#0/10 would play 1000 times over

[flutt3rb4tz]

takuma please stop cooking there are bugs absolutely everywhere. what do you mean this is normal

[heartfullofleeches]

Ranking my non-human darling's by how much they like to take baths and how willing they are to let their yan(s) bathe them:

Puppy Streamer/Mall Security Darling: 1000/10. Loves a hot bath after a day at the gym or at work. Washing all that fur themself is a bit of a pain so some assistance is much appreciated

Cat Streamer Darling: -10/10 As a grown ass person they can wash themselves just fine. Only takes a bath if they haven't showered in a couple days. Hates every second of it

Bunny Streamer Darling: 5/10. Also prefers to wash themselves, but so long as their yan has a gentle hand they'll eventually warm up to the idea

Alien Streamer Darling: 9/10. Confused by these human bonding rituals, but never doubts the words of their dear friends. Probably enjoys eating bath soap.

Incubus Darling: 10/10. Sees past their yan's little tricks, but would never say no to free pampering. Be sure to polish their horns well, love

Angel/Cupid Darling: 9/10. Not sure to a mortal form and loves some assistance. Lil hesitant about letting people touch their wings due to how sensitive they are, but warms up to it with a bit of love and patience

Werewolf Bodyguard Darlingx: 4/10. Only allows others to bathe them if their fur is covered in too much filth to get out on their own like mud/blood

Werewolf Sheriff Darling: 0/10. Just give them a bucket and fuck off.

Ghoul Darling: 3/10. Scary.... Their Yan has to be extremely cautious or risk scrubbing off bits of their flesh. Easy to persuade with treats for good behavior

Evan's Spouse Darling: 0/10 when they first met. 11/10 currently. Stinky fleshy eater was initially frightened by bathing because it got rid of their natural scent and Evan used nasty 5 in 1 body soap. Now that he switched over to soaps with a more fruity and they moved into a place with a tub they both could get in, they look forward to every bath.

Cult Monster Darling: 2/10 at first. 100/10. Monster Darling was cautious of humans and nearly ran away when they mentioned bathtime as to their previous cartakers it meant chaining them down and spraying them with a hose. The cultists nor darling's mate would ever subject them to such torture and bathe them with the utmost care which they grow to love.

Sea Creature Darling: -1000/10. Fuck you. They live in water- there's no need to give them a bath. Thinks their caretaker's just want any excuse to touch them. Nearly took someone's eye out just for having a sponge near them.

Clown Fish Darling: 1000/10. Fun! Sees bath time as play time which can be a hassle for their yan if they're washing them in doors. It's best if their yan bathes with them as this darling will mote often than not try to pull them in anyway

Thembo Shark Darling: 7/10. ??? - but, they're in water all the time.... it is nice to have some help picking fish bones out of their teeth and they'd hardly refuse anything if food is involved

Slime Darling: 0/10. Do not need to be bathed and runs risk of losing parts of themselves in the water/down the drain. Likes watching others bathe instead.

Nightlight Darling: 0/10 as an android they do not need baths, but as a caregiver they like to help give them. Acts like one of those floating bathtub lights and can dispense bubbles from their mouth.

Doll Darling: 9/10. Also also doesn't need baths, but it's fun to pretend and if it makes Yan happy they'll gladly do it

[everydayyoulovemeless]

sequel to that no nut november post where instead it's destroy dick december?😭

FNV Companions (+Yes Man, Victor, and Benny) Responses to Destroy Dick December

➼ Word Count » 0.7k ➼ Warnings » MDNI ➼ Genre » NSFW, Romantic ➼ A/N » what a title

Boone outright refuses. He knows he's not gonna be successful and decides he's not even going to try. He's not even supportive about it. Anytime he sees you walk toward the bathroom he'll look at you with disgust and tell you to be smart about what you're gonna do because you both have to hit the road again soon, whether you're tired or not. 0/10, he's an awful partner to do this challenge with, don't even bother asking.

"Does it feel good anymore?"

Arcade will run stressed hands down his face. He made it all the way through November only for you to bring up something he finds to be way harder than the last. He'll try, but he's not making it anywhere past the tenth day. He likes being overstimulated, but damn. 3/10, he tries but doesn't quite have the stamina to pull it off.

"uh uh, I'm done, I have things I need to do around Freeside."

Raul hits you with that 1000-mile stare. Have you seen how decrepit he is? He has a difficult trying to get his thing up as it is, and you want to see him cum 31 times in one day? No, thank you. 2/10, he does actually try because he's curious about how far he can take himself, but it's nothing to write home about. He'll make it to day 3 if he's lucky.

"I'm over 200, boss... I don't think I can."

Cass is a champion at this. She can cum 31 times a day any day of the week. The biggest problem with her is that she makes sure to include you. You're knees are going to be weak and wobbly by the end of the month, it's her only goal since she passes the challenge with ease every year. 11/10, it's her favorite month by far.

"C'mon~ You can last longer than that!"

Veronica's quite determined to pass, even if she knows she's going to struggle once she hits the double digits. She'll try to mix all sorts of new things into your sex life to try and keep the challenge fresh and interesting. She'll find all sorts of sex toys and new positions to try in an attempt to keep you both at it for longer. 7/10, she makes it to day 15, but at least she's creative.

"Hear me out... I got us working vibrators!"

Yes Man makes it his life's mission to ensure you make it through the month. He'll lock you away in the Lucky 38 and personally make sure you get to the correct number every day. The day you told him you were interested in doing it was the day he pledged to himself that he'd actually get you through this challenge. He didn't do as well last month, but he'll make sure this time is different. He'll even tie you to the bed if he has to. 10/10, not only are you passing, but he will too!

"Aww, quite squirming! We've almost hit the number for today!"

Victor just shrugs and tells you that he thinks it'd be fun. He's not the horniest person alive, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't have stamina. He's fairly competitive and would like to win the challenge with you, but it relies heavily on how far you're willing to take it. 5/10, he could go for however long, but he'll stop going at it when you do.

"How're you holdin' up? Wanna go another round?"

Benny was really on board with it until the sixth day when he realized how exhausting this actually is. He's an old man, he's not built for this. But he wants to keep that pimp-like persona going for as long as he can. He'll be whimpering most nights from the overstimulation but he doesn't give up unless you specifically ask him about it. 8/10, he plays a very convincing performance, but how long can he push it?

"Sure, baby! We can go... again..."

[ebonysplendor]

Perfect Love Review 💖

TL;DR: Yeah, Milo is toxic and all, but growing up is realizing that, maybe I'M the problem. Maturing is realizing that it's not even a damn maybe; we're deadass the problem this time.

Game Link: https://c4game.itch.io/perfectlove

Notable Features: Sadistic MC, Gender options, LI turned Yandere, (8) Endings Tracker, Self-Insert Spiciness: 0/5 -- As far as I know, there's no spicy scenes, but I was so shook after my first playthrough, I just ran to make a review. That said though, this game is by no means wholesome LI MC Red Flags: 7/5 -- Sadistic, vindictive, manipulative, drugged someone, accessory to crimes, conspiracy to crimes, gaslighter, blackmailed someone, emotionally/mentally abusive, just..a lot of shit (and you thought Castiel was toxic)

Wanna know more? Well, let's get into it!

Fair warning, there may be way more grammar errors than normal because when I tell you that I played the first ending and ran to make a review, I mean that quite literally. That being exposed, just bear with me because this had very little proof reading because I was way too excited to tell you all about this game (without spoiling too much, of course) lol

What's up! Welcome back to another review!

Two things to start this off:

1. I know I already posted another review today, but I couldn't not write a review about this game and tell as many people that would listen to play it as soon as they could! 2. No, my friends, that was not a typo. It's not the LI we need to be concerned about; it's the MC. Yes, we're the problem this time around, and holy shit, please allow me to tell you about it! Or at least some of it, because I don't want to spoil too much.

As angry as this game made me, and as open and as wide as my mouth was during pretty much the entirety of this game, this has been the best damn visual novel I have come across to date! Yes, you read that correctly, and I will double down on it without hesitation; this is the best visual novel that I have ran across! Bitch, I would've paid money for this visual novel it was so good, and y'all know that I'm a cheap bitch! This was a $12.00 game (no, I still ain't over that! lol)! I would've gladly dropped that amount of money on this!

And I really hope I'm not exaggerating or overhyping it either, because I don't know which visual novels you guys have or haven't played, so let me clarify: For me, this is 1000/10 the best visual novel that I have read up to date. The pacing, the art style, the story its damn self, the fact that we're the problem this time around! Like, ugh, I could go on and on and on and on and on some more about this masterpiece of a game. I'm dead serious. I really believe that I could do an improvised one hour powerpoint presentation with absolutely zero prep time on how much of a chokehold this game has me in and STILL need an extra 30 minutes to an hour to really get my damned point across. It is that real for me. It is that serious.

