#lara: i think it's a fun skill!

[tastycitrus]

Kaiser: This is it, Gerand Darmoor! Your tyranny ends here! Gerand Darmoor: *opens his mouth to speak* Angelic Buster: F I N E T U R A P E T U C H I A *a stage materializes out of nowhere and Star Bubble begins playing* Kaiser: Gerand Darmoor: Cadena: Illium: Ark: Adele: Hoyoung: Kain: Lara: Khali:

[changingplumbob]

Day ten - Chloe group part 1/2

@belsasim, @igglemouse, @invisiblequeen, @paracosmic-sims, @perolesims, @simscici

Another day begins in the villa. Whether contestants began the day with a thoughtful shower, brisk shower, or flirty shower was randomised. As was whether or not they would brush their teeth (getting the corresponding confident moodlet). Room order was also randomised as the distance from the dining room would affect how long contestants had to talk to each other and Deanna before the challenge. Autonomy was set to full meaning after breakfast it was up to contestants to socialise or not (room doors were locked to prevent excessive computer usage).

Callie was not the first to the kitchen but she was the first contestant to demand a hug before chatting with Deanna. Like normal Deanna gave everyone a compliment, with the consequence of her own breakfast dragging on. It was alright though as most contestants chose to stay at the breakfast table chatting until it was time to leave for the challenge.

Devin: Welcome Chloe group. Today's challenge has been chosen by Deanna. My little sister loves bowling, though her friends don't always enjoy going with her. You're being split in to teams of three. The winner of each lane will join Deanna this afternoon on a duo date

After contestants give their starting comments to camera they are sorted in to groups. Groups were randomly assigned with the first person in each team inviting the others to bowl.

Team 1: Apolline, Callie, Elise

Team 2: Billie, Hana, Lara

Apolline: *Clearly winces* This… Is definitely out of my expertise. Throwing heavy balls around? My poor arms…

No Apolline did not dab at the ball, that is part of a wobble. She may have looked disappointed at her first few bowls but Deanna was happy to cheer her on. In the end Apolline did manage to get a strike!

Billie (voiceover): I'll probably stick my fingers in the ball holes and their be dirty enough that I could finger paint! But it's fine, that's a silver lining, I guess!

So about that ball... Billie picked it up, went to bowl and somehow... the ball got tossed up in the air and vanished. You can see here how she ducks out of the way, unfortunately that ball is still unaccounted for... Despite her fumbles Billie also managed to get a strike.

Callie (voiceover): Oh umm, I'm not even sure I can pick up a bowling ball!

Callie could indeed pick up a bowling ball! Sadly she could also slip with a bowling ball, but at least she held on to it during the tumble? Across the frames Callie remained upbeat and positive, even if her highest score was six.

Hana (voiceover): I was happy when I heard what the challenge was. The bowling alley in Mt Komorebi may or may not be where the queer youth gather *laughs* 🤭

Hana's confidence in herself was not misplaced. She knew what she was doing, and did her best to give the rest of the ladies pointers- probably a reason Callie remained in her good mood. Whether bowling gently or intently, Hana was at the top of her game, getting multiple strikes.

Elise (voiceover): Ooooo this is gonna be ultra fun! Let me grab my bowling shoes, and let's hit the alleys!

Almost as chipper as Callie for the day was Elise. She walked up to the lane with a determination to have a good time. The fun approach seemed to work for her, and she managed to get some high scores between cracking jokes and bowling under her leg.

Lara (voiceover): I was excited to hear the first challenge was bowling! I think it's something that everyone is at a similar level in you know? It's nice to learn more about what Deanna is interested in

Lara seemed excited to begin bowling, testing out her skills against her teammates. Despite the excitement she had a few bad bowls... Lara may have stayed upright but so did the pins. With Hana's encouragement though Lara did manage to get herself a strike before the game was done.

Deanna: Bowling today was interesting. Despite a lot of the girls having some bad bowls they mostly remained upbeat. No one took the challenge as life and death which was nice

Bowl after bowl was rolled until there was hardly a pin left standing. The points were tallied by the game and the winning sims were:

Elise & Hana

Reactions and duo date tomorrow.

[lara-cairncross]

Hiii Lara!!

I have a question that may or may not have anything to do with a little something I'm writing 🤭 (the detail is so tiny and actually has no effect on the story, but I'm a sucker for authenticity and the information is probably handy for anything else i want to write later *cough Mikey's whole situation cough*)

sooo, what's your opinion on Medic Leo? would he have some basic or in depth first aid knowledge?

.... can I make him have in depth first aid knowledge? 🤩

if you have answered this before, my bad, ive completely forgotten your answer 😅

holy shit holy shit Beans is writing again??? PEAK INCOMING???? OMG--

i'm calm i'm calm i'm calm everything is fine. i'm very calm and normal and fine. this is fine. yes yes.

Assuming you're asking specifically about fae!Leo for this (let me know if I'm mistaken lol), thennnn the answer is somewhere in the middle i think? Fun fact-- out of all four fairy boys, Raph is actually the one with the most in-depth medical knowledge! A huge part of his job/talent is taking care of injured animals, so he's actually super well-versed in treating all sorts of injuries on both animals and fairies, since fairies all have some sort of animal/yokai features :D he's not as skilled as an actual healing fairy, ofc, but he's pretty dang good at working with smaller injuries that don't require a healer's expertise!

When it comes to Leo though, I would definitely say he's the second most well-versed in medical stuff. For one thing, he's usually the one who goes on errands to collect medical herbs/supplies for Raph and his animals (lol delivery boy), so it's crucial that he has an eye for what to look for! I can also totally envision Raph roping him into a treatment session/medical procedure whenever he drops off the supplies too. If Raph's hands are too big for something, Leo is gonna be forced to help out whether he's grossed out or not lmao

For another thing, Leo kinda has to have at least a basic understanding of treating injuries for his own safety. As a fast-flier, he travels around a LOT in order to gather requested materials or make deliveries. If he gets hurt while he's far away from the Hidden Hollow, then it's pretty much up to him to take care of himself and treat whatever injuries he has until he can get home! That's why he's got almost enough pockets to rival Donnie lmao-- extra pixie dust storage, and some basic medical supplies in case he gets hurt on the job :D

TLDR: I wouldn't say his understanding of first aid is necessarily "basic", but it's not super in-depth, either? He definitely knows enough to get by, and even to play nurse with Raph if he really needs to, but it's not really his "thing" as much as it is for Raph. He can certainly take care of an injured brother though ^-^

Hope this helped!! I can't wait to see what you do 🧡🧡

[katseyekon]

Hey,i have been meaning to know katseye,i have listened to their songs, read all their profiles watched all their tiktoks and like watched a bit interviews and lives too,but i kinda wanna know about grp dynamics,ships and members personality, hope u can elighten me pls:))

Sorry it took me so long, my draft got deleted (rip)

Warning that this is all conjecture as we can never really know the Kats daily lives or interpersonal dynamics! It’s all for fun. For this reason it is also completely possible that other Eyekons will have different opinions on the members, dynamics, etc. (in fact if Eyekons want to add on or add their own opinions then that would be really cool).

The Katseyekon (Intermediate level) guide to Katseye ✨

I’m gonna try to hit some highlights that you might not have gleaned from the other stuff you mentioned like music videos, tik toks, etc.

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The Members

I’ve got a post talking a bit about why I personally enjoy each member but I’ll try to be more broad and descriptive here.

