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Attention, comrades!

In order to thwart those nasty phantom imperialists in their yearly attempt to seize the beacon in the village of Hidden Hollow, we of the Communist Party of Jamaa have gone out to join the fight. There may be an immense number of phantoms and tubes, but they're no match for our revolutionary might!

...Well, we may have been knocked out once or twice, or...several times...but the point is, we will persevere and never surrender!

And along the way, we talk about Greely, and some interesting conclusions we've come to regarding him...

(Thank you, @bootleggreely, for showing me the source image for the "Greely can't watch PG-13 movies" thing!)

Oh, and we get a pet giraffe. Welcome to the Party, Windwhistle!

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New Bind the Sky part is up!

(Full LP playlist here)

The adventures of Team Translate continue!

In this part, we pass Through the Mirror to save Selfishness (Azelf) from having his time machine stolen by Grovyle/Grovel/Groville/Dirty/whatever his name is, an infamous thief who inexplicably has what can only be described as a very bad approximation of a German accent. Let it be known that I can't do accents lol

After fighting Grovyle, we return to the Tax City, where Twilight (Dusknoir) has some shocking revelations for us...

We also recruit some wolf women (Wormadam) and a diploma (Absol)!

I've always loved PMD, and Google Translate stuff is always fun, so when I saw a patch that (badly) translated the text in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky into a bunch of languages and then back to English, I knew I had to do an LP. The most recent version of the patch can be found here.

(Btw, the 100-sub special is still in the works; I just wanted to get some recordings edited and uploaded quick in the meantime because they've been sitting around on my computer for much too long. I appreciate your patience!)

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An open video letter broadcast to the Alphas, by Comrade Glasspuppet, speaking for the Communist Party of Jamaa:

Alphas, Alphas, oh Alphas, did you really think we wouldn't catch this? Did you seriously think you could empty a whole shop, right before the Bounce House Party was due to start, and assume nobody would notice? You're absolute FOOLS if you think that way!

When I arrived at the bounce house -- for purely investigative purposes, of course -- I noticed that a large crowd had already gathered around this empty shop, bemoaning the loss of the jelly items that were promised for this "wild weekend." Such empty, superficial platitudes in the form of events like this mean nothing to me (and even if they did, as a NM, I would be unable to buy the items in question anyway), but unlike YOU, I can't just ignore the pleas of my countrymen, now can I?

But this is not a simple case of supply chain failure (though that does happen often under your failure of a regime); behind this seemingly small error lurks a much larger conspiracy!

As I stated earlier, the items set to be sold were associated with jelly. Now, what was jelly a slang term for back in the mid 2010s? JEALOUS. You don't want to expose your loyal sheep (no offense to actual sheep, I'm not speciesist at all!) to anything relating to negative emotions. You want to keep everyone sedated with a cloud of toxic positivity!

Well, tough luck! We're at war, dumbasses! There's always gonna be negativity when the nation's being invaded! The Phantom forces are in the midst of their yearly battle for Hidden Hollow's beacon, and yet you're more preoccupied with randomly taking all the goods out of party shops!

And it's not just that. I took a closer look at the code at the bottom, down where my gem balance should be, and what did I see?

A hashtag, followed by the number 6228. Sure, I know you'll say something like "that's a meaningless error code" to placate the masses, but I've seen past your little code!

On a keyboard, the hashtag/pound sign is located on the same key as the number 3; it can be accessed by holding down SHIFT. I looked up 36228 and found that it was a code for "the procedure of placing a catheter into an intracranial artery". A catheter is a tube that's used to pump stuff in or out of the bloodstream.

Coincidence? I think NOT!

I've caught you, Alphas! You may have disappeared the contents (and vendor) of the shop, but you left a vital code behind, explaining your secret plan to pump hallucinogenic jelly into the arteries of wavering citizens, SHIFTing their mood from one of stress and jealousy to peaceful, mind-numbing acceptance of everything you say! I've got you this time!

Oh, I'm sure you're coming up with a plot to discredit me right this second. You're probably thinking of ways to smear my name; now you're gonna say I just drank too much at the party, but I'll have you know that I drank a perfectly healthy amount, and you sponsored the party, anyway, which means it was your fault I had access to drinks in the first place --

And I'm still just fine! You're gonna splice up the footage, make it look like I can't even stand up, but I'm just wobbling 'cause I'm still dizzy from all the bouncing! I can't find my sea legs -- my land legs, I mean -- wait, I don't have legs -- land flippers? Well, anyway, the bouncing was dizzying, but I'm fine, I can still stand, I can still walk -- flop? -- whatever --

Don't look at me like that, Brightscout! I'm not just gonna pass out on cam--

The broadcast was cut off seconds later.

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YELLOW TOAD IS INVINCIBLE.

