教育だ

ONCE AGAIN IT FEELS LIKE I PUT NEARLY ALL OF THEM IN IT'S ALL OF THEM NOW! The way he treats the pc in so many different ways but it makes sense with his character and feelings. . .as far as the home screen lines go, Jin definitely loves you in some capacity. He's actually quite clingy. . .i'm a little too sleepy for more coherent thought haha

[storkmuffin]

if you want to get even more deeply parasocial about jongho and feel all warm and fluttery may i suggest this pop live (https://youtu.be/lIYM0ggkW68) because i sat through the whole thing without understanding almost any korean and still felt like a blushing medieval maiden getting serenaded by a troubadour (which. to be fair. that is almost exactly what that live was)

ask sent 2025.7.22

Uh. So I didn't actually want to get very parasocial about Jongho. Because, you know, I'm not. I really am not. I am about Yunho, and probably also San, and Seonghwa too, and um, Wooyoung.... but NOT ABOUT JONGHO. Liking a likable person is not being parasocial! I said, confidently.

But then 120 seconds (seriously, at exactly the 2:00 mark) into this Jongho Pop Toqtok Live, from 2024.11.21, I realized ... I have to liveblog this.

oh FUCK me.

Here goes.

I've seen Jongho Pops before - right after the first March 2025 concert, for example, and recently, the slightly drunken one he did after the contract renewal (where he later turned it off and went barging into San's room after barging into his Pop, as audience). He speaks in mostly 반말 to his audience usually, in a way that's very different in tone and approach from the way Wooyoung does it, or how Mingi, who tends to switch between 반말 and 존댓말, does it. Jongho posits that most of the people in his chats are going to be younger than him, which is interesting because he is the maknae, and when he uses 존댓말, he does it the way an elementary school teacher addressing a class full of children does it, to model proper 존댓말 grammar, almost.

It's very, uh, like Big Oppa (큰오빠). You know in big families where like, your mom has several older siblings, and Big Uncle is the eldest in that family, who then has an eldest son, so that when there's a dozen cousins all crowding together in one place, he's everyone's Big Oppa? Or maybe you don't know. But just go with me. This sort of Big Oppa is super useful, because he allows even the Ultra Unnie types like me to look at him and go, You know what, if he's here, it's under control, so I'm gonna take the responsibility backpack off now. IT'S ALL YOURS DADDY-O. Jongho has that vibe, to me.

Or so I thought.

And then at the 2 minute mark Jongho, sitting on the floor in a hoodie, with his Yunho-ish face all oval and pretty, and his big square hands hugely close to the screen (this can NOT be happening) says, "I JUST REALLY WANTED TO DO A LIVE TODAY FOR SOME REASON." Fiddle fidget fiddle with the fingers. Then he says, "I haven't washed yet, so I can't go on the bed" - pats the bed - "so I'm doing it on the floor, like this."

So. Many. Questions. What? Who made this rule, that you can't lay down on your bed unless you're freshly showered every single time? Does Jongho usually do his Lives from bed?? But the two I saw weren't at all from bed. What?

Jongho apparently made his own version of that Bruno Mars and the blonde Black Pink girl song, 아파트. And then he's singing 아파트 which even with Bruno Mars being involved was to me an unforgivably stupid song, just, fucking hideous, and he makes it sound so beautiful. Plaintive and wistful.

He says, in his Big Oppa grammar, that he wants to give people a room tour, but there's nothing to see, because he doesn't really decorate. There's basic furniture, a PC, and shopping bags that need to be tidied. As a compromise, he shows everyone his absolutely enormous bed. It's huuuuuge. I like his sheets - they look soft and comfy. He has two fluffy pillows like a normal human. The pillow cases match the duvet cover.

Jongho says that is bed is a Large King. He got the biggest room, and he wanted a 'full' room feeling, so he bought the biggest available bed. But even with this super Large King bed, his room still feels really big. "That's why I'm always in my bed."

.... I have been missing out. Why don't Jongho ults advertise this more? Why are you gatekeeping? He's just always in his bed? What? Also, spending a lot of time rolling around in bed is very me coded. I approve.

The more I think about it the more I'm like... So someone who is in Ateez is actually capable of having a cozy-comfy set of bedclothes (unlike the bed of ascetic psychosis that is Yunho's, men's prison aesthetic that is Mingi's, of course he would have navy sheets a la San etc).

While I'm thinking this Jongho leaves the screen then comes back with ... a guitar. He sits back down on the floor. He's unzipping the guitar, saying he hasn't touched it since that last Live. Then he's tuning it, looking down, and he looks so much like Yunho from this angle. I am not OK. Mom, my stomach feels weird. I think I might throw up.

Jesus - He's using his own voice as the tuner for his guitar. Uhh?? Does he have perfect pitch??

I'm getting super excited. He's making the guitar sound pretty during tuning. This bodes really well.

THEN HE'S PLAYING AND OMG HE'S GREAT. He sounds fabulous. Then he says, "Oh it's been so long my fingers are all stiff." Liar. Jongho is playing beautifully. And now he's SINGING. He's not remembering all the lyrics or anything, but he sounds SO GOOD. I don't know this song, but wow he has such a beautiful voice - oh wait I know this song!! - OMG NOW AND FOREVER I WILL BE YOUR MAN!!

Of course he sings this as his first song. This is so Jongho. Large King.

HIS ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IS PERFECT.

Why didn't I know this? Did I know this?

Then he starts another song, and he's a very very proficient guitarist, and WHY IS HE IN THIS BAND, and then he stops and complains about not remembering the chords.

He tells you, the viewer - not asking, but telling - that it's fine that he doesn't remember the chords or all the songs. "It just looks cool, to do a live while holding a guitar." Jongho says he doesn't remember all the chords to all the songs he knows, so he can't show us as much as he wants. Then he just stops talking and goes right into playing Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven.

Uh.

What the hell is this super ultra mega flex move?? Isn't Eric Clapton one of the Great White Men of Guitar?? HE'S SO GOOD.

Then he starts strumming something else, that I don't know, but dude, Jongho is a guitarist. Why did I not know he was a guitarist as well as an operatic singer?

As he's reading the comments, he's playing scales all pretty, not looking at his fingers, which is another flex. He says, "It's a little frustrating that I can't recall something to play!!"

Then he remember something and starts singing a silly ditty in Korean about not... crossing.. your legs? He's smiling as he does it, because he's being silly. I don't know this song, but Jongho just elevates everything he sings so I'm not sure how to react.

He starts singing another song about I don't know you, but I want you, and then he stops again, and says, "I really want to play you something! But it's making me crazy because I can't remember the any of the chords!!"

Then he goes to get a folder, and starts flipping through the pages. As he reads, Jongho says, "Oh but there's only lyrics in here!" As in, no chords. He stops on a page, muttering about chords, chords, chords. Then, reading from his own notes (?), he starts to sing another song while accompanying himself on guitar.

Jongho has such a lovely voice, such superior singing technique. He just owns it. Him just singing casually, without conviction, uncertain of the song, the notes, the beat, is still so beautiful and musically solid. He interrupts himself laughing because he gets twisted up, and it's also fine. He's just playing around on his guitar, muttering he's forgotten, can't remember, what was it, I dunno, and then he reads a comment: "This feels like peeping on me while I practice?"

He's saying chord names to himself, trying to figure it out as he goes.

I was so, so right to say I'd buy tickets to whatever solo event Jongho ever wants to have. He can do this - exactly this, the stop and go of it, and making faces trying to remember, and telling us, I don't remember, I can't recall over and over.

"This is a piano score, not a guitar one," he says, flipping through his folder again.