Sophia

Sophia is the leader and I’d describe her as the mother hen of the group. She is elegant, charismatic, and a natural public speaker who will often answer for the group in interviews. Despite being one of the oldest members (alongside Manon) and the leader, she also has a funny, youthful side to her and she can be silly and pal-around. It seems like she also can feel responsible for the others’ well-being and the group as a whole (I think since she is naturally caring that she would feel this way regardless of whether she was the ‘leader’ or not). She’s like the night sky. 🌌

Manon

The oldest of the group (close in age to Sophia). I’d describe her as introspective, natural, and warm. She is like this warm presence in the group that lifts everyone up. She can be calm and reserved but (like the rest of the group tbh) has random bursts of chaotic energy. It seems like the rest of the group really feeds off her energy and she helps bring some positivity and fun whenever their schedule gets hard. Sometimes people will try to reduce her to just the ‘visual’ of the group (and she IS beautiful) which might be discouraging but Manon is also a very hard-worker who continues to push the bar with her skills while also bringing a level of self-awareness and reflection that is refreshing. She is like the sunset. 🌅

Megan

Aptly described as an all-rounder, Megan is quirky, energetic, and electric on stage. The “dual-cherry” (her representative charm) of the group, she has both a goofy side and a baddie side. She’s interested in fashion. I feel like she’d be able to get along with anyone. Sometimes she can be overlooked because she’s a jack of all trades who is talented at everything but is (arguably) not the best at vocals (Lara), dance (Daniela), etc. However, she has a unique was of doing everything that makes her stand out and shine. She brings a lot of energy to the group. She’s like the morning dawn. 🌄

Lara

Lara is the vocal queen of Katseye! I would describe her as confident, soothing, and creative. She is a natural music-lover and brings authentic artistry which uplifts the whole group. She has a very calming and up-front presence which sometimes leads to her voicing the honest feelings of the group in interviews. She is passionate and unapologetically herself. Not only does she stand up for herself against bullies online but will go to bat for the other members in a heartbeat. She’s so passionate and creative while also being very reassuring and calm, that’s why she’s like a cozy, stormy day. 🏙️

Daniela

Daniela is known for her amazing dancing skills but I would also describe her as down-to-earth, dedicated, and magnetic. She just makes everything look easy! But that’s the result of grueling work and a steady dedication to improving that she has demonstrated over her many years spent dancing and singing. She is in her element when performing and when you’re watching, you can��t help but notice. She gives every performance her all. She is refreshing and effortlessly herself. That’s why she’s like a bright blue sky. 🏞️

Yoonchae

Yoonchae is the youngest of the group. I would describe her as versatile, youthful, and tenacious. She took a leap of faith by choosing to debut in an international group instead of a traditional k-pop group. Luckily taking that chance has led her to her sisters in Katseye and if you look at Yoonchae pre-debut to now, you can see how much she has grown and come out of her shell. She’s shy and somewhat reserved but opens up when she feels comfortable and it’s sweet to see the others support her when she chooses to speak up. It’s a little shocking to see her on stage since she has such a powerful stage presence that is versatile and fits any concept. She’s the soft evening dusk. 🌆

Group Dynamics

I won’t touch on shipping because that’s not my vibe (though do as you like — just not where the Kats will see it! They’re real people!) but here’s some of my thoughts on the group dynamics and duos, etc.

The group

As a group, the Kats have stated that they have a sister-like dynamic. They all love and support each other and when they do inevitably bicker, they are able to overcome their arguments quickly. While some members were immediately drawn to each other (especially those who were sharing a room), over time it’s clear to see that all of the girls have strengthened their relationships with each other.

[cirillka]

A lot of unnecessary banter from "fans" clogging up Witcher 4 posts when we should just be excited and enjoying trailer edits and fanart. It's tiring, but every complaint has a logical answer, there's no "ah-haa" moment in any of these complaints.

"Ciri can't be a witcher." Except she's called precisely that in the books and in the... Witcher Ciri ending of Witcher 3. Which the entirely of the game's plot suggested (I understand there's alternative endings, but the game's logical flow goes to Witcher Ciri ending). Ciri is a playable character in Witcher 3 alongside Geralt. She is in every way Geralt's daughter, apprentice and heir to his profession. This is a classic "did you not play the game/read the books?" response and I don't know who, with any bare-minimum inkling of the lore, would say this with any seriousness.

"She couldn't have gone through the trial of grasses." Her going through the trial is clearly new Witcher 4 lore, but it's not an unreasonable route. The reason Geralt was a "super" witcher was that he was able to take on more mutations for his trial because he is the son of a sorceress, which isn't supposed to happen as sorceresses can't conceive children (this due to their bodies undergoing changes when becoming disciplined in magic, not some sacrificial ritual that the show suggested). Ciri's bloodline is not just a sorceress bloodline, but the Elder Blood/Lara Dorren bloodline which is so coveted for it's magic prowess, it... was a central aspect in the books and Witcher 3 plot. It is reasonable to assume that she would survive the trial of grasses should she elect to pursue it, which she clearly did.

"She's OP." Trust that CDPR will write to accommodate this? From the trailer, it seemed clear that Ciri had to resource manage her Lara gene. She wasn't teleporting at all, we saw the classic green magic associated with it, and she chose to channel it into a lightning spell. I think that's a great balance. Besides, who wouldn't wouldn't want to play as a combo witcher and sorceress, do you hate fun? lmao.

"I can't play cause Ciri is a woman and I need the protagonist to be a man to relate to them." Skill issue, honestly. I understand the feeling of playing a character that is your gender identity (I am excited to play Ciri for this), but I've played plenty of games as a man and the narrative experiences are still enjoyable and worthwhile, Geralt being no exception. Literally my two guy friends who are the biggest into Witcher, read the books and played the games with me, cite Ciri as both their personal favorite character and are so stoked she's taking the lead in Witcher 4. People with any attachment to Geralt as a character should feel naturally excited his/your daughter is taking up the mantle.

"She is ugly." Incorrect. She looks older, mature and beautiful all in one. This makes her look different from her younger Witcher 3 self, yes (as we should expect?), and in all the best ways. I'm sorry you hate attractive women, that is a personal problem and I wish you future clarity.

"She better not be gay/woke." She already is. The Witcher already was. Even without the books, there is a direct dialogue choice as Ciri where you can specify a preference in women (referencing her girlfriend from the books). The game will likely write her as bi and let the player choose, so sit down and quit crying.

Edit for one more I saw: "She has a School of the Cat medallion, that's wrong!" She's had it since the books, it was a pivotal moment and big spoiler how she got it, but it hung from her belt in her Witcher 3 designs. She just wears it on her neck now.

[newkatzkafe2023]

@lara-legomonkiekid

What if Monkey Y/N had an extremely long tongue😝(How would the Monkey King's react).

Is Prepare some rather suggestive themes

(Lmk Wukong) He was speechless He was watching you Lick your ice scream his focus not breaking away from you for one second. As he watches you when your tongue motions. His face becomes rather and rather and now it is drawn aside to his mouth. He had a quiet but very intense sexual awakening That day and he wonders How skillful you are with your Pink slimy warm tongue.

(MK Reborn Wukong) be prepared to be shocked because he actually looks nervous. He always finds himself staring directly into your mouth. And when I figure release your tongue he shivers in terror and minor arousal. If you happen to eat all your food like that, he'll be torturing him on the daily basis. Not there you don't do that anyway but more than ever. You're interestingly long friend awakens something in him and he wouldn't dare bring it up to you.