YELLOW TOAD IS STRONGER THAN GOD AND CANNOT DIE.

Okay, maybe Yellow Toad isn’t quite those things yet, but I’m continuing to play Mario Wonder, and mark my words, Yellow Toad will save the Flower Kingdom.

Even if I got two game overs just trying to do the second half of a level (Lakitu is now Yellow Toad’s worst enemy, Yellow Toad will steal his cloud without mercy), I’ll get through the game eventually.

ALL WILL FALL UNDER YELLOW TOAD!

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100 SUBS

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

I REPEAT

100 SUBS REACHED!!

While I'm well aware that the number could drop at any time, the important thing is that we got there in the first place. To all of you who stuck by me through the silly edits and LPs with questionable audio quality, thank you so much for your support. I couldn't have done this without you.

As for the celebratory video, the votes are in: I shall be telling you the (embarrassing) tale of my first try posting fanfiction online. I was eleven years old, the story was called Burning Bright (for the Warrior Cats fandom), and it sucked. I'll be giving a funny summary of it in the video; I've actually been working on the script for a while, and making visuals of the characters using the cat maker on the Warrior Cats website. Looking forward to making the video and sharing it with you all!

Once again, thank you for everything. I hope you all have a magical day, week, month, and even year <3

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oh my god the Ralsei plush reviews ❤️❤️❤️

😍

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HOLY SHIT WE'RE ALMOST THERE

(provided I don't lose one or two at the last minute, that's definitely a possibility)

But really, just having made it to 100 subs will be good enough for a celebration on my part, even if it only lasts a day, or an hour, or even a few minutes.

Unless the votes unexpectedly turn around quickly, this means we'll be getting that video about my first-ever fanfic soon. I've been having fun writing the script and making the characters in the cat maker on the Warrior Cats website.

It might take a while to put together, but I will definitely make it happen!! You shall all behold the crappy story I wrote as an eleven-year-old…

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this just in: females do not exist

on youtube

i, too, do not exist. i have never existed. illune who?

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shout-out to that one Pippins who was such a dedicated hater that, after Ramb turned to stone, he went into Ramb's drink stand, hid at the bottom, drank a cup of coffee next to Ramb's petrified body, popped up into view when the Fun Gang approached to tell them how Ramb was full of himself and never fit in and how no one will shed a tear for him and he was probably stone inside well before

like damn dude there's a lot to unpack there. it's a level of pettiness most people can only dream of.

...did something happen between you two?

I'm gonna imagine them as sitcom arch-nemeses from now on, reacting to each other like Jerry and Newman in Seinfeld

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I know I don’t get to choose which fictional character my brain latches on to and thinks about constantly until the fixation passes, but god

damn it

WHY AM I SO FIXATED ON A BRITISH POWER STRIP???

no thoughts head empty only ramb

rhymes with lamb

I WANTED TO RECRUIT HIM, DAMMIT

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Me, excitedly playing ch3 blind and talking to Ramb: "Wow, I really like this guy! I hope I can recruit him to the town!" Me, a few hours later, seeing Ramb turned to stone and a Pippins saying he never belonged: "Oh damn, there was probably a sidequest or something to recruit him that I missed, and now he's screwed... Well, I already knew going in that I wouldn't be doing everything. I'm barely scraping past the normal gameplay, I couldn't even beat the Susiezilla game; there's no way I can do all the secret bosses and side things. I'll watch videos about them, and I'll also see what I could've done for Ramb."

Me after beating ch4, finally allowing myself to watch videos and look up spoilers, and finding out about the Sword Route: 😨😨😨

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Hiya! So, apparently, the third anniversary of me starting my channel…was two days ago. Oops.

Anyway, I figure I should make some kind of anniversary video to celebrate having been at this for three years (and two days), but I don't know what it should be. A moments compilation? A story? A dramatic reading? A vlog of me trying to bake the channel a birthday cake? I don't know.

Another thing I could do is record a one-off of me playing through a short game. I certainly have a long backlog of little RPGs and spooky games I downloaded back in October, although I'd have to see how long they'd take; I run out of stamina if I record too long.

Maybe I could do a Q&A sort of thing, where I record myself answering questions in the comments? I don't really think there's anything all that interesting about me, though. I already feel kinda conceited for wanting to make an anniversary video for a channel that doesn't even have 100 subs, even though I've been going for three years, all thanks to my questionable audio and lack of consistency. On the other hand, I don't have THAT much shame, so who cares? This is MY channel, so I can do whatever I want with it! >:D

What do you guys think?

