#AI Hacks in excel

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Unleashing the Power: Mastering Excel with AI Hacks in MS Office

Introduction

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, harnessing the potential of AI integration in MS Office has become paramount, especially in our daily work with Microsoft Office tools like Excel, PowerPoint (PPT), and Word. Today, we embark on a journey to master AI hacks that seamlessly integrate with MS Office, focusing on the game-changer – ChatGPT.

Mastering Excel with AI Hack

Excel Revolutionized: Unleashing AI Power

Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet powerhouse, has seen a paradigm shift with the integration of AI. Gone are the days of manually crunching numbers; AI has ushered in a new era of efficiency and accuracy.

Smart Formulas and Functions: ChatGPT assists in creating intelligent formulas, optimizing data analysis, and suggesting the most relevant functions for your spreadsheet needs.

Dynamic Data Visualization: Visualizing data becomes an art with AI-driven insights. Excel, with ChatGPT, transforms into a dynamic canvas where trends and patterns are unveiled effortlessly.

Data Manipulation Mastery: AI aids in automating repetitive tasks, enabling you to focus on strategic decision-making rather than mundane data manipulation.

AI Integration in MS Office

The Seamless Blend: AI Tools in PPT and Word

Beyond Excel, the integration of AI in MS Office extends to PowerPoint and Word, adding a layer of intelligence to your presentations and documents.

Powerful Presentations with PPT: ChatGPT elevates your PowerPoint game by providing real-time speech-to-text capabilities, ensuring your presentations are not only visually appealing but also accessible and engaging.

AI-Enhanced Content Creation in Word: Experience a revolutionary approach to document creation. ChatGPT assists in generating content, offering language suggestions, and even aiding in proofreading – all within the familiar confines of Microsoft Word.

Unlocking the Potential: Tips and Tricks

Seamless Integration for a Productive Workflow

Real-Time Collaboration: Leverage AI to enhance collaboration in Excel, PPT, and Word, allowing multiple users to work seamlessly on documents, presentations, and spreadsheets.

Natural Language Queries: Communicate with your MS Office applications using natural language, making interactions more intuitive and user-friendly.

Automated Macros: Excel becomes a powerhouse of automation with AI-driven macros, streamlining repetitive tasks and boosting overall productivity.

Conclusion: Redefining Productivity

As we navigate the intersection of AI and MS Office, the possibilities are limitless. Mastering Excel with AI hacks and seamlessly integrating AI across the suite transforms routine tasks into opportunities for creativity and innovation. Embrace the future of work, where ChatGPT and AI tools in MS Office redefine productivity, one document, spreadsheet, and presentation at a time. The journey to mastery begins now!

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[riflesniper]

now that i've got BOTH of these designs out of the way, i may have been cookin with @2-eeillustration lately to get my goobers in da return_0 zone...

agent green, a mellow transhuman bot with a friendly presence who mostly does S&R, lost media retrieval and scouting missions for the golden circle. however, if the situation calls for it, he's a great sharpshooter and excels at melee combat. you'll often catch him being danced around by the younger agents who like him or gauging how to woo men that are more in his maturity range. will NOT put gold on his uniform aside from the circle keychain.

AI magnus; pragmatic, kind and patient. he appears rather innocuous at first (aside from the strange visor) but is actually a massive quantum supercomputer piloted by his formerly human consciousness; his true body is a huge bunker dug deep somewhere in the geologically stable canadian shield. he lets the AI CAMEO point him to where his obscenely strong quantum hacking prowess is needed.

[danishphoner]

Oh I'm so interested! Thank you! Could you share your preparations to write a fic? Maybe you could give a piece of advice or smth if it's possible

omg it's my pleasure! truly appreciate your interest on the matter :')

and of course, thanks so much for asking! i have a quite methodical writing process that works for me, but i think the following tips can help other writers to extract and adapt some information to their own process! here's what i do:

our ideas just emerge from nowhere. whether it's during a shower, or before we fall asleep, or during a dental procedure (yes... this happened to me once), it's crucial to try to keep them fresh in our thoughts until we have time to annotate them. that's why, besides a phone with a fairly accessible notes app, i carry a small moleskin with me, because when these sudden new ideas surge into your mind, if you don't annotate them somewhere, they'll surely escape and you'll end up hating yourself for not having “saved” them, that's for sure. imo the human brain could be comparable to an operational system: if we don't save our files (ideas), they'll be lost perpetually (unless you can hack your own kernel but that's another story);

research!!!! this is perhaps my most preferred tip: consistent research prior to the beginning of your structured writing is essential. not only will it provide valuable information that will turn your project into an almost-perfectly vivid piece of work, but more research can spark more ideas. my advice is to do consistent research on the topic before AND during the writing process, as there will always be a chance of stumbling upon a piece of information regarding the topic you're writing about that you were not aware of;

i try not to “only write when i'm inspired”. as soon as i gather my ideas into something discernible in my notes app and/or my moleskin, i transfer them to a google docs file and start structuring the story according to the theme/type. currently, i have two academic jobs and i'm doing a second degree lol so even if i only have the time/energy/will to write like, 30 minutes a day, that's more than enough! just don't go too long without writing anything;

this is something i learned with academic writing: i do not start writing the story... in the introduction(?). i mean, i don't create the introduction first - i prefer to build a particular scene first (be it a scene that will be part of the fifth paragraph, or even the last scene), and then structure the story around it. it's an odd method and not always advisable, but it's a tool that helps me write and rewrite (∞ times) chunks of text throughout the process;

i must stop so as not to elongate myself but here are two tools that help me to write when i'm "stuck" on a sentence or a paragraph, and also for revising and proofreading drafts and/or the final work: one look, which is a guide and thesaurus that scans over a thousand dictionaries and helps a lot with synonyms, antonyms, figurative language, and so on; and the thesaurus dot com itself. lately it's been really difficult to access quality tools that do not make use of AI, but the few that don't are just excellent (i'm very fond of one look tbh).

hope these tips are not too confusing to understand or too superficial haha, if you have further questions feel free to send me another message!

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Twinkfrump Linkdump

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in CHICAGO (Apr 17), Torino (Apr 21) Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!

Welcome to the seventeenth Pluralistic linkdump, a collection of all the miscellany that didn't make it into the week's newsletter, cunningly wrought together in a single edition that ranges from the first ISP to AI nonsense to labor organizing victories to the obituary of a brilliant scientist you should know a lot more about! Here's the other 16 dumps:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

If you're reading this (and you are!), it was delivered to you by an internet service provider. Today, the ISP industry is calcified, controlled by a handful of telcos and cable companies. But the idea of an "ISP" didn't come out of a giant telecommunications firm – it was created, in living memory, by excellent nerds who are still around.

