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Kun3h0 Accessories DLC + Patch Notes v.1.0.1

Added:

GAB accessory

Karrot-98 accessory

Changed:

Updated top.

Fixed hair bug. (Hair would easily slip off model.)

Minor improvements.

(More pics and notes under the cut.)

So I finally finished up Kun3h0's accessories and fixed up her top.

So, we've got her GAB and her drill, the Karrot-98.

GAB started out as this little dino thing that I just cut up and sculpted onto.

The original plan was to sculpt onto the original arms after I cut off the wings, but they kept bumping into the head, so I opted to completely resculpt them.

Now they can still turn their head, but that's the only point of articulation. I really should have sanded it more, you can really see the texture still in the clay, but such as it is.

The collar isn't the most elegant thing in the world, but at least it's there~ It's also disappointing that I couldn't get the edges of her screen completely straight and even, but it is what it is.

Overall, I think it's a decent recreation of the original design, even if the purples aren't quite right.

I should take a pic of them next to my other GAB recreations so y'all can really see the difference in scale. I believe this is the smallest GAB I've made so far, and also the only one that has the big heart-shaped tail~

Next is the Karrot-98, Kun3h0's magical drill. I don't have any "before" pictures, but it's made from another accessory that came with the doll, a little clay, and a piping tip that I had lying around + extras.

I don't have a set design for the Karrot yet, so I just kinda painted it with colors I already mixed. When Kun3h0's holding it, it does kinda get lost in the pinks of her outfit, but by itself I think it looks fine. If I come up with a better color scheme for it, then maybe I'll repaint it.

Next, I completely re-did her top. This time, I doused all the fabric in fray-check first to keep it from pulling apart while I was sewing it together, and I completely redid the sleeves. Originally, I had painted the arm guards onto the sleeves because I didn't think of any other way to do it. This time I tried making them with craft foam to better replicate that they're supposed to be two different materials. I'd say it was mostly successful.

Since it's kind of a pain to slip the sleeve into the guards, I don't have any pics of the top without them on, but the sleeves are more form fitting, so the top looks more like a proper tracksuit without the guards on. It's a slightly better look than the original IMO, but it's still not perfect: the guards are basically like a Miku sleeve, so you can still see into them even though the only opening is supposed to be through the cuff (which are barely visible in this pic, but they can stick out for a more accurate look.)

I would show the new top next to the old one, but I kinda destroyed the old one trying to test ideas for this new one XP (in fact, the collar IS from the old one, I just ripped it off and reapplied it to this one).

Lastly, I fixed her wig a little bit.

I don't have pics of it, but I just stuck some velcro to her scalp and the inside of the wig, so now it should stop slipping off while still being removable.

I'm just against completely gluing it down because I still have a lot of yarn left from this project, so I would eventually like to make her some alternate hairstyle wigs just to use up the yarn.

Now I feel pretty confident in saying that she's actually "done." There are a few places that I could touch up with paint, but as for "making" anything else for this doll, I did everything I really wanted to do.

Admittedly, Kun3h0 is one of my most self-indulgent designs (as though everything I make isn't in some way self-indulgent), so to have a physical object which embodies so much of what I like, truly satisfies me. We'll see if I still feel that way about her a week from now, but at the moment, she is the culmination of almost every creative skill I have, and I'm very pleased with the results of that effort, more so than possibly anything else I've ever made~ <3

I may post more pics of her when I can actually dedicate some time to making a proper scene and/or backdrop. There's a lot of little details that I like that I haven't really taken pics of. I dunno if I have the courage to do it, but it'd be cool to take some pics in an actual arcade with her~

[byanyan]

finally hit the resume button on the queue... even tho there're only 9 things in there and most of them are really short replies. but 5 of them!!! have been in there for over a month!!! and i'm tired of having no writing on my blog akjhfsd

[softceleste]

Tossing this before / after under a readmore because size and it honestly isn't 100% synced frame delay wise because of the editing I did in order to gif this but !!!!

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Prskfacts 2nd anniversary!

Today (March 13th) is the second anniversary of when I started posting trivia! Thank you so much for the support over the last two years, it means a lot and I'm glad people continue to enjoy the blog!

As of today there will be some changes to how this blog is run. Posts will continue to be daily, but most days will be reblogs of old facts instead of new ones (new ones will still be posted sometimes). It has been incredibly hard for me to keep posting daily over the last year and a half and I feel like the quality of trivia has been declining recently as I've been running out of things to post. I don't want that to continue, so I'll be focusing on quality over quantity from now on. Plus, it's been a long time and a lot of people weren't here for the older posts, so they'll be fun to revisit.

I will still be answering asks, but don't expect me to be as regular with this. It will probably continue at the rate it has for the past few months. This is just to give me time to focus on uni and personal life over this blog, which was getting to the point of being like a job for me. I will also be emptying my inbox today because it's got like 800 unanswered asks in it and I need it to be more manageable. Sorry to anyone whose questions I didn't answer, but feel free to send them again (submissions have been put on the queue).

Sorry this is a bit of a downer anniversary post. To reiterate, I'm not fully moving away from prsk or this blog, just reducing my activity. I hope you continue to enjoy prskfacts for the next year!

So in January 2024 I explained what 4kids was to an anon and said this:

and someone said this in the tags:

i decided explaining shadow the hedgehog lore in depth was the funniest way to semi-retire from this blog that wasn't posting "sayonara you weeaboo shits" or posting my shitpost drafts and going radio silent afterwards. so thank you to the person who said that you gave this blog a slightly less unceremonious death. also if ur a new sth fan who got in bc of the movie this might be useful idk i mainly just wanted an excuse to talk about shadow the hedgehog

So 50+ years before the events of peak fiction Sonic Adventure 2, we have Gerald and Maria Robotnik, Eggman's grandfather and cousin respectively. Gerald was a revolutionary scientist/roboticist (and archaeologist, this will be relevant later) and one of the greatest minds of his time, making huge scientific developments with the goal of bringing hope and happiness to humanity. One of his greatest inventions was a space station for scientific research, the Space Colony ARK, which served as his main lab from then on. The construction and operations of the ARK were partially funded by the United Federation (in-universe USA), but primarily funded by GUN (Guardian Units of Nations, the in-universe US military).

So SA2 is an extremely anti-military game. That's going to become apparent from here on out. So, GUN wants weapons in exchange for funding, and they're starting to get annoying about it. Obviously this is not what Gerald wants, so he asks the President of the UF if he can intervene, since the govt is the other source of funding. So the president says he'll do that, but he also sucks and decides to ask Gerald to invent immortality. Gerald hates the idea of this just as much, and shoots it down immediately, not to mention it being an impossible task.

However, back on Earth, Maria gets sick, and is diagnosed with NIDS (neuro-immuno deficiency syndrome (EN) or native immunodeficieny syndrome (JP), either way it's clearly based on AIDS), a terminal illness. Gerald manages to get Maria brought up to the ARK when treatments on Earth are failing so the team up there can do assessments and research treatments. The low gravity on the ARK also helps to keep the illness' effects at a low, for the most part. Maria's family back at Earth isn't exactly happy about all this though (the Robotnik family drama isn't actually too important here I just wanted to talk about it).

So the president keeps pushing for the immortality thing, and Gerald figures he can use this to find a cure for Maria, so decides to go forward with Project: Shadow, named as such because "the concept [of immortality] is as intangible as a shadow". GUN still wants weapons as well, which is where the archaeology thing starts coming into play. So to tie SA2 into its predecessor, there's these robots that look like the god Chaos from SA1. Gerald had researched Chaos in the past, and builds robots based on it to give to GUN.

Okay now we're finally getting closer to actual Shadow stuff. The scientists are using a Chaos Emerald in their research into immortality, and develop Chaos Drives using the Chaos Energy from the emerald. Gerald also supplies GUN with these drives so they can use them as a power source to try and appease them (they still use them 50 years later to power their mechs, GUN robots drop them when destroyed in SA2). The staff test out these drives on a salamander when they feel they're developed enough to be used on living tissue. Some time later, the salamander being used in testing has such rapid cellular growth that it can't survive on its own, and it becomes violent and uncontrollable, prompting Gerald to build it a life support pack and seal it away in the ARK's basement (functionally). This is the Biolizard, the prototype Ultimate Life Form and the final regular boss of SA2 (also one of two characters with a confirmed birthday, that being January 27th).

