#(also im level 30 now)

[wellthatschaotic]

neurotypicals are so frustrating,, i keep forgetting that "can you do x" means "go do x"

[plinchy]

Dragons dogma 2 is fun

[bright-and-burning]

today (and the next two days) i get to learn more GIS stuff yay MAPS!!!!! yay COORDINATE SYSTEMS!!!!! yay DATA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[carcarrot]

i did tell you people i met a they might be giant right.

[vnknowcrow]

Really want to change my sole, Raymond to romance maccready in her story instead of danse because I've just fallen out of love with the paladin but there's a small problem that she is 38 and I feel like being 38 and old and mature n shit is really baked into her character and I don't think I can reasonably change it to like 26 without that certain amount of maturity feeling less real to me? I just get this weird taste in my mouth when I imagine a 38yr and a 22yr dating that is a me problem definitely but it's still there

[risingsunresistance]

also i finally focused a bit more on my combat setup. went back to 2/4 necron and 1/4 maxor since they added the shadow assassin cloak so i have the speed i want with just the boots (i used 2/4 maxor just bc 1/4 wasnt fast enough for me to do what i wanted) and i recombed my pants

my damage went up slightly

[astranauticus]

a handful of chinese songs that give me big robit energy

translating cpop songs is like my second favourite hobby so it's frankly surprising I haven't made this post sooner

Him - Floruitshow (马 - 福禄寿)

I've talked about this song on here before but this is the 3.7 song for me

the second chorus is definitely MR-SN but i like to think of the first chorus (Let me take a good look at your visage as we count down the time till the curtains’ close. Forgive me for holding back my voice so soon, do you know, in your graceful escape, all I see around me is disaster?) as VR-LA during the flashback sequence

specifically 'all I see around me is disaster' because yeah not wrong

'This time I’m not here to bring you home' just kills me like the please please take care of yourself because I can't be there with you anymore of it all

'Oh spring, oh warm sun, please come sooner, grant him a smooth and safe journey' same point, just the desperate plea for the universe to protect VR-LA because he can't do it himself anymore

How can I make you stay - Floruitshow (我用什么把你留住 - 福禄寿)

(conveniently I have actually done a full translation of this song!)

definitely one of the Maxim songs of all time

"You’ve believed that you can let your life pass in numbness, but [...] why do your tears fall in the moment of letting go?' YEAH because we've seen so many times how Maxim keeps trying to convince himself that he can stop just caring but it never works

'You say don’t fall in love, yet you’re unwilling to let go' same point, this man is in such denial about how he just can't stop caring

specifically the second verse feels a lot like Maxim waiting for VR-LA to return from Tu'narath

'You stay silent, holding onto starlight as you wait through your darkest hour. Your mind is struck, when familiar murmurs pierce your ears once more' aaaAAAAHH

the bridge (?) as a conversation between VR-LA and Maxim, VR-LA inviting Maxim to see the beauty and wonders of the world ('Do you want to see the sea of flowers blooming?', very 4.5 wedding invite honestly) but Maxim's trauma just would not allow him to take that risk ('If none of them come back, then who should I live for?')

fun fact the second version of the bridge in my translation ('You must stay to see the flowers bloom' onwards) is exclusive to that live performance of the song so it's not in the spotify version i linked here. as for which version you think fits Maxim more.. well.

Borrow - Mao Buyi (借 - 毛不易)

finally banging out a translation for this song was kinda the inspiration for me to make this post actually

the tldr of this song is that it's an unnamed/unidentified speaker asking to borrow various small things for the sake of somebody else (like 'an inch of frozen sunlight' to provide warmth in a cold world) so you can probably see where i'm going with this

'A simple ‘we have plenty of time’ etched into the soul to prepare for the chance of forced separation' ouch ow okay

'Those blown apart by these winds will say that they never loved deeply' / 'There is a sincerity that cannot be blown apart by this wind' DX-TR betraying the old crew vs VR-LA fighting through so much just to get them back

'There are tears that cannot be washed away by this rain' this line just haunts me. like in general

'An acre of land for him to call home, an ordinary life for him to live' as MR-SN watching over the old crew like I can't be there for you but I hope you will find peace and a home...