He plays piano too?

"Thanks to Atiny, I've come to a day where I open this really old sheet music. Wow I practiced songs like this one too? Oh this really takes me back."

He finally finds something he thinks he can use to sing. Jongho looks much more at ease with a guitar than Hongjoong, who acted frankly like he was afraid he might drop it while performing in concert.

OH HE'S PLAYING STING! HE'S PLAYING A STING SONG! I KNOW THIS SONG - WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT??? HE SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE STING RECORDING'S GUITARIST??

Jongho launches into a story about how in Germany he was 'playing around' with the guitar with Gyro (??) hyung and Joongjae (??) hyung, until someone told him, "Just play then." At some point Jongho played a song that Hongjoong knew, so they sang it. So now Jongho is singing on the upper end of his range, but very gently, and I'm completely won over again.

This is incredibly stress relieving.

He was playing very delicately thus far. Jongho says, "I've been playing it gently because it's night, but at the time I played like this," and now he's just playing like he's a folk singer giving a concert and

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME JONGHO IS A GUITARIST?

So then Jongho says, "There is not a single song I remember~~~" and closes the guitar strumming portion of this Live Pop, but I am very thrilled anyway.

"It's now time to communicate!" he says. Jongho is so stern.

Showing us the lyric sheet for the song he sang on the Limousine service show. I'm very intrigued by the glyphs he's marked on his lyric sheet to remind himself to do downward scales while he sings (whatever the correct terms are). He also has a different sheet where he phonetically noted how the original singer pronounced the words in performance, to get to verisimilitude. This is so interesting. I love when people discuss nuts and bolts of their craft.

Flipping through the binder again one last time, Jongho sets it aside, saying, "Farewell, My Memories. I shall see you later."

He asks the chat if they know a song, 아름다운 이별. He finds the lyrics, and he starts singing:

눈물이 흘러/ 이별인 걸 알았어 (from the tears flowing/I knew it was farewell) (what the fuck is this song omg)

And he does this desperately sad, husky fade out for each of 흘러 and 알았어 and CHOI JONGHO! YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW! YOU HAVE ME BY THE THROAT - STOP STOP STOPPP

Then he says, Eh, my throat is all scratchy, I can't do it properly.

I both very much want and also VERY STRONGLY do not want him to sing it properly, because trust me, thousands will die and tens of thousands will be injured but it will also be so beautiful.

AUGH HE'S DOING IT AGAIN. HE'S SINGING AT MEEEEE -

Jongho continues, "It goes generally like that. Don't you think that I'd do it better now, than I did back then?"

Yes. And you're threatening me and I don't like it.

혼자만의 사랑의 ... 내가 사랑했던 것 만큼 / 너를 미워하면 잊을까/ 이별까지도/ 사랑할 수는 없었기에

Oh Holy Virgin save me - this is that Kim Gunmo song but Choi Jongho is a vastly superior singer to Kim Gunmo and he's trying to kill me THIS LIVE NEEDS TO COME WITH A WARNING LABEL. Also, why is he making me like these soppy fucking songs this much while only singing two or three lines from them at a time??!??!

Now Jongho is talking about 쫑스트 and I don't know what that is, so skip. And now he's singing another song. The other thing that's great about Jongho is that he has FANTASTIC diction while singing, In Korean. His pronunciation is superior to both Yunho and San, who are better than the rest. I am thrilled that I can hear every word. i can just take dictation from what he's singing:

창가에 요란히 내리는 빗물소리 만큼 시린 기억들이 내 마음 붙잡고 있는데 갈수록 짙어져간 그리움에 잠겨 시간을 거슬러 갈 순  - and he stops himself.

Jongho goes to get propolis candy, which he eats on camera after explaining that it's Good For Your Throat. He bought it off of coupang, he says. Brand doesn't matter. He's got the team ring on, the one that married him to seven other men in the Order of Ateez, and he shows it. Mouth full of candy, he warbles, "This is edible. It doesn't taste bad!"

What is 쫑스트?? Jjongst?? What is this? He says, If I sing a song from a medical drama, do I have to sing it at a hospital? Wouldn't that be ridiculous though?

Now he's talking about drama - the demon prosecutor or whatever (my pilates teacher told me she was watching this last year), and he wants to watch something else with "Gangnam" in the title, with Ji Changwook (whose name I've heard but I don't know his face).

We're now in the Ajumma Jongho part of this chat, and I'm totally discombobulated. 'I'm wearing the slippers I recommended!" he says, and shows his home footwear. What is happening?

"Oh look at the time!" Jongho says. There's a Music Bank thing he has to do tomorrow. Laughing, he says, "I wasn't pretending to not see the Duck Pajama request," then he correct himself, "Okay I was. I was pretending not to have seen it. I admit it." This is another insider joke. I don't know what this means. What's the Duck Pajamas?

"Anyway I have to wash," he says, and starts wrapping up. "Thank you for watching this Live, where I've been muttering to myself and playing guitar and stuff. So, everyone - Good night!" He gives us a cute little salute. "Bye!"

I am. Wrung. Out.

Hey. Hey, anon? Hey. We need to talk. You said - you said!! - "feel all warm and fluttery" and I think maybe, just a little bit, you were setting me up for something. Hey? HEY. Ma'am? HEY. [passes out]

[heykaya]

Reactions To PC Going Into Labor - Mason, Sirris, Sydney and Sirris, Alex, that Woodcutter that lives near Eden

Extracted from the game’s code (19th April 2025)

Mason

In the school’s swimming pool.

You gasp as a contraction hits you, stealing the strength from your limbs. You briefly go under, and chlorinated water fills your mouth. You flail in a panic, struggling to keep your head above water. Suddenly, a pair of strong arms wrap around you, towing you out of the water and onto the slippery tile. Firm, unyielding hands turn you on your side as you hack up water.

"Whoa, what happened?" Mason asks, looking concerned as he leans over you. "You need to be more careful, what if..." His voice trails off as he notices the way you carefully hold your abdomen. "Are you going into labour? Now?" Panicked, he turns and yells at a nearby student to run to Leighton's office for help.

You watch the student dash out of the room with glazed eyes as Mason turns his attention back to you. "You're going to be alright. Just breathe with me, okay?" Mason tries to guide you through some breathing exercises, but you're unable to focus. As the world fades to black, you hear the sirens of an ambulance.

Sirris

During Science Class

A powerful contraction grips you, and you cry out. The pain causes you to blackout for the briefest of seconds. When you open your eyes, you find yourself laying on the classroom floor, Sirris hovering over you. "You're going into labour," he says, holding your hand as he fishes a cellphone out of his pocket. "You're going to be okay, I promise." He presses the phone to his ear and calls for an ambulance.

As you wait for the ambulance, Sirris lectures on the miracle of childbirth. Some of your classmates look ill, while others can't tear their eyes away from you. The last thing you hear before passing out is his enthusiastic gushing about your ripened cervix.

Sydney and Sirris

At the Adult Shop

You stumble, barely catching yourself on a shelf laden with dildos. You cradle your belly as you slide to the ground, groaning with pain.

You hear Sirris calling for you from the back room. After a few moments, you hear Sirris enter the shop proper, followed by a shout of surprise as his eyes land on you.

Within moments, Sirris is kneeling at your side, phone to his ear as he tries to hold your attention.

Behind him, you can see Sydney hovering in worry. You try to give him a reassuring smile, but you can't hold on any longer. You pass out.

Alex

At the Farm Road.

Your body feels tired, and your legs give out underneath you. The road is only a few centimetres away from you. You attempt to stand, but your body won't move. Fluid drips down your leg. You're going into labour.