All right, all right, all right, I'm gonna stop myself here because if I keep gushing, the intro is going to get way too long. That being said, it is officially time for me to write the synopsis. More than ever, I really mean this when I say, I'm going to tell you as much as possible without spoiling the game itself, and gods damn it, is it going to be difficult because, holy shit, the stuff that goes down?! I really want to tell you about it but fuck, if I do, then you might not play it yourself, and I can tell you right now, you have got to play this for yourself, and I highly recommend this game! Y'all are seriously missing out if you don't!

Okay, okay, I'm shutting up, because the intro's for real, for real getting too long and really redundant. Like, we get it, you love the game, start summarizing the damn thing! No worries, I hear y'all, and that's exactly what I'm about to do. Just a heads up, you're gonna need to buckle up for this one. Like, no, deadass. Buckle the hell up. I don't know what the hell kind of ride I'm about to take you guys on, but it's a damned wild one.

All right. Enough intro, enough talking. Let's finally get into it.

So, boom, and gods damn it, I mean, BOOM.

The game starts off with a little introducty-duction about how fucked up we are as a person. I'm not kidding about that. Basically, you know how we play these "dark romance" visual novels because the idea of someone being so unhealthily obsessed with you to the point of literally driving them bat shit crazy is something that just excites us for whatever reason? Yeah, we're like that in this game, except, we're literally delusional. Not the "quirky", cringey "aha, I'm so crazy~!", not delulu, like full on, needs to be admitted into the psychiatric floor of the hospital, delusional.

Anyways, we aspire to experience and permanently have that specific type of psycho crazy love, and damn it, we're going to have it, even if we have to go past just manifesting it and instead creating it ourselves, and I mean that quite literally. Let me explain.

See, at this point, there have been many failed attempts at getting this form of toxic love that we're after. At first, (or at least it's implied that) we tried to find it naturally, but it wasn't working out because, quite simply, it was never enough. I mean, sure, they cared about us, and sure, they would fight for us. Hell, they would easily do things for us if we asked, but they would always fall short because they wouldn't be willing to do anything and everything for us, let alone without us just being straight up about it and asking them to do so, and that, my friends, did not and will not fly.

Because we were tired of the constant failures and the constant disappointment, we decided to get on our boss shit and solve our problem instead of complaining about it. How do we solve it? By simply creating the love that we're after, and the first -- and most critical -- part of creating that love, is to find the right type of person. Someone who was a loner and an outcast. Someone that people ignored without so much as a second glance. Someone who allowed people to walk all over them and treat them any kind of way because they had no sense of self-worth. Someone desperate for affection, touch-starved even. Someone like...that new kid who recently transferred.

Milo Change. The perfect sap.

So, for totally non-selfish reasons, we play hero, and we step in to save the day. The bully -- his name's Ryan, by the by -- pretty much hightails it out of there once we intervene, and we're left with our suitor, and a suitor he'd better damn be because we didn't save his ass for nothing.

Milo gets off the ground, and he stumbles into us because he had gotten beat down pretty bad. True to expected nature, he apologizes, and starts rambling on about his friends for a little. He basically explains that, even though he knows that the people that he hangs around are really shitty, being new and not being used to the area makes him anxious to the point where he prefers their company over having no one and being alone. How coincidentally in perfect character he is...this is the one. Time to turn on the rizz.

When he asked why we jumped to his defense, we hit him with the ultimate "I was worried about you". This man's heart immediately gets to fluttering, and he's just making this too easy. It gets to a point where we make this "arrangement", so to speak. In exchange for giving him pointers on how to start standing up for himself, he has to date us. Of course, he jumps on this offer, because aside from him being the very type of spineless dweeb guy we're looking for, we knew that he had a serious crush on us. We know this because we had noticed that in passing and in the classes that we had together that he was always sneaking glances at us, so why not exploit that shoot our shot?

Anyways, we flawlessly sink the shot, and we get our date established. When we meet up, we decide to go to the batting cages, but it throws Milo off because they aren't the kind of batting cages that he was thinking of. Actually, quite frankly, it isn't really a batting cage but instead this really creepy room that has bats and is filled with mannequins.

Naturally, Milo starts asking questions, because now he's pretty uncomfortable with this whole thing, and it only gets worse when he sees us haul off and take a pretty ruthless swing at one of the dummies with a bat. At this point, Milo is holding one of the bats in his hands, and he's like "Nah, nah, I'm not into violence. Like, this is wild", but we reassure him that this isn't so much a reflection of character but a perfectly healthy way to get his anger out. He's still a little hesitant so we start planting thoughts giving him things to consider, and we're just like:

"Dude, are you not angry about the way that your so called 'friends' treated you? Did you actually like that they would use and abuse you when all you did was try to be nice? You did nothing wrong, and yet, they found it amusing to see you in pain. Do you really think you deserved to be treated like that...?" In short, we're just like "Getting your ass beat for the sake of friendship? Couldn't be me".

Milo stops for a second and really considered our words. After he really thought about it, he realized that he was and still is pissed about everything, and he goes in.

Like, really goes in to the point that the bat shattered and his hands started bleeding.

This scares the crap out of him because he didn't realize how much anger he had been holding in, but we find his performance desirable, not to mention severely attractive. Insert the Kronk meme because, my bois, it's all coming together.

We see the potential in Milo, and we're more than happy to help him reach that potential that we know he's capable of achieving. That being said, while he's trying to process what's going on, we just reassured him that we weren't scared of him and that it probably felt really good to finally get all that anger out. The tragic part is that Milo innocently agreed that it did.

We smile about the fact that he unknowingly took the bait, and we keep reeling him in. We tell Milo that we're really happy that he was able to get that anger out, because we understood that the world could be and is super cruel. While we're on the topic of the world being a really messed up place, we just idly bring up the concern of something happening to us and whether Milo'd protect us or not. Milo is once again thrown off because, yeah, the world is cruel, but why would we even picture a scenario like that? So, we explain that it's not necessarily that we wanted to think about it, but that because there's so much violence going on in the world, it was natural to think about.

That being said, we double down and tell him that he may have to protect us one day and fight back. We already know how Milo feels about violence, so we tell him to think of it more as self-defense and not so much as an excuse to be violent towards others for the sake of being violent. It was protection, really, for both himself and the people that he loves and "Milo...you'll protect me...right?"

And, once again, very innocently, he promises us that he will.

With that declaration, he became stronger. He upgraded from mannequins to glasses, plates, and whatever else in ramshackled houses to cars in abandoned lots. He even did classes that taught him how to fight, whether for self-defense, to protect others, or to simply hurt someone. He had become a bit more brash, and the "friends" that he had before started to back off because he was so different, but that was okay; that was what was best for him, and even more importantly, that was what we wanted.

Milo clung onto us. He knew that he was the only one that we could trust because our sweet Milo deserved the world, but the world didn't deserve him. He knew this because we told him exactly that, and why would we ever lie to him? We wouldn't, and because of that, Milo believes that we're the only one that he can trust -- as it should be.

Milo was slowly, but surely, starting to learn, but despite this improvement and despite this change...

...It still wasn't enough. Just the same as before.

Nah, nah, nah, I'm not telling you anymore, because it was hard enough withholding some of the details here. Know this though: this isn't even the halfway point let alone the thick of it, and this is one route out of eight that I just described to you. Yes, it gets damned wild, way beyond this.

FRICKIN FINALLY. I was about to explode trying to get to this part!

Guys, if it was not obvious, you guys have got to play this game! Like, I usually be like "Oh, if you want, and you have the time and feel like it, play this game" but nah, nah, nah, nah, NAH. This is not optional. You will seriously be missing out if you do not play this visual novel. Now admittedly, I got pissed at the MC because, shit, like, there's an option for self-insert, but I was so far detached from this character because this bitch is -- and Markiplier said it best -- fucking psycho crazy bonkers! Like, I saw certain stuff coming, but it's like, when it happened, it would be 10x worse than I thought it'd be.

Like, you honestly have no idea. The lil' synopsis I gave you at the top isn't even really a synopsis; more accurately, it's a teaser, because what I told you didn't even scratch the surface of what is going on. Guys, gals, gays, theys, all of y'all...please...I beg...play this damn game. Like holy shit, I cannot push this game enough. Like, yeah, sure, just to provide criticism or whatever, certain things or scenes are worded really "Ooh, I'm edgy and fucked up", and (unless I just read it weird) I think there were a few coding errors for nicknames and some super minor grammar errors, but like honestly, it doesn't even matter. I honestly couldn't give a damn because shit, the game is damned good! Like, there honestly isn't anything significant to complain about or critique. The dev? C4Games? They are out here, and they are setting the bar damned high.