(HIB Wukong) He tried so desperately not to look effected. But The second He saw you do this with a Thagger after a fight

The worst part is you do it so much it's a freaking habit now. he really, really, really hopes This doesn't awaken anything and have otherwise. He really will have to look at himself and ask what's wrong🥵🥵🥵

(NR Wukong) I wouldn't be all that shock if he was a closet freak. But the second he saw your total one day eating Is ice cream you couldn't take it anymore. I think he would have a bit of a long time too. So french kisses are always fun. It will always lead to the better parts, He's wondering what else you can do with that tongue.

(Netflix Wukong) He had a miniature heart attack and an extremely red face When he witness the length of your tongue. You cannot help but get slightly Arouse every time it comes out of your mouth. It The first time in his life where he felt shame personally. I think he'll suffer a simulated death sentence if you dare to lick his face.

FEEL FREE TO REBLOG😇👍

[simspaghetti]

Generation 2 of the Piccolo LEPacy is finished!

I had a lot of fun this generation, I haven't had the opportunity to explore World Adventures much, and completing all the tombs was really fun!

Saying that, I don't think I'd do a dual heir situation again, at least not one where they're both working to complete the same set of objectives - after Indie completed her LTW she became kind of redundant, which is a shame! I think it might have been better if I just focused on Lara instead or had her complete the other adventure route, I just figured collecting all the space rocks and bugs and everything seemed like a loooot of work lol

Anyway, now that the goals for Gen 2 are complete, I'm gonna do a timeskip and move straight onto the next gen as I'm keen to get started with Ambitions :)

Gen 2 Total Points: 40

Grand Total Points: ✨95.5✨

Scoreboard: ⬇️

Here We Go Again [Explorer]: ☑️ Have the ’Explorer’ and/or ’Brave’ trait +0.5 (Lara) ☑️ Move to Barnacle Bay or Riverview +0.5 ☑️ Travel to Egypt, France & China +0.5 ☑️ Marry a local from a travel location +0.5 (Lara) ☑️ Have child(ren) with a local +1 (Lara) ☑️ Showcase private collection in home +0.5 ☑️ Gain all visa levels +1 ☑️ Complete all tombs +1 (Lara) ☑️ Master the Martial Arts Skill +1 (x2) ☑️ Master the Nectar-Making Skill +1 (Lara) 🔲 Create a perfect quality nectar and age it until the end of the legacy +10 (The perfect nectar is in storage - goal to be completed later!) ☑️ Complete the LTW: ‘Great Explorer’ +1 (Lara) ☑️ Complete the LTW: 'Martial Arts Master’ +1 (Indie)

Bonus Goals: ☑️ Collect all pieces of the Cursed Sarcophagus of Kings and after assembling sleep in it for 16 hours. To turn back be sure to have Blessed Sarcophagus assembled and then sleep in it for 8 hours. +1 (Indie) ☑️ Become a mummy +1 (Indie)

Misc. Points: ☑️ Heir completing their LTW +5 (x2) ☑️ Heir mastered a non-required skill +1 (x2) ☑️ Heir completes a skill challenge +1 (x9)

Rainbowcy Points: ☑️ Keep a portrait room with each heir’s portrait hanging in it +1 per heir

[zahri-melitor]

New(ish) Comics

Batman #154: Look, I don't hate this story, but did we really need another round of Thomas 'Cheater' Wayne? Especially Dr Thomas MD But Can't Handle Contraception Wayne? Been here. Done that. Bane Half-Brothers was funnier. Hopefully this is superior to every time Tommy Jr appears.

Absolute Superman #1: I think I rank this ahead of Absolute Batman but not as good as Absolute Wonder Woman. It's an interesting approach. It's very in your face and not bothering with subtlety in the analogies.

I will agree I am fond of the trend of Live Mothers With Their Sons in these stories, even if I know Lara's about to get whomped by the plot. Loved fix-it engineer Lara who wanted to be an astronaut and got washed out for having Wrong Political Views (age 9).

Action Comics #1074: in contrast, Lara in this is a 1950s cipher, literally standing there holding the baby. It's is such sharp contrast compared to Absolute Superman, especially as I read them back to back.

Aside from that, I think the Clark main plot finally picked up its pace a bit, the Kenan and Kon plot got a bit explainy but remains fun, and Kara is having a very bad time over in her plot.

Birds of Prey #15: Delighted by Cass being a menace here. Really happy we got to spend a little more time getting inside Sin's head. And Grace and Onyx looking at each other and trying to work out how to fight Barda to let her let off steam without anyone getting massively injured was so funny: they're both ripped in this comic, but Barda is, well, Big Barda.

Batgirl #1: As was generally expected, this is heavily leaning on Batgirl 2000. Interestingly as far as I am concerned, it is retaining Batman & Robin Eternal and working on twisting the word 'Orphan' to have multiple meanings! Which I've commented on before: Orphan as a name and a word has a lot of implications for Cass to be unpacked, and not all those implications are obvious on the surface.

I'm interested to see more of how they play this - it's a different approach to Cass's internal monologue and body reading skills.

As far as Shiva goes: they definitely seem to have sat down and tried to find a midpoint between preboot Shiva in Batgirl 2000 and Rebirth Shiva in say Batman and the Outsiders 2019 (both are definite influences on this).

Shazam! #17: Love the Hephaestus design. Feeling sorry for Freddy, though I liked that the whole situation is framed not as 'going evil' but as a test of strength of mind. And given the uneven power split in the family right now, externalising that jealousy makes sense.

Plastic Man No More! #2-3: caught up with Plas. Was reminded I don't actually particularly enjoy him as a character. As a set of stories focusing on treating Eel as more than just a joke character and interrogating his interiority they're doing a lot; I guess some of it is I simply don't really feel attached to him, and I'm cheering Luke O'Brian on to never talk to his dad again.

Also very much reminded these are Black Label, between the gruesome body horror, the plot, the number of character deaths and the fact Tim's running around as a Titans lieutenant checking on members.

I think these are quite good comics. I'm just not emotionally attached to Eel and these aren't managing to get me over the hump.

Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #2: and over here in the 2024 DC Santa read along, we scored a Jason Blood telling tales of Camelot! Don't know where Nimue was - she clearly managed to sidestep this drama and reminding Jason she has very different memories of the period.

Mera also kicked absolute arse and weaponised her attackers prejudices in a satisfying manner.

As a marker: John Stewart is in this title, but he's on the JL team up that are currently trapped and don't have Santa with them. This is important because...

DC'S Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg #1:

Santa's Oath: this is a story about Mrs Claus driving the sleigh and being a Blue Lantern, while John Stewart is asking if Santa really exists. We covered this, John! Extensively! In the DC Santa read along last year! He's real! And not only is he real this story is suggesting he's 'busy' in a way that makes me think it wants to align canonically with Silent Knight Returns, except for the fact, John, you are currently trapped in that story, and you're undoubtedly about to MEET Santa in it by the end of it.

In terms of Blue Lanterns, if anyone is going to be one, I don't hate putting it on the Clauses.

Also add this one to the tally of Real Santa stories, even if it is 'Carol' Claus.

Secret Santa: Happy Christmas to me personally, because the 2008 Secret Six lineup are currently exchanging presents and it includes hilarious cuddly Bane musing on everyone's histories.

This is amazing. I only wish Floyd and Thomas had got more banter in it. And it wasn't even written by Simone - dare I dream of another Secret Six run?