More Robotnik family drama stuff just bc I feel like mentioning it, you can skip this paragraph. So Maria's been up on the ARK for a while now, enough years that some scientists on the ARK think she was born there, and Gerald isn't making any progress with creating a cure. Some of the scientists are even starting to doubt that Maria is even ill, since her symptoms are invisible most of the time. Also, the rest of the Robotnik family is losing faith in Gerald and it's getting to a point where they want either a cure or for her to be sent home to be with her family. Gerald cannot yet provide a cure, but he also does not want to send Maria home because she will die. See now Gerald has a pretty big ego. He constantly talks about how much of a genius is and has boundless confidence in himself, which only now is being put to the test. He keeps biting off more than he can chew, and it's starting to cost his family.

Here we fucking go. Exactly 50 years prior to the game Shadow the Hegdehog, the Black Comet passes by Earth. This comet it the home of an alien race called the Black Arms, led by this demonic looking alien guy called Black Doom. Gerald makes contact with the comet, and strikes a deal with Doom, who was interested in Gerald's work with the Chaos Emeralds. Black Doom lends his DNA to be used with Project Shadow, and it reacts well with the Chaos energy. See now Doom has this plan to invade Earth next time his comet comes by, and he wants the thing Gerald is making to be able to do that for him essentially. An Ultimate Life Form is pretty appealing when you want to conquer the Earth.

Also fun thing that originates from a 4koma but was brought up for the first time in English in Shadow Generations: Maria is the one who named Shadow. He originally called the project "Project Shadow" out of mockery as mentioned earlier, and also thought the name sounded too dark for the project he was using to help develop a cure to Maria's illness. However Maria said that he should name the hedgehog he created "Shadow", because a shadow shows the way to the light. Maria also designed Shadow's shoes and inhibitor rings to try and reduce the strain his body will be under from the alien DNA and Chaos energy (Gerald's Journal specifically refers to them as mobility and focus aids). Fun fact 3 if you hack the camera during the lab cutscene in Shadow 05 there's multiple failed Shadow prototypes in the room.

So why is Shadow a hedgehog? It's not ever been confirmed, but it is heavily implied that Shadow was based on the Hidden Palace mural from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. This is an ancient prophetic mural that depicts a blue creature glowing gold fighting a robot that has the Master Emerald. It's depicting the true final boss of the game. We know Gerald visited Angel Island and, while it's never mentioned, it's likely that he saw this mural and made Shadow in the blue/gold figure's likeness (which is why Shadow looks like the Adventure-era Super Sonic design specifically).

We're gonna have to go back to the archaeology stuff for a bit. Years before Project Shadow one of Gerald's sons (presumably Maria's dad, since it's stated that the other son is a roboticist and it makes sense for him to be Eggman's dad) discovers this robot built by an ancient civilization while doing some archaeology shit. Gerald finds it in a warehouse some time later while on the ARK. After researching into it more he discovers that this robot is a weapon capable of mimicking the combat and abilities of other people and weapons as well as being reactive to the chaos emeralds. Presumably Gerald puts the robot back into storage because his Journal (the shadow gens one) doesn't mention him again for ages.

So fast forward to Shadow being in-progress. Gerald is researching the robot again and discovers that it is called a Gizoid (he is later given the name Emerl in Sonic Battle). Emerl can establish a "Link" to a person, becoming completely loyal to them, provided they have some sort of power (Gerald shows Emerl a gun). As mentioned, Emerl is a weapon programmed to be very destructive, but currently Gerald has him under his control.

Although, GUN gets demanding again due to still not having results for the immortal super soldiers they wanted. So Gerald hands over Emerl, knowing full well the risk of GUN just giving him something more powerful than the gun Gerald had and developing a Link with them instead. GUN doesn't really give a shit about Emerl though and asks for something else. Gerald uses this as an opportunity to give them a massive, planet-destroying, Death Star-esque laser cannon, called the Eclipse Cannon. Obviously, GUN can never use it, but it's a big powerful weapon and they're the US military so they're happy with it. Its true function is actually for Shadow to use it to blow up the Black Comet when it comes back past Earth in 50 years, because of that whole deal about Shadow being used by Black Doom to conquer Earth. (Gerald does apologise in his journal for kind of actively ruining Shadow's life before he's even been born, but y'know he's kinda on a streak of making bad decisions at this point).

Shadow is finally awakened and quickly becomes incredibly close with Maria, developing a sibling relationship. She tells him about her love for Earth and he takes care of her and looks out for her when she's struggling. Dialogue in Shadow 05 and Shadow Generations suggests that aside from testing and combat training, Shadow was treated like a fairly normal kid. Maria mentions running around the ARK and playing with him, as well as going to school with him (fun fact: Maria says in Shadow Gens that he never handed in any of his homework).

(To get Shadow age discourse out the way: he's physically 15. This is stated in his character bio in the leaked Sonic 06 script, which admittedly is not entirely accurate, but there's also other information to suggest this, such as him having the same height and weight as Sonic (15) and Silver (14) while Knuckles and Espio (both 16) are taller and heavier. And yeah there's some sources that put him as ageless and that script is the only thing to ever give him an actual age and all the character ages were removed from the official bios anyway due to a timeskip between Forces and Frontiers but you get the idea he's physically the same age as Sonic. Also no he did not age while frozen. Go win internet arguments or something)

Gerald also comes to think of Shadow like a son, which is funny because at this point in the Journal he stops referring to Maria's dad as his son. Likely because he and his wife had another child, which reads like they've lost hope in Maria being saved and are starting over. I mean yeah that's very clearly what's going on.

Unfortunately shit starts to go downhill from here. Emerl absorbs enough weapons to make him go out of control and he goes on a destructive rampage across the ARK. He's shut down and Gerald reprograms him with a 'soul' to prevent this from happening again, and a self-destruct function just in case it does. However, the rampage causes those Artifical Chaos robots I mentioned earlier to go out of control as well. Those are taken down as well but an SOS has been sent out to Earth by this point (there were also other general safety concerns bc of the evil demon aliens and. the military blaming other people for things they asked for)

So GUN and the government kinda go "fuck we need to pretend like this isn't out fault" so GUN goes up to space and shuts down the colony. By raiding it and killing almost everyone on board, covering it up by saying there was an accident. Only three ARK residents are known to have survived: Gerald, Shadow, and a kid called Abe (who is the GUN commander in present day). Considering that they spared the only other kid on the ARK, Maria was probably shot because she was with Shadow and was helping him into an escape pod.

Shadow is found and put in cryo and Gerald is arrested by GUN and made to finish his research under supervision. Gerald learns Maria died and goes insane with grief. He becomes immensely hateful towards humanity as a whole and secretly reprograms Shadow's memories to make him think that Maria's final wish was for him to avenge her (by literally destroying the Earth) instead of what it really was, which was to protect the people of Earth. Gerald is then executed by firing squad.

(Additional Robotnik family lore: Takashi Iizuka confirmed not too long ago that Eggman was born after Maria died. Eggman also mentions that he didn't know Maria in one of his unlockable memos in Frontiers, but reveals that her death was felt throughout his childhood. Apparently the attention was never really on him due to everyone always focusing on how great Maria was. Knowing Eggman this may be a slight exaggeration but yeah there's speculation that the Robotnik Family Drama will be relevant at some point since they keep bringing it up in recent materials)

Fast forward 50ish years to SA2. Eggman finds his grandfather's journal from his supervised work while he was being held by GUN and learns about his work on the "Ultimate Life Form" who can destroy things. Eggman wants to conquer the world and he's like yeah I want that so he breaks into the GUN base where Shadow is in cryo. Eggman is also the first person in 50 years to try the password "Maria" to free Shadow (Gerald got to set the password for whatever reason they've rewritten the lore a couple times don't worry about it).