Like, oh my gods, the fucking concept had me tripping out! Like, the whole "sadistic MC" or "The MC is crazy, too" trope isn't unheard of but, as far as I know, the execution itself is original, and I'm super geeked about it! A sadistic and twisted MC who is literally corrupting and molding an innocent guy to be the yandere that she craves. Like...what the hell? Ahhh!! I love it! Like, I literally cannot hold in the amount of gushing that I'm doing, and you can tell when I'm gushing because every other sentence will be "like, like, and like, like, like, and oh my gods, holy shit, like, like, like". Like lmao, I am gushing. I am ruined.

At this point, I feel that no other game will top this game. If I was making a tier list of the visual novels I have been reviewing, this is by far, no debate, an S Tier, God Tier, "whatever your highest tier would be" game. This visual novel is good, and I cannot wait to play the other seven routes, and guess what? The best part of all of this is that it's released! This is the entire game, and you can bet your ass that I'm going to be playing every route MUTLIPLE times!

Okay, I feel like the review and this overall post is long enough, and I want to stop myself from rambling and gushing anymore than I already have. That being said, that is officially all from me, and everyone's homework-- actually, nah. Everyone's project -- and it's going to be worth 100% of your grade -- is to play this damned game. EXPIDITIOUSLY. This is a requirement. This is an order.

Side note, I'm back on my sims kick, and I'm half tempted to make a family of the Milos I unlock because apparently -- pay attention! This is about to be a "pro, not really pro, but super helpful" tip! -- Milo's appearance and personality changes based on how you choose to mold him. Interesting, right? So, considering that there's 8 endings, I'm thinking there's 8 Milos, so...that's a full household in the Sims. Lol I might do it. I think I am.

Lol all right, enough rambling, I'm outta here for realsies! I hope everyone enjoys whatever time zone they're in, and, in case it wasn't clear or you missed it, play this damned game!

Anywho! Huge reminder! Drink water, don’t be dumb, play this game, and hope to see you around~!

Perfect Love

[nighthoundsworld]

WE BACK ! told you I wouldn’t be consistent. Anyway Part 2 ! Of my Head canons that are 1000% true for the Next Avengers and with everyone either getting on Spring Break or getting off of it. Today’s topic will be about ✨Morning routines✨

James

Even though James usually acts like his Mother. His hard work and dedication is from his father. He’s an early bird like him. He takes his morning routines very seriously as he’s always the first one up. Nothing like A mere 100 handstand pushups, 100 sit-ups, 100 pull ups and an easy 13 mile run to start the morning

But nothing beats his breakfast protein shake he makes from scratch that always leaves the others wondering just how he functions in the morning

Torunn

Whenever Torunn wakes up she never forgets to pray to Odin and her Father. She prays that The all father is watching over her and her family and that when the time is ready she has secured her place in Valhalla. Once she’s done praying Torunn always presses a kiss to her fingers before placing those fingers on the framed picture of her Father and smiling

Torunn’s usually second in the kitchen behind Pym. And thanks to him he’s categorized everyone’s meal plans in separate sections. Torunn’s favorite breakfast always being Honey Nut Cheerios

Pym

If it wasn’t for James Pym would easily be the first one up. He only looses to James by 30 minutes as his alarm is set to 6:00 am while James naturally wakes up at 5:30. Pym wakes up at the same time every day on the hour and immediately the first thing he does is play an entire game of speed chess that takes a grand total of 1 minute and 30 seconds against the automated robot he designed. Whoever wins he tally’s up and not to brag but he has a current streak of 180-0. Pym is sully out the door in 10 minutes but not before he glances at the portrait of his parents hung up in his wall

He may not be able to beat James in first one up but Pym’s always the first one in the kitchen as he gets straight to work making his listed meal depending on what day it is

Monday-Bacon and Eggs

Tuesday-Omelet

Wednesday-Waffles

Thursday-Pancakes

Friday-Ceral

Weekends-try James Protein Shakes

He always cleans up before the others get there but trust him before they do it looks like a cooking show was being hosted beforehand

Azari

Out of everyone Azari has what people would call the most normal schedule. He wakes up at a fair time and the most he’ll do is splash some water on his face to wake himself up. Always smiling at the two separate pictures of his parents before he begins to start his day

Now even though he’s the most normal in waking up his kitchen skills need the most work as he for some reason refuses to use a glass to drink his morning beverage. Weather it be Orange Juice or Milk everyone immediately groans his name when they see him drink from the carton or jug. Added with Pym’s “and at least put a shirt on” as he has a knack for not putting ok a shirt until 11. We get it, you have fancy tattoos that light up, cool. At least he has the decency to make his own batch of waffles in the morning and he’s not scared of sharing

Francis

We’re lucky if Francis even wakes up in a single digit time span. He’s the master at hitting snooze before the alarm even has time to go off. And usually when he does get up he just rolls out of bed and lands on the floor before taking another 15 minutes of shut eye

Every single day Francis is the last one to make it in the Kitchen and every single day he asks the same question whilst he scratches his Platinum Blonde hair “Hey what’s there to eat !” As I’m pretty sure you can guess his sanctioned eating area is usually empty

[blueskittlesart]

Okay okay big ask - rate every loz game you’ve played (by stars or in order I don’t mind)

ok lets go!! i rated them on both story and gameplay seperately bc those r 2 different ratings in my mind lol. they're in the order i played them except aoc at the end bc it's not main-line. i also left out games i haven't finished yet (nes zelda, zelda II, ALBW)

OOT: gameplay 9/10 | story 1000000/10 video game of all time. i mean this with 100% sincerity playing oot was fundamental for me. gameplay gets 1 point off tho bc i vividly remember crying because i couldn't make the camera go where i wanted it to the first time i ever played it

MM: gameplay 7/10 | story 10/10 i think this game is a perfectly cohesive sequel to oot in basically every way possible. the navi thing makes me insane obviously but i won't dock a point for it because i understand narratively why the choice was made and like. it works. the only complaint i have with this game is that the gameplay itself was super difficult for me both now and when i was younger--not the dungeons specifically, but the timer being there and counting down in real time was so anxiety-inducing for me that it distracted from the story. I do actually like the timer from like an objective standpoint and i think it was really well-implemented i just can't enjoy it fully because of my own hangups lol

BOTW: gameplay 10/10 | story 1000/10 perfect game. i don't feel the need to elaborate. i genuinely think in like 10 years this game is going to be the modern-day oot in terms of industry influence

ALTTP: gameplay 8/10 | story 8/10 okay this is my first less-than-perfect story score and i want to make it clear that i am obsessed with the story of alttp ok. obsessed. but i can recognize that a lot of what i find great about this game comes from my own analysis and is. not actually super present in the source material. and it is the 3rd loz game ever released and. well. it shows. that being said i think of all the 2d games to play you should play this one

LINK'S AWAKENING: gameplay 6/10 | story 0/10 sorry i. did not like this game lol. too much retro-style gameplay and not enough interesting story to make up for it. i also vehemently hate platformers so the sidescrolling dungeon segments made me want to kms. the story also does not actually happen like. within the game's own canon bc it's all a dream so i couldn't bring myself to care. i never even beat this game bc the final boss pissed me off too much

TP: gameplay 8/10 | story 0/10 fuck this game. the story sucked. it was poorly written and disjointed, a huge mess thematically, and 90% of the non-dungeon gameplay felt like needless padding. i've said it before and i'll say it again: twilight princess was an oot remake written by people who did not understand ocarina of time and got all their information on the loz franchise from youtube videos with clickbait thumbnails entitled "10 DARK SECRETS nintendo doesn't want you to know!!!" that being said the motion controls were still better than sksw and it had some of the better dungeon designs in the franchise. fuck that fishing minigame tho

SKSW: gameplay 4/10 | story 10/10 ok to preface this i played the original wii version which is why the gameplay rating is so low. i would rather die than play through this game on my shitty old wii again holy shit. that being said the story was phenomenal and i'm really glad it got a remake with a functional control scheme so hopefully more people will see that

WW: gameplay 6/10 | story 9/10 this is a hard one for me. again i need you to understand that i played the gameboy version and therefore had to do the gameboy triforce hunt which is why the gameplay score is so low, but there were also some quality-of-life things like the hitbox sizes and some of the dungeon design that pissed me off a bit. as for the story, there are pieces of it that i could analyze obsessively for hours on end but there are also pieces that are kind of clunky to me in regards to the overall lore so it gets a less-than-perfect score lol

(bonus because it isn't really a main-line loz game) HWAOC: gameplay 8/10 | story 6/10 sigh. i want to like this game way more than i do. the gameplay is genuinely fun at times if a bit underwhelming compared to the game it takes its setting and characters from, but it never claimed to be a mainline game so i don't fault it too much for that. the story could be SO GOOD and there are some pockets of greatness in there (the sword-claiming scene, the scene where zelda's powers activate, general extra characterization of the champions, etc) but they just had to throw in some timeline fuckery and the most boring hot-topic-wannabe villain in the fucking world and ruin it for themselves. agh

[shemeiart]

how much has Xan changed from the very first time you came up with the concept for him? and how old is he? how many times has he "died" in that time and what was the most embarrassing/stupid thing that got him killed?