Ghosts of Christmas Present: John Constantine gets trapped in a Hallmark Movie via Hell. This is slight and underuses Constantine.

It's a Criminal Life: ...Joker gets It's a Wonderful Lifed with a ghost dead Robin!Jason. It's deeply ridiculous.

Deadman Walking: it's a Christmas mining disaster story! Ahhh, Deadman comics. Honestly a bit too earnest and instructive on how to dig people out of collapsed mines.

Silent Nite: oh the art on this one is good (Francavilla). Silent, period piece for Dr Mid-Nite set in 1941. The direction of the story is obvious from about the second page but still well told.

The Perfect Gift: Ben Turner and Mari McCabe try to buy each other Christmas presents story. Mari massively overthinks things. Ben apparently managed some serenity from the O-Sensei and just got Mari something straightforward. Donna plays wingwoman.

O Glowy Night: The art is fun in this and the concept (Clark can't stop radiating a sunny glow). I sighed at the villain.

Honestly I enjoyed this mix. Lots of characters who mostly get back ups, from various corners of DC.

The Warlord #75: this week in Skartaris we reach an anniversary issue and with it...the return of Graemore, Tara's old childhood friend who likes trying to steal her away from Travis (via such seduction methods like 'not wandering off into the wilderness to kill things without returning for months on end' and 'appearing at meals' and 'asking Tara about her feelings').

Travis and Tara actually discuss the fact Travis is never in Shamballah for more than 5 minutes at a time and that she's tired of it.

In the Ancient Atlantean artefacts line of story, we find out that the USAF identity card thing Travis found was from the 23rd century, yet left with all the other materials of the ancients. COULD IT BE MORE TIME TRAVEL? (because this story doesn't have enough as it is). I feel sorry for whatever poor fool got trapped back in Wizard World and had to live out his days there to get this stuff over to the Ancient Atlanteans.

(Also uh the New Atlanteans try to invade Shamballah and Travis ends up punching Tara to carry her as they try to escape so she won't try to make a heroic last stand. Which. Certainly a thing that happened here)

[cookies-sports]

Still not sure what I think of this sevens tournament completely. The timing is definitely a poor decision that I hope does not back-fire and the opening games have been... interesting as teams adjust to seven a side.

I do, however, understand the financial incentive was considerable and it's understandable that teams go in for that as well as players challenging themselves to a different playstyle.

But the part I do like is seeing the players who seem to be having fun, vibing with the tournament. Lara Martins was having a great time in the match vs PSG, showing off her tricks and skill moves 😅

[mediawhatwiveswatch]

The Wives Watch: Supernatural S3 E3-E6

We back

E3 - The Show Gets Goofy

Storage Wars is gonna go hard

Uh oh Gordon be masterminding from behind bars

Well known henchman Stanley Kubrick

The boys are both stressed about each other. Perpetual Stress Machine

Is it legal to boobytrap a storage container? (Would John care?)

Lemme just store all my curses in this publicly available building! #JohnWasABadHunter

This would either be the best or the worst Storage Wars find

So did the lucky foot just turn this guy into a Vietnam war vet?

Rabbit foot must of been Bugs Bunny's with this Loony Tunes ass fight

Very difficult to claim scratch card money when you're wanted by multiple 3 letter agencies

Oof deaths are brutal this ep

Our ability to tell women apart on this show is really hindering our plot detective skills

This poor thief guy is so pathetic. New favourite guy

They got just like a tinfoil goose or something?

"I lost my shoe :(" Pathetic Sam our beloved

British lady!! Evil Lara Croft new woman confirmed

Sam is yet to be taught Stop, Drop, and Roll

Sam once again being tortured while Dean flirts

Goofy ass episode

Poor Sam getting targeted

Even Gordon thinks this guy is insane. Damn

E4 - Sins City Planner

The camera guys really went off this episode. Bros had helicopters and cinematography

COLD OPEN - Nun Lady is great at screaming

Father really said "Oh yeah that guy who killed a bunch of people in a craft store? Great guy"

New Jersey Fedora guy is actually a vibe. Is it a good vibe? To be determined

In this episode: The boys just investigate a straight up actual murder

They've also been in far too many photos recently. Agent is gonna social media stalk them

If Bobby dies then we will genuinely stop watching this show and that is a theat

Sam broke into the Mob's HQ to throw water on them for fun

Demon lady is clearly an Ed Sheeran fan

Demon lady is also an oscillating fan. Look at that paper go!

Ma'am youre describing catholicism

Lucifer is like demon Jesus?

Yellow Eye Guy has a name. And that name is Asurvarogropha? We werent listening hes staying Yellow Eye Guy

Demon priest!

What the hell is a poohbah? Is this a thing?

Bobby returns (yay!) Ruby returns (no!)

Sam is getting violent. The prophecy......

Sam and Ruby are a straight washed Destiel. Hetrosexual + demon

E5 - Rip to Ever After but Supernaturals Different

Haunted Child Gets People Killed Episode

Why are so many of these episodes based at new residential builds?

The most frightening thing of all - new builds

3 little pigs was slightly on the nose there

Imagine being on a building site with your bros and seeing Him

The boys continuing to impersonate federal agents. Gotta keep them close

Whomst the fuck gets lost in the woods and walks into some rando's cabin?? If they're living out there they've been isolated for a reason and cant be trusted

Bro GOT GOT

Us every time we guessed the fairytale correctly:

*CHANTING* Kiss the Frog Kiss the Frog

Homophobia? In my Supernatural? Its more likely than we think

Imagine out of nowhere getting attacked by your stepmum, only to be saved by two strangers breaking in to your house who then go running off to chase a ghost girl and return with an apple

Sam is both a Disney Adult and a Kinda Christian. If this man enters Utah its over for him. No escape from mormonism for this guy

"Your wife tried to murder your child and you need to let her die" Gee Sam I wonder why that didn't sit too well with the grieving doctor

Why have Little Red go to their grandmas home when she could go to her grandmas minivan? (seriously do people not look at the driver before getting in cars?)

Okay so also the doctors wife is genuinely insane?? Like you fed this guys daughter BLEACH and then stayed married to him for like a decade while he EVERYDAY READS CHILDREN STORIES TO HIS COMATOSE CHILD

Crossroad demon and Ruby got pre-established beef. Intriguing

Sam said no mercy. Get shot lady.

Dean's gonna be so confused next time he summons Crossroad demon and some other guy shows up

E6 - Yar Har Fiddle Dee Dee, Being A Pirate Is Alright To Be, Drown Who You Want Cuz A Pirate Is Free, You Are A Pirate!

The boys gotta learn CPR

COLD OPEN - GHOST PIRATES!

Would never be this chill if there were noises like that while in the shower

The boys are once again fighting over who gets to die first

Uh oh Sam got the MILF

Lara Croft returns!

And she messed with the car >:(

And she's scamming the MILF >:(

New beef just dropped and girlie is Wrong

So like she's for sure been screwed over by Dadchester right? She hates hunters and thinks its all out of vengeance and she has a thing against the boys

I too would be concerned if I saw Sam and Dean staking out my house

"Hey don't watch my house, I'm gonna get in my car and drive to the other side of my driveway

The pirate guy looks rad

LADS HE ISNT DEAD CPR IS A THING HE'S LITERALLY JUST INHALED WATER ITS NOT HARD YOU CAN SAVE HIM

Sorry they took a picture of this pirate guy?? In the 1850s?? And it looked like that?? Sure thing lady we aint trusting you

Pretty dress! Pretty hair! The girls win again

Sam and Gertie OTP

Gertie is lowkey kinda iconic if she wasnt so gropey

That security guard fully just went "yeah not getting paid enough to tell you about an affair"

Lara Croft has Lara Crofted once more

Is this girlie just gonna show up, annoy the boys, get herself cursed, and beg to be saved constantly

Knowing this ghost her mum probably died in childbirth or something and they decided it counts.

