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thedeleteduser · 1 year ago

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100th Post!

Thank you all, for what’s it worth, being here to support me and my art. Genuinely, it’s been a great pleasure reaching this high of a level.

As a celebratory post, here’s a fan fiction about KipKoala! Be careful though, as it deals with dark topics, being heavily inspired by an old particular creepypasta. You’ll find out what story I’m referring to near the end.

TW: Suicide, mental breakdowns, disturbing imagery, and gore.

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KipKoala was napping peacefully atop a tree branch, as he dreamt of all sorts of wonderful things occurring in his mind.

Then, the thought of a lavender-furred feline with droopy eyes and a dopey smile appeared, causing the gray-furred koala to be abruptly awoken. Oh, him. How could he have forgotten? KipKoala narrowed his eyes, as he frowned.

Today was his and Catnap’s (the one he had a certain distaste for towards) birthday, since both of them were directly related to the moon itself. KipKoala feared that Catnap’s own birthday might overshadow his, but he had to keep hoping it wouldn’t happen. He might have to call shotgun if he wanted to get ahead of the game.

Then, out of the blue, a few Smiling Critters came by—Bubba Bubbaphant, Dogday, and KickinChicken.

“Heya, Kippy! Whatcha doing?” said Dogday, as he looked to KipKoala up above. “Yeah, what are you doing on that tree branch, anyways? Shouldn’t you topple down the ground already?” questioned KickinChicken, following Dogday’s greeting with a confused expression.

“For the last time, KickinChicken, koalas latch on tree branches to cool off. It’s in their anatomy.” Bubba responded to the cocky yet cool chicken, who still looked dumbfounded (he was the least smartest of the three guys).

“Oh, I’m just waiting something grouse to happen! It’s coming very soon!” KipKoala had finally responded to Dogday, assuming that there was a surprise party planned for him—but he wouldn’t ruin his own birthday, would he?

“Okay! See ya soon!” Dogday cheerily waved goodbye, as he left with both KickinChicken and Bubba Bubbaphant arguing over brains over brawn, or the reverse.

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A few hours had come by, as KipKoala had purposefully steered away from coming back to his house to let the rest of the Smiling Critters finish setting up of what they had. Eating some delicious Eucalyptus leaves (just like his scent), napping some more, and generally having some fun all throughout the day. Of course, he would have more fun when the surprise birthday was here.

At the end of the day, KipKoala whistled casually as he walked towards his home (which resembled that of both a tree house and a natural life reserve).

He opened the door with a big wide smile on his face—and nobody was there. No balloons. No party hats. Not even a birthday cake.

KipKoala frowned. What happened? He had spent the entire day having a good time, and they hadn’t even bothered to set up even some party decorations? There must be a good explanation to this, thought KipKoala.

Then suddenly, he heard music coming out from somewhere else. KipKoala, curious, listened closely as he walked towards the place that the music was coming from.

Eventually, he found himself at Catnap’s house, which was the last place he ever wanted to go to. But the music was coming from here, and he wanted to check it out what was going on, so KipKoala peered through the window.

He wish he hadn’t.

All the Smiling Critters were there, dancing around and having a good time. Catnap was drowsily munching on some cake while he slept through the whole thing. It seemed like everyone was having fun like they never had before.

KipKoala kept staring through the window, just… standing there. He didn’t know what to do anymore. He didn’t know what to feel. It was as if the whole world had crumbled beneath his feet, and buried him under.

After a while, he left, walking away from Catnap’s house and towards his own. His head was down, as he had never felt saddened before in his own life.

KipKoala wondered if he truly had been a bad friend. After all, they seemingly had forgotten his birthday. He wondered if he was worth anything, heck, even if he was worth something at least, then somebody would’ve been there for him.

But there was nobody there for him.

Just himself.

When he came back to his house a second time, he didn’t bother making dinner for himself. He didn’t even bother to brush his teeth and shower. KipKoala just sat on his bed, as he looked around for a moment, seeing everything he had—even a shotgun next to the side of his head, in case he wanted to do it. He was just thinking to himself. Just himself.

