#and whichever wins will be the next update

[rayshippouuchiha]

Hi! I feel bad for having messaged twice in kinda quick succession, but I have a Bleach AU idea and don’t really have anyone to tell about it, but i hope you’d like to hear about it!

So I’ve only recently been trying to finish reading Bleach (I’ve read earlier chapters multiple times, but never managed to read past the Xcution arc). I’ve still got about 100 odd chapters to go, but I’m in the thousand year war arc finally, (and I’ve read the last few chapters, so I know how it ends, just not all of the details in between).

Anyway, I’ve recently read the bit where Kyoraku (is that his name? Shunsui, the head captain guy) actually goes to the land of the living and visits Ichigo’s friends to warn them that depending on how powerful he is once he’s sorted his issues with his Zanpakuto, he might not be able to come back home and it’s just GOT ME THINKING, because so far it’s not been mentioned again, and it isn’t in the last few chapters either, I don’t think. BUT!! What if it is that Ichigo is so powerful now that going back to the human world on a permanent basis would completely mess with the human world, so he’s forced to stay in the soul society.

So much potential for angst, with him missing his sisters and friends (and Kisuke), BUT also so much potential for absolute highjinks in the SS.

I think this could potentially be a little similar to your Turn Back the Clock AU, but I’m just imagining all of the remaining captains/lieutenants all absolutely beside themselves trying to convince Ichigo to join their teams, Shunsui is already eyeing him up for a captain position in the near future, Kenpachi (who’s still a little lost without his little sidekick (whose name I’ve forgotten, god I feel so bad because I love her)) just itching to get Ichigo to join his squad so that he can have daily fights without the trouble of having to go looking for the guy. Shinji (who without a shadow of a doubt has a soft spot for Ichigo, no matter how much he might enjoy irritating him) who wants to have him in his squad as some kind of “visords-stick-together” kinda deal (and because he knows it’d piss all the others off). Rukia laying claim because HELLO, she’s the one that stabbed him and gave him the powers in the first place, she calls dibs! Hell, I think even Byakuya would want him in his squad, because as much as he might deny it if asked, he’s actually rather fond of the guy, so long as he learns to call him Captain rather than his first name.

And as things are want to do in the SS, where the more power the shinigami, the more insane they seem to be, things get a little out of hand. During one heated discussion, where they’re all giving their updates on how well each of them think they’re doing in convincing Ichigo to join them, someone (I’m thinking a shit-stirrer like Yumichika maybe) gives the idea that hey, this competition seems almost as if you’re trying to court the guy! And so it turns into this weird ass Shinigami-courting situation, with a “whoever manages to (woo) CONVINCE Ichigo to join their squad is OBVIOUSLY the one that Ichigo likes best, so that means that he’s OBVIOUSLY also open to (after)life long commitment in the form of marriage to whichever captain wins” kinda thing going on.

Cue Ichigo not getting a single moments peace, when all he really wants is to be left alone to just PROCESS the fact that he 1) has had to leave everyone and everything he’s ever known in the human world to live with these absolutely crazy people, and 2) just fought in a very big battle and helped kill a thousands-year old crazy Quincy guy.

He’s more than happy spending his time helping clean up and rebuild the SS for now, and he’s happy to worry about what comes next once the SS is back on its feet. (And he’s more than a little oblivious to the weird fighting/flirting/coercing that seems to happen whenever he comes across any familiar face whenever he’s out and about).

It all comes to a head when his friends from home come for a visit to the soul society with those handy dandy tokens that Shunsui gave them, and instantly see what’s happening and have to sit Ichigo down and explain to him that he may or may not (but definitely does) have twenty or so extremely powerful shinigami captains and lieutenants all after his ass(ets), which, know that Ichigo thinks about it, definitely explains a few things that’ve been happening to him lately.

And shortly after his friends go back home, all three realms feel a shift in reiatsu and hear a distant screech from Kisuke, who’s suddenly realised that hey, maybe the human world sucks actually and he should relocate back to the soul society for no reason in particular! None at all! Definitely not jealousy because that would be ridiculous.

If I had the time or energy (and a better track record of finishing fics that I start 😬) I’d love to write this, but I fear it’ll be stuck in my notes forever, lol, so thought I’d share!

No I love this so much!! Especially if it's endgame UraIchi and like all this courting, all this drama, all the shenanigans from all these different high-powered shinigami all trying to get Ichigo's attention and Kisuke just rocks up and gets him within a solid 10 minutes and 5 of those were spent with Ichigo purposefully ignoring him while Kisuke apologized for some dumb petty shit he did before Ichigo ended up in SS

[chbnews]

Weekly News 06/04/2025 - 12/04/2025

Join the CHB News Discord!

Camp Announcements:

Our usual team of Camp Half-Blood News reporters are on Spring Break this week, and will return next week. This means a temporary team will be taking over the news reporting. We all deeply apologize for any… inconveniences.

Mr. D/my dad is a big simp of Ariadne (No one is shocked) (she’s super cool and dope and we all loved her let’s be so fr)

Camp game this week is capture the flag (because Chiron says that’s the only game we don’t have to explain because we’d “somehow manage to mess things up” and “someone will get killed” or something)

Camper Updates:

cabin 6 has been freaking out due to the new hunger games book coming out (I don’t get the hype bro) (teenagers fighting to live under the supervision of super wealthy all-seeing people? isn’t that just what we live?) (i thought it was about starvation cause hunger games- maybe i should read the books-)

Melody has hit her "Scammed 100 people" achievement and is celebrating by planning a heist (don't tell Mr D or Chiron!!) (you do know that they both moniter the blog right?)

Melavie and Calamity have worked together to make flower crowns grow naturally! (Don’t flowers grow naturally anyways?)

Jackson Blackburn and Tyle Rosemary had their 6th year anniversary on April 3rd!! (Congrats! My longest lasting relationship was between me and Your mom. *insert epic air horn sounds here*) (oui, be nice Klaus. I’m happy for you two!) (Bro- i said congrats!!) (you also made a your mom joke!!)

Game Winnings:

The Nike cabin 100% cheated and used their powers to let the red team win the mock battle we had. And that’s unfair. AND I KNOW FAIR. Rude.

The dryads and satyrs set up a small obstacle course for new campers in the woods, and Team Waterlily won the race!

The Poseidon and Nike (cheaters) cabins held a canoe race on the lake, which ended when a Tyche kid got in a fight with a naiad, resulting in a six canoe pileup in the middle of the lake. (Lol deserved in my opinion)

Upcoming Events:

“What to do when you’re fighting a dracaena” hosted by the Hermes cabin, Monday afternoon in the Amphitheater. (The answer is kill them obviously) (No shit Sherlock.)

“Ultimate Musical Trivia Night” hosted by the Apollo cabin, Monday night in the Amphitheater

“DIY Workshop: Pauldrons” hosted by the Hephaestus cabin, Tuesday morning at the forges.

“A Brief History of Demigod Magic” hosted by the Hecate and Athena cabins, Tuesday night at the Big House.