Managing to roll yourself over, you wave your hands in the air, hoping to flag down a car passing by. No one spares you a look, asides from an occasional honk. One comes so close that you have to roll back over to avoid getting hit.

Tears prick at your eyes. You fear having to deliver your baby in such a horrible place, and as time ticks by, that fear becomes more and more real.

(If Alex is the father + you have talked to him about having kids)

Your body starts to give into fatigue. You barely realise that someone has picked you up. They're yelling at you, but you can't make out the words. Your head spins.

It takes a moment for you to focus long enough to realise who it is. It's Alex. Despite your blurry vision, you're able to make out the fear on his face. With you and your baby in good hands, you let go and fall unconscious.

That Woodcutter That Lives Near Eden

Starts at Eden’s Cabin

Your thighs feel wet, and you start to feel a sharp pain. You're going into labour.

(Depending on time of day)

Eden is still sleeping soundly.

Eden is out hunting, he can't help you right now.

Eden is busy with his own chores and hasn't noticed your panic.

(If PC is collared and leashed)

You desperately tug at your leash, hoping it will break. A few last stubborn threads hold on. Panicked, you begin to gnaw at the threads. Relief floods you when it breaks.

You stumble into the forest as the pain of your contractions begins. You're not even sure where you're going.

(If PC has Stockholm Syndrome: Eden)

You're about to turn back to the cabin, when a branch cracks to your left.

(Otherwise)

You walk an unknown distance before you pause, too exhausted to continue, the adrenaline fading from your body. A branch cracks to your left.

You hear a (person)'s voice. "Are you okay, there?" he asks as he approaches. He looks vaguely familiar. There's an axe along his back. You think you stopped and talked to him as he was chopping wood once.

You're barely able to talk as another contraction hits, more painful than the previous ones. The (person) takes off his coat and gently puts it over your shoulders.

"Come on, lean on me. I'll take you to the hospital." Your vision fades before you can take the next step.

Degrees of Lewdity - Text Based Masterpost

[anim-ttrpgs]

A.N.I.M. Plans for January 2025

January 9th: Release Patreon Rewards

These will include a further updated and more finished version of Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy, three short stories you may have heard me mention regarding the character Yvette Preux, the adventure modules, and, perhaps most excitingly, a sorta-playable preview of our upcoming new game, Silk&Dagger: A Sensible Drow RPG.

The best way to describe Silk&Dagger in a few sentences might be that it is a unique take on drow that explores what kind of society would actually result in the common tropes associated with them in fiction, and a game about slice-of-life in an oppressive underground society with strictly enforced social hierarchy and behavioral expectations for each social class. Most players will play servants, with one player playing a mistress, all trying to accomplish household tasks while each is weighed down by their own strict class expectations. Another player, a sort of co-GM representing the expectations of society at large, deducts and awards metacurrency based on how well each PC is sticking to what is expected of them. It is a black comedy, with a lot of the humor coming from just how overwhelmingly shitty this strict hierarchy-based society makes life for everyone, and the awkward hoops everyone has to jump through to keep up appearances.

The preview of Silk&Dagger coming to the patreon this month is not finished enough for me to call it fully playable, it doesn't even have proper character creation rules yet, but it does have enough rules and lore that you can get a good idea of how the game is supposed to play. Playtesters who have played this version with the help of me filling in the blanks verbally as we go have all said they really enjoyed it, though.

January 30th: Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Itchio Beta Update & Adventure Modules Release

January 2025 is when Eureka was originally supposed to be fully finished, but due to delays and, we will admit, an overambitious timeframe, Eureka just isn't fully finished this month. We will, however, be releasing what we have as an update to the free public beta on itchio. Work will still continue on Eureka as it has done, and we plan to have it fully finished by the end of this year at the absolute latest.

Along with this beta update of the rulebook, we are also releasing the beta for Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Mystery Modules Vol 1., which will include the two other Eureka adventure modules that are finished enough to be fully playable: The Eye of Neptune and FORIVA: The Angel Game, both previously only available through our patreon.

And finally,

Make at Least $1,360.82

We need to make at least $1,360.82 in January to keep the studio afloat and for me to continue supporting myself primarily through A.N.I.M. At the time of writing this (January 7th, 2025), we are at $175.30/$1,360.82.

To this end, we are really banking on the Silk&Dagger preview to draw people to the patreon, and getting a lot of itchio sales for both the Eureka beta and the never-before-fully-public adventure modules in the last couple days of the month. If you want to support us and more sure we reach this goal, reblog this post and our other posts and talk about Eureka (we live-and-die on word-of-mouth), and if you want to financially support us directly, here are some links. Thank you for all of your wonderful support thus far.

[stargazerbibi]

[ 27th february, 2025 • 11/159 days ]

rained a lot and seriously considered skipping class, but got up and went anyways :3

-> classes (total: 1h00)

-> IAED lab03 (6/7 exercises, #3 has a bug tho)

-> journaled

-> set up the tv (yayy!! don't need to use my pc!)

-> The New York Times daily games

-> watched Castlevania s4 ep1-2 (ft. old pic)

-> continued reading Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy (the goal is to finish it quickly now!)

[satoshi-mochida]

Fate/EXTRA Record launches in 2025 for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC - Gematsu

Fate/EXTRA Record will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam in 2025, publisher Bandai Namco and developers TYPE-MOON and TYPE-MOON studio BB announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via its official website:

About

The “Moon Holy Grail War” begins anew… The setting is a Spiritron virtual world called “SE.RA.PH.” built on the moon. Masters and Servants team up and fight for survival in pursuit of the “Holy Grail,” an omnipotent wish-granting device, in the Moon Holy Grail War which begins once again… This is a remake of Fate/EXTRA, the first Fate series RPG originally released on July 22, 2010, now revamped for modern hardware with an expanded scenario, refreshed character graphics, and dramatic command battles utilizing a highly strategic deck-building system.

Master and Servant

128 of the world’s top hackers, each capable of transforming their soul into Spiritrons, are selected as Masters to participate in the Holy Grail War. The Servants they form contracts with are the souls of legendary heroes and eminent figures from history, whose true names are concealed. These Servants are materialized as Spiritron life-forms and are assigned to one of seven classes, such as Saber or Archer. Through their shared struggle, where they entrust their souls to one another, their pasts and hidden desires intersect.

Staff

Original Story and Scenario: Kinoko Nasu / TYPE-MOON

Original Character Concept: Takashi Takeuchi / TYPE-MOON

Planning and Direction: Kazuya Niino / TYPE-MOON studio BB

Character Design: Arco Wada

Watch a new trailer below.

FGO Fes. 2024 Trailer

[scalematey]

a list of my fave d20 fic-off 2025 fics :]

decided to make a little list of some of the fics that i want to highlight/i think really cooked this year. also because there are just, so many of them.

anyway. these aren't sorted in any particular order of favouritism but i wanna give a little bit of commentary on each one!

Don't you wanna see what you've been missing? by Luvo (archive-locked) fantasy high, riz-centric, one-shot, 11k+

this fic made me feel like, true and proper crazy. i've literally been thinking about this for weeks. luvo kept mentioning "evil love potion fic" in chat and YEAH that's basically what it is. riz gets dosed with a love potion (he's aroace and he's not having a fun time about it). extremely tightly executed all-around, so, so good.

