#nope challenge vr

[nopechallenge]

NOPE CHALLENGE is 35% off! (40% off if you're a #MetaQuest+ Subscriber) Are you up to the Challenge? Tag us with your reaction videos and let us know your ideas for new Challenges!

[virtualrealitynewstoday]

NOPE CHALLENGE：勇敢面對你內心的恐懼，現已在QUEST上平台發售！

《NOPE CHALLENGE》是一款結合休閒、動作與驚悚元素的遊戲，已經在 Quest 平台上發售。這款由 Happy Manic LLC 開發的第三人稱視角遊戲專為勇敢的玩家設計，挑戰他們對於小丑、蜘蛛和高處等普遍恐懼的克服。 遊戲提供一個獨特的機制—NOPE 按鈕，使玩家能隨時退出正在進行的挑戰，並進入一個稱為 “喘息空間”…

[forabeatofadrum]

randomised trope/tag grading game

@captain-aralias tagged me in this fun challenge. I did a trope rating one a while ago, but this one is randomised!!

Rules: Generate your own personal list of 10 AO3 tags to rate. How much do these tags affect your decision to click on a fic? -10 -> very dissuaded 0 - don’t care either way +10 -> very enticed nope -> if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional.

Drag Queens - 5

5 feels like a good mid-point, because I've never actually read a fic where a character doing drag has a central role, but I do love drag queens in real life, so I wouldn't mind. I just never thought to seek it out. Maybe I should.

Virtual Reality - 0

Define "Virtual Reality". Do you mean the blorbos playing some sort of VR game of the blorbos actually being in a VR-generated world? The first one sounds, uh, kind of boring. The second one sounds more interesting. (Not a fic, but the Hank Green duology really does this well). But also... not really interested in the first place.

Retirement - 0

Look, I just turned 25. I don't have any idea what to think of retirement yet. Ask me again in 40 years.

Feel-Good - 1000

FUCK YEAH. I don't believe that fic necessarily has to be a form of escapism, but it can be and feel-good and pure fluff is my JAM.

Loneliness - idk

This is a tough one, hence the idk. I think it is a great topic to explore, but as someone who's felt incredibly lonely, it's also a tough cookie. So it can be cathartic to see my (past) feelings reflected, but it can also be daunting, so I guess it depends on the mood.

Cardinal Virtues - ????

I had to Google what this means and I am still not entirely sure. I feel like I should, cause I literally study philosophy these days.

But, like, what does this mean for fic tropes? Does this mean a fic is all about a character being just or what not?

Post-Canon - 10

YEAH. I mean, it does depend on how much I love the canon (looking at you, Glee, fuck off!), but if I do love how the show/series/whatever ended, I do like the idea of checking up on these characters, so to speak.

Animal Traits - -10

Meh. I also don't really know what this means. I assume it has something to do with hybrid fics and that is not my thing and it never has been. This assumption is because traits like "loyalty" aren't inheritely for animals, for example dogs. Wait, is THIS what's meant with Cardinal Virtues? (jk)

Unhealthy Relationships - 2

Oof, okay. I was literally just thinking today on how fiction allows you to explore things you don't want to occur in real life and this is one of them. I mean, guys, I love Snowbaz. That isn't particulary healthy, especially in Wayward Son. I suppose it depends on how unhealthy (there's a difference between miscommunication and personal problems getting in the way and straight up physical violence) and how it's explored. If it's romanticised in any way, it's a big no, but to come back to the Wayward Son example, I do like the exploration.

Cannibalism - -100000

LOOK I ALWAYS JOKE I AM GLAD I JUST MISSED OUT ON THE CANNIBLAINE CRAZE OF EARLY 2011 FOR A REASON.

Tagging @quizasvivamos @spookyklaine @urban-sith @thnxforknowingme @captain-aralias @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @justgleekout @cerriddwenluna @tea-brigade @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @cutestkilla​ @wellbelesbian​ @artsyunderstudy​ @martsonmars​ @facewithoutheart​ @rockitmans @bitbybitwrites @blackberrysummerblog @whatevertheweather

[gay-salt-amber]

Can you imagine everyone doing the face your fears VR challenge?

Jamil would jump onto a table or smth

The minute ruggie gets into it he takes the thing off and goes, "nope fuck this I'm out"

I feel like Lilia is the only one not scared since he's had the most time to come to terms with his fears so he doesn't get scared of them anymore

Treys fear is a broken coffee machine

[suzdotranslation]

[Interview TL] Hizaki Gamma DengekiOnline Interview

Original Article

The paripi manga artist, interview with Hizaki Gamma.

"I have a lot of confidence in my positivity and loud voice!"

――There might be people reading this article who weren’t familiar with UPROAR!! so please introduce yourself!

I'm the hyper-paripi manga artist, Hizaki Gamma! Illustrations and short games are my main stream content! I have a lot of confidence in my positivity and loud voice!!

――In your own opinion, what kind of unit UPROAR!! is like?

It's like having a family! We've been working together ever since we started our activities and with that, we experienced a lot of things and grow together from it

――What do you think your charm point is?

My smile!!

――Do you have something you disliked?

Grotesque things...

――If you were to compare yourself to an animal?

A doggie!!

――Is there a project you'd like to do as a "paripi manga artist"?

I'd like to do a stream where I'd pick up random listeners' comments and draw a 4-Koma manga based on it!

――A song you’d do good at during karaoke?

Songs like "Memeshikute" and "Linda Linda", basically ones that you could poke fun at while singing

――What is your favorite food?

Meat!! Ramen!!

――Do you have someone that you respect a lot?

All of my seniors in here and every staff members

――Do you have a special skill you’re proud of?

Despite my appearance, I'm actually quite skilled at drawing!!

――Do you have any recent games you’re interested in?

I'm interested in "Splatoon 3" that'll be coming out very soon! And also VR games! (I'd like to buy the equipment and stream it)

――Is there any entertainment content you’d be interested in currently?

The second season of "Chainsaw Man". I'm interested to see how the story unfolds!!

――What’s your current obsession?

Sauna and going to the gym

――What’s something that made you laugh recently?

I'm having fun everyday so anything is a fun occurrence for me!!

――What is the number one thing that made you cry recently?

I watched “Top Gun: Maverick” recently and cried at the cinema

――What was something you’re most embarrassed about lately?

When I wore my mask backward, only Fuma and Uyu first noticed it!

――Please tell us a "god-like scene” from one of your recent streams!

I did a stream of me drawing Kobo-san(Kobo Kanaeru) before, it got really lively at some point that I started doing sudden 70k subscribers endurance and reached it safely! It's really nice to see a sense of unity between Japanese and Indonesian listeners!! The comments just kept coming like waterfalls!!

――Please tell us your impression of your first special program “Jump Uproar!!”

First of all, I'm just so surprised!! (lol) Like, ain't it too fast!?

――Please let us know of any interesting points from the program!

We've been quite lively from start, so I think each segment will put a smile on you!! The location for each program is always kept secret from us, so we can all feel the excitement together! 

――Please tell us your honest feeling from being dragged into bungee jumping recently!

I was thinking "Whoa, now THIS is some interesting place to go!!"

――From the rock-paper-scissors result, you ended up jumping the last. How do you feel as you watch the rest of the three jump out?

I thought, "I definitely have to jump without any hesitation there..."

――Although you've shown quite a composure against bungee jumping at first, what made you turn out afraid in the end?

As I entered the bridge, right after I stepped into the platform beyond the wire-mesh is when I started hesitating

――You said before that "For the program's sake, I'll take on anything", but is that really the truth? If there are things that made you go "Just this once, please me spare me off!" please let us know!

Nope!! Nothing at all!!!!!!!!!!!

――You haven't told us about your goals so please feel free to say it now!

I'll do my best at streaming, and then I'm also aiming to be popular enough that I could make staff-san go through a sudden bungee-jump program too

――What kind of challenges you'd like to attempt with the four of you in this "Jump Uproar!!" program?

I'd like to challenge things that are never attempted by any VTuber yet boldly!

――Lastly please tell us your message to the fans.

I'll be aiming for the top from now on, so let's get hyped up together with UPROAR!! alright!!!

[thepilotanon]

Heres an idea,

best friend!reader and Loki, with the “ill beat your ass but i love you” type friendship, playing the dreaded mortal contraption (vr) :D

If you don’t mind me still tagging it as x reader. This sounds like fun!!