“How to Defeat Stronger Opponents” hosted by the Nemesis cabin (hey! That’s me!) Wednesday afternoon at the Arena

“Camp Half-Blood: Secrets, Treasures, and More!” hosted by the Aphrodite and Ares cabins, Thursday afternoon in the Amphitheater.

“How to workout like a hero!” hosted by the Nike (cheaters) cabin, Friday morning at the Arena

“Arts and Crafts: Free Day” hosted by the Iris and Hypnos cabins, Friday afternoon at the Arts and Crafts building.

Camp Gossip:

Mk- so this isn’t camp related- or gossip but 111 is divisible by 37. This is disgusting. if i have to know this you guys do too. (I genuinely hope whichever one of you on the news staff wrote this has a warm pillow every night)

cabin 10 wants our stolen makeup backkk

SOMEONE stole two boxes of Dunkin Donuts munchkins from the Big House. (We all know it was Dante from the Dionysus cabin.) (HEY! DON’T BLAME MY BROTHER LIKE THAT! (the donuts where great. Love you Dante!)

Chiron has been seen giving a camper a piggyback ride. Or is it a horseback ride? I dunno

A bunch of stuff from the camp store is missing?? (We’re definitely pointing fingers at some certain cabin)

Valentine Merriweather has been seen hanging out with an Ares kid quite a lot this week. They’re 100% dating and I don’t even have to confirm it. (Just look at them when they see each other like.. it’s obvious.) (oooo interesting interesting)

Tyler, Connor Stoll, and Mike have been seen bedazzling the Athena Cabins’ maps, blueprints, and books.

Weekly Question:

What’s your favorite weapon to use?

Last Week’s Question:

Camper Answers: (in playlist form, too. You’re welcome.)

CHB News Playlist! <— click that YEA WHAT DAMIEN SAID LISTEN TO THE OTHER TWO

Thank you too Damien White, Valentina Diaz, and Klaus Hartman for helping with this weeks news!

[as-is-yours]

happy 2024 summer olympics!

some tog watching the olympics hcs for the soul because i love the olympics and i decided they do too:

andy competed in the ORIGINAL greek olympics. yes she did

with the guard being as competitive as they are, the olympics are a BIG deal in the safe house - it’s like the football world cup but all day every day for three weeks straight

it’s obviously too dangerous for the guard to attend the olympics these days with all of the cameras and media, so they hunker down in a safehouse and watch as much as they can on TV

they used to go most years though, nicky even told nile that he considered competing in olympic shooting back in the mid 1900s but it was too high profile to risk it

quynh was in the ocean when they brought back the olympic games as we know them today. her first olympics year back with the guard she asks andy why everyone is clothed and where the victors wreaths are

nile LOVES the olympics so she fits right into the dynamic when the first olympics of her time with the guard roll around

she was a little nervous about coming on too strong that first year, but when she saw how hard they roast each other and how much they goaded her into being just as competitive and aggressive as they were, she settled in easily

they would later regret unlocking that part of her once they realize how painful watching the olympics with an american is

nile keeps a scoreboard on the wall next to the TV where she updates the medal counts daily and reminds everyone who’s winning (the usa)

joe, quynh, and booker prefer the summer olympics while nile and andy prefer the winter olympics. nicky is just happy to make some money off of booker when france loses, no matter the season

“andy im getting us a peacock account to watch the olympics, they’re starting next week” “peacock account? what the hell is peacock? like the bird??”

there’s ALWAYS a bet going on. for the full duration of the olympic games there is never not a bet going on

nile will be doing joe’s dishes for a month after kaylia nemour beat suni lee in the uneven bars final

booker owes nicky €300 after italy advanced out of the first round of the women’s doubles tennis tournament (france did not) and another €1000 for italy winning the gold medal

andy stays out of the betting for the most part, or just picks the best athlete rather than one representing her home nation

“andy, that’s cheating—” “the scythians were nomadic. i don’t even remember where i was born so i’ll pick whichever athlete i damn well please, and you—” “okay, fine! we get it!”

andy found quynh wandering in a desert, quynh doesn’t really remember where she’s from either so she picks her favorite athletes based on vibe and which countries were her favorites to travel around with andy

there aren’t nearly as many north african athletes as there are italian, french, and american so joe starts adopting the athletes with the most heartwarming comeback/underdog stories as his faves

i feel like nile LOVES usa gymnastics having been a teen watching gabby douglas and simone biles!

that girl was SAT for every gymnastics event cheering on team usa like it was her job

andy has broken her neck attempting to pull off the stunts she sees in olympic snowboarding, gymnastics, skateboarding, figure skating, etc…. but sometimes she nails them. and it’s sick as fuck

nile is from the midwest i know she’s an ice hockey enjoyer. she pregames the winter olympics by making the guard watch miracle (2004) (nicky cries)

booker makes a drinking game for watching the games. he prints out the rules and pins them up next to nile’s medal count. take a sip when an announcer starts yelling, a shot when a random celebrity is shown on the broadcast, and finish your drink when a medalist cries

whenever great britan places below one of the guard’s countries, copley receives a very vulgar and unsportsmanlike text from them

no, quynh does not watch swimming events. thank you for asking

the couch is NOT a safe space. anything goes during the olympics. anyone who gets too mean (or whose athlete loses) can and will be pushed off the couch and exiled to the armchair

i will surely update this as the olympics continue and my friends and i get up to more hijinks. stay tuned and enjoy the greatest sporting event ever conceived

[girl-named-matty]

How to revert to the old version of Hogwarts Legacy (pre-Jan 2025 update).

Here are the instructions on how to revert to the old version of Hogwarts Legacy as well as some visual guides and help!

First, go download the PDF from this on Nexus mods (you will need this for some of the depot codes). There is also a video in the video tab as well! Keep the PDF file open as we go along.

Pre-Revert: 1. Make sure your game is updated to the latest version of Hogwarts Legacy. (The Jan 2025 update) 2. Make sure you are online on Steam & make sure it is running! 3. If you play with mods, make a copy of your mod folder so you can copy and paste it back later (If you play with UUE and have saved poses, I recommend doing the same with those as well)

On to the revert!

With this method we are going to be using the Steam Console in order for us to download the depot files we need without as many steps!

Open the steam console by pressing the windows button and R (win + r)

Something like this should pop up! And if steam://open/console is not already typed in, go ahead and type it in. (Again, make sure steam ((not hl, just steam)), is running). Then, hit enter.

You should now see this (AKA the steam console)

2. Copy this code download_depot 990080 990081 5173511114843368548 from either here or the PDF you downloaded earlier. Then go to the steam console and copy and paste that there and hit enter.

For some, it doesn't show that its downloading but it is! For others, it will look like this!

!!! IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!

You must make sure that the number in parentheses is 67184 MB as that is the entire size of the game (you are redownloading an old version of the game here, after all) Anything less than that number is not the full game and you will need to restart the process over again!

Now, you wait. It took roughly about an 45 minutes to an hour for this to download completely for me. It may take longer for some so just be patient!

Once it is done downloading, it should say this.