Xan has changed A LOT! He is one of my older characters - I came up with him around 10 years ago (or actually more, I can't remember at this point) and he initially was OC to just… Mess up with our other characters, more of a comic relief, no think - just do guy. He was more of a… Edgy goblin back then. Really not original at all at that point haha. I even have some of my SUPER old sketches from around 10 years ago and they are agonizing to look at for me X_X

This masterpiece is I THINK from 2013, as you can see Xan's design is FAAR from the one we have now. His hair were longer, messy and my friend and I are always saying he is looking like Madara from Naruto (which to be fair might have been an inspo, we don't know). The guy near him that is still a stickbug in comparison to my new art is Donai, @indusfera OC that had also gotten some redesign treatment over the years. But, ging back to Xan… He was our standard edgy bad-boy, 2013 good times.

Another piece, 2013 or 2014, again with Donai (with amazingly crooked horns) and different hair - I was not best at drawing hair back then and I hated drawing them which shows - I was changing hairstyles every now and then and not setting on one which would stay for longer time.

Like this one - I decided to give him side/undercut and while in theory it was nice idea… Well, he went straight into his emo phase that time. We get you Xan, we totally get you.

From emo to just straight long hair - to be fair they looked amazing but have 0% Xan vibe. Also it's worth to point those tattered wings that made no sense with his regeneration but hey, at least he looked cool™️.

Age of my characters is same for me as their height ("uhh… tall?") - they are all at least 30+ but in different systems, like Xan in our years should be propably 1000 years or more but I never play with those numbers and just say "they are old". At least same age as me haha. He has died countless times, many of his deaths were his own fault ("hold my beer bro"), other times there were people who wanted to kill him and did that only to realize he is somehow still alive and doing great. His most stupid deaths are definetly the ones when someone was telling him to NOT DO IT and he was going to totally do it just because he hated listening to others (and getting himself poisoned for example). My stupid, stupid boy.

[kassiopeiadesu]

My Current Gameplay Guide

The main gameplay rotation is based on the Build a City Challenge, and I made a few rule modifications to fit my Wizarding World-themed neighborhood. All townies and playabales are created by me, and are based on the Harry Potter universe.

After some trial and error, this is the current addition of gameplay rules to the above BACC rules that I ended up with:

Each household is played 1 day at a time in rotation. (Used to be 7, but now that I'm multiple generations in, I need all children to age at the same time so they don't miss their Hogwarts start). Start with year 0 for when your first sim moves in, and play each family as they appear. Ages are kept track of using the "birth year" method, starting from 0 as the birth of the founder - highly recommended, makes it so much easier to keep track of age. Simply record the year (day) your sim is born, and calculate age using current day - birth year on a spreadsheet.

Aging in max days: baby 1, toddler 2, child 7, teen 8, adult 42, elder 15 College: If a sim goes to college, 1 semester in college = 1 year of their life. A sim who graduates on time ages 8 years (this is subtracted from their adult life upon graduation). Rotationally, 1 semester = 1 "day".

Being a witch is hereditary. This way squibs and muggles are possible. The muggles are the university dormies and NPCs so far.

Children in the wizarding families have the option of going to muggle school each day via school bus, or go to "Hogwarts" for children - this is a community lot with a teaching podium. I use visitor controller to make all visitors children. This lot has the teaching hall, and various skill objects (music room, library, gym, etc). Children go here to learn grade points, start learning witchcraft, and to socialize with other children. They are taken to this lot by an adult in the household.

Upon turning 10 and aging up to a teen, aspiration is assigned based on a calculator that takes into account a sim's personality and interests. This is great because sims' families can "share interests" to influence a child's aspiration and personality in the future. Parents can also encourage the personality of their child prior to age-up.

Interests + personality are important, since the day the sim turns 10, they will be sorted into their Hogwarts house when they arrive at Hogwarts. I use the teleporter shrub to move them in. The sorting process uses their interests and personality in a calculator to determine the Hogwarts house.

The proper Hogwarts lot for teens is a residential lot where a professor lives. It has common rooms separated by Inge's Keys for the different houses, as well as common areas, library, Great Hall, etc. There is one 3-hour class daily, which teens can autonomously attend if they choose to. Each day I decrease everyone's grade by a letter grade, so they have to keep up with class to maintain high grades. Teens stay at Hogwarts until they are ready to age up to adults - then they can decide with their want whether they would like to proceed to college, or to age up to an adult.

The neighborhood also has "common room" community lots for each Hogwarts house. Each person who has been to Hogwarts and gets sorted gets an appropriate Inge's Key, and I use visitor controller to limit the lots only to those who have the keys. That way each House has a lot where they can socialize and network.

College is custom and has a nice dorm where wizards first move in to, and also has muggle dormies (whom I made more unique and nice-looking too!). Greek houses for wizards are also found on campus. The Greek houses are maintained by fees from members joining: $1000 to become a member, then $500 each year that one lives in the Greek House.

Fights: are now dangerous duels! If two wizards or witches fight, and one of them has magic skill over 900, and at least one of them has evil alignment >700, then one of the sims will be killed in the duel. Basically, I see it as - if one one of them is evil enough, they aim to kill, and if the opponent OR the evil witch are magically powerful enough, the duel will result in death. Whoever loses the fight dies IRL.

Every 7 days, 10% tax is collected from each household to the neighborhood treasury. 10% tax includes value of the home lot and any owned lots. I also used to use "Bigger Bills" by Cyjon in addition to this tax for more challenge. If the tax is unpaid for the week, it gets interest for the next payment.

There is a social hierarchy and plutocracy system, based on wealth and connections. This gets a bit tricky and is based on original HP lore also, but the main thing is: the wealthiest family is the ruling "royal" family, and this is determined every 4 weeks. Their close associates are nobility, and so on.

The 10% tax is paid to the bank account of "monarch" sim - the head of the richest household. Payments are made via Monique's computer. This way the money gets interest and can be used for building community lots for the neighborhood.

Certain families have pride in their Hogwarts house association and would like their children to continue marrying sims they approve of. For those families, and inheritance system is in place for their children: if parents consent to the marriage and chosen spouse, the child will get the inheritance. If parents don't approve, they can lose the inheritance upon the unfavorable marriage. Likelihood of consent to marriage is calculated based on the relationship points between parents and future spouse, the spouse's wealth class, house, and +10% random chance.

When sims purchase clothes or through hacks, they must send money for the clothes to the sim who owns the clothing store shop.

Zodiac signs: assigned at birth based on the day of the season the sim is born, not their personality. This gives greater variety to attraction system and drama, in my opinion. Zodiac sign is determined based on when the sim is born in a season, from beginning to end: Summer: Gemini, Cancer, Leo Fall: Virgo, Libra, Scorpio Winter: Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius Spring: Pisces, Aries, Taurus

Sims continue to share interests and develop their personalities throughout their teenage and young adult years, and they get re-calculated for aspiration when in college or as an adult. That way the personality changes are accounted for, and I find it realistic.

To be updated as I change things or think of modifications :)

[lacoonawalk]

— nct dream's fame and success indicators

ps. mark, haechan and johnny's natal charts are in my nct 127 fame and success analysis.

this was requested too!!!

so, let's start with RENJUN

i won't count sun, moon, mercury and neptune's degrees, although i will count his mars in general as well as his venus' degree. i do think his mercury is in the 5th degree.

venus at 11/12 degrees

either internet fame or him being relatable. he could express himself with his fashion style.

mars in 29/0 degrees

both critical degrees, 29th is also karmic. he might be more known with his actions, with his willpower.

pluto in 12 degrees

him being relatable. literally. well though, pluto rx .. possible issues with expressing himself? there’s some hardships for sure

true node in leo, in 1 degree

in my opinion, fated fame. successful too.

lilith in 2 degrees

crazy fame, could use his secrets to his benefit. mysteriously creative in ways of freedom, organizing, destruction, secrets, these things.

taurus stellium?

if the stellium is fact, similar interests as karina (aespa). possible interests in anything secure as well as anything involving fashion and art.

i am not sure, he has mixed energy all over… maybe leo rising.

JENO

i won't count sun, moon, mercury, venus and lilith’s degrees. i do think his mercury could be in 17th degree. in this case, lilith in 5 degrees and venus in 20 degrees are possible indicators too.

taurus stelium

interests in anything secure as well as anything involving fashion and/or art. hardworker.

mars in 22 degrees

long-term fame. impactful as hell.

uranus in 20 degrees

well.. same as haechan…

pluto rx in 12 degrees

same as renjun.

true node in cancer, in 28 degrees

great indicator for musicians! he’ll feel music like home.

leo/taurus/libra rising?