Loki has a competitive streak. That’s just something he has embedded into his bones and he sees everything as a challenge - but he takes it as fun game with you, and it’s all in good fun between you. He doesn’t get angry when you would defeat him, but will pretend to pout so you can give him attention. “Are you upset that I won, or are you just pretending?” “It’s nothing...” “You’re not acting like it’s nothing.” “Mmm.” “Will you feel better if I give you some head scratches?” Loki is already putting his head on your lap, looking smug. “Well, if you insist on it, darling. Not going to force you to, but I certainly won’t say no!”

The saying of “I demand a rematch/recount” is quite common between you two. You make him swear that he’s not cheating with his magic, and he pinky-promises (you tell him that it’s a Midgardian contract that, if he breaks it, he’s not worthy to be in your presence, and he takes it so seriously). It takes a while for him to play games, like Mario Kart, because he often wants to rattle the TV or throw the controllers at the screen; checking your sleeves or pants for any hidden cards during Go Fish or Poker, or him having to find the right outfit to wear while he plays Twister, because his armor pinches his ass or pokes him in a no-no place.

When you bring up VR games for you two to play with, he immediately freezes and gives you a look like “Really? Are you being serious?” but will eventually concede and give it a chance. He immediately is all tense and constantly asking for your presence right next to him (virtually, he worries you’re not there with him in real world). He easily nopes out when it comes to competing in scary games and slouches on the couch like a shriveled potato.

There’s one time when you had to use the bathroom while Loki was playing a game you were helping him through, like moral support because he wants to prove to Thor that he’s better at this game more than him... He realizes how quiet it’s gotten and calls for you, but then there’s a sudden jumpscare that gets him all riled up and yelling.

[jupitermelichios]

On a more possitive note, I’ve started watching Sword Art Online. It’s one of the worst things I’ve ever seen (and the last film I saw in cinemas was Cats to give you context for the scale i’m working on here) and I kind of adore it in much the same way I love garbage like Smallville or Twilight. It’s so stupid on so many levels. You could challenge someone to write the worst anime, and it would almost certainly be better than SAO. It’s almost hypnotic how terrible it is.

No one should watch this terrible terrible show so I therefore don’t feel at all bad that I’m about the spoil absolutely everything, but honestly if you do also hate-watch this please come talk to me about how terrible it is. I don’t know anyone else who watches it.

Highlights of Season 1 include:

everyone is trapped in an MMO, and if you die in the MMO you die IRL. but if you were a beta-tester you’re probably fine because they just let them keep all their levels and items from the testing, so they’re all massively OP and everyone just accepts this as a normal and non-game-breaking thing

it’s a fantasy MMO but there’s no races, no magic system, no weapons except swords and maces, and not even an option to dual wield - literally all you can do in this fucking game is stand in front of an enemy and mash the attack button. I’m pretty sure they’re trapped there because the devs realised no one would play this post launch-day otherwise because it’s boring as shit

when the villain traps everyone he also just changs all their avatars to look like they do IRL for absolutely no reason, like actually none, he doesn’t even say he thinks it would be funny, he just does it and no one questions it and it is literally never mentioned again because this is the worst TV show ever animated.

in the second episode the main character deliberately witholds information about how to defeat a boss, indirectly causing multiple deaths. there is absolutely no reason for him to withhold it, he was just being a jerk because he doesn’t like people

in the third episode they reset his entire personality and he’s now a selfless hero pretending to be a lower level than he really is so people will find him more relateable and be his friend because all he wants is to help people. this is not a consequence of episode 2, they just decided they didnt like the character as he’d previously been written.

he makes some new friends who are all objectively terrible people who have decided for no season that the twelve year old who doesn’t really know how to play and keeps having anxiety attacks about the very real possibility of death has to be the guild tank. the MC is high enough level to be functionally immortal in like half the levels, but doesn’t tell anyone this he just lets them go on bullying this child

none of his friends survive that episode, in the game or IRL. which is also a christmas epsiode. a child dies in battle because she’s a terrible tank and then a man commits suicide out of guilt, so then the main character murders santa to try and bring them back from the actual dead but it doesn’t work because again, this is a video game and they are dead IRL, so then he walks off into the snow alone. Christmas!

we meet the best character in the entire show in episode 4, Rosalia, who has gone evil and started just straight murdering people because she’s sick of being an attractive adult woman who can’t get a date because she’s surrounded by lolicons who are only interested in the preteen characters (not a joke, that comes up, the show is firmly on the side of the lolicons)

in the same episode we get an extended bra and panty sequence staring an actual fucking child, like canonically this character is maybe 13 at best. this is one of only 2 occaisions when they feel the need to undress a character and it’s the fucking 12 year old, it’s so gross it reads like a parody of itself

literally every single named female character aged over 8 who talks to the MC falls in love with him after like 5 minutes (and in season 2 this includes his actual sister). he shows absolutely no interest in any of them (including his sister, thank god) until...

the main character gets engaged to a girl he only knows from an MMO after a virtual single date (he doesn’t actually win her in a PVP match but only because he looses the match, he 100% canonically tries to win her in a match, which she is apparently fine with). he then doesn’t bother to ask for her real name until the final episode, he just calls her by her screen name

(that’s okay though becuase it turns out that this moron of a love interest used her real name, on a local server, in a game where your character looks like you do IRL, because apparently getting doxxed is her hobby)

they then get in-game married off screen. there’s not even like a still of a wedding photo. nothing. the main character proposes and then the show immediately jumps to the honeymoon, it’s fucking bizarre.

they find a creepy child dressed all in white with no memory alone in the woods a week into their honeymoon who starts calling them mommy and daddy literally seconds after they first meet her, and they don’t suspect anything suss is going on and adopt her

for hilarity bear in mind the main character may only be 15 at this point (he says he’s only just turned 16 in the last epsiode, but his actual birthday is never mentioned), and his virtual wifu is 16, but no one ever questions the marriage or the adoption, even though ‘hey marriage in a video game is as important and meaningful as marriage in real life’ is an actual conversation people have multiple times. also they think the child they adopt is an actual IRL 8 year old who thinks these randos she met in an MMO are her mum and dad and everyone just goes with that like it’s a totally normal thing

a character called ‘Thinker’ agrees to meet an enemy faction leader for peace talks. the “peace talks” take place in a high level dungeon and he is told to come alone with no weapons and no fast travel. he does this. no one ever comments that his name is ironic, and in fact they seem to think that being betrayed and trapped in a dungeon with a boss is a totally unexpected turn of events Thinker could never have planned for

they take their new baby into the dungeon to rescue thinker, because they went to the jean grey school of baby rearing, and she imediately reveals that she’s actually a magical maggufin with infinite power, murders the grim reaper, and then dies. In literally the second episode she’s in

after she dies the MC hacks the admin account of the game, converts her corpse into an in game item, and saves to the local storage on his console, with the intention of bringing her back to life as a robot once they’re saved from the game. I’m not joking, that’s an actual thing that happens.

the fact that the main character can just access the main admin account and make massive game-breaking changes isn’t used again in that game and he never thinks to try and use it to force log people out or give himself infinite life so he can just rush the game and free everyone. nope, convert a corpse into an item and then never think about it again.

there’s an entire episode where all they do is go fishing. its the only filler episode in the season, and it immediately follows the death of a small child. it’s the most tone-deaf beach episode in writing history

it turns out this game, this game where they didn’t bother coding in any difference races, weapons, or any kind of magic system, was intended to have fully sentient AI therapists, because why the fuck not at this point honestly

oh also the game has PVP and you can trick the game into thinking a sleeping player is in PVP with you in order to actually murder a real person without it flagging in-game as a murder making the crime impossible for the real life legal system to investigate even though you just murdered a person. and they expect us to believe this game had actual beta testers. at least cyberpunk wasn’t played on microwaves you connected straight to your brain (also not a joke, the VR consoles canonically work by sending microwave radiation into your brain, no wonder VR never caught on)

the set up for the show is that they have to reach level 100 of a dungeon in order to win. At level 75, the writers got bored and the show just ends.

