#Breaking the Mold

[softsoftmoonwitch]

[sessakag]

I'm so conflicted 😭In Secrets of the Hidden Leaf, you rendition of Sakura is tugging me in so many different ways! Like her situation is really sad with whats going on with her and Sasuke, but the way she's handling it is sooooo bad! And omg poor Lee! She makes me so mad sometimes but I still feel for her because not all of this is her fault! She's self destructing and doesn't realize it and its just so terrible and sad. This whole situation is MESSY! but a good messy lol. I don't know how I want this to end. Part of me wants it all to blow up in her face and the other part wants it to never see the light of day! Gosh like I can't imagine this secret being revealed! The consequences would just be...omg!

Please update soon, every single one of your stories are amazing, but Secrets has my soul! Every time you post a chapter you snatch my wig and im not even wearing one.

signed,

-a reader slowly dying without your amazing stories being updated 😭

Lol, okay, first off, I do apologize for snatching ya wig that you aren't even wearing. I don't know what kinda Houdini shit that is but, uh, yeah, my bad 😂

I'm happy to hear you're conflicted, that's the way I tried to write her, an emotional tug of war. A woman in a bad situation that isn't entirely her fault but isn't always handling it in the best of ways.

Overall with Secrets, I wanted to do more gray area things, rather than the black and white; good or bad, one-way thinking that I see so much in writing/life. It's sterile to me.

Good people can make bad decisions, bad people can do good things, kind/innocent people can have naughty side, a loving couple can make room for one more. you can love your country and still hold it accountable, unconventional relationships are not always a character flaw or indication of trauma; not everything will fit into a mold or follow 'societal norms', nor should it.

That's boring and unrealistic to me. People should be able to mix and match their life in a way that makes them happy, fulfilled and is amicable to all parties involved.

Anyway, back to the topic, lol.

Sakura.

She's uh, going through somethings, and a lot of people are upset with her but its also nice to see people can acknowledge that a lot of it is due to poor coping skills (lowkey just like her husband, lol). I hope to keep developing her in a way that makes her to gray to categorize as good or bad. I'm still working on it though :D

Far is updates go, once Monster has been updated, you should be on the lookout for either my OG stories updated or a one-shot from the NH fair being fleshed out. I'm taking my time though, so it might be another week or so.

Thanks for reading!

[mandino-brel]

Welcome Home: Breaking The Mold

[withinthebrain]

We write our own story We are not merely characters in a story penned by society's expectations; we are the co-authors of a narrative that defies traditional plots. Refusing to be confined to the chapters written by others, we choose to title our own tale and write the words to our own story. Some may judge us by the appearance of the cover, overlooking the richly crafted chapters of understanding, shared laughter, and the intricate prose woven into our intertwined lives. We are not bound by the titles they attempt to impose; rather, we choose to write our own chapters, unapologetically embracing the love that fills the pages. Let them attempt to critique a story they don't fully comprehend, for the depth of our connection is revealed in the paragraphs of acceptance and the punctuation marks of shared joy. Our book is not one to be closed prematurely based on preconceived notions; it beckons to be read and shared, each chapter revealing the enduring power of truth.

[thealchemyofgamecreation]

Thinking Like Picasso: A Fresh Perspective on Game Design

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Section 1: Unleashing Your Inner Picasso: An IntroductionSection 2: Breaking the Mold: Shattering ConventionsUnleash Your Inner Maverick:Beyond the Comfort Zone:Thinking Outside the HUD:Redefining Progression:Dare to Innovate:Section 3: The Art of Simplicity: Less is MoreDiscovering Elegance in Simplicity:Stripping Away the Clutter:A Seamless Journey:Embracing the Zen of Gaming:Lessons from…

[semiotomatics]

Well, the boops start coming

And they don't stop coming

Fed to the rules and I hit the boop button

Didn't make sense not to boop for fun

Your brain gets smart, but your head gets booped

[estie-posts-shit]

reminder canon grantaire is bourgeoisie. He lives in furnished quarters near the musain, has a specific waist coat for revolutionary occasions, and enough money to drink two (three?) bottles of wine in one afternoon.

[thechy-fychannel]

y'all ever think abt how it was julie having the affair and it is even said multiple times that she was the one who left him, yet wilson was still the one who left their home and moved in with house. like. he couldn't bear to stay in their home alone. he immediately ran to house and stayed on his couch for weeks. suffered through his pranks and his laziness and his manipulation. telling him he wants him gone while sabotaging his attempts to leave. and he only left once he got a girlfriend again.

[golvio]

I think the reason why the Utena finale always kills me is because that sweet, helpful, selfless little girl who gave her life for her brother without hesitation, even if she didn’t understand what that actually would mean for her for the rest of eternity, had been in that coffin the whole time.

Anthy insists that she’s soiled and ruined because of her abuse at Akio’s hands, and she genuinely believes it. She sees herself as a wreckage of that past innocent self, who lived when things were Better and died when they stopped being Better, and now what’s left is unsalvageable junk. A “fallen woman,” only capable of acting selfishly and cynically in the service of a man who no longer loves her, who deserves to be hurt again and again for her impurity and her foolishness in clinging to him, who cannot survive in the world outside.

And yet, upon waking up, the very first thing her “true,” unguarded self does is scream at Utena to run, to save herself, to leave her behind.