[gorgynei]

banged my head against a wall for around 2 hours (trying to beat the calid godskin apostle) before realizing im not using the greatest build. im switching from a blood infused uchi to the bloodhounds fang. on top of just being a great weapon it also helps to learn the curved greatsword moveset before i get morgott's sword later on

[yellowocaballero]

is knives closer to brad than luida? does she remind him of rem too much?

So much to say about this one and please re-ask it (or I'll rb it) further down the line when we know more!

I can say now that Knives hero worships Brad a bit while he's closer to actual friends with Luida. Which doesn't necessarily equal closeness either way. I think you can tell this already by how often Knives thinks about what Brad would do and what he would say if he was there. They have a very unique relationship that's probably my favorite in the fic, and it was hard to write so I hope it lands how I want it to land.

It's interesting writing a main character of Trigun who's not obsessed with Rem. Knives was more mature than Vash, and as happens frequently in families with a high needs kid like Vash he got a little promoted to part-time caregiver (he also promoted himself, to be fair), so he had a more mature relationship with Rem than Vash ever did. So he's not as obsessed with her pacifism, which means that Knives is pacifist for different reasons in a different way. In a. You know. 'Cold turkey' way.

I never got much chance to explore this, but Vash is absolutely still obsessed with Rem. I couldn't see any situation where Vash didn't do exactly what he thought Rem would want. Which severely affected me writing him because that means that he has to have a baseline level of Space Alien Scifi Insanity for that to be part of his mental schema for the world. Jonestowning a city and telling himself that Rem would want him to do that means that this baseline level has to be extremely high.

This fic was. Really tricky. So tricky. Very tricky. I'm proud of it but MAN you still have to wonder if you did what you wanted to do.

[nejackdaw]

Thinking about that time in our first campaign my character's dad (adoptive, a very important baron) almost died.

Apparently, he was supposed to. He was not supposed to survive contact with the lich. Don't even ask me how or why we got to the lich, genuinely all I remember is panicking because all of a sudden he had like five hit points and as the party schemer I had two thoughts that erased my awareness of everything else: (1) MY FUCKING DAD (2) THIS LICH IS GOING TO KILL US.

See, my job is finding ways to get us out of things, and as a wizard, I was well equipped to handle that. Except thought one, "MY FUCKING DAD," took priority over EVERYTHING ELSE. My little wizard was orphaned and down his only brother. This guy was all he had. His whole world. World's #1 dad.

... And the lich almost one shot him. He was collapsed on the ground and struggling for breath. This did not register as a cinematic moment to me because I was PANICKING. We roll initiative.

The lich rolls highest. I'm frantically looking through my notes to see what's available to me. Tries to kill me, too. Counterspell.

My turn. Throwing ALL CAUTION to the wind, plan only vaguely half formed, I run up to the baron and tell the DM I'm going to drag him back to the party.

"Your speed is halved from carrying him. You can't make it in 15 feet."

There's dead silence. Everyone is waiting for my response. Seconds of silence. "What are you going to do?" (DM speak for "please hurry up.")

"... I'm a tabaxi. I can make it in 30."

I double my movement speed and drag him back there anyway, to the confused relief of the party. Our sponsor (MY FUCKING DAD) is safe for right this second, but how are we going to fight a LICH?

"Anything else?"

"... I have a scroll of teleport in my bag. And I'm within 10 feet of everyone." Most importantly, I'd DUCKED BEHIND A WALL OF BARRELS AND CRATES so the motherfucker couldn't see me to counterspell.

There's dead silence for a few moments. The voice chat proceeds to blast my eardrums with excited cheering and laughing. The DM and I both pull up the spell. "Roll for it. Where are you going?"

"Home."