it turns out the power of love allows you to just break the fucking game and the main villain literally has a line about how ‘love allows you to remove debuffs, huh, we didn’t think to plan for that’ because again, there’s no metaphors in this show, everything is 100% literal including the fact that falling in love with another player means you’re immune to the paralysis status effect

power of love also allows you to very briefly become a poltergeist after being killed, but only for like 2 seconds. again not a joke or a metaphor, main character is killed but then gets to hang around as a ghost for a little bit to enable him to defeat the boss. he also doesn’t die in real life despite that being the entire fucking premise of the show, again because power of love.

the bad guy literally has no plan, he’s just doing shit for the sake of having something to do. His actions directly cause the deaths of more than 4,000 people, and it’s not even in aid of anything. they ask him why he trapped 10,000 people in an MMO and allowed them to slowly die, and he’s just like ‘huh, i forgot i did that, random’ and then just fucking peaces out

the fact that he committed one of the largest mass killings outside of war never really comes up again, as far as we know he doesn’t even go to jail. i think the show actually kind of thinks he’s a good guy, which is a fucking WILD moral stance to take on the deaths of 4000 completely innocent people for absolutely no reason

If this sounds hilari-bad but you don’t want to invest the time to watch a show which is objectively garbage, it has an abridged series which is famously better than the show it’s parodying (i’m dead serious, people have character arcs, the getting married after one date thing is properly addressed, the mc has to deal with PTSD because of all his friends dying in epsidode 3, they don’t immediately follow the death of a child with an extended fishing montage, the villain has an actual plan). It’s mostly actually pretty good, but this is the internet and it’s an abridged series, so while there are a lot fewer yikes moments than most it still has enough that I’m not comfortable recommending it without the caveat. that said I still enjoyed it a lot, although possibly not at much as pointing and laughing at the garbage that is the actual show.

[weebtarurights]

Itaru Chigasaki SSR (MANKAI Glitter )

Read full translation under the cut~! 

Story Title: " To TAURUS: Itaru"  

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Izumi: I'm home~. Citron: Oh~ it's not Itaru. Tsuzuru: See? I told you. Masumi: You’re too quick to jump the gun. Izumi: ...? Sakuya: Ah, Uh, umm, welcome back, director! Chikage:  I'm sorry for getting you involved. Izumi: Everyone, what's going on? Chikage: We're waiting for Chigasaki to come home but he's rendering overtime today so he'll be late. Citron: Itaru, what's taking you so long! I am getting sleepy~! Itaru: I'm home--....? Masumi: Speaking of the devil. Citron: I-itaru! Welcome home~!  We've been waiting for you since forever! Itaru: .... Can you brief me about the situation? Tsuzuru: Itaru-san's birthday is coming up soon, isn't it? Masumi: We're planning our schedule so we have to decide where to go as early as possible. Itaru: .....? Ah, come to think of it. Sakuya: Did you forget your birthday? Chikage: As expected of a corporate slave otaku. Itaru: Senpai, you're the last person I want to hear that from. Tsuzuru: Itaru-san, Are there any places you want to visit?   Itaru: A place I want to visit, huh--. Hmm....? Izumi: ( It's certainly hard to come up with anything on the spot... ) Itaru: Ah....There's a place I wanted to visit. Citron: Ohh, as expected of Itaru! You sure know a few places to visit to fulfill your worldly desires! Itaru: Is that supposed to be a compliment? Nope, there's only one place I can think of. Should I be happy about it....? Izumi: ( I wonder what kind of place Itaru-san wants to visit?) Itaru: That's about it. I'd be happy if the director can join us on this day. Izumi: Eh? Well, I don't think I have anything planned. No problem. I can join you. Masumi: Director is going too...! Then, you and me, let’s--- Sakuya: I'm excited to hang out with everyone! Masumi: ...... Tsuzuru: There, there. We are going to celebrate Itaru-san this time. Don't get sulky. By the way, Itaru-san, where do you want to go? Itaru: Fufufu.... That's... Chikage: I have a  bad feeling about this. ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ PART 2 ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

Sakuya: So this is the place Itaru-san wants to visit!

Citron: It’s a sports center! I want to come here too! Izumi: (It’s rare for Itaru-san to want to visit a place like this) Perhaps, it’s another VR game? Itaru: Nope, today’s mission is the event being held here. Tsuzuru: Isn’t this place holding a fairly full-scale sports attraction event? Citron: Itaru, are you sick? Perhaps the fever drove you crazy. Chikage: Will hell freeze over? Itaru: How rude. We are supposed to be celebrating MY birthday.

Itaru: Today’s mission is this. Sakuya: It’s the game Itaru-san likes, isn’t it? Izumi: Heh, the prizes are the collaboration goods of the game and sports center. Itaru: Right, right. You can get a limited edition mini figure set by winning it. The game never released merch. I must get it by all means….! Tsuzuru: Now I get it. Chikage: So it’s related to being otaku after all? Masumi: I am convinced. Izumi: But, why am I invited too? Itaru: You can choose from two challenges,  solo play with one player and team play with up to seven players. Getting S rank in solo play is athletically impossible. However, with team play, the final rank is determined by the total score of each challenge. The ranking border is high but with a large number of people, we can divide the challenge in each attraction thus making it easier to aim for the top prize. Since the load for each person is small, each one of us can do our best on the challenge. Izumi: ( I see. So that’s why I was invited…..) Itaru: That’s it. With this many people, the prize is within our reach!

Chikage:  It’s not going well… Itaru: No…way… Citron: We missed S rank by the skin of the teeth. Izumi: It was pretty tough…. (Everyone achieved a good score. The real problem is…) Masumi: Itaru’s score is too lamentable. You only reap what you sow. Itaru: Ngh… Chikage: Sure enough, we can’t reach S rank no matter how hard we try. Itaru: Ugh…. Sakuya: But we reached A rank! We scored high enough! Citron: Itaru, you did your best! Itaru: You’re right….Well,  A-rank plushies were a pretty good prize too. It would’ve been impossible for me to reach even C rank on solo plays. Thank you for participating with me, everyone. Tsuzuru: Even though I participated as per Itaru-san’s request, it served as a good stress reliever for me.

Choice 1: “I had so much fun too” Izumi: Right. I had so much fun too. Itaru: I’m sorry for dragging you all the way here. Izumi: No worries. Even if we couldn’t get the S rank prizes, it was very interesting. Itaru: As you know, I suck at this kind of games but it’s not that bad to do this kind of thing once in a while. Chikage: Why don’t you try the solo play next time? Itaru: Thanks but no thanks.

Choice 2: “It was a good workout” Izumi: It was a good workout! You’ll really get into the zone as soon as you start doing it. Itaru: It would’ve been great if we managed to reach S rank. Izumi: Itaru-san, you’re dying to get collaboration goods, didn’t you? Itaru: Well, it’s a rare item that’s only obtainable here but I made good memories going to the sports center with everyone. All’s well that ends well today.

Itaru: Shall we go home? Citron: Not yet! You haven’t done “hello, Celestial Sphere” yet! Tsuzuru: Ah, speaking of– Eh, Citron-san, did you bring it all the way here? Chikage: Moreover, where have you been hiding it until now? Itaru: Ah right. I almost forgot about it. Sakuya: Have you thought about your wish? Itaru: Of course. I’ve been thinking about multiple prospect wishes. Tsuzuru: I didn’t mean to pry but what kind of wishes did you prepare? Itaru: For example…..Spawning 10 SSRs in 10-pull gacha. Masumi: How greedy. Itaru: A fully automated machine that will take a bath for me. Chikage: How lazy. Itaru: Money and time so I can just play and live for the rest of my life without having to go to work. Citron: A wish born of the painful reality of a corporate slave! Tsuzuru: You can’t consider those as decent wishes. Itaru: Are my wishes totally NG? All of them are earnest wishes of mine. Sakuya: U-um…. Don’t you have anything else in mind? Itaru: Hmm… Then how about having better reflexes? Tsuzuru: Well, is it a better wish than the others? Sakuya: Well then, Itaru-san. Please make a wish to the Celestial Sphere. Itaru: Got it. Hello, star of Taurus….. Please make my reflexes better.

Itaru: If it’s really going to be granted, I should’ve wished for it first before coming here. Izumi: Let’s do the challenge again if your wish comes true. Itaru: Let’s do that.

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Itaru: Fuah…. (Hmm…..) ( I made such a wish to the Celestial Sphere yesterday but, there are no changes in the appearance of my body as of yet) (Well, perhaps such a wish won’t come true.)