3. This is where you will NEED the PDF. Next up we are going to put in the command for the region you are in. As of right now English, French, German, Spanish (Spain + Latin American), Italian, Japanese & Portuguese are available on the PDF. Choose whichever depot code suits you the best and copy it. I am using English.

This is what the english one looks like on the PDF but note that you should only copy this part!

^^^^

Again, copy and paste it into the steam console and most should see this. If you don't, dw it should still be downloading.

(Again, the number has to be 2184 mb)

And after that is finished you should be left with this.

4. This is where it gets slightly trickier, so pay close attention!

You should now be able to find a file under the name of: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\content\app_990080\depot_99008X These are the files you want ^^^

Both depot files will be under the folder app_990080 that looks like this.

And this is how my depot files look (some have an x at the end and some do not.)

Open up a second file explorer (you can close steam now) and go find

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy which should bring you to here.

Now delete all of those files (the date should match up with the day you updated, as you can see, I updated Feb 15th). Don't be scared, just delete all three!

Now go back to your other file explorer and click on app_990080 and then depot_99081 which will also look very similar! (but look to the very top at the directory to tell which one is different)

Copy all 3 of these files and move them over to the folder where you just deleted the three prior files that looked the same!

Now go back to app_990080 and click on depot_990082 (for some, their file might say depot_9900X). Then again, copy the phoenix file from there and put it where you put the other 3 files!

5. Now, you launch the game. If you have done this correctly, under your username on the "Hogwarts Legacy" screen, you should see something that says: Build Version: 1235957

If it says this, you've done it correctly, if not, you will have to start the process over again and try and see where you might have missed something. Now, close the game.

6. Lastly, go here C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps and locate the file: appmanifest_990080.acf

Right click it, click on property's, and set to "Read only"

7. Verify this is working for you by starting up the game with your desired mods. I also suggest having a backup for your game just in case a patch comes out and you have to update again!

Thank you so much for reading and I hope this tutorial is informative and that you are able to revert back to your old game & play happily, fueling your little delusions like the rest of us. Please support & spread this post by liking and reblogging so that other people who are in need of a easy(ish) tutorial can have one!

Have a wonderful day! 💕

[jessiarts]

I want to play a game

For context of this game, I make pumpkin carving stencils. Here's a few of them for reference.

Ok, reference of what I can do out of the way, here comes the game:

Here is a Verified GFM organized by Tasnim Alhamss (on line #663 of Operation Olive Branch's spreadsheet), with a goal of $35,000. This fundraiser is just about $2k from meeting their goal.

If we can increase the amount currently raised from $32,974 to $33,100 by September 6th, I will make a pumpkin carving stencil of whichever fandom character you guys vote for in the poll below and post it for free download on my Ko-Fi.

We're starting small. That's roughly $130 dollars in a week. If only 12 people donate $10 we'll be pretty much there. Hell, even 25 people at $5 is still super doable!

Then, once we complete this game I'll set another, with another poll, and repeat that until we can clear their goal.

So what do you say? Can we do that? I think we can.

[Update:

YOU DID IT!!! YOU GLORIOUS BASTARDS FUCKING DID IT!!!!

Not only did you do it, but you did it EARLY- and surpassed this week's goal! Overflowing crabs be upon ye!

You guys met your goal first, meaning you beat TikTok, and so that means you get an additional stencil- so whichever character comes in second for this poll will be that additional stencil!

There's a little over one day still left on the poll, so if there's a character you were really hoping to win but saw wasn't in the lead after voting, go ahead and reblog to help their chances of coming second lol

I'm going to start setting up next weeks game- if you have any characters in particular you want to vote on leave them in the tags.

Great job everyone!

Update: Here's the stencils you won! Bill Cipher won first place in the poll. And, as a reward for beating TikTok, I made a second stencil with the second-place winner of the poll, Deadpool.

As promised, both of these stencils are available for free download on my Ko-Fi!

[thebarontheabyss]

Patrons of TBOTA, I need your help making a big decision!

The next two updates on the horizon are Chapter 5 (Part 1) and the 2.5 update for the game.

Now, here's the issue: I'm currently working on both simultaneously, which is not my best idea.

So, I'm leaving it up to you. Let's put it to a vote and let democracy take the wheel. It might have failed us in the past, but… well, what can you do.

I'll give you a sneak peek of what each update will include, and then you can decide which one you'd like me to focus on first.

Don't worry—whichever option doesn't win won't be scrapped! It will just come after the winning one. 😄

Chapter 5 (Part 1):

Meet Death in Limbo for answers, and if romanced, enjoy a picnic date with them.

Help He Without Name with the return of the bathroom fog and officially start his romance path.

Enjoy an off-day with the crew and a team-building gathering & interactions.

Receive an invitation to a Masquerade.

2.5 Update:

Overhaul to romance scenes for all ROs, with new options and paths and early flirting options for the staff ROs.

Expanded encounters with the Entity, overhaul to the Loneliness mechanic, and new scenes for each grief path.

Revamped the orb dreams from Chapter 4, with options to ask the cast about them.

More character creation options with "death scars" to reflect your MC’s past.

Thanks for your support, and see you soon in the Abyss! 🖤

[espinosaurusrexex]

Pick a path story - Beginning

part of Meg's 3k follower celebration

info: this is an interactive story. At the end of this chapter, you will make a decision for the main character.

a/n: It's finally here! It's not a lot yet, but I am hopeful this will turn into a very cool story - partly because you are part of it.

warnings: blood, swearing

You can’t feel your fingers... or your toes. Come to think of it, you can't even feel your legs anymore. There is just whipping pain that shoots through them when your suit moves across your skin. The world around you is white and cold. And for a moment you ask yourself if you actually died and landed here. Wherever here was... that is to be determined. 

Through the snow, a high-pitched noise penetrates the air. You turn, your eyes immediately landing on the only not white thing for miles. There, a dozen feet away, a pile of metal and lights lies smoking in the snow. It’s slightly covered by the snowfall already. You recognize the markings on the wings - it’s a Quinjet. 

Shit.

You huff and then laugh while you shake your head. This is ridiculous. You’re in the middle of nowhere without any recollection of what happened in the past... well you don’t even know how far your memory reaches (or doesn’t) and your only means of transportation out of this situation lies smoking at your feet. 

You turn once more, the world around you seeming just a bit more hopeless after your realization. There are some trees in the distance, covered in white cold snow, somehow more uninviting than the tundra you find yourself in right now. 

A high screech shakes you to the core, and before you can detect its location, a sharp beak grazes your shoulder, wings flapping ferociously before the scream echoes from a distance again. A falcon circles you, diving once more, this time you’re prepared, though. You kneel, wincing in the process, your breath hitching in burning cold air when you notice your hand is buried in deep red. 

Your leg is gaping a fairly broad wound, your pants around it soaked in blood - the rest of the fabric missing. And the skin that is peaking through already shows signs of frost bites. Now that you look at it, it’s like the pain has been awakened. It pulses through your nerves and mingles with the desperation surrounding you amongst the flurry cascading from the sky. 