JAEMIN

well. i won't count sun, venus and mars’ degrees, however i will count mercury's degrees. i also won't count moon as whole.

mercury in 10/11/12 degrees

either “industry plant”, internet fame or that he’ll be relatable. all of them are possible, though i do think 12th degree is less likely imho. since he has chiron in 11 degrees, i am thinking that his mercury might be in 11 degrees.

saturn in 0 degrees

fame coming to him in its pure form, though the fame might’ve come slower than expected or he might’ve been not ready for the glory..

pluto rx in 10 degrees

industry plant, he can shake the k-pop industry.

true node in cancer, in 24 degrees

great indicator for musicians, though he could be idealized (doesn’t matter if now or in the future)

chiron (not rx) in 11 degrees

possible hard times with internet fame?

sun&mercury in leo

definite fame indicators.

maybe libra/scorpio rising, i am not sure.

CHENLE

i won't count moon, mercury, venus and mars’ degrees. i won't count sun's sign.

saturn rx in 12 degrees

he could be relatable, though saturn retrograde could indicate hardships in general.

true node in 27 degrees

success degree!

lilith in 10 degrees

he could be good at keeping secrets. perfect idol vibe, industry plant 1000+%.

chiron in 27 degrees

success degree pt.2

scorpio stellium?

if the stellium is fact, possible interests in anything mysterious, i.e. like yuta.

aquarius stellium

possible interests in anything tv/media/computers/innovations/fashion/art related.

i’ll play random zodiac generator in my head and i’ll guess his rising might be virgo. there’s some gemini degrees and yeah, that’s why i assume that - scorpio will be in 3rd house. my other guess would be sagittarius - aquarius will be in 3rd house.

JISUNG

i won't count sun, moon and venus' degrees.

mercury rx in 29 degrees

great acting indicator! karmic degree. possibly an introvert.

mars in 12 degrees

him being relatable. mars in aries though.. he could be impulsive at times.

saturn (not rx) in 8 degrees

he’ll be watched by many!

uranus in 24 degrees

another perfect idol…

neptune in 8 degrees

same as his saturn, lol

pluto in 17 degrees

karmic fame degree!

chiron in 5 degrees

he’s fucking lucky his chiron isn’t retrograde. possible hard times with his trainee life?

definitely not capricorn. gemini/libra rising?

so yeah that was it, i am sorry if somewhere isn’t enough, i just don’t want to write the same time all over again.

click here for nct 127

next are bts🤠🤠

[nbstevonnie]

final bingo card of the year... much less filled in than last years, but I rather expected that given the two sets of exams I had to take this year. frankly, I'm surprised it's as filled as it is.

for zany: yakuza kiwami

my first tiny cheat in filling this card out is previously i've only marked something off when i consider it "done". in yakuza's case, i am literally *this* close to 100% that i would really quite like to do it, but it also requires a LOT of grinding (and i hate grinding). but. i'm not sure i consider it "done", as i normally might. i have finished the story though, so this cheat isn't too dire.

i really enjoyed this game - it was good to see where the characters ended up after i saw them in yakuza 0, although my understanding is that a lot of stuff is only in kiwami (i.e., was not in the original game and was only put in after yakuza 0, so they would "marry up"). my one comment would be that, in many ways, it felt like a slightly less full yakuza 0 - there was more to do in yakuza 0, and i liked being able to play both kiryu and majima. i also liked that money was easier to come by in 0, even if only for getting to 100% completion 😔 this is all not exactly yakuza kiwami's fault, and i think i "got" the combat system more in kiwami than 0 (in 0, i understood that i was supposed to feel superpowered by the end -- and i saw people showing off how well you could game the system -- but it never seemed that way to me; in kiwami, i 1000% could knock back small enemies like the flies they were in seconds by the end). nevertheless, kiwami does by its nature beg for comparison to 0. i'm curious to see how kiwami 2 stacks up next.

overall, 8/10. good game, looking forward to kiwami 2.

for 2020s: crash bandicoot 4

i generally avoid letting my opinions on a video game be coloured by other people's opinions, so i went into this game with an open mind and i think i came out with some affection for it, albeit by re-assessing how i would normally play the game. to wit, i am generally a completionist, but that stops the minute completing something becomes more chore than challenge, and this game would undoubtedly have it as a chore.

as a casual to slightly challenge-seeking game, the game is enjoyable. it has its flaws (i complained about the long levels in 2 and 3 -- this game spits on the 2 and 3 level lengths) but i did enjoy some of its challenges. i think i would -- in contrast to how i normally play games -- dip in and out to tidy up and get closer to 100% completion, but i won't go nuts with it.

my one slight disappointment is i LOVE the video tape levels, but you can only get them all by not dying to increasingly further points on increasingly harder levels. i think i've scooped up all the tapes reasonably doable, and will have to think about the rest as and when i return to the game. incidentally, i think one of the things i like about the tape levels is because they remind me more of the things that i liked about the original crash games than the rest of the game: tight platforming, challenging but ultimately not requiring perfection from you for long, and instantly replayable.

overall, 7/10 i think -- under the proviso of playing essentially casually. if it were a completionist thing (as i had done for the other games), it would dip much lower.

for uplifting: stardew valley

my other slight cheat game - i haven't "completed" it, but i've put 150 hours in over the last year (hey, maybe that's why i haven't completed bingo this year, not the exams -- two huge time sink games!), so i think maybe i can be forgiven.

i really love this game - it's very calming for me to play when i have nothing else to do, and i've also got a farm with my friend, so we can play together. i don't have much more to say bc i think everyone knows why this game is great and i really look forward to getting those last few things i need to complete everything :)

for black: the cat lady

yet ANOTHER slightly cheat game -- albeit in a different way. i have generally made a point of not including games i've played before, and i haven't played this game before -- but i had watched a let's play. it was many years ago now and i no longer watch the let's player for reasons, and i wanted to show this game some love, since i used to really enjoy the let's player's playthrough. so again, i hope my slight cheat can be forgiven! especially since i had been hoping that this might fill in my bittersweet box to get me bingo, but i ended up with the "golden" ending, so while the game itself may have been overall, i didn't quite feel i could tick off bittersweet, since the ending was so positive.

the game really makes a great atmosphere with its visuals and it really nails the horror -- chapter 2 (i think it is) is particularly good for this -- i genuinely felt creeped out. it's also interesting how the horror parts are often the parts that are the most colourful in the game. the game really does make you think a lot with very little.

8/10

[nowen422]

Bleach tybw ep9 : As an asexual I did not know I could be this thirsty for two murderers.

So we have reached the part where I truly become “anime review white guy”……very well, let’s do this.

Ok so there are tons of fights in tybw but there are in estimation about 10 or more that are major fights with major significance. We’ve seen one with Yamamoto vs Yhwach (Royd Lloyd) and arguably two more with Ichigo vs Quilge and Yhwach. Now we are on the verge with two HUGE moments in the series with Ichigo’s experience in Ouetsu Nimaiya’s palace and the fight between Unohana and Zaraki. Now I know what happens during both parts, and Ichigo’s story is great, but my focus is on Xaraki and Unohana right now. If it were up to me I’d have at least four more episodes of them talking, fighting, exploring backstory and just drowning me in exposition and symbolism. But I’m not and that’s for the best. That being said, I hope we get some exposition from Unohana on how she met Zaraki and I hope we get some explanation on her shikai and( if we see it) her bankai. Oh yeah, Shunsui had some cool stuf and we learn about Kirov hikifune or whatever.

Shinigami deaths: 7?

Sternritter deaths: 6

Times I questioned if I should be feeling this intensely about a fictional fight between two fictional people: 0

Spoilers below

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Things I liked:

Shunsui putting central 46 in their place. “I’m not asking for 2 lieutenant’s, I’m telling you I’m having two lieutenants.” Which makes sense cause he has two swords, so why not two assistants?

I liked that they kept in the explanation about Tenjiro’s hot springs. I was wondering if they’d just state it outright or if they’d make you think on it. The twitching muscle animation and clothes bursting into flame were good touches though.

Kirio is an interesting character with her abilities and design and I’m glad we get to see her cooking. I’m hoping we will get to see her do more than in the manga

Ok the rest of this is about Unohana vs kenpachi so brace yourself.

Everything has been super faithful to the manga, from Unohana’s expressions to the words she speaks.

The line, “I much prefer you when you are silent”, is perfect. Unohana hasn’t come to the place where they stuck Aizen for nothing. She hasnt come to play.

The way they both stand is so symbolic of who they perceive themselves to be. Zaraki stands tall like a mountain that cannot be conquered while Unohana is hunched over with her sword angled out from her sash almost looking like some kind of mantis.