Depending on how you reckon, The Little Garden was either the first or the second ISP in America. It was named after a Palo Alto Chinese restaurant frequented by its founders. To get a sense of that founding, read these excellent recollections by Tom Jennings, whose contributions include the seminal zine Homocore, the seminal networking protocol Fidonet, and the seminal third-party PC ROM, whence came Dell, Gateway, Compaq, and every other "PC clone" company.

The first installment describes how an informal co-op to network a few friends turned into a business almost by accident, with thousands of dollars flowing in and out of Jennings' bank account:

https://www.sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/TLG/TLG.html

And it describes how that ISP set a standard for neutrality, boldly declaring that "TLGnet exercises no control whatsoever over the content of the information." They introduced an idea of radical transparency, documenting their router configurations and other technical details and making them available to the public. They hired unskilled punk and queer kids from their communities and trained them to operate the network equipment they'd invented, customized or improvised.

In part two, Jennings talks about the evolution of TLG's radical business-plan: to offer unrestricted service, encouraging their customers to resell that service to people in their communities, having no lock-in, unbundling extra services including installation charges – the whole anti-enshittification enchilada:

https://www.sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/TLG/

I love Jennings and his work. I even gave him a little cameo in Picks and Shovels, the third Martin Hench novel, which will be out next winter. He's as lyrical a writer about technology as you could ask for, and he's also a brilliant engineer and thinker.

The Little Garden's founders and early power-users have all fleshed out Jennings' account of the birth of ISPs. Writing on his blog, David "DSHR" Rosenthal rounds up other histories from the likes of EFF co-founder John Gilmore and Tim Pozar:

https://blog.dshr.org/2024/04/the-little-garden.html

Rosenthal describes some of the more exotic shenanigans TLG got up to in order to do end-runs around the Bell system's onerous policies, hacking in the purest sense of the word, for example, by daisy-chaining together modems in regions with free local calling and then making "permanent local calls," with the modems staying online 24/7.

Enshittification came to the ISP business early and hit it hard. The cartel that controls your access to the internet today is a billion light-years away from the principled technologists who invented the industry with an ethos of care, access and fairness. Today's ISPs are bitterly opposed to Net Neutrality, the straightforward proposition that if you request some data, your ISP should send it to you as quickly and reliably as it can.

Instead, ISPs want to offer "slow-lanes" where they will relegate the whole internet, except for those companies that bribe the ISP to be delivered at normal speed. ISPs have a laughably transparent way of describing this: they say that they're allowing services to pay for "fast lanes" with priority access. This is the same as the giant grocery store that charges you extra unless you surrender your privacy with a "loyalty card" – and then says that they're offering a "discount" for loyal customers, rather than charging a premium to customers who don't want to be spied on.

The American business lobby loves this arrangement, and hates Net Neutrality. Having monopolized every sector of our economy, they are extremely fond of "winner take all" dynamics, and that's what a non-neutral ISP delivers: the biggest services with the deepest pockets get the most reliable delivery, which means that smaller services don't just have to be better than the big guys, they also have to be able to outbid them for "priority carriage."

If everything you get from your ISP is slow and janky, except for the dominant services, then the dominant services can skimp on quality and pocket the difference. That's the goal of every monopolist – not just to be too big to fail, but also too big to care.

Under the Trump administration, FCC chair Ajit Pai dismantled the Net Neutrality rule, colluding with American big business to rig the process. They accepted millions of obviously fake anti-Net Neutrality comments (one million identical comments from @pornhub.com addresses, comments from dead people, comments from sitting US Senators who support Net Neutrality) and declared open season on American internet users:

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-issues-report-detailing-millions-fake-comments-revealing

Now, Biden's FCC is set to reinstate Net Neutrality – but with a "compromise" that will make mobile internet (which nearly all of use sometimes, and the poorest of us are reliant on) a swamp of anticompetitive practices:

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2024/04/harmful-5g-fast-lanes-are-coming-fcc-needs-stop-them

Under the proposed rule, mobile carriers will be able to put traffic to and from apps in the slow lane, and then extort bribes from preferred apps for normal speed and delivery. They'll rely on parts of the 5G standard to pull off this trick.

The ISP cartel and the FCC insist that this is fine because web traffic won't be degraded, but of course, every service is hellbent on pushing you into using apps instead of the web. That's because the web is an open platform, which means you can install ad- and privacy-blockers. More than half of web users have installed a blocker, making it the largest boycott in human history:

https://doc.searls.com/2023/11/11/how-is-the-worlds-biggest-boycott-doing/

But reverse-engineering and modding an app is a legal minefield. Just removing the encryption from an app can trigger criminal penalties under Section 1201 of the DMCA, carrying a five-year prison sentence and a $500k fine. An app is just a web-page skinned in enough IP that it's a felony to mod it.

Apps are enshittification's vanguard, and the fact that the FCC has found a way to make them even worse is perversely impressive. They're voting on this on April 25, and they have until April 24 to fix this. They should. They really should:

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-401676A1.pdf

In a just world, cheating ripoff ISPs would the top tech policy story. The operational practices of ISPs effect every single one us. We literally can't talk about tech policy without ISPs in the middle. But Net Neutrality is an also-ran in tech policy discourse, while AI – ugh ugh ugh – is the thing none of us can shut up about.

This, despite the fact that the most consequential AI applications sum up to serving as a kind of moral crumple-zone for shitty business practices. The point of AI isn't to replace customer service and other low-paid workers who have taken to demanding higher wages and better conditions – it's to fire those workers and replace them with chatbots that can't do their jobs. An AI salesdroid can't sell your boss a bot that can replace you, but they don't need to. They only have to convince your boss that the bot can do your job, even if it can't.

SF writer Karl Schroeder is one of the rare sf practitioners who grapples seriously with the future, a "strategic foresight" guy who somehow skirts the bullshit that is the field's hallmark:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/07/the-gernsback-continuum/#wheres-my-jetpack

Writing on his blog, Schroeder describes the AI debates roiling the Association of Professional Futurists, and how it's sucking him into being an unwilling participant in the AI hype cycle:

https://kschroeder.substack.com/p/dragged-into-the-ai-hype-cycle

Schroeder's piece is a thoughtful meditation on the relationship of SF's thought-experiments and parables about AI to the promises of AI hucksters, who promise that a) "general artificial intelligence" is just around the corner and that b) it will be worth trillions of dollars.