Shelter by Awesome_Sauce432 (archive-locked) fantasy high, lucy-centric, one-shot, 40k+

i highly urge everyone to read olive and eren's entire wizardswap au because it makes me feel SOOO bonkers but this fic. this fic!! in this au lucy gets shatterstarred and the slow transformation and buildup to it plus the final scenes with the goddess fallout make me want to chew glass.

i'd take your dreams and make 'em multiply by lunarblazes the unsleeping city, pete & kingston, one-shot, 2k+

this class-swap au is so snappy and it is so chef's kiss. there is something about way that luna does descriptive language that is so BUTTERY SMOOTH. their dynamic is really fun i love pete and kingston.

AITA for giving a second chance to the guy that attacked me and my friends? by ItsJustKade (archive-locked) fantasy high, inkblade, multi-chap, 2k+

watching this fic update in real-time was so. jesus christ man. i don't think the 2k word count does it justice because i urge you to open the comments on every single chapter for commenters rping as fantasy redditors. one of the funniest fics i read the whole of fic-off from everyone trying to be the silliest clown at the circus.

"dude, that shrimp is frying rice." and bread. eggs. milk. lobster? by ardentarchivist (serenescribe) fantasy high, both ficlets, TBK-centric, <1k each

cheating a little because these are the two ficlets i sent ell prompts for so of course i'm biased BUT ell did SUCH a fantastic job with both of these they are SO silly goofy funny. the dialogue is so sharp!! big fan of saint larry i miss him every single day.

anywhere you're gonna be by godmarked (archive-locked) the unsleeping city, pete/oc, 3k+

when i tell you that i'm obsessed with zack's oc charlie. i really do mean it, i'm obsessed with her whole thing, she's so COOL augh. this is actually a sequel to a fic that zack wrote LAST fic-off so if you need context go read that first BUT i just like them and this has nothing at all to do with pete being my favourite TUC PC. anyway. the worldbuilding here is so FUNNN.

Creek Angel by rratking fantasy high, trackerbees, multi-chap, in-prog, 3k+ (so far)

i still think about this fic frequently. this is a little kristen goes to helioc summer camp kidfic au which is just, SO so heartbreaking. the way that bird gets kristen and tracker makes me actively nauseous if i have to think about it for more than 2 seconds. read creek angel it makes me feel crazy btw.

Required Worksheets of Aguefort by castlesonclouds and Artistkitty (archive-locked) fantasy high, gen, multi-chap, 2k+, 13 worksheets lol

this deserves a shoutout because it is SUCH a good tool for building fhsonas and other miscellaneous d&d ocs that i felt like it was worth mentioning. also because castles and patch put puzzles on the rogue worksheet and i like doing puzzles. the effort!! the creativity!!

the entire aguefort gym that makes you gay tag because what the hell was that fantasy high, 27? 28? fics

like a week or two before fic-off i posted a bingo board in the server that included "fic-off compliant lore" and i'm proud to say that we've done it folks, it's all love now.

the section of the collection that is just a cascade of shorter fics from when everyone tried to fight for met the brief and concluded with The Tragedy of the Barrys by wolfsongrevival look they were fighting for shortest fic okay the fic is one word long

the day after i posted my 24 word fic, riya posted a 23 word fic, and this all happened while i was out at dinner and then suddenly like 7 different people posted fics of decreasing word count. you just had to be there man. they're never gonna bring back the superlative after this.

i haven't read all the fics in the collection btw, these are mostly extracted from the ones that i managed to actually read during the month. i'll get around to reading all of the rest eventually but there are so many of them!! and these aren't even all the good fics because there are SO MANY OF THEM i mostly tried to keep it to one fic per writer.

anyway collection plug here if you want to read more of these but i'm also kind of writing this post for myself so that i can come back and revisit them. what a blast. :)

[eggthew]

I'm curious, and have heard things about the younger generations, Gen Zs and especially Gen Alphas, not receiving as much education or lessons on how to use computers (as in desktop/PCs or laptops) beyond the basics, or internet safety and etiquette. No idea if this is true or not. So poll time!!

In this, I'm asking about if you received, or are receiving, actual, official lessons/classes on both internet safety/etiquette and how to use computers beyond the bare basics. For example, in school my class had dedicated lessons for both of these, that included signing up to educational sites that mimicked social media so we could learn how to navigate them in a monitored environment.

And to avoid any confusion, the generation categories are:

Gen X: 1965-1980

Millennials: 1981-1996

Gen Z: 1997-2012

Gen Alpha: 2010s-2025

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

1981: The Morning of American Psychosis

Peter Birkenhead

Aug 01, 2025

Forty-four years ago the world went cuckoo.

It can be difficult to communicate to those who weren’t there just how radically the culture inverted itself in 1981, and how disorienting that was for so many of us. As if everything had taken on the qualities of dramatization, grown swollen and shiny, engorged with laughing gas.

Everything got bigger. Especially anything with sugar in it.  Chocolate chip cookies. Ice cream cones. Movie theater soda cups.

Women’s dresses grew linebacker-size shoulder pads, and hair styles were apparently achieved by sticking forks into electrical sockets. Suddenly we had not merely King Sized but “California King Sized” beds.

In what felt like an instant, everything seemed one step removed from reality, a facsimile of its former self.

Dependable neighborhood burger joints were suddenly kitschified into 1950s-style “diners.” People were wearing costumes instead of clothes, spiffed-up regurgitations of 30-year-old styles. They seemed to be speaking out of the corners of their mouths, their words bracketed by invisible quotation marks.

And it all seemed to emerge from our brand new, pompadoured, facsimile of a president, who liked to tell stories about being present at the liberation of concentration camps he had never visited, whose White House operated under the guiding principle that, “If you tell the same story five times, it’s true.”

Ronald Reagan was first called the “Great Communicator” in August of ’81, in a piece by Lou Canon of the Washington Post, giving Orwellian punctuation to a summer when when economic supply and demand traded places, music became a visual medium, and Jeff Koons became famous.

The movies of the time were either bloated, winking imitations of the stories they’d displaced, or new stories that blithely inverted the moral valence of the old ones.

When it premiered in 1983, it wasn’t until about 45 minutes into watching “Risky Business” that I realized the filmmakers weren’t kidding, that they actually expected me to root for Tom Cruise’s amoral frat-boy and not against him.

Ronald Reagan represented a  long-awaited, vengeful triumph for characters like Cruise’s, one of style over substance, self-aggrandizement over self reflection, "reality" over reality. It was a declaration that the laws of political physics no longer applied.

That was the promise at the heart of Reagan’s appeal. More than any particular policy or program, Reagan’s presidency offered people a fulfillment of their basest, most infantile fantasy: a release from adult responsibility.

Civic responsibility, fiscal responsibility, even responsibility to the truth — under Reagan it all went the way of the coherent sentence. Where JFK had charged us to ask what we could do for our country, Reagan promised the country would ask nothing of us.

This led to lots of maddeningly hypocritical (to those who still cared) actual policies, of course, chief among them the concoction of a tax code that would somehow bring prosperity to the middle class by giving a larger portion of its money to the wealthy.

But Reagan and his staff, most especially P.R. guru Michael Deaver, never cared much for consistency. They regarded it as the hobgoblin of bigger minds, a vestige of an era when politics enabled policy, instead of the other way around.

Among the harbingers of a new era in the summer of 1981 were the introduction of the first "PC", the debuts of MTV and Entertainment Tonight, the firing of thousands of striking air-traffic controllers by the president, his hiring of Oliver North, and, perhaps most important, the beginning of daily network television coverage of White House "messaging."

In August of 1981, Michael Deaver started inviting the national media to daily appearances by the president, usually in the Rose Garden or some other picturesque White House venue, at which Reagan would deliver very brief, scripted remarks articulating what Deaver called the "message of the day," a message that often had nothing at all to do with the actual, immediate concerns of Washington or the American public, and that often relied on a very fuzzy conception of "facts." But the strategy worked.