Tears swelled up in his eyes, as he ever so silently wept in the darkness of his bedroom. He slowly put his hands to his face to stop the waterfall of tears, but they couldn’t stop. They wouldn’t.

Then, KipKoala heard something, as he wiped away his tears. He wasn’t sure what it was. Did somebody break into his house? He grabbed his shotgun, as he looked around for a moment.

Well, at least I won’t be alone anymore, thought KipKoala as he grimly joked… before seeing a figure in the shadows.

He dropped his shotgun, staring at the figure, like he had when he was staring through the window. Though this time, it was out of fear. Who were they? What did they want?

Then, KipKoala wasn’t in his room anymore, as he looked around panicking. The darkness of his bedroom had now become a shadowy void all around him. Just him.

He started to run, as he felt something behind him. Of course, there could be no one, and he was just scared, but he didn’t stop around to wait and find out.

KipKoala just kept running, and running, as several of the Smiling Critters appeared—except that their faces were shattered like glass, with there being nothing inside.

Once again, he put his hands to his own face, screaming internally as distorted cries and laughter was all he heard while he ran.

The noises just couldn’t stop.

They wouldn’t.

KipKoala continued running, until he saw his shotgun just up ahead. He had considered using the shotgun against who was chasing him, until he realized something—he could end this. Nobody cared if he was gone. He would be free out of his misery once and for all.

The noises were getting louder and louder, ever so louder.

Louder.

LOUDER.

LOUDER—

Then, a bang was now heard from KipKoala’s house.

And then, there was only silence.

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After saying goodbye to their friend, Catnap, the rest of the Smiling Critters went towards KipKoala’s house. They had planned to wish Catnap a happy birthday, and then KipKoala. It seemed fair to the most of them.

Surprisingly, when they got there, the door was left right open. KipKoala must’ve had accidentally left it open—no way he would’ve done it on purpose.

The Smiling Critters looked around the house, searching for him, until Bubba Bubbaphant suggested that they go look upstairs.

One by one, they did so, as the unofficial leader of the group, Dogday came across KipKoala’s bedroom.

Telling the other Smiling Critters, they slowly opened the door, and flicked the lights on.

That night, it was as if a million screams were heard.

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The following day, everyone wept for KipKoala’s passing, as some of them put flowers on his gravestone. They wished they hadn’t truly been such bad friends.

After everyone left, you could see the words clearly engraved on Kipkoala’s gravestone now.

It was, in the form of these words:

“Bye-Bye, Kippy.”

#poppy playtime #poppy playtime fanart #poppy playtime art #smiling critters #smiling critters oc #kipkoala #triggers #first fanfic #disturbing imagery #disturbing art

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bobomcfoe · 1 year ago

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Obvs re: Desa but if there's anyone else that you want to answer for, please do!!

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

🍩 -Who is your OC’s arch-nemesis or rival?

im gonna send a few of these so you can space em out if you want :) no rush

Rudely, tumblr ate my answer the first time but the ask isn't gone so I'll just try to re-type it :)

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

When i first made Desa, I hadn't had the chance to draw for myself in several months, so her design was really just everything that seemed fun to draw that I hadn't had the chance for with commissions and whatnot :) after drawing her, the very basics of her character started to come, but I didn't really have her actual story for a couple more years lol.

All of the other main characters are products of me fleshing out Desa's story lmao... Iryna, Siell, Oren, Tirann, Olian, Kippi, Kaien, Dian, Oasis, etc. And i love all of them so dearly now haha but originally they were all just there for Desa 🫡

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

Not really, but there are definitely a LOT of holdovers from her original design!! Her original design is also closer to her design at the beginning of her "story" than later.

My first drawing / design of Desa, circa January 2022

Then again in April 2022!

Versus some more recent art :)

🍩 - Who is your OC's arch-nemesis or rival?

Though there are a lot of potential answers to this question lol, i think that if you were to ask Desa herself, she would say Oren. I've only ever posted about him once, but Desa haaaates this guy lmao. She mostly just thinks he's annoying, but he also really likes trying to outdo her, which frustrates Desa to no end. I like him though :) sorry Desa :)

I love themmmm :))) thank you again for sending an ask (or several)!!! This is so fun!!!!