Misumi: Itaru, you’re finally awake-! We’re about to play tag in the dorm–. Itaru: Hah? Playing tag in the dorm? Misumi: Everyone else except Itaru is going to be “it”. Itaru: Can you brief me about the situation….—didn’t I say the exact same thing before?

Misumi: If you manage to run away for 5 minutes without anyone catching you, you win~. If you get caught…. Itaru: If I get caught…..? Misumi: Throw away every single game in Itaru’s room! –That’s what Chikage and Sakyo said. Itaru: Ha!? That’s way too much even as a death sentence! Are you telling me to throw away something more important than my life…!? Misumi: Ah, wait~. I’m going to chase you after counting 10 seconds, kay?  

Itaru: Pant..pant…pant… (Thank goodness, no one is here…) Sakuya: Ah, there he is!

Masumi: I’ll definitely catch you. Itaru: Woah!? !? (Huh? Have I always been this light?) Sakuya: Masumi-kun, that way! Masumi: Stop running away! Itaru: Kuh!! Masumi: Tch. Itaru: Damn it, they’re gonna catch me at this rate…!

Citron: Ah, I found Itaru!

Tsuzuru: Citron-san, let’s attack him from both sides! Itaru: Ha! Tsuzuru: H-he jumped!? Citron: What a powerful jump! Almost like a kangaroo! Itaru: ( My reflexes got buffed….!? ) (Is it because of the Celestial Sphere….? …But with this—) I’m close to the entrance…! (Will I finally be able to escape from here….!?)

Chikage: Chigasaki, you seem to be in good shape.

Itaru: Geh, the last boss has been spawned….! But wait,  the version of me right now— (If I dash all the way, I might be able to break through) ….! (Alright, I managed to esca–) Chikage: You think I’ll let you escape? Itaru: ….! Chikage: Don’t think you can beat me. Itaru : ( I, I’m done for…..!)

Itaru: ….!!

Chikage: Oi. Itaru: S-senpai…. Chikage: You look like you had a nightmare. Are you okay? Itaru: Eh? I… was caught by senpai…. My games !? Ha? ….The hell. It was a dream? Chikage: Are you still dreaming? Go and wash your face. Itaru: I will….

——

Misumi: Ah, Itaru! Today’s your day off, right? Let’s~play tag~. Itaru: Play tag….. Itaru: Eh? Am I still dreaming? Misumi: I’ll be the “it” so don’t get caught, okay~? Itaru: T, t-thanks but I’ll pass for now. Misumi: Ehh~ Whyyy~? Itaru: Because I know the limits of my reflexes. Ciao. Misumi: ???

NOTES: 1) Citron refers to スパーチャ context-wise it seems like they mean it as sports center but I’m kind of unsure about this cuz sports center is spelled as スポッチャ but they used スパーチャ all over the backstage. Asked my Japanese friend about it and they told me that スパーチャ is possible a parody of スポッチャ or the name of the sports corner on the arcade itself. Anyways, I’m going for sports center for now. If anyone has any idea about it, please let me know!

2) Chikage refers to 雪でも降る? Or “is it going to snow?”. Preferred to use ‘will hell freeze over’ since I think it’s a more common expression to use.

[leossmoonn]

chemistry part fourteen

part thirteen | part fifteen | masterlist

zuko x fem!reader

avatar: the last airbender

includes - you, zuko, suki, katara, toph, sokka, and aang

special appearances by - iroh, azula, appa, and mai

warnings - language, angsty, mentions of sex

“what if they don’t like me?” you asked nervously.

“they, will. azula’s opinion doesn’t matter, and my uncle loves you,” zuko said.

“alright,” you smiled. “i’m ready.”

zuko leaned over and kissed your cheek. “you’ll be great.”

you smiled and stepped out of his car, wrapping your coat around you. zuko and you walked up to his house, holding hands. you had the cupcakes you made in the other hand, and zuko had the gifts you two bought in his other hand. the door opened quickly, revealing iroh.

“hello! come in, come in,” iroh smiled.

“hi, iroh,” you smiled.

“hello, y/n. it is so nice to see you again. i was wondering when my nephew would finally ask you out,” iroh said.

zuko rolled his eyes. “well, i did it.”

“yes, and we’re all happy. hm, you brought cupcakes! you can put those on the kitchen table,” iroh said.

you nodded and left zuko’s side for a moment, going into the kitchen and seeing a few more of zuko’s family members.

“you must be y/n. i’m azula, zuko’s sister.” a pretty, young woman came up to you. she looked so much like zuko; basically a female version.

“hi, it’s nice to meet you,” you smiled and held your hand out. azula shook it, giving you a welcoming smile.

you felt a hand snake around your waist and looked to see zuko standing behind you. you smiled at him, metling into his embrace.

“zuko, you didn’t tell me your girlfriend was so pretty,” azula complimented.

“thank you,” you smiled.

“he could do better,” a mono-toned voice said. it belonged to a girl- zuko’s age. she had black hair, a red dress on, and a cold glare that she directed towards you.

“mai, don’t be so rude,” azula frowned.

“and don’t be so nice, zul,” mai said.

“oh, you’re mai?” you said, your mood dimming a little. “it’s, um, nice to meet you.”

“likewise,” mai gave you a strained smile. she then looked to zuko.

you stiffened as you saw the look she gave him. zuko noticed your reaction and pulled you closer, interlocking hands.

“want to get a drink with me, zuzu?” mai asked.

“nope, i’m good. i’d rather get a drink with y/n,” zuko said.

“ugh, fine. you’ll regret saying no,” mai grimaced, walking away.

“sorry about her, she’s still in love with zuko. if you ask me, you two are cuter together,” azula said.

“thank you,” you smiled gratefully at her.

“yeah, thanks, azula. y/n, wanna go get those drinks?” zuko asked.

“yeah, sure,” you nodded.

you two moved passed azula, exchanging goodbyes. 

“so, when did you and mai date?” you asked, grabbing yourself a diet coke. 

“in high school. i dated her from sophomore year to half my junior year. so it was about a year and a half relationship,” he explained honestly. 

“wow. that’s a long time,” you chuckled.

zuko sensed your anxiety and put his hand on your’s to reassure you. “yeah, but it’s all in the past now. i’m very over it. and plus, i’m with you now.” you smiled at him. “yeah, i know. thank you. have you had other relationships in the past before?”

“yeah, a few. another long-term, a couple short-term. i haven’t been on a date since sophomore year of college, to be honest with you,” zuko said bashfully. 

“well, i’ve never had a boyfriend before. well, not an offical one anyways, so i wouldn’t worry,” you smiled

“you not having a boyfriend? i can’t imagine that,” zuko teased. 

you blushed and shrugged, “no guys interested me. especially not in high school. all of them are so immature and gross.”

“understandable. i came from a strict family, so i wasn’t too bad,” zuko said. 

“that’s not what sokka said,” you grinned. 

zuko rolled his eyes. “alright, well, sokka is different. he's all goofy and may have coerced me into pranks, but i was a good kid and student.”

“true. i mean, you are my tutor after all,” you laughed. 

“right. right. speaking of tutoring, do you still want to continue?” zuko asked. 

“yes! but instead of calling it ‘tutoring’ we can just hang out and you can help me with homework,” you suggested. 

“sounds good,” zuko nodded, taking a sip of his beer. 

“hey, did you want to play with the vr?” he asked. 

“yes!” you exclaimed. 

zuko smiled at your enthusiasm. “alright, wanna go in the basement or my room to play?”

“oh, um, wherever,” you shrugged. the thought of you in your boyfriend’s room made you nervous, but filled your stomach with butterflies.

“we can go in the basement,” zuko said. 

you nodded. “wait, i want to see your room though.” you knew you didn’t have to go in there and be alone for a long period of time yet, but you at least wanted to see what it looked like.

zuko nodded and took your hand, leading you through the small crowd of people. you went up to stairs and walked to the bedroom that was down the hall. 