It quickly closed that gap between what people had been talking about and what the Administration wanted them to talk about. It delivered a steady diet of fantasy directly to the public, and eventually aligned their version of reality with those of Ronald Reagan's play-acted presidency.

Reagan now occupied a constantly evolving, revisionist present, where he was able to make a virtue of his knack for amiable amnesia and blithely dismiss "misstatements" with a calculated twinkle in his eye. He made his performance as president -- the projection of an avuncular demeanor and "presidential" bearing -- into the point of his presidency.

And the press cooperated by judging the administration on its own terms.

The media were going through a crucible moment of their own in 1981. The success of glossy gossip rags like People Magazine and its ilk was exerting a strong pull in national newsrooms.

On television, Entertainment Tonight quickly beget an entire industry devoted to the parsing of box-office totals and fashion choices. Interviews with actors and directors focused on deal-making and career trajectories, and the word infotainment entered the lexicon.

The editors of "serious" magazines and newspapers took notice. They seized on the Reagan Administration's polished, sound-bite-ready, daily messaging as an opportunity to stay culturally relevant, and began to cover politics as popular entertainment.

Soon after Reagan began his messaging strategy, the Washington Post began publishing, for the first time, daily dispatches from the White House, regardless of whether or not the president had anything newsworthy to say.

There was no internet in 1981, but CNN had gone on the air the summer before, Walter Cronkite had retired in March, and once IBM introduced its first PC (and Microsoft its first operating system) on August 12th, all the conditions were in place to drastically speed up the news cycle and further shrink the public attention span.

Reagan, no fan of attention-paying, instinctively understood how to use the new media reality to deftly change the subject of national conversations.

It must have been an exciting time for a White House that relentlessly championed form over function. It was at the center of an unprecedented symbiosis between politics and culture, one that would make their policy goals much easier to achieve.

The new Reagan Administration's ethos and aesthetics influenced, and were influenced by, a popular culture that was itself going through fundamental change. MTV hadn't been on the air for more than a few weeks before its fast-paced style was being mimicked in commercials, and then movies.

Long film takes and songs and magazine articles were turned into instant artifacts, anything that smacked of the contemplative or the adult was marginalized, and a tsunami of kitsch flooded the culture.

Movies or television shows that aspired to topicality or realism had an especially tough time finding an audience. The era of Dog Day Afternoonand Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was over; the caviar days and champagne nights of Dynasty and the Material Girl had arrived.

The top ten television shows of 1975 were, in order, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Chico and the Man, The Jeffersons, MASH, Rhoda, The Waltons, Good Times, Maude and Hawaii Five-O.

If you're too young to remember them you should look up images of the people who starred in those series, people like Esther Rolle and Bill Macy. You might notice that almost all of them look suspiciously like actual people, human beings, with medical histories and memories and digestive systems.

And if you look up 1985's top shows you might notice that this is very much not the case for the stars of Dynasty, Dallas, The Cosby Show, Family Ties, The A-Team, Simon & Simon, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest. You'll see a gallery of the kind of faces we're now used to seeing on TV, the ones that look like they're assembled in face factories and shipped to Hollywood in bubble-wrap.

That was the face Reagan's America loved, the kind that asked nothing of its audience, and it was the face his White House presented to the public.

The Reagan's cultivated an untroubled, opulent, Dynasty-like style that celebrated conspicuous consumption. Despite all his time on horseback, Reagan was a man of affect, not action, and he inspired a culture of apathy, entitlement and greed. Eric Cantor, who would become the congressional leader of the extreme Republican “Young Guns” during the Obama era,  graduated high school in the summer of 1981, and his yearbook quote was, "I want what I want when I want it.”

There were always essentially two Reagan Administrations — The Reagan Show, starring America's endearingly addled, yet decent Uncle-in-Chief — and the one in which a much less visible, much more ruthless Reagan ignored the raging AIDS plague, de-funded much of America's safety net, nominated candidates to run agencies whose missions they opposed, fired 11,000 air traffic controllers and decertified their union, increased the number of American families living in poverty by a third, tripled the national debt, lied about selling weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages, and raised the debt ceiling to one trillion dollars for the first time in the nation's history.

The climax of 1981 for Reagan was the passage of his tax-cut bill on August 3rd, which he signed into law ten days later at his crop-less, livestock-less "ranch" in Santa Barbara, during a ceremony in which he forgot his own dog's name. It was to be the defining moment, in several ways, of the Reagan Administration.

It codified the philosophy that Reagan's own Vice President, George H.W. Bush, had famously derided during the Republican primaries as "voodoo economics," and about which Reagan told an interviewer: "an across the board reduction in tax rates, every time it has been tried, it has resulted in such an increase in prosperity . . . that even government winds up with more revenue." He cited no evidence for assertion, because there was none.

Forty years later, Reagan's tenacious delusions are crippling our capacity for self-knowledge and our government's ability to perform basic functions. The reality-revoking summer of 1981 laid the foundation for a dissociative political culture that nothing yet has been able to shake, and we're all paying the price.

Congressmen still speak unchallenged, and with a straight face, about lowering deficits by cutting taxes for the wealthy. Trumpian politicians invent new and wilder truths for themselves every day, whether about immigrant “invasions”, “Russia Russia” hoaxes, or middle school bathroom litter boxes, and trust that an all-too-complicit media will ratify even the looniest of their fantasies.

It's all quite literally unreal, but saying so is nearly pointless, like shouting into the wind.

It's old news.

[justicescoolandawesomeblog]

MY BEST DAY EVER: MONSTER HUNTER EDITION

Allow me to give some background don't worry it gets less boring when I get into my perfect day part, but this was VITAL for you to know. You NEED to know my lore and background

2018 era- I still remember the exact moment my Monster Hunter journey began: January 26, 2018. A wide‑eyed 14‑year‑old me—Justice, living in Louisiana—saw the launch trailer for Monster Hunter: World and thought, “Whoa, you literally hunt monsters? Sign me up.” I’d never touched a single entry in the series (hard‑core veterans would probably crucify me for starting with World), but that title alone was enough to reel me in. The very second I got home, I booted up the game. I remember vividly the opening cutscenes and the hours of linear playing that followed before I was finally free to go about and do (mostly) what I wanted to do. I was hooked immediately and ran to school the next day to drag my classmate Avery into the chaos. We flailed through a very small portion of the game for a solid week before kinda just… stopping. The game felt brutally hard, and—let’s be honest—middle‑schoolers who have the attention span of a goldfish, not reading anything and skipping important information, are a recipe for disaster. Monster Hunter: World went back on the shelf, gathering dust while life kept rolling 2020 era- Fast‑forward to 2020. I’m in Tennessee now with a brand‑new friend group who finally convinced me to buy a PC. The Steam Summer Sale hits; Monster Hunter: World is cheap. I tell my friends that we should check it out. Summer was great—about 100 hours were sunk into the series, and we spent so many days just running around having fun—but, like everything, we played too much at once and got burned out right at the end of the big DLC, so back onto the shelf it went, again.

2022 era (third times the charm baby)-

Two years later, we dusted the game off again—and this is when the addiction clamped down harder than anything I’d felt before. We didn’t just clear the story; we 100‑percented everything: every quest, every crown, every achievement. The final monster (looking at you, Fatalis—my most hellish gaming experience ever) chewed us up for three straight months of on‑and‑off attempts before we finally triumphed. The dopamine rush was unreal.