Sometimes you just gotta beat the crap outta your brother

10k aint bad ngl

The boys gotta talk to eachother properly bro PLEASE

{{15% through the show}}

50 Episodes 🎉

[momentokori]

Ok so lemme think of all the game mechanics there’s a lot

So for day segments you have a school setting where you can level up your 4 different stats brains toughness smarts and spirits

brains is how academically smart you are and a good brain stat can help you see routes that you wouldn’t have access to otherwise

Tough is strength you can run faster and hit ghosts if your character is one of the few with melee abilities

smarts is how quick you can outmaneuver a ghost or find a quick hiding spot more like the art of the streets that school knowledge good in a pinch

and spirits is how resistant you are to the mental affects of a ghost since most have mentality altering abilities so you’re able to last longer before giving in

ok now for day segments

so in day segments whenever you talk to someone there’ll be 4 moods you have that’ll steer the conversation (you can control this using your d pad) and these can be used to forge bonds so you can use new skills and abilities

and school segments you’ll get a bit of world building and if you get the questions about it right you’ll get some small stat boosters

Alright now for the fun bit the ghost segments

for ghosts segments you have 3 main things to worry about star points, the heart beat meter, and your inventory

Star points are used for special actions and abilities such as escaping a ghost one time or using a character specific special that’ll help others or kill all apparitions in the nearby area you only have one though so you need to be careful with using it

next is the heart beat meter!!!! see since these are squishy lil kids they will die instantly if a ghost gets them so no health bar instead you see the heart rate of your character and you need to keep it regular in times of danger so that way they won’t get murdered this can be done via breathing breath holding and even meditation

which leads to our next thing items!!! You can only hold two things (one for each hand both hands for a weapon) so you need to pick and choose what you want very carefully you can get items from kids or steal them from the house and use them for distractions to cal down

and finally keychains

you can hold up to 3 and each one gives a minor buff and some will work better with certain characters over others not much else

Ok that it tell me your thoughts if ya have any

Giggles

That's. A LOT to read but I did it

Might go back and reread it later to comprehend it more and more, then I'll give more thoughts!! But the first thing about smarts..Lara..also I can see how each member would hold onto the keychains (if they don't have a specific place they need to be)

Speaking of which, I am really interested in this keychain thing, tell me more about that aspect

[changingplumbob]

First Round - Day five (Chloe group)

The Chloe group are lucky last, meaning they've had some extra time to get to know each other before this. Tensions still exist though as some personalities clash.

Callie: This is so exciting! This place looks amazing

Apolline: I think it needs work. A lot of work

Billie: I suppose you're used to a higher standard?

Elise: It's a lot nicer than some places I've been let me tell you

Hana: I hope we get some free time to paint. At the moment the schedule seems pretty tight

Lara: We have some free time now don't we?

Callie: Yeah but we should be bonding and getting to know each other

Apolline: Why would we want that

Billie: Maybe you don't understand Callie but this is meant to be a competition

Lara: Why would you say that? We don't need to kill the vibe

Hana: Maybe not all of us feel as relaxed about the situation as you are Lara

Elise: You know what's relaxing? The onsen in Mt Komorebi

Hana: I think I'm going to go unpack

Elise: I'll come with, I've got the room beside yours

...

Callie: I know it's a competition but it doesn't mean we can't be friends... does it?

Billie: I didn't mean to sound quite that harsh

Apolline: *scoffs* You really want to befriend 29 woman chasing the same person you are?

Lara: You make it sound so cut throat Apolline. Maybe not everyone thinks the way you do. We should try and be friendly

Hana: Now where do you suppose the remote would be?

Hana decided that she didn't want to be overly social that morning and instead chose to watch some sports on TV after unpacking.

Apolline: I can be friendly! I love your... green?

Lara: *smiling* See now Polly, we're getting along great

Apolline: *seething at being called Polly*

Elise: So what did I miss

Callie: Nothing much. Can you tell us about one of your adventures?

Billie: Yes! I'd love to hear more of your travels

At lunch Deanna appeared to say hello to everyone and see how they were settling in.

Deanna: Are you doing okay?

Apolline: Yes. Deanna you look tres jolie in that shirt

Deanna: *smiling* Thanks. But really is it going okay

Hana: Things are bound to be awkward while we adjust right

Lara: Some things are bumpy but we're getting through it

Hana: I said that

Lara: I'm just trying to make conversation

Callie: The rooms are lovely

Billie: And the views are so inspiring

Elise: I love it here but I do miss home

Apolline: Deanna you must come visit Champs Le Sims, you as well Hana

Hana: I've heard the galleries there are impressive

Billie: I'd love to see them to

The rest of lunch is filled with jokes and laughter. Despite initial clashes these contestants do seem to want to understand each other.

Lara (voiceover): Things may have got tense this morning but it's nothing I can't handle. You don't get to be a party animal without learning how to handle an awkward situation. Apolline seems like she likes us, but it also feels like maybe she's liking us against her better judgement? I don't know. I decided to polish my charisma today, that way I can help diffuse any other arguments that might pop up

Elise (voiceover): It was a lot of fun talking about my travels with the others. Apolline didn't seem too impressed by the places I chose to visit but I think she respects my determination. There was an awkward moment with Apolline and Callie for sure though, and Billie. I think they just need to size each other up and move forward, eyes on the prize. I chose to practice video gaming for skill time, it was good to unwind

Callie (voiceover): So maybe I was a little bit naive thinking everyone would want to make friends. I just thought there's only so many people who do these kind of things, who else would best know what we're going through than a fellow competitor? At least Lara seems welcoming, and hey maybe the others just need to get to know me. I picked charisma to work on for the afternoon, I could do with less social slip ups

Hana (voiceover): I tried to tell myself not to be annoyed at Lara just because she was number one... but my hot-headedness got me. Hopefully she's cool enough to forgive it though because yeah... I do have to admit she seems pretty awesome. I think it was right to do some sports watching before lunch though, helped get me in a better place to chat. For the skill time I picked videogaming. I'm interested to see what challenge it's recommended for

Apolline (voiceover): I mean... I'm trying to overcome quite a bit right now. I do think it might seem like I'm cold but I'm being realistic. We can't all win. Deanna is only picking me- I mean, one of us. I don't know about you but I would rather not befriend people I know are flirting with the same person as me. How can you establish trust? I picked charisma to work on, not that I really need to, but it does seem like a skill that will be essential in the villa

Billie (voiceover): I didn't mean to be rude to Callie, she just doesn't seem like a serious competitor. But after I snapped she looked like a puppy someone had pushed in a puddle. So I backtracked and tried to patch it up, hopefully she's not the kind to hold grudges. Lunch was fun, it would be nice to visit Champs Le Sims one day if Apolline ever deems me worthy of invitation. For skills I chose charisma, I'm going to need it

For dinner Deanna made some Chicken Saltimbocca.