“i’m going to the bathroom real quick, feel free to look around and stuff,” zuko smiled. 

you nodded, watching his retreating figure. you opened his door hesitantly, your nostrils immediately filling with the sweet smell of cinnamon. your eyes immediately went to the bed that sat across from the door and in the middle of the room. his sheets were black with red lines down the middle. his pillows were both black and red, alternating in a pattern. he also had a few stuffed animals laid out on his bed. one of a red dragon, turtle-duck, and a polar bear-dog. he had two, dark-brown coloured nightstands on each side of his bed. on the left one, which was closest to you, was a lamp, a few gum packets, and a few books for school. the right one had a picture frame of him and his mother, him and his sister, one of him and just his mom, and another of him and iroh. across from the right nightstand on the wall, was a black bookshelf. it had 5 shelves with three and a half filled with all sorts of books. 

avid reader, i see, you thought. 

all around his room he had posters and pictures. the posters were of his favorite bands: AC/DC, greenday, rolling stones, queen, and nirvana. he had some jazz singers, too. like louis armstrong, billie holiday, frank sinatra, and nat king cole.

good music taste, too.

across from the foot of the bed was his desk that had a bunch of papers on there, a clock, and a pencil holder. he had standing lamp next to his desk, too. 

“his bed is so comfortable.”

your body stiffened once you heard mai’s dark, monotoned voice. you didn’t look at her, you just kept your eyes trained on his stuffed animals. 

“oh, really? how would you know?” you challenged. 

“because we’ve had sex there. he’s really good at it, too,” mai said. you could hear the smirk in her voice. 

of course that’s the reason why.

“and the jazz music he would play while we cuddled after a few rounds. ugh, so magical. you won't believe the things he can do with that body of his,” mai said. 

“oh,” you said, your voice breaking. 

mai put her hand on your shoulder, leaning to whisper in your ear. “he's mine, y/n. always have and always will be. he’ll be done with you soon and come running back to me. he always does.”

tears sprung in your eyes and a few ran down your cheeks. you didn’t say anything else, knowing that if you opened your mouth, the only sound that would come out was a sob. 

“have fun. ta-ta!” mai said and took her hand off of you. you heard her footsteps walk away, going down the stairs. 

you let out a shaky breath, taking out your phone to text katara to take you home. she responded quickly, thankfully, and told you she’d be there in 10. 

zuko existed the bathroom, smiling once he saw you in the doorway of his room. 

“hey, how do you like the room?” zuko asked. 

you took in a deep breath, wiping away your tears harshly. “it’s cool. i really like the posters and the stuffed animals.”

zuko noticed your discomfort. “what’s wrong?” he went in front of you, his heart breaking once he saw that you were crying. “hey, hey, why’re you crying?”

you averted his gaze, shrugging. “nothing, i’m just tired. you mind if i have katara pick me up?”

zuko narrowed his eyes at you. “al-alright. but… why?”

“i just… i got a text from my mom. it's an emergency. i have to go,” you lied.

zuko looked at your face, knowing you were lying. he knew he wouldn't get the truth out of you now, though. so he decided to let you go, let you calm down, then ask you about it in the next few hours. 

“yeah, sure. i’m sorry you have to leave,” zuko said, reaching out for your hand gently. 

you let him, his touch calming you. “yeah, me, too. walk me out?”

zuko smiled softly, “yeah, sure,”

you two walked down the stairs in silence. you put on your coat, reaching for the doorknob. 

“i had fun, thank iroh for inviting me,” you said.

“of course. text me when you get home, okay?” zuko asked. 

“will do,” you nodded and exited the house. zuko watched you walk away, sighing. 

he looked to his left, catching the eye of mai. she had a malicious smirk on her face, not trying to even hide it. zuko glared at her, putting the pieces together of why you left. 

fuck you, mai, he thought.

you got into the car, seeing katara with worried eyes. 

“hey, what’s wrong?” she asked.

as soon as you sat down was when the tears starting coming out in hot streaks. 

“m-mai,” you sobbed. 

katara narrowed her eyes, “that bitch. what did she say?”

“she was talking about how good zuko was at sex. how wonderful their sex was. it was horrible. she also mentioned that he goes back to her all the time. is that true?” you asked.

katara’s eyes widened. “i… why don’t we go back home and get you calmed down first, alright? we have cookies and whiskey.”

you nodded, wiping your eyes. katara drove you home, keeping her hand on your’s for comfort. 

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HLVRAI Oneshot: A Goodnight (Kiss) Passport Check

*kicks down door*

FUCK I HAVE FALLEN INTO ANOTHER FANDOM AND CANNOT GET OUT! I would like to blame my friends (you know who you are) for dragging me into this pit and causing me to get inspired to write things, so BEHOLD!

A FLUFF ONESHOT BASED ON THE ABSCOND AU CREATED BY @godros(not that you really need to know about that AU for context as it’s just... fluff, but check it out if you’re interested!)

Word count: 1412

Summary: Even in his dreams, Benrey just had to check Gordon’s passport. 

Gordon was, to put it bluntly, exhausted. 

Aside from his typical work, he had also been more involved in the lives of his… friends. 

Could he call them that? Friends? Technically they were nothing more than data and code, but they felt real. They engaged with him, spoke with him, and acted like they all cared about him in their own way. 

Even Bubby, who never failed to point out how much he dragged the Science Team down at times, expressed his own concern when he faltered or got “hurt”. 

Always with a near excessive amount of cursing, but it was concern nonetheless!

And then there was Benrey. 

The asshole troll who was always asking about his passport or playing games with him on the Playstation. His snide comments and quips were intermingled with jokes, making it challenging to read his emotions and figure out how he actually felt about things. 

Benrey was an enigma of sorts, someone who enraged and intrigued Gordon. As such it was all the more emotionally draining when interacting with the AI, leaving him mentally and physically exhausted. 

Hey, moving your arms around a bunch might be great for building up muscle, but doing such a thing for a long period of time made them feel like led. Plus, there was the struggle of trying to get his gear off after every session and clean up any messes he made, he still needed to replace that lamp after one of his earlier sessions...

So, it was no surprise when Gordon passed out at his desk, head buried in his arms as he snored away. The monitor in front of him was shut off, all computing tasks done for the day. His VR gear was strewn around the desk here and there, and all was silent in the room. 

Silent, that is, until the monitor slowly turned back on. 

The screen glowed with a faint light, showing nothing but a grey expanse. Movement happened somewhere beyond it, causing the screen to ripple as though it were made of water. A disturbing sight made all the more worrisome as a pair of hands appeared. 

First poking at the fluid barrier, causing it to ripple further before eventually reaching through to the sleeping man beyond. Gordon was still snoring away, completely unaware of what was going on as one of the hands poked at his face while the other picked up a lock of his hair and gently felt it. 

Seeing that the man did not wake up from the touch, the owner of the hands decided to kick things up a notch. Both of Gordon’s forearms were gripped, not too tightly, and he was yanked through the screen. 

Nothing broke or tore, there were no sounds of pain of electrical malfunctions. All was as silent and peaceful as it had previously been.

On this side of the screen, that is, but on the other side things were not quite as calm. Benrey stood over the still sleeping leader of the Science Team, arms crossed and grinning to himself as he took in the humorous sight before him. 

Gordon was crumpled over and somewhat folded in half as he continued to sleep, oblivious to everything that had happened. Suppressing a snicker, Benrey gently booted the slumbering man in the side and spoke. 

“nice landing, feetman.” 

Funnily enough, it was the butchering of his last name that caused Gordon’s eyes to snap open. He immediately noticed his predicament and flailed, resulting in him falling onto his side while Benrey started laughing loudly, smacking a hand against the front of his helmet as a smile took over his face. 

It was always Gordon who made him smile… 

A faint chill ran down his spine, Benrey’s good mood evaporating in an instant while the panicked man finally managed to detangle himself and stand up. He brushed off his clothes and looked at the empty space they were both in, a sea of grey. His brows narrowed in confusion. 

“Benrey? You-what happened? Where the hell is this?!”

“you’re… uh... dreaming, bro.” Benrey lazily waved his hands in the air while he spoke, as if to emphasize his point. “that’s pretty gay, you… you gaydon feetman now or somethin’?”

“DREAM-stOP TALKING ABOUT MY FEET!” If he was dreaming, Gordon was certain he would pop a blood vessel in no time if this conversation kept up. “And the only kind of dream I’d have with you in it would be a nightmare!” 

“ouch, bro… that’s kinda mean.” Despite the words, Benrey’s tone continued to be void of any emotion other than mild amusement, and it only continued to set Gordon off. 