Also Shadow being freed is so funny like you gotta remember he's 15 and an emo bordering on theatre kid and also the last thing he remembers is his sister getting shot and he sees Eggman, probably didn't even clock that it wasn't Gerald for 30 seconds, and is like "I'll grant your wishes bring me the chaos emeralds and meet me on the ARK lol bye" and what he means is "we're gonna blow up the Earth bc the military killed my sister like 3 hours ago as far as i'm concerned" but like he doesn't tell Eggman this so Eggman's just like "fuck yeah let's take over the world". Eggman goes to meet Shadow on the ARK and Shadow explains the Eclipse Cannon and Eggman's like "cool I can use this to threaten Earth until everyone has to submit to me".

Also Rouge is here because she works for GUN as an agent and they want her to investigate Eggman and Shadow. Also GUN is stupid and keeps trying to arrest Sonic because he looks like Shadow and Shadow robbed a museum bc it had an Emerald. They literally have newsreel footage of Shadow and everyone's like "no this is Sonic" (this makes way more sense if you consider that Shadow's original design as when he was being developed as "Terios" was way closer to Sonic's). GUN arrest Sonic twice in this game, and attempt a third time. Sonic escapes police custody twice and evades arrest on the third one. He also says he doesn't like cops this is important. Anyway he and Shadow keep trying to kill each other. Sonic wants to know what the deal is but that doesn't stop him from trying to fight Shadow constantly. Shadow wants to blow up Earth but this also doesn't stop him from fighting Sonic constantly.

Eggman, Rouge and Shadow go to GUN's Prison Island where they send everyone they arrest and then steal the Chaos Emeralds that GUN has and blow up the island. Using the six Emeralds they have, Eggman powers up the Eclipse Cannon and livestreams himself blowing up the moon with it. The Heroes go to the ARK as well and there's some whole drama there but this ain't about them. Eggman gets the seventh Chaos Emerald and puts it into the cannon, which activates Gerald's doomsday plan that Shadow did not tell Eggman about. The ARK sets off on a crash course for Earth so now the Heroes and Eggman and Rouge are trying to turn it off.

Also there was a whole thing where Rouge looks into Project Shadow and all she can find is stuff about the Biolizard so she thinks Shadow is lying or delusional. I mean we know he's telling the truth but back then this was like adding to the mystery. Not that relevant in retrospect. Moving on.

Back to Shadow. His goal is fulfilled and he's kinda just standing there looking out the window as the ARK falls. Amy got left behind when everyone went to go shut down the ARK and she happens to find Shadow and asks what his deal is. She talks about the good of humanity and manages to partially say the exact same thing as Maria said when she put Shadow in the escape pod when she was dying. Shadow remembers Maria's wish for him to give everyone a chance to live and be happy, cries very briefly, and then runs off because he has his real memories back now and needs to fix this shit.

Sonic and Shadow go Super and use Chaos Control to warp the ARK back into orbit and stop the doomsday program. However Shadow isn't accustomed to using a Super form and is weakened (there's this whole thing about Shadow realising that Sonic might be the true Ultimate Life Form if you take long enough on the final boss). Sonic warns him to return back to the ARK but he doesn't, and ends up losing his super form and falling to Earth, presumably dying (Twitter Takeovers are noncanon but #5 says that Sonic tried to save Shadow but Shadow let himself die because otherwise Sonic would've fallen with him and as far as he knew then, died with him. This isn't shown or mentioned in the games but is likely what happened given that Sonic comes back to the ARK afterwards with one of Shadow's inhibitor rings).

Shadow was actually meant to stay dead and SA2 itself was actually pretty vague about what really happened 50 years ago. Pretty much everything I mentioned prior to the SA2 summary was lore introduced in later media (this will be relevant later). But, Shadow ended up becoming the most popular character in the franchise so Sonic Team decided to bring him back for Heroes and write more solid lore for him.

In Heroes, Rouge is stealing some shit from Eggman and finds Shadow in A Tube so she lets him out. He's being guarded by a robot called E-123 Omega, who decides to fight them because he's angry and loves violence and killing things (not a joke). Rouge manages to stop the boys from fighting each other and is like "let's go find Eggman" so they do and also they're called Team Dark now. She wants his treasure, Shadow has amnesia and wants to know who he is and why he's here, and Omega wants to prove to Eggman he's the best robot ever and also kill and destroy things. I dunno why Rouge doesn't think to tell Shadow anything. I assume it's because this was the first third party mainline title and they wanted to keep things simple for new players who hadn't played SA2 which was only available on Dreamcast or Gamecube, neither of which sold well compared to the PS2 or Xbox.

During the story Team Dark finds a Shadow Android, and later, shitloads of them in Eggman's warehouse. Shadow and the others aren't really sure if he's the real Shadow from SA2 or if he's another android who's just gained sentience. At least now Rouge is somewhat justified in not telling him anything since she's not sure if he's real now. Cue Shadow having an identity crisis. This plot carries over to the next game.

Shadow 05 takes place exactly 50 years after Gerald's deal with Black Doom. The Black Comet comes back to Earth and Doom and the rest of the Black Arms start invading and fucking shit up. So Doom wants Shadow to work for him and conquer Earth so he finds his son and asks him to go get the Chaos Emeralds. He also does not tell Shadow that he's his dad he just tells him what to do and leaves him to work it out and Shadow just does this without question because BD clearly knows who he is so he might be able to tell him who he is.

Shadow 05 is infamous for its choose-your-own-adventure story so to quickly list off the noncanon endings he can:

Destroy Earth (Pure Dark/Dark)

Conquer the universe (Pure Dark/Hero)

Side with his dad (Semi Dark/Dark)

Kill Eggman (Semi Dark/Hero)

Decide he's an android and kill Eggman (Neutral/Dark)

Decide he's an android and kill Eggman BUT take over the Eggman Empire and lead and android uprising this time (Neutral/Hero)

Stay on the ARK and become its protector (Semi Hero/Dark)

Have implied suicidal depression (Semi Hero/Hero)

Go insane with power?? idk what's going on (Pure Hero/Dark)

Say he's gonna kill his dad and presumably does it offscreen (Pure Hero/Hero)

The true ending (that doesn't actually lead from any of the previous so who knows how we got here) has Shadow obtain all the Chaos Emeralds and then BD uses them to bring his Comet into Earth's atmosphere so he can start destroying things. BD then loredrops that Shadow was made to help him conquer Earth and he processes this for like a minute then decides to kill BD. BD then loredrops that he's Shadow's dad and Shadow gets really close to crashing out over this one but the Chaotix manage to find an old tape from Gerald just in time and play it for him that helps calm him down a bit and tells him how to kill BD. Also it reminds him of the promise he made to Maria again.

So he goes Super, kills his dad and blows up the Black Comet destroying the entire Black Arms race. Also if you take really really long on this boss fight then Eggman mentions that he found Shadow after he fell to Earth, confirming this is the real Shadow from SA2 and not one of the androids. After BD is killed Shadow seems to have mostly remembered everything and decides to move on from his past and become his own person.

I'm assuming Sonic Battle takes place after Shadow 05 because he knows he was made by Gerald in this game. So Sonic finds Emerl, that Gizoid robot from earlier, and everyone befriends him but is also trying to work out who/what Emerl is. Sonic says that although Emerl is a weapon of mass destruction, he has a heart and he trusts him to not destroy things, just like Shadow. Shadow has a mini crisis over this and is wondering why he has a soul and feelings if he was created as a weapon and Rouge sits him down and tells him that Gerald didn't want him to be a weapon. Shadow still has Feelings about this but that's kinda it here.

06 isn't canon and also barely makes sense but it had good Shadow characterisation. So we're gonna cover this as quickly as possible. So Shadow works for GUN now (for some reason?? it's only in this game whatever) and he and Rouge go to get The Time God of Italy. or half of it. this half of it is Mephiles, who takes the form of Shadow's shadow. Mephiles and Shadow keep fighting during the game and Mephiles taunts him that hundreds of years in the future, humans blame Shadow for the apocalypse (caused by Mephiles. who looks like Shadow. so) and put him in cryo again (oh yeah Shadow's immortal I don't think I ever clarified that but you probably worked it out). Anyway at the end of Shadow's story he says this raw ass line "if the world chooses to become my enemy i will fight like i always have" and then he takes off his inhibitors and blows up Mephiles. But Mephiles doesn't die and then kills Sonic and then fuses with the other half of the Italian Sun slash Time god and then there's the bit where a human girl kisses a dead Sonic and now he's alive again and triple S go super and blow up the Italian Time slash Sun god. Sonic then erases the god from existence and bam 06 isn't canon anymore praise be.