Apolline: Merci! Some real food

Billie: Thanks Deanna

Deanna: You're welcome

Elise: It tastes really nice, what brand of nectar did you use?

Deanna: Uhh, the one in the cupboard?

Lara: Brands don't always tell you how good the nectar will be

Hana: I didn't realise you drank nectar

Lara: I don't much but I know how to navigate behind the bar

Apolline: A useful skill?

Lara: It can be. Sometimes your ordered mixologist will not appear and you need to keep the party going

Callie: I've never really been to many parties

Elise: I've been to parties on almost every continent

Billie: Gosh this sunset is just gorgeous

Hana: I know! I wish I had my full set of paints to capture it

Following the cleaning up, Deanna invites the women to watch a movie with her. While most seem excited at the idea of a film in a language that is not English, Lara is skeptical and Callie is worried.

Callie: Will there be subtitles? We can have subtitles right?

Deanna: Absolutely

Apolline: Disappointed Lara?

Lara: Huh? No, I just prefer action films not drama

Billie: I saw a review of this one but have yet to watch

Hana: Shhh, it's starting

Despite her initial hesitation Callie gets drawn in to the film, crying along with Elise at the sad moments.

Deanna: *sniffling* I don't have a good feeling

Billie: I think they'll make it through this, they're so cute

Hana: Maybe but the lighting says not

Lara: Apolline do you have to cry quite so loud

Apolline: *loud sobs and words in French*

When the film has concluded absolutely everyone headed off to bed despite there being some socialisation time with Deanna left. Emotional films can take a physical toll though so maybe that's why everyone had to rest up?

Sims created by: @belsasim, @igglemouse, @invisiblequeen, @paracosmic-sims, @perolesims (@peroleeesims), @simscici

[livewireprojects]

Venice and Silver(Lost Prince AU)

Finally posting the Silver Bros, I took so long because I wanted to hide a spoiler. Due to it being extremely obvious thanks to my October posts out right admitting stuff I thought it'd just be best to color over the spoilers with some colors so I can hide the spoiler but also leave the obvious in.

I wanted to keep Silver & Venice's parents along with Blaze's dad a secret until a certain point while teasing stuff. I end up posting stuff that makes it clear who Venice & Silver's parents are(especially in October) & someone already figured out who Blaze's dad is but I keep trying to be vague or act like I never admitted anything in some posts since I know not everyone checks all my related posts.

Sorry for my rambling & trying to hide spoilers that are probably in plain sight. I just think it's interesting if I leave some things a surprise in some of the posts & see how people react.

I've already had a post I made showing Venice & Silver when they were younger(LINK) so here's the two older/Silver at his current age. This is a little old so I might need to remake this eventually. The two are also related to something I call the Butterfly Effect AU which might need renamed.

I think Venice's outfit was based on a Gaia Online outfit or something while Silver's is based on a gijinka design by yuji8sushi(account deactivated) from DA.

The brothers:

Venice & Silver are half brothers as well as the older brothers/half brothers of toddler twins Elena & Marleena. Venice is 3-4 years older than Silver, if it weren't for Venice's chest fur, eyes, head quills laying against his head & the fact he's a little older than Silver you'd think they were twins. Because of how similar they look it can be surprising to learn they're actually half brothers.(Probably just as surprising as the fact their younger twin sisters are half siblings too)

Eggman caused multiple incidents that led to Venice & his mom struggling until Silver's dad took them in.(Especially since Eggman led to Venice's dad disappearing) Things got better especially when Venice's dad was rescued & ends up joining the family but Eggman separated Venice & Silver from their parents for a few years when Silver was two. It seems like the family's luck turned around after Venice & Silver returned home but there's still some recovery going on.

Both brothers have psychic powers, their parents mostly have super speed but weird powers run in the family especially on their mother's side. While still working on controlling their chaos energy related abilities(got a good grasp on somethings) the two are pretty skilled with their psychic abilities especially telekinesis.

Venice:

Venice is the older brother of Elena & older half brother of Silver & Marleena. He's a friendly & occasionally energetic hedgehog that tries his best to help his family out. He seems to take after his mom at times as he seems like a relaxed guy that just wants to have fun with friends & family, often enjoying adventures when not studying. He also likes to play guitar like his mom & occasionally bass, often plays for his family or close friends, occasionally does it for tips. Venice is childhood friends with Lara, Knuckles & Rouge's daughter, he eventually got in a relationship with her. He often spars/practices fighting with Lara when the two aren't busy.

Venice often worries about his mom & siblings due to the what Eggman has caused when over the first 3 years of his lives & later when he was separated from his family. He understands his dads can protect them but he often worries. Venice is getting better at dealing with this(especially since Eggman is locked away) it's just taking time, on the bright side his family is in a safer time now.

Silver:

Silver is the younger half brother of Venice, older half brother of Elena & older brother of Marleena. He's a little timid/nervous but does his best to be friendly/outgoing. On occasion he can be a bit naive but he's trying to learn to be better/more careful. Despite his nervous nature he can be pretty strong willed & does his best to be confident/brave when the situation needs it especially since he ends up helping fight when needed.

Silver use to be an orphan living in the doomed future thanks to Ibilis being unleashed. By some miracle he has found himself in a better future & even having the family he never expected to have in his original time which includes caring parents, an older brother doing his best to help out & the chance to have more siblings as his parents had his younger sisters at some point.

He didn't always remember the past timeline but when he did it led to him becoming curious about time travel. Thanks to this he ended up becoming friends with those in the past such as Sonic & his friends. While Silver is happy to have a family now he can't help but feel bad about the fact Eggman led to him & his brother disappearing which led to stress/grief. Thanks to what he remembers from his past in the current timeline & learning to time travel Silver has worked to help his past self & past Venice study to return home. Took longer than he hoped but it worked out for him, Venice, Blaze & their parents.(Ignoring Blaze's mom)

Silver & Venice lived in Blaze's dimension for a couple years due to Eggman unknowingly sending them there while trying to separate them from their parents. Thanks to this Silver & Blaze got to grow up a little together thanks to Venice managing to worm his & Silver's way into Blaze's life causing her mom to be curious. Silver lives in his home dimension & at some point Blaze returned back to her dimension but both visit when they get the chance to. Silver visits(helps Blaze's dad go see her) more often as Blaze has duties to her dimension thanks to being an actual princess that took over her mom's duties.

Silver thanks to unknown means(maybe thanks to living threw one timeline reboot & causing effects to his own future) has noticed when his time gets affected by the past, he now gets advice from his dads before going to the past to help his friends in the past to help fix the timeline. He's been given the chance to fix things before & now he'll make sure his friends & family have a safe future. He's gotten to see a better future, they deserve the same thing as do many others like his other friend Sage.

Link to master post for AU

[kesaluliloveyou]

You made a blog for your ocs!!! How did I miss this!!

Please, if you can, tell me some fun facts about best girl Bria 💕✨✨

What are her hobbies? What does she do for self-care? What kind of books does she like to read? And anything else you can think of!

I did! And you’re my very first ask…I’m absolutely astounded, honestly, that I’ve gotten an ask or that people are checking out this self-indulgent sideblog of mine. Thank you so much for your interest in best girl Bria! I love writing about her; she definitely gets some favoritism from me so I loved answering this. I hope it’s interesting to you and others who aren’t me, but really, just thank you so, so much for giving me this excuse to rant about her!