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I made a YTP of KH Dream Drop Distance! It was really fun to make, so I hope you guys like it :D

I made a subtitle track for this one, since it involves a lot of sentence mixing. If you're not sure what the characters are saying, feel free to turn the subtitles on :D

After being shot down by Xehanort, Sora escapes from a time loop only to find himself unable to sleep (there are monsters nearby). In order to win and finally get some sleep, Sora must deal with Xigbar and his toxic relationships with his superiors, Xehanort and his alternative rock music, Roxas and the weird looping rap video he wants Sora to see, and Xemnas and his evil, mind-bending Wii...

Alternate titles:

Sora Can't Sleep Here

The Organization Has a Wii

I'm Already Half Mii

Sora's Dream Drip Disaster

This video was made from cutscenes from the game "Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance" obtained from KHVids. It was edited in DaVinci Resolve. More sources can be found in the credits.

(There are flashing lights/images, so I'd advise people with epilepsy issues not to watch it. Also, it is most definitely not for kids XD)

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Hey, everyone!

I have a question for you…

Well, when I originally put all this together, I assumed that it’d be joined by people like me — writers who aren’t also artists, and therefore aren’t participating in artfight. However, it seems that a lot of people are busy in July, or perhaps I just didn’t give enough time before the event actually started, because…

To be honest, we really need more people to submit refs, or just links to their stories, or anything. Aside from myself, only one person has submitted refs, even though multiple other people expressed interest. So I was wondering if, in order to have more time to get refs in and still be able to send attacks and such, we should extend writefight into August.

It would go until August 31, and until then, people would be able to post refs and attacks and revenges and anything they want :D

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Bumpity bump!

Welcome To Writefight!

A while back, I made a post musing about how artfight looks so cool, how much I wished there was a version of that for writers, and to my surprise, people actually told me they were interested! I thought the post wouldn't gain any traction, but instead, I found some like-minded users, and so...here we are! Writefight!

Okay, that's not much of an intro, but shhh

Like artfight, it started on July 1 (time zone doesn't matter) and will go through the month. Participants will "attack" each other during that time by writing one-shots about each other's characters. You can involve as many characters as you want, or just focus on one.

Now, in artfight, the players are separated into two teams, and the teams attack each other; here, though, I was thinking we could just do a free-for-all where anyone can attack anyone, since this is a small group.

After receiving an attack, you can counter the attack by writing a one-shot about the attacker's characters, or you can pay it forward by attacking someone else.

In artfight, the attacks are scored with points, and the team with the most points at the end wins, but I'm not sure how we would do that here, so I figure we can just all attack and have fun and all be winners :D

First, though, post refs! Unlike artfight, these don't need to be visual, but images of the characters certainly can be in there. What we need are descriptions of the character's personality, mannerisms, backstory, role, relationships with other characters from the same story/canon you also have refs for, that sort of thing. If your characters are from a story up on the internet, link it! Snippets are also great! It would also be a good idea to talk at least a bit about the setting the characters are in, so I'd recommend grouping character refs by story/world/concept/whatever you're cooking. And if you can’t find a way to turn your vibes into words, just a link to the story is fine; you don’t need big detailed descriptions of each character! Just do whatever you’re comfortable with.

As in artfight, we should all also list any things we'd be uncomfortable with in terms of receiving attacks. For example, you might not want anyone to attack you with something gory or nsfw, or involving certain subjects. Or perhaps there's a certain character you wouldn't want to be involved in certain scenarios. We're small writers, and we want to be considerate, so let's make sure to put that in the refs as well.

Some other notes:

There's no limit on the amount of characters you can have refs for, though I'd recommend organizing them by either putting them all in one post or having one post per story/setting.

No minimum or maximum wordcount for attacks. We all write in different ways, and they're all valid :D

This probably goes without saying, but, y'know, be nice, follow standard internet etiquette, all that stuff.

By "characters", I'm going by artfight's general rules: original characters from original stories/concepts, original fanfic characters, and AU versions of canon characters.

Now, to put all the writefight stuff in one place, tag your refs and attacks and such with #writefight, and @ this blog, and I'll reblog them all.

(In terms of attacks, they can be posted wholly here on tumblr, or you can just post them on a writing site -- ao3, for example -- and link to them, or do both! Also, be sure to @ the participant you're attacking.)

A list of refs can be found here. I'll keep updating it as more ref posts come in!

Similarly, a list of attack links will go here.

I'm excited! Let's all have fun together and celebrate writing :D

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Bumping this! Bring out your refs, your story links, anything fun like that!

JULY IS HERE

IT BEGINS

(well, actually, it’s probably been July for hours now for people in different time zones, but still! It’s just starting for me!)

Remember to post refs and links (if you have a story online)! Just a link is okay if you’re unsure of how to write refs! I’ll reblog them all, just make sure to mention this blog and/or tag #writefight! Same goes for attacks, once they’re done: mention, tag, reblogged :D

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When you find a fellow magical girl fan in the wild:

(this panel is so funny to me, I just had to do something with it)