2023-2024 MH:Rise & The Long Wait-

High on victory, we steamrolled through the next game, Monster Hunter Rise, and its Sunbreak DLC expansion. Then came the lull. The older titles weren’t on PC, but Capcom threw us a lifeline on December 7, 2023—the day they announced Monster Hunter Wilds. From that moment, our group chat became a nonstop rumor mill: datamined leaks, trailer‑frame‑by‑frame analyses, and wild theories about new weapon moves. Needless to say, we were excited.

February 28, 2025 – Enter Monster Hunter Wilds

After two agonizing years of countdowns and praying that our schedules lined up, launch day finally landed. My friend Avery from way back in Louisiana took PTO to play with us; my friends from Belmont—Tim, Raa’d, and Asher—and I (sorry, academic integrity) also skipped our classes and spent all day talking about the game. We stocked up on snacks—far too many snacks, if I’m being honest—but hey, we’d waited for this game for years, and nothing was going to stop it from being perfect, so dammit, I’m eating those Oreos! We spent the entire hour leading up to launch pressing the refresh button until 11 p.m., when we finally got in. There was a lot of screaming while we waited for the game to load, and the instant the servers went live, we dove head‑first into the untamed frontier.

mass panic right here as we struggled to get in ^ I'll breeze slightly quickly through this part of the story to get to the meat and potatoes a bit faster, but we first started with character creation and spent a good amount of time on it. I decided that this time I was going to use a Hunting Horn—which is basically a musical instrument for combat—so I made my character look like a clown / jester, which I thought fit perfectly. After the character was finished, we hopped into the action for real this time. 

my awesome character who i love so deeply ^

I have to say, despite the reviews claiming the game was unoptimized and ran poorly, we all had a really smooth time with the actual gameplay. The cutscenes were fluid, and we were able to join up and hunt together almost right away. The first few hours flew by as we got our bearings and figured out all the new mechanics. It played much like the games we were used to, so it was easy to pick up.

We tackled the first few hunts together, beating the hell out of the entire first area before branching out to get sidetracked on our own. Around 2 a.m. we were all geared up and ready to keep going. Exhausted as we were, we still pushed forward, playing through the entire day—and beyond—with literally no sleep. This went on for almost two solid days before we finally decided to take a small nap at the 31 hour mark and then continue.

the ganggggggg ^

After we woke up about six hours later, we got back to hunting—and I mean a lot of hunting. We fought through a slew of monsters together, multiple times, trying to snag the best pieces for our armor. Luckily, near the end there was one target we could all grind for to get ready for our first big hunt, but first let me explain something very important.

some cool screenshots i took during our fights ^

Every mainline Monster Hunter release is split into two parts: Low Rank and High Rank, with a brutal‑but‑fun Master Rank arriving about a year later as a DLC expansion. The roughly 40 hours my friends and I had poured in so far were just to reach the Low‑Rank boss (Zoh Shia), so we were amped to kick its butt.

awesome banana sword for my cat and my fluffy armor (not drippy at all and super ugly tbh) ^ Now this is where it gets fun-

Zoh Shia’s lore is wonderfully complex—especially for lore nerds like me—but here’s the short‑and‑sweet version: it was a secret super‑weapon engineered by an ancient civilization called Wyveria to defend the kingdom from an unknown threat. The weapon proved too powerful to control and eventually wiped out its creators. The last few survivors sealed Zoh Shia inside the Dragontorch, a living bio‑reactor that powers the entire continent. Naturally, the ultimate weapon learned to feed on the Dragontorch’s energy and began twisting the continent’s natural phenomena. Realizing the danger, the Guild assigns our hunter to slay it—which let me say it's no small task, especially on only a few hours of sleep, because this thing is an absolute beast.

Zoh Shia (if you look closely you can see me at its legs down there) ^ We got slapped around a bit, and while we didn’t have a ton of trouble, it was still a close call: we had one faint left when Zoh Shia finally neared death. Cue the screaming and panic as we ran around flailing and healing and making tons of mistakes in the heat of the moment under all the pressure.. When we finished the hunt, we celebrated—only to be reminded that even bigger threats were waiting in High Rank. That, however, would have to wait for another day. A quick glance at the timer showed our little gaming binge had lasted 59 hours, 38 minutes, and 3 seconds.

my cool hunters name and my progress ^

Reflection- 

I figured this would be the best way to knock out two birds with one stone—I’d get to binge a game with my friends and complete a hefty assignment, but it honestly turned into the best day…well, days…of my life. Even now, we still talk about it; the whole marathon became a core memory, and I love my friends for making it happen. They’d only planned to stay up for a little while, but when I told them about the assignment they buckled down with me, playing until we were ready to drop. That kind of support felt incredible.

This project showed me just how much I love and appreciate my friends—and how lucky I am to have people willing to go all‑in with me. Using what the textbook taught, I make sure to tell them I appreciate them more often, and it feels great. Seriously, it was an amazing, amazing, amazing time, and you’d better believe that when the DLC drops in a year or so, we’re doing it all over again!

onto the next adventure ^

[danieyells]

@2flowerz also asked for Lyca so

NOW WITH 100% MORE DOGGO LYCA. HE IS DEFINITELY A HUMAN AND NOT A WEREWOLF. He is trying very hard to be a human. I love him very much. . . .

July 22nd 2025: Added year 2 player birthday line

Hello: (the first time the game is opened after that character is set as home screen NPC. Only happens once per day, unless the character is switched out and back.)

"...You again. Where're we going today?"

You've Got Mail: (whenever there's something in the inbox, usually Arena rewards)

"Hey, you got letters. Don't you have to read them? Oh, don't you know how?"

he understands if you can't read, man. neither can he.

Default: (requires no affinity, has no time constraints)

"You smell sweeter than usual today... Stop. Go away."

after learning that the pc is going to turn into the anomaly that cursed them any sort of 'you smell nicer than normal' feels like such a threat lmao

"You want to touch me? Fine. Ten seconds and that's it."

that is more than enough my good sir

"When I find Neros, I wanna prove I've been getting along with humans. Then he'll definitely let me live with him."

considering he related the term 'neglect play' to what Neros did to him. . .I'm not so sure. . .and if Neros was as old as he sounds like he was, I wonder if he's even still alive. . . .

"Hey! Moth-eaten Casanova! Where'd you go? I'm gonna show you my special move today."

"special move" in Japanese is 「必殺技」 or 'lethal move'/'killer technique', usually unique to a person or fighting style. Not sure if he wants to show Ed how cool he is or try and kill him lmao--

"This phone thingy they gave me keeps making noises and making me jump... Why do I gotta carry it everywhere? It's scary!"

Affinity 1: (between 5am and 11am)

"Mnn... Let me sleep... Don't touch me... Zzz..."

Affinity 2: (between 11am and 4pm)

"Laws, school regulations, anomalous law... Manners, morals, rules... How're you s'posed to remember all that?"

man i wish i could tell you. . .i've mostly got the morals in order, that's basically just 'don't do harm to others' when you get down to it. laws are about 50% 'don't do things that may endanger you or others' and 50% bullshit. the rest you're kinda on your own with.

Affinity 3: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"Urgh... My skin's crawling... Moon must be gettin' round soon..."

Affinity 4: (between 8pm and 5am)

"At first I was sad 'cause I got put in a different house to Suba, but all kinds of stuff happens here every day so it was fine."

awww he was sad because he doesn't get to see Subaru as often but he's not bored so it's alright! glad he's comfortable ;u;

Affinity 5: (between 8pm and 5am)

"H-Hey, don't come so close! Somethin' about your scent makes my stomach feel weird!"

WE'RE ONLY ON AFFINITY 5 DUDE YOU CAN'T BE CATCHING FEELINGS THIS EARLY it's probably because he's scared of girls or something lol

Affinity 6: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"I didn't do anything wrong! Those guys were saying mean stuff about me 'cause they thought I couldn't hear. All I did was yell at them."