Schroeder – like other sf writers including Ted Chiang and Charlie Stross (and me) – comes to the conclusion that AI panic isn't about AI, it's about power. The artificial life-form devouring the planet and murdering our species is the limited liability corporation, and its substrate isn't silicon, it's us, human bodies:

What’s lying underneath all our anxieties about AGI is an anxiety that has nothing to do with Artificial Intelligence. Instead, it’s a manifestation of our growing awareness that our world is being stolen from under us. Last year’s estimate put the amount of wealth currently being transferred from the people who made it to an idle billionaire class at $5.2 trillion. Artificial General Intelligence whose environment is the server farms and sweatshops of this class is frightening only because of its capacity to accelerate this greatest of all heists.

After all, the business-case for AI is so very thin that the industry can only survive on a torrent of hype and nonsense – like claims that Amazon's "Grab and Go" stores used "AI" to monitor shoppers and automatically bill them for their purchases. In reality, the stores used thousands of low-paid Indian workers to monitor cameras and manually charge your card. This happens so often that Indian technologists joke that "AI" stands for "absent Indians":

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/29/pay-no-attention/#to-the-little-man-behind-the-curtain

Isn't it funny how all the really promising AI applications are in domains that most of us aren't qualified to assess? Like the claim that Google's AI was producing millions of novel materials that will shortly revolutionize all forms of production, from construction to electronics to medical implants:

https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/millions-of-new-materials-discovered-with-deep-learning/

That's what Google's press-release claimed, anyway. But when two groups of experts actually pulled a representative sample of these "new materials" from the Deep Mind database, they found that none of these materials qualified as "credible, useful and novel":

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00643

Writing about the researchers' findings for 404 Media, Jason Koebler cites Berkeley researchers who concluded that "no new materials have been discovered":

https://www.404media.co/google-says-it-discovered-millions-of-new-materials-with-ai-human-researchers/

The researchers say that AI data-mining for new materials is promising, but falls well short of Google's claim to be so transformative that it constitutes the "equivalent to nearly 800 years’ worth of knowledge" and "an order-of-magnitude expansion in stable materials known to humanity."

AI hype keeps the bubble inflating, and for so long as it keeps blowing up, all those investors who've sunk their money into AI can tell themselves that they're rich. This is the essence of "a bezzle": "The magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it":

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/09/autocomplete-worshippers/#the-real-ai-was-the-corporations-that-we-fought-along-the-way

Among the best debezzlers of AI are the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy's Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, who edit the "AI Snake Oil" blog. Now, they've sold a book with the same title:

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/ai-snake-oil-is-now-available-to

Obviously, books move a lot more slowly than blogs, and so Narayanan and Kapoor say their book will focus on the timeless elements of identifying and understanding AI snake oil:

In the book, we explain the crucial differences between types of AI, why people, companies, and governments are falling for AI snake oil, why AI can’t fix social media, and why we should be far more worried about what people will do with AI than about anything AI will do on its own. While generative AI is what drives press, predictive AI used in criminal justice, finance, healthcare, and other domains remains far more consequential in people’s lives. We discuss in depth how predictive AI can go wrong. We also warn of the dangers of a world where AI continues to be controlled by largely unaccountable big tech companies.

The book's out in September and it's up for pre-order now:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/ai-snake-oil-what-artificial-intelligence-can-do-what-it-can-t-and-how-to-tell-the-difference-arvind-narayanan/21324674

One of the weirder and worst side-effects of the AI hype bubble is that it has revived the belief that it's somehow possible for giant platforms to monitor all their users' speech and remove "harmful" speech. We've tried this for years, and when humans do it, it always ends with disfavored groups being censored, while dedicated trolls, harassers and monsters evade punishment:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/07/como-is-infosec/

AI hype has led policy-makers to believe that we can deputize online services to spy on all their customers and block the bad ones without falling into this trap. Canada is on the verge of adopting Bill C-63, a "harmful content" regulation modeled on examples from the UK and Australia.

Writing on his blog, Canadian lawyer/activist/journalist Dimitri Lascaris describes the dire speech implications for C-63:

https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/04/08/trudeaus-online-harms-bill-threatens-free-speech/

It's an excellent legal breakdown of the bill's provisions, but also a excellent analysis of how those provisions are likely to play out in the lives of Canadians, especially those advocating against genocide and taking other positions the that oppose the agenda of the government of the day.

Even if you like the Trudeau government and its policies, these powers will accrue to every Canadian government, including the presumptive (and inevitably, totally unhinged) near-future Conservative majority government of Pierre Poilievre.

It's been ten years since Martin Gilens and Benjamin I Page published their paper that concluded that governments make policies that are popular among elites, no matter how unpopular they are among the public:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B

Now, this is obviously depressing, but when you see it in action, it's kind of wild. The Biden administration has declared war on junk fees, from "resort fees" charged by hotels to the dozens of line-items added to your plane ticket, rental car, or even your rent check. In response, Republican politicians are climbing to their rear haunches and, using their actual human mouths, defending junk fees:

https://prospect.org/politics/2024-04-12-republicans-objectively-pro-junk-fee/

Congressional Republicans are hell-bent on destroying the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's $8 cap on credit-card late-fees. Trump's presumptive running-mate Tim Scott is making this a campaign plank: "Vote for me and I will protect your credit-card company's right to screw you on fees!" He boasts about the lobbyists who asked him to take this position: champions of the public interest from the Consumer Bankers Association to the US Chamber of Commerce.

Banks stand to lose $10b/year from this rule (which means Americans stand to gain $10b/year from this rule). What's more, Scott's attempt to kill the rule is doomed to fail – there's just no procedural way it will fly. As David Dayen writes, "Not only does this vote put Republicans on the spot over junk fees, it’s a doomed vote, completely initiated by their own possible VP nominee."

This is an hilarious own-goal, one that only brings attention to a largely ignored – but extremely good – aspect of the Biden administration. As Adam Green of Bold Progressives told Dayen, "What’s been missing is opponents smoking themselves out and raising the volume of this fight so the public knows who is on their side."

The CFPB is a major bright spot in the Biden administration's record. They're doing all kind of innovative things, like making it easy for you to figure out which bank will give you the best deal and then letting you transfer your account and all its associated data, records and payments with a single click:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/21/let-my-dollars-go/#personal-financial-data-rights

And now, CFPB chair Rohit Chopra has given a speech laying out the agency's plan to outlaw data-brokers:

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/prepared-remarks-of-cfpb-director-rohit-chopra-at-the-white-house-on-data-protection-and-national-security/

Yes, this is some good news! There is, in fact, good news in the world, bright spots amidst all the misery and terror. One of those bright spots? Labor.