“YOU’RE KIND OF MEAN! You keep harassing me for my passport and you KILLED all those other scientists and guards-”

“yeah well they… uh… suck at their jobs. i… i gotta fire bad employees bro-”

“WITH A GUN?!”

“ya it’s-it’s standard procedure and… uh… stuff. ask tommy about it later or whatever.”

Gordon pressed the bridge of his nose between his finger and thumb, exhaling sharply as he felt a headache begin to build behind his eyes. “Okay, wonderful, lovely. Are there any other morally grey questions I need to ask?”

“nah but you uhhhh gotta show me your passport.”

And now Gordon was squatting on the ground, not able to fully process the request. “Well I told you I didn’t have it! And I’m apparently dreaming anyways! Do-do I need a dream passport or something?!”

“ya.”

His legs gave out under him, resulting in the exasperated man now sitting on the ground and staring up at Benrey in pure befuddlement and rage. “You-I don’t have it! When will you get that through your thick skull?”

“nah, you do.”

“I-WHAT?”

As Gordon contemplated everything leading up to this moment, and why in the world his mind had decided to torment him tonight, Benrey made his move. 

“i’ll, uh, check it for you. cause we’re… uh... bros’n stuff.”

Before he could ask what this checking would entail, and what Benrey was even checking in the first place, the security guard leaned down and pressed a quick kiss against Gordon’s lips. 

He was speechless. 

“mhm, everything’s… uh… up to code there.” Benrey noted, nodding to himself before sitting down beside the stunned man. An eternity seemed to pass before Gordon managed to speak up. 

“W-What was that?”

“i checked your passport, man. nothin’ special.”

“I…” Gordon sighed and buried his face in his hands. “I’m gonna stop questioning things because you never answer anything I ask and you’re the most obnoxious, unreliable person I’ve ever met-”

“you say somethin’ dude?”

“... No.” He muttered, thoroughly fed up with the situation. “I’m gonna go back to sleep and wake up back at my desk and everything’s gonna be perfectly fine and I won’t have you tormenting me. Yeah, that’s what I’m gonna do.”

“aw, lame. i thought we were gonna… uh, play some games.”

“Nope, sleeping now.”

“brooooooo i can’t believe you’re leaving me hanging like thiiiiiiiiis.”

“I’m not leaving you hanging since I never agreed to anything.”

“bro,” Benrey let out his own sigh, a stream of blue escaping his mouth and causing Gordon to yawn due to how close he was to the other man. 

Actually, had he gotten closer to him? Previously there had been some space between them, but now they were both shoulder to shoulder. Gordon blinked and tried to speak, but found a yawn escaping his mouth when he opened it. 

Damn, of course he felt like passing out when he wanted to ask questions. Stupid sweet voice… 

As if somehow knowing what Gordon was thinking about, Benrey let out a short laugh as the other man started leaning against him due to his growing exhaustion. 

“sweet dreams, gaydon feetman.”

When Gordon next awoke, he found himself seated in front of his computer as usual. The monitor was still off, everything was exactly where he had put it, and there was no sign of anything being disturbed. He stretched a bit, feeling his back pop as his bones cracked, before scratching his chin. 

“Huh, maybe it was a dream…”

Of course, during his next encounter with Benrey later on in the day he did notice a faint redness to the other’s cheeks and wondered all over again if that “passport check” had been real or not. 

And a much quieter part of him wanted to ask whether he had passed or not. 

[nopechallenge]

Does telling you not to panic make it worse?

[trustzy]

Not a hero re7 review

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The camera work in this movie goes beyond everything we have seen in this form before - with intense imaginary battles becoming the fulcrum of this experience. In animation cinema terms, use of CGI to replicate the anime experience is quite unique.

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So for newcomers to the franchise, even with existing multiple reboots, the series may seem impenetrable.Īlso Read: ' Where the Crawdads Sing' movie review: Endearing Coming-of-age drama It’s a rather contrived and extremely convoluted set-up of cut-paste plots. Character or back story development is not this film’s strong suit. For those familiar with the series it would suffice to say that the Red Ribbon Army from Goku's past has returned with two new androids to challenge him and his friends. This film presented in a stylized CG/3D look reminiscent of the Dragon Ball action games, focuses on one such adventure. 'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero' is the current legacy heir using that nostalgic mileage to curry favour with its niche audience. Tiny-tot fans who are familiar with the wonderful world of Son Goku and his super Saiyan friends and family will cotton on well (as adults now) to the characters from Akira Toriyama Universe because for the past 30 years or so this legacy series hasn’t lost its popularity. Most of us in India may be unfamiliar with this world of Japanese animation but the world over has already been witness to the surprising fascination for this kind of specialised artistic 2D animation. This indiscriminate attempt to create another fun ride replicating outrageous battles of coloured characters and their world of bad guys doesn’t quite hit the nail on that head.Īlso Read: 'Nope' movie review: Not quite the humdinger one expected

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Sabat, Sonny Strait, Eric Vale, Kara Edwards, Jeannie Tirado, Zach Aguilar, Aleks Le, Zeno Robinson, Charles Martinet, Jason Marnocha Director: Tetsuro Kodama Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 100 minsĬollating a nostalgia trip rerun of the successful Japanese TV series for cinema screens, Director Tetsuro Kodama obviously wanted to cash in on the super success of his series as well as a cinema franchise…but the result is rather unsatisfactory. Nearly all content for PlayStation 4, including End of Zoe and Not a Hero can be enjoyed on PlayStation VR for a more thrilling and immersive horror experience.Film: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (English dubbed/Animation/2D) Cast (English Dubbed voice): Kyle Hebert, Sean Schemmel, Robert McCollum, Christopher R. As a member of Umbrella, Chris and team quickly set up a strategy to counter this latest threat. Will Chris once again solve the mystery and make it out of the plantation’s dungeons alive? Taking place after the horrific events that befell Ethan Winters in Resident Evil 7 biohazard, Not a Hero brings a brand new experience playing as Chris on the hunt to find the menacing trickster Lucas Baker and face new threats not met in the main game. The free Not a Hero update sees the return of Resident Evil fan favourite and veteran BSAA soldier Chris Redfield. Owners of the original release will also able to purchase the content as a separate download for £ 11.99 /€ 14.99 /$ 14.99.

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End of Zoe is included in Gold Edition or available to download as an update if you are a Season Pass owner. In this chapter, players will take on the role of a new mysterious woodsman character, face off against new enemies and explore new swamp-filled areas. Įnd of Zoe is a shocking instalment of the Resident Evil 7 biohazard saga where players discover what Zoe’s fate will be. Not a Hero is available as a freeload for owners of any version of Resident Evil 7 biohazard. 2 are included as well as the final DLC release End of Zoe. The previously released DLC packs – Banned Footage Vol. The definitive version of the highly acclaimed survival horror title of 2017 includes all the contents from the release earlier this year along with all three pieces of downloadable add-on content, in one ultimate horror package. Resident Evil 7 biohazard Gold Edition contents are available beginning today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, alongside the remaining DLC for the game – Not a Hero and End of Zoe.