#i heart asks #my ocs #deergravity #desa oc #oren oc

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kip-quest-blog · 7 years ago

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It’s been a good year.

We’re coming up on KipQuest’s first year anniversary and it is with a heavy heart and a conflicted soul that I announce that I am going to be closing this blog.

What happened? D:

Nothing happened in the traditional sense. I came out here for a good time and I had a good time and then I stopped having a good time. So I decided that drastic measures needed to be taken. I don’t have the desire to quit pokeask blogging, or blogging in general, or art, or storytelling, or any of that.

I just want to quit this particular blog and all the other blogs attached to this primary blog outside of my artblog (which I made a sideblog for this exact reason) and Maat’s blog. The disconnect has been months in the making and it is not at all related to my mental health or my motivation for art, or even my lack of physical energy. I’d just rather be doing literally anything else and that’s a really really bad thing for a long term project.

I tried everything I could think of to get myself going again. Memes, interactions, hiatus, total disconnect from Tumblr, a different, less stressful blog. I tried a lot. And it didn’t work. Ideas just fall flat and die sometimes so I am taking my own advice and just doing what I want to do.

Where are you going?

I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to write a blog from start to end. I’m going to have a plan. I’m going to reevaluate myself and my life choices. I’m going to do something self-indulgent and something that I will be passionate about, even if I’m just a cliched and tropey mess. I don’t know what the blog will be or the format, or the style, or even the name. I don’t know anything right now.

I don’t even know if I’ll have an answer for that question anytime soon. I will, however, be on my artblog, drawing art and dumping it there every once in a while. I’ll still be drawing pokemon like a damn nerd and I will still love it. I will probably take all the art prompts I have stockpiled and go through them as I figure out what the fresh hell I am going to do.

I’ll still be on this primary blog while I work on my other things. All the memes will be posted on my artblog as I finish them. (Though I run mostly on a queue.)

How can we reach you?

Please for the love of god, follow me on Twitter. Interact with me on Twitter because 1v1 convos are not happening and that’s because I’m busy all the time with other things. Twitter is where you can see my hilariously awful jokes and updates that get pruned out so my art is the main attraction and I can still have my fun.

My discord is not open because it’s going to be the same deal. 1v1 convos are just not on my agenda unless you’re alright with me never speaking or just saying the same tired things all the time. (i’m tired/busy/sleepy/busy) Maybe someday I’ll be in a group discord where I can talk to a lot of lovely people at the same time. (I’m already mod in one, but it has been capped for now.)

Will you tell us what your new blog is when it’s made?

Maybe. I won’t try to use this blog to promote my new one because I feel that it is disingenuous to use this thing I didn’t finish to promote something I hopefully will. Pride? It’s more like guilt. I’d hate to be a disappointment again. I’d hate to disappoint you again.

What about this story?

I can give you the very short version of what I had originally intended for Kippy’s KipQuest under the cut if you want to know the story at the most surface level. There, you will see my incredible lack of planning. I will not elaborate much more than this in the interest of not writing a novel. I apologize that all the nuance is gone. Rip all the worldbuilding.

Just in case, you decide to not read under the cut (it’s all story stuff anyway) I wanted to say thank you for all the good times. I learned a lot about art, myself, and commitment. I asked a lot of questions to a lot of people and learned so much about others. It was fun while it lasted. This is not the last you will see of me. But this will likely be the last update post I make on this blog.

You know what they say, right? Better luck next time.

Kippy would have made their internal struggle known to their mother that they didn’t know whether to pick a boy name (Skipper after Amelia’s father) or a girl name (Pankaja which is a name related to soil though the language of origin escapes me). Kippy’s mother, Amelia, assured them that no matter what they ultimately decided, it was their choice to make and that she would be proud of her little kipper.

Kippy, who was born male, chose Pankaja as her official name but still likes Kippy as a nickname. She then takes on female pronouns and begins to make her way into the world at large. During this time, Jalon, a Honchkrow leader of the village Kippy lives in, has her put on a team prematurely because Jalon does not like that Baaba challenges his authority.