The narration of kyoraku as he reads from the book is on point, and exactly as the Manga details. It’s really hammering Home the fact that he is now the leader of everyone in the Seireitei, and more importantly, he is the keeper of all of the old stories, and all of the horrible things that the soul reapers have done over the millennia.

Our first flashback of little kenpachi!

One of the things I especially like about this fight that I think is really prevalent in the anime versus the manga, is the difference in style between Zaraki and Unohana. Zaraki is a powerhouse who swings like a animal, his style is overwhelming power, because he is overwhelmingly powerful. Unohana on the other hand, chose to name her self yachiru which we learn means 1000 styles, because she mastered every single style of sword fighting. It is a literal battle between raw, unstoppable talent versus hard earned skill and passion, and I think it’s more seen here than it was in the manga, even though the lines are practically the same in both.

The cuts during the fight between Isane and Yachiru are just like the manga, just given a few more seconds. We really see how important both captains are to their lieutenants. Yachiru just saying Zaraki’s name is so moving and watching Isane bawl her eyes out makes me seriously want to see how she would interact with Zaraki post fight.

Zaraki crying after he gets beaten the first time. In the entirety of the series, we only see two emotions from Zaraki. Boredom and excitement. Watching him break down and effectively bare his soul to the only person he thinks could understand him, the only person who he could admire, it’s haunting.

The first stab and Zaraki’s resurrection, is such a jump and already will be making the audience ask WTF! But I’m hoping we will get more explanation of how Unohana’s healing him and maybe and explanation of her bankai. 

Things I didn’t like:

I knew they were gonna jiggle Hikifune’s boobs in her slim form. I knew it and the tonal shift hit me like a freight train.

When they did the reveal of Hikifune’s skill that got her into the Royal Palace, I kind of expected Kon to have more of a reaction than just being a background piece to illustrate. This is what she made. It might be my own head cannon, but I would’ve liked for him to interact with her and she would’ve been like oh I remember you I remember making you“. But I don’t think that’s going to happen.

They’ve done a first flashback with Zaraki and Unohana, so I’m really really really really really hoping that they don’t cut the second flashback, which has a more flushed out fight between Young Zaraki and younger Unohana.

Next week is gonna blow your god damn minds

[kogameh]

I don't know where else to post this so. Uhh. All Nintendo systems we've owned!

We never had any real console and have always been strictly handheld haha. We also missed out on the 3DS because of, uh, tregic backstory™ reasons, we just couldn't afford one at the time (same story on why I never owned a drawing tablet growing up lol)...so uh, character development? I guess? It's gonna take me multiple occasions to even tell the story behind them so I'm just gonna dump them under the cut \o/

GBA Micro - Actually the first legit game system we owned! A friend of my late dad was selling it with Pokemon Naranja (yes technically my first Pkmn game is a bootleg cartrige'd romhack...), which is kinda surprising because my late dad knew nothing about video games at all- He only wanted to give a Pokemon game to the 10-years-old me and struck gold with this haha. I didn't even realize this model existed after the SP until years later, it's so small and sturdy! The screen is noticeably more vibrant and crisper than the SP even. This later got passed to my twin sis after we got a GBA SP.

GBA SP - My late dad also bought this from a friend months after we got the Micro just so all 3 of us siblings would stop fighting over the Micro- Okay kidding but. Yeah. (Ironically we never tried multiplayer with both GBAs because no shops ever sell GBA Link Cables here-) Actually has a Lot of Pikachu stickers, though obviously the ones on the top lid peeled off. The only reason it has...uh, seen better days is that my older bro keeps playing in bed and most often than not he always fell asleep mid-game so yeah... Imagine the number of times it fell off... I'm still too scared to even touch it anymore because the hinge feels like it could snap off any day now jkasghsgfhasj

DS Lite - Let's just say I got this as a sort of "graduation" gift from my mom as we finished our final elementary school year haha. The funny story is: I never bought a legit game for my DS since day 1. The seller we bought it from bundled it with an R4 card being all like "oh yeah pick 10 games from our catalog and we'll "install" it on your DS! But ofc if you want to add any new games, do come back :D". Didn't take too long for me and my bro to discover the R4 has an SD card... And can be attached to our laptop...And we found out DS ROMs from the interwebs work with it....... So we never came back........... To this day I have 0 ideas if the seller underestimated us or is sabotaging his sales like this. This still works like a charm even today after I replaced its batteries :D Also this might as well be the first ever red-colored gadget I've owned and kickstarted my obsessions with them ig haha.

Switch Lite - Uh, my twin sis bought this with her own pocket money months ago. Long story short she basically bought it because her friends really wanted her to play ScarVio on launch with them lol. Of course I got stuck in that FOMO too haha-- Plus it matches her baby blue/turquoise laptop and Intuos tablet! Albeit the "turquoise" in this one is more Miku Green™ leaning-

Pokemon Switch OLED - Ah yes I hope you guys know that I worked 3 vacation-less weeks for this knowing that I'll never ever be able to afford this from commissions alone ahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahhhah 😇 Okay. Well. On a lighter note. At first, I was more interested in the Lite because I didn't like any of the colors from the reg Switches but then this ver was announced when I'm still saving up so I'm just "Eh. It has mine and my sis' fav colors (red and purple respectively) so why not." Didn't regret though because I LOVE how nostalgic the sticker bomb pattern at the back!! Reminds me of how I decorated my GBA even!!!! And the dock is so cool!! My attachment also adds up unexpectedly as I ended up liking ScarVio more than I thought euhuhuhu....

Honorable mentions: The PSP 1000. It's the only Sony we ever have and we never even bought it because..........someone left it at my parent's workplace and they never claimed it back for months so. yeah. played the hell out of W/inx Club out of it 7.5/10.

Also the N-Gage which was my bro's "GBA" when we had ours. The N-Gage was so damn cool y'all I've seen more people with an N-Gage than the DS around my area as a kid. Fucked up.

[a-wartime-paradox]

[Whumptober Day 6] Goodbye, Xiantio....

October 6th 2022: "I've got a pulse"

Personal submission number: 2

About: Gieakronian Civil War

Word count: 1168

Triggers: death, blood, war, pus, cut, gun

Xiantio is occasionally referred to as "she" in this story. This is intentionally and to remind the reader of the gender-queerness of his character. The previous short story, Hidden Injury, exclusively used she/her.

We were just sitting on a rock in the Fimbletrex Forests holding hands and facing the Red Mountains.

Five miles due south, a soldier reached into her satchel pulled out a bullet, with the a symbol showing two circles intersecting with an eight-sided cross in the intersection. The symbol of Capatia. Due to the gieakronian's unique nature - that they could not die until 1000, at which point they immediately did - the Capital had to design a special bullet that accelerated the growth of its victim, although only temporarily. If the bullet was removed before and the victim made to not bleed out, it sent them to age 1000, their body would regress back to what age it had been before impact, as was the nature of the gieakronian gift/curse.

Five miles due south, the end of Xiantio's world escaped the barrel, pushing through the atmosphere of Gieakron, and making it towards the target. The Blue Fields zoomed on by; the bullet did not hit a single blade of grass.

100 metres, and Xiantio reached out his hand towards my face.

50 metres, and my face is facing his, eye to eye.

25 metres, and he moves his face toward mine, cupping my head in his hands.

10 metres, and our lips touch, if only for a second.

5 metres, and contact is made. Ecstasy runs through my veins, as paradise builds itself here, on this ground. Heaven on earth.

2 metres, and we are oblivious.

1 metre, and Xiantio jerks his head slightly, feeling something shooting towards him, but it is too late.

0 metres, and the bullet has pierced Xiantio's skull. 0 metres, and the forests on Xiantio's head have exploded into a fire, sending sparks into the stratosphere. 0 metres, and the smile on Xiantio's face, which always lit up my day, fell just as she fell down behind the log she was sitting on into the bracken below.

•

Five years earlier- before the War had begun and the Second Imperealis ascended - me, Xiantio, and Kraster were sitting in the same location. The sun, which our village called Zi'tia, was blossoming in the rich green and blue sky, baking the trees of Fimbletrex in beautiful orange fire. The wind ran through the woods, exciting all the little nebouri* and making them turn their small heads to look up for oncoming gryfosks**. Standing there, watching Xiantio fall, I could think of nothing I wanted more than to return to that life. A life of exams, of research, and of peaceful adventure. A world without fascist leaders, even if they were not perfect. A world with no war, and little violence. To me now, that world of yesteryear felt like a utopia, but to me then it just felt normal. You know what they say, you don't know what you have until you loose it.