If desperation was a place, it would be here. 

As you sit there in the cold, wet white, you debate the odds of your surviving. Your best bet is to find shelter, which also meant to leave the only familiar thing for miles. But if the smoking pile of junk behind you is any worse than it looks, it will not provide sufficient warmth for you for the night. God knows how much the temperatures drop here at night. You certainly don’t want to find out. 

You don’t know why, but somehow your instincts tell you to leave for the trees. But which way? As you check your surroundings once more, you realize a dim, warm light flickering between the trees to your right. It’s barely visible in the daylight, but it’s there - and it surely means civilization of some sort.

As you lean forward to push yourself up from the ground, you notice a trial of footsteps leading away from you and in the opposite direction. They’re also headed for the trees surrounding you afar, and they are fresh enough to follow before the snowfall covers them entirely. 

You stand up straight, sigh, brush the snow off your clothes and decide to head for the...

Here we are, guys! The first section of this Story. With your choice, you will determine the outcomes of the story. Whichever choice wins enters a different part of the story I have prepared. For this choice, I can tell you this much: it will select the next main character you're going to meet. So please pick a path - the poll ends after 24 hours and then I'll write the next part.

Follow my library blog for fic updates! @espinosaurusrexex-library

[phannie-elvis]

Phwoah dads, I know I said we were getting an update at 4 PM ET today (still planning on that), but it turns out the preliminary results for the phannie census are very long (I'm talking like half a "do you love the colour of the sky?" long). It took my mod over two and a half hours to type up and it's nearly 4000 words, so she was a bit concerned it would be too long for the average tumblr phannie to read, phummina phummina. Here's a poll to help her decide what to do *sexy end screen dance*

The "both" in the why not both refers to making one ginormous post and doing whichever is more popular out of the other two options. If one of the "one post per question" options wins, I'll also make a master post linking all of them together as they're posted. I'm just gonna go with whatever is in the lead at 4 PM ET today, since I can't make the poll end by then.

[thosemotivationalquotes]

Understanding Election Results

I wanted to make this guide for people who are following the upcoming U.S. election, but are unsure of how votes are actually counted, since it’s not just a simple majority vote.

The U.S. uses something called the Electoral College, which is different than a majority vote.

There are 2 kinds of votes that matter when determining who the winner of the presidential election is. The popular vote, and the electoral vote. The popular vote is the simple majority - whoever gets the most votes win. However, the U.S. doesn’t actually use the popular vote to determine the winner.

This brings us to the electoral votes. Each state gets assigned electors, the amount of which is decided by the state’s population (for example, AZ has 11 electors). Each state takes whichever candidate received the most votes, and casts its electoral votes for that person.

For example, if Harris has 55% of the AZ votes, she gets 11 electoral votes. Whichever candidate reaches 270 votes (the majority) will be the next president.

This is why ‘swing states’ are so important. The popular vote for the state might be neck and neck, but whoever has the most votes gets all the electoral votes for the state. It’s also possible for someone to win the popular vote, but lose the election (Clinton in 2016).

So what does that mean for this election? Take a look at the below map from 270towin:

As we can see, Harris is currently at a predicted 226 electoral votes, with 191 being considered safe. It will come down to the leans and toss up states to decide if she will get enough votes to win. Any state can flip with enough votes, so it’s important to vote no matter how “safe” your state appears to be.

It’s important to vote even if you live in the safely blue states, but it’s especially important to vote if you live in a lean or toss up state. I live in AZ and got to see our state go from red to blue in 2020, so it possible IF people show up and vote.

You’ll also see states being “called”. This means that there are enough votes to make the conclusion that one of the candidates has won the electoral votes for that state. States like CA usually get called fairly early since there are usually an overwhelming amount of blue votes. But a swing state like AZ might be “too close to call” until a few days after the election, while they count any last minute mail in ballots and provisional ballots. A state being “called” on election night does not mean they stop counting the votes, just that there is enough confidence to state who has won that state.

Also a final note, your mental health is super important. If you have already voted, or if you are unable to vote, watching the election results will not change the outcome. If you are stressed to the point you are having anxiety, not eating, missing work/school, etc., please don’t feel like you have watch the election results. We probably won’t know the winner until at least the next day, maybe even a few days after that. If Trump wins he won’t take office for a couple months. So if you need to, take a step back and just focus on getting through the day.

Some states have same day registration, so if you didn’t register check here to see if there is still a chance.

I have voting resources here for anyone voting today:

[nbarpfshipbracket]

THE NBA RPF SHIP BRACKET

hello! welcome to the tournament of nba rpf ships that will be decided by The People (tumblr polls.) all seeding decided by @cazluvsu

(heavily inspired by @nflrpfshipbracket!!)

how it works:

each poll will feature two nba ships. pick whichever ship you like more/think is better. the ship that wins will move on to the next round. the bracket is set up like your average 16-seed tournament, like a shortened version of march madness

feel Very free to reblog poll posts to 1. spread the tournament to all corners of basketblr and 2. spread propaganda for your fav ships! all videos, pictures, analysis, fics, fanart, other media, anything and everything is welcome!!

bracket + extra info below:

the bracket:

methodology:

single elimination, 16 ship bracket. the seeding was mainly determined based on how many fics each ship had on ao3. however, i took some liberties to add and re rank ships that i believe are more popular (at least right now) than some others.

example - jalen/josh/donte aren’t in the top 16 of fics written on ao3, mostly because they are a relatively new ship imo, but are more popular than some pairings ahead of them (again. only using my discretion. if you disagree i don’t really care have some fun)

schedule:

every round of polls will be active for one week, allowing for plenty of time for propaganda spreading. once the polls of one round finish, polls for the next round with the winners of the last round will be posted.

the polls for round one will be posted on monday, september 23rd, at 12:30 pm EST

an updated bracket will be posted at the conclusion of each round along with the polls for the following round every monday at 12:30 pm EST

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Odious Love Part 10

This gif is not mine…….

Author: I hope you all will forgive my mistake and grammar too. I’m so sorry for the late update. It has been long there might change of writing style from previous chapter. I hope you enjoyed the new chapter.

Pairing: Junmyeon x Reader  

Genre: Angst, Fluff, Smut, CEO! AU

Prologue, Part 1(M),  Part 2,  Part 3 (M),  Part 4 (M), Part 5 (M), Part 6, Part 7 (M) Part 8 Part 9 (M)

Summary:  

Suho and you were sleeping together for the last 3 year. You were in love with him but he was not. He just wanted to depend upon someone emotionally. You were okay with it, you wanted to be with him in whichever way you can. You were not his girlfriend but he never treats you less. One day he got married to other women because of business. You thought everything was over between you two but he came back to you. He spends his wedding night with you leaving his wife all alone. 

Part 10

Life is unpredictable or it is predictable from the choices we make. You choose to stay with the person you love, even though you know you shouldn't. It was wrong to be greedy, yet you let your greed win, stealing moments. There wasn't any love to begin with, yet there was something you couldn't give a name to those feelings. Maybe it was only your imagination. 