[matan4il]

@heartneverliez requested I do a write up on this image:

And all I can say is THANK GOD FOR IT. In light of the recent Boxing Day official spoilers, we need every reminder the show can give us that Aaron is not, in fact, moving on in a healthy way. It may seem that way, that may be the story he tells himself even, but this image, together with other small hints, tells a different story. Aaron has never really fallen out of love with Robert. He accepted his husband, stupid, destructive mistakes and all. If it wouldn’t have been for the baby, they would have still been together. Aaron’s learned about every terrible thing Robert has done since their break up and he still loves Robert so much that he’s in his corner, fighting and looking out for him on multiple occasions. He’s STILL accepting Robert, insanity and all. That’s honest to God crazy beautiful, heart wrenching levels of love. It’s not appeared as a big storm on our screens, no grand gestures, but that’s not simple to do, to still love a man who’s confessing to having drugged a pensioner so much that you do all you can to have them stay and not further ruin their own lives, even when that means pushing them towards accepting the child that has torn the two of you apart in the first place. Aaron’s so fucking in love with Robert and he always will be. And the worst thing is that he knows that. He’s known that’s how it will be even before he broke up with Robert, he told his husband as much before he kissed him for the last time as a married couple. But he can’t go on hoping. Robert told Emma that’s the worst part, not knowing when to stop hoping. Aaron’s pretty much in the same place. As long as he’s not moving on, he’s still hoping on some level. The scenes where Aaron runs towards beat up Robert like the world’s about to end, where seeing his separated husband half-naked stops him dead in his tracks, where for several days his life was revolving around what was going on with Robert, those are all reminders for Aaron that he hasn’t really let go. So it’s Chas and Liv who are pushing him to do this and to do it now, move on with the doctor, and I hate that. But it’s also Aaron pushing himself because he’s trying to force himself to give up hope. And that’s why we have the symbolism of the wall of bricks. This is a block, complete and total, not just that this is no longer a wallpaper of Robert or Robron or Roblivion, it’s not even any other kind of picture of something that makes Aaron feel. Not a pic of Liv, or him with Liv, or Chas, the Dingles, not some nature scene or a cool car that to get excited over. Nope. A brick wall. Not even a brick wall with windows, just a massive block of an obstacle. Because after being a slob, playing paintball, getting into a boxing challenge with a vile homophobic nasty piece of shit, getting temporarily addicted to playing VR, going off with mates on a European trip, getting way too involved in taking care of a stray teenager in addition to the one he’s already taking care of, Aaron STILL hasn’t let go. So he has to do something drastic to shut off his feelings. And let me tell you something, I HATE IT. I hate that they will have Aaron sleep with someone that he doesn’t want to. It’s not moving on, it’s not healthy. It’s shutting down your feelings, giving your body over like it doesn’t matter who you get intimate with, like you don’t deserve it to be with the person that you actually love and want. And that’s not good, no matter how you try to spin it. I mean, if Aaron had never known Robert, then maybe he could have been pretty happy with the doc. Not as earth-shatteringly happy as he can be with Rob, but quite decently happy. The thing is, he HAS known Robert, in every possible way. He had him, he had Robert committed to him and he committed himself to Rob in return. There’s no coming back from that when it’s with the love of your life. That’s soul destroying, so Aaron is trying to shut his very soul away. I don’t think there are words for me to express how much I see this is both an attempt to move on, the thing he has to do, but through a path that actually involves self-hatred and giving up on believing you deserve true happiness. AND I HATE THAT WITH ALL I HAVE. But we all know he’s going to fail miserably. So I’m gonna take a deep breath. I’m gonna keep watching. I may stop at some point, if I feel like all this is too much crap for me to handle. But I will never stop believing that these two have a life changing love, the kind you can never ever walk away from, not even when you’re actively trying to, and that it will eventually bring them both back together, because they deserve that. Because they deserve to be truly happy and overflowing with every beautiful feeling and that’s something they’re only ever going to have with each other.

[shootingcookielover]

Okay I've had this dream twice now

We were like camping or out on a school trip and divided into groups that only really came onto play during like the day activities. With us it was different because we wanted to explore the giant government building near us. Why?

Cause I remembered from the other dream I had that it housed alien stuff. And was dangerous. The other people from my group had gone there, too before, but their memories were wiped. Mine weren't, for some reason. Still I only remembered bright light and vague shapes.

So we go there, there's a lot of guards outside. First we hide behind like columns and stuff but then I just kind of scream and the guards start running around like headless hens. We manage to get through one of the doors, which I knew was unlocked because I'd followed one guard much earlier, a few times as he'd openend it...? (This one is either dream non-sense or from the other dream I had. Which wasn't exactly the same as this one.)

Inside is a staircase. We run up it.

At the second staircase we're posed a challenge, because this guy I know in the dream is like "Muhahaha I'm gonna make this hard for you!"

At that point I realized I was a friend of mine from way back when. My best friend through kindergarten and elementary school.

So what this guy did was make the staircase disappear. Easy, right? Just walk on the side stuff which is there to protect you from falling. Nope. The guy made most of the fallprotection stuff disappear, all except one like pipe thing? I grabbed this and thought "No problem, this is VR anyway, so not terribly exhausting." (It wasn't VR? For a bit it felt like my dream was trying to incorporate the VR-thing, but failed so it just gave up.)

And the guy changed it again. Now I was holding onto a barely connected to the wall rubber hang grabber? Stuff you see in underground trains those loopies you can grab to not fall. Anyways, I had one of those and the other hand was holding onto a specially designed thingy for your arm.

Now it was time to swing over. That's right, like Tarzan we swung over to the other side. First me, then my group. I accidentally ripped off the hanger thingy - which was terrifying, I had to do an extra swing, but that was apparently no problem cause the others managed.

Then we climbed farther. We came to a hallway with like one wall made of glass; behind it was the yard we'd entered the building from. (Something that didn't occur to me in the dream: We were still on ground level. What the fuck man.) There were also two guys we knew from the camp thingy. They herded us around for a bit - only in the hallway. I tried not to get recognised since I'd pulled this before and they knew I remembered. At leat I think they knew? They didn't bring it up, so, maybe not.

They recognized us anyways and we had like a celebrities or a politicians kid with us so we got chewed out for bringing her along. We just said "We're a group!" and back to the camp it was.

Not really a camp because there were no tents, everything was actually indoors, in the same building? I don't know where the sleep rooms were, because I got dream magicked there, but in the building was definitely a room for us to change in - like after gym class - and a bathroom. From the other dream I remember being in a tent though, which is why I call it a camp. I remember lying in a tent on my phone, planing our intrusion into the government building.

I was walking along the hallway feeling pretty bad about myself. Then I met this guy from my group. We talked a little and suddenly there was a TV showing the news.

Some celebrity - I think the father of the girl in our group...? - had renovated his wife's home so that she could rotate it towards where the sun was shining. But not like you would expect, no with obvious alien tech. The house was propelled into the air by greenish blue flames, turned and set back down again.

So I looked at this other dude from my group. We knew the celebrity guy was in charge of the nearby government building, and we were just like: "Aliens."

And then I woke up. I think. Though I also think we made the decision to go back to the building again.

So yeah. Dream diary #2.

[exotahu]

The Bronycon 2017 big text post!

This is the longest thing I ever write but here is my of the 2017 Bronycon.

Lets get to it. 

Thursday:

We met at Bill's house so we could travel down in two groups, since we had too many people to fit in one car. (8 of us, Me, Andrew, Justin and Ethan in one car, Kyle, Bill, Nick and Josh in another.) We managed to pretty much stay together and stopped at the same gas station together. It was the good-hot dog speedway. They only had two left and everyone looked at me like I was crazy for wanting gas station hot dogs. I ate those two and asked if they had any more. They totally did. I intended to eat a couple more but NOPE. Everybody else decided to try the gas station hotdogs and doubled up. Oh well, it was kinda funny. The next stop was Baltimore. There was crazy construction in the city, atleast around our hotel. Slowed us down a bit. Justin really had to use the bathroom, so he jumped out of the car in still traffic and went into a nearby subway rather than waiting until we got to the hotel. As soon as he did, traffic moved, like we thought it would. It was easy to direct him from there to the hotel though. They had the special keys, but there wasn't a wifi password this year. I'm a Marriott member so I got free wifi anyway though. We hung around for a bit and went to get our badges. Went pretty quick for us basic pass holders, only like 45 minutes. Not bad at all. Deposited our con things at the hotel. Went to Dick's Last Resort. Nick decided he wanted to arm wrestle me for some reason. I won. Of course the waiter saw this so he challenged me. I lost pretty quick, he was large. Might have been better had I not planted my elbow on the goddamn laminated menu, but what can you do? The funniest part was when he brought our drinks, he brought one. Left the others at the station thingy. I got up and got just mine. Then everyone else slowly did it. It was funny. Managed to place a Pokemon on the gym there too. Didn't last that long but was nice anyway. Then we went to Fells Point. Everybody went to a ramen shop but I decided to go to the bar trot early. I was the only one to actually sign up for it in our group. The original company running the bar trot apparently closed. I didn't know there wasn't to be one until a month before, and then I noticed a new company doing it but it was definitely very last minute for them. There were only two bars participating, neither of them being the admiral, which seemed kinda lame. However the Admiral, being awesome as it as, participated ANYWAY. They had the themed drink including the Great and Powerful Trixie. Drank a fuckton of it. They also had a Pinkie Pie and Applejack themed drink that I saw. Then the bartender made a Rainbow Dash drink by combining them all. It was fuckin' awesome. We then went to the Soundgarden because apparently it's just right there and back to the hotel for bed.