Is anyone still reading this. Why? I'm not even taking this seriously anymore I'm enjoying this way too much.

So allegedly Sonic Prime is canon and it probably takes place somewhere vaguely around here. Sonic Prime actually doesn't fit on the timeline due to ooc and also Cubot and Orbot but it's "after Sonic Advance 3" so it's either before or after 06. Anyway Sonic accidentally breaks spacetime and is now hopping around the multiverse. Shadow is here too so that he has someone to play off of. They're like. Really gay here like there had to be at least one sonadow fan on the writing team why did they do the SA2 falling thing again that's evil. Also there's one line at the end of season 2 iirc that got translated into. actual romantic language in some dubs kinda like the destiel confession adding in the line for Dean in the Spanish dub. does this mean sonadow is destiel 2. i need to start calling buddie destiel 3. Shadow breaks the sound barrier 3 times in the finale to save Sonic's life while bridal carrying him. love wins. Sonic Prime is pretty mid but bonus points for good yaoi 7/10

In terms of the next big Shadow lore game we have Shadow Generations. The Time Eater sends Shadow to the void but manages to send Maria and Gerald there too from a point in time not too long before shit went down on the ARK. Shadow kinda has the worst day of his life in this one. Also Black Doom managed to regrow himself but he's not at full power. He wants to use Shadow as a vessel due to him being the Ultimate Life Form and so activates all of Shadow's alien biology, making him "perfect" so BD can take over his body. In some ways this acts as closure for Shadow since yknow. He's had amnesia TWICE since he knew them and also the Gerald here gets to tell Shadow all the stuff that he'd only heard previously in recordings about the Black Arms. Gerald also finally Apologises to Shadow directly. Shadow gets like really angry at BD but Maria comforts him and tells him to not give into BD and his anger, since he exists to show the way to the light. Shadow kills his dad for a second time. Gerald and Maria are sent back to their time and Shadow tries to stop it and almost has a panic attack (for the second time this game he has one in the prequel) but Maria comforts him again. Shadow cries again and that's the end of the game.

So by the time we get to Sonic Forces he's kinda just doing his own antihero thing and sometimes works with Team Dark. He kills (? at least beats the shit out of) Jackal Squad, a mercenary team that was working for Eggman at the time. He spares the leader and calls him weak and pathetic and leaves. And this GROWN ASS MAN throws a fit over this and decides he has to prove he isn't weak. So he agrees to be a test subject in Eggman's latest experiement with this rock called the Phantom Ruby that has incredibly inconsistent properties but the big one is Virtual Reality (this in itself is presented inconsistently). So Infinite is infused with the power of the Ruby and wears a mask now because his previous weakling face was unsightly or something. He then decides to shut down Omega and torment Shadow (who doesn't remember him) for calling him weak. He then tells Shadow he's gonna go kill Sonic for some reason. And then does (or at least everyone thinks he does). This is all in the prequel DLC. Shadow shows up halfway through the main game to help the heroes and that's about it.

And that's kinda it. There's the IDW comics in terms of what I'd consider major appearances but I'm like 2 years behind on those so idk what Shadow's up to in those now. There was also the July 2021 Sonic Channel story with him that kinda altered my brain chemistry. Not entirely sure when it takes place. Pre-Forces maybe? You can read a TL of it here.

Oh yeah I should clarify on what was said in the 4kids post. So in that I talked about how the dub in avoiding an onscreen character death actually caused Shadow MCD. Sonic X is interesting because it was developed at around the same time as the "Shadow arc" of games in the early 2000s and ends up taking a different approach to the truth of 50 years ago. I haven't watched X fully yet but from what I know about it Maria never knew Shadow. All of that stuff was made up by Gerald and put in Shadow's brain. Like Maria did exist and there's a whole episode where they meet the soldier who shot her but she didn't know Shadow. Iirc it was something to do with the escape pods she sent down being empty thereby implying Shadow was created entirely on Earth post-GUN raid.

Following the game's SA2 adaptation and his later return, Shadow meets a girl called Molly in season 3. She's a fighter on her planet that's at war and mostly destroyed. Iirc she wants to keep fighting, but her friends are growing hopeless and think they're all just gonna die in battle and never get to live. Long story short, at the end of the episode, she sacrifices herself and charges her fighter ship straight at the enemy and is killed when it crashed into the enemy ship. In the series finale, Shadow helps Sonic fight Dark Oak, the main antagonist of the season, and isn't seen again afterwards, presumably having died. However, he shows up during the credits, visiting Molly's grave, confirming he's still alive.

4kids obviously didn't like the child death, so at the end of Molly's episode she ends up just flying away and says she'll come back someday. The scene of her grave is cut from the series finale for obvious reasons, but in turn makes it seems like Shadow died in the previous episode. Good shit.

If you made it here. Good lord. Uh. I love my son he has every disease. He's so cute here I want to throw him at a wall.

Watch Love Live it's really good please just watch it. And then watch LL Sunshine because it's even better.

AND READ PROJECT SEKAI STORIES.

(Also yes this is the longest post on my blog)

[sysig]

Y'ever try to retrieve an .rtf file so hard it bluescreens your computer

If anyone knows anything about Wordpad file recovery - my diary for the last two years is only displaying NULLs when I open it, both in Wordpad and Notepad++, but in the preview when I search for it I can see the first couple lines, and it's shows up in a search for a keyword I know I don't have in any other file

Is there a temp file I can get into? I don't care about formatting, I just don't want to lose two years of ideas and thoughts...

[soaps-mohawk]

So...

I've been doing some thinking about a couple of things.

This blog has grown considerably, even from its start and I appreciate each and every one of you so much. Your support never ceases to amaze me and I owe all of you a lot for giving me something to focus on this year instead of spiraling into insanity.

But

Things have gotten a tad bit overwhelming recently between trying to run the blog and trying to write. I find myself either having to ignore the blog to get writing done, or sacrifice writing time and energy to spend time on the blog and keep up with all the replies/reblogs/asks etc. Definitely not complaining, you all never cease to amaze me.

But, I am just one person and my brain only has so much power right now. So, I'm planning to take some (more) time off each week right now while I focus on writing and planning since we're getting into some serious plot stuff soon. So I'm planning to be on the blog three days a week for a while: Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday. That gives me some time to get some writing done as well as some time to rest my brain.

Saturday and Sunday of course to post the chapter and respond to replies and reblogs so I don't get super behind. Monday I'll have some asks queued up as well as maybe a few reblogs. I'll still use the queue Tuesday and Wednesday for reblogs/asks with spoilers as usual. Thursday I'll be on the blog answering asks from Monday - Wednesday as well as things I get that day. I'll queue up a few things for Friday since that day gives me a little break between to prepare for the weekend and posting the chapter.

I'll probably add more days as time goes on. You can still send in asks on the days I'm gone, but just know I won't see them or respond to them until later in the week. I already get behind by a couple days on asks anyway so that's not much of a change.

Don't feel bad for sending them either, I love getting all these asks, I just tend to get behind on days I spend more time writing.

The second order of business

has to do with my taglist. Most of you probably haven't noticed (which I don't blame you lol) but my taglist has gotten very big. Very, very big. It's just over 230 people right now, and I'm sure there will be others asking to join. It's quite time consuming to do all of these tags for every chapter (especially since we can't tag in blocks anymore) so I've been doing some thinking into how I can make it easier for me, and for you.

I know there's at least one blog I've heard of, though I'm sure there's more, that have made side blogs that they have people follow and turn on notifications for and just make a post on that blog when they post a chapter or fic, etc. I've been considering doing that since the taglist is a lot of work and time.