You let your love evolve lust, stay as he wants, do what he wants, be what he needs or wants you to be. In all this, you lost yourself, lost so much that you became living humiliation. 

You have built life-like beggars for your parents. Give them so much struggle to let you out of your prison. They were the only ones fighting for you right now. No one else is here. No Junmyeon. No friends. No one else. Everything makes you hate yourself more. For being so weak and making your parents vulnerable. After everything, even after your mind has accepted the truth, your heart is not convinced. 

All this started six months ago. You have returned from your village. And Junmyeon was nowhere to be found, only for you. You remember him being angry as you weren't ready to shorten your trip. Next thing you know, he didn't even call or message you. It wasn't new. Usually, you are insecure and intimidated when he is not talking with you, but his post-marriage action gives you the security that he won't leave you soon or suddenly. You weren't aware you were assuming things on your own. 

After a few days, you get a letter from Suho, stating that he was leaving for Japan with Youra and his friends. It was odd, yet you didn't think much about it as it was about Suho's security. But that is where you went wrong. After a month or so, he came back from Japan just for two days. He was not happy to see, somewhat disgusted. You were irritated, plus Suho's bodyguard is acting like his assistant or, you should say, like a possessive/overprotective wife. Everyone needs to stay 3 feet away from Suho. 

He scolds you over missing one file. It was your mistake; you were so busy thinking about seeing him that you forgot the importance of work. It was the first time he was shouting at you in front of the whole staff. Still, you were okay with all the sharp words he was saying. You had made a tremendous mistake. But you don't comprehend when his words start coming as he is humiliating you. Or how you have lost your temper and slapped him in front of everyone. It wasn't supposed to happen, but it did happen. You immediately regret your action, but this was the thing he had taught you. Before you can rectify it, you have lost your job. It wasn't wrong. It is a huge mess you have created for yourself. 

While trying to find another job, you have attempted to reach him millions of times. Every message, every call, every letter went unanswered, or his guard answered him. 

Your struggle started with it. You couldn't keep up with anything. You were a mess inside out. Your heart hurt, and your mind was not working as you weren't getting any job. Not even a small cafe was ready to hire you. Then the miracle happen, or you thought it was a blessing. Mr. Kim called you back to work with him. You looked in the mirror for the last time before leaving your apartment, checking the formal ironed attire with ponytail hair and make-up that hides your dark circle. You were not willing to make any mistakes. It was not easy to start from the junior level again. Mr. Kim was generous and gave you a job within the company.  

Part of you wanted to leave and run back to your parents, but it was essential to work. It is not like you were broke, but you needed to save something for the future.  

Future. You have forgotten the meaning of that. For a moment, you were trying to save money, return home, and take a good rest to think further. And if you are going to work in the company, you can try to reach Suho and apologize. You left the apartment after taking a last look in the mirror.

As you enter the office building, you start remembering the old days. Blocking your mind to think about Suh... Junmyeon. Mark comes running toward, "So, you are back to work." You gloomily said, "Not exactly. I'm going to work downstairs in the Accounts department." Aera comes, and hugs you, "Wait for a few days, Junmyeon Sir will be here. We can talk to him." You were desperate to do it, yet you want to avoid it too. Not wanting to show others how vulnerable you have become, you smile, "You guys have seen what happened the last time. I'm glad his father allowed me to work in the company." They all said goodbyes after a few minutes of talking. You will miss them. Although you will be in the same company, you won't be able to meet them. You started to feel the difference between others and the CEO floor.

On the CEO floor, Junmyeon provided the freedom to be creative. There were no rules until your work gets completed on time or before time also, more holidays and more earnings, nothing like a junior or senior among you ten people, must work ass off but all was worth it. In your case, Junmyeon used to give special treatment. That time, if you weren't holding him back, he would make sure everyone refers to you as a 'boss.' To respect, you address others as Mr., Miss., or Mrs. No matter how senior a person is, you are not allowed to greet them as 'Sir.' or 'Madam.' He used to tell, you were equal to him. And all of his reasons were madness. 

Realizing you are self-torturing by remembering, you block your thoughts. You cannot break down in tears. Making yourself strong, you start walking toward your department. Jia asks you to wait and runs to reception. She comes back with two female and two male cops looking dreadful. One of the females asked, "Who is Ms. Y/n here?" You nod your head. Before you could think or ask anything, another female officer came behind and handcuffed you. A male officer said, "You are under arrest for stealing Mrs. Kim's jewelry and conspiracy fraud toward Kim Corporation." Stealing? Fraud? You tried to say it must be some mistake. You didn't talk with Mrs. Kim recently. While they were dragging you out, the look on everyone's face says they are blaming you for everything. 

You were locked inside the cell, alone, while some officers were searching your apartment. You couldn't think properly. However, it wasn't the first time Mrs. Kim accused someone of stealing her ornaments. Resting your mind, you ask the officer to let you talk with her. Again, they refuse your request. You had no choice besides waiting. 

Your subconscious gives a warning, and you ignore it, trusting once you talk with Mrs. Kim, she will let you go, or else Mr. Kim will. Even if not them, Suho will come. He does care for you. No matter what has happened, he won't let you be in a place like this. Repeating it, you sit in the corner of the cell. 

You jolt as a lady officer knocks a stick in your cell gate and asks you to come out as Mrs. Kim has arrived. You don't even know how much time has passed, although you breathe in relief while your subconscious is skeptical. 

Mrs. Kim sat like a queen while a few officers behaved like servants. You know wealth possesses influence. Kim's were sturdy. You have also heard that Mrs. Kim and Mr. Kim are abusing power. However, you never imagine getting a taste of abuse. Before you can utter anything, Mrs. Kim throws an evil smirk at you. You know this look. She is not going to listen to anything you say. That expression speaks for itself. She has purposely done it. She turns toward the senior officer and orders him loudly, "Did you find anything in her apartment?" One of the head sheriffs answers, "Ma'am, she has many expensive things, including some ornaments and your ring too." They handed over her ring, which you had collected from the jeweler on behalf of Mrs. Kim. You were supposed to give her. However, at first, she wasn't available, and then other things just happened, Suho went. Afterward came two necklace sets. Junmyeon purchased it in advance. He always keeps a spare; in case he forgets any occasion. You never had any intention with them, just that you had forgotten about them. Lastly came the pendant, your birthday gift. You have an explanation of everything, Mrs. Kim also knows, but she didn't want to hear any. It was clear to you. She just smiled and then handed over the officer one file. "Here is a document that shows she had the company's share in her name," This was something you weren't aware of. You still try to explain her things, plead to her. She only smiled at you and left. You kept shouting, but there was no one listening to you. Mrs. Kim had arranged things for you, all the humiliation and actions of cops. She had come to know about your relationship with Junmyeon. Plus, it is about slaps. A person like you had no right to offend Kim.

Your apologies didn't work with her. She wanted to show you your place like you are nothing. Your parents arrive, and that is when the nightmare begins. You know she had informed them. She wanted to increase her torment.   