That selfless little girl never left, not even when she grew up into a jaded, tired young adult. She was always there. All the swords in the world couldn’t kill her. Akio couldn’t kill her. Not even Anthy herself could kill her, not with all the denial and repression and magic in the world.

And in the end, that little girl finally experienced the unconditional love she’d always been hoping for, the kind she’d always deserved but never received from the one she’d sacrificed herself for. And that tiniest glimpse of real love and real happiness was enough to help her escape from the prison she’d been trapped in her whole life, join hands with that tired and jaded old witch who’d spent what felt like eternity trying to bury her, and walk free.

All girls are like the Rose Bride, sure. Some boys are, too. Touga shared enough of Anthy’s trauma at Akio’s hands that he eventually got a sword pulled from his own chest, even if he was forbidden from wearing the bridal outfit because a boy wearing a suitable gown for the role would be against the Ohtori Academy dress code. However, the flipside of that is that if there’s hope for even the most hated little girl in the whole world, there’s also hope for the rest of us.

[nobodymitskigabriel]

The reason Sam gives Dean an odd look when he brings up siren mythology isn't because he thinks Dean is dumb, it's because that's the type of thing Dean would make fun of Sam for.

[hey-cabinets-i-changed-my-icon]

It's official. 4 of 4 of Mike Flanagan's Netflix series have made me sob 😭😭 I held out so much hope for Lenore and then her death scene 😭😭 the whole "things get better, they get so much better and the family money starts to save people instead, but you won't be there to see it. Instead, it's done in your name" really got to me. Especially because she SAVED her mom!! And her mom never gets to see her again 😭😭 like you know that Morella was too injured and probably in or recovering from a surgery so she couldn't attend the funeral and maybe didn't know about till after the fact 😭

[swamp-gremlin]

"...Dead Devil was a proposed rival Turbo, being a clumsy dare devil type who was so bad at his job he apparently died. His purposed personality was loud, arrogant, stubborn and flamboyant, but ultimately he was coded to be the opposite of Turbo.

Unfortunately Dead Devil was conceptualized late into development and was haphazardly patched in and only saw a limited release to certain cabinets. Due to being added so shoddily he suffered from severe bugs and glitches.

Mainly audio/ volume bugs, resulting in audio being to quite, loud, or distorted; and a persistent inability to actually say "Turbo." Collision issues, resulting in him phasing through other racers, barriers or getting caught on invisible blocks. An inability to understand complex inputs. And memory allocation issues. His bugs resulted in an unpleasant learning curve that turned some players away, but some saw the value of gliched runs.

DD was axed not to long before the rest of the series was due to competitor cutting Turbotime out of the market. All that is left of him is concept art and rare surviving arcade cabinets..."

[ludinusdaleth]

i do not remotely mean this as in insult to the bells, but to me, even before c3 began, i knew it was never going to be a story that would survive on or deserved to be about one party. critical role would have gone stale if it went on much longer as it was, with just its og cast, and you could feel it brimming with understanding of massive events - changes of reality & its own fictional world - on the horizon. i know the concept of a "crossover" story with a staggering number of central characters is inherently risky, but i genuinely think one of c3's biggest strengths is just that.

avalir needed to be presented during c3's runtime, a precursor to past calamity as exandria entered a new one; aeors story needed to be told in this campaign, the apex of mortality's fall in the past as the war for ruidis began to fever pitch in the now; the bells hells needed "guest" stars that truly became their own party members, more than just the og white cast, so many people surviving as nobodies in apocalypse beyond those you expected to take up the call; the crown keepers needed to parralel the bells (hell, they are the bells), infinite parties thrown to slaughter by war when all they wanted was friendship, with hope still deep within them to return to each other; the mighty nein & vox machina & their cohorts needed to push & bear witness to the bells, analyze their own dynamics with power and what it means to be a hero/leader in a time where that isnt clear cut and comes at severe cost not measured in these ways in their campaigns; and most importantly the bells needed - and as of recently chose - to be thrust into being heralds of history. their story was built on heartbreak of being crushed under the boot of other's hero journeys (the story emphasizing that while they got caught in fate, they arent alone in that fate of being "unimportant"), and so it is in the campaigns lifeblood to provide them the chance to look at the tapestry in a way no other can, to bear the tragedy of being the sacrificial lamb and deciding what sacrifices of the world & themselves to make in turn, especially in a campaign that is blatantly asking the question of what is worth it to be in an imperialisically-designed fantasy universe where thousands are not seen as important to the pov of the hero.

[unexpectedbrickattack]

Based off of this: please understand my vision....

[eclipsedcrystalstar]

I don't have much of a say on Dusthides but I wish people would stop straight up lying about what the staff has said about ancients. They did not say the point of ancients is to break the mold, they said due to not having to fit apparel on them they can break the mold, not that they will every time.

"Our main goal with ancient breeds is to release them more regularly than we do modern breeds." This is the point of ancients

"Since they don’t need to wear apparel, ancient breeds also allow us to break the “One head, four legs, two wings, one tail” template. For example, dragons like wyverns, multiple-headed dragons, drakes, and more!"

'Allow us' gives them the opportunity to, not a promise to always do it. They also mention terts in a similar way and clearly don't always go wildly linebreaking with ancient terts

Do I think ancients SHOULD break the mold? Absolutely, I love funky dragons like Aberrations and Banescales, but don't make up something for them to have to always follow and then get mad when they don't, that's just bad for you