I've also seen blogs that have side blogs that just post chapters/fics and nothing else. I know quite a few of you only follow for the fic, so if anyone is interested, I could put together a side blog like that as well that you can follow and get notifications from instead of having to follow this blog and having to go through the probably 100 posts that I make a day 😂 (at least it feels that way for me)

Having a separate blog for the taglist too would allow me to schedule posts so I can have them come out a bit earlier than I get up for those of you across the world who stay up to read and have to wait for me to post in the morning when I get up (or later like today because I slept in). Of course Ao3 will get posted later because I can't schedule posts there, but at least for Tumblr I can have things post earlier.

So let me know what you think about the taglist side blog and the possible just chapters/fics side blog. Feel free to send in asks (anonymously or not) with your opinion. I might not answer them all (not tonight because my brain is fried and honestly i'm not sure if this is even comprehensible English) but I will at least use them to make the decision (or make a post with all of them and answer it as just one).

[messycunt]

No thoughts, only Leona and Tummy bulges

-🌸

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE GRUMPY LION i never manage to post birthday stuff on time so I'm super proud of being able to queue this in advance even tho I rushed it!

small context that's kinda not needed; reader missed leonas party so he's a lil sour abt that lol

cw: afab reader, creampie, size kink, scratching and biting but no blood, not proof read

it gets so fucking hot in savanaclaw.

now that the sun has set its not that bad though. mostly anyway, the last rays of light casting gorgeous pink and orange hues visible through the wide open aired windows of the dorm. you're much too preoccupied to worry about any of that even though you should be, nrc does have a somewhat enforced curfew afterall. something to consider tomorrow maybe.

for hours its been like this; chest to your back, a hot mouth pressed against your neck leaving a path of wet bites and kisses, sharp freshly manicured nails(a 2 days early birthday gift from vil of all people apparently, how sweet…) digging into the fat of backs of your thighs to keep them pushed up to your chest and spread open. leona did almost all of the work for you, stuffing your cunt and bouncing your body up and back down on his lap.

grunting and panting against your neck he moves a hand from your thigh to push against your lower stomach. he can feel himself filling you and you squeal at the pressure. he mumbles a strained 'fuuuuck' under his breath before lifting you off of him, scoffing teasingly at your whine from the loss of him inside of you. you're pushed down onto the bed on all fours, your lion towers over you from behind.

a pile of gifts sits in the corner of his room. its not even half of what he received today in total since he gave most of it away in the last few hours, whatever ruggie didn't manage to already get his paws on anyways.

you face it now and leona's sliding himself back into you leaning over your much smaller body and nipping at the nape of your neck. a warm careful hand moving to where you both were joined to push and rub at your clit in slow lazy circles timed differently from his thrusts. he could feel your cunt pulsing with your heartbeat.

a few tags have long carefully written notes with long titles signed in gorgeous typography too small and loopy for you to read with your clouded mind and tears of pleasure filled eyes. most are written simply 'to: leona'.

he hums pleased with himself when you cum against him from his fingers(sure to have you finish first how princely!) popping his fingers into his mouth to lick clean and moan and slowing his thrusts.

his sweat drips down on your back to mix with your own. a growl sounds from behind you, weight is shifted to lean atop you more forcefully and nails dig again against your tummy. feeling again how he makes room for himself inside of you, he loves it. skin to skin for a second he stills and you gasp.

he fills your already warmer than warm insides with his own liquid heat and your toes curl. your gift to him and his gift to you.

face still smushed against the mattress and drool pooling in your mouth you mumble "happy 'irthday my prince". he simply grunts in acknowledgement, eyes already closed. he flops to lay on his slide facing you, fast asleep.

even if you went through with the effort to wake him up from his dead sleep you can already hear his tired mumbles of 'jus' clean up later' and 'ill walk you back to ramshackle tomorrow' before falling back asleep. so you leave him, snuggling up next to him silently and falling into a dreamless sleep.

[sportswriters]

nope, no favorites around here - j. drury

pairing: jack drury x female!reader | f, slight a | co-workers to lovers | wc: 716 | warnings: mentions of jack fighting on the ice | 🖊: namu

welcome post!

y/n’s part of the medical team of the carolina hurricanes. she has a great relationship with the players since it's her job to do check-ups before and after the games.

one fine day, she almost collapses while watching jack getting into a fight with the opponent. the crowd is loud, the guys on the bench are shocked and impressed at the same time. jack dropping the gloves mid game? that's rare. she hates it.

“i don't care if you won, i don't care if it hypes up the crowd, i don't care if it's normal in this sport. are you freaking dumb?”

she's distracted until she notices jack watching her with a smug smile on his face, not even slightly offended by her rant. y/n freezes.

“sorry, shouldn't have gone that far.”

“it's alright, it's a valid worry to have… as someone from the medical team.” jack absolutely knows there's more to it, but he's having fun. she's adorable.

“of course.” she nods. “medical concerns only.”

at home, she starts overthinking about her relationship with jack, wondering if people might be seeing too much. i'm kind and attentive to everyone, right? oh, no, what if they think jack's my favorite? that's awful!

the next day, she goes to work completely self-conscious of her own actions. she greets everyone trying not to be suspicious as she almost sprints to her office. she takes care of the paperwork from the previous day and take notes of what the boss left for her. when practice time arrives, the players come around to do a quick check-up before going to the ice. she has other doctors with her, but somewhere inside she knows jack is going to her cubicle.

he does. jack walks peacefully to his favorite doctor assistant — knowing that there are a few others available —, but what catches him out of guard is how professional she’s acting. well, of course she always does her job correctly, but never this cold, this far — far from him. y/n does every step of the check-up carefully, trusting she’s great at hiding her thoughts from her expressions. they seem to be eating her up inside, that’s why she looks so focused on not messing it up.

“you alright? you look restless,” jack asks, genuinely concerned.

“all great, just got a lot on my plate today,” she replies, eyes on the clipboard with his informations. “good practice, jack. don’t come back here anytime soon.”

y/n turns her back at him to hide her frown, regretting her words. she just needs him to leave so she can breathe properly.

“thought i was your favorite patient.” he tries to lighten the mood. he really doesn’t want it to end that fast, but regrets it a second after, because when their eyes meet, she’s terrified.

“what? nope, no favorites around here. i treat every player equally. have you heard something about it?”

“hey, don’t worry, i was kidding.” jack watches her posture relax. “i promise to do my best only to come here to see you, is that okay?”

y/n freezes. what the hell is going on, right now?

“look, i like talking to you, alright? i’m not a fan of pain and bandages as well, i just don’t mind coming here when i know i’ll be seeing your pretty face.” jack decides to keep talking, afraid you’ll make any assumptions. “and i don’t want you to overthink that i’m giving mixed signs. so, y/n, i’d really like to take you on a date if you allow me.”

“yes. wait.” she covers her mouth then her face in embarrassment. jack softens, his smile grows bigger.

he waits patiently for her. in fact, he’d love to cup her cheeks on his own hands, but that’s hopefully for another day.

“i mean, yeah, it would be nice to go out with you,” she answers, holding a smile as best as she can. “but now i think you should go. wouldn’t wanna mess the queue and get me fired, right?”

he chuckles. there she is, the y/n that got him infatuated.

“of course. see you later, then?”

“don’t even dare getting a scratch on purpose, you hear me?”

“even though you’re adorable when you’re worried?”

“get out of my face right now!”

[dark-falz]

This GIF is gonna be part of a bigger and one of my favorite sets but my queue is filled up until the next year and I don't wanna mess with it atm so I figured I'd just throw it out on its own.

This post is sentimental to someone I use to play PSO with back on Xbox because this area put me in a whole mood 🙃

Today I realized I haven't been to the Ultimate Mines 1 since my Xbox online days. Going back recently, I couldn't picture what they looked like. But when I was there, I was slapped with the fondest memories of my favorite person I played PSO with, DJ. Sadly there isn't much I remember besides a few bits of his personal information, and possibly his gamertag from 2002, none of which help me.

But today I remembered, loading into the level with Elly, this was his favorite place.

I always hated the Mines. I developed a fear of big machinery 100% because Baranz were terrifying to 12 year old me. (had actual panic attacks during spray tans and CT scans later lmao) I remembered asking him why he always picked Mines missions. His reasoning was the vast change.