Mrs. Kim became vigorous. Every moment, you were worried that your parents would find out about you being with Junmyeon even after his marriage. Mrs. Kim used your fear very well. Every day, Mrs. Kim comes to see you and tries to talk about Junmyeon in front of your parents but never says the main thing, keeping you at the edge and just plaguing you. The worst was to watch your parents begging her to let you go.

Last month, your confidence was crushed when Mrs. Kim called Junmyeon on your request and the way he answered. It clearly felt that he didn't care. After that call, she stopped coming, possibly because she got bored, but nothing has changed for you. You are counting the days in this abyss and losing all hope.  

It has been three months, and every day you wished Junmyeon would have a change of heart. Your mind knew it wouldn't happen while you hoped for it. He was the only person you know who could take you out of this prison. Your thought gets interrupted by an officer. You guessed she came to do something that was scheduled for you. Surprisingly, you lost the handcuff and asked to follow. You weren't scared like before. Part of you got used to all the insults and tortures. You just don't want your parents to watch whatever is happening. You follow the office and stop when you see Minsoek. It was surprising to see him, but you stayed hushed. Maybe Junmyeon sent him. Or....... 

For a while, everything was quiet. You peek at him as he examines you. Inspecting your dull face, few cuts and bruises, and dirty clothes. You had zero trust in anyone for now. You have the taste of money and power. Maybe he was there to plan a new misery for you.

"You are free to go. Your parents are waiting outside", He said. It was strange. Minsoek has nothing to do with you. Why did he come to free you? You looked at him confusingly.

He continues, "Don't try to contact Junmyeon anymore. He doesn't know we are letting you out. Don't try to complicate your life again. Forget everything and move on. Stay in the village." His voice was firm, yet he stammered a few times. You couldn't even reply or have the will to nod your head. You wanted to ask why. Why was he helping you? Part of you asked you to stay silent. You needed to get out of this place. You didn't want to anger any more people. He got up and left.   

You got your old clothes to change into, afterward a few signatures. You were free, as per the officers. You didn't believe it. Maybe you are free from here, and something could happen outside. The last few months have made you scared of everything. Particularly frightened for your parents.  

All this time, you hope Junmyeon comes or he sends someone to help you. Even after that call; even after Mrs. Kim's word; even after your prison time; even after your parents' misery; you only hope for Junmyeon. You might not believe Minsoek's words. You might not believe Mrs. Kim's words, but the situation was in front of you. And things were evident. 

You went out of the gates and saw your parents. Your mom was crying, and your father was thanking Minsoek and Yixing, which made you sore. You wanted to run far from them, far from the city. Thankfully, that happened. You and your parents took a cab home. 

You stayed silent while your parents tried talking, telling you about everything that happened in the last few months. You were tired without doing anything or tired from those six months. You are free yet not feeling restricted. There is a lot inside you. Questions, anger, sadness, loss, hurt. The pain was agonizing. All wounds appear as if they are never going to heal. You look out of the window. The city roads ended. So does your previous life, your hard work, your degree, your love, and everything you built for yourself, now onward mean nothing. These questions never get answers. Finally, it felt like everything changed. He is gone. You started crying. Letting go of everything, accepting your fate. Letting your pain take over completely. Letting your hope, love, and feeling, him buried deep inside your heart and moving forward. Forward to staying alive and happy and well but only for your parents. If you were alone, you would have rather died than stay alone without him however you are not. The cab was silent, only your crying noise was there. 

-Suho p.o.v-

I didn't want to, yet I'm here again. Mom called many times already. Y/N had messaged me. Numerous times, telling me to go and meet my parents. It has not been a day since Y/N went, and I must deal with my parents without her support. Taking a grip, I went inside. The good thing is my father was going to be there too. That means the conversation will be short. 

The door was opened by new staff. Mom again changed people. She can't trust people for long. Surprisingly, she trusted Y/N. 

I didn't have to wait. My mom was already in the drawing room. After a formal greeting, we sat to talk. "You have to go to Japan till the matter gets solved," Mom said. And I said no, and we argued until my dad didn't talk. He explained I must at least for the safety of Youra, Sehun, and Jongin. Others will handle their business themselves. It wasn't wrong. I agreed to everything. As things got calm, my mom called, "Y/N, bring my wine and set dinner table." I was shocked. Why is my princess going to set the table and bring wine? Before I could react, Y/N came. My mom noticed, "She is not your assistant. I got my own Y/N."  

"I can see. I thought...."  Before I could complete it, she added. "There are many Y/Ns in the world." I rolled my eyes, had dinner, and went home. 

I want Y/N to come back. I know I never gave her much time with her parents, but I will be in Japan when she is back. Plus, Dad said I cannot take her with me, as he needed her. He argued that she would be helpful to the company and him, especially when I'm not there. I was so proud of her. She was excellent with her work. As much as I don't like it, my dad was right. She will be a better help here. And I don't have to worry about her security. People are after me and my wife. This is the only time I'm okay with Youra being my wife. This way Y/n was safe.

A few days went by, and things were normal, or I tried to make it look normal. I didn't let Y/N know that I was leaving for Japan, or that things had become more intense. Last night, Youra almost got kidnapped. I didn't want to make her worry. 

I was managing everything about Japan. Plus, I had a small quarrel with Y/n. She wasn't ready to come back soon. I have stopped calling or messaging her for now. It was good though I didn't have to explain things. I didn't mean to hide anything from her. I didn't want her to worry about things here. 

In between this, Youra came and started staying in the penthouse with me. It wasn't that Y/n wouldn't understand why Youra was staying with me. She knows the need for protection. But it would hurt her, and I didn't want to see her hurt. 

When Y/n came back, I was so busy handling everything. Plus, Tao has increased security. They are irritating people. I know right now, I wasn't in a place to avoid them. So, I stayed quiet. 

I couldn't even have one proper look at her. I can't message her as my phone is connected to surveillance. 24/7 watch on my life. I don't have any issue if someone finds out about my relationship with Y/n, but she didn't want it. I have to respect it.  

As she started working with Dad, it became more challenging to reach her. I hated it, but I had no choice. I had to wait.  

The day came, I left for Japan; leaving a letter, hoping she understood. She will be upset and irritated. But I have already planned how to make it up. 

Japan was tiresome and annoying. Youra acts as a sweet, innocent, and dedicated wife. I can see she was faking, and she hates it. I was counting the days here. I needed a break from Youra already. Go back to Y/n.

After a few days, Tao came to visit and started asking questions about Y/n. I didn’t like the tone of his voice that using while asking about Y/n. Before I lost my temper about it, he showed me a video.

Y/n was having coffee with Choi Hee-sung. He was my business competitor. And the one who wouldn't miss any chance to flirt with her. I trust her, but my jealousy has no control. My jealousy is the reason for my anger. I needed an explanation of the meeting.

I got a chance. I was back for two days. Unlike Y/n, she made a mistake. I let out all my anger over the file. It was wrong of me. I knew it, but I couldn't control it. I was frustrated with everything. It was the first time since we had become close, the first time I was staying away from her like that.

