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Long shot, but there's thousands of you and only one of me...
An old friend of mine is missing. His name is Anthony and he was last seen in Macon Georgia on foot near Courtland Ave and Montpelier Ave on December 27, 2023, but also has ties in Northeast Ohio and Central Florida. He has schizophrenia and suffers from kidney failure and may be in need of immediate help.
Anthony is 5'10" and about 175 lb, with long straight medium brown hair usually worn in a ponytail or braid and brown eyes (see photos). He likes video games and motorcycles and his family and friends miss him desperately. A Missing Person's report has been filed in Bibb County Georgia as of January 1, 2024.
If you've seen him or see him, please contact the Bibb county sheriff’s office at 478-751-7500 or anonymously call Macon Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
The Slimecicle analyst sleeper agent in me woke up again we analysing shit
The dynamic between qSlime and Sunny is so fascinating - like by law yes they are bound together as family and of course they care about each other and trust each other to an extent, yet there's always this distance that they try to keep.
Both Slime and Sunny put in the effort to get to know one another despite what other people say about them, but there's a billion unanswered questions Sunny has for their pop - and a billion unspoken secrets that Slime doesn't have the vulnerability to share.
Notably the assassination Slime initially had on Sunny (he never tells her this), and the conversation the two of them had in the snow when Sunny brings up the rumours. Even towards his daughter Slime is defensive, he doesn't coddle them as much as he did with Juanaflippa. The distinction between Juanaflippa (as a concept) and Sunny for Slime's character is extremely important as Sunny (even as his daughter) does not fit that flippa mold. By doing this Slime draws this line as a response from his trauma, but when these lines start to blur as Slime and Sunny do more father-daughter stuff together (egg tasks, games, lullabies) -- is when Slime starts to break down (eg: the bedtime rap).
There's only so much they can do as a family without addressing the glaring holes in their relationship before it gets worse.
tubbo’s 5 day long copiuming for étoiles to show up paid off <33 (transcript below the cut)
[Video transcript:
Tubbo: ‘Did Etoiles arrive?’ What do you mean, Etoiles has always been here, I’m in his basement right now. What do you mean ‘did he arrive’. I’m literally in his basement. He’s always been here. I’m literally in his basement, man.
Tubbo: And you’ve literally interrupted me again, wow! Wow. While I’m telling you the most important part of my story. Wow.
Tubbo: Wow, ‘show us’? Oh, I can’t. I— he’s camera shy, he’s camera shy, you know Etoiles. He’s camera shy, he’s a faceless streamer. He’s a faceless streamer! It’d be wrong to show him but just know he’s here! He is here, he’s just camera shy.
Tubbo: And he’s been so nice to let me stream in his basement so I don’t wanna like— you know, I don’t wanna like interrupt. Like you know? Like— it’s his boundaries, don’t— don’t, it’s his boundaries. Just he is here, I promise he’s here! I promise.
[sound of door opening]
Tubbo: He— he is definitely here. He is— [looks to the side, starts yelling]
[Etoiles enters, pushes Tubbo over and out of the way of the gaming setup]
Etoiles: Wh- where is the game? [gestures to computer screen]
Tubbo: What game? Oh, I haven’t started yet
Etoiles: [disappointment]
Tubbo: Pfft, hey!
Etoiles: We don’t give a shit about your shitty Just Chatting! Discussing about dumb stuff, saying—
Tubbo: What do you mean dumb stuff? It’s not dumb
Etoiles: [imitating Tubbo] Uhhh look, I’m with ten of my friends and I just want to— I’m here, pressing buttons—
Etoiles: No, the setup is kinda cool
Tubbo: Yeah, yeah, see it’s alright! It’s alright—
Damn! I've not been online much for the last week and I missed the leftover cat/fish October Daye preorder pins going on sale at Sevenish Magpies and they're all sold out.
I'm so disappointed, they are so pretty.
Some of the earlier pins are still available here, for folk who want them: