#genius internet sleuths

[loveandthings11]

LIKED BY AIMEE LOU WOOD 🤪

They are all so messyyyyyy 😍😍😍

[11queensupreme11]

I honestly haven't fully figured it out yet and I don't know what I might come up with going forward, but for now I thought it would be really funny if she was a pjo!verse mortal because

You know all those times Percy became a world famous terrorist? Yes. MC has heard about them and even though Percy was innocent in the end the mist makes the story so vague and disjointed in an attempt to cover up the mythological stuff. Because of this, she is much more worried about Percy in the beginning and sees her as a ticking time bomb, constantly recalling all the times there has been a new explosion involving Percilla Jackson on the news. Оf course, in the end it will be clear that Percy is not the danger that should be worried about, even the complete opposite. But I'm going to try to stretch this subplot as much as possible because the MISUNDERSTANDING LMFAO.

We can get a different perspective on the events that happened in pjo (like the Battle of Manhattan) through the eyes of ordinary people and how it inpacted their lives.

Regarding the crumbling soul issue, I want to explore the difference between Percilla, who learns from a young age what curses and problems it means to be a god, and MC, who is only aware of an idealized perfect version of immortality. It will take her a while before she realizes their true nature, but will it be too late and she will already be one of them? 😏

Also this story will be my way of trying to find the answer to why the Bisford dragged them there lmaoo. (I probably won't contrive anything, but the important thing is to try 😂)

I think the fear and awe she has of Percy in the beginning while thinking of her as a terrorist 😭 will appease the yans enough to see her for what she is which is just an annoying pet who will die in a few decades (which is like a few months to them lol) and until then they'll just put up with her and keep her alive because if that's what Percy wants..well who are they to say no?

Poor Percy in the beginning when she just wants to be her friend and will wonder why MC can't just trust her when she's doing everything she can to help her survive. Eventually they'll figure things out and laugh later, but until then the only ones laughing are us watching the ridiculous situations they get into 😂😂

(and the idea of ​​ariel saving her from drowning is so good omg. if it's ok can i use it somewhere in the story?🥺❤️ )

hold the fuck up THAT'S GENIUS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

MC THINKING PERCY'S A TERRORIST????? hold on this totally reminds me of this super long-winded tumblr post someone made a long time ago about mortals recognizing percy because of his "crimes" and then doing some internet-sleuthing and discovering other sus kids like annabeth, nico, leo, jason and thalia, hazel, etc. 😭😭😭

i truly hope you manage to find a way to stretch out that subplot cuz that's hilarious 😭😭😭 mc being afraid of PERCY when she's actually the most decent person in that entire universe afajshfvahf 💀💀💀 and poor percy just being like "why human no like me 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺" throughout it all like a sad puppy 😂

AND A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE PJO EVENTS???? mc was there to experience some of that chaos!? now you got me curious how old mc is. was she around the same age as percy??? how old would she be in the story now that some time has passed? or are you gonna put a time difference between the two universes (like hundreds of years have passed in ror verse, but back in pjo, percy's only been missing for like 5?). ooooh, is this set after hoo? what's the state of the pjo verse without percy there to stop gaea??? i'm so curious lol, dw you don't have to answer these

I ALSO LOVE THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF IMMORTALITY/GODHOOD. it is very normal for people to like the thought of immortality/godhood because they have a rose tinted view of it. ppl don't immediately think of the downsides like "omg i'm gonna leave my family behind forever, i can't get attached to other mortals cuz they'll die while i live on, can i really handle all of this???" cuz the whole "be beautiful looking and perfect forever, have unlimited power, control the universe!!!!!" part of godhood would sound sooooo good to ppl.

it reminds me of twilight tbh LMAO. like how bella loved the thought of becoming a vampire, so she could be beautiful, live forever, and be with edward whereas rosalie had a more realistic view of it because she knew the downsides. mc would be like bella and percy would be like rosalie in a way lol (which actually kinda fits cuz the immortality was forced onto both of them. rosalie was also turned to be a potential mate for edward, similarly how percy was turned due to the obsessions of her 7 yan hubbies 💀). ngl, i'm hyped for the misunderstanding trope cuz that's hilarious, but i'm looking forward to this part of the most!

AND YES YOU MAY USE THE "ariel saving mc from drowning" IDEA!!! 💖💖

[bluestarjay]

I love the genius deku hc like it's actually so funny bc imagine bakugo is like "stupid deku, you probably can't even get a B on this test you're so stupid 😆" and deku says "erm actually 🤓👆" and holds up a score higher than his,,

and like,, actually I think he was fs a discord kid in middle school, since he didn't have any irl friends he joined a server for quirkless kids, a server for hero fans (met kirishima there bc YK he was one too (online childhood friends kirideku ftw!!)), and one for lost media.

I've been watching a bunch of lost media stuff recently, and it's actually so interesting, and I think deku would love that kind of thing. I think he'd enjoy the lost media wiki and try to do as much research as possible on them. He'd probably especially love lost footage of villain attacks. Just imagine 13 year old deku on his computer talking to a bunch of like 30-40 year olds giving information on an all might battle from like 20 years ago to try and rediscover lost footage 💀💀💀 internet sleuth/stalker deku is actually so funny lmao

Imagine class 1a has a talent show, and when it's deku's turn, he picks a volunteer and goes, "ik it's not super cool like your impressions 😅😅 but I'm really good with computers! I managed to find your childhood home, middle school, birth certificate, grandparents' house, and 3 out of 5 of your spam accounts on Instagram :33" and everyone is just 😧😧😧 oh!!

LMAO, bakugo thought his quirk analysis journals were stalkerish? Nahhh that wasn't even the SURFACE. He def watches those 3 hour videos talking about the lost media icebergs or like the really long videos talking about singular theories or the fnaf lore or something. He's so autistic I love him, sm!!!

BONUS kirideku for the soul : Kirishima and Deku were friends on Discord in a hero server and did friendly debates on Crimson Riot vs. All Might. Kiri knew he was quirkless and didn't care because he liked him regardless. Kiri was really nice to him even though he didn't have a quirk, and deku developed a crush on him. They didn't know what the other looked like, simply that they were the same age and were both bullied at school, had similar interests, etc. When Kirishima told him he'd been accepted into UA, deku didn't tell him that he had as well, bc with all his sleuthing stuff, he ended up using a pseudonym online. Upon meeting kirishima irl, he was happy to know he was, in fact, real (and attractive). He thought kiri would be disappointed in how he looked, plus explaining his quirk thing would be hard, so he never said anything. But kirishima treated him just as kindly irl as he had online, so he confessed, but kiri said he was in love with someone else, a boy he'd met online years ago ("as cringey as it sounds") that he hoped to meet irl one day. So deku explained that he was the one that kiri had been talking to, and with the proof, they started dating :333

[hellmxuths]

IF UCKING FOUND THEM OH MY GOD IT WAS CHRIS AND SAM HOW DID I JUS T FIND THIS EVERYONE PUT THIS IN THE MF BOOKS

SAM AND....???

tryna find london youtubers from like 2005-2008 and the only detail i know is that they were vlogging (2 guys) sam and ( insert other guys name here) in London where they resided, and very emo/scene aesthetic... key song in their vlog was coeur de pirate le matos x andy carmichael remix.... one guy had like orange hair they were extremely fasion obsessed.. UGH I HATE THIS MEMORY BLOCK does anyone else know what im talking about tho????

i do remember they used to do regular vlogging like before vlogging was even a thing and they were in a tiny apartment together... baking stuff and always have fun; cracking jokes left n right...

[chronotsr]

Pre-G1 Modules, part 5 - The Tower of Zenopus

So you probably noticed that this is being posted after G1. Sorry! File this in July 1977, so just after DK1 and 2 and Tsojconth and City-State and Tegel Manor but before Thieves of Badabaskor et c.

This post being released out of order is a function of where Zenopus is hiding. You see, the dating of Holmes Basic is a little squirrely. Most places say 1977 broadly, some people will say "the earliest reference is an ad in Dungeon in September '77", and a few internet sleuths say July 11th . So I hadn't had that down in my to-review list before I released G1, and in the rush I had forgotten that hiding in the back of Holmes Basic is the beloved little module simply entitled "Sample Dungeon", later known as The Tower of Zenopus.

And, consequently, I have no fancy cover to show you! Just this hand-drawn little map:

The Tower is unique in that it is the first module on this list that I have actually run for a real party. Now, granted, I did not run the Tower in Holmes Basic (I ran it in Fantasy AGE 2nd edition), but nonetheless -- it's the first one I have personal knowledge of. And I love it quite a bit.

So historywise Holmes Basic has a lot going on that I cannot quickly explain, so simply accept that Eric Holmes offered and was eventually hired to re-edit Original Dungeons and Dragons ("Little Brown Booklets") into a less labyrinthine mess. This was an extremely good call, and the Basic productline would go on to live for a very very long time in one form or another, only getting seriously changed much later by Frank Mentzer in 1983. There is a lot of Corporate Politics wrapped up in the release of ADND vs Basic vs Original DND, with concerns about copyrights and royalties and extremely Type A Gary Gygax not wanting to share his toys with the others. And, done.

The Tower is interesting from a historical standpoint in that whereas The Tower of the Frog is "here is a dungeon, here is what that looks like", Tower of Zenopus is "here is how to make a dungeon, and this is a dungeon that will teach players how to play". There will be far better attempts at those two goals, but nonetheless Tower represents a module that genuinely holds up in 2024 with some cleanup. It was given a loving nod in 5e's Ghosts of Saltmarsh by having the neighboring Portown be a little up the coast from Saltmarsh and I strongly recommend having that be your second adventure after the haunted house.

So, what's Tower's backstory? Both more and less than you'd expect. Zenopus built the tower next to the graveyard, it was suddenly engulfed in green flame, Zenopus was killed "by some powerful force he had unleashe din the depths of the tower", and it sat around for a bit. The villagers saw spooky shit going on there and smashed it with a catapult. Your party has assembled in the Green Dragon Inn and is going to investigate for phat lewt. Go on, scamp!

The structure of the tower is unusually genius for an early module, in that it features a lot of routing loops that allow for nonlinear but clear movement through the dungeon. The overall structure is, ultimately, a rimmed wheel, an outer ring connected by spokes to the hub. The shape hides this well but not too well, which is perfect for the new DM. So here's the room by room highlights:

The party enters on a four-way intersection, each taking you to a different feature of the dungeon. I have heard this dungeon describes as "like a theme park with four wings" and that's an apt descriptor here -- you're picking between the rat area, the pirates area, the wizard area, and the tomb area.

A very cute and simple puzzle, which is one of those most precious things in life: a four-way room freely opens from the outside, but only lets you out from one door. A statue in the center points towards the door that is currently open, and the statue can be spun to change the door. It's a neat little trick in that if the party gets separated during combat, anyone in this room can't assist anymore unless they work out the trap, but outside of combat it is largely a non-issue so long as they take the time to puzzle it out.

A pretty standard but new for the time tell that the wizard has a petrification wand with a little garden of stony adventurers. It's a classic for a reason.

A regulation water-rush trap that separates the party with the current -- again, a certified classic, creating tension by making fair encounters that are hard if the players get separated by traps

Ye olde "question answering mask" with, again, a precious simple puzzle: a tiny little riddle. If you parse out that the mask is powered by the sundial, you can abuse your light sources to make it be 4pm.

G i a n t c r a b, the most classic of scary "normal monsters", because it is armored and hits hard but people still immediately understand "oh fuck it's a crab" in the way they understand a bear is a serious issue

Giant spiders ambush from the ceiling silently. Zenopus really is a classics fest, but in 2024 that's kind of novel simply because THIS type of classic isn't done anymore.

For reasons I cannot fathom, the local pirates have taken to smuggling in the Tower because it's connected to the sea. This works in Ghosts because Portown is abandoned and so it's far away, but as-mentioned in the original module the tower has to be suuuuper far away from town, but also near enough to be the graveyard, for it to be a good smuggler's den. Regardless, there's a canned setpiece in the sea access room where pirates are coming on boats with a kidnapped noble lady from Portown. They're moving in on skiffs when, a giant octopus attacks! It's very, very good. This is, for my money, the best room in the dungeon and also one of the best moments in DND until we get all the way to N1's tavern.

In the center of the dungeon is a staircase leading up into the remains of the tower -- I made a rather major change from the original here, the original is merely an old alchemist's laboratory complete with a pet ape.

Instead of the alchemy lab, for my adventure I made a rather large change: the original module suggests expanding downwards because That Is How It Was Done in 1974. Instead, I went up. The horrible thing Zenopus discovered had formed a shadowy parallel dimension, so they were in a pocket dimension where the old tower was, even though in the prime material plane it was simply rubble. This blog is not About My Modifications but, that's my free tip about the tower if you ever run it -- subvert the old timey expectations by making it an upward dungeon instead of a downward dungeon, with the power of weird magic.

Anyway, that was all, and amends are now made for my previous error. See you in checks notes like 5 hours with G2!

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[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Brief history of this request! 🤡 I originally wrote this as a response to it; the original interaction went up a little while before the book 7 part 3 update was released… and that update happened to give us a lot more information about the Shroud family dynamics. It was unfortunately bad timing!

This post is a rewrite which incorporates the new Shroud family canon from the update.

***Contains major plot spoilers for book 6 of the main story!***

Family means Nobody is Left Behind or Forgotten.

The students of Night Raven College had become accustomed to rather odd sightings—so when young Ortho Shroud sailed by them with two floating tablets in tow, no one batted an eye at it. That shut-in brother of his, the rumor was, maybe he multiplied. In a sense, there was truth to that theory.

“It’s so nice to have the whole family together!” gushed a woman’s squeaky voice from one device. “Isn’t it, Papa? Everyone’s so busy, we hardly get to do these kinds of things anymore.”

Beside her, her husband cleared his throat. He replied with a blunt, somewhat stiff, “Mmm, quite. It is… certainly a different environment than the laboratory.”

Idia didn’t know which was worse—his mother’s smothering cuteness, or his father’s calculating aloofness. The love and the logic. In anime and manga, they were amusing enough archetypes. But in reality? Cringe with a capital C, especially when they were acting as a unit in public.

He could feel the heat of his peers’ gazes directed at him as they passed like phantoms trailing over a graveyard. The curiosity, the whispers, the stares. The only thing that was keeping Idia sane was the safety offered by his tablet’s screen.

Hunkered down in his Ignihyde bedroom, he was safe from direct judgment—but not free of the embarrassment his parents provided. No, that was always eternal.

“Wh-Why did you guys even bothering showing up on the NRC Family Day banner…” Idia grumbled under his breath. Man, the one time I didn’t want to pull the SSRs… and they came home anyway!

There was an appalled gasp from the end of the line. “Of course Mama and Papa came! It’s Family Day. It’s a time us parents to see what mischief our genius little boys have gotten up to while they’re away!”

Idia couldn’t see his mother’s image on her screen, but he could only imagine she was winking in a conspiring manner to Mr. Shroud. He would give an awkward smile beneath his helmet and probably say something in agreement with her.

“Ideally, we’ve have liked to come in person,” his mother continued.

Mr. Shroud cleared his voice and neatly cut in. “However, with the recent incident… well, let’s just say we’ve had to lay low and wait for the dust to settle. My staff are working overtime moderating the metrics of this situation.”

“Quite right, dear! We can’t exactly waltz into Night Raven College! It would put us at risk of being scrutinized, especially with all the viral internet rumors swirling around.”

“Shadowy secret organization puppeteers Twisted Wonderland,” Mr. Shroud recited, shaking his head in disapproval, “Lizard people real, global warming is a hoax, tap water turning the frogs gay… Where do the youths come up with such preposterous claims?”

They’re covering their bases, Idia told himself. After that incident… We never wiped the subjects’ memories with the River Lethe. It exposes a chink in our armor—they could talk, spread what they know.

Then… Th-There’s no way people wouldn’t be curious. Internet sleuths with nothing better to do will dig up dirt from the most obscure corners of the web and tout it as truth!! That’s why even STYX has been having such a hard time containing it.

“What are you gonna do? Haters gonna hate.” Idia shrugged. “… I get it. You don’t have to go explaining yourselves to us. It’s a waste of breath.”

Cynicism slipped in at the last second. A habit, hard to squash.

Ortho chimed in, clearing the air with his cheer. “Nii-san’s right! What’s important is that we get to spend time together, bonding like any other family does.”

He extended his arms to them, as if reaching for hands to hold. Bur though there was nothing for the android to grasp, there was no hiding his effervescent smile. “I’m really happy that we can do this!”

Idia’s heart, so familiar with the ice that encased the Phantoms and the chill of Tartarus, melted. “Ortho…”

An ear-splitting squeal came from one of the tablets. “Kyaaaah! You’re so cute, Or-kun!! Mama wishes she was right there on Sage’s Island to squish your little face!! You too, Idia-kun! Don’t think you can escape from your mother!”

Mr. Shroud’s voice dragged into a patient sigh. “We discussed keeping a low profile.”

“Aww, but papa!” (Idia could practically hear the pout in her tone.) “It’s a parent’s instinct to want to hug and shower her children with love~”

“Y-You’re going to attract unwanted attention though…” Idia nervously pointed out—one thing he could see eye-to-eye with his father on. They were split down the middle.

Through his camera, he could already spot passerbys slowing and staring. Sweat collected on his palms, on his forehead.

“What’s going on over there…?”

“There’s a boy with blue flames for hair.”

“Is he a Shroud?”

“He has weird things floating around him.”

Unperturbed, Ortho waved at the curious gawkers. “Hello!! I’m spending time with my family today!” he announced with his full chest out.

“Aw, what an adorable kid.”

“Are they phoning in? Gosh, they must be busy—but they still care enough to attend. That’s great!”

“Have fun with your family, champ!!”

Eh? Ehhhhh?! What’s what this after-school special I’m seeing play out?! Everyone’s so upbeat and sparkling… a-almost like one of Cater-shi’s impossible Magicam filters was just applied to the whole campus!!

Something in Idia wanted to scoff at the sight, to dismiss it outright. For as long as he could remember, the Shrouds had been shunned by the sunlight. A bloodline cursed by the gods. Never to be heroes, never normal.

But if Ortho is happy, then… this was all worth it, wasn’t it?

Yet something else, too, called out. Some small, almost forgotten, fragmented part of him. A small flower growing in the darkest pits of the Underworld.

Hope.

A zero that had suddenly turned into 0.001%. Connected again, heart to heart—even if only for a single fleeting moment.

“… Dad, mom, Ortho,” Idia said slowly, “we can’t stand around like NPCs waiting to be talked to. We’ll miss out on the limited time event. Let’s go, the whole party.”

“Nii-san…!!”

Ortho’s whole face lit up, his joy turning absolutely electric. He nearly tackled Idia’s device as he seized it and spun in a giddy circle. There was laughter from the younger Shroud, and confused sputtering from the elder one.

“Would you look at that, Papa?” Mrs. Shroud giggled softly to herself. “It looks like our boys have become such good friends.”

“… That’s good,” her husband replied. “I was concerned that Idia was still beside himself with grief—but thankfully, he’s made tremendous progress.”

“Ehehehe. It’s all thanks to Or-kun coming into our lives. He ended up being the password to unlocking Idia’s almost impenetrable fire walls.”

“Indeed. Our children have come a long way.” The corners of Mr. Shroud’s lips threatened to pull up and back. “No longer boys, but young men.”

[meili-sheep]

To keep the Modern/TikTok AU alive for a second longer:

Diluc is the kind of old-guard rich and not necessarily the flashy type we think of when we see stars today. He looks like he dresses normally enough, but the shit he wears is the best of the best. High-quality, maximum comfort, all of it.

Ayato is like that to a certain extent, as he is the odder kind of eccentric rich that has him purchasing an island on impulse. So naturally, he can afford to have a strange sense of style too.

”But think about it! When I can put about three boba drinks each in my sleeves, I can drink boba tea whenever I want to! I’m a genius.”

Yelan just happened to run into Diluc one day when he was getting a coffee. The barista had messed up her order and Diluc was behind her in line.

Yelan was about to give up when Diluc ordered two of the same thing she did (twelve espresso shots with cinnamon - beyond the legal limit) and paid for her.

But what shocked her the most was the absent-minded way he gave the front his payment. A stack of like thirty twenties.

Here’s the thing though. He’s really nice for someone with a shit ton of money. A little unaware, blunt and direct, dense as a pound cake, and really weird, but genuinely nice.

They started meeting there every few days as time and schedules allowed them to, hitting it off as friends.

At some point, Ayato went to the same coffee shop because his favored boba tea shop was closed for renovations and he was also up for three straight days.

Ayato: How many shots are you legally allowed to give me?

Barista: Seven.

Yelan & Diluc: He’s asking for the Sudden Death.

Barista: Ah, I see. So twelve.

So naturally, they incorporated him into this little group of theirs the instant he chugged it all in one go and asked for another.

Yelan works as a commentator for the digital and e-commerce sphere, a columnist for some digital papers, and also runs some hustles that aren’t really taxable.

But her real work lies in being an internet sleuth. She knows all sorts of shit and it’s dangerous work. The dark web loves her as they buy information, objects, and the occasional domain from her as well.

She has the Tik Tok on a burner account of a burner account on a burner phone that she’s rigged to be bleached when compromised.

So yeah, it’s a shock to them all when their collective clownery starts gaining traction.

————

Yelan: Hey, hey, Ayato. Do you know how to do your laundry?

Ayato: What’s laundry?

Yelan: (snorts with laughter)

Diluc: (rolls his eyes) Please, Ayato. It’s what your maidservants do for you.

Ayato: Oh, I see.

Yelan: (chokes back on even more laughter)

————

Diluc: Where has this been my whole life? This is incredible!

Ayato: I like it. Very comfortable and I look just like the poor people I see on TV!

Yelan: Christ, read the room, boba boy.

[The caption: The rich kids try wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and sneakers for the first time ever.]

————

Ayato: So if the graph’s going up, I’m supposed to be making money. If that’s the case, then why does it keep going down?

Yelan: (giddy) Don’t worry, just don’t fold like the paper hands did a week ago!

Diluc: (in the background) Stop teaching him that you can gamble in the stock market! Not everyone bought Dogecoin in 2009, Yelan.

[The caption: Ayato dumps an entire account into the $GME stock an hour before it goes to the moon.]

————

Yelan: I dunno why you’re shocked, it’s a public service.

Ayato: But where’s the valet to get the vehicle?a

Diluc: This is a transit bus.

Ayato: So? They’re qualified to park buses, are they not?

Diluc: Nah, it’s mostly for luxury cars. This is kinda slow though, I wish we took a helicopter.

Yelan: You have a what?

Ayato: You don’t have one? You can borrow one of mine if you want.

[The caption: Apparently, Diluc has the license to fly one. He’a taking me everywhere now.]

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Yelan: So Tik Tok wants to know if I’m their sugar baby and the answer is that y’all are too deep into POV Tok.

Diluc: (from the background) This ain’t no Wattpad fanfiction. (laughs at his own joke)

Yelan: This is a purely mutual friendship. I pass them off as socially competent, and they get to hang with me because I’m cooler than them.

Ayato: Okay, Y/N.

Diluc: (throws a pillow at him from the background) Silence, bottom.

Ayato: You’re the one laying on the floor while I’m on the couch, so what are you, unfathomable? (thinks for a second) Wait, I am not-

Yelan: He didn’t say anything that wasn’t true.

Ayato: (snotty) Well, at least I’m not a Redditor.

Diluc: (actually cackles)

Yelan: Oy, do you want me to teach you two how to make coffee with a coffee pot tomorrow or not?

[The caption: I am the only reason these two haven’t died of their own stupidity and yet I love them both to death. <3]

I have what some people would describe to be a problem.

So I love the idea of them having "lore" on Tiktok like yeah Yelan and Diluc met in a coffee shop when he bought a ridiculous amount of coffee.

But in the "lore" Yelan just picked him up one day.

Like one of Yelan's Tiktok's is that Just a Video of Diluc Drinking a Capri sun well spacing out in a bean bag chair, and the sound is, "Oh, people are asking how bagged a baddie Diluc? I didn't bag shit. Yelan just picked me up one day and threw me over she should, and I've been here ever since."

And honestly, that's not far off. Cause she probably warned him about flashing cash.

I'm also thinking about Diluc still being ridic strong here and absolutely not looking like it, but man always goes to the gym. And one of Tiktoks is just Diluc going to a public gym for the first time. And Yelan is cracking up as he like asking here like "Is it ok if I use this??? This isn't someone's?"

Diluc is absolutely old money. His family has been stupid rich for generations. And what surprises people is that Diluc has had an actual job before. He worked at a cafe/bar his family personally runs. And In Highschool his dad had him and Kaeya work there.

Now for Ayato. His lore is a lot funnier cause he wanted something more dramatic. But it actually changes every time he tells it.