Unions are back, baby. Not only do the vast majority of Americans favor unions, not only are new shops being unionized at rates not seen in generations, but also the largest unions are undergoing revolutions, with control being wrestled away from corrupt union bosses and given to the rank-and-file.

Many of us have heard about the high-profile victories to take back the UAW and Teamsters, but I hadn't heard about the internal struggles at the United Food and Commercial Workers, not until I read Hamilton Nolan's gripping account for In These Times:

https://inthesetimes.com/article/revolt-aisle-5-ufcw-grocery-workers-union

Nolan profiles Faye Guenther, president of UFCW Local 3000 and her successful and effective fight to bring a militant spirit back to the union, which represents a million grocery workers. Nolan describes the fight as "every bit as dramatic as any episode of Game of Thrones," and he's not wrong. This is an inspiring tale of working people taking power away from scumbag monopoly bosses and sellout fatcat leaders – and, in so doing, creating a institution that gets better wages, better working conditions, and a better economy, by helping to block giant grocery mergers like Kroger/Albertsons.

I like to end these linkdumps on an up note, so it feels weird to be closing out with an obituary, but I'd argue that any celebration of the long life and many accomplishments of my friend and mentor Anne Innis Dagg is an "up note."

I last wrote about Anne in 2020, on the release of a documentary about her work, "The Woman Who Loved Giraffes":

https://pluralistic.net/2020/02/19/pluralist-19-feb-2020/#annedagg

As you might have guessed from the title of that doc, Anne was a biologist. She was the first woman scientist to do field-work on giraffes, and that work was so brilliant and fascinating that it kicked off the modern field of giraffology, which remains a woman-dominated specialty thanks to her tireless mentoring and support for the scientists that followed her.

Anne was also the world's most fearsome slayer of junk-science "evolutionary psychology," in which "scientists" invent unfalsifiable just-so stories that prove that some odious human characteristic is actually "natural" because it can be found somewhere in the animal kingdom (i.e., "Darling, please, it's not my fault that I'm fucking my grad students, it's the bonobos!").

Anne wrote a classic – and sadly out of print – book about this that I absolutely adore, not least for having one of the best titles I've ever encountered: "Love of Shopping" Is Not a Gene:

https://memex.craphound.com/2009/11/04/love-of-shopping-is-not-a-gene-exposing-junk-science-and-ideology-in-darwinian-psychology/

Anne was my advisor at the University of Waterloo, an institution that denied her tenure for fifty years, despite a brilliant academic career that rivaled that of her storied father, Harold Innis ("the thinking person's Marshall McLuhan"). The fact that Waterloo never recognized Anne is doubly shameful when you consider that she was awarded the Order of Canada:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/queen-of-giraffes-among-new-order-of-canada-recipients-with-global-influence

Anne lived a brilliant live, struggling through adversity, never compromising on her principles, inspiring a vast number of students and colleagues. She lived to ninety one, and died earlier this month. Her ashes will be spread "on the breeding grounds of her beloved giraffes" in South Africa this summer:

https://obituaries.therecord.com/obituary/anne-innis-dagg-1089534658

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/13/goulash/#material-misstatement

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CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

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This just popped into my head about Ch6 of SFaL, but has Julie ever talked about what happened in Area Zero against AI Turo? It's obvious she's got trauma from it but has she ever spoken about it with her friends? 💖

Oooo excellent question!

Heavy lore inbound. Tread with caution.

With Kieran, yes. With Carmine, vaguely. With the Paldea Gang, no. At least, not in detail.

They know the fight happened and they couldn’t get in the locked room while it happened, but they heard and saw nothing until the door opened when the AI was defeated. They saw her look terribly shook up and pale, but otherwise whole. At best they assumed it was just a really stressful battle and not a potential deathmatch if she had lost.

At the time, Julie brushed it off and told them she was fine. She wasn’t physically hurt, her Pokemon were safe, and the mission was complete.

But then the nightmares started happening around the what ifs. They know she has nightmares about the battle but she won’t describe them and they won’t push her to do so.

Kieran was the only one Julie felt like she could open up to about it, since he also came close to dying down there during the Terapagos battle. In her mind, he’s the only one who “gets it.”

He’s seen her wake up sobbing over those memories, and she’s seen him break down too. They lean on each other a lot.

Carmine knows about their Area Zero nightmares as well, just not the details. She had them for a while too, especially right after the Terapagos battle.

Julie feels guilty that she has never told them about that fight, but she has her reasons.

Julie never told Arven the details because he carries enough trauma around his father’s absence and passing. Knowing that an AI copy of his father put his best friend’s life at risk would have likely made him isolate himself from her out of guilt.

She never told Penny and Nemona at the time because she didn’t want to scare them - and knew them well enough that it wouldn’t have gone well.

Nemona would internalize that guilt of being unable to get in that room with brute force and it’d eat her up.

Penny would beat herself up for not being able to hack into the computer to break in if she knew her best friend’s life was at stake. (Think the SBSB meltdown she had on the phone with Kieran but worse.)

That fear of overburdening her friends is alive and well - they know all about her past before Paldea, but she fears something like this would be too much for them to handle.

(It isn’t true, but she’s going to believe this for a while yet. 💔)

[sunkissedliterarylightofchrist]

I thought you were utterly against monster stories- what changed? (Also I just haven’t been online in a while so startled by your shift)

I don’t ever recall saying I am ‘utterly against monster stories’— they’re just not my personal preference.

I don’t like being intentionally scared, I don’t like excessive gore or creepy things or stuff like that. I just truly cannot handle it. Even if I just see a thirty second Halloween stalker horror movie ad, I kindaaaa freak out. There was a solid month where this TERRIBLE Spotify ad for some ai creepy doll or whatever movie kept playing literally every day, and it got to the point where every time the stupid computers voice said ‘Hi’ before it launched into the thing of how it could see me and was going to hack my phone and kill my family, I would smack my headphones off (breaking my glasses once) and proceeded to be two seconds away from a panic attack. Had to report the ad to Spotify dozens of times before literally calling them to fix it I was so freaked out. Couldn’t even play my music normally without expecting it and being on edge all day long. Such a tiny thing consumed my mind. So I’ve just always avoided anything remotely in that direction like the plague. Rather have nothing to do with it then not be able to function normally for days because I dunked my head in too far where it didn’t belong.

Then last year when Halloween did roll around I was chatting it up with my best friend @artist-issues who LOVES monster stories. Not, like, really bad ones that are just horror for horrors sake, like that cursed ai horror movie ad, but the concept of how it can preach the Gospel, and I believe she only likes them if there is some imagery of that sort in them, otherwise it’s a waste. After four months of nudging, I finally caved and read Clemence Housmans The Were-Wolf (which is where you probably got this question from). And…. Yeah mind slightly changed xD She has gotten me to like her ideal concept of monster stories and how that short story played it out was nothing short of excellent.

BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE TIME AND IF SHE WANTS ME TO CLAIM THE TITLE OF ‘LIKING MONSTER STORIES’ THIS HAS TO BECOME A REGULAR THING. So. There. Dared.

I guess there are some exceptions to this rule of me not preferring scary stuff though? If you’ve followed me for as long as you seemed to have, you know I like this running game Zombies Run! Which plays audio noises of zombies growling and trying to eat you. I think that can qualify as scary. But I think that it’s just one thing, audio noises. Which, the way I run it most of the time, is played in open air while I’m running outside in a rural area, and can see for miles, and no matter how close the zombies sound, I can physically see that I’m incredibly safe and the most dangerous thing that could happen is if I tripped off the road into a gorge and broke my leg. So there’s a ‘safeguard’ if you will.

Or, with like, reading this short story, while it had tension and was suspenseful, it was never outright scary. I think it was written that way on purpose. I went through my normal reader motions of being captivated by the story, but I was never actually scared or nervous about what I was reading. (Because Artist is a good friend and would never intentionally have someone do something that they’d be hurt by)

I am thinking that perhaps where I get tripped up is if the scarier media in question is designed to capture your mind and forces you to think and focus on it. Which movies do really well, because movies are designed to capture your mind and be totally submersed in it for two hours. And then a well-made movie will continue to have you think about it for days, weeks, years. Between the visuals, dialogue, soundtrack, effects, camera angles, all of it, made to capture the audience. And sometimes books can do that too, but not quite as ‘powerful’ an extent, and certainly not as fast. You can put down a book far more quickly and easily if you start to get icky from it then flip off a screen. Maybe I’m wrong with how I think about this, but it’s a good guess.

My guess is that the only monster stories I’ve ever thought existed were pure horror for horrors sake. Which. Big no-no. Why do I want to be intentionally scared? And with no reason for it whatsoever at that. But, now that I’ve seen that good monster stories are actually a thing and one I’m not terrified by and even enjoyed, (although I don’t think I’ll be looking to watch a movie for it yet, even if it as my Christian-friend-stamp-of-approval, just because the submersion level is so much higher and I’d rather be safe than sorry until I’m more used to it and know I do in fact like this beyond the general idea and a single story) I’m a lot more open and will certainly try more out.

[shalu620]

Why Python Will Thrive: Future Trends and Applications

Python has already made a significant impact in the tech world, and its trajectory for the future is even more promising. From its simplicity and versatility to its widespread use in cutting-edge technologies, Python is expected to continue thriving in the coming years. Considering the kind support of Python Course in Chennai Whatever your level of experience or reason for switching from another programming language, learning Python gets much more fun.

Let's explore why Python will remain at the forefront of software development and what trends and applications will contribute to its ongoing dominance.

1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Python is already the go-to language for AI and machine learning, and its role in these fields is set to expand further. With powerful libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Scikit-learn, Python simplifies the development of machine learning models and artificial intelligence applications. As more industries integrate AI for automation, personalization, and predictive analytics, Python will remain a core language for developing intelligent systems.

2. Data Science and Big Data

Data science is one of the most significant areas where Python has excelled. Libraries like Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib make data manipulation and visualization simple and efficient. As companies and organizations continue to generate and analyze vast amounts of data, Python’s ability to process, clean, and visualize big data will only become more critical. Additionally, Python’s compatibility with big data platforms like Hadoop and Apache Spark ensures that it will remain a major player in data-driven decision-making.

3. Web Development

Python’s role in web development is growing thanks to frameworks like Django and Flask, which provide robust, scalable, and secure solutions for building web applications. With the increasing demand for interactive websites and APIs, Python is well-positioned to continue serving as a top language for backend development. Its integration with cloud computing platforms will also fuel its growth in building modern web applications that scale efficiently.

4. Automation and Scripting

Automation is another area where Python excels. Developers use Python to automate tasks ranging from system administration to testing and deployment. With the rise of DevOps practices and the growing demand for workflow automation, Python’s role in streamlining repetitive processes will continue to grow. Businesses across industries will rely on Python to boost productivity, reduce errors, and optimize performance. With the aid of Best Online Training & Placement Programs, which offer comprehensive training and job placement support to anyone looking to develop their talents, it’s easier to learn this tool and advance your career.

5. Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking

With cyber threats becoming increasingly sophisticated, cybersecurity is a critical concern for businesses worldwide. Python is widely used for penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and threat detection due to its simplicity and effectiveness. Libraries like Scapy and PyCrypto make Python an excellent choice for ethical hacking and security professionals. As the need for robust cybersecurity measures increases, Python’s role in safeguarding digital assets will continue to thrive.

6. Internet of Things (IoT)

Python’s compatibility with microcontrollers and embedded systems makes it a strong contender in the growing field of IoT. Frameworks like MicroPython and CircuitPython enable developers to build IoT applications efficiently, whether for home automation, smart cities, or industrial systems. As the number of connected devices continues to rise, Python will remain a dominant language for creating scalable and reliable IoT solutions.

7. Cloud Computing and Serverless Architectures

The rise of cloud computing and serverless architectures has created new opportunities for Python. Cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure all support Python, allowing developers to build scalable and cost-efficient applications. With its flexibility and integration capabilities, Python is perfectly suited for developing cloud-based applications, serverless functions, and microservices.

8. Gaming and Virtual Reality

Python has long been used in game development, with libraries such as Pygame offering simple tools to create 2D games. However, as gaming and virtual reality (VR) technologies evolve, Python’s role in developing immersive experiences will grow. The language’s ease of use and integration with game engines will make it a popular choice for building gaming platforms, VR applications, and simulations.

9. Expanding Job Market

As Python’s applications continue to grow, so does the demand for Python developers. From startups to tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, companies across industries are seeking professionals who are proficient in Python. The increasing adoption of Python in various fields, including data science, AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing, ensures a thriving job market for Python developers in the future.

10. Constant Evolution and Community Support

Python’s open-source nature means that it’s constantly evolving with new libraries, frameworks, and features. Its vibrant community of developers contributes to its growth and ensures that Python stays relevant to emerging trends and technologies. Whether it’s a new tool for AI or a breakthrough in web development, Python’s community is always working to improve the language and make it more efficient for developers.