*(pronounced neb-or-ee) a squirrel-like creatures with colours that reflect that of a nebula, and who's tail extends into the fourth dimension to allow very exact grip

**(pronounced gr-eye-fosks) a small fox-like creature, with vastly varying colours (predominantly blue or red) and wings. They hunt nebouri

Another time, I'm not sure if it was before or after the previous scene, or even if it matters. Xiantio was playing with my hair, stroking it gently and getting out his brush whenever she encountered a knot, which was embarrassingly often. Her hand reached down over my shoulder and rested atop my chest. A warm feeling, call it love, pushed itself through me, burning me. And the fire burnt away the memory to reveal, on the floor, Xiantio. My emotion-induced paralysis faded away, and the adrenaline kicked in. Save Xiantio. Save Xiantio. Save Xiantio.

I turned Xiantio over on the forest floor so that the wound was exposed to the air. Gross and pus-oozing, the cut reminded me of of the one corpse I had seen in my life, of my uncle Rava'thorn who had died at the natural age of 1000, but fell of a cliff in the process. I looked back on the minor medical training we had all been taught at the Academy, and put one leg on each side of Xiantio's body, and moved my chest down towards his head, placing my shirt firmly down upon the cut. My shoes were soaked in his blood, which was cascading down from the cut like the many tributaries of a river. I knew what this bullet was for it to have harmed him, and I knew how to remove it. Reaching down, I picked up one of the many flintstones from the floor and risked it all. I took the flintstone and brought it down underneath the bullet, hacking away at it. I knew this would release more blood, but without it he'd just keep on degrading and die. So I pushed and pushed the flintstone, which in turn pushed the bullet up like a see-saw. Push, and blood and pus eek out of the cut. Push, and the bullet gets closer to the surface. Push, and veins and arteries break, spilling open new sources for this bloody river. Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, the bullet rose above the cut, and I pulled it out, throwing it away. Without stopping for breath, I took of my shirt, crumpled it up, and placed it over the source of the bloodbath. Applying all of my weight into my hands and over the fabric, I held still, watching the blood continue to trickle slowly out of the wound. After some time, the bloodstream slowed down, but by this time his face had lost all resemblance of life. I wasn't even sure if he had survived, but I pressed on.

After fifty seven presses, the blood was just slowly trickling down.

Fifty nine, sixty. No blood.

•

Now, I understand at this point you may be confused. I've just been pressing hard onto somebody's skull, that's gonna do damage. And you'd be right, if us gieakronians were mortal. But we're not. As long as we're not 1,000 years old (which the bullet can induce, along with failing the regenerative process) we can always regenerate, or "heal" from wounds. So the mission here was to stop the bloodgushing and remove the bullet, everything else would fix itself.

•

But this was not the end. He could still have died minutes earlier. So I picked up his arm, still positioned over him, and put my forefinger to the vein next to his hand, on the underside, and the heavens opened, celestial glories enveloping me along with the transparent bullets of water from the sky. But these bullets wouldn't harm us. At first I thought it: I've got a pulse . Then I whispered it: "I've got a pulse". And in case the universe was playing a sly trick on me, I screamed it above the treetops: "IVE GOT A PULSE!". I jumped up and down, dancing around and, throwing my arms about. The crusty look that I hadn't even notice develop all over Xiantio's skin faded away as the wound closed itself up, and Xiantio stirred. Almost immediately I was at his side, and as soon as he could look up at me he smiled, and pulled me into a kiss, murmuring "where were we?"

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Here's A Little Get-To-Know-You Tag Game! Tagged by: @mjcace Name(s): Eden / Sumbreon / Sumb i do feel very settled on the name eden now but i have been going by sumbreon/sumb for... over a decade at this point fuck! Pronouns: she/he/they [yeah i know the bio says he/they but i am not out and get she'd all day, if we lived in a world where it wasn't a big deal it'd be she/he/they mixed up all the time] Star sign: Sagittarius # of Siblings & Fun Facts About Them (if you have any): 1 older brother, i'm baby! our faces are pretty much the exact same, there's a picture of me and him ages 11 and 13 respectively and its the same damn face # of Pets: 0 :[ no animals allowed just me and my many plants... if/when i move out i would like to get at least 1 pet Fandoms: i don't think i have ever actively been involved in a fandom, i feel like i'm sat by a river with a net cast and just letting whatever people i follow post about catch my interest. the way i use this site fandom is very much secondary i'm here to look at cool art and yeah i mostly find those people to follow through fandom but i follow them cause i like their art not cause they post about whatever i'm currently interested in. it's also fun to watch someone descend into the madness of a new fandom and decide yeah sure i'll give that a look you've convinced me with your art Favorite Color: YELLOW!!!! Favorite Song: listen... i am a guy who will listen to the same song over 1000 times in a single year i do this every year with a different song you can't expect me to choose... but also it's toothpick by small leaks sink ships i think i must be at least 10% of that play count at this point also i still don't fully know what the fuck the lyrics are cause i'm partially deaf but i know the sites are all fucking wrong and it bothers me

Favorite Author: Robin Hobb but she is also my enemy! let that man fucking rest! stop putting him in situations! in seriousness i don't think i've read enough in recent years to have a favourite author i need to make more time for it Hobbies: gaming, drawing, reading, embroidery, baking, photography and going to forests and just immediately leaving the path Favorite Holiday: easter purely because i can buy mini eggs and i love mini eggs Do You Have Any Partner(s): nope! that would require i go out and meet people and i don't do that Fun facts about you/anything extra you wanna share?: i think this is the most i've ever said about myself on this site and it's still nothing i like barely existing here Tagging: i have no one to tag if you see this and wanna do this go ahead

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u&i - Features of the U&I Titanic Best product Bluetooth headphones

The Titanic Series Bluetooth Neckband Headset is an exception u&I  best product  ( 2023 ) Since they all appear to be from unidentified brands, the Bluetooth earphone market under 1000 rupees is similar to the lucky dip stall at a funfair: you never know which item will be good.

u&i Bluetooth earphone Official Website . Com

Things in the box for the U&I Titanic Series Bluetooth Neckband reviewed include:

Micro USB charging cable for the Titanic Series Bluetooth Neckband Headset is compatible with any common charger.

There is no user manual included in the packaging, which would have been helpful.

TOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE U&I TITANIC

UiNB 3987 is the model name.

Bluetooth v5.0 Driver Dimensions: 10mm

Yes, dual pairing

Score for Sweat & Water: 0

Noise No Cancellation

Qualcomm aptX Classic & HD Decoder for audio

150 mAh battery capacity

Version of Bluetooth: 5.0

Up to 12 hours of talk time

Time for music: up to 10 hours

Over 50 hours on standby

Charge Duration: 1 to 2 hours

Micro USB Charging Type

Charging DC5V 135 mAh power

Transmission Range: 32 feet (10 metres)

Power Output: 3 mW x 2

110 dB of sensitivity at 1 kHz

16 Ohm Impedance

20Hz to 20KHz is the frequency range.

THD : <1%

HSP, HFP, A2DP, and AVRCP support profiles

Mic -42db Sensitivity

2200 Ohm for the mic impedance

Check Complete Detail Description

U&i Titanic evaluation

The U&I Titanic Series is a neckband-style headset, as we already explained. On the right side of the set are the inline controls and a Micro USB port.

Three control buttons on the side make up the inline controls. They can be used to answer or reject calls, play or pause music, and adjust volume. The call button in the centre serves as a power and a google assistant button simultaneously.

The headgear does have an internal microphone. With modest noise and few to no compression artefacts, this is a respectable illustration of the type. While generally speaking this is ideal for calls and the such, we would not suggest this arrangement specifically for recording reasons.

The neckband and the micro USB cord are included with the headset in a reusable Ziploc-style container. Although it is translucent, you might not want to use this as a carrying case, it is a great addition.

This set looks decent all over. The design strategy should be improved to look a little less cookie-cutter. Additionally, it would be wonderful if U&I provided at least one extra set of eartips in case your ears are different sizes and shapes from the ones that come with the device.

But hey, for that cost, you could still purchase yourself a brand-new set of eartips without going broke! Really impressive, wouldn't you say?

Features of the U&I Titanic Bluetooth headphones:

Titanic U&i features

Since this Bluetooth headset sounds too good to be true, let's discuss why it's a great purchase at that low, low price, or perhaps a little higher.

Sound Quality:

The audio quality of the Titanic Series Headset has received many positive reviews.

Additionally to having great bass response, the highs aren't very muddy either. Mids may have been a little bit better, but you'd have to look very far to get a better sounding set in this price range.

When you use the headset at 100% volume, there does seem to be some distortion. However, the Titanic Series is so loud that you should ideally listen to it at a volume between 50 and 70 percent.

Dynamic Range Over the Full Spectrum:

The whole audio range of the U&i review Titanic Series is from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Even some mid-range gadgets are unable to accomplish this.