Ayato is from a wealthy family that has been steadily growing. And it isn't as old as Diluc's. And Diluc's family is like business wealthy. But Ayato's family is high government office rich.

And while Yelan's TikTok's about Diluc are him being like a good boy and trying to understand without like being condescending. Ayato just absolutely doesn't get it and just. Gives up halfway through.

[trulyinspiringmovies]

Missing

“Missing” brings more of what made “Searching” so suspenseful and engaging, but still managed to keep me on the edge of my seat.

 June Allen plans to throw a house party when her mother and her new boyfriend go on a vacation to Colombia. She’s asked to pick the two of them up at the airport when they come back. On the day June is supposed to pick the two of them up, they never show up. This leads June down a rabbit hole of trying to find her mother. In order to do that, June must uncover some dark secrets.

In the thesis of my review of “Searching”, I called the adherence to show the story through screens a ‘gimmick’. I’m realizing now that that’s not the charitable description that these movies deserve. The fact that these movies are shown through this medium is actually perfect for a modern-day mystery. Technology has come so far and made so accessible that it’s the obvious tool to use when uncovering any type of mystery. We’ve all done a bit of internet sleuthing in our days and “Missing” captures that feeling perfectly. It’s such an effective way of getting the audience invested in the story because June uses apps and tools that we would use in that situation. The story never has to slow down to explain what these tools do because they’re ubiquitous enough for everyone to understand. This leads to a feeling of nonstop mystery and suspense throughout the whole film. I was so sucked into this movie that I caught myself flinching when something happened suddenly or letting out a cry of despair when something went wrong. I was scared that this movie was following the same framework as “Searching”. I was scared that it would be the same story, but this time it was from the perspective of the child. Luckily, this movie quashed all my worries when the first series of twists and turns took place. I will admit that there were similar beats to the first movie, but they either changed it up enough to feel fresh or spent significantly less time on them to focus on more original things. For example, a big part of “Searching” was watching how all of Margot’s classmates suddenly acted like her best friend when there was increased media attention on her disappearance. There’s something similar to that, but instead of sympathy, the public discourse skewed negatively. I wonder if that was a subtle way of commenting on how the news portrays victims that are women and/or people of color since the victim in this case was a black woman. It’s a small change that completely changed the tune of what the first film was going for in a genius way. Plus, they don’t dwell on it for too long since it was such a big part of the first film. Also, I want to praise Storm Reid’s performance in this. She has been in a ton of top-tier works lately and I’m becoming a fan of hers. She was great in “The Invisible Man”, “The Suicide Squad”, and she was great in that one episode of “The Last Of Us”. Of course, she brings her A-game to this project and I’m excited to see her in more things. All in all, I am becoming a huge fan of this franchise and I can’t wait to see more from them. I think it’s safe to say that they’re doing something different from the rest of what Hollywood is making and delivering extremely quality productions. Definitely check this movie and “Searching” out if you haven’t already. I promise you, you won’t regret it.

★★★★★

Watched on March 7th, 2023

[wherdtonygo]

*goes through my ao3 bookmarks and finds the fic i was looking for*

im literally a genius. call my ass an internet sleuth

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Boundless Realms

There's a lot of fascinating writing about Disney theme parks and theme park design more generally on the internet, but no one thinks and writes like Foxx Nolte, who is always brilliant, but never moreso than when she is writing about the Haunted Mansion. Nolte has just published her first book on the subject: Boundless Realm, and - speaking as someone who's read dozens of books on theme parks and the Mansion - I can say that it is the very best book on the subject ever written. https://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2020/10/now-available-boundless-realm-deep.html There are multiple explanations for the popularity of the Mansion, and Nolte manages to synthesize all of them into a beautiful, unitary whole. One major strand of Mansionology claims that the ride's virtuosity is in its coherence, the stories that run through it. The competing view is that the Mansion's popularity is down to its incompleteness, its incoherence. Famously, the ride went through many conceptual overhauls, driven in part by Walt Disney's ambivalence about the idea of a rotting mansion in his spotless park. From the idea of a scary house at the end of Main Street to Rolly Crump's psychedelic walk-through "Museum of the Weird," to the Davis/Coats/Gracey/Atencio rides built in Anaheim and Orlando, the Mansion is a collage of elements that survived multiple reconceptualizations. The theory goes that the mismatched elements included in the opening-day design (and the layers of removals and additions since) created a kind of rich, surprising stew, a salmagundi whose lack of coherence engages our imagination to connect the unconnectable dots. And Nolte synthesizes these two views - brilliantly. Having worked as a Mansion castmember, interviewed many former "butlers" and "maids" as well as Imagineers; having examined the vast trove of material surviving about the Mansion's design process and the source materials online sleuths uncovered, Nolte squares the circle. Yes, it's brilliant because it collects the very best elements from several strong (and narratively irreconcilable) concepts. But it's also brilliant because it's THEMATICALLY coherent: it tells a story less about the Mansion's inhabitants than it is about you, the rider. Nolte brings to bear her incredible design sense and her ability to articulate the way that design elements - sightlines, lighting, music and SFX - tell a tale that is multisensory, subliminal and that reaches far deeper into our imaginations than mere words. The Mansion's tricks - Pepper's Ghost effects, scrolling paintings, crossfading reverse-projections, etc - are easy enough to understand and even to replicate in a home Hallowe'en haunt. But the REAL tricks - the way that the designers immerse you in an atmosphere that has a real, narrative arc that is both unmissable and nearly impossible to pin down - are far harder to detect, let alone describe or replicate. That is the real genius of Nolte's work, the reason I so faithfully read her blog. Her ability to make those design decisions legible and comprehensible to someone who has a severe deficit in that department (me), is like a magic trick every time. Like noticing the ghostly face in the abstract wallpaper or spotting the eyes on a tombstone open for just a flicker, Nolte's work never fails to give me a surprising, even shocking moment of satisfying revelation. At book length, she's even better. This is a remarkable achievement - and a definitive one.