I never really saw it. Until now. Until I'm alone, making GIFs of it. And I'm just really thankful my realization triggered that memory of him. Because now I'm going to make sure to spend a lot more time there.

And I'm sad and really miss my friend now.

Ok thanks for listening.

[illusivesoul]

I'm going to be on a temporary hiatus starting later today to avoid any potential spoilers for Veilguard. The queue is full and it will keep functioning as normal (most of the posts on my blog are queued lol) but I won't be around, so don't think that I am ignoring your tags or comments lol.

I am going into Veilguard with what I'd describe is mixed excitement. The main draw for Dragon Age to me has always been the lore and seeing how our choices, regardless of how small an impact they made, affected the world of Thedas throughout the games. So as you can imagine and as you might have seen in some of my Bioware critical posts, the news that only 3 choices were going to carry over into DATV "took the wind out of my sails" and really dampened a lot of the excitement I had been carrying for the game since the first trailer dropped back in june.

Regardless of other concerns that I have, like the more light hearted tone of the game and so, its still Dragon Age, my favourite franchise ever, im going in with an open mind and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. I'm excited to meet the new companions (Davrin and Neve in particular) and im excited to finally see northern Thedas (fingers crossed for Kal'Sharok and more dwarf and Titan lore)

Can't wait to see what everyone else thinks of the game too :)

[evreeone]

woes

i have to depend on my mom currently financially since i can't work because my health just makes it unfeasible at the moment, and has for what feels like nearly a decade now, but recently because of Political Things her pay was hit on a federal level (taking more for taxes) that'll have her making a good chunk less per year which is. such a severe blow to someone who is already struggling to get by and i feel wretched that i have to be an extra burden to that but even though we haven't felt the impact of it yet, i realized how fast i've slipped into Food Scarcity Mode from my formative years when we struggled even harder to make ends meet. like. i keep going into the kitchen, seeing a pre-prepped meal i made or ingredients for a meal and going "well wait if i don't eat it Now i can have food for later...." and then i go into the kitchen later and my brain is like "okay but if you don't eat it Today then that's food for Tomorrow...". i've managed to push myself to eat at least a meal a day but i'm just now realizing that's all i've really been concretely allowing myself because eating anything more stirs up some Ancient Dread that i won't have food when i need it most and i end up too anxious to eat out of turn or properly there's no real scarcity yet though, i think i'm also just minimizing my intake heavily subconsciously to try and require less so my mom can feel the impact of her paycut less. (and to a lesser degree, because of health concerns) i have been trying to have snacks in place of meals at least, or a spoonful of peanut butter for Calories if nothing else but. god it does not feel great to have the old anxiety resurface and i know i need to do better while i still can, especially because not eating is going to make my energy levels even worse i wish so bad i could find some kind of at-home work but then i get staunch reminders of why i don't work at all, in the form of only being conscious for like 4 hours a day for days on end when my health is in the Pits. which has been me almost every day the past couple of weeks which is annoying. (also if why my activity here has mostly been my queue) ((god i wrote this several hours ago but i kept falling asleep on and off so much to where i am posting it like 10 hours later. apt i guess.) anyway. on the plus side if i continue eating just one meal a day i'll lose enough weight to be Doctor Approved and the doctors will take me seriously : ) (statement made with the deepest resentment. i've gotten down to the weight they wanted before, they took me seriously for that time frame, and then dropped everything the moment i was fat again despite the problems having existed when i Wasn't. they really do love to blame that even when it's glaringly Not That but they have no other moves at this point ig)

[psaiouma]

Cupid's Writing Diary - 2/4/25

Entry End of Day February 4th, 2025

As Kiwi inspired us and Bee has started posting these, I wanted to as well! Not that there's much to say, ahaha. [Note: he ended up finding a lot to say LOL]

If you don't want to see these, just block the tag 'Cupid's Writing Diary'. Oh, and they will not be put into the queue like everything else has been.

Wrote roughly 400 words today, which is awesome. I haven't been writing much lately despite how strong of a year I started with. I'm sure this is due to my current distractions but I already wasn't writing before Hello Kitty Island Adventure came out~

I've made the executive decision to stick with one project when it's done. A second project will be picked as a backup in case I need an ADHD switchover distraction, but, again, thanks to HKIA, I do not think that'll be necessary at this time.

I always feel weird saying my fics before they're posted, because I'm worried that'll make them boring when the time comes, but I think talking about the plot for this one won't spoil the fun and magic about it?

So, out of my 29 [yikes] options, I have ultimately decided the one want to work on is a fic I've so lovingly dubbed 'Snautism', a name which is slowly becoming the official title work.

This oneshot project started back in July 2024 when my snake hyperfixation took my life over by storm. And, as all things go since playing Danganronpa in 2020, I immediately had to Saiou it. I'm really excited for the plot of this fic and all of the fun snake facts [about one particular species] I can shove in it. At the end of the day, this one is for fun and just for gushing about my love of snakes/this species. There's also just a morph that I think fits very, VERY well. [Multiple, actually, but one more than the others.] Section 1 is completely done, yay! I'm the type to over-edit and despite editing it 5 times there's still things I'm not satisfied with, but that section is officially ready to go out for beta [not that I'd send it early, it'll all go at the end]. Section 2, however, has been driving me mad SINCE July, honestly. I just cannot make up my mind about the order of events or the feelings of scenes and it's driving me mad. Past me would just write it on passion alone and fix the inconsistencies later smh. Still, I just jumped ahead to a different part today and wrote a good chunk of the first big reveal!! Though I'm worried I'm drawing it out too long that it won't hit as good? Eh, I think I'll leave that one up to the beta as well.

I haven't actually got to talk about what snake it is in the fic, though, and I'm SO excited to do that, because these snakes do something so special that I'm just gidddyyy about how in character I think this is going to be. God I hope the humor in this scene lands ehehe. I've always lived by the rule of 'if it makes you laugh, it'll make others laugh' and thank goodness that hasn't failed me yet!

Well, this was honestly extremely therapeutic! And it made me write so that I had something to talk about lol. Who knows if I'll keep it up. Historically, no I won't. But I'd like to think that it's a good first step. And maybe more people than the same three people I tell everything to knowing might be good for me? Dunno. It's been a long and arduous process picking myself back up from the bootstraps of the hellyear that was 2022, but each lttle bit helps! I can tell I'm a LOT better than I was, and I might even get out more than two Saiou fics this year.

Oop, rambled again. I'm defs a typer/rambler. So thank you for reading if you did. Feel free to send me asks about this project or others! Love talking about writing and reading and Saiou!

[lilia-dabbles]

solo rpg actual play: woven threads pt. 3

part 2 here, all woven thread posts here

Welcome back! I'm hoping today we will have our first encounter with a love interest, and I will get to test out my system haha.

Also, I'm currently experimenting with using the Mythic system! I will be working with mechanics gradually though, so don't expect anything too crazy.

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Starting off, I roll choose the most logical plotline, so we will be continuing with Liora's journey to solidifying her noble status in the capital with The Mask of Nobility!

Rolling up the plot points, I get a lot of tension, so I'm thinking this might raise character tension, too. Looking at the plot point layout, hidden threat, bribe, shady places, and a character is diminished, this sounds like Liora and Nina will be going to a less-than-dignified place for help. I'm thinking shady alley guild or suspicious guy in a trench coat.

With what has happened so far, this will be the basic layout of my scenes for this turning point:

Liora and Nina travel to the capital. Liora still doesn't trust Nina, and the carriage downtime calls for uncomfortable conversations.

The capital is strange and foreign to Liora. What are her first impressions? What will the citizen's impressions be of her?

Liora and Nina go to the shady place for help to put asset backing behind Liora's identity. Why is Nina still here helping... guilt or shared background? Did they already address this in the carriage earlier? Otherwise, now's the time.

As Liora and Nina are negotiating, a hidden threat appears relating to one of the love interests. This requires them to help and potentially puts Nina in a position of power to ask for a bribe, thus diminishing the love interest.