Baaba confronts the Grand Psion - a sort of gauge for an individual’s potential - and demands that he tell the truth about Kippy’s potential. The Grand Psion, who was most certainly lying about Kippy’s abilities at the request of Amelia, claims ignorance and Baaba doesn’t buy it, so he storms off with renewed vigor to get Kippy trained in the only way he knew how.

Amelia has the Grand Psion lie about Kippy’s potential because Kippy was born a Bad Egg because Amelia had a lot of trouble with having children. Amelia had a number of previous attempts with her mate, Armament - who was a Garchomp that died in the line of duty - but they all either miscarried or just did not hatch when they were supposed to. She begged the Grand Psion to lie about Kippy so Kippy wouldn’t get herself killed in a military life. Kippy never finds this out.

Kippy is paired with Pepin, a Buneary who failed to live up to his family’s astronomical expectations, and Pax, a Swablu who hates being a Priest and fulfilling the role of a “healer” despite having the ability to use Heal Pulse. The three of them are sent off on a mission that was not meant for them to complete, due to a mix up between assignments.

They end up delving into a cavern and finding evidence of humans existing as well as the Red and Blue Orbs and the Meteorite, which were placed in this deep cavern to keep Columbia, a radically violent and nihilistic Origin Jirachi, from continuing to hunt down and slaughter other Jirachi to gain their power.

Kippy releases Columbia, who very nearly kills the three of them on sight and disappears into the Realm of the Fairies, who have begun preparations to make an attempt at truce.

Bellatrix, who had saved Kippy and Arimus from the approaching Fairies in the beginning, ended up returning to face those approaching intruders head on with her partner, Ronnie. Ronnie is a Gardevoir who did not gain the Fairy typing when the original Blight swept the land. Nobody knows why this was, but that is the only reason she is accepted in the Valley of Darkness.

That Fairy party was a party sent by the highest order of fairy nobles to attempt a truce with the smaller neighboring land before a hopeful collaboration to unify with the Land of Dragons. The Prince of the Fairies was sent as a means of instilling an element of trust, but Bellatrix doesn’t believe that the instigators of this divisive conflict have any positive intentions in mind. She mega evolves, kills most of those present on both sides, and flees into the forest, where she succumbs to the dangerous power that mega evolution entails and falls into madness fueled only by fury and rage. Ronnie survives only because the Fairy Prince, Adelaide, stabilized her.

When Kippy and company return to the village, Jalon panics because he assumed they were going to do something simple, and instead came back with items that belong to the Land of Dragons. In order to maintain control of his people, he accuses Kippy and company of being insiders and mounts an attack using only his Murkrow flock. Pax’s trainer was an Eevee and she jumps in to protect her trainee, evolving into a Sylveon to have a better chance of fending Jalon’s lackeys off, though this solidifies the accusation that Kippy and co (and by extension, their families) are spies for the enemy.

Amelia immediately and instinctually uses her combined strength with Pax’s trainer, and Baaba, to give Kippy and co a chance to escape alive. It is never determined whether their families survived this attack because Kippy never ends up going back.

Baaba finds them in the hills outside of the village. Kippy is panicking, but Pax and Pepin are able to calm her down well enough for the four of them to figure out where they need to go. Baaba says that the Land of Dragons would be their best bet because he knows someone who has clout.

They are discovered by an adventuring party of Fairies, are captured, and taken back to the main hub where all the decisions are made. They are granted amnesty because the Fairies are attempting to make peace with the surrounding areas.

The Fairies are under the control of Xerneas, who is a fragmented and corrupted being that was created by The Bastard Palkia. Xerneas itself is an instinctual being, who has complete and total mind control over all Fairies on this world when it is awake. It only ever seeks to destroy anything that would oppose it, as well as anything that it deems a danger to it. Xerneas had been asleep for a while, but the damage already done had to be slowly undone, which proved to be almost impossible considering that the sight of a Fairy usually meant a fight was going to break out, so peace talks were rare and were hardly ever successful.

Kippy wants to help, naturally, but has no idea how to do so. She thinks that the Jirachi she released would be able to help, so she goes looking for it. Baaba stays close by for the longest time until he is attacked during another encounter with Columbia and is revealed to be a Zoroark. Kippy takes this rather well in the moment, but later confronts Baaba about it.