[kindofsharethat]

But like if this all real and all for Harry anyone outside the Fandom won't pay attention to it or any details about the album except us fans who been digging everything about it so Why all of this! It's so fun tho but I don't get the point of it

this is on such a large scale. the twitter thread is insane. there are people from every corner of the internet trying to figure out what the hell it is. if harry is behind this he’s a genius for recruiting thousands of unknowing internet sleuths to do his bidding like that.

[randomvarious]

The Don Juan - “Swing With It” Return of the Bass That Ate Miami 1991 Hip Hop

One of the things that a lot of Miami bass musicians in the 90s seemed to have in common was that they used a ton of aliases. And sometimes, thanks to vague liner notes that didn’t attribute writing or production credits to anyone’s actual name, listeners were unable to link the aliases back to anyone in particular. Unfortunately, that’s the case with a guy who calls himself The Don Juan. With only one song ever attributed to this name, which only appeared on one compilation, there’s really no amount of internet sleuthing anyone can do to figure out just who this person is. It’s possible that it’s just some random guy who was only able to get one song released, but given the tendencies of Miami bass artists to use multiple aliases, my instinct is to believe otherwise. It could very well be a Miami bass producer trying his hand at the mic for the first time on wax.

Back in 1991, The Don Juan's only song, "Swing With It," made its sole appearance on a compilation called Return of the Bass That Ate Miami, released by Miami bass/electro juggernaut, Pandisc. This track, which leans way more towards purely light old school hip hop than it does Miami bass or electro, is admittedly a total yawn-fest when it comes to the rapping, but the beat, which was produced by Miami bass legend DXJ, does a good job of making up for all of The Don Juan's monotony. With a primitive hip hop drum track, buzzing electro-funk synths, and some deep, purring, Miami bass pulsation in tow, DXJ uses an obvious sample from probably the most popular piece of post-disco chill funk ever made, "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club. 

By taking bits of fluffy and bleepy goodness from that tune and mixing it with those hints of electro and Miami bass, DXJ delivers us a pretty nice production of his own; one that's on a fun, clap-along kind of vibe. And in addition to that, Miami bass rapper, producer, and DJ, Jock D, cuts in with a couple sweet scratch sessions, too, which also helps to make up for The Don Juan's blasé raps.

Ultimately, I think the best way to hip people to this song is to play it in a mix right after "Genius of Love". If it's played by itself, then The Don Juan is sure to elicit some eyerolls, given his utter lack of MC skills. But if this comes on right as "Genius of Love" finishes, the listener can instead embrace this track as a fun bit of hip hop novelty that almost no one has ever heard before. And extra, extra brownie points to the DJ who can seamlessly mix The Don Juan's verses between Tina Weymouth's own vocals. That would be delightful. 

[bowsetter]

New Website Promises to Unveil Satoshi Nakamoto in 10 Days

The hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto, which has beguiled internet sleuths for years, has taken another bizarre turn. A new website, Got Satoshi, shows a countdown timer to when it will unveil Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator. The reveal will occur in 10 days’ time, when many bitcoiners will be gathered in New York for the annual Consensus summit. Although sure to be little more than a PR stunt with a disappointing reveal, the site has generated significant interest, demonstrating the enduring appeal of the Satoshi myth.

Also read: Europol Claims New Scalps – Chaos as Darknet Markets are Downed

Where in the World Is Satoshi?

Throughout human history, elusive characters have provoked intense manhunts, from Amelia Earhart to Percy Fawcett. Satoshi Nakamoto is unique, however, in being the first digital outlaw to have the world’s press, sleuths, and hobbyists on his tail. They’ve been chasing Bitcoin’s enigmatic creator for almost a decade now, and they don’t seem to be getting any closer. On May 14, gotsatoshi.com will host the latest unveiling of Satoshi Nakamoto, or at least so it claims.

The one-page website is short on detail, with the only text consisting of “Where in the World Is Satoshi?” and “Can’t find Satoshi? Sign up for the live unveiling.” The meta description provides a little more detail though, reading “Inventor, programmer, genius, maverick. Who is Satoshi? And is the world ready to meet him face to face? Follow the clues and watch our live unmasking and be the first to discover Satoshi [sic] next world-changing project.”