After the threat is subdued, queue the first meeting between Liora and love interest #1. How does the beginning of their relationship develop? Tense, curious, playful, etc.?

Next steps?

Let's start back in the ruins of Liora and Nina's village and get them to the capital.

Our party of two will be traveling in the carriage that Nina came in with the knights for the village raid. I assume that the knights aren't too fond of them after what happened in the last part...

Do the knights give Liora and Nina a hard time? → Yes Is the journey to the capital long? (Very Likely) → Yes

Well, the journey won't be super pleasant, but at least Liora and Nina can maybe talk out their differences in the carriage. They probably have a few days to do so haha.

Does Nina initiate conversation? (going to say this is likely because she has a careless trait and she's a teen) → Yes Since Nina initiated, a Surge Action is rolled using Empathy → Asks about your feelings

So, to respond to Nina asking about Liora's feelings, I'm gonna do something kinda strange here and flip my own system and use it to generate a player-character response rather than NPC response. I feel like this is right for the situation because Nina's making the emotional plea here.

Liora's emotional response to Nina's question is calculated using her stats: 9 + Nina’s Empathy (2) = 11 → Vulnerability

Okay, so they're having a nice little moment here. Kind of unexpected, but this is good for Liora to try and Deepen the Bond again because of this heartfelt moment. Through all this empathy sharing, Liora will try to understand why Nina did what she did and attempt to trust her better:

Roll: 7 → Partial Success Outcome: +1 Trust, +1 Surge, No Tension increase due to the heartfelt moment

Nice! This is going well. I think I'll set Nina up to be Liora's personal maid and confidante later in the story or something.

They've had their touching moment, but there's still lots of the carriage ride left until they reach the capital. What else will they talk about?

Mythic Character Conversation Roll: Mysterious

Well, you know what's still pretty mysterious? The Woven Gate that everyone has been fussing and raiding over lately. Liora and Nina will share what they know and what's been happening with the Gate and the people looking for it.

Does anything else happen during the ride? → No, but a Random Event (NPC Action – Inform) is triggered. Information topic: Pursue Is this a covert pursuit (as opposed to overt)?: Yes

Oh no? What is pursuing us?? Ok, so a knight comes by the side of the carriage to tell our party that a fox with a magical trace has been following their carriage discreetly ever since they left Mirewood. Liora tries to ask more, but the knight rides off before she can respond. The rest of the journey continues smoothly, but everyone's anxious now.

Do the gate guards give Liora trouble at the entrance? → No

Liora's documents and identity hold at the gate and the knights part ways. I wonder how Liora feels about being in the capital for the first time...

For the city description from Liora's perspective, I roll: agressive, government, developed Is this impression accurate? (Unlikely) → Yes, sort of (very close roll)

Okay... Liora basically thinks the capital is a bureaucratic hellscape, but that's alright, I guess. Always chances for change.

Does Nina know where to go for help? (Likely) → Exceptional No

...Yikes. I thought she might know where to go since she's been living here a while. That means they have to go ask around. Who do they even ask for something like this?

Does Liora notice anything that might help? → Yes

Thank goodness. Okay, time to tie in some of the Gate's magic! She'll see a red thread leading her to where she needs to be and end up in the shady place, Guild Row, where all sorts of underhanded business deals take place.

This isn't for the feint of heart. Why is Nina still here helping Liora?

Liora asks Nina why she's still here helping her: confused reaction Character motivation roll: friend, hope

Nina is confused why Liora is asking. They're friends! She hopes Liora can uncover the truth about the raid and the Gate, and maybe... Liora might find something meaningful worth holding onto… for both of them.

Deepen the Bond, Empathy ➡️ Roll: 2d6 +2 (Empathy) = 10 → Strong Hit, +1 Empathy, –1 Tension, +1 Surge

Liora feels the emotional weight of Nina’s sincerity. For now, her doubts ease slightly.

After that nice conversation, Liora and Nina will go into some of these shady shops :D

Do they succeed in getting help from the guild shop? → No. The party is broke, and the shopkeeper clearly sees them as a waste of time.

...Oof. CUEEEEE HIDDEN THREAT PLOT POINT!

Just as they are about to leave the last shop, Liora feels a tug from that strange red string she's been following the entire time. But... something's strange this time...

Is it intense?: Yes. + random event (current event is explained)

Liora feels a sudden, intense shift—a pulse in the invisible red thread, reacting strongly in the direction of a closed private room. She doesn’t understand why, only that something is resonating.

Then suddenly... BAM. Inside the room, a magical explosion erupts, and our first love interest, Lucien—a charming but mysterious noble—staggers out, injured and startled. The thread’s reaction seems to have startled him, too.

I'm starting Lucien off with the following initial emotional stats: +1 tension, +1 fear, +1 admiration, +1 (in the form of curiosity).

How does Lucien react to seeing them?: lightly, dangerously

Ok, this is a great time for the bribe plot point to happen. He's a noble, he's injured, and we definitely weren't supposed to see that.

Liora will act strongly and ask for a bribe. Does it succeed? (very likely): Yes

I know Nina is supposed to be asking for the bribe, but this just seems to make more sense here.

Great! Lucien will give Liora some money and says he'll send her a deed to a shabby estate. +1 resentment

Will Lucien ask for something in return later? → Yes

This was a pretty long one so far! I haven't delved very deep yet into the mechanics for love interests yet, but stick around and hopefully I'll get around to it 😅

I'll end this session by updating all of my lists. I've decided I will combine the Adventure Crafter Plotlines list with the Mythic Threads list to make it more simple.

Narrative Scene: Threads in Smoke

The journey to the capital was long, jostling, and miserable.

The knights escorting them—only four in total—treated the ride like a burden, not an honor. Curt words, longer silences. They didn’t look at Liora as a noble, not really. Her soot-smudged clothes and countryside manners betrayed her cover, and they didn’t bother hiding their skepticism. One called her “my lady” with a sneer. The others didn’t bother with titles at all.

Nina, meanwhile, seemed to shrink smaller with every bump in the road. Liora couldn't tell if it was the guards’ disdain or something else clawing at her composure.

For miles, no one spoke.

Then, quietly, Nina asked, “Are you… alright?”

The question seemed to echo in the enclosed space of the carriage. Liora glanced at her. Nina’s voice was tentative, unsure if it was even allowed.

Liora didn’t answer right away.

But something about the stillness—the ache in her chest, the way the air outside smelled like cinders and distant pine—loosened her tongue.

“No,” she said at last. “But I don’t think I’ve been alright since the fires started.”

A silence followed, heavier than the first. Nina’s hands twisted in her lap, her mouth tight.

“I didn’t know,” she said, almost a whisper. “About what would happen. About what I started.”

Liora turned her head, watching the trees roll past. She didn’t speak. But inside, something shifted. Not forgiveness. Not yet. But maybe a step toward it.

The carriage creaked onward, and they began to talk—not about the raid, or the pain. But about the Gate. About old stories. Fragments of overheard conversations in palace halls, things Nina remembered and didn’t understand. Shared half-truths and pieces of a puzzle neither of them knew how to solve.

Then, a young knight with kind eyes and a worn uniform rode up alongside them. He leaned in and said low, “You’re being watched. Something’s following—fox-shaped, but not natural. I can feel the magic on it.”

Before Liora could ask more, he clicked his tongue and urged his horse ahead, vanishing into the dust.

The rest of the journey was quieter. But not calmer.

They reached the gates of Eleskar without incident. The guards looked at Liora’s forged lineage, squinted at her face, and waved her through. Nina wasn’t even questioned. The knights peeled off and disappeared into the city.

Liora stepped into Eleskar for the first time.

And hated it.

Banners of silk and gold danced above streets lined with marble tiles. Every corner had guards in polished armor, every alley held someone watching or selling or lying. Laughter rang sharp from balconies where nobles drank from crystal cups. The perfume in the air barely masked the rot of too many people pretending to be more than they were.

To Liora, it was all theater.

Aggressive in its elegance. Built to intimidate. Built to shine so brightly you forgot to look for shadows.

She wouldn’t forget.

“What now?” Nina asked as they stood just inside the city walls, eyes wide. “Where do we go?”

“I thought you lived here.”

“I do. But not… like this.” Nina’s expression crumpled. “I don’t know anyone who can help with papers or estates or anything. Servants don’t get access to places like that.”

So they wandered, unsure. Passing fountains and merchant stalls and couriers shouting royal announcements. Every stone in Eleskar felt older than Liora’s village. Every person looked like they belonged more than she did.

Then—she saw it.

A flicker. Barely visible. A thin red thread, glinting like a sliver of blood in the air. It hovered in the space between people, trailing down a narrow side street. No one else seemed to notice it. It wasn’t tied to anything—just... there.

She didn’t question. She just followed.

Nina hesitated, but fell in behind.

The thread led them into Guild Row. A back-alley labyrinth of underground services: estate claims, name alterations, black-market tailors, and unregistered servants. This was where nobles went when they wanted to do something they could never admit to.

They passed shopfronts with vague names—The Velvet Quill, Ash & Loom, The Third Line. The air was thick with old paper and incense smoke.

“Why are you still helping me?” Liora asked, voice low.

Nina blinked. “What?”

“You didn’t have to come. Not this far.”

“I just… I thought we were friends.” Nina paused. “And I want to know why they did it. Why our home burned. You’re the only one who might be able to find out. Maybe even stop it from happening again.”

Liora didn’t reply, but she didn’t push her away either.

They entered a shop. The sign read Everturn & Sons—though there were no sons in sight. Inside, the shelves were cluttered with scrolls and old ledgers. An older man behind the counter looked up and frowned.

“We’re closed,” he said immediately. “Private client.”

His eyes slid to their clothes, their soot-smudged faces. His voice curled with dismissal. “Try one of the cheaper corners of the Row.”

But Liora’s gaze had already locked on the thread.

It pulsed—stronger now. It led past the man, toward a closed side door. Something behind it was humming.

Her stomach turned.

Then the door blew open.

Magic erupted in a concussive burst of heat and light. The sigil above the doorway flared, cracked, and went dark. Smoke rolled out in thick waves.

And from within stepped a man.

He was tall, ash-coated, cloak torn. One sleeve hung in ribbons. His hand sparked faintly with residual energy. His breath came quick and shallow, and he winced as he stepped into the light.

He looked up.

And saw them.

He froze.

Time seemed to stretch.

Liora stared at him. The thread pulsed like a heartbeat in her vision—and in that moment, the name Lucien bloomed in her mind.

Not spoken. Not given.

But known.

Lucien.

His gaze sharpened. Composed, but rattled. Dangerous, but not unkind. He glanced at the shopkeeper, who stammered, “You weren’t supposed to—there’s no way they should have—”

Lucien silenced him with a glance.

Liora stepped forward. “Looks like we weren’t meant to see each other.”

He arched a brow. “So what now?”

She didn’t hesitate. “You bribe us.”

Nina let out a soft gasp, but Lucien only chuckled. He was still bleeding from his shoulder.

“You’re bold,” he said. “For someone dressed like a commoner.”

“And you’re sloppy,” Liora replied. “For someone who just set a shop on fire.”

Lucien reached into his coat, pulled a coin pouch, and tossed it onto the counter. Then, more softly, “I’ll send a deed. Old estate. Needs repairs. Should be enough for appearances.”

Liora picked up the pouch. “What’s the catch?”

His eyes lingered on her longer than was comfortable.

“I’ll let you know.”

And with that, he turned and vanished into the smoke, trailing magic and tension behind him.

The thread faded from view.

But Liora could still feel it. Tugging. Tightening.

Leading somewhere she hadn’t asked to go.

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part 4 coming soon

[asgardianhammer]

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(( hand keesus for the dash ))

(( i'll be playing catch up with my drafts today, since they are mostly the big boys. so i will be working on those for the day and post or queue them for tonight and tomorrow. monday is kicking my ass in terms of work soooo. i WILL be back later to love y'all <3 i'm dash cruising and on disco for the rest of the day, as always.

[secret-rendezvous1d]

This idea has been floating in my head. Harry speaks with Brad because his wife has lost motivation for exercise throughout her pregnancy. So, one day during her fourth month when the three (Four *wink*) of them are on a walk through London, Brad recommends a female friend of his who specialises in fitness including personal training for pregnant women. (Maybe they stop by a cafe for takeaway coffee and fans interact with them).

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"she looks so good."

"she's glowing!"

"do you think she'll take a photo with us?"

"i don't know, i feel like she'll want some privacy. especially if she's out with harry."

yn smiles to herself as she tries not to eavesdrop on the conversation happening behind her; two young fans, who knew who she was, seemed excited to be standing behind her in the queue at the coffee shop as she waited for her takeout order of coffees (and a decaf) for herself, her husband and his trainer.

"i can take a quick selfie with you but can i ask you not to post it till later today?"

yn takes in the wholesome faces as one of them gets the camera on her phone ready. she slides off her sunglasses and pushes them into her hair, holding her fringe back, leaving her eyes to adjust to the very well-lit coffee house around her. the sunshine flooding into the room through the full wall-length windows that seemed to be surrounding her.

there's a quick couple of photos taken, one with a pose and one with a smile, and some hugs were exchanged before her order was called. with a smile, a wave and a cardboard carrier, she was off out of the shop and back outside to see her husband who was waiting with his hands out to take two of the coffees from her.

"feel like they love you more than they love me, you know?" harry snorts, passing brad one of the coffee cups and taking a sip from his own, "it's good. i love it. and, i know you love it."

"i love it when they're like that," she grins, chucking the cardboard carrier into the bin beside her and taking a sip from her own decaf coffee, "they're the sweetest. they were the sweetest."

"must feel mad to see all these girls fawn over h though. he's loved by many," brad states, pressing a kiss to yn's cheek, "thank you for the coffee."

"you're welcome. i'm glad you've allowed harry to have the one thing he misses on this workout plan you've got him on," yn smirks, an arm nudging into brad's side as he feigns pain and grips onto his rib, "he loves it more than he likes to admit."

they continue their walk down the pavement, dodging those walking towards them and trying their best to hide their appearance from any fans who were lurking around the streets to catch a glimpse of harry in any way. sunglasses, hats and coats hiding any part of them that could give them away in any sense.

"and speaking of workouts, harry said something about you needing some motivation to get out and move. said you've been struggling since your pregnancy began," brad states, "i know a good personal trainer who would be happy to help you out. if you want it. i'm not forcing you or anything and harry's not pressuring you. i know he wants to help."

"i just- i'm so pregnant," she whines, looking down at her 7-month bump that was covered by the baggiest jumper she could find in her wardrobe (which, she's sure, was one from harry's collection), "i've lost all determination. i'd use to love going to gym with harry when we had a night free but now? i'd rather stuff a burger down my throat and enjoy that burn than the burn in my muscles."

brad snorts and harry just cackles, reaching his free hand for her free hand, squeezing her fingers in his hold.

"i'll think about it. i'm very appreciative of the offer though, brad."

"you've got my number, just drop me a text. i'll sort you out." x

[agena87]

FUUUUUCK!!! I just spent about 3 hours in CAS to give Lukas, Max & Marlies outfits in all categories (most time spent on Max who is a pain to dress), and just when I left CAS, the game crashed.

That's it, no more TS4 for me today. I don't have the energy to re-open it (and wait 30 minutes for it to load) and even less to remake all outfits. Plus, I'll probably have to spend some time in build mode to change/add a few things to the house I moved them in. I don't even know if I would have had much time to play with them, but at least everything would have been ready for tomorrow.

Oh well, at least I have stuff in my queue to last until Monday. But shit, I was finally motivated to play the game, and I have been doing so the last two days without being bored (which is a fucking miracle) and now I just wanna quit (I know I'm being dramatic, but I've not been feeling well since yesterday so my mood is all over the place).

And if, by some miracle, I decide to play later tonight, I guess I'll go back to the Landgraab-Münch or Villareals. At least, those are properly clothed and their houses are good enough for now. Probably the Landgraab-Münch, since I have 23 posts about the Villareals (OK, a few are about Willa, but it was not my choice to have her there). Also, less infants to worry about.