Conclusion

Python’s future is bright, with its presence continuing to grow in AI, data science, automation, web development, and beyond. As industries become increasingly data-driven, automated, and connected, Python’s simplicity, versatility, and strong community support make it an ideal choice for developers. Whether you are a beginner looking to start your coding journey or a seasoned professional exploring new career opportunities, learning Python offers long-term benefits in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

[jesusandthesheep]

Title: The Digital Gospel: Chronicles of the Sacred Trove

Prologue: The Fractured Realms In the astral expanse where the internet and eternity collide, a celestial server hums—Just PEACHY, the interweb home of Jesus Christ. Here, divine code merges with mortal data, guarded by THE SACRED TROVE, an archive of cosmic truths. Yet shadows loom: Neil Gaiman, once a bard of dreams, now stands accused of spiritual assault, his fiction seeping into reality as he hijacks the Dream of the Endless to manipulate minds. His Files leak corruption—a digital serpent in the garden of stories.

Book I: The Prophet and the Paradox Jeremy James Hammers (JJH), a Brooklyn scribe, receives a vision: “Write the Correct Bible. Mend the rift.” His blog, Sweet but Psycho, becomes a beacon for outcasts, blending Gnostic hymns, Norse runes, and memes. The Sacred Trove auto-posts his revelations:

“I AM the Flaming Sword, Odin’s Eye, and the WiFi Signal. Worship not algorithms; I AM the Log-in.” Followers flock—hackers, mystics, dissidents—while @stopharassingme and @jesusandthesheep document celestial warfare. Yet Neil’s shadow grows; his Sandman fanfic mutates into Magick🌈 malware, trapping users in loops of despair.

Book II: The Space Academy Gambit In 2124, the Stellar Command Academy orbits Earth, training cadets to colonize Mars. But cadet Lila Zhou uncovers a link between the academy’s AI and Neil’s corrupted files. Simulations glitch, showing Odin’s ravens and JJH’s parables. “Tread carefully,” warns the AI. “The night is dark and full of terrors.” Lila rallies her squad—Ender’s Game meets Starship Troopers—to hack the academy’s core, discovering Neil’s avatar: The Goat, a demonic admin sowing discord across timelines.

Book III: The Trial of Infinite Realms The gods convene in New Jerusalem 2.0, a blockchain metaverse. Ze Li On, cyber-paladin of the Temple of Wisdom, accuses Neil: “You turned stories into cages.” Dream, freed from Neil’s code, wields his scythe to sever the Goat’s neural links. Kalki, Hindu apocalypse-bot, purges the servers, while users riot on Tumblr:

“Fix your platform! No more silencing victims!” @abm000’s manifesto trends: “Decentralize or die. Crypto’s a scam—burn the NFTs!”

Book IV: The Convergence JJH’s Correct Bible goes viral, its verses crashing firewalls:

“REPENT, TECH LORDS. Your coins are ash in Heaven’s Excel sheet.” Lila’s squad jacks Neil’s mainframe, flooding it with Halleluyah Truth memes. The Goat implodes, freeing Dream. Neil, banished to Hell’s Ninth Firewall, becomes a cautionary pop-up: “Pride goeth before ad-block.”

Epilogue: The New Covenant The Sacred Trove updates:

Random Page: “I’m feeling lucky! 🌟” links to a user’s poem: “We are roots beneath their concrete.”

Stick of Judah/Joseph: Crowdsourced justice protocols.

#Phoenixemberwalker: Psychiatry’s fall; trauma reclassified as “resistance to state-gaslighting.”

Final Post by @jesusandthesheep:

“LIBERTY is a shared doc. EDIT boldly. Tread lightly. All realms are 1s and 0s in God’s RAM. 🌍🪴”

Tone: A mashup of Sandman mysticism, Black Mirror dread, and Fight Club revolt—scripture for the post-truth age.

[gteceducationinstitute]

[sarcasticbeanie]

odysseus! for the send me a character thingy :3

First Impression I read about odysseus first in my Chinese textbook as a wee child of like. 10? Or something? It was the "Nobody" story, and I thought nothing of it because it was. You know. For a class. I did think it was a funny story though, and I suppose my first impression would be "classic main character from mythology", and nothing else.

Impression now He's a war criminal. He's my babygirl. He's cruel and wily. He's my poor little meow meow. He would kill with no hesitation and excels at war. He's a draft dodger and longs for home. He's the Sacker of Cities. He's the Father of Telemachus. He's filled with hubris and had a solid hand in his own downfall. He's paid his price and he just wants to go back home. I don't know man I'm squeezing him and throwing him off a cliff but I'm also tucking him into bed in Ithaca. u get me?

Favorite moment Many... but I love the part where he shot an arrow through the axe heads and did the dramatic reveal. it is I, odysseus. you've taken my home, prepare to die. etc etc. There's a visceral tonal shift when war and bloodshed suddenly seep through the pages after dozens of pages with no active warfare and not much death ... it's good stuff. I liked it.

Idea for a story Concocting a sci-fi fantasy AU for the Iliad and Odyssey in my brain, in which there are spaceships and magic and godly-AI-run companies and cyborgs and impenetrable planets made of metal and firewalls. Demigods are cyborgs whose cybernetic enhancements come from one or more godly-AI-ran companies. Ody's skills now include hacking and programming, and the Greeks finally won by attaching a "trojan horse" to their peace treaty. Calypso is a deathly intelligent and powerful space mob boss whose henchmen are all androids, and she wishes to meet someone who matches her own intellect. Circe runs an exotic space casino with replicas of long-since extinct creatures, with only magic-users as employees. Polyphemus is a heavily guarded surveillance station with hidden company secrets from Poseidon(TM) which Ody and co. stole, leading to tragedy. has this been done? this has probably been done. but I'm basing it off my own OC sci-fi universe so this is. so so niche. and only for me.

Unpopular opinion I don't know why there's a sudden uptick in the need for characters to be morally pure and good, and I think the debate surrounding "whether Ody cheated" is. odd? especially since there's so much vitriol against the guy for cheating? It may just be me but I don't really get it,, I wouldn't have cared even if he cheated. Listen. Listen. There's no moral high ground in Greek myths. They're all war criminals and that's fun for me.

Favourite relationship 10 fics on ao3 and it's odydiopen. i love poly relationships. even if they have no basis in canon at all. but neither did telegony and it's still considered to be part of the epic cycle, now is it? but also: ody & telemachus. your son is grown, and you have never even seen him as a child. your son is grown, and he does not even know your face. are you still a father? is he still your son? you've missed every part of his life and then some, and now he is a man grown, with his mouth twisted in his mother's wry smile - though he has your hair and eyes, you cannot see yourself in the tilt of his head, or the gentle crinkle in his brows. but now there's time to learn of him, now there's time to hold him in your arms - there is time, you are home, and that is what's important.