I roll a 99. We vanish from the lich's lair and are deposited, battered, bleeding, without guidance, in the charred, crumbled ruins of what had been the baron and I's residence. (It had not been that way until very recently. It was news to me.) There's relieved silence. There's an emotional reunion in what remains of our living room. I cast Tiny Hut in a defensible corner of the ruins after we all chat and we get what sleep we can.

(The DM would later confess that the baron wasn't supposed to survive and he had to change his plans now lol. We were supposed to be cut off from all resources at that point. My dad showed up in the final fight since he'd survived TWO murder attempts [ig the BBEG was the third lmao] and, well. I schemed then, too.)

[todayisafridaynight]

psst for my stream regulars

How does the idea of me starting streams at like 1:30PM (EST) sound. i’ll still plan to run them to like 5:00PM (EST) but now its more definite it’ll actually end then opposed to accidentally going on until like. 7:30PM (EST)

Also im on mobile so i cant make a poll so you gotta let me know through like a comment or somethin ok ty

[zouisalmightie]

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[abyssaldyke]

Every school office lady in the world should make a hundred thousand dollars a second

[rubys-domain]

maybe sumeru being the fucking massive nation that it is is a blessing in disguise. so i always have a place to do chill exploration when i get sick of my artifact luck

[totaldramafan-lauri]

Ruler reached....

OK! So....my Tricolor binge! It wasn’t AS bad as I thought it’d be at first. I had a good time.....but....here’s the thing.....

I understand WHY mirror match Tricolors exist, I guess....Now that there’s a mode where you’re guaranteed to play them rather than waiting like before, it makes sense why they’d prioritize getting you in games ASAP, even it they’re mirrors. People just wanna play. I get that.....but.....h-here’s the thing.....

I don’t think it’s cool to go outta my way to play these cool things that’re supposed to be the main draw of Splatfests, only to be rewarded with barely any clout from a sizeable number of my matches? I think that’s kinda dumb!? I wanna play Tricolor, but I also wanna help my team consistently, and I shouldn’t have to CHOOSE!

Like I said, it wasn’t ALL mirrors. I did get a few matches against the other teams. It’s just that I don’t like getting, like, four mirrors in a row. Especially since I’ve been playing well today. I don’t like being rewarded with scraps for that. XD

S-sorry for ranting.....I....I just- I’m not sure how cool I am with this. I wish it was possible to get Tricolors from Open, just not guaranteed, like before, and the guaranteed option (with the possibility of giving you mirrors) is just another option for players who just wanna play. I-I dunno if I’m in the minority on that, but.....yeah. That’s just how I feel....

Now, on to how I’ve been doing.....MUCH better than I expected! I played about half-and-half charger and Splatana Wiper, and surprisingly, I got a lotta good matches with my charger! O.O So much for it being bad at this....Um, maybe I just got lucky, but still.....

There’s one thing to note tho: Y’know how players always complained about how hard defending is? Well, now that I’ve had the chance to play a good bit of both positions back to back.....

I officially think defending is more fun than attacking. I’m sorry. I’m scum. XD

I dunno why, but I had a better time defending! I consistently felt more safe and secure doing that, with both weapons, while attacking was more of a crapshoot. Maybe it’s Mako, maybe it’s just my playstyle lending me to feel less pressure with more teammates, maybe it’s just good luck with teams, but yeah, defending got me better results. I think I only won a single-digit number of matches on attacking teams (not counting the times I came second).

But overall, even tho I had too many mirrors, I had a blast for the most part! And even with the mirror problem, I think that’ll be something I’ll get used to. Like....maybe it’ll be better for me to not spend a whole session in Tricolors again? But rather, just a few matches in a row in-between regular matches? It’s a thought.....but I enjoyed binging it today, so no regrets. XD

Maybe I’ll come back one more time before the fest ends, and do some regular matches to make up for lost clout. Depends on how I’m feeling later.

[mobblespsycho100]

grinding in TWST en sucks sm now that ik what grinding in TWST jp is like