 Friday:

 I got up relatively early, think I actually got almost 8 hours of sleep. Decided to bring my bad Derpy cosplay. Product of a 3$ costume store clearance wing/ear/tail set and a shirt photo transfer. I actually went to opening ceremonies because A. I woke up for it on time, B. I didn't want to just book it to the vendor hall.  It was neat, maybe I'll try to do opening ceremonies again. After that, I got to meet up with a group of people from a Scisetdaily (a really cute Sciset tumblr askblog thingy) discord server I joined, which was really cool. We hung out and ate some con food before we split off to do other things. I went to the vendor hall at this point and wandered. Bought one of the cool engraved lighters. It has Princess Luna on it. I also got some 4de plushies (Specifically Fluttershy and Trixie), a fantastic JoJo shirt and some a couple Cutie Corral plushies. Specifically the comic universe reverse world princesses. Apparently its their last year doing cons : (. Comics hadn't been set up yet so I held off on that. Then I bought an absolutely adorable Derpy playmat. Also I got to see something neat. The MyLittleTies booth had A VR demo for the occulus rift where you could wander around Ponyville. It was really cool, even though I had to take my glasses off I could still see well enough for it to be cool. And yes I totally want an occulus rift for this reason.... Sad my computer won't support it. It was sort of disorienting, but I'm sure if I used VR more, I'd get used to it. After this I went to the hotel and deposited my things and headed to the Fursuit photoshoot with a couple friends. Next was the CMC VA panel which was cool. I like the VA panels. I kinda just wandered around again after that before going back to the main hall. I was going to watch the comic creators panel, but the adjacent room had a tesla coil set up and i really wanted to watch them go. Ultimately ended up watching the tesla coils go cause I needed to charge my phone and that is where an outlet was. Caught the end of the comic panel though. I hate when two panels I want to see conflict. Ate some more con food and did a bunch of wandering. Went back to the hotel and switched to a normal shirt and prepped for bronypalooza. Hung out in the other room and played some splatoon2. Really wanted to see Vylet. His set was fuckin awesome. Other acts were really cool too. A lot more electronic music than usual for that early in the night. Then I did something different. Rather than stay at the palooza, I met up with everyone and went to the Anthology 6 panel. Fuckin hysterical. Everyone else went back to the hotel and I went back to the palooza to catch Silva Hound's set. Then went back to the hotel and went to sleep.

 Saturday: Decided last minute to bring my Chrysalis cosplay. Ran into the guy I met at an Otakon a few years back, which was cool. I went to the vendor hall first. The comic booth had a box of variant covers for 5$ each. I dropped 60$ on comics. Then I found a Madoka playmat. I also got Bill to grab a movie playmat for me when they went to the vendor hall day 1. I got like 3 mats. I mostly just wandered and observed. Saw a dakimakura that was real funny bud I didn't want to drop 100 at that time. It was a cartoon-y chrysalis laying on a fuzzy pink background and that fuzzy pink background was Fluffllepuff. Next I got to meet up with the cool people from the internet again and we went to the Kelly Sheridan and Kyle Rideout panel as one big group. I thought of a q&a question but by that point the line was to infinity and I knew there was no way, perhaps another time. Once that ended I grabbed some food and went to the crystal arena. Bill and Josh wanted to see how the game had changed and see what the game was like now. They were running a novice tournament that was 10$ you got a deck to play with and two packs and at the end. It was neat learning the game again. It sounds like it really became good. They streamlined it a lot. Went to another fursuit photoshoot. Then we went back and got ready for palooza. I stayed the entire time this time. Really liked Michelle Creber and BlackGryph0n’s set. Chilled out and sat for one of the acts with Andrew and Ethan, needed to save my legs which were super sore. It was fantastic. Got to see Garnika, he's probably my favorite of all the regular artists there. I bought one of his shirts. Although I heard this might have been his last Bronycon? Infinite sadness if thats true. This is about when Kyle and Josh showed up. I also got a message that the fire alarm went off at the hotel. Everybody there had a clusterfuck, Justin slept through it. Turns out someone was vaping or smoking or some nonsense. then Andrew and Ethan returned in time for the end of Garnika's set and Alex S. Was a great time.

 Sunday: Waking up was a bit rough since I hadnt gotten to bed until like 330-4. I wanted to go the VA panel but it was at 10 am (Goddamn who DOES that) but I was way to tired to get out of bed on time. I caught the end of it though! Then I went to the vendor hall. I was trying to avoid buying prints, but guess what. Bought so many goddamn prints. Again. Fuck. Oh well. I've tetris'd my walls before and I can totes do it again. Was trying to buy other neat things. I did too. I got a lazer etched geode slice and an edge lit acrylic pane. I really just hung out in the vendor hall with various people and looked at things. Also Nick got me a commission from an artist named Baron Engle. It's Lapis and Peridot as ponies in his style. Really fucking cool. Also bought another glass. Fluttershy this time. Was hoping one of the bands was gonna be at the Bronypalooza table but they weren't. Also had a print ordered to be shipped to me cause one of the print places printer broke. (There are certain booths that will sell art on behalf of the artists that can't be there.) Also bought a little digital nametag thing. It's pretty cool. I gotta get a cord to hook it up to the computer though. Wandered the con a little bit then deposited stuff at the hotel. We went to closing ceremonies after that. Ran into Garnika on the way there which was neat. Before it started we were playing music and everyone was just kinda goofing around. Closing ceremonies were cool. They said they were short 219 from their 33000 charity goal. So they asked the crowd if they could do that and SO MANY people got up to give them money (myself included). Turns out they made like 1200 $ They were then 10 short from 34k, and someone gave them 10$ We got our annual group photo and then headed to the Inner Harbor for some food and to play some Pokemon Go. Went to Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. Place remains to be fucking fanstastic. Shrimpers Heaven is the best. While we waited for a table we managed to find a whole bunch of cool pokemon, Even did a Machamp raid. Found a fuckin Sandshew, Totodile and Mantine as well. Those are all things I've never seen around here ever. The Bronycon gym was blue so we couldn't do it yet decided to try later. I also evolved my first Gyrados. I decided to do it down there because that's where I essentially started my game. Went around an played some more Pokemon after dinner. The bronycon gym had changed but unfortunately the game broke real hard, we managed to get it down after a half hour of error-ing out a game crashes. Then we should have had it but it turned yellow in the clusterfuck. And no one had it in them to stand there for another half hour of broken game to beat one Blissey. We went back the next day but it had once again turned blue so we never got on it. Then we all went back to the hotel and watched the newest Rick and Morty while packing. Got our shit together and slept.

 Monday: We got up and hung out before loading vehicles. Checkout and hotel exiting was pretty easy. Decided to hang around in the inner harbor for a bit. Got lunch at an Irish pub in the pavilion. Yay for pub burgers and vodka cranberries! Then went to do a raid. A bunch of us went to get ice cream, but I went to the bigass Barnes and Noble instead. I had been looking for the Daring Do books at the con but no one had them. Barnes and Noble had one of the ones I was missing. After all that we walked back and headed out. We tried to stay together but traffic was nonsensical so it was hard. Unfortunately a rock flew up and cracked Kyle's windshield. Minor but still annoying. We  met up one last time in Wilkes-Barre at a Sheetz. I got some 2 for a dollar hot dogs and they were not good. After hanging out some they left about 15 minutes before us. We thought it'd be funny if we managed to pass them since they had such a ridiculously long head start and guess what? We totally did. It was funny. Got home after that.

 Overall:

             It was a good fucking time. Usually is. Bought some neat stuff. Got to meet some cool people from the internet. (Honestly, if any of y'all are reading this, even though it wasn't for that long at any given point you were all cool to meet and hang out with. I hope we get to again sometime.) It's honestly been a while since I've done that. It's funny, despite having done this the last 5 years, I don't feel at all burned out. Though next year, I think I'm going to do something different for my usual con photography. I'm going to shoot everything in black and white. (I accidentally left my camera in black and white mode for my first shot) I want to see how that makes things different.  

 (Also as always my memory is pretty butthole, and I essentially wrote this twice, so there might be errors and things I missed or got in the wrong order.)

[danyelle756games]

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