Let’s start with the actual questions you posed. We’ll start with the hobbies that Bria has. Which really aren’t too many, to be honest. She has far less hobbies than she wants to have or would like to have. In one of Bria’s most toxic traits, she’s super hard on herself and pushes herself to be crazy productive. In her mind, she’s not worth a lot, as a person and as a Guardian, unless she’s always being ‘perfect’ and her idea of perfection is intrinsically tied to being productive. In her mind, she should always be doing something. She pushes herself really hard – she must be among the tops in grades in school. She must not only take care of her other Family members and the house they all share, but she must stay active and current on everything going on in their lives, in their varying hobbies and changing interests and such. When she’s not doing that, she feels she must be training and improving her skills. When she isn’t doing that, she feels she must be learning various subjects that will help the Family, along with learning the wider world of the Mafia.

It leaves her very little time for proper hobbies of her own. However, in the little bits of time she does find herself with in between everything else she does, she does somehow find times to have a couple things that she really loves and considers hobbies.

Bria is definitely one of those weird people who truly enjoy house-cleaning, for one. Other than just feeling like she should be responsible for it, she volunteers and takes over taking care of the house because it’s something she genuinely finds relaxing. House-hold cleaning and chores aren’t too mentally taxing, they’re monotonous, and that gives her overactive mind a break while also allowing her to have an outlet for the huge amount of nervous energy she normally contains. Her favourite chore is the dishes and her least favourite is cleaning the bathroom. Both Guiana, Raf, and Lara always leave it an absolute mess, with Lara’s makeup and skincare stuff always being all over the place, Guiana having a bad habit of just wiping her hair onto the shower wall when it sheds, and Raf leaving spit-out toothpaste in the sink.

Bria also has a really strong interest in not only interior décor but houses and architecture in general. This is expressed during her teen years in first redecorating and rearranging her own bedroom a dozen times over and then doing the same to the house Luca and the Guardians end up sharing. She’ll be the main one deciding how the place is decorated, though she does take the others opinions into consideration. She also checks a lot of real estate listings and I think one of her main guilty pleasures is going to open houses, even when she has no intentions of seriously buying property or anything. It’s surprisingly Tony who often accompanies Bria to these. In fact, later on, when they’re both adults, I see Bria and Tony, who actually shares her interest in architecture, restoring and selling at least one or two historical properties.

Bria also has a real soft spot for paint-by-numbers. She doesn’t really consider herself a good artist. When faced with a blank white canvas or a blank sheet of sketching paper, she has no idea what to create. She becomes overcome with fear about messing up or creating something that’s trash. With paint by numbers, she gets to feel like an artist, while not having to worry about messing up. She knows the picture she’ll create will look good because it has rules and guidelines already in place. She finds intense satisfaction in perfectly filling in each spot and gets excited for the finished product each time. A lot of the art in the places she’ll live are her finished paint-by-numbers and, other than books, these are the gifts that the other’s often think to give Bria.

I say other than books because Bria’s main hobby and her biggest love? It’s reading. She’s been a voracious reader since she was a child. She’s been reading since she was four, encouraged by Luca’s father who would sit and help her sound out words or would read to her and Luca. She was reading junior chapter books by the time she was seven and had progressed to actual novels by the time she was ten. She is a quick reader and, despite pushing herself and having so little time to herself, she aims to finish a book every month, though she does prefer months when she gets through more than just one book.

She’s not really finicky about what she reads. She’s willing to try most genres and styles, such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry and the like. She really loves non-fiction, especially biographies. When reading fiction, she’s a fantasy novel geek, likes some comic books, and is shonen manga trash, which she’s less shy about admitting. Her secret guilty pleasure for fiction though, and the one she tries to hide? She’s a huge fan of romance novels and shoujo manga. The one she ensures she hides? Her love of trashy erotica ala Harlequin novels, Fifty Shades of Grey, Billionaire Boys Club, etc.

As you can probably guess, Bria doesn’t really allow much self-care into her life. Her entire worth is really based around what she can do for others, often at the expense of her own needs, desires, and health. She wouldn’t even know where to really begin with self-care. To her, the term is really about things that she doesn’t have much interest in – bubble baths, skin-care routines, shopping days, and other stereotypical self-care clichés. It takes her a long time, honestly, to realize that self-care means so much more than that and really encompasses anything she feels like doing to relax.

Fun little facts – she paces whenever she gets angry.

She talks with her hands without even realizing she’s doing so.

She’s embarrassed to admit it, but she reads her horoscope and the horoscopes of her family members every day. She’s not entirely convinced of the validity of astrology, but she’s not convinced there’s absolutely no validity.

She goes to bed pretty early compared to some of the other members of the family, but has a hard time falling asleep. It normally takes her at least an hour or more to fall asleep.

[galacticdrift]

My BigBadCon2024 games/PCs

The Expanse RPG (Phoenix Wu, pilot): This was a good intro to the Expanse RPG system! We played a fun module where our transport ship encountered an automated SOS and checked it out, only for things to go horribly, horribly wrong… I think the system is, hm, not really for me all in all, but I still enjoyed getting hands-on exposure to it!

Dread (Jeanette Harris, stagehand): There was no way I was letting BigBadCon go by without playing some Dread, and happily I got into TWO very different but great scenarios. The first one, The Phantom of Off-Broadway, was mostly a black comedy, and had fictional scenes and songs for the fictional stage show that started going off the rails when the leading lady was found dead -- by yours truly, the stagehand. I had a funny, weirdly mutually-respectful dynamic with the overbearing scenery-chewing elder statesman actor playing the role of the ghost in the play -- not to be confused with the actual ghost(s) haunting the production.

Abyssal (Charlie, bartender/The Haunted): Honestly I don't generally tend to vibe so well with the Blades in the Dark style dice pool systems (as compared to the 2d6+X PBTA ones), but Abyssal does feel like Lara & Ash sanded off some of the ways that those grate on me, and having Lara herself run the game was of course wonderful.

At one point while we were on break I made the comment that any time any game focuses on my character (our goal was a casino heist in 70s Vegas, to fund Charlie opening her very own bar), I'm like 'wait, hang on, there seems to have been a mistake, shouldn't we be paying attention to someone else right now?'

Anyway I do love Charlie and her ghost raccoon buddy Lo Mein though, and I genuinely wish that oneshot would turn into a whole campaign.

To me there's something INCREDIBLY compelling about The Haunted being mostly just a regular alive person who happens to be in close contact with death/ghosts, in contrast to the other playbooks who have been fundamentally changed by some force and are on a slow slide toward alignment with that force. Like, yeah, The Haunted kind of is, too, but mainly just by being on an accelerated path toward the same inevitable end that every mortal faces.

Dread (Cal Hashimoto, exogeologist): This was the other Dread scenario I played, The Fermi Paradox, and WOW it was absolutely stellar (BA DUM TSSH). We played a mining crew landing on a moon of Uranus and discovering some cosmic horror, & what made it great for me personally was a) all the hard scifi nerdery I got to really lean into, & b) the way our character questionnaire answers at the start got tied in to the action of the plot and turned out to connect the different characters together.

Defy the Gods (Dumuz, The Revenant): In addition to Charlie, Dumuz really lives in my head now and I would LOVE to play a whole campaign as them with the table we had. In just the 1 session, we developed a burgeoning PC romance between the Revenant & the Sword, and I got to swing big by using the eponymous 'Defy the Gods' move to defile a temple and humiliate the god who wanted me destroyed (just because I lied to him to persuade him to help me escape the Underworld, I can't imagine why he was mad).