I don't know when I start attacking like we are alone, in my bedroom. I had forgotten my professional behavior, saying a personal thing. I came to my senses when I felt her slap. It wasn't strong, but I know she was equally frustrated as me. I have oversaid things. I regret it. It was unexpected that Y/n gave an answer to insults or to any ill talks. What I was teaching finally came to life, but it was on me. As much as I was stunned, I was satisfied. However, we will have to sit and talk about this too. For that, I needed to come back and find time with her.

She was fired, not actually. The slap happened in front of staff, meaning my mom would also know about it. Before she used her method, it was safe for Y/n to stay away. I already talked with Dad. He said he would bring her back after a month or so. By the time Mom calms down, I will be back. My Dad wasn't ready to lose a good employee. According to him, I needed to get hit when I kissed her in front of everyone, but she reacted late. I went back to Japan, thinking everything would go back to the way it was. But I was wrong. After months of fighting, making everyone and everything safe, I'm here.

I'm here, in my cabin, with the letter in my hand and my given gift, the pendant. She left, resigning. With the resignation letter, she wrote a small letter. Stating she could not deal with this anymore, how she loves me, and how she hates Youra. Or I should say How and why Youra is right for her.

She returned my gift, and it implies a breakup. She indicated she ended things between us. I don't know what broke inside me. I needed my answers. Why after everything we have been through, she left? It didn't hurt my heart, but my ego did too. I don't know what was left. I did everything to show she was the only important person in my life.

I want to let her go if she wants, but the problem is I don't know how to live without her. All these months, I lived with the hope of being with her.

A single tear of frustration, pain, anger, and hurt; left my eyes while I kept reading the letter again and again, still not believing it.

---//---

Mr. Kim dashed home. He came to know that Y/n got arrested a few days ago. He knew who did it. He loved his wife. So much that he even let her affairs go on. Even after his son had to pay for it, he let it go.

He always saved her, no matter what. But it was too much. Suho will come back if he knows about Y/n. Suho wouldn't care about anything, not his or others' safety.

Mr. Kim knows about Suho and Y/n. He never interfered because Suho was happy. He is on the right track of his life. Y/n was positive for him. She made him calmer and more efficient. He was aware, even after his marriage fling continued. The good thing about Y/n is that it is crystal clear she wasn't after their money, nor did she have any dream of becoming Suho's wife. She was there for him and herself. Her feeling was pure. Maybe that was because she came from a village where feeling matters more than money. He wasn't much surprised by the slap incident. Suho was teaching her; she would have become bolder sooner or later.

He has seen the world. He knows who is good or who is pretending to be good. That was a reason he also let it go. If anyone else dared, he wouldn't have gone easy.

He stands in front of his wife and confronts her. Mrs. Kim sloppily answered; she was angry because Y/n slapped Suho. Later, she learned about her affair with Suho. How could she have let Y/n go?

Mr. Kim wasn't pleased. He knows his son. Suho will never look back to his mother if he finds out that Y/n is suffering because of her. He didn't want to lose his son over a girl. Plus, this might be a good opportunity to separate Y/n and Suho. Sooner or later, it was supposed to happen. They both had different lives and lifestyles.

Again, to save his wife and her relationship with Suho, he would do pathetic things. He will let Y/n suffer.

The first thing he did was to ask his wife not to go overboard with her punishment. He went to the office, closing every eyewitness's mouth with money or with the threat of losing their job. Y/n's topic went in the trash. For everyone, she resigned and left. 

He finds Y/n's old letter, which she wrote when Suho was getting married. She had written a resignation letter along with a handwritten letter for Suho.  

He coincidentally thought about everything found in Y/n's place. If his judgment was correct, the teardrop pendant could be a gift from Suho because out of everything, that wasn't very expensive. And he might have seen Y/n wearing it once or twice.  

Without wasting time, he keeps the letter and pendant in Suho's personal drawer on his table. And a resignation letter on his table.  

He didn't tell Suho about Y/n's resignation until he was back from Japan. He made sure everyone said the same thing in case Suho asked anyone.  

Thankfully, things went as he expected to go. 

---//---

Suho was in Japan. Things were going as planned by them. Everyone will be safe soon. Minsoek just talked with Suho. He couldn't stop thinking about Y/n whenever he thought about Suho or heard his name. She was clever in her work. Before leaving for the village, she made sure everything would follow as Suho needed. He thinks of her as a gold-digger, but he feels she isn't like that.  

Minsoek went to meet Mr. Kim. He sees two people beseeching to see Mr. Kim. He usually ignores this kind of thing, but he noticed the CEO floor employee looking at the couple helplessly and disturbed. The female came and started dragging him, "Mark. Think about our jobs. You and I both know there is no way to help Y/n." She said in a hushed voice.

"Her parents have been coming every day, since late three months," Mark started.  

"I know. We cannot do anything, not even comforting. I know you are feeling bad, we all are." They left Minseok in thought. He inquired a bit, and everyone said Y/n resigned. 

He didn't possess experience like Mr. Kim, but he found out.

If he can, Suho can too.

He took Yixing's help to find out more. Yixing went to see Y/n during the night, he had his connection. Even if he didn't like Y/n, he didn't like what she was going through. The worst was to see her parents.  

The case wasn't even going to court. In the name of proof, they only had a few jewelry items, and the company's share was merely one million. One million was nothing. Logically, if Y/n had to do a fraud; it should be above 50 million, at least. Who would risk everyone for one million?  

Minseok and Yixing didn't tell Suho anything, they confronted Mr. Kim.�� After a long talk, Mr. Kim convinced them. Suho can't be angry with his mom for a girl. Mr. Kim wasn't aware; even after a warning, Mrs. Kim went overboard. Mr. Kim promises to handle his wife.

Minseok and Yixing helped Y/n. They didn't want her to be in prison. She was innocent and had already gone through a lot.  

They talked with her parents and helped them with everything. From place to stay, food, lawyers, etc; until Y/n was out, and went to the village.  

They see the cab going away. Yixing said, "We need to tell Suho. Mrs. Kim will try to hurt her."

"I know, she is not going to let anything go easily. But right now, we should keep things from Suho."

[da-rulah]

Okay ghesties, please help me choose my next AU...

As some of you will know, I'm working on a Mary Goore AU that got away from me recently. It was meant to be two parts max, and right now, it's becoming longer than I thought...

BUT

I can't choose between two AU ideas I'm desperate to write after this one, so I need you guys to pick for me.

Below are the summaries for each of my ideas, with some warnings about the content in them. Both of them will be multiple chapters in length, longer than anything I've written to date. Read them carefully, and choose your favourite. Whichever wins, is the one I'll write first...

Folié a Deux – Cardinal Copia x OC Female Character (1st Person POVs) 

Rating: Extremely dark and explicit fiction, laced with trigger warnings incl. but not limited to: sex trafficking, sexual assault, coercion. 

The Ministry has many fingers in many pies... ‘The Ghost Project’ is simply not the only endeavour they focus on. Between fundraisers for the poor, advocating for minorities, vigilante justice and even legal representation, the Ministry is a busy and international organisation. 