I hate how they won't even let Lyca defend himself verbally. . . .

Affinity 7: (between 11am and 4pm)

"I don't mind classes. The teachers say cool stuff. Once I learn to read the textbooks and the notes and the blackboard it'll be perfect."

HE'S GONNA BE SUCH A GOOD STUDENT WHEN HE CAN READ???

Affinity 8: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"There was this big noise in our practical class and my ears popped out. Everyone ran away screaming. Damn it..."

wow they're cowards if the ears alone scared them. . .how're they supposed to deal with anomalies if that scared them!?

Affinity 9: (between 8pm and 5am)

"This? It's a picture book, duh. How come you don't know that when you're a human? I study with it before bed, everyone does it."

I wonder who made him a picture book of all the things he'd be learning as a first year to study with. . . . . .or maybe it's just a generic picture book lol

Affinity 10: (between 10pm and midnight)

"This blanket's not trash, it's just dirty. I can't sleep without it, so hands off."

he really loves that blanket huh. it must be one of the only things he had from his childhood or from being looked after by neros. . . .

Affinity 11: (between 5am and 11am)

"What's a "so-shul skill"?  That blond gigolo was talking about them. He said I don't have any. Is that a good thing?"

he's got social skills!! Just. . .not very human social skills!!!

Affinity 12: (between 11am and 4pm)

"I'm starving... I wanna eat Sho's food, but I can't order it without Suba... Wait, you can read, right?"

Lyca slowly realizing how many people he knows can actually read and thus can help him with placing orders for delicious foods--

Affinity 13: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"That moth-eaten Casanova's in his room all day so I tried to take him for a walk, but he locked his door and ignored me. The hell?!"

LYCA CONTINUES TO SCRATCH AT ED'S DOOR COME FOR WALKIES ED!!!!

Affinity 14: (between 5am and 11am)

"That stupid blond gigolo ran off with my blanket. I'm not done sleeping yet..."

tbf your blanket is filthy. . .and I get it, it's what you've got and it smells familiar but. . . .

Affinity 15: (between 5am and 11am)

"I can't get back to sleep... I'm gonna wake up that moth-eaten Casanova for a walk."

lyca is a dog scratching at your bedroom door with his leash in his mouth like 'yes it is time for walkies now rise human'

Affinity 16: (between 11am and 4pm)

"The teacher asked us to name an anomalous plant you can eat but when I did he said humans can't eat it. So what? I can, so I'm not wrong."

I AGREE WITH HIM HE SHOULD NOT GET THAT MARKED WRONG. if you only want a human applicable question say 'humans' not 'you.

Affinity 17: (between 10pm and midnight)

"In the last place I never knew what time it was and I pretty much just slept all day. Now I gotta get used to having a "roo-teen.""

Affinity 18: (between 8pm and 5am)

"I'm drawing. If I draw all the good stuff and bad stuff that happened every day I won't forget about it."

if he could write he'd keep a diary but since he can't write he's keeping a picture diary. . .and he's a really good artist according to his character story, so it's probably a pretty faithful recreation of whatever happened that day. i'd love to see his picture diary. . . .

Affinity 19: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Huh? The blood on my bed? ...It's nothing. Don't touch my stuff, you're gonna get your smell all over it!"

WHY IS THERE BLOOD IN YOUR BED, BUDDY. ARE YOU OKAY??? IF YOU ATE SOMETHING IN BED THAT'S FINE I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO BE INJURED. . . .

Affinity 20: (between 5am and 11am)

"...Did you cry? Your scent is all squeezy. How come?"

smelling you sad makes him sad too so tell him why you're feeling sad and he can make the sad go away?

Affinity 21: (between 11am and 4pm)

"I wanna go to the cafeteria, but the teachers won't give me my pocket money. They said I'll get "spoiled." The hell does that mean?!"

GIVE HIM SOME MONEY SO HE CAN BUY FOOD???? HE NEEDS TO EAT????? HE'S BUSY WITH CLASS SO HE CAN'T GO ON MISSIONS YOU CAN'T JUST STARVE THE BOY????

Affinity 22: (between 4pm and 8pm)

"That moth-eaten Casanova told me humans like it if you ignore them sometimes. Something about playing hard to get? I'm gonna try it tomorrow."

I wonder if that has anything to do with Subaru's home screen chat where he wonders why Lyca hasn't messaged him back. . .he's trying to play hard to get because he thinks it'll make Subaru like him more. . . .

Affinity 23: (between 8pm and 5am)

"I'll stay here and be quiet at night, even when the moon's not round. 'Cause you're tired, aren't you? Go sleep."

even if he doesn't have to stay or even if he wants to make lots of noise, he'll stay and be quiet so it's easier for you to fall asleep. He won't be loud and you don't have to worry about him! so sleep tight!

Affinity 24: (between 10pm and midnight)

"Sleep here. Huh? Is there a law that says we can't sleep together? There's not, is there? Hurry up and lie down."

it's pretty much innocent. . .he just wants you close by. . .being able to smell you while he sleeps would probably make it easier to fall asleep. . .feel safe and familiar and everything. . . .

Affinity 25(max): (no time constraints)

"I'm gonna work hard... I'll gonna work so hard, they're gonna say I can live with humans forever..."

Lyca, despite being a werewolf, is a lot like Kaito in that he just wants to be a normal human. Except he never started as a normal human, so he has a bit further of a distance to go to become one. . .he's not a dog, he doesn't wanna be a pet or an animal or anything like that. He wants to be a person like everyone else. But it's hard when others reject him, and when everyone says they think he's too dangerous even when he hasn't done anything wrong. Other ghouls--other humans--do way worse stuff than he does, and yet he's still held to a higher standard. It's not fair. But he's working as hard as he can to catch up. . . .

Spring: (March-May) (between 5am and 11am)

"That blond gigolo tried to wash my blanket! He's never coming in my room again!"

he does not like spring cleaning--

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Lately there's flower smells everywhere, but sometimes there's one that kinda smells like you."

IT'S GONNA BE HILARIOUS IF THE ANOMALY THAT CURSED YOU HAPPENS TO LIVE IN OBSCUARY'S FOREST. . .LIKE YEAH IT'S JUST OUT THERE IT WAS ALWAYS ON CAMPUS IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU WE COULD'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CURE BEFORE YOU GOT IT.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Harurin kept nagging, so I went to the safari park. Not gonna lie...it was super fun."

I love that Lyca uses the nicknames Rui uses for some people lol and I bet he loved running around Jabberwock!!! All that fresh open air and the wildlife. . .he's a wolf at heart really and truly.

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Cherry blossom petals are super fun. They're like, whoosh, then they fall everywhere. I wish our house had some."

Summer: (June-August) (between 5am and 11am)

"Urgh... My head...it hurts... This? It's shaved ice. The blond gigolo told me to eat it so I don't get "heat eggs-aw-schun.""

oh buddy you're eating it too fast. . . . . .

(between 11am and 4pm)

"I was just in that moth-eaten Casanova's room and it was so cold I thought it was gonna snow! Is he secretly a yeti?"

okay it was only 63 degrees in there it wasn't THAT cold Lyca.

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"I'm gonna go practice swimming at Harurin's place. Can you do other stuff besides doggy paddle?"

I can't swim at all so. you are miles ahead of me my friend.

(between 8pm and 5am)

"I know I said I always wanted to do sparklers, but... you sure this's okay? I thought we're not s'posed to play with fire!"

canid instincts are kicking in--fire BAD and SCARY and DANGEROUS. ABORT MISSION.