Baaba explains that pokemon in the area all live on a massive island created by the same Mewtwo who gave Bellatrix the ability to mega evolve. This area used to be a secluded safe haven in Kalos, so many pokemon who were harmed by experimentation make up the population, which is why there is a rather tumultuous civilization in the works. Columbia offers to spare this world if they can convince the slumbering native Jirachi to appear so Columbia can take it. It is assumed that Columbia’s attempts at seeking the native Jirachi failed, and he claimed that he was “helping” the mortals because he is a god.

Columbia is an elder god, but he is also a creation of The Bastard and is therefore, fundamentally broken on every single level of his existence. This doesn’t really matter, but Columbia spins it in a way to make himself look better, and to get Kippy and Baaba to call the native Jirachi. This works later on and that Jirachi is shredded and consumed by Columbia, who then departs to find more Jirachi to consume after flipping all his middle fingers up at the preps.

Baaba does not accept Columbia’s offer, but Kippy comes up with a plan to trick Columbia into a false sense of security. This plan fails miserably. Columbia kills the native Jirachi, and in retaliation for mortals even attempting to lie to him, wakes Xerneas up from its deep slumber. He naturally has a big villain speech explaining how Fairies are indeed evil by design because The Bastard doesn’t care about what it makes and leaves things to fester. Even humans have harnessed Fairy energy to create devastating weapons and this is no exception.

Xerneas arises and takes control of all the Fairies. At the same time, in human civilization, Magearna and the Ultimate Weapon designs are finished and deployed. The rise in harmful energy leads to a chain reaction where Xerneas’s instability directly contributes to the creation of a second, more unstable Yveltal constructed of corrupted energy.

Yveltal flees, spreading devastation and destruction everywhere. The world begins to end and there is a bright light in the sky.

Kippy and co try their best to help, but they are divided on what to do. Xerneas needs to be stopped, but there is chaos unfolding around them as they try to escape the Realm of Fairies and make their way to the Land of Dragons. Baaba has stayed with them, and no longer assumes the form of a Rattata. When they make it to the Land of Dragons, Baaba seeks out and finds the oldest dragon there, a Charizard named Basil.

Basil is upset at how these events have unfolded, but when the gods are involved, it never ends well. He promises that his attacks will be swift, but he is not optimistic. Kippy is worried, though by this time, she has evolved from a Mudkip/Gible into a Garchomp. There was a lot of tears shed and fear throughout this transitionary period, but she is determined.

Columbia has disappeared, but his presence alerted Marty, a Celebi who immediately arrives to survey the damage. It’s too much to bear. The end of the world is coming naturally, so he begins his job to tie up the loose ends and let the world collapse in itself. Despite Baaba begging that Marty not do this, Marty does not listen. Baaba lashes out because he wants Kippy to be okay. That’s his partner. His most trusted companion. And he is too smart to let her go so easily.

Marty explains that it’s better for all of existence if this world dies naturally instead of being ripped apart for no reason. Xerneas must be contained. Baaba asks Marty if Xerneas could be contained, would that allow the world to be left alone. Marty makes no promises, but does hint that their time would be extended, as everything dies eventually.

Baaba and Kippy convince Pepin and Pax to go back to the village to reiterate the information that they learned. They also convince Marty to go with them to confirm their story. Baaba and Kippy then go to Xerneas, who is deep within the forests, wandering and screaming.

Baaba has a special tool that he plans to use in order to get Xerneas under control. They fight, they win, Kippy mega evolves, and Baaba uses a Master Ball to seal Xerneas away.

It, at one point, would have been made known that Baaba is from human settlements in Kalos, where he was born before his mother made a deal with Mewtwo to create this supposed sanctuary. Humans had done a lot of fucked up shit prior to this and his mother was the result of experiments in testing pokemon’s potential. He carried with him a couple of tools from the human settlements because he inherited that human level of intelligence and planning.