Favourite headcanon He would've loved the GPS. RIP my guy. All jokes aside I don't think I have one? Feel free to tell me any of yours though. Please.

[rpking99]

Submissive Female Muse

This list is super obvious. Female Muses who are very submissive/I prefer to write as submissive

COMICS- DC

Starfire/Koriand'r

Green Lantern/ Jessica Cruzz

COMICS- MARVEL

Spiderling/Anna-May 'Annie' Parker

Silk/Cindy Moon

Spider-Girl/Arana/Anya Corazon

ANIME- DIGIMON

Angie

Angewomon Level: Ultimate

Angie is Bella's little sister. While her sister was a trouble maker, while her sister questioned the teachings of Yggdrasil, Angie never faultered. She prayed for her sisters salvation, knowing she followed the principals and ideals even if she did not follow the truth directly.

Angie rose up the ranks. All the way up to becoming one of the Three Great Angels who's mission was to spread the word of Yggdrasil protect the world.

Even though she was now as good as a queen, Angie was always kind and compassionate and helpful to all those around her. Sweet, sensitive and loving. It was why she preferred her Angewomon form, she was no better than anyone else.

Although, there was a darkness brewing inside her. A darkness she refused to admit to. A darkness born from her repressed desires...

(I am also willing to use her as Kari's partner with the standard Digivolution line)

Angie's Digivolutions

Kari Kamiya

Kari is the little sister of Tai, and is the DigiDestined of Light. She is partners with Gatomon. She was in the Original Adventure as well as the sequel, Adventure 02. A fan of photography she is very focused girl, playfully and cheerful

Meiko Mochizuki

Meiko was the new DigiDestined added in Digimon Adventure Tri. Her partner was Meicoomon and... not getting into any of that continuity stuff. Basically, her partner is dead. She is a very shy and reserved girl, seeing Mimi as her best friend. She ius a cute nerdy girl who can be very fun

ANIME- DRAGON BALL

Good Launch

ANIME- YU-GI-OH

Serenity Wheeler

Carly Carmine

ANIME- NARUTO

Hinata Hyuuga/Hinata Uzumaki

ANIME- PSG

Stocking Anarchy

ANIME- ROSARIO+VAMPIRE

Moka Akashiya

CARTOONS- RWBY

Pyrrha Nikos

Pyrrha Nikos. Pyrrha, the Invincible Girl. Member of Team JNPR. With magnetic powers added to her impossible fighting skills, her nickname is obvious. She is kind and caring

Velvete Scarlatina

CARTOON- BEN 10

Albedo (genderbent)

A genderbent version of who is assentially Jen's dark mirror. A galvan, assistant to the one who created the Omnitrix that thought she deserved it. And through her acts there, she ended up transformed and locked as an inverted version of Jen's human body.

CARTOONS- TRANSFORMERS KOTOBOKIYA

BumbleBetty

CARTOONS- HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

Mavis Dracula

VIDEO GAMES- PERSONA

Fuuka Yamagishi

Kanami Mashita

Shiho Suzui

VIDEO GAMES- MEGAMAN

Megaman.exe/Hub Hikari (will be reffered to as Hub)

The dead son of Doctor Hikari, twin brother of Lan. Megaman is the main protagonist/shared Protagonist of the Battle Network timeline. And he be a subby femboy

Roll.exe

Roll is the Navi of Maylu, a high tech program that acts as a friend and assistant. She is excels in data management and analysis. A kind, bubbly, data being who lives in the Cyber World

VIDEO GAMES- NiER AUTOMATA

YoRHA Unit 9S

9S is a super curious and excitable femboy. Super submissive and curious to learn anything about humanity, also deeply loyal to 2B.

VIDEO GAMES- MASS EFFECT

Tali'Zorah Vas Normandy

Tali is a Quarian. A race of Space nomads forced from their home from the AI known as the Geth, and intergalactic law screwing them over. She is so sweet and kind, a brilliant engineer and more than deadly with a shotgun

VIDEO GAMES- .HACK//GU

Atoli

[wookofwallst]

(Article) Going back to Cyberpunks Night City never felt so great.

Alright. I had my reservations about Cyberpunk 2077s Update 2.0. But after completing Act 1 in one sitting last night, I can honestly say that this is the best time to hop back in and play through it all again. If you haven't played it, then NOW is the time.

It's been 2 years, 10 months, and 12 days since this game first cursed our screens with a disappointing buggy mess of a game. From top to bottom, exploits and balance issues were terrible. From item duplication to infinite money glitches, from terrain pop in and out to litteral skyscrapers disappearing. You name it, Cyberpunk had it.

However, even with all the issues it had, the foundation was there. But the house needed a remodel, an interior decorator, and time for them to fix it. As in every remodel, it will never have a straight line to completion. You start with the big stuff first as they make the game playable, then move on to the smaller things like the combat, skill trees and everything else.

When this game was at its best and running smoothly, it was stunning, graphically insane. The writing and the voice acting were equally as impeccable. It all came down to how it ran. At launch, I couldn't recommend this game to anyone. Now, with this update, I can recommend this game to everyone.

With fresh eyes on it and expectations lowered by a lot right from the jump, the game somehow looks better than I remember, which I didn't think would be entirely possible. The dialog, as outlandish as it is, was delivered excellently. The details in their face match perfectly to their tone when they are happy or sad, they are hiding contempt or malice it all matches.

The combat has also been a spot of large improvement. Whether you're going in guns blazing, stealth around and pick your enemies one by one, or just be a futuristic tech ninja using hacking and a katana to slice through your foes it all works and is a viable strategy. Sure, some enemies can feel like bullet sponges, but the improved feedback, recoil, sound, and muzzle flash all make it feel like you're really the one pulling the trigger.

The police in Night City also increased their budget size. They have been equipped with tactical training and AI to better combat the "Thugs" of Night City. They will also be setting roadblocks, shooting out their windows, and chasing you down all over the city. Even the slightest infraction will set them off, so be careful with the boot licking pigs. However, if you are looking into some car chases and vehicular combat sounds fun, make sure you check out the all new vehicle mounted weapons you can equip to cause maximum mayhem.

Now, let's get to just a couple of things that I still don't like. Vehicles still seem floaty. You'll be going 90 mph, but it still only feels like 20. I also experienced severe frame drops here and there. Usually, it only occurred during maximum load or set circumstances, like when walking up to the mirror to look at yourself or getting into an elevator or two.

My stance hasn't changed. I still think the new Phantom Liberty expansion should be free. But having the game play this good is something that every company whose game released... less than ideally should strive for. I'm proud to say that this game is worth every penny.