Aside from struggling with the English language, unlike Satoshi Nakamoto himself, the creator of Got Satoshi can’t decide whether they’re unveiling a third party as Bitcoin’s founder, or are themselves Satoshi, as the corresponding Twitter account seems to think.

A Clever Viral Marketing Campaign but No Satoshi

The Gotsatoshi.com domain was registered in May 2017, but has lain dormant until last month, when an archived snapshot of the site shows it to have been proclaiming Satoshi’s unveiling as 10 days away then. It’s possible that the great reveal will remain forever 10 days away, to frustrate watchers hoping for a thrilling denouement, or the countdown may reach zero only to reveal a new shitcoin, puzzle game, or to hail the efforts of the marketing agency that dreamed up the stunt.

One thing that won’t be happening, should the counter reach zero, is Nakamoto being revealed as Craig Wright. The operator of the Got Satoshi account may have delusions of grandeur, but they’re not crazy.

What are your thoughts on Gotsatoshi.com – it is just another PR stunt? Let us know in the comments section below.

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[switch842]

Ugh. I’m so pissed at technology right now.

My car has one of those iPod adapter things, so I have an iPod to play my music. Recently it started just not playing songs or playing like 30 seconds and skipping to the next one. I did some internet sleuthing and the most common answer in how to fix that was to restore the iPod and resync as if the iPod was brand new. 

I tried to do that, except it wouldn’t sync everything. It would sync a couple hundred songs and then say it couldn’t sync anymore because the disc couldn’t be found. What?

OK. More googling. iTunes being out of date is the most likely culprit. Check for updates, and, yes I’m not on the most recent version of iTunes. OK, cool. Let’s update and try again.

It won’t update. I cannot get the update to install no matter what I do. In trying to do so, I somehow borked iTunes completely and it won’t open at all. 

Fine. Next option, can I find the previous version of iTunes out there to download and just reinstall what I had before? There is! OK, cool. Let’s do that.

Nope. That won’t install either.

Now, I have no working iPod, no working iTunes. I still have all my music on my computer, but all my playlists and shit are gone cos iTunes was able to uninstall, but won’t reinstall.

Tried to do a system restore of my laptop to earlier today before I started fucking with everything. Nope. iTunes files are missing. Can I reinstall now? Nope. Still won’t fucking install.

I have an appointment on Tuesday at the Genius bar at my local Apple store to see if they can find out what might be wrong with my iPod (cos something is wrong with it).

I’m just. UGH. Why does technology have to be so messed up at times? askedfha;sidkgholsidhf

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Do you know if the name Idia is connected to Greece in any way? Most of the other characters generally have their names match their irl culture to extent, but the only only cultures I've found linked to Idia are Japanese and Nigerian. Do you think he shortened or changed his name from something else? I guess it wouldn't be that out there coming from "gloomy samurai" but it's stuck out to me since I first started playing. Or maybe he's connected by either of the two cultures by birth?

I believe “Idia” is his given name; it doesn’t appear to be shorthand or changed from something else. Everyone in-universe (that is to say, other characters) refers to him as “Idia”, and he is also called that name in official materials outside of the world of the game, such as in promotional materials, merchandise, etc.

I do get that TWST will naturally derive inspiration from the real world, but I don’t necessarily think that Idia is associated with certain real-world cultures (in this case, Japanese and/or Nigerian) just because his given name happens to be associated with them in the realm outside of the game. Fiction isn’t always one-to-one with reality, and vice versa! For example, Riddle Rosehearts is based on a character from a classic novel of English origins. Therefore, it can be speculated that Riddle himself may be of English origins as well. But how many English people do you know in real life whose name is “Riddle”? Epel is based on the poison apple from Snow White, a story written by German brothers, but his surname, Felmier, means “farmer” in French, not German, etc. There’s many examples that aren’t direct parallels!

I think some names just have a more obvious meaning or cultural connotation to them than others (I mean… A huntsman with the last name “Hunt”? 😂 A lion beastman named “Leona”? Pretty on the nose there), and Idia’s name is just one of those “harder to figure out” ones. I did some research into it and 🤔 it seems that the Greek pronunciation for the word “idea” (ιδέα) sounds like “Idia” (how they say his name in the game). I’m guessing that his name sounds like “idia” maybe as a nod to him being a genius child inventor? He has a lot of “ideas” in his head??

I also dug into some Greek philosophy during my research and found Plato’s theory of ideas (also known as the theory of forms). It seems to be the concept that the physical world is not as “real”, as “true”, or as important as the intangible, such as concepts and ideas, and that ideas are the “ultimate realities”. (Don’t quote me on that, that’s just the interpretation I have based on the little bit of reading and internet sleuthing I did 💦) If we were to accept this information, then Idia’s name could be alluding to and foreshadowing his conflict in episode 6, where he has to cope with his grief (something intangible) in order to move on from the death of a loved one (a tangible event).

Fun fact (since I was already talking about Idia), “Ortho” is derived from a Greek prefix by the same name. It means “straight”, “upright”, “right”, or “correct”. This is why I always think of him when I see “orthopedics”— This is also stated in the official TWST Fan Book.