I find the playbooks for Defy the Gods really interesting and creative -- like The Revenant for example being someone who, having returned from the dead, is embracing a whole new life & identity, and who could quite readily serve as a face or expert kind of role given the skills they have access to.

The system reminds me a little of AGON, with the invocation of epithets, and certainly also of games like Apocalypse Keys, Abyssal, and Demigods, where you have a "nova" kind of state you are at risk of reaching whether you want to or not, and there's only so many times you can draw from that well before your character transitions into a whole new state of being.

One of the juicy things about Defy the Gods in particular compared to those others is that almost every single roll is risky in that "flying too close to the sun" way, because for almost EVERY possible move, doing TOO well is actually a worse (but more interesting) outcome in most cases than just barely scraping by.

And, of course, like with Abyssal, it was a delight having this game run by the creator herself as well. :) I'm so interested to see how the system continues to develop.

[stoopidpoopid]

Who would you say is your favorite lady from pathologic?

Oooo!! Eva, 100%. But closely followed by Clara.

They are all really interesting characters in their own rights, and even the ones I’m not actively crazy over or don’t get much focus from the narrative have something cool going on. Putting this under a cut since it’s kinda long but here’s a few reasons why I love every Patho lady :) (Mostly based off the Classic versions of the characters, with some elements from 2 thrown in for flavor) I’m also on my phone with no access to a computer atm, so I apologize for any spelling/formatting errors. Ideally I’d source dialogue from the github as well, but the mobile verson is a pain to navigate.

Eva: I love Eva for her kindness and willingness to try and help even though she is pretty powerless in the narrative (her trying to get Daniil to help the runaway butchers), and her eventual sacrifice is tragic. Every time I visit the Stillwater after day 7 there is something missing. I think her conversations with Daniil are also really sweet (I personally read it as a little romantic though I know many people don’t). I also tend to sleep in the Stillwater as Artemy and Clara because I find it the most homey + I find the presence of Eva to genuinely be pretty comforting in an extremely stressfull game.

Clara: Why I like Clara is a little harder to define tbh. Her ending is my favorite though and her character concept is inherently cool to me. She wants to do good and help people, but what is good can be hard to do, especially when you are either treated as a saint or a demon with practically no middle ground. Her plea for the player to “please define me” strikes a chord with me as someone currently trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.

Maria: My lovely lady. I find her pretty striking. Many characters hold her up to be almost a goddess (like Nina), but she feels very human when you talk to her. She’s charming, flirtatious, and sometimes even a little awkward and unsure. Her grief over Nina is touching (I think at one point she says she’s going to go to sleep and dream of Nina, and calls her mommy) and a very humanizing element. Her conversation on day 11 with Daniil in Nina’s tomb is such an interesting exploration of her philosophy.

Anna: First of all, I just find clowns and a circus aesthetic pretty fun. Anna is also genuinely pretty funny (“I’m going to bribe my haters away!”) and I always love going to chat with her. I think the key to me sympathizing more with her as a character was finding out that she’s still pretty young (the wiki puts her at 18 based on the character concepts, which makes a lot of her behavior make a certain amount of sense even when not accounting for the caravan trauma).

Anna is also a sort of changeling herself due to her being used in the caravan for their kidnapping plots, and changing her appearence (though I do regcognize the anti-Romani steryotyping present here). There’s also a lot of mystery present in her character even with the explaination given and I think that could be a cool jumping off point for theories and fanworks.

Ultimately I find Anna interesting as an exploration of trauma, mental illness, the cycle of abuse, and guilt. She never really had a chance in life to be a better person due to the caravan. I do think she wants to be a better person (“helping” Lara, her ultimate sacrifice), but is held back by her trauma, selfishness, phobias, and need for validation, leading her to harm others even more vulnerable than herself (Willow). I think I remember her saying that she’s illiterate in P2. I don’t have a point in bringing that up really besides to emphasise that she doesn’t even have many practical skills. I think she might be another favorite actually.

Lara: I like Lara much for the same reason I like Eva, in that they are both kind and generous ladies who have been made a bit helpless by the narrative and ultimately decide the best way to help is self sacrifice. I just want to protect her (her crying after her beads are found in the cathedral?! Girl come here). I think Lara and Eva share a lot of things in common (including being depressed) but present very differently. Something I think goes overlooked in discussions of Lara is her link with the Olgimskys— Big Vlad built her house and is able to extort her (wanting to use it as the isolation ward, Vlad Jr getting her involved in the medicine tests, the day 6 blood tests) despite all the Olgimskys claiming to be fond of her. Part of her stated motivation for why she helps people is to help restore the Ravel name. So, something fishy is going on there I think.

My theory is that her father wasn’t a great person (probably worked for the Olgimskys in some way before leaving for war), but he did love Lara and perhaps Lara didn’t find out about any fishy business until she grew up. I think it would be interesting if her character had to struggle between a genuine love for her father (culminating in her attempted vengence), while knowing his potential crimes and attempting to make up for it (would also explain why she is part of Clara’s bound of criminals besides the whole trying to shoot Block thing, and Aspity’s dislike of her). Of course, that’s just my speculation though.

Aspity: Another lady with many wonderful funny conversations. I find her insistance that she’s the shabnak or the plague made manifest fascinating. While she isn’t either of those, she is some sort of steppe spirit, being a “reminder” of the first outbreak. My theory is she is a manifestation or memory of the people that died in the first outbreak (many of whom were poor, many of which were likely Kin). I think this would explain Isidor’s distaste for her (perhaps guilt-driven), her devotion to Artemy despite not being his bound, and her being Clara’s bound (these people dying so that the rest may live).

Her being the executor of Artemy’s inheritence, and hiding part of it from him out of fear for what the inheritence would entail also has really cool implications for her character and it’s a shame that was cut from P2.

Yulia: The founder of the Humble ideology herself. I wish she had some more screentime. Ultimately I don’t have as much to say about her besides some base observations, but I do like her and find her interesting!! Her fatalistic experiments are part of some of the most interesting quests in the game imo (in terms of dialogue). Her appeals to rationality despite her being pretty mystical. Lesbianism win. Thinking about it, she actually has a Lot of parallels with Daniil. I think I’ll write some more about her once I have my computer back and can source dialogue/give myself a refresher on her character.

Katerina: Katerina is such a tragic figure. I can only imagine what it was like for her to come to the town young and full of life, meeting Nina and Victoria, to try and desperately meet the expectations of the Saburov family and their long history, trying to be Nina, trying to be Victoria… Katerina spent so much time trying to be other people that she never really got to be herself. So many people dismiss her and treat her solely as a morphine addict or a witch, and that has to be hard. The way she oscilates between being loving and cruel to Clara. Her back was broken on the wheel of fortune.

Aglaya: There is so so so much to say about her and I think she deserves a full character analysis. But to keep it short, god what a character. The ambiguity of how much her hatred of the Polyhedron is related to her hatred of the Kains (I think Victor even says that she was “always a mean little girl” at one point). Her brutality. Her humanism. Her genuinely sweet love for Artemy. Her relationship with the Powers that Be (both on the base narrative level and the twist level). Breaking character to taunt her?! She’s so contradictory and yet it makes sense.

I only did the adult women here, but there’s still so much to say about the Termite girls (esp Capella!). Hopefully this wasn’t too rambley, but I had a lot of fun writing this and would love to hear about everyone’s favorite Patho lady! There are so many things I didn’t get to say in this that I would love to write more about in the future.