One such project – The Rush Hour project – was new. A project that focussed on known sex trafficking rings, discovered on the dark web and through underground contacts. The aim was to infiltrate and free their captives, give them new lives and begin to heal the trauma forced upon them. 

On one particular night, Cardinal Copia is entrusted with infiltrating an auction, buying a woman the Italian mob is hoping to sell on. Except, he falls short... Too lost in the hauntingly empty eyes of the beauty before him, he is unable to focus, and thus, he loses his chance. 

But he had to have her. She will be his. 

By any means necessary. 

Can You Hear the Thunder? – Papa Emeritus IV (Copia) x OC Female Character (1st Person POVs)��

Rating: Explicit with horror elements incl. but not limited to: torture, violence, paranormal entities, religious trauma. (This is my own personal idea of how the lore could continue while we wait for any new updates...)

Papa Emeritus IV is plagued by dreams of a time long forgot, before his papacy; before any part of his Ministerial career. They are incoherent, patchy and make little sense to him. Still, he continues his work under the guidance of Sister Imperator, Mr. Sultarian and the Clergy.  

Now home from another highly successful world tour with The Ghost Project, Papa finds himself having his dreams more frequently. Night after night, they grow longer, fragments of memories flickering through his mind like a child’s flipbook until one night, the thunder comes... 

And then they find her, laying on the steps of the Ministry amongst the worst storm California had seen in a decade. 

A woman with nothing about her person except the ragged nightgown soaked and tattered in the storm, and a strange and deliberate carving on her back. 

[seven-oh-four]

dont know whos front right nkw but hi its chaos system can you explain whats going on in splatoon to us badly maybe we don't go there but are so curious (only if u want )

haii :D okay so i'm not sure how familiar you are with splatoon so here's a few basic things to get out of the way first:

all of the music is diegetic, and is made by bands that exist in-universe!

each game has an "idol group", which is a group of in-universe celebrities who sort of act as the mascot for that game. whenever you open the game, there's a little news segment run by them where they tell you about any updates the game has gotten, what maps are in rotation, special events, if the biblically prophesied mutant salmon invasion is happening, etc! and they also do songs and stuff.

every, like, month or so, there's an event in the game called a Splatfest! basically, a question is asked, such as "Which is better? Cats or dogs?" and you pick a team, and then you will fight against the other team! this will last like 48 hours, and whichever team does better wins the splatfest and whatever option they chose is now legally the correct one! so if team cats won the "dogs vs cats" splatfest that would been cats are officially factually better than dogs forever

oh and also whenever there's a splatfest, each idol picks a different team, acting as a sort of mascot for that team

the games do not receive support forever, but they like to go out with a bang via a final splatfest! these are the biggest ones, and they actually have an influence on the NEXT game!

the first game's splatfests were run by the musical duo Callie and Marie Cuttlefish. they're called the Squid Sisters, because they're cousins. and the final splatfest in Splatoon 1 was Callie vs. Marie!

Marie won, so in the next game, Callie defected to the side of the enemy

Splatoon 2's splatfests were run by Pearl Houzuki and Marina Ida, who make up the band Off The Hook! they're also lesbiabs. the final splatfest of Splatoon 2 was Chaos vs. Order!

chaos won, so Splatoon 3 takes place in the mad max desert that was once known as france

Splatoon 3's splatfests are run by the musical group Deep Cut, consisting of Shiver Hohojiro, Frye Onaga, and Big Man:

you can guess which one is Big Man.

currently, the final splatfest of Splatoon 3 is happening. the Grand Festival!! it's the biggest one there's ever been!!!!!!

the theme is: "Which is most important to you? Past, present, or future?"

and for the first time, instead of each idol representing a specific team, each team is represented by an idol group from one of the games! Past is the Squid Sisters, Present is Off The Hook, and Future is Deep Cut.

anyways

for this splatfest, there is a completely new hub world!!!! the Grand Festival Grounds! and it's really really cool this splatfest is so insanely big :] there's a bunch of stands everywhere selling stuff, all of the characters are attending the festival, and there's three big stages at the venue where each of the idol groups can play.

they have fifteen fully animated choreographed performances involving lights and pyrotechnics and dance moves. all of their songs are like four minutes.

THAT IS A FULL HOUR OF FULLY ANIMATED CHOREOGRAPHED PERFORMANCES FOR THE FICTIONAL CELEBRITIES IN THE SILLY SQUID GAME.

that's also fifteen song remixes just for this event.

and this is only the beginning! this is the opening - this is phase 1. even more is to come on saturday night and i cannot WAIT. all of the idols have special Grand Festival outfits that they, noticably, are not wearing at the concerts!

(also look at how pearl and marina holding hands is the central point of the composition of this piece)

the new map they added to the game specifically for this splatfest, the Grand Splatlands Bowl, has not been used yet! and after we had to do a whole thing last week where we saved it from the salmon

+ the new song, Three Wishes - we still don't even know what it's for yet!

there's a ton of other special little things but that's the grand gist of it! i hope this made sense!

i love infodumping about splatoon i do it to my mom all the time thank you for another opportunity to do so :) ask me about salmonids next i love them

oh since this is anon i should probably @chaosites so that you still get notified for it. ok bye!

[mochi-munchies]

Fic Priority?

Hey guys. I don't know how many of you on this platform are also familiar with my AO3 work, but I thought this would be the best place to just try and figure things out.

LVBtG is my prime focus rn, but I also recognize that I have other unfinished works that people may be looking forward to hear from, so I thought I'd make a poll to see where everyone's interests lie.

Choose the fic that you want to see update the most beside LVBtG! And whichever one wins, I'll do my damnedest to get some progress through! :>

[jessiarts]

Pumpkin Stencil Fundraising Game: Round 3!

Welcome to Round Three of our fundraising game, where we're fundraising for this Verified GFM organized by Tasnim Alhamss (line #663 of Operation Olive Branch's spreadsheet), and in exchange for meeting our weekly fundraising goals I make free pumpkin carving stencils based on whichever fandom character wins the poll that week!

This week our goal is to increase the amount currently raised from $33,176 to $33,300 by Tuesday, Sep. 24th. That's a goal of roughly $120 dollars- We can do it!!!

That said, there won't be a poll this week. You will instead be raising to earn the Gandalf Big Naturals stencil that won last week's poll. Last week's post had difficulties reaching people, which resulted in us being unable to meet our goal. But, seeing how much of a lead Gandalf Big Naturals had, I wanted to give you all a second chance at earning it before we move on and resume the game as normal next week.

That said, you guys did earn your second choice stencil (Danny Phantom) simply by raising more than than TikTok, so here you go! (Along with the previous stencils you earned from the 1st round lol)

Again, all three of these stencils are available for free download on my Ko-Fi, under the "Free" section of my shop.

Here's how you can help us meet our goal and earn the Gandalf Big Naturals pumpkin carving stencil:

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We can do this!

Update: The Goal has not only been reached, but surpassed! Stencil coming soon! Progress Bar: Raised: $310 / Goal: $124