Once Xerneas is sealed away in the Master Ball, Baaba explains to Kippy that there is a whole other world out there to explore and he remembers fondly traveling through Kalos a little bit before his mother whisked him away from humans as a whole. He says he wants Kippy to see the world for what it is, a wonderful place, but humans are also not to be messed with. Baaba explains that humans treat pokemon differently and sometimes badly and he wants to change that, but the only way he knows how is to show them. He offers Kippy the opportunity to go with him to Kalos. Kippy accepts.

Baaba also offer this opportunity to Pepin and Pax, both of whom have evolved fully. Pepin accepts. Pax does not.

It ends with Kippy and Pepin willingly being put into customized pokeballs and Baaba assuming the form of a human before it’s assumed that they go to Kalos and change the human world as well.

That’s all ey wrote. Hopefully the next time I do this, I do a better job.

#ooc #blog update

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littlebvtterfly · 9 months ago

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🦣 + my dear goddaughter Kippi? <3

Thank you @daughter-of-melpomene! Also gonna tag @luucypevensie

A summer trip they think of fondly: The last trip she got to go on with her Grams before she died. They went to into the mountains and camped there for a week. Cleo told Kippi all the wisdom she could think of and Kippi wasn't bombarded by things on her phone for seven days and it did wonders for her.

Their favorite Disney princess: Okay, so, contrary to Kippi's personality in general, she loves Cinderella. She remembers her mother reading the story to her and watching the movie up and down with her and while the memory is marred for a good few years, once she finds out the truth about the events, she starts to love Cinderella again. She also finds solace in the fact that Cinderella took a horrible deal and turned it into a royal flush in the end.

The first song they would dance to with their partner at their wedding: BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish

If they have tattoos or piercings: She has a tattoo of a quill and an ink bottle under her right elbow. She also has the names of her mom, dad, and brother tattooed on her left wrist.

The scariest moment in their life: Of course, when her mother allegedly killed her father and brother and she was hiding in the den all the while and saw her dad and brother's bodies as the police took her away.

If they would break the law: Not in any major way, because of the reputation her family has already. But she would probably, most likely do little misdemeanors. She does tase Archie at graduation but he had it coming so you can't arrest her for that.

Their favorite reality show (because everyone secretly has one): She catches every season of Dancing with the Stars but has become a bit bored because the past few years she's questioned where the stars are.

If they have a favorite chore: She loves grocery shopping, mainly if the store's not packed though. She likes working off her list and browsing a bit.

If they like being in pictures and what faces they make in them: Moderately so. Mainly if you catch her on a good day though, otherwise she might just smack the phone out of your hands.

If they get along with kids: Surprisingly, yes. She tends to remember that everyone was a kid once and it's not always as simple as people make it out to be. So she really digs watching kids, specifically if they're fun.

#answered #oc: kippi goode

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littlebvtterfly · 2 years ago

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Cute character questions for my baby boy Teddy? 🖤

YES MY TEDDY, MY LOVE, THANK YOU @daughter-of-melpomene

the basics:

name: Theodore Cyrus Green age: 16-20-somethings (time jump and everything) zodiac sign: Libra one good trait: his warm demeanor one bad trait: walking doormatism

habits:

one bad habit: holding bad emotions in one good habit: breaking awkward silences one habit they can’t break: cracking dumb dad jokes one they’ve broken: aggressively smiling when he feels uncomfortable what they’re afraid of: dying

family:

their parents names: Tina and Collin Green their siblings names: Phoebe Green favorite childhood memory: Phoebe doing science experiments with him, she always patiently listened to his ramblings and did her part for them to be successful. This one in particular was fun because they made crystals which they gifted to their mother. favorite childhood toy: Science kits, every single one he got embarrassing story: as a kid, Teddy tried to run away from home and hid in an old drain pipe in the woods, he ran home with his tail tucked between his legs when he heard growling in the pipe - Phoebe never lets him live this down favorite family member: Tina a story about that family member: his mom encouraged Teddy to join a Junior science fair in middle school and made sure the teacher actually paid attention to what Teddy was doing and gave him the support he needed

what they prefer:

coffee or tea?: tea showering in the day or night?: day taking baths or taking showers?: showers tv or movies?: tv writing or reading?: reading platonic or romantic love?: platonic iced tea or lemonade?: lemonade ice cream or smoothies?: ice cream cupcakes or cake?: cupcakes beach or mountains?: beach

favorites:

song: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers band: OneRepublic outfit: his go-to outfits are usually a pair of jeans, a shirt with a funny print, socks with funny patterns, and some good old vans place: Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe memory: his first ever encounter with Ruby, it was awkward but funny-awkward and it felt so good to meet someone nice after what happened with Betty person: toss-up between Kippi and Ruby movie: Grown-Ups show: Arrested Development