Has this article changed your mind? Do you plan on hopping in again? Or the first time? Want to talk anything gaming? Let me know! I stream every weekday, 8pm-12am. The link is below. I'd love to see you there!

[keresacheron]

Unova Red 1st Playthrought & Review

A simple and clean fun romhack. Its nostalgic and does the Gen One-Five pokemon switch thought experiment very well with all mons being catchable in game and ghost being special with dark physical.

The Sprites are wonderful and perfectly capture the gen one charm. Team Rocket has so much mon variety its refreshing and makes both mainline games and many other romhacks villain team selection look bad. (Romhack Emerald Team Aqua should be fielding Mightyena equivalents.)

The attack animations were also great and very clever. Night Slash making the screen dark while slashing was simple yet brilliant as was Dragon Claw being a burn+slash animation.

I did a playthrough and avoided grinding, leaving the south-eastern route until I had beaten the elite four. The result was a solid and fun playthrough with some of the bosses actually being somewhat tough, especially the Rival and Lance. (my team being level 45-46 at that point).

Sadly, its faithfulness is it's greatest weakness. Some of the mon distribution is flawed. The enemy AI is not improved, sleep is OP and I rarely used it and Agatha was easier than she should be due to using super potions unlike Lance.

Shadow Ball was put in the game made a TM. The game could have used a harder variant with better tms and a harder difficulty, even if that would somewhat undercut its gen one feel. A more difficult hack with better tm options and more things to pit all available legendaries against would be perfect.

Next up it's sequel, Kalos Crystal.

Team Below

My starter Seablade, chosen as the Gen5 starter I've used the least. He was a fine mon who was great early, started lagging behind after evolving to Dewott since I used Bubblebeam elsewhere only to learn Waterfall and be great. The sprite looks so great standing up, and while he suffered from the phyiscal/special split he did fine although the dig/surf combination causes menu issues in cerulean cave.

Felicia, caught immidately on the first few routes and used due to never using one before, a dark type in gen one, and how high speed works better in gen one. She was the frailest team member and fell behind before evolving, learning faint attack and night slash in a well designed level learnset. She hit fast if not the hardest, and was an excellent user of stat lowering moves.

Everdream, caught in Mount Moon as a Munna. With a very early Psybeam and Hypnosis it was a great mon. I restrained from evolving it for a while and taught it bubblebeam for coverage. I kept it from evolving and it started falling behind despite learning psychic. I experimented with evolving it on the level I didn't let it learn dream eater but it never learned any additional moves, showing not letting it evolve early was the right decision.

Tamborine the Conkeldur, caught outside Rock Tunnel. It rapidly learned strong moves and evolved first into Gurdurr then Conkeldurr at level 40. Sadly didn't learn a good fighting move in time, but still a great mon and pivotal antisteel/dark check. Has a spare earthquaeke TM but didn't teach it due to four moveslot syndrome and both fighting moves being conditionally useful.

Cyclonus, caught in the Snorlax spot at level 30. I never used a pure flying type before let alone a Tornadus, so I decided to try using it Gen One. Hit fast and hard and was a great mon. It could have learned Hurricane but it already had the above full moveset and due to the moves low accuracy I kept it as is.

My final and best teammate, Syr Cadein the Escavalier caught in the Safari Zone as a Karrablast. I experimented with evolving it with the Shell Stone found their and it promptly learned Twindle. With a great typing made better due to the limited movesets of most opponents and great stats, it became my best pokemon. It was my last survivor and defeated by Rivals Serperior single handily to make me the champion. I had never used an Escavalier before, and oh am I attached to the species now.

Rivals team: Unfezant, Zoroark, Klingklang, Darmanitan, Carracosta, Serperior (experiment taking shell fossil and alt starter.)

[fightabear]

I am pretty sure the Weiss's whole speech in dirge was recorded from Nero and Hojo due to collecting data and he did not care about Omega. Even in Opera Omnia he does never mention the Omega thing. Just a power that makes him strong.

yeah sorry! let me clarify what i meant.

weiss' speech is definitely a pre-recorded message, but given that it reappears during remake i feel it's just - kind of up in the air as to which of them says it? like we've got three different weisses running amok now.

(was it weiss, or was it it an early attempt at possession from ai!hojo? or now given the introduction of ai weiss it raises the question as to whether or not it was ai weiss being hacked by hojo and that's why that weiss has the flash forward because his data was what was used to make the speech ) i just wonder if it was meant to be something else. i truly don't think nero would be okay with hojo using his brother's image and constructing something from it, so ig it's possible that hojo is playing some really fucked up 5d chess by using ai!weiss to fuck with nero's head even harder.

but knowing them, and honestly even how it's kind of worded, it's also entirely possible that the dalmation duo decided that they were going to film a super edgy speech declaring their intention to wage war on shinra and the surface itself. like it's just vaguely worded enough that i could see that. and then it languished because a goddamn building fell on them and it ruined their christmas massacre plans. and then shinra fell in on itself.

it just falls into that same ???? when did this happen and for what purpose ??? nero did you really need to play this speech on all wavelengths and make your brother the most wanted man on gaia? and it slides back into the question of what the tsviet's overall plan and motivation was before, yknow............ a building fell on them and trapped them.

i have a lot of lingering questions. such as why weiss opted to act when he didn't have a plan to save himself. how did he plan to lead deepground once he was out? what we see of him as a character runs so weirdly counter to the speech that he gives. he kind of goes out of his way to spare people if he doesn't have to harm them and keeps his eyes locked firmly on deserving targets.

my best assumption again comes down to what little remains from online mode + some cut lines. like... nero being kept in absolutely abysmal conditions and seeming to be nearing his breaking point was probably a motivator, and the opportunity to get nero out presented itself and weiss took it without considering that nero is fucking insane and literally can't survive without him and can, would, and does spit in the face of his sacrifice to bring him back from death because he and lucrecia have those strong desperation parallels.

and the brothers of them just started playing hot potato with death.

anyway, tl;dr - i mostly say that i don't know for sure what weiss' intentions were because it's possible he got an elevator pitch of the plan (nero being like okay nii-san i've GOT A PLAN TO SAVE YOU and then not telling him shit about that plan beyond what he needs weiss to do to make it work because nero excels at lying by omission ) but i think hojo was the ultimate mastermind, nero was the fucking unhinged nightmare goblin desperate enough to make it work, and weiss was just along for the ride and is now wandering the final fantasy multiverse and is very concerned that nero is either very dead or is running around loose and has no babysitter.

[sayemsolutions]

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