The sound quality has received great feedback from all reviewers, despite the range not having been "fully tested" yet.

apt-X and Bluetooth 5.0:

The Titanic Series' ace in the hole is that it uses the most advanced Bluetooth technology.

Bluetooth 5.0 is a huge bonus because it allows for simultaneous pairing of two devices, quick pairing, and low battery consumption. Particularly if you're searching in this price range, as the majority of the competitors you find support Bluetooth 4.0 or 4.1.

Along with an HD Decoder, the Titanic Series also includes Qualcomm's apt-X technology, which enables high-quality audio without introducing extra latency.

What it signifies to you is that: More battery savings, a quicker Bluetooth connection, and less lag when playing games!

Effortless Use

Titanic specifications and cost

The Titanic series is a neckband-style set, making it both difficult to lose (as it is hanging continuously around your neck while you travel the world) and useful in other ways.

You can take a break and let the eartips hang because you won't need to keep the set plugged in all the time. At least your ears won't have to bear the brunt when you forget a case, even though sweat-resistance isn't a full-fat feature here.

The ear tips even have a magnetic retention mechanism that allows them to stick to one another's backs, ensuring that the wires connecting them to the band are never in risk of becoming tangled. Handy.

Playback Control Attached

The linked playback controller's extensive feature set enables a totally wireless experience.

Without ever touching your phone, you may take calls, play and switch tracks, and adjust the volume.

What this implies for you is that you won't need to take out your phone to change the music while you're out for a run.

Outstanding Battery Backup

The call time and playback time listed for the U&i Titanium series are over 12 and 10 hours, respectively.

The 150 mAh battery provides approximately 8 to 8 and a half hours of battery life at 70% loudness during actual use.

We do assume that the promised battery duration would be represented if you were to use the device at a volume of between 40 and 50 percent.

However, utilising them at 80% or close to would unquestionably result in results in less than six hours.

The sub 2-hour charging time on this headset is still welcomed, even though a rapid charge option is always good. The 50-hour standby is the same.

The USB micro B connector is the only area of darkness. Even headsets costing four times as much as this are currently only barely going USB C, so this is understandable.

You may expect a reasonable charging time and fantastic battery life as a result.

Final observations

We have covered every aspect of this headset's features that you might be interested in. The million dollar question is now: Is this headset right for you? Let's examine the benefits and drawbacks.

PROS AND CONS OF THE U&I TITANIC EARPHONES Pros:

Bluetooth 5.0 is quite affordable.

Battery life and sound quality above average Negatives

Micro USB

No noise cancellation or IP rating (although regrettably, those features aren't offered at this price anyhow)

U&I Tiananmen Square Review

So for whom is the U&I Titanic Series Headset intended?

Get this set if your current Bluetooth headset is less than Bluetooth 5.0 and/or is sluggish or has latency problems.

This is the most affordable Bluetooth headset we can confidently suggest if you're shopping for one.

This is unquestionably for you if you're seeking for a budget-friendly Bluetooth headset that delivers above-average performance.

This is your best option if you're only searching for a straightforward Bluetooth solution.

And if your new phone just got rid of the headphone port and you want to start using Bluetooth earphones, this is undoubtedly a nice set to start with.

[a-writable-paradox]

Goodbye, Xiantio... [Short Story]

We were just sitting on a rock in the Fimbletrex Forests holding hands and facing the Red Mountains.

Five miles due south, a soldier reached into her satchel pulled out a bullet, with the a symbol showing two circles intersecting with an eight-sided cross in the intersection. The symbol of Capatia. Due to the gieakronian's unique nature - that they could not die until 1000, at which point they immediately did - the Capital had to design a special bullet that accelerated the growth of its victim, although only temporarily. If the bullet was removed before and the victim made to not bleed out, it sent them to age 1000, their body would regress back to what age it had been before impact, as was the nature of the gieakronian gift/curse.

Five miles due south, the end of Xiantio's world escaped the barrel, pushing through the atmosphere of Gieakron, and making it towards the target. The Blue Fields zoomed on by; the bullet did not hit a single blade of grass.

100 metres, and Xiantio reached out his hand towards my face.

50 metres, and my face is facing his, eye to eye.

25 metres, and he moves his face toward mine, cupping my head in his hands.

10 metres, and our lips touch, if only for a second.

5 metres, and contact is made. Ecstasy runs through my veins, as paradise builds itself here, on this ground. Heaven on earth.

2 metres, and we are oblivious.

1 metre, and Xiantio jerks his head slightly, feeling something shooting towards him, but it is too late.

0 metres, and the bullet has pierced Xiantio's skull. 0 metres, and the forests on Xiantio's head have exploded into a fire, sending sparks into the stratosphere. 0 metres, and the smile on Xiantio's face, which always lit up my day, fell just as she fell down behind the log she was sitting on into the bracken below.

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Five years earlier- before the War had begun and the Second Imperealis ascended - me, Xiantio, and Kraster were sitting in the same location. The sun, which our village called Zi'tia, was blossoming in the rich green and blue sky, baking the trees of Fimbletrex in beautiful orange fire. The wind ran through the woods, exciting all the little nebouri* and making them turn their small heads to look up for oncoming gryfosks**. Standing there, watching Xiantio fall, I could think of nothing I wanted more than to return to that life. A life of exams, of research, and of peaceful adventure. A world without fascist leaders, even if they were not perfect. A world with no war, and little violence. To me now, that world of yesteryear felt like a utopia, but to me then it just felt normal. You know what they say, you don't know what you have until you loose it.

*(pronounced neb-or-ee) a squirrel-like creatures with colours that reflect that of a nebula, and who's tail extends into the fourth dimension to allow very exact grip

**(pronounced gr-eye-fosks) a small fox-like creature, with vastly varying colours (predominantly blue or red) and wings. They hunt nebouri

Another time, I'm not sure if it was before or after the previous scene, or even if it matters. Xiantio was playing with my hair, stroking it gently and getting out his brush whenever she encountered a knot, which was embarrassingly often. Her hand reached down over my shoulder and rested atop my chest. A warm feeling, call it love, pushed itself through me, burning me. And the fire burnt away the memory to reveal, on the floor, Xiantio. My emotion-induced paralysis faded away, and the adrenaline kicked in. Save Xiantio. Save Xiantio. Save Xiantio.

I turned Xiantio over on the forest floor so that the wound was exposed to the air. Gross and pus-oozing, the cut reminded me of of the one corpse I had seen in my life, of my uncle Rava'thorn who had died at the natural age of 1000, but fell of a cliff in the process. I looked back on the minor medical training we had all been taught at the Academy, and put one leg on each side of Xiantio's body, and moved my chest down towards his head, placing my shirt firmly down upon the cut. My shoes were soaked in his blood, which was cascading down from the cut like the many tributaries of a river. I knew what this bullet was for it to have harmed him, and I knew how to remove it. Reaching down, I picked up one of the many flintstones from the floor and risked it all. I took the flintstone and brought it down underneath the bullet, hacking away at it. I knew this would release more blood, but without it he'd just keep on degrading and die. So I pushed and pushed the flintstone, which in turn pushed the bullet up like a see-saw. Push, and blood and pus eek out of the cut. Push, and the bullet gets closer to the surface. Push, and veins and arteries break, spilling open new sources for this bloody river. Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, the bullet rose above the cut, and I pulled it out, throwing it away. Without stopping for breath, I took of my shirt, crumpled it up, and placed it over the source of the bloodbath. Applying all of my weight into my hands and over the fabric, I held still, watching the blood continue to trickle slowly out of the wound. After some time, the bloodstream slowed down, but by this time his face had lost all resemblance of life. I wasn't even sure if he had survived, but I pressed on.

After fifty seven presses, the blood was just slowly trickling down.

Fifty nine, sixty. No blood.

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Now, I understand at this point you may be confused. I've just been pressing hard onto somebody's skull, that's gonna do damage. And you'd be right, if us gieakronians were mortal. But we're not. As long as we're not 1,000 years old (which the bullet can induce, along with failing the regenerative process) we can always regenerate, or "heal" from wounds. So the mission here was to stop the bloodgushing and remove the bullet, everything else would fix itself.

-----------

But this was not the end. He could still have died minutes earlier. So I picked up his arm, still positioned over him, and put my forefinger to the vein next to his hand, on the underside, and the heavens opened, celestial glories enveloping me along with the transparent bullets of water from the sky. But these bullets wouldn't harm us. At first I thought it: I've got a pulse . Then I whispered it: "I've got a pulse". And in case the universe was playing a sly trick on me, I screamed it above the treetops: "IVE GOT A PULSE!". I jumped up and down, dancing around and, throwing my arms about. The crusty look that I hadn't even notice develop all over Xiantio's skin faded away as the wound closed itself up, and Xiantio stirred. Almost immediately I was at his side, and as soon as he could look up at me he smiled, and pulled me into a kiss, murmuring "where were we?"