#answered #oc: teddy green #my interent is slow asf today #so have the kitty gif

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momiji-no-monogatari · 5 years ago

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Also if you want to hear my thoughts on the duolingo course bc idk, Stand Still Stay Silent makes learning finnish look like smth fun (it is!)...

First of all: remember that the course is in beta and has no grammar explanations or hints available atm!!!

I am lucky to already know a little bit of finnish that I gleamed from my frequent trips there and what my spouse has taught me, but if you have 0 knowledge of finnish, I’d actually advise to wait until the course is no longer in beta. Or you nab yourself a finnish speaker who is willing to explain you stuff and answer your questions because the course will not.

If that doesn’t deter you, I think it’s a fun course. You very quickly learn basic sentences and it proceeds fairly rapidly. I have just completed the course up to the checkpoint (and a little further) and up to the first checkpoint, I learned:

- conjugation of “to be” in first, second and third person singular (Minä olen, sinä olet, hän/se on) -Thank you and hello (Kiitos, Terve...) - Questions with who? where? what kind of? - cheers, congratulations and welcome (Kippis, Onnea, ...) - sentences with adjectives describing people (e.g. you are nice, Matti is funny...) - emphasizing adjectives by using words such as always, really, very... (todella, tosi, aina) - Sentences with “[subject noun/name] is a [adjective] [noun]” and “[adjective] [subject noun] is a [adjective] [noun]” - The names of the nordic nations (plus Estonia and Russia) and their nationalities (e.g. finnish, the Finn) as well as using them - Emphasizing a noun with “this” instead of leaving it indefinite - Mr. and Mrs. - a few colours (blue, white, black, green), a few kinds of pets (cat, dog, fucking parakeet, snake, pony, bunny) - the sentence structure to say “i have / you have / he/she has” which is based on “to be”

As I levelled up, the app really mixed all of this into sometimes surprisingly complex sentences for you know, a fucking beginner level. That first level is all in singular, no plurals, and the only verb you learn to conjugate is “to be” in the singular forms.

Things of note:

- it uses names of people to train your hearing at first, so be prepared to do things like transcribing the name “Elsa” from an audio... quite a bit :) - the lessons on cheering and so on are super annoying: very repetitive, their translation of “onnea” or “paljon onnea” is too litteral and their use of “Yay” or “Well...” in a sentence often leads to a sarcastic tone - Finnish ppl have three genders according to duo’s: woman, man and wizard. As a finnish friend has pointed out, there should also be the option of being a witch. And yes, you learn how to say “You are a wizard.” - thanks to learning sentences such as “you are handsome/beautiful/funny/nice”, you will be able to flirt! - the propaganda is rampant - Mr. & Mrs. Pöllönen mean Mr. and Mrs. “little owl” (which also means “silly”) and ask a Finn, nobody uses Mr. and Mrs. (herra & rouva) - the app is very lenient towards typos, sometimes too lenient imo

- fuck the sentence “Suomalainen on velho ja ruotsalainen on viikinki” and “Kaisa, onko minulla kiltti poni?” :)

Hope this helped! If you have any questions, shoot me an ask~

Adventures in the new Finnish duolingo course so far that made me think of Stand Still Stay Silent!

Pretty sure Emil has earned his Viking title by now.

Well we knew that.

Not sure Mikkel would agree to being labelled that...

I think all cats in Norway in Y90 are counted as such, so yeah.

Excuse me, she is danish! Tämä kissa on tanskalainen!

... oh god please don't lose Mikkel, he's the one with the custody of the shared braincell.

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