Autumn: (September-November) (between 5am and 11am)

"I just tried to join in with some guys playing with a ball, but they said I don't know the rules and told me to go away."

THEN TEACH HIM THE RULES god they're such jerks around here.

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Blond Gigolo was makin' this massive fire near the garden just now. It smelled all burnt and sweet... Is that some kinda ritual?"

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"Finished my picture. That Romi guy who comes to the bar all the time said he wanted one, so it's for him."

Romeo does like fine things. This just goes to show how good of an artist Lyca is! I bet Romeo's gonna frame it and put it somewhere people can see lol or maybe just keep it in his room. . .that or he wants to see if he can get him to make a forgery and profit off poor Lyca--

(between 8pm and 5am)

"Moth-eaten Casanova said humans like looking at the moon... D'you get sad if you can't see it?"

Winter: (December-February) (between 5am and 11am)

"I'm gonna go play at that big ice castle after class! Huh? 'Cause playing in the snow's fun."

THE FROSTHEIMERS BETTER NOT GIVE HIM TROUBLE LET MY BOY RUN AND ROMP IN THE SNOW!!!!!!!

(between 11am and 4pm)

"Mm, I don't really feel the cold. Humans get warm when they run around too, don't they? Race you over there! "

he is having so much fun in the winter ;;;;; just running around and playing. . . .

(between 4pm and 8pm)

"My fingers have been gettin' all tingly and stiff and my hair's all crunchy! What's up with that? "

maybe playing in the snow a little too much lol--

(between 8pm and 5am)

"How d'you drink hot drinks so quick? They always burn my tongue... Huh? Dogs have sensitive tongues? I'm a wolf, not a dog..."

His birthday (Year 1): (April 19th)

"Oh right, it's my birthday. Neros told me my mom wrote down the date."

His birthday (Year 2): (April 19th)

N/A--seems to be the same as year 1 atm?

Your birthday (Year 1):

"It's your birthday, right? No, I only know 'cause that blond gigolo was yelling about it. ...Here's your present."

I bet he drew something really nice or found you something really cool ;3;

Your birthday (Year 2):

"Here. You can have this. You said you liked it, right? …It's fine. It's your birthday, so it's special."

I assume it's a drawing he did again ;o; "You liked this one so i'll give it to you because the day you were born is special." just. good egg.

New Years: (January 1st)

"Hope you have a happy and prop...props... prosp...prospinous? new year... Damn it, I practiced that for ages..."

Valentine's Day: (February 14th)

"Oh, thanks. Professor Nicolas said I can't eat chocolate, so I'll give it to Casanova and Gigolo!"

why would you even risk giving him chocolate in the first place lmao. . .also in Japanese he says "I'll share with those two idiots" instead of "casanova and gigolo" lmao

White Day: (March 14th)

"This is for you. I dunno what kinda stuff human girls like, but Suba helped me pick it, so it's prob'ly fine."

Subaru knows girls' tastes is Lyca's logic I guess lmao Subaru is a lil on the femme side comparatively--

April Fool's Day: (April 1st)

"Why's everyone being so mean today?! Telling lies and laughing at me... They're all jerks...!"

please explain the day to him. . .people are mean enough to him as it is. . . .

Halloween: (October 31st)

"My ears and tail are out? I know, I'm doing it on purpose. The moth-eaten Casanova said it's okay today."

THE ONE DAY HE CAN BE HIMSELF IS HALLOWEEN BECAUSE NO ONE WILL THINK ANYTHING OF IT. . .they'll just think it's a cool costume or maybe a fox robe! And he'll get candy for it!!!

Christmas: (December 25th)

"Hey, look! When I got up this present was next to my pillow! Santa really came..."

WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT SANTA. . .AND WHY. . .then again Romeo said Santa's reindeer is real so. . .it probably isn't actually harmful to teach him about Santa since Santa's probably somewhat real here. . . .

Idle: (about 20 seconds without interacting with the game) (below 13 affinity)

"...I'm going for a walk."

(13 affinity and above)

"Hey, you alive? Huh, you're breathing so I guess so."

Absent: (logging in for the first time in 2 or more days?)

"How come you stopped coming? Do you hate me? It made my heart all squeezy, so don't do it again."

oh no sweetie. . .sometimes we just have to take care of things and disappear without wanting to. . .sometimes life gets in the way instead of finding away. . . . . . . .

JUST. . .SWEETEST OF SWEETHEARTS. HE'S SO CHILDISH AND ADORABLE AND SWEET AND GOOD. . .I WILL USE MY TEN SECONDS OF PETTING TIME WISELY. He really does try harder than anyone, he's so determined and I believe in him so much. I want my boy to be happy.

[felassan]

New BioWare Blog post: "Journal 14 - New Trial with EA Play"

Try out Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s new demo

Rest of post under cut due to length.

"Hey everyone, A timed trial of Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases on all platforms today for anyone with an EA Play* subscription! We’re excited to share this opportunity to experience the game with more people this holiday season. If you’ve been looking for a demo to try out the game before you buy, now is your chance, especially while the game is on sale. It’s the perfect time to grab TIME’s #1 Game of 2024.   Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the newest installation in the beloved fantasy RPG Dragon Age franchise. You play as Rook, a customizable character, on a journey with your mentor, Varric, and his team to stop elven gods from destroying the world.  The timed trial concludes after five hours of play. You’ll start right at the beginning with the opportunity to create your Rook and fight alongside series-favorite Varris Tethras through a chaotic moment in Minrathous, a city which has been long-spoken about in Dragon Age but never seen until now. Your team is trying to stop Solas’ tumultuous ritual, which threatens to flood the world in demons and cause massive devastation. Along the way, you’ll meet a few of Rook’s companions who will open up a wealth of new combat options as you progress through the trial. If you don’t spend too long in our in-depth Character Creator, you may get as far as recruiting the Veil Jumper Bellara, our elven artifact expert, along your journey.  If you’re a Character Creator aficionado like many of us but don’t want that to cut into your five hour trial, we recommend you check out the stand alone Character Creator we released on Dragon Age Day to make your Rook first**. You can take your time to perfect your Rook, as there is no time limit for the stand alone Character Creator. We’ve ensured that you can import your customized Rook from there into the timed trial. When creating your Rook, there will be an “import” button to use any pre-created Rooks from the same device/console."

"Before you begin, we have multiple blogs and guides to help so you can maximize your time within the trial, covering some overall tips, progression, combat, and our accessibility options. We have three classes - Mage, Rogue, and Warrior - to choose from, and lots of options to make sure you can play the game your way, from difficulty level to our skill tree that you can respec at any time in case you want to try out new techniques. Start by picking the class that resonates with you most and have fun exploring all they have to offer. Here are a few resources we recommend reading through ahead of getting started: - Overview & Tips - Progression Guide - Combat Spotlight - Accessibility Spotlight"

"We’ve also worked with some excellent content creators within our community to make class and build guides! For those of you getting into the trial, we hope you enjoy the latest chapter in the Dragon Age series and experience what critics are calling “a high fantasy romp fueled by fast, fluid combat” (EMPIRE) and “one of the year’s best” (Rolling Stone) in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Make sure your platform account is linked to your EA Play account in order to access the trial! We have loved seeing the community’s reaction to Dragon Age: The Veilguard and sharing this adventure with all of you. We still have another planned patch for early 2025 - so stay tuned and have a great rest of the year.  Talk soon. (Dareth shiral!)             — The Dragon Age Team"

**Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/eaplay/us/en/pc/ for details. **Conditions & restrictions apply. See ea.com/legal for details.

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